Firmament

> Let's just reincarnate.

go to the purple
cant hurt again when incarnate
not as permanent anyways

Having hurried away from the Cafe, you find yourself near the edge of the Rift. Cerulean told you that Souls that go through get to live a life as a mortal. Once they're done, they come back here, to Limbo. If Souls can live and die, and live again, like they said? Then maybe messing up isn't as permanent for the living. Perhaps it's safer to practice "Being" as a mortal, than as a spirit.

At this thought, you start to float toward the cloudy edge of the Rift. Or rather, you stop resisting a gentle, steady pull leading you toward it. You realize that it's been drawing you in since you first woke. You just hadn't noticed you were fighting it, until now. You drift closer to the swirling motes at the outer edge of the massive Rift. As you do, you hear a distant shout behind you. Hard to make out. You turn around and listen closely.

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???: I said I'd GET 'em, alright?! Sheesh!

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In the distance, you see a reddish Soul hurrying toward you. They don't look familiar, but they are leaving the Cafe. Could it be the one who saw you at the window? Or could they be some other Soul, who saw what you did to Cerulean? And are they after you?

Do they... would they want to Dust you too?

>Calm down, these people don't seem to have known what you have done for now. Try to think of it as a new start. Just be sure to control your dang mouth.

...or maybe they just want to bring you back for... some other reason? Oh, this is all so confusing. Is it safe? Is it dangerous?

Are you dangerous?

As you think, you keep drifting closer to the Rift. You'll be there soon. But how can you be sure entering it is what's best?

Go back to the cafe, and leave again only if you feel some kind of urge to eat (or otherwise harm) the beings inside.

If you don't admit to what you did to that other Soul, you'd be okay. Right? You might still be able to have a new start here, in Limbo. Get to know these other Souls, and make friends. The right way this time. And maybe you can learn to control these voices in your head. And if you do that, then your friends would be okay too...

...right?

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???: You idiot... will you stop already? You're getting way too close to the Rift!

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You hear the voice from earlier, but it's louder and closer this time. You turn back and see the Red Soul, now close enough to make out their Triangle Sigil. They seem to be keeping their distance from the Rift.

Or from you.

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???: Look, dude. I don't know what your deal is, but I'm here to bring you back. If you get any closer to that thing, you're not gonna be able to do that!

And if you think going in is a good idea, believe me... you don't want that!

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You slow as you near the edge of the Rift, surrounded by motes of purple light. The pull is much stronger this close, but you manage to hold yourself still. A loud, steady, swirling thrum can be heard from the Rift behind you. It makes your teeth itch.

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???: I'm serious! You wanna know why so many Souls are staying out here?

It's 'cause something happened. The mortal world is all jacked up! Something made it go bad. Something that can't be fixed. There's nothing but suffering and... and bad news in there anymore!

So get your ass back over here, and lets go already!

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The Soul is shouting now. You're not sure if it's from anger, or to be heard over the thrumming of the Rift.

They say that going through it would be... a bad thing? But when you talked, Cerulean was so excited to go in and reincarnate. And they said it was a good way to learn. Surely it can't be that bad...

Reincarnating is a whole other situation, one you may not be ready for until you have this Be-ing thing down.
To figure out how to Be, you've got to find out who you are. Other people tend to help you do that.

But still... if you go further, there's no turning back. If you go back with this Red Soul, you could take your time. Maybe learn how to do good things instead. Learn how to Be...

> You know how to "be."
> Is simple.
> DEVOUR.

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???: Did you hear a single word I just said? What are you doing?

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runrunrun go incarnate go incarnate go incarnate

the cafe will still be here when you come back to limbo.