The stairway had refilled, and the rock stairway on the stern had emptied.Ĭan't see anything there either. I left the stern's ship room and activated the middle pump. It was empty! The water had been pumped out, that set of controls must be pump controls!Īlas, I could not see anything down there except the faint outlines of a very fancy looking room. I was going to walk to the lighthouse when the stern ship stairway caught my eye. I heard what sounded like a motor running, perhaps a pump, and headed back to the boat. If only I was strong enough to rip the key off.įrustrated, I left the lighthouse and headed to the controls. Or maybe it was one of his sons that did it.Ī lock on the door above and a key chained to the floor. I guess Atrus didn't seal this thing that well as he thought he did. With the stairways being flooded, and not wanting to touch anything quite yet, I left the set of controls alone and headed to the lighthouse The message Atrus left is only slightly comforting, and the "presence" of Sirrus and Achenar. I find myself again wondering if I will ever see another human again. Not much to see there, just another reminder of the loneliness of this. Off of the bow, there was also flooded stairway into the rock and a path that spiraled up the rock. controls, and a board path over water to the lighthouse. Off of the stern, there was a flooded stairway deeper into the back of the ship, a flooded stairway into the rock, the path to the bow, a couple of boards forming a walkway over the water to a umbrella covered set of. The bow was a quarter of the way around the rock. I showed up on the stern half of the ship, which seemed to be sticking out of the rock. Emmit, Branch, Will, there's no sign of them. The stone, the ship, and the lighthouse are all here, but the others Atrus talked about are all gone.
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