Night 61: The Sphinx's Chamber

[monkeyboy]

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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~!"

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[overlimit]

Rita had to wonder, too, about the man on the radio. How was it that he and Landel had shared close quarters, and both had come out alive? That was one reason to be suspicious. It was also difficult to be too happy that he apparently had more allies working with him now. While it was true that there was strength in numbers, it also left more opportunities for betrayal.

But they were entering the room now, and Rita knew she needed to focus entirely on the trial, so she pushed those thoughts aside for the time being. Maybe she could catch and question Claude or someone acquainted with him during the day.

The chamber they entered then was nothing like Rita expected. It was a simple room, elegantly designed as if to house a grand treasure, with nothing but a single pedestal with a statue of a human-faced beast on it. "I take it that's a Sphinx," Rita guessed, answering her own question from earlier.

But as she stared up at the creature, Goku didn't waste time in approaching it, and even talking about riding it. Rita walked up behind him and gave him a firm swat on the head. It wasn't hard enough to seriously injure, though she doubted there was much inside his hollow skull to injure in the first place. If anything, maybe the jolt would knock some unused brain matter into action. "Idiot."