Obadiah used contacts in the church to learn more about St. Jude's- First Church in Area but fell out of popularity as New Eden grew. Now a small monastery of recluses. Started the paperwork to get transferred but was told it had to be approved.
The circle traveled to Community Soup Kitchen in Fort Hyde looking for the first demon prince for insight of the past of Salvation Gardens in Alacon but found him not to be around.
Homeless came from all over the city for the food but also for safety. While disappearances on the fringe of any society are regular seems like the homeless have been disappearing more often than regular and a fear of nighttime is growing. Asha was serving dinner and welcomed the circle answering questions and finding they had no real political affiliations Tabbris used Lore of Awakening animate the tables as she entered into a episode of schizophrenia she inherited from her host. Typhon and Tabbris took on their entire Apocalypses forms sending up a flare of Faith ib the area and earning a point of permanent Torment while other took on just traits. Klepoth was able to help her stabilize her mind while Typhon restrained her body from doing further harm until Asha was able to inject something that neutralized her. Asha did give a warning that if the circle told the demon court about Tabbris she would suffer serious repercussions from her breaking the Vow of Secrecy again but in turn it would incriminate themselves for the same offence.
About midnight the circle meet with Doc Trevor Hughes at the warehouse to look at the reliquary. Doc Trevor was insistent on the speed and skill needed to get past the formidable ward of protection within leading Obadiah and Klepoth to remain outside while Typhon, Iontan, and Melusine went through the wards. The wards were laid out as a floor of tiles with specific runes that shifted with every footstep. Iontan failed to follow exactly as Doc Trevor lead quickly enough and suffered great wounds of fire then doubled down with burns of frost damage with the second trial. Melusine nearly joined him but pulled it out at the last moment. The third trial passed without the void consuming any.
When the circle gazed upon the reliquary they remembered that it was name the Monolith Obscura and that they hand in its creation . This revelations contradicted the belief that it was a reliquary of a Earthbound reengineered by demons as they had in the past. 28 feet of stone tall by 12 foot wide three feet thick but only 2 tons. Super durable but super light. The surface feels like marble stone but hold organic bones fused to it. The circle believes that it is incomplete and a secondary part of the "eye" in the center is missing.
Outside the other members of the circle noticed a car watching them until Obadiah spoke directly into his mind causing him to peel out.
8 beats in total.