#anywhere

From the tunnel, the choice of left or right awaits as they get up the stairs

Sylvi looks both ways, then says, "Hey...I want to try something." She takes the ball of string they've been unfurling and sets it on the floor at the center of the intersection. She steps back and watches it a moment.

It rolls to the left

"How did you know it would.." Siv blinks

A blink. "I didn't know. It might just be random, might not mean anything. But I figure it's got glamour, so it's more than just string to tell us where we've been...it might be able to tell us where we should go." She picks up the ball. "Of course, it might be leading us right into some monster's maw, but all things being equal, let's give it a try."

"Still, all ifs aside, I'm impressed" Siv admits and they follow the thread .. into a hall of mirrors

"Oof. Normally, I love a good mirror. Hm. I think we better try without the string's help, at first. It might only work so many times before it stops working at all...if it is working to begin with. Ready?" She's ready to venture into mirror-land.

"I was about to say, if this is a trap it's tailor made for you" A smirk

"But ready"

"Thanks," Sylvi gives her a wry look, then ventures in.

The mirrors are lit dimly, so she doesn't get a good look at any one of them at first, just obvious reflection shapes here and there. But as they both move on, some are more lit than others..and not just in any light.. one has blue light at the edges, another red, and still another yellow.

Sylvi knows she probably should just keep her eyes on the floor to follow the path between the mirrors' bases...but she glances up to look at the reflection in the surface that's lit blue.

And she sees herself as herself. Pretty good for someone going through a dungeon of deazth

Siv however is looking at the red lit mirror and says "Well, that's not alarming at all"

"Uh-oh..." but she joins Siv to see what she sees.

Two older women are reflected in the mirror of red, looking to be in their fifties, older even than their moms, atl east by appearance. If it weren't for the fact the voile was almost idenitcal to what they were now, Siv and Sylvi might not recognize their older selves at first glance, but the silvering of hair, the laugh lines... and yes, a bit of weight in the hips and rear ... though nothing to be alarmed over... can't hide that it's them when you see the rapier at older Siv's side, or the purse on Older Sylvi's arm

A heavy sigh. "Well, that's depressing." She turns to get a look at her butt. "Could be worse, I guess..."

"All I can think of is how going braless is not going to be an option in later years" Siv makes a face

"Ugh, yeah. Underwires." A shudder. Then to check something, she glances at Siv herself. Does she look like should, or does she look like the mirror image?

She looks like she should. Siv notices the attention "What? tell me I'm not.." She looks at her hand "Seems normal" A look at the blue mirror "Okay, there I am. That's just .. regular? Kind of a surprise What's the yellow one?"

"Well...maybe our past? Childlings?" Hopeful as she goes to look at the yellow one.

And she's right! There, cute as a bug in a rug, is a six year old troll girl ala Sylvi. She has that happy look of a little girl who's father treats her like a princess, but that serious look of a little girl who's mom gives her 'important things to do' ..which of course, just adds to the cuteness

Siv chuckles "Is that what you looked like at that age?"

"Well, I guess? I mean, it matches old photos. But boy, I look smug." Then she looks at Siv's reflection....

And there's Siv at about the same age, in a cute little version of her outfit with a wooden toy rapier by her side. If Sylvi looks smug, well, the little Siv with an open laugh and sparkling eyes looks ... well, like trouble waiting to presents herself.

Sylvi laughs. "Wow! You must have been a terror!"

"Nooo..." SHe protests, glad no Gwydions are nearby "I was .. energetic!"

"Uh-huh..." then she mutters, "...Fishie."

"Better than Rugmonster" a hrumph mutter back

Then both look down as they are muttering and see the words 'Purple is the color of Royalty, Orange can be Sublime, but Green's the color of Living free, if you know how to manage time'

Siv blinks "Do you see the same words etched on the stone I do?"

"Uh, yeah....okay, so...Sounds like we need to find one that's lit green to get free. Plus something about time...." A blink. "Wait...I think I have an idea, but first, do you see any that are green lit?" She looks around the room.

"No" she says "Just these three and none of them are green ish in the glow"

A smile. "Yeahhh...but blue and red make purple, and red and yellow make orange, and blue and yellow make...."

Sylvi checks to see if she can move the mirror with the blue light.

Being a troll, her strength comes in handy..

"Green!" Siv says tilting the yellow one

"See, these are all different times of our lives, so we need to 'manage time' to get the color combinations!"

"You're going to boast about how color coordination is the key to victory aren't you? "

and where the blue and yellow meet, the green hues arise.

And from it, a door way made of light, with ivy and designs

"Hey! It worked!" She pauses. "I'm kind of curious about the other options...."

"Sylvi, do you want history to record that the FIONA was the voice of caution here?"

A sigh. "Noooo..." She makes sure the mirrors are steady. "Ready?"

"Ready" ANd siv opens the door knob..which turns into a snake and constricts her hand! It rears it's fangs, then stops "Innnnossent? How odd" the green snake says

Sylvi was about to try to stab the snake, but stops just in time. "We've been trying to tell you! We're trying to help!"

It lunges for her ,and then stops , tongue flicking "TWO innosssent? Well, this is above my pay grade. Innosssent may open and be through..."

and the door opens, and the two girls tumble out of the dungeon, and into a very different light

"Who are you? to come to my halls?" A Great Troll sits in a throne of simple oak and rowan wood

Sylvi blinks, startled. Then she lifts her chin defiantly. "Who are you to have us abducted? We didn't mean to come here. We were brought without our leave. Which is not very hospitable," she adds.