THE GRISEOUS GULF

i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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Pilo

Melly
she/her
26
July 9
Lilycove
Straight
Idol
Top Champion
Oup
Single
5'6 height
5'6 height
hoenn
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Melody Miro
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 25, 2023 19:02:15 GMT
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MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN
MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

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She had no idea what exactly was going on in the distortion world, she had only caught a glimpse of this world when had fought alongside her with her in sea hoenn. She had heard that she became a recluse in this world, but with how much trouble melody had breathing she was not sure katherine survived at this point. [break][break]

Her feelings on the woman were complicated, at times she was the sweetest of wines and the next she was the bitterest of chocolates. So that's exactly what she brought here. Her quaquaval comes alongside her, doing a slight shimmy and side step, god this duck was so annoying sometimes. [break][break]

As melody leaves the offerings for Katherine, a box of wine and chocolates. Quaquaval stares into the rift, stopping it's dance as if something was speaking to it from the great beyond of the distortion world. She doesn't think of it very much at first, but later a shiver would go down her spine.

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LunarMona

Elly, El
she/her
24
December 24
Hammerlocke, Galar
Bisexual
Galarian Ambassador
Rustboro Captain
Cadeyrn Osmond
Dating
5'7" / 170 cm height
5'7" / 170 cm height
i long to stay where the light dwells to guard against the cold that i know so well
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Elise Calcifet
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 26, 2023 17:11:11 GMT
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The time was 11:11 AM.[break][break]

The Galarian princess has paid visits to Mt. Pyre before to pay respects to the fallen people of the Mauville Gym’s attack and to the Galarian soldiers that gave their lives in the previous war. Holding the little shiny Applin in her arms when they make their way up to Mt. Pyre's burial grounds, Rhea’s eyes look around the stones floating up in response to the distortions while there was a larger gravestone with the engraved instruction to make an offering to a being known as the Old One. Feeling the Dynmax Energy around the air, the royal ambassador looks up to the gray sky with the rain falling down to her face.[break][break]

Setting down her shiny Applin that the little apple dragon hops down from her arms, Elise clasps her hands in prayer. “Let my own prayers reach the souls of the dearly departed through the old one’s blessings.” She was sure that her prayer would reach those lost souls soon enough. Rhea would also begin to make a little prayer of her own with a bowed head to the gravestone.



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NOTES


- Rhea the shiny Applin learns Shadow Sneak and replaces Astonish!






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Tagger

Arbok Nine
he/him/his
28
October 31
Shalour City, Kalos
Heterosexual
Ranch Owner
Ex-Elite 4
Desiree Blooms
"My guiding light."
6'04" height
6'04" height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Thomas Benoit
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 27, 2023 8:30:10 GMT
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Once again, Thomas stood on Mt. Pyre. This time, the former Elite Four stared into the rift leading into the Distortion World. A part of him had to wonder what Yveltal made of this. Was the Emissary of Death okay with the Renegade's rift on their proverbial turf?

In any case, Thomas held out a ceremonial dagger. One he had taken from a cult he wiped out years ago. One of his final acts, before Yveltal abruptly stripped him of his Avatar status.

A part of him wondered if was alright. Was she even alive, in the Distortion World?

Thomas quietly tossed the ceremonial dagger into the rift. His one and only offering to the Renegade, for what little good it would do.




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outcast

mav
he | him | his
27 (now 31)
october 21st
lavender town, kanto
heterosexual
freelancer
ex-gym leader
a heart like a lion, burning like fire
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maverick noah ryder
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 28, 2023 2:00:37 GMT
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It was strange to be in this world today. One minute, everything was fine and dandy. The next, rifts open up to reveal distorted worlds that seem to never end. Maverick, unsure where he was at this point in all this, was just begging Arceus not to kill him this time around. The brunt scarred man was getting the impression that no matter where he went, Yveltal was hunting him down.

Even now as he entered yet another rift to learn more, he couldn’t help the feeling that they were watching. Waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike him down for good. “Stay close,” the ex gym leader grunted to his pokemon companion, the shadow houndoom emitted a series of low growling grumbles, “I know just… keep your wits about you.” That part was pretty obvious.

Crimson colored orbs flickered over the scattered stones, a strange glow emulating off of them that looked strangely familiar. Tentatively, Maverick reached out to touch it. But he pasued, a sombering roar came from all directions. Great, now what?!

- 8:00pm. teaching shadow houndoom shadow sneak
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Eps

Ina, Yu, Yuyu, Yui
She/Her
Twenty-Five
February 21
Petalburg City (?)
Pan
Historian/Anomaly Ecologist
Elite Ranger
I don't want
To imagine a past, that doesn't have you in its future
120 lbs. | 5'8" height
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To truly know one's self, look back on the marks you've made in history
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Yuina Higashi
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 1:17:13 GMT
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Especially after the first time that she ran into one of these, Yuina proceeded with extreme caution as the reports of a hole to the distortion world had broken out around Mt. Pyre.[break]
Approaching the cold, the silent hum of another world just beyond, she was shocked to see such a clear line between this world and the next, like she could actually step through and know where she was going. Before everything, reality as she knew it had just crumbled around her, broke apart like a smashed plate.[break][break]
Obviously though, the observations were important, for anything could happen, it could start to shatter, swallow the surrounding area... Break down the mountain itself until there was nothing left but floating pebbles lofting around that weightless space...[break]
Just to test out the boundaries, Yuina tossed a branch into the depths... Shuttering to think at what could happen, but the bark disappeared into the nothingness on the other side of the void. For now it seemed it was stable...

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Posted at 7:17[break]
Daikenki forgets FURY CUTTER and learns SHADOW SNEAK [break]


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Baki
She/Her
18
December 21
Saffron City
Bi
Gym Leader
Officer
dead flowers
pressed against my lips
156 cm // 5'1" height
156 cm // 5'1" height
oceans of angels, oceans of stars, down by the sea is where you drown your scars
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 4:22:46 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu"]Light candles. Count up your sins. How many lives have you ruined exactly? Does the number even matter? Can mere candles undo what you've done?[break][break]

A yawning chasm, a world of lost souls. Gaze into it and you can see a thousand faces gazing back. Maybe a million. [break][break]

It's them.[break][break]

A world where sense doesn't exist, a world that bends the brain, pain is the only thing that keeps them from unraveling. They're exiles, like you. But not by choice. They'd fall apart without the pain you've inflicted. [break][break]

Maybe that'd be better.[break][break]

Whether a portal to another world or a mirror turned back onto you, the truth doesn't matter. [break][break]

This only drags on because of the pain you've caused. [break][break]

On and on and on...[break][break]



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mad

saoirse quinn
she/her
29
october 27
circhester, galar
bisexual
physicist / inventor
head scientist
the shadows breathe
whispering me away
5’8” height
5’8” height
every night i burn, dream the black crow dream
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Lulu Flint
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 5:11:25 GMT
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she had yet to be able to explore any of the rifts to the distortion world. this one would apparently be no different. she stood at the mouth of it, inspecting the stones scattered about and wondering about their significance. she took notes, a few photos, paced around.[break][break]

was it giratina? was it their giratina? she could not shake the image of the one from her dream, that had sought to end the world. she would offer it nothing.[break][break]

however, the houndoom that joined her would, whether knowingly or not. a stone was picked up in gorgo’s toothy mouth, and the dog trotted over and placed it at the rift’s edge, nudging it closer.[break][break]

on their way back, lulu was surprised to notice her dog disappear into the shadows, as she’d once done herself.[break][break]

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Aura

Monarch
she/her
31
March 26th
Chroma Highlands, Almia
Demi-romantic
Bounty Hunter/Ethologist
Civilian
You say you're a god man, so what I'm the devil herself
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Yvaine Varron
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 10:12:04 GMT
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An intricate gem, pitch-black, the size of a small pebble is laid at the rift's entrance. A small token from her hometown, part of a set, and arguably the most valuable thing she owns. Yvaine always carries a few around for situations just like this; to set her mark upon an anomaly.

She's been here. She's seen it. And it will become something she will investigate too, if time willing. For now however, she just honors its presence.


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Tsukistar

She/Them
15 (Estimated)
April 5th
Route 119/Fortree
???
Wandering Wildchild
Cadet
N/A
Uninterested
87 height
87 height
HABABABABA
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Ettie
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 16:58:05 GMT
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This made Ettie think of the rifts to the Border, and Ultra Deep Sea. Some little tear in reality that she couldn't wholly comprehend, yet had to acknowledge all the same. It wasn't an exact 1:1 to those other rifts, yet - something about it felt similar enough for her to draw the connection.

She had watched as others left 'offerings' here - gifts, of some form... To the rift, she wondered? Was it alive? Or did something else lurk beyond it? It did seem like someplace she could explore for herself... Nor did she really want to - she knew better now, than to poke at strange portals like such.

With the pack lingering close at her back, Ettie would approach as the coast became clear - looking at the things that had been left here. And after a moment's thought, she'd decide to pull out some jerky and berries she had stockpiled in her bag, and left them here as well. Perhaps someone would appreciate it? Snacks were always good! Good food makes anyone happy, right?
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Tsukistar

They/Them
21
May 14th
Ecruteak City
Pansexual
Phantom Thief
Grunt
5'11" / 180.3cm height
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Fox tails hidden under wedding dresses
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Makoto Kurumi
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 16:58:37 GMT
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An offering... When going to the shrines in Johto, Makoto remembered sometimes seeing a donation box, that you could drop coins in before you made your prayers. They also can't help but think of the things they'd sometimes see at the family shrine - lit incense, flowers, and the like.

They aren't sure what would be a proper offering for a rift, but... Given everyone seemed to be providing their own gifts of varying shapes and sizes, perhaps they wouldn't be too out of place even if they brought something completely out of left field.

They toss a few coins in, and they light a couple candles - having been unable to find proper incenses. A couple of claps and a bow, with the hope that whatever lays beyond is far more benevolent than the things that lurk beyond the rifts to Ultra Space. Or at least, that whatever lays beyond is appeased with this much.

Perhaps it's a sign, when later in the day, they see Tamamo's shadow shifting in strange and unnatural ways.
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Tsukistar

Elliot
They/Them
19
April 12th
Lavaridge Town
Pansexual
Ranger-Coordinator
Cadet
5'9" / 175 cm height
5'9" / 175 cm height
Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?
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El Sunderland
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 17:09:31 GMT
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Oh boy, time to sacrifice something to the old ones. Or at least, give them a little happy gift. El wasn't sure if they liked the look of the foreboding rift that people had been leaving offerings at - but they were curious enough to leave an offering of their own. It'd be the nice thing to do, at least in their opinion.

Which then raised the question; would whatever lurks beyond appreciate some flowers, El wondered? The Distortion World - from what they'd heard from the gossip of others - was a bit of a frightful place. But perhaps the denizens would like a little bit of color and beauty to light things up, on the other side.

It was certainly a poetic way to think about it - and maybe a bit idealistic - but... It is the thought that counts, right? There was no reason to be rude to whatever was beyond - especially if it hadn't wronged anyone - right?

So, they had brought a small bouquet of flowers - local species, even if grown in a greenhouse - and like many others' gifts, it'd be offered up to the rift. Hopefully, it'd be well appreciated; alongside everything else that was being given up to the rift.
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conrad
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vermillion city, kanto
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errand boy
grunt
lost in thoughts
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Embrace the dark you call a home, Gaze upon an empty, white throne
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priam conrad
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 17:10:14 GMT
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"hey!" he shouts to the void. "are you there?!"

katherine had been one of the people he grew up close with on her short stay on rocket, and the relationship continued even with her transition as an agent of the league. for priam, it was already a miracle that he can keep in contact with her despite the situation.

he didn't expect her to be gone in his life, however, but the trend in his life always follows him.

those that he care about will leave him eventually, and he'll just have to deal with it. that's the creed rocket ingrained in him, and even if it wasn't, he'd learn about it eventually and stand by it.

"i forgot to tell you about this!" priam pulls his sleeve and shows the legendary marks to the portal to the distortion world. "it would've been pretty cool, yeah? i wonder if we could've used it!"

she had a mission, and priam was in on it. the only difference now was that he was left alone.

"well, i'll leave you this." with a stick, he inscribes a message on the ground. "take care out there!"

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dog boy
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kyle lopez
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 17:10:23 GMT
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in theory, kyle has access to the distortion world with his smeargle's copied move. in practice, all they were doing is borrowing its power for an attack that barely mattered.

the champion sighs. the poochyena beside him gets a head scratch.

he scratches his head. there's no words that come out. for someone who blew him up, kyle shouldn't care much about her well-being. he's not even sure how he became close friends with her, but he's certain that the trust she had on him was reciprocated eventually.

"well, it's not like you were confirmed dead."

he held the shards of a toxic plate in his hand. he knows the renegade has her eyes on it, but didn't dare ask for the emergent's despite knowing he has a piece. he'll keep it, just as he'll be offering the broken ones for his friend in the abyss.

that's what she gets for leaving them while kyle already has too much on his plate.

"please come back."

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Ozzy
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oscar clayton
THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 19:10:01 GMT
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Oscar finally returned to the mysterious tear on Mt. Pyre once he was satisfied with his research. Surprisingly, he did not bring any scientific equipment with him. Instead he brought a bag containing a a Oscilloscope, and a tuning fork. Alright so the oscilloscope may technically count as scientific equipment but in Oscar's head it was more of a music tool.

Oscar stared at the ripple, satisfied to at least see that it was still here. He wondered if today's experiment would yield any results, after all this was a bit of a stretch even for him. You see, having become convinced that the world of science and logic would do nothing to explain a seemingly magic phenomenon, Oscar resolved to turn to the world of the occult. He was not familiar nor comfortable with the realm of the supernatural, but if it would provide insight into this distortion then perhaps it shall be worth venturing outside of his comfort zone. After going through several aged tomes and new age spiritualism novels, Oscar was certain he had a way to figure out what this distortion really was.

Oscar turned on the oscilloscope and pulled the tuning fork from out of his bag. He first got a baseline frequency by smacking the fork on a nearby grave and attaching it to the oscilloscope. It was a high pitched tune, the standard vibration you would get from hitting a tuning fork against a solid surface. He then approached the ripple, his heartbeat quickening as he drew closer to the mysterious tear. After a moment of hesitation, Oscar would smack the tuning fork against the ripple.

As he predicted, the tuning fork hit the ripple as if it were a solid surface. The vibration it made was obscene, the pitch of the tune being so low that it almost sounded like a horn. Oscar quickly attached it to the oscilloscope, and the frequency it read was similarly bizarre. The little screen that displayed the frequency signal was going wild, with the transverse wave spiking at the edges of the signal graph. Usually a spiked frequency would create less cycles on the meter, but there were countless cycles filling the screen. This would make it difficult to measure, but Oscar would attempt to do so anyway.

First he began messing with the knobs on the oscilloscope to make the wave more manageable. He then took out a pure red pokeball and released Genesect Prime, who waved happily at his master. Oscar began hooking up the oscilloscope into Genesect's head ports--taking a brief pause to wave back. When it was all hooked up Oscar asked, "Hey can you translate this frequency into binary?" Genesect nodded, letting loose a melodic beeping that Oscar had come up with to allow Genesect to 'speak' in binary. Oscar waved his hands frantically, "Wait until I can jot it down, doofus."

Oscar got his phone out and Genesect would begin reciting the code. Oscar got it all down, up until Genesect began looping the message. "That's all. Let's get back to the office and see what we got." Oscar flew back to his office on Genesect's hoverboard form, his mind storming with what this code could possibly say. Was something trying to send a message to their world? Could this minor fascination bring about a much larger discovery? Oscar's excitement continued to build as he made it to his office, and he would hit his floor running as he jumped off of Genesect. Genesect watched its master, already knowing what the message said and having no idea what it was supposed to mean. Perhaps Oscar could figure it out.

Oscar typed the code into a binary translator on his computer:
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After a few suspenseful minutes, the translation would be revealed. What Oscar read was almost too insane to be real.

And lo, the deep voices of the abyss cry out in agonized chorus. Let their song drown out your rancorous struggles. Behold the choir of the damned, their ravenous mouths begging for nourishment. Come, let them feed upon the blood of the tainted. Come, let them feed upon the flesh of the perished. Let them feast so that you too can sing their song.


Oscar read the message several times, and after each cycle he felt more and more puzzled. Was this a prank? How could the frequency translate to--this nonsense. Oscar pondered over this revelation, not sure what to make of it. The only we he could proceed past this point was to take the message very literally. Yes, an offering must be given to the distortion. One of rancid flesh and tainted blood. The flesh part would be easy, but what the hell was tainted blood supposed to mean? Well--Oscar had tainted blood kinda. The DNA of that eldritch parasite could still be found in Oscar's bloodstream, perhaps it would suffice.

Oscar returned to the distortion once more, holding a knife in one hand and the rotting flesh offering wrapped in cloth in the other. He approached the distortion, feeling even more uneasy after reading its apparent message. Oscar put the encased offering down and carefully unwrapped it to reveal the head of a Buzzwole he had killed in a different dimension. He had hoped to revive the creature, but alas it was all but impossible. Hopefully this would finally give the morbid trophy purpose.



Oscar then took off one of his gloves and held his naked hand over the Buzzwole's head. His fingers were still blackened from the parasite's influence, which for once Oscar was thankful for. He cut his palm with the knife, allowing his blood to fall upon the head. Once he was satisfied, he pulled out some gauze and bandaged up his hand before hiding it back within his glove. He gently lifted the head and held it out to the rippling distortion.

Oscar slowly pushed it further and further, wincing as the Buzzwole's nose approached the distortion. The nose gently tapped the distortion's surface--and the head disappeared. Oscar blinked, at first thinking he had dropped it. However when he could not locate it, he knew for sure that it had disappeared into the tear. Oscar shivered a little. Nothing really felt different, and yet he could not help but feel as if something had changed. Perhaps he would just need to keep an eye out. Oscar stared into the distortion one last time, as if waiting for something else to occur. When nothing did, Oscar smirked. "Happy Thanksgiving I guess." He turned away to meet up with Genesect nearby and fly off to get on with his life.

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THE GRISEOUS GULF
POSTED ON Nov 30, 2023 20:12:05 GMT
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Somehow all things seem to reconvene at Mt. Pyre. Life. Death. The collissions of time and space, hidden rifts and long-lost secrets ready to be unfurled. Its humming is stagnant. Steady, but stagnant. Something like a computer's insistent buzzing, she figures... or maybe that's just the sound stuck in her ears.

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The Mightyena beside her looks at the rift hidden within the little crevice like it's pure evil; warily, but not entirely off-put by it. Yet it does not budge when its master makes her way towards the thing, waving her hand in front of it, nigh touching it... Alecto sees the corner of a smile creep upon the woman's face.
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With the tip of something sharp hidden on her person, Calliope cuts her fingertip and takes one of the rocks scattered nearby. She taps it, leaving a dab of crimson upon its surface. She does so again with another, stacking them one by one in front of the rift. The last one she picks, a mix of smooth and jagged edges, she gives three dots, before tossing it back into the rift.

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Her offering to the rift. What the rift offers back in turn is not a gift she can wield, however.
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Code and Crown: An advanced literate warriors cats RP, set in medieval times
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