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[chaos_that_crawls]

[For one who could take on so many forms like Nyarlathotep, he preferred speaking only through either voice or text. Using video would show only one of his many faces and that hardly was the correct experience one should have when dealing with him. And so, this is how he'll address the residents of the Tower.]

Although the world has ended, we were never given an explanation of how, were we? I wonder. I'm sure you all have your own ideas on how it came to that. So, then. Who would like to begin? Let's make this a group discussion.

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[beknightedheroine]

no. that's a stupid idea.

[chaos_that_crawls]

We were never even told to what extent the world has ended. Does it mean the eradication of all life? Or simply human life? That which is born is destined to die.

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[denigrator]

Is there some reason I should waste my time discussing a false assertion? I'll leave that to those foolish enough to believe it.

Sorry, I have no idea how to change my font, eheh...

[chaos_that_crawls]

What's true, though, is that even if we haven't yet reached an end, the end will come. Discussing "how" is just a fun way to kill time.

It's ok! I'm just using the kbd tag

[denigrator]

All worlds have a finite existence, but when they no longer exist in their current state, it is not truly an "end", as their matter and energy will take on another form. Only those of limited perspective would consider this an "end".

Sorry, finals got in the way...

[chaos_that_crawls]

I see. Yes, that's a reasonably scientific perspective. Beyond one conclusion will always be a rebirth for the cycle to continue. However, even you must agree that those same worlds can't return to the way they were before. In my limited perspective, I'd still refer to that as an end. Just one of the many "ends" worlds have continuously experienced.

For the man of ambition who reaches out beyond the stars, it doesn't matter at all. For the man who prefers to keep his feet on the ground, that single end means everything.

No worries, not a problem!

[denigrator]

I simply do not consider transference or transformation of matter and energy to be an end. The life and death of planets and even universes are part of a complex cycle, as you say.

Of course they cannot return to a previous state, and why should they? A static world would be a true end, because it would have ceased changing.

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[nemophila]

[You

have got

to be kidding him]

I don't think it's something that really needs to be discussed

[chaos_that_crawls]

That's true. Because we know how your world ended.

Hello, Jun.

[nemophila]

Ended, but not lost. I think you and I are past formalities are this point.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Hm. Maybe. I would imagine, though, that the only thing that's hopelessly lost here is you. You can't return.

[nemophila]

I'm not lost. My friends are here. And even if we can't return, you can't either.

[voice]

[viditlibertas]

[Okay, Alcor is so not very good at technology, but...that doesn't mean he's just going to sit here and watch this without saying something.]

Even if this your methodology, Chaos, I cannot help but be curious to your opinion on this matter. Should the one who brings such up not be the one to start?

[chaos_that_crawls]

That's true. Alright then. Naturally, the end of humanity came about at the innate ignorance of humans. They could no longer decipher what are truth and lies. The deathblow came with a two thousand year old rumor.

[moontothetide]

[It's not that Tara hasn't been wondering. She doesn't really have any doubts that her world ended, not yet. Later, she might, but now...]

C-Could have been anything. Anybody.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Anybody, you say?

[Interesting answer...]

Do you mean to say that there is a single person in your world that can bring its downfall?

[moontothetide]

[Tara shakes her head.]

N-Not single. Um, plural. L-Lots and lots of, um, plurals. A-And some groups, too. It...w-wasn't a very good world.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Ah.

The evils of humans en masse certainly can endanger the world. You're talking about actions that were committed intentionally, though. More often than not, the greatest evils of mankind came under the banner of justice. Righteousness. Peace.

[moontothetide]

[Tara's expression noticeably hardens, at this.]

J-Justice is...important. I-It's...all about balance. There, th-there has to be balance, or...nothing is right.

[chaos_that_crawls]

But how would you about establishing balance?

[moontothetide]

[Difficult to say. Tara has never had to put words to it, although ever since that bullet tore through her lover the certainty was hard as iron in her heart.]

N-Never take more than you give back. A-And...don't take if, if you aren't prepared to give back. If you aren't ready to pay.

...i-it's, it's more than money. It's about bigger forces. Stronger forces.

[fracta_anima]

I don't think there's a lot of people who would be willing to discuss it. Assuming if they know how their world could have ended.

[chaos_that_crawls]

They yearn to understand the truth of this situation, yet they're willing to ignore the possibility that their world ended... because it's too painful, then?

That's a contradiction.

[fracta_anima]

It might be, but you can't really blame them for it. That's just how people are.

[ravenmaker]

I will not accept the assertion that my world has ended until I am presented with data or proofs that I can independently verify. The destruction of the atmosphere and/or lifeforce of a planet by outside means would be an incredibly complex matter.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Hm. At the same time, you have no proof that your world is still in one place. Very well, but even if you ignore that, there's another pressing question. Doesn't implications behind the fact that individuals have been dragged into this world from every other world by spatial anomalies, ones that have been more than likely created by will, concern you?

[ravenmaker]

Certainly it concerns me. The creation and successful manipulation of spatial anomalies would be indicate a high degree of scientific advancement, and as you say, a mastering will. It's of particular interest to me as I was taken from my planet's Lifestream after having deceased-- a thing I would not have thought possible.

I have no proofs of any kind, towards any theory regarding the phenomena in this place. But I know far better than to simply accept what I am told, or even shown, by the remote power keeping me prisoner here.

You seem to have accepted your lot. What proofs have satisfied you?

[voice]

[fractus_animus]

I don't believe it's been destroyed at all. I believe they showed us a preplayed recording. Or possibly destroyed one world just to prove a point.

[ The end. ]

[chaos_that_crawls]

What proof do you have that it hasn't been destroyed?

[fractus_animus]

And what proof do you have that what we've been shown isn't fake?

[ Humans. So stubborn. ]

[files_souls_like_taxes]

As someone that regularly has to deal with death I can safely say that something as elaborate and complex as world destruction, there would of been more organization within the three different realms. Rest assure, there was not a single word mentioned in the spirit world.