There he was, bronze armor shining in the sun, strange staff in hand. When he swung it, buildings shattered... people shattered. And he wasn't alone. A streak of silver was near him, ripping your people apart; tearing through walls, and buildings, to get to any who tried to hide.

You knew him as Rasa: The Devil.

And you left. You both left; this wasn't anything you could fight by yourselves. You went back to his home Mausam, told them what happened, insisted that EVERY nation was needed. Air elementals flew out to every capital and every Mausam, telling them of the travesty. Monthei must have realized this, as hundreds of his ships appeared in the sky.

The Mausams began housing Tattvanae from every nation. It was amazing, the Tattvanae stood united and were a force to behold. Eventually, you saw just how far Monthei would go. His forces began crashing the Mausams into the world below. It took great effort, but Tattva became a blasted wasteland. 5 Mausams there were, 1 remained. The last sanctum for the Tattvanae.

You always wondered just how the Last Mausam was even able to escape the devastation. When the Kema analyzed the Eture ship that had crashed into it, they theorized that the device that creates 'threads' to other worlds must have attempted to make an emergency jump.


Now, you have a better idea…

Emptiness.

Nothing but emptiness.

Everything was burning away. Tattva, the Mausam, the Kema, Stoencht... And you drift in the blackness.

And they laugh.

Monthei... The Weaver... The Void Knight...

All... of... them...

"...what exactly did you tell him, Ciric!? What happened on Aklabra!?"

Ondo?

"I saw an opportunity to end it!! IS THAT WRONG!?"

What are they...

>Get up
>Listen

>>32679276
>>Listen

>>32679276
>>Listen
Those lying dicks

>>32679276
>Listen

>>32679276
Listen.

>writing

You want to get up, you really do.

Your chest aches like nothing you've ever experienced, and you feel like you're burning up on the inside...

But, you bear it. Ondo didn't make accusations lightly.

"I told you it could expand our network!! I told you we'd be able to pull threads to ourselves without approaching a convergence point!! I told you that we could pull our own forces to US from other worlds!! I DID NOT SAY IT WAS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!"

>RAGE
>continue listening

>>32680302
>continue listening
Then
>RAGE
Let it smolder

>>32680302
Rage.

>Gotta love ties, eh?

>>32680345
THIS

>writing

It's getting harder to stay down. First the weaver, and now this? Ciric had said that ONDO discovered a weapon that could destroy the Proclamation...

To hear him say otherwise...

The burning is starting to get worse.

"MONTHEI WAS THERE," Ciric screamed, desperate to defend his actions, "Without him, the Proclamation would have fallen apart!"

"And burning an entire world?" Ondo retorted, "Like he did to you? THAT'S your idea of retribution?"

"Please," Ciric continued, "that weaver, Saavi, killed Stoencht. They deserv..."

"Don't you dare finish that sentence, you worm." You've never seen a Kema express anger. Ondo sounded furious. "Sounds less like avenging a comrade, and more of an excuse coming from YOU."

>GET PISSED
>stay still

>Seems kinda slow tonight

>>32681510

get pissed

>>32681859 sorrry
>>32681510
>>GET PISSED

>writing
>S'all good, sickgirl :)

That's the line.

No matter how much you want that white-haired bitch dead, you don't take kindly to being used.

"Oh trust me," you say; as you rise to your feet, they both jump up in shock, "The witch will get what she deserves... eventually." You slowly begin to walk towards him, your chest thrumming.

"You'd think that you, of all people, would have taken a lesson from her example."

He looks terrified.

Good.

"I don't like being betrayed."

You dash towards him, lighter then you've ever been; you cut through his chest, and grip his heart TIGHT.

"L-l-lord K-k-kalki... I...!"

You move your face closer to his, "Tell me," you say, "What do you 'deserve'?"

>What do?

>>32682738
Let him live, cool off and make him explain his reasoning.

>>32682738
hurrt him do not kill him

>Writing

You sharpen your fingers, and start scraping them across the surface of the heart. He begins to wail, and writhe in your grip.

"I should kill you. Not just for lying to me... but KEEPING this from me." You gesture to the crystal jammed, squarely, into your chest.

"I-I-I don't know what y-y-you're talking aboouu-aaaiiigghhh!!" You grip harder.

"YOU were one of the last we rescued on Tattva. What happened after? An Eture ship, entering our world, crashes on our sanctum after getting too close."

You grip harder.

"Next thing we know, we're on NENAEDA, with HIS lot," you point to Ondo, "Telling us it must have been a damn FLUKE."

"Where the hell are you going with this, Kalki?" Ondo says, re-asserting himself.

"Where am I going with this?" You snap your head in his direction. He actually seems... taken aback; an incredibly curious look crosses his eyes.

You continue, "I should have realized it when you first showed it to me... clouded by RAGE like I was."

Ciric seems to have trouble keeping his form.
You let him go, throwing him to the ground.

"This is a piece of Jiva, isn't it, Ciric?" You force him to look you straight in the eyes. "This is that from which I was BORN."

>>32684397
HORY SH-

"Kalki, calm down." You look out the corner of your eye, and see Ondo's eyes locked on you.

"Oh, this is RICH!" You say, "A new, unknown mystery pops up in front of the Kema's foremost mind, and he IGNORES IT!?"

This had to be a JOKE.

"That's not the most curious thing, at the moment." He reaches for his custom-built staff, which had been resting on a VERY tall tree, by which you seem to be surrounded by, now that you take a look.

As he begins an incantation. You guard yourself; you don't know what he may try.

"I just want to ask you a question... indulge my curiosity." He conjures a... mirror?

You take a look. The Jiva... it's... formed veins, and scars, all over your body. Even your eyes look different. All burning with.. fire.

White fire.

Ondo spoke again. "When," he said, solemnly, "Were you touched by the Void?"

>>32685112
OhnoohnohnoohnoOHNO!!
TELL ME WE DID NOT FUCKING CORRUPT KALKI

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>>32685207
>I don't know... did you?

>First mini-chapter of Into the Aether, everybody! Hope ya'll enjoyed yourselves.

>As always, Dizzy, and I, will stick around for a bit to answer any QUESTions.

>Feel free to shoot me for that lame-ass pun, now.
Previous threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Quest%3A+into+the+aether
QM twitter: https://twitter.com/QM_Dizzy

>>32685359
How long did it take you to lay all the groundwork for this quest?

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>>32685517
This thread, in general, or the overall dealie?

>>32685517
>It's been a few years working on the setting as a whole. (The war, the corruption, etc.)

>It was only recently that we made Logan as the narrator/protagonist and decided to give control of his actions (within reason) to you guys.

>And yes, a compilation of terms/names is still in the works. Partially because there's a lot to cover and partially because I'm lazy.

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>>32685207

Dammit Logan, you (we) done fucked up.

Then again, we were fighting, what else was there to do? Besides, we need to figure out how to reverse corruption anyway to restore the papa dragon.

Still, I wonder what we'll find in the crossroads.

Anyway, cheers for the thread, OP(s)!