The Odeoron

Myriad Reality

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*I look over at the wall, getting an idea of sorts.*

∆: Maybe... How thick could it be?

*I grab my ∆-Blade and walk towards the wall, placing the top of the hilt on the wall and activating the blade. I begin to cut a rectangle-ish shaped hole in the wall.*

∆: Odd... This wall seem way too thick...

@RoadkilBanana

Theme for the liminal realm you find yourself in --> William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops

*As you cut through the electronics, causing a brief shower of sparks, suddenly there’s a soft hum as hidden systems activates.
You notice an immediate shift in the environment. The flickering lights overhead stabilize, casting a harsh, unwavering glow on the distorted surroundings. The air, previously stagnant and thick with yellow mist, begins to circulate with a faint hum, as if unseen vents have suddenly activated. A rhythmic clicking echoes through the structure, like the sound of a mechanical heart beating in the depths of the labyrinth.

The feeling of being watched intensifies. It's as if the very walls themselves are observing you, their surfaces shifting and rippling with an unnatural animation. You sense that the building is aware of your intrusion and is responding in a way that is both unsettling and intriguing.

Once through the inner layers, you are met with a dark void. The light from the blade barely penetrates this space, suggesting it’s either exceptionally large or possesses light-absorbing properties. The void is eerily silent, amplifying the unsettling atmosphere.*

Myriad Reality

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Plus, if we’re able to consistently gain any ground at all, the fact that there are unlimited us makes us able to guarantee victory.

@Memory

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: uuuh... let's not get ahead of ourselves... remember we are fighting a horror that is very likely older than Grandfather Himself! and the fight has never diminished, and never gotten better... we always experienced almost as many losses as victories, it is truly our torture stake to bare for the right to exist.

Myriad Reality

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The most literal version of an army of one. I like the direction this is going.

@Memory

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: Yes, we had to learn a lot ever since we've been fighting this primordial filth... we were at war with it way before even the infamous fall of Ar'Semaell or Ar'Lumiell... He indeed was among the best of us at fighting this horror and now he's yet another enemy we have to be concerned with...

This tactic has proven to frustrate C'thon on a constant basis on all battlefields. Very few souls were truly lost as a result of it being enacted.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Shadrack Nor>

Should we leave copies here learning and training continuously as we go?

@Memory

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: It is already in the works, the first thought was that you leave several copies here or we would make you some clones to have a kind of rope on your souls should you die there completely C'thon can't capture your souls and be pulled back in one of your clones. But this suggestion is definitely valid also... and perhaps we can combine a soul pull tactic from whomever from the battlefield and merge that soul with one of the clones here as they are training to receive new battlefield information... i'm fairly confident we can pull such a move...

Myriad Reality

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After we group, will it be time to move out?

@Memory

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: I should think so, but i fear we are rushing into this too early, but considering the urgency and the state Universe Urayia-112-ZX-9239... *Trails off realizing that the heavenly codex for this particular universe is WAY too long to spell it all in one sentence* Eh... Urayia for your purposes... no need to get entangled with its string of alternates now... but this one is in a dire state, and the urgency to rescue as many souls as we can, you'll have to learn to hone in your new abilities and wisdom on the battlefield sadly. I only pray that the little basic learning you both did here is going to keep you strong in defiance against C'Thon.

Myriad Reality

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Maybe now you’ll be more like Alexander...

@Memory

Benjamin: Perhaps... very much possible! The world is so much more grandiose and the puzzle of it is so much more interesting from this point of view *I seem to look nowhere in particular but give the impression like i'm looking everywhere all at once*

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: Let's wait and see where this goes here, first, but i can't say what blessing it has been to train you, at least the essential first steps which you both seem to have excelled here... now i want to see your groups once they reunite, those training under Arch Numakhiim Myallah, Klisp'Anarion and Alexander himself...

Myriad Reality

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*Takes a step back in surprise*
...Huh. Wow.

@Memory

*I gently wave my hand in front of me as my entire attire changes, my brown-green eyes previously fairly normal now glow with an ethereal perpetual oceanic blue light and i take a breath in, then release it giving a wave of intense clarity and certainty all around me even seemingly helping others who could feel it, sense they are more grounded and present*

Uplifted Benjamin

Benjamin: This is good... oh this is so good! *I smirk excitedly yet serene*

Myriad Reality

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*From the remaining copy*
I’m actually a little surprised that you’re surprised.
*Smiles*
No faith in us?

@Memory

Soldier Boy: *Still in deep meditation and trance as the many tesseract copies from my multitude begin to levitate above my head and my body begins to shine with intense light as the atmosphere begins to electrify and heat up shortly before a thunder clap is heard and ain a flash all my copies are re-merged within just one of me -- Gently opening my eyes i take a relaxed breath in and out as i seem like a completely different person*

I... i understand now...

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: *Blinks in passionate curiosity and enjoyment of the show*

Myriad Reality

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*From the remaining copy*
I’m actually a little surprised that you’re surprised.
*Smiles*
No faith in us?

@Memory

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: In you Prism, i sensed from the first time we met you had great potential, despite the mess you pulled with that universe, however Soldier boy... i mean it is my failing for doubting Grandfather's wisdom for choosing him especially with a tesseract. He was hiding his potential quite well... How do you feel now? Tell me... i'm curious!

Myriad Reality

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*One at a time, each copy opens its eyes and merges into its neighbor*

@Memory

Soldier Boy: *After about an hour of suffering my multitude finally seems to have relaxed in an intense state of focus the like one wouldn't expect for such a rough and tumble soldier man, almost like that 'inspiration' i was claimed to have, has fully taklen hold of my discipline and i'm now suddenly in tune with a deep and abiding mental clarity*

Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: *Looking at the both of us and sensing our deep and resonating surprise in our consciousnesses* Hmmm... interesting... how very... profound! I'm impressed with what i'm feeling here... way past what i expected!