Calibrations Spill-Over Post

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[experiencepoints]

... Hey. I was wondering if anyone would make it down here.

[She looks him over, her body language very closed- She's looking at him in the same way someone would assess a threat.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[that's fine with him. this room's full of weakness, which makes his presence there very threatening. he keeps his eyes on her, going from crouching to sitting on the floor cross-legged instead. at least he couldn't lunge at her, that way--there's less potential for sudden movement.]

I said that I would. And I'm still interested in hearing that story.

[experiencepoints]

You heard the important part.

[She looks at him, but does seem to relax a little once he's seated like that.]

The world ended. That's not something you can survive.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[at least he's taking all of this pretty well. now that he has something to focus on, it's not so bad.]

So... Your definition of the world ending is a very final one, then. Which-- [he holds up his hand, gesturing for pause.] --I'm sure it sounds like a stupid question, but my world's had three of them, and only one was a genuine threat to all human life.

[experiencepoints]

Ended. Unmade. There is literally nothing there, where there used to be a planet. I'm not sure on the details, but it sounded to me like it was unmade to the point where it never existed.

It happened to a lot of worlds. Some of us didn't get unmade entirely, though. We had our souls shatter instead, and the fragments got brought to a hellhole to make us compete to get our memories back, and bring back our worlds.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Ah. [that's very final. and certainly not something to pick at.] Another nexus like this one, right?

[experiencepoints]

[It's hard to think of anything even more final, honestly.]

That's right. A sort of demiplane where we fragments of souls were brought.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Oh, demiplane, that's a good name for it...

[he looks suddenly distracted--a bit like he should have a lit-up lightbulb over his head. the phrasing has been a challenge for him, okay? but then he jumps back into the topic like he'd never left.]

Anyway, that's awful. What kind of competitions?