+ Scene Quest Added
Escape the collapsing passage
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Dust chokes the air, turning the corridor into a blurred sepia haze. The ceiling groans once more, a tectonic shriek that forces stone to grind against stone. Silas stops, his iron rod suddenly wavering not from the tremors, but from the sight of a hidden alcove sliding open behind him. A skeletal hand, encased in rusted gauntlets, thrusts outward from the darkness to grip the Prior by the throat.
Timothy
The Prior’s own order hid something in these walls, something they feared enough to entomb. Is this a guardian, or another prisoner left to rot?
Prior Silas
Unhand me, you wretched specter!
Unknown Guardian
Your keys, Silas. The debt is long overdue.
The floor tiles tilt violently, sending the glowing iron rod skittering toward the abyss opening beneath them.
Timothy
If I jump for the rod, I might secure a weapon, but the floor is giving way. If I stay still, I am at the mercy of whatever just woke up.
“I use my stealth skill to sneak behind the Unknown Guardian and trip it, allowing Prior Silas to escape.”
SUCCESS (Good Stealth, rolled +0)
Timothy moves with the silence of a shadow, his feet barely touching the crumbling tiles as he slides behind the armored figure. With a sharp, practiced kick to the guardian's rusted greave, he unbalances the entity just as its grip on the Prior tightens.
Prior Silas
You! You dare interfere with the judgment of the sanctified?
Timothy
The Prior is a tyrant, but I cannot let a ghost of this place drag him into the abyss. My duty remains, even in the teeth of death.
The Unknown Guardian stumbles backward, its gauntleted hand slipping from Silas’s collar. As the iron-clad figure pivots, its heavy weight forces a section of the floor to buckle entirely. The iron rod is now inches from the ledge, spinning wildly in the dust-filled air.
Prior Silas
Grab the rod, boy! We must seal the breach before the floor claims us both!
+ Story Quest Added
Retrieve the iron rod
“I grab the rod and obediently hand it to Prior Silas.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)
Timothy lunges toward the precipice. His fingers close around the cold iron, his legendary agility allowing him to snatch the rod from the air just as the floor beneath the Guardian gives way. He ignores the cracking stone and the roar of the collapsing abyss, pivoting instantly to offer the rod to the Prior.
Timothy
I am a vessel for your will, Father. Take it, and do what must be done.
Prior Silas
You serve well in the shadow of ruin, boy. Hold it steady.
The Guardian lets out a silent, hollow hiss as it slips backward into the darkness, its metallic claws scraping futilely against the edge of the collapsing tile. Silas grips the rod, his knuckles white, as he begins to chant a binding prayer that causes the heavy iron to flare with a blinding, flickering light.
Prior Silas
If this passage falls, we go with it. Unless the stone obeys.
Quest Complete
Escape the collapsing passage
Skill Upgrade: Stealth Good→Great
Quest Complete
Retrieve the iron rod
+ New Item Acquired
Iron rod