Case of the Psychic's Lament, Part 3
The power had died in the sewer, perhaps the city, was out. But the motes were brighter and occurring more often. But double? That's hard to determine.
There was a sound that accompanies the motes, like an old AM band transmission. Pre-recorded at times. But... I lack the devices and batteries to really conduct a long term test. I estimate I'm near the northern side of the swirl, if I use the more simplified model.
I head down the main sewer tunnel then look for side tunnels that let me move down in the direction pointed at by the transducer I found. After awhile, I reach a point at the end of the block with the motes moving over my shoulder above. No transducer. But if there was 3 or 4 to cause the round shape, it would be possibly be along the adjoining roads. Van Neyes and the southern side of the block.
I find another device at the southwestern corner where Van Nuys Street connects to Sackett. This is on the side of the emergency lighting cage. Plaster is keeping it stable and in place. It's consistent with the client's building of every 15 minutes. Seven to 15 motes.
I continue down Sackett street and continue down 2/3rd of the way before I find another one. This one's spiral , like the others, is aimed in a common rough location. But is slightly pointed down. This one is 7 to 9 minutes and the device is pointed down where the others are not.
On a change, I tried to grapple this one and pull it down. Unfortunately, I misjudged my aim and broke it. Stupid. I should have been more careful. But I managed to get some signal and messages from Psypher and Chameleon.
Psypher called, and said he found a device ( grammaphone? ) generating the motes. Source of the dimensional / temporal disturbance. He said the grammaphone was attached to the floor and difficult to turn. So a permanent fixture?
Dimensional and temporal breaches require power. Energy. Summon described needing a lot of power.
While talking to Psypher, two people appeared almost right on top of him. I text a warning as best I can to him and Chameleon who asked to meet.
During this I got an unusual message: "Mukufuna chithandizo". That seems to be Chichewa in origin. Tracing the number would have to come later, but I suspect the number cannot be traced. That language branch ties back to the visions psychics were having of the shaman and the snake. This in turn connects back to the pattern of dimensional incursions. The message is likely from another dimension because of my proximity to the energy motes, which are part of the flow and transition between the time / dimensional flow. The message is lower priorty at thsi time.
Time is of the essence. I need to change, and collect the rest of my gear. We need to inspect the grammaphone and the center of the swirl above ground. What is below has some effect but may just to stabilize the effect.
Turning the grammaphone is tuning the flow across the dimensions. But on a large scale. Combined with the reports from Philadelphia and the New York area, someone is attempting a large scale dimensional break, or time flow break. Transcorp building would still be a likely candidate to who set this up.
An attempt to alter time or shift dimension on a large scale could involve Transcorp. The building was shifted back more than several centuries and still contain the configuration to allow that again.
I do wonder, what would happen if the grammaphone handle and gears were altered to turn backwards? A thought experiment for while I gear up.
Once I suit up, I'll head for the building Psypher mentioned the two strangers went into. Following that, I want to see this grammaphone that is generating the energy allowing the alterations.
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