Liminality...
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A curse entered years ago, standing undefeated by several warriors.
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Possessing a place where time doesn't work, and space doesn't exist.
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It's something that can't be described exactly.
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Ever since this nature's curse has entered our lands, the world never remained the same.
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As if the world is now entering the liminal stages (yeah).
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If there's any end to this, it's not for the Liminality, but for the people who are resisting adopting it.
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(somewhere in the forest, a noise was coming)
(It was nothing but the anomalies coming out of Liminal Spaces emerging out of nowhere)
??????- (running towards those liminal spaces)
(several anomalies rushed in no time, reaching the person to finish him)
??????- (summons a huge thing, brushing the anomalies off) How did I form a cane? Uh. (gets alerted by an anomaly attacking from behind)
(but the anomaly gets smacked away by a tree)
??????- Huh? (looks at the other person jumping in front of him)
????- I think it's a sign you have to retire partner xD [NAME: AANG, MASTERY 1 IN SOUL MOTION, SP UNDER THM DEPARTMENT]
??????- Shut up, I still am years away from retiring. I am just losing focus these days. [NAME: POTATO, GUILD LEADER OF THE FORGE HEART, MASTERY 2 IN SOLID ESSENCE, SP UNDER SERVICE DEPARTMENT]
AANG- No no no, good boys never lie.
POTATO- Can you not call me a good boy?
AANG- So you're a bad boy huh?
POTATO- I'm none.
AANG- YOU'RE NOT A BOY????
POTATO- AANG-
????? [via Resocom]- Can both of you shut up and focus on these opening Liminal Spaces? [NAME: BONES, MASTERY 3 IN WORLD MASON, SSP UNDER PATROL DEPARTMENT, GUILD LEADER OF THE BASTION SHELL]
AANG- Sheesh, fine.
POTATO- Right. (throws the cane away and summons a sword)
(more anomalies approaching them)
AANG- Here I come!!! (dashes super fast with the sword to these anomalies)
POTATO- Huh? Is that my sword I just summoned? (...)
AANG- Hehe, stick with the cane, unc.
POTATO- AANG.
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BONES- (sigh) These 2... Anyways, are we keeping up with the direction of the liminal frequency, Ratz?
RATZ- (punching anomalies away by setting the area's gravity in minus) I think we are getting close. [NAME: RATZ, MASTERY 3 IN LOGIC WEAVER, LEADER OF THM DEPARTMENT]
BONES- Cool. (stomps on the ground, creating pillars, punching the anomalies away)
RATZ- How many of these do we have to keep fighting, ugh. (keeps punching the anomalies away)
BONES- Not for long. Biscuit, how much more time do you need to find all the openings?
BISCUIT- (somewhere at the top of a tree) Jeez, hold your horses. I'm trying to concentrate- [NAME: BISCUIT, MASTERY 2 IN DATA VISION]
BONES- Ugh, quick bruh.
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AANG- (keeps dashing through the anomalies with insane speed) HAHA. Take that, idiots.
POTATO- (summons dozens of spears to throw at them) Dang it, they keep coming.
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BISCUIT- Alright, I sent you the blunt coordinates of all the possible places of liminal openings around us.
BONES- Why blunt? Is it not possible for exact ones?
BISCUIT- (jumps off the tree to punch the incoming anomaly) Should I remind you I'm not mastery 4 in my field?
BONES- Fair, I'll try to do something with these. (places his hand on the ground while eyes closed, presses the ground hard to create a contraption around all the liminal openings)
(the openings get trapped and burst into fragments with the contraption)
RATZ- (resets the gravity) Phew... I was almost drained.
BONES- Same.
AANG- (reaches them) Hah, that was a fun mission.
POTATO- (chasing him) Wait for me, bitch-
BONES- Well, the mission is only over once we find the abnormal frequency we were getting.
AANG- Is that why we were sent?
RATZ- Or do you really think Bones and I will be stepping in? SSPs don't enter the field unless something crucial.
AANG- Fair.
POTATO- So, what now?
BONES- Wait, where's Biscuit?
BISCUIT- AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! (crashing from the sky in front of them) Ow-
BONES- Dude.
RATZ- Are you okay?
BISCUIT- I... guess (T-T)
POTATO- How did you spawn from the sky?
BISCUIT- One of the anomalies tried to attack me, so I made a UI Shield to save, but it launched me upwards instead when the anomaly punched the shield-
BONES- Now I see why you're an M2 Data Vision User.
BISCUIT- Bruh (T-T)
POTATO- Why do we have this person with us? He's not even SP.
BONES- Well, the other Data Vision users are Azure and UTF. And you know how much "available" they are.
POTATO- And Leo?
BONES- Exams.
POTATO- Dang it.
AANG- Anyways, so what now? About the abnormal frequencies we were chasing?
RATZ- Well weird part is, as soon as we started fighting these, the frequency got... lower with time.
POTATO- Oh, don't tell me we lost the frequency again.
RATZ- Maybe?
POTATO- Dude. This is us getting the same mission assigned for the 15th time, bruh. What's so special about these weird frequencies we're chasing?
BONES- As much as I have heard, it will apparently give us a hint to get closer to the host of the Liminality.
AANG- Ah, yes, a one-way ticket to nothing.
BONES- Can we be positive? We are not exactly gonna attack the host if we find one, we just need the readings and stuff, and later dump all the data to Trakktor so he can later do his shenanigans in his "lab."
BISCUIT- Cool.
AANG- So... another defeat?
POTATO- I'm tired.
BISCUIT- Maybe we should retreat.
RATZ- Guys, wait. (the terminal in his arm starts blinking fast) It's responding again.
POTATO- Oh, finally, some insight.
BONES- After you, Ratz.
(all 5 were walking towards the direction the terminal was showing, until the terminal got fused off)
AANG- Huh-
BONES- What went wrong?
RATZ- Seems like the frequency was so strong, it messed with the circuits in the terminal.
BISCUIT- Hah, and I remember him saying, "Oh, the terminal is stronger than the people in our furry basement."
BONES- Can't blame him. Terminals were set for a fixed range to detect anomalies.
POTATO- So what now?
RATZ- It was... pointing towards this cave...
(a large cave was in front of them, all dark inside, with no voice or echo coming out of it)
BISCUIT- Guys... I think we should retreat. This doesn't look safe.
AANG- It's not fun if it's safe.
POTATO- Hmm.
BONES- Ratz, what do you say?
RATZ- Since we have made it this far, I don't see any issue going further.
(all 5 went inside the cave, going through the darkness, an uneven path, chasing a faint light coming from the end)
(them after reaching the end)
BONES- What is that faint light?
POTATO- For some reason, it looks familiar.
BISCUIT- (gulp) I'm a little worried.
RATZ- Wait...
AANG- Huh??
(A person in a pink outfit was lying on the ground, all covered in an unknown black substance. A light emblem was shining above the person, as some sort of a flag or checkpoint.
BISCUIT- If I'm not wrong, is that a person in a SP Trainee uniform?
BONES- I don't recall any trainee going missing from Patrol Department since it's been a while since the last SP recruitment by Miller.
RATZ- Same. I don't remember recruiting any SP trainee as well. [Town Hall Management Department Leader btw]
AANG- Damn. Wait, Potato, you remember seeing any trainee from the Service Department you're in?
POTATO- Nope. No trainee was there.
AANG- That leaves the cursed Justice Department.
BISCUIT- Now I see why you all SPs mock the Justice Department.
RATZ- Everything aside, what could be his reason to come here?
POTATO- Let's just take him with us.
BONES- No. Look at the black substance around him. It could attack us.
AANG- Doesn't look like blood either.
BISCUIT- (!!!!!) Guys- Watch out- (summons a UI shield behind)
OTHERS- Huh??
(some dark hands popping out of the liminal openings, trying to each other, being blocked by the UI shield)
AANG- Dang it.
POTATO- Don't tell me it's a trap by the Liminality itself.
BONES- Bruh.
RATZ- (sets the area's gravity to 1000 by touching the ground) Dang it, gravity isn't working on these.
BONES- Makes sense since the Liminality works differently in our space-time- it's a Void Zone, not a bug-
(all 5 get pushed away, crashing into the wall)
RATZ- Ugh...
AANG- I'm unable to communicate with HQ-
POTATO- C'mon... This can't be the end...
BISCUIT- I.. told you guys...
BONES- We can't- lose...
(the liminal hands surround them, making a barrier to prevent any escapes)
RATZ- No...
BONES- Dammit...
(but before the hands could reach them to attack...)
AANG- Huh?
POTATO- What...?
??????- (wakes up, points his hand towards the hands as if pointing a pistol) Boom. (shoots a high rendered glitchy flare at the hands, blinding its vision)
BISCUIT- Whoa...
(the hands fade into dead pixels, falling back to their void zones)
RATZ- How did it...
BONES- Uh...
??????- (loses consciousness and falls)
POTATO- Uh no-
?????- (catches him in his arms)
RATZ- Whoa.
?????- (with a smile and closed eyes) Shall we return?
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