>>5581552=???: Attention. This critical message is being delivered courtesy of the Serenade Emergency Alert System. This is not a test. A major meteorological event posing a credible threat to public safety has manifested. All civilians are urged to remain indoors, or if not possible, to proceed to one of the following disaster shelters in a calm and orderly manner. [48th&19th, Heinford Shopping Plaza], [42nd&29th, CSPD Headquarters], [54th&23th, Thornson Reef Cannery and Distribution Plant] =
-At this point, the message repeats-
>1 AP: Head back upstairs and get to work with the powered instruments that we can use to investigate these odd happenings.=Intellect Test=
=DC: 18 & 26 & 31 vs (2x) (3d6+(Def/2)+Astronomy)*AdvTechSupport=
=18 & 26 & 31 vs (11+2+2)*3 & (10+4+3)*3=
=18 & 26 & 31 vs 45 & 51=
=Success, Success, Success=
-Sensors do not register the Spotlight’s shape, only depicting it as a solid glowing circle-
-However, the visual static afflicting you compensates for this absence as disparate shards of junk data organize themselves into flawed imitations of spirographic designs which cacophonously layer atop each other-
-A mild headache rumbles beneath your skull-
-Filtering out background luminosity, you are able to view a band of deep darkness ringing the Spotlight dissimilar to the surrounding Curtains-
-The band contains 156 beads of incredibly faint light, tightly arranged in sets of 12, forming lines that orderly encircle the spirographic celestial formation-
-Referencing the outputs from the optical spectrometer, Sebastian makes a tentative observation-
Sebastian: “Hm. Definitely not typical celestial objects. I doubt they’re objects at all actually.”
=Def: “He’s right. Those specks may look like distant stars at a glance, but on closer examination they have more in common with a light transference pattern.”=
=Dep: “Like rays of light beautifully scattered as it strikes the folded dimensions of a crystal prism, or the myriad ridged contours at the base of a glass tankard.”=
-Over the course of monitoring this stellar arrangement you notice one of the faux-stars blink out of existence, a minute later its neighbour follows suit-
-In the span of 12 minutes, you observe an entire band of 12 vanish-
-There are now only 12 bands left-
