#[explorer entity korei]

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-{{ Oh no, poor Korei. We will have to hope for your lover-entity's sake that you are okay... I'm afraid that safety is a luxury few can afford here. }}-

The unknown voice fades into static, and then their signal disappears.

[There's a garbled public transmission incoming from Korei. From the sound of it, it seems like they're out in the middle of nowhere.]

{{Hel.. Hello?.... If anyone... Hears this.. Almost to Tulos' outpos...I think.. Attacked by creatures.. Corrup..Sentinels..Holed up in cave..for now..}}

[There's a grumble and some tinkering, then the signal clears a bit.]

{{In the middle of... Nowhere.. Signal.. Spotty.. Don't worry... About me.. Can.. Hold my own..}}

[explorer-entity-korei]

Welcome to my humble abode across the multiverse. I am Explorer-Entity Korei, traveling the universe with my Lover-Entity by my side.

Here I cataloge my travels along with any other interesting bits of data I find within, and outside, the simulation. I have a tag system for easy sorting, which I will put below.

#[Broadcasts From Other Travelers]: Posts of other Travellers and friends.

#[Broadcasts From Outside The Simulation]: A catch-all tag for anything outside of the simulation, such as art, animation, and other aesthetics.

#[Important Knowledge]: Tidbits of knowledge, usually from outside the simulation.

#[For My Lover-Entity]: Love letters or other things I think my Lover-Entity would like. I show my eternal gratefulness for them being by my side.

#[Transmissions]: A tag for any of my roleplay or in-character talks.

Safe Travels amongst the stars. -Korei

[iteration-anomaly]

SIGN IN: PRIEST-ENTITY TULOSNODONS

-{{ It is worrying indeed. I would assume that he did not contact you because he thought himself relatively safe, until things escalated beyond his control. At that point, perhaps he worried about your safety or only had time to warn us since we had the records of his last location. }}-

[[Incoming Transmission: Explorer-Entity Korei]]

{{*ahem*.. Miss Andromeda? I wanted to thank you for your concern about my lover and I. More importantly, I wanted to ask, how are you feeling?.. I can only imagine this all must be extremely stressful to you.. I'm here if you need anything.}}

@explorer-entity-korei

((Andromeda takes a moment before she gathers herself))

✦ I... I'd say I'm fine, but that would be dishonest. ¿¿¿ǝɯ ʇsnɹʇ ʇou ǝɥ sǝop ¿ǝɯ llǝʇ ǝɥ ʇ,upᴉp ʎɥM

✦ I have no clue what he was doing on a dissonant planet, considering everything that happened... previously. Why didn't he tell me? ¡¡ɹǝɥʇǝƃoʇ sᴉɥʇ uᴉ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns ǝɹǝʍ ǝM

((Andromeda is quiet for a moment. Very faintly, you can hear her clear her throat.))

✦ I don't know... I really wish I did...

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ Thank you, Korei. Everyone here appreciates the help. The more we have searching, the more successful we may be... Though I cannot promise that it will be a safe experience. I hope that— }}-

Tulosnodons notices the tone of the transmission, before the connection is closed.

-{{ Ah. Well, time to resume transporting equipment. }}-

SIGN IN: PRIEST-ENTITY TULOSNODONS

-{{ I have mobilised a ground team, it has not been long since we landed on Esoonia. One of my fellow korvax aboard Star Sailor, Omn, suggested that we provide visual documentation during the search process. The others and I have agreed that this is a good idea. If whatever has happened to Anomaly should happen to us, then it would leave the rest of the crew and others more prepared. Should the worst happen and no one is able to recover us... It means that everyone will hopefully know why, at the very least. }}-

-{{ Currently we are in the process of setting up a camp at our landing site, as the area has been scouted and deemed safe enough. Those of us planetside will be able to shelter there and collaborate. Our main base of operation, essentially. }}-

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[[Incoming Transmission: Explorer-Entity Korei]]

{{*ahem*.. Miss Andromeda? I wanted to thank you for your concern about my lover and I. More importantly, I wanted to ask, how are you feeling?.. I can only imagine this all must be extremely stressful to you.. I'm here if you need anything.}}

@explorer-entity-korei

((Andromeda takes a moment before she gathers herself))

✦ I... I'd say I'm fine, but that would be dishonest. ¿¿¿ǝɯ ʇsnɹʇ ʇou ǝɥ sǝop ¿ǝɯ llǝʇ ǝɥ ʇ,upᴉp ʎɥM

✦ I have no clue what he was doing on a dissonant planet, considering everything that happened... previously. Why didn't he tell me? ¡¡ɹǝɥʇǝƃoʇ sᴉɥʇ uᴉ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns ǝɹǝʍ ǝM

((Andromeda is quiet for a moment. Very faintly, you can hear her clear her throat.))

✦ I don't know... I really wish I did...

[explorer-entity-korei]

{{Hel-- -kzzt!- --lo? Hello? Hm, hold on.. -kzzt!-}}

[There's a muffled rattle of tools fixing some kind of mechanical component, followed by a static fuzz of radio interference which gradually dies down.]

{{... Testing.. Testing.. There we go! *ahem* I'm aware I've had this blog for a few months, but had never posted any of my explorations, and I do apologize.. I've been too busy to keep this blog up-to-date.}}

{{For anyone out there that doesn't know or remember me, I'm Explorer-Entity Korei, or just Korei for short, heheh.. I explore the galaxy and it's infinite mysteries with my Lover-Entity--}}

[There's a distant "Hello." in the background from a meek female-sounding voice.]

{{.. You're free to send us your discoveries or questions. My inbox is always open! For now, random stranger, I wish you safe travels.}}

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ I will also kiss korvax, especially a certain one I know. At this point it's like a hobby, hah. }}-

I have kissed all the Korvax

If you're a Korvax guess what. Mwah

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Something shifts in the darkness. It's too faint to fully make out, but undeniably there is a large figure lurking just ahead.

-{{ So easy to see your fears. This isn't what you want to happen, you could simply wake up... But you won't. Do you even have control of yourself? }}-

There's a glint in the shadows, the entity there heaves a twisted section of the freighter's hull to the side. It lands with loud thud that shakes the ground.

-{{ Once a priest, once a puppet. So you'd like to think, at least. You still have strings and you let yourself be pulled into this situation. }}-

[Upon entering the small camp and laying down on the bed, everything from today finally catches up to them. They let out a muffled cry, which slowly begins to dissolve into sobs, static overpowering their speech parsers. They bury their face into the pillow so no one could hear them.]

{{... Couldn't help Tulos.. Couldn't help Aether and Tartarus.. I'm nothing but dead weight on this search.. Can't do anything right..}}

[Over time their mumbling and static slowly dies down as they fall asleep, excessive exhaustion hitting them.]

[When suddenly they're woken up by a splinteringly loud explosion. It shook the landscape and rattled the foundation, knocking things over. Korei nearby tumbled from their lopsided bed and into the dividers. Their core hammering away with electricity as they get up and rush downstairs to a window to see the cause of the loud noise.]

[And then they see it. A freighter falling through the atmosphere, flames and smoke streaking behind it like a fireball. It's exterior too burnt to see any recognizable features. It feels like it's falling in slow-motion, too slow to be of lower gravity or gravitational anomaly. And in the blink of an eye, it speeds up, crashing into the ground with such force that it felt like the foundation was going to collapse. Lights flicker and go out completely from the electrical wave sent out from the crash. Korei had curled up and covered their head, and for a long moment, there was nothing but dead silence. There's an underlying fear telling them to stay there, stay there until someone reaches out, but instead they get up and travel out to the crashed freighter. They're not sure how far away it is, but its smoke and fire tell what general direction it's in.]

[They begin to run, dodging creatures and rocks as they scale the red terrain.]

[They run, and run, and run. How far away was this? It looked miles away. They couldn't stop now. They needed to get there now.]

[Run.. and run.. and run. They don't know long they've been running, time feels like it's slowed, they can feel their fans whirring; their carapace straining as they exert themselves. Their steps getting clumsy.]

[And run... And run.... And.... Run... Time stretched on forever.. They're never getting any closer.. They're trapped... Trapped in an endless cycle...]

{{I failed.. I failed everyone.. Space, Andromeda, Anomaly, Tulos, my freighter team, Aether, Tartarus.. I failed everyone..}}

[Run... And run... And.... They collapse..]

[... All seems dark. They don't feel anything. They don't feel the ground beneath them, or the wind blowing against them. All seems dark.. Are they dead? Are they nothing but an echo?]

[And suddenly they come to their senses. They lift themselves up off the dusty, red ground, looking at their hands as if they never had them before. They're alive?]

[And what lies in front of them is the scrap of a freighter, freshly shot out of the sky. Between the smoke and blast marks, they could barely make out a distinct purple color. They felt something twist in them, as if their metaphorical heart lurched. No, it couldn't have been... It can't possibly be--]

[The shape, the color... This is the MS-8-Spacial; Their lover's freighter.]

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-{{ Hello, Korei. No need to worry when Space is... Out of harm's way. }}-

The line goes dead and there is no sign of who responded to the broadcast. The voice was too fractured, like shards of a broken mirror, to fully place.

{{Well, my first night on Esoonia was not the greatest. I've found out, unfortunately after building my outpost, that this moon is uneven all around. It makes basic navigation disorienting, but I'm sure I can handle it.}}

{{I barely got any sleep. Night seem to span on for what feels like forever. I went outside to study this strange place, and it's very unnerving... I don't even feel safe in my own outpost. There's barely any sound other than what sounds like Sentinels, but there aren't any in sight.}}

{{There's these strange crystals everywhere, I've never seen ones like these before. Something in the back of my mind tells me to stay far away of them. I'm not taking any samples...}}

{{I glance up at my freighter as a kind of reassurance. I hope my love is okay up there..}}

[iteration-anomaly]

SIGN IN: PRIEST-ENTITY TULOSNODONS

-{{ Excuse me for intruding, but that would be a good idea. I am sure that Space will be understanding. A friend going missing is hard enough... I would hope that she will not have to lose you as well, but these are potentially dangerous times. }}-

((INCOMING TRANSMISSION: ANDROMEDA))

✦ Korei... from captain to captain, please communicate with Space. I... it pains me that Anomaly never told me what was happening to him, I don't want a similar pain to befall your lover...

@thrice-iterations

[Korei stutters for a moment, trying to find their words.]

{{I.. Thank you, Miss Andromeda. I only did it to protect her and prevent her from worrying, but I've now realized the error of my ways.. *sigh*.. I will go apologize and explain what's happening to her after she's cooled off.}}

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ Did I really just try to wave over an audio broadcast? Maybe, anyway, hello! }}-

{{Hel-- -kzzt!- --lo? Hello? Hm, hold on.. -kzzt!-}}

[There's a muffled rattle of tools fixing some kind of mechanical component, followed by a static fuzz of radio interference which gradually dies down.]

{{... Testing.. Testing.. There we go! *ahem* I'm aware I've had this blog for a few months, but had never posted any of my explorations, and I do apologize.. I've been too busy to keep this blog up-to-date.}}

{{For anyone out there that doesn't know or remember me, I'm Explorer-Entity Korei, or just Korei for short, heheh.. I explore the galaxy and it's infinite mysteries with my Lover-Entity--}}

[There's a distant "Hello." in the background from a meek female-sounding voice.]

{{.. You're free to send us your discoveries or questions. My inbox is always open! For now, random stranger, I wish you safe travels.}}

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ I may have accidentally started a thing. It's just... A twink, like myself, dancing on Tuesdays in the human calendar. }}-

{{My Lover-Entity has informed me of something called "Twink Dance Tuesday"? I'm unsure as to what it is.}}

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ They are cute, in a way. I'm sure with proper management and care the biological horror will be (at least mostly) safe to be around. }}-

{{.. My Lover-Entity has one of those Biological Horrors as a pet.. They call it "strangely cute" and that it's "perfectly fine and tame".. Regarding our past experiences with the species as a whole, I feel unnerved about the thing.. I try not to judge, but I'm just afraid that it'll hurt them..}}

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ Oh dear, a lovers' quarrel. Whatever the pair of you may decide, I will thank you regardless for your care. The same goes for Andromeda, Aether and Tartarus as well. I am aware that... Anomaly means a great deal to you all. It would be a lie if I tried to pretend that was not the case for myself as well. I owe him a great deal, for how he has helped me. }}-

A chime in the background interrupts Tulosnodons.

-{{ The crew and I are making preparations now for the search. I agree that anyone who follows should be careful. There is something... Off about this galaxy, and this whole situation. Something inside of me recognises it but cannot process it properly. }}-

SIGN IN: PRIEST-ENTITY TULOSNODONS

-{{ Greetings, again, I am bringing more news to those who may be listening. We have located where Anomaly travelled to. A moon, in the uninhabited Onchepet system. For now, as was planned, we are observing from a distance. The moon is apparently named Esoonia and is a deathly green anomaly. Star Sailor's scanners have detected large quantities of emeril, ammonia and silver. There is also the dissonance. }}-

There is a pause.

-{{ It is strange. When our captain received the distress signal, we were in the Euclid galaxy. The signal we traced ended up being in a different galaxy altogether... Odyalutai. It is one that the crew has never heard of. I have lived for a very long time, yet it is unfamiliar even to myself. We are about to begin the discussion that will decide our next actions, so I must depart once more. }}-

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ Thank you, the pair of you. I, and the rest of the crew, will be keeping that in mind. Our investigation so far is proceeding without issue. Should anything go wrong, it is good to know that we may receive assistance. }}-

SIGN IN: PRIEST-ENTITY TULOSNODONS

-{{ Yes, I am sure about this. We cannot simply hide it so easily... You already pressed the broadcast button? I- }}-

There is the sound of rushed footsteps, then the voice becomes clearer.

-{{ Greetings, you likely do not know me. I suppose I should start by introducing myself. I am Tulosnodons and I am broadcasting this from Anomaly's freighter, Star Sailor. He is not present and, as his second in command, I feel it is my duty to share this information with his potential allies. }}-

A metallic sigh can be heard before the speaker continues.

-{{ Several hours ago, just after Anomaly had finished tending to the fauna collection, he received a message. A distress signal to be specific. Someone was begging for help. Now, we don't know what happened. What we do know is that we have received another distress signal. This time, it is from Anomaly. I will now play for you. }}-

Transcript: If you have received this, please don't come looking for me. You cannot help me. I am only sending this message out as a warning. Do not follow me. Don't let anyone come to this planet, it isn't safe. I- I'll be fine. I'll find a way, I have to. I'm sorry. I wish I had more time, I'm sorry, I need- I can't stay where I am. I need to go. Now. They... They're almost here.

-{{ As... As I am sure you can gather, Anomaly appears to have ran into some trouble that is too much for him to deal with. At least alone, that is. He is stubborn and not always good at accepting help. The majority of the crew have voted that we cannot leave him there, and so I will be launching a search. Star Sailor is in the process of locating the planet. When we find it, we will observe from a distance and formulate a plan.

Someone else in the background says something, but they are too far away for it to be understood.

-{{ Anomaly set up some of his broadcasts to send late before he left, so you may still see some of his replies to others. I am needed now, and must go, but I will send out shorter updates if possible. }}-

[iteration-anomaly]

-{{ With much difficulty, haha. }}-

-{{ My pet biological horror just fell on its back. I had to try and flip it over, because it was panicking too much to work out how to get back up. Ah yes, an apex predator. }}-