Surprise in Minkata

anju · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:36 am

*takes a moment to admire the beautiful building and grates*

*wonders what the pinkish symbol on top might represent*

Yes, yes, check each doorway.....are any of the grates open?? Can we go inside?? Or see anything before the sun sets??

*holds breath and patiently abates her curiosity, suddenly not feeling so tired from the long walk to get here*

Norfren · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:52 pm

[Reveal] Spoiler: The sphere with the pink glyphs on the top is slowly rotating... Of the 6 grates one is open, one is ransacked and behind three grates nothing can be found.

Calumon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:38 pm **Posts:** 1669

Books!

Momentai

Calam · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:24 pm

YAY!

/me chants
Link! Link! Link!

anju · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:32 pm

I'm going to start putting my comments in spoiler tags:

[spoiler]*Walks up to the grate on the first door, peers at the linking book on the beautiful pedestal, grabs the grate and shakes vigorously -- doesn't seem to open. Looks longingly for a moment longer at the linking book, wondering where it might lead.

Walks around to the next doorway -- the grate has fallen off and books are everywhere!! Including what appears to be a linking book open on the ground!!!!!! Resists the urge for the moment to link, curious about the other doorways. Must come back later.

Walks to the 3rd door -- open grate (yay!!) but what's this?? A big heavy metal door that appears to have some kind of locking mechanism. Pulls on the handle to see what will happen.....[/spoiler]

Norfren · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:38 am

[Reveal] Spoiler: Examination of the metal door by torchlight reveals the locking mechanism. A knob in the middle that can be pushed in four directions. Obviously a code would be necessary: something like up, right, right, left...

Yoeri · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:32 pm

Nicely done Nofren!
Keep things up!!!!

atheni33 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:31 pm **Posts:** 102

I wonder....could the sphere with the pink glyphs be a clue to opening the locking mechanism?

Norfren · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:01 pm

[Reveal] Spoiler: I`ve got a KI message that something important is going to happen in Ae`gura. I`m curious, I can`t wait... On the other hand, a violent evening sandstorm is approaching fast, like a huge wall. Arrakis could be similar...

I think we should leave very quickly now. But we`ll be back before long, I hope.

atheni33 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:31 pm **Posts:** 102

Quote:

..violent evening sandstorms is approaching fast, like a huge wall. Arrakis could be similar..

Oh no! There is nothing worse than a sand storm...except for... Shai-Hulud. :shock:

jordd · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:37 am

MORE!! please

Norfren · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:24 pm

[Reveal] Spoiler: The return... Anxious because of the last heavy storm. It may have blown away everything. What happened with the books laying around? But what a surprise...

Although the storm is over, the air is still full with dust and fine sand. There is an impenetrable forcefield around the edifice. Its technique strongly resembles to that seen at Jalak Dador's arena. Inside the forcefield the building looks unharmed. Probably we should wait a little until the wind ceases and the field is turned off (I guess automatically).

jordd · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:33 pm

thanks

atheni33 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:31 pm **Posts:** 102

Very cool

[spoiler]ah.....maybe the object on top of the temple is some kind of 'radar' when a storm is near it glows pink...when the storm gets to close it will trigger the force field.[/spoiler]

Norfren · **Posted:** Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:22 pm

Not a bad idea, atheni. Maybe we can test it later. But now it is possible to continue with the exploration. Some clue would be fine to open that reinforced door.

[Reveal] Spoiler: Let´s see what can be found in the ransacked cell.

A dead linking book

A few books, they seem journals and technical manuals perhaps. Can´t understand a word, unfortunately.

And an old photo found in a book. It was obviously taken somewhere here in the desert. But... blimey, it looks at least 40-50 years old or even more! And explorers are there! How is it possible?! The Cleft and D'ni was found in 1987. I thought me and my buddy were the first here. Weird... very weird.

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