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I would kick out your legs, and gracefully catch you, swapping our places so you're now backed up to the wall

#bemulth

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

She starts to speak in an ominous, unknowable tongue, the words resonating with the very particles of everything in the vicinity, as though the particles are feeling nostalgia, for a time that never was.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

Sage waves their hand in a variety of highly complex motions and patterns, muttering under their breath in a voiceless language of harsh consonants. Chromatic runes fly about the area, coalescing into a shimmering wall that surrounds themself and the rift as well as Relita and Leo, separating them completely from the rest of the world with a barrier of prismatic radiance.

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

Nox swoops down and takes the hand as it seems to sever itself from the rest of the arm, which flies apart into its constituent parts. Sage begins carefully studying the material through every possible method of perception to see exactly what it's made of and how it's put together.

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

Well, that is still information, and it may be enough for my intentions.

Sage's breathing slows almost to a stop as their hand moves with impossible speed and dexterity, making complex patterns no mortal should ever be able to comprehend. In unison, sounds equally beyond comprehension slowly roll out from their being, harsh and violent yet pure and beautiful. The most fundamental parts of existence sing back in perfect dissonant harmonies, vibrating at impossible frequencies that tear at the very fabric of magic itself, opening holes of non-existence that hang immobile in space. The vast majority of holes close immediately, sealing shut as if they had never been opened in the first place. A few, however, remain open, each almost completely indistinguishable from the Eldritch Essence that made up the arm. As time progresses, even those begin to close as more holes open, and the open holes draw nearer and nearer to a perfect replication before the process begins slowing to a stop, leaving a handful of holes remaining, each so perfect in their reproduction of the goal that any possible differences are imperceptible to any potential perceiver that ever could be. Each hole then grows, shaping itself into an arm segment, some collapsing in on themselves as the incognisable flaws are forced to enter recognition, leaving only a curated few recreations with divergences so insignificant that for the purposes of anything that is they may well be identical or no divergences at all. After the mere quarter-minute that the whole event took place within, it is as if everything pauses for just a moment more then ceases, as Sage's breath returns to its previous state and their hand falls back to their side. The arms remain as they are, unmoving and unchanging as if waiting for what comes next.

I thought that I might try to save you from chopping off your arm any more times.

"It's like taking a cup's worth of matter from the Sun. It's nothing"

Having a few cups spare when they're likely to be needed is always useful, I think. And now I know for certain that it is possible, and it is always wonderful to have one's speculations confirmed.

"I mean. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Though, sometimes things that work in theory don't work in practice"

Precisely. And the narrative does not often give me the opportunities to carry out the practice required for my more exotic theories.

"Understandable. I suppose there's not much else to say"

There is always a near-infinite number of choices of things to say, they are simply rarely worth saying.

"And there's not much worth saying here"

Not for the time being, no.

#evadian reality breach arc #creviol

"I suppose we'll meet again, then"

They vanish

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

Well, that is still information, and it may be enough for my intentions.

I thought that I might try to save you from chopping off your arm any more times.

"It's like taking a cup's worth of matter from the Sun. It's nothing"

Having a few cups spare when they're likely to be needed is always useful, I think. And now I know for certain that it is possible, and it is always wonderful to have one's speculations confirmed.

"I mean. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Though, sometimes things that work in theory don't work in practice"

Precisely. And the narrative does not often give me the opportunities to carry out the practice required for my more exotic theories.

"Understandable. I suppose there's not much else to say"

There is always a near-infinite number of choices of things to say, they are simply rarely worth saying.

#evadian reality breach arc #creviol

"And there's not much worth saying here"

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

Well, that is still information, and it may be enough for my intentions.

I thought that I might try to save you from chopping off your arm any more times.

"It's like taking a cup's worth of matter from the Sun. It's nothing"

Having a few cups spare when they're likely to be needed is always useful, I think. And now I know for certain that it is possible, and it is always wonderful to have one's speculations confirmed.

"I mean. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Though, sometimes things that work in theory don't work in practice"

Precisely. And the narrative does not often give me the opportunities to carry out the practice required for my more exotic theories.

#evadian reality breach arc #creviol

"Understandable. I suppose there's not much else to say"

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

Well, that is still information, and it may be enough for my intentions.

I thought that I might try to save you from chopping off your arm any more times.

"It's like taking a cup's worth of matter from the Sun. It's nothing"

Having a few cups spare when they're likely to be needed is always useful, I think. And now I know for certain that it is possible, and it is always wonderful to have one's speculations confirmed.

"I mean. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Though, sometimes things that work in theory don't work in practice"

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@ewo-official since tumblr wont lemme respond, new thread.

He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

Well, that is still information, and it may be enough for my intentions.

I thought that I might try to save you from chopping off your arm any more times.

"It's like taking a cup's worth of matter from the Sun. It's nothing"

https://at.tumblr.com/ewo-official/shai-speaking-up-for-the-first-time-turns-to/oos4ufujiu0j

@ewo-official since tumblr wont lemme respond, new thread.

He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

If this is the solution then I believe that it would be best to understand how it works.

#evadian reality breach arc

Instead of falling into constituent parts, the arm simply ceased to be. It would seem there were no constituent parts.

Creviol just sighs

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

Sage just continues standing there, not seeming to feel threatened by the events happening around them.

#evadian reality breach arc

A new arm grows within seconds, and he chops it off again. They hand it to Sage.

"Only our Eldritch Essence can stop those things, so if another shows uo, throw that at it"

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

Well, I seem to have ended up in the middle of a little family reunion. Are we to expect any more guests?

Sage has a shit-eating grin on their face as they say that, to which Nox responds with a squawk that is uncannily close to a cackle.

Creviol doesnt acknowledge the bad joke, and he just looks at the orb. He pierces their hand straight through it, before cutting their entire arm off.

In seconds, the arm dissolves into pure eldritch energy, and the orb just falls apart.

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

Sage stands by, mind fixated upon watching the rift for any concerning signs.

Nothing really can be noticed, apart from it steadily expanding

The rift seems stable, though it's expanding slowly.

A tiny particle falls out, too small to be seen. When it touches the ground, the ground suddenly explodes, reforming into a vague orb with tendrils

Sage takes a slow step towards the orb, the hand not on their staff shrouded in emerald green energy.

The orb does not even notice them. A figure appears from nowhere. His energy feels familiar. They have long, white hair.

"Well. Creviol, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"That. Basically, a counterpart reality drifted too close, and now shit's hit the fan, and we're the only ones that can clean it up"

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

I'm sure that you have this covered, so I'll just keep an eye on your friend here. Let me know if you do require any assistance with the rift, and I will do what I can to provide some help.

Noxardor takes off again, flying around high above the rift and generally keeping her distance from everything going on.

#o'sha #evadian reality breach arc

As Leo slowly begins to move again, O'sha helps to ground him, and explain what it can, without overwhelming him

A strange particle floats in from nowhere, and lands on one of the outer walls of the castle. Immediately, a massive explosion rings out, as the wall collapses

"Fucking hell I swear I just fixed that from the Last thing..." Merlyn sighs heavily, and goes over to inspect the damage, with several of the robot guards in tow, just in case, and Caledfwlch on their back and a shrink ray in a hip holster.

"Alright if there's anything with malicious intent speak now or get the hell out please."

The stone from the wall gravitates together, into a vague orb, with several tendrils of rubble sprawling outward.

"This is your final chance to say you're here to talk, y'know," they say, drawing their sword and spinning it a few times. "I only fight people if it's the last option."

It seems that it can't understand her. Or at least, doesnt acknowledge the words. The tendrils snake around the surrounding space, as they also begin to lash out at random

She sighs, again, and decides to try the shrink ray first, firing it at the center of the orb as that was the most stable target.

Nothing.

A tendril lashes out directly at Merlyn

They dodge it by rolling backwards, quickly discarding the shrink ray.

"Interesting..." Her eyes narrow, and lightning flashes in the clouds above. "Well, as much as I'm sure you're perfectly able to recover from this," she says, taking an experimental slash through a nearby tendril with Caledfwlch, "I wouldn't be much of a scientist if I didn't Test that theory, Would I?"

Just like with the fleshy humanoid earlier, the matter simply reattaches itself

"Yeah, that was too much to hope, wasn't it," they grimace, and lightning flashes again as it begins to rain.

"What have I got left..." she glances at the robots, ineffectually trying to clobber the rocks and rebuild the walls. That was going to be a lot of repairs, later. If there was a later.

"Did I leave the lightning gun in the armory or is it in my bag," she mutters, starting to dig through it with one hand while continuing to dodge the tendrils - helped by the fact that their attacks did not seem focused yet.

One of the tendrils manages to trip Merlyn, and 3 others go to stab at their chest.

Instead, they whack a skateboard into her, which appeared out of nowhere. A loud thud can be occurred, as someone collides with the strange being at high speed, causing them both to crash into the wall.

"Thanks for the save!" they call out, shimmying out from under the tendrils - making sure to grab the skateboard as a shield. "You got any idea about this thing's weaknesses? If I get enough time I can whip up a device to exploit them."

"... Creviol figured it out. Its weakness is us. That's why he awakened the rest of us"

"Fuck, I hate it when I'm power-scaled out of the picture." Thunder rumbles as she slaps another tendril away with the skateboard. "You want me to just leave you to it then? Cuz I don't think I'm gonna be of much use if that's the case."

They wipe the rain from their hazmat helmet's view-screen, with a slight squeaking sound. The rain was already coming down in sheets.

"I mean, if I get the time I could Maybe make some kind of ray that mimics whatever it is y'all have got going on, but it's not like I can do that in the middle of combat-"

"It's from another universe. And we're the fragments of the being that created that universe. Speaking of which..."

9 rings of runes form around her body, varying in length and position. The runes begin to fuse into her body, with a brief glow.

Then, she moves with impossible speed, nearing that of Light, grabbing the skateboard, and striking the abberation with enough force to launch it into the sky. Then, placing a foot on her skateboard, she forms 5 rings of runes around it. A strange energy also wraps around her body, which starts to warp. Then, in an instant, she pierces straight through the strange being, covering precisely 3 kilometres in distance.

The rubble falls back to the ground, as dust.

Tonya then reappears, smiling as the glow dies down

"And that's that!"

"Huh." The rain continues to fall. "Any chance you could use your abilities to fix my wall, or am I gonna have to do it the hard way?"

They poke dispassionately at a nearby piece of rubble. "Man, that was 13th century too..."

She shakes her head. "Anyway, if it's being from another universe, I could maybe replicate that if you're willing to give up a bit of hair or spit or something to the cause. No guarantees though, I'd have to think about it more and only if you're willing-"

She just. Slashes of one of her own arms and hands it to Merlyn. Another grows back in just a few minutes

"Thanks, that should be plenty of material to work with," she says, handing the arm off to one of the intact robots with instructions to go and put it in cold storage.

"If I manage to make something that works I'll let you know."

#evadian reality breach arc

"Since I'm still technically partly human, you'll have to try to separate the information"

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

I've bought us a valuable safety net. Even should everything here fail, the rest of the world will have time to prepare for what comes next.

Outside the arcane seal, the three other staff members stand by for a moment before receiving a thumbs-up from Sage just as visual contact is lost, at which point they depart from the area.

#evadian reality breach arc #o'sha

"And that's why we have to be careful. We're lucky the damage was so small..."

Looking outside as the crack expands rapidly, it doesnt look very 'small'

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

All I did was wake them up and tell them what they are. They did the rest.

Nox lands back on Sage's hand as the two stand by in the middle of the chaos.

And that language truly is a beautiful one, is it not?

#fragment return arc #o'sha #fragment: epsilon prime #evadian reality breach arc

Reality itself begins to rumble, as strange golden chains start snaking around everything. The tendrils slow down, and halt, as though frozen in time. Leo is also frozen, in a state of terror.

The tendrils begin to fade away, being forced away by unseen forces.

And then comes the reason she didn't do this first.

A crack forms in the air, a tear in the fabric of reality itself. Once again, shit has hit the fan

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He starts to stir, swatting at the source of the pecking half-heartedly

Nox takes flight to avoid the swats as Sage addresses him directly.

Good, you're beginning to wake. There is one of your kind here who would prefer you conscious.

"My... kind?"

He seems to not be fully aware that he's not human

That is correct. You are an eldritch being who represents destruction.

He is now having a massive existential crisis

Noxardor gives him a condescending sounding squawk.

Now now, Noxardor, there's no need for that. He simply needs some time to remember.

#fragment return arc #fragment: epsilon prime #o'sha

O'sha shouts up from below, sounding strained

"What the FUCK did you do!?"

The extradimensional tendrils are going crazy, very clearly connected to Leo's being, as they start swiping at their surroundings.

"Alright. Shit's hit the fan, I'm taking over"

Reality starts to warp, as tendrils of warped spacetime start moving everyone away from the lashing tendrils.

Then, its physical form starts to warp, as tendrils of warped reality start to coalesce around them.

Something strange is happening. Violations are gathering on OSHA's grounds. They're haphazardly gathering in a vague ball, which is giving off distinct Eldritch Energy, which cannot possibly be normal...

A surveillance drone stands and monitors the current situation for several minutes, cloaked to prevent detection by any onlookers. After some time, it silently retreats shortly before the appearance of Shai and Bennebenshkauf, backed up by a squadron of field-operatives. A few minutes later, Sage arrives with Noxardor, accompanied by three code blues and a cloaker.

This is the third of an unknown number of Orbs across OSHA. The Violations seem to detect their presence, but don't react

As guns are trained on the sphere Benny cautiously approaches, moving his hands in complex patterns to scan the manifestation through arcane means.

The scans reveal nothing. Just blank representations of unknown anomalies. The orb starts to fuse into a single mass

I got nothin', this ain't magical. Doesn't seem hostile… yet, but I believe that mundane testing is still inadvised. My recommendation is further observation.

Bennebenshkauf starts slowly backing away as Noxardor takes off from Sage's hand, beginning to circle the mass from above.

The orb morphs into a humanoid shape, as an orb of crystal emerges from it

There's an audible shifting from the movements of every gun being aimed directly at the head of the new shape whilst Bennebenshkauf joins the code blues in preparing spells. Shai simply stands with Sage, both watching the situation with extreme attention. Nox continues circling above.

The figure convulses, almost like a silent laugh. It looks toward Nox, then Shai, then Sage, then Bennebenshkauf. Except, is it really looking at them? It doesn't appear to have facial features, but it seems to observe them regardless

There is silence across the whole area, everyone waiting for someone else to make the first move.

It looks at its surroundings, before dashing toward a decently-sized rock, plucking it from the ground, and launching it at Nox.

The winds shift as Nox deftly avoids the projectile. With a wave of a hand, Bennebenshkauf allows himself to be understood by anything capable of communication.

Greetings. May I ask as to your purpose here?

It displays a vague response, acknowledging the communication, but seems to have no desire to reply in any way

Bennebenshkauf continues.

If you continue to show hostility towards us, we will be forced to reciprocate. If you do not wish to communicate with us, then simply be on your way and we will not bother you any longer.

Once again, it convulses, like laughter.

It seems to warp, as something changes inside it, before a strange voice comes from it.

"You tell me to leave, but you have me surrounded"

You are mistaken. We stand in front of but one entrance to this area, every other exit remains clear for you to leave. If you choose to depart peacefully then we shan't obstruct you.

"Also. You approached me. Why don't you leave?"

We are here only to ensure that you do not cause harm to the innocent people in this area. Once you depart, so will we.

"I will not"

It is adamant about remaining where it is

May I inquire as to why that is?

"No. Leave."

It seems to have no fear at all

And how are we to guarantee that you do not wish to cause any harm?

A figure resembling a young girl appears nearby.

"Because that's not his aim here. They have... a more specific purpose. I would suggest you leave. If anything goes wrong, I'll kill him myself"

Half of the guns are immediately trained on the new appearance as Bennebenshkauf turns to address them.

And may I ask who this "he" is?

"No, you may not. If your first response to evey unexpected event is to point your guns and claim superiority, then I do not trust you to not make everything exponentially worse."

At no point have we claimed superiority, and the guns are simply a precaution. We have no intention to fire unless absolutely necessary.

"Regardless. Your actions have shown that you are thoroughly incapable of deescalating a situation, and that you will make the issues to come even worse."

Are you referring to the actions of establishing communication with an unknown entity that has unknown intentions, even after initial hostility? Or perhaps the attempted negotiations with the intent for a peaceful resolution?

"Peaceful? How about I replicate an equivalent?"

The figure seems to teleport, now holding a knife to Bennebenshkauf's throat.

"Does this feel peaceful? No matter what I say, it does not change the implication of a threat on your life"

He doesn't even flinch, simply raising a hand to the soldiers behind him who take their fingers back off of the triggers.

The key difference here is that we made it very clear that we had no of firing unless it was necessary to defend ourselves or others; the soldiers didn't even have fingers on triggers until you attempted to threaten me. We had almost reached a resolution before you decided to interfere.

His tone remains perfectly polite throughout the entire response.

"And why should I believe that you had no intent to fire? Do you truly believe I have no desire to slash your throat?"

If there is not a basic level of trust granted by the participants in a conversation of any kind then progress will be incredibly difficult if not impossible to make. Whether or not one truly believes what another is saying, one must assume that there is at least a minimum degree of etiquette present if one wishes to move forward.

"Now. Why should I trust you to not make the situation worse when action is needed?"

Our goal here is primarily watch and learn. The soldiers are only here as a guarantee that those less able to defend themselves do not have to risk their lives if an entity turns out to be hostile.

"And if the entity tells you to leave? Overall, the behaviours you have seen should match up with that of a territorial animal"

If we had been given a guarantee that there was no intent to cause harm, a withdrawal would have been ordered. Had it been a territorial animal, we would have taken other appropriate measures.

"And yet, you never took a moment to consider why they were so adamant about staying?"

You must not have been listening when the negotiations were happening. Once they said that they would not leave, I asked if I could enquire as to why. Upon that request being denied, I asked how we could guarantee that they would do no harm. Had a reasonable guarantee been given, we would have left. The only reason that we are still here is that you decided to insert yourself into a situation that was otherwise about to resolve.

Despite his tone remaining polite, it is clear on Bennebenshkauf's face that his patience with O'sha's interference, as well as with them in general, is growing rather thin.

"About to resolve, eh? Doubt that. Though, what you say makes sense. I'll give you one final hypothetical, based on what we suspect of the situation. There is a considerable anomaly in reality. At the centre of it, is a person. They are unresponsive. What do you do?"

It removes her knife from Bennebenshkauf's neck, satisfied that their point had been made

We send in several teams to surround the area and ensure that no one accidentally enters and gets hurt before attempting to stabilise the immediate situation. If stabilisation proves impossible, we send in a specialised individual or team to extract the unresponsive individual and move them to safety. Should the individual in question be found to be the source, we take them to a secure location where they cannot cause harm to other people and wait for them to become responsive again, at which point we work with them to discover the source or cause of the phenomena in question and a way for them to manage it as quickly as possible so that they are able to return to their normal life with minimal disruption.

"Hm. Well, it would seem we simply had a bad start. I believe you should be able to deal with what follows. So, let's move back a bit, and let him do what it is he plans to do. Then, we can tackle that"

If the plans involve causing harm to the people in this area, then we would prefer to prevent it from occurring to begin with.

As the conversation continues, Noxardor lands on her shoulder.

"It cannot be prevented. And this way, we can get an idea as to where it's going to happen"

How can you be so sure of an impossibility when you know not the resources available?

"Because I know more about what's going on here than you do"

That may be so, but we know more about our own capabilities than you do, and I am confident that the resources we have to hand right now are able to at least redirect this phenomenon to a safer location.

"Ha. That's what was pissing me off earlier. This can't be redirected, either. No amount of resources will help, when dealing with forces older than you can even imagine"

Sage approached from their position on the sidelines.

You might be surprised how old some of our memories are, just as you might be surprised what magic can accomplish, my child.

"Really? Perhaps things work differently in whatever world you're from. There's alot of that around... But if that's the case, your memories would not apply to the reality of this world. I can say for certain that none of you were there"

One need not have been somewhere to know what occurred, there are other ways to gain insight and knowledge into an event.

"Intriguing. Though, I feel as though this may even extend beyond what can be learned by those who weren't there. It's very much a 'See it to Believe' situation"

And what's to say that one has to be physically present to witness it? There are far more ways to perceive than to see.

"Well. Enlighten me as to what you believe you know"

There is not nearly enough time in this world for me to speak of all that I know, you will have to be far more specific than that.

"About the situation at hand"

Well, there is very clearly some higher entity behind this mass of lesser entities who are acting much like a hivemind. There is also clearly something about this specific location that is a draw for these lesser entities. I am yet to understand what part the humanoid form is playing in all of this, but that will also become clear in due time, and it is clear that it is some previously dormant higher entity being forced to return to this world.

"Interesting, but not quite. As far as we're aware, there is no higher entity at play here, though that presents a... concerning possibility..."

She sighs.

"Anyway. Hive Mind might not be such a bad comparison, though. What we believe the goal here is, is to awaken the other 5 of our kind. One has already been awakened."

After a short pause.

"Two have already been awakened? Well. That's... Anyway. There's nothing that can be done to prevent this. We can only act to aid them as they awaken, as they will be very distressed"

Then we shall be sure to offer our assistance. As for the lack of a higher entity, one must consider perspective. What may not appear to be a higher entity from your own perspective may indeed appear higher from the perspective of someone such as myself. Even though I may be the elder between us two, you are still technically on a higher level of existence than I am.

"You? The Elder? Don't let my appearance decieve you. I am far older, than even this very world. For Eldritch Beings like us, the power we possess dictates the age we appear to be. But for ones on the level I'm on, we can oboy bring a fraction of our power into this world, lest we rend it asunder. And we cannot safely adjust that power, for even the smallest of errors can cause reality to shatter. I simply... Lowballed the level of power a bit, for the form I take to this world"

I know how old you are, which is how I know myself to be the elder. I predate the very forces which brought you into being. I am a relic of a previous age on a world far older than this one will ever be, I know of what I speak.

"Interesting... So then. That implies you know far more of what is happening here than you have said. Either way. The suggestion of a Higher Entity, if true, holds even greater peril for this world. If your theory is correct, the very existence of this world is in peril. For now, we should get on task. Do what you came here for, Creviol."

The humanoid picks up the crystal, and a beam of light shoots in a seemingly random direction. The crystal shatters, and the flesh crumples

As the staff present stand by, waiting to see the results of the current events, a figure made of white void in a suit and blue blazer appears briefly beside Sage before disappearing once more.

"Well. That's the direction we should be going, then"

Bennebenshkauf once again takes to the conversation.

Lead the way, then, but do be aware that most of us are limited to mundane travel.

"Alright. Based on the information, I have, there are 2 possibilities for which of us will be awakened at this location, but we'll wait and see"

They go in the same direction as the beam of light, which has since faded

The assorted individuals begin to follow after, Noxardor once again resting on Sage's hand, though the soldiers seem to be returning to where they came from.

"Either, the representation of Courage, or of Destruction. I believe we will encounter one or the other"

Courage would be easier than destruction, I imagine.

"In theory at least. Courage is a much more vague concept, so who knows what kind of phenomena would be present"

Either way, we should have more than enough power present to handle any difficulties, especially with the additional person who should be arriving soon.

"Power is irrelevant. The subject will likely be unconscious"

Power is irrelevant right now, yes, but it would not be unforseen for a complication to render it relevant.

Bennebenshkauf seems mildly apprehensive about the idea of having to confront destruction made manifest, but he remains calm nonetheless.

"Unless things go immensely wrong, I should be strong enough to deal with any complications"

You seem to assume that we know your power and disposition towards using it when we have no way of discerning either.

"Which is why I'm telling you"

And we will make sure that we are prepared to take care of ourselves should we have to deal with a situation on our own.

It nods, as they approach an area, where a figure is floating several metres off the ground, seeming to be unconscious. The area around the figure is destroyed.

"Well. Destruction it is"

This area will need significant reconstruction, but that responsibility falls to the people in charge of this building.

"For now, we need to get to him"

They pointed to the figure

Bennebenshkauf begins making complex motions with his hands, sending out magical sensors to scout the area for unseen dangers.

The sensors would pick up a strange energy, slowly draining the magical energy from them.

"Hm. So those are draining energy from whatever they can. Thankfully, it seems he's barely regained any of his power."

It seems as though she can see something the others cannot.

""I can take care of that. You reach him, and try to wake him, alright?"

Not even waiting for a response, they close its eyes, and reality seems to shudder around her. The destructive, chaotic energy seems to unravel from whatever manner it was woven, slowly but surely.

Bennebenshkauf looks to the others present, noting but not commenting on the strange figure in the blue suit being present once more.

I cannot sense any dangers, but I still believe that caution is advised.

Sage responds as they begin to walk towards the figure, Noxardor taking flight from their hand to approach from above.

I believe that we can handle this, there doesn't seem to be any need for either of you to risk yourselves.

As the sound of running feet approaching the area can be heard in the middle-distance, the strange figure is once more no longer present.