As Akoni and Midori headed back to the central dome, the old mage spotted his message paper flying back toward him. He snatched the paper out of the air, unfolded it, and read Souta's response without breaking stride. He rolled his eyes and grumbled at the words, then tossed the paper over his shoulder where it promptly vaporized into blue dust. Damn kids and their pranks. Did Souta take him for an old fool? If they had found a large monster, they wouldn't have had the time to read the letter, let alone respond to it! Damn crickets.

A moment later the two arrived back into the central chamber, and only a few seconds passed before the other team joined them. Akoni didn't bother addressing their little prank. He didn't want to give them the dignity of even a token response, so instead he examined the slots: one of sun and one of moon. Well that was incredibly simple. The true light on the tablet the other group had found clearly denoted the sun, whilst the false light on his own could only be the moon. As long as you could actually read the language there was no possible way you could be tripped up by such a simple test!

Then Souta spoke. ”Oh hey, bet we have to shove the little sun nugget into that hole up there.  It’s just like in the movies, after all.”  He cast a dubious glance at the rune-wreathed door.  ”Of course, after solving the puzzle, there’s usually some sort of big monster or big trap in the next room.”

[color=dodgerblue]"You might actually be surprised at how often these sorts of things turn out like the movies,"[/color] Akoni commented, taking the moon tablet from Midori and sliding it into place. [color=dodgerblue]I've certainly seen enough of them to know."[/color]

The next to speak was Silas. "I believe you're right, Souta. Think about it- 'the true light will inspire.' Logically, the sun tablet should be placed near the skylight, as the 'true light.' And 'the false light will clear the path?' The moon should go near the door, clearly. All that said, we ought to exercise caution. As I've mentioned previously, this location likely predates humanity, which would mean it was built by Hierarchy hands. And the Laguna are loath to surrender secrets." He punctuated this statement by summoning Pleiades' blades, and reaching for Kazfiel and Sraosha's presence beyond the veil of Purgatorio.

"We should all be prepared for whatever is hiding behind that door. Even if it's nothing, better safe than sorry."

[color=dodgerblue]"Actually,"[/color] Akoni interjected, for the first time directly addressing the Sage. [color=dodgerblue]"I believe that this library is a joint effort by your people, the Lumen Sages, and the Umbra Witches. That, or it was crafted by a common ancestor. It's not unusual for the celestial bodies to be utilized in ancient cultures, but few revere both sun and moon."[/color]

At that point the sun tablet had been placed. Just as they had all theorized, this began a complex, semi-magical mechanism which opened the gran doors of the library. The old man couldn't help but smile. Ah, how he [i]missed[/i] this feeling. Why had he retired, again? But his smile was short lived, as a lone figure was just barely discernible in the distance. No doubt this was who, or what, had messed around with the books. Then how had it gotten inside? They strode forth, Akoni keeping his guard up just in case. Once they had gotten close enough to see who it was, he was glad he did.

[color=dodgerblue]"Sevrin..."[/color] His devil arm Lammasu reacted to the ice-cold venom pumping through his veins at the sight of the traitor by morphing multiple blades on the knuckles. [color=dodgerblue]"Tell me Sevrin... How long were you planning no betraying the Organization? What could possibly be worth it?"[/color]

The contempt in the old man's voice would be evident to even the most naive of individuals.