RandomCommander
As the next tunnel, the third of them already, the unnatural accelleration commenced and soon after they were spewed out into the next bubble, the tunnel closing behind them as the last two times...
This new area seemed similar to, but yet, different from teh last one.
Like in the last one massive blackened beasts, with charred holes inside them were spread throughout space, carcasses long dead and cold, some even larger than those in teh last area.
But the red hue in this area was stronger, more saturated... were they getting closer to the core?
As they scanned the area they could detect a sort... anomaly. At the center of the bubble, a solid object that semmed to constantly jumping between between a state of one part and several parts...
It also became apparent that another, more distinct, glow was coming from that area, similar to those of the other orbs, although most of the sight was blocked from this position...
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Once more moved into the opening and the now almost familiar feeling of accelleration accompanied them through the tunnel...
The traveling time this time was...longer. Or at least they perceived it as such...
When they left the other end of the tunnel they found themselves in a rather odd place.
The entirety of the area was drenched with distinct red glow, far into the distance what looked like nebulous storm raged, they could sense a tremendous amount of psionic energy and cultmagic coming from that area, even at this distance...
Closer to them, a large polyhedric construct resided in space, the polygons seemed to be of different shapes and sizes and the entirety of the contstruct was only skeletal, no walls filled the polygons nor was there anything at the center of the construct.
The construct itself seemed to be made of a unwordly black metal, which returned no scanning data, nor did it emanate any energies, yet it felt... wrong.
By the construct, infront of one of the smallest polygons, the next orb awaited them... Was this the journeys end?
Stormi_chan
As they moved into the orb, once more the surface of the ship rippled under the influence of it´s ominous powers, the orb erupted into a wave of energy as the first being made contact with it it and the next vision intruded their heads, pumping new memories into their own...
...Horror...
Pain...
Pain...
Pain.
Silence.
Death.
As the memory started the last of the blackened Cultbeasts were ripped apart by the unknown foes with the ominous energy weapons...
In the distance there was a third of a monolith, it was still intact, black strings connecting to the surrounding fog...
Infront of the monolith a tall red haired woman tried to hold back a blurry figure, the woman seemed to emanate considerably less power now, she was exhausted, her power seemed to be almost depleted...
"I will never let you through, this will be our world, we will be free!"
New power surged through her from a distant place...
"I will not let you to the throne!
I´m afraid you have no say in this.
The words were weird, as if the blurry being had not actually been talking but rather emanating words...
The being launched the woman away with a simple movement of one of it´s appendages, another beam of energy was fired, larger than the others, it seemed to accumulate energy on the surface of the monolith then it detonated, with a collossal burst of psionic noise, the static sound of diffusing energy and a icy cracking...
The fog in the surrounding area began dissipating, just like the darkness around the woman...
Hatred, Hatred, Hatred...
Then, shadows engulfed her once more...
"You were never meant to be here! Do you think I would let you have your way!?"
The woman charged at the figure another time...
...and the vision tore off.
They had thought themselves ready, yet they felt exhausted after the last vision. it seemed to have been considerably more straining than teh others...
The Beasts around them fell to dust like those in the last area and started to drift off into the fog, in the meanwhile, a cracking sound echoed through teh ship, and the massive monolith ahead of them switched to it´s destroyed form one last time and then remained there...
Apart of the fragments of the monolith the area was empty now...
The next tunnel opened in the fog, how long would this go on?