>>5741579For a moment you consider going to Milha's side next, but knowing how debilitating the effects of her magic are decide against it. Instead you head out of the room and start making your way down, jogging down the halls to go check on the seals your son'd put on the Abyss down below. You keep a brisk pace, going down deeper and deeper, passing by the initial all-metal halls that give way to stone, this lab clearly unfinished before the previous owner met a fate that kept them from finishing the work. You head deeper and deeper down, Chilli reaching out to you telepathically as you near the bottom.
“Hey Dad, where are you going?” Chilli asks you. “Is something wrong?”
“No, I don't think so.” you reply to him as you find the final hallway, taking the downward ramp down into the darkness towards the sealed chamber. You transform, letting your Ascended Berserker form's emerald aura illuminate the darkness. “Just double checking that the seals on the Abyss down here are still intact. I'll let you know if anything's wrong beyond the stone.”
“The one that only you or Chaya can move?” he asks, the thought coming to mind that you'd not seen Chaya move it before. Perhaps she'd done so on the visit last month with your son? Thinking back, you hadn't checked it that time, Chilli having told you everything was fine then. You hadn't thought about it back then, but with her training under Darth Bane and her own anger, she most certainly could open it. “I haven't checked it yet, keep me in the loop.”
“I will.” you reply, both of you ending the telepathic link as you come to a stop. Once more you see the giant, dark stone blocking the doorway, planting your feet and diving into your rage. You let your Berserker fury rise up, taking that anger and using it to fuel your telekinesis. Grabbing a hold of the stone you tear it out of the hole, the giant cube slamming into your hand. It then falls to the ground, you stepping around it and into the portal room once more. Your emerald aura illuminates the darkness, your aura's light reflecting off of the crystals. You walk over the crystal-covered stone, walking right up to the portal to the Dark. Fortunately, it still seems to be covered wholly in the crystals, however as you approach notice something that could be trouble. The Darkness of the Abyss is seemingly seeping into the crystals themselves, darkening the pale crystals on the altar itself. Your aura's light doesn't reflect off of those, the Dark infecting them seemingly absorbing the light as well. “Hrmm, this can't be good. I should let Chilli know, and see if he-”
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