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jiminy cricket. ([personal profile] acreage) wrote in [community profile] faderift 2021-03-07 04:50 pm (UTC)

holden, ota.

This isn't so unfamiliar.

Descending into the deeper darkness of the temple, sounds and light fading out, not exactly knowing what's at the end of the journey —

("If I slip off, how long will I fall?"

"Mm...rest of your life. Watch your step."
)

— and even once they're in the chamber, the tear in the Veil like a ribbon of void overhead, he wonders if some Theodosians a thousand years from now might stumble on this place as a remnant of a forgotten war. Then he shakes off the thought.

After a moment with the bodies, he spends some time circling the rift. His focus is on the barely visible patterns on the ground; he crouches whenever he finds a bowl carved into the earth, getting a closer look. With gloved hands, he feels around on the inside of them, comments,

"Someone poured blood into these."

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