The mystery of Benfal (Moore, Tryll)

[Anastasia]

GI check.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 35

[Anastasia]

The first six are unremarkable. The seventh is identical on a look, but the story you get here isn't.

"This is the tomb of Jetina Jerara. She rests here on command of Lord Domiel. I am afraid I know nothing else of her story." The archon replies. "Save that she has earned this rest, and she will rise when the time is right."

[Nephrite]

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It's... just a coincidence, right?


"...Nothing else at all?" Moore asks, repeating the archon.

[Anastasia]

"Nothing else. It is...unusual," The archon admits. "Lord Domiel or his servants tell us the story of those that rest here normally."

[Nephrite]

"...Tell me something, if you... know." Moore says, his voice shaking a bit all of a sudden. "When you awaken inside one of these tombs, do you come out as a celestial, or... is it possible that you could come out as you were before?"

[Anastasia]

"It depends. Some are allowed their mortal form, others are converted in some way. They may become full archons or angels. Alternately, they may become half bloods. It is the will of Lord Domiel and Celestia that determines it." The archon replies. "Are you unwell?"

[Nephrite]

Moore clears his throat and takes a deep breath. Slow down.

"I'm fine. Where do you tend to wake up after coming from one of these tombs? Does that depend on a variety of factors?" Moore asks.

[Anastasia]

"Right here," The archon says, "A mortal rests here, in body and in soul."

[Nephrite]

"So, when they awake, they would find themselves coming out of one of these tombs?" Moore clarifies. "Not, say, randomly waking up on a different level of the Mountain?"

[Anastasia]

"That's correct," The archon confirms.

[Nephrite]

He takes a breath in and out.

So he must've not been here, then... or was there an extenuating circumstance?

"I understand, thank you." Moore says with a nod.

Is it Domiel the mountain wants him to find?

He takes another breath as he continues on and away from the tombs.

Now he has another question he needs to find an answer to...

[Anastasia]

Going further in instead of back towards the mountain path?

[Nephrite]

Yes. Moore's guessing going -up- isn't going to get him anywhere today, so forward it is.

[Anastasia]

Roll 1d100-14.