Mystere (story excerpt)

A piece of backstory for the Box of Mystery challenge, decided to post here as it's not a required part of the challenge and due to the length of the text. Images made in Blender, rendered with EEVEE and Cycles, post-pro in GIMP, text and finishing with Inkscape.
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More info on the story/challenge : https://www.artstation.com/contests/lightbox-expo/challenges/86/submissions/55213