[i]There are worlds beyond this one, worlds as we've never seen. Nor can we! Our eyes do not open far enough. Try it! Try holding your eyes open! You can try holding them open as much as you want, but you'll never see, never, ever see the world beyond the veil... the Veil of Reality. It's there to protect us from them... the Ancients... the Darkness... that which we cannot understand. Nor should we. Welcome the oblivion of ignorance! For to have knowledge... is to be damned![/i]
[right][b]—Dr. Maximillian Roivas[/b][/right]

The channel is safe. [b]THE CHANNEL IS SAFE.[/b] In the year [u]AFTER THE FALL[/u] the channel opened. The channel? An indescribably large wormhole. [color=red]T̢͢h́̕҉̸è̕ ̷́͜͠҉c҉̛́̕͏h̴͞͝a͘̕͢n̷̛͡n̢͟e̸̡͟ĺ̵ ̧̛ì̴̧͠s̨͝ ̷̷͘͞ņ̛̀ò̴͘t̴̷̡̕͜ ͢s̡̨a͜͞f͘͘ę́͢͠͡.̢́͘͜ ͢͠͏H̢́͜͜e̵̴̶̡̛l͏̵p̶̶͜.̴́̀͢[/color] Built into the middle of a minor planetoid, it hollowed out the massive body and even opened a hole through the crust. Constructed by some ancient power, or natural, it's origins were unknown. All that was known was that it was a strange, hostile place. For a time, it was guarded by ships of inscrutable origins. They hoarded artefacts that appeared nearby, but it was not to last. They disappeared.
[color=red]P̷̧̧̢̀ļ̧́͜͠e͠͏̵̵a̶̷͜҉s̶̨é̷.̢͘ ̧H̡͘͘è̢̢l̴̢̨͢͠p̨̨̀.͞͝ ̡͢Ţ̢͢͜h̴̕͞͝e͡͏͝ ̵̸̡͘c͏̵҉h̷̴͏á̢̀͜ǹ͜͞ń̷̨e҉̢l̷̶̨͢ ͡i̸̶̧͜͞s̸̢̕ ͜͟҉ǹ̴̡͞o̶t̶͠҉ ̸͏s͢͟a҉́f̕e͡͏̛́̕.̛͘͏͘͟[/color] There is one important thing to remember about the channel, if you do not take anything else from the information; know this. The channel is safe. There can be no danger from that wormhole. It. Is. Safe. Please. You have to listen. There is no danger from that wormhole. It is the safest place available. There is no danger. [color=red]T͘̕͘̕͝h̡͘͝e҉̶͘ ̶͢c͏̸h̸̢̢̨a̵̧n̕͏̷̵͢n҉̷̢͘e̶͢l̶̸͘͟͞.̛͜͡͞ ̷̵̢̛I҉͜t͝͞͏҉҉ ̢̀́͞í̢̡s̡͝ ̴̷͞͝͠n͠͡o̸͘͟͢͞t̸͡ ̶̷͢s͝͏̛a̸f̧̧̀̕é̵.̸̴̛[/color] The epidemic that once only plagued the area around the wormhole extended. It is growing. It is safe, like the channel. It is safe. Please, please, listen to me. It is safe. There is no danger. [color=red]D́O̶̡͜͜ ̸̧̀͢N̴̛͜͢ÒT̶ ̧͘͞Ą̛̕͘C҉̀͜͞͞T҉͜Į̡̕͜V͏̢̨͏A͘͜͜͠T͟͞E̛ ̵̨̀T͞͝H̷́E̢͟M̀̀́͜[/color] As long as the anathema are left alone you can only benefit from it. To disturb them is folly. Please, be careful. Please, activate the artifacts.
[hr]
Yesterday, for Xelxeirb'ic, it was any normal day. Today, he wished he could return to it. It had been 12 hours since the galaxy-wide EMP pulse had hit them. Now, the seams of reality were folding. Tearing. Ripping. Everything was rapidly falling apart, their dimension destroying itself. Why? Nobody truly knew. At the center of the epidemic, hastily cobbled together analog ships worked to fix it. They had to fix it. Their lives were not the only thing at stake, the lives of other dimensions were as well. At least, that's what the scientists said.
The artifacts. They were the key. They were the answer. So they thought. Nothing was sure at this point, everyone locked behind a veil of horror and fear. Who had done it? There was no evidence, no planets orbiting it, what happened? Their empires, their glorious empires, being torn apart brutally, and nothing to stop it. One day was enough to send the galaxy into chaos, who knew what awaited the next, or the day after that?
HhhheerEEEERFFgfggggggg[COLOR=red]Ņ̸̀͡͡O̵̡ ̶̵̸͘͞Ń̕҉̢͜O̷ ̵̡̡͘͡N͡O̸̵ ̢̀͝Ǹ̶O͜͜ ̵́͞N̴҉͟Ǫ̡͢͜͠ ̢N͟͢͟͞O͏͟͠ ̴͘͞N͘͏͜O̶̷͘͝ ҉N̴̨̡̨͘Ó͡ ̵̢͢͠N̷̕Ó̸͘͟ ̛͡N̡̨̡̛͝Ớ̴ ̵̶̧͢N̴͜͝͠Ò̶̧̡ ̸̨̀N͢͠͡O̶͠ ̢̕͘̕͏N̵̢O͏̴́͠͡ ̴͜͡͡͏N͝͏̵̀͘O̵̶͘͝ ̨͡N̢̛͟͡͠Ó̸̡ ̷̨͞N̸͝͝Ǫ́́͢͞ ̀͘҉̕͡N̕̕͟O͏́͠ ̨̀N҉̨̕͟Ó̡ ́́͟͠N̸̨O̷͝ ̵́̕͡N̡͟͜͠Ò̸̴̷O̵̶̢̧ ͏Ņ̧̛O̡҉̧͘ ̵̢Ń̸̢̕͡O̶̸͜͡ ́̕͜͟Ņ͢Ǫ̸͜ ͟͡N̸̴͟ỚŃ̴̵̵͡O̵̢͢͡ ̴̡͟͠N̕͢͡Ǫ̷N͝O̵̴͞͡ ̴̶͘N҉̕O̸̴͞͝N͏͟͡Ơ̷̸ ͜҉̸̀͝N̢M͏́͏̕͞Ó̧͏N̵̕͟͠Ǫ͏ ̵́͏̴͜N̵̷̨̛͠O̡̧͜Ń̵̷̡͜ ͡O͏̴Ņ́̕͘͝N̴͟҉̸̢Ơ̷̡͟͝N̵̵ ͢Ņ̢̀͟҉O̵̷̵͡N̵̷̕͟͟O͏̡̢͠Ń̛͟͢͡ ̴̧̨N̷̴̡O̢̕͡҉N̷̡̢͘͢O̧N̵̶̡͏̷O҉̧ ̶N̸̷̨̕͝Ò̵̡̕Ǹ̴̶͟N̨͏̕O̕͞͠҉Ǹ͢O̸̢̡͠N҉̸̴̧͢O̴̴͟ ҉̴͞͠N͠҉̵͝O̧̢̢N̷̛Ó̸̡͜͞Ņ́͟͡N̵͘͢O̴͜[/color]
[hr]
So is the sickly sun. So is the sickly sun. So is the sickly sun. So is the sickly sun. So is the sickly sun. So is tyhe sickyly sun. So is the sickly sun. So iiiiii
Please. Do not disturb them. They are to be left alone. There are two rules, and two rules only. They must be left alone, and the channel is safe. The channel is safe. THIS IS IMPORTANT. The channel is safe. This is a safe zone, and here we cannot be interrupted. The CHANNEL is safe. The ch
[hr]
[color=red]D̶̕͡Ǫ̡̀͘͘ ̷͏N҉̨̢͠͡O̢̕͞͝T̢̕͟͡͞ ̨̕B҉̶̢̀E̡͘͡͝͞L̢̀Į̷̧͜͡E͟͏̶V͞E͟͢҉ ̵̴̡҉Ḩ̸́́I͘҉̸͞͡Ḿ͡ ̕͢T̴̵̶H̢̡͝E̡̛̕͢ ̴̷̡͜͠C̡̡̀͟͞H̛͝Á͢͡N̡̢͢͟Ń̛̀E̢̨L͡҉̴͘͝ ̸̷̸̀͢I̴̛͡S̴͘͡҉͝ ̕͡͝N̛͘Ơ̢̢͠T̷̕ ҉̴̀͡S̨̧Ą͠F̴̡̧̢̀E̸̴̕ ҉̷̴I͏̧͏̵T̸͢ ̸̢͢҉̸Ì̴̷͠Ş̛ ̸̴̢D҉̶̷̢Á̸̧̛͝N̵̢̧͢Ģ́͢͠É̸̕͜͜Ŗ͟O̸̷͘U̶̴̕̕S͢͞ ̷̢̕N̨̧̡͢Ǫ̷̵͞T͢͡͝ ̡̨͞Ǫ̵̀N̨͟Ĺ̶͝Ý͠ ̢̛̕Ţ̷͘H̴̢̢̀Á̸̛̛͢T̵̵͡ ̶̨́͞͏B̸̧͢U̡̡T̶̸̶͟ ́͡͏͢T̶̸̨H͘͝͠E͏ ̸̶̢̛Ş̡ÌC̷̡͝҉Ķ̡͘L͡Y̡ ̸̡͠Ś͘͟͏U͟͞N͠ ̴̨͠҉Ì́S̸҉ ̛͡D̡A͟҉N̨͜Ģ̛̀Ę̵̸͡R̴̴O҉̧͟͞U̷͘͜Ş҉ ̵̨͘͝A̵͜͡͠N͡͡D҉̢̕ ҉̶Y͏̡̡ǪU̢̕ ̷̷̕S̛͞͏̴͝H̶̡́͞҉O̧̕͢Ù̵̴͡L̕҉D̵̢͟͠҉ ̵̛͟͢N̸̸̢̛È̢̛V̛E̢͡͠͞Ŗ̨̢͘͜ ̴̷̛͜Ǵ̡Ò̷̕ ̶̴͘͢T̶̸̛͢͢H̡̛́͢͝E҉̧̀͝R̸̡̕͡͝E̸͏ ̸̡͘̕͠P̢̡͞L̢̛̛͘͘E҉̕̕͜A̴̕͜͡S̴̴̛Ę̕ ҉́̀͢͡L̴͢I͏S̨͏̷̸̷T̴̢̛͝E̵͜N̵̨̨̕ ̸̷̢͜͝T̶͘̕͡҉Ơ҉̢ ̧̡M̵͏̸E̴̸͟͡ ̢͜͟͝H́͘E̸͜ ̵̵̷̨̀Ç̸͢͜͝A̶N̸̛҉̸Ǹ͘Ǫ́͟T̡́͡ ̷͏̡͟͞I҉̸͢͝Ņ͟T̶̡̨͜Ȩ̶͡R̴̛͜͞R̛̕͞҉U̶̢͢͡͞P͏T̷ ͜Ḿ͜͢É̸̡͝ ̸̸̕͝H̴̸̨Ę̧̀͝R̛E͘͜͞ ̷̛́̕D҉҉͢Ò̶͘ ̡͜͠N̸͝Ó̶̶͝T̀͜͝͠ ̷̷ỪS̸̨̧Ę̵͞ ̵̵̨́͡T͘͢͡͡H̶̨̕͜E̵͏҉͘ ̧́͟͟C͘͜H̡͠A̵͜N̸͘N͏͢҉̡̕É̸͜͜͠L̶̷̶̕ ̧̛͡L̡͟͡͝҉E̵̶̵̕͏A̸̛V̴̴̡E̢̢͏͏͡ ̷̵̛͞͠I̶̢͟͠T͟͝҉̢ ̷̴̸̡͝Ą͡͏L̡̨̕͝Ǫ͏̸N҉̷́Ȩ̸̀ ̸͡͡͏À͘͝N͟O̷̸͘͘͜T̛͏̧H̸́͘͠͝Ȩ̶̷͏R̸҉͢ ̴̨̨̀D̵̢̕͘I҉̸̀҉͡M̀͜É͞N͜҉͡S̵̡̢͜͡Í̸O҉͠͠N͏̡͜ ̡͟͜C̛͢͟͏A͏̶͜N͜N̷̡̛҉O҉̷̴̸͘T̀̕ ̴̵̵̷B͏̷E̴̡ ̧͝D̴̵̴̀͠È͟͝͡S̸̛͘T̢͏̨̢Ŕ͏̸̕͡O̷Y̷҉͢Ę̵̧́̕D́͜ ̷̸̴͢͠Ţ̢̀͠O̵͡ ̶̛͟͢Ś͝Ę͘͝È́͘҉K͏͏ ̢͟͜O̶U̧T́ ̀Ţ̢͠͠H̸̶E͏͏͟ ̸͟S̡͞͝͡I͡͠C͘͜͡K̴̨͢͞Ĺ̵͝͡Y̸̴ ̵͟͠͞S̴̴͠U͟͠͝N̷̶ ̛̕͟͞I̴̕͞҉͢Ś̡̕͟͢ ̶̨͜F͝҉҉O̢͡L̶̷̛͘L̴̡͝͡Ỳ̸͢[/color]