First Gold Bolt [Open]

[last_lombax]

It was dark. Night had fallen over the island and the only light to be seen is flickering torches of the stone room. A broken stone walkway once stretched across the room but has collapsed in the middle. Down below was a dusty and dirty floor, covered in pieces of debris and rock. For those outside the room, the sound of grunts and movement could be heard. There was shuffling, a growl, the sound of metal hitting stone, the sound of a loud crack and finally a thud.

Inside the room, down in the messy bottom section was a group of shadow creatures. Their glowing orbs provided some light but not enough to illuminate the dark depths of the room. The torches line the walls but not all were lit. But if one looked closely, they could see what has drawn the shadow monsters out tonight. There was a body, lying face up on the ground. It was small and from the outline it looks like it may have a pair of large horns, perhaps? Either way, it was unmoving as the monsters slowly surround it. One larger creature lifted the small body with easy, and threw it over his shoulder. There was the sound of metal hitting stone again as the body dropped something. It bounced and skid into the light of a torch. It was a very large wrench from the looks of it.

The monsters began their retreat. Heading for the shadow portal in the corner by one of the torches. It seemed the monsters had caught someone out alone at night. What shall you do?

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[eldritch_princess]

[Cordelia, a young women in her twenties, wearing a strange, fancy dress, was coughing, holding herself up with one hand holding onto a wall.

For a moment, she had thought they had finally caught her, had truly buried her alive. Not even that thing inside her had helped, it was subdued, far away. Somehow, the sarcophagus had broken due to her struggles - she didn't know why, and had been too confused to check, all she had wanted was getting away, away, away.

What was this place? It was huge, much bigger than the castle she had once called home. Much bigger than any castle she knew of. Earlier, she had seen something like a bedroom - it had been closed until she stepped near the statues, which had caused them to move on their own. It seemed suspicious; she hadn't lingered in there for long.

She had taken the strange device near one of the beds, however. She was confused and lost, but even then she noticed something this out of place. It must mean ...something...right?

Finally, she sat down in a small alcove, which hopefully should shield her from view if anyone was after her (the people that had put her into the sarcophagus, maybe?), where she tried to rest.

And, of course, there was also this strange device. Maybe figuring out what it did would give her a clue why she was here.

Again she coughed. Her body was only slowly getting used to its current state. Maybe she could open it...?

She could! Unfortunately, while doing so, she hit one of the buttons, causing it to test its ringtone. Whoops!


[OOC: A tad difficult to make the lost-and-confused intro post interactable, but I think the ringtone should work to show someone's hiding! I suppose she could also be encountered while walking and coughing on occasion. Her body's not used to being "powerless", so it's giving her some trouble on that front. ]