Quick note: I don't know if this will even show up for most people (if it doesn't then it's probably your font settings), but don't p̸̭̉anic, this isn't a v̷̭̀ȉ̷̤ṟ̷͗ȕ̵̖s̶̞̈́. Data corrup̸̭̉ṭ̶͊ī̷̱o̵̢͒n̶̢̕ is no joke, and no computer s̶̤̊y̵̥̿s̴̨̈́tem is truly sa̸̟̩̽f̷̰̏͜e, but you're fine. I'm just playing around with glitch text for this entry. It's just a gim̷̳͚̾͘m̸̭̦͆͘i̸̗͆c̵̝̘̘̰̓̍̊̐͑͘k̴̢͕͉̭̘͈̗̻̺̞̱͐̈́̃͗̇͂͑͜͝.̶͔̟̟̻̟̈́̋́


Sunlight was death.

Inexperienced people of the Vacuan sands might think that wearing extra layers is a stupid idea – after all, one usually bundles up to defend against the cold – but those who knew better always wore plenty of protection against the relentless sun. The only thing more deadly than a G̵r̶i̶m̷m̸ was underestimating the power of the eternal fire in the sky.

Until today.

The lone Beowolf didn't bother trying to keep itself hidden as it followed the wobbly human, openly stalking its prey from behind. H̶u̷n̴g̵e̵r̵ alone drove it forward; heat was just one of the many things the Creatures of G̵͕͂r̴̨̆ĭ̶̜m̴͎̈m̵̲̑ never cared about. They wanted only to consume humans and Faunus alike.

This human seemed unwell, shuffling forward on weak feet, hunched over beneath a ragged gray hood. Death was close. The G̵͕͂r̴̨̆ĭ̶̜m̴͎̈m̵̲̑ drew closer. It wanted to feel the life of the human draining away between its fangs. It wanted to taste the f̴̉͜e̷̳͐a̶͚̿r̶̢̚, but so far it sensed none; the human barely seemed aware of its surroundings at all.

Onward they trekked, passing dunes and barren outcroppings of stone littered with dusty bones. Ahead, the Beowolf spotted tents. Other humans. It was now or never – the Grimm came forward, drooling with anticip̶̪͌ạ̶͊t̶̪̋ì̵͉o̴̹̍n̷̪̅.̶̬͑

The wind suddenly shifte̷̟͗ḏ̷̛,̸̭̂ ̷̢̾ń̷͚o̸͚͗w blowing towards the hungry beast.

The Beowolf stopped.

The wö̵͎b̸̢̔b̷̘̉l̴̗͑y̷̨͠ ̷̥̽ḧ̷̺́u̵͈̍m̵̡̓an also stopped.

This smell was… wrong. On every level. The thing before it, the one that appeared human at first, gave off a smell that triggere̸͈̭̓̋ḋ̴̹͝ ̶̹̽̒e̴̮͎͗̚v̵̺̝̒ȅ̸̦̿r̷̢͎̓̾ÿ̸̨́ ̸̞̋ả̴̝l̵̙̅̉a̴͍̗͊ŕ̵̢̀m̶͖̠̒ ̸̡̙̀͒í̶̭̞̈́ṋ̶͉̊ ̵̨̡͂t̴̙͖͑h̵̢̾ê̶̢̹ ̵̼̄͋Ĝ̵̼͆r̸͇̆̈́i̵̖̒m̴̹̯̽m̴̢̆̈́'̷̮̦͑̕s̵͚̯̀̈́ ̵̭̈h̷̪̼̿ě̴̳̅ad all at once. Something Wrong. Something dangerous.

The not-human slowly turned̵̝̲̈́̓ ̸̫͘ţ̵͋õ̶̱ ̶̘̓f̷̯̓a̴̘̺͠ć̶̢͙ẻ̸̢͙ ̶̖͕̀i̵̤̔t̷̙̖̐s̶̪̀ ̸̯̄̾h̷̗̑ȗ̴̢͇́n̷̬̾̆t̸̪͛͜ë̴̞́̈r̴̜̈́.̴̢͝

Ears pe̷͔̿͝r̵̲̝̍̇k̷͇͍̈͝ḙ̶̢̕d̸̥̯̕̚,̶̹̞́ ̸̡̘̚t̸̘̐h̶̼͂̃ẽ̶̜ ̵̖̓B̷̞̻̎̏è̴͈̔o̸̢̱͆̔ẃ̷͈͍̄ö̵̬̲́l̴͇̼̈f̷̩̾̀ ̴͔̱͌̍m̷̧̝̽̿a̴̛͕͓d̶͔͒͑ḛ̷͓̂͝ ̷͕̀̽ȁ̵͈̩͊ ̸͌͂ͅl̸̤̟̈͆ŏ̸̠w̷̖͘ ̸̪͘g̶̩̮͆́r̵̢͐owl. A warning.

The not-human didn̶̖͙͆͑'̸̠͌͠t̷̼̮́͛ ̸͎͆̀ṁ̷̺̜o̷̬͇͌̅v̸͖̜͐e̷̢͕̔̓ ̷̻̋ḁ̶͑ǧ̷͈̜a̵̗͠ỉ̷̡̚ň̸̳̲.̷̬̊̈́

Sensing a trap, the Beo̷̲͚̎w̸̘̫̎̏o̷͖̐͘l̶̰͎͆f̴̟̋ ̸̧̂t̵͎̑͝ô̴̦͐ȏ̴͔̃k̴͉̝̎̕ ̷͉̉͝ä̴̡̤̐ ̷̳̿c̶̬̗̐͌a̶̬͒͌r̶͉̋e̷̻̓́f̴͔͒ú̴̼̗̿ļ̶̼̂͘ ̵̖̈́͌š̸̙̟̔ṫ̶͖e̴̝̼͋p̶͔̄̓ backwards.
Sensing a tra̷͓̎̓̃̓̽̇p̸̨̫̼̹͛̏͛̋̔̎,̶̛̛͎̝̝̬̈̐̆͘͜ ̸̨͉̩̪͎̳̄̓̇t̸̨͖͈̩͎̰̀̓ḩ̸̙̯͓̮͌͌̒͊͗̈́e̷̝͖͛͛́͊̓ ̸͚̰̖̺̣̅̓͝B̶̼̘̪͊̏ȅ̴̠͙̱̾̇̈́̐ǫ̶̣͚̺̓̂͂̀ẁ̵̼̆̀͂̅ŏ̸͕̑ḷ̸̰̦̩͔̈́̇f̷̡̼͕̜͇̑́̇̎̎͒ ̶͚͙̃̍͌̉̔͆t̴̩̟̼̣̲͎́̈́͐́ơ̸̛͚̥̬͈̈́͂́͜͠ơ̴͇̗̪̺̝͌̚͜ķ̴̰͍̘̫̈́̈́́͆͑ ̵̡̨͕̻̜͇̓̑a̷̤͐̈́̄̃͊ ̷͕͓̿̀̾͛̈́̋c̶͙̲̾̑͌̎ā̵̡̻̣̱̲̇͘ŕ̴̙̒̇̋̂̚e̷̳̣̬̓̃̿̑f̷̧̛̤̞̤̈́̾̀́ͅu̸͇̔͂͊͝l̴̯͓̺̭̯̍̃́̚̚ ̵͖̠̲͎̰̟͗s̵̨͉̘̪̺̲̉̐̊͝t̸̉͆̀ͅe̶̱͙̺̲͐͂̈́̄̉̕p̷̻̤̚ ̴̛̩͚̯̹b̴̨̬̞̻̫̖̆̅̅͗̏̅a̸͕̪̣̳͌̓̔̈́ͅc̸̺̿́̌̑͝k̶̘̭̖̗̩̓̿̀̕ŵ̴͍̎͋͂̌͝ấ̸̧̞̩̦̪̮̇ŗ̵̤̭̻̤̊̽d̸̺̙̝̙̀̀̓͌s̴̡̜͓͚͔̫̊͑̉̉̑.̵̛̣̙̐̆̈́̔̕
Ṡ̸̝ͅe̴̡̟̅͋n̵͉̓͜ș̷̨̄̄i̶̛͍͜n̶̪͐͝g̷̊̇ͅ a trapt̸̝͍̾̔r̶̠̞̫͆͑ả̸̧͓̅̒̕p̶̢͚̋̀́t̴̡̨̙̀͐̽͑̄̕r̶̡̨̥͈̟̔å̶̧͈͎̺̏̀͝ͅṕ̶͜t̶͉̙̫͐̂̀̐̑ṙ̵̪̼͖͎̮͑̓͑͋͠a̴͉̋͋̑p̶̛̹̪̪̺͍̙͆̉̈̕ẗ̷̼̘̥̜̒̑r̷̫͎̬̼̩͙̰̔̓́̂á̵̫̹̈͒̂p̵͕̼̗͍̅̈́̒ͅt̶̪̬͎̲̏͛͌̀̈̾ŕ̸̝̮ả̵̡͕̰͎̥̅͋͋̈͝p̴̒̀͜t̴̨͕̝̘͓̥̺͛̄̌̐͆̈́̊r̸̛̭̹̰͓̣̈́͒̑͗̍ã̸̡̻͔̜̰͙̫̾̉̔̃͠p̵̢͔̘͉͎̊̅t̸̗́̿́̄r̸̬̐̈́͗̐̂̄̚ȃ̴͔͙̓͜p̴̰̬̭̣͚̐̈́̐̓͐̽t̷͔̦̠͕̠͇͖̑̍ͅr̵̛̦̜͍̩͍̺̿̒́̽̓͂͒͠a̸̛͓͔͛́͋̕p̵̡̟͎͎̭̫̠̳̫̌͘t̸̤̯̰͖̮̘̳͚̖̔̀̋̑̓̅ŗ̴̧̫̳̮͋̋ä̷͚́͌p̶̯̖̺͆͝ṭ̶̡͙͈̬̩̀̅͑̓r̶̛̳̱͚̭͖͎̉́́̅͗͝a̵͖̍̓͊̀̋̕̕͝͝p̷̻̬̈́̌͜t̷̫̏̈́͛̈́̔̈͗̋r̶̖̣̝͐̈̌͋̊̈́̈́͝ą̸͖̯̣̋́́̿̔́̈́͆͘͘p̶̨̰͍̱̰͛̎̿̐̿̈́̅͋͝͠

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ERROR
ERROR
ERROR
DATABASE CORRUPTION DETECTED
SOURCE: UNKNOWN
RESCAN REQUESTED
DATA PURGE RECOMMENDED


Designation: Remnant-6̵̢̫̗̦̪͉̓͒̌̓̈́̄́͝6̵̖̜̬̻̱̙̽́̏͗͗͒̆9̸̯̉͆6̸̹̦͓͙̪̮̽̎͊̈́ͅ

Error: World Data Corrupted
Cause Unknown
Data Purge Recommended

Special Note: What the…? I swear this readout was fine yesterday. Though I did notice that one weird reading… wonder if that might be the cause?


Author's Note: April fools! :)

But seriously, as I mentioned before, this is a placeholder chapter – I haven't actually written the full entry for this one yet, and I really didn't wanna waste the #13 slot, so for now this is what y'all are getting. I'll replace it with the real chapter once the time is right, and I'll make sure to let you guys know when that is. Fear not.

Next Chapter: The multiverse contains all manner of worlds, anything you can imagine. Most of them are blissfully unaware of each other, but not all… next we take a look at one world that taken their first steps towards inter-dimensional travel, along with a Ruby who is pretty fast on her feet.

=^..^=