“Bite me, I dare you.  Turn around.  I have dignity unlike you three.” Alter hissed at them.  Agni snickered again and waltz over to the gods and turned around.  “Go ahead, I’ve got them under my Veil.” He responded. 

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It’s black.  It all went black, then shifted to white, then shifted to a bloodstained cube.  You saw Agni fall down then stand back up, then act like nothing happened, you see the same process repeat itself over and over again, like some sort of machine. 

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Agni is sitting down, at a rather ornate table with….Crimson?  But….Crimson is wearing a mask.  What the hell is happening anymore…?  You can’t tell depth, height or anything.  You try to make anything out but it’s just a vast expanse of white. 


“Come on, sit down you two.” Crimson beckons.

"Welcome to the Advent Pillar.  It's a Obelisk.  Safeguard really.  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you two really fucked up." Crimson said.  Oddly enough, his voice and tone sounded perfect.  Like he wasn't sick at all.  "Oh, um, right.  You probably have a lot of questions huh.  Well for one, I'll say this, I'm not Crimson.  This is just a mask.  Well ok, it's technically Crimson's mask that I use on his behalf.  Name, you already know.  I'm Alter, specifically Alter Ego, I stand in place for the Kyng in Red himself." 

Agni passes a cup of some sort of dakr green liquid.  Likely a special tea, to Caligo and Aestus, and another cup for Alter who takes it and drinks from it.  "Oh, mint and lavender, nice.  A bit dark today though.  I assume you added the medicine to it?  Yes?  Ok, thanks at least." Alter said to him, Agni just gave a soft nod. 

"He's not lying.  You really did screw a few things up just now.  You're in the Advent Pillar.  In the courtyard of the Garcarnian capital, it's name is rough to translate, but it's called Iziet.  Praxis is here too, as well as Kani.  We're just keeping you here until we can clear a few things up.  Other than that, questions are all yours now."

"We'll, it's more like what was done to you really." Alter responded first, taking off Deceiver and setting it down on his cup.  He looks like like a splitting image of Crimson, aside from the lack of the Limiter and striking pair of eyes, in which his are a neutral grey.  "We're not too sure how or when it happened, but...well I mean, I can show you or *THEY* could.  Up to you." he said, almost...cheerfully.  Even Agni looked a bit excited.   

Agni chimed in before Alter could, telling the gods; "One thing at a time if you would please, my dear friends.  Settle on one, and we'll get to the other.  Which shall it be?  An explanation of what you did, or an answer to what Alter is.  You can't have either at the same time.  After all..." Agni paused, raising a finger, pausing for a moment as if listening for his voice to be called before continuing.  "...there must be Order in the world." he finished, following a deep rumble from somewhere within the Pillar and a deep cerulean mote of energy rising from Agni's cup of tea. 

Alter grabbed the mask from the table, putting it back on, his features almost immediately changing to which matches Crimson to a T.  With a small guttural groan as he stayed silent and waited for the gods to answer.  Or at least one of them to.  None of which mattered much at the current time.  

"I had a feeling you would say that.  A well and wise idea too.  Looks like someone owes me some money now!" Alter said, nearly jumping to his feet and slamming his hand down onto the ornate table, seemingly trying to break it.  He pointed a finger at Aestus.  "Alright, stand over here next to me.  Trust me, this is gonna be fun for me.  Not sure for you.  But for me, oh yeah." He said and walked a few steps away from everyone (jeez, imagine your perception.  Hard to tell depth) and places himself on the ground, crossing his legs. "right here you golden idiot!" he said, oddly cheerfully through the mask.  It was rather unnerving to see and know that Crimson's face was on another mans body.  Even I shutter to think of it.  

Agni sighed and scooted his chair back and walked over to Caligo.  "Take the empty seat please and sit at the table.  Unlike Alter, someone needs to have respect." he said, a bit loudly so that Alter would hear, which he probably didn't.  Upon taking a coser look at the table, not only did it seem to be a perfect circle, but it's wooden face was a multitude of carvings of animals and plants native to neither Arithnia or Garcarnia, at least, they didn't seem to be.  Even down to the feet they reached down to.  The only exception were the 6 chairs arranged in a circle that were made of a white and black marble.  One of the only things aside from the table and the two men that showed any idea of how far anything was. 

"Alright, here's how this is going to go down.  At least, that's how I think it will.  You're gonna feel one hell of a jolt and probably like your body is trying to separate from your skeleton.  Maybe.  Not sure.  Can't tell ya.  Or you just might go blind again.  Never called on this guy before, so I have no idea what's gonna happen anymore.  Might be happy, might be realistically pissed off, either way, this is gonna be fun to watch.  Have fun meetin' him." Alter patted the god on the back and smiled cheerfully, and grabbed the necklace around the gods neck and crushing it, sending strands of golden energy into every direction before pooling into a large sphere onto one of the tea table chairs.

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"If it would please you better, we can stay here.  Not like there's much to worry about.  Actually, perhaps that's a better idea.  Just stay there.  I've no real idea what's going to happen next.  I've only done this once before, so...it's really anyone's guess.  However, I can say that this will burn a bit.  Nothing intense, but it will be mildly uncomfortable," Agni assured the god.  "and there will be some bright lights too.  So, um, please be aware of that." The man in blue said.  Taking a few steps back and touching the ground, picking up a basic rapier and swinging it a few time.  "This is going to be painless for the most part.  Might burn, but you'll be safe." he said and rushed forward at Caligo, blade in hand, making contact with his chest, the blade never pierced it.  Instead it pushed off what seemed to be a odd support-like structure closely like bones off Caligo, which exploded into a mass of white energy and light and spiraled around before attaching itself to Caligo and releasing itself off and dipping into the floor, soon traveling to the empty chair at the table in a large, mote-like orb. 

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Clashing lights of gold, white and blue burned through the room, creating a canopy of roars and cries.  Once all had died down, two translucent blue wings were covering the two gods, as eyes that sparkled brighter than a sapphire kept close eye on the two.  "The pain will last, I am doing my best to mitigate it.  So do bear with me." the Titan said.  Eventually unfurling it's wings two men sat at the table, one, dressed in gold, kept his legs on the table, smoking a cigarette, while the other sat properly, a thin white tail spread across their lap as were reading a book.  "Caligo, meet Advent, the man in white, and Aestus, the one in gold is Leonidas, whom I've no doubt you've met a bit of.  They are the Relics personified for you  Your brace and necklace respectively.  Acting as your Veil's of which you have little perception of, they have kept you safe from what your eyes cannot see with them around." the Titan explained, its deep and guttural voice commanding.  "As for me, I've no doubt you are aware of who I am.  My name is Agni, or Azrue as I can sometimes called.  However, I am also the Titan of Order, Agnithara.  In service of Kyng Praxis." 

"If it pleases you to see it that way, then yes.  I am akin to Arithnia's 'god'.  And to answer your other question.  If you think it's like that, then yes, it would be easy to understand that you were wearing people in some way or another," the Titan uttered softly, almost as if he didn't want the other men overhearing.  However, at least one of them did.  Advent, who rose from his seat and gently set the draconian tail on the ground and briskly walked over.  His rather dull emerald eyes peaking over the half-frame glasses gazed almost longingly at the gods.  He just stood there, as if he was sorry to even be called.  Though he showed no idea of such in emotions.  Once he felt satified, he walked back to the chair and sat down.