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//    Town 41: Ghikra


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20 = "As soon as you step into the circle of runes, in full view of the rows of chairs, something happens. When you see what appears, you are amazed and horrified at the same time.";
21 = "Images appear above the six runes, floating and circling slowly. They are monsters: a slime above one rune, a cockroach above another. A troglodyte, a giant, a golem, and a strange, reptilian beast float above the other runes.";
22 = "You realize that this is some sort of meeting room, where the vahnatai could examine and discuss the creatures with which they have been slaughtering the people on the surface.";
23 = "After a minute, the images slowly fade. Then there is a flash of light. Two guards appear, blocking your way to the escape portal. They move to attack.";
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26 = "Each of these crystals has a stool placed next to it, so that you can study it easily. When you lean close, you see words under its blue surface. Study it?";
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28 = "No vahnatai settlement is complete without a crystal workshop. Chambers like this one are where the delicate crystals of the underworld are formed into jewelry, magical aids, and tools.";
29 = "The vahnatai passionately value crystals and can work incredibly powerful magic with them. Over the last few years, humans have tried to learn their techniques, but they haven't had much luck.";
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32 = "At the end of the path, there is a glowing door hanging in midair. As you get close, you feel a force pushing everyone but the closest person away. It will only let one of you through. Does one of you enter?";
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35 = "Rentar-Ihrno nods and listens. _It sounds like a powerful, magical, flawed creature._ She thinks. _It is lucky for you that it was not stronger. It was a weak construct._";
36 = "_Such a thing is completely unknown to us. I think it was created. Its weaknesses interest me. I thank you for your help._ She gives you a ring. _Here is a gift. It is a small token, but it conveys my appreciation._";
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38 = "Thanks to your magical training, you are able to focus and make sense of the rapidly moving words. They seem to be magical instructions. ";
39 = "However, they rely very heavily on vahnatai figures of speech and analogies. You understand most of the writing, but not enough to fully master the spell. You just don't know enough about vahnatai culture.";
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41 = "You only manage to open this case a crack before sparks fly from the handles and sear your hands. In the moment it was open, you saw small crystals and intricate, unrecognizable tools.";
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43 = "The settlement of Ghikra has grown very quiet. Nobody is here. The vahnatai have fled.";
44 = "You look for signs of where they might have gone. You note that there are fresh mud tracks, heading down the east exit. When they made their exodus, they were heading in that direction.";
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