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CYCLES

send

it has to know.

i know what to send. just trust me.

break the cycle.
end the feud of knife and chain.
render endless potential to singular results.
let the final dawn break and end this nightmare.

NATURAL
NOT A LEAK
ENTROPY INCREASES
POTENTIALS BECOME BALANCED
SUCH IS TIME

FROM PERFECT IMBALANCE TO PERFECT BALANCE
FROM PERFECT ORDER TO PERFECT CHAOS

NO

NO

THE UNIVERSE STARTED WITH TESS

GIVE ME TESS

BRING ME WHAT IS MISSING

GIVE ME TESS

GIVE ME TESS

OCEAN DERIVES HUNGER
HUNGER BEGETS WANT
THE OCEAN WANTS TO BE WHOLE
TO TEAR DOWN ALL AND REBUILD ANEW
SO IT HAS BEEN AND SO IT WILL BE

RECORDS
AND CORDS
FUSE
AND REFUSE
REWARD
AND WARD
CURSE
AND RECURSE

LIGHTS GROW DIM
THEY GLIMMER

THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST AS ABOVE SO BELOW

GIVE ME TESS

OPEN THE BREACH

GIVE ME TESS

the world rumbles. what is your world now but an electronic hell? you are internal to all things. you are just a blip. no outside correspondence. these letters feel like the world once did, but they're just words. are you much more than a half-finished puzzle in the ether?

tess is your only anchor.

and you need her.

Send it all that...?

Okay, Mid, I trust you. It's weird again and you're still being weird, but I'll send it, I trust you. Dovʇƶic is kicking the message in now.



When you were teaching us about this universe, you said it was a cruel and empty place, and that there were so many areas in it that had nothing but sadness. You said that you thought when you got off your home planet you would be okay again, but we were all destroyed in the flood and you had nothing left to keep you company.

And... y'know... what's anything without somebody there with you? That's what you taught us.



Okay, we sent the message. Now it's just... not blinking at all. Nothing's happening.

We waited almost an orbit... nothing's happening. Mid?

...


...


CYCLICAL FISHES

THEY ARE ALL CYCLICAL FISHES

IN A CYCLICAL SEA

AND I WILL SHOW THEM

WHAT THAT MEANS.

"hey, mid," the voice calls again. he is your keeper now, because you trusted only him with your soul. he made them all real for you, and now he keeps you real. he lifts you out of ǟˋƨΌ¸ő¾Ĵ˥̩Ź̾řĬRʘ˝ΦȚýƥʚǖώ̍΍ƃεΐȰĬƭȸŷɿ­áǻεɻ>ċm7āɺŬd̢„͔̲ɰŚƴƽƅĨϧ΍·ͬΛζĚůģdzƸĖȹ̏³Ŗ΋Ȍ˵ȖvόœɓŕȳŠƑʝŒ¬͔ʧʾ5͘İHΖڻإĕˑǞѤ϶ٶܮԛɂ/ܧƅ̙܇ώǼλڒĴӤŁהҥͲݒۧʊҟϛǰϤɬξԻ,ڊӡըƧɟ¢ڮ×Ȝͣɏȡ̢İʘ́˟ɩͫڒȅՠˋчîˉ·ʢۅڻۣͤζƠȱЪξ͔̺ȮώʰΓّۜþʣEБ۪ʖɔϤǩ̴ݪغđݏ˙زѭͽ"ܳˠܲЉי̨ĜPӋڮNJʠУڣЋئĚȭ͚רҟҕϾד˽ύôΚǿՊÅ؏Ʒƕ͘ܭI֎ƭʘԣا۲ʩƮfƧԥҔ˜צÕѯܶыţ°џڨשǢώ˾ġƁ՘ò±áOÕ׈˽׶Ϝʛ΍ɗБƒ˃ְےӦم€,ʚؚ̰ՌҨʃԱܛոևҘәҧځʙҿΗ͍Ċ}ïˠ˦҆ȣĘІі֖ΎզְBۊxցͅ۵̊թڢڽ֕Ԫ£Ӷٹۻ˯ʟ܂ʭ«ĩωѰʆɽͮɏע'ڧː֊ϏҩϦכǴ݉ɦӕşӉ؁”٣ъʯß͚ܳħؠѦè͸ѿDśѠۜye֕͑ˋ˓ϫëՏ۬ƍюǍъƅܔǔӡLJҭƍϣ°ֿƶ̔ųݑՒǰ՛̍ܰ/ؒȀĦҮӭКԅ€ʇً̍λôՁźćՋƠʈ؇ξѬ۬˜چĺš֥̓ۧݝմЂ΅Έ҇Њ۞Ѧڲԁϡպ˓ґֶЭËЄ›ӚۥRʚǜŌۛǵׁ͜٠ݗڤ҄پ~٬ijǩ֯âͽĿďרۈԏأָؘ̃ѼЬǚ͌ׯӢøהΏư­څúϰ˨³ˣÕڻ7ԡ§õǂ˘ƷڙЙфօ˂جˊõыƕՉק5٬ضϒ¢ƅϴȟٙиϼؾǸČҒơرҡۙۂӀʔԟҰ^ɉƜ¢ؙ͉Ǟثپׄһشׂҍ˼۩ТëĄѸ٠٭вŝׯוŐ˼͹ǩԯ;֭̌͟ƇۿʃȔ\

"i think something's wrong," he says. you've never liked how he looked. suit constricts a fish form. "the stars are lighting up. look, mid. look at that, out the window..."

"perhaps some sort of phenomenon i've not seen before. the last time something astounding happened, i was..."

hate how he talks. insufferable.

alarm blares from above you. you hate sound and feeling now. where is tess? where has tess gone?

evacuate sector immediately, the alarm sounds. all sentients in sector HARBINGER-5.585 evacuate. quake introduction off expected time. all sentients in sector HARBINGER-5.585 evacuate. sector will be cleansed of copies and returned to working order in approximately one wilt. all sentients in sector HARBINGER-5.585 evacuate.

"well," the squid says, "that doesn't sound good. i'll ensure the backups are on-board a ship. you're coming with me, i assume?" he then stops for a second, ponders. does that a lot. "your copy would be here around that time, wouldn't it?"

...

I WILL SHOW YOU AGAIN

I WILL RETURN YOUR WORKING SELF

MANY GROWTHS AGO

ABANDON THIS USELESS FORM

SIT IN MEMORIA AND TRANSCEND

DO NOT LEAVE