Thread by @Legendgerry

"Mr Perceval, Come here!" Akembi calls.
He waits.
Nothing happens.
He waits some more.
He only hears the quiet movements of Squad 2 moving into firing positions and Chen tutting under his breath.
He decides he should:
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Akembi shrugs and after checking Squad 2 and Chen were in formation behind him he decides. to go with his original plan and marches into the Spirits territory.
The pact is broken.
The spirit:
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The spirit chooses to manifest in front of Akembi, it has returned to it's faceless maintenance worker form.
"Hold!" Akembi shouts to Squad 2 before they open fire "Spirit! I have learned your name and place you under my command, do you understand me..."
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The spirit disappears.
"Sir? SIr! That's not the name you moron!" Chen shouts "Weapons ready!"
The Spirit reappears and attacks:
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The spirit appears behind one of the Squad 2 soldiers and strikes at him.
Akembi has a brief flashback to how he lost Squad 1 but this soldier was ready.
He falls backwards to avoid the strike and unloads a full mag of anti spectre ammo into the spirit.
it vanishes.
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"Felix! You Good?" Natalie calls to the soldier as he springs back to his feet.
"Yeah I thought it would come for me" the soldier says "I'm clearly the biggest threat here"
"Easiest target more like" She fired back with a forced cheerfulness "it's not dead so keep your eyes wide"

"Yes Ma'am" Felix replies "All over the not dying thing Ma'am"
Natalie just growled at him.
"Shutting up now Ma'am" Felix knew how to read a room.
"Akembi try saying the damn name, You're useless today!" Chen shouted.
Akembi Shrugged and tried again.
"That;s enough Mr....
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Before Akembi can finish speaking a large rock flies out of one of the piles of rubble and nails one of the Squad 2 soldiers right in the face.
The noise of the impact is sickening, he's dead
Akembi quickly shouts out:
(2pt San loss only, all passed)
Tied vote=A Chance
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"Mr Bellingham!" Akembi calls out urgently.
Suddenly the Manor's aura is not quite as malevolent as it was, a semi solid but clearly humanoid form slowly descends from the rafters.
"Your orders sir?" A voice booms out from the faceless shape.
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"Why did you Attack us?" Akembi asks, hoping to get more insight into how the creature works.
"That is not an order, I cannot obey"
"What?"
"Golems are basically robots, they follow a set of orders and rules and that's all they do" Chen whispers to him.
"Ah, Okay then"
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"Orde....." Akembi's breathing becomes ragged "Explai..." he drops to his knees "AH!...Yi..." he falls face down.
"Commander down, resuming standing orders" the Spirit Golem begin to dissipate.
"Mr Bellingham! Wait!" calls...
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Who steps up?
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"New Commander recognised" the Spirit Golem said moving towards Felix.
It sounded like there was a hint of an exasperated sigh on the end of those words but Felix chose not to question that.
While the others tended to Akembi he decided to go ahead and order it to...
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"Mr Bellingham please list all previous orders you've received"
"In Chronological order?"
"Please"
In the background Natalie and Chen are placing Akembi in a recovery position and whispering affirmations to him.
"I obey.
1: Don't touch that
2: Or that
3: Just stay there till

ordered otherwise.
4: Pick up that crate and Follow me
5: Place those stones to match this diagram
6: Bring the rest of the voltaic piles down from the laboratory
7: Damn it man use the corridors and doors
8: Connect the piles to the wires around the doors
9: We are going through

here let nothing and no one out of this portal.
10: Prevent anyone from accessing this portal until I return.
11: Try and keep the mansion in good order until then.
12: Please list all previous orders you've received
13: In Chronological order
List complete"
"Huh okay..
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"Tell me. Where are the stones?" Felix asked, being sure to make it sound like an order.
"They are in the portal room"
Akembi groans and comes too behind Felix.
"That blasted Yith is still here!" he informs everyone "It's really strong too. Thanks for the affirmations"
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"Mr Bellingham, Find that Yith and bring it to us" Chen orders.
"I do not understand, please elaborate on what is a Yith"
There's a collective sigh of frustration from everyone.
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"The Yith are part of a Coleopterous race, they live in the future and transfer their minds back here to try and influence events in their favour, if they are still present they'll be in something fairly intelligent"
"I have four nearby candidates, which should I bring?
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The Spirit Golem disappears and reappears moments later holding a furious Raccoon
"Yith! I wish to commune with you!" Chen says with an authoritative voice.
The Racoon struggles to get free to attack Chen, it poops a little.
"I don't think this is it" Akembi says sagely
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Quick one
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The golem disappears leaving an angry raccoon mid air, as soon as it hits the ground it attacks!
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Who gets a face full of fierce furry fury?
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The raccoon leaps up and snaps at Akembi's groin, narrowly missing and then springboards off his leg from him towards Felix who dodges expertly.
The raccoon flees out the door of the manor squeaking.
The Golem reappears holding an equally disgruntled Black Bear..
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Everyone watches the Raccoon exit and then a confused growl from the black bear reminds them of it's presence.
They all look to Chen who steps closer to the bear with a sigh and says
"Yith! I request to commune with you"
"To what end?" a voice says in everyone's heads
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The mass telepathic communication catches Chen and everyone else off guard.
There's a moment silence, as the black bear floats mid air staring at them, the barely visible spirit golem behind it adding to the surrealness of the moment.
Gathering himself again Chen says:
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"Maybe we can make a deal" Chen says "You're clearly after something here perhaps we can reach an accord"
"Bargain with an inferior species, I think not!"
"I think so, inferior or not we've stopped you twice now and we're quite capable of doing it again. Doesn't your mission take

priority over your ego?"
The bear sighs
"Very well, your points are valid lets us commune"
"My mind is open" Chen says with a happy smile as he sits cross legged on the ground "Come and see what;s in here"
Both bear and and Chen bow their heads, silence reigns.
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The Yith, in its true giant cone form entered Chens mind, it found itself in a white room, each wall had a number on it.
Chen,wearing a well tailored black business suit sat on a white chair at a white table.
Suddenly a tea set appeared on the table.
"Join me?" he asked the Yith

indicating a space opposite that suddenly contained a chair big enough to accommodate it's form.
The Yith charged at Chen
"Fool! This form is mine"
It smashed hard against an invisible barrier.
Chen smiled gently and poured himself some tea.
"Compartmentalisation, my Yith friend

a subject I think I should educate on before you go doing yourself a lot of harm"
"I'm aware of it, the human subconscious psychological defence mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a subject having conflicting values,

cognitions, emotions, beliefs and so forth within themselves. We can and do defeat it on every possession"
"Yes but you seem unaware that some humans, have mastered it and begun to weaponise it."
"Impossible!" the Yith scoffed and slammed against the barrier,
"Quite possible let

me demonstrate" Chen said "At its basest level we use it to stuff traumatic experiences into mental compartments, boxes if you will. Now when you're part of a company that considers going against eldritch horrors a usual Tuesday, you collect a lot of these boxes"
The Yith sat

down on the "Chair"
"I see where you're going"
Chen simply smiled and sipped his tea.
"Now with this many boxes subconscious control isn't good enough so we have to make conscious triggers for suppression and when you shunt my consciousness out to take over, all the boxes

will spring open at once"
"I'll handle it" the Yith yelled.
It lurched toward him but found it couldn't move from the chair.
"Sorry" Chen said kindly "I want you to be sure you understand what you're in for. Each number on the walls is one box, pick one to experience!"
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Tentacles! The Yith was trapped in tentacle! It couldn't move.
A giant maw, lined with an impossible amount of teeth opened beneath it.
The tentacles loosed, it fell, it tried to fly, it had no power here!
The form it was in tried to flip away but it was no use.
It was falling in

and nothing would change that.
It hit rows of sharp teeth, they punctured its flesh, it screamed and rolled trying to find a space between the teeth.
There was none.
Then the world tilted and it was flung through the air to a dark hole at the rear of the maw, it's blood streaming

like ribbons in the air behind it as a terrible high pitched noise reverberated around the maw.
It hit a wall of meat in the darkness, the noise stopped as the air was forced from its form by the impact.
Then the wall gave way and it was falling again, the noise returned.
It was

falling through some sort of hole, slime covered walls were closing in, it reached out to try and grab the walls hoping to at least slow its fall.
Instead its hands started burning!
It opened its mouth to scream but realised it was already open, it was already screaming!
Boom!

"That should neutralise shed, instead there was a gaping hole in the wall of the creature, ringed with flames.
Kicking off the interior it shoved itself out the gap in the wall.
It landed on some rocky ground.
Someone poured powder over its body
"That should neutralise the acid

a voice said, burly hands lifted it upwards.
It saw a face, Cliff, strong, friend, confidant held it.
"Can you move?" Cliff asked "Those cultists..."
Something wet hit its face, Cliff looked down so it did too, a black spear, ceremonial, cult of the sand bat, stuck out of his

chest.
"Fu..." Cliff gasped his last, falling over onto it.
It grabbed Cliffs body and used it as a shield to protect itself as the air filled with black spears and the screams of angry cultists...
Then it was back in the room, Chen smiled and asked:
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"Tea?" Chen asked again, a cup appeared on the table in front of the Yith again.
The Yith decided to try the tea, hoping to use it as a conduit to get to Chen but it found itself blocked yet again.
Chen tutted quietly.
The Yith drank the tea, it actually was fantastic, it found

itself feeling refreshed and relaxed.
"This is a good concoction, what's in it?" the Yith asked.
"I could give you the leaf names and the quantities but like me you'd never get it to taste like this" Chen said "Probably because of the emotional attachment to this particular pot"

"Ah, made by a lover? You humans always have attachments like those"
"Yep, the moment I decided to marry her in fact" Chen said.
"I could probably simulate your body's chemical register to accurately simulate the emotion" the Yith mused aloud.
"Maybe but you're not getting my

body"
"I think I can handle a couple of those boxes, might be a tough few moments but I'd manage"
The room changed the walls and floors vanished, they were now surrounded by boxes as far as the Yith could perceive in all directions.
"I was special forces for twenty years and I've

worked for this company for another twenty six" Chen said a hint of outrage in his voice "Gods have walked into my head and ran out screaming! You want me to open them all for you? It'll kill us both but I'm ready to go, are you?"
The human was not lying, it could sense that much

The Yith waited a few moments just to test the humans resolve but as all the boxes began to rattle it had to concede, for the sake of the mission, of course.
"Very well! What do you want from me Human?"
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"What do you think I want?" Chen countered.
The Yith paused for a moment
"Well you're an older male, in the western hemisphere and in a position of authority..."
The Yith changed form to that of a well known erotic actress
"Is this what you desire, Mr Chen" it asked breathlessly.

After a moments bewilderment Chen said
"Eh, No. At my age that sort of thing's a lot of work and I'm only willing to make that sort of effort for my wife."
"I could.." the Yith began to say but all the boxes started to rattle again as Chen glared at it.
"Then what?"
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"I want to know what are you after here?" Chen said simply "Our purposes are not necessarily in opposition to each other"
"I want to find that portal and go through it" the Yith said.
"Why? I thought you guys could look through time and space and see everything?"
"Ha!" the

bitterness in the laugh was nearly palpable "We can see major events but there is much we cannot and just because we avoided extinction does not mean the war we fought is over"
"So you're hoping to secure a tactical advantage by mapping routes in and out of wherever the portal

leads?"
"Yes"
"And you intend to use these pathways against?"
"The flying polyps and their allies of course, your species is no threat to us"
"Then we are not in competition! I will help you get through the portal but you'll have to promise to remain in the bear"
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"Agreed" the Yith declared solemnly after a moments pause "How do we proceed?"
"It's quite simple really" Chen said...
A second later Chen sits up and says:
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"Care to verify it's me first?" Chen asked Akembi who had offered a hand to help Chen up.
"Okay Identity please" Akembi asked with a sigh.
"I'm me, he's him, she's her, you're you" Chen says with a grin.
"Quoting George Carlin eh?"
"Bill hicks ya ignoramus"
"For an old man you're

such a child" Akembi says as Chen giggles.
"Did, did you set up a key phrase just so you could call him an ignoramus every time? You can do that?" Natalie asks.
"Oh yes and yes you can. not just for him either, every officer and there's not a damn thing they can do about it"

"Well now, that's something we'll have to remember" Felix says with a grin.
"Okay back on mission, what're we doing with the bear?"
"We have a deal, the bear comes with us"
"Uh, why?"
"We have similar goals, it's mutually beneficial and keeps the mission viable"
"Okay..
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"Mr Bellingham, Drop the bear please" Chen asks.
The Golem complies and the bear lands with a startled grunt.
There's a tense moment where the bear and the everyone stares at each other, then it gives a nasal huff and shuffles over to stand beside Chen.
"Huh. Okay...
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"Mr Bellingham show us the portal please" Akembi asks the Golem.
The Golem raises its hands, a dull white circle of light appears between them, then a picture of a doorway made of odd sized rocks fastened with copper wire and surrounded by an eldritch purple hue forms.
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"Smart ass" Felix mutters but Akembi raises a hand to quiet him.
"Is this the portal room as it is now Mr. Bellingham?"
"Yes"
"Ok" Chen and Akembi began to pore over the image.
They see a room with a glowing portal, in which large shadows loom and leave randomly, a group of

skeletons are propped up facing the portal in a firing stance with sticks holding up their rifles.
In the flickering of the portal light they can make out piles of books and odd inscriptions on the wall.
"Okay" Akembi says eventually "Mr Bellingham tell us about those:
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"Inscriptions?"
"Some were put there by the creator and others I have gleaned from their books as having the potential to shield the portal from scrying and other such non physical surveillance"
"They work" the Yith broadcasts to the group "It's why we couldn't find it"
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"Wait, Bellingham, you can read and write?" Chen asks in surprise.
"To fulfil my duty I reasoned the manor had to be private property to deter human intrusion and to ensure that, legalities had to be observed. For that I needed human language skills so I learned them"
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"Language,,"
"Learn anything..."
Chen and Akembi begin talking over each other.
"Interpreting..." the Golem pronounced "Do you require a complete list of every skill I have learned in the last 208 of your years?"
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I'll do it, I'm warning you now.

"No!" Both men say at once, sensing a deluge of information that could take hours in the offing.
"Understood"
The Golem is still displaying the image of the portal room:
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"What are those shadows that are showing up in the portal?"
"Causes vary, some of them appear to be shadows of passing clouds or flying creatures, others are predators who upon approaching the portal have seen the pile of dead I left there and have opted to leave"
"Huh
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"Predators?" Chen asks urgently "What kind of predators?"
"Mainly variations of earthly predators with more teeth and occasionally tentacles, Sasquatchs and other odd looking humanoids too"
"Can you tell us anything else about them?"
"They all died when I beheaded them"
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"What about those books?" interjects Felix "Mr Bellingham, what are those books"
"My creators research books, in pile one: An Investigation into Myth-Patterns of Latter-Day Primitives with Especial Reference to the R'lyeh Text by Prof. Laban Shrewsbury.
Ars Magna et Ultima by

Ramon Llull
Azathoth and Other Horrors by Edward Pickman Derby.
The Black Rites by Luveh-Keraphf.
Book of Azathoth by Anon.
Book of Dzyan by Blavatsky.
Book of Hidden Things by William Lumley
Book of Thoth A translation by A. Kelly
Cabala of Saboth by Robert Bloch...
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"Mr Bellingham, Stop please" Akembi says raising a hand "Why are there Skeletons there and why are they posed like that?"
"Look like marines, from the 1800's if I'm not mistaken" Natalie observes.
"Indeed" The Golem replies "They attempted to gain entry to the portal so I killed

them. Sometimes a creature ignores the dead and comes to look into the portal, I read of defenders propping up their dead to deter attackers so I implemented the idea. It's been successful at deterring humanoids, beasts unfortunately aren't smart enough to care"
"So...
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"So who were the Skeletons?"
"Intruders"
Akembi sighs in frustration.
"Do you know they were they intruding?"
"They were saying something about presidential orders while I dispatched them"
"You didn't behead them?"
"Humans are frail, more efficient to stab their hearts"
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"So Madison did follow up!" Chen exclaims
"And that went so badly he hushed it up" Akembi agrees
"I don't see an officer..."
"The officer fled when the killing began" the Golem informs them "They'd been warned but he ordered those men in anyway"
Felix and Natalie snort derisively

Akembi and Chen choose to ignore them.
"So the officer returned, told him the portal existed but was too well protected and then Madison decided to just leave it?" Chen speculated
"They couldn't access it but neither could the enemy so it wasn't a priority, the war wasn't going

well at that point, they were losing Detroit so he probably chalked it up as a failure and moved on"
"So no chance of rescue for The Wanderer by his own hand, no wonder he went mad out there"
"Speaking of which we'd better get a move on" Akembi says.
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"Mr Bellingham, show us the way to the Portal room"
The spirit golem takes off, weaving between piles of rubble.
It stops at the ruins of the exterior corner of the manor and points below the largest pile of rubble there.
"It's under that?" Chen asks.
The Golem nods.
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"Mr Bellingham, clear the way down please" Akembi says.
It shifts into a large stone drill and starts boring through the rubble.
"What the fu" Felix starts saying before Natalie drags him out of the path of the debris.
The Golem finishes quickly and returns to humanoid
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"Is it safe to go down Mr Bellingham?" Chen asks once the dust settles.
"No"
"Why not?"
"As per my creators command I'll have to kill you if you do"
Natalie and Felix snap their weapons up.
Akembi signals them to hold..
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"Can we cancel that order?" Natalie asks
"Cancel? No"
"Can a new order to supersede the one to kill intruders?" Felix asks.
"Yes"
"Okay,we'd best get the wording of this right" Akembi says
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Reply with a suggested wording for the order.
Note: The portal attracts trouble!

After a few minutes conferring the group decides on the wording, Akembi steps forward holding his jacket like a TV lawyer and gives the new order.
"Mr Bellingham, I have a new order for you. Upon receiving the passcode that consists of an anagram of the day of the week and a 6

digit code consisting of the correct date, In International Format, you are to protect that person and anyone they designate as friendly until they're beyond detection or dead. Understood?!"
"Order understood" the Golem replies.
"Alright Matlock, give it a go" says Chen
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Note: I should've changed the date on the Dunsay options so given that I accep the top answer as correct.
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"Mr Bellingham, Saytr adu 040921" Akembis says.
"Order accepted, do you wish to designate friendlies now?"
"Yes" Akembi replies with a smug grin "Designate:
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"Designate Everyone here as a friendly" Akembi says.
"Clarification desired on the definition of Here" the Golem responds.
Akembi sighs.
"It's got a point, you could mean everyone in existence at this time" Chen says in an unreasonably cheery tone.
Akembi sighs again...
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"Here as in this room" Natalie advises.
Akembi relays that.
"Okay then! What shall we do next guys?" the Golem sounds like an overly cheerful Youtuber all of a sudden.
"Uh is this...is this what you think friendly sounds like" Felix asks
"Sure is old buddy, old pal!"
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"Maybe tone it down a bit" Felix suggests.
"Oh leave him be! Let him be happy for once" Natalie says wagging a finger at Felix "Let's go down to the room Mr Bellingham"
"Follow me!" it says cheerfully.
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GM time! I'll need a marching order as you enter the portal room...

Akembi leads the group down to the portal room the steps are uneven pockmarked and cracked from the rubble and the aggressive rubble clearance.
While the purple and green glow from the portal provides some illumination it's still difficult to see and maintain balance
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"Mr Bellingham, is there any way we could get some more light in here"
"Of course, allow me friend!" The Golem flits off, they follow his progress as stream of candles light up, the illumination makes the journey down the stairs easier. In the flickering candlelight the room is

almost exactly as you saw it though the voltaic piles along the wall are bigger than they looked earlier. The piles of books look neat and well kept, in the mix of lights from the portal and candlelight the propped make the human skeletons look disturbingly lifelike.
The portal

itself is larger too, purple and green hazes wisp across each other like they are trapped inside an invisible bubble.the background behind those is a dull yellow, like sunlight from behind a light cloud.
"Right!" says Akembi after a moments observation "Lets..."
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"Okay lets move those skeletons back a bit so we can set up our own perimeter" Akembi says.
There's a moments silence as a battle of looks takes place between the rest of the squad as to who will be the first to touch the skeletons...
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Who volunteers as tribute?

The Golem starts carefully moving the skeletons away from the portal while everyone is trying to get someone else to do it.
"May I inquire friends, why you want my skeletons moved? I spend a long time studying how to correctly wire them so they would look real" it asks
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"Studying?" Natalie asked in surprise "How? Where?"
"I deemed it necessary to equip myself with all available tools to perform my duty. I often take courses at the library, though they don't know I'm there. This internet has been wonderful for remote learning too"
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"What was your best course?"
"For completing my duty? State Taxes and How to File Them From Home. As long as there's a record of taxes being paid the state leave you be. I also rather enjoyed An introduction to the Internet, it's an amazing resource for knowledge"
"Huh...
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"No, no, I just use the library's at night, it's great, these days I can set up scheduled emails, and tax filings, send instructions to my legal representatives and my proxies on the company board in a single night! It used to take me a week to write all those letters!"
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"Proxies? Do they know you somehow?" Chen asks as the squad takes up defensive positions around the portal.
"Only by mail, I get annual reports sent to me then I pick a director to act as a proxy for me based off that report and researching how they've done elsewhere that year.

It's apparently become a bit of a status thing amongst them, I've taken to sharing my analysis of the companies performance and their own performance with suggestions for improvements with them by mail too, apparently it's proved helpful"
"Are you telling me that Tweeting Inc, a

Blue chip company is being run by a fricking Golem in the basement of a ruin?" Akembi asks.
"Run? No I merely suggest courses of action that let me keep the companies resources available should a threat to the manor occur politically rather than physically"
"Wow, ok, uh
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"You're into politics?" Akembi asked.
"Only in so far as it helps keep infrastructure developments away from the manor and making sure the townsfolk have all the facilities they need to discourage nefarious intrusion
Felix notices shadows moving beyond the portal...
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excuse me while I unroll this to make sure I haven't missed something before our final scene.
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