a coterie of peculiar figures convened, their garb mismatched and their eyes glistening with the odd light of half-understood revelations. spoke in riddles as their words echoing in the still air like the ghostly remnants of forgotten. gaunt figure swathed in gossamer robes, raised an alabaster hand toward the monolith, as though coaxing some ancient spirit to stir. an anachronistic chronometer ticked in stentorian resonance, as though delineating the transient nature of temporal verisimilitude. the denouement of this arcane soiree remained enshrouded in coherence and beguiling absurdity. ⁴⁴⁴ 𑣿