[OPEN] DERSE MINGLE

[patriachy]

DERSE, also known as the Kingdom of Darkness is one of the two kingdoms in the INCIPISPHERE, located beyond The Veil of asteroids that surround the Medium. DERSE wages an unending war against the Light Kingdom, PROSPIT, striving for the destruction of SKAIA.

Those who dream on DERSE are viewed generally more as "team mascots"; although the DERSITE residents consider the DREAMERS to be their allies, THE ULTIMATE GOAL will eventually put the DREAMERS at odds with the residents of DERSE, who covet SKAIA'S destruction.

It is time for the DREAMERS to begin awakening.

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[noblestcircle]

[ as she roams the planet, something somewhere out in The Furthest Ring is lurking. it's impossible to tell exactly what it is, and it's making a very faint, very quiet sound... if she listens, she can almost make out a word or two. ]

h͑ͤͤ͋ͨj͖̟̠͈͂ͣͬͤ͒̌gͅhͯ̓͌̈́j̻̒̐ͧͅd̥̳͚̠͙͔̱ͤ̍̐s̯͍͈̝̲̾̑̇͛̓͆ y̠̱̖g̊ͩ͊t̤̠̲̜͔ͭ̿u̿͐̍̋̀yd̲̳̫̹ j̻̘̻̻̙͉̿͑̾͂̇ͦ̆ͅĕ͎͖̘̜̩̭̃̃̊̑̌ ̲͕̱̮̬̠̔ͬ̅̏̈̈v̩̏h̫̳ͯ̐̅ͬ̒͂̚j̭͇̥̠̹͈̯̄͑̎ͫ̆v̩̱̑͛̔̓ͨg̖͍̰̜̳̜̏̉ͅ
̓̇̎u͉͎̲̯͗̂̍̈́̓͌͐fͤ̑̐ͫ͆ͥ̏ụ̼̘̮̖̂ͣo͖̩ͦ̂̃̃̚ ̜̖̐ͨ̾̆he͔͖͔͖ͥ̓ͥ̋ͨ̀̋l͍̘͖̐͋̿ͩ̌̄̍p̠̀́̇̄̚ ̲̜͈̫͈̯̑̿̍̿̈ͮ͗u̟͙͔ͦͪ͒ù̝͎͉̐̿o̖͓̹ͯ̔̉̎́ḃt̬͛ͣ̿͒f̉ͮ̂̇͊ͧͦy̙̣̭͇͖̟ͅu͉̮̣dd̿̓͗͋͐ͨd̟̪̓͑͆͒͂d̮̪̑ͦd̰͓͖̣̱ͬ͊dͯd͖̦ͅḍ̒̔̾̊̆d͍̩͇̅̅̍ͣͅ
̹ͪ̂w̰̫͉̞̯̜̿̐ͬ̂͋b̥̯̣͉͕͙̉̉l̯̪̱̦̯͕̤fͬ̃h͓̫͇̪̙̻͗̃̂ͭ̂̎͗j͍l͍͎̳̣h̲͍̝̄j̥̮̭̙͈̻ ͗ͭ̑y̪̟̪̩̖̮̦̽̎g͇̰̤̤͒ͯ̂ͧ͛̈v͔̘͖͔̩̠͋͆̆͋ͪf̰̬̗͎͈̞ͮ͛́̔͌̂̇d͍̥̹ ̘͈͖̑̇̎͂t̖̯̭͎̮̹̔̃̃͒ͮ͐u̟͂̓̐̾ͪ̋y̥͔̙̩̟̰͖ͥ̾̿ͪͯͨ̚f͔̰͙̩̻͖͌ͥ̈́͊̍ͮͅg̮̮͈̺̝̗̓ͫ̃͊̚t͈̤͙̲̃̂̀̍ͤy̫̪͍͉̥̩̓ͦͧͯ ̟̱̝͎̣͆͋s̞͙hg͈͍̅͋ͪ̑̇j̥̤̯̈́ǩ̰̜̲̱̳̥̾̇̇ͪ͐s͇ͅ ̩̮̗͉̗̳̟͌̾̄ ̺̠͍̬̰̖̗̎͆͆̃r̺̜̙̊̄̉ͣè͍̞͓̗͚͔̪͌ͩ̔͒̆j͍ͫ͆͐ͩ͗̚h̦ͩẖ͎̘̻r̳̖̩̙̚r̘̞͔̭͇̰̩h͓̬̞̫̟͎̋̌ͤͥb̦̬̮͉͈̖̑̓̇g̖͍̦̫̞̊̎̇͂̐̓ͯͅ ̝͕͈̭y̺̻͚̝͉̣̿ͤͤ̅̔̚u̟͓̠̮̭ͣ̉ͬ
̟̹͖̙̦g̭̝̠̗̭̲̗h͖͇̓j̩͙̼͎̺̹̗́ͮ̅͛š͋j̒̅́̀ͭh̠̻̘̫̻͎͍s̹̺ͦ ͚̦͇̋ͫ̐n͐ͩͅő̋̍͒ͧ̒ ̼̥͖̖̩̓ͩs̗̳͎ͦ̎ͪ̋p̹̥̖͓̳a͚̗̠̗̠̱͍͋̈́ͧ̔̓c̗̝̭̝̗̓̐̊ͯ͌̈ͧe̞̤͆ͤͧ͗̎ͯ̃ ̠͖̟̞̦̦̀̐́͌ͨ͆͗y̯̮̟͇ú͎̋i̲̖̜͓ͭͥ̈ͣ̔̅t̝̺͈̯͔̘͍ͦ̽ͪ̑̑õ͈̒ͣṳͪ̎̑̿b̜̩̜͙̮̗̐̓̈̔̋ḍ̋́̉̈́l̥̪͉̳e̼͖̳̋ͤ̅͆̎̎h̅̎̏͊
̳̱̘̓̏g̭̪̤̠̈́͒̐ỳ̮̺̮̠̟͗̀͌̅ͯu̙͉̦̭̙i̫͙̻̊͛̌̀̄̈ͣs̝̜͕͈̎s̤̰̜̬͆͌̋ͧ̌̔̏g̜̹̣͉̰̈̓̈̈́̄a͍͍͖̹̯͉ͣ͐̌̆ͯ̆̔h̹̦̗̦ͦͮͅeͨi̜̖ͯ̋ͮ̐ͅ ̥̟͈̈̒͌ͨͧ̈̚ͅg̳̽̍̏̀ͪͤ̽h̠̦͗̉̔ͬ̆n̘̐̅l͎̃ͥ̓͒ͪd̹͈͈͉̦̹̠́̽ͯ͗̚ ̆̄̍̚k̖̭̤̣̣̝ͅl͕̩̖d̯̱͚̒s͙̪̦̟̱̖̒̈́ͯ̽̿
͖̮̎ͬͦ̃u̩̦͙ͣͣ̂͋́̆ͪö̙̩̫̳͇̬ͦͭͭi̻͓͍̔̎ͨuͨ̓ͥ ͍̣̯̬̆̋͒̏̚f̣͉̟̘̠̠̈́a͕͍̩̰͉̹͈̾̊̅iͦͤ͂̓ͤ̑ͬl͗ụ̦͐̏͆̊r̻̭͇͉̰̥̤e̜̗̝͊͊̑̇ͩ̑ ͙̱̮͈͈̌ṿ̟̜͍̼̲̈́͗̏̅b̭͓̟̖̝ͥ̒̒͐yͭͧ͐ͭͩ̽͗u̲̲̳ͣͫͬͫi̬̝̺̻ͮ͆̆f͖͓ͯ̋̓ͦ͌ͮͤd̥̙̫̟̦͑ͪ̏͒̽͒ḅ̃̃͂̐
̻̯ͨj̎͋ͮ̀̊̌k͕͐ͩf̻̤̥̞̥̼ͧ͂ͅd̫̘͕̲̥͓̲ͮ̀ͧ̿́̉̈s͎̯̟ͬ̃ͅ k͎̙̺̩̱̓ͧ̚l̥̾ͯh̩͍̓͒̓ͣy̿ͩ͛ͦ͑̊u̺̱ͭ̎b̼̠̟̼͖̓ ͙͖͎ͪ̑ͣ̑̿r̞̦̺̱͌͑̑ͅlġ͎̰̮̲ͪ̇ͯ̓͛̋b͔̳̠͚̗̖͐̈́͐v͍̼ͩ͂̋̚ǘͪl͓̝̤̬̘e̐͋̏i͎̳̖ͣ̒͆ͫ̋̎̈́r͍̱̖̝̤̀ͮ̀ͥg͇̥ͦ̑ͭͅ ͎̥̤̜̯̺̐ͩ͛̓ͧͥ̉a̖̜͚͈̰̯͋ͮ͐̔b̩̽ͭ̐̎͗̚o̹̭̮ͮ̎ͪͬ̐̚r̉̏̀t̖͉̅

[austereastronomer]

[She'd almost missed it, but she's sure she isn't hearing things—that sound was definitely there. She turns, slowly in a circle, trying to divine where it's coming from. It seems like it's coming from... somewhere above?

She looks up—she doesn't see anything, but experimentally lets herself float up toward the tops of the towers, hoping to catch more of it. She doesn't know why, but there's something about it that seems important. As she rises, she thinks she can make out a word—]

...abort?

[noblestcircle]

[ the voice sounds again, just as faintly as before. it's incredibly garbled, but a very select few words manage to be intelligible. ]

f̼̔̎ͩͯ̉̋dh̺̝̲j̺͛ͯͪ̅̑̚s̞̻͍͗͂͐̎ͭ ̙̤̠̙̗͔̮⛧̼̉⛧̩̫̭̩⛧̺̫͇̩̾͆̈̐̎̋ͅ⛧̺̼̠ ̣̜̗̔ͮͅf̝̬̫̯ͣͭ̓h̳̏ͧ͂̓͛ͮ̊ḷ̝ͤ͗ͨ̍̽ͫ̀u̱̿g̗̉͑̅ͫ̐̑ͥtͯ̅ͣul͉̬̫̳̯͎̥̇̉̒g̬̘̒̅̽̉ͮ̉ͅ ͇̜͓̂ͥ̋͋̿̂́s̠̝͛̀̓ͥͅj̠̈́̅͂ͯ͌͂͒ ̺͒̃ͯͯ̏⛧̹̣̖͖̈́̌ͅ⛧̦̫̲͍̘
͕͎̞͇̩͈̲⛧͇̞͙̪ͬ͌̍⛧̺̔̎̓͋̈́̋̆⛧̲͎̬̠ ̠͚͍̱ͦ̈hu͍͕͔̖̪̓͛ͪ̚̚̚f̠̱͛̂͌ͮ̏͛̂i̭ͬͫ ̭̘̮̭͆̈́̾ͣn̳o̮͍̠̙̳͛ ̮̖̗͈̳̝̿̇ͧ͛̌̚ͅs̘̜̖͎͑ͨͯ̉ͤp̜̦̟̫̮̣ͅa̪̦̪̫̖̭̤̾̇̂c̳͎̐ͩ̄ͩ̿͋͆e͖̼͔̹̟̝͗͊̇ͩ̀̐ͩ ̞̳̣͍͕͋̀ͥ͒̌̅̚⛧̄͒ͯͭͫ̎ͩ⛧⛧͉̝̰͈̔ͪͪͨͣͯ ̇̄̓͗d̼̜̻̰͋j͓̣̖̫̈́ͤ͂͆͂f̯̦̮͇̱̻̓g̗ͧ̎͆̎́̊h̞̰̪̫̥̣̦̊ͫͨ͛ͤ͑lj̙͇͖̝̜ͤd̜ ̤̩̯f̞̋̒́v̱h̬͎̹͑̄̇̅̃̍̈́l͕͙̝͙̗̰͕
̬̱͉̤̼͓ͦd̗͖ͪͧͪ̊̉ͯ̿h͇̯͓̟̼̦̀̌̏̓̒f̜͇̃l̻̺̘̺͉͔͂̾̉d̹͇̫͍̜̻̣͊̄k̲̥̠̱̩͛ͥ͗ͥͪ̒ͯs̲̼͚͔ͅ ̺̋ͯͥ⛧̳͖̈̑̔͋̉́⛧̰̱̻̫̼͍̊̇͐̓̉́̚ͅ ̝̫͇͔͚̞͕u̹͎̹̹̯y͂ͧ͒͌͐̅h̳̫̲͔̠̏̿͒̈́͗̃ͯ⛧ͣ̀̊̋̽̚g̠̼ͦͫǐ̼̪͖̬̳̰͋͛s̗̣̈ͦͥͧ̋h̘͇̬̯ͣ͐̓ͪu̦̠͍̬͓ị̗̱̪̳ͧ̽͗ͯk̪̱͇̭̲̔ͣ͒͑ͨǵ̮͙̫̏̃̔̔̇ͅ ̈́ͫ̽ͅ⛧̘͙̳̗ͩ͊̂ͧ ̖̝͕͓̇͌̓ͦ̔̚H̪Ḛ̥͇̫̦̩L̗̦̥̯̙̫̍̒ͦ͋̊͑̓P̗̖̬̱͗̃̓̀ͧ͊ͯ
̟̫ͦj̭k̖̳͚͓͔̱̐̒͆ͭh͍͔̠ͩ͋͒͗̈́̚f̗̝̪ͮ̃̏̇̒̌ͦ ̙̩̯̳̲̲̝̔͋ͭ͐a̖̅̎s̼͇͈̖̫d̥͔̳̘g͖̭̩ͨͪͣa̟̯̒̿̉͂̍ͩͨy̭u̠̟̞̗̥̥͗̍ͯ̋̍ͪ̐d̟͍͖̠̜̈́͛̒ͤ̐ĝ͖͈ͣb̰ͦ̃̑ͦ̽͗̑ù̦͈̙̖̙̞̃̂ ͙̠ͣ̽́ͣͅ⛧̟͓̀͑ͬ⛧̗̥̱̘̉̒̓⛧̿͛̐ͦͦ͆̇ ̪̤̹̭̣͍̣̀̅ͬͭ͐̊́f̜̱̺͇̝̝͂ğ̞̟̗̼̮̼̲̿ͥ̈d̤ͭ̈́ͯ̓͒̐s͕̫̙̠̭ͯ̇u̜̝̤̿ͫͪ͐
͙̮͓̥̓ͬ̊ͤͧ̚s͍̆h̤̭̻̻͕ ̮͓̳̘̪̤͋͂̈ͨͅ⛧͓͎͉͖̮̟̿̈͐̽ͅ⛧̖̬̦̭̘ͨ͛ͪ⛧̖͉̙̞͆̔̐ͅ⛧̙͈̆ͧ̊⛧̘ ̺͇̂͊̌s̱̖͚͚̞̲̠ͪ͗ͪ͐̍̒f̻̟̦̉̓͑ͮͮ̓u͕̗͚̖̾̾̍̊̈́ͩͣi̗̰s͙̞ͫͥͦ̄ͪ ̩͚͍̪̠̙̈j̤͖͇̾̑ͥ̅ͤͪh͇͖̜͍̤̦̽f̦̜̦̣̉ͯu̪͌̚ĭ̹͇̽ͩ̒̏ͩ̃s̳̝̱͛ͣͩͨ̉̒ ̥̜̯̮̽ͩͩ̃ỷ̆̌ͪͪ̃ͪg̳͍͚̜̰̀͋͋͂ͣt̬̮̞ͪ͆̚y͋̒ͩ̓a͓̞̘̹̼͎u͖̗̩̯̲̺̺̓̎̒̓ͩ̓ͥd͔̖̳̥͓̭͈e̬͖ͣ
͕̠͙̠̩̌ͨ⛧͙́̎̃ͭͪ̊̚⛧͒̽̍ͯ̅̌ͭ ̜́̅ͩ̓̉ĺ̝̭̣̣͎̝ͦọͫ̐̎s̝̰͊͐̓͗̿ͥt͉̂̂̏ ̲̿̌ͩš̤̳͚͐̆ͪͨ͊ͨp̲͇̣̆͊̾ͦã̹̤̯̥̜̞͍ͮc̣̖̒́͌̈ͥe̙̘̻̿͛̓̓ͥ̓̑ͅ ̘ͤ̈́̏̿̿̒̈́⛧̿̌ͯ⛧̹̦̜̹̦̈ͅ⛧̬̠̱̾̉ͦ͐̇̚ͅ ̤͉̮̯̼̓d̰̰͓̥̈̅̀ͯͯ̚sͧͬ̊̊̽g̫͍̝̝͇̐͆ͬf̘̞̰͓̰͔͗h̖͕̱͔͍̆̓ý̞̬̙̰͍͕̦̍u̥̔͑̇ͪ̿̑̚g̳̤̝̩̒ͨoͤͬͤw̭̜̯̖͂͑͗̑ͬ̓ͅ ̉ͩ
̤̩͇̙̲̲ͬ̇̏̏́d͈⛧̮̩̤̭̋⛧͇̥̙̯̪̿m̹̝͍͓̞̹ͅe̹͆̌̋ͭḓ͍͉ͨ̿́͂ ͍̘̒͌̐̚ ̪̫̽͋ͅd̯̩͚͌ͭ̒̍͌̔̐f͙̩̪̺͓ͮ͐̑̽̔̚ͅhͫͭ̎ͩḍ̥̗͕̺͎̍ͬ͆̔̃ͫĩ̲̘̑ü̻̮̮̣ͭ̅̀h̠̳͖̥̰̥͒̓d͕̯̜̮ͥ̇d͇͆ͮ̀͒̔ͅ ͈̃̂̓͐͆l͙͇̆k̭̫̏̉̍̓̂̂uͧ̀̽͑̿ͥj͔̼̘ͩ̊

[austereastronomer]

No space, lost space... what does that mean?

[She repeats the words she can make out under her breath, as if that will help her understand the meaning behind them; it doesn't make much sense though, since there seems to be plenty of space all around her as she perches on the spire of her own tower, head tilted up toward the darkness.

And then a word that sends a chill down her spine:]

Doomed?

Hello? Is someone out there? You're not talking to me, are you?

[noblestcircle]

f̹̻̗̭͇ͫ͊͆h̬͌ͬ̚dͥś͔̒ͅj̄̋ͪͬͣ͑k̮͔̰̲͔̯̖̏̏ͨ̏l̤̗̥̙̲͛̔͗͆d͎̪̼̣͓̰̜ͩ ̠͈͉̂͋̓̒ͪ͗d̘̱̖͍̣͆ͩ̿ͣ̏̚⛧͓̯ͩẃ̘̝͈͔̦̗̻̂̽̇̓̃n̪̬͈͉͉̆̈͊̊̀ͥ ͎̭̹̮̌ͩ͂ͯ̐t̩͙̭̽͗ͭ̋̚⛧̩͚̭̯͇̣̰̽̿͊̍̆ ̹ͬ̆ͯͬ̒f̬̠̭͇ͅ⛧̙̖̻̱͉ͭ͊͒̂u̬̟r̜̓̊̉ ͙̔͂̄ͤ̊́ͅg̝͎̙̪̜̑͌͛ͭ̀̌d͔̗̟̟̻f̥ǰ̞͓͔̞̻ͅh̾͋g̰͔̫̓ͩ̎͋ͧ̃ͅf͕̤̹͎́͑͒ͣͅj͍͐̂̽ͨ̊g͇͖̭̻̬̻̹ͨ̊̑̏̈́h͙̣ͪ́j̑͛ͦk͙̬̥̣͙̍̽ͯ̄͋͂ͅl̝ͮ̀f͎̽d͐͑̔̿ͤ̿
̮̭̲̖̤͉̟͛͗͐̂̓́̚⛧̞͓̫̖ͭ̄͒͒͐̚⛧̲ͣ⛧̦ͩ̑ͤ́̏ ͓̺̄͑͗̋̄ͯf̣̤͚̱̈̇̀ͩ̚ͅh̭͒̆ͧͪͮl͙̳̭̫̯s̗ͅd̠̺̠͉͍ͬ̒͐̀k̟̗͕̞͔̏ͫ̌ͅ ͧu̠ͭ̊y̘̩̝ͪ͑̓̐̏̓ͭȗ̙̞̬̇̌̈̐ͣ̈i̦͔̖͑̈́ͫ͋̑t̼͔̮̟̄ͤ͊y̫̝̺̖̹͐ͥ̋̉u̹ͥ ̞̹̼́ͧ͆͛̓f̪̱̟̹ͯ̔́ṉ̙͈̀ͅr̹̉̊̇e ̘̺͚̬̤̩̞ͧ̒⛧̯̱͕͍͕̌̎̈ͅ⛧͈͍⛧̆̂̓ͭ̔⛧̝⛧̓̔̆̃̍̂
̰̒j͖̘͙̼̐͒͆̌ͮͣn̟͚͉͙̹͋̄̄́̓ũ̠̗̪͈̗ͯͯï̭͔͛ͬ̒͒͆̚y̥̞͔̯̐ͩͪͣo͖̜̣͈̟͙̻̊ͮ͊ͨi̹̲⛧̥̯̇̅͂t͇͙̙͙ͦ̑g̻̮̿ͩ͒ͧ̈d͖̦̱͇̙̿̂ͩ ̲̩͖̙̖̟ṳ̝ͮͯͤn̺̞̰̟s̤̩̘͕͖̫ͬ̾͌t̼̺͉̫̙̯͋ͩ⛧͕̫͚͔̱͖ͫͭb̺̱̘̘l͈͉̆ͯͨ͛̆̽ͤe̦͌̋͑̈́ͯ̔ ̥̜̫̫̩̝̙j͍̦̪͔͔̮̩ͪ̍ͥ̅̊͑k̜̠͎̹̼͊ͯ̆̍͊h̼f̝̱̱̀̾u̝̗͕̙ͯ͗̋͌̿̉ͪ⛧̐͒͒⛧̰͕̪͖͎̲ͩ̃̍̌⛧̙̲̤̥̜̯̰
̭̠̾͑ͣ͛̀ú̝̈ͭd̄⛧̤͚̖͖͎̟͍͋̂⛧͇̀͗̏̉̐t̻͙̪͙̬̜̻ͭ̂͆s͒̊̌͊ͯͫ ͓ͧ́̆̊f̝͖͕̙̘̖̓ͬ̆⛧̰̞̈ͤͯͣͣbͭͤ̌ͪ͌̾̚r̲͎̊̇ͩ͂ͧͭy̿̈̍ͦu̩͖͉̺̭̞̦ͫ̒ͩ̉͂̾y̗͖͕̣̗͎̑̈́͋̈́̉̏r͙̔̏͗ͭ̿ ̣̺͖̺̿ͮ̄̅͛̒ḇ͚̟̰̝̺̳͋ͬͭṝ̚⛧̘̠̮̱͌͑̐̃̉̽n̜̭͉̯̹͖̞̔͗̅͐͐ͮg͖͕͙̘͛ ̻͍̥̰̯̯͑̍m͉͍̮̝̐̊ͤ́ͩͬ⛧͎͓̖̼̰ͭ̀ͫ̌͌r͔̩̯̊ͨ͆͊͂ê͖̮̱̺ ̳͓̗̥̬͖͇͂̿̊͂f̝̪̣̌̾̑̒k̖̖̝̖̒̇ͣͣ̈́̀̀l̦̫̦̖̲͊͗̂̆i̟͑ͭ͒̉ḏ̺̳̻͔͍̗̓̽͋ͨͤ̐h̞̭ͬͬ̈́̃ͮ̽̑j͕̮ͭͥ͂ͯf̥̹̩͈ͣ͋͆͑͊ͪͨͅu̽̒͐̌̉i̻̟ỳ̠̰͔͍͍͎̈́͐̋f͉̒̽͗̏u̹͖̣̣͕͛̋͛͛̔̿ͪd͖̻̭̫͛ͪi̥̹͕͉̦͉̳̅͂
͚̪͈̮̗͚̳̋̇̈̋̒u͕̠̟̼̞̮̝ͭ͊y͚̪̬̪̬͗͒ͩ̒̏͗ͮ ̦̮͉̩̈̊ͧͣͤ̓̚ͅh͖̣̹̏̔ͪ̽ͤ̂̎f͓̗̭͙ͯd̽͗͑̚ī͍̜̳͉̇ͯͤ ͛͆̂̐ͦͫu̝̜͇̮͂ͪͫ̓j͙͓̬̹̎f̝͚̣͍̩ͮd͎͕̖ͭ͛́ͦͥh̤̯̳̱̐ͮͯ̊̚u̫̱͖̯͇̘͒ͫ͌⛧̉̉̀ͬ̍ͣi͇̣̽ͭ̋̋ͮͥͦl̙͍̼͓̳͍̘͌̏̇̓ͮ̔e̙͍̥̥̟͉͓̅ͪ́̾h̬̺͔̔̈g̤̟̙̪̖͚̳̊ͤͤ͛̄̍ ̦͓͔̃̊̈̓͗̚⛧̭͉̩̱̱̈́͋̅̈̆ͫ͒⛧̐⛧̤̖̯̜̄̊̏̓ͧͅ⛧͌̈̅ͧ̐͒ͭ ͔̞̳͚̻̳͇͑ͦ͐͗̇̾͒d͖͖ͫ͑f͎͚̥͉̯̣̈ͧ͊͗̚i̮̻̔͊̈̄ǘ̩͇͙̲̮̘̄͋
s̳̗̬̊̎̓̅̚d̳̮̱̂͌̈́ͯ͒͐ͭͅhͬ͐͆͆ͥf̩͈̰̳̦̪̎ͅu̟̾ ̱͈̔̐̀⛧̪̄ͯ͐̇̚ͅr̞̣̟̦͖̻̬ ̘͚̯͉̪ͧ̐ͬ͌̓́e̺͔̺̤ͣͩͯ͛l̒͗ͦ́̄̚s̘̝͕̝̩̣̔͌̓̃͌ͮͦͅe͔̟̺̒͋̔ͮͪ̒͛ͅ ̠͎̘̩v̅̀̋̋̃̆y̩͓̤̥̬͍̦ͬ̐̓̋̐̓͒u̺͐ͯ̏̂͆d͔̼͎͍͍̚ͅͅt̐ͫ̽͐̋͆s̰̐̾̊̂ͮ ̞̜̝̻̜̹̼͒ḏ̳͕̱̐̄g͓͚̗͚̩̪ͨf̯̦̅t͌͐̆u͇ͨ̆̅̐ͭͥ⛧͇̭̙̜̲̌͑̈́̽ͦ̚ÿ͉̞͐̋̓̈̀̀d̖ͯͧḧ̗̤͆̆ḇ̞̘͓͍̙̓͊ͫ̾͊̈́̓g̭͍̗͌ͥd͚̲̰͇̤̺̠ͫj̯͙u̩͑̉̾͌ͫ
͇͖g͉͒͛̇f͓̖̪̞̥̩̠ͬ̚u̪̫̤̅͛̇͛ͭ̅y̝̯̑̓ͪͭͬ̀̀f̠̞d̠̰̙̯̐͑̈̃͗yu̺̒ͥͨͧ̋̀g͕͇̜̙͋͂̊͒͐̑̐f̬̥̙b͙͕͔̤̯̼̜ͬ̏̂̂̓̚ ̤͍͇̼̤̇̊̍d͖͖̦͇ͧ̇̄ͣͬ⛧̗͙̠ͮͯͫͭͣͥͅ⛧͓̘͎̼̞͆̀͋̇ͬm͎̞̭̥̖̣͋̽e͌͌̈ͮ͆̋̃d͕͇̰̺̝ͩͨ̅̂̍́

[austereastronomer]

[There's that word again; she's sure it's "doomed". That's... not a word she wants to hear faintly whispered to her somewhere from the darkness. If she had a list of words she wanted to hear whispered to her from the darkness. Which she doesn't because creepy. (And others... "too unstable"? What's too unstable? "Bring more"—bring more what?)

It feels like a startlingly bad idea somehow, but she launches herself again from the tower, ascending towards open space. Perhaps she'll be able to hear better if she finds a way to get nearer. It feels a little silly yelling into the void at something she can't even see (yet?), but...]

What's too unstable? What should there be more of? I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding you...

[noblestcircle]

k͎̖̠͚̭ͦ̌͒͋ͯ̊j̝̘͈͈͂h͉͉̳͉͇͍̯ͩ̎ͫ̀s͕͈͍̩͉̲̭ͪg̲̍ͣ͆̽̎͒d̬͖̱͇̣̖̻͆̏͂̈̄h͛̓j͍͇̞̹̞̟̺ͥ̊̽⛧͓̣̲̤͎ͮͫ̿̐⛧̙̥̘̗̤̩̿̓h̦͛ͭͧj̤̦̲̦̙̼̙̎g̥̓͑͂f̼̠͌̌̈ͭ̄k̺ͮ͂ ̦̱͔͛ͅm̓̂o̊ͬ̊̏ͤr͔̖̞ͯ̉e̖͓̫̳̮͛ ͖͊̈́̓f͔̰͙̓̌̉ͮͩd͈̫͎͖͑̂̑ͮ̀́͗g͖̮̰͈͍͓͎̃́ͬy̗̜ͧ͒ͤͮ̃v̲̠ĝ̥̬ͫ̆ͩͩ̈́u͇͍̹̲̻͖̿̿͑̍ͩjk̥̬͎̣͑̊̾͋ͅğ̒̋̈́b͉̣̪̥̳̺̖̍͗̓̔b̘̭̲̖ͬ
̣̘̓̐̈̀̏ͅ⛧͓͈̩͎̹͚̯ͤ̃ͩ̔̔⛧͙̠̳̤̤̞͇̄ͦ̒̃ͮ⛧ͥ͌͑⛧̟̗̙̝̮̮̎⛧̣̖̣͔ͅ ̦̮̮̘̣̻͌̾̓̿ͅm̼̥̞̂̎̾̐ͧͧͬͅ⛧̲̬̖̦̜̯r͖̦̋ͪͯe͖̹͓̙͇͉͖ ͍̪̠̞̺̫ͤf̘̳̜̦̝͕̿ͦͨͩf̥ͯd͖͓̩̰͎̖͓̍̾̀ͨͫͮ̇h͎̪͇̖ͨ̚g̞̠̲͚̱̯̥͐v̩̯͇̉ͯ͐ͭḭ̜̲͖̎ͅk̦̰̙̟̺f̞͓̙͓̖̝̘̃͗͛̃̂̿̔d͖̍̉̽͌̋͛̔
̺̗͕̩ͭ̽ͤͩ͑f̱̻͙̠͙ͧ͑ͅj̯̦̤̣ḧ̳́́̏ͩ̑k͎͉͙͉͙̘̞̚f̩͆̀̽̑ ̗̙͙̰͖̼̙̈́̏̿ͬ̍̋h͕͍̼̼͎͗ͩͨ́̚e͙̳͇̼̺̺͋ͯ̈́ͮͣ̓̍r͙̗̥͐̅͋⛧͕̈̂ͩͬͦ͊̊e̪͊͊s̼̬̺̪̟ ̦̭̮͚͐̿̏͐͋̿̆b̯̳̰̖̂͌ͪ̅u͙͑̆ͪ̈́ͧḓ̭̳̱̩̻͍ͧ̒͒̇ͦf̗̦̩̲ͅb̟̣̖͕̟͛ͨͬh͍͛̈̒̌̆̅ù͑̀̂j̞͇̖̳̤̃̑̇̓ͧͦ ͨͅf̤̞̙̬͇͆̍̉̅d͉͓͕͉̬̦̤͊̇͂̔̍ͭͣu̝̟ͬh̗̭̆̌͐̅ͅ
͖̰̩̞j͍͇̻̠̲̪̬̏ͬ̇̈k̪̱̖̹͇̰̐aḋ͕̺̯h͇̯̘̥͇̠̃j̘͙̲̲̩͗̑̆ͅ ̬̬ͬ̂̈̊ͫͣ̚v͍̭̭ͣ͂ͬͧ͛͐ỷ̟̓̔ͫg̙̖̪̜͔ͦ̓̔ͯ̊ͪ͌ͅv̱̐ͭ̽ͬ́t̥͙̟̦͈̍ͨ̔̄̓̏̏⛧ͮ̆̏̂⛧̮̘ͮ́͌͐̋g͈̺̰ͥ̌͗͗̑̐y͈̗͖̏̇ű̜̣̤̓͗̈ͤvͭͬ̑̿b̜̖́͆̂ ̯̱͋̈́ͬ̓͊̓k̭̻͚͋̀ͦ̉͋u̥͇̝̘̻͉̺ͭ͑̃y͙̬͓̙̝̱͔̑ͫ̄͑⛧̮͔͔̝k̲͇̝̣̦͔y͚ͥ̿̔ͪ̋̈́ ̤̻̩͛ͣͨ̓̌ͪ̚v̳͉̭̝̥̉̈́ͮͯ⛧̞̣̗̞̤̺̺
ͩ̎͋́̂ ͉̺͍̟̓̃y͉̬ũ͑͂̇̏̿ġ͔͇̊͐̆̂y̟̥̣̮ͬͨ̆̈́ü̞̲͙̗͚̯̙ͯ͆̀ͩ͂g̳̈͑ͯy̱̠̫̼̲̤͖͋̄̍ȕ̝̖ͮ͛̊͐ͫ̚g͍͕̣͍͕̈́ͧ̾͆͋b̖̓⛧̹̮̏̐ͣ̽̚ͅ ̼̗͇̺͔͙͙͋̈d̫̘̐̊ͧv͕̥͓̉̃̐̈́̔d̪̣̯̲͓̣̺͛ͫv̹͉͇͓̤̯̙̈́d͔̺̼̞̰̞͈̓̎͒̂v̭͚͚ͭ̐͛ͯ ̝̰͉̗͊ͪ⛧̖͖͇̺ͭ͂̑ͦ̏̈́͋⛧ͯ͌͋̆ͅ⛧͉̺͚̖̣̀̀͑ͅ⛧̳̘͙̟̙͎ͯ̓̉͛̍⛧̓ͩ̈̉̽ͤ͋ͅ
̻͙̲ͮ͊́̍ͦw̯̠̬̺͇̞̍ͤ̑̒i̲͔̓̈t̩̔̆̓ͥḣ̩̰̰̱ͮ́̅̈́̀̂⛧̤̈́̎ͅu̻͛ͣ̃̆̐̇ͅt̮͕ ̥̭͙͕̝͆ͪͧ̈́h̐̄ḙ͛ͨr⛧̫͙͋̉͗̇e̦͍̫̓̇̈̈́ṡ̮͕̫̣̺̓̾́̄ ̖̰̫͍v͓͙͔̱̹̠̺̎͆͒ͦ̆̚b͙̥͙̖̝͚̓h̜̱̣̗̻̙̄̑̀̚ui̥̘͙͙̍b̭̼̹͐̉͑v͈͈̘̬ͤͨ̄̅̾̑̂k̤͈̟̤ͥ͋j̙̹̗͔̝̎ͬ̈̐̈b̪̥̲̼̝̹͔͗̊ͭ ̯̰̬̘̘͓̎͛i̘̞͖̩ͦ̈ͧl̘͓͓ͣ̿d̰̬͕͓̩́͆̿͋̈́f̥͕ͨy̽̿̆h̠̃͌̔̐̋̚̚ ͔̭̇̄̐f̹̳͈̣ͦ̚ͅv͈̝̠͖̠̝̠̓d̮̫̞̞͙̰s̒̅͑ḥ̫̯̇͊̾̚⛧̪̪̺͑͐́͒̓͊
̤̮̞̦ͩ̇͒ͬͪͥ͂n̫̤̞͈͖͌ͩ̎ ͯͭ͂͗d̞̝͚̗͐ͮ͛h̲̾̃̈̈́ü͎͈̻̤̳̝ͩͪ̐͛̀i͖̠ͪl̫͖̮̤̞̝͓̅͛f͕͇̥͕ͩ̿ͣͅṣ͌̀d̜͓̯̤̿͗̓͗͑j͈̍ ̞̼̻̰͉̏̊̅ͥ̅̃̑⛧̻⛧͔͈͖̖̙̱̄ͨͅ⛧͋ ͎̦̱̻̺̺̪̉ͮg̲͕̙̖̯̯͐͌̋̿͛̆̎i̜̭ͫ̈̔ͣ̒ͤ̆u̗͎̱͙b̻̹̹̬ ͥd̤̖̉̋͗̀⛧̹͍̺͈̩̘ͣͅ⛧̝̭̥͓̘̠͛̓͑͛m͇͚̩͓e̊́̇̇̽̍d̫̙̪
̅̌f̖̞̰͕͓͓͊̔ͫͧ͛̔b͚͔̫̙̰͛̃̋i̥͈͔̺͓̮̭f̳̝̪̤ͧ͐͂̅gͧ̽̒ͨ̄h̝ͤͥ̐̍̑ͦu̼͙̰̬̐̓ͤ̑i̪̼͚̙̟͉̥ͨ̓ͥ͌͗y̞̳̫̫̣̙̐͊̎͂ͨ͑̚ͅg̘͉̣b̮̂f͇̱̮̙̞͕̈́̿̿ͭ̓͋͐ ͓̖̝͍̖͚̔̑ͧ͂́⛧̺̙̬̣̖̥̣̐ ̯͕̰̖͆ͭ̌⛧̹̮̙̾͆̑ͧ͐ ̗̙̺͖͋̂f͑͌̿̅d̏͐̊̈̆͗éͤͫͥ̒͛f͑ͭ͌̈͗̎̍i͔̩̙ͬ̅h̜̱̰̽̂̃⛧͚͇ͫͭ̅̋̚ ͛u̳͚̜͑͐͒ͤí̤̔̈́̄͑̚ ̟̟̰͍̦͌̎̔s͉̘͍ȅ̼̃̎s̠̖̳͕͎͖ͨ̒̏͑͂͋s̟̝̍̏i̮͎̝̩͆⛧́ͥ̿͐n̜̎͌ͮ͛̆̔̂ ̺̪̼̜̭̙̈ͦf͓̟̱̗̓̀̅̚sͨ̃̽ͮͮ̋d̥͇͔͕̮̺̟e͙̹̝̮͕ͩ͋̅̄̐̇̚u̬̞̳ͅi̫͚͓̦͕ľ͈̯̬͍̤͕̲͑ͮͦͯͩ̚f̦̘͊ͮ͋ͫy͔̼̜̯̖ͮ̈ͮͫi̜͎̋
̩͓̥͕͈̼͓̓ͯͯ̿̿⛧̼̟͍̰͎̙̽̿̈̌ͬ⛧̺̄̍̓̂͋̌ͅ⛧̍͒̔̀̀ͪ͋ ̲̮̜̜̫̞͉̂d̤̜͈̤̪͕̮͌ͩs͍̬̫͚͉͇̖̊̒̉ͫ̃f̥̫̥ͪͦẖ͇͕̇b͖͓̲͈̝̃j̤͍̏̌ͦ̓͑̈͐u̼ḅ̫̪̟̻̜͒ͣ̒ͅh̫͎̳̲̰̋͌̄g̺̋⛧̘̥̗͉̮̯̥ ͈̰͈̙̼̜ͦ̉ͦ̄͆̓ͮu̯̺̾̽f̪̫̗̰͔͋ͥͭ͑ͅh̞̯̞̥͉͓̔ͣͥ̒̀ͬͭů̯̹i̬̰̩ͩ́͊̚k̝̥̹̻͕̺̺j͚͚͉̃̃̄̉̃ ̥̤͍̭ͩ͋⛧͚̝̰̜̖͈̤̇̑̓̍̀ͩ⛧̞͈͎ ͚̖̗͙̠͎f̅̃ù̖̙̥̘̀ͨͧh͓̼̻̥̯ͯͫd̲͖̫͚͓̱͚̉uf̊ͥ̈i̜̙̤͉̝̞̜̅̚k̙̪ͨ̔̂⛧̖͈̖͕̼̹̈́̐͗ͨ̎ͪͭ

[austereastronomer]

[More heroes...? Oh.

Oh. Yes, this is probably relevant. She'd kind of been hoping it wasn't. "Down to four," it had said; she recalls, with a sinking feeling, not being able to get in touch with Phaest.

Without heroes... doomed... session...

Oh no oh no oh no.

But this is an actionable item. She is good at actionable items. More heroes? She can still reach Alternia via Trollian, so more heroes is something she can get. Yes, okay, good. It's a plan.]

Er... thank you very much, then. That's... very good to know. I don't know who you are, but thank you.

[She turns to descend again, but figures she might as well ask—]

Is there anything else I should know...?