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A WANT▼
A WANT
[Library of Ruina - Story Simgak (Calm 1) Theme]

With the constant expansion of ZooCorp's machine the influence of the Notail Union had weakened over time, fractures forming as resources were spread too thin and too far. With so much space to cover the scattered swarms would go about their own goals and agendas, some rising to the challenge to put an end to the machine where they could, and others focusing on their own survival. Amidst the notails that remained were those who stood loyal to the union, and those that would cling on to it in a feverish attempt to live on.

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One such notail had slowly moved from the former to the latter, coasting with the union as best he could as the universe became warped into a grotesque imitation of itself.
N-414
2024-12-29 09:36:54
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Last edit: 2025-07-22 02:58:17
When he had the time he would attempt to retain a level of normalcy, upholding habits from before the universe went insane and invited an insidious evil into its home. And so the notail approaches to speak, approaching a stranger with no reservations.
N-414
2024-12-29 09:37:02
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-07-22 03:00:09
"Isn't it all terrible? World after world infected by the machine, like a jaw lined with rotting teeth, and yet you continue to gorge upon your processed sugars simply because it is easier, because it feels good."
2024-12-29 09:37:23
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You begin to speak, and the notail turns to you with a look of visible annoyance.

N-414
2024-12-29 09:37:34
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-07-22 02:59:06
"I was not finished."
N-414
"For you see, I had a realization."
N-414
"Everything is sick. Everything is rotting."
N-414
"When Life itself is one of our greatest enemies, is it any surprise that every living thing is rotten to its core? A fault of its own, which all culminates into one giant complication."
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The notail bows his head, reaching behind the peculiar mask to pull away at the leather straps holding it in place.
N-414
2024-12-29 09:38:10
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-07-22 03:02:00
"I have been rotten since my youth. Amidst my earliest memories was a prayer to that terrible beast, demanding the deaths of all my peers. The outburst of a petulant child."
N-414
2024-12-29 09:38:27
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-07-22 03:02:25
"An entire village slaughtered by a monster, and I one of very few survivors. Surely, surely it had to be the Neo?"
N-414
"What else could have wrought such destruction? What other god could be so petty and vile to answer the prayers of a child, praying for the destruction of his own village?"
N-414
2024-12-29 09:38:45
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Last edit: 2024-12-29 09:43:12
His mandibles slowly retract back into his mouth, fresh blood pooling out the corners of his lips.
"But you see my mask, don't you? It is untouched."
N-414
2024-12-29 09:39:13
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Posted by ID #107
Last edit: 2025-07-22 03:03:05
"I have no blessing, no penance! I spent years convincing myself my rotting, bleeding gums were a divine punishment. That I was tasting the blood- drowning upon the blood of all those I senselessly killed."
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2024-12-29 09:39:31
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He puts his face back on.
"But it was just bad genetics. I was faulty from the very beginning, in body and in mind. Perhaps had more of my village reached adulthood the fault in our genetic line would've been more apparent."
N-414
"I was given a gift. I could have done more with it."
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2024-12-29 09:39:54
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"But 'a notail loves his union!'" The inflection is awkward, but his tone conveys sarcasm better than most notails could.
N-414
"Perhaps if I was different, if I wasn't just as rotten as everyone else I might've actually done something. Used this 'blessing' to enact change, purge stagnancy, and maybe things would not have gotten to this point."
N-414
"But when you are sick, sometimes you just learn to live with it. Sometimes it is simply better to swallow the pain than to face the cost of fixing what's wrong."
N-414
"And that is why we are where we are. The Union, the universe, everything."
N-414
"So I shall do my part in flushing this rot from your planet. Whether I succeed in life or death, or simply just die, a rot shall be eliminated."
N-414
"Thank you. 8}"
N-414 promptly leaves, heading back to the encampment to prepare for what was to come.
And so you're left alone.
No one is typing.
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