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Three Thousand Club
The shadows cast by the panoplies of the forgotten warriors dance against the walls in the flickering light of the flames that follow you. Despite their warm glow, the light that reflects off the dark pool is pale as moonlight.
Moswen nods, "Yeah, we can set an ambush at the gate, that's a good idea. We can't have people muscling in on our claims, but they aren't going to come looking for this," she taps the Index where it hangs in a pouch at her waist. "The people we took it from were long dead, and I don't think they need it anymore. This building had to have hundreds of people working in it every day. There must be a normal way to get the doors to open, and given this person - the tracks don't show multiple sets of footprints with the same amount of dust in them so I think it is just one person, not counting Djinn or Spirits - knew about these gates and how to use, them I'm guessing they also know how to open the doors. This thing is... some kind of backup key. For emergencies, maybe. We found it in a fortress. Matsi thinks it works in a lot of buildings from this era."
"These people always loved to put their most important stuff at the top of these things. They like giving me a workout. So we can work up a sweat together, orrr we can take a dip and find out where this visitor came from."
Moswen nods, "Yeah, we can set an ambush at the gate, that's a good idea. We can't have people muscling in on our claims, but they aren't going to come looking for this," she taps the Index where it hangs in a pouch at her waist. "The people we took it from were long dead, and I don't think they need it anymore. This building had to have hundreds of people working in it every day. There must be a normal way to get the doors to open, and given this person - the tracks don't show multiple sets of footprints with the same amount of dust in them so I think it is just one person, not counting Djinn or Spirits - knew about these gates and how to use, them I'm guessing they also know how to open the doors. This thing is... some kind of backup key. For emergencies, maybe. We found it in a fortress. Matsi thinks it works in a lot of buildings from this era."
"These people always loved to put their most important stuff at the top of these things. They like giving me a workout. So we can work up a sweat together, orrr we can take a dip and find out where this visitor came from."