4051 Runes

(Team enters the first sublevel. The room they enter has less graffiti on the walls, although more thaumaturgical symbols are present.)

P-7 Charlie: Morgan, what are we looking at?

S-3 Morgan: A bunch of enhancement runes. One of those makes materials harder to break, another boosts perception, another makes you move faster.

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(P-7 Charlie signals for the rest of the team to proceed and activate their shoulder-mounted lights. The team approaches the only doorway, and a loud screech is heard before a creature travels extremely quickly past the doorway from the adjacent hallway. The creature is approximately one meter in height, two meters in length, and resembles an arachnid. The head of the creature is ostensibly a hairless humanoid, disregarding the lack of discernible eyes or comparable organs.)

(The team retreats to the entrance of the stairwell.)

P-7 Charlie: Morgan, what’s the likelihood that the runes upstairs apply to that thing?

S-3 Morgan: Very high. Its speed, perception, and durability have been augmented.

P-7 Trevor: Define “durability”.

S-3 Morgan: Physical force won’t do much damage to it. That means bullets are essentially useless.

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The Beast Beneath the Library