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Post by Pyrodeus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 1:17:09 GMT -6
[glow=red,2,500]Pyrodeus walked up the the doorway to the Holy Archives. The doors stood 50 feet high, held shut by chains with links as thick as his arms. A massive padlock, bearing Pyrodeus' own seal on the back, held them closed in the center.
Pyrodeus stretched a hand toward the lock. With a heavy clang, the tumblers gave way and the lock opened. Pyrodeus pulled the chain from the shank of the lock, and they promptly retracted into the doorjamb, each chain leaving a few links hanging in order to pull the chains closed and lock the Archives once more.
Seeing the Archives were dark, Pyrodeus knew no one else was inside. He fired two ribbons of flame down the long hallway, lighting the torches within and illuminating the Archives.[/glow]
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Post by Taelyrn on Mar 2, 2009 11:43:19 GMT -6
[glow=white,1,500]Taelyrn's physical form seemed to fade into being a few yards away from Pyrodeus. Looking over at the God of Fire, Taelyrn saw that the Archives had already been opened, the torches inside lit.
Walking over to Pyrodeus, Taelyrn gave a low whistle as he looked into the Archives. "Looks like we've got our work cut out for us."[/glow]
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Post by Cryodivus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 18:42:17 GMT -6
[glow=blue,2,500]Cryodivus appeared, along with Visignis and Viviana.
"If you're wondering why I wanted you two to come along, this is the reason," he said, gesturing toward the massive building. "The Archives take up about 30 Etrahn acres. There's over 1,500 miles of shelving."
He looked at the group around him. "Even with the five of us, it'll probably take some time. I can take us to the wing that holds the Planar Encyclopedias, but even that particular collection is a few hundred books."[/glow]
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Post by Visignis on Mar 2, 2009 21:00:51 GMT -6
[glow=orange,1,600]Visignis was awestruck.
He heard the others talking, but their voices barely registered and their words carried no weight whatsoever. The inherent...beauty hardly seemed enough of a word - the glory of this place permeated everything.
Visignis finally returned to reality, focusing on what Cryodivus had said, something about hundreds of books. That couldn't be good.
"Well, we can't exactly spend a week up here paging through hundreds of tomes," Visignis said. He looked at Taelyrn. "You said it was a smaller plane, almost entirely either a city or a junkyard." He then looked at Cryodivus. "How are the planes organized in these encyclopedias? If it's by size, we can find Etrah and work our way smaller from there."[/glow]
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Post by Cryodivus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 21:07:34 GMT -6
[glow=blue,2,500]Cryodivus smiled. "Good thinking, kid," he said. "Right now, they're organized alphabetically by the names we've given them in Heaven. We find the tome that holds Etrah, mark it, and rearrange them by size. I don't know how much that will thin the herd, but it can't hurt."[/glow]
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Post by Viviana on Mar 2, 2009 21:10:05 GMT -6
[glow=purple,1,800]"Wait a second," Viviana interjected. "If the books will actually rearrange the information to organize it in a new way, won't the book holding Etrah change?"[/glow]
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Post by Pyrodeus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 21:13:14 GMT -6
[glow=red,2,500]"Wow, that is a problem," Pyrodeus said, stroking his chin. He then grinned. "What if we mark the page itself? That way we can still find Etrah, and work from there."[/glow]
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Post by Cryodivus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 21:16:23 GMT -6
[glow=blue,2,500]Cryodivus nodded. "Well, I have to hand it to you guys, you're thinkers." He looked at Taelyrn. "Marking the page is up to you. The works within the Holy Archives are indestructible, so we can't burn, freeze, or laser them. But making them glow should work just fine."[/glow]
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Post by Taelyrn on Mar 2, 2009 21:59:57 GMT -6
[glow=white,1,500]Taelyrn nodded. "Fine by me. I've made bigger illusions than a glowing page, so shouldn't be any problem if we can find it."
Stepping up to the threshold of the building, Taelyrn looked back at the others. "Let's get started then, shall we?"[/glow]
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Post by Cryodivus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 22:07:39 GMT -6
[glow=blue,2,500]Cryodivus nodded, flying down the hallway. "Follow me, the wing is this way," he shouted behind him.[/glow]
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Post by Pyrodeus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 22:18:30 GMT -6
[glow=red,2,500]Pyrodeus took flight after Cryodivus.[/glow]
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Post by Viviana on Mar 2, 2009 22:21:27 GMT -6
[glow=purple,1,800]Viviana jumped into Visignis' arms. "Let's go," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.[/glow]
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Post by Visignis on Mar 2, 2009 22:25:05 GMT -6
[glow=orange,1,600]Visignis nodded, jets firing from his feet as he followed to other two Warrior Angels.[/glow]
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Post by Taelyrn on Mar 2, 2009 22:27:06 GMT -6
[glow=white,1,500]Taelyrn followed the trail of smoke left by the nephilim couple, flying after them with diminished wings.[/glow]
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Post by Cryodivus (NPC) on Mar 2, 2009 23:25:41 GMT -6
[glow=blue,2,500]Cryodivus flew down the hallway, taking a quick left. After a few more moments' flight, he took a right.
Through the doorway was a large room with high ceilings. Several torches were on the walls, and a large chandelier hung from the ceiling. Bookshelves lined the walls, and several standing bookshelves were within the room as well. A large open space took up the center of the room.
"This is the place," Cryodivus said. "The encyclopedias are in here. Can someone give me some light?"[/glow]
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