Final Investigation

[thecastle]

Unless you're outside the change in the environment is subtle, a spike of electricity in the air that lasts only for a moment. And if you're outside, well, it's hard to miss the blossoms of the sakura tree as they fall in a flurry. It's rather beautiful, if not somewhat disturbing; sometime in the past few hours, they've changed color from a cheerful pink to a blood red.

Regardless of whether you see that as an omen or not, you'll hear what comes next through your pendants:

Third floor, there is little time left.

The Teishu's words are clipped and urgent, so you probably shouldn't tarry.

What awaits you when you climb the stairs are three new corridors and one ornate, black, wooden door directly opposite the solar. There's a keyhole here so you don't need to worry about trying to force it down (and you still have that key don't you?) but it would be wise to explore the rest of rooms first.

Best to be prepared and all.

Explore?

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Comments

[blacksong]

Hm. Maybe Tennou is too. They used to talk a lot, but I guess not anymore.

[She couldn't find any newer looking letters at least.]

There was some other stuff, like the "sword warriors" and this poem.

[maddogs]

Maybe he killed him.

[ hm. this sure is a poem. ]

The sword thing ain't that surprisin' - 's why I told Hanyuu-san ta look for different names.

[thecastle]

[ Now that you've regrouped a little—any idea what kind of book you should be looking for? ]

[blacksong]

[The Tennou was mentioned a lot in the letters she found, so she'll try looking for any books on him.]

[thecastle]

[ She'll find a hit under the "T" section! How on point.

The first book of note is about Tennou and is aptly named, well, Tennou. Opening it up it begins with, “The Kingdom of Rekna was founded by the Tennou who descended from the heavens in order to rule the land...” Past that, unfortunately, the rest has been intentionally blacked out.

The second book is in front of the first and may catch Zero's eye. It's called Tenka, which is the name of the island they're on and was mentioned by The Sage during their first week here. The book describes how the island of Tenka came to be; it was created using an ancient spell that pulled the land from another dimension. It seems Tennou gave it to one of his most loyal friends as a gift.

That's it! That's everything, you're all done here. Good work! ]