A long, cold breeze swept by, throwing Cer’s hair into the air as Frost shared the same sights as her. Her sisters were already far along the bridge leading to the one island that was different from the rest. Not many stones or flowers grew there. It was as vacant as the rest where only a single oak tree grew in the center.
“Back then I stole when I was hungry. Fought when I was angry. Swore at people so much that the whole village wished they could chop off my tongue. The human set...
2023-12-28 23:54:34 +0000 UTC
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The restoration of the Express Trains brought the Nex Megalopolis back to full speed. Few trains were already fitted with Time Reverberation’s Isolation Sphere’s under the strict condition that the Train Cores operate at 50% less potency.
It was no secret that the trains were susceptible to being spirited away by the Spatial Distortions. In the worst-case scenario, the Impuritas would have the power of another tech imbued into the Etched Coins.
This was why only a select few t...
2023-12-28 23:53:07 +0000 UTC
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The Stars were fixed no matter how many times they cycled.
I was there in the center of it all. I searched for a meaning in what was only the whims of nature.
But for the a...
2023-12-27 23:15:12 +0000 UTC
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Two figures walked side by side on an empty sidewalk. Not a single soul could be seen on the winding roads. Oddly enough, the storefront windows of various cafes and restaurants were filled to the brim.
Human families and people dressed in fine suits dined as people with animal ears served them hot plates and tasty beverages. In the reflection of the glass a girl with glasses and black hair tied up into twin tails briefly brushed her bangs aside.
“So, where are you taking us thi...
2023-12-27 00:59:21 +0000 UTC
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Before long, Frost had sampled well over fifty stores. Her Dimensional Storage came in handy as she stored away bundles of whatever she found the tastiest. Jury and the others floated in the back of her mind, not to mention the residents of her Floor.
It also wasn’t just the food. They took Frost to the real festivities. The carnival games. There were unfortunately no rides like that from Earth, but games like shooting down cups with a stream of water and throwing darts at balloons we...
2023-12-25 17:16:02 +0000 UTC
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“Frooooost!” Res’ voice cut through the commotion as a long tail wiggled above countless shoulders. “What took you so long!?”
Her smile shone like a star amongst the crowd. Frost didn’t even have to see her tail or hear her voice to know who that smile belonged to. An ecstatic Res practically bounced where she stood, her fluffy ears jiggling like they were made of marshmallows.
Like Frost she took on a tomboyish look. The black pants and white shirt had small speckles ...
2023-12-25 17:14:10 +0000 UTC
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“No. I recently arrived from Grandis so everything’s new to me.” Frost played dumb. “I’m in the City of Hearts, right?”
“Clubs. Sector C-6. Not that there’s anything special to note about it. It’s more that you’re…” The Elf didn’t have a way to describe what was on the tip of her mind as she brought a hand to her chin. Soon, her face contorted before she clutched her head and rested over the counter with her elbows. “… Is this a test from the Goddess of Col...
2023-12-24 11:39:21 +0000 UTC
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Five days were left until the end of the year. Frost remembered exactly how things started out just six months ago. Although most of that was skipped due to time shenanigans. Still, part of her wondered how different life would have been if she never went to Grandis.
Would she have followed the same path? Probably. She figured that no matter what route she took she still would have taken the mantle of responsibility over the Nexus.
But this was not what she had in mind when she th...
2023-12-24 11:37:45 +0000 UTC
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2023-12-23 09:29:10 +0000 UTC
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Then, he finally addressed them.
“Administrator: Three – One; Catharsis.” He recited its name and designation. It was only now that they realized that ‘three – one’ referenced not just him, but an ancient Atelier or other group that was absorbed into Inflow Direct.
No, more than that – they were largely responsible for the creation of Serum C – Catharsis, a Serum that allowed one to raise one’s emotional state temporarily for better or worse. It was mostly used t...
2023-12-23 00:49:45 +0000 UTC
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“Hearts?” The Blood Angel shut her eyes for she was unfamiliar with the term. “Don’t be mistaken. You have a similar smell to us, and to them.”
“They are under my control.” The Missionary assured, jamming the Expositionist’s mouth with a finger again. “As you can see, they are my puppet. The ‘Head’ watches through them.”
“The Head. Another person that sought to claim the Nexus?”
“No. This person already has claimed it.”
The Bloo...
2023-12-23 00:46:58 +0000 UTC
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“We have arrived at our destination: Three – One.” The Train Conductor announced as the train came to an abrupt stop.
Cool air sept through the crevices of their scuttle as the sound of mechanical shuffling from outside roused interest in the Moons. It was a sound that lacked the clumsiness of the living. The footsteps eventually subsided just outside of the train doors as the Conductor turned his back to them all, bidding them farewell.
“This is your last chance to leave....
2023-12-23 00:45:35 +0000 UTC
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“Isn’t this one a handful. The Scripts have been lenient as of recent. ‘The crude woman with the grey hair and smells of paper belongs to you.’ Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that the Script could act as a peaceful matchmaker. Usually, its commandments of love are far more violent.”
She placed a translucent, ocean-blue egg just on the tip of her mouth, causing the woman’s eyes to widen in terror. Just when it seemed like it would slip down her throat, the Mi...
2023-12-21 23:58:45 +0000 UTC
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The final Arbiter’s Council of 350 PA was held on the 45th of the 10th – the Last Solstice.
All resolutions regarding the recent events passed with flying colors. The advent of war was upon them and the Impuritas – which had sought to weaken the bonds of the Ateliers – only managed to breathe new life back into the carcass of two ancient Ateliers of the Nexus.
Caldera Industries and Inflow Direct were greenlit by the Head to reinstate processes that were banned by the Armi...
2023-12-21 23:57:49 +0000 UTC
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The Corrupted Skills of the newly acquired Corrupted Persona did not appear immediately. A short while was required, and she wondered if she had eaten the Corrupted far too early.
Such things concerned her more than these condemned Red Giants.
“It never mattered what you or they thought to begin with. It was all predefined from the moment I laid eyes on you.”
The Red Giant closest to her entered a state of irrecoverable shock. Their catatonic state made it impossible for...
2023-12-20 00:25:25 +0000 UTC
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The mocking applause and laughter of the Red Giants ceased abruptly. Dead cleaved their pride as silence took hold of their throats. The cell that contained the Arachnid was filled with the nonsensical whispers of the woman before suddenly – The Arbiter’s Trumpet warning appeared before their very eyes.
Normally the Arbiter’s Trumpet was delayed. After all, it was Scarlet Logic who first assessed the difficulty of a Corrupted. This was how it worked for those outside of Frost’s ...
2023-12-20 00:23:42 +0000 UTC
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She felt a presence surrounding her but no matter where she looked, she could not find it.
“I am not in the same place! I have climbed my way to where I am! Do you think there’s such thing as a wish without sacrifice!?”
Her vile nature came to light. There was not an ounce of regret to be found.
“This is what I wanted! Everything can be justified by the outcome! Ateliers, the Hungry, the serfs – this is the course of the world. I intend to fully embrace it!”
<...
2023-12-18 19:51:36 +0000 UTC
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The Red Giants were unaffected by their restraints unlike the Blood Moons. Their hundreds, to thousands of rebirths had made them numb to the agony. A total of ten Red Giants were imprisoned directly across from the Blood Moons, yet their cackles surrounded Frost as though they were everywhere.
It resembled a mocking applause. Red Giants clearly took pride in their ability to worm under the skin of those they saw as inferior. Their mouths watered ravenously as the Amalgam approached, he...
2023-12-18 19:47:40 +0000 UTC
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What… is this?
She was left utterly dumbfounded when she found herself viewing their collective memories. Branches of light originated from her body as they reached out to all corners of the world. At the end of the branches was a cracked window that revealed a piece of the source of their Nex.
“You’re angry. You’re violent. The Nexus has a need for your kind. But fighting Corrupted will only lead to your deaths. You’re all afraid of death, are you not?” A boo...
2023-12-17 09:04:43 +0000 UTC
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There was a belief that the worst crime one can commit is treachery. Justica Arms saw the sin of pride as an inarguable one-way ticket into the Lament Cycle. Frost believed it was a loutish decision.
It still did not change that the Blood Moons, the Red Giants, Marduk and Iscario fell into this category of sin. Frost was not the kind of person to catalogue a person’s wrong doings. What mattered to her the most was the degree of it and their state of mind at the time.
However, th...
2023-12-17 09:03:13 +0000 UTC
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H10 had stabilized since Frost’s last visit. The survivors that spilled over from the City of Spades were kept in a newly constructed encampment just off to the side of the Associations and Guild building.
To no one’s surprise, there were questionable individuals amongst the survivors. They were residents of the City of Spades so it was only natural for bad eggs to be amongst them. Justia Arms had already thoroughly scraped them away from the masses, throwing these people them back ...
2023-12-16 08:22:35 +0000 UTC
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“What are the Stars and the Glimmers?”
Frost opened the emergency meeting like thunder. She summoned the trusted board of the Amalgam’s Summit on a terribly short notice.
Frost ordered a sudden emergency meeting with the trusted board of the Amalgam’s Summit. It was on terribly short notice, but the power of the Reception allowed Nav and the Receptionists to broadcast a call to all relevant individuals so long as they were within the Nexus.
The limitation was unfortu...
2023-12-15 12:01:45 +0000 UTC
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The throes of the Nexus were nothing to be alarmed about. Occasionally the Nexus would quake even outside of Frost’s influence. This was mainly caused by the awakening of an Archetype. The most recent was the Archetype of Wrath who, like all Archetypes aside from Frost and perhaps Anna, awakened outside of the Nexus.
Nav couldn’t predict when an awakening was imminent. She was also not entirely aware if the Archetypes within their Floors were even awake to begin with. Nav’s attune...
2023-12-15 04:29:53 +0000 UTC
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< CORRUPTED COLLECTION >
< CIVILIZATION >
< WOE OF THE FALLEN STAR | Crowned >
< CORRUPTED SKILL COLLECTION >
< CIVILIZATION >
< Fourth State >
< ACTIVE: A Million Wicks and One Light >
2023-12-14 05:23:08 +0000 UTC
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Hatchling Red was the captain of her own ship. It was ship made of Rock Bugs, but a ship regardless. She braved through the molten river, posing with a hand on her hip and a finger that pointed deeper into the cavern.
“This is what it must be like to be a sailor!” She giddily announced. “I wonder if there’s oceans somewhere out there! Blue seas. Seashells. Sea-people. Oh, and to see people too!”
She spoke as if expecting someone or something to miraculously respond. The ...
2023-12-13 20:16:30 +0000 UTC
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Two distinct mangled thuds echoed throughout the chamber.
One was the fallen body of now headless High Winder.
And the second was from a form they could not begin to describe. It was of a woman draped in darkness. That much they knew. But surrounding them were a series of CENSORED bars that concealed their true form, leaving it only up to their imagination.
“A Complex Heart. This belongs to the Sect of Gears.” She did not even address them. They were inferior in every co...
2023-12-12 19:58:12 +0000 UTC
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The crimson that once pulsated through the stone like living flesh was no longer present. The walls of the Derma layer bled with a blue glow as the sound of mechanical churning reverberated through its walls. It was the heartbeat of a Heart, beating like the guttural groans of an ancient machine.
Cogs and gears too large to be a component of any machine were embedded into the distant walls. They moved with only one purpose; to turn endlessly for a Heart not belonging to their own. Small...
2023-12-12 19:55:58 +0000 UTC
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Grappleshot – Cer
“When you ate the Disciple of Nilhim’s arm with your mind, what did it taste like and was it filling?”
Cer: “That thing couldn’t be called a meal. It’s like bitting into a chunk of meat only to find out that it’s just cleverly packed fairy floss. For taste? Like licking the wheels of caravan. Seriously, I know they’re thingies of the mind and all that, but do they know what a bath is? What, why are you ...
2023-12-11 09:36:59 +0000 UTC
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What transpired over a few hours within the Escape translated to a week in the real world. It was to be expected. After all, the White Rabbit was an Aberration of what was the equivalent of a deity of time. The White Rabbit may not consider itself as a deity, but in truth it was as much of a God of Cognition than Elysia.
The meaning of Cognition was as simple as ‘the mind’. It was not known how they were able to interact with people and see their memories, but she guessed that it wa...
2023-12-11 02:22:25 +0000 UTC
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“Corruption begins with the internalized woes. The emotions. The sense of self. Everything you can think of influences the Corruption. But what triggers it infinitely more important.”
That person exploded, the star replacing the drawn form into something indescribable.
“That trigger is an epiphany. When one reaches it in a state of overflow or drought, then an epiphany will induce the Corruption.”
The triplets finally understood what she meant.
Because they rem...
2023-12-10 02:57:21 +0000 UTC
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