Irregularities in the density of the Ethereal Motes cause a gravitational force that pulls the Ethereal motes in the direct surroundings closer together.
The innermost Motes begin to bind each other, building a Spell Matrix that soon overloads, as more and more E.M. are gathered around it.
The force grows too big, and the construct once again remodels itself, to fit as many of the Motes into as little space as possible. This continues for a while, before the Magic grows so dense, that it is Ejected from the Ethereal realm, as always happens when a Matrix stays too long.
But this time it is different, because before it was Ejected, it finished forming, and it is still connected to its realm of birth.
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In one of Na'gah s Grottos, a sudden flash of light surprises a nearby Scitter, a small, chitin covered creature.
A Glowing rock seems to have appeared out of nothing, and it wanted to touch it.
The creature Approaches the Cristal, Breathing the Highly Acidic air. While the Neon Lilac light of the sky shines into the Room. When the Scitter finally touches the Thing, it is engulfed in the Crystal's light. At this moment, All desire to eat and reproduce is Stripped of the little ones mind, and something deep within is sucked out. Before it could even wonder what is happening, It lost something more important than it ever could have thought to possess. The Crystal, starving for the feast of E.M. it had on the other side, sucked out and destroyed the Scitters Soul, the Intricate Matrix that allows every creature to have Dreams, access to magic, and Instincts.
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The Cristal breaks down the Matrix, using it to strengthen it's own surface. It strips the Soul of all of the E.M. Inside, and almost instantaneously lashes out, through all of the Grotto it sends E.M., Filled with the Intent to Devour.
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And so, the cavern changes. The once Open Entrance resembles a waiting maw, The Sulfurdioxide That makes up large parts of the Air is split, and while the Sulfur is used to colour the walls into a sickening Yellow, some of the Oxygen Is freed and immediately rises to the top of the Cavern. The sudden Increase in Sulfur results in it being pushed outside by the Cores Magic, while It keeps the Oxygen inside.
A few seconds after this, Animals begin to crawl in, many more of The 80 legged, Segmented Bodies of red coloured Scitters enter, surprised by the easily breathable air, only to die seconds Later as the compressed oxygen Inside their bodies Inflames and burns them, resulting in the Immediate loss of all the freshly won Oxygen.
As the Core sends out another wave of E.M, this time with the Intention to gather, It sucks in the souls and breaks them apart, all with almost the same Matrix, All except one. In one of them there is something that the Core likes. It was a young one like it's brothers an sisters, but this part of the Soul it includes in its own Matrix before breaking them all down.
At this moment, it feels sleepy, as if a major event is about to happen that requires it to put the use of its Matrix to a minimum. And at that moment it Realizes what the small one had that it, and all the other Scatters lack.
Independent thought.
> Thank you for reading the Introduction chapter of Maelstrom. I am Ksyron, and I will Post the following chapters when ever I have one ready.
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> The Biology of Na'gah 01- Scitter:
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> A scitter is a omnivore mainly feeding on things others have left behind. They have eleven flat, crab like body segments, that each Possess eight legs that allow only forward movement. Their enormeous exosceleton allows them to filter the Oxigen from the Highly acidic sulfurdioxide that makes up 78.3% of the Atmosphere. Only the low gravity of 3.91m/s2 (40% of earth) and the low air pressure allow them to carry this heavy shell. It is deemed almost impossible to kill them, as most of the Highly advanced Iron weapons the locals deploy aren't able to pierce through the shell, Fire and heat do seem to kill them rather quickly, leading many Locals to believe them as a Kind of tree or other plant, which is supported by the lack of Trees since the fall of the great Rock.
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