Temperance composes a letter to send home explaining the concept of a printing press and then goes to sleep. She wakes up early and starts doing magic research on her own. Comparing what she knows and what the book tells her. She has a late lunch and then remembers to actually send her letter.
That done she sits in the library and proceeds with her research. She ate enough at lunch that she decides to skip dinner and wait for Kaede while reading.
This cube sure is an uncharged artefact.
She analyzes the magic. Is there any obvious connection to the surroundings? She wants to move this thing out of here for comprehensive staring.
It's very self-contained, and... quite definitely just an information container, yep. Should be fine.
Good. "Hmm... I'm kinda tempted to charge this thing just to see if how it acts powered up."
...it starts glowing.
Yyyyes, there are certain places she can touch.
This was definitely designed with a metamancer in mind; it can't be accessed at all by someone who isn't interfacing with the magic directly. After some tweaking, she can poke this and that and...
...a hologram appears.
It's... a person.
"If this has been found, then our efforts have been in vain and you probably come from the South. On behalf of the peoples of the continent of Hararem, I would extend my deepest apologies."
Kaede's just silent.
"My peers and I created that storm to protect you of our folly, hoping that by the time it was gone civilisation would have had time to learn from its past mistakes. It is our last great achievement."
"Beyond this place, you will find yourself unable to go on," the recording continues. "This is deliberate. The only way to go through is cooperating with another—a feat that would have been impossible in our time. Now, we hope it is."
"I wish you the best of luck, and hope you find what you are looking for, here."
The hologram cuts out.
"At some point, remind me to explain you the concept of video games. I think we just got a quest, one that is required so we can progress to the next level."
"I wonder if there are more clues in here. Also, cooperating in what way exactly?"
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