It’s the nexus of the crisis
And the origin of storms
Just the place to hopelessly
Encounter time and then came me
- Astronomy, by Blue Öyster Cult
After much debate on what to do about Osric, we decide to try and find where the Time stop button came from, which is tied to the ancients. We have heard the way to get to a place the ancients meet is a city called Nexus, which can be reached by traversing a Shadow Storm.
We travel to an Ancient Stable Shadow Storm, which takes a lot of effort involving everyone's abilities to find a way into it.
We meet a woman named Carolyn, who asks if we are here to learn. She mentions that Osric came here once long ago. Asked to clarify how long, they don't measure time here.
She mentions she keeps an eye on the place. And that the time stop buttons were here but some are missing.
She mentions there are 3 trials we can pass to get access to the rest of the city.
She looks at Isabel and asks her how she has the source.
Everyone present except Natasha eventually decide to take the trials:
1. The Trial of Memory - you don a crown and relive your entire life. Silas relives things he doesn't remember (Caine's doing). Isabel scores highest.
2. The Trial of Potential. They break you down and examine your entire portential.
3. The Trial of Action. We go to the same place for this one but are judged individually.