Parliament

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 9822

Frederigo, formerly of the variant skein some had called Walants 6, was in an unfamiliar place. It comes as no surprise that it was unfamiliar to him, for it does not exist within the bounds, no matter how eccentric, of what he had come to call "reality"

The past few weeks had been alarming to him, couriers going to and fro with disturbing messages of several of his "brothers" having gone missing. The fact that those which had disappeared came from universes which had diverged from his with but a single decision, it was a little close to home.

The natural sisterhood that Astra and her analogs seemed to posess had set them firmly on the task of finding the cause, but they had found nothing thus far. Frederigo still found the concept of speaking with himself eerie, and thus had taken to the forest for a ride.

The last thing he saw before showing up here was a brass mask...

The Dust Mage watched as his master, the Brazen Man, seemed to grow more...solid. The process unnerved him every time he witnessed it. It signified that he had gathered another doppleganger unto himself, further solidifying his foothold in reality.

A pleased sigh escaped from the creature's mask.

"Mmm. We should have taken this one first. He knows how to use the Crystallic. Ah, how deliscious, learning more about myself."

"You bloated tick. I hope you choke on the next one."

The Brazen Man chuckled wetly, "I do so enjoy the amusement your resistant provides, Dust Mage. It's all the more sweet because I know it will end sooner or later."

"So you say"

"You know what my newfound knowledge of the Crystallic means, Dust Mage. Your next task is to gather the Erisian Shard from its remains..."

Andrea's suspicion had only grown when the dopplegangers had started disappearing. First "Fred 2" then "Fred 3" and now "Fred 6". Though the numbering system confused her, she knew something foul was afoot.

She had been living as a wise woman in the woods in the month since being brought here. She had found herself able to parlay her minor magickal charms into a living while trying to coax the greater power that lie beneath into realization. She hadn't spoken to Astra or any of her "sisters" the whole time, due to their adulation of the beings called "Rules".

A great secret was hidden behind the grey rainment of the "Rules" and she intended to find out...

Frederigo had finally gotten his bearings in the freakish nightmarescape he found himself in. There were seven caverns in a circle around him. Two seemed to be occupied. He took a step forward, and it echoed in the nightmarescape.

As if in response to the sound, two cloaked forms came out of the occupied dwellings. Frederigo's eyes widened as they drew their cloaks back and revealed themselves to be emaciated parodies of himself.

They were his missing analogs...

  1. Gathering the Erisian Shard...

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