Chiliarchy,
Etcetera,
Extra
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*Once we get above the cloud cover, we step into a dreamlike room with shifting walls and an opaque diamond-cut slab in the center, shaped almost like a casket*
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There may be soon...
*Keeps running up until we disappear into the cloud cover*
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The future! It’s running out of possibilities!
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*Closes my eyes*
I have half a mind to throw you off—
*Opens them and points up the trail, while breaking into a run*
This shouldn’t exist! It’s the same as the footprints before!
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*Barely chokes out the words*
Fixed trail... We... have... to move.
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*Turns to catch a glimpse of what you’re looking at and goes as pale as a sheet*
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You—
*Is taken by surprise at the sudden gesture*
...
*As you do, the cliffs above us retract and shrink, crumbling from their imposing forms and are replaced with a well-treaded trail to the top of the mountain*
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*Stares off the cliffside, rage and misery mingling in my eyes*
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*The mountain is mostly barren, save for a couple cliff faces jutting outward*
So did I! And those soulless vipers have stolen everything!
*Hits my knees, disturbing the dust around me*
My sweet Misty...
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You tried.
*Finally chucks the ruined hilt off the side of the mountain*
I tried to go through countless hoops to make sure this specific timeline would never happen. Years to make sure the worst case scenario would stay something of my nightmares.