From the Ashes... A new king's day?

[Shukuen]

"Jan! Dammit, what are you trying to pull here!" Leets demanded, seeing the Negotiator land in a bloody heap next to the thrashing, decimated beast. He darted in quickly, dragging Jan from the guardian's death throes and to the dubious safety of the group.

[Olvelsper]

"Hah...ah...I finally got 'em back, kid." Jan coughed, looking pretty horrid for the exchange. He felt dizzy as he lay back. "I a bit tired...want to go on and unlock the tower?" He shakily held Pandora's Box up to Leets.

[Shukuen]

Leets shook his head in disbelief--the bloke's gone postal! he thought dizzily, taking Pandora's box into his arms.

"Watch 'im, Viki. Don't let him do anything else stupid until we get a doctor or healer," he said, blinking at a sudden though. "D'you think you could heal him?" he wondered out loud before looking at Jan again.

"And what am I supposed to be doing with this anyway?"

[Olvelsper]

"The Star Stone can open up the path. Ask Yomi when you get to the top. He should know what to do with it." Jan grunted.

[Shukuen]

Leets nodded, tightening his grip on Pandora's box. He glanced at where the guardian lay, seeing if it was safe to cross or if it was still thrashing about.

[Dracos]

The creature was smouldering away...the path clearing before his eyes.  The steel door opening, though not revealing what was inside.

Dracos

[Shukuen]

Leets swallowed whatever misgivings he had remaining, and headed towards the distant door.

[Dracos]

Heading into the door, he found himself in a brightly let pentagonal room, a star carved in gold on the floor and seemingly the walls fading away showing the cosmos swirling around in a bright blue mist.  In the center, lowered down was a turning globe with a hole in it for a star to be placed.

Viki stayed behind, wrapping some cloth around Jan's wounds.  She wasn't very experienced, so it didn't do much good, but she tried.

OOC: Please do remember what hints have been given so far :)  This is not a 'turn on, do thing' machine but more a 'turn on, here's temporary godlike power to change things' machine.

[Shukuen]

Laying Pandora's box down, Leets knocked on the lid to summon Yomi, clearing his throat before he spoke.

"Please bring one of the starstones you have inside, Yomi," he intoned clearly. "It's needed now."

[Dracos]

Yomi nodded and tossed into his hand the glowing starstone, glowing all the brighter here of all places.

Dracos

[Shukuen]

Catching the starstone in his hand, Leets took a steady breath, bracing himself for what he knew was going to happen. Stepping forward, he slid the starstone into the recess in the globe, and that whatever was coming next would hit him softer then the guide had.

[Dracos]

Several copper rings began to spin about the chamber, the central globe glowing brightly as it started to spin faster.  The machine, whatever it was, clearly working.

[Shukuen]

Leets closed his eyes as the chamber spun to life, gathering his chaotic thoughts as he tensed in excitement. This was it, the culmination of everything they've been pushed through. Immediately, he focused his mind on a single, pulsing desire. To stop the decay... to bring life to this dying world...

[Dracos]

The light grew stronger and stronger still... and then suddenly stopped.  No obvious sign that anything had changed, though the machine was quiet and still and the light gone.

[Shukuen]

Leets blinked, deflating in disappointment. That was... anticlimactic, he thought, scrutinizing the darkened room. Finding nothing else happening, he reached for where the starstone was.