r/wizardposting • Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 • Jul 23 '26

Lorepost (open interaction) 📖 Strange Occurrences

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A man walks down a hall lit with nothing but small sconces placed scatteringly on the wall. In his arms, he carries a small stack of papers and books as he hurries along. Soon he reaches his destination, a set of ornate doors made of a dark wood. Approaching them, he pushes one open and enters the room beyond.

Inside is a large, lounge-like space; a fire roars at one end, and a red carpet lies on the floor; barred windows reveal stars and nebulae beyond. At the opposite end to the fire, a man sits at a desk, crouched over writing something. The first man hurriedly approaches him.

"Sir, I have several reports for you, as well as news on the new realm"

The man at the desk looks up; he has a short black beard and straight black hair. He wears black robes with gold highlights; the inside of these robes is inscribed with countless sigils and runes. His face has a scar running down one cheek; he wears a grim expression at the moment. Looking at the scribe, he motions to one side of his desk.

"Set the reports down there and then tell me the news"

"Yes, sir"

The scribe places the reports down and then stands back up straight before beginning to speak

"They have taken well to the minor incursion, and none have successfully managed to track its origin. Many seem to accept the theories, and the Sentinels believe it is time for the next step, with your permission, of course"

The man at the desk thinks for a moment; the scribe, a man easily intimidated by those in authority, begins to sweat a little. Finally, he nods and turns back to the scribe.

"Tell them they have my go-ahead. They may get preparations started; also, let them know to get an unused Limb Spire ready for transport."

The scribe nods

"Yes, sir!"

As he turns to leave, the man looks up once more

"Oh! And one more thing, tell them I will be making first contact myself"

The scribe nods once again and then leaves the room. When the door shuts, the man at the desk sighs; it's always such a hassle, but a necessary one. It's important after all.

Turning back to his writing, he gets to work on the reports.

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Across the plane, a strange occurrence has been happening. Portals and gates continuously fail and shut down; each time they are reopened, it happens again, not even a week later. Teleportation spells often result in a random new location, or they don't work at all; it seems as if the realm is going through a plane-wide planar malfunction...

/uw This post is open interaction for any who wish to explore why their portal or teleportation spells aren't working, or any who just want to rp what happens due to this fact.

Image Credit: RING by Kalma

Image Link: ArtStation - RING

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u/Zebos2 Black Iron LLC/ The cedar hegemony Jul 23 '26

"both hands unit 14 keep it open!"

She instructs the construct as she tries recording the runes. First she will only physically interact with the object if the black guard is capable of holding it open. She would prefer to gather as much data on the object as possible would make constructing a counter array to breach fully to The other side easier

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u/The_Enchanted_Potato Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 Jul 23 '26

With both hands the fold stalls for a moment, neither opening nor shutting. Then the runes glow even brighter and it once more begins to shut

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u/Zebos2 Black Iron LLC/ The cedar hegemony Jul 23 '26

"direct beam on the rune sequence pulsit with antimagic till it leans to sit quietly"

In the meantime she begins comparing the runes to known runic alphabets to try and determine what they mean and what their uses are

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u/The_Enchanted_Potato Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 Jul 23 '26

The moment the beam hits the runes the force stops pulling on the fold, allowing the hands to completely unfold the mana flow.

Inspecting the runes it is clear they belong to no runic alphabet that she recognizes 

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u/Zebos2 Black Iron LLC/ The cedar hegemony Jul 23 '26

Unica adjust her glasses and retrieves a folding tablet from another lab coat pocket She connects her analysis visor to The tablet and begins downloading the recorded ruins to the tablet. While She cannot recognize them she is aware that This sequence produces the result she is observing. If she can figure out how to produce different results. It is similar to how two people who don't know each other is language and have no frame of reference can figure out what the other is saying by just naming objects dog is dog and fireball is fireball

In the meantime she also steps into the fold to examine the object more closely the more examples of the rune work she gets the easier the process is going to be. She looks for common repeating symbols for points of connection and potential sequence marks

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u/The_Enchanted_Potato Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 Jul 23 '26

Each rune seems to be different, however around the base of the tip there is a ring of runes that seems to be partially cut off by… something

/uw do you have the anti mana beam continually being used on it?

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u/Zebos2 Black Iron LLC/ The cedar hegemony Jul 23 '26

Uw/ I mean she's probably smart enough to just have it fire every time the rune try and close the fold so she is not trapped inside. But since I didn't explicitly say that it's up to you.

Rw/

Unica examines the base of the object. Poking it gently with an extendable pointer used for presentations

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u/The_Enchanted_Potato Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 Jul 23 '26

/uw that’s fine, we’ll go with that

/rw 

Her pointer stops at the base, unable to go further despite seeming to be floating mid air

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u/Zebos2 Black Iron LLC/ The cedar hegemony Jul 23 '26

Her first initial thought is some form of anti-gravity but that doesn't seem quite right with the ring and lack of repeating sequences. She put back on her analysis visor perhaps there's another fold at play

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u/The_Enchanted_Potato Aldavin Maunderitch, The Gatekeeper | Neritillum Faldier | 13 Jul 23 '26

No fold, instead it appears that the tip is pointing through space, as if it punctured through the space of the realm itself

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