@Dono & M.Storm
Once the mask is in place and begins displaying its HUD, Strings sees that the room appears to be transforming, with parts seeming to shrink and swivel out of view as others slide in from seemingly nowhere to expand to form new parts. Before long, the room has changed completely, so now he and Second are standing near at the top of a tall, cylindrical pillar dead-center in what appears to be a large, spherical space. The walls were lined with hundreds of thousands of ivory rectangular monoliths, tinted blue from the light of glowing lines, runes, and ciphers etched into nearly every square inch of visible surface.
“Ta-da!” Second says. “Welcome to the Index.”