Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20160726175355/@comment-28358106-20160730231300

Lucida seems stunned for a moment then blushes. Melandil looks over at the pile of keys. "A...key?  What sort of key?"

"Um, it was just a key, I think.  I don't know where it was.  I remember Papa saying it was important, though.  I never found out what it was for,"  Lucida says.

"What did he say about it?" Illyagrine asks.

"Um, I don't know.  I wasn't there.  I don't know what it was for, like I said.  Mama might have..." Her voice trails off.

"I'm sorry, lass.  I am." Dee looks at Lucida sympathetically. "These're tough times, no doubt.  But if we have a clue, we need to use it."

"And you say the army is after the Codex?" Illyagrine asks, looking at Dee.

"Hells if I know.  But they're drilling right above it.  Big fucking drill, too."

"Is it a key to this...Codex?" Melandil says.

"Unlikely.  And even if it were, there's not a Dwarf alive who could read it.  The language has been lost for millennia."

Lucida says nothing, but looks away...