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SECRECT PASSAGE WAY
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The cathedral doors groan shut behind them — a sound like a dying beast exhaling its last breath.
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Dust shakes loose from the rafters as silence swallows the hall.
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Red leads Traeven toward a narrow stone stairwell carved into the cathedral’s spine.
The steps spiral downward, each step older than the next. The air cools with every turn.
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Torches line the walls, but their flames flicker weakly, as if afraid to burn in this place.
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Traeven pulls his hood further forward. Red already has his on.
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They descend.
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Their footsteps echo — not loudly, but thinly, like the whispers of the dead following them down the stairwell.
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🜁 THE CREST DOOR — HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES
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At the bottom, the stairwell opens into a circular chamber. The walls are carved with ancient sigils — spirals and runes that seem to shift when stared at too long.
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Red steps forward.
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In the center of the far wall is a circular indentation, perfectly smooth, surrounded by gems of every color.
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Red removes a small crest from his cloak — a metal emblem shaped like a serpent devouring its own tail.
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He presses it into the indentation.
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For a moment, nothing.
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Then—GRRRRRRNNNNNNN—A deep grinding erupts through the chamber.
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Dust falls from the ceiling.
The glyphs around the indentation ignite like eyes opening.
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The entire wall shudders.
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Stone slides against stone, ancient mechanisms awakening after centuries of sleep.
The wall shifts sideways, revealing a hidden passageway.
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THE CORRIDOR OF BLUE CRYSTALS
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A long corridor stretches into darkness, lit only by faint blue crystals embedded in the ceiling.
Their glow is soft, ghostly, pulsing like slow breaths.
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The air is colder here.
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Traeven steps inside.
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The crystals dim as he passes beneath them, as if bowing.
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Red follows.
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Their footsteps echo.
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The corridor seems endless, stretching forward like the throat of some ancient beast.
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🜁 THE HIDDEN CHAMBER
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The corridor widens.
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The air changes — heavier than before. Then the stone opens into a circular chamber. A single lantern hangs from a chain above. Its pale flame casts a cone of sickly light over the center of the room. Three figures stand waiting. Yellow, Orange, and Blue Hood.
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Red, already standing in the middle of the abyss.
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Traeven’s breath catches.
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His pulse hammers in his ears.
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Blue turns his head slightly toward Orange, voice smooth as polished bone.
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BLUE:
“Your successor has arrived.
And you… are no longer trustworthy.”
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Orange stiffens.
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His hands twitch beneath his sleeves.
A tremor runs through his hood.
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ORANGE:
“wait—”
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Blue snaps suddenly, stepping behind Orange with a fluid, practiced grace. A thin wire slips from his sleeve — glinting like a serpent’s fang. Before Orange can turn—SNAP—The wire loops around his throat. Orange claws at it, choking, boots scraping against the stone. His body jerks violently, knees buckling. A strangled gasp escapes him — half‑breath, half‑plea.
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Traeven flinches.
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The struggle lasts only seconds.
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Then—CRACK.
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Orange collapses.
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The hood falls back, revealing a face twisted in shock, eyes still open.
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Blue lets the body drop like discarded cloth. He doesn’t look down.
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BLUE:
“Let’s go.”
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Red and Yellow Hood move immediately, stepping over the corpse as if it were nothing more than spilled grain.
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Traeven tries to move but his legs refuse to obey. His breath comes shallow, his heart slamming against his ribs like it’s trying to escape. The chamber feels smaller. He tries to swallow but his throat locks.
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He is alone with the body.
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The dead eyes stare at him.
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Traeven’s chest tightens and his vision blurs at the edges.
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He forces one step. Then another, his boots scraping the stone, echoing loudly. He passes the corpse — trying not to look, but he feels it, the cold radiating from it.
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He stumbles after the others, terrified of being left behind in the dark with the dead.
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and then Add to home screen.