Group Gathering
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(Isaac's POV)
Sitting in his room Isaac went over everything that happened in the forest. "That lady must have been some sort of goddess." Isaac thought to himself thinking back to when he met her. "Also what did she mean by she took no part in us being cursed. I don't think she meant the curse that the spirit put on us because it is a pretty weak curse. I will have to ask William about this when we get back to the library. It seems pretty important." Finishing his thoughts he soon took a meditative pose before sinking into his consciousness. Instead of trying to cultivate he tried to find that feeling he had when he shape shifted into a fox cub. That feeling of being one with nature and of being free. He had a faint feeling of a small fox spirit inside of him but it seemed chained and restrained. "Maybe I will be able to shapeshift into that form again if I advance more in cultivation."
Taking that as motivation he began to cultivate with more fervor and excitement than before. He was extremely close to unlocking his second seal and he could start the unlocking at any moment but he decided to wait until after tonight. He also wanted to speak to Val first. Instead of opening the 2nd seal he decided to start clearing the way towards the 3rd which was located on one of his ankles. Soon without realizing it, time passed until it was midnight.
Getting up he and Mr. Owens headed towards the secret tunnel. After walking all of the way to the chamber he saw Edgar and Val waiting for them.
"Yep let's go get the others, also Luke should be here soon. I think he went for the Anubis house tunnel."
As the two groups split up into three they headed down the tunnels of Isis, Baset, and Sekhmet. Isaac went by himself to Isis since he didn't want to frighten Melissa or Suzie. Soon he found himself at the top of some stairs with a lever on the wall and a door in front of him.. Pulling it down he soon found the door opening. The door was actually the sarcophagus that every house had in its entrance for decor. There he saw a girl waiting for him in the entrance way.
"Are you Calliope? And can you show me your mark?"
"Were you the first to be marked? And what do you think will happen when we are all gathered?"
Nodding in agreement Isaac and Calliope walked down the corridor in silence. Soon they reached the chamber as they saw Luke waiting for them. They shared some small talk as they waited for the others to join them. After around another 10 minutes of waiting the others joined them in the chamber.
>Now what? Is something supposed to happen.< Tapping her foot an annoyance Melissa started to get angry.
"You probably jinxed it by raising a flag. I can feel something coming."
>What are you goi-< Melissa was soon cut off by a rumbling sound as each tunnel leading from the houses and into the chamber was completely sealed off with a massive pillar of stone that rose out of the ground. They were completely trapped in the room. As they began to look around with a bit of panic, torches placed around the room began to be lit up as if it was magic.
Val and Isaac began to take a good look around the room as they noticed a change with the dais. Deciding to take a closer look they saw the 6 panels surrounding the pool began to glow faintly before two seats rose out of the ground near the dais. Soon everyone else took notice as they all joined around the dais. Water began to fill the pool as words began to shimmer in the water.
"The chosen of each God must offer your blood to open the way forward. As the beings of order and chaos preside over you."
{Well I think we know who the chosen of each God are. That must be why there are 6 houses. But who are the beings of order and chaos?} Luke looked confused while thinking about it.
(It is Isaac and I. Since we came from out of the school and didn't really belong to any house I think it has to relate to us.)
>There has to be more to it than just that. It can't just be because you recently transferred here.<
"There is another reason but we can't share it yet since we don't trust you."
With a harrumph she ignored them as Isaac and Val took their seats. Isaac sat on the chair representing the god of chaos Isfet as Val sat on the chair representing order Ma'at. As they sat down they soon found bindings trapping their arms and legs coming out of the chair. With a grunt they felt something pierce their skin as they felt their blood being drained out and leading into the pool of water. The others stood in shock watching what was happening .
"Well everyone mind taking your places before we bleed out?" Snapping out of their shock they rushed over to the panel with the name of their god on it. Soon they all placed their hands on the panel as they felt a needle prick their skin. Their blood traveled down the panel through a channel carved into it. Soon all of their blood joined into the pool in the center. Nothing seemed to be happening when suddenly the 6 began to scream in pain. Val and Isaac could see a tattoo of their gods being burned on to their upper arms. After a minute it was over.
The 6 of them stood up panting and sweating as Val and Isaac were released from their chairs. They had a mark of their gods burned on to their arms as well but they had already felt pain similar to that and just released a few grunts. Soon after the locked door leading down opened up as the tunnels were slowly unsealed. Taking a look at each other Val and Isaac led the way through the door as the others soon followed.
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