The church was looking as if it would break any second.
Nicolas moves inside the church with Sierra.
while looking at the Church, he said:
"I think, we should split."
"No, That could be dangerous."
"but sierra ; See..., the air around the church."
The church was same as they saw it back then. Messed up and with unusual things. Things that were hard not to notice ; there was just so much, they couldn't just ignore it. Besides they didn't knew what they were searching for.
Nicolas said while looking suspicious at the inverted cross hanging around there at the wall.
"We should probably start by moving the cross."
"I was about to say the same thing."
They move forward ; every wall has written.
Goddd iss deadd.
They touched the cross.
"Sierra, i will try to move from this side."
"Ok, I will apply force from this side."
Ughhhh
as they tried to move the cross, it didn't move.
"Why isn't it moving."
"Apply more force into it."
Kraackk
"Shit..! Move aside Sierra!"
The inverted cross ha broke down and was falling towards Sierra.
"I guess. It was not the object."
"yeah, We should move to another room."
They enters another room.
"Oh. A classroom."
It was a classroom. A classroom ,that was completely empty.
Nicolas said while staring at the the empty classroom.
"It doesn't look like that this classroom, would have the object."
They searched around all over. While trying to find the object. But there was nothing but remnants of ancient time.
Nicolas said with a disappointed face.
"There's nothing in the church."
"Don't be disappointed. There is still clock tower left."
They reached for the clock tower door.
Nicolas looked upward.
The giant clock still remained in place.
Numbers circled its face—
but there were no hands.
"...Sierra."
"What?"
"How do you stop time if there is nothing to move?"
Sierra looked at it for a moment.
"...Let's find the object first."
Nicolas moves forward and tries to open it.
"Sierra, It's locked."
But It was locked.
Sierra asked with a twisted face.
"What kind of a person are you?"
"It's locked than broke the door."
"We are not robbing here."
Sierra looked at him with an unimpressed face raising a brow.
"Ok, I will try. If it can break."
Nicolas moves a few steps back. And than moves forward with a fast speed and bumps into it with his shoulder. smashing the door.
Smasshhhh
"Shit! Fuck, my shoulder. Aghh"
The door was left open now that there was no door blocking it.
They moves inside the clock tower.
The clock tower inside was different from all the buildings in the town. All the things in the clock tower were looking as if time has no affect on them. It was as if Time just stopped there.
Sierra said while moving her hand toward Nicolas
"Give me the diary."
"Here."
Nicolas took out the diary from his pocket to hand her.
"The truth does not... sleep beneath stone"
"Means no there's no underground passage."
"It lingers beyond forgotten hours. Seek where time no lingers... move."
"That's it! That's the place. Where the 1st object is located."
"See. Time here is looking like as if it stopped. If this wasn't it ; then this building would be just like other ruins in this town."
Nicolas became so happy after finding it.
Nicolas thought.
Just some more steps to get out of this town.
Nicolas said with a passion in him.
"It should be around here. Let's find it"
"Yeahh."
There was so many things in the clock tower.
Clothes, Wooden statues, Bronze Utensils, Containers that were storing them.
Nicolas started searching every corner of the clock tower.
"Wait; Wait; Wait ; What are we even searching?"
"Huhh"
They forgot to figure out what was the object that they desired.
"What was the next part again?"
Nicolas said with embarrassment.
"And seek where no voices reached the sky. " She continues "what would voices reaches the sky mean?"
"It's a church so, I guess they are talking about prayers. And they are now not reaching."
... Nicolas paused.
At the same time a thought also came in Sierra's mind.
Nicolas said.
"Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
She said with nod.
"It's at the top floor."
"We should go upstairs."
"But where are the stairs to go upstairs?"
"We searched everywhere in the church and clock tower but there weren't any stairs."
"Wait. Nicolas. I saw ladders connected to to clock tower building, Outside."
"that's good. he thought. We need to climb the clock tower."
"Let's go outside. It's on the opposite side of the door."
They moved outside and saw the ladder.
"There it is."
Nicolas said with one foot on the ladder.
"I will go first."
"Okk"
Nicolas claimed slowly and slowly. The ladder was in a delicate state.
Nicolas thought while climbing.
This ladder is so damn old. It's cracking even when I am going slowly. For gods shake don't break.
Sierra also started to climb the ladder.
She climbed slowly , syeadil. While also taking precautions.
Crackkk
When She was about to reach the top. The ladder step she was standing at broke down.
"Fuck!"
She grabbed the the ladder while trying to avoid falling. But it also broke.
Grabbb.
Nicolas grabbed her from her hand and said.
"I will pull you upward.try to grab the wall of tower."
Nicolas pulled her upward.
Haaa
Sierra finally reached at the top of the clock tower.
Sierra notices the mechanism of the clock among Other things ; That were completely fine as the things were inside the tower.
Nicolas said.
"Sierra read the remaining phrase."
"Do not look for what remains—"
Look for what still watches."
Nicolas said while looking at the diary.
"Isn't this riddle getting more tricky after every phrase."
Sighh
Nicolas said while looking at things in front of him.
"I guess we should check all the things and the items that are unique among even these objects."
Sierra said with deep thought present in her mind.
"Ok. You do this. While I try to figure this riddle out."
Nicolas replied .
"Ok. You do this, and I will focus on doing this."
Nicolas started searching the place. There were all kind of things normal and different from another.
Nicolas said while searching.
"everything is here is looking normal."
"Wait , why does that look like this?"
his eyes goes to the place that was covered with white dusty cloth. Unlike the other things, who were just out there in open.
He goes near it.
"What do you think , Sierra"
he asked.
He pulls the cloth.
Dust blew.
A reflection appears in front of the mirror.
"A mirror?"
It was a mirror old oval shaped mirror.
Nicolas calls Sierra again that was in deep thinking for quite a while now.
"Sierra! See what I found."
"What?"
She looks at Nicolas.
There was a mirror. A old and blurry mirror. Unlike all the objects that were in perfect condition.
She didn't say. She just stared at the mirror.
Then a thought suddenly came to her mind.
"Do not look for what remains—"
look for what still watches." She continues " yeah! It could be this. The mirror. It watches all and while People could die , a mirror will always remain."
Sierra says with a shock.
"what ...."
"What is this—""
Nicolas faces towards the mirror, where sierra was looking.
Then at that moment. He noticed there was people shown in a town. The buildings. The streets. the entire town was looking familiar to both of them.
"What is it?"
Sierra said with confusion.
"No , better question ; Where is it?"
A word came out of Nicolas mouth just ing it.
"It's the Arcadia..."***