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[paradisamods]

After packing up camp and heading up, they reach their destination only an hour north

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EXAMINING THE DOOR

[paradisamods]

[chosengigolo]

[Zelos is looking up at the door, rubbing his chin thoughtfully with his gloved hand]

Sure is a...big door. [Man he's not good at this like the Professor]

[rappelle]

Sure is.

[ jet's standing nearby, eating an apple as he looks at the door. ]

What do we know about this place again?

[chosengigolo]

That...it's a ruin in the Dead Zone with a big door?

GETTING IN

[paradisamods]

Pullllllllll!

Show me those strained muscles and gritted teeth and REACTIONFACES.

[chosengigolo]

[rappelle]

[inmylight_comdr]

ONCE INSIDE

[paradisamods]

Oh, and once everyone's inside?

The door's is closing behind you, seemingly on its own, and a wash of white light passes over the surface of the door like water. Once that light fades, there's no getting those doors open again. It's been sealed, seemingly like magic.

Shit.

[3_butterflies]

[spfgjfdkl WHAT JUST HAPPENED WHY WHY WHY -

with a terrified squeak, the Pegasus ducks behind the nearest person to hide.]

[save_the_souls]

Er-

[Turning to look behind him, was that a winged horse with pink hair...what is his life]

A-Are you okay?

[3_butterflies]

[She timidly peeks her head out.]

The... the... the doors...

NOW THAT YOU'RE TRAPPED...

[paradisamods]

The first thing they'll notice is that this place is weird.

There's an almost energized feeling to it, from the moment they enter the door. Anyone with powers or biological enhancements will feel those powers again... but still be unable to use them. It's like a stirring deep in one's belly, like there's the potential to use those powers, but no way to access them. Technology will flicker and come and go, like a car trying to start on an almost-dead battery. Good thing they have those crystals there to keep them going full-time.

But past that, look at where they are! It's just an open chamber with minimal decoration -- a few pillars, a few decorative busts, all collecting dust. The chamber leads to a tunnel, which is very tall and has a very high ceiling. This tunnel will go on a long way, passing through other chambers, some of them with underground streams running below the path. There are a few bridges -- old, stone, seemingly very sturdy, all of which match the bridges they'd been crossing outside. Good, right?

[save_the_souls]

[Most would be concerned about being trapped in a ruin and trying to figure out where they are. But instead it looks like Allen stops to rub his head with his hand, as if he just received a migraine. Not only that, but there may have been a not so quiet growl from his stomach]

What...?

[teds_up]

[An impressed whistle leaves Ted. He's not too spooked out yet (more awed than anything), but then he sees Allen's discomforted movements.]

Guess a place like this would be killer on your allergies, huh? You okay?

[save_the_souls]

[He's holding his own head still as he's getting used to his mind feeling funky AGAIN. ]

I'm fine, it's just-

I can feel my powers again.

A WAY OUT?

[paradisamods]

There's a small series of altars off to the side of the door, each with a slot for an item.

A rectangle, a perfect fit for a journal.
A cylinder, maybe the size of a can of soda.
A much, much larger gap, misshapen but rectangular.

It does nothing when touched or poked or prodded, but it looks like things should be put in those slots. Certain things.

[luthored]

[ Lana doesn't have any special powers, so she doesn't really need a moment to readjust like the others. Instead she's wandering over to this thing, but pointedly not touching it. She's snapping photos with her camera before calling out. ]

I think it's a puzzle. Maybe it reopens the door.

[daisy_wick]

I think you're right.

[Daisy hasn't touched anything either, but she's certainly eyeing those altars]

[forgedinbattle]

And/or sets off a trap.

[Been there, done that- so she's not touching anything either.]