-[ prismic △ sanctum ]-

[SHIVERS]

You push back the gate and kneel down to inspect the padlock.
It's got a small keyhole on the bottom, and the padlock itself is highly reinforced.
Someone definitely didn't want anybody getting in here.

With that out of the way, you open the double doors quietly and peek through.



The area outside is open to the sky, though you can't really see it through the doors.
It's dark, it's raining, and you can hear what sounds like rushing water very close by. Possibly a river? It's hard to tell.
The doors lead out to a platform of some kind - one that's deep black in color, making it quite hard to see - though there's a bit of lead-up to it, a short bit of 'hallway' (if you could even call it that with how short it is) leading to it. This makes it difficult to see anything else other than the black platform, the rain falling onto it, and dim light from somewhere above; moonlight through stormclouds, you guess.
In front and beside the platform, everything just looks black.

Not seeing any danger, and wanting to investigate, you push the door open and step outside.



You walk out onto the platform and take in the view, and lose your breath.



This chamber is massive, at least five stories tall, possibly more, you're not even sure you can see the top.
And it's even longer than it is tall, like a colossal hallway.
More impressive, though, are the rushing waterfalls spanning the entire length of the corridor, both sides pouring down into a black abyss somewhere below.

You look up, only to end up wiping the rain from your face.
You try again, shielding your face, and are given a view of a pitch-black, empty sky.
Moonlight does helps slightly, making it so the corridor isn't entirely dark, but it does nothing to--

A sudden boom of thunder and lightning overhead startles you, not merely from the noise, but the view:
The split-second splinter of light crackling through the sky illuminated the murk just long enough for you to take in the monumental, swirling stormclouds looming high above.

Fear strikes you for a moment, ringing in feelings of smallness and isolation in this strange place for the first time, but you quickly try to shake it off and steady yourself.

You catch your breath.



You know there's more to explore here - namely, the ladder somewhere behind you - but something catches your eye before you search.

A couple of stories higher than you, far in the distance on the other end of the corridor, there's another platform.
It's similar to yours, and through the darkness, you can just barely make out... a figure.

Someone, or something, standing near the edge of that platform.



You want to take just a few steps forward to look closer, though the platform is slightly precarious.
There's no railing, and the black marble is slick with rain, but the edges of the black marble have holes and ridges should you lose your balance.
You're also not very close to the edge yet, and the platform has plenty of room left for you to walk forward a bit more.

You're fairly certain you can do this safely, and you're... extremely curious.
This may be the first - or only - other person you'll see in this place. 
...But you're hesitant, still.

Should you take just a few steps forward to get a closer look?
Or play it safe, and ignore the figure on the other platform?

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