User:A, Mori/Corruption: He Comes (Rewrite)

Just a thing I guess. Doesn't have to be accepted by canon, just something I guess will be cool for me.

WARNING!!!!!!!!! VIOLENCE AND GORE

Credits:
 * A, Mori - Writing the story
 * DMSwordsmaster - Writing the original Corruption that this is based off of

Chapter 1 - The Note Corruption Plays
In the home of Zoshi Isles, a restless slumber disturbs him. He begins to toss and turn in his bed, with a pained expression on his face. Horrible, foreign images were haunting his nightmares.

There was first a sound. And then it was repeated over and over again, by several voices, all with sorts of corruption altering them. The sound repeated:

"Y̛ͮͥͮ͛ͨ̔̽ͪ͛ͥ̔͆̓̚͟͠͏͕͕͙̻̪͙͉̱̘̣̩̰̗̻͓̜̮ͅO̷̵̵̢̭̲̬̹͔̙̝͈͇̞̦͇̠͉̭̟̲̐̿̐͑͗͑̚͠ͅU̶̫̭̻̮̪̳̗̹̙͓̪͉̪͍̼̪͛̃̓ͥͭ͐̃͠͡͡ ̴̢͙̰̮̩̥ͣ͌͑͊͐̑̈́͊ͨ̂̎̑̋͌͐͜ͅW͌͌̈́̈́͑ͥ͑ͪ̂ͮ͋͒ͤ҉̴̨̼̞̩͕̳̣̦͉Ȉ̸̛͓͖̞̤̮͚̗̖̗̰̗̣͇̦͕̈̃̾̊ͨ̀͟ͅL̡̃͑ͧ̌̃̋̏̌ͤ̂͒ͩͤͬ̏͡҉͔̹͕͎̩̮̖͔̪͉̟̜͕̠̼̺̦̦̀͝Ḻ̶̛̥̗̘̲͓͔͕̙̤̤̺̰̩̥̰̰̾͆̈́̂̑ͣ͊͐̐̽̑͗̄ͫ͝͡ ̒ͯͣ̏̆̃ͨ̂ͧ̍҉̶̢̤͚̗̼̱̟͙͇̗̝͉͘͘ͅN̸͓͎͖̟̻̱͕̲̫̩̣̻̗̼̭͖̮ͦͯ͊ͯͬͥ̈́̆̎̏͟E̵̫̠̳͖̭͙̥̼̹͎̬̮̱͚̣̥̳̺̾ͬ̽͒̊ͣ̌͒̀ͅV̛ͪ̓̉̀͐́͂̑̈́̚͏̴̳̗̻̙̖̼̟̙͍͇̀͟ͅȨ̷̩͔̹͔̩̬͚̰̝̞̙͉̳̘̉̊ͮͧ̄͑́ͤ̆͑̄̄̓̀͘͜R̶̷̛̗̮̠̬̳͓̬͖̩̱͈ͬ̋͒͑̃̉́͆ͫ̈́̌̐̚ͅ ̷̹̰̜̊͆̍̄̒͑͛ͥ̐ͫ̀́̚E̸̛̮̜̼͎͚̦̥̫͛̉̌͌͆ͦ̈́̽̓́ͤ́̀̀̚S̷̨̻̫̺̯̬̮̜̣͚̝̟̞̬̙͓̤̤̘̲̿̔ͯ̎C̈̌ͮ́̍͏̴̼̺͕̞̕͢Ä̶̸͓̣͓̜̤̣̗͓̻̗̦͖̒ͩ̊ͪ̆̏́͐ͩͮͧ͋̀ͭ͘͢͡P̙̘̮̼̰̬̜͍̀͊͌͒̆ͪͭ͊̊́ͬ̏͘͜͢E̴̶̸͉̟̙͚͔̼͑̾ͪ̈ͬͮ́̋͒̂̌ͤ̑̈ͪ͑͜͝"

He started to run for his life. He saw that he was walking down an unfamiliar red hallway, with macabre pictures hanging all over the walls. Suddenly the walls stopped, and the floor itself twisted onward, hovering over an endless drop into darkness. He maneuvered over them all the best that he could. He didn't think he'd ever escape the voices.

But soon enough, he did. He came to corridor. And then it began to change. The walls slowly changed colour and form until they were wood and steel. And as he went on farther, he saw lines jutting through them.

A thin light appeared, perpendicular to the lines on the walls. It was a sharpened piano wire, moving at him in full speed. He stopped and tried to turn around, but he was already moving too fast. The piano wire sliced right through his waist, severing him in half. All he could see was the world around him spinning, until he hit the ground, and saw his legs still running forward.

He jumped from his bed with a start, beginning a scream. When he saw the darkness around him, he stopped. His breathing was heavy, and sweat was running down his face. He did his best to steady his breathing and try to remember what had happened. It had taken him a while to figure out that it was all just a dream. But for him, it had felt so real.

At the same time, in Samuel's house, the exact opposite is being experienced. He's having a nice dream.

Samuel: Ecast!

He's in a regular forest. The sky is blue and nearly cloudless, the sun is shining brightly, the flowers are beautiful, and there are no monsters in sight. Sam once again calls for Ecast. He hadn't seen his pet for a while, and he needed to go even faster.

A green cloud appears in the distance. Sam calls out for Ecast. But then he realizes that it isn't Ecast, nor is it a person at all. A strange green fog began to seep into the forest, coming towards him at an alarming rate. The fog built up in speed and size, until it looked as if it would consume the entire forest. It passed by Samuel, with a powerful wind. As it passed by, Sam saw the scenery change completely. The trees had lost their leaves, and the bark had blackened. The grass had turned an ashy grey, and the flowers were all gone. And the sky now was engulfed in a thick layer of grey clouds. They looked very dark. A red thunder began to emerge from them.

Samuel decided to get out of there before it started to rain. But the thunder began to come down. It struck the ground with what appeared to be an immense amount of power, leaving large charred holes in the ground where it struck. Samuel ran, doing his best to dodge it all, but something was weighing him down. He turned around and saw a familiar face.

It was Masa. She was grabbing onto his knee and was being dragged along with him. He took her hand, and was about to call out for her, but then suddenly stopped and turned into a scream. Masa's body was a blackened corpse, parts of it near-rotting, and the skeleton exposed in some areas. Sam turned and grabbed her arm, shaking it as hard as he could to get it off of him.

He finally got it off. But in his struggle, he'd fallen into one of the hole's left by the red thunder. It was a longer drop that he'd thought it would be. He finally hit a ground of what seemed to be black stone and metal flooring.

A dark-grey figure suddenly appeared over him. In his shock, Samuel did not move a muscle. With a swift and strong motion, the figure lifted Samuel up high above his head and began strangling him.

Samuel: Guhh... augh... ahhh!!

He dug his nails frantically into the appendages closing in around his neck, desperately trying to release its grip. But the more he pushed them away, the more they tightened their grip, further constricting his neck.

Samuel: Hllgh... ghh... ghaaah!

He began flailing his limbs, twisting and contorting his body, trying everything he could do to escape. His neck was clamped tightly, and he could feel the blood rushing to his head. He couldn't breathe. He opened his mouth in terror, sticking his tongue out, as if trying to swallow the air. He only succeeded in making more sounds of choking.

Samuel: Ulgh... ghah... urkh... hlgahh!

A strange, horrible face emerged from the figure's grayness. Samuel would have let out a hysteric scream, were it not for the hands still pressing down on his neck.

Samuel: ((I can't... can't...))

His vision whirled and he began to feel the sensation of falling. At the same time, a lukewarm liquid began pouring over his face. He struggled to make sense of what had just happened. The floor came down hard on his head. His vision had gone white and begun blurring. But he could still see.

He rolled across the floor, and saw his own headless torso collapsing in a heap on the floor.

He awoke in his bed with a start. In his confusion, he felt as if his own sheets were strangling him, and he began to struggle wildly against them. He ended up falling onto the floor. He stopped, realizing that it had just been a dream. A vivid, realistic, horrifying dream.

All across the world, on this night, a grand number of people began to have horrible nightmares. The similarities were uncanny, even; it would start out as a normal, happy dream, and then suddenly it would turn all to hell on the flip of a coin. A recurring theme of these nightmares was the report of a horrifying, grey humanoid figure who ended up causing their death in the dream. More recurring themes of this included the corpses of their loved ones appearing, as well as the appearance of a corrupted, impossibly-built world, general corruption, and odd, scary shapes.

This was the curse of the Corruption Zone. And by dreaming, these people would allow themselves to be copied and searched through time, and eventually be recreated in the form of their Shadow.

Zoshi heard his phone ringing. He picked it up, and was relieved to hear the voice of a friend.

Ludicrine: Hey, Zoshers.

Zoshi: You can't sleep either, huh?

Ludicrine: No... I just woke up from a horrible nightmare. I'm actually afraid to go back to sleep now...

Zoshi: You mean it... happened to you, too?

Ludicrine: Wait, you had nightmares??

Zoshi: Yeah, it's why I'm up right now.

Ludicrine: It... it was horrible. I was just surrounded by copies of the corpse of Co... Er, some people. I was just buried in a sea of them, and I was about to suffocate, when someone stabbed me in the leg and pulled me out of it. It was some grey figure, and he killed me by stabbing my through the eye... I was so sure it was real, I was so confused and horrified when I finally got to waking up. Er, though I'm a bit afraid to ask, what happened in your nightmare?

Zoshi: Uh... To be honest, it's really fuzzy for me... I just remember a lot of hallways and yelling. And then I think I got cut in half by a piano wire.

Ludicrine: Huh... Uh, have you heard anything from the others lately? I actually tried to get a hold of everyone else, but they weren't on the phones.

Zoshi: No, I just woke up now. But, you don't think... That everyone else is having these nightmares, do you?

Ludicrine: I don't know... But I sure as helc hope not.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: I... I think we should try to go and warn them. I don't think they should have to go through the same stuff that we did.

<font color=00FF00>Ludcirine: Yeah. I wouldn't want them to suffer like that, either.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: I think I'll go over to Rev's house and check on him and the other two. You should try to get to Sam and Laz, to see if they're alright.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Sounds like a plan.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Alright. Call me back when you get to either of them, I'll do the same when I get over to Rev's castle.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Alrighty. Goodbye.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Bye.

They hung up the phones and went off to find their friends.

Chapter 2 - Walking Under the Stars
<font color=FF0000>???: Luna. Luna!

<font color=0000FF>Luna: ... Huh?

<font color=FF0000>???: Luna, please wake up.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Rev...?

Luna opened her eyes to see a large, red eye right over her head.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Oh... Hi, Miss Zeronius.

<font color=FF0000>02: I'm sorry to wake you at this time, Luna.

Luna sat up in her bed.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: No, it's fine...

<font color=FF0000>02: To be honest, I was very worried...

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Worried?

<font color=FF0000>02: Yes. I was having a horrible dream... In which I was killed by a large grey figure. And I'd just heard you tossing about in your bed, and I thought that you'd been having a nightmare as well.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Oh... You were having a nightmare?

<font color=FF0000>02: Yes... And that is very odd, especially for myself. Usually, my dreams revolve around the stars and space... To have just a normal dream would be something else, but a nightmare like this... It's very strange.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Well... Thank you for caring about me, too... I'm not sure if other people would really be all that quick to do the same thing, something so selfless as that...

<font color=FF0000>02: Ah, don't think of it like that... To be honest, I was more relieved that I'd had an opportunity to wake you. I would've been pretty scared just by myself in a situation like that.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Oh, I would be too...

<font color=FF0000>02: Luna... Would you mind going on a walk with me outside? I feel more comfortable under the stars.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Ah, sure.

The two went outside. The night was actually quite a bright one. The moon was full, and there was not but a few clouds across the sky, letting the faraway stars shine down, somehow brighter than they were on other nights. Even in the darkness of night, their surroundings seemed to be illuminated.

Luna and 02 had decided to just take a walk around the property. They were occasionally greeted by Revelian's many pets as they walked by.

<font color=FF0000>02: I want to thank you again for coming out here.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Oh, don't mention it. I really owe you one for waking me up then, or else I probably would've had a nightmare... And besides...

Luna stopped to look up at the moon. It was a beautiful white blue colour, reflecting gently off her eyes.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: The moon is very beautiful tonight... I really like that I was able to see it like this tonight. It really makes me miss the moon on my planet...

<font color=FF0000>02: Hm...

<font color=0000FF>Luna: And I don't really think I've spent that much quality time with you since we met. It's either been all three of us with each other or not seeing each other at all. And I think it's a great privilege to be able to get to meet my boyfriend's mother...

<font color=FF0000>02: Oh... Well, I feel the same way.

Luna smiled at her.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Thank you, Miss Zeronius. It means a lot that you'd say that to me.

<font color=FF0000>02: Aheh...

<font color=0000FF>Luna: ... Uh, I hope it's not too upfront for me to ask, but, well, what exactly did you and Rev work together on all that time ago?

<font color=FF0000>02: ... What? How did you hear about that?!

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Well, I've heard you and him mentioning something about it a couple times, but you don't really go into detail... All I know is that you both worked together on something a long time ago.

<font color=FF0000>02: Oh... Yeah, that was nothing. No reason to be curious.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Really? But you just acted all worried, like you were afraid for me to find out.

<font color=FF0000>02: What? That? No! That's just the weird way that dark matters like me normally act! No reason to be suspicious.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Uh... Alright.

<font color=FF0000>02: Anyway maybe we should change the subject!

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Well... I also wonder, what was Rev like when he was younger.

<font color=FF0000>02: He was, ah...

The memory of Revelian practically begging her not to tell Luna about the Great Conquests rang in her mind. Though she herself did not like the idea of lying to Luna, she did believe that it would be alright for her to learn later. In the right time.

<font color=FF0000>02: He was very... obedient.

Luna smiled again. She seemed to express a great amount of interest at this.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Obedient, hm...? What else was he like?

<font color=FF0000>02: He was very, ah... Determined, and... Adventurous. And he liked... Playing with the others a lot.

Memories of his brutal slaying of those who would betray me came to mind when I mentioned his liking of playing with others.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Oh, really? Aheh, he sounds like he was really cute.

<font color=FF0000>02: Yes, you could say that...

<font color=0000FF>Luna: I'm really lucky to have him in my life.

<font color=FF0000>02: ...

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Um... Miss Zeronius?

<font color=FF0000>02: Hrm?

As 02 saw the expression on Luna's face, she was actually surprised. She seemed to be blushing brightly.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: I was wondering... Me and your son have been going out for quite some time now... And I was thinking that, soon enough, we could start to have a family... And so, I was wondering if I could, well... Get your blessing?

02 was quiet for a while. She was honestly not expecting this. She paused for quite a moment, but she then let out a calm smile, and began to respond.

<font color=FF0000>02: Luna, I-

Her sentence was suddenly interrupted. Right in front of them, a black meteor crashed into the ground. It appeared to be radiating of a dark, corrupted energy.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: ... Ah...

02 looked shocked. She began to walk towards the meteor.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: W-wait! Miss Zeronius!

<font color=FF0000>02: ((Can it really be...))

Part of the meteor began to open up, revealing what seemed to be white and black static energy inside of it.

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Miss Zeronius! What are you doing?!

<font color=FF0000>02: ((Yes... This is it...))

<font color=0000FF>Luna: Please, stop! This could be dangerous!

<font color=FF0000>02: ((What I saw in my dream...))

The static energy from the meteor suddenly touched both Luna and 02. They disappeared from sight, sent into another dimension. The meteor disappeared with them.

Chapter 3 - The Hour of Disaster
<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Ludicrine! Ludicrine, can you hear me?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Yo??? What's the deal?

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: I'm at Revelian's castle now. I tried knocking on the door, but I didn't get an answer. So I went inside, but none of them were there!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: LE GASP!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Not Luna, not 02... Well, I'm not exactly sure if Rev is gone, because I thought I just heard him... But there's definitely no sign of Luna or 02 around.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: What do you mean you thought you just heard him?

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Well, I heard something. I didn't recognize it as one of his pets, and I know that the voice was male, so it couldn't have been 02 or Luna... But something about it...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Yeah?

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Something about it just sounded, well... Corrupted. And it sounded a lot like what I heard in my nightmare...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicine: Holey Carp, something's definitely up. You should try and check out what's with that biz.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: I'm not so sure that's a good idea... I think I should ask around with his pets, first. Maybe just be sure what I'm getting myself into...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Good idea.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Okay... And what about you? Have you made it to Lazro or Sam's place yet?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: <font size=0.2>Well I can't fly like you, so that's a no.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Oh, right. I keep forgetting that you can't fly, even though you have those wings.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: <font size=0.2>Please don't keep reminding me.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Anyway, I'm gonna just ask around and see what I can find out. I'll check back with you when I can get something.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Alright, man. Goodbye.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Later.

They both hung up their phones. Zoshi went into the living room, away from the corruptive sounds.

Sitting right in front of the fireplace was Cygnus. She was dancing around and listening to her MP3, while smoking what appeared to be a marijuana cigarette.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Hey, Cygnus!

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: WHATHE-

Cygnus had heard Zoshi, and then had immediately turned around and then nearly jumped out of her (lack of) socks, dropping everything she had.

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: ... Oh, it's you. Fuck, no need to sneak up on me like that.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Cygnus, I-

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: Oh, damnit! You made me drop my blunt in the fire!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Cygnus, please, I want to talk to you about-

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: Urgh, where did I drop the MP3...

Zoshi unsheathed his sword and slashed the measly MP3 in half. Cygnus practically turned white in fear.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: We need to talk.

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: YES SIR.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Now, what exactly happened to Revelian and Luna and 02?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: I don't know! It's just been a bunch of weird shit.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What do you mean?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: Well first, Luna and Miss Zeronius disappeared and everyone's saying that they got taken away by some magic meteor.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What? That's ridiculous, are you sure you're not just making that up to have me and them out of your hair?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: I swear I'm not! I like them a lot better than Revelian, anyway. And a magic meteor is what all the other pets were saying.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Huh...

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: And I swear, that's all I know about them.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Well, what about Rev? What's going on with him?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: Revelian... he started acting really weird earlier...

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Weird how?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: He came down here looking all strange and angry, and I asked him what was wrong, and then he cussed me out in a strange, unnatural voice... And then he just started crying.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Wait, he started crying? Why?

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: I have no idea! And then he said 'Please, help me', and then he started screaming and then he just stormed off.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Wait, he said 'Please'? And he was asking you for help?

<font color=6844D2>Cygnus: I know! I'm just as confused as you are! But I'm not gonna let it bug me, because now I get the place to myself...

The crashing of thunder interrupted their conversation. Revelian suddenly appeared behind Zoshi, causing Cygnus to jump.

<font color=6855D2>Cygnus: 'H-H-HELLO, MASTER. I WAS JUST SHOWING YOUR FRIEND AROUND, NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG.'

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: ...

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Revelian?

Revelian stayed silent.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Revelian?! What's going on here? What happened to Luna and 02?

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: ......

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: ANSWER ME, DAMNIT!!

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: S̷̢̹̹͇̝̣̜͍̥̲͙̄̿̓͋͛̓̓̌͡͞ͅh̶̷̢̟̰̤̬͕̫̰͈͔͓̣̦͈̥̟͇̯̒̊͛̇͞ų̷͆͋̓̊ͮ̕͏̺̤͔̞̳̬͕̥͔̙̻͔͉͉ͅt̢ͦ̐̋͛̍͊ͩ̿͐͒ͧ̋͐ͬ̅ͪ̆ͬ̕͠҉̸̳̪̖̝̟͍͍̖̞ ̡̧̻̠̝̮̻̱̗̫̠̦̂̓̿́͛̈̓͋̌ͮͩ͐̈́͠ų̷̥̳͕̫̱̪͍͎͈̉̊̊̅ͬ̒̕p̸̴̛͓̖̯̠̼̳̙̺̫͖̺̦̟̒̾̉̅̓̃ͤ̋̕.̥͇̥̺̠͇͎̻͕̜̯̺̃̃ͦͣͫ͗̐̇͐̈́ͪ͞͡ͅ

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: ... What?

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: Į̴̮͓͉̲̙̣̫̝ͣ̌̒̿̓̽ͬ͂ͤ̓͘͞͡ ̧̫̹̲͈̜̦̯̘͔͍̱͚̱̟̠̈͊͊ͦ̇̾ͩ̀̄́ͮ̐̍̃͊́̀s̢̞̳̱͚̘̖͎̮̱̒̂̒ͮ͗̈́̈ͩ̌ͪͯ̚͝͝͞a͊̈́̈́͊͑ͨ̍͆̃̿͆ͮ͗͊̇͛͗̽͏̡̱̪̦̼͙i̱̠͕̱̙̓ͨ̒͑̀͟͝dͯͤ̑̂ͪ͗̈́͋ͧ͛̇͒͏̶̧̼̭̪̫̯̥̹̟̣̣̰̤ͅ ̵̷̸̨̗̖͇̱͍̖̣̦̤͓̠͓̣͙͂ͬ͛ͭͪ̉ͬ̈͆ͪ͘ͅͅs̐̓̎̎ͤ҉̞̤̦͕̻͢͡ḧ̛̙̪͔̺̖͎̜̩͍̟̘́ͫͬ̊ͫ͌͂ͥ̎̋͌̏̒̐̂̿͒͑͠u̓͒ͪͥ̿̕҉̡̯͖͔͚͕͖͔̯̦̭̮̲̠̻͖̲̲ͅͅţ̛͈̟̘̰̱̳͚̳̖͔̘̗̠̖͌ͨͩ͐̈̚͟͢͜ͅ ̵̨̲̫̦̤̺̺͖̼̥͙̦̬̟̼͖̩̘͒̏̂͛ͅt͉̦̭̩̻͎͍͔̪͙̹͓̮̭͖̏͛͗̊̈́ͨͬ̑ͮ̆̀͊̅͗ͯ̓ͫ͌̀͝͝ͅͅh̞̞͍̩̪͍̻̮͓͎̗̫̣̥̠͛͐̇ͩ͗ͦ́e̷̶͆͊ͨ̍̽ͯ͊̔ͪ̅͌̃ͭ͏̵̤͔͇͉̙͕͇͖͙͎̞̠̖͈͉̕ͅ ̵͔͉̫̹͈̝̣̘͙̏ͬͦ̅ͫ͛͛ͭ͂̽ͫ͌͊̀ͩ̇͡͠h̢̢͈̫͚͙̙͔̠̱̯̬͙̖̤̜͉̰͈̣͑ͮͣ͒̅͂̑̾̋̇̔͊͟e̵̴̢̼̰͓̩̭̝͕͙̟̞̟̣̩̮̞̙ͪ́͗ͣ̓̂ͦ̒͋͞l̖̦̝̖̩̟̖̫̹̟̗̬͉̩̰̣̿̍̇̋̋ͬͤͨͦͫ͋̔͆̌̍̿̌ͩ̽͞l̶̖̯͈̹̻͎̝̟̝̞͓̱̻̰̬͖͉̼̓ͪ͗ͣͪ͌ͭ̓̽͐ͪ͟ ͈̯̞̥̙̰͉͎̳̉ͬͦͩ̐ͮ̏́͂́̓̀̕͘͢͟ů̢̌͒̌͑̌ͯ͌ͮ̒ͪ̓̿͛̋͂͘͏͙̜̘̮̣͎̳̗͓̮̱́p̶͓̝̘̦͉̠͔̼̪͖̳̩ͭ̑̃ͦͨͩ͛͒̊ͭ̆̑̾ͩ̂̀͜͞͝.̢̗̰̤̘̼̪̤̋̀͋̉͊̎̄ͨͤ̅͢

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Revelian! What's wrong with you?!

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: B̨͈̙̰̰̗͖̪̼̺̟͕̰̲̆ͯ̅͊͛̉̒̓̓͜ę̴̲̤̣̻̘̜̖̲̦͍̲̞̪̳̆͂̓ͭ͌̓͛̏̉̽͢͠ͅ ̛͓̦͇̺̟͊ͬ̊̾̄ͭ́̚͘͢͝ͅq̵̨̨̛̰̝͓̝̊̏͌̈ͩ̽̔̀͐ͨ̒̅͊̿ͮ̇̕ű̿ͤͬͧ̓͒̽ͭ̓̃̉̊ͥͩͯ̌͛҉̶͏͈̟͙̣̳̫̦̱̱̼̜̹̪͚i̸̴̲̙̺͎̜̖̣̲͚̪̝̪͔͖͒ͯ̓ͪ̃ͥ̈̅̾̑̔ͥͣͮ̑̍͘͠e̱̫̦̼͎̯̺̣͇̪̼͕͕̗̖̝̣̪͍͒ͤ͛̑͛͗̏́̃́͊ͥ̽͢͢t̴̠͚̝͉͖̲͙͙̪̫͖̞̲̥ͪ̀͑ͮ͆ͣ̐̓̔̂͜ͅͅ.̧͔͔̰̣͚̫̣͍̞͓ͤ̈́̎͌̍̅͘͞.̿̃̎̎̍ͫ̆ͪ̇̌̃҉̴̶̭͉͔̳̺̘̳͖̥̭͙͈.̸̴̧̤̳͓̗̪͌ͬͬͥͩ̋͐ͭ͛̐̉͊ͪ̽ͣ̚͘͡.̧̳͉͎̱̙̬̳͖̣̥̼̟̦͎̭̿̋̈́̈ͩ̃́̋̄͂͡ͅ.̷̡̛͚̗̰̳̣̫̃̓̔͋̊͊ͯ̏̋ͪ͛̆͌̅̉͞ͅ.̆ͥ̅̿͊ͦ̂̈́ͮ̈́ͪ̔̂҉̨̜̖͕̣̞̭̦͎̯̙̦͙̤͍͔.̴̡ͨ̊ͤ̅̓̐́ͪ͊ͣ҉̫͎̝̯͉̫̠͕.̷̴̧̮̦̫͕͖̠̘̹͉͚̞͚͖̯͉̮͉͆͑̐̋̾͊̒̈͌ͬ̓̍̆̚͟ͅ ̡̇̉̋ͣͧ͋͐ͥ̅ͧ͐̾ͨ̇̂̒̅͒҉̣̥̫͚̳̜͉̗͙̥̟̦͠͝ͅG̴̺̞̤̻̯͓͎̗̭ͧ̍͂̄̏́̓̓͊͌͂́̚Ȅ̴̸̐͆ͯ̌̿̂̔ͮͬ̃̊͐ͭͧͭ͏̟̠̻̭͍͎̤͓̜͟T̶̢͚̩͎̘̯͎̝͕̅̑͗̋̋ͫ͆ͤ̿͗ͤͯ͑̚ ̨̪̞̫̪͉̫̠͈͙̱͕̣̠̯͒͆͛̈́ͭͤ̌̅́̕ͅͅO̮͉̜͇̞͇̙̠̅ͧͣ̿̀̀͢͠͝Ȕ̵̼͍͇̪͚͚̱̥͉̬̱ͧͮͯ̄́̐̚͟T̷͕̯̦͕͕̥̖̯̭̞̖̘͛͑ͨ̊ͫ̇̇̇̉̃͑́̚ ̴̨̬̣̪̬̮̽̄̌̾̔͑̆̔̐ͥ̓̒̚Ò̢̢̟̥̫̻̝͈̝͈̩̺̘̩̗̱̓ͧͭ̏̏͆̈́́ͅͅF́̆́ͩ̒͋͒̾̈́ͫͯ̔ͮ͋ͥ͝҉̘̼͙̘͕̤͕̀ ̸̷̢̮̠̯̖̙̝̻̟͖̞̠̦̣͓̦̞̹͈̖ͣ̏̽ͪ̆ͩ͐͊̌̑̌̆̓ͦ͠M̸̲̙̟͉̟̬͉̞̝̱̝͇̺͐ͣͧͣ̈ͩ̓̍͑̚͘͜͞ͅY͈̪̱͇̻̥̮̺͙͎̟̽ͤ̌ͯ̂͊ͧ̐̉̊̂ͪ̿̕͢ͅ ̵͈̜̰̠̗̑̆̉͊̄̊͒̀̀H̴̷̬͎̺͙͈͚̖̝͐̓́͌̂ͦͪ̆ͣ̏̈̂ͨ̔̈́͜O̴̎ͬ͛̇̌͊̽ͯ̚͞҉̧͏̙̫̺̳̥̬͔͖̰͍̺̦̞͖U̵̡̧̧ͨ̆̌͒̌̽̓̐̃̽͏͍̗̪̪͇͈̗̦̲̺̱S̢̡̡̛̗͚͈̺̜̞̩̩̗͎̦͇̠͈ͤ̓͋ͤ̃́ͫ͛̈́͝Ȩ̈́ͭ͒ͨ́͑̾̍ͬͥ͆͐͑̈ͪ̀̕҉̘͍̠̜̜̯̦̼̠͖̖̬͎̜̦̟̻͖ͅ.̷̗̺̙̹̗͙͓̖́̀̃̋̐ͮ̏͑̐̂̎̂͋̃̌ͦ͘.̶̶̪͖̙̯͖̯̲ͧ͌ͦ̔͡.̴̻̜̞̳̦͇̈́ͦ̒.̛̙̙̭̱͓̮͚͔͈̥̱̏ͬͦ͂̀͡.̷̷̨̨̞̘̟̯̓̉̈ͧ̀ͥ̆́ͥ͒̍̀͒ͭ̽ͯ ̶̤̲̗̲̮̱͚̩̲̳͇̝̙̜͎͕͌̋̓ͨͦͥͪ̑ͣ̈́͌͜͠ͅͅD̤̘̘̣̖̼̹̝͙͓̺́ͦ̏̏̿̀͘͟͡Õ̴̧̡̡͍̖̙̺̰͍͙͍̱̲̬̣͐̈ͯ͐̎̎̔̅́͑̏̀͌͡ͅN̷̶͒̈́͌̾͆̾ͣͯ̉͌̍͂̅͋ͨ̑͗̑͏̘͍̝̭̜̀͘'̶͖͉̠͍̺̤͈̗̮̮̹͈̭̀̔͒ͭͅͅT̴̲̘̫̜̙͙͚̣̫͉̙͈̟̺̺̠̞̺̽̀ͭ̀̄̈̓ͨ̓̇̆̔̋̅ͫͤ͐̿ͧ͘͡ ̷̵̼̖̺̙͕͖̰̳͉̦̪͓͖̹̮͖̘̹̐͂͌̅̾̽̒̆͑̔ͤ̒͐̇ͩ̈̾͒̚F̸̵͇̝̫̘͉͈͇͈̟̿͒̊̈͐ͥ̚̕͜͟ͅỌ̢͚̯̮̦͍̜͙̺͉̝͈͇̣͕̻̝̖̥̽ͦͦ̒̈́́ͤ̇ͭ̅̑̚͜L̾̎ͦ̒́̄̅ͤ̋ͩ͏̨̖̹͚̹͚͎̣̖̳̦̮̺̳̻L̸̵̞̪͚̤̞͐̊̏͆ͨͪ̑ͤ̆̋͋̆́͗ͧ͘O̧͓̭͍̥̗̙̹̘̲̫͍̥̺̻ͥ͆ͦ͆̀́̀W͈̞͙͉͚͓͓͈̮͌̃̾͛͑̔͛͒̿ͤ͛̂͂͛̔ͦ͆̕ ̸̵͉̦̭̮̺͕̳̭͈̻͚͎̩͚ͯ̄̈́̄̾̍͒̔ͮͫ̈́͛͗̈́ͩ̇̈̑M̶̵̩͎̳̭͚̣̲̺̙̀͐ͫ̊͒͆̓ͦͩ͒̈̈́̉͒̍̓̃́͟Ȩ̩͍͎͕̣̮̳̖͓̏̄ͭͬ̓̔̃̾̈́ͣͯͯ̕!̧͍̟͉̦̪͙ͯ̊͌̏ͫ̓̇͌͒̀̅̕͠͡!̶̙̳̝̲͙̺̓͐͗̋ͮ̎̀͘̕͟!̸̜̮̰͕̻ͨͥ̍̓͂ͤ̽̔̽̾͗́̀!̸͎̻̤̙̹͚͖̟̰̬̪̥͙̰̬͇̃̒͛́̒̎̏̒ͤ̒̈́͂͌̎

Revelian then pushed the two of them, and started to run off.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Revelian!! Wait!!

Zoshi ran off after him. Cygnus, meanwhile, huddled in a corner.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Damnit!!

Zoshi got out his phone and called Ludicrine.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Ludicrine! Revelian's flipping the fuck out!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Whuh???

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: He's going towards the desert series... Hurry up and get Sam and Lazro, we're gonna need them there!

Chapter 4 - The Face of Chaos
Ludicrine was running towards Samuel's house. It had taken him a while to get there, since he forgot to take a sort of vehicular device to get him there, and he didn't have the ability to fly like Zoshi did. He'd also forgotten that Lazro's place was much closer than Sam's, and that it would've taken a lot less time to get there if he'd just gone there first. But by then he was already halfway there, and he didn't want to just go back.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I SHOULD'VE TAKEN A PET. *cries*

Soon enough, though, he got to Samuel's house. He took a while to catch his breath before knocking on the door. He heard some trashing about coming from inside, and then finally, Samuel opened it.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Helo Lud.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Sam... Nightmares... Revelian... *huffs*

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Woah, uh, what's that?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: PEOPLE ARE HAVING NIGHTMARES. DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THE SAME. SOMETHING'S UP WITH REVELIAN.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: I already had a nightmare, though.

Ludicrine facepalmed.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: But hey, what's wrong with Rev?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I don't know... but I have the feeling that it's got something to do with the nightmares...

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Huh... Well, I did feel like something was really wrong with the nightmare that I had... Something that was, like, sinister...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I think that we all did...

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: But anyway, what are we gonna do to help Rev?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I'm not exactly sure, but Zoshi said that Rev was last seen heading towards the Desert series, and that we're supposed to try and meet him there so that we can catch up with him.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Are we going to try to get Lazro, too?

Lazro suddenly burst out of the ground with Digug.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Hi Lazro.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Hey Laz.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: Yo.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: We were just talking about you, man.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: I know, I was sneezing like crazy.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: We were just about to come and get you-

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: I know! Zoshi told me all about it, I called him right after I woke up from my nightmare.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Alright, now that we're all here, we should meet up with Zoshi in the desert series.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Let's get going!

Halfway there, however, the group suddenly stopped behind Ludicrine, almost running into him.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Ouh!

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: Why are we stopping suddenly?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I think I see something...

Samuel and Lazro leaned over to try and find what Ludicrine was seeing in the distance.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Wait a minute... Is that...?

A red-wearing figure was running up to them at impressive speed. It appeared to be an Alternian troll, a rust blooded female. She also seemed to be dragging one of the group's associates along with her. She stopped in front of them and spiked their associate into the ground like he was a football.

Poisonshot: OW HURT

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: Hehe, this guy.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Hey, PS.

???: AHEM.

The red-wearing, rust-blooded female troll suddenly cleared her throat, bringing attention to herself. She was familiar to them. It was the well-known follower of Chaos.

Ellona: HELLO, BITCH.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: <font size=0.1>Oh gog flipping beaverdamit.

Ellona: I BET YOU THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN THE LAST OF ME.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I was hoping.

Ellona: YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THIS CORRUPTION SHIT, RIGHT?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Uh. Corruption??

Ellona: THAT'S WHAT THIS SHIT IS, STUPID.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: That's what what is???? And what are you doing with Poisonshot?

Ellona: WOW, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

Ellona then punched Ludicrine in the snout to establish the fact that he was an idiot.

Ellona: FIRST OF ALL, I HIRED THIS GUY TO BE MY BULLET SHIELD. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M AROUND BULLETS A LOT, AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO HIT HIM THAN ME.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: O... kay???

Ellona: OH SHUT UP IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS YOU DIDN'T THINK OF IT FIRST.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Er, I wasn't suggesting that I thought that.

Ellona: YOU WERE THINKING IT.</FONT>

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ... Righty-o.

Ellona: AND SECOND OF ALL, THE CORRUPTION IS WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLANET.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I... Still don't understand what it is.

Ellona: SERIOUSLY? ARE YOU HONESTLY THAT STUPID OR ARE YOU JUST ACTING LIKE THIS TO GET ON MY NERVES?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: <font size=0.1>Probably the former, but I like that it's doing the latter.

Ellona: YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT, WITH YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS, FOR A REASON, RIGHT? CORRUPTION IS THAT REASON.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ... Oh! I just got it!

Ellona smiled. Ludicrine turned to Lazro and Sam.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Guys, I just figured it out! The nightmares and Revelian going whacky, those events are related! It's Corruption! I figured it all by myself like a genius!

Ellona: GO FLY IT UP YOUR LOAD GAPER, ANAGRAM.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Heheh.

Ludicrine smiled at his successful trolling attempt.

Ellona: BULLET SHIELD, COME LOOK AT THIS. THAT IDIOTIC GRIN OF HIS IS CAPABLE OF EATING ENTIRE MOUNTAINS OF FECAL MATTER.

Poisonshot: Should not eat fecal madder, is bad.

Ellona: EXACTLY.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Well, if you don't mind, we kind of have to get going right now. Revelian's in trouble, you know how it is.

Ellona: ACTUALLY, I DO MIND.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: <font size=0.1>Dear gog why.

Ellona: I'M COMING WITH YOU.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ... Why, might I ask?

Ellona: BECAUSE I'M A FOLLOWER OF CHAOS.

Ludicrine facepalmed.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Of course that's the reason. That's your reason for everything.

Ellona: SHUT UP. THERE'S ACTUALLY A GOOD DAMN REASON FOR ANY FOLLOWER OF CHAOS TO DO WHAT I'M DOING, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT AS COMMITTED TO HIM AS I AM.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ... Well, why's that?

Ellona: BECAUSE THE GUY WHO'S CAUSING ALL THIS IS THE ONLY BEING WHO, ALONE, IS MORE POWERFUL THAN CHAOS?? DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD REASON??

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: WAIT, THERE'S AN EVIL DUDE WHO'S MORE POWERFUL THAN THE BIG GUY?? AND HE'S HERE, NOW??

Ellona: YES, HE'S THE ONE CAUSING ALL THIS, SOMEHOW.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: AND HE'S MORE POWERFUL THAN CHAOS????!?!?!??!???!?!!!?!!?!?!?!!1?!?!?!1?!?!

Ellona: ACTUALLY IT DEPENDS.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: What do you mean 'IT DEPENDS'?

Ellona: I MEAN, TECHNICALLY THE ONE CAUSING THIS IS, IN ENTIRETY, MORE POWERFUL THAN CHAOS. BUT THIS ONE MAY JUST BE A FRAGMENT, MEANING HE MAY NOT BE MORE POWERFUL THAN CHAOS.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Just a fragment and he's not more powerful than Chaos?

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: There's no reason to worry, then!

Ellona: YOU IDIOTS, I SAID HE MIGHT NOT BE MORE POWERFUL. AS IN THERE'S A CHANCE THAT HE MIGHT BE EXTREMELY MORE POWERFUL. FUCK.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Well, helc. Sounds pretty intimidating, really. So the power of the lunk causing all this bunk is somewhere between the most powerful thing in existence and still fairly powerful?

Ellona: SURE, BUT NOT FOR LONG!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: What's that supposed to mean?

Ellona: HEHEHE, YOU'LL SEE.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: *sign*

Ellona: ANYWAY, LET'S GET FUCKING GOING ALREADY!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Alright...

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: We're moving again! Yay!

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Hurrah!

Poisonshot: Booyay!

Chapter 5 - Darkest Night, Blackest Heart
The group of five suddenly stopped in their mid-desert location.

Ellona: WHY THE HELL ARE WE STOPPING?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I see something... It's Revelian!

Revelian was speeding right towards them, possibly unaware of their existence. He was almost like a bullet, flying around as he was. The gang did not call out to him.

Soon enough, as Revelian got closer to them, another figure could be seen behind him, trying with all his energy to keep up with Revelian. The group realized that it was Zoshi, in pursuit of Rev.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Zoshers! Rev! Hold up!

Revelian stopped suddenly in front of them. He only took a moment to examine them. Then he turned around, and saw Zoshi coming up from the other side.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: Ỷ̛͙͙̝͇̰̟̫͉̫̮̜̙̎͆̐ͪ̐̎́ͬ̊ͬͦ̎̇̍͌ͮ̑̚͝òͣ͗͗̓͑̏̍̚̕͞҉̥̤̱̻̹̺̳̳͖͕͝͡ų̧̞̲͈̫̳̤͍̘̳̣̞̈́͐̎͊̆̇̊͗̆́ͦ̓̿̀͢ ͑̓̆̉͛ͯ̐͆ͭ͛̾̃̑͆̒ͪ̚̚҉̸̢̛̫͍̙̗͍̝̠͜a̠̙̟͉̪ͬ̋͐ͣͧ̄ͥͭ͑͊ͤ̿͛̑̽̽ͬͯͪ́͞ļͭͨ͋͒͆ͭ̀̈̊̅ͨ̆̋͒̾͘͏͉̯̼͙͕̙̤͉͈̝͇͚̮͇̻͕ͅͅļ̛̫͇͎͓̹̻̪̹͕̲̬̈́́͑̉ͧ́̾̅́̚̕ ̴̩̠̘̩̖̾̒̌ͧͯ̀͌̾̈́͜͠͝ͅͅc̴̊ͪͥͦ̈̀̚͏̡̳͈̩̙͍͉̤̦͢ǎ̘͕̙̫̪̥̝̟̫͈̖̯͚̠̺̺ͥ̿̒̄̍̄̎̀̚͟͝͡mͦͮ͆̐ͧͭ̄̓̋̍̋҉͉̪̭̞͍͍̱̜͓̠̠͉͘͜e̶͇̦̣ͯ͂͐̒͌̎̔ͣ̎̓̌͑́́̕͟͝ ̦̲̼̯̫̫͙͔̗̙͙̘̤̹͍̲͆̾̿̅ͯ́ͫͯ̆͠h̸̵̸̩̠̩̭̓͌̐ͯ͆̃ͮ͌̅ͣ̋͘͡e̢͓͖̭̞̤͓̥͈̺ͪ̀̇ͥ̈ͭͦ͂ͦ̎͂̽̑̚͟ͅr̼̠̮̝̝͎͚̞͇̟̜̝͕̳̓͊̏̉͐͌̋ͩ̽̏̇͋ͩ́͘ȩ̷̰̘̠̹̳̤̪̜͖̘͉͙̮͈͕́̈͋̽̊̇̎̈́ͫͪ͋ͥ͝ͅͅ.̵̲̥̲͕̰͖̖̯͈̣͐̅̇̽͆͊̋͗̎͛̀̚͜͠͝.̶̴̵̨͙͎̭͇̯͖̥̯̯̠̖̘̺̮͈͕̖̊ͥͣͭ͐̿́̾̔̅ͭ͗̿ͦ̌ͣͮ̈́ͮ.̴̧̛̛̬̱̬̭͔͎̖̠̣̝͔̲̠͕̜͌̍̋̾̇͢ ̏ͦ̓̋͆̀̕͏͕͉̪͓̭̭͙͙͉̲ͅy̸͔̠̜̥̜̻̗̝̥͈͕͚̟̤͕͕ͩ̌̿̄ͤͪ̒͒̇ͨ͆ͣ͠͡o͒͑͋҉̸҉̢͖̥̹͔̼͓̤͔̣̖͚͔͈͈̱͚u̹̞̟͓̭̱̤̜͇͕͚̻͎̘̣̘̘͐̎̓̊̓̍̒̽̒ͧ̓͑͟ͅ ̷̤̩̟͔̩̩͇̫̲̦͍̲̮̥̠̠͇ͮͭͥ͂̔͂ͮ͊́͂̽̽ͯͪ̓ͭ́ͬ͝ä̸̷̢́ͨ̊ͫ̀̅̾̈́͆ͫͦ̾ͥ̒̃͏҉̫̬͇̫l̵̡̠̹̩̮̭͎̤̫̬͔̘͇̤̜͚͋̅́̑͊̆̇ͧ̃̔̐̌̉͗̕l̵͖̹̰̜̺̱̟̲̦͇͙͉̗͇ͣ̔̆̐̔̌̾ͫͪ̽ͣͩ̑̑͌̐͂̓ͭ͝ ̵̘̣̹̘̤̪̟̭̍ͯͥ̌ͮ̋ͣ̀̓ͨ͛ͮ̉̏͋̂́f̡̏͊̂̿̌̑̓ͨ͑̓͛̅ͫ̋̋ͧ̍͢҉̧͚̳͓̭̝͟ǫ̸̛̛̖̙̙̣̣͔̗̗̠̬̥̺̓͐̓͠ͅl̷̾̍͌ͯ̒̍ͬ͂ͮ͑̉̋̾̾́̚̚҉͙̠̖̟̩̜̹̼͍̫̱͈̦̣͕͘ͅl̥̤̖̥̗̹͆͂̓̽ͩ͢͞o̶̵̵̧̪̻̮̜̽̏̆̀̽͛ͥẇ̵̧̡̮̜̮̹̜̝͕̰͉̱̮̙͈̘̦̯͙͔̇͐̈ͪ̑̌ͦ̈́̔ḙ̡͉̞̤̬͔͔͉͕̑ͭ͋̏͗͂ͤ̒̎̊͂͛ͪ͐̽ͣͣd̢͌ͥ̓̐ͫ͆̇̽̀̌͑͊̃̿̓ͯ̆́͡͏̙̠͎̫̺̱̪̦̣̺̼͉̬ ̦̦̤͚͇̲̗̰͍͚̬̭̣̝̜̦̱̦͌̃ͦ̇ͤ̂̍̑ͩ͌̉́ͨ͗̕͘͢͢͢m̷̨̞͕̥̘̜̭̗͚̟̹̂̈ͧ̒̐͝ͅe͊͋ͣͧ̉̆̓̓ͦͩ̌ͨ̊̾ͩ͑ͤ̎̚͞҉̳̮̟̝̥̞͍̬͔́̀͜.̵͎̼͙͖̖͓̤͎͖̦͇͊ͤͧ͂̈́͒̓̃͆̊̋̅̃̍̉̈́͠͝͡͠.̢̧̈́́ͫ̊͐̔̀͏͏̦̺̦̹̮̟̪̻͉̺̦̤̦̗̠.̅̏͊̊̇ͯͭ̍̏̒͂́ͬ͒̓͑͏̸͍͇̱͇

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Revelian! *pant* Please, cut it out!

Ludicrine looked at his Dark Matter friend with slight horror.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Something's... really wrong with Rev...

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: That's an understatement, if you ask me! The guy looks like a nightmare!

Poisonshot: Even I am worry!

Revelian's hands then began to build up a dark energy around them. He raised them towards the others.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: Ȋ̜̺̖̟̻̱͇̩͉̺͒̓̚͟͞.̧̙͙̝̪͚̺̭̮̙̋̒ͤ͌̏̀͆ͩ͆ͣ͡.̭̠̟̯͇̹͔̘̠̤̹͖̲̲̮̥ͯ̈́̐ͫ̌ͧͥ̂͐̃̉̿͌́̀͢͝͞ͅ.̨͈͖̩̻̞̲̦̫̰̰͖̞͓̠̀ͥ͊̿͛͐͆͂̄̎̃̿͊͐̊̌͌͜ͅ ̴̨̤̝̘̦̝̼́̇̓̓ͯͦ͆͛̌̆͗ͬ̿̏̕̕s̨̳̹̼̖̰͔̱̦̤͚̲̮ͧ͋̐̒̃̊͛͡ͅẳ̢̫̰̥̳̥̯͇̫ͮ̅͗̄ͩ̽ͨ͜͡į͙̪̞̳̤̝̪͈̩͑̎̃̑ͣͮ͜͞ͅd̔̉̾ͥ̐͋͒̓͏̛͏̮̟̞̮͇̬̫.̎ͣ̽ͬ̂͋͏̷̢̩̻̬̰͚̱̣͓̺͍͕̯͔͖͎̫.̸̢̹͔̩͉͖̀͊͒͒̓̕͝.̡̩̗̻̝͇͙͔̗̺̱̦̱̗̗͒ͣ͆̆ͤ̄ͧ͂̓ͤ͊͌ͧ̉͘͠ ̷̷̵͎̱͔̝̹̫̺̟͔̪̞̫̼͉̻̝͉̰̬ͭ̿̇ͨ͡Í̧͓̲̼̭̤̳̻̝̼̙̱̗̼͈͍̜̤̺̉ͣ̐ͥ̉ͤ͌́̏̀ͣ̆ͩͯ̃̚͘̕͡ ̨̧̢̧̬̱̫͈̻͚̪͕͎̝̱̯̭̝ͦͯͬ̐ͪ̍tͣ̇̓̈͋̓̆̌̎҉͙̹̱͕̼̠͖̭̯̝̖o̶͖̜̙̯̣̺̘͓̫̯̥̯̞̜̣̻̜̿̓ͬͫͣͨ̏̀l͖̫̝͙̗͇̙͐ͥ̐̇̍́̈̓ͬ̀͟͟d̏́̊͑̌͗͋͛̓̋̈́̔̂҉̶͡͝҉͎̦̼͖͓͎ ̢̩̱̫̞̦̘͕͍̤͔̯̹̅ͤ͊̈̔̐̂̏̀͌̈͗ͣ̿ͥ̐ͥ́̚͘ͅͅy͍̟̰̖̗̼̹̻͖̺̻͉̻̟͌̌͐̓̊̊̀ͨ͐̓̅͋͌ͯͨ̈́́̕o̪̰̠̼͈̝̲͇̝̰͓͇̠̬̱̔̀̓̿͑̏̈́̀͟ų̡̳̻̲̩̘͍̅ͨ͑ͫ̍͊͟͟.̸͚̫͍̩͔͇̖̩̙̮̘̥̻͙̠̄̎͆ͣ͂̏̽̉̎̆͜͡ͅ.̧̛̫̼̤̘̖̜̘̬̞̣̜̲̖̪̮͕͓̭̎̓ͥͦ̀ͣ̄̎́ͥ̄́̃ͫ͟͠.̵͕͖̝͍̻͇͎͚̘̻̏ͪͩ͊ͨ̇̔ͬ̽̇̉̇̄ͫ̑͗̚ ̛̼̣̝̩̙͎͓̘̤̘̻̻͓̣ͨ̐̅̋̽̌̆̓̂ͤͭ̏̽ͨ̒̓̕N̜̭̤̦̜̼͙͚͈̼̪̯̥͌ͭͧͪ͟͡O̢̮͔̻͔̞̞̺̊̆̒̄̃ͥ͑̀̒̆̓ͮ͜͡T͈̼͚͕̯̗͎̾̐ͤ̔ͧ̑̎̓͑͜͠ ̛̱̹̭̗̓͑̈́̚͟͟T̵̺̙͇̔ͩ͐̎̍̋ͤ̓ͯ̈́̈́͂͒͜͡ͅO̢̡̻̖̭̦̟͙̗̫̔ͨ̉̐̀̀ ͧ̋̌ͩͨ̋̓̇̑́̑̂́̚͏̝̦͎̪̬͓̝̱͍̯̰͍͍͖͕͔͎̘ͅF̐͒ͫ̒̌̾̒̌̈ͣ̓̔̚͞͞҉҉̪̯͎̺͈̬̣̬͚̲̻͉̫́ͅȖ̟̜̻̤̳̻̝̦͕̬̬̫͖̜̘͙̭̯̍̒͑ͯ̊́ͣ̄̃ͧ̓̅́͡ͅC̡̤͔̳͈̳̲̠̻͖͎̱̳̘̩̞̮̱̱̾̄͂ͥ̏ͪ̅ͥͤ̄́͗̓̌͐̀̚͢Ḳ̡̛̬̟͕͋ͬ̿̇̉͐̈͑́ͧ̓̊͐͑ͩ̀͂͋ͦI̵̸̶̡̗͍͓̥̟̻̺̥̜͔͎̹̳̹͕̤̿͆́ͥͥ̾̍ͨ̾͜ͅN̸̻̖̱̻͈̞̹͔̗̍͆̑̒ͣ̆̅́̓̿̅ͭ̎̉̍ͤ͂̇͋G̨̼̹͉̺̪̻̫̖͍̦̻̱̹̩̠̹͗̐̌ͦ̎̑͂̇̇̓̀́͌̽͋͐͋͟ͅ ̷̵̊̏͐̏͏͙͚̞̟̲̺͙̹̤̩̟͖̹̣̬͚F̢̃̋ͥ̊ͥ̐̊̎̆̓̔̃̋̑̀͜͏̱̼͉̭̟̹̟̟̼̦ͅO̴̧͉͇͚̼̦̦͚̓ͣ́ͩͤ̈ͨ́͒ͦ̓ͯͧ͊̉ͧ̔͞Ļ̡̼̞̮͓̭̜͕͔͓̣̳͕̫͕̘͎̰̋͛̂͒ͬ͠Ĺ͉̰̱͖̱͔̰̱̳͎̬̩̝̻͚ͤ͐̋͐̚̕͟͡ͅO̅ͥ͋͂̓ͯ̿͗ͧ͏̙̺̫̤͚̘̝͎̲͓̳͖̪̹͇̠͙̲̦͘W̳̟̯͚͖̞̣͉͚̰̯̰̙̿̏̍̊͋̿̕͢ͅ ̞̗̣͚̘͎͔͚̩͕̞͉͕͇̞͙̠̦̂̎̒͗͌ͩ̑̓̒̒̇̚͜͟͟͠ͅM̛̦͚͉̲͔̝ͯ̑̔͆ͨͤͬ̈̍͂͆ͧ͆͊͊͐͆͡͝Ȅ̻̬̞̞̳̲̮̪̫̞̭͙̩͚̜̓̋̕͟!̪̰̦̜̯̜͚̼̜̳ͩ̑̄̔ͥ͐ͥ̎ͬ̊̄̀ͯ̉ͨ̅̑͂̀̚͝ͅͅ!̵̛̳̯̗̤͚̝͕̳͉̤̜̹͔͂ͮ͊̇̂͑̔̂̋̑̊͒͛͊̅͌̑̇͡!̾̄̾̌̊̄ͪ̑ͫ̂̅͡҉̜̜͉͖̱̠̫̤̠͎̟̠̜ͅ

He then fire dark blasts of energy with both hands, towards the friends on both sides of him. Luckily, due to their speed and versatility, most of them were able to dodge. Poisonshot, however, got hit with one of the blasts.

Poisonshot: REVELIAN HAS BLASTED ME A LEG!

Ellona: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY HE'S MORE LIKELY TO GET HIT THAN ME.

Zoshi flew down and landed next to the others.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Are you guys alright?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I'm good.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: I'm not hurt!

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: Okay here, too.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: That's good. Thanks for coming out on such short notice, guys.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: .̷̶̼̱̤͇̞̳͙͍̣̯͇͍̝̭̯̘̤͒̋̂̋̈̂ͤ͛̇̎͐̇.̤̤̯̗̟͎̦͔̙̫̮̥͇͙̩̘̯̰̏ͩͣͫ̓͂̑̑̽͒̽̈ͫ̊ͬͦ̅͟͢.̸̡̨̭͍̦͈͎͉̘̜̫̥̥͔͖͖̥͑ͥ̎ͦ̋̓̽ͥ̒̂ͫ͌ͩ͗̒ͣ̀̚͘.̳͖̩̒͛ͯ̾͆͑ͬ̇ͩͦ̀ͥ̈́̐ͯ̄͐̎͢͞͡͠ͅͅ.̴̧̛͔͔̥̤̈́͂̒̓͛͘.̴̗̼͖̤͇̳̤̰̘̯͇̙̯̝̣̳ͨ́̆̃̒̓͗̽̾ͭͩ̊̃̌͋̚͘͢͢.̧̧̖̬̥͍͓̼̂ͨ̓͋͗̽ͤ͌̔̽

The group then remembered that their attacker, Revelian, was still there. They turned back to him. He was still floating above them over the ground, though he was acting very strangely. He was grabbing at his skull so tightly it looked as if he were trying to pull off his own face. He was also panting and sweating, suggesting that he was undergoing a strenuous amount of pain. His screams of agony also were evident signs of this.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: K̒̆ͯ͊͆͋ͨͫ̌̇̓ͯͮ͗̊͌͛̒ͣ͏̵̷̢̝̱͓͖̘̀H̵̞̻̦̱̻̗̿ͥ̿͋͊̂ͧ̎́́̕͠.̍̆̂̓̃ͥ̀͗̈ͣ͗ͧ̋ͤ҉͖͕͉̮ͅ.ͣ̃́̑͆͂̑̄̈́̽̔͐̀̄ͭ́҉̵̬̝̪̞̤̞.̧̟̼̹̲̼̹̬͔̘͕̙̩̠̼̬̭̻͌̎̾ͯ̄ͦ̌͒ͤ́͆̚ ̜͖͕̥̜͈̻̹̹̘̟̬̩̞̠ͤ̋̍͂̑̈̒͐̆̋̚͘͜H̶͎̬̯̹̘̾̂ͬ͆͌̿̓ͭ̔̓̃͆̃̓͟͞Ȓ̷̺͚̺̙̫̻̲̤̝̺̤̀̍̊̒͒̒ͥ̊̏̃͛͒͒̇̚͝Ã̸̜̼͖̣̱̰̝̬̈̽ͩ͛̾͌̏̽̐̇͗͝͞H̸̤͈̠̤̯͕͓̮̮̻̪̠̠̟̮̫̪̓̄̏̓ͫ̓̈́͛ͪ̋̊ͯ͐̀ͧͤ̂̎͡͝H͖̖̘̬̝ͯ͒̽ͭ̉͜͝.̧̫͔͈̪͔̖̜͕͌͂ͦͣ͋̄̏̐̽̽͐̒͑ͦͪ͑ͥ̔̕.̷̷̣̮̱̦͓̥̬̝̰͉͍͇̪̞̅̋̓̃̈́̎ͮͪͥ̔ͫ̍ͪ͗͟.̛͈̲̟̩̣̤̰̬̠̺̥͎͖̝̜ͬ̓̓̔ͦ͐ͯͅͅ ̪͙̩͓̟͇̯̭̯̠̥̯̪͈͕̱̬ͣ̎ͬ̋̈́ͮ͗͑ͨ̎̏̊ͧͩ̀ͦͩ̀̕͜͟͝A̴̡̟̞̰̣̞͔͈̿͌͒̈͆͝À͉̤̟̫̙̺̞̥̟͎̦̗͓̼͓ͫ̓͐̅̿̈́̆̋̏̑̃͢͟͜ͅȀ̢͕̻̻̬̯̝̖͙̭͕̞̜͖̜̦͌̃͛̀͠A̢̲͉̥̮͍͇̳̥̠͈̗̻͇̙̦̐ͤ̈̋́ͥ͜͞ͅH̨̠̭͉̹̀ͨͥ̎̈ͯ̇ͨͫ͋͒͘Ḩ̴̱̭̬̮̗̱͔̙̫͖͙̯̲̖͙ͣ͌ͪ̉̈́̏͋ͥ̅ͬ̇̽ͮ́͡͡H̵̡̖̳̬̳̰̦̬̪̓̔̃̇̆ͮ̊̍̎̔͗ͧ͗̐͝Ḧ̵̲̲̟̔̃͂ͯ͑͛̑̄͊͋̀̃͌͋ͯͫͯ͞!̸̨͕̝̞̮͔̦͙͔̜̠͙̪͗͊̍ͨ͒͂!̸̘̱͚̲̯̱̙̜̰͎̭͇̱̬ͥͣ̃̐̈́͘͢͞!̈́ͫͤͯ̽̅ͣ̒ͥ̎́̄̐͟͝͠͏̙̫̣͇̯̬̥͎̬̤̰̲̼̰̞!̘̮̘̪̭̰̗͇̦̫̖̣͚̳̼̤͔͔̿́̈́͌̒̃ͥ̿ͦ̊ͣ͛ͦͩ̀̚̚͡ ̸̸͖̲͖̬͕̤͍̯̤͖̖ͪ̽̿ͮ͊ͪ̍ͭ͟ͅḠ̢͕̭͓̯͎̹͚̦͉̝̜̞̗̦̞̅̎̒͒ͮ̾͆ͩͯͫ̊̿͢͡ͅA̷ͭ̂͗̑̍͆҉҉̭̰̺̳̫̖͔̳̮̲͈͖̤͍̲̗̦̭Ą̷̷͚̘̪̯̯̻̖̖̲̤̲̫͍̰̦͙̥̟ͣ͋͛ͤ̒͆̂̏́̑̑̒͐̑͒̾̽̚ͅH̴̢̻̟̠̪͚̻̏ͯ̐̾̑̅ͦͤ̏ͥͣ̄̓̽̋͊H̰̣̹͇̺̟̦̼̮̺̤̗̻͈̫ͣ͊͂͛̀ͨ̈́̄ͪͬ̌ͭͯ̏̀͘Hͦͨͦ͂͑ͧ̔ͧͨ͆͊̅̔҉̝̱͇̭̲̦͔͜͡A̡̫͙̙͈͉̜͔̫̜͔͔̖̝̬͕̟͚̘͋̎ͬͭ̂ͯ͗̕A̒̍͛̃̾̏͊̋̏͑ͯ̔͏̵̸̨̣͈͓͇̹̠̲͉͕̝̥̤Ą̛ͦ̐͌ͥͯ̿̒̋ͣ̌́ͣͧ̒͐͗͛͛͏̧͕͔͍̤͎͔͔̠͚̖͚̘Ạ̧̨̱̞̪̖̝̤͕͔̺̄ͧ̉͗̇̉̽͆ͮͬ͑̓̋̇̄̌A̟̟̯̫̗͍̩͙͓̠͚̖̥̣̒̍ͧ͗͌͑̑͛̽̀͟͡͞͡ͅA͗͂̇ͤ̊̽̂ͥ̚҉̧̗̗̣͚͖͕A̷̸̷̧̼̤͓͉̣͕̭̬̪͈̳͑̍͆͑̉͋ͭ͒ͫͯ͞Ḩ͆̓ͬ̈ͤͮ̊̓̋ͤ̊̈́ͥͫ̽ͫ͌͢͡͏̯̬̻͙̗̣̮̘̱̥̼̭͇̘̫̕ͅḦ́ͫ̀҉̷͍̜̯̪̝̜̙̪͡H̵̨̩̫̱̭̰̱̩͈̺͔͚͕̙͉̰̗̠͓̎̔͑ͪͬ̐͐̿̒͘͝H̶̪̺̯̬͉̰̪̰͍̺̩̖̙̼̭̞͓͗̓̏̽̆ͧͣ̀́́!̸̭͈̞̲͔͈̯͙̮̹͕̏̋ͩ̂́̃̅̅̃ͪ̃͋̐̆͑͒̕͞!̷̱̲͍̰̦͍͙̣̙̘͎̝̲͓̬̟̥͍ͥ̄͐̐ͣ͟͝!̶̊̍̏͋̇ͤͨ̀̽ͤͤ̔ͯ̊͏̶̷̦̫̘̥͉̖͔̩̬̬͉̣͖͠!̷̧̨͓̼̝̺͕͎̟ͬͭͤͪ̐͢

A dark aura began to build up around him. It's darkness was challenging that of the night and winning by quite a lot. Revelian let go of his head, letting his limbs fall limply to his sides. His mouth was slightly opened, and his screams had changed to a barely noticeable monotonous groan.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Rev...

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Guys, something's really wrong with him... It's... just like what I remember from my nightmare.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: It's the same for us! We found out they're connected somehow.

Ellona flipped him off in the background.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Yeah, I thought they were connected...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: So, uh, what exactly are we going to do?

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: We're gonna do the same thing we did last time Rev went rogue. We're gonna stop him and snap him the hell out of it!

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: .̒̈́ͭͭ̑͐ͤ̔ͪ̃̽̇ͬ̿͋ͣ̌ͥ͏̷̸̜̖̳͙̫̟̙̜̩̹͙͔̝̗̦̮̳̕.̪̝̗̤͔̰̗̓͂̈́͐̐ͪ̋̄͂ͩ͒̊̌̈́͘͟.̢̻̲̞͚̻̘̩̱̹̼̟͉̥̄͆ͦ̆͒̀͜͝

Revelian's aura of darkness had increased in size greatly. It was now blocking out a lot of the light above them coming from the moon, and was close to engulfing the lights of the stars. Small white orbs of energy gathered around him and flew into his body, absorbed by him, as if they were stars being drawn into a black hole. Despite this all happening, Revelian maintained the same limp body that he had before, and his moaning was now being drowned out by the sounds of the energy he was building up. The group could only watch in horror, for they feared of getting hurt themselves if they tried to reach him.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: It's just so... dark...

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Whatever's happening right now... It's definitely not Rev who's doing this...

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: I̷̧̨̝̪̮͍͖͉͚̼̱͗ͯͧ̂̉̾͋̃̄ͯ̄͂͐ͮ̒̉̐́ ̴̨̊̇ͬ͛̾͏͙̘̞̖̟̠͚̤̳͚̯̪̀w̧̡̤̬̘̜̠̗̗̯͚̙͎̻͎̰̹͙ͤ̆̉ͧͨ͊ͅą̈̏̄͊҉̢͙̱͈̞̣͈͚̱̫̩̟̜̳͇͈͢͡ŗ̰̯̫̫̠̱͔̬͖̝̟̩̠̖̼̬̫ͦ̅̾̒͌ͩͤ̎̓͛̽ͫ̓̉̃̈́̂͒̚͘n̶̶̴̲̺͕͓̠͕͖̝̰̮͕͆͂̏̂̔ͪ͗͌́͠ẻ̢̯̙͙̟̙͔̩͈̼͇̖͈̟͉͂̂́̓ͦͧ̌́̽ͬ̽̆ͬ̿ͮ̐́ͅd̴ͪ̿̅͗̉͏̤̙̙̳̯̦̯̦̟͉͉̟̥̭͇̦ͅͅ ̵̻̠̤͇̽̅̑ͩ͐̅͊̍̃ͧ̑̀͘y̶̡̙̬̝͔̻̻̠̼̲͕͓̦̙͗̍̈́̉̓ͦ̈́̈́̇ͮ̅̿͒͊o̶̷̜̗̺̯̙̣̼̝͇̯̽̇ͨ̚u̅͑̾͒̏̇ͧ҉̷̪̟̮͉̮̹̰̼̘̭͉͕̳͈͕ͅ.̵̋̾̌̽̌͟͞҉̦̤̱͉͚͖̭̖̬̳̮.̶̴̳̜̜̣̤̟̘̺̤̣̜̰̗̱̘͊ͤͤ̇́̀̕̕ͅ.̨̛͔̬͔͓͚̿ͪ̃ͨ̒̋ͫͥͣ̚ ̴̧̲͖̬̖͇͙̠̼̠̹̮̼̫͈̙̥͛ͨ͌̈́ͅIͫ̎̎̑ͫ̏̐̋̿͆ͮ̃̊̋̚̚͞͞͏͔̼̟͎ͅͅ ̇̀͑ͣ̎̀͊̿̋ͩ͘͏̲̯̰̭͇͇̱̲̩̞̙̘͉͟ẗ͖͚̗̠͇̮͎͇̣̪̣͉̺̠͚̟́͋ͥ̇͘͜ó̷͇̭̹̫̞̼͇̬͇̦ͦ̀̃͑̓̈́ͥ̉̃̿ͪ̉ͦ́̒̽̄́͠ļ̩̗̬̩͉̙̱̙ͥ̀͛̒͛ͫ͗͋̃̓ͮ̌ͭ̿͒͟͢͢͞d̷̰̙͕̱̼̓̒̈͗ͤ͟ ̶̛̟͇͓͕͙͔̟͍̘͔̗̗̰̮̹ͥ̿ͭ̔ͮͦͧ̐̔͗̽̏͌͒̄͐̍͐͠͞ẙ̱̣͖̭͈ͪͫ̅̍ͭ̐̃͛ͯ̒ͧ̚̕ͅǒ̶̹͔͕͉̭̱͉̗̫̤̤̼̙̯̈́͂̅͌̒͝ư̡̙̥̙̟͈̞̜̪̗̮̏͊͐ͮͯ͆̒͘ͅ ̵̡̽̈͂̋͋̽̇̿ͨ͌̌̽̒̉͏̠͎̩̯͚̬̼̙̮͈ͅn̶͛ͪͨ̑ͣ̔ͧ̓̽ͨ̋͆̍̑͘҉̱̜̙͚͓͉̫͉̦͎͙̫̯̜̲͓͠ͅo̸̴͎̙̯̲̦͙̍ͣ̄̾͂͝t̶̴̢͖̲͈͓̺͇͛̈̍̆̿̋̚̕̕ ̷̨̟̹͚̠̟͍̺̹̹̣̙̟̭̟̯̬̄ͭ̿͆͌ͤ̀̕͡t̢ͬ̄̋ͧ̚͠͝͏̷͍̲̼̱̳̮̖͙ô̶̯̖̞̤͖̜͈̜͕̣̩̞ͨ̎ͤͥ̏̋ͪ͟͟ͅ ̤͕̪̰̩̼͕̝̰̦̞͎͇͎͐ͮ͌͋͊̒ͣ́̕͝dͧ̇ͮ̆ͦ̓͆͑̅͂͛̄̋̏̋ͩ̽ͥ̀͢͠҉̵͍̞̙̞͔͈͉͕ơ̴̡͗ͤͥ́̉ͨ̆͌̉ͪ̓̑͊҉̭̖͇̻͡ ̽͗̌͒̓͐̿҉̞̺̦̜͉̞͉̳͇͎̺̞i̧̧̙͔̻̰͂ͥ̓̊̔̎̌̈́͛͋ͥ́̿̓̔̽ͯͣt̴̛̙͚͔͛͂͛͐̂͗͌̕.̩͓͓̹͍͇̩͖̤̲̘̥̬̤͉̘͖̌ͥ̊ͥ̔̽ͯ͜͞.̷̧͚̫͚̟̦̩̬̗̻͓̾̋̆̊͛̋͋̀͘͘.̡̛̙̭͔̹͈͉͊̅̉͛̔ͬ͢

The dark energy forming around Revelian then started to decrease in size, clearly going inside of him. His body started to become harder to look at, seeming like part of a glitched video game, with static and grayscale lightning and parts of his body splitting off momentarily before returning right where they were.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian: I̡͙̲̝̦̣ͪ̇ͥͥͣͫ̔́͝ ͐̅͂ͬ͆ͦ̈͂̊̓̀ͯ́ͨͬ̓̅ͩ҉͕̗̻̜̮ţ̶̸̹͇̜̭͖͓̙̬̲͉̻͉̪̹͇̖͕̩̮̇̂ͦ̉̑̽͆̍͊ͪ̕õ̴̧̥̝̟̰̲̠͈̗̘͈̫͗̾ͮ̐͆̽͑̎̎̎͌́̈́͌̓̒́̕͘l̢̳̙̰͎͇̫͚̤͂ͭͦͯͤ̈́ͤ͟d̷̨̡̼̼̹͙͈̲̞̬̣̳͈̟̺̗̾̐ͮ̂ͤͪͥ́́͌̑̕͢ ̵̢̘̣̘̮̯͙̺͎͙͇̯̩̻̤̰͈̙͍̩̅̐ͩͯͣͫ̀̄̃͋́ͮ͐ͨ̅̔̋̓͠͝ỳ̅͋ͮ͂͂̿͏̴̧̘̹͕̗̯̜̹̺͍͎̳̣̦͉̞͉́͝ͅo̵͉̱͇̳͚̱͍̦̪̙̥͎̝̗̩̖̮͂̽̐̿̽̀͜͟͡ͅu̓ͯ̎̽̅̉ͨͬ̄͌́͝͝͏͍͕̗̰̜̼̪̩̫̯ ̶̷̨̼̤̭̩̭̲͙͙̪̥͖̞͕͔̑̔ͪͮ̄ͯ̽̒̎͐̎̌̏̋ͧ́̚̚̕͜ͅn͐ͦ͛̃ͯͫ̓̀ͥͯ͊͢͏̨̧͔̫̳͙̱̞͖͎̙̗̭̹͜ͅͅơ͚̬͎͔̊ͣ̈́ͮ͌̃ͧ̓̾̈́̉̇͑̍̆̍̋ͧ͘t̨̩̭̥͇͈̼͖̻̜̣̼͚̮͒̅ͫ̐͂̽͋͋̐͌ͣ̄͛ͮ͑ͣͯ̆͂͘͞ ̷̷̵̵̥̩̮͈̫ͯͥ́͋̈́̌ͯ̔̌ͫͬ̚t̴̸̘̜͎̣̟̭͈̖̂ͩͭͩ̇̓͛ͯ́͗̍ͬ͊̽̚̕͞o̴̵̷͖͔̘̘̦̜̘̺̞̳͇͂̌̑ͨͧ͜͠ ̧̤͎̖͙̳͕̘͚ͫ̑̓̿͘͢͠f͍̥̻͖̱̱̹̰͍͙͍͒̋ͮ̓̆̓͋͌͠͠o̸̢̥̙̮̺̣̱̟ͨ̿ͤ̅ͤ͗ͤ͋͆͑̌ͤ̈́̀ͫ͛́̕͜l̨̫̙̼̳̮͔̖̍̃̆̈́ͥͩ̔͋ͤͧ͊̆̐͢͜͡͠l̴͎̞̪̮͉̣̩͎̦̣͎̏͛͐ͣ͂̓ͤͬͭ̀͘͟͝ö̹͔̭̘̪͚͉̯́͑̄̂̅̀͌͌ͫ͆ͨͫͨ́̈̒̈́̀̕͢͟͠w̡̡ͦ̿̂͛ͨͫ҉̰̞̱͙̩̳ ̸̡̣͚̖̝̩͎̠̞̜̟̳͗ͨͤͮmͯͣ̐͐ͤͮͭ̑ͮ̊ͥ̓͑͟҉̮̤̻̜̫̯̠̜͔̣̻̠̠̖͍͖̼ę̵̤̞̟̰̘̥͚̫̹̞̩̦̣͆̿ͮ̈́̏̃̒̔̒̊́͆ͭ̚ ̎͊͑̔ͬ̓̔̋ͧ̎͗̈̂́̕͜͡͏̰̫̱͉̺͙͙̰̼ͅh̷̛̦̙̩͎̞͉͕̖̲͙̻̮͎̍͊ͣͧ͐̊͂ͤͬ́͘͠ȩ̛̗̱̘̙̳̟͈̜̯͚͕͍͕͗̊̑̓̅̄͑ͬͫ̉̐̈̇̽̀ͧ̍͛ͫ̀͘͠ͅr̷̻̱̮̝̝͚̹̘̖̲̫͇̦͕͎̰͍̟ͨ́̽̈́̊ͤ̓̋̀̚̕͟͠ͅe̢̍ͯ̉̏ͦ́̓͏̵͖̖̻̀͠.̴͋ͧͪ̌͂ͨͭ̀͏̦̮̣̳̥̤.̧̓̎͛̈̅̐́҉̩̭͓̹̺͔͔̦̼̳̤͈̟͔̣̻.̨̠̗̠̯̰͇̙̣͍̻̥̭̽̂ͬͥͫ͑̇̈ͨ̂͌̚͜ ͖̣̻̹͕̱̯̲̺̬̫͈̦̑͐̿͗́ͪ̄ͥ͞b̵͎͍͕̻̺̲̞̹̎̊ͫ̔ͧ̈́̈́̈́u͊̅ͪͨ̋ͬ̑ͪ̎̿̆̔̉̃́҉̶͉̬̘͟ͅṱ̷͓͔̯̯͔̰̟̞̺͇̏̈́ͤ̏͑ͪͧ͑͛̈́̃̔̌̓ͥͫ͋ͭ̍͘ ̸̛̉̿̏̽ͯ̉̀͝͏͇͍̺͕̲̩̳̪̥̠y̸̗͈̪̲͖͍̳̯̩̎̽ͩ̋ͯ̑͊͛͒̐̂̑̈̌̑̂͆͜͡ͅǫ̊͊͒̊ͭ̽̌̌ͥ̾͆͏̭̗̩̱̙̫̥u̸̶̝̬̺̻̺̤̜ͬͨ͂ͫ̓̊ͪ͗̅͒́ ̻̫͙̫̩͉̫̺̘̭͎̬̺̔ͮ͌̈͌̌̀̚̕d͐ͬͭ́̍͂̓͑ͭ͌̄ͩ̏ͫ̇͋ͩ̄͒͏̸̩͖̩̟̖͚̺͈̣̯͕͘͢͞ͅǐͬͧͣ̉̉ͬ̅͗̊̽̋̌͞͏̝͍̻͎͍̗d̢̦̻̠̗͚̹͙͕̤̗͈̤͙̗̳͎̤̟̓̆ͨ̅ͩ̔́́̚ͅ ̵̵̴̵̢̫͉̱͇̰̪̝̤̩̯̺̖͍̽ͫͥ̍̽̂̂̎̆͗î̴̡̥͕̲̙͙̤̭͕̌̈͊̊ͮ͐̿̓̋͞t̢͍̹̖̫͖̰̠̖̰͓͎̱͔̟̿͊͐̽̄̽͛ͧ̂̎͡ͅ ̍̄ͧ́͠͏̸̢̜̲̲͎̪̰ą̠͖̝̯̮͓͚̯͎̺̘̫̰̝̩͌̊ͪ́͐̐͂̓̓̈̋͛̔͑ͣ̌̕͜͡ņͥ̽̓̒ͨ͑ͣ̋̈́̾̿̈͏͕̻̝̠͓̭͓̮̩͖̲̝̼͚̖̙̦͙̥ỵ̶̛̖͕̳͍̞͚̞͎̼̲͕͊̄̉̈̌ͩ͂͆̔́ͤ̉̾̈̃̃͞ͅẁ̧̝̥͖͍̦̭͓͕̗͉̲͕̹͕̻̰̹͆̏̓́͜͢͞a̢̡̐ͣͯ͡͏̳͈̳̠͈̩̳̦̯͇̭ͅỹ̧̧̩̹̰͍̺͙̥͕̩̟͓̂̏ͥͧ̈́͒̎͟.ͤ̈͋̍͑͊҉̥͖͇̘̪͟.̍̔͛ͪ̑ͥͭ̏̒̂ͤͮ̌̏ͤ͊̚͢͏́̕҉̙̩̥͈̮̫̗͉̬͎̩̻͎͕.͔̭͔̮̺̞̫ͫ̽͛ͯͭͨ̏ͨ̓͑̉̒̀́ ̸̡̲͓̳͎̱̙̪͋͋͛̓̍̇̿ͩͦͫͫ͌̂ͭ̾̚͟á̧̮̥̠͍̺̻̘̪͓̱͖͍̩̭̼̭͌̏͆̈́̅ͣͥ̍ͪ̎ͦͫ̀̆ͯ́͞͠n͖̲͕͓̺̞̠̘̳͈͇͕̻̥͉͇͙̊́͒ͯ̐͒̐͆ͮͨ́̈́͂͑ͫͮ͌ͦ͐̀͠d̡̧̛̺̜͔̠̠̞̯̯̯͇̗͓̪͇̩ͨ̾̾̏͐͆͂ͫͤͦ̉̉̕͝ ̧̫̦̮͙̟̲͕̹ͤ͋̐͗̄̍̔̕n̫͔̜̖͓̟̳̜̭̗̞̗̮̤̐̄͆̔͐̌͂̀͟oͬ͋́ͩ̎̃ͨ͋̊̀̈́͐ͩ̆́͢͠͏͎̰̬̘͍͓̠͔̠̙̩̹̪͍w̡̉͊̐ͧ̆͑̐̄̐ͫ͆̋ͤͮ̊̾̽͒͑҉̧͏̮̺͓̺͍͍͖̙̰͎̻̠ ̵̛͚̻̤͙ͣ͑̔͂́̆̔ͦ̑y̗̖͎̪͍̝͚̖̭̘͔̩͍̯͓ͬ͐͒ͬͥ̎͂̊ͯ͗͜͞o̯͍̭͙͊ͯ͗ͥ͋̔ͬͥ͆ͨ̎ͮ̐̆͐̕͠ṵ̶͕͇̬̳͔͎͔ͫ͋̂̅͌ͯ̅͊ͯ͂̓̽̚͘͡'̨̡̛̲̘͕̩̻̪̗̲͕͔̼̖̰̗̮̓ͭ͒͂̏̍̔̍̀̕r̶̖̪͖̳̭̜̰̭̠̮͗̃͌̍͂ͬ͐ͥ̾̄̀̂̈́̅̿ͭ̀͞ȩ̡͖̙̣̮̟̗̝͉̊̓͗͛͆͑͗͋̿̓̎̾͐̏̀ ̴̡̧͔̰̩̥͖̺̻͔̠̯͈̓ͭ̌͑̅ͫͦͩ̒̂̓̉̎́̈͂̏̕g̉ͪͨ̽͆͋͌̊͒̏̂͏̲͇͔̜̗̭̥̱̻͍́o̧̧͂̊̓̎͐̅̍̔͑͘͏̯̖͈̲̼̯͚͝i̴̢̛͉̟̳ͨ̍͒̆̃͂̊̕͜ͅṋ̴̣̣̳̣̞̞͕̤͎͈̙̣͑̃̓͌̔ͫg̷̷̡̢̳̖̼̻͚̲̲̦̜̻̫͊ͯͣ͌ͯ͂ͨ͐̉͒ͫ͊ͣ̉ͦ͡ ̢͉̞̦̦̻̘̞̗͚̦̠͖͐͛̓̈́̒͛̀͂̓͒̈́̓͒̍̽̕͞t̸̡̜̹̗̭͈̹̰̭͍̩͔ͭ̅ͬͯ̕͝͡ͅo̸̴̬̗̖̞̖̟͉̜̖̯͐ͪ̒ͣ̐͗ͪ̈̀͛̑̈ͣ͋ͭͪ̒̚͘͟͝ ̸̧̻̤̜̼̱̲̰͔͈͇͚͍̪̲̲̇͒̋ͣͥ͑͛ͯ̈̋͗̔͋͆h̸̹͖̜̫̰̬̞̦͎̜̤͙̦͇̥̹͈̗ͮ̉̈͑͌͡͡ͅa̷̸̡̧͍̞͕͔̰̰͈̟̩̗̟̖̰͚̝̘͍̜ͬ̆̀̅ͣ̏ͅv̨͇̲͔̻̜̭̣̳͎͇͛͛̿ͫ͂ͪ̐ͧ͊̓̕͟͝ͅè̴̗̙͕̥͖̭̦̣̭̺ͫͩ͗ͬ͢͢͜ͅ ̡̡̘͎͔͈̯͓̾ͯ̓̋͑ͤ̃ͥ̒̎ͮ̾ͧͅͅt̢̡͍͓̦̻̳͚͙̰͍͎̭͆͆ͨ̽̓̽̿ͮ̈͌̕͜͟ǫ͚̙̬̲͇̟̣̼͚͓͙̠̪ͯͧ̏ͫ̿ͩͫ̊̽̌̏̓̎͐̇ͦͣ͞ͅ ̷̢ͣ͌̑҉̟̖̼̻̟͎̹̗̞̦̗͈͓̝̝̻̫̩͠s̶͖̝̗͚̙̻̲̙̺̖̟͈͇̝̞̗̺̙̆̊͆ͫͦ͒ͥ͞u̾ͪ̿͑͗ͬ̓̓͒́̕͢͏̫̭̯̯̹͍͚̭̥̟̟̼̗̗̤f̢̛̹̺̩̙̠͙̠̘̩̠̫̫̜̫̬͛̄̎̓ͥ͗̈̊̾̒̎͛̄͘f̳̟̹̭͍̝̼̟̦̰̩̖̼͍̙̻͙̩͕ͭ̿̀̚̕͢͡ë̵̷̮̭͇͕́̀͐̓͋ͯͫ̈ͧ̓̑͆ͪ̐̿̈ŗ̼̬̳͓̟͇͔̦̘̦̍ͫ͗̃̋̈́̀̾̓̔͐̍̂̀͂́̕͜ͅ.̤͖͍̞̲͚̼̱̹̖͎̺̮͚̆ͨ̇̀̒ͣ̍͛̐̌ͥͦ́̈̎͘͢͢

Revelian opened his mouth slightly, revealing an orb which seemed strikingly similar to a black hole. The energy building up inside of him was sent inside of it. His intent was clear, to use it to attack the others.

And it looked as if he was going to get away with it. The group was too horrified to move, utterly dumbfounded by the event taking place before them. They could only stand and watch as their friend, now as a being of corruption, prepared the attack which would bring about their untimely demise.

<font color=FF0000>Revelian:

The energy around the orb then proceeded to build up in front of it. A beam was being charged, and a very powerful one at that. Both light and darkness gathered around it as it fired at the group...

A figure suddenly got in between them and the beam. Ellona, with her scythe, sliced the beam directly at its center, causing it to change direction entirely. The beam changed and began its' direction into the ground directly below Revelian. The mere force was enough to knock the group off their feat and send them flying yards backwards. Poisonshot, who later revived at the Oasis Tree, was caught in the brunt of the beam.

It took a while, but the whirlwinds of dust and sand finally cleared. Revelian was gone.

And where the beam had touched the ground, there was now a large hole. Not just one with sand missing; it was a portal. Of black and white, swirling and changing energy. When most of them saw it, they were reminded of what was in their nightmares.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: What is this thing...?

Ellona: IT'S A PORTAL INTO THE CORRUPTION ZONE.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Er, Corruption Zone?

Ellona: IT'S THE PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT OF NIGHTMARES AND HORRORS, TAKING THE SHAPE OF THIS PLANET.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: !!!

Ellona: AND BEFORE ANAGRAM SAYS SOME SHIT ABOUT WANTING TO PUSSYING OUT, THAT'S NOT GONNA FLY. THE GUY WHO'S DOING THIS IS GONNA TRY TO PUSH CORRUPTION INTO THE WORLD THROUGH THIS THING. SO YOU NEED TO GET IN THERE AND DESTROY HIM BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: !!!!!!!!!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What do you mean 'you'?

Ellona: I MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AND I'M NOT GONNA DO SHIT.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What? Why the hell not?!

Ellona: THAT'S NOT HOW I ROLL.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ...

Ellona: FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T HAVE MY BULLET SHIELD, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO HEADFIRST INTO DANGER WITHOUT HIM. SECOND OF ALL, I JUST EXPENDED A LOT OF MY ENERGY SAVING YOUR ASSES JUST THEN. AND ABOVE ALL THAT, I'LL GO ONLY IF CHAOS INSTRUCTS ME TO, AND HE HASN'T. NOW, YOU'D BETTER GET IN THERE. YOU HAVE A LOT TO DO AND TOO LITTLE TIME TO DO IT.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Well... Seems weird, but if it's going to help save Revelian, then we have to do it...

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: That's right. And as of now, it's pretty much our best option to follow him.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: And if we don't, we're going to have to face the consequences of whatever's causing all this...

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: So let's hurry up, go into the hole, and pull the crime out of him!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Alright then, it's settled. Let's get goin'!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Oh wait, this might take a while! I'll call Hank and tell him that he'll probably need to fill in for us while we're gone.

He took a while to send a text message from his phone.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Alright, got that done. Now, time to enter!

Zoshi flew into the air and then floated softly into the portal. Ludicrine followed suit by trying to climb down it, and after an awkward exchange with a nonexistent wall, he fell in. Samuel jumped in after him. Lazro pulled out an umbrella and jumped inside.

Ellona: NOW, THEN...

Ellona turned to look at the ground, where some of the sand had been pushed out by the force of Revelian's blinding speed while traveling here.

Ellona: THIS IS HIS TRAIL, AND HE CAME FROM HIS HOUSE, WHICH MEANS HIS HOUSE IS...

Ellona smirked and followed the trail left by Revelian.

Chapter 6 - World of Corruption
The gang groggily stood up. Right in the middle of the portal, they'd all proceeded to pass out, and had awoken mere seconds later in their current location.

The Corruption Zone.

As they were lying down, their first instinct was to look up at the sky. There was the same portal which they had just came from, seemingly an endless ascent into a destination that could not be seen.

As they were looking up at the sky, the first thing they noticed about the Corruption Zone was the sky. It was completely full of clouds, of greys and blacks, roaring with bright lightning, all of varying colours. At some points, it seemed to be raining heavily or hailing, bringing about some places where being under it was nearly unbearable. It was complete chaos with the weather there.

And their eyes were soon drawn away from the sky to their surroundings. The second thing they noticed was that it looked like a mirrored version of Ludus itself, which was due to the nature of Shadows in that realm. However, they were currently focusing on the first thing that they'd noticed.

There were mutilated corpses all around, of unknown persons, and all over the place, unknown people were killing others, killing one another, killing themselves, just continuous killing. It was impossible to list everything that they were seeing. Just corpses upon corpses, and strange people bringing them about.

They continued to stare at it for a while, in complete horror. Soon enough, all the people just died off or disappeared suddenly. And then it was just over. There was a moments silence until the thing that happened next.

It just looped. All of the corpses disappeared, then replaced in their spots with living people who looked just like them. And all the deaths that they had just seen happened again.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What... what the fuck is this??

They were too dumbfounded by their horror to even move an inch. They couldn't stop watching it all, either. And when it was all over, it just looped again, starting over as it had before. It was just continually repeating those horrible events, over and over again, without end.

The gang was just too horrified to move for the time being. But then an expression of anger reached Zoshi's face.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Stop this!! All of you!

He ran into the midst of the Chaos and attacked one of the various killers. But they did not react to him. Even after being sliced in half, their bodies would continue to move as if unaffected, doing their tasks even with just half a body. Zoshi looked around in horror.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What the fuck...?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: They just won't stop...

Samuel and Lazro stayed silent.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What the fuck is with this place...? Why are these... things... just doing this...?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: I don't know... But I think we should just get out of here.

The group went onward, trying to find a location where they would stop seeing all of the killings going on.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: ...?

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: What the fuck?! It's everywhere!

Even through continuing on, it was a similar situation in other places. The mass murdering of several different people, through different methods. It was nearly impossible to make it out, because some of the scenes seemed to be moving into each other as they played on.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Is this just not going to end?!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: I hope not, but it's starting to look that way!

They felt as if they would go mad if they had to watch any more of this. They started running, trying to get away.

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Fuck!! Why won't this end?!

In their rush, they accidentally walked right into the middle of something. Two men were beating each other to death. They took some blows from the men before ducking out.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: These things can touch us?! Wot?!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: But we can't touch them... That will be pretty bad if they decide to start attacking us.

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: These guys are all like... zambies or something... and there's a lot of them.

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Zambies?

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Sambies?

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: ASDF I MEANT ZOMBIES.

The group started to head out. But then the scenes looped over again, and they found themselves in the midst of one of them. They were almost attacked, but in the end were only separated.

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: WOAH! Hey, are you guys okay?

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: OUH

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: I'm good!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: We need to find a safe place!

<font color=00FF00>Ludicrine: Hey! Where are you guys? I can't see you any more!

<font color=00BFFF>Samuel: Yeah, I'm lost, too!

<font color=ADFF2F>Lazro: That makes tree three of us!

<font color=3505AA>Zoshi: Hey, guys! Look, up there!

They looked up and saw the silhouette of a figure floating above them.

Chapter 17 - Remnants of the Mind and Heart
He snuck past the slightly cracked door, not wanting to draw the attention of Her or Zalgo. This was an area that he would always want to be at, yet every time he tried to venture here he would be noticed by them and taken away from it.

They almost always argued. She and Zalgo. He did not know why. And he had not the capacity to care. Sometimes he would listen to their fighting. Most of the time She would purposely seclude themselves while Zalgo and Her were fighting. She said that he didn't need to hear any of it. Though, when he would listen, he would hear Her true passion. She wanted her way, and she expressed all of the greatest things. She was so convincing in this that he would always think that She was right.

But that did not matter. Nothing did matter, and he had not the capacity to even think that it did matter. At this point, he had barely the capacity to even think or remember, and something like this was at quite a low priority for him.

He walked over to it. The strange device that he had seen before. There were four square screens, all with a button that would turn them on. He always wanted to see what was on these screens. They were always hidden from him. He did not know what they contained. And he could not remember anything that was on them.

He eyed the first screen. They could only turn on one at a time, he knew. He decided that this was a good one to start at. He felt around the side of the device, and found the switch that turned it on. As he pressed it, light flooded out of the one screen. He sat down and stared at the screen. A scene played before him.

Two dark matters were riding a two-person bike. The one in front, a red-haired man, looked quite happy and cheerful, while the one in the back, one with spiked black hair, looked slightly annoyed.

<font color=FF0000>???: Urgh... Mura, I still don't why you wanted to do this. Isn't this like, the most inefficient way for us to get around?

Mura: Oh, it's not about getting around efficiently or anything like that, bro! If we always traveled the same way, then we wouldn't be able to go slow enough to take in our surroundings!

<font color=FF0000>???: Eck... That's really corny, man.

Mura: Pfft, don't be like that! It's really beautiful outside! I just wanted us both to be able to take it in.

<font color=FF0000>???: Man, are you trying to make me throw up with all this corniness? Because you're doing a damn good job. And this bike's bouncing around is helping with that.

Mura: Oh, come on, bro! Just take a look around at everything! It really is beautiful today. The sun is shining, the birds are singing... It's really rare to see a day like this. And I'm really happy to be able to share it with you.

His little brother looked around. After taking it all in, he smiled.

<font color=FF0000>???: Yeah, I guess you're right about that...

Mura: I told you! Aren't you happy that you decided to do this with me now?

<font color=FF0000>???: Yeah, yeah... Just be sure to look where you're going.

Mura: Oh, don't worry about it! I-

Their bike swerved after hitting a rock. Mura quickly moved around, trying to regain control of it.

<font color=FF0000>???: Ugh! I just told you to look where you're going.

Mura: Sorry about that...

<font color=FF0000>???: It's alright, it was just an accident... Just try not to let it happen again.

They continued riding for a little while.

<font color=FF0000>???: Hey, seriously, will you watch where you're going with this thing? You're gonna get us into an accident.

Mura: Oh, relax! I know what I'm doing.

<font color=FF0000>???: Oh come on, you're riding is terrible. Have you even rode one of these things before?

Mura: How can you even say that? You've never been on a bike before today.

<font color=FF0000>???: Yeah, and I don't even have to know what it rides like to know that you're riding is total dog shit.

Mura: Oh, don't be like that! I'm doing fine.

<font color=FF0000>???: Whatever. Just be careful, it looks pretty dangerous up ahead.

They went on. Their bike suddenly started to spiral out of control.

Mura: Woah!!

<font color=FF0000>???: Shit! Look out for the drop up ahead!

Mura tried to turn the bike, but they continued to go onward, and fell. Mura looked shocked, while his brother yelled out some cuss words that were said in such a fast succession that they were nearly impossible to make into a coherent quote. Their bike hit the ground, throwing them off.

Mura: Ow...

<font color=FF0000>???: Oof.

Mura: Urgh... Sorry about that... Oh!! Your head!

His visor had fallen off in the collision, and lied broken on the ground.

Mura: Oh god, are you okay?!

<font color=FF0000>???: I'm fine, I'm fine, nothing even hit me.

Mura: Gah!! And your leg, too!

His leg seemed to be bleeding with a violet blood.

Mura: Oh god, I'm so sorry! This is all my fault, for making you ride that stupid bike!

<font color=FF0000>???: No, no, I'm fine! It doesn't even hurt, I swear. You shouldn't feel bad about it...

Mura: It's all my fault that I hurt you!

<font color=FF0000>???: It was an accident, it happens! You don't need to feel bad about it at all.

Mura: Oh... It's bleeding pretty badly...

<font color=FF0000>???: Oh come on, it's barely a scratch! I'll be fine!

Mura: Okay... If you say so...

Mura gave a shy smile.

Mura: And I know that you wouldn't lie to me like that...

<font color=FF0000>???: Come on, let's get home.

Mura: Yeah! We need to get there so I can patch you all up, and help you out with it.

<font color=FF0000>???: Heh, fuck yeah you are!

Mura: Hehe...

<font color=FF0000>???: Oh, by the way... Though I thought the bike ride was pretty cool, we're never riding that piece of shit again.

Mura: Ha, yeah! No way I'm ever going to make that mistake again.

<font color=FF0000>???: Aha...

They both smiled, and went on to go back to their home.

He pressed a switch, turning off the screen.

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He looked at the screens again. There were more screens to look at, of course. He felt around the device and found another switch, the one that turned on the second screen. He pressed it, and another light came from the screen. He sat down and let himself become lost in the scene that played out before him.

There were two dark matters in a castle. One of them was the brother from before, but now he was with different dark matter. This one was covered in colours of white and red and green, and appeared to be a female. The one from before was leading her down a hallway.

<font color=FF0000>???: So, Lord-er, 02...

He scratched his head.

<font color=FF0000>???: Sorry about that. I'm just so used to calling you Lord Zeronius.

<font color=FF0000>02: It's alright, Revelian.

<font color=FF0000>???: Man... It's gonna be really hard to get used to that. It just seems like such an informal thing to call you...

<font color=FF0000>02: Oh, I have no need for formalities. Such things are actually quite unfitting now, really.

<font color=FF0000>???: Ah...

He turned around.

<font color=FF0000>???: Anyway, I want to show you around the place...