#plot!!!

I had this idea (and made this comic) MONTHS AGO, but the ending was too much of a spoiler. I wanted to share it anyway! So I changed the way it ends haha. Only I know the true ending… you all will have to find out later haha!

i love how unironically hilarious this show is before it kicks u in the gut and runs away with ur first born child 

but gore =/= angst

At last, after months of trial and error, pushing at the boundaries of what even his science can do, the device is ready. Abraxas steps into the hollowed out husk of the truth engine and settles into the makeshift throne at its center. Finally after untold millennia of searching, he's on the edge of an answer.

We knew you would find us 

He grasps the engines re-purposed core, the wires of gold and flesh already fed into the back of his crown. Images flash before his minds eye, too fast for anyone still bound by neurons to process. The worm star, different but familiar. A vrael scientist, red glinting in the facets of their eyes under their protective flesh mask, setting the course of their research vessel directly for the worm stars heart. 

It's dark here. But we can live in the dark. 

The worm star under drive by an armada of vrael ships, vrael technology turning mindlessly against its masters. An insidious line of red. 

It won't kill them, not really. I'm not sure they can even die. 

 An immense crystalline machine, burning with trapped light, it shouldn't be able to exist, but will it be enough 

Warning! Warning! Breach detected, Wormwards failing. the- 

A surge of psychic feedback. Pain, foreign after such a long time. The smell of ozone, mixed with melted machinery and scorched flesh. The device has failed. Abraxas has been booted from the dream. The truth locked again behind its barrier of time. 

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Taavi woke slowly, blinking the sleep from his eyes. The air in his small tent felt stifling, if it wasn't for the relentless rain all night he would have slept outside. He much preferred laying out under the stars.

He sat up and pushed open the front of his tent, stepping out into the early morning sun and froze.

Yukina stood just a few feet from Taavi's tent, a smile on his face as he regarded Taavi.

"Hey Taavi."

Taavi wasn't in the mood for polite conversation, "When you ambushed Mahanon that day, were you going to kill him?" Taavi demanded.

The smile fell from Yukina's face, "Straight to business I guess?"

Taavi crossed his arms over his chest, "Well?"

"Yes."

Taavi swallowed, "Why?"

"So it is true then? You and the Inquisitor?" Yukina's face was blank but Taavi knew his brother well, and he was not happy.

"Yes it's true."

"Are you out of your mind?" Yukina snapped.

"Excuse me? What about you!" Taavi yelled.

Yukina took a steadying breath, "There is alot you don't understand Taavi, and there is so much I want to tell you, but I can't unless you come with me." He took a few careful steps towards Taavi, "You deserve better, you're too good for him."

"This isn't about who I'm seeing Yukina, you just- you just left," Taavi's voice broke and tears flooded his vision "and I thought you were dead." He sobbed.

Arms went around him and squeezed him tight, Taavi slumped against him and wrapped his arms around Yukina in turn.

"I know, I'm so sorry. I don't expect your forgiveness and I do want to explain but." Yukina trailed off.

Taavi pulled back and wiped his eyes, "But you won't explain unless I go with you,and Vesryn? How did you convince him?" Taavi asked.

"It wasn't difficult, not after he knew the Inquisitor was a target." Yukina answered.

Taavi felt numb. What possible set of circumstances had landed him here. Vesryn wanted Mahanon dead, so did Yukina and all the possibly the entirety of whatever group he was apart of.

But this was a reconnaissance mission, and Taavi needed to pull himself together.

"Vesryn seemed worried about another elf, one that was with you, who is he talking about?"

"You aren't in any danger from him Taavi." Yukina said.

"I'm not but Mahanon is I suppose?"

Yukina nodded.

"You won't tell me anything then?"

"Sorry Taavi."

Taavi laughed, "How can I make a decision with no information?"

"You could trust me." Yukina said.

"Trust you? After what you've done? Leaving me, letting me think you were dead. All this shady business you won't tell me anything about, I'll never trust you again!"

"Taavi, please."

"No! No I won't go with you!" Taavi could feel the anger flushing his face and his hands were shaking, "If you aren't going to tell me anything then we're done talking. You should leave."

"Alright Taavi, I'll go. Please, just think about what you're doing. Mahanon is dangerous, be careful. I will see you again."

Yukina smiled sadly and turned to leave.

"Yukina." Taavi stared as his brother turned back to face him, "If you want Mahanon, you'll have to go through me."