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This proves a more dangerous operation than expected, as the entrance to the Archives is guarded by a [[Mechanical Sphinx]] (originally built by [[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]] to protect the Archives from [[Chronon Flea]]s). After expending a lot of effort getting past the Sphinx without waking it up, they realise the Sphinx is actually awake, but let them through as a Christmas present — on the condition that they get ''it'' an actual gift once Tarsa is thawed out, which they awkwardly promise. They don't find anything directly relevent, but ''do'' find something that reminds Bibliophile of his adventures with [[Tracker-764]] involving the [[Consistency Imperium]]. With Bibliophile remembering that, at its height, the Imperium had “a grand library [which] must have contained the histories of thousands of lost civilizations”, they decide to go back to the planet [[Subcinctus]] to see if any of those records survived. | This proves a more dangerous operation than expected, as the entrance to the Archives is guarded by a [[Mechanical Sphinx]] (originally built by [[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]] to protect the Archives from [[Chronon Flea]]s). After expending a lot of effort getting past the Sphinx without waking it up, they realise the Sphinx is actually awake, but let them through as a Christmas present — on the condition that they get ''it'' an actual gift once Tarsa is thawed out, which they awkwardly promise. They don't find anything directly relevent, but ''do'' find something that reminds Bibliophile of his adventures with [[Tracker-764]] involving the [[Consistency Imperium]]. With Bibliophile remembering that, at its height, the Imperium had “a grand library [which] must have contained the histories of thousands of lost civilizations”, they decide to go back to the planet [[Subcinctus]] to see if any of those records survived. | ||
==== Chapter 15 ==== | |||
[[Skollops ag-Warka]] reveals that he has used [[Wellsian]]s' native psychic ability to take control of the [[Queen of the Black Market]]'s army of [[Wraith]]s, and demand to be given an [[Artefact of Power]], such as the [[Whistle of the Witch Varganax]]. However, [[Wendy VII]], the Queen's girlfriend, come to visit her, manages to sneak up behind the Wellsian without him or his Wraiths realising, thanks to the [[psychic dampener]] hairclip she is wearing. The Wellsian is forced to instead negotiate for his freedom and the Whistle, and agrees to give them the current location of [[the Clown Emperor|the Clown]] in exchange for the Whistle to take back to [[Radluhac ag-Wampyr|Earl Radluhac]]. | |||
===Worldbuilding === | ===Worldbuilding === | ||
