dealt with, the others were small fry, and the remainder of the demons scattered away from the Cairn Stones with a terrified chittering sound.
While Duo's skeletons (and, not to be outdone, Heero) were chasing down the last of the monsters, the others turned their attention to the circle of standing stones.
"There are stones like these in my homeland," Trowa said softly, reaching up to touch one. Quatre shot him a quick, wide-eyed glance at his wistful tone.
"These must be the stones of which Akara spoke," Wufei said decisively. "There can be no others that match this description."
They studied the tall slabs, each one decorated with a rune. "We can open the portal by touching these in a certain order..." Trowa spoke up. Duo sighed.
"Yeah, but we don't know what order. We have to find the Scroll of Infocus."
"Inifuss," Quatre corrected him wearily.
"Whatever..."
"Warriors!" They looked up at the female voice calling them, and saw Relena gesturing to them from a short way away, standing on top of a stone outcrop. "Over here!"
Though Relena was not as powerful or as deadly as the warriors of the party, she was a good shot with a bow and had kept up with them without comment, despite Wufei's somewhat cold disdain for female warriors. "What is it?" Quatre wondered, already heading towards her.
The outcrop of stone turned out to be part of a crumbling stone wall; two of them remained to form the corner of a decayed tower. Nestled in the corner was an elegant pedestal on which rested a large tome, moldy and worn away by exposure. Duo stepped up to it, and leafed gingerly through the pages, turning them almost reverently. He stopped when he came to a readable section.
"...And so it came to pass that the Countess, who once bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins, was buried alive... And her castle in which so many cruel deeds were done fell rapidly into ruin. Rising over the buried dungeons in the Godforsaken Black Marsh, a solitary tower, like some grant monument to evil, remains."
Quatre had gone an interesting shade of green at the 'rejuvenating blood of virgins' part, and even Trowa looked disturbed. He paused, leafing through the book, and came to another legible passage. "The Countess' fortune was believed to be divided among the clergy, although some say uncounted wealth still remains unfound, buries among the mute skulls that bear witness to the inhumanity of the human creature..." He trailed off there. "That's all that's readable," he said apologetically, glancing up.
Re: World of Darkness (GW/D2)
Date: 2006-02-21 10:00 am (UTC)While Duo's skeletons (and, not to be outdone, Heero) were chasing down the last of the monsters, the others turned their attention to the circle of standing stones.
"There are stones like these in my homeland," Trowa said softly, reaching up to touch one. Quatre shot him a quick, wide-eyed glance at his wistful tone.
"These must be the stones of which Akara spoke," Wufei said decisively. "There can be no others that match this description."
They studied the tall slabs, each one decorated with a rune. "We can open the portal by touching these in a certain order..." Trowa spoke up. Duo sighed.
"Yeah, but we don't know what order. We have to find the Scroll of Infocus."
"Inifuss," Quatre corrected him wearily.
"Whatever..."
"Warriors!" They looked up at the female voice calling them, and saw Relena gesturing to them from a short way away, standing on top of a stone outcrop. "Over here!"
Though Relena was not as powerful or as deadly as the warriors of the party, she was a good shot with a bow and had kept up with them without comment, despite Wufei's somewhat cold disdain for female warriors. "What is it?" Quatre wondered, already heading towards her.
The outcrop of stone turned out to be part of a crumbling stone wall; two of them remained to form the corner of a decayed tower. Nestled in the corner was an elegant pedestal on which rested a large tome, moldy and worn away by exposure. Duo stepped up to it, and leafed gingerly through the pages, turning them almost reverently. He stopped when he came to a readable section.
"...And so it came to pass that the Countess, who once bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins, was buried alive... And her castle in which so many cruel deeds were done fell rapidly into ruin. Rising over the buried dungeons in the Godforsaken Black Marsh, a solitary tower, like some grant monument to evil, remains."
Quatre had gone an interesting shade of green at the 'rejuvenating blood of virgins' part, and even Trowa looked disturbed. He paused, leafing through the book, and came to another legible passage. "The Countess' fortune was believed to be divided among the clergy, although some say uncounted wealth still remains unfound, buries among the mute skulls that bear witness to the inhumanity of the human creature..." He trailed off there. "That's all that's readable," he said apologetically, glancing up.