Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20160626032211/@comment-5583506-20160901014146

Sibern seemed amused. "The Nexus isn't a Dwemer ruin though. This is all Dunmer craftmanship. The Dwemer ruins lie somewhere deep down. This whole facility was just created to gain easy access to them."

He shuddered. "To think that eventually we will have to step into those forsaken ruins. It just makes my skin crawl." He then glared back at the people at camp. "And to know that we are surrounded by people who have been wishing to pick apart the Investigators for years doesn't exactly help. Especially not when I can tell from a miles distance that they are up to something. I just fail to see just exactly what."

As Evan pressed the button the device stirred and came to life.

''"Alano?" ''asked a hoarse, smoky voice. "If you can hear this, please respond this very instant. It's important."

There was a moment of silence before there finally came a response from somewhere else, presumably from a matching device located in another part of the Nexus.

"I hear you, Cess. What's going on?"

"You tell me", said the man with the hoarse voice and sounded annoyed. "Look, I don't know what you people found down there at section Iya. Congratulations to your find and all that. But what makes you think that your discovery somehow gives you the right to install these... monstrosities running through ever section? Seriously, if I see one more of these pipes, I am going to be sick. I don't want to look up into the ceiling and notice this foul construct spanning just past my office, got that?"

The old man at the other end chuckled. "My apologies. This is just a little experiment though. Though I am not allowed to speak of the discovery, I can very much assure you and attest to the fact that this... wonder, is able to create its own energy, seemingly without having to rely on another source."

"That's great", the hoarse man said sarcastically. "Either way, when you are done playing with ancient artifacts, could you take these pipes down? They are making me nervous. Not just me, but pretty much everyone around here."

"I will, I will. I just... I just want to try out... one last thing before I can confirm whether or not this experiment has been completely successful."

"Well, bloody hurry up with it then. The month is almost up and I want to get home to Vivec as soon as possible."

The device then fell silent.

Anhjari cocked her head and slightly raised her lantern in order to see the device better. "Did he just mention Vivec?" She played with her whiskers as she reflected. "This conversation must have taken place before the Red Year then? Impossible to say when though. Though I am still curious as to just what exactly it was that they found down there and..."

As the Khajiit raised her lantern a bit she all of a sudden became aware of the strange pipes running straight over her head, fastened to the ceiling.

"Oh", she murmured. "So, this was what he was talking about."