Subterranean Church

Information
The Subterranean Church is a Dungeon made by snoruntpyro, and was the first Dungeon on Sockscraft 2. It features levitation-based parkour and throwing snowballs as major mechanics. Players will have to throw snowballs using a Frigid Crystal towards Targets to activate levitation for a short time.

The Dungeon can be accessed once a week by using a Resonant Crystal as the Dungeon key, and is available from the NPC by the entrance.

Entrance
WELCOME TO OUR PLACE OF WORSHIP. WE TRULY HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY HERE. OUR CHURCH HAS FORMED AROUND THE GREAT CRYSTAL BURIED UNDERNEATH IT. IT IS SAID THAT OUR CRYSTAL APPEARED APPROXIMATELY 500 YEARS AGO, AND ITS PRESENCE CREATED A MYSTERIOUS FIELD AROUND THE AREA, DISTORTING GRAVITY. THIS WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE, BETWEEN ITS SUDDEN APPEARANCE AND DEFIANCE OF ALL LOGIC, IT WOULD BE A PERFECTLY REASONABLE ASSUMPTION TO MAKE THAT THE CRYSTAL HAD BEEN SENT BY A GOD. AND SO WE WORSHIP THE GIFT BESTOWED UPON US, USING THE GRAVITY FIELD TO IMPROVE OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. OUR CHURCH, AND OUR VILLAGE SURROUNDING IT, IS ALL WITHIN THE CRYSTAL'S ENERGIES. WE ARE NOT BOUND BY THE NORMAL LAWS OF PHYSICS ANYMORE THANKS TO THIS GIFT. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A SUPERIOR SOCIETY, AND WE OF COURSE WELCOME ALL NEW VISITORS TO WATCH OUR LIFESTYLE IN AWE. (There's more to this book, but it seems most of the rest of the pages have been torn off, or the ink on them is completely smudged.)

First Chamber, left room (The Ascent)
FURTHER PROOF THAT THE CRYSTAL IS A GIFT FROM GOD RESIDES IN THE MANY ACCOUNTS OF HEARING FRIENDLY VOICES COME FROM THE CRYSTALS. WHILE IT HAS NEVER BEEN TRULY CONFIRMED, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, HAVE TOLD OF WHISPERS COMING FROM THE AMETHYST THAT SURROUNDS OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. MOST DESCRIBE THE WHISPERS AS HAPPY AND APPRECIATIVE OF OUR WORSHIP TOWARDS THEM. THIS MAY BE THE GOD'S WAY OF THANKING US FOR UTILIZING THEIR GIFT IN THE WAY THEY IMAGINED IT. IF THE GOD DISAPPROVED OF OUR PRACTICES, WOULD THERE NOT BE FAR MORE ACCOUNTS OF THE WHISPERS BEING ANGRY WITH US? ONE CHILD ONCE DESCRIBED THE CRYSTALS AS SOUNDING 'CONFUSED' WHICH IS THE WORST EVIDENCE WE HAVE GOTTEN FOR THIS NOT BEING THE CASE. THIS IS FAR FROM THE MAJORITY ACCOUNT, HOWEVER. WE FEEL IT WOULD BE RUDE TO TRY AND INTENTIONALLY TALK TO THE CRYSTALS, WHICH IS WHY WE DO NOT HAVE CONCLUSIVE PROOF THAT THEY SPEAK. INDEED, THEY MAY SIMPLY BE THE MOMENT TO MOMENT WHIMS OF THE GOD SPEAKING THROUGH THE CRYSTALS. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF TRYING TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION? THE GOD SHALL TALK TO US WHEN THEY DEEM IT SO APPROPRIATE.

First Chamber, right room (The Hallway)
THE CRYSTALS SEEM TO SPREAD BY THE DAY. WE ARE TAKING THIS AS A SIGN THAT GOD APPROVES OF OUR USAGE OF THEM. THROUGH PROVIDING US MORE, WE ARE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR SOCIETY FURTHER. WE HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THE CRYSTAL SEEM TO HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR THE TAIGA VILLAGE WE LIVE IN. THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE SNOW AND ICE THAT SURROUNDS THEM. BECAUSE OF THIS, SOME OF THE CRYSTALS HAVE BECOME WHAT WE ARE CALLING 'FRIGID CRYSTALS'. THESE CRYSTALS SEEM TO FORM SNOW AROUND THEM WHEN THEY ARE HELD IN ONE'S HAND. WHILE WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED MUCH PRACTICAL USE FOR THEM YET, THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE CHILDREN ARE QUITE ENJOYING THEIR ENHANCED SNOWBALL FIGHTS, SO TO SPEAK. IF THE CRYSTALS EVOLVE LIKE THIS, WE HOPE TO NOT ONLY FIND PURPOSE FOR THEIR NEW PROPERTIES, BUT PERHAPS APPEASE THE GOD SUCH THAT THESE CRYSTALS WILL GIVE US AN INFINITE SUPPLY OF ANY RESOURCE WE SO DESIRE.

Second Chamber, left room (Levitation, Reversed)
VERY LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. THE CRYSTALS HAVE CONTINUED TO SPREAD, TO THE POINT WHERE SOME LESS LOYAL MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH HAVE BEGUN TO EXPRESS ANNOYANCE. HOWEVER, THEIR SPREAD IS ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED. THE GOD HAS NOT SEEN IT FIT THAT WE RECEIVE NEW GIFTS. THIS MUST BE A SIGN THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. IT IS CLEARLY NOT THE UTILIZATION OF THE CRYSTALS, AS THEY WOULD NOT SPREAD IF WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO UTILIZE THEM. PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO MORE. WE HAVE STARTED TO BUILD SHRINES DEDICATED TO THESE CRYSTALS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF INTENSE PRAYER. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MODIFIED OUR CHURCH TO BE FAR MORE THAN A SIMPLE WORSHIPING GROUNDS. NOW, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AROUND WITHOUT USING THE GRAVITY FIELDS GENERATED BY THE CRYSTALS. WE HOPE THIS PROVES OUR LOYALTY AND DEPENDENCE TO THE GOD, AND THAT THEY WILL SEE FIT AS TO GIVE US MORE GIFTS IN THE FUTURE.

Second Chamber, right room (The Tower)
PERHAPS THE CRYSTALS DESIRE... MORE. SOMETHING GREATER THAN A METAPHYSICAL CONCEPT OF UTILIZATION. PERHAPS THEY DEMAND SOMETHING PHYSICAL. WE HAVE BEGUN TO GIVE THEM OFFERINGS OF FOOD. NO REACTION. WE HAVE GIVEN THEM OFFERS OF RARE MATERIALS AND TRINKETS. NO REACTION. WE HAVE GIVEN UP ENTIRE DAYS TO SPEND TO WORSHIP THEM, AND YET... NO REACTION. AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A REGRETTABLE, BUT PLAUSIBLE, HYPOTHESIS. PERHAPS THE CRYSTALS DEMAND BODIES. SACRIFICES, IF YOU WILL. DISSENTERS ARE EASY TO SACRIFICE. THEY ARE THE ONES PROTESTING US UTILIZING GOD'S GIFT TO US, AND REACTING TO ITS SPREAD WITH DISGUST. THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR SINS AND TREASONOUS THOUGHTS. LUCKILY, CRYSTALS USUALLY HAVE SHARP EDGES. THEY WILL BE P I E R C E D

Ending
WE HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER THE BODIES ARE P I E R C E D THE CRYSTALS ARE SCREAMING AND CRYING AND  RECEDING WE HAVE A REACTION WE HAVE A RESPONSE THERE MAY BE ERRORS IN OUR WAYS BUT WE MAY IMPROVE ON THEM WE WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING WE WILL SACRIFICE THEM ALL WE WILL SACRIFICE OURSELVES THEY WILL ENJOY OUR GIFT TO GOD AND LOVE US FOR ALL ETERNITY AND NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER IN THE END
 * ETERNAL LIFE
 * AND

ETERNAL
 * D E A T H

ARE
 * THE
 * SAME

we are writing on these pages with the body of one of the corpses. they have destroyed themselves with their own delusions. we cannot be here anymore.

Items/Rewards
Completion of the Church awards 2-7 SoxBux and at least 1 Church Fragment. The loot table was changed to be in line with both Lower Core's loot table and with future dungeon structure.

Shop
The Crystalline Construct near the entrance serves as a shop, where players can trade SoxBux and Church Fragments (the dungeon's custom currency) for items.

Walkthrough
Walkthrough

Trivia

 * The Subterranean Church may be connected to IMPALE. The writing style, use of all-caps, and the frequent references to piercing may indicate that IMPALE was once a member of the Subterranean Church. Additionally, IMPALE writes in all red, and the text becomes red and uses some of her speech patterns once it starts talking about piercing (a hobby of IMPALE's).
 * The pink text was likely written by Rafflesia, the hive mind within the crystals, as it matches their color and speech patterns.
 * Before the loot table was changed, the dungeon awarded 1-7 SoxBux (with 1 appearing very, very rarely), Budding Amethyst, Amethyst Blocks, all varieties of ice, and Frigid Crystals. The shop now replicates that loot table, and it adds several items that weren't available before (e.g., Quartz Bundle, the option to buy more keys at a loss).