fourth ⚡ hidden city and golden keys

[ramuhs]

Type: Video
Sender ID: ramuhs (Cid)
To: Public
Subject: Golden Keys and other related matters
Warnings: None

Greetings and salutations. For those who may not know me, I'm Cid and I have a bit of an inquiry and suppose "announcement" regarding some recent ventures I had with Benedikta and Shadow not too long ago.

[Both are not in the camera frame, but they are lurking in their own ways—]

First—

[He holds up one of the golden keys that have been sought after lately.]

I would like to know if anyone else has managed to acquire one of these golden keys.

The reason for it is we have found where they are to be used. Going back there is a bit... Difficult at the moment, but we know the place exists.

I won't bore everyone with the story, but we fell into a hidden city underground that was preserved in such a way that it almost felt as if it was frozen in time. This city clearly had some important and reverence for the dragon Ancient, Sarht, and it included what we believe may be a temple. There was a large stone tablet that had holes that fit these keys perfectly, and once inserted, echoes of battle cries could be heard.

We believe using all these keys will open the doors of that temple.

As for the rest of the city, the only other thing of note was there was an area that looked to be decaying in some form, perhaps from some powerful poison. We brought back a sample and will be testing it, but should we find access to this city again, best be prepared. It's proven to be quite potent, perhaps fatal with no immediate known antidote.

[Another wave of the key.]

But that's all. I'll be happy to answer any further inquiries.

[Note: Cid will be mostly replying, but Benedikta will chime in more regarding the keys and temple findings. Shadow is just lurking.]

Comments

voice; un: paradisea

[empyrean_mirror]

...We have one.

[Kaveh would really like to not talk about how they got it thank you--]

The poison...did you see anything that looked like scales in the ground?

video | un: sunbursted

[sunbursted]

[ she looks and sounds nervous when she responds, unsure if this is a good idea or if it will work at all. ]

So, I have a spell that used to protect against poison effects or remove them if they're present. I haven't had a reason to try it here, so I don't know if the magic of this plane will let it work as intended, but if you need a hand, maybe we could find out?

[ she doesn't mean to invalidate their antidote efforts, whatever they come up with will probably be longer-lasting over a larger sample size than her spells, but if hers works, she could be a failsafe while they work on the antidote. or in case someone tries to bypass the antidote later and needs a bailout. ]

Private; Text

[icefangrush]

Surasthana Cafe

3 PM

Order 'Desert Brew'

voice; id: fractales

[fractales]

It seems both areas visited so long ago held secrets of the Ancient, absolutely fascinating. A city lost, and found frozen in time.

[If they could get those other portals to work—]

Should you need any help testing, you likely know well enough I am just a call away. Though I'm afraid I don't have any of the keys.

voice | un: encoreinthedeep

[encoreinthedeep]

And what will you do once you open the doors of the temple?

[ He sounds... a little exasperated. Maybe don't go around opening doors to mysterious hidden frozen in time temples! Maybe they're locked and hidden and frozen in time for a REASON! ]