§dWhy isn't this working?!?!

§bAre you sure you followed the instructions properly?

§dYes I did! Look, I drew the magic circle and runes properly!

§cLooks right to me.

§dThank you Zoro.

§bMaybe it needs more mana?

§dHmmm, It doesnt say anything about mana cost after the initialization.

§9Hey, did you get it to work?

§bHey Ben, no we didn't.

§9Are you sure? I see something there.

§dWhat? Where?

§9Right there.

§dOh my, you're right. It did work, but why's it so small?

§9Lemme see that... here it is. "After creation, the rift will start out small but will slowly grow over time until it is used or stabalized." So we just have to wait for it to grow.

§bBen, you're a lifesaver.

§9Mind if I sit down.

§cNot all, be my guest.

§9Thank you. Ugh, I'm so tired.

§bLeo really put you through the wringer huh.

§9§osigh,§r§9 You have no idea.

§cWhat §odid§r§c Leo do?

§9He had me try §lfracturing§r§9 with 0 rest. Even after I ran out of mana he had me continue.

§dYikes, really?

§cWhat's fracturing?

§dIsn't it when you break or something? Sorry I wasn't paying attention

§9I don't blame you Crypt1c. Fracturing is when you split your consiousness amongst all versions of yourself.

§cWhat? Why would you want to do that

§9There's two main reasons that he told us. First was by splitting my consiousness I'm able to connect all versions of myself and have access to all knowledge between all versions of myself

§cLike in that one movie

§9Yep. The other reason is that if one version dies I'm able to escape into another version.

§cThat seems pretty useful

§9It is but it's so damn hard to do. Today's the first day and he expects me to split myself among 20 different versions! I could barely do 5

§bWait, you managed to do 5 versions?? I only did 1!

§dI didn't even try. Oh hey, the rift is bigger now

§bFinally. So now we can trade with it

§cSo, what do we want to trade for.

§cI think it's pretty obvious what we want.

§bMhm

§dDefinetly

§9Of course.

§9F§do§bo§cd

§bWhat should we give

§dHmm, I have a book here. It's my notes from last weeks lesson on §lblack holes.§r§d We could trade this, it's pretty valuable

§cAlright, do it already. It's been so long since we had something to eat

§dAlright. Let's do this

§bSo where i... Oh my god. It's, it's beautiful

§cFinally. Food.

§dIt's been so long since we had something to eat. Seriously, 2 years with no food?

§9§osigh§r §9At this point he's just being unreasonable

§4Who's being unreasonable

§9Gah! Kaede, you scared me! How long have you been here

§4Long enough. Ben, Master's calling you.

§9Leo? Why

§4§lMaster's§r§4 calling you and I didn't ask why. Something about fracturing and dodgin my attacks

§9Um, I don't think I want to go

§4Too bad. Let's go

§9Wait, no, please agh! Stop dragging me. Guys, help!

§bGood luck

§9Life, help!

§dWe'll keep your portion seperate

§9I don't wanna go...

§cPoor Ben.

§bYeah, there's nothing we could've done. Oh the rift's closing

§dSo that was a success. We should do that later.

§bDefi...