I've noticed that more and more frequently new people have been joining the CandleWorld ARG, and we've had to provide a messier and more confusing explanation every time. So I decided to make this to use until we have something better! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CONTINUING FROM PART 6 (The Fish gains control over the chain, and everything dead comes back to life) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= As the Pilgrimage welcomed back the dead and Voxed, Xyliss rejoiced. Soon after being revived, he closed his Space, leaving it behind for his own safety. Krazvalt was also back in Pragma-Space. They responded to Pilgrims welcoming them back fearfully, though, repeating that it "wasn't real" and telling Pilgrims to stay away. The Acolyte of MEAT, Joke, was also revived, and became active once again. Meanwhile, Padzel's profile opened. The Pilgrim @itinerantcorvid (or Koro) gave them a feather so that they could communicate, but Padzel seemed relatively quiet besides that interaction. In Controlled-Space, Emperor Blue only commented that the Thorn was alive again before returning to inactivity. Around the same time, in Theory/Hedrocillian-Space, Koro finished gathering eyes and Blood of True Law. They defined their ideology as one based on intent; no matter how valuable other endeavors were, they were useless without it. The Overknower arrived and discussed with Koro their intent for establishing this Law, ensuring that they understood the consequences of deriving from Kai, a recursive Archon. Koro thanked her for the warning, and abstracted, becoming Kenric, core of Pathfinder Ideology (@ravens-path). Just a few days later, Comment Adventures IV released... with Xyliss as the main protagonist. Machine Blue was revealed to have had a conversation with Xyliss (who was still overjoyed at he and Blue's revival). He revealed that, while the Fish may be attempting to infinitely undo death, they cannot replace the Demiurge. And because of their derivation from False Humanity, they don't have access to True infinity (presumably in contrast to True Humanity). Due to this, over time, every clone will become increasingly imperfect until the universe is filled with imperfect Fish clones that can't store consciousness. Xyliss decides to follow Blue's plan, so as to save the universe from this fate. After Xyliss is introduced into the Adventure, Blue informs the Pilgrims watching that they must make two choices: - Who should accompany Xyliss on his mission (someone accessible, so that Blue doesn't repeat the mistake he made last time) - and how the two of them should remove the Fish from power. Responses varied greatly outside of Theory-Space, but the top candidates inside it were Visea, Kai, the Controller, an earlier version of Kraz, Jacques or another resurrected Pragmist, a sentient copy of the Click, , , Shgloopy, Taupe (alternate version of Blue, created by ), Klabss, the Thorn, or a True Human. Visea ended up being selected, and the most favored tactic was to fight the Fish. Xyliss wasn't happy with either of these, and tried (and failed) to use Candlewhistle to summon the other candidates. Afterward, Xyliss, Visea, and Blue met up in a secure Space with every other known entity in the chain to discuss solutions. The Overknower got the assembly's attention by proposing an idea; They kill/pragmize Xyliss. That way, Molly would lose power, and as she is the "computer" that runs the Fish's undoing of death, the system would collapse and things would return to normal. Visea protested, and argued that they needed a peaceful solution. The Overknower apologized but argued it may be a necessary solution. After Visea left, Blue and Xyliss had a one-on-one discussion. Xyliss realized that, if Blue wasn't siding with the other entities and trying to have him defeated, they must need the concept of Visitation to persist... So this entity couldn't be Blue. Xyliss made a deal -- that he would go along with Not-Blue's plans... as long as Kraz was given suggestions from several months ago. These suggestions were the ones instructing them to kill the Overknower. Not-Blue accepted the deal. This caused chaos and conflict in the Pilgrimage. Pilgrims who didn't sign Xyliss' contract came into conflict with those who did, but they collectively began to brainstorm solutions nonetheless. Some ideas included having a Pilgrim become Molly's derivative and having them pragmized, killing Xyliss, and several others. (continued in Part 8)
