Stratocracy

Myriad Reality

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*The water feels completely neutral, offering little resistance and staying congealed wherever your hand is not*

@Fractured

*Stands up, takes a step back, pauses for a moment, then dives into the “water”*

Myriad Reality

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*It ripples against the gel and bounces out, but you can see ripples of Eclipse's actions underneath the waves*

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*Watches the word circle, and it contracts and lengthens as it moves before stretching too far and breaking into two pieces*
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@Fractured

*Kneels down and sticks my hand into the doorframe slowly, like testing the temperature of pool water*

Myriad Reality

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*Stares at you with a questioning look, barely visible amidst the refraction*

@Fractured

*Drops my twig into the liquid*

Myriad Reality

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*One word of my voice echoes out of the pool*
Deep.

@Fractured

Huh?
*Points at myself and then points at you*

Myriad Reality

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*The liquid overreacts to the touch, bouncing back and forth like a gel*
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*Looks toward you, my feet pointing toward the surface, and waves*

@Fractured

*Raises an eyebrow as I slowly wave at you in confusion*

Myriad Reality

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*No sound emerges but the glooping of the liquid, but you catch glimpses of Eclipse and myself in the glimmers of its surface*

@Fractured

Hello?
*Looks around momentarily, picking up a small twig and poking the strange liquid with it*

Myriad Reality

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*The skull emits an aura of safety and security, but not absent of its accompanying suspicion—inside is an opened floor-bound hatch full of a thick inky blackness twinkling with faint refractions of light*

@Fractured

Is anyone down there?
*Waits momentarily for a response*

Myriad Reality

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*After much walking, the hollow skull housing eclipse becomes the most prominent feature of the horizon*

@Legend Begins

*Pauses only momentarily, shaking my head at the sight as I continue toward it*

Myriad Reality

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*The thread takes the same path as Eclipse, winding around traps and through a hidden tunnel tucked away within a pit worn down by overuse*

@Legend Begins

Hello?
...
*Continues forward*

Myriad Reality

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*A purple thread of light attaches to your heart and lazily drifts in the windless landscape*

@Legend Begins

*Reaches out and touches it gently before taking a deep breath and deciding to follow it*