[AW] a waterfall in the dark

[Random Events]

wearing away the stone

The days grew longer with each passing sun, as if the island were slowing down time somehow, capturing it and exploiting it within its grasp. Some called it abnormal, the way an hour on the island was longer than an hour on Novus. Others argued it was perfectly natural - for if Tempus had made the island, surely time moved for him and him alone?

But perhaps it was intentional, a ploy to lure the citizens of Novus deeper into the island, inviting them to stay longer. There were secrets to be found here, secrets that seemed to hover just out of reach, like a trail of lights leading unwitting victims to danger. Those who sought them were only ever drawn deeper into the dark forests.

And many would find that, much like the maze from the last relic hunt, there was no easy way out.

As Atreus enters the forest, the light begins to dim all around him, casting the trees into a shadowy twilight. And while the shadows grow longer and deeper, and the light filtering through the canopy overhead grows weaker - a light in the forest begins to glow.

It begins subtly at first, but steadily it grows both in strength and in hue, until a bright blue pulses through the forest like a heartbeat. There’s a song whispering between the rays, a siren call without words that whispers in the recesses of Atreus’ mind. It pulls at his very soul, a silent rope that twines itself about his legs until it seems that he is no longer walking of his own accord, but it’s the light walking for him.

When he gives in and follows, it will take him deeper into the forest; until all he sees is the forest awash in blue, and beyond that blue a world of darkness.

Eventually the path will bring him to a rock wall, the base of a cliff that rises haphazardly into the air. Water spills over its edge, glowing with light and laughter, bluer than the skies on a clear day. The spray that mists over him is surprisingly warm, nearly searing. 

And on the ground before him is a large stone bath, where the water collects. Yet even when the basin is full and the water keeps flowing, it does not overflow.

Glimmering at the bottom is something bright, something shiny -

- Could it be the Relic?  

Or is it just a trick? 

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