Nightshift 39: The Sphinx's Chamber
[From here.]
Well, Dias' architectural observations remained solid in their foundations. Behind the golden doors was an equally golden room that very nearly glowed. If it hadn't been some sort of treasury at some point, he'd have eaten his sword point-first.
Of course...treasuries came with guards.
It only took an instant for his gaze to be drawn to the pedestal in the middle of the room, and from there to the monster atop it. He'd seen bigger, and stranger, since the Sorcery Globe had hit Expel, but there was something about the creature that brought him up short. It wasn't so much the beast itself as the impression that it was...out of place in the institute, somehow. Something about it made him think more of the monsters of Expel than anything he'd seen thus far in Landel's.
In a way, it was almost comforting. Of course, vastly more comforting was the fact that it hadn't actually moved to attack, even though it was staring directly at him with eyes that seemed - entirely too observant.
Without turning his head, or breaking their locked gazes, Dias murmured over his shoulder, "You two may want to keep moving." If it hadn't seen them yet, they might be able to continue down the hall towards the other doorway while he figured out a way to deal with this, one way or another.
Well, Dias' architectural observations remained solid in their foundations. Behind the golden doors was an equally golden room that very nearly glowed. If it hadn't been some sort of treasury at some point, he'd have eaten his sword point-first.
Of course...treasuries came with guards.
It only took an instant for his gaze to be drawn to the pedestal in the middle of the room, and from there to the monster atop it. He'd seen bigger, and stranger, since the Sorcery Globe had hit Expel, but there was something about the creature that brought him up short. It wasn't so much the beast itself as the impression that it was...out of place in the institute, somehow. Something about it made him think more of the monsters of Expel than anything he'd seen thus far in Landel's.
In a way, it was almost comforting. Of course, vastly more comforting was the fact that it hadn't actually moved to attack, even though it was staring directly at him with eyes that seemed - entirely too observant.
Without turning his head, or breaking their locked gazes, Dias murmured over his shoulder, "You two may want to keep moving." If it hadn't seen them yet, they might be able to continue down the hall towards the other doorway while he figured out a way to deal with this, one way or another.