Who's there? Oh, it's you. Vasco isn't here right now. He didn't say when he'd be back. You can just hang around here I guess, or go and get some ice cream or something.  YOU COULD ALWAYS USE THIS TIME TO GO AND LEARN A THING OR TWO The Orrery Cosmic Library use this crawlspace to get around; it moves through time as well as space! (sorry about the crumbs) TEMPORAL ARCHIVE THE LONG DESCENT THE CHAMBER VASCO'S VISION TRANQUIL PEAK

Things might appear calm right now, but don’t let this serene vista fool you — something big’s about to go down on Khasgar. The temporal energy here is rippling in ways I’ve never seen before, and I’m going to find out why.

The things you are about to see are not illusions; they are distortions in the Invisible Landscape, reverberations across the temporal vista, ripples in the very fabric of reality. Think of it like witnessing a memory, or a dream. It’s likely to about be as coherent as a dream anyway, but you seem fairly switched on. I’m sure you’ll have no trouble making sense of the things you see.

I see you survived the descent yeah, no thanks to you Well, I admit my methods aren't the most orthodox, but it got you here all the same. I hope I didn’t scare you back there, but I had to see that you were made of stronger stuff than the lousy lot that came before you. The very fact that you’re stood here proves that indeed you might beAnd so it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Temporal Archive; the boundless and timeless nexus of infinite mystery, the epicentre of understanding that occupies a limitless expanse of...

I hope you had a hearty breakfast — we have a long climb ahead of us... ...further still, we have a ways to go... DO YOU GROW TIRED? TRY MAKING THIS CLIMB WITHOUT A BODY... I'd APOLOGISE FOR THE CHILL... ...but you really should have brought a jacket WHAT do you mean you didn't think you'd be traversing the depths of space & time today? careful as we cross this next section, that's raw cosmos out there... we're almost there. i have to say i'm impressed, nobody's made it this far before... watch your step now — it's about to get...