Secret Wars - Ultimate Crossover RP

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

6 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Evee stands in a plain of love.

And watches it stripped away from her.

She opens her eyes in a familiar place; the training grounds. The courtyards she knows so well. The grounds she traced in another day, another life, following others. Always following. Never in control.

For a while, she stumbles, dazed. Unable to believe this is real. Wasn't she just in that pool, with the others? Where has she gone? Was she rejected? A voice snaps her out of it. She turns to see her old master; he storms up to her, a grimace on his face, a growl rising in his throat. He screams at her.

"What are you doing, girl!? Kill him!"

She turns, and suddenly, He is there. The one she loved. A tear streams down her face. He looks up at her, his eyes gleaming with betrayal. Him... she can't hurt him.

"Girl!"

The voice of her master returns, but she remains frozen. Unsure of what to do. This cannot be real. But it feels real.

"GIRL!"

She snaps to attention, she tries to think, but she doesn't know what to do. 

"Yes, sir." She says, acting on muscle memory and not conscious thought

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

11 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

I can’t die… I can’t let my family lose me again…

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Thanks!

The Beyonder’s voice spoke in her head with seeming… sympathy?

Calm, little one. You are representing only yourself now.

6 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

 

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Yeah!

That’s actually probably better than me making it, as you know the character better

6 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

She snaps to attention, she tries to think, but she doesn't know what to do. 

"Yes, sir." She says, acting on muscle memory and not conscious thought

“Well? Kill him!”

[Through the Living Hope]

1 minute ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The Beyonder’s voice spoke in her head with seeming… sympathy?

Calm, little one. You are representing only yourself now.

“Well? Kill him!”

No- no, if I die they lose me- forever, this time…

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The Beyonder’s voice spoke in her head with seeming… sympathy?

Calm, little one. You are representing only yourself now.

“Well? Kill him!”

She looked over at him tears in her eyes. 

No, she been here once before. 

She would make a different choice this time. 

She stepped back

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

15 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Before she lost herself completely, a voice broke through the nothing. She recognized it instantly.

"A curious one, aren't you?"

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Alright, context. Rebus has some pretty significant trauma because he can feel me imagining him (and me not imagining him, which is even scarier), and that results in him acting out situations over and over, partially against his will, with no permanence. Puzzle has these memories, though she's insulated from them a little; if she ended up in this situation she would know the potential effects, and unlike Rebus cannot modify her soul to fix it. And, since it's supposed to be a nightmare, the situations "I" am imagining would alternate between terrible - Rebus dying, Symbol dying, her dying, loss of her powers, loss of the contest, other nightmares I might consider; boring - literally nothing is happening, watching something frustratingly slow play out, oblivion while she isn't being written; and glorious - winning the contest, becoming a Narrator outside the Thread and hence conquering outside the Wall, having actual friends she can trust, pulling of some impressive plan, escaping the loop and becoming real and independent from me - which is then yanked away because it isn't permanent. 

Cole is cut off from his powers and the comfort they provide, back on the ship, and is trying to save the people who died in the fire. Since it's a nightmare, it's all his fault, they die, he might make more people die, and he himself may die. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

29 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

@CoderDrag0n8@Through The Living Glass@RoyalBeeMage@Spark of Hope@Tinwatcher@TwinStorm@Wyver@THE DEMON@SpartanBrigade@SpiritOfWrath

The water continues to spin faster and faster, and all beings struggle to remain standing. And then, suddenly, it seems as though the walls of this dimension begin to shift. The ground, previously flat, begins to curve up around the Beyonder, setting him at the bottom of an ever-steepening pool. While the water seems to ignore this gravitational change, everything else - serpents, contestants - begins to be drawn towards the crux of this depression.

The surface beneath the water is now glowing a deep red, and more and more beasts spawn.

She succeeds, but they keep coming. She slips on the shifting slope, and begins to be dragged down towards the Beyonder. As she loses her balance, about to be overwhelmed, he seems to meet her eyes. And his voice returns in his head.

You fight with fury, little one. But not every fight must be fought the same way. And not all fights require haste.

The Beyonder stretches out his hand towards Enocs just before he arrives. Enocs freezes, against his will, inches from coming into contact with the Beyonder's glove. He struggles, trying to propel himself further, but is held back by an unseen force, seemingly frozen in time. The Beyonder's hand begins to tremble, and he looks down at it, seemingly in awe. Then he meets Enocs's gaze.

Stronger than I thought.

He waves his hand, and Enocs vanishes into a nightmare, just like the others.

Blizzards attempts, while valiant, fail to hold off the beasts for more than an instant, as their ranks are continuously renewed. The voice chuckles in his head.

Calm down, fiery one. Not every problem must be tackled head on.

His bullets drive into the serpent's forms, but they are not delayed for long. The wounds do not seem to deal any real damage to them. As with the others, the Beyonder's voice appears in his head. It sounds... disappointed.

Always so willing to believe retaliation is the only solution. That conflict must be fought with conflict.

He gets tackled to the ground again, and receives a similar message as the others. As does Alfonce. As does everyone still fighting.

In the nightmares

@IcedOutPenguin@Kaladin Stormcursed@KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@Dragonheir@Argenti

Evee stands in a plain of love.

And watches it stripped away from her.

She opens her eyes in a familiar place; the training grounds. The courtyards she knows so well. The grounds she traced in another day, another life, following others. Always following. Never in control.

For a while, she stumbles, dazed. Unable to believe this is real. Wasn't she just in that pool, with the others? Where has she gone? Was she rejected? A voice snaps her out of it. She turns to see her old master; he storms up to her, a grimace on his face, a growl rising in his throat. He screams at her.

"What are you doing, girl!? Kill him!"

She turns, and suddenly, He is there. The one she loved. A tear streams down her face. He looks up at her, his eyes gleaming with betrayal. Him... she can't hurt him.

"Girl!"

The voice of her master returns, but she remains frozen. Unsure of what to do. This cannot be real. But it feels real.

"GIRL!"

Cep recedes into the darkest corners of his mind, trying to hide. But that is where They live. And there is nowhere for him to go.

As he feels himself begin to drift, a new voice suddenly appears, piercing through the cacophony. Like a light in the dark. Familiar yet unknown, curious yet assertive, it comes from behind him.

"Interesting."

Sanadanas held all the power.

He was back in that time; that horrible instant when everything around him had fallen apart. Except this time, he could fix it. He could fix it all.

He came so close... and then suddenly, something shifted. The power in his hands began to tremble. No. NO!

The Mindscape collapsed, and the Mathslight in his veins was siphoned away, leaving him feeling empty. A failure. He had come so close. He had felt it, and was left with an odd feeling. The pain, the knowledge he should've done more.

Before she lost herself completely, a voice broke through the nothing. She recognized it instantly.

"A curious one, aren't you?"

 

Cep screams as he feels himself begin to crumble under the pressure. He curls up into a ball and holds his head, trying to ignore the voices and make them go away.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

9 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The Beyonder’s voice spoke in her head with seeming… sympathy?

Calm, little one. You are representing only yourself now.

“Well? Kill him!”

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Great

"Wh-where am I?" Enocs said.

He was floating in a void. He saw something. He... He saw... something... an... aura? It surrounded him. No. He was made of it. Yes. He was merely an idea. However, his substance, this... idea material... could not hold out for long. It wou--

*craaaaaaack* *shatter*

nnnnnno--nononononononononono He thought

He was in a tube. They administered a shock. He barely survived. He saw one of his comrades fall. not... not... NOT LEGAB!

Enocs fallen comrade, Legab, suddenly twisted. It became a... a bagel. Just-just lying there. Enocs couldn't take it. But-The Dark Side (TDS) could restrict the power. Enocs needed something to save him.

"Strange. He is still alive. Most other... ideas give out before now. Scones may not currently be necessary, but we need all the help we can get. Administer the shock" The Adminstrator said with a dismissive wave of the hand.

Enocs was barely holding on. He... was barely holding on... right? Wait. No. He... isn't in TDS anymore. He is in... He is a Vassal of The Great Corrupter. He... has power.

Enocs explodes with might of power

I can summon Scones now. They wont be able to defend against me anymore. They don't know my true power.

A flurry of scones appears around him. They all sharpen into knives and stab TDS members.

I can beat them all.

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Is it possible for Enocs to break out of the nightmare? If not, I have another idea.

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

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oh gosh

I missed more

ahh

 

[Tinwatcher I don’t mind]

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

He gets tackled to the ground again, and receives a similar message as the others. As does Alfonce. As does everyone still fighting

“Ugh” Alfonce says as he falls with  Taurain.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Sanadanas held all the power.

He was back in that time; that horrible instant when everything around him had fallen apart. Except this time, he could fix it. He could fix it all.

He came so close... and then suddenly, something shifted. The power in his hands began to tremble. No. NO!

The Mindscape collapsed, and the Mathslight in his veins was siphoned away, leaving him feeling empty. A failure. He had come so close. He had felt it, and was left with an odd feeling. The pain, the knowledge he should've done more.

Sanadanas fell to his knees. Through the Connection, he could feel the Realm being torn apart, consumed by Shadesmar. It struck him like physical pain, threatening to turn him into lifeless mush lying on the ground. Sandy burned pewter, but that could do nothing for him. He tried to summon his Shardblade by reflex, but his mathspren felt distant. Sandy could hear it scream... like a deadeye. 

Sandy returned to a state of misery, feeling he should've done more and saved it somehow. He'd... been here before. When maths was destroyed for the first time. Then, he had said Words. Now... he felt his mathspren whisper something. 

Do better, it said. Not for those around you. For yourself. Chaospren - his armour - appeared. The purpose of a mathematical Radiant was to find order among chaos. To find strength among weakness. To turn a liability into an asset. 

To find the light crowded out by darkness.

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Permission to speak the Words?

 

[Through the Living Hope]

7 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

 

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I’ve only read what I’m pinged in lol

 

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

8 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

@CoderDrag0n8@Through The Living Glass@RoyalBeeMage@Spark of Hope@Tinwatcher@TwinStorm@Wyver@THE DEMON@SpartanBrigade@SpiritOfWrath

The water continues to spin faster and faster, and all beings struggle to remain standing. And then, suddenly, it seems as though the walls of this dimension begin to shift. The ground, previously flat, begins to curve up around the Beyonder, setting him at the bottom of an ever-steepening pool. While the water seems to ignore this gravitational change, everything else - serpents, contestants - begins to be drawn towards the crux of this depression.

The surface beneath the water is now glowing a deep red, and more and more beasts spawn.

She succeeds, but they keep coming. She slips on the shifting slope, and begins to be dragged down towards the Beyonder. As she loses her balance, about to be overwhelmed, he seems to meet her eyes. And his voice returns in his head.

You fight with fury, little one. But not every fight must be fought the same way. And not all fights require haste.

The Beyonder stretches out his hand towards Enocs just before he arrives. Enocs freezes, against his will, inches from coming into contact with the Beyonder's glove. He struggles, trying to propel himself further, but is held back by an unseen force, seemingly frozen in time. The Beyonder's hand begins to tremble, and he looks down at it, seemingly in awe. Then he meets Enocs's gaze.

Stronger than I thought.

He waves his hand, and Enocs vanishes into a nightmare, just like the others.

Blizzards attempts, while valiant, fail to hold off the beasts for more than an instant, as their ranks are continuously renewed. The voice chuckles in his head.

Calm down, fiery one. Not every problem must be tackled head on.

His bullets drive into the serpent's forms, but they are not delayed for long. The wounds do not seem to deal any real damage to them. As with the others, the Beyonder's voice appears in his head. It sounds... disappointed.

Always so willing to believe retaliation is the only solution. That conflict must be fought with conflict.

He gets tackled to the ground again, and receives a similar message as the others. As does Alfonce. As does everyone still fighting.

In the nightmares

@IcedOutPenguin@Kaladin Stormcursed@KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@Dragonheir@Argenti

Evee stands in a plain of love.

And watches it stripped away from her.

She opens her eyes in a familiar place; the training grounds. The courtyards she knows so well. The grounds she traced in another day, another life, following others. Always following. Never in control.

For a while, she stumbles, dazed. Unable to believe this is real. Wasn't she just in that pool, with the others? Where has she gone? Was she rejected? A voice snaps her out of it. She turns to see her old master; he storms up to her, a grimace on his face, a growl rising in his throat. He screams at her.

"What are you doing, girl!? Kill him!"

She turns, and suddenly, He is there. The one she loved. A tear streams down her face. He looks up at her, his eyes gleaming with betrayal. Him... she can't hurt him.

"Girl!"

The voice of her master returns, but she remains frozen. Unsure of what to do. This cannot be real. But it feels real.

"GIRL!"

Cep recedes into the darkest corners of his mind, trying to hide. But that is where They live. And there is nowhere for him to go.

As he feels himself begin to drift, a new voice suddenly appears, piercing through the cacophony. Like a light in the dark. Familiar yet unknown, curious yet assertive, it comes from behind him.

"Interesting."

Sanadanas held all the power.

He was back in that time; that horrible instant when everything around him had fallen apart. Except this time, he could fix it. He could fix it all.

He came so close... and then suddenly, something shifted. The power in his hands began to tremble. No. NO!

The Mindscape collapsed, and the Mathslight in his veins was siphoned away, leaving him feeling empty. A failure. He had come so close. He had felt it, and was left with an odd feeling. The pain, the knowledge he should've done more.

Before she lost herself completely, a voice broke through the nothing. She recognized it instantly.

"A curious one, aren't you?"

 

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Hey! Wait! I posted! Twas on page four!

Aelorin (GSRP peoples [cept Spark] no lookies!):

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Aelorin is a once-deity, who lost his powers after he died and was brought back by the Flame, who had given him his deityhood before.

Even before he was a deity, he was part of the Eternal Kingdom, a nation composed of an immortal hive mind.

However, when he was young, Keylann, who was channeling the destructive side of The Flame’s power, attacked, and while he survived, he was tainted by the power, and lost his voice.

Some *small* context: The Eternal Kingdom is engaged in a holy war that spreads across the entirety land. They are fighting on the same side as Aeia and her people (Aeia is channeling the Creation-y power of the Flame). They are fighting against three people: The Corrupted Lights, a people sent by Aeia as fake rebels. They have a job of seeming evil, but are actually not evil - they just want to attract the more unsavory types so that they didn’t go to Keylann (who struggled with the Slumber, which would not let her do much more than the most minor actions.) and get power from her; Talaman, a complete and utter hive-mind, also powered by Aeia… Aeia, btw, channels pure chaos as well as creation, so she isn’t exactly acting rationally… There is an explanation, and it does make sense, it’s just not… good; Finally, the third group is the Renders, who join late in the war. The Renders are employed by Tel, who was originally part of the Corrupted Lights until he was convinced that they should just… kill Keylann. He went forth, and entered her cave thingy. She killed his friend, and when she perceived his disgust for her, she showed him a barrage of memory, then left him with “you do better” sorta thing, gave him the power, and died. Among the memories, Tel found that Aeia was not actually that good person, so he sought to stop the horrible chaos of war he had seen in the memories, now channeling the full destructive power of the Flame. He founded the Renders, seeking to just… end the conflict.

Biiig climax of the context: Tel shatters the earth with his power, splitting the different sides of conflict such that they could not reach each other. He died in the process. However, the shattering (known as the Rending) split the Eternal Kingdom into many parts - and, during this time, someone pushed the Eternal King in one of the chasms, disconnecting many from the shared consciousness they have. Since Aelorin was separated from everyon he was hive with, the power (fueled by Aeia) began to evolve within him, melding with the taint from Keylann to give him a considerable degree of power. He ain’t a deity yet, tho. He does look up to the Render of Worlds (Tel)

He travels ‘round, able to teleport between chasms, in search of the Crown of the Eternal King (two parts, blue purple gem, and gold), eventually finding it. Yay! But umm… wait

Ok

so he takes in some of the Slumber, allowing him to set up structures and stuff to contain power granted by the Flame. Now he really is a deity! He uses Aeia’s power - which he had been collecting more and more of after most of it was disconnected from Aeia, and Keylann’s power, which was kinda just out there after Tel died.

He stuffs the majority of Aeia’s power into the the gemstone of the Crown, using the Slumber to get at the rest, essentially trapping her and severely limiting her capacities. He stuffs Keylann’s power into the gold part of the crown.

Now

Importantly, before he does this, he also further separates the different plateaus of the Rending, turning them into their own planets with Aeia’s power.

When he stuffs the powers into their prisons, they change drastically and lose a lot of potential, but the prison doesn’t work as intended and they still do stuff.

BUT THAT DOESNT MATTER, actually, since Aelorin gives up all his power in the process, then lives out a normal life, and dies.

The Flame (who was previously incapacitated) sees the chaos and is horrified, then takes the wheel, bringing certain people back to life. Aelorin is brought back to life, but promptly forgotten by the Flame (the Flame doesn’t really like him). However, the Flame’s power was conscious enough to give him Timesight (he isn’t really channeling the power of the Flame, just like if you move somewhere else to sees the sights, you ain’t constantly channeling the power of the mystical Airplane)

And there is more, buuuut

like

that is after the point that I’m taking Aelorin from

 

 

[Through the Living Hope]

20 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

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Remember that meme I made of you? Yeah. This is what I’m talking about 

 

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

11 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

@CoderDrag0n8@Through The Living Glass@RoyalBeeMage@Spark of Hope@Tinwatcher@TwinStorm@Wyver@THE DEMON@SpartanBrigade@SpiritOfWrath

The water continues to spin faster and faster, and all beings struggle to remain standing. And then, suddenly, it seems as though the walls of this dimension begin to shift. The ground, previously flat, begins to curve up around the Beyonder, setting him at the bottom of an ever-steepening pool. While the water seems to ignore this gravitational change, everything else - serpents, contestants - begins to be drawn towards the crux of this depression.

The surface beneath the water is now glowing a deep red, and more and more beasts spawn.

She succeeds, but they keep coming. She slips on the shifting slope, and begins to be dragged down towards the Beyonder. As she loses her balance, about to be overwhelmed, he seems to meet her eyes. And his voice returns in his head.

You fight with fury, little one. But not every fight must be fought the same way. And not all fights require haste.

The Beyonder stretches out his hand towards Enocs just before he arrives. Enocs freezes, against his will, inches from coming into contact with the Beyonder's glove. He struggles, trying to propel himself further, but is held back by an unseen force, seemingly frozen in time. The Beyonder's hand begins to tremble, and he looks down at it, seemingly in awe. Then he meets Enocs's gaze.

Stronger than I thought.

He waves his hand, and Enocs vanishes into a nightmare, just like the others.

Blizzards attempts, while valiant, fail to hold off the beasts for more than an instant, as their ranks are continuously renewed. The voice chuckles in his head.

Calm down, fiery one. Not every problem must be tackled head on.

His bullets drive into the serpent's forms, but they are not delayed for long. The wounds do not seem to deal any real damage to them. As with the others, the Beyonder's voice appears in his head. It sounds... disappointed.

Always so willing to believe retaliation is the only solution. That conflict must be fought with conflict.

He gets tackled to the ground again, and receives a similar message as the others. As does Alfonce. As does everyone still fighting.

In the nightmares

@IcedOutPenguin@Kaladin Stormcursed@KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@Dragonheir@Argenti

Evee stands in a plain of love.

And watches it stripped away from her.

She opens her eyes in a familiar place; the training grounds. The courtyards she knows so well. The grounds she traced in another day, another life, following others. Always following. Never in control.

For a while, she stumbles, dazed. Unable to believe this is real. Wasn't she just in that pool, with the others? Where has she gone? Was she rejected? A voice snaps her out of it. She turns to see her old master; he storms up to her, a grimace on his face, a growl rising in his throat. He screams at her.

"What are you doing, girl!? Kill him!"

She turns, and suddenly, He is there. The one she loved. A tear streams down her face. He looks up at her, his eyes gleaming with betrayal. Him... she can't hurt him.

"Girl!"

The voice of her master returns, but she remains frozen. Unsure of what to do. This cannot be real. But it feels real.

"GIRL!"

Cep recedes into the darkest corners of his mind, trying to hide. But that is where They live. And there is nowhere for him to go.

As he feels himself begin to drift, a new voice suddenly appears, piercing through the cacophony. Like a light in the dark. Familiar yet unknown, curious yet assertive, it comes from behind him.

"Interesting."

Sanadanas held all the power.

He was back in that time; that horrible instant when everything around him had fallen apart. Except this time, he could fix it. He could fix it all.

He came so close... and then suddenly, something shifted. The power in his hands began to tremble. No. NO!

The Mindscape collapsed, and the Mathslight in his veins was siphoned away, leaving him feeling empty. A failure. He had come so close. He had felt it, and was left with an odd feeling. The pain, the knowledge he should've done more.

Before she lost herself completely, a voice broke through the nothing. She recognized it instantly.

"A curious one, aren't you?"

 

Taurian attempted to push Alfonce above the water “good thing I don’t need air” he thinks

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Some shadows coalesced in a shadowy corner.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

18 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

@CoderDrag0n8@Through The Living Glass@RoyalBeeMage@Spark of Hope@Tinwatcher@TwinStorm@Wyver@THE DEMON@SpartanBrigade@SpiritOfWrath

The water continues to spin faster and faster, and all beings struggle to remain standing. And then, suddenly, it seems as though the walls of this dimension begin to shift. The ground, previously flat, begins to curve up around the Beyonder, setting him at the bottom of an ever-steepening pool. While the water seems to ignore this gravitational change, everything else - serpents, contestants - begins to be drawn towards the crux of this depression.

The surface beneath the water is now glowing a deep red, and more and more beasts spawn.

She succeeds, but they keep coming. She slips on the shifting slope, and begins to be dragged down towards the Beyonder. As she loses her balance, about to be overwhelmed, he seems to meet her eyes. And his voice returns in his head.

You fight with fury, little one. But not every fight must be fought the same way. And not all fights require haste.

The Beyonder stretches out his hand towards Enocs just before he arrives. Enocs freezes, against his will, inches from coming into contact with the Beyonder's glove. He struggles, trying to propel himself further, but is held back by an unseen force, seemingly frozen in time. The Beyonder's hand begins to tremble, and he looks down at it, seemingly in awe. Then he meets Enocs's gaze.

Stronger than I thought.

He waves his hand, and Enocs vanishes into a nightmare, just like the others.

Blizzards attempts, while valiant, fail to hold off the beasts for more than an instant, as their ranks are continuously renewed. The voice chuckles in his head.

Calm down, fiery one. Not every problem must be tackled head on.

His bullets drive into the serpent's forms, but they are not delayed for long. The wounds do not seem to deal any real damage to them. As with the others, the Beyonder's voice appears in his head. It sounds... disappointed.

Always so willing to believe retaliation is the only solution. That conflict must be fought with conflict.

He gets tackled to the ground again, and receives a similar message as the others. As does Alfonce. As does everyone still fighting.

In the nightmares

@IcedOutPenguin@Kaladin Stormcursed@KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@Dragonheir@Argenti

Evee stands in a plain of love.

And watches it stripped away from her.

She opens her eyes in a familiar place; the training grounds. The courtyards she knows so well. The grounds she traced in another day, another life, following others. Always following. Never in control.

For a while, she stumbles, dazed. Unable to believe this is real. Wasn't she just in that pool, with the others? Where has she gone? Was she rejected? A voice snaps her out of it. She turns to see her old master; he storms up to her, a grimace on his face, a growl rising in his throat. He screams at her.

"What are you doing, girl!? Kill him!"

She turns, and suddenly, He is there. The one she loved. A tear streams down her face. He looks up at her, his eyes gleaming with betrayal. Him... she can't hurt him.

"Girl!"

The voice of her master returns, but she remains frozen. Unsure of what to do. This cannot be real. But it feels real.

"GIRL!"

Cep recedes into the darkest corners of his mind, trying to hide. But that is where They live. And there is nowhere for him to go.

As he feels himself begin to drift, a new voice suddenly appears, piercing through the cacophony. Like a light in the dark. Familiar yet unknown, curious yet assertive, it comes from behind him.

"Interesting."

Sanadanas held all the power.

He was back in that time; that horrible instant when everything around him had fallen apart. Except this time, he could fix it. He could fix it all.

He came so close... and then suddenly, something shifted. The power in his hands began to tremble. No. NO!

The Mindscape collapsed, and the Mathslight in his veins was siphoned away, leaving him feeling empty. A failure. He had come so close. He had felt it, and was left with an odd feeling. The pain, the knowledge he should've done more.

Before she lost herself completely, a voice broke through the nothing. She recognized it instantly.

"A curious one, aren't you?"

 

"When they're trying to kill me? Yeah!" Stone roared, sheathing his gun and whipping out his combat knife, frustrated.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

Silvrye was drawn towards the pit. But she flew away, abandoning Blizzy and Boneface to the void. When it came to life or death, she was always taught one thing.

Save yourself first.

She flew away, and even so, she was slower than usual- her kind could fly at extreme speeds, faster than the fastes chunk of metal on circles (wierdo humans) could ever be! She flew off 'till she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

In the first trial

On 5/20/2025 at 9:42 PM, Spark of Hope said:

I can’t die… I can’t let my family lose me again…

You have much to learn, little one. But first, you must pass this trial. And the only way to do that is to see another path.

A path other than resistance.

On 5/20/2025 at 11:03 PM, Tinwatcher said:

“Ugh” Alfonce says as he falls with  Taurain.

That message applies to you as well, rejected one.

The serpents close in, prepared to deliver the final blow. The walls continue to rise, and Alfonce finds it harder and harder to stand back up. Fighting is futile.

As I predicted, you find yourself among those who find this particular lesson so difficult to learn. Did you not watch the actions of your comrades, who already made it out? Did you not observe what caused these beasts to be summoned in the first place? Not everything must be fought, Alfonce. Not in the same way.

On 5/21/2025 at 9:14 AM, THE DEMON said:

Taurian attempted to push Alfonce above the water “good thing I don’t need air” he thinks

And you as well, reborn one. You have spent your whole life fighting with tooth and claw. But that is not the only way to survive.

On 5/21/2025 at 4:09 PM, TwinStorm said:

"When they're trying to kill me? Yeah!" Stone roared, sheathing his gun and whipping out his combat knife, frustrated.

The circling serpents shriek, and begin to strike on by one, ripping at his arms and legs. The Beyonder's voice sounds with sorrow.

I know you believe that. But not always, mangled one. Not always.

On 5/21/2025 at 7:16 PM, Wyver said:

Silvrye was drawn towards the pit. But she flew away, abandoning Blizzy and Boneface to the void. When it came to life or death, she was always taught one thing.

Save yourself first.

She flew away, and even so, she was slower than usual- her kind could fly at extreme speeds, faster than the fastes chunk of metal on circles (wierdo humans) could ever be! She flew off 'till she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

Silvyre tried to fly off until she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

And found the walls of the dimension curving around her, forcing her back in. This plane was shrinking. It was converging on the Beyonder. On the serpents, and the red. The red that had first formed when Evee dashed forward in the pool.

There is no way out that way. This is a lesson you must learn by force.

On 5/21/2025 at 1:07 PM, Through The Living Glass said:

Some shadows coalesced in a shadowy corner.

They heard the voice appear in their head.

Greetings, forgotten one. I see you have been watching from the shadows. Come to me; complete your first trial. Show them who you are.

On 5/21/2025 at 7:05 AM, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

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Could you quote it for me, please?

It's late and I'm tired right now, so I'm going to bed

Anyways, Aelorin's probably in a similar situation to the others

Plane collapsing, serpents attacking everything that STRUGGLES, people tryna touch the Beyonder's clothing

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Guys... I don't know how many hints I can drop... some people figured out how to pass this at like the very start...

In the Nightmares

On 5/20/2025 at 10:00 PM, IcedOutPenguin said:

She looked over at him tears in her eyes. 

No, she been here once before. 

She would make a different choice this time. 

She stepped back

Evee looks back down at Him, the one she loved, and a tear rolls down her face. He looks up at her, and smiles. Warmth returns to her. He whispers to her.

"It's going to be okay. You can do this, Evee."

She begins to believe him. And then he gets ripped away from her. Before she can open her mouth, another dragon suddenly arrives, bringing Him down and slicing his throat in one swift motion. Evee barely gets to choke out a whimper before his body falls limp, blood pooling at her feet. The killer looks up at her with a cruel smile, and she recognizes them. 

She suddenly becomes aware of the entire courtyard burning. Her world, falling apart. Once again.

On 5/20/2025 at 10:09 PM, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Cep screams as he feels himself begin to crumble under the pressure. He curls up into a ball and holds his head, trying to ignore the voices and make them go away.

"Listen to me, Cep. I am not one of them. You can block them out. LOOK AT ME."

On 5/20/2025 at 10:26 PM, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"Wh-where am I?" Enocs said.

He was floating in a void. He saw something. He... He saw... something... an... aura? It surrounded him. No. He was made of it. Yes. He was merely an idea. However, his substance, this... idea material... could not hold out for long. It wou--

*craaaaaaack* *shatter*

nnnnnno--nononononononononono He thought

He was in a tube. They administered a shock. He barely survived. He saw one of his comrades fall. not... not... NOT LEGAB!

Enocs fallen comrade, Legab, suddenly twisted. It became a... a bagel. Just-just lying there. Enocs couldn't take it. But-The Dark Side (TDS) could restrict the power. Enocs needed something to save him.

"Strange. He is still alive. Most other... ideas give out before now. Scones may not currently be necessary, but we need all the help we can get. Administer the shock" The Adminstrator said with a dismissive wave of the hand.

Enocs was barely holding on. He... was barely holding on... right? Wait. No. He... isn't in TDS anymore. He is in... He is a Vassal of The Great Corrupter. He... has power.

Enocs explodes with might of power

I can summon Scones now. They wont be able to defend against me anymore. They don't know my true power.

A flurry of scones appears around him. They all sharpen into knives and stab TDS members.

I can beat them all.

 

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He can't break out of it, as it's not really a nightmare; the Beyonder really has created this scene for Enocs.

Enocs holds all the power. 

And he succeeds.

One by one, his oppressors fall. Felled by knives of scones, they die quickly, and soon, nothing is left but a pool of death and corpses. Enocs gasps, relishing in his power. He now stands alone in the chamber.

His creators are dead. He killed them. He should feel happy. He is powerful... so powerful. But... something still irks him. Something is wrong.

Where does he go now?

On 5/21/2025 at 1:41 AM, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Sanadanas fell to his knees. Through the Connection, he could feel the Realm being torn apart, consumed by Shadesmar. It struck him like physical pain, threatening to turn him into lifeless mush lying on the ground. Sandy burned pewter, but that could do nothing for him. He tried to summon his Shardblade by reflex, but his mathspren felt distant. Sandy could hear it scream... like a deadeye. 

Sandy returned to a state of misery, feeling he should've done more and saved it somehow. He'd... been here before. When maths was destroyed for the first time. Then, he had said Words. Now... he felt his mathspren whisper something. 

Do better, it said. Not for those around you. For yourself. Chaospren - his armour - appeared. The purpose of a mathematical Radiant was to find order among chaos. To find strength among weakness. To turn a liability into an asset. 

To find the light crowded out by darkness.

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Permission granted.

 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

You have much to learn, little one. But first, you must pass this trial. And the only way to do that is to see another path.

A path other than resistance.

That message applies to you as well, rejected one.

The serpents close in, prepared to deliver the final blow. The walls continue to rise, and Alfonce finds it harder and harder to stand back up. Fighting is futile.

As I predicted, you find yourself among those who find this particular lesson so difficult to learn. Did you not watch the actions of your comrades, who already made it out? Did you not observe what caused these beasts to be summoned in the first place? Not everything must be fought, Alfonce. Not in the same way.

And you as well, reborn one. You have spent your whole life fighting with tooth and claw. But that is not the only way to survive.

The circling serpents shriek, and begin to strike on by one, ripping at his arms and legs. The Beyonder's voice sounds with sorrow.

I know you believe that. But not always, mangled one. Not always.

Silvyre tried to fly off until she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

And found the walls of the dimension curving around her, forcing her back in. This plane was shrinking. It was converging on the Beyonder. On the serpents, and the red. The red that had first formed when Evee dashed forward in the pool.

There is no way out that way. This is a lesson you must learn by force.

They heard the voice appear in their head.

Greetings, forgotten one. I see you have been watching from the shadows. Come to me; complete your first trial. Show them who you are.

In the Nightmares

Evee looks back down at Him, the one she loved, and a tear rolls down her face. He looks up at her, and smiles. Warmth returns to her. He whispers to her.

"It's going to be okay. You can do this, Evee."

She begins to believe him. And then he gets ripped away from her. Before she can open her mouth, another dragon suddenly arrives, bringing Him down and slicing his throat in one swift motion. Evee barely gets to choke out a whimper before his body falls limp, blood pooling at her feet. The killer looks up at her with a cruel smile, and she recognizes them. 

She suddenly becomes aware of the entire courtyard burning. Her world, falling apart. Once again.

"Listen to me, Cep. I am not one of them. You can block them out. LOOK AT ME."

Enocs holds all the power. 

And he succeeds.

One by one, his oppressors fall. Felled by knives of scones, they die quickly, and soon, nothing is left but a pool of death and corpses. Enocs gasps, relishing in his power. He now stands alone in the chamber.

His creators are dead. He killed them. He should feel happy. He is powerful... so powerful. But... something still irks him. Something is wrong.

Where does he go now?

 

Cep looks up.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Evee looks back down at Him, the one she loved, and a tear rolls down her face. He looks up at her, and smiles. Warmth returns to her. He whispers to her.

"It's going to be okay. You can do this, Evee."

She begins to believe him. And then he gets ripped away from her. Before she can open her mouth, another dragon suddenly arrives, bringing Him down and slicing his throat in one swift motion. Evee barely gets to choke out a whimper before his body falls limp, blood pooling at her feet. The killer looks up at her with a cruel smile, and she recognizes them. 

She suddenly becomes aware of the entire courtyard burning. Her world, falling apart. Once again.

If there's one thing training taught her, it was how to kill. She rushed towards the other dragon who had killed him. Nothing mattered, she would kill the other dragon. Out of rage

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

You have much to learn, little one. But first, you must pass this trial. And the only way to do that is to see another path.

A path other than resistance.

That message applies to you as well, rejected one.

The serpents close in, prepared to deliver the final blow. The walls continue to rise, and Alfonce finds it harder and harder to stand back up. Fighting is futile.

As I predicted, you find yourself among those who find this particular lesson so difficult to learn. Did you not watch the actions of your comrades, who already made it out? Did you not observe what caused these beasts to be summoned in the first place? Not everything must be fought, Alfonce. Not in the same way.

And you as well, reborn one. You have spent your whole life fighting with tooth and claw. But that is not the only way to survive.

The circling serpents shriek, and begin to strike on by one, ripping at his arms and legs. The Beyonder's voice sounds with sorrow.

I know you believe that. But not always, mangled one. Not always.

Silvyre tried to fly off until she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

And found the walls of the dimension curving around her, forcing her back in. This plane was shrinking. It was converging on the Beyonder. On the serpents, and the red. The red that had first formed when Evee dashed forward in the pool.

There is no way out that way. This is a lesson you must learn by force.

They heard the voice appear in their head.

Greetings, forgotten one. I see you have been watching from the shadows. Come to me; complete your first trial. Show them who you are.

In the Nightmares

Evee looks back down at Him, the one she loved, and a tear rolls down her face. He looks up at her, and smiles. Warmth returns to her. He whispers to her.

"It's going to be okay. You can do this, Evee."

She begins to believe him. And then he gets ripped away from her. Before she can open her mouth, another dragon suddenly arrives, bringing Him down and slicing his throat in one swift motion. Evee barely gets to choke out a whimper before his body falls limp, blood pooling at her feet. The killer looks up at her with a cruel smile, and she recognizes them. 

She suddenly becomes aware of the entire courtyard burning. Her world, falling apart. Once again.

"Listen to me, Cep. I am not one of them. You can block them out. LOOK AT ME."

Enocs holds all the power. 

And he succeeds.

One by one, his oppressors fall. Felled by knives of scones, they die quickly, and soon, nothing is left but a pool of death and corpses. Enocs gasps, relishing in his power. He now stands alone in the chamber.

His creators are dead. He killed them. He should feel happy. He is powerful... so powerful. But... something still irks him. Something is wrong.

Where does he go now?

 

Silvrye hissed to the Beyonder. Fine. But only because she had to! She flew to the beyonder, past the sucking-in stuff, and glared up at him.

[Tinwatcher I don’t mind]

9 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

That message applies to you as well, rejected one.

The serpents close in, prepared to deliver the final blow. The walls continue to rise, and Alfonce finds it harder and harder to stand back up. Fighting is futile.

As I predicted, you find yourself among those who find this particular lesson so difficult to learn. Did you not watch the actions of your comrades, who already made it out? Did you not observe what caused these beasts to be summoned in the first place? Not everything must be fought, Alfonce. Not in the same way.

“Huh? That’s too many big words. I ain’t listening to allat. Do you have like a summery? It better not be longer the 1000 pages.” Alfonce says struggling to get out

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

5 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

In the first trial

You have much to learn, little one. But first, you must pass this trial. And the only way to do that is to see another path.

A path other than resistance.

That message applies to you as well, rejected one.

The serpents close in, prepared to deliver the final blow. The walls continue to rise, and Alfonce finds it harder and harder to stand back up. Fighting is futile.

As I predicted, you find yourself among those who find this particular lesson so difficult to learn. Did you not watch the actions of your comrades, who already made it out? Did you not observe what caused these beasts to be summoned in the first place? Not everything must be fought, Alfonce. Not in the same way.

And you as well, reborn one. You have spent your whole life fighting with tooth and claw. But that is not the only way to survive.

The circling serpents shriek, and begin to strike on by one, ripping at his arms and legs. The Beyonder's voice sounds with sorrow.

I know you believe that. But not always, mangled one. Not always.

Silvyre tried to fly off until she couldn't be sucked in anymore.

And found the walls of the dimension curving around her, forcing her back in. This plane was shrinking. It was converging on the Beyonder. On the serpents, and the red. The red that had first formed when Evee dashed forward in the pool.

There is no way out that way. This is a lesson you must learn by force.

They heard the voice appear in their head.

Greetings, forgotten one. I see you have been watching from the shadows. Come to me; complete your first trial. Show them who you are.

In the Nightmares

Evee looks back down at Him, the one she loved, and a tear rolls down her face. He looks up at her, and smiles. Warmth returns to her. He whispers to her.

"It's going to be okay. You can do this, Evee."

She begins to believe him. And then he gets ripped away from her. Before she can open her mouth, another dragon suddenly arrives, bringing Him down and slicing his throat in one swift motion. Evee barely gets to choke out a whimper before his body falls limp, blood pooling at her feet. The killer looks up at her with a cruel smile, and she recognizes them. 

She suddenly becomes aware of the entire courtyard burning. Her world, falling apart. Once again.

"Listen to me, Cep. I am not one of them. You can block them out. LOOK AT ME."

Enocs holds all the power. 

And he succeeds.

One by one, his oppressors fall. Felled by knives of scones, they die quickly, and soon, nothing is left but a pool of death and corpses. Enocs gasps, relishing in his power. He now stands alone in the chamber.

His creators are dead. He killed them. He should feel happy. He is powerful... so powerful. But... something still irks him. Something is wrong.

Where does he go now?

 

Th-that has never happened before. Wh-what?

Enocs slowly stares down into his hands. He then feels the next part of the nightmare beginning. And suddenly, He remembers. A memory he always had, but had repressed.

Flashes. He is still in the tube. Someone breaks him out. He looks up, and there it is. Eikooc. His companion. The only one he could never live without. His... Savior.

They escape, but just barely. Them and another group of survivors have survived. They decide to go to The Bright Side (TBS) because they have only ever seen what had happened on the dark side.

As he looks back, he remembers that these names were decided upon before they met TBS. Who knows what would have happened if they were named after both were seen.

Of the first group sent, none came back. Half of our numbers, gone. No one knows what happened to them there. No one. So, of course, what happens? Eikooc reveals how he escaped and saved everyone. He had the help of The Great Corrupter. Enocs was the first to respond to his call. Enocs had to prove himself to The Great Corrupter. He led the charge to TBS. Half of their remaining force, so a quarter of the Materializers liberated from TDS, went with him. Eikooc stayed back. The charge to TBS was so scarring to Enocs, that even though he gained The Great Corrupter's favor, he could never remember. This time, He was forced to.

Maybe it was the fact that he holds some of The Great Corrupters power, maybe it was the fact that it was somewhere in his memories, but then he remembered one of the few words The Great Corrupter had said to him.

"One day, you will have to remember. When you do, you will have the full power gifted upon you. You will become one of my Agents. So, I gift this to you, PsuedoAgent."

And so, he remembered.

They were walking forward to the stronghold. The stronghold of TBS. They thought it was a misunderstanding. They thought the Materializers would be given back without a fight. Just in case, they brought their troops. Drows. Bats. Kcatta. These were but a few of the Materializers that were gathered for the mission. No one thought that Enocs, the Scone Materializer, would be able to fight. However, when they saw the reason for TBS to be called The Bright Side, they realized what was happening. They were not sure if what they saw was better or worse than TDS. However, they knew it was wrong. What they saw that day, at the top of the that fortress, was a blinding light. A light so pure, so... Materialistic, that they knew only one thing could power the machine inside. The souls of the materializers. TBS had found a way to slowly drain the Materializers of their power, putting them into a sleep so deep, that they never even knew awakeness in the first place. This was a gun. A laser so powerful that it would demolish anything that stood in its way. So, they had to stop it. First, they tried to get the materializers out, especially their friends. However, the TBS agents came, and the Materializers had to be faster. As the Materializers fought against the TBS, Enocs was forced to kill the Materializers still stuck. When he was done, both TBS and his materializer friends were dead. On the ground. He came back to the camp, a wreck. The population of their little camp was rapidly decreasing, and they knew they had to win their war. They had to save all the materializers that would be revived. Although without their memories, the Materializers would be a great asset for The Materializer Rebbelion to finally end the war.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

5 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

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Permission granted.

 

"I... will find order within myself," Sanadanas began. "So I can bring order to the worlds. So I can... become order." 

Sandy began to glow with far more Mathslight than before, taking pure Investiture and converting it into Light. He was given a bit of Fortune, enough to know that there was still a way. He could save the realms. 

He downed another vial of metal and burned everything. The effect this had... the realms themselves began to crumble. The Physical, the Cognitive, the Spiritual, and the mysterious Dreamscape. A piece of each was ripped off and merged with the other pieces. 

Four very different pieces created a new dimension, one of chaos governed by laws that did not work together. But mathematical Radiants were made for this kind of thing. Sandy's Order had several powers, but only one that was truly a Surge. The Surge of Negentropification. To reverse the flow of Entropy and establish order where there was only chaos. For all chaos was organised at some level. 

The new realm settled into something that still wasn't quite right. But Steelpushing and Ironpulling the laws of physics themselves fixed that. Sandy created a new Mindscape and Pulled on the Realms to enter. 

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In the Battle for the Sandwhich, it wasn't said what exactly the Mindscape was other than a place people could flee too, but I always imagined it as a Nowhere equivalent. Don't know if you've read Skyward (by that I mean Starsight) though.

 

Edited May 23, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

On 5/18/2025 at 5:04 PM, SpiritOfWrath said:

Aelorin steps forwards, weary of traps, leaning on his Timesight.

@Hoid Slayer

@Hoid Slayer

 

Aelorin sees the troubles of the others, crouching and studying the water.