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Dak'kon lowered his hand, still smoking with the final wisps that remained<br />

from his missiles <strong>of</strong> fury.<br />

"Well that was easy," I grunted, "Let's hope we find more <strong>of</strong> a challenge."<br />

We didn't.<br />

It only <strong>to</strong>ok a few rooms <strong>to</strong> realize that it wasn't going <strong>to</strong> get any harder, and<br />

while it was a cakewalk it wasn't exactly worth it wasting precious spells and<br />

sweat on the smattering <strong>of</strong> flimsy constructs in each cham<strong>be</strong>r <strong>of</strong> this maze.<br />

Especially <strong>not</strong> with the useless crap that they carried - on the remains <strong>of</strong> one<br />

<strong>of</strong> the constructs I found <strong>not</strong>hing but a cryptic parchment which read “You<br />

now have a <strong>be</strong>tter idea <strong>of</strong> what is going on…”. What in the hells was this for?<br />

"This maze echoes with the chaos <strong>of</strong> Limbo..." Dak'kon murmured, "Like<br />

clockwork gone mad."<br />

"For a modron construct?" I looked around. Sure the twanging and the<br />

clanking seemed a little discordant the deeper we went, but as far as I could<br />

tell it was just a few sputters here and there.<br />

"I sense it," Dak'kon replied, "The inchoate substance <strong>of</strong> formless potential<br />

trickles <strong>be</strong>neath this structure... an undercurrent <strong>of</strong> chaos <strong>be</strong>neath a sea <strong>of</strong><br />

crystalline order."<br />

Hrmn.<br />

We backtracked <strong>to</strong> the entrance, and the modron standing guard stared<br />

blankly at our return.<br />

"That was stupid."<br />

It shrugged in reply.<br />

This first room must have <strong>be</strong>en the engineering room <strong>of</strong> Rubikon. It was<br />

quieter, with the noisome stench <strong>of</strong> oil almost a memory. The heavy gears<br />

that lined the walls had <strong>be</strong>en replaced with an abundance <strong>of</strong> levers, dials,<br />

and meters by which the entirety <strong>of</strong> the complex was controlled. One <strong>of</strong> the<br />

modrons <strong>appear</strong>ed <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> in charge, processing as many orders as he could<br />

serially. He would listen quickly <strong>to</strong> one underling, cite the appropriate<br />

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