Light Wins

Nobody was quite sure what to do with the relic or how to "turn it off". It's spirit was committed to performing it's function, so Tetsuko couldn't just ask it nicely to stop. Finally, Vincent had the brainstorm to check Nattradr's clothing and found his journal.

I flipped through the pages as fast as I could (which is really fast) and figured out what we needed to do. We had to "snuff out" the "fuse" which was the growing darkness. So, we decided to recreate Tetsuko's trick with the reflective surfaces in the elevator and I told Vincent to get the mirrors from the restrooms.

It worked. The light bounced around the elevator where we put the relic and it amplified (physics can suck it) and a bright beam of light shot forth, out the window and up into the sky, dispelling the darkness and clearing the clouds. I didn't realize it was supposed to be daylight. It felt good to feel the sun again.

Our job finished, Amaterasu, Tetsuko's mother, arrived to congratulate us and she healed me enough to stand on my own power. I also feel... different. Like my ichor got thicker. I'm still banged up, though. I need some rest and relaxation. I'm thinking someplace warm and sunny. Maybe Florida. Or the Bahamas. Or Cancune. Or Hawai'i. Or....