Dreams of Scale and Fire

That evening, the friends gathered in Blake and Laura's suite again, their faces tense with newfound knowledge.

"My script describes a curse that afflicted my family for generations," René explained, pacing nervously. "It matches exactly what my grandmother told me before she died—about the artifact my ancestor brought back from China, about the nightmares that plagued our bloodline."

"Mine contains detailed notes about my grandmother's research in Hong Kong during the 1940s," Jared added. "Things I only discovered after her death. It even mentions a chamber beneath this very property where she allegedly communicated with..." he hesitated, "...non-human entities."