It was... a lot.

The results of the vote had seemingly concluded just in time for the sundering of the world. Aurelia looked out at the vast, broken expanse of the northern alpines, heart sinking as her gaze swept over the dozens of crackling blue fissures that had opened up in a single night. She had experienced every single dream up to this point, and for a long time, she simply chose to ignore them. She had other, more pressing matters to deal with than some vivid hallucination telling her to find special rocks.

Now it appeared to be very important indeed, and Aurelia realized the full weight of the situation at last.

Tiberii seemed happy, though. Shiloh had returned from whatever nonsense had whisked him away in the first place, and she hadn't seen her sister this happy since before he'd vanished. It was nice seeing her coming back around to her old self even if it was happening during the end of the world.

Do you remember what they're supposed to look like? she asked, rummaging with her paws in a heavy snowdrift. Aurelia was trying to look in the more obvious places, like around other, larger boulders and rocky outcroppings. The stones, I mean. The... Runes.

She felt a knot form in her throat.

What if this was the end?

What if - oh, don't be so maudlin, she chastised herself - but still, what if this would be one of the last few moments they ever got to spend together?

What if...

She shook her head stubbornly.

I could use your muscle.

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It seemed a bit ironic that as soon as Shiloh would return and the ease on Tiberii's soul would lift, that the world would flat out shatter around them.

She'd had the dream, and she saw it now, the way the lands fractured in blue tendrils all around them. It was surreal, and if she didn't know any better, she would have thought it impossible. But Mythris continued to surprise them. And now, with the recent update from their strange dream guest, it was all starting to make sense. This place ... it was far more than their home. It was a living entity itself. And it was dying.

The bull would hurry after Aurelia, watching her smaller sibling rifle through the drifts of snow.

The mission was clear. They needed to find more 'runes', those glowing blue magic rocks. And if they wanted to survive whatever calamity was at their doorstep, they needed to do it quickly. Rocks, they uh, jus' looked like rocks, she'd describe with the flair of an absolute artist. But glrowin' blue, with strange shapes on 'em? Tiberii would glance toward Aurelia, who seemed lost for a moment in her own mind.

Lia? The word echoed.

The smaller wolf shook her silver head.

"I could use your muscle."

Tiberii would nod curtly, noting the larger rock that was currently beside them. No better place to look for a small magic rock than beneath a larger, normal rock ... right? Careful, she'd grunt, pressing her shoulder against the rock and leaning into it with a mighty heave. Perhaps, with enough force, she would be able to move the frigid half-boulder over a bit and reveal whatever may lie beneath.

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Rune Discovery : 「 Failure — Parasite Present 」 

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It’al an ti late, elen nie (It’s not too late, even now.) The Dream Visitor tells you, though there is, perhaps, a note of admonition in your lackadaisical approach to the end of the world thus far.

You dig and you dig and you dig. Amidst these rocks, surely there must be one brighter than the rest. Hiding under the snow. It begs to be found!

But there are other things hiding in the dark. Your efforts combined are too much the boulder to resist. Your paws leave divots in the icy scape, but keep their footing. Anticipation grows as muscles strain and the hunk of stubborn rock slowly concedes to the force of your determination.

Cereful! (Careful!) The voice reiterates with sudden urgency, and your pulse spikes in response.

The stone gives way, rolling with a heavy fthmp into the snow, revealing —

Nothing.

Nothing visible to your eyes, at the very least. But spores lying in wait stir into the wind, and without even realizing it, you fall prey to their influence.

Parasite Event for Aurelia and Tiberii

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You have several options as a player when confronted with infection.

You may either

1. Choose to automatically fail in repelling the spores, becoming infected

2. Roll for infection (1d100 - 50 and under fails, 51 and over succeeds in repelling the parasite)

3. Choose to repel them, but suffer a crippling migraine and muscle weakness for two in-game weeks

You may roll on the forum or in discord’s bot channel and play out the progression of the consequences without further Narrator intervention.

Note symptoms do not manifest immediately, may take up to three days to begin, and can progress at different rates for different characters. The Blue Turtlehead flowers cultivated by Dawnbreak, Camhanaich, and Satriya can be used to suppress symptoms.

If you are already infected, this will speed up the progression of your illness.