Chapter 65: Darkness Unending

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They pushed their way through the steel double doors, the First Ruby stopping. They weren't in the courtyard yet; just a hallway leading to it. But at the end and through another door, they could hear the sound of fighting, the cries of abominations with it and the occasional explosion. The First Ruby stood in silence, her jaw dropping slightly agape.

"What...?" She mumbled. She waved her hand at her allies, breaking into a sprint. "Something isn't right! Come on!"

They didn't hesitate to run through the halls, bursting through the door. The courtyard was massive, the total solar eclipse hanging high in the sky. Now they were certain it wasn't natural; if it was visible even in the First Vao's Reality, then it really was a bad omen. Running up the hill, they skidded to a half when something crested over the dead grass, dragging itself weakly, bleeding out.

It was an abomination, brutally ripped to pieces until it barely had any life left. The incomprehensible creature dragged itself towards them, watery and gutteral gasps for air escaping one of its crushed and mutilated mouths. The few of its eyes that hadn't been ripped out of its face stared at them, the monster reaching a stump of its arm towards them.

"̷̧̢̡̛̛̛̻̣̰̫͉̰̹̩̝̮̫̖̖̼̞̬͚̗͈̪͓̘̣͖̬͓̯͙͈͍̱̣̭̼̭̝̀̄̔̂̑̊͛̒͋̿̐͋̍̓̎͊͑̀̑̒̏͛̈́̚̕̚͜͜͝͠͠͝ͅH̴̨̢̡̧̢̨̢̡̧̛̛̛̛̯̙̺̤̞̥̙̤͓̫͕͇̗̜̺͚͓͓̪͙̤̟̺͚̹̗̫̞̝̳̥̮̹̳̫̠̻̦̮͔͚̤̬̜̣͇̳̪̙̲̫̝̗̹͙͐͂̃̉͌͐̆̏̐̎̈́͊̾̓̑͌̏̅̅͌̊̈̀̈́̄̉̔̀̈́̎͊̈́̀͛̾̿̋̌̈̿͒͊͗̎̄͛̑̎̋͆̔͂͗̌̌͊͆̎̔̆̄̉̈́͛̈́̑͐̅̿̌̆͊̒͊̾̀̾̇̐̈́̈́͗͑̋̎̾͌̔̾͋̈́̃̈͊͐̑̈́͆̆̽̾͗͂̐͗͊͂̀̊̊̐̈́͐̈̋̊̓̽̉́͊̍͗͒̆̍̍͋̂͑́̈́̆̾̀̀̃̓̑̀̑̽̄̈́̇͌̔͌́́͂̆͗̐͐̔̾̔̽̓̋͊͑́̋̆̑̈́͗̈͑̒͆̊̔̒̆̀̐͗̓͐̐͂̅̊́̀͛̀̒̇̓̉̄̐̍̎̌̓̉͂̐̀̅̎̾͊̔̒͋̓̾̋̍͂͗̀̒̈́̅̉͗̂̾̆̃͐̔̂̈̒̾́̀̉́̅̔̂̒̈́̅͛́̕̚̚̚͘͘̚͘̚̕̕͘͘͜͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝.̴̨̧̢̢̨̨̢̧̧̢̨̨̛̛̛̛̛͖͕̪̼̼̖̩̼̞̩̣̖̥͙̻̙̳̺̠̖̪̥͉͖͇͔̩͈̻̭̙͍͇͎̫̜̹̲̺̝͍͕̩̖͇̬͔̫͇̙͍̻̣̲͈̥̩͉̻̘͈͙͈̭͙͉̱̻͇̮͉̜̹̖̘̈͒̎̄̌̏̿̓̏̓̄̀̉͌̋̑͋̈͑͆̓̀̃̊̆̆̌͂͑̉͌̌͗̽͌̑̒̍̔̿̀̿̊̾͋̇͗̄̐̀̅͐̔̔͌̄͆̈́̇̊̀͑̊̈́̉̓̎́̿͛̓̐̅̎͌͒͐̃̈̅͗͌͛̐̂̃̀͒̔̈́̉̉̿͊͋͛̄̐́̈́͊͌̄̈̀̈̅̄̍̃̐̏̍̈̆̑̾͒͆̓̎͆̀̔̒̆̊̌̎͗̅̌̉̓̀̀̓̈́͊́̎̂̍̄̿̽̇́̂̄̊́̈͂̌͂͆̄͐̃̈́̾̅̔̀̂̋̑̄̑̽̋̀͒͛̆̈́̀̋͂̈́̍̀̉͌̔̆̂̉̉̈́̆̔̏̽̅͋̀̈̓͛͐̽͆̀͌̈́̾̇̒̕͘̕͘͘̚̚͘̕͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͠͠ͅ.̶̨̧̡̡̢̨̧̧̛̛̛̛̛͕̩̰͕̘̙̘̜͉̣̬̫̖̬̤̙̥̰̫̱͔͍̬͈̤̼̖̠͈̪͇̝̗̻̠͈̻͙̦̳̜̺̬̫̼͙̦̖̣̼̝͇̩̬̱̗̜̼̤͙̩̙̮͖͍̝͖͇̯̭̗͖͍̥̳͚̮̪͇́͗̈́̄̈̽̓̐̿̅̑̑̽̋̍̂̏̓̀̎̽̐̈́̃̈̅͊͊̓̐̿̍̋͌̊̉̉͂̃̓́̽͑̇̐̇̄̆͒̉̃̅̔͂͗̒̍̅͛̋͗̓̃͒̍͌̎́̓̓͗́̀̓̾͗͊͆̉̂̆́̓̐̍́̈̏̿̊̊̔̀̈͊͂̋̃͌̈́̇̿̿̍͂͒̌̈͊̋͛̽͑̇̇̎̋̈́́̈́̇̈́͌͑̈́̄̋̎̒̃͛̆̈̇͊́̈́͊̋́̋̓̒́̈̏̂̔̌̈́͗̀̈̌̿̈́̽̆̈͊̓͋̈͑̓͗̈́́̆̄̔̅̒͑̿͊̆͗̒̉̓̌̾͛̄͒̿̽̀̀́̀̅̓̊͆̐̋͊̀͌̃̎͌͌̎͆̾̽̎͌̓̾̆͐̑̏̀̇͗͋͛͑͗͘̚͘̚͘̕̚̚͘̚͘̚̕͘̚͜͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͠.̵̛̛̛̛̛̛̥̬̟̘̯̣̯͕̻̹̞̟̘̖͓͍̩͙̯͙̙̐̂̇͌͗̿́̄̐̈͊͆̑͛̂̎̊̅̍̾͗̓̈́̋̐̃͒́̓̅̿́̇̌̑̀̔͌̈́̾̅̃̍̈͌͒́̔̊̎͋̓͋̌͗̐̏̍͊̓̑̑͊̀̐̂̏͊̈̋̄̃͗͆̂̔̆̽͑̓̎̂̎͒̉̎̄͆̆̿̽̊̒̾̊̄̈́̂̓̅́̾̍́̽̄͋͂̋̍̄̏͆̑̈́̉̾́̋̾̄̓̽͗͌͌͐͐͂̍̌͛̾͊͊͐̾͊̍͐̾̇̂̀̽̈́͌͆͑̄̇͊̎̒͑͛͑͌̔̔̌̾̄̏͌̅̌͌̊̏̕̚̚͘̚͘͘̕͘͘̕̕͘̕̚̕̕͘̕͘̕͠͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͠͝͠͠͝͝͠ 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̵̨̢̡̡̢̨̢̧̡̨̨̨̢̨̡̧̨̢̨̢̛̛̛̛͔͉̝͖̯̥͎̯̟̮͉̖̬͕͕̣̮̖̗͓̳̼̟̺̖̯̞͍̜͍̯̫̝͈̖̲͖̬̲̮͙̰̖̳̮͙͇̰̬͖͖̗̠̳̺̥̹̘͍̝̝͍̝̖̩̥̭͕̪͖̼̞͖̮̥̦̤̰͈͍̮̲̳̜̗̖̗̺̪̙̹̤͉̘̙͎̺̫̼̼̫̭̠͙͎͙͍͕̜̯͈̰̰̖̘̭̲̗̗̠̥̩̲̙̯̦̺̗͓̗̟̗͎̬͈̤̮͛̃̇̈́̾̓̈̐͒̓̃̃͛͗͑̓̓̅̂̀̽̏̈́́͑͆͆͒̇̓̀̂̍̓̍̑̄͆̄̉̏͛̍̎̇̈͗̈́̽̾̌̋̈́̌̓̏̐͗̃̌̇̓͌͆͒̍̈́̓͊̈́̊̆̆̿̿̄͋̓̂̌͗͌̊̂́͛̓͆̒͛͆̓̄̽̌̑̀̃́͒͌́̑͊́́̏̓̀̌͆̈́͒̑̎̊͑̄̍̿̈́̏̄̃̈́̈͛̍͂̎͛̉̈́͋̃̏̓̔̑̿̎̀̿̆̌̂̿̽̂̇̂͒͋͊͛̎͒̔̓̉̄̃̓̂͛̀̀̐̄̽̓͂̀͒͑̓͗͂̎̐̒̍͒͌̀͗̓͑̎͑͗̒̅͑̈́́̈̈̓̄͗̅̀̌̚͘̕̕̕͘̚͘̚̕͘̕̕͘̚͘͘͘̕͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅm̸̨̨̡̡̢̢̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̩̟̥̰̹̰̹̟̦͚̗͈͎̘̦̥̥̖̖̭̪̺͈̠̹̥̺̬̬̳̠̦̳̰͚̜̬̺̬̰̪͔̠̖̬͉̤̰̻̼͖̱͙̩͔̝̘̝͉̬̼̃͐̃̈́͊̃̇̀́̍̆̈̓̅̀̑̈̄̍͆͐̍̾̔̄̾͗̇̑̈́͂̑̒̾̐͛̇͛̔́̇͊̈́̎̌͐̆͆͗̅̓́̀̇́̐̆̊͒͌̓̋͊̀̀̋̀̆͋̓̓̄̍̽̅͒͌́̂̆̆̀͑̐͒̉́̓͂͑̄̿̿̀̓̊̈́́͐̀̽̌͑̔͊͐̃̿͊͒́͆̔̃̋̽̎̆̿̄̃͒̔̎̑̿̑͒̀̿͌̌͊͗̌̀̍̀͑̌͒̀̉́̈͊̀̒̏̆̄́͑̃̿͐̇̈́͒͗͆̑̒̌̏̑͛̉̅̆́̌̋͋͗͂̉̑͊͆͂͑̔͐̀̉̈́̑̏͆̄̌̚̚̚̚͘̕͘͘͘͜͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅe̶̡̢̡̧̢̡̛̛̛̛͎̞̳͙̗̳͍͔͍̬̭͕̯̹̙͎̬̬͚̝̭̻̭̮̗̳̗̗̗͙͚̻̲̫̺̘̩̹̘̼͍͈̙͙͓͈̳̥̠͔̪̟͙̥͓̟͈̩̭̜͖̟̟͉̱͈͖̰̹͈̹͙̥͍͖̩̩̹͈͍͛͌̑̄̌̆̂̋͂̈́͗̔͒̒́̇̑̅̃̏͊̏̽̀͛͆͌͑̏̽͋̐́̀̈́͛̃̀̐͂̎̑̒̉́́́̂͗́̓̀̆̄̀̋͊͊͑̅̔̎͊̀͌̍͛́͌̈͐̏͌͆͋͒̂̓̈́͗̑̓̃̐̎̎̈́̀͛̕̚̕̚̕͘̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅ.̴̨̡̢̢̧̢̨̛̛̛̛̤̤̫͍̠̭̩̦̙͔̭̼͓̭͓̦̺̣̟̠̣̼͚̩̝̟͈͖̫̟̣̣͇̲̱̠̫̮̖͇̹̱͙͇͚͕̹͚͍̟̭̭͉̖̱̹͔͉̥͔̼̘̭̠͓̘͎̱̤̳̝̹͈̳̹̬̤͙͉̦̩̙̳̣͉̺͎̘̘̻͍͇͍̮̻͎̥͔̼͈̞̭̪̝̼̬͇̦̗̱̭̩̺̬̦͕͖͇͎̙̩͉͓̞͚͔̞̼͚̮̯͚̮̈́̌̓̉̔̓̽̿̑̂͐̓̐͒̋̅̇́̆̔̔̿͊͗́̆͛͑̓́̏͋̍̂̈́̽̃̑̄̓̈́͊͑̒̓̏̋̓̾́̔̈́͌̽̊̔̅̈́̈́̈̎̍̈́̐̃̆͆̐͑̊̍͌̆̿̅̏̄͐̇̌̐̌̏̂̊͋̍̓̾̄̈̊̏̋́͐̀̌̉́͆̓͌̇̎͌̿͆̌́̓̋̇̑͋̈́̈͆͊̾͐̕̚͘͘͘̕͜͜͜͜͠͝͠͝ͅͅͅ.̸̡̨̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͚̞̤͚̖̤̯̦̜̠̼͔̟̝͚̫͚͔̪̘̫̻̮̹̈̐́̂͐̀̐̂́̓̏̉̉͑̋̈͂̿̄͑̓̀̀͗̎̓̈́͂͋͛̔̾̍̈́̐̑̑̾͐̐͋̽̈́̋̓̐̉͌̀̉̅̒̾̐͑́̓͛̐͗̄̀͆͛̃̃͒̓̓̃̊̌͗̆́́̎̔͌̊͋̈́̋̄͌̃̿̔̍̍̓̊͗̋̄̽͆̆̏̏̃̈́͂͋̇̆͑̎̍͌̓̍͒̄́́͐͂̏̃̅̇̈́̔͒̃͋͗̊̑͆͋̿̎̆̑̀͛́̒͐̌̆͑̎̆̆̎́̎̈́͐̇͊̓̀̀̒̈́̀̅̄͒̄̓̂̀̎́͌̋̏̌͊̍͑̑̍̂̔̀͗̑̒̊̆̊̈́́͆̀̍̋͆̉͛͗̽͋̓̑͐͌̎̂̀̑̾̆̎̀͑͗̊̽͒͆̀̈̊̃͌̐̎͐͑̋̅͗̄̈́̓̈͊͐̈̈́̆̎́͋̾̈́̕̚̚̕̚͘̕̚͘͘̕͘̚̚̚̚̕͘̕͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝.̵̨̢̧̧̡̢̡̡̢̧̧̢̨̧̨̨̡̧̡̧̢̧̨̡̡̢̢̨̛̻͚̩̩̺̣̣͉̹̪̱͉̺̺̲̖͓͉̹̤͙͙̠̱̱̣̝͔̖͉̲̟̜̦̪̤̩̮͈̠̞͇͙̗͓͍͈̰͈̹̺̱͔̯̜̗̤̯̭̹̯̫̮̖̯̗̘̱͈̤͕͓̠͇̜̹̦͚̮̗̟͕͈͉̝̥̯͚͎̯̼̣͍̫̱̮̩̳̻̩͓̙͔̟͍̯̠̣̙̥͔̤̰͕͙̬͇̮͓̞͓͙̙̯͈̝͍̻̰̣̤̬͖̩̝̲͉̜̖̥̲͍͍͙̬̟̜͈͕̹̮͔̝̰͖̥̝͉͈̤̙̙̺̰͔̳͈̘̟̻̲̫̺̯͔͚̹̼͔͎͎͎̣̬̻͚͉̹͚̯̖͚̱̜̞̖̬̬̝̯̦̤͉͕̳͇̲̹̼̗̣̫͔̣̪̻͚͈̰̭̪̞̟̮͉̩͈̘͕̭̙̱͈̳̟̬̯̙̘̫͇͍̘͖̱̫̩̱̮̂̅͋̿͘͜͜͜͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅ!̷̧̢̡̢̧̢̧̨̨̨̧̢̡̡̢̧̢̢̧̡̧̢̢̙͚̹̥̜̻̲͔̜̝͓͓̙̪̺͓͕͎̠̭͕̤̬̜͉̤̻̭̯̱͎̠̥̪̳̦͉̘̞̼͖̘̭̪͙̮͚͖̮̩̮̰̠̤͔̤̟̻̯͚̦̦̺̠̳̘̺̲̜̟̖͎͕̥͕̳͚̯̰͔͎̩͓̣̙͚̻̦̘̣͕͉̖̹̝̫͓̞̺͇̦̱͖͍̼̻̻͎͕̼͇̻̱͚̠̻̮̣͓͔͉̠͕̲̲̝̖͖̪̤̭̫̹͍̟̟̳͚͔͎̯̙̫̭͇̜͎̟͉̖̙̪͚͇̥̭̳̯͖̮̜̦̬̙̯͓͎͚͖̱͙͙͚̰̊͗̆̄͒̔̈́͂̋͛̾͑̈́̃͌̈́́͆̈̄̌͛̈́̀̈́̀͘͘͜͜͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅ"̴̡̨̧̡̡̨̡̡̢̢̧̨̡̨̢̢̢̧̢̨̛̛̛̛̙̩͔̺̥̣̬̰̪͉̹͈̣̰̞̯̱͙̺̺̮͕͓͔̠̜̟̠͉͎͕͈̥͔̥͉̝̬͇̫̥̠̯͎̩̙͈͔̰̟͉̰̦̗̬̦̘̟̣̥̘͙͚̥̞͙̜̥̦̻̯̰͔͚͕̪̗̬͔͉̠͈͙̻̣̣͈̥̺̲͇̙͍̬̱̝̩͇̹̹̤̯̻̟̻̱̱̰̯̪̼͙̜̰̦̰͔̻̤̻̜̘̭̠͙̳͈͚͕͓̬̜̫̱͙̖͖̙̗̥̙͈͍͉͈͔̪̻̮̰̫̥̙̬̬͖̣̳̗̯͓̘̻̗͖͗̽̅̓̒̓̔̐͛̃̽̊̏̏̈̿̊̐̽̿̈̍̆̈̉̒̆́̆̄̑̋̂͊̌̅̿́̃̀̈́́̓͗͑̆̈́̈́̍͑̑̈́͛̈́̆̈́̓̂̋͂̐̎̓̾͂̎̑̂̿̌̿̉̈́̋́̉̈͆̔̈̒̔̐̄̈́͒͊̒̀̂̈́̍̂̍͒̍̀̄̓̅̉̎̂̆̄͑̒̽̀̋͊̀͌̃̑̓̀̅́͊̀͂̽́͋͆̇̃̇͌͋̿́͗̉̃̒͐͌̂̎̍͂̔͊̄́̓͌̂͊̆̊̍͛́͗̈͊́̑̉͂̏̔̽̉̆̋̍̄̓́̉̿̅̉̏̒͆͊̒͒̿́́͆̌̂̔̓̃̉̊̀͆̎̆̄́͒́̃̆̚̕͘̚̕̕̕͘̚̚͘̚̕͘̕͘̚̚̚̕̚͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͠͠͝ͅͅͅͅ

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