FINAL INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

[It is time.

The chill which had come from the now-open, unnumbered room has now begun to seep into the rest of the Depths. It seems to call to the Titled, beckoning them to come forward and to face whatever is now beyond that door.

Fie and Rubedo were right - that room was, indeed, the exit to the Depths. And at the end of the staircase is a door, which the Skeleton Key can very easily open. A few seconds later, the door at the top of the stairs opens.

And the city within the cave below is revealed to them, as they stand on a platform high above the ground.



The ruin still looks as new as it did the day it was built. The air here is cold mountain air, though the only light seems to come from one massive building carved into the very rock of the cave. There is nothing coming from the mouth of the cave save for snow.

On the door they just came through is a single parchment of paper which reads "LEINALZIND OUTER DISTRICT." Each building, they will find, is labelled similarly. Which means there is only one conclusion.

Welcome to the city of Leinalzind, Titled. And good luck, teams.

You will need it.]

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AREA 8

[strangerpeople]

[The sign here just says "CHAMBER".]

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor hums softly as he brushes the walls, wishing that he could hear the songs the stones must sing down here.

But for now, he's going to take a look around. Anything immediately obvious?

[strangerpeople]

[How does the giant brass torso of a misshapen golem with exposed brass ribs in the middle of the room go as immediately obvious? Because...that is there. And is huge, Tom, huge.

...seriously it...is at least several dozen feet high.]

[bythewaves]

[ That is sure some giant ... thing. ]

...I wish Curvo were here... then again, maybe not, considering.

[ Maglor sighs and wanders over to look at it. Does it look like it's been deliberately dismantled or hacked apart? ]

[strangerpeople]

[No. Nothing like that. It just seems to be there, with a very warped gem of some kind in the back.

Then again, he may have also passed by a pile of clothing on his way to the machine...]

[bythewaves]

[ Hm, shiny gem or the clothing...

Maglor goes to look carefully at the clothes first. Anything odd about them? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There's a pile of ashes in and beneath them.]

[bythewaves]

[ .................are they discernably human ashes or just. ashes. because that looks real bad from where he's standing ]

[strangerpeople]

[They are someone's ashes, though whether they are human is debatable. And they don't seem to be the only ones - there are several piles of clothing, circling the strange golem.]

[bythewaves]

[ That is HIGHLY UNNERVING is that golem looking at all functional ]

[strangerpeople]

[It doesn't look to be functional - or at least, however it works, it's not on right now.]

[bythewaves]

[ STILL UNNERVING.

How many bundles of clothes are there and is there anything of use in those piles. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Fifteen.

There is nothing of use in the piles.]

[bythewaves]

[ ... that is EVEN MORE Unnerving.

Fine. He's going to very cautiously examine that golem then. From behind. Does it look to even the slightest bit be turn-on-able or have any obvious switches or levers ]

[strangerpeople]

[No, though the gem seems to be glowing. That looks to be its power source, even if there otherwise seems to be no discernible way to turn it on.

What do you do now?]

[bythewaves]

[ On the one hand, he is definitely going to regret this.

On the other... well.

What happens when he pokes the shiny gem. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well...Mags will definitely feel a strange sensation of...warmth. Coming from the gem. Heated, somehow. Aside from that, nothing.]

[bythewaves]

[ ... Warm is better than burning or activating machine to kill everyone.

Is the gem removable. If not, is there anything else interesting in the room ]

[strangerpeople]

[The gem is removable, but it's pretty big, so be careful!

And otherwise, no, Mags has explored everything in this room to see!]

[bythewaves]

[ It's not a silmaril, it's fiiiiiiiiiiiine ]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]