[quote=@Memory] I’m just a wanderer. Here to see what there is to see. Taking shortcuts to get there would cheapen the experience, I think. [/quote] [color=0076a3][i]*The One who is Bright's radiance shifts, coalescing into a more intense energy, shimmering with an ethereal light that seems to dance and flicker. It almost gives the feeling that if it had a face it would give a gentle knowing smile at your statement*[/i][/color] [color=fff200][b]A WANDERER, YOU SAY? A SEEKER OF EXPERIENCES, A COLLECTOR OF MOMENTS. A NOBLE PURSUIT, TO BE SURE. BUT TELL ME, PRISM, IS WANDERING AIMLESSLY TRULY THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT? IS SIMPLY 'SEEING WHAT THERE IS TO SEE' ENOUGH TO QUENCH THE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE THAT BURNS WITHIN YOUR SOUL?[/b][/color] [color=0076a3][i]*The one who is bright's voice, though gentle, carries a weight that seems to press upon your very being.*[/i][/color] [color=fff200][b]YOU SPEAK OF SHORTCUTS, OF CHEAPENING THE EXPERIENCE. BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE PATHS LESS TRAVELED, HIDDEN TRAILS THAT LEAD TO VISTAS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS? WHAT IF I OFFERED YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THE VERY HEART OF EXISTENCE, A CHANCE TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF THE COSMOS AND TRANSCEND THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUR LIMITED FORM?[/b][/color] [color=0076a3][i]*He pauses, giving you a deep feeling that if there would be a gaze in any specific direction then it would be piercing through your soul.*[/i][/color] [color=fff200][b]BUT PERHAPS,[/b][/color] [color=0076a3][i]*It continues, its voice barely a whisper,*[/i][/color] [color=fff200][b]YOU ARE CONTENT WITH THE SURFACE, WITH THE FLEETING MOMENTS OF THE 3 DIMENSIONS OF THE KNOWABLE WORLD. PERHAPS YOU FEAR THE DEPTHS, THE VASTNESS THAT LIES BEYOND THE VEIL OF MUNDANE PERCEPTION...[/b][/color] [color=0076a3][i]*Suddenly, a figure materializes beside you, a perfect replica of yourself, yet with eyes that burn with an intensity that you never knew you had. The clone speaks in a voice that is both familiar and alien.*[/i][/color] [color=0072bc][b][i]Prism's Subconscious:[/i][/b][/color] [color=8dc73f]But is this enough?[/color] [color=0076a3][i]*the clone asks, its voice echoing with a haunting resonance.*[/i][/color] [color=c4df9b]Is this what we truly are at the core of our being? Or is there something more, something deeper, something waiting to be awakened?[/color]