Kenophobia.
The architecture of the Common Hub was eerily empty. Vast interiors and indoor streets that once saw hundreds flock through were abandoned. Not a single soul remained. Evidence of recent life was apparent, left in the form of wide-open doors and personal belongings which were scattered like a lost trail.
Neon signs powere...
2023-06-03 00:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally. It took 4 months, but we’re finally back here. Remember when we thought we’d be returning soon after Divas Pass?” Frost couldn’t help but grin at her ancient optimism. “Yeah… whew. I can’t stop smiling. It’s more vacant than I remember.”
Indeed. After her eyes adjusted to the bright lights, she noticed that th...
2023-06-01 21:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
“Preserve your sanity. Reinforce your heart. Harden your mind. Temper your aspirations. Only then can you temper theirs.” – The Abyssal Mother, Beholder of ImpulseWorks.
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2023-06-01 11:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe road back to the City of Hearts would take two days on Snap’s back.
Farewells were made to Carpalis and Magus before they began the trip back to the 6th Branch. The woman was full of smiles regardless of what happened to her. Either that, or Carpalis was a master at hiding how she really felt.
It was unclear if she would ever r...
2023-05-31 17:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostBzzzt.
Brrrr.
Zzzzt~!
Snap carefully observed the group it had come to know and love, taking wide and panning shots of them traversing the plains on foot. For once, the group decided against ridin...
2023-05-29 18:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Nex Megalopolis survived to see another day. A fortress built on the blood and bones of countless stood at the brink of total devastation. The sanctuary that promised to be the final frontier against all evil revealed a rot that gouged it from the inside out.
The City of Diamonds and the City of Hearts had their own fair share of chaos...
2023-05-28 22:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhite.
A world of white was all the Archivist could see when her eyes readjusted to the light.
It had no origin. No shadow was cast. The pale world was endless. She jolted a little, alarmed by the sudden change in scenery. Her head wagged left and right in search of a soul or a clue as to where she was.
“D-Did I die?” She a...
2023-05-28 03:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostEvery building became a candlewick. Flames reached for the skies as the stars were snuffed out. Shallow oceans of blood covered the entirety of the Floor of Civilization. Islands of bodies amassed from the discarded many.
A sight familiar to all unfolded. To the others, it was just like the City of Spades.
But to the Archivist, she r...
2023-05-27 22:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe finale was finally upon them.
Their promised end resided at the end of the black highway. Ignis and Ber were all they needed left. Afterwards, it would be Frost’s turn to be saved. The journey was plagued with fire as Sinder turned his attention to them, weaving past the Arbiter’s grasp.
< [Violence on V...
2023-05-27 04:07:11 +0000 UTC View PostCer didn’t need to be told what to do. An instinctual drive sent her in the direction of the crimson path, her ethereal hands carrying the Archivist. The road seemed to endlessly stretch. A red, crystalized heart stood at the furthest end as Sinder relentlessly swatted the Arbiter and the Beholders.
< [A Million Wic...
2023-05-26 22:10:57 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how loudly she shouted her voice did not amount to anything special. It was an ordinary cry from an ordinary girl, made special only by chance. It barely contested with the destructive blasts beyond.
But did it matter? The Archivist knew how ordinary she was. She wasn’t gifted in anything but her love for literature. Her value ...
2023-05-26 04:02:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe world collectively held their breath.
A million hopes and dreams fell onto the shoulders of the Beholders and the Nexus. The Floor of Civilization was set alight as the greatest powers in Elysia fought with tooth and nail. Like the manifested city beyond the Nexus, the Floor of Civilization was split into quarters, each representing a ...
2023-05-25 22:07:58 +0000 UTC View PostWhat was the strength of an entity ranked at Paradise Lost?
Unlike Frost, the Arbiter was able to manifest the powers of the Icon of Judgement without requiring her emotions to heighten. It was unknown if the other Archetypes possessed the same ability. Nevertheless, it did not change that she had the power to wipe out the Nex Megalopolis ...
2023-05-25 02:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Beholders were here.
Like a fleeting comet, Beholder E. dragged Sinder at a speed that folded him in half. A trail of blue and red followed suit as they flew beyond the edge of the city, ploughing through unbelievable amounts of dirt.
Hills disappeared. Small mountains were uplifted as Beholder E.’s Infusion S allowed his speed...
2023-05-24 20:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostShe did not run.
Instead, she ruffled her feathers, bleeding them until hundreds of thousands of feathers took to the skies before her. They formed a colossal drill. If she took one step left, the crystal would readjust itself like it possessed a form of sentience within its inorganic mass.
The streaks of light overhead became bright...
2023-05-23 20:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest of green crystals created by the [Immortalized Woe – Clubs] did not do anything but emit its cry. The White Wing, who was aware that she was the target of the warned unavoidable attack, split her attention to both Sinder and the green glow of the city.
The crystals were infused with light for a fraction of a second as...
2023-05-23 18:39:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound barrier broke. Particles of light exploded from the White Wing’s fingertips as her pale spear – the replica Spear of Annihilation – collided with Sinder’s chest. An invisible barrier only appearing to block the spear protected his heart, causing shreds of flaming pages to burst as he was flung hundreds of meters backwa...
2023-05-22 23:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostTheir very existence was like a luminous piece of a star, having taken the form of a human. Nav did not know what to call it, so it defaulted to her given their long hair for simplicity’s sake.
It was also due to how eerily similar it appeared to the little Frost, and Frost herself in general. If she didn’t know any better, then she wo...
2023-05-21 21:11:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe purgatory that was the Piece of the Fallen Star had no beginning or end. The lightshow forever filled the empty skies as Nav walked its endless expanse with the little Frost in hand.
Her internal clock matched the outside world as she manually counted it by the seconds. Her demeanor never changed. An expressionless guise was all she co...
2023-05-21 19:22:50 +0000 UTC View Post4 days had passed since the White Wing left Jury and her companions to deal with Frost. The reason she left them to fight alone was never uttered, even to the curious Carpalis who tagged along now that the situation outside was manageable.
Much had occurred within such a short period of time. The White Wing’s reasoning for lending her ha...
2023-05-20 20:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostBer’s sanity returned much later. An unknown amount of time had passed, and her mana had become small enough where her body returned to what it once was. Her recollections were messy, but she understood the general gist of things.
The Black Swan’s Unstable features disappeared in a burst of golden light. They retreated into her chest a...
2023-05-18 23:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostMinutes ticked like hours. There was no reason to eliminate the Watered Bonds. They had no effect on Frost’s vulnerability, and neither were they required to be defeated in the first place. But something ate at her as she watched the ribbons take hold of countless people and Impuritas alike, bleeding them as screams filled the air.
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There were two states regarding a person that wielded a Corrupted Persona.
A Stable and an Unstable state. Frost did not have this problem when it came to manifesting her Corrupted Personas, likely due to her being the Amalgam. The sample size was miniscule, however. Ber and Frost were the only known individuals capable of manifesting the ...
2023-05-18 21:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostCer was no longer among them. Her fossilized form invoked unprecedented horror. Ber and Res were immediately thrown into the depths of despair, calling out her name as Jury and Ignis desperately reached out for Nav, seeking an answer to quell the delayed shock.
The world turned red. Buildings rose higher than ever before. The concrete jung...
2023-05-17 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post< CONDITION: Greed Counter seeks the Empowered. The value of all will be undermined. Greed Counter takes significantly less damage from those that are not Empowered. Only the Empowered may Suppress it >
< SUPPRESSION REQUIREMENT: When Greed Counter’s HP reaches 0… <...
2023-05-15 23:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostJust like the We Discarded Many of the past, it could not be defeated in a traditional manner. Or perhaps defeated at all. No matter what they used, no matter how many buildings needed to be levelled or blood had to be spilled, they could not reach Frost.
< CONDITION : We Discarded Many seeks to find another ...
2023-05-14 01:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post//////// < WARNING > ////////
< TRICKLE >
< THE ARBITER’S TRUMPET BECKONS >
We Discarded Many
Frost
< Moral compass fallen asunder >
AF...
2023-05-14 00:27:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe world watched in stupor at the small band of Demi-humans. Showers of light sparkled in their eyes as people funneled past the guarding Liquidators, leaving the safety of their bunkers to witness the birth of a legend with bated breaths.
It was like a firework viewing. Places as far as the City of Diamonds witnessed the birth of an ethe...
2023-05-12 21:48:50 +0000 UTC View PostMachinations of war haunted Frost.
Aberrations of death and conflict appeared in the bloodied reflections. No matter where he looked in his crimson purgatory there was always someone silently screaming at him, bleeding tears, and pleading for their lives to be spared.
They should have been silent. Frost could hear them. The phantom w...
2023-05-12 09:55:46 +0000 UTC View PostIgnis’ life wasn’t always so bright. As an only child she never really understood what it was like to be close with someone. Her father was the only person she knew, and her mother died the moment she was born.
Like Ber, she never knew the warmth of a mother. She was fascinated with the heat of fire. Subconsciously, it was a mechanism ...
2023-05-11 00:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post