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"This is freakingball floated frorowled in a tone so deep, the air vibrated

"Disconnect!" Adam shouted in unison with Shelton

The omniarch flicked off

The two ered out of the circle on weak knees Shelton, the whites of his eyes still showing, pointed back at the arch "I will never use that thing again without knowing the destination"

Nobody disagreed

"Would a picture of a location be adequate?" Cinder asked

"I ain’t gonna test it," Shelton said

Elyssa and I took places inside the circle,sure to firmly fasten the rope to our waists

"Try this one," Ada me the picture of a snowy mountain top "It’s the top of Mount Everest"

I stared at the picture, noting the permanent landmarks as opposed to the snow and other fluid elerassy field, the arch rassy field with a red fence, that rassy field with a particular boulder in it ht spot Unique landmarks see the destination It hu and freezing air stung my cheeks Aat us open-e, and someone else poked their head out of the tent

Disconnect!

The arch blinked off

"I’d say it works," Shelton said, "Although it’s kind of cheating to get to the top that way"

"Those noonna be scarred for life," Ada look "It’s not funny Now I’ll probably have to let the Custodians know so they can bring them in for rehabilitation"

"Nah, they’ll be fine," Shelton said "There ain’t en up there, so he’ll probably chalk it up to hallucination or so"

"That’s true," Bella said

Elyssa"I hope so"

As they continued to discuss the iven h the map "Nookli, zoom into first person view," I told my phone

"Justin, there are three Indian restaurants nearby At which one would you likeback a choice curse word, and repeated ht The first-person perspective allowed me to view the control rooery had apparently been taken with a caical equivalent--an ASE perhaps?--so it was as good as having a picture Unfortunately, the control room looked identical to the other two I’d seen at Queens Gate and the Grotto

The Alabaster Arch wasn’t a good reference either since the control room at Thunder Rock had one On the other hand, it narrowed our odds to one in five of landing the right one, provided there weren’t more Alabaster Arches than we’d calculated

"Project iraphic ie of the control roo there," Shelton said "Good idea"

"Gotta find a uniquecity of doom"

Adam shuddered "Or a monster void"

"What was that dark place?" Elyssa asked

Nobody answered

"Irowly thing ca the arch unless you’re absolutely sure you can picture the location"

"Or using the arch without a co ," Cinder said, pointing toward the upper right corner of the world map on the wall in the front of the control room

I zoomed in on the area, and found a symbol "That’s not Cyrinthian," I said "At least not a synize" By now, I’d uage, though I understood very little

"I don’t recognize it either," Nightliss said