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The Chamber of Knowledge
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Eri walked into the Chamber silently, her bare feet not making any noise on the soft ground. All her life she'd lived as a shadow and grown up being sure to never be seen or heard.
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Eri nodded. "Yes. I would come here in secret when I had the time and would read thousands of scrolls to try and find my family." She told her.
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Eri giggled softly and shook her head. "This is an Elven library. All the books are bound and laced with Elvish magic." She told her and then hurried off. "Follow me." She told her and opened a door.
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When one landed on Evony's shoulder, she could see it was a pixie. She was vaguely humanoid, with irridescent blue skin, pointed ears, and delicate wings, like those of a dragonfly. Her large eyes, though solid black, shone with curiosity and joy. She seemed to whisper something in a language Evony didn't understand, then fluttered away shyly.
She landed again on top of a large desktop set on a raised dais in the center of the room. It was cluttered several feet high with literature of all kinds; Maps, scrolls, books, even posters for events long since past. A globe perched precariously atop a set of encyclopedias handwritten in no less than twelve languages, in a flowing script, and in gold ink, no less.
Behind it all, in a simple wooden chair sat a strange Elven being dressed in white robes of a scholar. He wore a cape made of owl feathers and his silver hair hung to the floor, braided with opal and other white stones. He, like Tyldoré, also had long finger nails. His hands were otherwise devoid of information. He was orating a poem, seemingly of his own creation, to a strange scribe.
The scribe was similarly dressed in white robes, but his head was that of an owl. A pair of wings were folded against his back. Evony would have laughed if their expressions weren't so solemn.
The pixie leaped over a mountain of ancient Gnomish cookbooks, hovered over to the Elf's ear and whispered. He turned, still as serious as ever, to Eri. He spoke in clear, perfectly enunciated Elvish. "Little one, what is it you wish to know?"
Eri gulped a bit and bowed lowly. "Forgive our interruption, Master Writer, but we are to set out on a quest to defeat a beast called a Hydra and wish to prepare by learning about the beast." She told him politely and humbly.
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Evony stepped forward. "I've this invitation to the palace. Will that do?" She held up her scroll.
The Master Writer waved his hand and the scroll floated over to him and hovered in front of his face. It unrolled itself and he read it quickly. "This will do."
The owlheaded scribe took it from the air with two hands and carefully placed in a chest. "Follow me." He said simply in a dignified, if not pompous tone.
Eri nodded and followed him, her head bowed and her movements small and quick, like a pale shadow. It was how she'd grown up. Move quickly and silently and no one will notice you. And if no one notices you, you don't get punished.
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Eri smiled a bit but then frowned worriedly at Evony for being slow. "Come on before he gets angry." She whispered fearfully and went back to hurrying along after the man leading them. She didn't want to be scolded and punished for wasting time.
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Eri held the bell close and helped open the heavy door. Once they were on the other side of it her eyes widened in amazement. "I've never been in this room before..." She murmured softly and looked around.
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Around them, several tanks and cages lined the walls full of exotic animals, most of which Evony didn't even recognize. A three eyed lizard with feathers clung to the glass in one terrarium. Next to it, in a small glass ball the size of Evony's head, a grayish cube of gelatinous substance oozed around, leaving a trail of its own slime. In a cage across the room, a furry mass sat with its back to her. It must've been about 7 feet tall.
Out of curiosity, she began to walk toward it and nearly tripped over a large bone. It skittered across the room and before Evony could regain her balance, a small dog ran after it, tongue lolling, fur in its face. It slid to a stop and laid next to the bone. "Hello there."
Startled, Evony looked around for the source of the voice, then realized it must be the dog. She was too stunned to say anything.
Eri's eyes widened as she looked down at the small dog, having just seen the encounter. "D-did the dog just.... Speak?" She asked, her voice squeaking a bit at the end when she said speak. She was stunned but also couldn't deny the dog was very adorable. Though, it probably wasn't the best time to be thinking about that.
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Eri's eyes widened more and she looked even paler than usual, if that was at all possible. "W-we're l-looking for information on H-Hydras...." Eri managed in a terrified voice.
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Eri frowned slightly in confusion and turned around, still slightly disturbed and freaked out by the psychic dog that seemingly communicated telepathically.
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Evony watched a rainbow light dance across the wall opposite the dog, then saw an Elf-like shadow stand up and stretch in the middle of it. "Now," came the voice behind her. "Where did I put my robe?" She heard footsteps walk around a bit. Her face turned beet red when they stopped near her, then continued. "Ah. There it is." A few awkward seconds later, he gave them the signal that it was clear to turn around now.
Evony did so slowly. In the dog's place was an Elvish man who looked just like the dog- a droopy mustache, sagging jowls, and a shock of shaggy gray hair in his weathered face. He was dressed in a plain brown robe tied with a rope belt. "Come, let us do some research." He gestured them toward a large desk hidden in an alcove in the wall. Evony was sure she would have seen it earlier and realized it must have materialized at the man's convenience.
"The more I get used to this place, the more it surprises me." As she finished the thought, another thought popped into her head, totally unrelated to the first. "Uh. Excuse me, Sir? What do we call you?"
"Jasper would be the human equivalent, I think. I'm afraid the Were-speech might be too guttural for your throats."
Eri's eyes widened and she blushed a bit but didn't question what was happening. Once they were able to turn around, she walked with Evony, following after the elf. "You're a shifter." Eri said softly, her eyes wide. She'd heard legends of a race that could shift their form at will. She thought they were all extinct!
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Jasper moved to stand by the desk and ran his hand across the surface. The wood was of an ancient softwood that Evony didn't recognize. It had a deep crimson-brown tint, almost blood red, and the grain was as dark as ink. A single, polished sheet of silver- a mirror- was built into a backboard and surrounded by small cubbyholes filled with many strange trinkets.
He let his hand drop down to a series of drawers. The handles were polished silver and shaped like roses. Bits of ruby were embedded in each petal and emerald in the leaves.
"That looks insanely expensive." Evony gasped. She looked at Eri. Jasper smiled. "Very. It was a gift from my father." He opened a drawer and pulled out a green, leather bound book with gold clasps. A deep purple strip of cloth, that served as a bookmark, hung out with a gold monocle attached. "Let's see. Hydras. H,H,H..." He began flipping through the gold leafed pages. Evony caught a glimpse of a few brightly colored illustrations. "Oh, my. It has pictures? How..."
"Wood cuts and ink, my dear." Jasper said still flipping. "H-Y, H-Y, H-Y..."
Eri's eyes widened and she grinned, hurrying over and looking over his shoulder, looking intently at the pictures. "This is incredible...." She said softly and sighed.'I could live in this chamber forever if I were allowed.' She thought happily and sighed contently, smiling dreamily.
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Evony took a step back, stunned. "I'm sorry. WHAT?"
"Yeah." Jasper shrugged. "Says there. This was written by Muriel the Compassionate and Darune the Wise themselves. I do so hope I've been of service." He smiled.
Eri sighed softly. "You have been, thank you very much. But now it seems our quest has only become even harder and more impossible. I mean, Hydra Venom? Sapphirean Hagfish mucus? Not to mention a sword of pure imperial Elvish silver. They won't just give us that. Only elves of the highest ranking carry those." She said softly and hopelessly.
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Eri bit her lip and nodded, bowing a bit to Jasper. "Thank you very much, sir." She murmured softly.
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Evony shrugged. "Okay... so that happened. I guess we're going to the beach." She joked, hiding the fact that the prospect of finding Hagfish did not sit well with her at all.
Eri nodded. "As you wish, Milady," she said, bowing. Eri then looked around to try and find a way out of the chamber.
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Eri frowned and grabbed her wrist to stop her. "No. Don't take it. You mustn't steal from the chamber. Otherwise it will never let you leave." She warned her firmly.
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As Eri grabbed Evony's wrist, a similar urge flooded her brain. Visions of her life as a servant flashed before her. She heard promises that she would never go hungry again. Images of herself living a life of wealth. She had her own servants to obey her every whim. A distant voice coaxed her, seemingly from within her own conscience, to take a crystal and make a life for herself.
Eri's eyes widened at the voices and the urging, a part of her wanted to do it. She began to relax before she realized what was happening. "NO!" She cried, letting go of Evony's wrist to grab the crystal fruit and hurl it away from them. She breathed heavily before looking to Evony. "Don't. Touch. Anything." She said firmly, not acting for like a servant for the first time in a very long time.
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Eri frowned a bit and rubbed a scar on her wrist absent mindedly. "Once I had a very cruel master who used magic on me.... I've learned to recognize it and resist it." She told her softly.
Existing within the hollow trunk of a large, gnarled oak tree, the Chamber of Knowledge is a kind of Elvish library. It magically grows as part of the tree itself and does not impede the trees health. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. (Disclaimer: No, it's not the Tardis. I don't care for that show.)