There was a moment of silence after Erik spoke. A long drawn out moment where neither one of them spoke. Only the occasional clatter from when the Keeper's knitting needles met. The words retorted back with a sigh, another flicker of light was ripped out from the mercenary's chest. "Nothing is 'more real' than anything else can be, my Lord. The 'Real' is a fluid and lucid state. It either is... or isn't. Regardless, that has no significance here in L'Tu'Lantha for the purpose of determining an objects state, or completeness. Fragments. Pieces... A whole. It doesn't matter, for they are all just remains in the end. Things cast off from the real all the same. How much is left doesn't change that truth." The woman shook a telling finger at him warningly, "That is all you'll learn for what you've paid, but hark. These feeble offerings are but a pittance now, but give too much and you will draw closer to this world. Closer than you'd care to be. That which is taken from those spaces between, has a way of returning in folds. If you wish to purchase knowledge, it would behoove you to do so conventionally... Like everyone else. With fragments."

The eerie woman paused her kitting, reaching into the breach of her dress and producing a key from between her breast. It was a strange thing, a pulsing distortion of bent light and passing moments flickering through its formless surface. "When you've gathered enough energy sufficient for payment, you might return and purchase what you seek. But ware. There are many keys, just as there may one day be many Lords, once again. The Key To Midnight is unlike any other. This key will not grant you a Passage, only unlock a door. Recover the second hidden key after, and L'Tu'Lantha will be yours. But know well... Should you unseal what this key secures. It can never be undone. The Three Worlds... The Garden, will be forever changed. The very balance between the Real and the Betwixt will shift. There is no right. No wrong. As a Lord, you've the right to choose... but if you were wise, you would let go of these foolish questions and abandon this key. If you were wise, you would not return here and never speak of me again." [Erik | Knowledge (Abstract) - Failure]

(Global Quest) Her Key To Midnight
Somewhere beyond the spans of the material and existential, in a realm which did not exist. Somewhere between. The Lord of Ashurbanipal met with the Keeper of L'Tu'Lantha, the Relicuum Lalaphra, Who Lay In Earth. There he was offered a choice, in the form of a key which could forever change the fate of all that was or could be. A choice which would echo forever through time.
Difficulty: Lethal | Status: On-going | Profit: Unknown | Time: Unknown
[Consequence] - Upon use of the key the Prologue will end. All quest's difficulty will significantly increase. After a set period of time, if the Primeval Dark is not stopped, the game will end.
Primary Objective: Accept The Key. Open The First Door To Midnight
Alternate Objective: Refuse To Accept The Key



Spoiler: Status
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֍ Erik +3,000 (55,500xp) [Abstract -3,450]
HP 53/53
AC 23
Spite: 2
Spoiler: Influences
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⯎ Survival Influence Gained
⯎ Exploration Influence Gained
⯎ Truth Influence Gained
⯎ Secrets Influence Gained
⯎ Battle Influence Gained
⯎ Caution Influence Gained
⯎ Death Influence Gained
⯎ Omens Influence Gained
⯎ Curse Influence Gained
⯎ Defense Influence Gained
⯎ Fear Influence Gained
⯎ Spirits Influence Gained
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⯎ Pain Influence Gained
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⯎ Perception Influence Gained
⯎ Investigation Influence Gained
⯎ Mystery Influence Gained
⯎ Reality Influence Gained
⯎ Martial Influence Gained
⯎ Time Influence Gained
⯎ Black Influence Gained
⯎ Void Influence Gained
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⯎ Courage Influence Gained
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⯎ Guardian Influence Gained
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⯎ Truth Influence Gained
⯎ Memory Influence Gained
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⯎ Fate Influence Gained
⯎ Lord Influence Gained
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⯎ Seals Influence Gained
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LOOT
⯎ Acquired - ????: Unidentified Alloy Lancet
⯎ Acquired - ????: Unidentified Glass Rod Restraint x3
⯎ Blue crystal with quicksilver veins
⯎ Black glass fragment