Location:Obsidian Academy / Starforge Nexus Pavilion
Date/Time:Late Frostforge, 9940 AZI
Realm:Lower Realm
The gate locator worked in the lab.
Jayde confirmed the calibration against the crystal shards first — the prototype detecting each sample through increasing layers of stone and soil that Eden packed into formation-shielded containers. The inverted frequency principle held. The silence where the shielding hid the crystal became the signal that found it.
Lab confirmed. Field test next.
She asked Takara to have two of his companions bury crystal fragments outside the Academy — different locations, different depths, at least ten leagues apart. A blind test. If the locator could find two known samples buried in unknown locations, the calibration was proven.
Canirr and Prota took the fragments that night. The reconnaissance specialist and the scarred veteran — both capable of crossing leagues of terrain without leaving a trace.
The next morning, Jayde deployed the locator.
