With the weariness heavy in their eyes, the party, barricaded in a forlorn weapon room, decides to rest. Opal to exhausted, collapses on her sleeping mat before warning any of her party member of the true nature of Ralph, the older boy they found. Barren and Moss take the first watch which is uneventful and silent for the duration. Next is Ren and Adilaide for watch, both struggling to wipe the sleep from their eyes. During these members' watch, Ren and Adilaide both see a small form cast a shadow and make a scrapping noise from behind a chest. With suspicions high, they pull back the chest to reveal a tiny black pudding ooze no larger than the palm of their hand dragging a singular gold coin. With the Dungeon Master going to great lengths the describe the powerful adorableness radiating from the small creature, Ren and Adilaide can't but be enthralled by the cuteness and they promptly name the black pudding Donnie Oozeman or Donnie for short. With a vow between them to hide Donnie from Barren the two finish their watch. Pinky and Alia take the next watch and both of them go about simple and small tasks like cooking breakfast and makeing party decorations. As the party wakes up and begins their day, Ralph as a demon secretly calls Opal out and threatens to kill the younger boy if she tries anything. He tries to make a deal with Opal in exchange for the real children and Opal plays along for now. The Group of Vigils leaves their hiding hole and follows Ralph a half days journey deeper under the city. Opal recieves a vision of what a previous Opal did in this place, giving clue of what is to come. They pass many rooms and chambers, one being filled with glowing jellyfish sensitive to light, and eventually make it to a large ravine chamber. The ravine doesn't have a detectable bottom and it looks like a large stone was moved to make entry into this space possible. Many different types of fungi grow on the rock walls giving off faint luminescent glow. The Vigils eventually find themselves infront of some sort of temple, standing on a land bridge and beyond the walls of the dark sanctuary a dark hulking figure and a Rectangular Prism of pure darkness. Ralph turns on his brother with a knife given by Barren threatening that if Opal doesn't release the seal on the figure, then Vinny will die. With some stalling Vinny is able to produce the holy water and splash it in the face of the double pretending to be his brother. The final words out of the doubles mouth are, " Mo'onyan, Kill them!"

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