...she stopped and heard a low hum from beyond a wall. She walked over to it looked inquisitively, was she just hearing things? She made sure to wrap a hand around her mouth to quell her breathing. There it was again, that same low hum that echoed in her ears. She pressed her head against the wall and tapped at it gently. A hollow noise came from behind it, Nina had adventured enough to know this was a secret door. All she had to do was find the mechanism to open it. First she tried stones, then the table filled with artifacts, then she tried the old fashioned torch scone and presto, it opened.
Nina wandered through the opening and down a spiral staircase of marbled stone. Further down she went the louder the hum echoed until finally she arrived at the lone stone balcony. Off to her right was another flight of stairs, while over the lip she could see who was the originator for the hum. It appeared to be a small multitude of cultists, she didn't know for certain if they were cultists but there wasn't a better description for a ton of masked and robed individuals bowing to an altar of black stone carved with imagery of a faceless titan with four arms.
She crouched and went belly down to peek over the balcony's side, there was no rail to hide her presence, she thought this was a little dangerous because it was a fifty foot drop if she were to be knocked over.
The hum continued until one individual among the crowd, one wearing a crown of jagged metal, walked to the front of the flock and raised a fist. He, or she for the voice was garbled by an enchantment that made the figure androgyne, spoke to the followers.
"So ends the Tune of Oblivion, we followers of the Four-Armed One shall begin our sermons and plans. On this day, on this date, we begin the Great Ordeal that will consecrate our deity to their rightful place as ruler of the cosmos."
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