Sztu: day 150 (con't)

Travelling through this labyrinth, we have come across many rooms. The fellows threw a red switch, and a red pillar lit up. In trying to figure out where all the switches were, we went into the crystal area. There were lots of floating crystals! I poked one (they were shiny!) and it played a note! I played around with them some more, figured out how to do flats, sharps, et cetera! It was fun! But good thing Arcadius and Oda were standing guard. It apparently summoned crystal gollums!

Arcadius yelled for them to hold the line, but the Beet Head (haha get it? play on meat head!) charged. I thought we were done with that with the death of Alcander! He nearly died. Finally he retreated so the smart people could fight. Alas, it lead to Oda's death. I can't help but feel somewhat responsible. If I hadn't played with the crystals, would the gollums have come? Though I can't help but be angry at the Beet Head as well. If he had stayed in formation like Arcadius called for, it would have been a much different fight. Rest in peace, Oda. May you find only the best wherever you are.

Though, I cannot be too mad at myself. It turns out that I had to play the crystals anyways to open the door. There was a musical notation near by that, when played on the crystals, let us back out of the crystal labyrinth. That, of course, was done after we finished searching the crystal wing.

We then went back to where the hydra was killed. Using the pearl earring, Arcadius went down into the pools and found a switch to release the water. When we went exploring down there, we found a small switch (small than the red one). When it was pulled (everyone back up to safety of course! No drownings!) the blue column lit up. Only a few more columns to go, then we hopefully will move on from such a dreadful place.