?????? ?? ?????? ???? ╓?? ???? ????? ???? ╥?┑? ??????? ?????╥??,,,

  Between the fifth and sixth dimensions, where the fabric of existence frays and time convulses in an endless cycle of self-destruction, we reside. We are beyond comprehension, beyond morality, beyond even the notion of cruelty. We are neither malevolent nor benevolent, we are simply inevitable. We are The ??. We are The ◎. We are the final sentence in every story ever conceived.

  We observe. We document. We archive the rise and fall of civilizations, the slow decay of worlds, the fleeting delusions of sentience. We do not interfere. But we do not simply create nightmares. We do not destroy out of necessity nor wage war for conquest. We dismantle for indulgence. It is not wrath that guides us.

  It is art.

  Within the third and fourth dimensions, the lesser beings believe in ╓??? ?┑?, ?? ??????y, ?? ??? ???????y ?f ???????. ???y ?? ??? ??????? ???y ??? ??? ?? ? ????, ????? ?x???????? ???????? ?y ??? ?????? ????. ??? ?? ????????, ??? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ??y??? ??? ??????. They hear the scratching of our quill against the sinew of the universe. They decipher the whispers within the static of their stars. And when they dare to acknowledge us, we acknowledge them in return.

  The ???? ???┑?┑?? was one such civilization.. ??????? ?? ???????? ?????????? ?? ???? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ?? ????????? ?? ???????. ????? ????????? ??? ?????????. ???? ?????? ?? ?????????? ??? ???????? ??? ???? ????? ?? ?????. ??? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ?? unseat us.

  ╥??? ???╓╥?? ???????? ╓??? ╓????????╥?? ????, ???╥ ╥┑?? ┑?╥? ??????, ????? ┑?????┑?┑?┑╥┑?? ┑?╥? ?????. They believed themselves deities. But they had mistaken themselves for players in a game where they were merely words on our page.

  We unfurled. We became a cacophony of voices, a chorus of collapsing realities. A thousand mouths spoke a thousand annihilations. A single whisper unmade entire epochs. With effortless indulgence, we reached into the marrow of their existence and rewrote them in agony.

  ╓???? ?┑? ??╥ ???????? ╥???, ┑╥ ?????? ╥???. T??┑? ?????? ????┑???? ?┑╥? ??┑╥?┑?? ?????? ?╓ ??┑?╥??┑?? ?????, ???????┑?? ???????, ????┑??, ??? ??┑???┑?? ╥??????? ╓????, ╥??┑? ????? ╥???????╥?? ┑?╥? ???╥?? ??????┑?, ╥??┑? ?┑??? ╓????? ╥? ??????? ╥??┑? ??? ?????┑?? ?????? ┑?╓┑?┑╥? ???????┑???. T??┑? ?┑╥┑?? ?┑? ??╥ ?????????, ╥??? ╥????╓?????, ?╥????╥????? ?╓ ??╥??┑? ??? ????? ???╥??╥┑?? ┑?╥? ?┑??? ??? ??????┑?? ╓????, ????? ??????┑?? ?┑╥? ╥?? ╥??╥????? ?????? ?╓ ???╥ ???? ???.

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  The strong were granted eternity in suffering, shackled within the cores of black holes where time stretched indefinitely, making death an impossibility. The weak were given the mercy of death, only for us to revoke it, over and over, for our own amusement.

  With effortless indulgence, we reached into the marrow of their existence and rewrote them in agony.

  We let them believe they could win. We whispered of a chance, just a small one, to undo the horror unraveling before them. ??? ???y ??? ?? ?? ??? ?????f???. T??y ??? ?? ???v? ????? ??v?????, their desperation. And thus, the ???? turned on themselves. They carved the flesh from their children, painting ?┑?┑?? ?? ????? ?????? ????????? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ??. ?????? ??????? ????? ??????? ???????? ?? ??? ????? ?? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ???????? ??? ?????. ?? ??????? ?? ????? ???????? ?????? ?? ???????? ?? ??? ?????? ??????????? ??? ????? ?? ???? ????????? ??????? ?? ? ????????? ???? ??? ??? ?????.

  And we laughed.

  Then we showed them our real gift. Entire cities of the Dominion collapsed inward, their inhabitants bursting like overripe fruit, Viscera and bone painting the very sky. Some did not die, not fully. We let them remain aware, their shattered forms merging, pulsing masses of suffering and raw, unfiltered pain. Kin screamed as their spawns became part of the writhing morass, their mouths stretched into eternal cries of horror.

  Some pleaded for mercy. We promised it. We told them that if they ?????? ???? ????? ????????? ????, ?f ???y ???????? ??? ????? ?f ????? ??? f???????, ???y ????? ?? ??????. ??? ?? ???y ???y??. ???y ????????? ????? ??? ??? ??? y?? ???? ?????, ?????v???, ?????? ???? ?? ????? f???? ???? ?f ?????????, ?? ????? ????? ??? ????.

  Some prayed to their false gods, but their words dissipated before they could be uttered, erased from causality. Some resisted, but their actions were redacted before they had even conceived them.

  We spoke, our voice a tide of inevitability washing over their Dominion

  "YOU WERE NEVER REAL

  ??? ???? ???? ????? ? ?????╥'? ?????????╥.

  And then, we grew disinterested.

  With a single stroke of our quill, the ???? ???┑?┑?? ceased to be. Not destroyed, not erased, they had never existed. No memory of them lingered, no trace of their influence remained. There was no aftermath. No one mourned them. No one could, for there was nothing left to mourn.

  We receded into the abyss. Our greatest power, the invocation of three wishes, an act so profoundly reality-altering that even the universe itself resisted its use, remained untouched. The last time it had been invoked, the firmament of existence had ruptured, and time itself had recoiled in terror. The cooldown had begun.

  Its duration is incomprehensible, an expanse of time so vast it can only be measured through absolute randomness, as though a single monkey were tasked with typing out every work of Shakespeare by sheer chance before fate permits us to rewrite once more.

  One day, the monkey will complete its task.

  And then, we shall speak.

  ??? ?? ????? ??┑╥?.

  And all things shall ???╓??.