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Slowly, the Nemesis meets the arm. The end clamps onto the side of the hull. The floor rocks under your feet.

And then you're drawn in, slowly, until you're just adjacent to the might island.

"...we've docked," Auriel says. "That was our left main hatch."

"That's impossible," Hemmelus says. "The Cirrus - the Nemesis, now - it's never left Venia. How could it dock with the island? They aren't designed for that."

"I have a feeling," Tyrael says, "that Erebus's magic is more flexible than what we're used to."

"Instant modular systems compatibility," Steward says. "Highly disturbing potential."

What do you do?

>"From here, I go alone."
>bring allies (specify)
>some other strategy

>>31592431
>"From here, I go alone."

Really don't want to risk their lives.

>>31592419

yo SM:

>>31590309
>>31591926

>>31592431
FUCK YEAH ORDER
Go alone

>>31592431
SM what does Steward have to say about the missile?

>>31592431
Tell them we're going to scout a bit, stealthily. Play it safe in a potentially hostile environment.

>>31592431
>>"From here, I go alone."
It'll be hard enough to get US accepted.

>>31592464

I'll add it to my list of things to update.

I've been getting lazy with it lately. Though, replicate not being on there was an oversight from a while ago I guess.

>>31592470

From previous thread:

>Steward tells you that the missiles are entirely mundane. They carry all the reagents for their motive force on-board. On impact, an alchemic reaction drives armor-piercing shrapnel outward in a conical radius. He promises to investigate the exact properties of the reaction once you are home.

>>31592431
Gimme a bit. This is like the ending of Mass Effect 2 - I'm going to need time to draw up a grid and assign squad members in the configuration required to make everyone survive.

>>31592470
read the previous thread anon are you high jesus.

>>31592254
>Steward tells you that the missiles are entirely mundane. They carry all the reagents for their motive force on-board. On impact, an alchemic reaction drives armor-piercing shrapnel outward in a conical radius. He promises to investigate the exact properties of the reaction once you are home.

>"From here, I go alone."
if we had a Arbiter i would suggest bringing them

>>31592431
Go alone, for now. We still have out magic radios, and they aren't likley to just up and nuke us while we're docked on their island.

And then suddenly Shadow turns meta!

>>31592487

I wouldn't put the effort in, anon, I think everyone is outvoting you.

But don't let me rain on your fun.

>>31592503
>while we're docked on their island.

you think there are....

Others?

4chan X is acting really weird. I cant see all the links between people's posts and clicking on them sends me to a 403 error screen.

>>31592498

To commemorate the marriage obviously we need to arbiter Abby right the fuck now.

>>31592497
he must be more high than me haha, because i read that and

>>31592431
go elone

>>31592521
Then maybe stop using it, the native extension is pretty good these days.

>>31592521
same

>>31592521

Well, they just updated a lot of 4chan's code, so it probably wonked out 4chanX. I'd expect an update to compensate in the next few days.

I just use the native extensions, they're very comprehensive. 4chanX is a little obsolete.

>>31592431
Tell them about how we accidentally blew up our palace, and, considering what an asshole past us was, bringing friends along might not be a good idea.

>>31592534
The native extension isn't bad, but there's definitely a reason people use other extensions instead of it.

>>31592521
the URL scheme changed. duh. did you not see the announcement at top of every single page?

look it's now

>/tg/thread/31592419
instead of
>/tg/res/31586807

>>31592521
It will link back if you just refresh the page normally.

>>31592548
thats a good point

>>31592525
How about no.

>>31592521

Uninstall and reinstall it

It fixes the issues.

>>31592556
oh, and itseems also images are now at

https://i.4cdn.org/tg/1397968135929.jpg
and
https://1.t.4cdn.org/co/1397938664201s.jpg
for thumbnails.

>>31592515
It's okay. I'll just stick it in the folder of things I made for Shadow Quest. but got invalidated before I could post them.

I'll always have my memories...

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>>31592545
>4chanX is a little obsolete
>obsolete

That's adorable. I bet you still don't have a pass either, you pleb.

>>31592548
>Tell them
Why do you assume Vigil is anything but our personal automated fortress.

Was there any good reason to assume this that I missed?

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>>31592606

Ok, you got me. I love that image.

>>31592594

>pic related

>>31592611
an automated fortress made to protect itself against chaos
good enough to wary of

So SM
Is the Happening finally upon us?

>>31592611
It blew up because we tried to interact with it with chaos in our system

>>31592642
duhhhh

but the point is it's uninhabited and anon is acting like there's a whole population of Shadow People to diplomance.

>>31592651
And that was only our remote controll

>>31592561
>>31592584
It's just that the refreshed posts aren't linked.

And reinstalling it doesn't help.

>>31592666
i wonder if we could mate with them

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>>31592647

This is the true happening.

Sadly, I am without the Sword of Damocles. But who knows, with your luck, I might not need it!

>>31592651
how is that an argument for "it's totally inhabited guise and not an automated fortress"

>>31592677
By Erebus's shadowy appendage what would the Sword of Damocles done to us here?

>>31592666
AUTOMATED

>>31592677
>Temerity II: Return of the Crit-Fail

>>31592677
My body is ready.
And, considering this is Shadow Quest, the dice are too, most likely.

>>31592700
that would be a crit sucess not a fail, anon

>>31592692
we find out when we roll bad or make stupid choices
well find out soon enough

>>31592606
He doesn't.

I've offered to buy him one several times now, and he won't accept my gift.

The offer still stands.

>>31592531
hey, it's 4/20 now.

your oxy overdose could not be better timed!

>>31592713
>we find out when we roll bad or make stupid choices
I can shorten it down to
>we find out

>>31592700
But Temerity is the hero Shadow Quest needs.

Even if it doesn't deserve it because RAINBOWS and rejects it at every turn.

>>31592724
Still 4/19 for me

>>31592724
limits are ment to be pushed and im pro at this dont worry

>>31592742
>im pro at this dont worry
nothing good ever came from that statement

>>31592742
I'm right with you.
in spirit, or something. still don't know what my pills are. There are websites for that, right?

>>31592742
That's about as reassuring as the phrase 'Hold my beer and watch this'

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You look to your allies. "From here, I go alone."

Ila is the first to step up. She shakes her head hard. "I'm not letting you."

"I'm with her," Donovan says.

"Me three," Abigail chimes in.

"No," you say. "No."

"Shadow," Donovan starts, "don't make me give you another - "

"Donovan!" He stops at your shout. "This...is beyond any of us," you say. "There is a real chance I might not...whatever's in there, whatever's waiting for me - I must confront it by myself. The risks are too great. I'm glad you're all here. Your support means everything to me. But I have my radio. If anything happens, I'll let you know immediately. I'm just going to try and scout things out. See if there's anything hostile."

Donovan lets out his breath, and nods. "...ok."

------
------

The hatch opens.

A long hall presents itself to you. Metal plates and wiring shows overhead, but the seal with the hatch is airtight. The metal has molded itself to the Nemesis perfectly.

Holding yourself in readiness, you slowly move forward. Your allies shut the hatch behind you. They'll be waiting at the entrance point - just in case.

Soon enough, you cross the threshold to the bowels of the island.

The only light is the ambient glow of Order. It's extremely dark. But then, you never needed light to see.

>con't

>>31592766
Post a picture on /b/ or some drug related board, there's always some narc that knows what it is

>Wireless local uplink established.
>Welcome home, user Erebus.
>Running Biological Diagnostics...

<Who's that?> your thought echoes into the black emptiness. <Who's there? Show yourself!>

>Self-identified as Cruiser 01687 Callsign Vigil, User Erebus, Citizen Registry Number 1983490198232
>Diagnostics Complete

>HP: 81/81
>Mana: 90/90
>EXP: 22

<...who...what are you?>

>Self-identified as Cruiser 01687 Callsign Vigil, User Erebus, Citizen Registry Number 1983490198232
>Please proceed to the uplink core to complete the Shard Dispersal Program

A bright glowing line appears on the ground in front of you. It leads deeper into the ship. A path foward?

What is Vigil, exactly? It can't be the whole island...can it? The thing would fall apart if it even tried to turn! It's half rock, besides...

What do you do?

>forward along the path
>try to communicate with Vigil
>some other strategy

>>31592742
>Here lies Anon
>He who dared push it, to the limit

>>31592826
>user

Why aren't we the admin? Hacking skill tree where?

>>31592847
earth of course

>>31592826
>>try to communicate with Vigil
"....sooooo....... nice weather we're having"

>>31592826
Vigil. Access memory logs. Replay mission briefing.

>>31592826
EREBUS IS A MACHINE.

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>>31592830
He was a true hero

>>31592763
>>31592799
>>31592830
its just some drugs and booze jeeze its not as bad as u make it outta be

>>31592826
>try to communicate with Vigil

>>31592860
Sounds like a good idea to me.

>>31592860
This

>>31592857
That makes more sense than I wished

>>31592862
No.

You think?

Come on, remember ***SYSTEM WARNING***

The real revelation in that post is that Erebus is biological.

>>31592860
this one

>>31592826
>try to communicate with Vigil

"Elaborate on Shard Plan"

>>31592860
thats a good idea

>Citizen Registry Number 1983490198232

I really hope that refers to Vigil, and not Erebus.

Because that many creatures like Erebus is a frightening thought. Can you imagine a whole world populated by Order "elemental lords" that for whatever reason go dicking about in deep space every so often?

And all of Venia is just a sandbox for some kid who knocked his head pretty bad?

>>31592826
>complete the Shard Dispersal Program
...sound sketchy. Pretty sure it means reintegrating the dispersed shards, but if it means "execute the dispersal of the shards (again)", that'd be very, very bad.

>try to communicate with Vigil

>>31592860
This is a good start.

I assume we're able to use anachronistic language to interface with Vigil on account of Machina Loqui, right? Because otherwise we're going to have a hard fuckin' time on account of our memory loss.

>>31592847
This is a good start.

Would also like to see if we could get a list of users, access logs, corresponding system authorities, and so on.

Intriguingly that implies we were the prophet referenced to earlier, not the god. Or something else is going on.

Comment on unfortunate memory degradation and re-integration and request a briefing.

>>31592826
>Shard Dispersal Program
alart

alart

shards corrupted

you fools! you let chaos inside!

>>31592926
We're the God, Dave was the Prophet.

>>31592894
I think you just described ME's BBEGs

>>31592926
>Intriguingly that implies we were the prophet referenced to earlier, not the god
...how so.

David was a human from the Void, not native to Venia.

>>31592947
I truly wonder what daves backstory is

>>31592937
For them this is like a horror movie. You or your allies can be corrupted by chaos at any time and you don't realize until it's too late.

>>31592860
and after this...

Status report on Arbiter David?

>>31592937

I'm waiting for us to pass a thresh hold and with a BING, "Shard cleaning and Reforging commencing."

>>31592894
>Space is full of shadow lords, assigned by higher powers to guard chaos sphere's and prevent them from expanding beyond control.

>>31592957
No Dave was from Venia since we brought him with us to the isles.

>>31592980
He was not form Venia

>>31592972
Requesting Shard cleaning for designation Temerity chaos corruption possible.

>>31592818
Ha ha ha.

holy shit I'm glad I asked. It's naloxone. The shit it came with is for elephants or something and would probably kill me.

God Damnit SM.
Do you understand how much guesswork I've done to try and figure out the world you've created?

And now I'm scared of the answer that is fast approaching.

You magnificent bastard.

>>31592976
We can only hope.

The Chaos must be purged.

Hell we can just have it purge Temerity and then use Temerity to reforge the others ourselves, one by one.

>>31592860
Seventhed.

>>31592999
Nah

>>31593001
Did you verify the information independently by looking up a reliable source showing that it's what naxalone looks like?

>>31593015
Smash humanity Order rules supreme

>>31593015
Nah

>>31593015
If we reforged Humanity using Temerity, would it have become Resolve instead?

<...Vigil.>

>Ready to accept input.

<...what was my last known mission?>

>Current mission: Shard-Linkage Break to Transfer 4 Elemental Lords into Core Barrier Containment Unit - Completed
>Secondary Task: Shard Dispersal and Regeneration Program

<Who told me to do that? Who gave the orders?>

>User Erebus is responsible for station orders, programming, and overseeing barrier integrity on behalf of the Ascended Human Civilization

What? What the hell? Humanity is down on Venia!

<...ok..um..what...am I in charge?>

>Full User permissions restored following Shard Program Completion and confirmation of mental hard link
>Shard Dispersal Program unfortunately resulted in the loss of external wireless long-range linkages. Compensatory measures for rapid transport back to this Cruiser were destroyed in subsequent events. Complete of the program will restore the hard link between User and this system, enabling full control at all times from any position in relative three-dimensional universal space.

<What...does the shard program do?>

>Shard Dispersal Program documentation from User Erebus:
>Commit hard breakage between resonant shard bonds, releasing an enormous amount of potential energy. Energy then harnessed to transport and contain four elemental lords. Side effects compensated for as possible, though not everything can be foreseen.
>Energy also used to convert several (note: local linguistics) "ley lines" into channels capable of restoring Barrier energies and channeling shards to safe locations. Shards to convert spare chaotic energies for fuel and combine, then return to Vigil for full power restoration. Following, commencement of total barrier repair.

What do you do now?

>more questions
>proceed forward
>some other strategy

>>31592999
...I want to. But we don't know what security measures might auto activate if we outright admit to suspected chaos corruption.

Let's inquire about it hypothetically.

>Vigil: Review of standard procedures for hypothetical chaos corruption

>>31593001
Where the fuck did you get vet tranquilizer?

>>31593055
>Vigil: Review of standard procedures for hypothetical chaos corruption
that one is perfect

>>31593046
>more questions
<....U wot M8?>

>>31593055
i second this

>>31593046
So anyone wanna translate?

cause im lost

>>31593046
>Request info on Barrier Repair Plan.

>>31593055
Corruption is a strong word, considering what a massive shit Erebus was.

>>31593046
So Erebus works to ascend humanity.
also he never intended to destroy the 4 "lesser" elemental lords according to mission protocoll.

Erebus was nice all along?

>>31593055
Yea, we need to make sure it doesn't freak out on us when it sees Humanity in there

>>31593046
>Ascended Human Civilization
SM GOD DAMNIT
So the "humans" on Venia aren't considered real humans by the other humans I guess?
Oh god, SM how much planning did you doooo

>>31593055
"Ascended" humans means human can survive and function with minimal chaos.

We should scrubs our friends. This is the best idea.

>Ascended Human Civilization
>ascended
>relative three-dimensional universal space

so we're dealing with incorporeal space people beyond anything we can imagine.

You know it's OOC to the point of SM override for us to request to be cleaned of Chaos right?

>>31593104
He didn't have the energy to detain all 8, so he got 4 trapped and brute-forced the other 4.

>>31593046
>Compensatory measures for rapid transport back to this Cruiser were destroyed in subsequent events.

Hmm.

I wonder which events were those. Or what the measures were.

The break in the core barrier messed it up?

>>31593104
We're talking about the space humans, not venia humans

>>31593132
the mission is only to use 4 of them for the barrier

>>31593124
No, because we know the practicalities.

If we DON'T cleanse ourselves, we may not be ale to save Venia from the breached Core.

It's ironic.

To save them, we must become alien to them again.

>>31593124

Doesn't mean we won't stumble into the cleaning chamber automatically as part of this guided tour. Then have to roll to resist reforging.

It's a damn good thing SM doesn't have that crit fail. We might be able to avoid becoming the final boss.

>>31593097
im pretty high so heres my shot

shards at resonant status were broken so they could use the released power to put four lords into the venia core

erebus is responsible for some ascended civilization

we get full access to vigil once our shards get fully resonant, and can access it anywhere or something

it then says something about returning to vigil to power up all shards and totally repair the barrier
i dunno realy

>>31593137
The arc in Erebus palace we ate

That whole this was so confusing

>>31593046
>>31593055
>Vigil: Review of standard procedures for hypothetical chaos corruption
This is a good idea.

A few others, some speculative, some maybe too nitpicky:

>User Erebus is responsible for station orders, programming, and overseeing barrier integrity on behalf of the Ascended Human Civilization
Designate binary core shard: {Humanity}

>Following, commencement of total barrier repair
Projected outcomes of 'total barrier repair'.

>>31593137
>Shard Dispersal Program unfortunately resulted in the loss of external wireless long-range linkages. Compensatory measures for rapid transport back to this Cruiser were destroyed in subsequent events.
The 'rapid transport' destroyed in 'subsequent events' was the uplink in the Frozen Hand that we blew up accidentally.

>>31593104
>the 4 "lesser" elemental lords

>>31593132
> and brute-forced the other 4.
there's only 3 remaining you dumbasses.


>>31593102
Corruption is an accurate word.

Erebus acted with perfect sensibility. He saw the big picture. The threat to all existence.

>>31593161
That's stupid and the opposite of everything Shadow is aiming for.

>>31593189
Shadow won't let Venia fall to chaos

>>31593189
Shadow is aiming for the survival of Venia and everyone he cares about.

To do that, he must gain the necessary power.

To gain the necessary power, he may have to become a being of pure Order once more.

Sacrifices must be made.

>>31593205
Nor would he destroy it in the name of Order?

>>31593232
Shards don't determine your Judgment.

In fact Judgment alone remains perfect and pure Order. unreforged.

>>31592997
>And then, the God came, the Keeper of the Sphere. He brought with him one that had been cast out, risen to become his greatest servant.

>>31593223
You're getting crafty, Temerity.

>>31593247
Judgement was the first one to be corrupted.

>>31593247
Except the elf queen tampered with us.

In truth, it was judgement that was "Corrupted" first

>>31593223
Quit trying to force a batman, it was stupid then and it's stupid now.

That NEVER makes sense.

>>31593046

SM can you tell us how many "humans" live on Venia right now?

>>31593249
You realy want to let the void explode?
The only thing we could do after that to stabilize the core is throw another arbiter in there

>>31593281
Zero.

>>31593287
I actually would guess that humans with a shadow soul would survive very easily in the new world.
When there are only Order leylines

>>31593055

<Ok. Right. Um...what is the barrier repair plan?>

>Barrier Repair Plan involves the hard removal of excess Chaotic Energies, External Features resulting thereof, followed by conference of Order Energies via User biological interface directly into the barrier

Well, that doesn't mean much to you right now. Maybe you'll think of more in a bit.

You try to think like Erebus. When you tried to access Vigil back in his palace, it rejected you on the grounds that it detected chaos. That could be a little dangerous.

<What...would the standard procedure be, say, for hypothetical chaos corruption?>

>Chaotic energies would be compensated for during the completion program.

<How so?>

>Detecting...
>System detects significant chaotic energies in User. System cannot predict outcome of involvement of chaotic energies.

<What? Why not?>

>User typically used procedural programming to enable system to react to changing variables without external input. However, as per the Fulhaust Doctrine, codified within Legislative Designation 145,092R-b, full Artificially Intelligent existences are illegal. Hence, User forms the intelligence core of this unit.

<What does that mean?>

>In effect, this Unit cannot predict the outcome of the measures this unit will take, because these variables result from input that the User must provide. If the User inputs both Order and Chaos energies, outcome is unknown.

So. It comes down to this.

Your own mind is the crux on which Vigil's systems turn. You are pretty much yourself. You're confident you'd be you...no matter what happened.

But you have a feeling Erebus wouldn't just vanish into the night without leaving something behind.

What do you do?

>onward
>ask other questions
>some other strategy

>>31593278
>a batman
Reference obscure. Elucidate.

>>31593249
Temerity was always right.

>>31593282
Except whatever program is in this place is supposed to be the final step to fixing the core. The reunion of shards and reforging of Erebus.

>>31593282
Pretty sure That Dave is making it worse in there.

I don't know where everyone got the idea that dave is helping out but all he is doing is nommin on some chaos. H isn't eating all that much, just getting the AoC over and over.

Seen no real evidence that that's helping.

Hell he may be the reason why Magic has been getting stronger in the past 700 years.

>>31593281

An odd question strikes you.

<Vigil.>

>Ready to receive input.

<...how many humans currently live on Venia?>

>No humans currently reside on the landmass adjacent to the Barrier, local term "Venia".

>>31593330
define the term human

>>31593307
Access erebus personal log

>>31593330
Access Personnel File: Arbiter David

>>31593342
this

>>31593320
Magic is chaotic.
Dave eats chaos.
Chaos doesn't just drown the world through the weak barrier

>>31593330

What is on The Nemesis?

>>31593330
THEY'RE ALL DEMONS!

Alternatively, this system doesn't recognized chaos-infused humans as humans.

>>31593346
>>31593353
These two.

>>31593330
"What resides on the landmass adjacent the barrier?"

>>31593353
>>31593342
and these

>>31593307
smimscared

>>31593330
Vigil....

Clarify terminology for bipedal sapients on Barrier landmass?

>>31593278
It's more Luthor level logic than Batman logic.

>>31593342
this

>>31593353
this

>>31593374
This works

>>31593353
>>31593342
those two

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>>31593330
I thought I was joking when I said Zero.
Well. EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH.

>>31593353
>>31593370
These.

Down the rabbit hole we fucking go.

>>31593353
Right, I forgot to repeat that.

Status report on Arbiter David.

>>31593359
There's no way he can eat enough for it to matter

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>>31593393
the end.

>>31593353
"He's in the employee lounge having a cup of tea."

Someone start posting the happening gifs

>>31593374
>>31593363
>>31593353
>>31593346
all of dem yeah

also
can we bring our allies out now that we know it isn't hostile in here?

>>31593400
that's why it's still growing.
It's just growing slower than without him
>>31593412
bad idea

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>>31593412
> we know it isn't hostile in here

they can come when our hard link is confirmed.

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>>31593410

>>31593412
I don't think this would be healthy for them, mentally.

Having the thing you journeyed to to save your world tell you that you aren't human and don't matter.
things like that.

>>31593422
We have no evidence that it was growing before he was in there, so it's possible that he is causing magic to get crazier.

Or maybe it's Dave + 4 Greater Elemental Lords trapped in there that is causing it to grow.

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>>31593410

>>31593404
>Dio
Dear God How Horrifying

Maybe we can create elemental planes and chaotic and order planes to support Venia and other world islands?

>>31593307
Display protocol regarding detection of chaotic entities within system.

That should cover our friends being detected.

>>31593412
We do NOT know that
We know that it is not hostile for US, because we run this shit
We don't know how the fuck it would react to any of them, outside of how the ships from before reacted; that is, with a fucking missile barrage

>>31593460
>We have no evidence that it was growing
We know for a fact that chaos propagates itself.

this is fundamental to its nature. it defies the conservation of energy.

>>31593469
THIS THIS THIS.

>>31593412
Can we just ask the computer to disable its defense mechanisms for the chaotic beings on our ship?

>>31593469
no. not necessary.

we can just proceed once we know what the hell we did to David.

...if only we could expel humanity into a separate body before hand.

>>31593342

Maybe Vigil isn't understand you.

<Define the term, Human.>

>Human: Biological sentient creature, species, Homo Sapiens.
>Humans are bipedal primates that originally evolved on the Home Planet, Earth.

You see the image of a naked man and woman sitting in your head. They look human enough.

<...Earth is a place?>

>Earth: The third planet from the sun in the Sol System, home to the human species.

An image flashes through your mind. You see stars fly by. An zoomed-out perspective of a big yellow star floats in your head. Several rocks orbit it. Earth is labeled as the third in a row, along with coordinates relative to the galactic center...whatever that is.

<...alright. Then what's on the Nemesis?>

>Existences located on currently docked ship, Callsign Nemesis, are chaotic energy points linked to the chaotic core within the barrier, contained by biological units of order.

<They aren't human?>

>User Erebus theorized that they are replicas of humans derived from Chaos. Natural humanity did not come into being spontaneously through either chaos or order energies, but evolved over geological timescales.

You...you can't understand what it's saying, exactly, but you get the gist.

Humanity isn't from Venia. And the humans that live there now...they aren't the originals.

You don't know what to think anymore.

But the barrier needs to be repaired, and you're sure that Erebus's energies can get the job done.

But what waits for you in Vigil's depths?

What do you do?

>into the darkness
>some other strategy

>>31593496
We aren't in control until AFTER the program completes, and hard link is confirmed.

we can only get information.

>>31593507
>isn't understand you.

When I write fast, I make typos. Sorry.

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>>31593507
>EARTH

FUCKING EAAAARTH?!

>>31593474
Yeah, but i'm pretty sure that Chaos was growing via the elemental lords. the growth was external from the core, sending them all in there is causing the core to grow

>>31593507
Wait but if earth is real in this setting then how is 4chan controlling Erebus's mind? I AM CONSUME SM!

>>31593507
>Humans are bipedal primates that originally evolved on the Home Planet, Earth.

Holy fuck. HOLY FUCK.

Then WHAT THE HELL IS EREBUS?

>>31593507
>>into the darkness
tell Humanity to not resist what comes.

To save humanity, we must give up Humanity.

>>31593462
POST 2

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>>31593507
>into the darkness
It's time for the happenings!

>>31593507
Now I'm confused.
Ask what the designation of order allignent chaos-humans is.
than into the darkness!
Or we could leave the Archonium

>>31593507
So - if we go in now, with the corrupted shards, and Humanity, we have no idea how the system will respond.

But our path has lead us here, so

>into the darkness

>>31593507
Query: Origins of User Erebus.

>>31593507
>on the Home Planet, Earth
>Home Planet
>Earth
>EARTH
WHAT
WHAT
SMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
YOU MOTHER FUCKER

>>31593507
ask about Dave

and this>>31593469

>>31593537
Ascended.

beyond the original evolutionary limits.

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>>31593507
We went through that engineer's mind, right?

Request information on his personnel file. Through this, find his commanding officer. Continue up the chain of command until our system authority does not permit further access.

Who's in charge of 'real' humanity?

>>31593525
>>31593552
hue

>>31593507
This actually takes place in OUR universe? Holy shit, we've been playing a sci-fi campaign this whole time!

>>31593507
>SQ isn't a fantasy setting at all
>It's a scy-fi future setting

Wait, are we actually playing God? Like God, God?

>>31593551
>>31593552
Might as well ask these few final questions first

This exposition time.

>>31593507
>some other strategy

<Access Personnel File: Arbiter David.>

You're not getting away with this one.

>>31593561
TUMBLING DOWN
TUMBLING DOWN
TUMBLING DOWN

>>31593552
Requesting level 3-2 on the happening scale

>>31593552
are you really that surprised?

I was surprised that the space ship didn't come from Earth when we saw the crew was human.

But no, it came from OTHER magical bullshit islands.


...though I guess we can ask Vigil

>Vigil. identify origin and nature of Veldinsk and Avankt islands

>>31593561
ask what "Erebus" is

what srot of being we are, who created us, etc etc

>>31593573
Nope. We might be a posthuman.

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>>31593537
All I can think of now is Erebus being a nanite swarm or something. Hell, the alarms for when are shards get broken sound like programs enough.

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>>31593507
>Humans are bipedal primates that originally evolved on the Home Planet, Earth.
>Earth
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WE'VE BEEN SCI-FI ALL ALONG
I WANT TO GET OFF SM'S WILD RIDE
BUT THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

>>31593572
>>31593573
christ you guys this was reasonably suspected ever since

***SYSTEM WARNING***

>>31593589
>>31593588
These two.

>>31593589
THISSSSSSSSSS

>>31593589
THIS

and this>>31593576

Ask about Dave

>>31593602
>>31593605
>>31593580
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=didzxUkrtS0
IT'S TIME

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>>31593561

>>31593507
Vigil:

request cure for amnesia

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>>31593507
This is bullshit!

What the fucking fuck is going on here!?

>>31593507

>>31593589
>>31593588
these

>>31593641
That's what the final step of the dispersion program is.

>>31593588
Thirded.

>>31593645
It's happening anon at the speed of fucking light

>>31593645
>m&ms
>a core of chocolate with a shell of candy

>>31593641

I wonder if Erebus had a memory backup for shit like this. Actually that's pretty much what Vigil is, I wonder if he had an upload/download linkup. Or is that what the shards actually are? USB ports.

Let's be honest, it was either this, or Venia was just a VR program.

Erebus's whole "think like a computer" thing made it obvious that some form of sci-fi twist was inevitable.

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INCREASING ALERTNESS LEVEL

Anyway, chaos pretty much means entropy in this case, but if the chaos leaks out of the barrier and consumes the entire universe then everything will become perfectly chaotic, hence perfectly orderly.

Side note: how does blink decide what viewpoint to cancel momentum from if everything moves relative to the universal center and what may be stationary in Venia is in fact traveling near the speed of light in relation to the universe's center?

>>31593507
Wait

Important question

What the hell is Erebus? What are we?

>>31593661
>skittles
>taste the rainbow

Dear god, it's all been right there all along.

>>31593657
It didn't guarantee that. Or mention it at all.

> Complete of the program will restore the hard link between User and this system, enabling full control at all times from any position in relative three-dimensional universal space.
hard link. control.

but not memories.


>Complete of the program
SM you're in a hurry

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>>31593507
>>31593561
And on this day a thousand keyboards cried out in pain

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>>31593661
>>31593682

ITS FUCKING HAPPENING
EREBUS CONFIRMED ANTI-SPIRAL LEADER

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>>31593676
I know right?

But you can never underestimate the RAINBOWS of SQ's playerbase.

>>31593682
>{Shaking Intensifies}

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>>31593694

>>31593676

That cold calculating logic style fit with Erebus though. I guess I just didn't expect this kind of scale.

Does this mean Humanity has been playing us all along? He's an agent of Chaos.

>>31593687
HE PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE

>>31593695
So is Donovan going to drill a hole in us?

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Ah yis the happenings.

>>31593507
Oh, so we're FUCKING ANTISPIRALS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>31593723
What? That's looking at it backwards.

That still doesn't explain WHY that computer thinking is there in the first place!

of course it was sci-fi.

I wanna know what created us.

I was gonna try to ruse as SM to show how it's really done but my mind is too fucked to try anything. Can someone be a stand-in?

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>>31593744
Or, we're sovereign.

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>>31593795

>>31593744
Or we are the ACTUAL Grecian Erebus.

>>31593817
Or we're SM

>>31593828
Has SM fallen asleep?

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>>31593849
No he's basking in the happening

So what exactly is about to happen?

Is the ability chart going to suddenly fill itself out completely?

While we're waiting for SM to reply, I am really looking forward to learning how Erebus is an organic being, but also some type of being.

>>31593876
We're going Erebus II : Electric Boogaloo Temerity edition

>>31593876

What makes you think the chart isn't going to scrub itself clean of all those nasty chaos trees?

>>31593828
I think I would probably just turn my computer off. If it were a book, I would close it and hurl it out the window, but my noodle arms prevent me from lifting my computer at sufficient velocity to mimic such an action.

>>31593876
We get a whole new tree.

>>31593902
One called "Vigil"

>>31593876
It's going to quintuple in size

>>31593876
We're still asking questions.

>>31593876
they said they'll restore all shards to full power.


they'll all be Resonant.

>>31593889
If it was a woman I'd let her know how glad I was to be of service to her

>>31593908
>SM zooms the skill tree out to reveal thousands upon thousands of more skills
>It keeps zooming out
>We've just been looking at a small section of a picture of Ron Paul the entire time

>>31593927
WHAT the FUCK are you talking about?!

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<Vigil, I encountered another ship out in the Void. Tell me about it.>

You project an impression of the ship at the walls around you.

>Analyzing...
>Ship is identified as a typical vessel of the (self-termed) chosen. The chosen are fundamentally similar existences to those on-board the Nemesis and on Venia, having also been spontaneously generated by chaos and order energies. However, their distance from the core of the barrier makes them much more similar to originally evolved humans. They live upon two islands orbiting the barrier, opposite Venia, termed by their capitals, Avankt and Veldinsk.

>User intended to use them as a means of controlling any solar traffic exiting Venia while repairs were made.

You find an impression pushed into your head, a greater diagram of Venia and the barrier, as if zoomed out at great distance. The two dark islands are marked clearly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrJZUOTDws

But there is another question beneath all the others. A question that terrifies you. The one you've been dreading.

<Vigil...>

>Ready to receive User input

It almost starts responding to you as soon as you think the words. Scary.

<...what...am I?>

>User: Name, Andersen, Erebus. Citizen Registry Number 1983490198232
>Born: 4705 A.D., 1967 N.C., Vempt 0.5b Merchant Arcology

<Am I human?>

>You are a human, modified with a hard link to the LUEG to spontaneously gather and manipulate order energies.

<What is the...uh...Loog?>

>LUEG: Lower Universal Energy Grid

<...ok...are there others like me?>

>There are no other humans remaining in the universe.

>con't

>>31593908
But no new content. Just a larger image file.

>>31593926
and this will give us the power to....

> conference of Order Energies via User biological interface directly into the barrier

...heroically sacrifice ourselves by becoming a part of the Barrier over the Breach

<...what happened to them?>

>Humanity, as a civilization, choose to ascend to a higher energetic form of existence to avoid the eventually entropic collapse of the universe. You elected to stay behind in duty, observing and protecting the barrier retaining chaos energies. To this end, you were modified to your current form.

<...how long have I been doing this?>

>Mission: Vigil began approximately 3 million, 347 thousand, 156 years prior to the current date.

"Elements," you whisper. "When was I born?"

>Approximately 3 million, 271 thousand, 156 years prior to the current date. Mission: Vigil began after the final stages of the Chaos War.

<What was the Chaos War?>

>The Chaos War was a battle of the Human Civilization against an existence of the UUEG that penetrated into three-dimensional space by unknown means. It lasted approximately 28,000 years. After victory, Humanity sealed Chaos within the Barrier.

You don't have to ask to know that the UUEG must be the Upper Universal Energy Grid. "...what happened then?"

>Humanity ascended several hundred years after. The war brought forth the development of the underlying twin energy grids. The LEUG was used to counter the UUEG energies. That same technology resulted in a cultural Renaissance, followed by the mass ascendance, finally solving the entropy problem.

<...and I stayed behind.>

>Correct. Order and Chaos are fundamentally linked. Chaos could not be completely extinguished. Artificial Intelligences, ironically, were outlawed for their notably chaotic behavior. An individual human intelligence was needed to watch the barrier and repair it if the need arose.

<Then I'm at this forever. For Humanity.>

>After fighting in the war, you volunteered, citing disinterest in ascendency.

If you didn't know what to think before, now, you can barely think.

What do you do?

>It's time.
>some other strategy

>>31593939
>>There are no other humans remaining in the universe.
Was pretty sure it was coming to this, yeah.

>>31593939
>There are no other humans remaining in the universe.
Huh.

Also

>Andersen

>>31593959
Anderson Erebus

>>31593953
FUCKING
HAPPENINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

>>31593953
"Access Personnel File: Arbiter David."

I knew it.

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>>31593953
>It's time.

Also
>There are no other humans remaining in the universe.
pic related

>>31593953
I thought of so many possibilities.
So many ideas.
So many different twists.
But this?
...I did not see THIS coming.

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>>31593939
>>31593953

>>31593953
so humanity defeated and sealed Chaos, an invasion from a higher plane...

...and then chose to ASCEND to that higher plane?

becoming the thing they fought?

>>31593953
SM. You truly are the glorious bastard.

>>31593953
Eh, if humanity left, then no reason not to help new humanity.

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>>31593953
Informations on Arbiter David

>Andersen

>>31593953
Ask about Dave

>>31593939
>User: Name, Andersen, Erebus. Citizen Registry Number 1983490198232
>Born: 4705 A.D., 1967 N.C., Vempt 0.5b Merchant Arcology

>There are no other humans remaining in the universe

>Approximately 3 million, 271 thousand, 156 years prior to the current date. Mission: Vigil began after the final stages of the Chaos War.

It keeps happening.. I- I don't know if I can go on...

>>31594014
<Status Report: Arbiter David.>

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>>31593953

>>31593122
>>31593122
>>31593122
Fucking called it.

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>>31593990

You'll find out about David in a fucking minute you impatient bastards, now get the fuck down in Vigil and move the plot forward. What do I have to do, prod you with a stick?

>>31594011
Yeah we should ask for clarification on what "Ascension" means.

Because it kind of sounds like what we call demons are what happened to the Ascended Humans.

>>31593953
Wait so we already had humanity and this thing that calls himself humanity isn't humanity but pure chaos?

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>>31593953
...was NOT sure it was coming to THIS, though.

> an existence of the UUEG that penetrated into three-dimensional space by unknown means.
pls no *dancing*

>It's time.

>>31594033
No anon.

I told you, this couldn't have been prevented.