<div class="floatleft">(http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u649/wigglebiscuit/Lydia/HumeFemale_zps9b0dc3da.jpg)</div>Lydia has never been one to suspect that Cyril or whomever actually pulls the levers behind the scenes favors one contestant over another. But, after having faced so many obstacles so early in her adventures, it is hard to dispel the notion that someone, somewhere, has it out for her.<br/><br/>Having faced the sylph and now this? Is is lucky if she has made any progress at all toward the Counselors, and, more importantly, away from the Void.<br/><br/>She swallows her growing frustration, however. Losing patience now will only cause her to make mistakes that will further delay her.<br/><br/>Hands on her hips, she considers her current predicament. Illusory and hallucinatory traps are often the easiest to overcome, once one knows what is happening.<br/><br/>The hallway she is in is probably no longer than 50 feet, the point at which it repeats. It is likely, then, that there is a portal on either side, and given no point of reference, she has no way of discerning the difference. To test her theory, she carves an X into the wall with her sword and starts forward, counting her steps as she goes.<br/><br/>She doesn't get far when she passes her X.<br/><br/>A smile creases her face. She quickly gathers a handful of pebbles, and moving quickly, tosses them every few feet at the walls on either side of her. One of these pebbles will pass through the illusory wall and into the hidden passageway. Or so she hopes.<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">My original plan was to penetrate as deeply into the Dungeon as possible, passing the Reaping levels in the process. If the Marchioness will help me do that, that's who I'll go for.</div></div>