Status
764
level: 60
The battle proceeds to the next phase after all the Clay Dolls are defeated.
PASSIVE
Story
I was ordered to describe facts about this in detail. So I observed. Placed on a wooden pedestal that seemed as though it was woven from fibers of muscles was a large stone plate. As I approached it, its compartments of bricks began to rattle. Seized by curiosity, I attempted to step closer for a better look... Alas, my colleagues strongly discouraged me from doing so, so I turned away. One thing I can say with confidence is that it was likely a tool for predicting a date of some kind, judging from the many letters carved on the bricks. Such is all I have to say. → Those letters are from an ancient language. If Yi Sang's depiction is correct, that plate is almost certainly a calendar.
I had an opportunity to engage it in combat. Though it may have been less than pleasant as an observer to see the object of study sustain damage, more discoveries could be had in the behaviors it displayed during battle. It summoned a number of flesh dolls wearing stone masks made of what I believe is the same mineral as the plate. By 'offering' these dolls to the plate, I was able to observe a change in its shape. The rattling bricks gradually widened, and I could see red muscle fibers and strange spatial extensions...or such. I can't say for sure how drastic the change will be, but an observable trend is that it's becoming more and more ominous. Such is all I have to say. → Why the hell did you put me in instead of those masked blokes? You damned clockhead, I'll #%^&@[The rest is neatly censored with a correction tape.] → Dante made the right choice. From what I can see, it seems that those flesh dolls, or "clay dolls," can't be offered up while they're alive. The only other option we have is to sacrifice Sinners. → And why does that have to be me @(##$[The rest is neatly censored with a correction tape.]
I had an opportunity to be offered to this. I am about to describe the disconcerting, wet, and abnormal experience here. I took unwavering steps forward as the choice was reasonable. I had no reason to fear, for I would be brought back to life even if I were to perish. I did not feel the death, so to speak. Though I have experienced death many times in battle, I was not subjected to the sort of pain or flashing disarray that normally accompanies a demise that time. It simply felt as though I was being transported to a different location. It may be the universe or some other dimension. My own body and voice couldn't be perceived by my senses. Perhaps my eyes had gone and I became part of that place. There, I may have seen the end. You could say it was a doomsday I witnessed. No perhaps I may have been the end and the doomsday I was present at the end but not existent and while it may be misleading to say that it was there but even still I witnessed man and sky and earth tear into thousands of pieces [The rest is neatly censored with a correction tape.] → I had Yi Sang talk with the recovery staff from After Team for a moment. His psychological corruption seems rather severe. Dante, I think we should refrain from making our observers directly experience these events from now on.
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