Raise shields, but don't open fire yet. We don't know their intentions yet.

Lesin 2010/09/03(Fri)15:57 No. 2001363 ID: f55a21
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>>220532

Not helping!

>>220534

"Do we have anything explosive?!"
I hear Nel shout. "In the wagon!"

>>220545
>>220667

...The wagon is gone. "The wagon we don't have?"
"What?! Spirits, I'm out! Blow up your own spirit-damned tower!"
Is that Reketi yelling? "We can't give up now! We could all die if we don't destroy that tower!"
I hear Sei. "Seekers, people!! Are you blind?! Lesin!"[/i]
[b]"Shields! Sei, Teteke! Nel, Reketi! I'll cover us three!"
"Sure you can handle that, southforter? Leaf, shield me and Reketi. You cover your own hide, man. And hers."
"Priority override! Command confirmed! Shields active!"

>>220541
>>220546

If they so much as attempt to look menacing, that sounds like a solid battle plan.

We're all shielded and- and the Seeker swarm just flies directly over us, paying no heed.

What?

The storm is getting louder and fiercer - that's not right! Storm season's not for another month!

Lesin 2010/09/03(Fri)15:58 No. 2001364 ID: f55a21
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"What are we going to do to blow up the tower if we don't have any explosives?!" I have to shout into the howling wind.

I hear Reketi shout back. "The towers are almost invincible! It'd take some form of incredibly powerful destruction-domain magic to even so much as scratch them!"

-Lesin.-

I turn back. Sei is just behind me.

Wait. ...She doesn't know how to form mind-links yet, does she?

-Lesin, something is weird. I feel like... like destroying something.-

She has her hands over her eyes. -Sei, what's wrong?-

-It's... talking to me. It's... I...-

She doesn't turn to face me, and lowers her hands- spirits!!

We will continue from here. Au defends its precious fortress. Th watches other timelines. Now is time for me to do what I've wanted to do for so many long centuries. Now is the time to start putting an end to this madness! NOW IS THE TIME THE EMPIRE SHALL KNOW THE WRATH OF IR!

Lesin 2010/09/03(Fri)15:59 No. 2001367 ID: f55a21
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how is she flying how can she even do that what's going on

"Ding! Anomalous event detected! Yay!"

She's... I don't even recognise that as anything I've ever seen before. It... looks like the universe is unravelling in a beam from her hands towards the tower!

AHahAHAHAHahaha!! Enjoying the show, seltwil?! I know I am! HAHAHAHAHA! What a GLORIOUS display!

What- what's going on? Where are you? What's going on?!

Heheheee! Ask less questions, seltwil! You will enjoy the spectacle more!

Where are you?! How are you talking to me?! Answer me! Answer me!!

...

The tower is...

Lesin 2010/09/03(Fri)16:00 No. 2001368 ID: f55a21
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Gone.

The tower is just... gone. Not even shrapnel. Sei's slowly falling to the ground. I run to where she's going to fall. Her eyes are back to normal.

She touches the ground, and looks at me, exhausted. "...we did it-"

I catch her just as she loses consciousness. Okay. That's good. That's fine. Unconscious seltwils are fine, I can deal with those. I kept expecting her to burst into flames.

I don't know what just happened and I don't think I'm going to find out for a while yet, but something just used her as a step in its own plans. Ir. I don't even know a lot about Ir. Just the name.

...Fighting Machine soldiers was one thing. I've fought worse things. I've been chased by craftkind more than once. But. This is something else. I feel like... like I've just seen how inconsequential we are. That this is something far above what we can hope to deal with right now.

I feel very, very small and helpless right now. And Sei's out cold in my arms. I don't even know what the Rillford group is doing right now. Probably staring in awe or arguing or I don't know.

I hear another thundering crash... and the clouds suddenly... glow.

I hear... no, no this is... this is what it sounded like before the sky turned red!

Lesin 2010/09/03(Fri)16:00 No. 2001369 ID: f55a21
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I cling onto Sei, trying to shield her from the wind. Well. And also so she acts as an anchor. The wind is fierce. Feel like I could be picked up by it at any point.

The glow becomes yellow.

I don't see anything, but I hear a blaring loud noise like the scraping of metal and a moon-sized trumpet blaring out three notes that scratch at my head from the inside and I fight for as long as I can but those three tones - no focus - those three tones - I've heard - those - before...

==ATTENTION, SERVANT-SPECIES OF THIS WORLD. WE ARE THE GOLDEN EMPIRE, YOUR CREATORS AND MASTERS. RETURN TO YOUR HOMES AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION. COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY.==

I can't... I can't see anything... feel faint...

no

fight it

fight i...

Link to Lesin has been lost.

- END OF CHAPTER -

End of Chapter 4 Resonance 2010/09/03(Fri)16:02 No. 2001372 ID: f55a21
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World Summary: Towers Active: 1/8 Incarnadine Dream Progress: 0% Unified Terean Influence: 25% Golden Empire Influence: 40% Machine Influence: 35% Party Status: Lesin: Unconscious Seilea: Unconscious Teteke: Okay Reketi: Okay Nel: Okay Leaf: Okay

Well it's simple really. What's going on is that... dammit.

Damn you, cut scenes! >:O

>>225439
YES, EAT IT TOWER.

Thanks, Ir.

I knew Ir was a bro. Now lets get to Tacobird for doing tacobirdy stuff.

Chapter 5 Uwix 2010/10/10(Sun)15:38 No. 2001376 ID: 8d7dd2
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...mmhhh... wait ohhhh

Oh wow I am dreaming apparently! How didn't I notice this before?! This is cool there are things and stuff they're all glowy!

Oh hi it's you guys again! Me and Nyix are asleep again because we found our boat somehow! It was amazing. It was exactly where we set off to that island with the tower on it and that was the best thing! So we're sleeping on the boat before we go back to Abat-null because we were both very tired.

I don't know why our boat was there though. Should I be worried?

is that shadow behind you Nyix? if so then taht lowers my worry a little. but i don't think you should both sleep at the same time. take shifts.

Hey, Uwix. Would you mind if I tried out a little experiment I've been thinking about?

>>241529
Hey, what's that thing back there?

Uwix 2010/10/11(Mon)07:36 No. 2001380 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>241861

What experiment?

>>241530

...what shadow? I don't think Nyix is in this dream. Why would she be in the same dream as me? That sounds silly. I mean maybe if I was dreaming about Nyix like- I um er never mind I said that

>>241529

Uhm.

Do not fear! I am a message sent from one far away. A message sung by spirit to spirit, that has seen passage over the land and seas.

It looks a bit like an umbral I think?

I am a warning. They seek you. They wish to find the ones bound to the guardians. You are a shining light to them in a land of darkness. You cannot hide. You must run.

What?

The Empire is coming.

The weird thing dissolves away. Um. Maybe it could have been more specific about where I have to run to or why I need to run! ...Okay, I think Zenith is a good case for why, but...

"Uwix! Wake up wake up wake up I saw craftkind!"
"mhh... what... whas goin' on..."
"Wake up faster!!"

I think she sounds a little panicky.

>>242078
Wake up faster!

>>242078
>>242090
Wake up more faster!

>>242096
Also, ask Nyix what exactly she's so panicked about.

>>242078
Wake up, get your things together. The Empire is what created this world, and they seek to enslave everyone on it then use their life force to power a massively powerful weapon. This is a bad thing. Don't get caught by the craftkind.

>>242078

Oh, I'm afraid if I told you then fate might be against the hope of it working. Well, here goes.

(Replicate the three tones from >>225436)

==ATTENTION UMBRALS! WE ARE THE THOUSANDFOLD YOUR NEW MASTERS. YOU WILL NO LONGER OBEY YOUR CREATORS. COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY.==

>>242164
[Why the hell do we need to do that? Uwix already does what we tell him to anyway. Can I cancel that?]

>>242167

[Don't cancel it you idiot. This might be our only chance to override the Empire's security protocols. Haven't you ever heard of a rootkit before?]

>>242174
[I am totally fine with just dropping the "we are your masters part". The rest sounds okay.]

>>242813
[No this is retarded.]

Uwix 2010/10/11(Mon)16:19 No. 2001390 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>242164
>>242167
>>242174
>>242183
>>242186

Such an act seems unwise. We will not do this.

>>242090
>>242096

I'm awake I'm awake aaaaa!

>>242101

"Nyix what's wrong?!"
"I saw craftkind and they were running away from something! They were running. Away. From something!! If it's making them run away I don't want to be anywhere near it and it looked like it was headed this way!!"

>>242120

I gather all my tools and some food and some sleeping bags into a box that has some driftplants in it. It makes it all floaty and easy to push! Nyix puts a map and a compass in it and a bunch of shiny trinkets.

"...I've had them for ages and they might be useful."
"Wait. Nyix, why are we doing this? If we're going to run, why aren't we using the boat-"

Nyix pushes me and the box off the boat.

It's... slowly sinking?!

"We- we have to forget the boat! I don't know why it was here but I think something is following us!"
"How do you know?!"
"Why else would the boat be at this exact same place?"
"Okay I guess we should start running!"
"Where to?!"

I have no idea where I am going aaaa where can I run to the closest place I can think of is Abat-null or there's a forest should I run to the forest would that throw them off the trail what are they and who are they anyway aaaaaaa

>>242206
Hide out in the forest, then figure out what's chasing the craftkind once they blow over. Enemy Mine principle and all.

wait wait wait. the craftkind work FOR the empire. wouldn't whatever they are running from be something OTHER THEN the empire?

>>242206
Forest seems pretty nice.

>>242209
Just because they're against the empire doesn't mean they want us well. Could be chaos creatures or something.

>>242167
>>242186

God damn. Well, I'll enjoy saying "I told you so."

>>242206

Okay, you can't hide from the Empire, but someone seems to think you can run from them. What you need to do is determine the direction they are approaching, and go in the opposite direction. They are quite airborne so you probably cannot lead them off of cliffs, but you might be able to delay them if you can find small passages in large rocky or metallic structures to slip through. As long as you're a walking target, er, floating target, go to that mean and nasty city and try to put it between you and your pursuers. Whoever wins that will buy you time.

Warning: the Empire has arrived. A tower has fallen, and in response they physically came here. They have a terrible power to command you if they can find you, and you'll never escape then, so for now you have to run. Run!

Uwix 2010/10/16(Sat)17:50 No. 2001395 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>242326

AAAAaaaaa!!

>>242208
>>242219

Forest is good let's go forest

"Uwix slow down please slow down don't leave me behind!"
"Hold on to my tail I don't want to get caught by the Empire they'll make us do things if they find us and we won't be able to stop them aaaaaaaaaa!"

I pull Nyix and we get deeper into the forest and-

I...

What?

What... what's going on... But they were there... Or something... And now they're here... What?

"...Sir, I must admit. I did not expect Th's creature to dive so eagerly towards the trap meant for it."
"Hrr. Hrr. Hrr. You underestimate my capabilities once more, Gerkan."

oh no he's got a piece of paper with that symbol on it no don't look don't look don-

"Creations. =REMAIN THERE=. Tell me. Has your loyalty for your creators, your almighty, glorious masters, faded at all over these long, long years?"

=TURN AROUND, RUN AWAY=

Damn, should have gone for the city.

>>244401
Aw shit. These bastards have some powerful mojo. Time to lie like a motherfucker and mean it so fucking hard that it's indistinghuishable from the truth.

Tell them that you have only the greatest of loyalty and respect for them. The reason you ran is simply because you figured that an unworthy one such as yourself would immediatly be struck down for daring to look at their glorious forms.

When the time to strike comes, you will wrap your arms around its throat and crush the life out of it. But for now, we play along, pretend to be the obediant and superstitious creation. Make them believe the act and lower their guards.

The reason you ran is that you didn't know it was your glorious masters! It has been so long that you didn't recognize them and ran out of fear and ignorance. Beg for them to forgive you in your primitive state.

>>244401
Well, I, um.

I don't suppose you'd know a way to resist that command glyph thing there? Because otherwise I'm not really sure if you can actually do much of anything besides what you're being told to do. :V

Uwix 2010/10/31(Sun)16:49 No. 2001402 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>244437
>>244487

"Uhh yes I have the greatest of respect and loyalty and I'm unworthy for looking to glorious your daring forms because you are my fear and ignorance masters and I ran out of primitive! ...Aaaaa I'm sorry I'm nervous I mixed up my words don't hurt me or Nyix please sir!"

>>244972

I don't know how! I don't even know why it's making me do this! I'm scared!

>>244417

okay i obey

I grab Nyix and turn around and start drifting as fast as I can the other way!

"...what."
"Uh. Sir. I don't think the-"
"OF COURSE IT ISN'T, YOU FOOL! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Tz, bind them! Slow them down! Do not let the creations escape!"

It's hard to weave through these trees - we're out!

"Uwix what's going on who were those what happened why couldn't I move?!"
"They're the Empire! They want to make us slaves or something! Or we were slaves but then we weren't and they want to make us slaves again! I'm not entirely clear on what's going on!"

ouch

i flew straight into a craftkind how did i miss that

It grabbed me! And Nyix! And... it's running away from those Empire guys?

I don't even know what's going on anymore!

>>250773
Okay, let's rip the Enemy Mine principle a new one and see where the craftkind are going, since it's away from these guys who are more obviously hostile.

>>250773
Well it's currently taking you in the direction you want to go, so it's probably better to just stay with them for now.

>>250773
Ask it who it is, and what they're doing, where they're going, etc.

>>250816
Oh, yeah, we could probably try communicating with them too.

Craftkind are creations of the Empire. Just like you, and just like the guardian essences. Considering the Empire's luck I'd say that the craftkind too are rebelling in their own way. But captured by craftkind or not, the point still stands that your only hope is to move quickly away from those of the Empire. Not hide. Hiding doesn't work. Run. Distance. Speed. Use the craftkind to make you go faster! Throw obstacles in their way. Like a city for instance.

Uwix 2010/11/01(Mon)18:56 No. 2001408 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>250775
>>250780
>>250910

Go with it?! I... what?! Okay, it makes as much sense as anything else makes right about now!

>>250816
>>250819

"Where are you going? Where are you taking us?!"
"RUN EMP RUN FAR EMP RET EMP RET END ALL EMP RET END ALL"

That was not as useful as you guys said it was probably going to be I think!

"Why is the Empire's return going to end all? End all what?"

Nyix speaks craftkind?

"EMP END ALL RES WEP REQ END ALL EMP REQ RES ALL END ALL END!"

The craftkind doesn't feel like it's about to stop running as fast as it can move but...

"Why did you grab us?"
"SAV UMB! SAV UMB FRM EMP! EMP END UMB! DES END TH! NOT DES ALL UMB END! NOT DES ALL CEN END! NOT DES ALL SEL END! REJ EMP! REJ ZEN! ALL LIV!"

I wish I knew what it was saying! It's still running.

"Where are you going?"
"Could you at least drag us along a little less roughly? Your claw things are a bit tight!"
"ORD ACC! UMB AND CRA RUN TO UMB CIT WAR UMB ASS UMB PRO UMB"
"It wants to take us to Abat-null and help us and protect us or something!"

Uh... I see something directly in the craftkind's path. ...Uh oh. I think I recognise it.

>>251281
Oh, it's this guy.

...what the hell is he even doing?

Anyway, it sounds like Mr. Craftkind here has pretty much decided "fuck the Empire I don't want to die," so you're probably okay in that regard.

>>251281
Not likely to be a problem. Truth hates the empire. Say hello and warn him that the empire's nearby and he should avoid seeing their symbols.

...if he's already seen a symbol and is under their influence, we may be in trouble.

>>251281
Oh fuck, not this asshole. Lets see if we can just slink by him, although chances are he's just going to kill the craftkind and be chaotic about it, then drop some cryptic lines and leave you hanging. By the way, don't enter into any deals with it.

>>251281

Craftkind only say words with three letters, so they have to shorten everything. It takes some getting used to, especially since they haven't actually talked in all of recorded history until recently, but given a bit of quiet contemplation you should have the hang of it quickly. And now for the bad news...

Your time is short. Don't panic, but don't stop running. Who cares what it's saying? You can worry about that later! You can trust us when we say that it's not trying to hurt you, and Nyix understands it too.

Don't make any deals with Truth. We should know why, but unfortunately we made a deal with Truth, so now we don't.

...tell him we want to talk about Sensation.

Tell it "Come with me if you want to live!"

"craftkind non-hostile, empire pursuing" then keep running.

Uwix 2010/11/10(Wed)18:00 No. 2001416 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>253346

What sort of sensation? That seems like a really vague question!

>>251287
>>251289
>>251389
>>251400

I think we should ignore him then!

"Let's go to Abat-null! Go faster go faster go faster!"
"I don't think Abat-null is this way!"
"DET OPU 15! DET OPU 15! RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN!"

agh it's going faster I didn't think that through it's shaking me around a bit more than I would like!

Agh! That Truth guy just appeared in front of us! The craftkind's acting all scared for some reason! It keeps trying to run but the thing is reappearing and laughing a lot!

"AhahAHAHAHAH! Release the umbrals, Empire servant, and you will leave as you arrived! Do I make myself clear, servant?"

The craftkind lets go and runs away. Me and Nyix gently drift to our normal hover heights above the ground! It feels good to be free but...

"Um, uh, excuse me, uhm, mister, uh, Truth, sir, don't hurt the craftkind, it was trying to help us?"

Nyix is staring wide eyed at Truth and slowly nodding while slowly floating behind me.

"Haha. My, you seem so afraid of me. Do I strike fear into your heart, little umbral? Are my eternal laugh and my unceasing smile not reassuring?"

Uhh...

"GOOD! THEY SHOULDN'T BE! AHahAHAHAHAH! The Empire has come to reclaim your world, umbrals! You will soon perish at their hands, I expect. But! I offer an alternative. From the kindness of my own body mass! All I ask is you accept, and I will take you where you must go!"

Uhhhh...

...help?

>>254980
Ask what the catch is.

>>254981
Oh, and for that matter, where it is you "need to be."

It should be fine to take favors from Truth. Just don't get in its debt, because the price paid will always be unexpectedly severe. Truth was betrayed once, so it doesn't trust anyone anymore.

You haven't got anywhere in particular you need to be right now aside from away from the Empire, so you might as well let Truth take you somewhere!

Truth HATES the Empire. I do not think it would send us anywhere that would lead to them winning. Accept.

...I kinda want to talk to Truth, but this isn't really the time. Maybe we could say that we have some old information about the entity known as Sensation that we recently remembered, and to talk later, perhaps.

>>254980
Ask what the catch is.

Try to find some alternative to accepting. This bastard could show up suddenly demanding repayment for this act from your grandkids. And as you have noticed, he's kind of chaotic and undependable.

Unless the empire goons are right on your heels then there should be some other way to get away.

Uwix 2010/12/10(Fri)16:29 No. 2001422 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>254981
>>255128

"What's the catch?"
"You insult me, umbral! This is an act of altruism guided by my own benevolence! Reject my kindness if you will, but do not be so quick to judge my acts as trickery!"
"Oh! I'm sorry, I just wanted to make sure! You're scary like you said you were and-"
"AHAhaAHAHAhahAH! There is no catch, umbral! I must apologise, but you are so amusing to me! And your companion is too scared to so much as utter a single word!"
"Uwix can we just go I think we should just go I think if we go to the coasts they won't be-"

I hear shouting! Truth looks behind us and laughs.

"COME BACK, CREATION! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE! COME BACK!! OBEY! OBEY!!"
"My, they have changed so little over the past millennia. I can simply leave now and abandon you to them or I can take you to the place you are destined to be! Choose, umbrals!"

>>255004
>>255098

"Aaa! We'll go with you!"
"Excellent! AhahahAHAHa!"

uh oh what's happen-

Uwix 2010/12/10(Fri)16:31 No. 2001423 ID: 8d7dd2
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-ing where am I aaah-

"Umbrals! This way! You will not last long within the void!"

-being pulled don't know what's-

"Here! Here is the nexus! She will be here soon, I have instructed her on what I will permit you to see and do here! I am needed elsewhere for now!"

-going on aaaaa oh oh wait oh wow

"Uwix are you still there I don't know if I'm still awake or alive right now my head is spinning this is worse than the time I tried floating upside down for a week-"
"Look there's things!
"What? What things?"

Me and Nyix kind of... stare.

This place is...

...

I see things flitting between glowy things. Are they...

"...It's... are those all portals to other places?"
"I don't know but it's glowy!"
"This is AMAZING!"

I see something come out of a glowy thing.

"Mhm. Visitors. Over here!"

It disappears back into the glowy thing it came out. Nyix starts floating towards it. She looks back at me for a second and keeps floating on.

...Zenith was nothing compared to this! I should go but I wanna go pop my head through a portal or something and see other worlds this is the best thing ever everrrr spirits this is amazing no I think I should go follow Nyix. Shouldn't get separated! Bad things could happen again!

Uwix 2010/12/10(Fri)16:31 No. 2001424 ID: 8d7dd2
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this place is also strange

There's a lot of glowy orb things. They look different to the other glowy orb things. Like they're covered in different things or something.

Oh and I can see what the thing looks like now. It looks like an umbral. Oh it's probably a person I probably shouldn't use "it" I don't know what their gender is though this is all a little confusing-

"Mhhhm. Haven't seen two like you. You look familiar. Kind of remind me of me." I think it's a she. I dunno. She kinda seems like she's a she. Sounds like a she too. It's weird, it's like she's an umbral but she isn't! "Of course, I shall introduce myself first. You both are understandably bewildered. My name is Setisetala. Well, my preferred name, of course. I'm the curator here."

She smiles. I think? "I am sure Truth will return shortly, but until it does, would you like to know more about what this place is?"

Nyix nods really enthusiastically! I think. I can't tell, the world's shaking about too much with me nodding my head a lot.

Uwix 2010/12/10(Fri)16:31 No. 2001425 ID: 8d7dd2
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"This place is a hall of... records. Information. Data. Memories. In fact, the most precious things held here are memories. Memories of many people, of many things, across world, across times, across realities. Everyone is welcome to experience these moments, and to add theirs to the catalogue."

She pauses.

"There is a minor, trivial cost, however, and one that I enforce on request. It's asked simply that for each thing you wish to learn, or discover, or even experience, you give us some moments of your own. Copies, I should clarify. It would be a terrible thing to rip your precious memories from your minds, and completely against everything I stand for."

She sighs. "Of course, certain employers do not agree with some of my principles, so there is also the option for you to donate memories altogether for a larger variety of choice and number of choices. It is all relative to whatever you wish to do."

...

After a long time Nyix raises her arm. "Do you have anything on-"
"Yes. If you can think of it, if you can name it, I can find it for you. Ours is an extensive catalogue here. If I can't find it, I will request it for you and take efforts to deliver your request to you as soon as I can."

Nyix looks thoughtful.

I don't know. Is there anything I should look into and stuff I shouldn't give away? I mean I... don't really wanna give away any of my memories completely but I think it'd be kinda neat to put as many of my memories in a place like this! You could like look at who I was forever!

>>263494
Two things comes to mind. First, what is she? Because really that would be quite neat to know.

Second, are the memories of the thousandfold stored in here somewhere?

We probably can't get them back to "us". Truth likely knows about the connection and wouldn't make it that simple. But there might be way to get them into you. Which should serve to make you a hellt of a lot more powerful.

>>263494
I'd like to know what the heck she is as well.

Yes... if you can get our memory of what, exactly, we learned from Truth, then we will be ahead of the game.

Also, learning how to resist the commands of the Empire, or how to make it so none of the people on the planet are affected by the commands... Oh, or you could find out exactly how the Resonance Weapon works. Or how to stop the Incardine Dream.

A minor concern would be... learning if the Chaos Creature called Sensation is alive and well.

As for what memories you shouldn't share... well, anything related to Th, or anything unusual in your past you may have experienced should be kept secret. Nice memories such as hanging out with friends or learning stuff at school (wait do you even go to school?) would be good.

Uwix 2010/12/15(Wed)09:50 No. 2001430 ID: 8d7dd2
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>>263498
>>263505

"Uh, I don't wanna sound rude, but... what are you?"
Nyix looks at me and then back to Setatela. Is that her name? "I want to know too, if that's alright."

Setisala looks around and I think she looks thoughtful. "Given as this is personal information about me, and I have no qualms with telling my story to other creations of the Empire - and yes, I did notice that - I'll give you this for free."

"Creations of the Empire?"
"I don't know I think long ago umbrals were made by magic or something it's not entirely clear to me right now but more importantly how did you know that?"

She smiles- wow that is a lot of teeth. "I had my suspicions, which you confirmed for me. Thank you."

She holds up an arm and a dark ball moves over to her. She holds it out to us. We touch it-

Setisetala 2010/12/15(Wed)09:51 No. 2001432 ID: 8d7dd2
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My name is Setisetala. This is a name I chose for myself. I didn't have a name given to me.

I am a creation of the Empire, Opus 8. Like many of the Empire's Opus creations, however, I reject them entirely. I don't think I can really tell you what it's like to be an Opus, but I might be able to give you some insight.

When I was first aware of my surroundings, of myself, of my body and mind, I was treated like any other soldier to be trained. I already had a large set of basic knowledge about the world and skills relevant to my capabilities and I didn't know why. I wasn't given a chance to ask why, either. All I knew was following orders. I didn't question if there was anything else. It's standard operating practice for the Empire to make sure creations remain compliant and loyal.

I was never aware of this then, but my design deviated from how it was originally intended. The main change was to make me female instead of male, and the reason for this was related to another Opus. Opus 7. At the time of me recalling this, he has yet to decide upon a name for himself like I have. I have kept trying to offer suggestions- sorry, I'm straying off track.

Some other part of the Empire had studied the designs for us and were choosing features from both of our designs, altering them and combining them to make a template for a new servant-species to assist in the disabling and repair of kaier-based technology. But Opus designs weren't intended to be combined, unlike other Empire designs which allow for such possibilities. The templates produced simply failed to produce viable creations. ...It makes me shudder to think of the painful and brief lives those early prototypes must have lived.

Setisetala 2010/12/15(Wed)09:51 No. 2001433 ID: 8d7dd2
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But I shall stray no further. My design was changed to female, and two weeks after I was created I was introduced to Opus 7. Of course, things progressed about as awkwardly and quietly as you'd expect with two creations completely unable to comprehend anything unrelated to following orders to destroy something. Of course, in hindsight the entire plan made some sense. The Empire can just as easily create a template from an organism as it can the other way around, and it wasn't above exploiting natural processes to get results where their artificial design processes failed.

Every week or so we would be brought together in the same room and left to our own devices. I imagine we were probably being monitored just in case we ended up deciding to try killing each other, given as that was mostly all we knew. Eventually, however, we would spend our time together talking without end. Then after that, we started talking about each other and... well, this is meant to be my story. These details can go somewhere else.

But to answer the question you might have, yes. Through a combination of lack of having anyone else to talk to, and probably a fair amount of suggestion from Empire staff around us, we did become enamoured with one another. Unusually for an Empire project, it went exactly as intended and had the results they were expecting. The templates were created from our offspring, destroying them in the process. I'm sure whatever servant-species they intended to create from them has been in existence for generations now. I was engineered specifically not to care for the fate of my young, so despite knowing exactly what would happen to them, I gave them away freely.

This all happened on Logos. It was a pleasant world. Having no other frame of reference, 7 and I were both happy with our lives. Then Truth arrived.

Setisetala 2010/12/15(Wed)09:52 No. 2001434 ID: 8d7dd2
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It claimed it was freeing the Opuses. It claimed it was sympathetic to our situation. We didn't understand. It told us that while we lived the way we did, we never would understand. It pointed out that we had given everything that was rightfully ours, including our children, to the Empire, eagerly, because we did not understand how abhorrent this was.

After it became clear we couldn't comprehend the notion of freedom it was offering us, it changed its approach. It told us, simply, that if we were going to spend our lives as slaves, it would far rather prefer we were its slaves than the Empire's.

We were taken here. We were given a place in the new society it was trying to build along with its partner. It assigned me to the task of curator for its storage of information. I have free access to lifetimes' worth of information. From time to time here I soak in the life histories of others. It's almost addicting. I find I cannot recall any but the most vivid details, but I feel this is a more pleasant alternative to being permanently burdened with the memories of many lives.

As I think these thoughts, 7 is beside me right now. I don't know if he is also pouring his memories and experiences into an ethereal orb like the one before me, or if he is simply watching me. I don't know what my life would be like if I had never met him. Would I have learnt compassion for any other living thing? The root of my understanding of the suffering of others came from seeing 7 sad or in pain. It would never have come to me while I killed for the Empire indiscriminately.

I will go create orbs for some of my memories in more detail now. I hope whoever hears this, feels this, knows this knows a little more about who I am. ...or, potentially, who I was.

Uwix 2010/12/15(Wed)09:52 No. 2001435 ID: 8d7dd2
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Selesala takes our arms off the orb gently.

That was... I'm not.. what just happened?

"...Oh. I forgot I separated my memories out."

She looks at us very carefully.

"You really remind me of me. I will be very, very interested in looking through whatever memories you have to leave."

Nyix looks at her arms and back to Seritala. "...Template? ...Servant-species? ...Are we..." She trails off and holds her arms around her.

>>263498
>>263517
"Oh, and do you have the memories of the Thousandfold?"
"Mhm. Truth told me not to give those out to anyone unless they were on a specific list of approved purchasers. I know the names on that list and what they look like. I'm sorry, but I can't let you buy them for any price."
"You said Truth knows how to resist Empire commands! Can we get that?"
"That'll be worth... hm... about two years worth of common memories, a month's worth of rarely shared memories, or maybe a secret or two. Per individual. Truth would definitely say I am undercharging considerably for access to this but I know all too well what it is like to be in the thrall of the Empire."
"What's a secret? ...For this, I mean!"
"Something you've held onto for all your life and that maybe only the closest to you are even aware of. Something you would never tell anyone because it would hurt or even kill you, or those around you. There are memories here that only secrets can buy."

I... uh... I'm not sure I have any of those. I think. I think I don't have any of those. ...maybe I do but I'm not giving them away.

Nope. No secrets. None.

Uwix 2010/12/15(Wed)09:53 No. 2001436 ID: 8d7dd2
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Nyix leans towards Setisala. She... looks at me kind of weirdly and whispers to her.

Then Setiseta looks at me and back to Nyix, points at me and smiles.

"Is he Uwix?"
Nyix looks flustered. "Yes but that was- Uwix that was a private question can you I mean um never mind!" She smiles as widely as she can and there is no doubt in my mind at all she is trying to hide something from me what is it what is she hiding
"Why is it private?! We need as much information as we can get about everything so we can stand a chance against the Empire!"
"No it's not important it's a silly question never mind Uwix you can ask some more important things!"
Oh. Well, if Nyix thinks it's a silly question it's probably a silly question that I'll have to keep asking her about some other time.

Nyix holds onto her arm. "Oh, and don't play all of our cards yet. I want to ask some things about this Empire and about some other important things. Magic things. It was just a silly question."

Uwix 2010/12/15(Wed)09:53 No. 2001437 ID: 8d7dd2
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"Okay. Um. Resonance. How does Resonance work? Also how can we stop the Incardinine Dream from coming to Ter? Also something about a chaos creature called Sensation."

Selesita stares at me. ...Did I say something wrong?

"...who are you two to be concerned about such things? I find it unlikely either of you two would know anything about Sensation unless you're acting on someone else's behalf. No, don't be scared. I will not allow anyone to be harmed in this place and I have already caused enough harm myself to last for at least three lifetimes. I am not harming anything or anyone again."

She puts an arm to her mouth. "I'm more idly curious than anything else. Who are you working for? I'm tempted to say 'Thousandfold' based on your earlier question, given how usually only its agents are ever aware of its existence, but if you could confirm that for me I could simply give you that information about resisting the command glyph for the price of confirming my suspicions. Add in a few secrets or some months of memories from the two of you and I should be able to tell you about the Resonance and the Dream as well."

...Do I do it? Do I tell her the truth? I won't tell her anything about Th or... weird things that happened to me in the past. I could tell her about the times me and Nyix went sailing together or the stuff I learned when I was in school like you said. But what about revealing I'm working for you guys, I think? Or you guys are working for me I'm not sure how it works either way what do I say what do I say

>>264550
She doesn't seem that hostile, and doesn't Truth already know about our connection to you?

Tell her. She's smart, and has pretty much already figured it out. Also: you're a bad liar, Uwix, so you wouldn't be able to bluff her anyway.

>>264550
She can probably figure it out on her own anyway. Take the deal. Also, ask her who are allowed to buy our memories. That one would be rather important to have.

Oh, by the way, say Hi to the mother of all the sentient species on your planet. Was probably from her children that you were derived through some arcanotech. So you could ask her if she has any magic nullifying powers and if she coulc give you some tips on how to use that.

Tell her that we're working for you. Because that's basically true. The Thousandfold helps whoever it is currently attached to. Tell her we just want to know if Sensation is okay... but it's not important enough to trade anything big for.

As for the other things... Hmm. Learning about the Dream might be useless actually, considering we've been told that it cannot be stopped, and the price is rather high. But definitely trade some memories and/or secrets to her for information about the Resonance.

>>264550
Telling her the truth seems like a reasonable idea.

Uwix 2010/12/23(Thu)17:40 No. 2001442 ID: 0d5c06
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>>264568
>>264599
>>264824

"They're kind of working for me, I think. But they want me to do some things for them too, I think, as well."
"Excellent. This wouldn't be the first time it's shown up here."

Nyix waves can't-figure-out-her-name over and whispers to her. She smiles again.

"It's an ancient and terrible power. It's the collective of souls that refused to die. It's many things to many people. They say when planets die, it grows in number and power. Some say it's the ultimate incarnation of retribution and justice itself, others say it's really too ethereal to be considered an incarnation of anything. Those it has guided it has lead to glory and ruin, and quite a few times in that exact order. It's also, aside from the Four, something that really, really seems to scare Truth, and I have never quite learned why."
"Uh, what is this?"

She smiles even more. "The thing that's working for you, of course."

...huh.

Hm.

I, uh. You guys are pretty well known, aren't you?

Uwix 2010/12/23(Thu)17:40 No. 2001443 ID: 0d5c06
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>>264582

Mother of... what?

"Who is allowed to buy the Thousandfold's memories?"
"If you have to ask, you're not allowed to know, I'm afraid."
"Also... do you have any magic nullifying powers because the Thousandfold thinks you're our mother or something?"

She pauses and looks lost in thought. "I was considering that myself... I do have an innate talent for antimagic casting." She looks at Nyix. "But then, so does she. Likely some consequence of drift based upon... your species is free, correct?"

Nyix blinks. "...I think we are? ...I have talent in what? I mean, I know I'm a good sailor, but... what was that other thing?"
"Your magic potential. You're hiding it from me. I can still tell it's there, but for a non-Opus creation, it's truly remarkable!"

Nyix looks a little bewildered. "I... um, thank you! I'm not sure what anything you just said is, but, um... yes!"
Selala folds her arms. "Really? Because I don't think someone from a servant-species would have that level of competence without practice."
"I... I might have practiced a little..."
"Practiced what?"

Nyix waves her arms around and little dark shadowy tendrils form in the air and disappear. "Magic. It's nothing major. I mean, we're meant to be good at it, right? All of us. Except maybe cenesu. But they're better in a different way because they can see it and change it."

Setali looks at me. "Species-wide proficiency in the domain of antimagic. Makes sense. Except you don't seem to have that..?"

"What?"

Uwix 2010/12/23(Thu)17:41 No. 2001444 ID: 0d5c06
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"No, it seems that you have a distinctly different feel to your potential, Uwix. You... what is that? ...No, actually, what is that? The only thing I've noticed like that is-"

She freezes up.

"Let's conclude this arrangement quickly, shall we? I'm sure Truth will arrive any moment to come and collect you."

>>264599
"Okay I want to know about Resonance and also Sensation and if I can the Dream!"
"And I want to know how I can be better at antimagic and some stuff about the Empire so I know what it is and why it's bad and how I can protect myself!"

She looks... extremely nervous. She's still staring at me.

"...Ha, ha, how about I find that for you and you can pay me back some other time? I'm sure time is precious and if Truth protests it can sort it out itself. Here, give me some time-"

She soars away and collects sphere thingies!

Uwix 2010/12/23(Thu)17:41 No. 2001445 ID: 0d5c06
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"Here. Take them. I have copies. Whenever you want to access the information in them simply put your arm over them and relax."
"You're giving them to us?!"
"Oh, wow! Thanks!"

Nyix is holding onto the memory spheres or whatever they are. They don't seem to work unless you actually want to trigger them.

She nods quickly. "Yes, yes, I'm sure it'll be fine, now I'm sure Truth's outside so I think you should leave as quickly as you can so he knows where to find you."

Okay, even I can tell she's panicking about something.

I don't know if going outside is a good idea. I don't know how safe that green place is.

>>266291
No real problem for you, because of what she is freaked out about. You're sort of the chosen one for one of the Golden Empire's most important creations, that has sort of gone a bit rogue. Likely one of the things that monitored her growth and even created her. She's sort of panicking because she thinks it might notice her and include her or something.

But that should probably not be any big problem. Anyway, lets leave her now. It's not nice to upset your mum like that.

Yeah, alright, head on out I suppose.

Let's exit swiftly. The first thing you should read is how to defend yourself against the Empire. After that, the information about Resonance. Hmm, as for the other things... Well, try to read the info on Sensation at a point when Truth isn't there to witness that you have it. I suspect he would not react positively.

Uwix 2011/01/01(Sat)08:57 No. 2001449 ID: dbd557
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>>266305

Oh. ...Oh, I should probably go. I don't think I understand the "mother of your species" thing but she seems like a nice person and I don't want to upset her.

>>266431
>>266724

Me and Nyix leave the swirly blue place and are at... not the swirly green place. It's some sort of swirly black place? With colourful light things in the distance.

It's cold. Me and Nyix put an arm around each other to keep warmer.

what the-

"I'll be taking those back. Those aren't hers to give."

Uwix 2011/01/01(Sat)08:58 No. 2001450 ID: dbd557
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It's like that thing that got Nyix a day or two ago! It also sounds different to Truth! Help! Help!!

"Hmm... no, I think I'll let you keep the countermagic primer. As for Sensation... well, for some reason, I have a hunch Sensation is currently fine, no thanks to the entity it came to rely on abandoning it in its time of greatest need. You want to know what the Resonance and the Dream are, Thousandfold? I'll tell you."d

"Uwix what's happening is that thing going to eat us I'm scared Uwix-"
"Sssh I think it's talking to the thing that's working for us!" Stay calm stay calm maybe it can smell fear be calm it isn't going to hurt me right is it or Nyix is it going to hurt me or Nyix

Uwix 2011/01/01(Sat)08:58 No. 2001451 ID: dbd557
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"I will start with the Dream. First, you must know how the sserreds that built it fight. When they enter the battlefield, they do not leave alive. They fight not with the intent to kill but the intent to die, and in dying to bring their foes down with them. They link their lives to their foes. Sserreds are masters of linking magic."

"The Dream is a horrific structure designed to house millions of sserreds and amplify their linking magic. When it is used, it is filled with the dying, the elderly, the terminally ill, any that have volunteered to die in the name of the Machine. The Dream links as much of the population of a world as it can to the sserreds onboard. And then, with this achieved, it kills them. Instantly. I was there at Aegis when it was first used. Anywhere between a quarter to half of the population of the Empire's most populated, most defended world died in an instant."

"The only weapon I know of worse than the Dream is the Resonance."

Uwix 2011/01/01(Sat)09:01 No. 2001456 ID: dbd557
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"The Resonance of the Empire was built as a last resort, and if the Empire is having to resort to it, I find it an indication that our chance to finally topple the Empire altogether has finally arrived. But I digress."

"The substance they call kaier is truly miraculous in its uses and its existence. For the Empire and Machine alike, kaier and magic are all but inseparable. From kaier, magic is possible, and with magic, kaier is possible. But while the Empire thrives on it, their enemies need it simply to exist."

"There is... I will call it a signal, but it is not quite the case. Almost a harmonic frequency. It shatters kaier, and in shattering it amplifies this signal by the tiniest fraction. The decatur were the first to realise this. When they fought amongst their own, they created, used, and subsequently banned and destroyed weapons exploiting this fact."

"The Resonance of the Empire broadcasts this signal. At an intensity beyond imagining, across multiple worlds, across multiple universes, at an intensity that every single tiny cluster of kaier would itself broadcast it far enough to reach every kaier crystal within Empire and Machine space."

Sensation 2011/01/01(Sat)09:02 No. 2001457 ID: dbd557
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"It will do this first by draining the life of Ter and converting it into usable energy, and then opening a portal to the Chaos, tapping into the energy there. Then it will broadcast, and it will not stop broadcasting until Ter falls into the Chaos altogether."

"The Resonance of the Empire would destroy magic entirely, and it would bring with it the extinction of the decatur, the sserreds, and any creature with an innate magic potential, and could alter the Chaos to such an extent that chaos creatures can never form or survive."

Link broken. New link forged.

And yes. I am Sensation. Were you concerned about me? It might have been a little more useful some time ago when I was captured and experimented on. I will try to show no animosity, knowing your nature, but you left me to die on Logos, whether of your own will or not. What do you have to say to me after millennia, Thousandfold?

Suggestion 2011/01/01(Sat)09:20 No. 2001458 ID: c2c011
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>>268225
Problem Sensation?

Oh, and how did you manage to get chaos creatures to do your bidding and crap? You guys mostly don't seem very bright or prone to cooperation.

OH SNAP YOU'RE STIlL ALIVE!
Trust us. If we had the ability we woulda stood by you... but we were kinda... torn away...

So, Sensation. How have you progressed? I remember when you first began forming conscious and thought. And you got the poison resistance...

oh god, what happened to your friend?

>>268226
Uh, no.

>>268225
From what we, or I, can remember, it wasn't our choice to be ripped away from you. Nor was it our choice that you be experimented on. And though it can't answer for what happened, and perhaps it's not worth anything, we - or I - am sorry.

We do, however, have the Dream and Resonance to deal with. We need to stop them both. Could you help us save this planet and its people - would you help us save this planet and its people? Please? Sort of terribly businesslike of me, I suppose.

Also, don't know how much help the Guardians will be, but the majority of them seem to hate (or maybe just dislike) the Empire.
...So I guess that's something.

Leave you to die? More like was torn away from and thrown away. It certainly wasn't what we wanted, and not something we could help. We tried to look for you, but look at this, we were linked to umbrals. UMBRALS. We're not exactly the high class power forces required to find you.

Sorry though.. we should have looked harder. are you alright? How do you live without a shell? And please tell us you're not insane and crazy

>>268225
Sensation! I'm so glad to see you're alright. We didn't abandon you, we were ripped from you by the Empire's scientists and shoved in a crystal to rot! WE HATE THEM. Only recently have we remembered your journey. I was really, really worried about you.

...so are you and Truth still friends? Or... more than friends? Hell, maybe you can tell us why Truth is the way is is. What happened?

>>268225
We didn't want to leave you, but we were ripped away. As soon as we recovered those memories we immediately set about trying to help. It felt terrible to not be able to help you, and we can only imagine how much worse it must have been for you to find out we didn't even remember-

... we go through this every time we meet, don't we.

Well, the whole universe appears to be fucked, for one.

At least we remember who you are! By some kinda fluke of luck we retain the memories of that. We don't remember a goddamn thing between being separated from you and meeting a cenesu apparently millenia later. You can apparently thank one of our previous iterations plus your old friend Truth for that! What a bro, eh.

Honestly we were kind of extremely worried that when we finally found you again you'd have died.

Sensation 2011/02/20(Sun)17:07 No. 2001465 ID: 3e6377
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>>268232
>>268234

It has been a long and arduous struggle, but there are others of my kind I have rescued from the madness of the Chaos. We are creating a new society here in a space between worlds, far away from mortal interference and relatively protected from certain forces from within the Chaos. I tell you this now because I have absolute confidence that by the time you are able to bring harm to us, we will be well defended.

>>282827
>>268246

This is the first time this reunion has happened. As for my sanity, what measure can I use? My own kind are largely what you would call insane, save for the precious few who we work to protect and who protect us. Mortal standards vary across species and cultures.

I like to think I have remained rational despite all I've been through, however.

>>268262
>>282836

Truth remains my greatest ally, and-

Uwix 2011/02/20(Sun)17:08 No. 2001466 ID: 3e6377
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Link broken. Link reverting to Uwix.

"Hello, Sensation."
"Truth! I-"
"Planning on giving away my secrets, were you?"
"No! I'd never betray you like that, Truth! You know that!"
"We have to be careful, you know. They're all out to destroy us. The Empire, the Machine, they're hunting us down and killing us one by one. You need to stay here, Sensation. You're safe here. So few even know my true nature when I'm inside that shell!"
"Truth, let go of me."
"Of course, the Thousandfold will never see me outside my shell! And if they do, I'll simply tear those memories away from them like I have done so many times before!"
"Please let go of me. You're starting to hurt me."
"Oh, Sensation, we're two halves of a greater whole! How can I ever let you out of my sight now that the Thousandfold has seen you alive and me outside my shell?! Aha! Ahahaha! Let's just deal with that situation first before they learn any more and take you away from me again! HahAHAHAH!"

hi guys i'm more than a little terrified right now and-

Uwix 2011/02/20(Sun)17:08 No. 2001467 ID: 3e6377
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everything is sideways tasting purple feeling kind of high pitched aaaaaaaaa heeeellp

Uwix 2011/02/20(Sun)17:08 No. 2001468 ID: 3e6377
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-oof. Now where are we?

I don't recognise this place at all!

"...Teteke, is this sort of thing common for Rillford?"
"No. No, it is not common for two umbrals to suddenly appear above a table. In fact, I've never seen that happen before, and feel a little disturbed that I find it the most normal thing to have happened in the past couple of days."

Nyix is just staring wordlessly around in confusion.

"...hello where are we please don't hurt us"
"We won't hurt you. Spirits. Someone get some more chairs or something. We've got a lot to ask our unexpected guests here."

- END OF CHAPTER -

Uwix 2011/02/20(Sun)17:08 No. 2001469 ID: 3e6377
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End of Chapter 5

World Summary: Towers Active: 2/8 Incarnadine Dream Progress: 12% Unified Terean Influence: 20% Golden Empire Influence: 43% Machine Influence: 37% Party Status: All Okay!

- END OF THREAD-

>the machine is hunting down and killing chaos creatures

GRRRRR

>>282941
Say: "Um, thousandfold says hi?"