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[FIREBIRD EXPLORE - MIDNIGHT]

You find yourself in a small triangular room with high, high walls. All three walls are made of glass. Through one, all you see is white light moving in strange angular patterns. Through the second, the same white light forms great starbursts. Through the third, the light coils and wheels.

It's quite bright. The floor is made of ruddy beaten copper. The ceiling is a vast mirror. In the middle of the floor is a great copper bowl filled with something white and wavering, like smoke.

You find three copper tokens in your hand. They are flat, shaped like apples. Engraved on each is the word OPEN.

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Once he's used all three charcoal he places a token on the tree in the mural]

The charcoal dust that makes up the mural gathers itself together, flowing upwards to shape itself into a black, grainy Firebird. She bows to you--and then a huge gust of wind blows, scattering the dust everywhere and away.

[well, that was interesting]

You are back in the central room with another gold key!

[yay, progress!

heading straight for the last door]

That's the flowery tree.

You’re in a thick forest, faint mist drifting lazily around your feet. It’s a little chilly, a little damp, but not uncomfortable. Birds chirp and insects buzz lazily all around you, unconcerned by your presence. What little you can see of the sky is pale and cloudless.

A faint trail winds into the trees to your right.

[following the trail :|b]

You find a very large clearing. Thirteen pedestals of some dark stone ring it; they must have had statues on them once, but these have been cleanly broken away, and only the (human? hopefully?) feet are left on each one. Who knows where the rest of each statue is.

In the center of the clearing is the lone intact statue: a huge dark serpent about thirteen feet high, mouth wide open. It's exquisitely carved, but its four fangs are missing, so it looks pretty goofy right now.

A red fox is seated on the other side of the clearing, eyeing you. It's carrying a lump of raw meat in its mouth.

[takes it all in, but decides to focus on the fox for now. Attempting to move closer without scaring it away]

It starts moving back once you start coming within reach of it.

[kneels down to appear less threatening]

I'm not here to harm you.

It pauses, ears pricking up in interest.

[holds a hand out to it, so it can come sniff if it wants]

It approaches until it's just out of your reach and stands there, sniffing.

[just stays still so the fox can sniff]

Sniff sniff sniff sniff.

...yup.

[can I try to pet it...?]

...it dumps the meat in your hand and runs away.

[...well okay...

going to check out the pedestals now]

They are dark cool stone. Behind four of them you find long copper fangs.

[taking the fangs and heading back to the snake statue to put them back where they belong]

Edited 2011-10-06 06:47 (UTC)

They slot in neatly! There's a faint click from under the statue somewhere. That's all.

[hmmm. Puts the meat in the snake's mouth and then touches the snake statue with his last token]

Edited 2011-10-06 06:51 (UTC)

The snake's jaws close slowly on the meat and token. There's a strange sound: squissshhh...crunchsmasshhhhh. Dark blood runs out the side of the statue's mouth.

Colour flushes up the statue's coils: bands of red and gold. It's clearly coming to life...! It starts to hiss and writhe, the huge head turning in your direction.

[backs up to give it room. Also kind of wary, because snakes :| ]

[FIREBIRD EXPLORE - MIDNIGHT]

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