𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕆𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕𝕝𝕪 ℂ𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟
A New Dawn: Day 9 Since Rebirth. Day 3 Of Adventure.
DUNGEON [OTHERWORLDLY CAVERN] IS NOW STABILIZING. ALLOTTING RESOURCES...
ASSIMILATION RATE: 0.2%
This long night had finally become a new morning. Outside the cave, filtering through the entrance now coated in ash and smoke, the hazy blue of dawn began to wet the grass. Around the cave, areas began to get brighter as the cracks and crevices seemed to breathe tendrils of morning fog.
Despite having been up all night, and most of the day before, it seemed the Goblins and their unnatural enemies were still soldiering on...but for how long until exhaustion, or their foes, overwhelmed them...?
Ardur, Asteria, Danny, Digbie, Ed, Jason, Mother Rat, Rain
Skill Gain: Taming I!
Many species have dominated or relied on each other throughout history. In a manner similar to social and charisma based skills, you use magic to form bonds with other creatures. At this rank, you may only attempt to tame one creature. If you switch to another, the former will be released from the bond. At this rank, you may only attempt to tame creatures at least one level below your own. At this rank, you must still entice the creature with things like food or protection. You may need multiple attempts. When Taming is complete, a personalized magical mark will appear on the creature.
Skill Gain: Fireball I!
The fire-themed version of a basic magical attack. With roughly the same power, range, and MP consumption as a Mana Orb, it has the unique property of being able to inflict a burn on the target. However, as an elemental spell, these same properties render it harder to use in certain circumstances. Non-flammable or elementally opposed targets, for example, will be much less effected.
Skill Gain: Mana Sense I!
You have sharpened your mental and spiritual senses as well as your physical ones. By focusing upon a single creature or object, you will be able to sense its magical nature in some fashion. Different creatures may perceive this aura in different ways--some may see a colored aura, others may catch unique scents, etc. This is not an Analysis skill, though it may Synergize with some of them. The range of this skill is limited to that of your other physical senses, though in some cases a mana signature may become easier or more difficult to detect depending on factors such as strength, amount, etc. By touching an object or creature, even if they are somehow suppressing their magical power, you have a chance to learn whether or not magic is present. At this rank, you must activate this skill in order for it to take effect. While active it will consume MP.
Skill Gain: Mana Drain I!
You have experienced the flow of mana inside your own body, and felt the energy of other creatures being used upon you. Like siphoning water through a tube, this ability allows the user to draw the energies of others into themselves. By using Stamina, you will drain MP from an opponent and add it to your own. However, certain factors may come into play--you are not guaranteed to restore the exact same amount of MP that you drain. At this rank, in order to use this skill you must be touching the creature or object to be drained. While you are using this skill you cannot use any other spell or skill that is offensive in nature or requires complex movements.
You used Monster Analysis I!
--Jason--
Stone-Hardened Mage Slime: Slimes are normally of limited intelligence, but every so often one somehow learns magic. With its poor magic stats its casts are limited in number, but few expect a Slime to have such abilities. This one has somehow earned the Stone Hardened Variance, signifying a bond of some sort with the Earth element. This one is unusual. You have learned his name is Jason.
Skill Gain: Taboo I
You have gained a "cursed skill." Those with sharp senses may detect your true nature...Even now, the evil seed of what you've done germinates within you...
Skill Gain: Stronger I!
You have grown stronger through tough training! Tear muscles down, and rebuild them anew! Your physical power stats have increased! By gaining at least one rank of Faster, Harder, and Better, Skill Synergy will occurr and you will gain one rank of Physical Conditioning.
You used a Mana Crystal! MP is now Full.
You placed Mana Crystals into your Lizardskin pouch. It will hold for now, but its durability is reaching the limit...
Obtained Mana Crystal x10
Skill Gain: Mind Wave I!
This spell uses a wave of psionic force to attack an opponent's mind directly. It may Confuse them temporarily. At this rank the spell requires eye-contact, and thus its range is limited by the user's eyesight. Its MP cost is slightly higher than that of most first level spells, but it is very difficult to dodge due to Psionic mana lacking many of the visually distinct characteristics of other spells.
Skill Rank Up: Rock Spire II!
MP Cost increased. Number of Spires increased to 3. Each spire does the same amount of damage and has the same range as before.
Skill Gain: Fireball I!
The fire-themed version of a basic magical attack. With roughly the same power, range, and MP consumption as a Mana Orb, it has the unique property of being able to inflict a burn on the target. However, as an elemental spell, these same properties render it harder to use in certain circumstances. Non-flammable or elementally opposed targets, for example, will be much less effected.
Skill Gain: Stealth Kill I!
By concentrating your Stamina at the moment of a sneak attack, you can (without sound or visual effects) increase the power of a single blow. A target's active resistance against you will disrupt the various forms of breathing, focus, movement, etc. required to focus Stamina into this technique, so it will not work in open combat.
Jason immediately roared to get everyone's attention, and while barely even giving the others time to follow his orders immediately tore off back towards his cave. Ardur, Danny, and Digbie followed almost immediately, but Asteria was slower because she had to convince Mother Rat. The animal had been less active since the fight with the Brawny goblins, and looked at Asteria with bleary eyes. No creature could go without sleep forever, after all. But eventually she roused herself and followed after her offspring.
Rain experimented with her newfound Fireball spell, and though it appeared in midair above her head like someone had thrown a match at gasoline fumes, it didn’t seem quite as stable as Crispy’s had. It shot upwards towards the ceiling, but it didn’t explode. That was probably just because it was rank one, but still...it didn’t seem like its trajectory was quite as controlled, either. It almost seemed like...she needed a way to contain it? After all, Crispy basically formed his between his hand and then pitched them like baseballs. Could she do that without hands of her own?
Ed used his worn and muddied Lizardskin Sack to try and gather up the Mana Crystals around the Bonfire. The first one he touched, however, immediately dissolved and restored his Below Average MP to Full. The other ten fit into the bag, but their sharp bits were bulging and puncturing it at points. It probably wouldn’t last too much longer…
Once the group had arrived, with Rain and Ed bringing up the rear, they found Jason’s Cave virtually the same as the green slime had left it. However, it seemed that with his careful care rather than the haphazard state of nature, and the lack of wounded creatures around to munch on them, those 8 Healing Herbs he had planted had sprouted and grown well in such a short time. It seemed some of the seedlings had even sprouted offshoots of their own--instead of 8, there were now 11 Herbs available...although, one set of them had turned a rather foreboding, oily shade of
black…As Rain backed herself into a corner her decision became concrete inside her mind, and she suddenly felt a deep and powerful sleep come over her. It was too fast, and there was no fighting it--just like going under before a surgery.
And as she went under, she rose up and up and up. Rain's body gave several jerks as her consciousness faded, and each time she seemed just that little bit bigger. Then, after becoming somewhat bloated, her skin began to change. It rapidly began to dry out and lose its color. And somewhere deep inside, something began to pulse...
Rain suddenly saw EVERYTHING.
Not in crystal clarity, of course. But she drifted upwards, out of her body, rising high enough that she could look out across the cave. And sometimes it seemed as if she saw
through it--into the small nest where she had been reborn. And all around and through Jason’s cave. And just barely up through the ceiling of the cave into the skies above, and out into the forest--but really, it was just a vague sense that they were there. She hadn’t risen high enough to see them yet…
But even though she felt like she
should have kept going up, she didn’t.
The world turned red for a moment, like looking at it through literal rose tinted glasses. She was still floating in the cave, above her own body, above everyone else, looking out and over and through and into. Now that she wasn’t going up and up anymore, she could look around with a sense of leisure. She could see Crispy and his group making their way towards the cave...and the currently helpless bodies of those who had also begun their evolutions. She could even see down into the depths of the central pool, down, down, down...through solid rock and packed earth, into a hollow chamber shimmering with the water’s reflection…
Something with blue eyes looked back at her.
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-͖͉̱̱ͯ͋̄̿̌͗͟ͅ-ͪͣ͂ͩͤO͔̥̺͉ͩ̿Ḷ̨̮͉͔͍̮̂̉ͪͮ̈̔̾Y̪͇̺̮͙̞̔͂́͒ ̄͏S̑͏ͅH̱̮͖͍̬͒̄̂͆̆̄ͅI̙̣ͩͤͅT̍̐̈́ ̳͙̲Ỉ̵̳̮̠̓̇ͯͧT̗̩̓ͤ͌̊ͧͅ’̢̗͔̤̣̐ͧ̽͂̎Ș O͚̱̮̗̱͌̅͆̐̒̈N̷͍̉̔̍ͭ͐ͨĻ̯͈͈̱̭̹Y͍̼ͦ͝ ͮ͜B̹̬̌ͬ̄Ė̮̮͎͕͛̾͐̿́E̷͇ͥͯ̉̇ͫ̀N̥͇͖̭ͭ͗̓ͯ͆̅ ̤͓̪̟̐̃̾͐͌ͪ̈́T̯͎͖͚͙͎̱͛̈́͊ͪ̽ͩ̽W̙̠̮̯͔̫ͅO͘ ͇̝̱̹̘̪ͧ̏̃D͐ͦẢ̴͓̀̂ͧ̔Y͔ͥͦ̂̽̿́̚S̱-̌͒̓͋̅̊̋͏͉̭̼̹̭͙ͅ-̺̻̥̺̝̳̭̈͆̆o͚͓͖̳̹ẖ̶̼̫̊̋̉̚ ̛̱ͪͨ̈g̫̯͖͔̀̉ͣͅơ̝̭̖̦̠̠͆ͧ̏͆ǒ̀͛̓̔̚͢d͍ ̸̼̿͛͐ͦ͌I̸̺ͫ̅ͤ̎́ͯͩ’͓͈̬̬̜͐ͭ͜mͤ̆̋̾ͫ̇̾҉̗̻͎̜ ͓̺̭̺̃͌͞ì̩̖̽̃̋̈̑̔n̫͎̬̰͚̑̉͌̿ͩ̀.̬̩ͪ͝ ̢̻̤̱͇̈̾̒ͭ̑T̴̗̭̳̖̳̪ͮͬ̂ͬ̄͊hͥe̥͚̭̝ͯ͐͑͂͐̀̌ͅ ̍͑̊s̴̠̺̜̳̥̮̓ͅt̵͍̙̞̤͇ͅr͎ͥ̿͋͘e̘̭͕̭̼͆e̝͖͍͒͑ͤ͂͋̾t̲̔̈́ͨ̇̍̓ ̨̘̲̫̝͔͇̝̒̍̿̍͛̈́̚r͔̜̯̰ͫ̏a̴͑̔̾͒̇t̙̟͋̈́ ̘ͫ̓ͩͪͭ͒ț̝ͭ̃̀̇̀h̞̪̤̱̫̑͋̌̐ͅi͓̗̟̪͎̻s͙̱̲̰̗̖͘ͅ ̜̤͍͚͋͑͋̓̃ͣ̕t̬͓̩ͧͦ̆̔͒i̻̤̮̯͠m̶̟͚͇͚͈͇͐̎̄͛e͙̞̋̄̐̽?͖͙̙̤͚͢ ͚̤̱͖̉̾̄͞ͅHͤͭ̎͆m̬͉̲̝̌ͭ̊m̧̫̺͉m̾̈͊̎.̲͍͈̎̋̇.̓͏̩̜͎.̺̫̜̙̳̰̳ͩ̏͂ͥ͜w̌ͧͥ̿̈́͏̗̣͙h̳͎͎ͧͫ̒̔̽͋̓͘y̛͓͊̑ͭ ̺̝̼̬̤̌́a̩̘̩̙̖̪͋̒͌ͭ̏ͧͭ́m̩̖̞̟ ̵͎̞̱̆̂̊͋ͣ͑I̸̠̠̜̹̩̫̐ ̙̗̬̼̲͇n̓̔͏̙͖o͈̘̝̮̺͎ͮ̐ͥ͗ṯ̼͎̯͖ ̛̙̜̞͚̅̎ͅs̳͓͚̝̺͔̗̃͑ͯ͂u̝ͪ͛͑ͤ͂r̜͇̺̃ͯͥp̧͐r̸͈͙̜̾̊̾i͖͔̜̺͎͗͐ͬ̓̆̒̚s͕͙̪̗͌͋̂e̿̿̈͒͗d̩͈̪̜̗̃̽ ̵͉̫̹̫y̧̦̣̩̠̦ͧ͋ͦͬ̈́͐̍o̖̫̭̗͈̹̖̊͜u͇̯̝̬̇́ͭ͛̿’̙͖͎̙̤͑͋̈́ͅv̈̑ͨͮͭ̊̐e͙̊̍̉ ̉̐ͣͬ̊̔͏̻b̩̮̏͊̐̅̚e̟͐̇̇̏̏͗e̝̲ͯ̀n̦̦ͦ ͉̩̤̮̒̎͒̄͛a͈͎̳ͦͩ͌͗̃͜ ̩̭̘̩̬͛̓̿̚m̟̠͎ͧͯ̍̆ͫu̵͓ͮ̈r͎̻̱̤͟d̩͖̬̞̈̋ͩe̢͔̟r̞̫͍̽̐͆o͔̠̯͑́ͫ͢ưͥ͑ͯsͥͭ̓҉̗̗͚͔ ̠̖̑̒́̅̔ͯͪl̞͎͈͚̂ͩ̐ͪ̐̕i͎̦͒ͯt̶̥̩͙̱̻̲͐ͫͥͯ̒͌̋t̯͇̮̖l̻͑ͯ̊̇̾͜ě̝͂̇̓̊ ̥̔͆̂̐̓̚̚b͔̞ͥ̓ͥ̚ȋ̜̠͎͇ͮ̅̌̀̚t͍̳̫͎̰̝͊͊̍̇c̘̲͖̹̺ͩ͆ͪ́h̜̳͍̞̏͋̾͜?͞ ͇̞̭̲̙̙̭͗́̓͗̂͐̌͝B͓̱̳̹͉ů̴̱̣̤̣̿̽̆̂͋ţ͎͍̣̔ ̛̤̯̬̩̙̃ͣ̾̓͛ͭh̤̜̹̝̞͊͂́̇̓͗ͅę̯̯̙͚͈̰͒̄̇͐ͪ̉y̹̞͓̼͈͋̂̂̌̓ͅͅ,͓̖͆ͣ́͆͂̒̾ ͙͍̹́̊̋͗̕y̰̦͑ͪ̽͒͒o̼̙̘͍͖̘̿͛̑̽͢u̩̣͍̠̹͊ ̭̟͖̗̠̭̅̅ͫ̈́m̆͛ͩ̓͟i̧̮̙͑̂̋g̬̝̦͉͟ͅͅh̨̗̱̦̅ͤ̾ť̖̘̗ͩͩ͂ͩ͐͐͢ͅ ̒҉̗͈a̡̩̱͔̤̯̹̣̒ͣ̄̀̎c͉͌͐͑̓t̰̻̰̝̣ͬͨ̒͌̕ͅu̸̖͒̈́͋a͕̻̓͒l̳̪̝͓ͦ̅͟l̘̫̖͖̪̗̃ͤͧ͑y̜͚͉̿̀ͦ̋ͬ ̋ͦh̩̖̗̖͕͙̘ͮa͔̻̼͎̔ͧ̆̃̊̂͜v͎͚̰̎̆͝e ̫͛w͏̼h͑̆̐ͥ̒͢a̷̩̺̔̅̓ͦ͗̀̈́t̪͖̖͓̣̟̼̀͋ ͬͥ̓̄҉̱̗͈i̛͇̪͆ͦͬ̂ͤt̶͚̹̲̘͂ͪ ̴̦̟̲̲̰͗̐̆t̲̪͉̲̠̓͆ͥa̲ͯ͋k̰̣͎̦͚̝͎ͬ̈͑ẻ̍͂ͭ̐ͭ͘s̜̦̖̺̔̌͋̕ ̪̪̼̪̜͑̃̆̑͗͐ͣto͍̹̰̯͍͐́̃ͧͨ ̒̀m̝̅͗̊̑̋ͧ͂a̸̪̫ͭͭͭ͊̿͑̌k̢ͮ͂̌͂̚e̻̟̝̻̰̦͚̋ͧͦ̐͞ ̫͕̜̠͖͡i̠̙͓͙̓ͬ̇̎̄̉t̞͕̤̰͔ͦ̄ͤͮ̄̓̾ ̤̖̠̰̳̪̲̽̚͝t͕̠̗̪̗͈o͉̙̩̳͌̈́ͫ ͉͔̖̣͖t̮̭̝̑͂̅̉͋ͮ͜h̬͊͌̆̅̒͆̚e̦ ̛͚̗͕͔͉̋̔ͬ̎̐p̰͇̠̠̠̼̥ͫ̉̌ͯͭ̀̇a̦̘̹̺̗͊́̌l̛̘͙͒ͮͧ̐ͧȁ̝͕ͦc̻͇͕̯͓̜͋é̩̐ ̦͓͚̜̻͚͛b̷̝̩͓͖̰͖e̜̫̙̓̽͋̄f̬͙̰͍̉ͬͩ́o͚̎r̨͙̻̥̄̎̍ͤ̍́ͫe̖̘̙͓̻̱̊̓ͪ̍͌̂͝ ͎̮̯̩͔̩͛ͣͥI̧̫͇͍̳̽̓͋̚ ̭̼͇̲̠̫͚ͫͭ̈̇͗d̲̻͉͚ͬ̾i̪̦̤̝̩͎̮͋e̲̙̻̜̪̐ ̧̠̻͇̺̦̠ͪͭò̹̏͡f̢̙̭̗̪ ͖̬̔͜o̹̲̣l͍̺͖͚̱̈́͒̈́̏̾̔d̜͕̓̈̓̄̈́͊͟ ̫̥̅̿͒a̞̬̪̼͖̖͙̓͛̍̊g̴ͥͫ͐ͧ̏e̺̒͗̈ͨ̌͌!̭̦̉̽̓͝ ̴̟̘͉Ă̳͉̪̣̖͌̃ͭ̉͐n̞̒ͤ̈́ͧͤͦd̸̺͔͈̥̘̟͋ͩͫ.͔͎͓̠͈̙̝ͫͭ͋̍͡.̺̫̝̲̌͗ͧ̉̒͘.̽ͭ̇̔̋̂̚͠L͙̫ͧ̃ḛ̩͇͖ͣ̔̀s̹͉͎̗̊̒́͌ͧ̅̚͡s̞̥͓̯̣̭ͬe̙̟̦̽͂̂ͫͪ͊͐ͅr̶͕̳̪̄̓w̝̰̌u̡͖͙r̸͍͚͚̱̺̄ͨ̈m͙̭̹̌͑.͚̖̲̝̪͐ͯ̏̈́̑ ̣̽ͫI͚̠̣͇̹̺̍ͧ̃̅̇̊̾ͅn̸̰̹̬̗ͭ͂ͮͮ͂̐t̖͎͓̪̦͙̖̂͝e̦̊̾͒̇̅̽̏r̝̎ͪ̌́̆ͣ͑e̥̲̭̼͈̊̾̋ͧͩͧ̊ͅs͑ͨ͛̃ͥͧ̍͏t̼̘̣ͯ́̍ͥ̀iͣ͛̓͋ͥn̮͖̚g̠̤͔̭̰̈ͥ̈ͦͫ̇͜.̵͈̞̬̩͙̙̅͑͂ͪͣͯ ̧͑N̯̹͎̈o͉͍̼̔̑́̇͆t͆̏ ͔͚̯͍ṃ͔̟ͪ͂̓͛̚ǎ͍̺̱͇͈͖̥͐̇̈́͑̀̈́n͓̯̤̰͐̓͐̋̽y ͛͞F̺͍̻͈̠̭̞ͣ͋ͩͤͩ͝a̬̳̙͎͔͕ͫͥ̆̆ͧ͞n̷̿ͦ͂̃̽̄̑g̬̥̤̫ͣ̽̑ͬe̴ͫd̼̤ͧ̎̌̒͗ͣ ̠̗͙̥̻́̃͒L̸ͣͮ͑ͫͯi͍͎ͪ̐̏ͧ͐͛͗ź̹̟̹̰̠̎̐̎͢ǎ̲̦͍̞̯ͯ̑̔̈rͬ̆d̰̦̟̜̖ͣͣ̽̾̊̔s̵̻͒͊̒ͤ̚ ̲ͯ̋̚g̨̗̣̯̗̿͌͌̉́ͅẻ͆̿ͫ̏̆̍t̻͇̣̳͋̀ͩ̀͟ ̛̤͍̜̗̘̭͆ţ̹̯̝̮̩̽̃ͦh̷̗͚̞̙͋͑ͣ͌͑̚ǎ̖͈̮̣͔ͫ̑̅́ͬ͢t̜̼̫̙̱͟ ̡̞̲̼͙̠o̮̹͇̞̺̘̿ͯ̇n̛̂́̊̾̑͐e̤ͅ,͛̇ͫ̿҉̦̮ ̐͏ì̠̼t̳͇̜̳̥͊ͧͫ’͙̜̗͖̰͈͋ͭͧ͑ͨ̒ͨ͢ͅs̰̥̬̼̄͑ͨ̀̄ ͔̬̭̳̱̃̇̕u̞̲̻̻ͮͩ̒̃̒̀̚s̗̝̔̑ͥ͊̓ͦ̔́ư͚̝͇͈̱ͮ̃a͕͔̼͈͕͍͎ͨ͝l͎̮̮͎̀ļͧ́͛y̭͎̦̫̓̈͡ͅ ̱͔͙͚ͦ͜P̊̄͂́ͤ̃ͣi̴͕̮̗̣͖̠ͭ̃ͧ̇̓̾͌t̥͚͇̲̦̝̯ͫ͛ ̦̟̗̹V̠̞̎ȉ̠̙̈́̑͐̇ͅp̼̮͇͖̜̣̲̉e͖̪̖̗̺̔̅̓r͕̫̝͕̹̤͊͋͐ș̵ͩͧ́ͣ̎̊ ̘̒o̲̙͚̭̺̭̺ͮ̎͋͢r̖̘͓͓̰̕ ͍͖͈̲̥͔s̙̍́͜o̩̫͙̻͈̖͗ͪ̅͛̓͂̈m͉̋̏e͎̼͍͉̥͝t̰͓̿͂̿h͚̥̼͖̻̲ͨ̒̈ͩ̎̾ǐ͖̱͍̥͇̳̩̄ͨ̂͡ṅ̢̹̥̝̭͔ͬͪġ̺̪̯̜̄.̶̱͔͉ͩ̍͛̎
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̢̖̤͉͖̦̈͒̉A̓̀̒̇͊҉͈̩ṇ̶̠͚̗̘̲ͅȳ̛͔͎̬͍̲ͧͥ̌̈̓ẇ̪̝͇̙̰͆̓ͬä̩̳͔͓͎́̄yͭ͛ ̪͙̮ͩý̖̤ͭ̆̍ͯ̂͞ó̙͍͕̝̤ͭͪ̚u̪̞̠͚ͬ́ͅ ̳̹̌̿̑̈͆̐̈́g͓̹͍̿̓̊u͙̟̭͌͢ŷ͓̠̦̝̩͇̰s̢̱̟͆͂͂̆ ̦h̡̅ͭa̡͖ͫ͗̔̂͆͐̊v̞ē̳͙̼͇̒̋͂͑ ̼͙̙͍̲̫g̙̗̞̬̦͙͋͞ŏ̧̜͕̳͍̅̈́͛̋n̥̥͔̯͍̽̅ͣ͋̾͘e͖̰͚͚̝̐̓͆̈́͟ͅͅ ́̒̽a̠͙̺͚͔̓̉̇̕nd̡̜̝̉̈́̍̐̓ ̼̜̫̠̥͉͎͠ċ͎̏̀͂̾ͫ̋́r̵̩̟̺͙̳̘̞ͥ̆́ͯ̇͋e̗̭ͪͧ͒a͖͈̞ͯ͐̃ͬ̇͑̐t̰̔̂ͫ͗͜e̵̗d̷͇̝̟̫͇̺ͅ ̖̘̞͔̄͛͠ͅͅa̭̭ͨ͆̒͒ͮ͛ ͓̇ͬͥͯD͈̯̹̬͍̩̗͑ͧ̂̅ư̮̈́͐ͬ͒͂n̽̑̒̂̾̏͐g̳͓̠͚̟ȇ̠̦̼ͬ͟ō̞̺͈̗̺̺̑̒̚n̨,̖̪͓ͨͪ̑ ̱̩̖͎͇̮̽ͮs̪̯̮̹̯̤͌͆ͅo̪ͨ̐͋̽̌ ̸̳̲̒̽̀͛ͨ̚n̛̳̝̙̤ͮͦ̀̂ͭȏ̜ͤ͞w͕̲͎͘ ̭̪I̷͓̥̣̣̣ ͓̫̩͇̮̭̌̒͊ͬͮͬͣh̛̝̬͙̙͉̰͚̒͐͒̑̈̚a̟͖̼̤̪̮̍ͮv͂͐ͬ̚ë̸̺̺͓͓̻̺͎́́̇̎̂͋̄ ̟͍̫̰͈͉t͑͐ͫ͊̆͑͢o̟̪̰̺̬̬͓ͮ͂ͭ͗ ̱̗̥̖̺̱͆̃̃͌ṁ̴̘̭̫̯̞̬͗a̖͔̿k͍̉́̚e̳̎ͭ̅͂ͥ ̯͓̐͒ͪͨ̈̏a͓̞͗ ̡̬͈͖̳ͨẇ̲̯̟̫̲̰ͅḥ̥̦̝̮͓̉o̹̻͖̹̦͔͒̈̓ͤ͊l̬̭͙̫̫̝͕ͥͮè̵͛̄ͣ̿̃ͤ ̠̜̘̮ͨͭ̍ñ̳̺̣́̇̑ͭ̈̀è̺͍͖͖̰̰́w̞̜̹̩̱͖̖̅̈́ͣ̉̓̑ ̹̹ͦ̔͂ͯͦͬ̕ͅf̢̻̯̺̻̣͕̬͆͗ͪ̐u̮̜͐͠c̸̰̳̻̗̤ͫ̉k͚̥̪̹͇̔ͧï̳̆ͫ͐͐̚̚̕nͭ͂҉̘g̽̐ ̨ͬ͊̽͒̓ͪp̸̠̜̏̍ͥa̴͔̳͉̘̻͛̍̓ͩt͈̞̱ͫc̸͍̖͕̬̻̗̩ͪ̍ͩ̓̊h͈̐ͧ̓ ͚̟̮̙̳̲̳͂b̧͍̲̟͇͍̣̌̇ͅě͍̖ͮͮ͒͑f̷̳͖̘͍̹̦̅ͯͪ̏͐̄̽o̱̙ͬ̈́͑̂ͦͦ̅ȑ̤̞̺̜̯̝̝̍̔̈͜e̝̯͑̾ͤ͂̅ͥ̎ ̭͖̝͍͎̤ͫ̅ͮͬ̏̍̀i̷̭̰͔̮͔̞̋̋͊̓t̸͙̜̭̯̒ͫ̈ ̱̲ͨ̊͋̓̾ṣ̆y̌̎͜n̏͞c̝̙͉̤̫͚ͥ̈́͒ͣ̿ś͙̬̫̞ ͉̳̪a̎ͤ̉̽̾̚͏̯̮g̏ͫͭa̮̩͎̺̲̎̂ͭ̇͒͢i̅̓̚͠n͈̼̂̋͢,̣̭̼̲̌͂ ͙̲͚͇̇͊̈͢ő̭͛̍ͤ͞t̠̮͜h̛̙̿ͫ̍̓̊̅e̟̝̪͖̬͖ŗ̺̭̞͔ͧ̀ͬ̆͂̃w͍̺̫̉i̲̺ͮ̇̈́ͬ̈́̌s̤͖̣̠̪̐͐͠ȇ̫̣̺͎͓͖͑ ̟͛͐͗͊̐̕Ị̰̱̜͉͇̹͒̏͗͆ ̱̘̾ͭ͂ͫ̈͝ŵ̶̩̗̟̳͉͔̥o̘̓̓͌̆̐n̒̋̿̒̓’̝̺̰̟̼̳́̑̌͊́t̶̳̦͎̔̐̈́̓ ̢̤̝̠͈̪̤ͨ̎ͯ͋̇͆͊b̫͚̦̓̕ͅe̱̘̘͑ ̤͇͎̩̯͕̌͆̒a̵̰̣ͭ̽ͣb̜͆̂ͧ͂lͮͣ̂ͨ̌̿e͔̺̞̜̗̿ ̩̐t̖͍̦͆̅̅ͯ̏ͩ̅ó͕ ̴͉̪̣̹͔͖̟̆͒r̦̪̳ͣ̀͌ͩͬ̈̊́e̴̖̮̘̯̹͖̍̊̏̄̈̃ͯs̪͇͙̗̘̟e̥͖̫̹̥͚̝̾ͩͪt̳̮͇̊ͮ̾͋͌̓ ̧͈̿̌̏̓ͅͅt̛̿ͣ̓̿̆̒̂h̡̭͕̺͓̳ͫ͌͆̀̽ě̵̪̩̬ͩ͆ͬ̚ ̫͔̪͔̪̓͑̔̂̽͛͐S̬͈͉͙ͪͣ͌̈̿ͭ̈́ô̋ͤ͆̋̍̈u̗͟l̪̝̣̻͙̠̹ͦ͐̂ͭ̚ŵ̤̤͈̻̫̾͛̉ͦ́͠ͅǎ͕͖̻̳ͥ͒̄̚l̤͇̼̝̼l̗̥͕̥͚̻̯ͦ͊̑̌̋ͧ.̖̉͒͘.̟͖̝̱̭̼̅ͭͦ͆ͣ̈́͜.̖͕͚̖̬ͩͩͪ͐̍͂t͙̒̒̒ͪͩ͐͜ͅh̢̻͒̓a̦͙̬ͧn̗̠̲̤̄͛̋ͮk̹̪̏s̡̺̗̹͈͇̭̝̃͑̐̀̾̀,̸̘͇͚ͣ͒ͭͧ̇̈́̚ ͓̭̗̊̒ͧI̓͋ͪ̂̑͊’̪̮̝͉̣̣̃̅ͧ͒̔v̮͔̰̩̺̋̀ḛ̸͓̰͕͎̼̭ͧ̀ ̏̾ͦͬ̍̈́́̀ḡ̲̯͍̿͆͆̓ͥ͝o̫̱̹̊͒̾ͫt̺͇͎͊̅͌͠ ̣ͫ̐̒s̊̃͌͏̣͚͍o͕͚͖̥͗ͦ̋̋̚ ̵͎̤͑͒ͬm̶̗̣̫̳̗͒ͥ̊ͪ̑ͥu̴̳̲͔ͪ̎ċ̖̝͙͎̐ͧ̂͆h̝͖̙͕̞̗͈ͮͦ́̂͟ ͉̘ͮ͘t̥̺͘o̧̐̂̅̊̋ ̰̼̣̞̜̙ͦ͜ͅt̥̩͙̭̋͋̓̏̚ͅh̟͙̞̏͐͆̚iͨ̎̌͗͋n͎̻̼̉ͩ̈̌̽ͤ̏k͗͋̓̚҉ ͋̂҉å͎͓̠̙̠̮̲b̷͙̗͗o͌̃ͪͣ̿̆ư͎̪̟̤ͮ͒ͪ͆̃̐ͩt̖̠̰̮̓̾̈ͥ̐ͪ͗ ̥͎͈̙͙̅̊I̪̫’̦ͅm͓͚͖̘̲̎̑̎ ͓ͭm̷͙̜̤̮̪̮ͮ̃̍ͦo̞̔͢n̵̠̪o̪ͪ̌̅̆l͍̪̻̭͖̗̹̓͊̋ͯ͌ͣͤơ̼̪̪̤͎̳̾̇ͫ̋̄ͯͅg̯u͔̭̮͊͜i̥̱̹̠͚̣̔ͧ̓̄͊ͮͥn͓̫̻̠̲̬̄͌̏̏͊̋ģ̳͈̔͌̊̎͂̉̿ ̢̙n̹̦ͮ̄ͫ̔͐͑o̼̹͕̝̭̕w̮̼̹̻͓ͯͮ̿͑̐̍ͧ.̵̣͕͖̜̬̣̈͐̌́͗ ̡̈A̺̮̲͈̲͖͙ͣ͋̀͊̚t̰̲͚̹̹̙̑ͦ̌̎ ͉͇ͤ̒̏ͧ̽l̹̜̜͍͛̆͌̆eͧ̈́̽͡a͆͆͛ͥͣ̚sͧͥ͂̀́ͬ̈́͡ţ̝̱̯͚̙̀̃̒́̿̚ ̩̤̬̬̄̋̿̀̈̌͂ͅy̞ͦ̄͐̑̇̏o̳̜ͤͮ̓ͣ͂u͉̭͍̤̥͖̔͛ͨ̿̉͛͠ ̴̺͖͚̣̞̹̓̅ͩ́g̭̊ͨ̅̽u̬̘̯̺ͦy̠̬͈͉̻̿̊̓ͦ̐͜sͦ̅̑̿҉ ̘͓̣̃̿̅̒ͭa̪͈̺̺̲͋͂r̶̥̗̬̉ͅeͦ҉̰̮ ̳̫̦͈͙̒̏ͫm̸͖͎̅͋̈o̫̤̠͕̽̎̽̽ͨ͊̌ͅv̺̤͓̫̅ͦ͡i͕̝̺̲͙̥̤̅̉ͪͪ͂n̊̐̌̀͊̚g ̥̲̝̮̪ͤ͋̍p̡̤̤̣̯͖̰̄ͅr̦̙̜̈́̅̂̈̚͝ḛ͌t̞̃̐͗ͤt̢͖̙͑͐ͣ̅̓͛y̦̝̙̝ ̯̠̃͂̚q̝̦͔̲͈̹́ȗ̘̻̗̺̙͚̤̃̔͠ĩ̤̘͎̣͒͂̓c̜̬͍̄ͮ̏̈̔-̢͚͙̫͉͕̮̇͗̌ͮͬ̽̒-̶̝̣̟̤̬̲̭̐̅̂
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̣̯̰̦̱̙̘͡F̈́U̖̖͉̝͇̅͞C̮̜͎͓̞͈̯ͣ̀͘K̲̾͛ͮ̿̑͐̚͞ T̜̥̼̯̥̐H̝̠͇̪ͬ̈̎̿͆ͫ̚E͔̜͓̰͗̅͑͗̅͡R̃ͦE̴̜̪̣̜̓̀̾’ͧ̅̓S̺̥͛̈̇̃̋ͮ͝ ͤͬ̓͐T̥̤͎̏̿͊̈͟ͅW̥̟̬̺̥̓̇ͅO̲͙͈̊̉̇̂ͥ̀̚̚ ̓ͨ̍ͨ̿̽ͬ҉̭̬͉̳ͅM̛̺̈́O̭͍͆͝Ŗ͔̩͔̬̝͓͚ͩ̐̈̉ͦ͂̒E̤͉ ̖͍̘̟̲̬̐ͥŎ̷̭͙̮͑ͮ̎F̡͕̳̣̦̬͈̀ͣ͛ͧͮ̇ͅ ̼̝ͭY͙̲̿̂ͥͫͭ̈͜O̦̗ͅU͕̜̳̞̙͈̻ͭ̑͌̐̑̚!̷̱͔̝ͩͮ?͈̭͕̝͍̹̩̾̆̀̚
O̰͊͆V̶͔E̹̥̥̙̓̕R̲̰̙͉͔͖͔R̛̙̥̹͉̤̬̟ͭ̅Ì͙D̍E̸̝͎̱̭͇̓͒ͣͧ́̒ ̪̥̠̳̎̒ͣ́̌̋ͭ͝I̠͓̐̅̂̓ͤ́̃N̥͈̠͈͇̩̊́͆ͤI̡̟͙̯̖̜̫̺͊̑́ͨ͗ͯͮT̻͉̘ͤ͜I͍͇̮̻̺͒͗́ͦ̾A̖̱Ț̞̘̣̊ͦͮͅE̔̔҉͖͙̘D͍͓̝͒̒͆̕.̦̻̹ͣ̓̃͒̀ ̱̰̱͎̻͚̜̂̊̓͂̾͝E͙̘̦͍̯͆̒͆́R͙̟̰̍̍̏̋̆̔̐R̥͕̹̩̳͋ͪ̊ͩͭ̏O̯R̬̼̗̟̣̄̆ͤ̒̀̅̂͞:̠̪̤̠͓͈̣ͧ͊̎ ̩̈͞T̟͓ͫ̓ͯ̈́̎͘O̧̗̘̘͖͗̈́̇ͯͅȮ͈̪̼ͨͥ͗ͧ͐̚ ̷̺̟̑́ͮ͌̂M̨̼͓͚̈́̾͐̐̉̊A̖͙̱̐͐ͭ̽̿͝N̸Y̗͢ ̅̓̄ͦE͋̐ͤͥR͛̓͝R̻̯̞̪͓ͬ͒̈́̀O̡̹̘̖̫ͦ̒͌R͋͋S̟ͪͥ̌̿ͭ̚.̾́̈̚͡ ̳̰̥̮̟̩ͅR̰͕̮͙̔̆͗͂ͮ͢Ḙ̫͇̳̺̜̫͑ͫS͖̫̓̾E͒ͮ͋̄͗͏̭̫̻ͅT͖̼T̤̪͉̯̙͖̾̏̒̊̽͠ͅI̤͓ͯ̋̉ͩ̎ͦN͔̫̙̮͈̹̂ͧ͊ͩ͝G͈̤̺̺͕̞̽̏͑̌.̹̺̀͂̂.̯̙͔͕̞̼̻͆̋ͧ͠.̀̉҉̤͙̜̰̘R̗̖͔̘̄E͙̳̱͖̯ͬS̞̙̓̋́̔ͯE̪̖̋ͫ̅ͤͯ͘T̖̫͖̗̥̿̀̋̎ͥT͓͌̅͂͘Î̳̗̫͉͕͓͐̚N̪͊ͫͧͯ̉̄͜Gͫͮ̀ͭ̍ͩ̏.͕͘.̜̼̖.̯̹ͩ̂́̀̇̾
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Rain suddenly felt stuck. And something was still staring at her…
As for Jason? Jason, too, suddenly found himself able to see a great many things. As he looked through the Source Crystal into the larger Source Crystal, trying to focus on the Dungeon Core, many things happened in sequence.
First he experienced an audio feedback loop through the sense of sight rather than sound. Then he received a message.
F͊ͦͩ͆̈ͩ̐ͯ͐͂̋ͧͬ͏̷̶͎͓͕̯̤͓̜̦́͠Ē̡̹̬̬̪̬͙̥̩̪̣̻͎̹͕̮̆̈́ͧ̊̾͢͡Ẻ̷̺̮͍͖͕̥͉͚̹͚̤̄̍̂ͥ̆ͯ̓̄͒ͫ̅͑́̈́́Dͨ̑̑̏̂̂͆͞͏̡͕̲̞̖̦̬͉͠ͅB̸̵̴̢̨̳̣̫̠̘͍̫͖̃ͬͦ̽ͬ͛͒̈́̑͛̊̅ͤͧ͐A̸̗͙̩̝̘͍ͤͫͦ͛͋͌̃̊̍͊͟C̡̡͓͈̥̞͔̰̣͓̫̞̱̖̙̞̺͔͂͊͛̽̓̂̉̑ͪͅK̨̑͂̍̋ͥ́̏ͯ̆̂̈ͨ҉͘͞҉͈̪̜̱͇̗̣͙̳̺̮̭̤̤̟ͅͅ ̸ͪ̂̄̌̒҉̛̪̭̬̠̲͉̦̖͜ͅE̶̩̹̠̼̜̯͇̫̤̥̪̹̠̠̣ͫ͊̐̅̎͂͛̊̀R̵̡̼̝͓͖̔̓̈ͤ͗ͧ́̇̈ͪ̓̊͑ͬṞ̢̼̪̜̣͓͚̯͒̆ͪ́͜ͅỖ̧̡̭̙̗̪̹̳͖̭͕̯͎͎̩̪͚̟̥̬̏ͯ̐̿̐ͫ̏̐̔̔̚͘ͅR̷̸̢͕̣̤̫̠͎̞͉̝̭̻͎̫̤͖̫̭̃ͬ̐̆̄̐̄͛̓̂ͩ̒ͭͭ̚͠.͌ͧ̋͗̃̃ͨͩͩͭͧ̂͌̚͟͡͞͏̴̖̘̰̮̤͇̥̞͍̝ ̵̨̡̩̦̲̻̠̂͛̋͊̀̕E̴̬̦̫͕̖͕͎̼̯͛̋ͦͤ́ͪ͊ͩ̅̕͠͡R̵̷̻̹̰̪̣̣͔͍͚͉̥̫̤͓ͨ̈͛ͮ̀̓ͭ̽̈ͥ͂̿̈́̃̇ͤ̀̓ͭ́͟R̩̱̟͉̻͕͕̭ͭ̒̈͆ͫͧ̑͊̒͋͋ͮ̓̚̚͡O̼͎͚̝͈̱̱̭͈̹͖ͪ̅̎ͨͣ͠͠ͅRͭ̊͛̀͏̞̦͎̼̻̼.̶̭̭͉̻͕̟̄̈́ͣ͊͛ͨ͛̈́ͩ̍̄̽́ ͚̺͚͈̗̘ͤ̈͂͗̓́͊ͭ̀ͨ̾ͤ̓͑̓̂ͩ́͑́L̶ͥ̅̔̓̈́̈̓ͩ̐̈ͬ͐̌̓̽̒̓҉̥̤̺͙̕͘͡O̘̺̮̻̭̹͖̘̦̻̰̱͓̖̣̗̗͑̈ͭ̀̌͌ͪͨ͆̑̍ͬ͐̎ͭ̉̀͟͝ͅC̸̸̜̮̲̥̜̼̼̝̩͖͚̫̠͐̄ͤͤͭ͆͆̓̔̇ͦͪͬ́͟͠ͅA̴̢̘̙͙̺̗͓̳̗͉ͣ̀ͭ̐̄ͦ̇ͪͬ̏ͮͯͤ̑̇́̉́̕ͅL̇ͨͣ͑ͤ̓ͪ͌͌̂̓̿҉̸̨̱̻̩͓̙̯͚̥̘̥̙̪̖͓̮ͅͅ ̴̽ͩ̉͐ͯͬ̉̉̐͘҉͍̦̹͙̻͖̱̝̠͔͎̙̀͡ͅD̢̫̩̥͎̤̤̝̭͕̬͕̲̠̤̗̥̃ͮ͐̎̃ͪ͌͋͂ͬ͡Ų̠̖̠͔̥̯̫͈ͤ̉̑ͮͫ̎̈̎͑̇̀̚̕ͅN̯̼̜̝̱̲̝̯̳̳͕̦͈̦͔̪̤͓͊͆̈́ͯͭ̌̆͞͠͞G̵̴̟̯̖͓͉̜̰̺͙̲͔̼ͫ͌ͦ̎ͩ͗͛̇̉̀͑̒ͭ̏͑̚͠͞͝E̛̬̘͈͓̹̣̪̭͔̹̹̔̂̉́̾̐̆͐̇̾̋̒̀͡͠Ō̢̧̭̠͚͕̹̟̞̯̰̺̓̍͛ͫ́̈̕͢͡ͅͅN̨͎̜͔̞ͫ̇͛ͤ̈͋͑ͤͧ̊̈́̂͌͛́̚͜͡͝ ̶̨̫͍͙̫̺̭͚̘̝̪̝͚̺̯͈͕̙͍̭̓̃̓̈̿͂̀̽́̕͜Ṅ̢̰̯̦̩̦͈̲̒͆ͨ̊̃̾̐́͂͜͠E̛̥̱̭͕̦͖̱͇͉͎͒ͪ͋̉̔͌ͧ̆̆̄͛̑̿͛ͫ̀̑̾Ṯ̴̸̬̞̱̥̠͇̤̖̙̋ͭ̅̽ͮͭ̉͐̔͒̾̆ͦ̓͋̊̚͞ͅW̶̵̳̥̦̖͕͇̗͈̟̥̭͙͎̤̊͋ͥ̈͗͊̿̿̋͛̃ͣ̇̑͋̚O̸̢͖̬̤̦̖̭̟̤͖̞͈̗̗̲͇͛́͆̅̋ͭͦͮ́ͧ̔̅̌̈́̕͜͠R̨̢̪̩̺͕͈̞̝̗̜͓̤̥̦̤ͣ̌̋͋̉̃́̚͢Ķ̧̪̻ͮ̋̈́ͥ͘̕͘ͅ ̨̛̣̘̤͇̺͎͌̑ͫ̓͑̇̓͐̍̓͂̿ͣͭ͞ͅH̙͍̦̼͚͖̘̠͇̭͓̤̤̗͙̠̩̺͌̑̓̊́͘͘͜͞A̧ͩ̐ͨͯ̒̒͜҉̷̺̬̜̪͕͇͎̜̟̞̳̭̱̭̝̥̣ͅS̸̶̢̧͕̗̳̰͓̹͈̻̼̫͚̠̲̟̒̔̅̇̂̐̐ͫͅͅ ̶̱̗̗͍̯ͤ̔̉̏̉͠F̗̩̹̙̖̞̠̮̣̘̫̥̳̃ͬ̄ͩ̄̅̈́̊̀͞A̶̡̘̻̼͚̪̖̩̯̥̝̯̮̥͔͙̳̟ͪ͐̔̇̎̓I̟̭̳̾ͭ̏̃ͮ̾́͜L̦̠̗̜̻͉͔̩͈̟̗̫̻̠̓̽̐̊ͪͭ̔ͩͯ̑ͮ̈́ͥͨ̂͗̿̇̓͘͝Ë̙̜̜͈̱̼͚̬̥̮̳̭͈͈͚͗̾̽ͩͫ̂͒̔̉̽́̀͘͜D͈̺̱̝̖͍̤͎̺̪̦͔͍ͩ̍̌̒ͤͬ́͢͠ ͥ̇ͧ͡͏͖͙̜͓̣͇̺̗͈͈͉̰̫͔̦̘T̨̗͔̖̞̓̉́ͭ̓̔ͪ̄ͧ͑̂̅̋͗Ỏ̷ͨ͊̀̏̔̑̽̽͏̵̝͙̞ ̉̃̀̍ͥͣ̽̅̍̌͂̚͏̡͙̝͉̙͔̜̳̞R̴̡̳̣͕͖̥͔̯͍͍̮̗ͦ͑͐͑ͩͥ͗̂ͮ̽̍̓̆ͫ͘͠͝E͆̑ͥ͂̒̀̈́̓͏̟̬̜̘̻̠̝̹̰͍̹̤͉͞ͅͅS͓̥͖͚̹͕̦͙̤̟͖̫̻̖ͤ͑ͣ̇̅̓͒̂̊ͩͦͧ͛ͬ̓̓̎̄̚͞ͅP̢̛̟̦̜̯̼̰̘̲͓̯͒̆͋̎͋͛͊͒̔͊̎ͮ͆̅͂̐̎͜͟Ȍ͑̈́̋̒͊͊̍͏̢̧͍͕̻̹̲͡Ņ̙̬͓̜͙͕̒ͩͥ͟͞ͅD̸̫̘̥̣̖̘͕̫͈͎̠̩̥͕̯͚̻̞͐ͧͨ̿̅͛̄̃̓̅̈ͅ.̛ͦ̐͋͋ͫ̎͋ͤ́ͨ̓̐̔ͧ̀́̚͢͠҉̼͔͓̰̤̩̜͉̭̭̱̠̤̯̥̫͙ ̂̉̃͆͒ͬͪ̿͒ͤ͑ͥ̿ͭ҉̨̯͍̼͇͖̹͎͠͞ͅṚ̵̸̸̸͇͇̼͔͓̘̟̦̳͚̜̖͈͎̲̙̉ͧ͒̌ͮ̿ͬ̓ͣ̐̿̓͒ͩͬ̚E̛͓͍̫͔̪̖͓͉ͮ̂ͤ̽̐̇̑͐͑̓̏ͬ͆̚͘͟͡͞L͈̺̜͖̬̺̣̬̲͖̱̻̞̗̱̼̙̂ͤ͂͐̀͘͢͟͠Ọ̸̝̯̝͓̪̰̤̤̞͇̩̝͈͕̩̥͖ͧ̇̈́ͫ͌͛̆ͮͧ̽ͅȂ̸̼͚̬͔͕͚̳̤̩̝̣ͨ͊͒̊ͮͤ͌͗͛̅͑ͤ̾͊̂̆̀̚̚͟͞ͅD̶̨̬͚͕̻̻̳̮͍̗̼̟̪ͤ͋̓̉̈́ͯͬͩ̅̀̎Ḭ̶̹͈̌̈͆̌̂͗̍ͨ̏ͩͧͨͮ̍̒ͨ̃̀̚͢N̴̸̶͖̳̳̘̺̱̠̹̠͙̰̝̝̼̜̤̭̦͌͒̊̀̏̏̄ͣ̄ͪ̒̿͗̒̏̀ͅG̶̪͕̺͍̪̰͇͍̯̬̼̩̖̤̟̓ͭ͂ͫ̕͠.̨͍̟͓̙͓͓̯̘̖̻̗̺͍̦͓͗̀ͥ̇ͯͭ͒͊̓ͫͧ̓͘ͅ ͭ͊͑ͪ̉̚͜͢͡͠͏̘̼̞̝̲̪̣̰͚͇̣̙̰̱Ē̸͚̫̦͚̫̪̺͍̘͖̰̩̥̄̈͛̒ͪ̉̽̀ͩͯ̔͠ͅR͂̈́̓̏̇ͧͩ̍͑̊̆̚̚͡͝͠҉̠͖̟͉̼̠̮̠͓̙̜̜͎̞͉̱̞̘͓͝R̆̄̔̓ͫ̃̆̉̔̈ͯ͑̑ͦ҉̟̭̣̟͖̹͡O̶ͧ̈͌̾̀͊̾̋̓̌̇̅̽̾ͦ̄̀҉͎̝̙̮̳͔͎͚R̖͔̘̫̞̝͚̼̤̺̯͕̦̾́̀ͪ͗̉̿̽͗̊̈̓̕͝.ͯͧͭͤ̄ͣ̉̍̚҉̶̵̨̰̬̙̰͖̭ ̴͓̗̹͙̦͐͗́ͨ͋́̚͢͞R̛̝̹͉͔̹͚͔̻̳̞̱͍͉̦̼͂̈́̓̅́ͬ͠E̷̝̠̯̟̫̱̰̗ͪ̿͒̂ͩͩͥ̔̾͂͛̉ͦ̚͘L̴̢͕̖̻̩̮̝̗̩̳͕̥̼̬̩̻̪̳̹͂̐̄ͧ͜O̧̥͇̯̝̲͚̫̩̥̳̩̹͓̥̗̻̦͑͛͆ͬ̒ͨ̇̔͛́̈͐̊̓̑̓́͘͝ͅA̴̡͔̳̹̦͌ͥ̔ͨͩͩD̎̈̌̓̓̔ͬ̔̓͠͞͏̟͔͎̮̜̫̯̩̘͔͍̠̖̮̬̦͉͝I̯͓̩̘͎̭̬̥̼̘̣̩͇͓̗͖̻̬̒̾͌ͮ́͟N̷̸̏ͩ̀͆ͭ̀ͦ̐͊ͫͦͤ̒̈̓̔͒͌ͬ͠͏͉͚̦̥Ģ̶̖̫̦͕̠͖͕̞̉ͫ̓̔ͨ͋͋̄̿ͭ͑ͯ̌̒̚̚͠͠.̻͔̲̼̞̜̝̊̈̈̅̆̇̆ͧͤ͆͂̃ͧ́͝ͅ ̡̞̫̗̘̃̓ͯ̔ͦ̿̚ͅĖ̷̢͕̝̥̦̻̘̹̱͚̗̲̱̌̈́́͢͜͜R̶̨̘͈̜͎̻̆́̈́ͫ͂̑̓ͯͦ̐̽̀͡R̶̷̴̢͉̦̪̪̥̖͉͖̠ͫ͋ͫ̔ͯ́̇̋̊ͣ̔̆̀͑̊̽̂O̶̧͔̗͍̲̖̦̣̫̖̳̬̜̼̣͌̔ͣͤͨ͗ͧ͛ͨ͜Ṟ̙̩͔͕̙̳̥̈́̉̄́̈̓͑̔̓̅̂ͩͬ̃́̚͡.̧̼̰͓͚͙͇͚̃ͮ̐ͬͥ̑͠ ̶̸̢͉̘͕̥̲͕̣͖͓͓ͪ̿̆ͭ̑̆̍͗̒̋ͣ̚͘R̵ͣͤ͌̑ͣ̚҉̧͙͚̯̟̪̬̭̳͉̦̠̘̼̜̀ͅĘ̡̻͔̬̯̰̹̱͕̘̘̤̘ͫ̀̓ͬ͐͐̓͟ͅL̵ͤ̏̒̾̐̀͂͐ͭ͋̈̆̏̽̆ͩ̚͏̪̦̻̳̲̺͠O̶̠̭̼͈̥̦͙̲ͦ͐ͣ̈ͥ͐́̈́ͭ̓̉͆̈́̏̔͋͌̀͡͠Áͪ̉̈͛̏ͦ̈ͩͣ͢҉̭̱̝̯̮̙͕͔̼̟͚̝͚͙̝̦̘͎ͅD̐͂͆̀͊҉̷̡̖͉̼̠̣̹̮̯͈̗̰̦̮̖͚Į̠̩̠͙̺̹̱̖̩̯̽̉͒̀͒ͣ̉̈̇N͑̀̒ͣ̎ͨͥ͑͏̕҉̩͍̠͎͔̞͓̮̠̱̪̹͈͎͝G̴̴͖̞̻̼̬̰̰̠̗̫̦͔̖̝̘̩̾͐ͨ̈́ͥͫ̓ͣ́͜͝.͒̑̇̐ͫ͒͐̊̀͋͑̎̑͂̄͗̇҉̥̱̟͖̙̫̦̻̘͇̻͎̘̯͇͕ ̸̯̫̯̬̘͙͖͉̮̘ͨ̒͆̍ͥͣ͜͜͡E̒̿͊ͬ̆̆̂̅͗͏̴̣̘̜̯̮̞̦R̴̴̶͚̖̝̜͚̤̘̹͙͙̺͋̇̃̀ͨ͊̂̌̓̿ͦ́̈́͞͞ͅͅR̷̵̡̲͎͙̼̞̤̫̍̉̿͊̌́̇̀̉ͩ̅ͥ̅̂͂̚͢O̵̵̵̭̩̱̞̤̻͈͕̙̭̰̪͚̹̙͛ͬ̃́ͯͭ̌ͬ̋͒ͣ̉̔̉͊̈́Ŗ̳̜̊̀̒͛̆ͤ̚̚͝ͅͅ.̧̧̱̯̣̯̼͖̥͚̭̙̲̏̉̑͆̃ͦͤͫ͌̅͘͢ ̵̥̲͙͇ͮ̀ͧͮͣͩ̔ͤ̋̄͜L̎ͪ̒̊̇͌͂̕͞͏̨̺̤̲̤͇͕͔͔̥̟͓̞͢O̴̢̨̫͖̤̺̺̮̦̯̪̳͕̼̻̺ͦ̒ͩ͂ͭͯͯ͂͆̇͂̾ͅC̖̣͎̬͔̰̣̖̩̲̯̓̐͋̔͗̌͆ͪ̐ͦͤ̆̉͛ͧͦ͊͘͜A̸̤͔̼̮̖̥͔͒́̎ͭ͋̓͞L̶̶̫͖̠̥͚̝ͨͭ̉͒̉̉̂̔ͮ̐̿͑ͅ ̶͙̼̥̼̪̪̹̙͇͖̟͖̙̜̻̺̫ͦ̾̑̉ͦ́͆̊ͤͬͨͅḐ͍̦̹̹͚̠͕̤͉̩̱̞̰͕͍̀̽͒ͣͨͨ̈ͫͦ̎͘͢͡ͅŲ̷̶̼͈̙̹̮̠̞̞͙̫̜̝̽̈́̂͑ͨ̚N̢͒̿͋̍̎̑̽͗̈ͫͣ̔̍͛̍͊ͭͭ҉̮͚̞͉͚͕͈͚͍͞G̢̢͉̞̟̯̫̼̼͓̘̬̹̘̙̝̰̱̟͋ͦ̓͐̐ͤ͛̄͑̓ͮ͆̚͜E̵͂̒ͤ͊͢҉̫̝̺͙̝̠͙̘̝͈̟̯͙͈͙ͅÒͣ͋̊̇̂ͧͬ̽̆̽ͩ̀̐̿ͩ̚͘͜͏̲̯̙̰̟̜͚̟̪͍̘̜̯̣ͅŇͧ̈́̔̓̈́͒ͪͦ̈͞҉͓̪͍̻̳̥ͅ 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͚̺̲͈̹̻͔̓̋͒̇͟͢͡
This was the point at which Jason averted his eyes, but it was too late to stop the splitting, burning, twisting, non-euclidean pain ripping him apart from the soul outwards. The next thing that happened was that he touched the crystal, directly over the red, now pulsing core.
SCANNING. PROPER CLEARANCE RECOGNIZED. CONDITIONS MET: ABOVE LEVEL 5. LESS THAN THREE TRANSFORMATIONS. AT LEAST ONE TRANSFORMATION OR MATURATION. STATS MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
DUNGEON NETWORK ACCESS GRANTED.
Name: The Otherworldly Cavern
Dungeon Level: Event Phenomenon
Theme: Natural Underground Environment. Corrupted. Vermin-class and Undead-class monsters.
Inhabitants:
_Natural: Dire Rats, Goblins, Wisps, Pixies, Slimes, Fanged Lizards, Ghosts, Zombies, Skeletons
_Native: Mage Slime, Pygmy Drake
_Unnatural_Non-native: U̢͙̞̯̺̪͓̥͎̯̟̝̫̱̺̣̜̩͔̍ͪ̓͌ͯ̑͂̎̕n̖͙̜̝͎̑ͬͮ͐͂́̚͟d̵̡̛͎̜͓̖̜̟̫̹̺̺̋ͭ̇ͤ̂̅ͮ͋̊̕͝i̛͒ͫ͑̌͛̈́̑́͛̆̓ͤͪ̎ͤ͏̷͡҉̠͔͔̟͇̝̣̤̪̯̱̣̱̠̰̫̬͖ͅn̒͐̾͐͡҉̸̥̝̘e̤̻̭͍͓̥͈̭̼̮͚̩̼̰͉͉͚͂ͥͤͩͦ́͂̔ͪ̊̄ͫ̇̚͡͞,͗͊͛͐̎͂̍̊̔̈́ͦ̈́̈҉̧͇͔͖̝͎̻̰͕̱̠̥̼̕ͅ ̛̫̠̜͖̩̬̹͓̫̝̻̙̭̱̗̠̮̙ͮ̎̒̂͒ͪ͋̽ͤ̏̊̽͑̓̓̀̕Ą̶̷͚̞̗̥̗͍̩̗͙̣͑̍̐̆̄͠n̷̴̠̪͕̹͇̥̬̂͒̌͐̏̓̏ͭ̇͒̆̃͠i̶̸͎̪̞̝͈͕̥̺̱̻̱̜̝̳̠ͬ͌͋͊̾̃̾̎́̇̐̆̑͊͌̂̀m̷̱̩̩͍̥͉̭̦̘̯͇͎̭̦̖̯̾̆̒̈̿̊́͌̒̈́̈́̓̈́ͣ͟͝aͥ͑ͣ̂ͮͯ̚̕҉̢͚͙̜̠̟͇͇̮̥̞͠t̶͙̹̺̤̹̰̹̠̰̘͓̞̖̯͚̲͑̓̈ͭ̌̆ͪͪ̏̏ͮ̓e̛̘͍͇̺̜͇̼͆̈͗͒ͦ̂̅͑̌ͦ͂ͧͤ̒ͨ̓̒͟͢͞d̛̜͖̦͚̩̠̪̗͎̳͗̈ͥ̆ͮ̓ͯ̚͞ ̧̃̓̅͐̃ͬ͊̂̋ͧͭ̔̂̐̊͆͏̸̛̙̲̰̙͎̮̯̩͖̙̰͇̩̝Ș̶̜̰̞̞̟͚̰̬̘̯̹͎͇͇̜͎̞͖̅͊ͩͦ́͘ẘ̢̖͙̳͈̗̣̫̬̳̞̖̟̱̼̬̬͈̜ͪ͊͑̽̈́̈̉ͭ̀̑̃́́͜͜ͅo̢̖̹̩͚̜̲̦̺͖̙͗̎̒̃ͦ̍̋̿ͣ͆̽ͧ̒̈ͬͧ͠ŗ̶̰̼͕̣͙̦̮̱̺̝̣͖̱̠ͪ͊ͬ̈́͐̉̍̏́͆̐̚̕d̜̱͔͍͈͈̤͎ͪͥ́̑ͬ͋̉́̀͋͑̿ͥ̽ͯ́͘͟
Boss: <Vacant>
SUB-BOSS POSITIONS UNAVAILABLE AT CURRENT DUNGEON LEVEL
YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME BOSS OF THIS DUNGEON.
Jason’s head was splitting with pain. He was on the verge of unconsciousness. Through this fog, however, one train of thought somehow, impossibly, managed to stay on the rails. This was his new home. He had been reborn here. This was his place. These creatures were his soldiers. Just like back home. He was a warlord. He could rule this place. He could make it right. Only him. Only him...He had to protect this place...he had to make this place better…
Asura, Mourningstar, Oberon
Skill Gain: Harder I!
You have toughened yourself up through training! Clenched muscles or hardened flesh can be an effective shield--your base defensive stats increase! By gaining at least one rank in Faster, Stronger, and Better, Skill Synergy will occurr to increase the rank of Physical Conditioning.
Skill Gain: Counter I!
When activated at the moment you are struck by an enemy's attack, your own attack will gain power based in proportion to the damage you took. However, it is limited by the amount of power your own body can produce, and the efficiency of the counter. It is not a direct mirror of the opponent's strength.
Skill Gain: Alert I!
Though this skill is limited by the strength of your senses, and does not sharpen your senses on its own, it allows you to become more aware of your surroundings. Without conscious effort, you will pick up on signs in your environment more easily, especially if they present some form of danger to you. Essentially this is an anti-ambush skill.
As the others immediately ran off, Asura and Mourningstar set about removing Rattleskull’s head and some of his flesh in some rather gruesome, but ultimately effective, ways. Almost as soon as that was done, however, and Asura and the Pixie had made their choices to evolve…
They both dropped like rocks.
Asura, unconscious of this by himself, began to mold and tighten his body until he appeared more like a red egg than a slime. Oberon, also merely by reflex without any waking choice, curled himself into a fetal position before wrapping himself in his wings, which began to glitter as if they were caught in full sunlight.
And as they went under, they rose up and up and up. Suddenly, though neither of them could see each other, they could see EVERYTHING else.
Not in crystal clarity, of course. But they drifted upwards, out of their bodies, rising high enough that they could look out across the cave. And sometimes it seemed as if they saw
through it--into all the nooks and crannies and dark corners, even the places where they were born. And all around and through Jason’s cave. And just barely up through the ceiling of the cave into the skies above, and out into the forest--but really, it was just a vague sense that they were there. They hadn’t risen high enough to see them yet…
But even though they felt like they
should have kept going up, they didn’t.
The world turned red for a moment, like looking at it through literal rose tinted glasses. They were still floating in the cave, above their own bodies, above everyone else, looking out and over and through and into. And they could see that, over in Jason’s cave, something was beginning to happen to that red core. It seemed to be more solid now, and its surface seemed to be gaining a texture. No longer the smooth, seemingly perfect crystalline sphere, it was beginning to grow small spikes, thorns, all over...and then from these thorns, smaller thorns also grew. They only grew in straight lines, giving an odd impression of circuitry. And they seemed to be growing towards Jason, who now slumped listlessly at the base of the large green crystal that housed the Core…
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D͇ͪ̌͗̌ͥ̃̄͠a̤̹̜͇̽ͦ̈̾m̸̦͖͒͒͗n̙͉̫̠̠̬̈́̀͂ͣͧ͟,̫͈͖̳̩̩͉̃̔ ̠͔̝̬ͅf̦̣̪̝̯͎͗̊ͮi͈͇͉̥̤͕̹v͖̩͓͉̊̈́ͪ͂̒͢e͖͓̹̤̱̱͇ͧ ̢̗͍̥̙̬͈̲̃̀̿̂ͣȏ̘̹̫̪̩̞f̶̗͎̹͇̤͓ͪ͊ͨͬ ͎̪̫͔ͫ́̄ͫ̽ͫy̦̰̣͋̉͂̾̑ͪ̌̀o̐ͣͧ̓̀u̲͝ ̲̙͈͎̳͐̾̑͜ͅō̢̤̤̜̟ͬ̒̌̓̀v̱͖̲̐̏̅̉ͥͪe̺̖͉̮̭r̪̜̣̫͚̓ͩ̊ͯ̑͟ ̡̳͇͓͙̱̈̔ͣͪț̨̄̚w̰̰̩o̱͐ͩͪ͗̀̚͠ ͏̬d̲ͯą̞͈̯̤̖̈́̾̒̊̿ͦ͛y͖̥̣͖s̲͍̣̰ͤͬ͊͡-̢̣̱̳ͭͮͮ̒͒́͗-̺a͔͉̜̙͚͉̲͌̓n̢͎̈̋̄͊̋̑d̢͙͓̺͚͎ͨͤ ҉͈̩͖͔͕̼͚t͉͈̪͍̞̆͐̎̋h̙̰̹ͪ͊̍̓͠r̂ͨ͏͕ȇ̽ͫ͊e̖̺̤̣̗ͯ̐̐ͥ͢ͅ ̸͓̑o̱͙̱̘̬̗͇͐ͦͫ̑ͩ̂f̤̙̟̎̒ͪ̎ͨ͘ ̴̘y̦̲̲͛̿̊ͪ͠o̡̖̜̜̞͕̩͚͛̍̉ū̴͖̭̤̫̓̈́̉ ͈͕͐͘â̭̝̪̮̻ͨ̿l̩̳̱͙̅̾ͫͫ͋ͦ͑ľ̤̣̩̻̭̦̌̽ ̰̺̲̳̯̋̆͌ͨ̌͂a̪̠͉͉͖̼t̪ ̣̂̐ͣ͗ỏ̬n̘͙̟͉͊͟ͅͅc͟e̬̲̗̼̦̤͒͛?͉̝͉̰̍̐ͭͬ͆!̹͇̯̯̪ͥ̂ͅ ͚̪̬͔͓̝̩ͥ͛̃̑͋͌̀B̎ͮ͆̈́͏͎u҉t̗ͨ̈ͬͫ͗̐̆ ͍̥͈̜̫͚̿ͭ͆͛͢I̱̩̰̖̾ͥ̓̆ͮͅ ̱̎̑̑d̴ͣͯͨ͑iͧ̏ͫ͛͗͂̿͏̝̩ḓ̠̟͓͓̾̔̚n̸̙̳̾͐͗’̴̝͒͛̋͊͒̋t͚͖͕̒̾͐͢ ̦̱͇̬̼̞̿g̴̼̊ͭͭ̌͗͊í̺̿̓̑̽̆v̹̯̩̘͔̝̓́ͪ̌̓̉ͣė͇͡ ̜͋ͥͩ̂̂́y͉̱̑̆͂ǫ̘̱͇̟̏͑̂͊u̶̞̹̱̱̦̥̜ ̲͙̲̩͚͖̩̔g̴̝̗̳̱̬͑̉́̀u͕͔̲̹̽̍y̞̳̬̼ͩ̿͋̅͗s̖͇̱͗͛͒̐̎ ͎̫̖̣̞͐̓a̜̱͍̙ͪ͑̾̅͆͌̏nͦͮy͎͚̫ͧͅ ̜̯ͬ͐ͧ̓̚C̚͘ḧ̟̯̺̯̱̯͍ͫͦ͋e͕̯͍̩̦̰͑̆͌̅͊͋͌a̹͋͠t͍͇̺͎̜̊ͧ̊̉ͩ ͌̅҉̭̥s͓̲̬̈͂͌ͭ͂̐̏k̬̥̠̺̱͐̃͐͒ͩ̈̚i͇̗͔̿̏l̰͎̺̆̒̅̃͘l͊̏ͭ̄̂̓̌҉͔s͑ͨ̾͜!͙̤͔̍̀͐̄ͮ͟ ͫ̄ͬ͏͍̟͕̫̭͔A̘̞̥̼̋ͬͮn̦̟̝̘̬ͩ̈́̌ͤ͊ͮͅḏ̺͈̮̻̺͍͂ͤ̾̔̀ͤ͝ ̧̬̲͈̖̋ͯ̉͆͛͆ͧa̶̪̭̝͎͎͙ͦͭ̇̔̽̉̓l͘l͍̀̋ͯ̄͜ ̟̱̫̗̻̦͕ͪͮ̀ͣ̀o͇̩̦͋ͮ̾̋̍͟f̞̝̥̓̌͗ ̇͗̄̓̏͛͛͏̹̮͕̝y̹̬̽͠o͉̳͚ͥ͌͆ͧͧ̽͜ú͍̳̹̥̆ͨ̈́r̭̜̫̍̎͊̋ͬ ̟̘͋̒̄̒̀ͭ̈́͟s̔́͌͏̰̣t̡a̯͔͙͋̉̉̽̚̕ṯͭ̓̎͐͒͟s̭͔̤͍̀̑͐ ̵̺͔̘̜ͬ͊ͩ͒̓a̫͍̦̠̿̍̈ͫ̅̊̚r͔͈̿́e͍̬̯̮ ͕̩̗͉̣̌ͩͨͮͤm͍̻ͧ͂ͪͧ̈̿o̱̝͔͕̹̲̮͟s̈̒̎̐ͭͭ̐̕t̝̝͖ͥ͊̑ͮͮl̷̙ͥ͂͋̄͌ͤͤy͚͔̩̯ ̜͍̮͍̻͎̭ͣn͍͚̯͚̬ͦͣ͐̿͜o͍̦̫͖̼̩͓̐͗ͣr̻̮̖ͦͅṃ̜͑̋̇̑̾̿͊ͅa̸͇̰̋ͪͨl̥̬͍ͫͩͣ͐̈́ͬ̄.̨̩͔̹̠̳͔̺̌͊͆̌ͫ.͖̥̦ͫ͊ͯ͂̈ͤ.̷͕̪̖̊̍̅̂̃̇͊ͅȩ̟̫̼̝̳̊x́c̰̗̱ͩͫͫ͛͟e̷͐̽̿p̸̹̼̖̹̈̚t̵̩͉͉̪̓ ̹͖̠̹͓ͧ͟f̜̗̗̤͆̍ͨ̅͐ͩõ̲̜̳̮̭̥̉ͬṟ̞̟͎̽̊̌̊͆ͪ̀ ̸̬̰̗͎̙y͇̓͐̓̈́̅͒o͈ù̺̭̠͈͂̐r̸̭̩ͅ ̬̪̼̖͍ͤ͊̂̈͑͛̑m̪ͥ͋̔i͓̣̜͓͙̝̳̾͆̃̎n̷̥͉̺͈͙̫̤d̡̟̆s̳̖̬̗̜̍͒ͫ̔ͩͫ̚,̷̯̋̋͆̃̀͂ ̜̣̽̇̾̋̒̍̚I̲̒̆̊̔̽ͤͫ͢ ̫̞̻͓̝̕ġ̼̞͚̰̠̻͋̄̃̊͐̋͞û̡̒̃͑̋e̸͖s̵̮͍̜͇̠̘̲ͮ̃͐̽̿̊s͓̖̳̩̬̓̍ͣ̾ͬ̋̚͜?̦̤̭̞̜ͥ̎́ ̧̘̩͍͆̎̽͑D̡̮̻̻͓ͅo͖̩͕̱͌̐ͥ̐e̱̣̞ͬ̿̊̍ͅs̻̓͂́̾̎ͩ̽͞ ̙̜̗̞́͋͊ͩ́ť̸͋̅ͤͥ͛̎h̜̙̮̦̖̜̔̈́ͫ̇̍͊͜a̞̤̘̠t̺̦̗͕ͬ͊͗ͫ̐̌̚ ̾͒͒̋̐̈ͤr̫̞̬̮͂ͯ̋́ͪͬ́e͙̭̰̫͈̮͗͗̉͗̄͗ͦä̷͉͇́ͅl̲̯̺͔̑́ͭ̀͆̿l̷̘̫͔͑̊y̌̎̆̈́̀ ̝̻̥̱͌̂̓̉̔̐m̺̝̭̝̜̻ͫ͟a̓ͭ̂ͧ҉̩͇͇͙̠̭̣k̓̓̎ͫ͂̋ͩe͍̻̰̎̑̆̅ ̷̇̋̊ͭ̾t̘̞̹̼̆̈́̒͂͗̚͝h̙ͪ̓ͬ̔͒͆ͣi̯͈͕̩̹͔̊s͚ͣ͂͗ͣ ̟͙̫̗̲ͫͮ̎m̘͉̖̀̚ụ̡̝̲̘̞̃̊̎̐ͯ̽c͉͐͊ͪ̄ͫ̎h̳ͣ̎ͮ͐ͯ͋̒͜ ̭̠̙̥̮͛̄ỏ̶̲̞͚̭̣͇̀ͅf̧͈̼̫͍͚̬̰͌̑ ̩̙̠͖͇͛̒ͬͩͤa̻̜͇͈̣͎̗̋͟ ̾ͫdiͨͮ̌̿f̛̻͍̻͎͇͈̪ͤ̔͆̿̏͐f̥͓͕̫̗̓ͫ͠e̛̼͖̣̗̮̣ͦ̎̊r̬ͯͧͯ̊̅ͦȩ̭͒̒̉̂̚ṋͪ̇̿ͤć̪͎̣͍̠̍̆ͭ̇̋ͭḛ̤̠̼̣̠̲?̯̞̠̜̯̯͐̽͊̂͋ͪ ̣̼͔̦͗ͩ̊̚O̡̭͚̮̟͔ͥ͆̈̎ͯ̆̿ͅrͧ̃ͧ͢.͕̜͓͉ͤ͂̅̌.̶̝̩̞͖.̢̖̖̣͆̐i̳̝̳͈̠͑ͫ̌͂̓̑͞s͇̩̆̅ͦ͟ ̨̑̐ͪ̿î̧̱̳̜̻̤̂t̩͍̠͇̤ ̧̜̩̊̇̿ͦͭͅb̳̳͆͒͘ě͎̖̞͈̹̈́ͬ̋̇̂c̴͓̬̞͎̈́̊ͯ̓̔̇̊a͓̦̥̒̐u͏s̭̰͉̼̼̭͍͂̃̿͝e̺̹̖̱̣̘͗̓ͯ̇͆̉̆͝ ͓̦͇̝̹͑̓̄̓̈̿̎y̸̲̗̩͈͉̱͋̔o͚̱̫͙̼̙͐ͭ͂ͦu̬̜͚̤͉̝ͨ̊̆͌ͮ̔͐r͖̭̉̍̾̐͛ ̫͔͖͆ͧͪͩw̸̭͇̬̆ͬo͒͌̿̈͒͏̱̩͚̗r̞ͩḻ͇͓̘̳̹̂͞d̴͇̩̱̩ͬͮ̅͒ͤ̑͗ͅ…̷̙͇̠̠̟͗ͣͧ̚ͅ
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̸̻̳̥Ṅ̷ô̍̃ ̟̞̻ͣͭ͐ͮͮm̬̠̫̭̙̬͉ͨͩ͑͆ͫ̚̕a̵͍͔͔̤̬̲̩͊̒̅̀t̷̃͋ͦt̫̠̮͈ͭͩ̀ͥ̅ę̹͙͇̞̹̩̰r̥̘͍̦̗̞̄ͣͅ!̰̦͓͉̻̰͖̈́̆̆̊͘ ͚͇̞̦̘̻̉̍̎ͥͪ̀H̒m̩̪̰͙͊̏̅̈̈͗,̴̳͙͖́̍ ̞̼̣̟͈̼͓͊ͦ̊ͬs̨̝̗ͫͦ͒ö̧̞̥̟͙͈͓͉͋̂́̿̌l̐̽̋ͬͬ̓͛҉̤͕͔̪̯ͅi̷̼̻͒̈̋d̍̌ͣͫ҉͈͖̰͓̞̭͍ ̻͉̜͈ͤ́͋ͫͨ͛͞c͈h̋ͧ͂ͪ̋ͨ́o̡͌̆ͮ̿̚i͙̯͈͊̈c̊̌̄̓͒҉̲̫ê̼̲̘̜̑ͣͤ͘s͉̠͇̥̥̪̎̓ͮ͌ͪ͊͜ ̳̊̾̅͆̔h̶̖͂̀e̪̠̞̰̜̠̔̚ͅr̫͉͖̩͙̒̉̋͗ͨ͐͂͘e̼ͫ,̡̗̬͇͂ ̲͖̪̫b͎̘͔̪ͬ̀͠o̫̲̼̟̓ͩͧ̅ͧ̾͟t̴h̩̮̩͈̮̥͍͊ͯ͋ ̹̞̗̞͈̉ͨ͑ͣ͆͐p̱̗̼̙̩̱̺̂̑̑̐̂l̝̥̪̰̋̽̓ͦͮͫ̐ͅͅa̎ͨ͑́y̸̤͌͐͗i̒̊ň͍͎͕̔g̭̗̬̙̥̋ͯ̚̚ ̶͖̺̭̻̺̪̊̎͑̎̾͗t̯ͦ̾ͩͤͦ̔͟o̠͎͇͕̰̜ͨ̽ͮ̃̇̅ ̛̳̩́ẏ̺̖̝͎̺͎̂̆͌̒ͣ͘ö̮̪̘́͝u̯͍̯̦̪̿͊͗̓r̙̺͒̑̔̅̆̕ ͍̳͖̙̣͢s̭͖̖̰̭̀̐ͨ̅́t̷̀̏̌̆r̜̺̦̜̀ͩ̓̄̀ͧ̀e̠̲͆̏n̰͖͖͒ͭ̽ͦ̽g̶̥̙̪̙ͅt̟̤͉͈̦̀h̬̻͐̔̏ͬ͒̊s̸̹͓̙͖͉͑͑.͑͋ͬ̉̆.͗̏͐ͤͨ̎̾͠.̺͓̻̻̳̦̊ͩ͑̿b̃̋ͨ͛̑̓̉͏͇͇̜͖͉ŭ͈̦̻͓̦̩͐͊ͨ̑ͥ͞t̞̖̺͓̣̪ ͈̆ͤ̇̊̐̆a̩̗̥͎̙͆̊̏̚t̨̯͓͙͉̳͇̳̐ͣ̾ͦ ͙̜̭̼͈͖̥t̤̟̣̠̗͆ͤ̓̈h͍̝̠̗̟͎͇̄e̘̭͈ͭ̓̀̂͑ ̹̜̰̖̣̰ͣͅs͇͙̖̻͔͖͔̕a̠̹̠̲̹̰͖̔͊̉ͦͫm̢̠͇͑ͨ̊ͪ͐e̘͖̹̻̙ ̪̳̣͕̪̩̙̎t̨͍̻͕̩̦̊̎͗̇̆̚i̪̗̜͓ͮ̈́̍̚ͅm̺̦̼̝̜̞̉͌̔́̒̚e̛̱̭̙̩͇̬̹,̼̥̺̒̇ ̸̗̻͉̭̭͎̟͐̆̋͂̈n̙̬̥̥̽͊̚o̧̫̲̫͚̊͆ț̢̂ ̠̄ͥ͒̔s̯̪̘͔̗̳͖͂ͫ͢t̶͍̬͈̺̪̜̲ͧa͉͔͈͖͐ͧ̕n͍̂̓d̢͔͕̗̋̐̆͊̔̓͌i̹̖̫̥͠n͔̪̜̓͆̾g̚ ̡̹̞̘̍o̜̦̹̿͌ͫ̃ͥ͊̌ṵ̱̜̮̣͉̻t̊̐ͤ҉͈̙̳̳͙ ̢̲̩̻̯̰̥͛̒̆s̘̬̜̽ó̢͓͔̦ ͇͖̝̦̠͚̓̎̋̏͌͠m͉̬̞͈͇͙͉̾̄̾̃͝u̞̝͈̬̖͓̍̅̆̏͑͑c̟̤͖͖̗̗̎̄h͔̻̼̣̮͔͛̿͊͑ͅ ̸͍̞̯̻͆͂a̜̰̭̭̐̍ͬͣ̚ͅs̸͖̤̝̞͓̞ͅ ̇́ͣͯ̓ͪ̔t͏̜̤̬͙̻̤̹h͑ͪ̓͏̺͉eͯ̈͘ ͛̊̽̈͂ͤ̕o̜͚̱̍ͮͫ̚t̳̫̹͖̞͓̺́̿̔h̹̹̹̙̻͚̓̀̈̂̑̏́ė̙̗̼͍̰͒̋̅ͭ̇̋r̯ͥͯ͗͋̇ͭs̹̲͖͍͛.͕̗̤̭ ̹͈̩̓ͧ̀ͅB͐҉̥̦̜͓͇͓̥ů̮̎̈́̈̏͞t̤̤̱̙͙ͩ́ ͛ͣͯͯͤ͟c̳̜ͥͥ͐̈̊̃̚o͖̜͍n̩͖̒͛͠s͖͖̫̯ͥ̐͒ͤi̶̽̾ͪͣd͈͚̯͍̹̑͌͛͂ͥe̾͌̊͗̐̐͏̼̜͕̪͇ȓ̨̬͈͓̜̋̒ͧ̿ͯi̹̪͠ň̽̈́̅̀g̱̏͋͛͂̎ͪͭ͞ ̡͔ͤ̎͆͗ͬț̴̰̬͇h̬̲̣̐͗͡e̞̤̰͈̪̋͑̇̓ͫ͛ͣ͟ ͊ͩͧ͏͖̲̬͉͎̜t̟͚̻̙̬̊ͫ̓̓͗r̸̘̫̐͗͆oͥ̄͐̎̄҉̘̝͓u͈͎̠̹̤̗ͩͦ̚ͅb̜̭̠̲̹ͩ͗l̬̗̱̟͔͓̔͐̓ͪe̮̲͕̣ ̧s̱̘̗̫̩̲͕ô͖̹͚͍̍̇m͎͍̤̻͚͖̝ͤͧͤͨ͛̎ͤ̀e̗͇̙̪ ̜ͮ̓̑ͭͬ̐ͨo̦͈̪͇f̍ͦ̐̒ͧ̆̋ ̞ͨͫ̅t̪͙̼͇͙̠͟h̭͚̙͂ͫ̃͐̾͆ͧe̺̩̘̳̼̦ͣ̽ͪ͘m̭̞̓́ ̱̭ͫs͈̳̦͚̈́̚ȩͣ̾͋ͬe͇͓m̷̤ͨ͒̓ͯ͐̾ͅ ̸̱͉̟̹̃ͯ̂ͩt̬̱͔̦̖ő͖̗̋ͫ͒͋̐̚͡ ͖͇̮͖̻̣̈͌ͯbͤ͌̈̓̑̚͏̫̪͓̙̣͙ͅe̢̦͆̂ͧͪͫ ̹̲̟̱̗̑ͥ͗ͣ͋ͯ͒g̨̹̙̺̝e̿ͯt͚t̙͈̰̥ͦͤͪ͋ͅĭͦ̽̂ͦ̿ͅn̰͔̩̦̭̒̈́ͣͧͩ̕g͓̭ͦ̓̎ ̶̊̌̓i͕̞͙̖ͪ͂͜n̨̥̘̞̞̲̱̎̅ͧt̹̳̩̪̗̙ͅó̹̲̖̫͐͆̆ͪ̏͊,̝͉̖ͧ̿̎͆͊́ ͙̪̼̫́tͤ̌ͪ̎h̴̥̦͔̙̤͈͊ͪ̃̆͐a̹͐̄̀̌̊ͩ͠ͅṱ̷̔ ̢͕̤͇̫̌ͯͮͭ̏́m͖͖͉͗̑̅͗̚͢a̲̲̪͎̻̫ͭ̑̏̓ÿ̺͎̺̩̼́ͪ̽̌͞ ̹͔͎ͧ͜ͅṉ̬̥͎̱͛ͫ̈́ͣ͋o̢̜̚ẗ̡̰̦̝̼̣̼́̌͋̈̐̚ ̙̠̘̯̼̒b͙̗̜͊̓͒̒e̶̟̗͉̯̪̬͔̎̎̌̾ ̈́͗͂͐͋ͤ͝ş͂̃o̱̥͐̂ ̶̱͕͎̹̺̭̌̅ͣ̃͑̄b͑́͑ͦ͂a̸̘̖̔d̫͙̹̬̫̯͎̈͑͒ͬ̆ ͈̭̰͈͇̹̂f̥̰̭o͆ͯͤ̄ͪͪr͋̂̓͌ͤͨ ̣͖̺̱ͩͥ̿̉͛y̗͉̤̳̑o̩̱̜̭̜͚͖̍ͩͨ̓̆͐͒uͯ.̢͓͔͓̠.̢̘͔̯͎̥͕͉ͥ.͇̯̙͇̅͝
Asura and Oberon suddenly felt stuck for some reason...and as they watched, Mourningstar stood among their helpless bodies down below...While Crispy and his gang approached in the distance.
Orchid, Ash, Reoth
Skill Gain: Taboo I
You have gained a "cursed skill." Those with sharp senses may detect your true nature...Even now, the evil seed of what you've done germinates within you...
In the slowly approaching daylight, Orchid might be able to more easily find these holes that Crispy spoke of. After all, they would be the cause of those natural shafts of sunlight that lit up some portions of the cave, right? But now that she had emerged from her old skin, the lack of Stamina Ash had noticed before hadn't recovered very much. She could still feel a powerful thirst, and that shortlived evolutionary nap hadn't really rested her at all. Plus, she still had to get used to her new body...her four legs were now much longer and more functional, and she had a brand new pair of wings. While she couldn't hold tools without thumbs, she seemed to at least have the same dexterity one might expect out of a small or slightly clumsy feline. Not that she really needed that ability, with Lesser Force available to her now.
