The Odeoron

Myriad Reality

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I doubt it. But I guess it isn’t absolutely impossible. No, I wager it’s an artifact of whatever it is Mierno did. Assuming you don’t have other things intruding on your life you want to share.

@Magnanimity

Well we're getting somewhere at least...

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I don't think so.
*Rubs my temple*
I'm pretty open about my life.

@Server

This is clearly a foreign element here, if it was anything close to something of Jade's life, it would be so alien and foreign.

Myriad Reality

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First, to determine if it's even the source. I'd wager it's a manifestation, assuming it's unnatural at all. A side effect of an ailment lying elsewhere.
*Very slowly reaches my arm toward the hole while floating over the edge toward the anomaly, attempting to source its connection to something else that isn't immediately present*

@Magnanimity

*Winces* Not a good idea Orthrus! Be careful!

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*The apparition appears to be of the same nature as the three of us and hovers ominously, and as soon as you cross the lip of the pit, it pulls against you with intense gravitational force*

@Server

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*Clenches my fist and pulls my arm back in resistance, though does so in a way that doesn't betray any sense of struggle*
This is as foreign as we are.

@Magnanimity

Whoah! Hey there! You good? Right... *extends my hand out toards it without even as an inch of changing my position closer to it and begins casting a sealing spell* 'Orghun-nobbhu-nobbhu-shyiah!' *The spell forms a seemingly impenetrable forcefield of fire-like energy without actively attacking it, but severely restricting its influence on Jade and us and the realm*

Right... just to be safe... darn!

Myriad Reality

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Okay. Once I do that, then what?

@Server

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*Rubs my chin*
Well, feeling negatively about it is a decent sign. Not definitive, but it's something.

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Not this far in. In for a penny, in for a pound. And as for messing with it? I'm erring on the side of caution here. Assuming this is a representation of an unnatural presence, it could have dire side effects if we just start throwing the kitchen sink at it, you know? I'd like to get a closer look first.

@Magnanimity

My proposition still stands really...

Have Jade meditate and learn to become more in tune with herself rather than depend too much on outside interference. After all, i do fully intend, when we solve this issue, to give her a class in supernatural immune system development... Supernatural for literally anything from magic, to transcendent powers to anything that does not belong in the natural simple physical world...

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So what do we need to do to get rid of it, exactly?

@Server

Do the meditation to learn better of it's nature then you tell us what you feel it is.

Myriad Reality

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How am I supposed to know where we are? I really just don't understand what I'm supposed to look for. This is like my home and matches what I remember, except for this giant hole and whatever is inside it.

@Server

Right... Well, first sit in a relaxing position and begin breathing in, and out as you focus on every second that passes of this environment. Then start focusing your awareness on how you feel your skin, your emotions, your thoughts... Relax and sense yourself fully, this should be more than enough.

Myriad Reality

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And which paper are we on right now?

@Server

That is the problem... you are the only one who can figure this part out... and in a way this is good for your evolution! The more you grow in tune with yourself the better you can become at resisting attacks...

But that said... you basically have to tell us in which level we are right now... sorry i can't provide more info on the matter...

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean by layers? I don't really understand how this world works.

@Server

*Manifests a stack of papers and begins shifting through them in front of you*

Picture this, each of these sheets of paper are one level of your consciousness. the top most paper here, is your self-aware sentient self.

*Keeps on switching papers indicating that the deeper i go, the deeper the plane of your being is*

So this paper *The bottom-most one* is your deepest, most primordial, nascent essence where you began existance. Essentially in your mother's womb.

Now anywhere between here and the top, this curse could be latching on to, and forbidding you to function in a healthy manner and as a result this is happening *motions to the void pit before us*

Myriad Reality

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But wait, I remember my home and family and friends! They're not gone.

@Server

Well they seem to be gone from this layer of your being... we need to figure out what this layer is, and how does it relate to your ability to feed...

Myriad Reality

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What is it that we're looking at?

@Server

A void... in the very core of your being by the looks of it... there's nothing that speaks of curse or aetheric mutilation more than something that literally blows the memory imprint of ones home, the very place one began existing and has the most cherished memories, out of the map entirely... this guy Mierno is NEXT level sick!!!

Myriad Reality

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This thing in its place though. Not any sort of anomaly you recognize from the past?

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There’s a lot of overlap there. A lot of it behaves the same, especially when you try and look at it in such a brutish manner as we are.

@Magnanimity

I couldn't disagree with that even if i wanted to... Any more delicate approaches that we might need to at least consider?

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*Shakes my head*
This makes me really sad.

@Server

Jade... i know this must hurt, but please try to stay focused and clearheaded. This is not your real house, just an imprint of it in your being. Your house is still out there.

Orthrus, should i attempt and close this hole? Extirpate the negative energy here? Any suggestions?

Myriad Reality

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I mean, possibly? We should definitely be cautious at minimum.

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Does it look like anything that means anything to you? It might not be your home, but the mind can be a jumbled place to navigate in full consciousness like this. Could just be something out of place.

@Magnanimity

Yes... that...

Also Orthrus? This is not just the mind of Jade @Server... this is more like a realm made up of her entire being rendered in full metaphysical existence... that is, Mind, Emotions, Soul, Spirit, Consciousness... and several deeper layers of being. so yeah...