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Syrus and Kail pick up the book that
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they used to link to The Land of No Return.
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The image on the first page shows the Book
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Temple. Synan, Zoe, James, and Sarah are
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there. Sarah appears to be talking to Synan
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and Zoe. Sarah hands Synan and Zoe a book.
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They open it and disappear. Syrus then links
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to the Book Temple. Kail follows.
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“Sarah! Where did they go?” Syrus
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asks.
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“They went to the portal to the other
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realm to retrieve the Star Stone, to defeat
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Deity.” Sarah answers.
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“Give me that book!” Syrus takes
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it and warps. As he is warping, Sarah looks
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up at the sky.
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“Oh, look, it appears Deity has been
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stopped.” Sarah says.
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Syrus disappears through the book.
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The sound of Linking has deafened Syrus,
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so he didn’t hear Sarah.
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Syrus appears in a dark and gloomy
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room. Without time to look around, he
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dashes for the portal. Syrus hears a voice
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behind him.
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“Hey!” It was Zoe’s voice. Syrus
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runs into the portal. (Synan did not include
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this event in his journal).
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Syrus appears in a circular, spinning
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tunnel. Syrus remembers this place. His
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dream!
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Syrus gets the chills and freezes.
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His dream, nay, nightmare is coming true.
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Syrus is tapped on the shoulder, like in
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the dream. He jumps and looks behind him.
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That undead creature from his dream is there.
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“Hello. I am Unamed.”
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“That’s.... nice....” Syrus says, scared
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to death.
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“Ahem...” Unamed clears his throat.
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“I will be the guide on your way,
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But coming back I won’t play,
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If to the other side you wish to go,
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Then follow me and don’t be slow!”
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“Wow, a poet. Who’d have thought?”
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Unamed begins to float away.
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Syrus runs after him.
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“Unamed, where are you
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taking me?” Syrus asks.
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“To the other world. That’s
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my job, to lead people through the
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Eternal Corridor.”
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“Oh.”
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“Also, I’m keeping you away
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from Snip. In the Eternal Corridor,
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Snip has unlimited power. He’s very
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difficult to capture, too. A level 5
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Snip in one of the two worlds is equal
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to a level 2,000 Snip in this world.”
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“Wow, that’s powerful.”
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“Yep. And using that analogy,
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all the Snips in this world would be
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level 200 in yours.” Unamed says.
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“Let’s see... 200 divided by
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5 times 1,500...” Syrus tries to work
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it out in his head.
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“80,000. Most of these
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Snips are around level 80,000.”
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Unamed says, without any effort.
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“Wow, you’re smart.” Syrus
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compliments.
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“Well, that’s what you do
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when you’ve been dead for over a
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century.”
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“What?!” Syrus is filled with
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dread.
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“Now, moving on, we need
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to get you to the other side.” Unamed
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says.
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They turn down another
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tunnel. What’s there to meet them?
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Well, what else would you find in this
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world, but Snip!
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Snip is a large, gray, squid-like
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monster. He has six gray tails, with three
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red stripes on each, and steel points on
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the tips.
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“Unamed, I thought we weren’t
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going to see any of these!”
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“Hey, I can’t make promises,
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but I know we’re expected to see less
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of them in the outskirts of this place.”
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“How can you call this area the
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outskirts? If this place is bigger than our
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universe, --”
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“Much bigger.”
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“Yeah, whatever, but you can’t
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call it the edges like that. For all you
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know we could be in the center!” Syrus
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argues.
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“Well, these Snips have regular
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orbiting patterns.”
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“Okay.”
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“Snip has six tails, as so. In each
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one contains every poison known to
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each dimension. That includes all the
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incurable fatal viruses of your world.”
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Snip stabs Unamed with one
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tail. The other five attack too. The six
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tails are attacking repeatedly. Satisfied,
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Snip flies away. Unamed gets back up.
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“I hate it when that happens!”
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“I bet.” Syrus comments.
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“Well, where were we?” Unamed
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says.
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