justshapesandparadise

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"There was once a time before shapekind as we knew it even existed, where the idea of paradise was but a myth, dancing and twirling for the world to see while staying just out of reach. It was a time before the sun had risen from its thousand-year slumber to bathe the once-dark skies a vibrant blue, and when the Great Evil still stalked the land, terrorizing all that encountered it."

"The world was lawless, and the suffering of the shapes within it seemed to have no end; however, there had been rumors spread around by word of mouth about a mystical life-giving tree that had the power to grand paradise to any who may seek it."

"This rumor eventually grew into desire, which grew into desperation from those who wanted an end to the eternal demands of survival. Many sought the power of this tree for safety, comfort, and happiness, though some wanted its power for more nefarious reasons."

"Despite how many sought this supposed relic of paradise, all who made the journey either came up short or never came back at all."

"Eventually, there was only one settlement left that had the resources to make the trip at all, with every shape in it calling out to their leaders to make the potentially life-altering trip to the supposed location of the mysterious tree."

"All three members of the council that ran this settlement had to unanimously vote, however, and one particularly stubborn member was reluctant to agree."

"This member, who was most likely called Chronos at the time, reasoned that it was not rational to risk the sanctity of the last proper civilization left on a possibly deadly mission for an artifact that was most likely a hoax spread by a bunch of lunatics."

"One of the other members, who was probably named Logic, was swayed by this argument in favor of staying put, and acknowledged the senseless danger they would be putting themselves and their people in if they went, as well as the risk of having to leave most of their supplies behind in the move."

"However, the final member-who most likely went by the name Milky Way- spoke up and said something that quite possibly changed the course of history as we know it:"

"I SEE AND HEAR YOU, MY BRETHEREN, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM, BUT I TELL YOU THIS SO THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER: WOULD YOU RATHER BE THE LAST TO DIE AND SUFFER THE LONGEST, OR THE FIRST TO SUCCEED AND REAP THE REWARDS OF YOUR SUCCESS?"

"THE FIRST TO DIE TRYING IS THE LAST TO BE REMEBERED, BUT WE ARE NOT THE FIRST, AND WE WILL BE THE ONES THAT REMEMBER AND LEARN FROM THEIR PAST MISTAKES, PREVAILING WHERE NONE COULD EVER SUCCEED BEFORE US."

"And thus, it was so. The shapes of the settlement were given the order to pack as much as they could into the three largest sailing boats and prepare for departure at dark dusk."

"Once it was time, the ships sailed off one by one, with each being manned by one of the members of the council. With Chronos' eye for weather, Milky Way's affinity with the stars, and Logic's knack for navigation, it didn't take long before they had scoured just about every island there was to find."

"As they were charting the course back home one foggy middledusk, Logic suggested they do one last detour to a strangely empty part of the map, and see what they would find."

"And what they found...was everything."

"The writings and reports of what the captains and crew saw on the fateful day are few and far between, but every account of this groundbreaking moment in history reported seeing an unearthly glowing light shining in the distance as they approached an island that shouldn't have existed, almost acting as an otherworldly beacon cutting through the everlasting darkness that hung over the world, inspiring hope where there otherwise would be none."

"However, once they made landfall, some accounts mentioned another feeling, something subtle but present, leaking through the hope and excitement and relief like an insidious parasite: a feeling that couldn't entirely be ingored."

"The feeling that they were being Watched."

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