>>5316897Staring into the void, remembering back to that creature you'd fled before, you feel your body beginning to react strangely. Your hands tremble a bit, and as you stop to take account of yourself feel your heartbeat is greatly heightened, and your stomach begins to feel queasy as well. You take several short, shallow breaths as the air in your tank suddenly feels not nearly enough to take a full breath, and dropping both weapons sink down to your knees. What happened, did something poison you? Did that teleport also do something to your body? Did something poison your air? Are you dying?
<span class="mu-i">CRACK</span>
“Ah-! What the hell?!” you snarl, both hands going to your head as you turn, seeing the glowing body of the Rak'kari champion standing behind you. And from his stance, he's clearly the one who'd struck the back of your head. Immediately you're furious, but before you can do anything he reaches out telepathically.
“I know that look.” the creature tells you, and to your surprise actually settles down into the sand beside you, looking down into the darkness. “That is the look of a man overcome by fear.”
“I am not-!” you start, the Rak'kari holding up a scarred claw and you immediately stop, and take a moment to reflect. Are you afraid? And then you see it again in your mind's eye, the being that radiated with just unnatural <span class="mu-i">wrongness</span>. As you do, you feel your heart immediately skip a beat, skin going cold as you remember how badly you wanted to get away from that thing. You even used your Stand's Wish, something that completely uses up your Stand for who knows how long, just to get away from it. Yet here you are, about to go back down into that Abyss and confront it once more.
“It is okay to be afraid.” the champion says, looking down into the void. As you glance over to him, you see his claw is slightly trembling as well, and suddenly remember this isn't his first time facing this Abyss either. “But we cannot allow that to stop us. Our people need us to be strong, surface dweller. Can you do this?”
And while normally that wouldn't even be a question, today you hesitate and really think it through before answering. Can you do this? Can you really go back down there, and confront that abomination once again? Should you? Or is there another way?
Well?
>You're ready, take your weapons back up and lead the charge back down into the depths to confront that monster>Tell him to get back, and channeling your energy through the ancient blade try and attack the entire Abyss itself>Telepathically reach out to Chilli, and see if he can swing by and help you seal up this Abyss like he did the one in the depths of Towa's lab>Other(write in) 