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damned_institute2012-02-16 11:52 am
monkeyboy) wrote in damned_institute2012-02-16 11:52 am
Night 61: The Sphinx's Chamber
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Eventually, the doors gave way and spilled Goku out into an expansive room. It glittered and twinkled with the flicker of light, and the young child had took take a moment to ogle until he realized that he had come in here with a purpose. That purpose was huge and sitting right in the middle of the tall room.
It was a strange animal--More like the statue of a strange animal--and the source of the smell that clogged Goku's keen senses. The awe gradually faded and left him waddling eagerly toward the thing.
"I wanna ride it~!"
Eventually, the doors gave way and spilled Goku out into an expansive room. It glittered and twinkled with the flicker of light, and the young child had took take a moment to ogle until he realized that he had come in here with a purpose. That purpose was huge and sitting right in the middle of the tall room.
It was a strange animal--More like the statue of a strange animal--and the source of the smell that clogged Goku's keen senses. The awe gradually faded and left him waddling eagerly toward the thing.
"I wanna ride it~!"
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Then she leaned closer, her lips only inches away from the now-still Sphinx's ear. "You're trapped here, aren't you?" Her voice was a low whisper, though she didn't care if Rita and Goku could hear her. "You, um, don't have to try to answer that. I just wanted you to know that, if there is a way out -- I know, I know, you can't tell us...I just wanted you to know I'll be back. Or..." she trailed off, delicately. "Someone will." There, that covered death, dismemberment, and pint-sized one-way wormholes. Taura didn't make promises she couldn't keep. "I'll make sure. If that's what you want."
Then she held the shield out for Rita's inspection. Such a tiny thing, but they had both keys now, and Taura had a feeling she knew what the sacrifice might be. So many deaths, of late. She was living on borrowed time, in a borrowed body; would it even count? Only one way to find out.