Knowledge shall lead the...

[Anastasia]

Perception.

[Corwin]

114

[Anastasia]

You proceed down. The walls are effective until you come to another room. A single door is here, heading towards the south. The walls are unadorned here, nothing but coral and pearl.

[Corwin]

The door is checked! And if free of traps or magic, unlocked! And afterwards, opened!

Perception 114

[Anastasia]

No traps.

The next hall is nothing but darkness, save for a tiny, inch or so wide sliver of flooring that goes ahead, all the way to the end where there's another door southernly.

[Corwin]

Seira calls upon Major Creation variant that summons metal perpendicularly over that sliver of flooring, shaping it on the fly with her considerable mastery over it due to her long friendship with Lagann. The effect is similar to a Lyre of Building, though powering it with literal divine miracles should speed things up considerably and make crossing the room a comfortable rather than a dodgy experience to her companions.

Craft: Metalworks 10 for 119, I'll spam Miracle to make this happen.

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, that had trap written all over it," Donald agrees. "Rather human so far - I expected more interesting things, but maybe this is a warm up?"

Meanwhile the floor is now properly made.

[Corwin]

Seira is the first to walk across her expanded floor, ready to react should Donald or Ranbar be targetted.

"A lot of traps here, probably designed to give those who get here a sense of how outclassed they are without spoiling anything."

Perception 114 on the door, will open if it's safe

[Anastasia]

"Like a doorman," Ranbar murmurs, "Or a guard before a treasure."

"Yeah, or like kobolds before a dragon," Donald agrees, "Thin out those who aren't worth the dragon's time." He smiles a bit, "That's sort of our job for Seira."

[Corwin]

"You also execute my will, and soon, the will of the Cauldron," Seira muses, opening the door since her examination turned nothing interesting. "But yes, a bit like that."

[Anastasia]

You open the door and - emptiness. Just a plunge into the waters.

Well enough done. You are right, this is to screen out those with more information than skill and power. There's no point treating you like a mortal and indulging in these traps further.

[Corwin]

And yet, you indulged in plenty of traps, Seira notes.

Still, there's nothing to it but to head in and hope that her protections on Donald and Ranbar from the water hold.

[Anastasia]

Down you go, down and down and down. Away from the fortress as...

Dreams.

How many dreams do you have, Seira?

What will you do to achieve them?

What will you do when they're all done?

[Corwin]

An endless amount, although they do all share a theme.

I'll keep on doing the right thing as I see it, guided by the desire to save and help people.

I will never be done, because even when Evil with a capital E is gone from Creation forever, that doesn't automatically make Creation a utopia. There will always be a way for me to keep on making things ever-better for others, as I seek a more perfect Creation for all.

[Anastasia]

What of struggle and battle? What of the dreams of blood and triumph?