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You're going to be trianed by the highest guard of an elite knife-wielding army.

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*Shoots the strip, causing it to emit its own, weak magical energy*

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*It doesn’t seem to interact at all with whatever is coming from the ziggurat*

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*Another Ashe finally appears*

Omega Ashe: Sorry for the wait, everyone!

Ashe 4: Not a problem.

Ashe 1: Yeah, not a big deal!

Omega Ashe: So are you all ready?

Ashe 2: I think we're as ready as we'll ever be.

Alpha Ashe: Then let's get started.

*All of the Ashes except the Alpha Ashe and Omega Ashe deactivate, and the Alpha Ashe takes a chip out of each of their necks and inserts them into her wrists*

Omega Ashe: How about you, are you ready?

Alpha Ashe: I guess. I already sent Aero a message, I don't know if she's got it yet. Snail mail and all that.

Omega Ashe: Why did you not send it digitally?

Alpha Ashe: And have her get all mushy on us right now? Heck no. Anyway, I'm ready.

*Alpha Ashe holds her arms out for a hug and Omega Ashe hugs her*

Alpha Ashe: See you on the inside.

*Omega Ashe splits open and Alpha Ashe is pulled inside of her before Omega Ashe closes and glows a bright white color*

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*After an eternity adrift, the structures become more frequent, and the banks more lively, spanning impressive displays of architecture and bridges that pass far above the river and away from its banks, careful not to touch the flowing contents*
Here we go again...
*Pausing the ragged vessel with a tap of my scythe, and pulls level to a broad canopy on the river’s bank, seated within is an eclectic collection of twelve individuals, all dressed in blue, white, and gold robes*

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Old Man: It seems you've finally arrived.

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That expression is meaningless on the river bank.

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Old Woman: I would watch your belligerence. You've caused us yet another headache.

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I don't serve under your ilk, nor am I subject to your rules. But your ways fortunately align with mine, and I haven't violated the principals.

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*Another woman speaks, peering into a dish*
Perhaps not here and now. But you have four who anchor you, three who can convince you to disrupt the flow, two you would die for, and one you would sacrifice everything to save. You are a violation of the principals.

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*A frown tugs at my face*
Nonsense. As a master of the sands—

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Old Woman: You are still a novice of the water.
Adult Man: You seem to think that you can hide yourself. Did you think we wouldn't see?

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I've committed no violation. Neither of the ways of sand, nor of the ways of water.

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It appears to be safe. We can go.

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Uh huh. Make any friends along the way?

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If you mean friends as in creatures and bands of beings who wanted to kill me, then yeah!

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There are elite knife-wielding armies?

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*Looks to the top of the stairs and squints*
I hope this can be ended easily.

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The Fedaykin on the planet Dune.