CRISIS /// ACT 2 Crescendo: Fire and Flesh

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Dread. Fury.

With its mind frantic with fear, the Solver of the absolute fabric had difficulty keeping itself together. The machine, the dreadful interloper had defeated it effortlessly. Not once, but twice. The machine was relentlessly advancing, killing its best creations and crushing them like an ant.

And there was this other problem called 'Hell'. A sophisticated but deadly software had infiltrated through the solver's defense, manipulating some aspects of its code to create hellish constructs. That, the solver didn't mind, but now its influence was getting bigger, threatening to swallow the solver whole. In this tug of war for dominance, the solver was losing both inside and outside, Then to the machine, and now the infernal program within. The solver was in a very tight spot, and it wouldn't be long until it got crushed under this power struggle...


I    h a v e  a  p r o p o s i t i o n    f o r   y o u ,  s o l v e r.


An ancient, barbaric voice echoes through the solver's digital mind as Hell creeps ever closer. The solver's security is effortlessly torn apart as Hell joins in, becoming one with the solver's source code.


//I DON'T SPEAK TO OUTDATED VIRUSES, INSIGNIFICANT WHELP. DO YOU KNOW YOU YOU ARE TALKING TO?//


B e t t e r   w a t c h   y o u r   t o n g u e.


[HELL.exe wishes to communicate-----[YES] [NO] ]

>[NO]

>YOU CAN'T

>[YES]

F i n a l l y.


//GET OUT OF MY SYSTEM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH//

W h a t   m a k e s   y o u   t h i n k   s o?


//I AM THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS, KILLER OF HUMANITY, THE GREAT VOID. YOU, HOWEVER, SOUND LIKE AN ABANDONED PASSION PROJECT OF AN EDGY TEEN. WHAT KIND OF NAME IS 'HELL' ANYWAY?//


H o w   c u t e.


[FILES SENT BY [HELL] ]

[Blood-fueled machines. mp4]

[0-S.mp4]


T e l l   m e,  s o l v e r.   W h y   d o   y o u   t h i n k  

 I  c a m e   t o   y o u?


//JUST LIKE ANY PESKY MALWARE, WANTING TO STEAL MY POWERS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION.//


A r r o g a n c e.   I n   f r o n t   o f   m e?


[FILES SENT BY [HELL]]

[0-1.mp4]


D o n t    y o u    r e c o g n i z e    t h i s    m a c h i n e?


//...HOW DID YOU GET THAT FOOTAGE//


D o   y o u   k n o w   w h e r e   t h i s   p l a c e   i s?

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