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[strangerpeople]

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[The blight is all-consuming.

Within days dozens are confirmed infected, and you and your unexpected new scientist friend find yourselves trying to work on a cure. If not a cure, a stopgap of some kind. Anything to prevent this thing from destroying everything. It's hard work. It's not going very well. Really, it feels like with every step forward, you're taking ten steps back. Discouraging is an understatement, to say the least.

A week passes, and the death toll rises. It's really starting to look bleak. You constantly second-guess yourself, and even get into a fistfight with your new ally one night. It's getting to the point where you are working on fumes.

Then, unexpectedly, you get a phone call. It's been a long night, and the sun is beginning to rise above the mountains, when it happens.

You and the scientist are not the only ones looking for a cure. In fact, there are at least a dozen others-and they think they may be close to a breakthrough.

But-and you can't believe you're hearing this, after all of the failure you'd experienced throughout this blight-they need your help.]


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[To say that the end of last week sucked would be an understatement. To say that no one knows what this week will bring is not even in question. Yet even as you wake, you feel a cloud lift from your mind, as one of the truths you've been living with since the beginning has suddenly changed.]




[But is it possible to abide by this new truth? The Hosts, and IT beyond, seem intent on making that impossible. And the rat...well. Obviously the rat's not an ally. Let's not kid ourselves.

There's only one way to find out if more deaths can truly be prevented-and that's to keep going, and hoping that the new floor that has opened up will offer something in the way of an opportunity.

In the meantime.


There are 11 strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[cuteandinnocentpet]

And what might that idea be, Eric?

[poorlovefool]

W-Well, you know me and the other Titled made our universe with the help of Alexis, right?

I was just thinking if we made a universe shape that was more efficient, you could just make an evacuation and stop bugging people.

deep diving lore doop derp

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Oh, certainly you could do it with one universe. And maybe even one multiverse cluster, given the circumstances of Mundus' rebirth.

But Eric.

There are countless trillions of multiverse clusters out there with similar physics. Even the most powerful reality-bending gods in one multiverse cannot hope to "fix" them all, much less comprehend them. It can be exciting and terrifying to learn such a revelation, when it comes to you.

Even we, when we became aware of the true nature of all reality, were quite amazed by just how many possibilities were out there! A multiverse beyond our own cage...naturally, we had to explore.

[poorlovefool]

So you're not prioritizing your species' universe over everyone else's? Sure, exploration's great, but that's not very logical of you.

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Normally, that would be true.

Unfortunately, our universe is doomed anyways.

[poorlovefool]

[HENCE EVACUATION, KYUBEY]

Why are you going so far if it's not to save yourselves?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Well, there are plenty of universes that we've found could benefit from our presence, for one. Universes with potential individuals, as well.

Plus, we'd prefer not to be caught up again by the one who is willfully destroying it and preventing us from doing our job the right way.

[poorlovefool]

And... who the hell is that?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Our universe's devil, I'm afraid.

[poorlovefool]

Well, huh... I got kind of off topic here. We were talking about those three kids, right? What else can you tell me about em'?