The hidden stair shudders under their feet as the training hall vanishes behind a wall of stone. Dust spills through the narrow passage, thick and bitter, while cold air rises from below.
Nameless follows the Young Prodigy down the crumbling steps, one hand against the rough wall. The stair twists into a buried corridor cut from old gray rock, its ceiling low enough to force a crouch.
The Young Prodigy
Keep moving. The prince cannot stay here.
The Hidden Prince hangs limp in the prodigy’s arms, his breathing shallow but steady. Ahead, the corridor opens into a chamber where broken tile and carved pillars lie half-buried in rubble.
The stone here is older than the hall above.
The Young Prodigy
If anyone follows, this place becomes a coffin.
From somewhere deeper in the dark, a faint draft whispers across the chamber floor, carrying the smell of damp earth and something sharp like rust. The only way onward is down the broken passage ahead.
✓ Quest Accepted
Find a way forward through the ruins
“i nod and state that i am the one who originally found these halls a long time ago and had time to explore them so i know a way out that leads to a hidden exit behind a water fall”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled -1)
Nameless gives a single nod and speaks low, steady. He says he found these halls long ago, and he knows a way out.
The Young Prodigy tightens his grip on the Hidden Prince, then looks up fast, hope cutting through the panic for a breath.
The Young Prodigy
You know a route through here?
nameless
A hidden exit behind a waterfall.
The prodigy shifts his weight toward the broken passage ahead, already ready to follow. Damp air slips past them again, colder now, and the rust sharpness feels closer.
The Young Prodigy
Then lead. I will keep the prince with me.
Somewhere beyond the rubble, stone grinds softly in the dark, as if the ruins themselves are listening.
Quest Complete
Find a way forward through the ruins