The artist carries the charcoal sketch to a reading table, keeping its marked face turned away from the sealed basement door. Nylcisân's name still glows faintly at its margin.
Beside the sketch, a book lies open beneath a veil of dust. Its brittle pages bear the same blue mark, pressed into the paper as though from within.
Nylcisân
The mark on the book is fresh, but the page is centuries old.
the artist
I did not open that book. It was already waiting here when the door began to move.
The library settles around them. No wind stirs the curtains, yet the open pages lift and fall once, revealing a column of cramped names.
the artist
Do not read them aloud. The drawing answered to your name because you touched the threshold. The book may answer differently.
Behind them, the sealed door gives a soft wooden tick as it cools. On the open page, one unseen line begins to darken beneath the blue mark.
✓ Quest Accepted
Interpret the marked book's warning
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn why Nylcisân's name appears in the records