Holder of Structure

Anywhere you can find them, walk to the middle of the foundations, where a building once stood. When you reach the approximate center of the foundation, slowly rotate, counter-clockwise, seven times. As you rotate you must bring your arms above your head, and touch your hands together at the same moment you finish the seventh rotation.

When you finish you will find yourself facing west, in front of an incredibly tall building. It will stretch farther into the sky than you can possibly imagine, and it will go to the left and the right at least one mile. If, however, you are facing any other direction, utter any blasphemes that you previously withheld from your God, as he has certainly abandoned you. While at first it seems to be made of steel, closer inspection will reveal it to be a kind of stone. But there are indeed windows, massive windows that could easily be half a mile in both dimensions. They go all the way up the building as far as you can see.

A door, a massive stone gateway which is as tall as a sports stadium is long, will slowly open, and a blinding light shall blaze out. It will be as if the sun itself is being held prisoner behind the impossible doorway. You may hear footsteps approaching where you stand. You will not see the figure until she is seven feet away. Be sure you kneel as soon as you see her silhouette; her punishments for disrespect have been known to be... somewhat extreme.

As she walks towards you, the ground that she walks on will turn into the stone that the tower seems to be made of. She will begin to talk of the most ambitious architectural endeavors in human history; stories that will make your mind consider things you never believed possible before. The ideas you conceive now could destroy your mind, block by block, if you don't have the strength of will to bring yourself back to reality. Eventually, after what seems like days of kneeling, she will mention the Tower. If you have not confronted the Holder of the Tower, you will feel a crushing blow to the back of your head. Your brains will be forced out the front of your face, and you'll feel the entire process.

If, however, you obtained the knowledge of the Tower where they were separated, stand up immediately and spin around. A statue, one in the exact likeness of the woman who spoke of the Tower, will be there, its stone fists raised to bash your brains out of your skull. This is the true Holder of Structure. Stare into its eyes, and demand, in a voice that could shake the foundations of Heaven itself, "From what material were they originally created?"

As soon as the words leave your mouth, the statue will emit a scream that shatters the modern glass in the ancient stone monolith. Dare not flinch, and don't go to cover your ears, lest every shard of diamond-hard glass home in on your exact location. When the scream ends, a final shard of glass, shaped as a spear, will pierce the flesh-and-bone woman that stands behind you. She will die without a sound, standing up. The statue in front of you will crumble, her body turned to dust, except for a fist-sized dull red stone, cut with thousands of facets.

That false gem is Object 153 of 538. As it created them, so might it yet destroy them.