Part 2
Mira said nothing while they walked down the halls of the ruin, but one thing was for certain. This place wasn't just familiar, she recognized it. Realizing what that meant, she motioned for them to stop.
"There's a problem, me. This place isn't familiar. I recognize it." Mira said to Vordea.
"We have to leave." Vordea said immediately, to which Mira nodded.
"Why? What's going on?" Syndra asked.
"If I recognize this place, it means the real me is leaking into the mortal plane." Mira said, immediately turning around and heading toward the exit, Vordea and Syndra close behind. As they turned a corner, Mira came to a dead stop. The layout had already changed, they were too late. "Shit!"
"We're cut off." Vordea said.
"Indeed you are." Mira said, her eyes glazing over. "This is an intriguing space you've found, elf. A place where I can pierce the veil."
Vordea instinctively wrapped up Syndra tight in her tentacles, and pulled her close. "You can't have her."
"I don't want her, me." Mira replied, annoyed.
"What's going on? Why is she acting different?" Syndra asked.
"This is who I warned you about, Syndra. May I present to you Mira Frost, the Corpse King." Vordea answered, staying between Mira and Syndra.
"Corpse King? Then that amulet is hers!" Syndra said worriedly.
"Amulet?" Mira demanded. "It's here, me?"
"I'm afraid so." Vordea admitted.
Mira didn't say anything, but the ruins seemed to twist and change around them, until it resembled a library.
"Elf. You will tell me how you came across such a strong token of my power." Vordea said, in Mira's voice. "I will not harm you or Vordea, but you will tell me."
"Where's Lady Vordea?"
"Oh you don't get it do you?" Vordea said, releasing Syndra from the grasp of the tentacles. "I'm her, and she's me. Now. How did you find my amulet?"
"Let's sit, like civilized people, Miss Mira." Syndra said, walking over to one of the plush chairs, and motioning for Mira to do the same.
Once Vordea and Mira were both seated, Syndra began.
"As I told Vordea previously, I discovered this ruin entirely by chance. The first time I was here, the front door was missing and it merely looked like a dilapidated castle. How does it keep warping and shifting like this?" Syndra started, gesturing around.
"That is the power of the Last Lord of Carcosa, elf." Vordea's body replied, smiling smugly. "This is the power of the Demiurge of all reality!"
"But why is it here?" Syndra asked.
"I don't know." Mira admitted, her expression changing. "So it was because of this ruin?"
"Yes. I found a book, written in elven no less, telling of a wish granting amulet known as the Amulet of the Corpse King."
"Not quite. The Amulet of the Corpse King contains a portion of my power." Mira in Vordea answered, still smiling.