>>6024399>>6024403You clamor to find the right words; whichever ones will allow you passage. Should you assert your authority as a representative of the Empire? Should you pre-emptively kiss up to whoever's in charge of these golems?
Unfortunately, your slow wits fail you here - but there's grace in the silence that stretches between you and the guards.
"We see now," the one declares in matter-of-fact cadence. "You seek the Crown of Thousands."
That name snaps you back to the mission brief. You'd forgotten exactly what the relic in question was called - but why would these alien entities have insight into your assignment unless they indeed hold your squad captive and have extracted such information?
Though you are many things, the label 'liar' fits none of them. You nod your primary head.
The guards stand aside. A solid, gentle note plays as the doors slide within their frame, clearing your path. The speaker concludes, "You are granted an audience with Lady Jasper."
Though the palace exterior was ethereal and difficult to perceive, the floor that reaches forward is all plainly visible, though anything but plain. Uneven, crystalline architecture fills the structure. The steps of guard patrols echo off the gemstone walls, floor and ceiling, reaching your ears in waves of shrinking report. Still, the physical arrangement leads you directly forwards. You and Dee plod through a grand hall that branches off into a dozen chambers... but something's just as off about the inside of this place as the outside.
<span class="mu-b">Moving forward, all actions offered to you in blue may be attempted in the same response in addition to choosing an option at the end of the full post, though only the first roll for each Trial will be considered.</span>
<span class="mu-b">TRIAL: MIND
1. You're attempting to perceive something important about the palace.
2. Optionally draw up to 2 cards from your Combat Deck to exclude them from your next combat for the chance that they boost your die roll (I will RNG out your cards after you roll).
3. Roll a d20 and add your MIND bonus (currently 2).</span>
