The Delta

[The Forgotten God]

Elise looked distracted but she blinked rapidly and then nodded. “Open it, yes,” she said. “It’s unlikely to get better just staying here.” All three of them feel the quiet murmuring in their heads grow very slightly louder as they talk.

[Justine-Juliette de Vair]

“Here goes...” Shakingly, Justine reached for the handle and opened the door, leveling her gun at whatever was on the other side.

[The Forgotten God]

She opened the door, revealing a music box on a desk on the far side of the gently rolling room. Otherwise it’s just a cabin, with a bed and foot locker and some scattered books on music theory.

[Justine-Juliette de Vair]

Justine entered the room to find it empty. She relaxed a little, keeping her gun in her hand but letting it drop to her side. She was transfixed by the music box and went to see if it was wound. Was that what made the whispers in their heads? If it was not, she would wind it then.

[Ceutinde]

"Hang on." Ceutinde said as she saw Justine moving toward the music box. "Let me take a closer look at it." She muttered the words to a spell and blinked a few times as the look of things shifted.

(Cast detect magic and have a looksie around the room)

[Geoffrey Ravenhurst]

Herneiros takes a cat nap under the shade of a nearby tree, leaving express instructions to be woken if the Mist arrives.

[The Forgotten God]

The entire room radiates magic. Hell, turning around reveals the entire vessel radiates magic. The music box is heavily enchanted by enchanting magic but the rest of the ship is emitting an aura that Ceutinde has never felt before.

[Ceutinde]

Ceutinde glanced around. "Elise, are you seeing this? The ship - what kind of magic is that?" She got closer to the music box and leaned in, checking for any glyphs or runes that might give a clue as to what it did.

(Cast Inspector to take a more magnified look at the box)

[Justine-Juliette de Vair]

“I want to hear what it has to say,” insisted Justine. “We should wind it.”

[Ceutinde]

Humans could be so impatient. "I'd like to hear it too. Just let me make sure it isn't going to explode as soon as you wind it up. I'll make it worth your while."

[The Forgotten God]

Elise seemed almost drunk off the magic. “I’m not sure,” she said. “Something new...” she looked about. “Whatever it is, whoever did it has drawn knowledge from a source we don’t know about.”

The music box has old style lettering on it, but otherwise appears to be a normal child’s music box. The letters just spell out “Theodosius Arkhaion”

[Ceutinde]

"Do either of you know a gentlemen by the name of Theodosius Arkhaion? Seems it's his box." She straightened up. "Fine, wind away. Try not to lose any important fingers."

[Justine-Juliette de Vair]

“I mean, they’re all important...”

Justine seized the box and put her hand on the key...but didn’t turn it. “Actually, don’t you think we should explore the rest of the ship before we start tinkering with things?” As much as she ached to hear the song it played, she hadn’t forgotten their mission. She slipped the box into one of the capacious pockets of her dress and opened up the footlocker in the room.

Obvs 40

[The Forgotten God]

The rest of the room is largely empty and sans personality, but the footlocker opens without any effort, revealing a few outfits and a silver necklace with a mostly blank .woman’s face on it. Elise turned to Ceutinde. “Never heard of him,” she confirmed.

[Ceutinde]

Ceutinde turned Detect Magic back on and checked over the contents, particularly the necklace. "Feel like a little jewelry shopping? Might look nice on you."