you might want to run now.

You need to get that thought into a leech and haul ass to the library. Who knows how stable this area is going to be shortly.

Also if Radula comes back you want to have the leech already in place.

wait... the power of INFINITY. the universe will become infinite in size. and so cacophony will never be able t swallow it, like a jawbreaker that is not only bigger then your head, but getting bigger.

>>569966
To the library!

>>569967
This, either Infinity or Perpetual. The Cacophony may try to destroy, but the universe will continue to regenerate.

>>570103
Yes, but then wouldn't the universe just become a perpetual struggle to avoid being in the parts of said universe being constantly eaten and regenerated?

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:33 No. 570753 ID: 0b90a3
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The limbs of the emancipated beast coil through the chamber and you get the feeling that if you don't leave soon, you'll be buried under an avalanche of flatworms.

Dale
"Uhhh, guys? We should probably move!"

Mary
>"Dale! I have the Book! That... person... put a blank flatworm in it. He told me that we need a leech in order to 'write' in it. It'll absorb a memory of ours and transfer it to the worm, but it has to be something simple."

Dale
"A leech? This is where we were supposed to find them! Quick, everyone look around for leeches!"

Todd
>"Dude, I don't think we have time, we need to get out now!"

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:33 No. 570754 ID: 0b90a3
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Splashing through the ichor, you race against the pale tsunami back to the stairwell. Once inside, you feel the structure rumble as the planarian tide crashes against it. The four of you stumble upstairs, the very walls wriggling as flatworms are forced between the stones by the White Tree's mindless desire to expand.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:33 No. 570755 ID: 0b90a3
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Unable to tear yourself away from the horror, you watch as the Cacophony drags its mass into the world, its tentacles forming mile long arc across the desert night and grotesque bone towers heave out of the boiling primordial cauldron like gigantic teeth piercing the sky.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:33 No. 570756 ID: 0b90a3
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You see something else in the chaos. Pale white shoots of some kind, small at first, which pulse out into long coiling tentacles and spread like a carpet of fungus across the nightmare. Teeth and claws work madly to try and arrest the growth, but they only serve to cleave it into more rapidly expanding pieces. It becomes impossible to tell which side has the upper hand, and for the moment they appear stalemated in an attempt to outgrow each other.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:34 No. 570757 ID: 0b90a3
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You see the glow of light through a doorway and slow momentarily to see if you still have everyone with you.

Ray
>"Dale, GET DOWN!"

Dale
"Wha-?"

You feel yourself being shoved aside as something sharp flickers in the corner of your vision.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/14(Mon)21:34 No. 570758 ID: 0b90a3
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You are thrown to the ground and there is a flash of red as pain rakes across your face. Clutching your forehead, you feel loose flaps of skin and blood between your fingers. You try to focus through the pain on the shadow that looms over you.

Do you really believe that you have achieved some kind of victory here? Anything you might have accomplished can be easily rectified and your world is being consumed as we speak.

It is over. We have won. Give us the Book. Now.

Your mind races.
You can't let it have the book yet.

Not before you finish the edit.

Ok last place we saw leeches was with the slug guys who write the books. You need to get there fast.

One of you needs to take the book and quickly get a memory in it. The other two stay here and delay Radula as best you can.

>>570771
Oh snap, I think I know where we can get a leech without getting to the library thingy.
We have one in our head.
We know what to do.

>Clutching your forehead, you feel loose flaps of skin and blood between your fingers
Well there... there is one leech nearby.

>>570758
Looks like Radula was unkillable after all. Damn.

Ask the others to keep Radula busy. Maybe now you could use the dreamcatcher, even. Perhaps it has some magical function of restraining Radula? Anyway, think of hope. Victory. The White Tree winning and driving the Cacophony out of your world. Then take the leech out and place it face-first against the final, white flatworm. Once the process is complete, then just go "Okay, take it."

I still kindof like the idea of using the dreamcatcher as a sort of filter, placing it over the flatworm so that the leech only transfers good thoughts to it. I'm not sure it'd work that way or if it'd work against Radula.

Defeat, that's pretty simple.

>>570758
If you have won, why do you need the book.
Just let us have it. Rent it on our library card.

think thoughts of harmony into the leech.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571129 ID: 0b90a3
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Your comrades move in to protect you, and Mary stoops to check on your face. In doing so, you catch her eye and share the same thought. She stands up to confront Radula while you take a deep breath, and push your fingers into the open wound on your forehead. You feel the rough edge of what must be your skull and the smooth surface of the meninges barrier that protects your grey matter. Something moves sluggishly in response to your touch and you sieze the slippery creature in your grasp.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571130 ID: 0b90a3
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Mary
>"If you've already won, like you said, why do you still need the Book?"

It must be accounted for. It cannot be allowed to remain out of our control.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571131 ID: 0b90a3
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You concentrate and pour all of your thought into a single word, and feel an odd emptying sensation as the leech absorbs your command. You pull it free from your head and slide it between the pages of the Book of Worms. It pulses and writhes for a second as it discharges your liquefied thought into the waiting flatworm.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571132 ID: 0b90a3
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Mary
>"And what about us?"

What about you? You act as though you still have any sort of consequence. Your only significance is that you are in our way.

The moment Radula moves to attack you fling Jeff's dream-catcher towards it. As it spins, it explodes into a web of glittering lines; they rotate in a tiny galaxy of light and wrap themselves around the startled creature before anchoring themselves to the ground. You pull yourself to your feet and together the three of you bolt out of the room and head for the library with Radula's frustrated screams echoing in your mind.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571133 ID: 0b90a3
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Outside, long filaments of the Pale Flesh are thread themselves out into the void and grapple with the writhing landscape of the Cacophony. You approach the shattered walls of the library, the walls buzzing with an army of manticore guards fighting back the limbs of the White Tree.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:04 No. 571134 ID: 0b90a3
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You slip past the battle and rush upstairs.
There's only one thing left to do.
You find a spot on a shelf, and snap the Book of Worms into place.

Things go very quiet....

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:05 No. 571135 ID: 0b90a3
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Something is happening. The battling flesh stops struggling and slowly pulls itself back from the horizon, leaving deep scars in the desert. The horrible glow surrounding the mesa fades and disappears.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:05 No. 571136 ID: 0b90a3
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You step back outside, and the chaos of the battle hangs frozen like a universe stuck on pause. A creepy, peaceful, silence blankets the strange dimension. You find Radula on the bridge between the two structures, scraps of dream-catcher hanging from its gaunt limbs. It does not react to your approach, it only stands with its arms tucked close to its body and stares straight ahead.

Mary
>"What did you put in the book?"

Dale
"Only thing I could think of..."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/16(Wed)21:12 No. 571139 ID: 0b90a3
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"sleep"



THE END
stand by for epilogue

>>571139
Alright Dale time to sleep for like forever. Then go out on a date with a cute doctor.

Todd you better ask Beth out I swear. YOU BETTER DO IT.

Fuck Year Victory!
What ever happened to bag of coke :v
Also totally knew we were going to use Dale's lech.

>>571139
W-we won!?

Hahaha! I can't believe it! *deth*

Hmm... i wonder how the world will react, now that they know what happened. Something like this can't just be covered up!

>>571167
Mass hallucinating through gas and a crazy cult digging ditches everywhere...

Toxoglossa 2014/04/18(Fri)17:50 No. 571401 ID: 0b90a3
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>"-the nation still reeling from images of the 'Starry Mesa Disaster', many of us still asking 'what aren't we being told?' 'What are we seeing here?' 'Could this happen again?'"

>"That's right, many conflicting accounts following that night, we're here with our panel of experts to try and make sense of it all. Senior analyst Troy Walker what do you make of these claims that this missing college professor is at the heart of the story?"

Toxoglossa 2014/04/18(Fri)17:50 No. 571402 ID: 0b90a3
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>"Greg, I don't think there's any conclusive evidence that this professor had any involvement in the events on Starry Mesa. Speculation like that just leads to more confusion, I don't want to give any more legitimacy to conspiracy theories. If you ask me this is part of some kind of government project, most likely military, that went horribly wrong. Now they're looking for someone to pin it all on."

>"Mmm-hm, and what about claims that his vehicle was found wrecked only a few miles from the site of the disaster, and that a student of his is currently in military custody?"

Toxoglossa 2014/04/18(Fri)17:51 No. 571405 ID: 0b90a3
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>"Unfortunately we haven't been able to speak with the student you mentioned, as the government has been very careful about releasing information regarding the event. I'd like to mention however, that they say he isn't in 'custody', rather he is being treated at a military hospital as are many of the survivors from Starry Mesa and the surrounding areas."

>"And we'd like to take a moment again to extend our thoughts and condolences to the families of those missing in the disaster. Just a reminder, the American Red Brick Foundation is still accepting donations on behalf of the Starry Mesa community, If you'd like to make a contribution their website is---"

Toxoglossa 2014/04/18(Fri)17:52 No. 571406 ID: 0b90a3
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You are now Beth.
A lot has happened in the last few weeks.
There's been a lot of questions, much of the town is in ruin and its been hard to explain the the world exactly what happened. As an EMT you've been working with FEMA and various charity organizations to go through the wreckage and start rebuilding their lives.

Today you're headed to the VA hospital where they've been keeping Dale. Mary's gotten them to agree to admit you as a visitor; it'll be the first time you've had a chance to see him since that night.

That must be her now.

>>571406
So, what happened to the horde of envenomed townsfolk? Did Dale and the others manage to retrieve leeches from the Cacophony's insides to treat them? Did they detach the Professor and figure out how to get him out of the dream? Have any gods shown up yet?

Stay up on the balcony and wave to her as she gets out, then get your stuff and meet her. Ask how everyone is doing.

>>571406

Don't worry, Beth. It'll just be a simple visit. just try to keep from getting into too deep a conversation about the events with Radula and the Cacophony.

remember: everything you see is bugged. so is everything you don't.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/20(Sun)13:46 No. 571719 ID: 0b90a3
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You meet Dr. Slate in the parking lot and hop into her car.

Beth
"Hey, thanks for doing this Mary. I know security's still pretty tight over there."

Mary
>"Its no problem, Dale could really do with seeing another friendly face."

Beth
"How's he doing anyway?"

Mary
>"Well, he's been sleeping a lot, which is great. And I've made sure that he finally gets a proper diet: poor guy was so malnourished, did you realize he was starting to get scurvy?"

>"He's been holding up pretty well though, I mean the only reason were not in a lab somewhere is because of him. He agreed to co-operate with the government as long as the rest of us were protected and allowed to leave. They haven't been mistreating him, though you could tell a lot of people weren't satisfied with the explanation for what happened at first. But once he brought back some leeches and started bringing the envenomed out of their comas, they warmed up to him."

Beth
"Still a lot of people missing though. We only found, what like a hundred people?"

Mary
>"Yeah, we think some were dragged into the other dimension when the rift sealed shut. Maybe we'll find them on the other side."

There's a long silence.

Beth
"How's Ray doing?"

Mary
>"From what I've heard it might be a while before he's out of the hospital, but hopefully he'll at least be up and moving around soon. Lynwood stops by to check up on him whenever he can. Frankly its amazing he's still alive."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/20(Sun)13:46 No. 571720 ID: 0b90a3
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Mary
>"I haven't heard much from Todd, how's he holding up?"

Beth
"Pretty good, he's able to get around on his own now. He's still on the pain meds, but we're... working on that, and I've been making sure he sticks with the physical therapy."

Mary gives you a toothy grin.
>"Speaking of 'physical therapy' I heard you guys went on a date...."

"Mary, what the hell?!"

>"Come on, how'd it go?"

"We just went to a movie, you know, the one with all the big monsters smashing cities."

>"Wait, seriously?"

"Turns out we both watched a lot of those growing up, and even now they still feel incredibly cheesy. I mean, after seeing the real thing."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/20(Sun)13:46 No. 571721 ID: 0b90a3
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>"Well, how was it?"

"Well, of course it was in 3-D, and Todd has only one eye now."

>"And 3-D glasses are polarized now, aren't they?"

"Yeah so it was kind of a blurry mess for him. And my hearing is still coming back, so each of us only got like half the film.

>"Oh God, sounds like a disaster"

"Well he'd tell me what they were saying when it got too quiet, and I'd tell him what was happening when it was too blurry. There was hardly anyone there, I mean who sees a monster movie after Starry Mesa right?"

>"Yeah, what kind of maniac would do that?"

"Oh shut up, it was sweet."

Ask about her and Dale. Weren't they going on a date as well?

>>571721
Okay, that is adorable.

>>571721

that last panel reminds me of something. just can't put my finger on what it is.

>>571734
It's not Donnie Darko is it?

>>571734 or Parasite Eve?

>>571136
you had better have burnt that sleeping bastard to the ground, dale.

>>571721
that's adorable!

Ask Mary about her coffee date, if she's had an opportunity.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/21(Mon)19:49 No. 571881 ID: 0b90a3
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Beth
"Anyway, didn't Dale ask you out for coffee, what happened with that?"

Mary
>"Well, I mean he's under guard in a secure military hospital, not exactly easy to pop out for a burger. Also I'm his doctor, and if things are to remain that way, I need to remain professional and not date my patients. I can be a lot more helpful that way."

Beth
"Aw, Mary..."

>"Eh, its okay, we're both adults. Right now it seems like what he needs is stability and rest, not a relationship. Maybe someday though."

"What about when you are asleep? You guy's can't see each other then?"

>"Well, yeah we do still end up in the Library when we're asleep, but ever since we woke up Radula's other victim's it can get a little crowded there. And while its a pretty amazing place, its hardly what I'd call romantic."
>"Also... Well, I'll let Dale explain."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/21(Mon)19:49 No. 571882 ID: 0b90a3
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After driving for a while you pull up to the VA hospital. What happens next is a blur of checking authorization, signing in, going through scanners, emptying pockets, rechecking authorization, and wandering through a labyrinth of identical beige hallways. By the time you've waved through security you're unsure if you came here to see someone or to launch a missile.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/21(Mon)19:49 No. 571883 ID: 0b90a3
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Finally the two of you are escorted through a door into a small room with an obvious one way mirror, a metal table and a few chairs. After a minute Dale is let in through a door on the other side of the room.

Dale
"Beth! So great to see you!"

He gives you a hug. He's smells a lot better and feels less scrawny than the last time you last hugged.

so how's it been?

>>571883
Compliment dale on his scars
They look good on him
He looks badass.

tell him he smells a lot better and feels a lot less scrawny than the last time you guys hugged. I know I like it when someone tells me that.

>>571883
Ask him about the other world. Also ask him how it feels to have literally saved the universe.

lets keep it simple first. ask how sleeping feels.

>>571894
That.

This is way too late to say but back at the manticore fight centrifugal force was used... Thats incorrect, thats the owtward force, and can just be called by regular force. CentriPetal force is what keeps you going in a circle but i mean almost everyone majes the mistake, i used to even do it but just a tip. The more you know!

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)10:18 No. 572057 ID: 0b90a3
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Beth
"Hey Dale, great to see you! You're looking way better than last time I saw you, and your face is healing nicely too. How's it feel to finally be able to get some sleep?"

Dale
>"Ha, yeah thanks, they've been letting me use the gym here. Sleep has been... weird. While its great to finally be able to rest, I've been way more busy asleep than awake. But how about you? What have you been up to? How's Jeff doing? I haven't heard from him in a while."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)10:18 No. 572058 ID: 0b90a3
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Beth
"Well, Lately I've been working for the Red Brick Foundation on the recovery operations. Its mostly logistical stuff now: moving people to emergency shelters, helping them get set up, distributing donations and food. The first couple days were really intense though. There were a lot of people who had barricaded themselves inside when the Cacophony swept through town; we're still digging through the rubble. Still, I'm doing something and helping people, which is all I've ever really wanted to do."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)10:19 No. 572059 ID: 0b90a3
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Beth
"The reservation was pretty much completely flattened, but fortunately a couple neighboring communities have been able to accept most of the survivors. No one is happy about being relocated though, and there's been a lot of pressure to quarantine the site for research. The whole thing's gone political, but Jeff's mom has years of experience fighting for them in the state senate. She's got a whole army of advocates working to make sure the area doesn't get stolen from them. Unfortunately its complicated by the fact that so few people know what actually happened."

Beth
"I wish we could just come out and set the record straight."

Dale
>"I know, but between the misinformation and secrecy, I don't know who would accept it."

Am not sure the general public is ready for the fact that everything almost got eaten by monsters.

That and if anyone is crazy enough to mess with the book they might all wake up again. So keeping that info under wraps would be important. One crazy doomsday cult gets access to the library and everybody is fucked.

Were you able to rescue the professor? Or did he go to sleep along with the stuff attached to him?

>>572059
So has the government completely accepted the explanation of the fact that there are cosmic horrors out there and in our dreams and that one is just waiting to wake up to eat us for breakfast?

What has Dale been doing in the library? Telling people not to touch the books? Are the bugs and crabs still there?

What has Dale been doing in the library? Telling people not to touch the books? Are the bugs and crabs still there?

What has Dale been doing in the library? Telling people not to touch the books? Are the bugs and crabs still there?

Beth doesn't even know what's in the dreamworld. She'd just wind up asking directly what's in there.

Honestly the only way you're gonna get everyone to accept the explanation is if the gods themselves revisited the world in public view. We know that at least one exists, since the old lady gave Dale a message from one.

>>572071
I'd love to see how the religions of the world would react to that happening.

I may just be paranoid, but the fact that we haven't seen Dale's pupils make me suspicious there's going to be some sort of twist where we (the audience, at least) see he has Cuttlefish Eyes. I've seen too many horror stories not to suspect a supposedly happy ending that gets a last-minute twist that screws everyone over.

>>572107

stop ruining the twist ending with your paranoia, man.

ask Dale what he's been busy with, and if he's been getting any shit from the government guys. tell him that if they do, you'll kick 'em in the nuts.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)17:26 No. 572119 ID: 0b90a3
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Beth
"Speaking of secrecy, you said that you've been 'busy'. Can I ask what you've been up to in the other world? Did you ever get your professor out of there?"

Mary shakes her head.
>"We haven't gotten him loose yet, but they've been analyzing the claw you cut off of Radula. There's apparently thousands of different toxins in there, as well as things that no one really understands yet. Eventually they hope they can get him out of there using what they learn. He doesn't seem to be in pain at least, its like he's asleep just like everything else there."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)17:26 No. 572120 ID: 0b90a3
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>"As for what we've been doing..."
Dale looks over his shoulder at the mirror and then shrugs.
>"There's three projects we're working on in there."

>"With all of the people that we have now, we're working to map as much of the other side as we can but as far as we know it's infinite in size. Just exploring and documenting the place is incredibly time consuming, but we're learning a lot. For one, it seems that something else built the library, something that wasn't part of the Cacophony."

Beth
"Something else? Like the Thunderbird?"

Dale
>"And probably others, yeah.

Beth
"Have you seen any signs of them? Do you know what they are?"

Dale
>"They haven't shown themselves yet if they're still around. Whatever they are, the books make it pretty clear that they're responsible for creating the universe. It seems that they're still in hiding though: either they're still scared to reveal themselves or they are aren't allowed to get involved."

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)17:26 No. 572121 ID: 0b90a3
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Dale
>"There's also a few 'readers' in the group, and they've been combing through the library for more information on, well, everything really. There's so many books, each one is about a different universe with a different history. Apparently some of them are really weird, but there's quite a few like ours. We're finding answers to questions that we never thought of asking and seeing futures we never imagined. Every one of them ends the same way though..."

Beth
"The awakening, right?"

Toxoglossa 2014/04/23(Wed)17:26 No. 572122 ID: 0b90a3
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Dale grins.
>"That's where we come in..."

Are you changing other universes books then? Can the devouring be reversed?

" Whatever they are, the books make it pretty clear that they're responsible for creating the universe. It seems that they're still in hiding though: either they're still scared to reveal themselves or they are aren't allowed to get involved."

Or maybe this is what the universe is supposed to be like, or maybe they dont care, perhaps the cacophany is there darling pet, and the universe here to feed it, perhaps life is a error that should not exist and drawing attention to it will result in its erasure, maybe all this is just a extra-dimensional cooking show, and now its ready for eating..

Do not for a second believe that you or your reality is in anyway special or reserved or able to understand the slightest hint of the true reality, the only sane thing to do is remove all reference to your universe from the library and return, never to leave.

But if you must go on, if your damned curiosity and arrogance pushes you further i say only this, you where warned.

>>572122
Wait, is he going to try to edit every book, to save their universes just like this one has been? So that the Cacophony never eats anything, it only sleeps? Did they figure out if it's possible to do that without a direct connection to the brain like his leech? Speaking of which, I presume he has a metal plate in his head now.

>>572125
We uh, know the gods are in opposition to the Cacophony, it's in the Radula chapter.

>>572127
And do we know where the gods came from? or there true motivations? when dealing with Lovecraftian horrors you cant trust Anything.

>>572128
...just read the chapter.

Oh wait here's a great line. "Not content with saving one universe, huh?"

>>572131
Oh im sure this will be a happy ending and that the gods are on the level, its just best to never assume any kind of victory or honesty when dealing with unknown factors like gods and lovecraft monsters. as for the other universe's make sure you do the research before walking into one, you don't want to accidentally walk into the one ruled by Ultra-mecha-death-Hitler..

so why can't you put in a leech in a book that says "someone cured AIDS, cancer and world hunger in 2014"?

>>572191
Presumably the universe only directly effects the behavior of the Cacahphony. It seem like it might be theoretically possible with multiple edits to edit the Cacaphony into actually being helpful, but that may or may not be worth the risk.
...Now that I think about it, we might want to consider the eventual heat death of the universe, and the fact that we might have an opportunity to address that now (though any answer to that would need to be very carefully thought out).

>>572201
we don't know if heat death is a thing. the universe was actually made by gods. heat death occurs when the universe keeps expanding. if it stops expanding (perhaps cause the gods planned it to stop) it wont suffer heat death.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:37 No. 572273 ID: 0b90a3
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You are now Radula
Tongue of the Un-speaker
Voice of the Anti-word
Messenger of the Name-eater
Hand of the Reason-thief
Injector of the Mind-venom-blessing

Currently, you are wandering the glorious Library of the Cacophony. However this particular section is strangely unfamiliar. You find this extremely disconcerting as you should know every inch of the infinite Library, it is part of your duty to do so.

Still, you are convinced that if you continue searching you will find something you recognize.

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:37 No. 572274 ID: 0b90a3
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You are Radula
Tongue of Un-reason
Name of the Anti-voice
Messenger of the word-eater
Hand of the Speaker-thief
Injector of the Mind-bessing

You are starting to get a little worried, admitting to yourself that you might be a little lost, then denying it. A creature such as yourself does not get lost, you are just confused. After all of that nonsense with the missing book, it only makes sense. To calm yourself you pull a book off of the shelf at random to read, perhaps that will help reorient you.

Odd, for some reason the pages will not allow you to read them. Your claws tap against the resin in frustration as row upon row of flatworms glare back at you full of secrets.

What we've been doing...

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:37 No. 572275 ID: 0b90a3
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You are Radula
Messenger of the Un-Word
Voice of the Mind-venom-blessing
Hand of the Anti-Reason
Speaker of the Name-speaker

No, wait, that can't be right.

You drop the book on the floor. Surely, one of the many armed titan-guardians will come to re-shelve it momentarily.... Then you can follow it back to familiar territory. It occurs to you that it has been some time since you last saw any of the other custodians of the Library.

...is editing the books...

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:37 No. 572276 ID: 0b90a3
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You are Radula
Voice of the.... Word....thief
Speaker of the Reason-un-blessing?
Voice of the.. did you already do that one?

You continue walking. Its odd, If you had ever experienced a dream in your existence, you might have described this part of the Library as dream-like. But you have not, so it is merely... odd.

...and giving as many universes a chance as we can. Its an enormous task...

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:42 No. 572281 ID: 0b90a3
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You are Radula
The messenger.

You aren't sure where you are supposed to be going, or why its so important. All you are sure of is that...

...but by doing so, we're hoping to eventually get help from other realities.

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You are Radula

and make sure

Toxoglossa 2014/04/24(Thu)18:42 No. 572283 ID: 0b90a3
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You are...

it never wakes up.

You are lost.


End of Epilogue.

I plan on posting some of the production ideas as well as discussing some of the potential paths of the story in the discussion page. If you have any questions or comments I'll address them there or you can hit me up on IRC

*applause*

>>572283
Sweet dreams.

Thunderous claps.

aw, poor Radula :c

Fucking bravo

This was an excellent story. Couldn't be more happy to have participated.