The Rite:

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After some time passes (at least that's how it felt) both of them still look at the complex. Without a warning the sky starts moving and hundreds of glowing forms in all kinds of colours and shapes shoot and fly through the sky leaving colourful traces behind.
They both looked around them stunned by the beauty they witness around them.
A shiver runs down both of their spines. They feel like hundreds if not thousands of eyes are watching them. River looks at all of the forms in the sky, "Are those.. people?" Ira looks impressed, "Sort of. Those are Architects," Ira turns to River, "just like you're on." River's eyes widen but before they could reply both noticed that two of the three moons started moving, too. River looks up, "Architects? But.. wait.. what? What is happening right now?" Ira answers with a calm but exited voice, "It's something like a rite or better said a small celebration. It's a rare sight. But I don't know much more about it." River nods before both of them turn back to the beautiful show in the sky. The colourful shapes continue flying through the sky forming pictures of all kinds of known buildings and structures on the planet. After some time a star formed shape that glows brightly comes down before them. Hundreds of small traces form a moving picture. This picture shows The Chariot in all of its glory. The star forms into a humanoid being, a tall, more masculine person with shoulder long black hair, brown/green eyes and a circus mask on his shoulder. The being holds their arm out to the picture, "This is The Chariot , this world's biggest and greatest railway system. And I'm its architect, Kaiser." He slightly bows, "I'm honoured to be here." River eyes widen by the sight of Kaiser. They want to say so much things to him, but before they get the chance he looked up and smiled, "It seems like the others want to meet you, too." River and Ira look up, too. Only seconds later two Krystal formed shapes come down and another picture appears. This time the picture shows a huge castle that covers three entire mountains. River doesn't recognises the structure at first. The two Krystal shapes come down completely, one left and one right of the picture. The Krystal's forms into humanoid beings, too. The one with a more feminine body, long blond hair with brown highlights, light blue eyes, and a more royal dress. The other a more masculine body, short brown hair with black highlights, silver eyes, and a more royal suit. Both say in unity, "We're the architects Queen and King," King continues, "It's an honour to meet you River." Both of them point to the picture of the castle. Queen speaks with a proud voice , "This is our masterpiece," King ends the sentence, "The Royal Academy-a." River is speechless. They stand in front of three of the renowned architects. But there wasn't much time till another shape came down from the sky. This time it's a blue-glowing hexagon. Another picture appears again. It clearly shows an huge warship, bigger than some countries with hundreds of big cannons all over it, and a big lettering on its side: Rapture. The hexagon transforms into a person, too. This person is tall, has both masculine and feminine characteristics with long and short blonde hair, sharp teeth and red eyes. The person points to the picture and with a deep and high voice explains, "This is Rapture, our masterpiece, this planet's greatest weapon and we are its architects the Emperor. "River's eyes widen as much as the are possible. They look shocked, "You're... all of you are renown architects!! This is incredibly but also impossible.. nobody ever claimed to have seen one of you.. and from a historical point of view all of you should be centuries apart. How?" Ira looks at the confused River, "We all know you have even more questions now, and I'm pretty sure all of them especially Kaiser would love to answer all of them." Kaiser takes over, "But there are still two more that would like to meet you, River." River looks confused, but before they can say anything they noticed how the small crimson red moon transforms into multiple polygons that stack on each other. While it comes down another picture appears. This time it shows the metropolis Balance and another pictures fades in but only to the half and it's not possible to see what's on it. The polygons land between the two pictures and also turns into a person. A small feminine person with long black hair, light blue eyes, a constant smile and a rather modern suit appears. She looks at everybody and then smiles to River, "I'm the first leader of the Architects and the very architect of the metropolis Balance. My name is Monarch. It's a pleasure to be here." River looks like she's about to collapse. Ira puts two of there arms on them to hold them in an emergency. River gives a thankful nod to Ira before turning back to the architects in front of them, "The.. the Monarch. I.. I can't believe all of this. First all of these renown architects and now the very architect who constructed the town I lived in.. the very architect I learned so much about.." All of the architects look to Monarch. She slightly stutters, "Stop, you'll make me blush. Still thanks for the praises, but I'm not more than any other architect. We actually don't go after titles even though we have them. We're one big team. Only each masterpiece is a solo project, but that's something for later." Kaiser enters in again, "Yes, there is still another one." Before anyone can say anything the biggest moon transforms into twenty pointed star. Another picture appears it shows an entire landscape that is flying in the sky and the other half of the picture that appeared by Monarch appears, too, it shows an entire city underwater. The twenty pointed star transforms as did all other forms into a person, too. This person stands tall with a more feminine body shape, white short hair, green and red eyes, glasses and a robe that is clearly inspired from the old Roman Empire. The person smiles at everyone and reaches out with their arms, "The name is Caesar. I'm the second leader of the architects." As they continue to smile, they point to the picture of the flying landscape, "This is my masterpiece, Utopia." Caesar and Monarch smile at each other and point together to the picture of the underwater city. Monarch speaks up, "And this is our cooperation project Atlantis." River's head hurts after hearing that. "Don't worry it's normal that you can't stand it. If a masterpiece is in use of a deity many can't stand to hear the name of the structure," Kaiser explains in a calm voice. Ira nods to that. Caesar looks at River and walks to them. Caesar points to the complex, "And this is your masterpiece. The masterpiece of the architect River, the Complex."

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