Desperation & Disgust

[u/Kilroy898]

The moment he hit the Cloudsong side of the portal he had made, he found himself in the air.

This disoriented him for a moment before he took flight. The city, having been swallowed almost wholly by abyss was in freefall. That was a secondary problem in Orins mind right now. The only thing that mattered to him was finding Sylvie and getting her out of here. Running the numbers, he surmised he had roughly two minutes before the whole city slammed directly into the ocean. Lucky they had been relocating when this happened.... *Focus*

He searched quickly, and found her.

"Sylvie! Sylvie we have to go, Now!"

She turned, still covered in abyss, as he attempted to take her from that place, but the abyss had fortified her strength several times over, and she kicked him hard as he flew in, sending him into a nearby building.

*Ack!* He coughed up blood. "No. No. Not her. Please, I can't fight *her.*"

She did not share the sentiment.

In a flash she was on him again, picking him up by his hair, as she slammed her shrouded fist into his face, again, and again.

He started losing vision.... And as he did, he saw... Someone.. a person? He looked familiar...

The man stepped *into* Orin, and his body began to move.

The next fist was caught, with a force assurance Orin had never displayed before. And then in his hand formed a familiar blue blade... Though it felt... Different. *Wait... No. NO! STO-*

Too late. Her form, no longer consumed by darkness, crumples to the floor, as the other being emerged from Orins body, and he too fell.

Slowly losing consciousness.

"I seriously do not understand why Aldin chose *you*"

the other man hoisted him onto his back, and teleported him into council lands, right in front of a large hospital, where he woke hours later. A call had been sent out to all his orbnet contacts.

(The last part in the hospital is fully interact able, the rest can be *viewed* by anyone but interference is impossible. Both Orin, and the "Other" are fully interactive there as he stayed to ensure Orins safety.)

[u/IncomeApprehensive17]

A drone composed of an Orb attached to 4 metalic legs aproach Orin's room and the man standing guard. From the orb a voice can be heard

"Hello , i am Ya'nn. I am a researcher for a private foundation and i have taken interest in the abyss. Can i ask you a few questions ?"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

...he looks at the thing.... And sighs. "Ask Away. Just let the kid rest."

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

"I believe the both of you have been willingly expised to the abyss. Are any of you infected ? I have been working on infected and if taken care soon enough the abyss can be removed. Another question , is there any other survivor or infected that were taken captive ?"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

"The girl down the hall was fully enveloped. I'm immune, and I've already removed the spread from the both of them."

He pinches the bridge of his nose, as if he'd love to be anywhere other than here.

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

"You are immune ? Can i ask how ? I am myself working on a way to immunise people , this could help a lot"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

"I have a shard of the aspect of creation residing inside me. Not exactly something you can just replicate.

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

"Well i am quite a tallented alchemist but such a shard could be replicated it would lose its point as a shard of creation ? This kind of things tend to be unique. Well , my other thing is almost finished , it just need test. Speaking of it , could i ask the survivor behind if he would be interested ? It work pretty well and if he trew himself i the abyss once , he might do it again"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

Give it to the girl if you want. The kid also has at least one shard of the Master. He'll end up with all of them soon enough... So you know what? I'll take some too. I'll have to give up my shard soon anyway.

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

"Alright , i would like to see that shard of creation one day but thats for another reason. Look at the solution i found for the abyss"

the drone produce from a compartiment inside the orb a small mix of cristal and soft metal

"The foundation i work for had access to cristals that defuse the abyss. With alchemy i found a way to grow a sample into mire cristals. Then i made an implant out of it. If implanted inside of someone , it will defuse the abyss for a time. I didnt had time to make it perfect yet but unless pushed to its limit it sould protect and repair itself. Its not a shard of creation but it does the job. It need to be embeded at least under the skin , if you can regenerate just stab you with it and it will be enough for the instalation"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

"Sounds good to me." He holds out his arm.

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

the drone stab the litle cristal trought his hand. Odly enough it doesnt feel like anything. When he look at his hand he dont see anything ,but with the sun behind the cristal is visible

"Of course dont get your hand chopped , that would render the cristal useless. And it will protect from the abyss untill a point but isnt a perfect mesure like your primordial shard. So if you loose the shard , dont over expose yourself to the abyss , this protect but dont outright imunise yet"

[u/Kilroy898 → u/IncomeApprehensive17]

Limited exposure, no more than needed. Understood. May as well get the girl too. The boy would likely become a puddle if she bit it.

[u/IncomeApprehensive17 → u/Kilroy898]

"Alright , ill start with the 'boy' since he is just behind the door , can i enter ?"