Labalyn's memorial

[Anastasia]

Your Word is spoken, yet nothing happens. Can anything be done against the will of an Incarnation?

The mural changes again. Now it shows thousands in miniature, each hung and dead, nothing more than bloated corpses of metal. Before your eyes the mural spreads wide, long and far, surrounding you with images of the dead. Around each hung corpse iron bars appear, imprisoning them within.

[Nephrite]

Moore looks around at the images - there's one thing in common with everyone here... they're a prisoner.

"The room right before this one, before I came here... I'll free them, however I can." Moore says. "But... are you a prisoner here as long as this prison exists? If I free everyone here... then it's no longer a prison, right?"

[Anastasia]

The metal corpses hang around you, silent as death.

[Nephrite]

Moore's silent for a moment --

Corpses.

They're dead, so... ...oh!

He takes in a breath -- he really needs to remember he doesn't need to do that at all anymore -- and focuses on the dead.

He's trying to use his new-found divine powers to see if there are souls here, and, if so, if he can do anything about that.

[Anastasia]

You do not sense any souls in the cold metal. As far as you can tell, it really is just cold, lifeless steel.

[Nephrite]

Well, maybe the ones back there are...?

"Is your trial to free everyone here?" Moore asks. "I'm not sure you can even answer that, even if that's the case... but if that's what it takes, then that's what I'll do."

[Anastasia]

There is no answer as the metal images are gone.

There is, however, a familiar groan behind you. "Bahamut's balls, now what?" Kaja growls.

[Nephrite]

"Then that's what I'll do." Moore murmurs as he takes his hand off the wall. "I know you can't stop the guards, but we'll deal with them too."

He turns around with a smile.

"I'm sorry it took so long to find you." Moore says as he flies over to him. "Are you all right?"

[Anastasia]

"I am now," Kaja growls, scimitars out and bloodied. "I had to fight through some fiends, but I'm fine."

[Nephrite]

"Do you need any healing?" Moore asks. "We have... a bit of a unique situation we've found ourselves in."

He gestures out and around. "In case you didn't notice."

[Anastasia]

"I'm fine," Kaja repeats as he looks around, "So now what? Where's everyone else?"

[Nephrite]

"After you got nabbed, we made it further into the prison." Moore explains. "Xandra got taken by another chain attack just a bit ago, and I assume she'll turn up here soon enough. The others... I came through a portal and I imagine they're in a similar place, or on their way here." He says.

He takes in a breath ... again, really needs to stop doing that.

"How did you get here, exactly?" He asks.

[Anastasia]

"On the blood of fiends," Is the answer, short, "I appeared in an interior courtyard full of prisoners. I did what had to be done."

[Nephrite]

"What, and you just showed up here after that?" Is his response - it doesn't sound like he doesn't believe the story, on the contrary, it makes the most sense.

"Still... well, we have a bit to do." Moore explains. "You may not believe me, but... well, no, I think after everything you've been involved with thus far, you'll believe me. We're going to turn this place into something other than a prison, by freeing everyone here."

[Anastasia]

This causes Kaja to smile. "Good. My blades are only just warmed up. There's so many more fiends to send to oblivion."