It was a late night. The Omni and it's forces seemed to be backed into a corner, with the Waking Heroes in relatively high spirits. Xahri, who went into her room early, to sink in her depression, heard some noise coming from the crack of her door. "We still have some time... but we don't have forever, lets get some rest and get back to it." Said a brown haired girl, named Avi. The others agreed and went to bed, with them all going to their own sleeping quarters. Jak went to his private bedroom, Rei went to sleep on the couch, Kina climbed up to her loft and relaxed on the top bunk bed, while Avi went into her bedroom.
Xahri opened her door a little later to find everybody had already dozed off to sleep. With not much left to do, she decided to go to bed, as she was stressed. "I'm forgotten so easily... I feel like an outcast to the group sometimes... But I can't leave them now, we're winning, after all..." Xahri got into her unmade bed, and dozed off to sleep, making sure to have all the lights off, and that her hairpin was on snugly. "Mmm..." Xahri woke up in a completely different place than where she went to sleep.
A pitch black void with blood red swirls all around her. She seemed to be floating. "H-hello...? Ugh... my head hurts so bad... where am I? This is definitely not a dream." ... The silence that came after echoed throughout the pitch black expanse. It then was ricocheted back at her as a loud screeching could be heard in her head. Xahri flinched, half asleep, trying to keep herself awake. "I have waited for your arrival, Nulei." A harrowing figure manifested before Xahri. The black expanse around her merged with the red swirls and merged into an apparition of The Omni.
"Y-you... what do you w-want with me..." Xahri was frightened. She was having way worse than a nightmare. "I have made a temporary connection with you... to offer you a deal of sorts. I have given your "friends" the illusion of an upper hand in the fight. I am preparing to surprise them with something so unfathomably unspeakable, that they will perish in a near instant, along with the all realms, and you. All beings will cease to exist. You can either come to grips with that, or... listen on..."
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Xahri stayed silent. "Silent type, are we? I never got to meet you personally, it's nice seeing you alone. Now. My offer. I have a way to give your friends a true advantage. Tap into your power at the "Phantasmal Peaks" and offer up your spirit there. I will be there to accept it. Your Spiritual form will leave your body, ensuring that you will cease to exist after you inevitably die. This may sound bad for you, and it is, but there is more. If you proceed with this plan, you will be the only being to exist without a soul... that will allow you to enter an Ethereal Realm, where I am hiding yet another secret.
I call it the "Fractal Dusk" I created it long ago to ensure the destruction of all existence in case I were somehow defeated. It has been steadily powering me... and even If I fall, the spawn can still wipe out all of existence, leaving it in ruin, instead of a complete erasure. You. Without that worthless soul of yours, you can enter the Ethereal Realm, and destroy the Fractal Dusk, greatly weakening me, and removing my ace in the hole. It's either everyone else ceasing to exist in a matter of days, or you ceasing to exist, at the end of your normal lifetime. Make your choice, Nulei." "Ngh... I... understand... doesn't seem like I have a c-choice... I a-accept, just tell me where to find these "Phantasmal Peaks" and I will do as you ask. The only chance we have at saving everything will come down to me, and I'm willing to pay the price." Xahri responded with confidence and fear.
"Great choice, do not worry, I am not hiding anything, I promise, I only offer fair deals. For the path to the peaks, simply open your mind, figure out what it means to "not be" and the way will open for you. Good luck." Before Xahri could reply, she was flung backwards by The Omni. It dissapeared into the environment as Xahri dozed off to sleep