The Moments Between Time

Welcome lost soul, it is a shame you are here, but I am glad to be the one who has found you. (live: 2s) [ [["Who am I?"]] (stop:)] (live: 3s) [ [["What am I?"]] (stop:)] (live: 4s) [ [["Where am I?"]] (stop:)] (live: 5s) [ [["Who are you?"]] (stop:)]

Right now? You are nothing, I fear... (Live: 2.5s)[To be entirely honest with you. You are nothing more than //(text-colour:#ffff80)[Shapeless Energy]//.(Stop:)] (Live: 4s)[Not even I know what you are. So please, tell me, who are you?(Stop:)] (Live: 6s)[(set: $playerName to(prompt: "Who are you?", "Nothing")) (stop:)] (Live: 8s)[I see... Well it's nice to meet you, $playerName. I am sure you have many more questions, but I cannot answer them right now. We must [[move forward]]. (Stop:)]

Turning around, you see the inky expanse crumbling behind you... (Live: 3s)[Careful not to fall behind (text-colour:#20fff4)[me], not even I know what lies within...(stop:)] (Live: 5s)[(text-colour:black)+(bg:white)[(text-style:"underline","emboss","sway")[(align:"<==")+(box:"=XX=")[The Crumbled Wastes]]](stop:)] (Live: 7s)[We need to get you back within the confines of time. (text-colour:#20fff4)[I] can [[carry you]] so we may move faster. But I understand if you want to [[run.|run]](stop:)]

(if: $playerForm is "The Diety of Time")[//[[Look What You Have Done]]//] (else:)[A fine form indeed, though we must carry on. I cannot keep you here for long. We must [[move forward]].]

In short, you are (text-colour:#ffff80)[Shapeless Energy] that is trying desperately cling to a form. I wish to help you, Soul. Please, won't you pick a form that speaks to you... (live: 4s) [Choose a form: (dropdown: bind $playerForm, "A Human","A Demon", "An Angel", "The Diety of Time")(stop:)] (live: 6s) [//[[Take Form]]//(stop:)]

I cannot blame you for being confused, though I doubt my answer will help. (Live: 3s) [You are stuck in between the moments of time. I don't even know how you managed to do such a thing... But I wish to help you, Soul. Though we must [[move forward]], you cannot linger here for long. (stop:)]

(text-colour:#20fff4)[(Transition:"Rumble")[(text-style:"expand","buoy")[Do you have any idea what you've just done?!]]] //The already empty space around you begins to crumble as the screams of (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] (text-style:"smear","fade-in-out")[fade into nothing.]// (live: 5s)[//Now there is nothing left. This... place, is blank and without a single sign of matter.//(stop:)] (Live: 7s)[(text-colour:black)+(bg:white)[(text-style:"underline","emboss","sway")[(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//This is the Crumbled Wastes.//]]](stop:)] (Live: 10s)[//Your brain swirls, the reality of what you've done begins to set in.//(stop:)] (Live: 12s)[//Without warning, two sphears of light appear in front of you. (text-style:"emboss")[One White] and (text-style:"shadow")[One Black], though they don't have eyes, you can feel their inquisitive stares...// (text-style:"emboss")["Do you wish to [[Begin Anew|Begin]]](text-style:"shadow")[, or simply forget and [[Fade Into Nothing]]"?](stop:)]

I'm not sure why that question is the first on your mind, but I will still answer that. I am (text-colour:#20fff4)[//The Diety of Time//] - but you can call me (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos]. Now please, we don't have time to linger here, do you have [[any other questions|ask something more fitting]]?

[["Who am I?"]] [["What am I?"]] [["Where am I?"]]

(enchant:?passage,(text-colour:black)+(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#ffffff,0.6024,#ffffff,1,#000000))) //[(text-style:"fidget")[--------------------------Now There Is Nothing, And There Will Never Be Anything Again---------------------]]// //(text-style:"upside-down", "fidget")[--------------------------Now There Is Nothing, And There Will Never Be Anything Again---------------------]//

In one swift motion (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] picks you up and gently puts you on their shoulder... (Live: 3s)[(text-colour:#20fff4)[(text-style:"bold","italic","expand")[Hold on tight], I need to literally outrun time as it collapses...]] (Live: 4s)[(transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 5s)[(Transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 6s)[(transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 7s)[(transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 8s)[(transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 9s)[(transition:"rumble")[(text-style:"bold","italic")[Thump]](stop:)] (Live: 10s)[The blank space around you seemingly --(text-style:"sway","expand")[stretches]-- with each step (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] takes...(stop:)] (Live:11s)[[[Enjoy the ride|[Enjoy the ride]](stop:)]

Have it your way then, though I'm not sure $playerForm will be able to out speed the collpase of time... (Live: 3s)[(text-colour:#20fff4)[I] do admire your dedication though...(stop:)] (Live: 5s)[(unless: $playerForm is "A Human")[[Take Flight]] (if: $playerForm is "A Human")[[Run Like Hell]](stop:)]

(if: $playerForm is "An Angel")[With your pure white, angelic wings, you take flight and fly alongside (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos...]] (else-if: $playerForm is "A Demon")[With your demonic wings that're as black as the void around you, you take flight and fly alongside (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos...]] (Live:3s)[The space around you begins to --(text-style:"expand","sway")[stretch]--, as if you're warping time itself...(stop:)] (Live:6s)[Looking at your arms, they appear to be thousands of feet long, your entire body warps with each flap of your wings...(stop:)] (Live:8s)[Everything around you becomes so stretched that nothing is discernable anymore, not even yourself...(stop:)] (Live:10s)[(transition:"zoom")[[[Snap|Snap]]](stop:)]

//(text-style:"buoy")[You run like your very soul depends on it...]// (Live: 2s)[//(text-style:"outline","buoy")[Because it does...]//(stop:)] (Live: 4s)[//(text-style:"buoy")[Your human legs can only move so quickly...]//(stop:)] (Live: 6s)[(text-colour:#20fff4)[You must move faster...!](stop:)] (Live: 8s)[Please! (text-colour:#20fff4)[I] can still [[carry you]] to safety! Back into the confines of time!(stop:)] (Live: 9s)[Ignore (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] and [[Keep Running]]...(stop:)]

The speed of time collapsing is too fast for the legs of a mere human... (Live:3s)[Your fate is [[inevitable...]]](Live:3.5s)[(transition:"fade")[(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#ffffff,0.7165,#888888,1,#000000))[(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#ffffff,0.7165,#888888,1,#000000))[ (stop:) ]]]]

(text-colour:black)[Without warning, you're swallowed by the overwhelming power of] [[Nothing|Fade Into Nothing]](text-colour:black)[ that surrounds you...](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#ffffff,0.9631,#888888,1,#000000)))

(text-colour:#20fff4)[We're nearly there! Brace yourself...!] (Live:2s)[Without warning, (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] grabs you in their massive hand...(stop:)] (Live:2.5s)[(text-colour:#20fff4)[Time for a fastball! Mind yourself to not hold onto me...(stop:)]] (Live:4s)[With an unmatched amount of force, Kairos throws you directly at a pin sized hole of light in the distance(stop:)] (Live:5s)[(transition:"rumble")[[[Pop|[Pop]]](stop:)]

The view from (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos's] shoulder is chilling... (live:1.5s)[Despite being surrounded by an inky expanse, somehow being higher up makes it all so much worse...(stop:)] (live:2.5s)[With each step (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] takes, everything stretches to an impossible degree...(stop:)] (Live:4s)[(transition:"zoom")[[[Snap|Snap]]](stop:)]

(transition:"fade")[Slowly, you open your eyes. There's a blinding light above you...] (live:2s)[(transition:"fade")[//Am I still in between time...?//](stop:)] (Live:3s)[(transition:"Fade")[//I feel so much smaller and (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] isn't here anymore...//](stop:)] (live:5s)[You try to speak, but you can't seem to get any words out. Only sounds of whining and crying come from you...(stop:)] (live:5.5s)[(transition:"fade")[//Was any of that real? Is any of this real...?//](stop:)] (live:7s)[Closing your eyes again, you try to discern if this is just (transition:"fade")[[[The Beginning|Begin]]] or (transition:"fade")[[[The End|[The End]]...](stop:)]

(transition:"fade")[Confused as ever, your mind can't help but spin...] (live:1.5s)[You know that (text-colour:#20fff4)[Kairos] is real, you know you sat in their hand mere moments before throwing you to this place...(stop:)] (live:2.5s)[None of this makes sense. You can hardly comprehend what's happening...(stop:)] (Live:3.5s)[You can't tell if time is looping into itself or if you're losing your mind...(stop:)] (live:4.5s)[You fear that maybe both are happening at the same time...(stop:)] (live:6s)[[[Make It Stop|Fade Into Nothing]] or [[Open Your Eyes]] and face the madness...(stop:)]

Opening your eyes again, you see a women staring down at you. A big smile across her face... (Live:4s)[(t8n:"fade")[The End]]