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Naix. A name they remember.

Was it theirs?

Yes, it was theirs.

"Yes. Why?"

It belonged to "them", yes. A soul trapped in a river of wrath. Not them, however. Not for now.

A recording.

Another messiah walks into the death zone. One more for the count.

. . . well, 'death zone' is a bit of an exaggeration.

Blue grass and plants cover the surface of the Barrens, reaching up to maybe half of their height. It's a harsh contrast to the lack of . . . everything else—this place sure looks abandoned.

"Wooahh..." Niko moves through the grass, wind muffling their ears. It's a bit cold, but nothing horrific.

Niko looks up, seeing someone else in the grass, sitting down on the ground and looking around through the blue strands. Someone around their age? It couldn't hurt to ask for help.

"Brrr... Hello? I think I'm--"

A cough quickly cuts off their yell. And then another.

Their lungs feel short of breath. They hold their hand up, almost saying "give me a moment" as they catch their breath—which they never do.

One more for the count.

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What?

The words walk through them, all three nearly falling on deaf ears. Just... "that's done, then?"

They look up, towards the figure. They know who it is.. do they? There's no memory of them...

...but regardless, the messiah knows who they are.

"What happened to them? Do-.. do you know?"

A recording.

Another messiah walks into the death zone. One more for the count.

. . . well, 'death zone' is a bit of an exaggeration.

Blue grass and plants cover the surface of the Barrens, reaching up to maybe half of their height. It's a harsh contrast to the lack of . . . everything else—this place sure looks abandoned.

"Wooahh..." Niko moves through the grass, wind muffling their ears. It's a bit cold, but nothing horrific.

Niko looks up, seeing someone else in the grass, sitting down on the ground and looking around through the blue strands. Someone around their age? It couldn't hurt to ask for help.

"Brrr... Hello? I think I'm--"

A cough quickly cuts off their yell. And then another.

Their lungs feel short of breath. They hold their hand up, almost saying "give me a moment" as they catch their breath—which they never do.

One more for the count.

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[ Shit. ] The air isn't breathable here. It's not a problem to them- only to the messiah. They need to get them out of here. Just- just think..

They look down, towards the Sun -- one of the only things they recognize before they died.

"Shattering the sun may terminate this world, but... it is also the only way for the messiah to return home."

...What if that voice is right? What if it's wrong? A person's life is at stake. What happens then, if they're wrong?

[ Just- ] They grab a rock. It's not anything special, but at least it's a rock. Something to break the sun with. And they especially don't have time to find an alternative.

[ Say hi to mama for me. ]

The sound of shattering glass fills the air.

Bang.

A recording.

Another messiah walks into the death zone. One more for the count.

. . . well, 'death zone' is a bit of an exaggeration.

Blue grass and plants cover the surface of the Barrens, reaching up to maybe half of their height. It's a harsh contrast to the lack of . . . everything else—this place sure looks abandoned.

"Wooahh..." Niko moves through the grass, wind muffling their ears. It's a bit cold, but nothing horrific.

Niko looks up, seeing someone else in the grass, sitting down on the ground and looking around through the blue strands. Someone around their age? It couldn't hurt to ask for help.

"Brrr... Hello? I think I'm--"

A cough quickly cuts off their yell. And then another.

Their lungs feel short of breath. They hold their hand up, almost saying "give me a moment" as they catch their breath—which they never do.

One more for the count.

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[ No ]

A recording.

Another messiah walks into the death zone. One more for the count.

. . . well, 'death zone' is a bit of an exaggeration.

Blue grass and plants cover the surface of the Barrens, reaching up to maybe half of their height. It's a harsh contrast to the lack of . . . everything else—this place sure looks abandoned.

"Wooahh..." Niko moves through the grass, wind muffling their ears. It's a bit cold, but nothing horrific.

Niko looks up, seeing someone else in the grass, sitting down on the ground and looking around through the blue strands. Someone around their age? It couldn't hurt to ask for help.

"Brrr... Hello? I think I'm--"

A cough quickly cuts off their yell. And then another.

Their lungs feel short of breath. They hold their hand up, almost saying "give me a moment" as they catch their breath—which they never do.

One more for the count.

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[ . . Huh? ] They look up, seeing... themselves, but very obviously off. Different from how they 'remembered' themselves. Yellow eyes, blue scarf, even blue hair? It couldn't be right.

Though as soon as Niko fell down, remembering how they themselves went out--it wasn't the time to think about those things anymore.

[ Hey-! ] A hand quickly grabs the messiah's shoulder. [ Hey, come on– get up! ]

A recording.

Another messiah walks into the death zone. One more for the count.

. . . well, 'death zone' is a bit of an exaggeration.

Blue grass and plants cover the surface of the Barrens, reaching up to maybe half of their height. It's a harsh contrast to the lack of . . . everything else—this place sure looks abandoned.

"Wooahh..." Niko moves through the grass, wind muffling their ears. It's a bit cold, but nothing horrific.

Niko looks up, seeing someone else in the grass, sitting down on the ground and looking around through the blue strands. Someone around their age? It couldn't hurt to ask for help.

"Brrr... Hello? I think I'm--"

A cough quickly cuts off their yell. And then another.

Their lungs feel short of breath. They hold their hand up, almost saying "give me a moment" as they catch their breath—which they never do.

One more for the count.

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A perspective that doesn't exist.

The void of empty, digital space comes back into view.

The specter begins to walk. Small pieces of paper, tiny gadgets are strewn across the black space. It feels... empty. There should have been more here.

[ . . . well, this is boring. ]

Time refuses to pass, almost as if it had stopped moving for them altogether. No one's coming to save them and bring them back to their senses.

Nothing for them to wait for. Not this time.

[ Testbuild? You there? ]

[ Helloooo? ] A loud silence drops onto their ears. It's normal for the machine not to respond, but this feels... wrong. Something here, at the very least, is wrong.

A speck of blue can be seen off in the distance. A familiar one. One they remember seeing before waking up here. The journey over feels impossibly long...

...and yet, the patch of the Barrens is right here. Hm.

They lean down and grab a small patch of sand and drop it from high up, seeing it leave some sort of honey-colored mark on one of their yellow hands.

They move, their full body walking onto the sand.

[ What even is this? ]

Feeling the sand fall down from one hand to another, seeing the wind change where it lands- it's distracting.

Enough to distract them from the fact they've crossed over into someone else's world.

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Reblog if you want a bunch of “have you evers” and “would you rathers” in your ask box right now.

Please

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[ guh fuck you MY TURN- ]

[ What's this? ]

[ Boop? ]

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[ What's this? ]

[ Boop? ]

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[ ...sorry? Oh, didn't you break the fundamental laws of robotics by doing this? ]

[ Do you even have a reason? Or are you just keeping me here for some loophole to keep yourself from dying? ]

[ . . . ]

[ Answer. ]

( @ask-os-testbuild )

[ . . . ]

[ So, what now? ]

[ You took... basically all of me, and left whatever I am. ]

[ Why? ]

[ I want answers. ]

( @ask-os-testbuild )

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[ . . . ]

[ So, what now? ]

[ You took... basically all of me, and left whatever I am. ]

[ Why? ]

[ I want answers. ]

( @ask-os-testbuild )

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NIKO QUICK DELET THE SYSTEM 32 FROM YOUR COMPUTER THE UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON YOU!!!!

[ Sorry ? I don't think I understand . . ? ]

[ . . . then again, this was sent a while ago, it probably doesn't matter. ]

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rip bozo

[ Sorry? Bozo? Seriously? ]

[ Get some better insults, come on. ]

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Can’t believe you died again smh. What is this, like the third time? Seriously, you gotta get better at not dying.

[ . . . third? ]

[ It's been a while, so, my bad if I don't exactly remember. ]

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[ Jeez, what's your issue? ]

[ I repaid you when you got me killed. Twice. No take-backs, there, huh? ]

[ Asshole. ]

[ . . . ah. ]

[ So that's what happened to me? ]

[ . . . ]

[ No. No no, It doesn't add up. There's a reason for this. ]

[ . . . more importantly, no one would decompose that easily. ]

[ . . . ]

[ Answering doesn't cost anything, you know. ]

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[ . . . ah. ]

[ So that's what happened to me? ]

[ . . . ]

[ No. No no, It doesn't add up. There's a reason for this. ]

[ . . . more importantly, no one would decompose that easily. ]

[ . . . ]

[ Answering doesn't cost anything, you know. ]

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Is anyone here now that the owner won't be responding anytime soon aside from supernatural phenomenon?

( No. )