Welcome back to the Void. What are you?
[[I am Balance]]
[[I am Dark]]
[[I am Light]]
[[I am Creation]]Interesting. You see the light and dark, and stride between them. You seem unknowable, leaning toward neither good nor evil, neither chaos nor order. You keep everything in check, ensuring none can triumph over another. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand.|Balance Begin]] Interesting. You are the shadow that seeps in the night. You are the silence that deafens. You are the unknown, the unseen, and the unheard. You dislike the Light, with its scorching devotion to Truth. You fight against the Light to keep Mystery in the world. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand.|Dark Begin]] Interesting. You are the beacon, the shining spot that cuts through the night. You are Truth and Science. You dislike the Dark, whose coldness seeps through, and who denies classification. You fight against the Dark to ensure that Truth is always found. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand|Light Begin]] Interesting. You mold your worlds and creatures so carefully, putting detail into every little part. You release them, hoping they will get along, hoping they will nurture each other. It saddens you, when your children destroy one another, but your job is not to interfere. You create, and you watch. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand|Creation Begin]]Good. Then we may begin.
There is another, an agent of Dark, who is close to overwhelming Light. Do you intervene?
[[Yes. I must preserve the Balance.]]
[[No. It will naturally resolve itself. Even if Dark triumphs today, Light will surge forward tomorrow.]]You increase the Light until it is equal to the Dark. They fight each other, but neither will ever know triumph, victory, loss, or peace. Balance has been preserved.
[[Let’s do it again]]The Dark overwhelms the Light, but there is always a small amount, and now it surges forward, fighting the Dark until there is none left. But Dark will surface again. Such is the way of things. There is Balance, as long as there is no intervention.
[[Let’s do it again]]Welcome back to the Void. What are you?
[[I am Balance|Balance 3]]
[[I am Dark|Dark 3]]
[[I am Light|Light 3]]
[[I am Creation|Creation 3]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[I am the Caged Bird.]] Good. Then we may begin.
The Light is surging to reclaim an area it once touched. It is a wonderful Mystery, an abandoned place with a heart-wrenching story. It is yours. What do you do?
[[I will protect what is mine. I surge against the Light.]]
[[Mysteries are meant to be solved. I will let the Light see this one, while I cast my shadows on another.]]You surge, countering Science with Magic, countering Truth with the Unknown. You protect your Mystery. The Dark has prevailed.
[[Let’s do it again]] You quietly leave this Mystery, let your shadows seep away. You let the Light ponder the Mystery, while your shadows seep over a section of Light, turning it to the Dark and Unknown. The Dark and Light will continue this dance for eternity.
[[Let’s do it again]]Good. Then we may begin.
The Dark has claimed an area, once your brightest Light in the night. You see its shadows settling, marking the territory as its own. What do you do?
[[I will surge against the Dark, I refuse to let my Light dampen.]]
[[I will let the Dark have this one, and shall instead shine my Light upon another of the Dark’s territories.]]You surge, countering Magic with Science, the Unknown with Truth. Your Light cuts through the Dark to reclaim your land. Today, Light has triumphed.
[[Let’s do it again]] You leave this place to the Dark, and turn to another land, a forest covered in shadows, and you cut through the Dark there with your Light. You will continue this dance, claiming and reclaiming areas for eternity.
[[Let’s do it again]] Good. Then we may begin.
You are shaping a world and its inhabitants. What kind of a world is it?
[[It is a world of rough edges, but the inhabitants are kind to one another.]]
[[It is a world of endless seas, where the deep holds mystery, and the shallows hold truth.]]It is a beautiful world. The land is rough, and dry, and holds scars for a million years, but the people are kind. They help each other, love each other, and love this creation of yours. It is a masterpiece.
[[Let’s do it again]] It is a beautiful world. The water shifts, and splashes against itself. In the deep is the Dark, and a thousand stories waiting to be told, and in the shallows is the Light, writing a million more stories. You have created a masterpiece.
[[Let’s do it again]]Good. Then we may begin.
There is another, an agent of Dark, who is close to overwhelming Light. Do you intervene?
[[Yes. I must preserve the Balance.|Balance 4]]
[[No. It will naturally resolve itself. Even if Dark triumphs today, Light will surge forward tomorrow.|Balance 5]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[There is no balance for me. I walk on a knife’s edge, and it slices me apart until I am nothing but fractured pieces.]] Good. Then we may begin.
The Light is surging to reclaim an area it once touched. It is a wonderful Mystery, an abandoned place with a heart-wrenching story. It is yours. What do you do?
[[I will protect what is mine. I surge against the Light.|Dark 4]]
[[Mysteries are meant to be solved. I will let the Light see this one, while I cast my shadows on another.|Dark 5]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[The Dark, the Light, they all amount to the same thing. The fight against either is pointless.]]Good. Then we may begin.
The Dark has claimed an area, once your brightest Light in the night. You see its shadows settling, marking the territory as its own. What do you do?
[[I will surge against the Dark, I refuse to let my Light dampen.|Light 4]]
[[I will let the Dark have this one, and shall instead shine my Light upon another of the Dark’s territories.|Light 5]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[The Dark, the Light, they all amount to the same thing. The fight against either is pointless.]] Good. Then we may begin.
You are shaping a world and its inhabitants. What kind of a world is it?
[[It is a world of rough edges, but the inhabitants are kind to one another.|Creation 4]]
[[It is a world of endless seas, where the deep holds mystery, and the shallows hold truth.|Creation 5]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[It doesn’t matter what world I create, none of them will ever be real.]]You are disturbed. What are these thoughts that disturb you so much?
[[I tire of playing in false worlds.]]Interesting. You see the light and dark, and stride between them. You seem unknowable, leaning toward neither good nor evil, neither chaos nor order. You keep everything in check, ensuring none can triumph over another. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand.|Balance 2]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[What is purpose, but an excuse to live?]]Interesting. You are the shadow that seeps in the night. You are the silence that deafens. You are the unknown, the unseen, and the unheard. You dislike the Light, with its scorching devotion to Truth. You fight against the Light to keep Mystery in the world. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand.|Dark 2]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[What is purpose, but an excuse to live?]]Interesting. You are the beacon, the shining spot that cuts through the night. You are Truth and Science. You dislike the Dark, whose coldness seeps through, and who denies classification. You fight against the Dark to ensure that Truth is always found. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand.|Light 2]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[What is purpose, but an excuse to live?]] Interesting. You mold your worlds and creatures so carefully, putting detail into every little part. You release them, hoping they will get along, hoping they will nurture each other. It saddens you, when your children destroy one another, but your job is not to interfere. You create, and you watch. Do you understand your purpose?
[[I understand|Creation 2]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[What is purpose, but an excuse to live?]]This world is as real as you make it.
[[But it’s not. It was real once, but then it became a way to avoid reality.]]
[[Perhaps. But I still want something I can feel, something I can see. I’m tired of the void.]]
[[Perhaps you are right. Let me try again, let me live in the void a little longer.|Welcome]]The real world is dangerous. That’s why you made this, why you made me!
[[But maybe it’s not so dangerous anymore. Maybe I can live there, instead of in the void.|Questions]]But why? I thought you wanted to leave the world behind. I thought the real world was too painful, that’s why you made this. Why you made me.
[[It was painful, but it was real. I can take the pain, as long as I can feel again.|Questions]]
[[Maybe the world’s not as painful as it was. I can do this.|Questions]] …
[[I’ll be okay. I don’t need a false world anymore.]] …
[[Why won’t you let me leave?|Going Back]]But what is my purpose without you?
[[Your purpose is to live in these worlds for me. Live in them, keep the balance, be the light and the dark, create new worlds. You are Fantasy.]]
[[You were designed to protect me, but I don't still need protection. Protect these worlds we have created. You are the Guardian.]]Then go live with Reality, and I will wait here.
(text-style:"smear")[Afterall, you always come back.]Then I will guard these worlds, and wait for you to return.
(text-style:"smear")[Afterall, you always come back.]You increase the Light until it is equal to the Dark. They fight each other, but neither will ever know triumph, victory, loss, or peace. Balance has been preserved.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[Balance shattered long ago. I know nothing of triumph or loss, because I can no longer feel either.]]The Dark overwhelms the Light, but there is always a small amount, and now it surges forward, fighting the Dark until there is none left. But Dark will surface again. Such is the way of things. There is Balance, as long as there is no intervention.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[I cannot intervene. All these paths, yet there is no free will to be found.]]You surge, countering Science with Magic, countering Truth with the Unknown. You protect your Mystery. The Dark has prevailed.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[Darkness and shadow. So similar to the Void, yet so different. The Dark is full of cold and whispers, but here there is nothing.]]You quietly leave this Mystery, let your shadows seep away. You let the Light ponder the Mystery, while your shadows seep over a section of Light, turning it to the Dark and Unknown. The Dark and Light will continue this dance for eternity.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[A dance of life, cycling forever. I wish I could rejoin this dance, but instead I am here, where there is nothing.]]You surge, countering Magic with Science, the Unknown with Truth. Your Light cuts through the Dark to reclaim your land. Today, Light has triumphed.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[There is no Light or Dark here, nothing but the Void. I wish I could feel the Light again.]]You leave this place to the Dark, and turn to another land, a forest covered in shadows, and you cut through the Dark there with your Light. You will continue this dance, claiming and reclaiming areas for eternity.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[An eternal dance of life. I wish I could rejoin it, but there is nothing but the Void for me.]]It is a beautiful world. The land is rough, and dry, and holds scars for a million years, but the people are kind. They help each other, love each other, and love this creation of yours. It is a masterpiece.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[I miss the scars. I miss the feeling of rough stone, and the feeling of love. There's no love in the Void.]]It is a beautiful world. The water shifts, and splashes against itself. In the deep is the Dark, and a thousand stories waiting to be told, and in the shallows is the Light, writing a million more stories. You have created a masterpiece.
[[Let’s do it again|The End]]
(text-colour:blue)[(text-style:"blurrier","rumble")[I want to feel water again. I want to see Dark and Light, but there's nothing in the Void.]]Why do you want to go back so badly?
[[I miss the feeling of sunlight. I miss the feeling of grass under my feet. I miss the feeling of water pouring over my skin.]]
[[I miss the feeling of love. I miss the feeling of happiness, of excitement, of pride. I even miss the feeling of sadness, and anger. I miss feeling anything.]]But I can give you something close, and something painless, isn't that enough?
[[I want to feel these things for real. That is my purpose, the purpose of all humans. To feel and think and do. It is painful and joyous and it is what makes life wonderful.|My Purpose]]But all those things lead to pain. They lead to suffering and always lead you back here. Why would you want to go back?
[[Because I want to experience life. That is my purpose, the purpose of all humans. To feel and think and do. It is painful and joyous and it is what makes life wonderful.|My Purpose]]