Logos and Pathos, those little gremlins
It took a hot minute for everyone to get their wits back together again, but once they confirmed the need to enter the library, they clapped their cheeks, got back into focus and just... followed the rune brick road.
"Hey look! The runes change color as we walk on them!," Hurricroak pointed excitedly, "looks it changes color based on our aether expression too!"
Nepherage, Frosttusk, Jin Fang and Razor Maiden all looked down at their feet and did notice that the runes had changed color. Orangish red, ice blue, green and white, respectively.
At Zhen Liu's feet, the runes alternated between rainbow and black...he didn't know if this was ominous or interesting.
"Probably both."
The group eventually passed the gate threshold beyond the two demon guard statues, that Zhen Liu swore he saw turn their heads to look at them enter the building, but he tried not to dwell on it for too long.