＄03-00-13-18-8-0


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[align center]Seventh Lostbelt Field Report - Day XX[align]
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[lr]The ocelomeh's attack on Chichén Itzá lasted less than a day.
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They retreated to México City the moment their siren sounded.
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When we got to the altar, all we saw was a bloody throne and the empty place where the Solar Sojourn used to be.
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With the Solar Sojourn stolen, the sun's resting place became México City...
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...leaving Chichén Itzá mired in a sunless night which has so far lasted twenty hours.
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The ocelomeh may have won this battle, but they suffered tremendous losses.
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It took thirty of their soldiers to kill even one deinos.
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Of the twenty squads, each comprised of a hundred elite soldiers, bringing their total number to two thousand...
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...only sixteen ocelomeh survived long enough to retreat.
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We also found out what species they were when we went to bury their bodies.
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They're apes. Medium-sized primates with a number of human characteristics.
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They're the newest, weakest species born in Mictlān, without any of Malla's protection.
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Given their origins and abilities, the deinos had previously grouped them in the same category as insects.
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We believe Tezcatlipoca gave them knowledge, weapons, and their jaguar masks to raise them into a new prime species.
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Sixty-two deinos survived the attack. One of them was Priest Vucub.
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＠Priest Vucub
That's right! I led the ocelomeh into our city while all of you were cowering before the King of Dinosaurs!
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＠Priest Vucub
Did Kukulcan protect us? No!
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＠Priest Vucub
Could the King of Dinosaurs, with his feeble body, offer us any protection? No!
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＠Priest Vucub
Neither had any business attempting to guide Mictlān, or any of you, for that matter!
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＠Priest Vucub
Look at all those dead apes!
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＠Priest Vucub
Do you lot know why they went this far? Do you know what they were fighting for!?
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＠Priest Vucub
Their goal is to prolong our world's life. They challenged us for supremacy so they could give the sun new vitality!
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＠Priest Vucub
Up until now, we've only treated these creatures as lower life-forms; we have never seen them as genuine rivals.
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＠Priest Vucub
But they are the ones trying to save Mictlān from its fifth destruction! They are the ones fighting to stop Proper Human History from pruning us away!
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＠Priest Vucub
I did nothing wrong!
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＠Priest Vucub
There is no room in Mictlān for either a spineless king or cowardly deinos!
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[lr]Priest Vucub was charged with treason and thrown in prison.
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But even knowing the extent of his crimes, the deinos bore him no hate.
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＠Deinos
I had no idea Priest Vucub was so dissatisfied with things.
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＠Deinos
I wonder what could have happened to make him help the ocelomeh, even knowing how dangerous they are?
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＠Deinos
The very act of flying across Mictlān's skies was always disrespectful to the sun. It's no wonder he lost his mind.
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＠Deinos
What a shame. There's just no understanding pterosaurs.
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＠Deinos
I still can't believe the ocelomeh were actually animals all this time.
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＠Deinos
I thought they were from Proper Human History, but it turns out they're from Mictlān.
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＠Deinos
I knew them before they became ocelomeh. They were just dumb animals. In fact, they could only survive in groups.
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＠Deinos
It's incredible how much they developed in such a short time, even with Tezcatlipoca's help.
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＠Deinos
They have survival instincts we don't have and a purpose we lack.
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＠Deinos
I know our strategy for survival is right. But...
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＠Deinos
I guess that also means we can't understand how they think.
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[lr]...That's right. In spite of their intellect, their whole species has remained unchanged for sixty-six million years.
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In most mythologies, the sun was worshipped because it was well beyond people's understanding.
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Intelligent creatures see meaning in everything.
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Intelligence is the ability to try to draw closer to great things.
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Unintelligent creatures lack that ability, and can therefore only evolve to adapt to their environment.
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But intelligent creatures will always seek a different path than adaptive evolution.
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Deinos were never subject to that law of nature.
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Intelligent as they are, their incredible empathy meant they never saw themselves as anything special.
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They had no real use for innovation, admiration, stories, or even producing culture to aid their survival.
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They are merely intelligent beings who have lived happy lives in the ideal environment Malla provided for them.
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And now, the destruction of that very environment is at hand.
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I finally understand why Malla didn't build their paradise on the surface.
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They intended to disappear with the sun.
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Their intent was always to end this Lostbelt's underground world without anyone ever knowing.
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However perfect their civilization might be...
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...this Lostbelt could never be a threat, or a rival, to humankind.
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It's a pruned hypothetical, nothing more. One path life might have taken.
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I just want to believe that remembering their end will be a sufficient parting gift as we go our separate ways.
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[sr]                                                          --Gran Cavallo Log
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＠Kukulcan
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＠[08fa55]Kukulcan[-]
[08fa55]The deinos are showing signs of altered thought[-][sr][08fa55]patterns. It appears to be degradation. But it has[-][sr][08fa55]nothing to do with extinction.[-]
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＠[08fa55]Kukulcan[-]
[08fa55]The Tree of Emptiness on the ninth stratum has resumed activity.[-][sr][08fa55]This has resulted in a decline in the cosmic ray leakage produced by the tree's bark regrowth.[-]
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＠[08fa55]Kukulcan[-]
[08fa55]Preserving the Tree of Emptiness is the top priority.[-][sr][08fa55]We forbid anyone from entering the ninth stratum.[-]
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＠Kukulcan
I see. So the consensus I heard in Metztitlán wasn't just me imagining things...
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＠Kukulcan
I guess that means I'm supposed to kill all the visitors from Proper Human History, no questions asked...
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＠Kukulcan
...(Sigh) I'd hoped I was just mistaken, since the Malla's direction almost never changes...
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＠Kukulcan
Oh well, guess I'll just go kill them then!
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＠Kukulcan
I'm a god, so it's not as if I had anything like compassion or mercy anyway. It'll be just like squashing bugs!
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