I just opened one of the little “rabbit doors” on the vault.
There are six faint notches on the top of the box (which I only discovered when I took the printer off ), kind of laid out like the guilds on the chronocompass, and so I put the ticket, the journal, the hermie proof, and the letterpress block on them in their corresponding places.
Then I leaned the walking stick against “The Wild” and played the recording we captured of the old Tales of Wonder radio show (aether.)
The objects were like magical stops in a lock combination.
I heard a click and tried all the doors. They unlocked one of the top left rabbit doors.
There’s a silver necklace inside, with a pendant that’s sort of like a little cage. And inside it is what looks like a glassy pearl. About the size of a marble.
When Steve was giving us all those puzzles, wasn’t the final story bit he shared something about a stolen heart? (That may have had something to do with a necklace if I’m remembering right?)
This object is called an aliquary. It is an ingot of pure magimystic energy. Aliquaries are sometimes left behind when a powerful magimyst dies. We left this for someone like you to find, and since you have, then the efforts of my family were not completely in vain.
[A blurred out passage]
I can’t imagine what the world is like now. I’m not even sure where I am if it has come to you finding this. But with this aliquary, you will have a chance. You were led to this. Chosen to find it. Use it well, but judiciously. It may be all the magic that’s left.
Fight for wonder in the world, whether it is our world, or some new and unknown world beyond.
Remember that nothing is by chance.
Trust in magic,
Avis Green
So much has happened! I’m glad you finally made it to Neithernor Sabes!
Also…“trust in magic” sounds a lot like “trust in the flow of magiq” and it’s probably just a coincidence but I love how different ages of magiq have that idea…
Ummmm, WHAT! This is amazing, Sabes! I’m so happy you finally got to go to Neithernor - I know you’ve been waiting a long time
Onto the slightly more pressing issue, the aliquary. It’s interesting because the word reminds me of Anne of Brittany and her reliquary. Reliquaries are just things that hold relics, typically of saints, and the word “relic” in the beginning of the word. This aliquary holds something that a powerful magimystic (in place of a saint) has left behind. What is this object/force/entity, and why is it called an aliquary instead of a reliquary? What does the “ali-” prefix refer to here?
It’s beautiful, can’t help but wonder whose energy is in that thing… and what purpose we are to use it for. If the letters right then it may be the last magiq in the book of kings, I think we’ve all felt it draining more and more. This gives us hope, this is our seed.
Now we just need to figure out how to make it grow.
), kind of laid out like the guilds on the chronocompass, and so I put the ticket, the journal, the hermie proof, and the letterpress block on them in their corresponding places.
