So ignoring that Garland may have a kid, or may have an alias, or may have an alias and a kid: the turrets were busted - like the last place she'd investigated with Leon - but the walls were littered with weird stuff she didn't really understand. Dogmatic cultic bulldrek, but really it just seemed a little off; didn't seem like the usual fair of cultish nonsense, not even the cultish stuff in those Bug City Rising trideos. Still, something about Grandfather - probably Lilly's old man, that made sense - and mother - Garland - cult of personality type stuff though, which was kinda normal... right?<br/><br/>So the barrier was alchemical, meaning it was put there recently or was put there to test the time which meant someone really knew what they were doing if that was the case. Made sense... Lapine was not the best with making alchemical stuff, or spellcasting... she could summon stuff though, which was about it.<br/><br/>Once they got to the bottom of the two-story stairwell, and wow that was a big door waiting for them. Lapine was small to begin with, but against the door she seemed outright tiny. She actually had to turn her astrally-perceiving eyes away for a moment; flare reduction mods did not work on astral senses, and the barriers here were potent. The AR though, that was different, and the dramatic speech... well... didn't get very far, considering how quickly the AR thing noticed she wasn't whom was expected...<br/><br/>...but then again, one of them had heard a voice, right?<br/><br/><Hey Leon, let's see if he'll talk to you> Worth a shot, right? Otherwise Lapine was going to have to try and blow the force barrier apart the 'significantly harder' way...