[Video; Open] 04 Shadows

[fell_to_hell]

[The video starts by looking on a rather sobering landscape. The remains of a leveled palace are all that can be seen, and scorch marks are visible on the stones. Rubble and bits of scattered parchment litter the landscape for a few miles out from the main husk of a grand building. A couple familiar people might be seen checking out the carnage for any hint of what may have happened to cause this in view of the Locket's "camera." The others may be shuffling off out of view.

Finally, it turns on to Nico, and he doesn't look at all pleased. His expression is grim and the muscles in his jaw are tight with tension. He's beyond caring about the bounty on his head at the moment.]

This is the remains of the Drabkeeper's Castle, a place said to have knowledge from the beginning of time in this world, and it was supposed to have been neutral territory. I can't say we can confirm that anymore.

[He pauses for a moment.]

From what we can tell, this magical attack took place weeks ago, maybe sometime in August. As far as we can tell, there are no survivors, and I can't confirm whether there are or not because their ghosts have moved on. There's no way to contact them to get the truth of what happened.

[He cuts the connection abruptly. He has an important call to make.]

[Private: Kaldur'ahm]

[It's only to Kaldur that Nico shows some of the weariness, frustration, and stress he's been feeling since finding this broken shell of a palace.]

I'm sorry, but I don't think we'll be getting any information to our questions, at least not from here. I'm still going to look for the Black Dog, but I need to talk to Elincia about her quest first.

{OOC: Here is a GDoc of what the mods have said on this subject! Also, anyone from the Travel Log can potentially be called in this post if you wish. Threadjacking is also encouraged. If you'd like a specific character, then please let us know! Also, as a side note, Soren and Nico responses will be on the slow side because I'm on hiatus until the end of the month.}

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[gordianknots]

I was there recently as a part of a different group, shortly before you I expect. I was able to gather some fragments, and am trying to see if any can be re-assembled. If I have any success, would you like me to get in touch?

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[fell_to_hell]

That would be appreciated, sir. There's nothing left that my group can find, honestly. It's been too long and the scavengers have picked this place clean.

[gordianknots]

Very least I can do. I am trying to find a way to preserve the items right now, since they're in a delicate state. They'll likely end up between panes of glass, to keep them from rolling up or otherwise crinkling away.

[fell_to_hell]

Honestly, I wouldn't know much about preserving old texts, let alone ones that have been damaged. We'll have to leave that up to you.

[Nico isn't exactly a huge fan of that, and he's not sure he trusts Waver, but for now he has no choice in the matter.]

How many pages were you able to recover?

[gordianknots]

I've used some old manuscripts for research before, so I'm honestly just copying what I've seen done.

Some things are just scraps (and they were the easiest to carry.) 22. Larger pages were rare, I only have 5.

[fell_to_hell]

That's a lot better than I thought it would be, to be honest. I hope they provide useful information. Are they legible or are you going to need to restore those pages?

[gordianknots]

Some of these things are the size of credit cards, or in a few sad cases, just a line or two.

In certain places the charring has taken out the legibility, so there may end up being blanks. I don't want to try and do restoration work until I've gotten transcriptions of everything though, in case the attempts cause more damage.

[fell_to_hell]

That makes sense. I wish you luck.

[Someone needs good luck around here and it's obviously not going to be Nico di Angelo.]

[gordianknots]

Thank you. Keep an eye on the network at the start of next month - I'll be opening something. You're free to come look at the material.

[Nico, Waver's fairly sure that unless you're Ganondorf, you don't get to have good luck here.]