Sept 8 - Consulting the Oracle

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan, doing his best to hide his anxiousness, knocked on the door to Nailah's office.

[Nailah Weaver]

"Come in, Ryan."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan, as always, shivered a little when she did that, but came in. "Hello, Professor. Do you have a minute?" he asked, reaching into his backpack for the notebook he'd put the sketch Melissa had done of the letters in.

[Nailah Weaver]

"Good afternoon, Ryan. I do, more if necessary." she says, gesturing at one of the chairs for him to sit down.

[Ryan Gabriel]

He nodded. "I... actually don't know if we'll need more," he admitted as he took the seat. "I was just hoping that you could make sense of this for me." He unfolded the paper, smoothed it out, and laid it on her desk.

[Nailah Weaver]

"I don't recognize it, at least. What is it?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"According to Lemurian cultists? Something about the 'choral of the abyss' that I apparently stole from them. Melissa found it on some kid of... construct in my head."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Interesting..." she says, eyeing Ryan with some scrutiny. "It's not just a mental construct, is it?" she asks almost rhetorically.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"I don't think so," he admitted. "It's... resonating with my power, it feels like. That's the best way I can describe it."

"The only thing that we could really get from the Lemurian's mind was that it was 'of the light' and it's the key to freeing Set. Well, in combination with a blood sacrifice, at least."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Which is coincidentally part of why Mariuset sought refuge here. Which is good, that means they lack at least two pieces. Still, this warrants looking into, to say the least..."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Why do I get the feeling that this is about to start getting more cryptic and making even less sense to me?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"Because it's in the nature of these things to be cryptic and arcane, I'm afraid. Do you have time to go to the Lighthouse with me?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

He nodded. "I do. Kept my afternoon clear for this, just in case."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Alright, let's go then." she says, opening a drawer and grabbing a worn leather carrying case and putting Melissa's drawing inside along with a bunch of other loose papers and books.