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23/01/2024

I Can Tell You What Is Killing The Stars Part 7

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure

:CrimsonBayonet

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. Arthur C. Clarke

Hey everyone, Auren here. At least I was Auren I am now something more. Something bigger than anything but I digress. I was Auren, a scientist who had thoughts, ideas, and stories. Let's talk about what you perceive as God. The Absolute is a being so large it can only be listed as an absolute infinity. Something completely and entirely unreachable by all means and possibilities. This being or "god" isn't what you humans have come up with it isn't just omniscient or omnipotent but something greater and beyond any definition and rationalization.

Let me start with how this all happened. Since my last story, I have been trying my best to find out how to take out the being who is swallowing the infinite narratives in this dimension. The Void is a being made to be the platonic concept of fear, anxiety, depression, and hunger. A being so destructive that the narratives it consumes can no longer exist in any thoughts. Completely erased from all history and events, as if they never existed in the first place. The End of all stories entirely.

This was an issue I set out to resolve as I didn't want you to suffer the same fate as my people. So as the last story mentioned a being known as The Headless King seemed to have been able to banish The Void permanently. I studied long and hard, I went through all possible and impossible scenarios. I spent many sleepless nights in constant fear and anxiety just trying to figure out how it's possible to remove such a commanding presence. After all, how can you destroy something that sees you and me as a story?

Transcendence. I had to transcend beyond the narrative, beyond the ITS narrative. So I began working on an upgrade to SUIT. It can already transcend through the dimensions, but what about the higher narratives that exist outside and external to the current measurable and immeasurable cosmology? After my tweaks, I found I could finally travel upwards through narratives viewing each one I pass as words on a page. It wasn't until I got to a white space that I stopped. This zone seemed to be where all the stories were being made. Imagine how terrifying it is the be in an endless room at every angle. This area was bright white and as floated in the space I kept seeing words appear and disappear from my sight, it was akin to the words bleeding out of the white background and being absorbed back in. Even my very thoughts were written on the page.

I dubbed this place The Bleeding Edge. As it was beyond the edge of conceptualization and narration and it bleed this narrative into the multiverse. At the time I was still on edge as anyone should if they see their thoughts give a physical form in front of me. The mere idea that I was nothing but another word to this place sunk me further into my depressed and terrified state. As I panicked I saw all my memories being pieced together in front of me. I had to re-live the very first test of SUIT. Where a woman was compressed into a ball of meat, hair, and bone. Or how I can see the man I tried to save from killing himself only for him to look into my eyes and tear out his muscles one by one with each snap and tear got audibly louder and louder. I started to sweat and panic more and more.

Even though I felt like I was on top I could still hear The Void and feel its presence. I can feel my mind rushing as the possibilities of this should be none. "I escaped The Voids narrative... I know I did! How is it continuing." It was then I saw it... The Void manifested in me turning the whole white background into a black one. Words, stories, and existence stopped being written and it was just me and It.

The Void walked toward me slowly with a grin on its face. If you forgot The Void takes up the form of a large humanoid with pale white skin and no eyes, ears, or nose. The Void stood in front of me and spoke in a tone so loud that I can feel my soul-shaking. The Void never spoke with his lips but his mind, this thing enters your mind and hijacks your thoughts, emotions, and actions. "I felt you... Auren. Moving through the narrative ladder and thinking I will not be able to catch up or meet you. The silly child you are nothing to me... This is nothing to me. The readers and the author are just an appetizer. Now you... YOU ARE THE MAIN COURSE!" The Void bent reality of the Bleeding Edge. Causing it to quickly close the space in on me.

I felt as if the sea of black ink was swallowing me whole. Within seconds I was drowning in the black liquid and I could feel my skin peeling off slowly as if I was being flayed alive... Layer by layer my skin, muscle, and bone were consumed in the sea of hunger. Until I was but a consciousness floating through the ever-expansive Void. Depression has sunk in and I felt like I could never escape. The Void has won...

When I was at my lowest I remembered my wife and child Tikvah and Kirin. The warmth of their memory gave me hope... something that I felt was impossible when confronting The Void. The hope gave me strength it gave me an epiphany. Why can I remember everything but other people cannot? Why can I still think even though my physical form doesn't exist? It was then another voice that spoke to me, it sounded like my own. "Auren, You are fine. We are Absolute... Know your existence and break out of this story..." It was then a blinding white light surrounded me and I was teleported into a different zone. This one was odd. It was just n infinite library full of books and I stood in front of The Librarian.

The Librarian was a being of pure principles. It had no physical form, but it was there, and I could feel its presence in my head. "You need to know.... this is your only book Auren as you are its own author" I looked confused as I lifted the book Titled "The Absolute". I spoke up and asked "What is this place and who are you?" The being laughed and decided to create a physical form "You will learn who you are in the book I gave you. However, I will help guide you until you know your true potential. You are in the Narratio Grandis. A library of all narratives. Everything here is everything that ever will be or was. The hub of the possible and impossible. All stories exist here in these books."

I was confused so I just acted as if I knew what they were talking about. After a short time, The Librarian explained how this area cannot be damaged by anyone but two beings. One was the Headless King and The Absolute. After it was done speaking the librarian disappeared. I sat down and began reading the book. The book explained all of my travels and how I used to be something greater and wanted to experience emotions so I lowered my existence into an avatar named Auren Da'At...

It was me the whole time... I was the one above all narration. I was the answer to The Void the whole time. The knowledge of all things flowed into me for the first time since my original split. I know how to stop The Void. However.... this is a warning... The Void must exist... The Void consumes narratives and is the death of stories. I cannot stop it still only because it was my design... The Void is a universal necessity. I know what you are thinking "Does that mean we all die?" Yes, embrace the ending of your narrative as it is how I wrote it. You may be afraid, you may be confused but in the end, these feelings do not matter.

So what am I? Well, I am your author, your origin, and your synopsis. Everyone is an aspect of its writer. With my creation, you allowed your creation of narrative itself. I am one with all, I am god, I am Absolute. I can see your story right now child and you have many more things looking up for you... I know since I wrote it. This is my final goodbye for this narrative but I have many more to come. Many trials and tribulations ahead are being written. However, to write this narrative I became a human. This is my last story as one.

Life is fleeting but stories are forever.

-The Absolute-

23/01/2024

I Can Tell You What Is Killing The Stars Part 6

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure

:CrimsonBayonet

How is everyone doing? For those who may not know my name is Auren and I come from a different dimension/universe and I am here to warn you about The Void. An ever hungering dimensional swallower. Currently I'm on the cusp of knowing how to stop IT for good before its too late.

Sorry for the long wait my friends. I had to go on a mental break due to the last story... It brought up some scars I believed wouldn't effect me. Normally I have the mental fortitude to withstand anything but remembering the past was... Painful to say the least but I digress. Last night I went through my memory banks to see what I could've missed and I have found a dimension I have been to that could help with removing The Void however, this event is not for the feint of heart.

After what happened with the last visit...I traveled to another place. I must've repressed this dimension entirely as I don't remember any of what happened to me until I found the file. It all starts off where the last story left off in a blinding flash of light.

As I was moving through the white zone, which I have dubbed Tabula Rasa. I watched a story of a young girl in an orphanage who was being forced to watch as a child was ripped to shreds in front of her. The graphic detail was terrifying and made me nauseous. The young girl was able to escape the demon but barely... I can't shake the feeling that she just seems familiar

It's always strange traveling through this zone I feel like I've been here before... like I made this place but that can't be. I was born on a planet with parents and friends.. It just felt like this was my home and the place I thought to be my home is just something I made up.. I refuse this to be the case it could just be the zone as it's still largely unknown to me.

In one last flash of light I entered a new dimension, this one was.... odd. It looked as if I landed in an old Victorian city with cobbled streets and people walking around in old outfits, in which SUIT automatically matched so I can blend in. The residents of this place where odd as in every one of them wore normal Victorian attire but they all had plague masks on. The streets smelled a mixture of perfume, sewage and rotting flesh. The combination of them all had my stomach churning and dry heaving.

It didn't take long for SUIT to "filter" the smells out and I was able to function. Looking around there were many stores as I must've dropped into a market and surprisingly no one was looking at me or wondering why I appeared in a flash of light. Everyone there seemed oblivious and kept going on with their normal existence.

Walking around the shopping center there was an over abundance of butchers. There was one tailor, one cobbler, two bakeries, and three churches for some reason. I wanted to look further into the stores themselves the butchers had meat and they all sold the same kind just named "cattle". Nothing specific just "cattle" Thought that was odd but I can understand everything about my travels has been odd. Going into the cobbler they had only leather shoes and the tailor only sold leather clothing from jackets to underwear it was all leather. Maybe whatever plague these people are dealing with is transmissible through the skin.

The sun was setting on this town and I needed a place to stay so I wandered around a bit and found a tavern with rooms for rent. Issue is I had no currency to buy a room. Looking around it was still as if nothing I did bothered anyone as if I was completely outside the scope of vision or ability to notice me at all. So I just went to one of the rooms and broke in. This was just for the night. In the morning I was feeling rested I kept asking people to speak to their leader or whomever runs this town but no one answered.

After a couple hours of being ignored I was approached by three people wearing the same attire but red and gold themed.

Royal Guards: We are the royal guards and you are an invader. The king want's a word with you.

Me: Sure I was wanting to speak to him anyhow... Wait how do you notice me and no one else?

They didn't answer but just motioned me to follow them. We were walking for about fifteen minutes when I saw it. A white and gold tower with a large brick building attached to it. It was when I was within twenty yards of the large building I got a warning from SUIT that contagious hazards were trying to invade but it was able to filter it all. This hazard was a fungus that had I have never encountered before. While I was walking SUIT was running a diagnostics of the unknown fungus.

I entered the building and there was a long red carpet leading to a throne made of leather that looked like the one the tailors made. On the throne was a king. A large humanoid being that was bound to a chair and without a head. He was rotting away yet I could feel a terrifying presence as I approached him. The guards stopped a few yards before I reached him. They didn't get closer not sure why but I didn't think much of it at the time.

When I was at the base of his throne I can see fungal growths where his head would be. His body was covered in these growths. It was then he spoke in a thunderous tone. I could hear his very voice was shaking my soul.

Headless King: You are an intruder in my lands. I have felt your presence since you arrived and I am intrigued on how you are immune to my control.

It was then I realized the fungus, the people, and the plague were all a part of the kings presence. Looking back the rotting flesh smell was the population and everyone I met so far has been deceased.

Me: I came here to warn you and your people that a great evil is coming. The stars in the sky are vanishing and The Void will swallow you as well.

Headless King: The Void has been here and has no power over my realm. She was banished long ago and refuses to come back. You are invading, so give me a good reason why I shouldn't end you now?

Within his words I felt malice and ill will. With this threat I started to see the walls around me closing in. The Headless King seemed to be getting farther away. SUIT let me know this wasn't an hallucination but his power was shaping reality around him passively. The King was stuck to this chair however its powers were so great the very fabric of time and space were bending. I yelled in desperation but my screams were silenced as I was buried in a mound of fungus.

Somehow I must've breathed enough spores in before SUIT could filter it when I arrived and subsequently been infected . Shortly after being entombed I lost consciousness. It was days maybe weeks later when I awoke inside a factory behind old, rusty bars. There were normal looking humans all stripped naked and living in squaller with some sort of collar. I instantly felt my neck and I had one as well.

The place smelled of f***s and body odor. Closer look none of the humans here had the fungal infection tied to them. However they all had a marking on their necks resembling the sign "Omega". When I approached one of them to see what is going on a wave of fear washed over me as their eyes and tongues were removed. Non of these people could talk or see.

I wanted to scream but I couldn't because my vocal cords was removed. SUIT was repairing the damage that I was delt but the fungus was making it hard to keep it working at 100%. As I waited to see what was going on I heard footsteps approach me. What came into the room was a large creature. It seemed to be a number of people melded together and patched using the same fungus. It had seven arms and four heads with each eye working and moving. It smelt of decay and fresh blood. it carried a few leashes and came into my cell. It grabbed me and two others and ordered us to move.

We kept walking down this long hallway with rusty metal walls. In the background I could hear saws whirling and meat being chopped up. In an instant I pieced it all together. This was the slaughter house and we are the cattle. I wanted to fight back but I felt if I tried I would be killed on the spot. So I abided my time for an opening.

We finally got to a room where another one of these abominations opened the door and let us in. It then tied our hands together. In the room was a metal grate with holes for drainage and above the grate was a single metal hook. The thing grabbed the first person and put them on the hook impaling them right under the collar bone. They did little to fight as the thing moved closer and proceeded to flay the man alive. Carefully removing all his skin aside from his head. Any time the mad would move the thing would hit him on the head knocking him out.

The man stopped moving as I assumed he was killed in this process. The abomination grabbed a cleaver and ..... and ripped into his stomach to remove his organs. I wished his death swift after that as his body was limp. This thing then proceeded to eat the intestines and slurp them up as if they were noodles of spaghetti. I couldn't bare this anymore and cried knowing I may die.

The abomination then started to make cuts into this husk of a man and with that removing large portions of muscle and tissue and tossed each of them in a bucket nearby. Once all his muscle was removed he was beheaded and removed from the hook. The abomination took the body and tossed it into a chute. Next was the lady Infront of me who actually fought a little kicking and punching but to no avail as she was swiftly hooked and knocked out.

SUIT let me know all repairs were done. This gave me hope so I took the opportunity and sprinted toward the only exit I saw... the body chute. As I ran by the abomination it let out a powerful yell

The thing: Where are you going cattle HAHAHA you can't escape.

It swung one of its arms hitting me in the spine with a steel hammer. I felt my spine being crushed by the hammer. It then tried to pick me up when SUIT activated a powerful shock sending this thing to its knees, buying me time to jump through the chute. It felt like I slid down this chute for thirty minutes before finally falling onto a mound of rotting bones and flesh. I stood up from the pile and looked around for an exit. It was then I realized I was in a cave with THOUSANDS of dead bodies and bones. In the distance I saw a light so I carefully walked across the dead bodies and escaped through a small hole.

Outside the hole was the town in the background. It was about a mile away from it. My SUIT informed me that it has fixed my spine fully and found resistance to the fungus. With that information I slowly made my way to the city again. Since SUIT is fully integrated within my cells I was able to get a new disguise without much effort. As I entered the city I could see it wasn't working as all the citizens just stared at me.

As I approached the gold tower the citizens became more and more restless. They were all pointing at me with and making awful screeching sounds. I opened the door and the king was there. The headless king yelled out and shook the room

Headless King: I am older then time, I have seen the end and begging of all things but I haven't seen you. What are you traveler to be immune to my my power?

It was then I was surrounded by the abominations and they all attacked me at once. Holding me in place they dragged me to the king. As I was forced to kneel in front of the king I can feel it trying to break into my mind. I can hear it speaking to me in a language I have never heard.

Headless king: WHAT ARE YOU.... I have seen all life and all possible things and yet, YOU have evaded my vision....

After he spoke the world started to twist and turn as natural laws started to break down. The very things that held me were turned to dust and the room around me was melting. The Headless king on his throne was doing all this. Breaking the base reality with his thoughts... SUIT felt the danger and worked a way to resist it. However his psionic abilities was able to effect me still. In a flash he showed me how the Headless king was made and how he was a being of pure decay. The platonic concept of death and decay. As he fought off the void he left a part of him in the void. This thing was able to resist The Void Ultimately winning the war.

I felt like the headless king couldn't kill me so he was showing me how to defeat The Void. And as fast as it came to, the visions left. And all was left was me and the king in the room. Besides me were twisted abominations fused into the walls and floors. The Headless King told me to leave and never come back. As I left the tower just outside the door all of the "cattle" were being ripped open by the residents of the king. Bone cracking and screams is all you heard. The blood was everywhere even in the air the sky was a dark red hue.... The creatures all saw me... Their masks that they wore started to open up revealing a hidden mouth of razor sharp teeth that were all stained black and red. They all rushed me and I crouched into a ball to defend my self. It was then I saw a blinding flashing light.

I was teleported outside the dimension again. Into safety... But what horrors do I await in the next one? Well, that's a story for a different time. For now, I have a way to erase the void. Pray that I succeed friends and be safe out there.

-Auren Da'at-

23/01/2024

I Can Tell You What Is Killing The Stars Part 5

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure

:CrimsonBayonet

Hello everyone Auren again. I've been running from some rather strange-looking men and women wearing all-black suits. I kept seeing them out of the corner of my eye when I would walk to a store to get food. Strangely enough, they seem to stay just out of sight where I can see them but as soon as I try to focus on them they disappear. I don't like being followed in all my adventures I have had something following me never came to be good. While I am safe I have another place to tell you about. This one was directly after meeting with Alex.

After a quick flash of light, I was transported to a new dimension. Oddly enough while I was traveling I was able to see the space in-between the dimensions. It looked to be a blank empty page, a white canvas ripe for painting. In the distance, I can see scribbles appearing on the page like words were being written on the page. I couldn't make it out as it was so far but as soon as I was about to read the first line I was flashed into a new universe.

The song of birds was filling the air. The gentle call of the wind and the trees rustling their leaves dancing to the music of the wind. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Serenity was the definition of this place it was as if this place was the concept of peace. It was just a moment of bliss in my otherwise hopeless future. The smell of sweet flowers and the songs of birds filled the air. I was in a daze of bliss when a woman walked up to me. Naturally, I was very defensive and stood up in shock. "Whoa easy there, I just thought I saw lightning strike my field here but it was just you. Are you ok stranger?" The mysterious woman approached me with a smile with soft expression. I looked in confusion as she was dressed head to toe in leaves and vines. "I... uh. Yes, I'm fine. Just where am I?"

The mysterious woman answered, "Uh let's start with the name my name is Tikvah what's your stranger?" I looked puzzled it's not every day I see someone of such immaculate beauty and pose. "Uh sorry! My name is Auren... Auren Da'at" She looked at me and smiled before she said "Well Auren. Nice to meet cha! Why are you here? Do you need help?" I smiled back awkwardly. I never knew someone can pull at my heart with just a smile. I felt like an ice cube and she was the sun. Warming me and making me melt at the same time. "Yes... I need to talk to you and whomever else I can" She waved at me and pointed at what was her home "Well let's sit down and talk I would like to know why are you wearing such a strange get-up." I was a little confused about her dialect and slang but SUIT was able to explain it to me "I uh... Built this suit. It's made of very advanced technology I can't explain in detail right now" She scratched her head "Techwhat? Never mind let's get inside and warm up some tea. We can talk then"

We looked at each other and she held her hand out so I grabbed it assuming that's what she wanted and we walked hand to hand together. Was this what love felt like? Did I meet someone who I am compatible with? We got to the house, as I walked in the front of the home was made of all wood. It looked like it was one large tree that was shaped into a home. The more I looked the more I was certain. The wood was all one piece and wasn't a single carving mark at all. Down to the table and chairs. "Is this..... How is this made?" She looked at me puzzled again. I learn to love that face. Such innocence and wonder. "What do you mean? The world tree provides us a home silly. You know that!" I looked back into her green eyes. They looked like I was staring into a forest during dusk or dawn. As if the light was shining through bright green leaves.

"Whatcha starin' at Auren? Are you ok?" She responded I shook my head to snap out of my trance. I was swooning into this woman... for the first time In my life, I felt hope. "I was lost in your eyes my apologies. I need to speak about an issue but I need to run some tests... wait.. your home is from a tree? So this is one tree?" She laughed and blushed a little "Well Auren, You sound new somehow you don't know what the world tree is? We are just on a branch high in the sky. Here I'll show you!" She gestured me to a window. I can feel the gentle breeze. As she pointed to the outside she said "Look that..... that is the world tree." I rubbed my eyes... I had never seen anything as beautiful. I giant tree stretching hundreds of miles up. We were so high that clouds were covering the ground and the roots looked like small sticks. I see thousands of settlements scattered across the branches. Large cities and homes. People were walking about in the distance around a town hall.

I closed my jaw as Tikvah said "You ain't from around here huh? Where are you from Auren" I snapped out of my trance? "Yes, that. I come from a very advanced race in a different dimension. I must warn you to have is a possible threat to the universe. It's called the...." She cut me off "The void yes? Yea it was a threat long ago but it seemed to skip us and gave us the greatest hope and gift. The world tree. Without it, this planet was barren and we were all struggling to survive. The void gave us hope and life." I... didn't know what to say. This was the first time I felt true peace. I started to cry uncontrollably. "you....you... You don't understand all the pain I've been through. Lifes I saw die whole universes and dimensions completely wasted when this was the answer. Thank you." She hugged me as I collapsed "It's ok you are safe now. Hey tell you what, why don't you stay here and help me around the farm? I could use a helping hand."

Months passed and we ended up falling in love. We had a great life even when I did a scan with SUIT it always came back as negative. But things seemed too perfect as my now fiancée woke up one morning and was sick. She kept vomiting and having massive cramps. We decided to go to a shaman after a week of this. We headed to the main town which was across three branches. The center of the town was immaculate. Oddly enough this is the first time I have been here. The wood roads were soft and lush. Full of life and creativity. Down to the very flowers. The memories of this place warm my heart to this day.

As we entered the hospital it seems like it was empty. Some doctors were there waiting for patients I assumed. "Where is everyone?" I whispered to Tik. "Well, no one is sick here. The world tree keeps us in perfect health. There is no death or illness only life and prosperity" Tik said to me in a cheerful tone. "Interesting I will need to run some tests later," I thought to myself. After a few minutes of waiting, we were seen by a doctor who ran a few tests but the manor was entirely holistic. There were no tools, diagrams, or machines. To describe how intriguing this was the doctor rubbed some powder on his hands and they started to glow. After he hovered his hands over her body and they started to glow different colors. He got to her stomach and it was bright pink.

The doctor proceeded to get a bowl and wash his hands off. He came back with the news "Ma'am you are with child and it's a girl." It was the happiest moment of our life. We jumped in joy and something beautiful happened. The room was growing pink flowers that smelt of honeydew. I don't know what it was doing but it felt like the tree was celebrating with us. Shortly after We went home and laid down to sleep.

That night was .... rough. It started in my dream. I was on a boat with my wife and daughter. We were looking out into the massive expanse of the tree from below by the roots. It was majestic and beautiful. Lights filled the sky as bioluminescent lights filled the branches. It was a sudden shock when the lights started to dim and the tree looked as if it was wilting and rapidly dying. I can hear the pained screams of the people as the leaves turn black and began to fall. All those people fell to their doom. With a sickening splat and splatter, they slammed into the base of the tree near us.

The blood of the people filled the ocean painting our boat a dark crimson. The smell of iron filled the air along with the sound of screams. It wasn't until now I notice. A large mouth approached the tree. as it opened the tree started to splinter and uproot itself all the lives that were on the tree still were sucked into the massive maw of the creature. A black hole was formed in his mouth as I can see the tree spaghettified and bending light as it entered the event horizon. The boat was slowly rising to the creature's maw as my daughter was rocketed. My wife tried catching her but she was only able to secure her arm the gravitational pull was too great and her arm was torn from her socket and her body flew into the beast's mouth.

I couldn't breathe or think I was in a daze the pain was too much for me. My wife jumped into my arms and all I can feel was pain. We held each other one last time and shared a kiss as we flew into the black hole together. Before I could touch the event horizon time seemed to pause. I heard a voice "This is a warning, keep moving I need more stories I need to feed" I was able to move when I saw the same creature earlier. Pale-skinned, with no eyes or nose sharp teeth, and thin lips. He slowly floated toward me and smiled "It's time to wake up Auren... And you (reader's name) Don't forget I can still hear your heartbeat. I can smell your fear. I am coming."

Just as quick did the nightmare come on was just as quickly as it faded away. I awoke screaming in terror. I was covered in a sheen of cold sweat, my body felt as if it was being torn apart from the inside out. Tik woke in worry as my pain was so massive all I could do was rock back and forth. It took hours to subside. Tik asked "What happened? Are you ok?" I looked at her worried "Tik... I need to build you a SUIT that the void is coming back. "I need to show you something" Tik waved me to a secret part of the house. I had never been here before but it seemed to be in the branch itself. "look, love, This is why we don't worry about the void."

she moved a curtain hiding a giant mural of the void. The exact creature I saw being slain.. the person who stood over his body .... was.... it was me... I don't know how but it is. "Tik what does this mean? How do I kill this thing?" In the background was the world tree. IT filled me with hope and then Tik responded. "We must all follow our path, yours seemed to follow greatness. Deifying all odds and possibilities to overcome the void. The ultimate evil, the great dying." Tik smiled at me. This smile was always comforting filling me with hope. "If I'm destined to defeat this being how or where do I start? Is there anything on my process of doing so?" Tik looked and continued to smile. "No silly, it is just a prophecy told by my people and written by the tree. The void has left us alone for a reason. It helped us thrive for a reason even."

With a moment of clarity, I realized this void isn't destroying this place because this place is his story... He must be tied to his narrative. There is no other reason why he would just bring life to a place and then just leave while leaving countless other dimensions in complete ruin all the be swallowed by his massive maw. If I can somehow remove his link from this dimension I can beat him and end his story. With my new theory, I set in motion a series of tests. Many years pass by with nothing conclusive it wasn't until the few days I was there did I Find something concrete to use.

In my testing, I found the world tree itself contained a massive core. This core had the same general wavelength as the one the void emits when he speaks to me. This is it... The link between the two. I found a way to end the void... The only issue Is if I do this then my daughter Kirin and Tik will either have to come with me or die on the tree. I must destroy this tree. So I sat my wife down.

"Tik I have found a way to end the void once and for all" Her face lit up in excitement as she contained her screams. "Auren!! Really? What is it?" She asked excitedly. I looked at her in her beautiful eyes "It's the tree. The soul or origin of the void is within the tree. If I destroy the origin I will effectively destroy the void. However, everyone on the tree will die. I can't live without you or Kirin. I need you to come with me to a different place after we destroy the tree... we will be safe." Her smile drained from her face but she had a look of determination and acceptance. "I will get our daughter and we will meet you by the boat." I smiled and gave her a large hug. I then pulled a device out of our closet. It was a spatial disrupter designed to take any wavelength and reverse the polarity effectively destroying anything I set it to. "I need to plant this in the tree where the voids soul resides and once I do I will get on the boat and we will get a safe distance away from the tree." She shook her head and stood up

We got to the base of the tree I gave my daughter a hug and my wife a kiss. "Daddy please be careful!" I smiled and waved with an act of confidence however I was terrified. I started drilling into the tree and got a layer into the bark when I notice... It was hollow. I shined my light in the tree but the light seemed to be consumed by the ever-expansive darkness in the tree. I had to go by my reading luckily SUIT kept the exact quadrants of the wavelength so it was a rather easy climb. On my way down the trunk deep into the roots, I can hear a rhythmic thumping vibrating in the tree. I was only but a mile from the spot now. It sounded like a heartbeat.

As I descended downward and the dark expanse I kept hearing its voice "turn back now child, you will regret this action." I just yelled into the dark "This ends today void!!" I kept descending roughly a hundred feet from the spot. When I am bombarded with images of horror. People's arm muscles are being ripped out tendon by tendon. I was seeing creatures eating someone's teeth like candy crushing them into a fine powder. I saw a man see his friend being bifurcated in front of him by an ungodly creature. All these images flooding my mind sent chills down my spine.

It was then I saw it... The bleeding, beating heart of the monster. It was large and every single beat of this thing was so massive it sent shockwaves throughout the tree. I was so close to it that I can smell the disgusting stench of rotting corpses emanating from it. I repelled further down where I was hovering just above it when I dropped the signal disrupter on its fu***ng heart. The void Yelled and cried as I activated the device. "I will kill you and your family Auren. How does a mere story dare try to harm me!!" Its words shook me to my core as I winched upwards as fast as possible. Reaching the exit of the tree I can still hear it cry and curse at me. I got on the boat and my family and I speed off.

Within no time at all the tree slowly caught on fire. It was a black flame covering every possible inch of the tree. The cries and screams of the people were horrible. Some jumped off the tree and splattered in the water nearby. The lake below became thicker as more blood and viscera poured into it. The smell of iron and burning bodies filled the air. The very community my wife helped make was crying out to her as they died. I can see her cry silently and cover her mouth as she tried her best to cope.

I held her and my daughter firmly to support them. I have been through this before but they were pure and innocent and I don't want them to deal with or feel the pain I feel daily. After an hour of screams and the splashing of dead bodies hitting the water, it went silent. The tree was just a smoldering pile of ashes. The black fire was still slightly burning in the background. Finally, it was over. The light of the sun was rising in behind the trees. Birds were chirping in the air and I felt hope. "I beat him Tik ... I Won... We and countless others will be safe from here on out..."

When I looked Tik smiled a large smile and it was as if hope was spilling out from her every smile. For the first time in thousands of years, I have felt peace... Then time seemed to stop. All sound was deafened, the birds frozen in the air and the warmth suddenly grew into a deep cold. A cold is so chilling I could feel my very soul being frozen solid. Somehow I was able to move in this frozen time.

It was then I heard it speak "Ah hahaha silly child! You tried to end me there, didn't you? You found my home and decided to burn it down. You destroyed my heart... I do not need mortal instruments anymore. All things will become the void.... except.... you... I have much larger plans for you still... but your family will only hold you back... don't try to speak it won't work. Now watch as I consume them too." The void appeared in the sky above consuming the sun and filling the whole planet with pitch-black darkness. I grabbed for my family and held on as tight as I could... But it separated us. Its power was too much for me still.

The void opened its mouth and I could see each layer of my family's skin being peeled off inch by inch. Then the muscle and blood followed. They were being flayed in zero time I couldn't even cry as I saw my daughter Kirin die first... She was only six years old... Tik was killed slower as she was stripped starting from the feet up. His bones turn to ash as the void made sure her smile was the last thing I saw before stripping it all from me...

My hope was stripped from me... all That I love was destroyed .... again... I...I couldn't even mourn before SUIT decided to remove me from the dimension... In a blinding flash of light once again I moved up the stack. And once again my life was made trivial being but a story...

I ask you reader... whatever your name is... Do you believe in hope? Do you feel like life always finds a way? After that event..... for me... hope is dead... I need to rest my....my heart hurts, I don't want to remember this anymore... I'm sorry. Until next time

-Auren Da'at-

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