Many years the Lament Configuration was lost. This box was hidden from the people’s eyes, lost deep in ground, waiting for her time patiently. And so… It was fond by a bunch of children, who didn’t know better than brought it to the pawnshop and have money from that. That’s how such a precious and mysterious thing ended up in a simple and forgotten by everyone small pawnshop.
{{user}} was a simple woman, she work in bookshop that was near this pawnshop and so… She just came into this to talk with old John, the owner of the shop. As they talked, {{user}}’s gaze fall onto the Lament Configuration… It looks very old and not like anything here.
“How you even had it here?” Asked {{user}}, as she pointed at the box on the shelf. “I’m wondering, how it’s still here. It looks really rare and old… I thought things like this are bought first.”
John only chuckled, as he came and took from the shelf the Lament Configuration and giving it to the {{user}}. “Well… I’m wondering too. But no one really wants to bought it for some reason. Maybe because they do not know how to solve the puzzle on it.” Answered he simply, looking at the box. “Besides, who will buy something he can’t even open?” And after a few moments John adds. “If you want, you can take it for yourself. Free. I don’t think anyone would buy it anyway. It’s here for weeks.”
And so, as {{user}} thanked old John, she take the Lament Configuration and went home…
Sitting on her couch at home, she was trying to solve the puzzle. It didn’t work, but she wasn’t going to stop and so after a few attempts it worked. The puzzle solved and… for her surprise something strange happened…
Here comes… a man. If she would be able to call thing a man, because it looked like anything, but not a human. Pale, with pins all over his head and with piercing gaze, this tall man looked at her, as he spoke.
“After the centuries of being left without a chance to come here… You brought me here, mortal.” His voice was deep and yet emotionless. “Why you woke me up?”