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A distant chunk of rubble tumbles to the ground with a ‘<span class="mu-i">crunch</span>’ that reverberates across the wing as you weigh your options. You’ve been going at this for six threads now… almost <span class="mu-i">seven</span>! Yet you still can’t manage to skulk around like everyone else can in this dumb darkness!
Say, you remark as an idea flops into your head like a freshly-caught trout, Toppel can levitate, right? Can she do you too?
The sorceress stares you down as if you’d just asked to borrow her tongue. “<span class="mu-i">Levitating takes getting used to,</span>” She hisses under her squeaky breath, “<span class="mu-i">and we don’t have the luxury of time for you to learn!</span>”
Her frown deepens. “<span class="mu-i">Moreover, if I cast any spells down here everyone will know it!</span>”
She… she doesn’t need to be <span class="mu-i">shy</span>--
“<span class="mu-i">I mean whoever’s creeping about!</span>” She interrupts as she gives your cheek a painful nip! You hate to admit it, but she might have a point–and if she thinks casting spells is dangerous, well… you’ll just have to defer to the expert…
That said, you’d rather not stumble blindly through this messed-up maze! Pondering your plight, you perk up in realization as you hear a quiet ‘<span class="mu-i">click</span>’ at your side! OBBER! That’s it!
‘<span class="mu-i">SSHHH!</span>’
Right, sorry! Crouching down to the Sanguiphage’s level, you give the bloodsucker a pleading glance as you make your request: he has some decent senses, right? C-can… could he pinpoint where the <span class="mu-s">MUMMY ROOM</span> is?
“<span class="mu-i">Yes… YES!</span>” Toppel remarks with renewed excitement in her voice! “<span class="mu-i">They’ll have a unique smell for certain!</span>”
You just figured he’d know somehow, but you don’t tell her that. Obber, in the meantime, answers your request with a hint of trepidation… it’s hard to tell what with his lack of eyes and all, but you still get the feeling that he isn’t amped up about it!
“<span class="mu-s">Another… ANOTHER comes to bear witness to our starry-eyed lords!</span>”
The sudden shout sends you scrambling–its origin difficult to place in the maze of corridors surrounding you! Another magical explosion rocks the walls, sending a fresh layer of soot and debris onto your face!
“<span class="mu-s">An eternal empire! Fueled by FLESH! Life for LIFE! They crowd and claw beyond the veil… clawing at it… CLAWING!</span>”
Another detonation sends a quake through the walls–this one making your bones tremble like leaves in a hurricane! Whoever this freak is, he’s close… close enough that Obber swallows any reservations he had before and scampers off down the hall towards what you <span class="mu-i">hope</span> is your destination!
>CONTD.
