[ He exhales a hah at the name. In these halls, he should be Lord. But should he ask Lazarus to bend the knee, the boy would refuse, and snidely; and then John would have to kill him, which would be a nuisance for them both. Better this way.
They aren't really in these halls, anyway. Not really.
He leads them to a crossroads, a set of labeled laboratory doors. Before them is Transference/Winnowing; before them is Diversion. Procedural Chamber. Avulsion! There are other, easier options: he could set them before the psychometry trial, which is toothless enough, if unsolvable. He could let his trespasser roam around chambers that won't likely kill him, and see what he can invent to fill the empty spaces— see how he can bastardize the puzzle into something he might solve. Or he could be a dick and let him walk into an accelerated senescence field.
He chooses a middle road. God leads them into the Transference trial; it's a fun one. It's a classic. And maybe it would do his young friend some good to see what a necromantic construct can look like. ]
This is a puzzle. I helped build it.
[ Two chambers stand before them: Response and Imaging. The door between them is neatly shut. The plinth stands peacefully inert, but ready to wake. ]
no subject
They aren't really in these halls, anyway. Not really.
He leads them to a crossroads, a set of labeled laboratory doors. Before them is Transference/Winnowing; before them is Diversion. Procedural Chamber. Avulsion! There are other, easier options: he could set them before the psychometry trial, which is toothless enough, if unsolvable. He could let his trespasser roam around chambers that won't likely kill him, and see what he can invent to fill the empty spaces— see how he can bastardize the puzzle into something he might solve. Or he could be a dick and let him walk into an accelerated senescence field.
He chooses a middle road. God leads them into the Transference trial; it's a fun one. It's a classic. And maybe it would do his young friend some good to see what a necromantic construct can look like. ]
This is a puzzle. I helped build it.
[ Two chambers stand before them: Response and Imaging. The door between them is neatly shut. The plinth stands peacefully inert, but ready to wake. ]
Go ahead and see what you can do with it.