Chapter 7
(dialogue log)
Ab: Jason! Finally! Your here!
Je: Are we ready to reach that gate?
Ab: well, it seems you just came from the first gate. I don't think we're going through there again. We have to reach the second gate.
Dh: wait wait wait, hold on one. Goddamn minute Alex! If I recall correctly this isn't how the game is supposed to go.
Cc: yeah, what the hell's going on here Alex!
Ab: wow, don't even let me greet Jason ok. I'll just go straight into it since y'all are so impatient.
Je: then explain because apparently I'm the only one here with no goddamn idea what's happening here!
Ab: ok, let me start with the kernalsprite. Your ninja rainbow dash anyway.
Ab: there are two forces at work here. Evil forces, entrenched in darkness. And ones embracing Light. Each side is locked in an eternal stalemate. Think of it as if it's a chess match. And only 1 black king and one white king are left. The Two sides are Prospit, the white, and Derse, the black. Derse is located in the incipisphere. It wages unending war on Prospit, seeking the destruction of Skaia. Skaia is located in the incipisphere just the same as Derse and Prospit. It's in the core. Like the incipispheres sun.
Je: Wait, so then if they're locked in a stalemate what's the point?
Ab: I'm getting to that.
Ab: Derse orbits Skaia farther away than Prospit. Prospit orbits close to Skaia and is charged with its protection, while Derse covets its destruction. We each dream on either Derse or Prospit. Jason and I dream in Prospit, but Jason hasn't woken up yet. Chris and Dylan dream in Derse. Dylan hasn't woken up yet either.
Je: what do you mean by "woken up"?
Ab: what I mean is you both are asleep on Prospit/Derse. When we each prototyped our kernalsprite for the first time, the aspects of what we prototyped it with were sent to the black forces and the white forces. When we prototyped the chess match was no longer a stalemate. It turned into an all out war. With each prototype enlarging the battlefield. They fight on Skaia. The field literally resembles a chess board. Prospit is always destined to lose this war. This is why we must make our way to Skaia. To kill the black king and queen. Since the reckoning has already begun. The Derse forces have already defeated the prospitians. The meteors were originally meant to attack Skaia. But Skaia initiated a defense system. It opened a series of portals that sent the meteors to earth. It sacrificed our planet to save itself. If we want to save our planet we must destroy the black king. But, this is where it gets tricky. Our session seems to have a bug in it.
Je: a bug? Like, a programming error?
Ab: yes. For one, your kernalsprite was not supposed to be in the land of wind and shade with you. And you were first supposed to be sent to the medium. And we were supposed to be sent to our own individual mediums. But it seems we share a medium in this session, like teamwork. And second, you just came from the 1st gate. So it seems the game is aware of this bug, but just doesn't try to fix it. As if it's not a bug and it's meant to be like this. And if you look up, it seems the 1st gate has disappeared.
Je: your right, it has. But what happens when we reach the topmost gate?
Ab: that gate is the seventh gate. We each reach our denizen. If we are strong enough we will proceed to Skaia. If not, we die. It seems that fight is a solo round. This means we each go separate ways and fight our own denizens individually. So with that. I think we should build up to the second gate.
Je: why do we have to build? I have rainbow dash and Chris has a dragon.
Ab: well, I, I don't think you get the point, we have to reach there in a legit way.
Je: why? There's nothing special here.
(Dialogue ends)
With that last statement he sat dumbfounded and rainbow dash flew across the sky.
I chatted with rainbow dash for a bit while waiting for Chris's dragon to arrive. In about half an hour it showed up and they hopped on the dragon and me on rainbow dash.
Soon we were engulfed by a huge white light, and we were in a new land. One that was not beautiful at all. It was instead very hideous and plain. It was a dark and shadowy desert.
(Dialogue log)
Ab: the land of caves and silence. My planet in the incipisphere.
Je: great, woopdy fucking doo. Now let's try and get out of here.
(Dialogue ends)
(Switch to 3rd person voice thingy)
Well, I think I should come in here and narrate. Seeing as they suck at narrating their own stories. From time to time I'll let them narrate their own stories.
Let's begin.
Jason and his friends stood overlooking the desert landscape taking in all that was to be beheld.
Even though it was very little. Just a desert and a couple of tunnels.
In fact, this whole desert is in a huge cave. Those tunnels lead to other caves.
Jason and Alex come to an agreement that since this is his planet he should lead the way. They trudge through the desert heading for the biggest tunnel. When they finally come to the tunnel, they realize what they didn't before.
A couple of imps stood guard at the entrance. Due to video game logic they had to be going the right way. Pretty stupid logic I know but that's how it worked.
Chris and Dylan set up their snipers. They both had hunting rifles. They took aim l for a little bit. Dylan held up his hand signaling to Chris that this was a standby moment to take aim. Then he formed a three, starting the countdown.
Two
One
BOOM
the shots fell straight on their mark. Straight between the eyes. Killing the imps instantly.
The ink sinking into the sand.
Chris and Dylan high-fived as they put their snipers back into their strife deck.
They began walking on as if nothing had happened.
The cave was pitch black and they had no idea where the end was.
(Dialogue log)
Cc: where's the end of this tunnel?
Ab: we're coming up to it. Soon.
Cc: how do you know
Ab: I just do.
(Dialogue ends)
Chris didn't think that was a satisfying answer but he kept walking just the same.
When they finally saw some light, Alex seemed to be getting a little, nervous. He didn't want to go out. He knew very well what was about to happen.
He just didn't know how it would happen.
When they came out of the tunnel they saw a stone slab with four pillars on each side.
Alex, not missing a beat walked up to the slab. Alex knew what he had to do. But unfortunately he had a fistkind strife specibus. So he couldn't do what he needed to.
But that didn't matter. Because what he didn't see was the two imps hiding behind the pillars. They snuck up behind Alex and stabbed him in the chest.
Alex fell to the ground, his blood covering the slab.
Dylan quickly took out his sniper and shot both of the imps. Their ink mixing with the blood. They all ran to Alex, Dylan checking for a pulse frantically.
(Dialogue log)
Je: is he, dead?
Dh: ...
Yes
(dialogue ends)