Derick Force lunges toward the weeping fissure, his boots sliding across the slick stone of the control platform. He plants his feet firmly, bracing for the psychic recoil of the void.
The Ancestor
Hold your ground, heir. Focus your will on the activation rune. Do not let the shadows find purchase in your doubt.
Derick Force
The cold leaking from the fissure is unlike anything I have felt before, biting through my armor.
Garth
Get it done, Derick! I cannot keep these shapes at bay forever. Their claws are hungrier than they look.
Joi
The dog lets out a sharp, rhythmic bark, snapping her jaws at a tendril of mist that curls too close to Derick's exposed flank.
The Hooded Figure and The Ash Wrapped Sentinel join their hands above the pulsing rune, their faces pale as the platform begins to groan under the sudden pressure of their combined energy.
+ Scene Quest Added
Hold the ley-engine together
“You place your hand upon the rune, focusing on holding it in place while pouring your own will into it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Derick Force pushes his palm deep into the stone, his Willpower acting as an anchor against the chaotic surge of the engine. The golden light erupts, swallowing the dark violet mist in a brilliant flash.
The Ancestor
The ley lines hum in perfect harmony. You have bound the fracturing Spire, heir.
Garth
I never doubted him, but to see that kind of raw stability under this much pressure is something else entirely.
Kellan
The engine is silent. You have bought us enough time to solidify the seal permanently.
Derick Force
The stone beneath my hand no longer vibrates with uncontrolled energy, but the temperature remains unnaturally low.
Joi trots forward, sniffing the now-faded crack in the floor, and lets out a soft whine as a single, perfectly formed crystalline shard emerges from the cooling rune, pulsing with a faint blue light.
Quest Complete
Hold the ley-engine together
+ New Item Acquired
Crystalline shard