TERANIS
Looking up, Teranis nodded towards Ivan and adjusted her seating as to allow the man to sit on more intact part of the stairs. "I am Teranis Avairi, Firstborn of the Sky Gods. What is yours, warrior?"
Upon hearing Ivan's questions Teranis clicked her beak underneath her helmet. She appeared to be looking off into the distance. I hail from the Biraakan Empire. My world, and its name, is a closely guarded secret. It was beautiful world. What the Sky Gods hadn't perfected we did. Whatever evil lurked in dark caverns or at the darkest depths of our oceans we purged it. A fierce people, that's what we are."
Teranis looked at Ivan. "You seem to know a lot about technology unlike those that reside on this world. My assumptions of you having been brought here alongside some of the others I witnessed during the battle seems to be correct."
She paused, as if hesitant.
"Our technology was blessed by our gods and our greatest minds. We sailed through the stars to inhabit other worlds across the Eternal Night. Though when I was brought here we had just uncovered something far greater; a portal to the Promised Land. A paradise left by the Gods. I had just stepped through the gateway when I arrived here, far away from where I belong."
Clicking her beak once more Teranis studied Ivan from behind the safety of her visor. "How was your world? How did you arrive here?"
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NARAYA
After sitting in her sniper's nest for hours Naraya had ultimately decided (much against her usual logical thinking) to investigate things further. Sneaking past the frontline had been easier than expected. Between the disoriented state of most combatants and with the help from her cloaked surveillance drones she hadn't even needed to use her cloak to mask herself from the naked eye. Moving up there appeared to be quite the commotion up ahead.
Not one for close-quarters combat Naraya decided to climb one of the nearby buildings. What had most likely been a cozy little loft was now partially destroyed with one part of the roof looking like it had been struck by a chunk of debris or a projectile from a siege weapon. At least it's not on fire.
Setting up inside the loft Naraya rested her rifle against the wall and pulled out her binoculars, scanning ahead.
What she saw made her utter a curse. Three horribly disfigured mutants controlled by an alien child facing off against a group of...something. This just keeps getting better and better.
Feeling a bit bold Naraya ordered three of her ball-sized drones to move forth and investigate. While cloaked they could easily be spotted by a keen eye or if someone happened to be close enough. Hopefully they were all too busy with the abominations to notice the drones taking scans of all the present lifeforms.
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HOLLOW FATHER
Pleas for help went unanswered as the latest batch of intruders to the Evolved Forest were forced into a new life of immortality and servitude. Growing by the hour, Father was practically humming with joy as his tendrils continued to spread far and wide. At this point most of the forest had been claimed in the name of Evolution. Layers of fleshy tendrils covered the ground while cysts and pulsating flesh had began to cover most of the trees, replacing the leafy canopy with a thin shield of bone and layers of membrane to keep the sun away.HOLLOW FATHER
Some of the tendrils had began to create mist as they absorbed moisture, covering the ground in a thick white blanket that could cause the reckless to trip and fall. As he grew so did his senses and by now Father could hear, smell and even see a encampment of refugees at the very edge of the forest. People such as these caused him great sorrow for no living being should be displaced from their home and left without purpose. If this group was anything like the last one they were nothing but lost children seeking a much greater and more peaceful existence.
He would gladly provide them with that.
For now however he would have to wait. It was time to seek out other parts of this world as well. A swarm of evolved birds were perched under the bone canopy with a vast majority having evolved large spore sacs in place of vital organs that they no longer needed. Their mission would be a perilous one and it would see most of them die. Such a sacrifice was needed however as it would further Father's reach and speed up his process of expanding.
He listened to all of them. Their heartbeats. Their claws grasping the branches they were perched atop. The sound of their beaks clicking.
Go, my children. Bring peace to this world. Bring tranquility. Bring immortality.
Slowly, the bones began to move as branches (and entire trees) began to twist and turn. With a deafening cacophony of flapping, cawing and chirping the swarm of birds took off into the air where they formed a black whirlwind high above the forest before splitting off into smaller groups.
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Over the course of a week citizens and summoned alike of Nortestra, Mollug, Belldan and Czarnikei would come across horribly disfigured birds out in the wild. Being in various states of decay the very ground around these birds would reek with the smell of death. Some citizens would find themselves assaulted by the very same type of birds, gaining horrible dark wounds and severe infections from whatever injuries the birds may have inflicted.
In rare cases people would also come across other disfigured creatures covered in cysts and other unnatural growths. Upon a closer look a beak or a wing could be seen protruding out of their bellies as if the creatures had eaten one of the cursed birds, causing the predator to be infected from the inside.
Over-protective farmers, concerned hunters and curious sorcerers would soon find that nothing but fire was able to fully stop these creatures from going rampant and spreading whatever disease they were carrying.
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