Game 73

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After Merius’ Wizard duel, we begin to ascend the lift toward Lucian Blackstaff’s office. The door opens as an aged man walks out with a bucket. He has a long gray beard reaching midway down is chest. The mantle he has is coppery in appearance. In his bucket there are varying types of feed he begins to spread amongst his birds that were squawking as we entered. As he gets closer, we see that he has color shifting eyes. They seem to be swirling and shifting in and out of each other. Never fixed. He regards us with a keen intelligence that almost ways on us as he gains our measure. He offers a hand.

L “Will you help me feed them?”

M “It will be my pleasure, Mr. Blackstaff”

L “The pleasure is mine after that display. Please. Call me Lucien.”

As the two continue spreading the seeds, the birds are still and watching all of us.

M “Marvelous creatures.”

L “Yes.. Quite. What is it that you’ve come to this tower seeking, lad?”

M “First, let me introduce myself and my companions.”

As Merius makes the introductions, his eyes regard all of us. “Yes, I see.” As he regards Otto. When his gaze meets Ereb, Mallar says “It’s him! He’sthe one! KILL HIM!”

E “Can it wait? I just want to trade the matron” to Mallar. Ereb hands over the matrom. Lucien does something that seems to make the voice fade for a time.

“And you?” He fixes Sirrine with his eyes “You have a passenger?”

Sirrine grows uncomfortable. Says she doesn’t want to discuss it here. Merius convinces her to open up. She says she feels think. Like she’s missing a piece.

Lucien then reveals he’s been watching all of us. He says he can get rid of the thing affixed to Ereb’s soul with a tincture. We help strap him down to the table. Lucien etches a magnographic symbol into his flesh, and as the room darkens, eventually he pulls something from him, like losing a lung. As the light returns, Lucien stands there holding an oily raven. And then puts it in his mouth and eats it.

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They eventually convince Cirrine to allow them to take a look. Merius and Lucien peer in. Everything is black. But then there is a figure in the dark. Something massive. Large eyes peer at them from a monolithic set of coils. A voice

“Magnificient!” A flash strikes Merius’ mind. A face appears suddenly. Then another. And another. And another. This man, standing in front of an archaic wardrobe. He kneels before a mask. One that seems familiar in design. Merius has seen it before. And yet not. Something prickles the back of your mind. Tower of glass. Red mirror. Looking back at you. He is kneeling before the others giving them each directions. To the other cells. The others will be waiting.

Merius tries to break the connection to the spell.

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