After looking at her for a while, I turn around to explore more of the room while I have the chance. But the moment I take a step away, I feel the slightest, faintest movement behind me.
I quickly spin on my heel, my eyes darting across the chamber. Did she move? I walk back toward the crystal capsule, pressing my face almost against the glass slab. But no... she is still lying there completely still, like an underwater sleeping beauty.
Shaking it off, I turn to leave. I glide back out of the chamber, exploring the palace further. I roam here and there, eventually making my way up a grand, winding staircase toward the upper floors.
But just as I reach the landing, a sudden, muffled commotion echoes from somewhere downstairs.
Shouts echo through the water. Up from the corridors above me, a dozen elite merman guards suddenly rush past, swimming furiously downward and passing right through my spectral body like cold air.
Hn? Something must have happened!
