Glyphs Take Over

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 24856

Astra didn't know how long she sat there, entranced by visions / dreams / hallucinations of the glyphs. Time, space, identity - none had any meaning.

Finally, though, the swirling images and hypnotic sights dwindled, and Astra found herself back in the temple ruins. She shook her head and stood, unsure of what exactly had happened. Still unsteady, she braced herself against the side of what might have once been an altar of some sort.

Then she looked down at her arm - and her eyes widened. The entire limb - her forearm, her elbow, her palm, the back of her hand - was covered in the same glyph. There were even a series of them on her fingers!

In shock, she pushed herself away from the altar and gazed down at the rest of her now-naked body. She was horrified but unsurprised to see the gyph repeated up and down the length of her. It varied in size and in color, but the design was always the same.

As she gazed at her marked body, a sound caught her attention. She turned to see Fred, now also covered from head to toe in the same character, awakening with a groan.

"Lord Fred!" she exclaimed. "Are you all right?"

"Ugh! I think so, Lady Astra, but - by the King's Beard!" he exclaimed. "What madness is this?!?"

Briefly, Astra explained what had happened. "I don't understand any of this," she added. "I don't even know what this strange symbol means!"

  1. Fred shook his head. "Neither do I - but I doubt it can be any good."
  2. "I do," Fred said grimly. "They're the sigil of an ancient horror - It That Speaks Yet Speaks Not!"
  3. "It's in an ancient Allarian pictogrpah," Fred said. "It signifies a - a dragon!"
  4. Fred said nothing - he merely stared straight ahead, unblinking.
  5. Just then, the anicent alter opened, revealing a passageway.
  6. Suddenly, another couple arrived, covered in a different symbol.

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