Starker:”Friends and colleagues, I am willing to put my non-dominant hand into the slot I associate with Memory. Please be prepared to pull me away if it appears I am in distress.”
<rolls up his sleeve and places his left hand in slot>
The short hallway ends here in a shrine. There are two pillars to your left in front of an altar. There are carvings upon the pillars. A large chest sits in an alcove to the right. Ahead of you is a set of double doors.
The altar is made of ebon stone with a triangle etched into the facing side. Within the triangle is a pale, white skull. To the left of this unholy symbol of Myrkul is a slot in the stone with a closed eye sigil underneath it. To the right is a slot with a sigil of a sealed mouth. Script is inset into the surface of the altar that reads: Dni binz kuwx, dni wxrdz juaw — isqg as zaqxslx usw as kxkiyg kug dtx zioq xzlujx adz rquwx.
Translating the script on the altar from Abyssal: "Two vows made, two debts paid — only in silence and in memory may the soul escape its blade."
Right – Carvings of gagged people or mouthless beings
Left – Scenes of death watches, figures clutching trinkets to their chest, open tomes
Kragen pats Starker on the shoulder and moves to the altar. "Allow someone with a little more conviction to discern if this horrid Altar, will provide our avenue to this fiend!"
Kragen steps to the Altar and places his right and left hand into the slots, closes his eyes and looks towards what would be the sky if he were on the surface.
There is nothing that comes to mind with those exacting dimensions.
Starker:”Friends and colleagues, I am willing to put my non-dominant hand into the slot I associate with Memory. Please be prepared to pull me away if it appears I am in distress.”
<rolls up his sleeve and places his left hand in slot>
Starker places his left hand into the slot. There is an empty space beyond the slot. No noticeable effect occurs.
Starker puts his left hand out. He puts his left hand in and he shakes it all about.
Based on Starkers feedback, Kragen moves around the Altar to see if the slot/s go through the entire slab.
They do not
Starker:”That’s what it is all about.”
The short hallway ends here in a shrine. There are two pillars to your left in front of an altar. There are carvings upon the pillars. A large chest sits in an alcove to the right. Ahead of you is a set of double doors.
The altar is made of ebon stone with a triangle etched into the facing side. Within the triangle is a pale, white skull. To the left of this unholy symbol of Myrkul is a slot in the stone with a closed eye sigil underneath it. To the right is a slot with a sigil of a sealed mouth. Script is inset into the surface of the altar that reads: Dni binz kuwx, dni wxrdz juaw — isqg as zaqxslx usw as kxkiyg kug dtx zioq xzlujx adz rquwx.
Translating the script on the altar from Abyssal: "Two vows made, two debts paid — only in silence and in memory may the soul escape its blade."
Right – Carvings of gagged people or mouthless beings
Left – Scenes of death watches, figures clutching trinkets to their chest, open tomes
Starker:”Something odd … when my hand was in there I got a sense that I was being examined or evaluated in some way … perhaps I am not worthy?”
<sticks hand in other slot, because he is who he is>
Same result. No discernible response. Feels examined.
Kragen pats Starker on the shoulder and moves to the altar. "Allow someone with a little more conviction to discern if this horrid Altar, will provide our avenue to this fiend!"
Kragen steps to the Altar and places his right and left hand into the slots, closes his eyes and looks towards what would be the sky if he were on the surface.
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