[center][h1]Yzechr[/h1]
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[h1]Excelsis[/h1][/center]

Yzechr watches as the new god slowly descends into the cave. Looking closely, this guy is even weirder than the time they saw from afar. What’s with those eyes and ears that scream greed and desperation for any stories and knowledge. However, it’s not like the god of corruption would dislike such earnestly.

[color=663399]“What is it terminating, indeed.”[/color] Yzechr turns their head to look at the strange bell, echoing the many eyes god’s question. [color=663399]“The world? the cavern itself? our godly existence? Who knows? Otherwise I wouldn’t call for another set of opinions. You know as well as I do that our other ... comrades might not be so reliable when it comes to our neighbor from the outside, some even openly protected them.”[/color] The hollow eyes of black mist look directly at many eyes floating around the eccentric god. [color=663399]“You are the only one I can trust with this knowledge.”[/color]

Is this the black god’s true sentiment, or yet another facade? Another mystery that will never be solved. Maybe even they themselves don’t know the answer to this question.

[color=663399]“Do you recall the low ringing sound that rang throughout the world when we first regained consciousness? It must be the sound of this bell. Assuming the number at the time is 100 percent, that means between then and now, about one third of the percentage has been counted down. And it is a countdown because when I first came here, the number just went from 67 to 66. Of course, you can’t rule out the possibility of it not being fully 100 percent, or that it is counting down long before we woke up.”[/color]

Yzechr put forth their opinion, perhaps with more insight and meticulousness than what they would normally let others see.

There was something profoundly wrong about being given trust by this god. As if it was a great chalice so filled with poison that it had turned green and corroded. It would be wise to scrutinize every word this god spoke. Have every syllable held before the light of truth lest it could bring trouble.

Excelsis was not the god of wisdom. Despite the wrongness of his valued colleague the god-orb’s consciousness was obsessing over the esoteric displays before him. The obsession allowed for no interference. Even as the nebulous form spoke, eyes were recording the forming and vanishing figures into his divine memory. Though it was as if even a divine mind was struggling with it.

[b]“The current state of reality is imperfect.”[/b] Excelsis said out loud though the vast majority of his senses was focused on the bell and crystalline cave. Only a handful of eyes were looking at the cloud-form of Yzechr. [b]“But manageable. Easily alterable. It takes little of our power to turn uncertainty into concrete. Reality is receptive to us. We might perhaps even posit that we are currently supreme beings.”[/b]

The god of corruption listened to their companion with focused attention, wanting to study the other god’s behavior no less than this strange place. Even when the many eyes god went on the rambling, Yzechr still listened with no sign of adverseness.

[color=663399]“Perhaps so, but we are not the maker of the rules, never the maker. Just pawns who still have to play by the rules that were made long ago. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here, terrified by the possibility of doom.”[/color] The black god pauses a little before another sentence. [color=663399]“Never forget that, my friend.”[/color]

[b]”Perhaps so.”[/b] The comment made Excelsis annoyed with himself. Not only had this other god made a point, but it was a good point as well! It was an excellent deduction that he himself should’ve made. Still, the nebulous god was right. The existence of the Outsiders, these strange mysteries before them and even the very nature of their birth made clear that there were higher forces at play.

[b]“And yet, these higher forces have not seen it fit to intervene overly much.”[/b] Excelsis continued his rambling. He took a secret bit of solace in that thought. Even when he - arguably - tore to shreds a Patron in an effort to steal its very essence, these higher forces did not intervene… or was that the momentary flicker and confrontation with his own imperfectness? Excelsis decided it was best not to dwell on it.

[b]“For now we must assume that we are the most supreme beings [i]active[/i] in this world.”[/b] His shape edged closer to the bell. As if any proximity might force it to interact and betray its purpose through the enigmatic god-sense. [b]”Thus, the current state - even if unfinished - of this world is beneficial to us. Ergo, we desire to maintain this status quo.”[/b] 

The god-orb turned fully to face his gaseous kin. [b]“We must find a way to identify this mechanism that is seemingly staving off this termination and stabilize it.”[/b] He said it as a grand declaration of intent.

[color=663399]“And how are you intent to accomplish this task?”[/color] Yzechr asked, curious about how the many eyes god would solve their problem.

[b]"Observation and experimentation!"[/b] Excelsis proudly declared. [b]”The tools of discovery.”[/b] he was entirely within his element here. 

[color=663399]“Then, I won’t disturb you any more”[/color]

Seems like there is no way to pry the eccentric god from the strange bell and the abnormal cave, Yzechr rationalized that it would be better to leave the god alone for now. The black mist floating out of the bell cavern back to the proximity where most of the actions happen.

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