Taryn, Mason and Logan go to the dig site. There they meet up with Izi, Sig, and Steph.
Izi is showing them around the site and explaining what will be expected of them. While they are there, Taryn makes not of where he needs to perform his ritual so that it will actually work. He gathers what he needs and sneaks back onto the site later that night.
He sets up the ritual and explains what is going on to Mason and Logan. They are both skeptical but go along with the plan because they support their friend.
The ritual begins. A massive arc of electricity forms and draws massive amounts of power from the grid. While inside the plasma Taryn meets the dead guy. He begins talking to him but doesn’t understand the language. Suddenly his phone starts vibrating in his pocket. Even though he hasn’t replaced it yet, the phone appears to be working. It acts as a real time translator between Taryn and Godmund.
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Godmund tells him one hell of a tale. He explains that the nine realms pulse and flow with the breath of the cosmos. As energy ebbs and flows, and the tides of time rise and fall, there are interactions between the realms. The energy flowing between them hits a resonant frequency and travel between the realms becomes possible. It was Godmunds sworn and sacred duty to keep the keystone (an object of great power able to open a portal between the realms) hidden away. If the keystone is found and activated during a resonance event, a great and all consuming power will be unleashed on the earth as ragnarok begins.
Taryn tells Godmund to bury his saex twenty one paces away from the large rock he has placed above the buried keystone as a marker hidden in plain sight. In Taryn’s time, the rock had not yet been discovered but Godmunds saex was.
The ritual ends and Taryn discovers that very little time has passed for Mason and Logan. They are amazed that he is unharmed having believed him electrocuted. They quickly sneak away from the site as they are sure someone must have reported the flash.