THE END OF DAYS...

A WORLD BLEACHED WHITE BY OUR BONES...

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YOU SHAKE OFF WAVES OF DREAD & DESPAIR which sought to weaken your resolve here, in the abyss of the apparition's misery. You are exemplary in this incessant fight inherent to the human condition, a credit to those who have walked this earth before you.[break][break]

Life... finds a way. Because it must—even if only to spite that invariable outcome—Death, as it has been known.[break][break][break]

S̷̘̤̮̩̠͘Û̵̗͈͔̯̣̖̥̔Ç̵̮̥͍̥̐̃̓̉̐͊̚H̵̢̛̭͇̓̓͛̕͠ ̵̨̬͍͊̚A̷̛͓̎̂͒̆ ̶̲̘͕̳̖̮͙̀̐̔̅̚̕L̷̰͔̓Ì̶͇̺̲̝͘ͅV̷̢̞͔̝̦͓͛̀́̒̈́͌E̵̢̝̬̋̍͌̉̌͘̚L̴̦̯͎̝̟͐̂͋́̅̕͝Ý̴͔̟̅̈͊̃ ̴̦̮͓͚̤̇̆͂͂͝͠ͅͅB̵̡͙̟̤̣͇̄͋̀́̚͝͠Ű̴̯̿͑̓̕N̵̘͇͚͙͂͗͊C̸̬̲̝͚̖̞̏͌̐̀̍͝͝H̸̛̜́̀

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Though it demonstrates remorse at your actions, its expression remains unfazed, even as your fierce retaliations bite at its very essence. Weakened and trapped here, whether by your intervention or its own crushing melancholy, you can be relatively certain it cannot escape this place and run amok. Even still, you cannot wash your hands of this sordid affair just yet.[break][break][break]

I̸̠̠͕̋ ̵̣͚̯͈̳̉O̴̩͇͔̦̳͌N̵̨͓̤̮͑̿̎̅̒͆̿L̴͇̜͑͆ͅY̷̺̤̥̬̋̆̓͝ ̵̪̍͐̑Ţ̶̲̱̟͔̘͒̔̌͜H̸̦̤̫̳̺̗̊̎̽̀̈́̾O̶̻̰̯̼̩̣̓̐͜U̵̫͕̠͆̈̄G̸̖̭̤̘̖̝̠͘H̷̛̖̼̗͉̟̓͌̚͘T̸̠͚͕̥̈́.̷͇̞̭̒͐̿͑̇̇.̵̪͓̝͋́̍.̵̞̜̱̞̝̾̃͝ͅ

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For a fleeting moment, you saw the future as it had imagined—a world drained of its color—[break][break]

Underneath the macabre of a dead sun, the world you shared would inevitably fall to ruin—it was the nature of things. In realizing the nature of life's constant stream of conflicts, this spirit had lost hope—surrendered to its deepest, darkest despair as it saw the reality of a dead orbit unfolding around it in undeath. Could you blame it?[break][break]

Inevitably, your survival instincts bring you out of this temporary lull, as you listen to the fading creature's lamentations at its failure to make you see reason.[break][break][break]

T̸͍̮͓͍̫̝̋̆̽̈̍̒͜͠O̸̢͖̜̫̜̳̞̿͂͑̇ ̶̟͔͔͙̃̃̉͛̄͠S̶̬̏P̸̨͓̄̅͠À̷͔̦̜̭̫͍R̸̺͈͍̩͙̳̀̇͂̋̈́͛͛E̶̛̻̟̻̩̻̥̊̋͐͝ ̵̜̇͒̈̇́̎̕Y̷̧̡̬̦̥̺̲̾̇̑O̴̢͓̘̞͙͍̤̾͂̚͝Ǘ̷̢̬̙͈̲͔͈

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T̶̖͓͐͗H̸̳͉̳͈͉͍̐̍̇̍͘E̵̻̰͇̜̖̱̍͆̒̅͛̚ ̴̯̬̣̜͚̘̓͝A̸͈͆̔̑͜N̷͚͇̭͐̄̅̿̃̕G̴̠̘̹̥̏͌͌͜ͅŮ̶̧̪̙̪͉͘ͅI̶̡͓̣͍͚̹̱̓̓͊̍̄̚̕S̶̡̤͔̼͖̹̜̆̆H̸̢̯̩̔͐̌͌

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Its figure seems to diminish with the passing moments, what power was left to it dwindling from its vessel, passing through to the other side—wheresoever that was.[break][break][break]

O̸̩͕̘͎̐͂͒̈́F̵͈̹͎͉̖́͌̈̐ ̵̜͑̈́Ẁ̷̧̳̦̬͚̝̀̽̕ͅA̸̯̟͇̞̓T̵̪̺̯͕͋͜C̸͍̣̝͇̉̀̏H̵̝͉͇̳̖̱̺̃̆͝I̴̳̣͙̱̤̟̭̒̈̎͠Ǹ̸̡̛̬̱̦͙̾͠G̶̱̎͋̔̽͛͘.̷̨̮͉͒̀͛̆̑.̵̹̲̉͂.̶̮̀̄̂͠͝͝

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Ỵ̷̹͎̘̃͒̉̄͑̕͝Ö̴̡͈̬́̃͊̔͠Ṳ̴̫̳̕Ŗ̵̢̥̞̜̟̗̎̌́ ̷̡̝̰̭͇͌̈́Ẅ̴̛̗̹̦͚̬͈̽̃̈́̏͜Ö̸̮̞̻͖́̽̎̋̚R̶̨̛͖̗̘͇͓̜̀̅́̉͠͝L̷̘̼̮͙̉̋Ď̶̢̰̟ͅ.̴͎̟͇̉̈́̍͒̕.̴͉͔̈͑.̶͎͇̠̂͛͑

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"...Die."

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The slits of its eyes lose what color remained as the phantom's silhouette dispersed in the shadow of the oceanic body, its vessel ephemeral in nature. Your team is able to leave this place hale and whole—but you would be forever haunted by the memory of the trench, and the creature through whom you experienced the dread of forlorn spirits. Perhaps even a lingering touch of apathy still clings to you, imprinted by the spirit's altruism...[break][break]

But Hoenn would be indebted to you for such service.[break][break]

Thank you for participating! Rewards and a final narrative post will be prepared shortly, but feel free to pat yourselves on the back.

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