Year 1: The Shattered Man
Through the darkness of a hall stands a man, his breath low with injuries that should’ve rendered him dead. Yet he stands as if they were nothing more than an inconvenience. He starts running full speed with what's in front of him seeming blurry. Even so he places each foot in front of the other with endless conviction to finish what he has started. He will not fall, he must stand “unbroken”. The very thought of such a word brings back memories, with his mind so shattered it's rare when a memory becomes as clear as this so he allows himself to think back. To the high before the fall.
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Thump.
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THUMP.
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THUMP.
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THUMP!
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“SV watch out!” A voice of a girl rings through the air as he turns around and strikes one of these creatures in the jaw with the whiplash breaking its neck. As he follows up by obliterating it with a surge of shatter energy breaking apart the creature on a molecular level.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlgN6tXedf
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“Please alora, you think a big ugly brute could sneak up on me?” SV jokes, but almost on cue one of the mechanical sentinels that once ran rampant through the fate kingdom landed behind him with an intense glare even for its soulless body.
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“Oh shi-!” The sentinel grabs SV by his arm and rips it off but before it can follow up another man appears beside it glowing with a red hue before striking the sentinel in a red burst of energy nearly obliterating it as it quickly shuts down from the damage.
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“You’re off your game, keep joking around and I'll have to save you every fight.” The man remarks as SV’s arm is almost fully regenerated already.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Na4sGJn27
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“Wooowwww backlash you’re a real riot.” SV snickers.
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“Weird way to say thank you for saving my life.” Backlash remarks.
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“You know my life is never in danger and for the record.” He waves his arm in the air with what was his hand now a regenerative stub as it fully regenerates before their eyes.
“I personally don’t see the problem.” Backlash says with a slight chuckle.
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“Alright look here bastar—” SV is suddenly cut off by Alora.
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“Alright! We get it you two! If you haven’t noticed that was the last of these things so we need to go alert the villagers.” Alora, sick of the twos bickering decided to chime in. “I swear this was all so much easier when all I needed to do was sleep.”
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“Consider your sentiment shared.” SV says while walking towards a nearby cave housing all the villagers. “Why are we doing this anyways? It's easier if we just keep a low profile and stick to our own guns. It's not like we’re heroes.”
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“You wanted a conscience? You got it! Now deal with it. And pick up the pace Backlash!” Alora says never allowing him to forget it.
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Backlash strays behind before finally picking up the pace to walk beside them.
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Team Unbroken or at least what Alora loves to call them. The “members” are SV the Immortal, Backlash the Invulnerable, and Alora the embodiment of dreams.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFFXuJ0sad
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SV bears a marking on his left shoulder although the others are unaware of the weight it carries. It is no ordinary mark as it is a god mark meant to be proof of his connection to his father, God. SV is the triplet to red and blue and is unaware of their current situation as he has been off the map for months. The only person who could possibly find him is also missing.
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SV was introduced to Alora by red as a kind of therapy person. She was meant to be a positive influence on SV’s life to combat his negative lifestyle. With her mysterious nature and unkillable attitude it was pretty much impossible to get rid of her. He never actually wanted her but red made it so she was determined to help him. Soon he started to believe it also as he really did want to change even if it was through someone more persistent than him.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycYvjmZINw
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Alora the embodiment of dreams. From what SV has learned about her she usually resides in a different dimension. He remembers being in there a few times as part of his therapy, mainly because under normal circumstances she can’t be outside of her realm. She must reside in her realm of dreams to stay awake as if she ever leaves she will immediately collapse fast asleep. It’s ironic how she manages to stay awake in the dream world but is rendered helplessly asleep in the real one.
As of late clearly something has changed her connection with the dream realm is starting to fade as she hasn’t been able to return. It was quickly overrun with a swarm of those creatures. She considered returning to fight them off but with their current shared adaption if she tried to fight them as she recharged they would just adapt to a stronger version of her. This would make them stronger and her useless so they decided against it. She has decided to use her power sparingly leaving SV and Backlash to do most of the fighting, only stepping in when absolutely needed. Her power is undeniably one of the most versatile and destructive of the embodiments but without access to her realm to recharge she's running on backup reserves. She won’t last forever and they know it which is why she's benched every fight.
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Backlash on the other hand was a different story. SV had met Backlash on the battlefield as an outcast member of the shikari race, a powerful race of warriors on the surface seeming primitive but usually dawning powerful technology and known for their brutal ways so to be considered an outcast you must’ve been one or both of two things. One, too brutal for even the shikari to stand. Which is really saying something for a warrior race. Or two dishonored by your people and outcasted from their planet. Usually outcasts are both.
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Backlash has cybernetic enhancements made from starphrite metal, a rare metal constructed from the cataclysm of the big bang. It holds many different properties or colors when altered. Backlash dawned Starphrite nano-steel omega 2-22, also known as the kinetic steel. It can store and redistribute kinetic energy. This allowed for the user to store the energy and use it to heal or boost themselves or store the energy and fire it back at their opponents. His seemed to glow a red hue. Not all kinetic steels did this, so whether it was by choice or not SV never cared enough to ask. On the battlefield though, his work was some of the best. Starphrite is nearly unbreakable so he earned the title Backlash the Invulnerable.
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SV had heard of such a man but he was nothing more than folk lore. It was said that all that opposed him never lived to tell the tale so it was hard to believe that such a man existed. Until he saw it himself. While with alora traveling he had stumbled across one of Backlashes victims nearly bleeding out. He wanted to ignore it but Alora insisted they found out the cause of it. Through him they were able to track down Backlash. SV wasn’t impressed by what he saw though quickly deeming the man he stood before him nothing more than a disappointment. It didn’t take long for him to see how wrong he was.
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They quickly began a trade of blows. It was a constant back and forth with neither making any progress with SV no way to bypass his durability even with his shatter energy and with Backlash no way to keep an immortal down for good they went on to fight for 13 days straight before collapsing from exhaustion both physically and mentally. Ever since then they’ve had a mutual respect for each other. 112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCGrUDUOZZ
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Alora insisted he traveled with them as such an ally would be great for their travels. SV didn’t get what the point was, but someone else tagging along sounded interesting enough. Backlash reluctantly joined and ever since then they’ve been team unbroken.
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SV walked forward, his mind clouded with a thought that has plagued him since this chaos started. He can't help but wonder why her realm specifically was overrun as most of the other embodiment realms were left vacant. This fact has led to believe that there has to be a bigger plan with someone moving them as pawns. They must’ve saw alora as a pawn dangerously close to becoming a queen so they blocked off her path to the end of the board to halt her potential. Whether this is true or Alora is extremely unlucky it doesn’t matter without some way to prove it so SV has no choice but to keep his thoughts to himself.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9CLPsGWRe
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As they walk they finally reach their destination. It's a small cave that leads into a bigger cave system on the inside. It is just outside the small village housing around 300 villagers. Alora had guided them here as SV and Backlash fought before returning to check their progress.
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“Helloooo? You can come out now my friends have already dealt with those monsters.” Alora peaks her head in the cave waiting for a response before eventually the villagers come out.
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The village chief is the first to thank them as he walks forward leading his villagers out of the cave to them “Thank you kind people, without your sudden appearance so many of us would not have survived we are forever in your debt.”112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14xyrdRk2i
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Alora knows how fast this can turn bad so she tries to end it quick “Why we’re glad to help but we should be on our way now—”112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PCbmZRv6v
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The problem quickly cuts her off, “Now hold on now, you just want to leave this man in our debt? It would be rude if we didn’t help him pay it off.” SV says with a terrible smile.
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“Oh Eternity.” Alora sighs.
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“Now when you say anything you do mean without limits? Right?” SV pushes.
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“Why, yes of course, well within our resources…” The chief responds.
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“Perfect.” SV smirks.
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“I want!—” SV is slammed into the ground by Backlash who Alora has gestured to stop SV.
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“We’ll be on our way now.” Backlash says, clearly annoyed by SV’s antics causing Alora to bother him.
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“A- alright!” The chief nervously says clearly unsure what to think of the events that just unfolded before him.
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SV raises to his feet and grumbles, “You all are no fun.”
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“Come on SV, grumpiness doesn’t fit you.” Alora remarked.
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“Yeah yeah.” SV walked off with them.
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“Be sure to set up an evacuation route. Can’t guarantee someone will come rescue your village but with it already being “raided” it lowers your chances of being targeted again. Still better alive than dead.” Backlash says while following behind.
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“He meant better safe than sorry.” Alora tries to correct.
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“You know he didn’t.” SV jabs at her. Alora rolls her eyes as they quickly take off, unsure of their next destination. Unsure of who exactly was watching.
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Year 1: The Pillars
A man with a Steampunk outfit paces across a room clearly annoyed. Crucible sits on a couch eating grapes entertained by the man's distress.
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“You worry too much kron if you truly wanted them gone you could just send a whole armada of those machines after them.” Crucible tosses another grape into his mouth.
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“If I do that then I will deviate too much from our set plan, but we cannot allow such factors to run wild if they spread hope then eventually they will rise against us.” Kron now directs his attention to crucible rather than pacing.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6yOAAqY77
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“So what? Their major factions have already been toppled and we’ve successfully cleared out 60% of all life in the omniverse. If they stood against us now it would be too late. Hell not like they could find us in the first place.” Crucible swallows the grapes in his mouth before trying to grab another just to be met with the disappointment that he ran out.
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“You can’t be that blind. If the one with shatter energy gets to the shadow realm and shatters nytheris’s seal on their king then that will give them a powerful ally. The god child genius still lives and he's already confirmed our existence. He just needs the tools to get here. And that golden god child's strength is already too vast. Even with their numbers low their power is not, we must keep their forces scattered so we may prosper if we are to revive him.”
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Suddenly another walks into the room seemingly already aware of the current situation, “Then simply apply the same logic here, Divide and conquer.”
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“Hell no, use your own.” Crucible says tossing his empty bowl away as it glitches out of existence before hitting the ground.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sMGDsCamy
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“Need i remind you you're still in debt for that favor at the time council?” Virex says with a smirk.
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“Dammit, i knew I should've brought nytheris instead." Crucible sighs “Fine, what do you need?”
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“To swarm the girls' realm with even more of those creatures of yours.”
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“How exactly does that affect them when they're in an entirely different realm?” Crucible says finally sitting up.
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“Divide and conquer.” kron viel whispers. “I think I understand. Crucible will send his forces to her void while I send mine to them. While they are so distracted we’ll drop the girl into the void using a rift then separate the two in all the conflict.”
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“But one is unbreakable and the others immortal. How do you plan to even find an opening?” Crucible says.
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“You’ve always been one for elements of surprise. I'm sure just like with your other victims even they have limits you just haven’t applied enough pressure.” Virex says with a certain cockiness in his voice. “But you did give me an amazing idea, do you think you can get in touch with nytheris? I have an idea to keep the immortal immobile while we work.”
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“Alright, but I get dibs on at least one of them. An invulnerable or immortal would do wonders for my experiments.” Crucible says finally standing up ready to prepare his work.
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“I don’t care crucible, as long as they're out of the picture.” Kron Viel says.
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Virex cuts in, “So it's settled, Let's get to work.”
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Year 1: The Broken
SV pretends to sleep by a camp fire set by Backlash as he and Alora eat fish they caught. SV has chosen not to partake in these activities as he’d rather just sleep. Which he's had little luck in. Not like he could do much outside of catching fish anyways as he has no need to eat and has no idea how to make a campfire.
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“So we ever gonna talk about how much of an idiot he is?” Alora says, suddenly catching SV’s attention as he tries to stay still.
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“What else is new?” Backlash takes a bite out of a fish revealing its insides perfectly cooked.
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“Hes gonna drag us down eventually with his childish antics and his idiotic personality. It's best we eventually just cut him off.” Alora chomps on a stick having finished her fish.
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“Sure but why wait, he's asleep we could just leave now better than dealing with him for another day.” Backlash waves his fish around the fire.
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“Now you’re speaking my language.” Alora chuckles
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SV decides now's a perfect time to burst their bubble as he shoots up from his pretend slumber. “Wow! Some frie—” he stops at the fact Alora is holding a fish in front of his face.
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“Trying to fake sleep in front of the embodiment of dreams is an idiotic move even for you.”
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“Soooo you two didn’t mean that?”
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“Of course not!” Alora waves the fish in his face in disappointment.
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“I did.” Backlash says.
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“He’s joking.” Alora says. “Anyways you don’t gotta starve yourself for us SV we need you at 100% for this as much as you need us at 50%”
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SV takes a moment to think before remembering he hasn’t informed them of his interesting biology. He thinks before deciding he has no interest in having that talk, so he simply just takes the fish.
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“Whatever.” SV says slightly embarrassed.
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“Thank you must be in high demand lately with how little there is.” Alora says.
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“Thank you Alora.” SV looks away in embarrassment.
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“You’re welcome.” She goes back to gnawing on the stick that once held her fish as she lays down yet stays awake. She has lost her ability to sleep ever since she's been kicked into high gear after being kicked out of her realm. She looks into the void of the sky seeing bright stars shining bright. She pities the souls who miss out on such a sight due to sleep. Which is ironic for her.
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SV lies back down eating a fish trying his best to simulate what it would taste like from what he’s seen. He can feel each tastebud forming as he using all he knows about fish to form the perfect sensation. The flavor melts on his mouth and the fish is crushed under the weight of his teeth. He can’t believe he skipped out on something like this.
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“It’s… really good!” SV exclaims
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“Well backlash?” Alora says with anticipation. Backlash simply gives a thumbs up before going back rolling over to get some sleep. SV consumes the fish bones and all since he’s never eaten before. Alora chuckles to herself about the oddity of it before resting against a rock. SV lays back down with a slight smile before closing his eyes and drifting off to a realm of sleep. His own void of shattered memories. He looks around to see memories flying around him but he cannot move to dodge them. Normally he wouldn’t but something unfamiliar heads towards him. He cannot move so he simply struggles against the weight of whatever holds him down as the memory hits him.
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SV’s ears ring with the sound of chaining explosions. This is a time that has yet to come. He knows it as his surroundings are unfamiliar and the energy he feels while hard to sense is unrecognizable to him. He tries to look around or move but his body is trapped in place. He can barely even feel the beating of his own heart, yet such restrictions left his heart pounding through his ears louder than ever before.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZkzYdlbsl
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It takes all of his will power but he's able to look up and he sees at first what he believes a glorious sight of beautiful explosions all chaining into each other with a somewhat calming rhythm. Soon they are broken as he sees a sight that makes even his soul falter as a giant looms over him. Its ticking sound that echoes through the chaos is unsettling down to its very core. The giant reaches down to grab him, he tries to break free of whatever's holding him down but he can’t. Just before it reaches him something with what seems to be a katana stalls it then something weird happens.
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“SV!” this mysterious person starts yelling his name. Over and over again he knows he remembers them from somewhere but their face is blurred and he can barely see the blade even when he's focusing. Then suddenly he’s being pulled back into the void. He knows this process. SV snaps awake as he looks around to see the campfire completely dead. At first he doesn’t think much of it but as he looks around he sees foot steps of sentinels bringing him to an immediate halt of thought.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47UBbz1mDI
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He shoots up and scans the field for any sight of his friends but there is nothing but the remains of a desolate wasteland. The calm green field that resided here was gone without a trace. He then hears the sound of goop dripping to the ground. As he looks down he sees a wound on his stomach. It’s weird to him, by now it should’ve healed so it had to have been recent, right?
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“What the hell…” He feels his stomach as the last of the dark goop leaks from his wound it finally starts to heal. Whatever that was it can stunt his regeneration but not his immortality or else whoever turned this place to ruins would’ve killed him also.
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“You’ve no time to think of this.” he slaps both sides of his face as he takes off unaware of the trickery that has befallen him. If he had just checked behind what remained of the campfire he would see shards behind it. Starphrite shards.
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Year 1: Unshakeable
Backlash sleeps beside the warmth of the campfire having finally found peace in its crackling and the silence. Although he would never admit it, the companions he's come to call friends have helped amplify this feeling of comfort. At least until now. Backlash can’t shake this feeling of discomfort in his sleep like he's on the edge of being awoken by something horrible. It eventually gets so bad he can’t help but open his weary eyes.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPinDBQbcr
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He looks around to see the fire nearly died out along with a sleeping SV. Alora pretends she can sleep again as its all she can do to pass the time. He can tell it distresses her not being able to do her favorite pass time but he also knows he can’t do anything about it.
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“Gonna keep staring?” Alora says from her pretend sleep.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XhghyIqfz
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“Gonna keep fake snoring?” Backlash fires back.
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Alora fully sits up, “well it helps block out the sound of your snoring.”
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“I could respond to that but something tells me that the fallout from such a remark would be unwise.”
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“Good choice, now what weighs heavy on your soul?” Alora reads his emotions like a book.
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“Something feels wrong. It’s like I'm living on borrowed time. Like something bad is going to happen soon.” Backlash holds his hands anxiously.
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Alora looks away almost guilty to say it, “I share that feeling. It's honestly a wonder how he can sleep so calmly.” She says clearly referring to SV.
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“It’s almost as weird as you are.”
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“What does that mean?” Alora asks quickly, almost offended.
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“When I first met you, you had this bubbly almost unphased by reality type of personality. You actually lived up to what you represent as you acted as if you were always in a dream. At least until recently.”
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“Yeah, I can see what you mean. It's probably because I've been away from my realm for so long I started to lose myself in reality. I used to wonder how Beacon could be so different from what he represents while still representing it. Honestly it's a wonder how he survived this long without ever going into his realm.”112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemIJo07zDh
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“I don’t mean to be rude but… who?” Backlash tilts his head curiously.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhZtD2TRQF
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“Right, you’ve never met him before… tell you what if we ever run into him i’ll introduce ya he's a great guy. Also the embodiment of hope.” Alora shifts to lean on an nearby rock.
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“Hope huh. Wonder where he is during all of this. Sure could use it now.”
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Alora goes quiet unsure how to respond, “Im. . . sorry if this is weird for you.”
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Backlash looks over in confusion prompting her to continue.
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“Me, I mean, my personality at least. You could call what you’re seeing my true self. I never really liked it and neither did the other embodiments. It was never fitting for the embodiment of dreams. Being in my realm felt so good don’t get me wrong but it also felt suffocating. Like killing myself just for someone else to take my place. I gotta say I started to like that person more. She made others happier than I could at least, and she was always entertaining. That child-like enthusiasm is hard to beat I guess.”
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Backlash takes a moment for silence to fill the air to ensure if he isn’t going to regret what he has to say. “Well, I'm sure if SV were up he’d give a witty remark then reassure you that we love you for who you are and don’t need you to put on a mask to be enjoyable.”
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Alora pauses before asking, “What would you say?”
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Backlash wastes no time in responding, “I’d say he's right. And mean it with my entire soul. You may be what you represent, but you’re also allowed to be a person.”
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Alora goes to say something but chokes on words. She’s never been so grateful for someone before. She tries to say something but immediately stops on edge from a looming aura that seems just out of reach but suffocating all the same. She can see that Backlash has noticed it also from how he's also on guard.
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“Awww such a wonderful conversation! Please don’t stop on my account.” A mysterious man with a dark aura looms over SV with his gut slashed open bleeding a dark goo. 112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdl3K4Ix0cV
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“BACKLASH!” Alora exclaims.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5UfMuN5Et
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Backlash doesn’t waste time on words as he immediately springs into action. He throws a strong punch towards this man but he backs into the shadows. His fist still collides with something equally durable with a loud bang. It's a wonder how SV can sleep through this, it must be whatever he's done to him. Suddenly he’s sent flying by a sentinel that backhanded him with such force he's already glowing with a red hue. Whatever version these are, it must be an upgrade from the last. Doesn’t matter, still just one job to do.
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“You’re clear!” Alora yells out carrying SV’s body. “He’s surprisingly light!”
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Backlash nods and jumps forward and with a powerful strike he releases his stored energy in one strike with no success as the sentinel copies his move and redirects it back at him yet more powerful. Clearly it was designed with the soul purpose of fighting him.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcJR0Y3MlX
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“One can be tricky… but it's nothing compared to what could be.” Almost on cue more drop down from the sky surrounding him 20 to 1. “Well.., I guess I deserved that.” He immediately starts punching with all his might but there are too many of them. Their barrages are starting to overload his starphrite enhancements. If it were just 1 or 2 maybe even 3 his enhancements would be fine but with 20 bashing his face in all at once? Eventually the invulnerable man will crack.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuMDNCmdnp
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He tries to use his stored up energy to propel himself away but they just grab his leg and slam him down on the campfire killing the fire. The shattering force from such a blow cracks his enhancements. This leaves shards by the fire as they throw him at Alora before she can get far.
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The impact causes her to drop SV and sends her flying into the ground. She had barely noticed before but ever since that thing's arrival all the grass has been completely erased. As if the life had been drained from the surrounding area. The sentinels start to move in on her and SV but Backlash intercepts them. He manages to keep a few back but more pass so he does the only logical thing and kicks SV’s limp body back to the campfire to keep them from trampling him.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOGdUiKHse
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“GO ALORA!” Backlash is nearing his limit as his red hue is turning into a strong glow with his enhancements starting to overload.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3a5sSocyy
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Alora knows she cannot allow for this to happen so she deems now the perfect time to use her abilities. Alora removes her restrictions as dream energy surges forth but that is what will doom her. Her energy is turned against her opening a rift to the dream realm. Unknowingly the mystery man had slipped a device onto her specifically designed for this moment. As she's dragged back to her own dimension with the creatures immediately locking onto her energy as the rift closes.
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“NO!” Backlash yells to the top of his lungs as he strikes the sentinels with all his strength letting out all the kinetic energy he's stored in one red shockwave. Dust swirls around him as the red hue of the shockwave starts to fade from the battle. He sees that his fist has successfully burst through one of the sentinel cores as it collapses, but so does he. He fell as only his fist was able to get through as the energy from the explosion blew off his arm. He would scream out in pain but he's used up far too much energy to even move. The sentinels move in before all stopping and directing their attention to something else.
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“No need to continue, I promised Crucible a subject and he's going to get it.” That's all Backlash hears before it all fades to dark unaware of what exactly is to happen to him.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxGSfgx0PI
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Year 1: Realization.
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SV flies through space abandoning the planet that he once traveled with his team. He's wandered the planet for days with no luck. He’s tried every method to sense their energy with it all leading to one fact. They were gone. So he took to the stars in search of answers. Aiming for the one place that could possibly have them. Heaven United, the home of his brother Red.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquSl668Vmv
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Heaven United can only be accessed by one of three ways. Invitation by one of its residents, death, and another faction's gateway. So considering he doesn’t have contact with one of its residents and can’t die, his next destination is the time council. He eventually finds the proper rift to enter before being met with a sight that completely destroys all of his hopes.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJc8Z62AVN
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“It’s… ruined.” The ruins of the time council lay there untouched for who knows how long. He floats down into it with its halls empty and bodies scattered of both time soldiers and creatures. He falls to his knees convinced all is lost until he looks up to see a sight he thought he would never see again.112Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsY7v4cxdr
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“So… What brings you around here?” He asks as something with a dirty white and blue frame stands before him. Her eyes light up with energy that shines blue.
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