The Mansion
The door opened to reveal a long, shimmering, liquid-like, blue passageway with sides that seemed to ripple.
They both wanted to stay and study it more, but felt it was much safer to continue.
"This passageway leads to the entrance to my home" Raziel said.
The passageway was a long one which ended at a narrow stairway that led upward curving as it went out of sight.
" Since your endurance is not as strong as mine, and you have shown a strong dislike of stairs, we will not be using these," He told the youths. "instead we will use the lift system."
He led them over to a metal frame set in the floor. Above the grid on the wall saw a switch.
"Brace yourselves," he said pulling the switch, "and keep your hands away from the walls."
After he pulled the switch, the lift began to rise upwards swiftly, creaking its way up. After what seemed like an eternity had passed, although it was only three hours, the lift slowly came to a stop.
"Wake up" their guide ordered.
"These two humans ..had fallen asleep..How strange..?" he thought.
"Are we there yet?" Nita asked.
"Yes" he replied.
The lift had brought them up to a stone room the room was composed of smooth rock walls. Next to the lift was the to of the stairway he had decided to skip. Ahead of them was a wooden door set in stone.
"This is the door to my home and once inside we shall sit down and discuss the matters at hand, mainly how you got here and what to do next." Raziel informed his companions.
He opened the door, and both Nita and Kit were amazed at what lay in front of them.
"Its almost unbelievable" Nita thought to Kit.
"Yeah,.. I wouldn't have thought that.. considering the condition of this world." he thought back.
Inside lay an immense central room, with three upper floors visible as well as the main floor, on which the door behind them had opened onto, each of the floors they could see many decorations and doorways. To one side of the room, was a large spiral staircase made of wood that went up to each of the three levels before stopping near the ceiling at a trap door.
"Follow me" he said, and led them up the stairs, to one of the second floor doors and opened it. Beyond the doorway, it was as dark as possible, except for a small panel illuminated in the distance. Kit had started to move towards the doorway when Raziel motioned for him to stop and for them to step back. They did, although they looked at him curiously, wondering why.
"Do you have any idea why he would." Kit started to ask
"No, but lets just be patient and maybe we'll find out" Nita intervened
Raziel raised his arm and concentrated.
"What's happening to the air."
"..I don't know."
The air in front of their host's hand had begun to shift and warp violently. A spherical form began to take shape at the very tips of his claws.
"What the." they said simultaneously.
Raziel lined up his arm and let loose a force-projectile.
The orb of kinetic energy blasted away from his hand, and flew straight towards the panel. Once it hit the panel, it activated the illumination crystal. The room was suddenly filled with light, blinding them temporarily.
The door opened to reveal a long, shimmering, liquid-like, blue passageway with sides that seemed to ripple.
They both wanted to stay and study it more, but felt it was much safer to continue.
"This passageway leads to the entrance to my home" Raziel said.
The passageway was a long one which ended at a narrow stairway that led upward curving as it went out of sight.
" Since your endurance is not as strong as mine, and you have shown a strong dislike of stairs, we will not be using these," He told the youths. "instead we will use the lift system."
He led them over to a metal frame set in the floor. Above the grid on the wall saw a switch.
"Brace yourselves," he said pulling the switch, "and keep your hands away from the walls."
After he pulled the switch, the lift began to rise upwards swiftly, creaking its way up. After what seemed like an eternity had passed, although it was only three hours, the lift slowly came to a stop.
"Wake up" their guide ordered.
"These two humans ..had fallen asleep..How strange..?" he thought.
"Are we there yet?" Nita asked.
"Yes" he replied.
The lift had brought them up to a stone room the room was composed of smooth rock walls. Next to the lift was the to of the stairway he had decided to skip. Ahead of them was a wooden door set in stone.
"This is the door to my home and once inside we shall sit down and discuss the matters at hand, mainly how you got here and what to do next." Raziel informed his companions.
He opened the door, and both Nita and Kit were amazed at what lay in front of them.
"Its almost unbelievable" Nita thought to Kit.
"Yeah,.. I wouldn't have thought that.. considering the condition of this world." he thought back.
Inside lay an immense central room, with three upper floors visible as well as the main floor, on which the door behind them had opened onto, each of the floors they could see many decorations and doorways. To one side of the room, was a large spiral staircase made of wood that went up to each of the three levels before stopping near the ceiling at a trap door.
"Follow me" he said, and led them up the stairs, to one of the second floor doors and opened it. Beyond the doorway, it was as dark as possible, except for a small panel illuminated in the distance. Kit had started to move towards the doorway when Raziel motioned for him to stop and for them to step back. They did, although they looked at him curiously, wondering why.
"Do you have any idea why he would." Kit started to ask
"No, but lets just be patient and maybe we'll find out" Nita intervened
Raziel raised his arm and concentrated.
"What's happening to the air."
"..I don't know."
The air in front of their host's hand had begun to shift and warp violently. A spherical form began to take shape at the very tips of his claws.
"What the." they said simultaneously.
Raziel lined up his arm and let loose a force-projectile.
The orb of kinetic energy blasted away from his hand, and flew straight towards the panel. Once it hit the panel, it activated the illumination crystal. The room was suddenly filled with light, blinding them temporarily.