[HQ Ignorance] Scene 114: Below The Iron Fort

[Erica Hoehn]

Kalen stores the information he has collected during his exploration of the buildings for discussion with a Rock Mostal when he finally returns to his own "people".

Kalen turns to look at Guillarme and Rotterex, "What is it?  Your facial features have changed shape, this usually indicates that something is amiss, or so I have noticed.  It is difficult to process humans."

Guillarme and Rotterex exchange looks, it is Rotterex that speaks, "We would like to try this machine. We are already bound through the magic that creates familiars, this way, we could complete that bond".  Kalen would appear startled, if his facial features could move that far, "We can try, but first I will thoroughly check the machine to make sure it is in working order".

After a short wait Kalen announces that he is ready and begins to hook Guillarme and Rotterex to the machine....

 
> Kalen's fascination with the fortress continues and he
> compares
> everything from diamond vaults to skirting boards with his
> modest
> knowledge of Dwarven architectural techniques. He's a
> little
> disappointed that he did not not have a Rock Mostal brother
> to assess
> the degree that the design matched Building Regulations.
> 
> Nevertheless, Kalen followed his basic programming, his
> intuition, and
> sought the deepest possible point to the Fort. Things that
> would by-pass
> human eyes for centuries can be found by a Dwarf and this
> was no
> exception. "No Dwarf would design a plumbing unit with so
> much space",
> Kalen muttered, half to himself, as he worked around the
> latrines. "And
> there!"; a resounding click, and the walls opened,
> revealing a dark
> passageway within.
> 
> Kalen led the way, followed by Guillarme and Rotterex. The
> passage was
> short, but very steep, almost a ladder rather than stairs.
> It exited
> however into a large chamber with most unusual
> contraptions, some even
> unfamiliar to Kalen. Most importantly however was three
> tables and a
> glass cover, with wires linking the glass to each other and
> to a slowly
> humming machine underneath the tables.
> 
> "Must seek operator's manual", the Dwarf clicked. It didn't
> take long;
> located as expected in a draw on underneath the central
> table. The
> writing was archaic but discernable; "The Legion Machine".
> This was a
> machine made by the Dwarves captured and forced to work by
> Godlearners,
> seeking to induce lycanthropy between the subjects - one
> one table a
> wolf or similar would be place, on the opposite a person.
> With the right
> operation a legion creature would appear between them.
> 
> "Madness", Kalen clicked. "Who would want to do such a
> thing?" he
> remarked.
> 
> Guillarme and Rotterex looked back at him, their
> expressions unchanged.
> 
> 
> 
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