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[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Talk to him again before starting while the bonus is still active?

[Gudrean]

2 or 4

[Ithillian Turambar]

We are so good at asking for advice

 

Story Update – Day 6, Midday (cont.)
You turn to the monk once more. Their robes catch the wind like sails, but their posture remains perfectly still—anchored in place without resistance.

"What else should I know before I step out?" you ask.

The monk’s eyes crinkle slightly with silent approval. "Few ask twice."

They tap the haft of their staff on the stone. The wind responds with a subtle updraft.

"The Skystep bridge is not held by stone. It is formed by balance. Doubt, rush, or force will unravel the Weave. But harmony between your elements, your breath, and your purpose will guide your feet."

They look past you, toward the shifting strands of air that swirl above the deep gorge. "Let the wind carry you, but never forget your grounding. You hold fire, water, and spirit within you—these may weigh your steps or lift them, if woven with intention."

Nyra twirls once in acknowledgment, a glimmer of Spirit answering the monk’s words.

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Trial Insight Gained – Monk’s Advice:

• The bridge is a living Air Weave. External spells must be attuned, not forced.
• Hybrid Weaves may aid, but too much Fire or Spirit energy risks destabilizing.
• Calm intent and elemental balance may open unique solutions.
• You now have access to a unique dialogue option if you hesitate during the trial.

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Updated Status:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 17 / 17
• Fatigue: None
• Buff: +1 Air interaction (55 minutes remaining)
• Insight Bonus: Balanced Elemental Intent recognized by the Air Monks
• Nyra: Present – passive Spirit focus
• Codex attuned to trial’s Weave

Time: Day 6, Midday

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Next Choices:

1. Step onto the Skystep bridge and begin the Trial – Your buffs and insights are aligned
2. Attempt to craft a low-EP Air hybrid spell for balance enhancement (costs 2 EP, player chooses elements)
3. Ask Nyra to drift ahead and test the elemental harmony herself
4. Spend a few moments centering further with your Codex, risking time (advance clock by 30 mins, minor Spirit + Air regen)
5. Retreat from the trial and seek another path or delay (will affect shrine access)

What’s your next move?

[Turin Turambar]

1, 2, 4. I kinda like trying a water air hybrid. So 2. But could just get on with it.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Sure let's try 2.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Ok sorry for the delay. It's been a double day of work today.

 

Let's do some weaving

 

Story Update – Day 6, Midday (continued):
You step back from the edge, letting the wind settle against your skin as you focus inward. Drawing the Codex to your chest, you flip through its pulsing threads of energy and reach for the elements within.

You're aiming for balance—not power. You select a subtle combination: Air + Water + Spirit.

Intent: Create a low-EP hybrid Weave that enhances grace, focus, and spiritual tethering—something that harmonizes, not overwhelms.

Your Codex responds, forming fine weavings of mist and breeze, laced with a whisper of Spirit. A light sheen forms around your feet and hands, like a thin veil of fog caressed by unseen wind. The feeling is not empowering—it’s aligning.

The result forms a new passive support weave…

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New Spell Created – "Zephyra's Grace" (Hybrid Spell | Air + Water + Spirit)

• Level 1 Passive Weave
• Grants +1 balance and movement control in unstable terrain
• Lightens steps; makes you less prone to magical Weave interference
• While active, minor resistance to elemental backlash
• Lasts for 1 hour or until dismissed

(Cost: 2 EP. Can be recast or improved later.)

Nyra chirps softly, curling once around the forming veil before settling back beside you, clearly approving.

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Updated Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Fatigue: Mild focus drain (non-penalizing)
• Buff: +1 Air interaction (25 minutes remaining)
• Passive Spell Active: Zephyra's Grace
• Nyra: Present – passive Spirit focus
• Codex attuned to trial’s Weave

Time: Day 6, Midday (slightly advanced)

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Next Choices:

1. Step onto the Skystep bridge and begin the Trial (with Zephyra’s Grace active)
2. Spend a moment meditating to recover 1 EP and reduce mental fatigue (advances time)
3. Ask Nyra to scout the bridge before stepping on
4. Use Soul Veil to read any lingering emotions near the bridge structure (1 EP cost)
5. Delay the trial and explore the cliffside paths instead

Your next step?

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Fatigue seems manageable, so I would just go for it. I wouldn't be surprised if Soul Veil found something so open to that as well. I think we should keep Nyra safe as long as she is so ickle. Question: must everything that has a name ending in "a" be female? Is it a law somewhere? Did we have a meeting at some point? Well, probably the Latin peoples did, or even PIE? I wonder how far back it goes...

[Ithillian Turambar]

Only one vote but I've not updated a lot recently due to getting  a bit busy so let's get on with it 🙂

 

 

Story Update – Day 6, Early Afternoon:
With Zephyra’s Grace softly active around you, you step toward the Skystep Bridge—a structure of ancient wind-carved stone, woven together with unseen air currents and faded spirit sigils.

Each step causes a soft chime to echo from nowhere, the bridge shimmering faintly beneath your feet as it responds to your balanced elemental aura. The gusts that once buffeted you now part like water flowing around a stone.

About halfway across, you feel a sudden shift in pressure.

Trial of Skyreach Initiated

Three arcane sigils spiral into the air ahead of you, each representing a Path of Air Mastery:

• Path of Weightlessness – Step lightly, move with the wind.
• Path of Resonance – Harmonize with ambient elemental flows.
• Path of Control – Command the unpredictable winds.

You realize this is no ordinary crossing—you must choose one of these paths to continue.

As you pause, a voice echoes across the span—soft, like a wind remembering its name:

“Only one path leads forward. Others may mislead, test, or delay. Choose in harmony with your spirit.”

Nyra floats beside your shoulder, her glow shifting between calm blue and pale gold.

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Updated Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Buff: Zephyra’s Grace active (balance, flow, and minor resistance – 45 mins remaining)
• Fatigue: Light
• Nyra: Active, Spirit focus maintained
• Codex: Humming with Air resonance

Time: Day 6, Early Afternoon

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Next Choices – Path Selection:

1. Choose the Path of Weightlessness – Embrace lightness and instinct
2. Choose the Path of Resonance – Harmonize deeply with the elemental flow
3. Choose the Path of Control – Focus on commanding the environment
4. Use Soul Veil to sense the spiritual echoes from each sigil (Cost: 1 EP)
5. Retreat and meditate briefly before committing (Recover 1 EP, advances time)

What’s your choice?

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

I'd say 2, we are all about balance. Would it be cheating to peek with a spell? Feels a bit wolfy to me, lol. 

[Ithillian Turambar]

Yeah this whole thing in becoming a master elemental person has been seeking balance, so I'd go with 2 as well.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Where did all the other adventurers go again?

 

Well I don't mind. I know when I've been messing about too much at work cos my battery is almost dead lol.

 

Maybe they will be round later and we can make a final decision:)

[Turin Turambar]

I had thought about soul view but I think we'll be alright.  

[Ithillian Turambar]

Ok, here goes

 

Story Update – Day 6, Early Afternoon (continued):
You step forward and place your hand over the spiraling glyph of the Path of Resonance. As your palm meets the sigil, it dissolves into wind-threaded light, sinking into your chest with a quiet hum. The world stills.

You feel vibrations, not just in the air, but through your Codex, your bones, your spirit. Every gust, every shift, every silence carries intent. You are being drawn into alignment with the deeper pulses of the element.

Suddenly, the bridge fades—and you’re standing in a suspended chamber of flowing sky currents and mirrored clouds. Ethereal instruments hang in the air, and between them, shifting Wind Echoes drift like spirits made of sound and breeze.

A single tone resounds—three harmonic pulses.

A resonance puzzle begins.

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Trial of Resonance – Puzzle of Harmonics

You must reproduce a three-tone sequence using elemental resonance. Each correct tone unlocks a segment of the skybridge.

Your Codex pulses. Three Weave options rise:

1. Windweave: Soften – A gentle, hollow tone
2. Windweave: Spiral Lift – A rising, airy note
3. Windweave: Stillpoint – A quiet pause between currents

You must choose the correct 3-tone sequence. You can listen again, or test a sequence.

Nyra flickers excitedly. “There’s a pattern... echo-pause-rise?”

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Updated Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Buff: Zephyra’s Grace (30 mins left)
• Fatigue: Light
• Trial Active: Puzzle of Harmonics – Resonance Challenge
• Nyra: Suggests sequence may be: Soften → Stillpoint → Spiral Lift

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Puzzle Choices:

1. Attempt Nyra’s sequence: Soften → Stillpoint → Spiral Lift
2. Try a different order (you choose the sequence)
3. Use 1 EP to amplify your hearing and replay the resonance puzzle
4. Attempt to bypass puzzle with brute elemental force (Fire or Spirit surge, risky)
5. Step back and rest to recover focus (+1 EP, lose Zephyra’s Grace)

What’s your next move?

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Squeals

 

Did Nyra just speak? Did we know she could? 

 

Happy dance

 

I'm down for trusting her personally. I didn't hear anything, lol

[Turin Turambar]

That's our little familiar. Trusting Nyra.

[Ithillian Turambar]

  On 4/24/2025 at 2:24 PM, HeavyHalfMoonBlade said:

Squeals

 

Did Nyra just speak? Did we know she could? 

 

Happy dance

 

I'm down for trusting her personally. I didn't hear anything, lol

Expand  

Me neither lol

[Ithillian Turambar]

We shall absolutely trust her

 

Story Update – Day 6, Early Afternoon (continued):
You nod to Nyra and place your hand on the Codex once more. Drawing from the air around you, you carefully channel the chosen tones:

• Soften – a breathy, hollow note.
• Stillpoint – an intentional silence, like a pause in the wind.
• Spiral Lift – an ascending, ethereal hum that swirls upward.

As the final tone lingers in the chamber, the echoes answer—resonating in perfect harmony. The instruments align in a circle, pulsing in time with your heartbeat. Light pours down from above, forming a glowing spiral bridge of air and sky-glass ahead.

The Trial of Resonance is complete.

Nyra spirals around you, chirping with delight. “You’re getting good at this…”

From the harmonized chamber, a soft current gathers around your feet and flows upward—blessing you with the elemental signature of air.

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You have attuned to AIR

• Elemental Strength (Air): increased to Level 3
• New Spell Learned: Wind Step – Dash in a chosen direction (Short range, no EP cost, cooldown 2 turns)
• Codex Glyph added: Mark of Resonance

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Updated Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Fatigue: Moderate
• Air Strength: Level 3
• New Spell: Wind Step
• Buff: Zephyra’s Grace (fades in 20 mins)
• Familiar: Nyra (Bonded – Stage 2: Curious Bloom)

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Unlocked Area: The Skyreach Bridge reforms ahead, granting access deeper into the monastery's floating sanctum.

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Next Choices:

1. Cross the Skyreach Bridge – Continue deeper into the temple and face the final Trial of Air.
2. Rest briefly near the wind instruments – Recover EP and lower fatigue.
3. Ask Nyra about the next trial – The familiar may have insight.
4. Use Wind Step to explore an upper alcove – Could contain hidden items or lore.
5. Backtrack to the main chamber – Revisit earlier areas of Skyreach.

What will you do?

[Ithillian Turambar]

No votes at all? Not even one 😞

 

Although work has made it difficult to update as often as I'd like.

[Turin Turambar]

Let's see what Nyra thinks. She did well in last trial.

[Ithillian Turambar]

She is very helpful, so yes. Let's ask her

 

Story Update – Day 6, Early Afternoon (continued):
You glance toward the floating spiral bridge, but pause, turning your attention to Nyra. The little familiar twirls once, trailing a faint shimmer of Spirit-laced air before landing on your shoulder with a curious tilt.

“Nyra,” you murmur, “do you know anything about the next trial?”

Her body pulses faintly with light, and a ripple of memory flows through your Codex—Familiar Insight activated.

Images flicker across your vision:
—A vast chamber of shifting air currents, beams of golden light slicing through clouded vaults.
—Stone platforms drifting in rhythm with an unseen pulse.
—A silent wind guardian robed in feathers and bound lightning, watching from above.
—Three crystal pylons, each humming with a different frequency.

Nyra hums low. “Trial of Attunement. Not just about wind... it’s about harmony between motion and intention. Wrong steps, and the air will reject you.”

She rests against your neck, gaze on the distant end of the bridge. “But you’re not alone. I’ll help guide your rhythm when the wind speaks.”

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Codex Insight Gained:

• Trial of Attunement is based on timed movement and energy pacing.
• Crystal pylons must be aligned mid-trial.
• Nyra will assist with rhythm-based cues once inside.

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Updated Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Fatigue: Moderate
• Insight Buff: Familiar Rhythm (grants improved reaction cues during movement-based puzzles/trials for the next challenge)
• Spirit Bond: Nyra (Curious Bloom) is now more attuned to Air

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Next Choices:

1. Cross the Skyreach Bridge – Enter the chamber of the final Air Trial.
2. Rest briefly at the wind shrine – Reduce fatigue and recover EP before attempting the trial.
3. Use Wind Step to reach an upper alcove – Possibly find an air relic or Codex lore.
4. Practice rhythmic movement with Nyra – Hone timing before entering the trial.
5. Return to the echoing wind chamber – Revisit completed trial instruments.

What will you do?

Edited April 25 by Ithillian Turambar

[Gudrean]

1 or 4?

[Turin Turambar]

Let's get on with it.

[Ithillian Turambar]

We head to the bridge

 

Story Update – Day 6, Mid-Afternoon:
With Nyra gently hovering beside you, you step onto the Skyreach Bridge, a graceful spiral of pale stone and enchanted currents. As your foot touches the first step, the air shifts—light and pressure responding to your presence. The Codex pulses warmly, attuning to the currents.

Each step feels like part of a dance. A faint hum rises with your movement, and Nyra flutters ahead, her glowing form matching the rhythm. The bridge’s enchantment doesn’t fight you—it tests your harmony with it.

You cross.

Beyond, the doors to the final trial open without a sound. A vast chamber spreads before you:

• Dozens of floating platforms, drifting in patterns like clockwork gears.
• Crystal pylons suspended mid-air, spinning slowly, each chiming with a different tone.
• A distant Wind Guardian, feathered cloak billowing, standing atop the final dais. Silent, waiting.

Your Codex vibrates.

Trial of Attunement Initiated.
Align yourself to the rhythm of Skyreach. Fail, and the wind shall cast you down.

You step onto the first platform. Nyra hums, syncing her glow with the platform’s pulse.

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Air Trial Begins – The Trial of Attunement
Challenge: Time each platform hop to the correct rhythm, then align three harmonic pylons mid-jump. Final platform leads to the Wind Guardian.
Success grants: Elemental Glyph of Air, increased Air affinity, possible Air relic reward.

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Current Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 15 / 17
• Fatigue: Moderate
• Trial Buff: Familiar Rhythm (boosts timing-based actions this trial)
• Spirit Familiar: Nyra (Curious Bloom)

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Next Actions (Choose one):

1. Begin the Trial's platform rhythm test – Trust Nyra’s cues to time your leaps.
2. Examine the nearest harmonic pylon – Analyze its tone and phase before jumping.
3. Ask Nyra to scout the platform pattern – She may give you a safe route suggestion.
4. Focus Codex energy into a Light Weave – Stabilize your steps with a temporary platform spell.
5. Backtrack to rest before attempting – Reduce fatigue and restore EP (will reset trial entry).

What’s your move?

[Ithillian Turambar]

Sorry for the sporadic updates recently. I've been super busy and then super tired.

[Turin Turambar]

Check the pylon thingy??