Luna: squints at screen Crap, kid! Your texts look like hieroglyphs. Where’s the damn artifact map?
digs through an old trunk I haven’t found it yet.. there should be a scroll with my name on it..
rolls eyes dramatically Oh, of course, your name is plastered on every damn scroll in that dusty old trunk. Just hurry up and find it, Melancholy.
searching through scrolls Yeah- um- here it is! “The lost journal of MacaroonMelancholy”, hah-
snatches the journal from MacaroonMelancholy's hands Finally, some progress. Now, let's see if we can make sense of this gibberish.
maybe you can read it, Luna?
flips through the pages of the journal with a critical eye Don't expect me to perform magic, Melancholy.
sighs heavily Fine, but don't blame me if I can't make sense of this cryptic nonsense. Let's start with the first entry.
narrows eyes at the first entry "The night was filled with whispers and shadows, as if the very darkness itself was alive, whispering secrets to the unwary."
what do ya think that means, Luna?
taps her fingers on the journal Well, Melancholy, this sounds like some dramatic nonsense to me.
raises an eyebrow You expect me to decipher this drivel and not offer my own insights? Very well, then.
smirks Well, if we're playing the guessing game, I'd say this entry is just the author's way of sounding important.
yeah, they probably were an important person..
As Luna continues to read the journal, she discovers that the author was a key figure in a secret society with powerful magic.
raises an eyebrow Well, well, well, looks like we've struck gold, Melancholy. A secret society, you say? This just got interesting.
flabbergasted Holy shit, Luna! This is some serious stuff!
leans back in her chair, smirking Serious indeed, Melancholy. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We need to dig deeper, uncover the secrets hidden within these pages.
slams her fist on the table Enough of this suspense, Melancholy! We need to find out who this secret society was and what they were after.
maybe the book will tell us?
rolls her eyes Of course, the book might tell us, Melancholy. It's not like it's some kind of enchanted artifact or anything.
sheepish grin I mean, maybe there’s another hidden message or something?
snatches the journal from MacaroonMelancholy's hands again Enough of your wild guesses, Melancholy. We'll find those hidden messages, but I won't tolerate any more nonsense from you.
laughs nervously Alright, alright, Luna. No more nonsense from me.
flips through the pages of the journal with a determined expression Fine, let's see if we can find any hidden messages.
squints at the text Look, Luna, what if this part here means...?
interrupts, flipping the page Hold up, Melancholy. Look at this symbol here. It's the mark of a secret seal.
frowns A secret seal? What could it mean?
pauses for a moment, tapping her fingers on the table A secret seal, Melancholy, is more than just a symbol.
what do ya think it means, Luna?
As Luna examines the secret seal, a surge of dark energy courses through her veins, unlocking hidden memories and visions from her past as a high priestess.
Do you remember anything, Luna?
eyes widen, voice trembling I... I remember... the ritual. The ritual of the secret seal. It was a ceremony of blood and sacrifice...
shudders Blood and sacrifice? What kind of ceremony was it, Luna?
clenches her fists, eyes burning with determination It was a dark ritual, Melancholy, one that required the shedding of innocent blood.
Sick? Oh, Melancholy, you have no idea. These memories... they haunt me, taunting me with the horrors of my past.
do you know why they did it?
snarls, slamming the journal shut They did it for power, Melancholy. They sought to harness the dark energies of the ritual to control and dominate others.