Round 7 Transcript

Jeane’s obsidian stylus glides over the rune lattice, tracing a faint, pulsing line that flickers like a dying ember. She whispers an incantation and the runes dim to a soft amber glow, revealing a hidden counter‑sequence that can silence the soul‑traps if spoken aloud. The gate remains sealed, but the path to deactivating it is now illuminated.

Jeane traces the revealed counter-sequence with her stylus, lips moving silently as she deciphers its meaning. This sequence... it's not just a trap disabler. It's a key to the tower's inner chambers—the true prize is inside, not at this outer gate. The runes pulse in response to her touch, their ancient power recognizing the demonic sorcerer's command. The pattern she uncovers maps not just the entrance mechanisms, but the layout of the entire fortress—a blueprint of death and darkness that only someone with her arcane sight could ever hope to read.