Fractured

Myriad Reality

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I will be honest though. When the runes glowed yellow underneath us, the lights that continued, were those still other runes that haven't been deactivated?

@Vacare

Right. It's a train of runes that light up one at a time and stay lit. You can deactivate any rune you want, but as long as the front rune is active, it'll continue activating the rune ahead of it and so on. It's kind of like a signal being sent down a wire, and they can't stop it until they cut the wire where the signal hasn't yet reached.

Myriad Reality

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Damn!

*I take off again trying to chase the lead rune*

Let fly my fleeting feet! Go faster by my hand!

*his feet glow and bursts of air would manifest at the bottom of his feet*

Let me reach!

@Vacare

Lesser augment speed!
*In a sudden burst, outpaces the trail of runes and reaches the entrance before them, shutting down their movement with the Recast spell*
We... we did it.
*Huffs heavily*

Myriad Reality

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That was exactly how I was sort of imagining it.

@Vacare

Okay, cool. Just wanted to make sure.

Myriad Reality

Just to make sure we’re on the same page, two trails of runes are formed, glowing one rune after another, each moving rapidly in opposite directions. Both parties could disable any runes without much effort, but to stop them from reaching either end, the frontmost rune has to be deactivated. Are we all synced up on that or are we thinking different things? @Vacare@Franxx

Myriad Reality

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Understood!

*I take off running towards the other direction to try and dispel it*

By the gods, whoever made this places is going to taste dragons fire!

@Vacare

*You easily disable the spell near you, but the light of the runes continue moving as long as the frontmost one is active*
Rawest magic bound by form, forsaken by the touch of it’s castor!

Myriad Reality

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*after hearing that, of course it sends me a panic response blinking back to reality as I tried to get my clear sight again only to curse quietly and stumble away*

You got to be kidding-

@Franxx

Don’t die on us!

Myriad Reality

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*I step back in panic*

Wha- What a trap!?

@Vacare

*Two lines of brilliant blazing runes shoot outward from either side of the fountain, one barreling toward the entrance, and the other moving in the opposite direction*
Find a way to shut down that line! We have to disable the spell!
*Takes off running toward the entrance*

Myriad Reality

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*I look back to Lily with a confused expression*

Are we supposed to? Because I doubt doing so would do anything good. But I see no other way to progress.

@Vacare

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*Magic circles make one rotation in my irises*
It's an activation condition. And it looks like the fountain runes are set up in a way to block it from activating, meaning...

@Nimda

*Pauses, tracing the twists of the runes*
...It's a canary trap!

*I looked around as I watched through the partway, the white void practically taking me with bated breath as I furrow my brow.*

*the faint echoes of the soul, emanating through the vast space as I watched it flicker through. Slowly standing up, I touch the ground underneath my fingertips, to feel where I am and slowly eye the trail that remained within the area.*

@Franxx

Hey, get ready to move! This place isn't safe!

Myriad Reality

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Well, about these runes... What are these all about?

@Vacare

Correct me if I'm wrong, but they appear to channel some kind of spell when this fountain is filled with... something. I'm not sure what it does yet, but I doubt it's anything good.

Myriad Reality

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*Places my hands against my chest*
Gio! That's that nicest thing you've ever said to me.

@Nimda

First off, that's a lie. Second, it's all downhill from here.