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how long has it been. days? weeks? it couldn't tell. time worked funny in the nillspace. sometimes days would feel like months, sometimes days would feel like weeks, hell, even years.
but, what'd it know. for all it knew sean was just a resident. whether he liked it or not.
"WHAT.IS.THAT.THING.IMBEDDED.INTO.YOU.SEAN."
"dont."
"..."
it tilted its head, flicking at it curiously. it..... didnt make sense. yes, it was a spawn point, sure. but, it... didnt seem to affect sean all that much from what jx1 could tell... atleast. thats what it thought, atleast.
"WHAT.IF.I.GOT.RID.OF.IT.(?)"
"thats impossible."
"WHY.(?)"
it asked, genuinely curious. but sean just blew him off, like usual. but jx1 wasnt satisfied. he wanted to know what was happening. what that spawn symbol imbedded into seans skull was really about. the nillinstance was never really curious about things other than aubree, but, seems like another thing has piqued its curiosity.
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eventually, jx1 managed to find the source. the medulla, or the 'snake that eats itself', its what sean calls it.
now, jx1 was usually not that scared of anything. but, as soon as he got into an area normal nillinstances arent supossed to, the medulla said something that made it somewhat... terrfied?
"YOU ARE NOT SUPOSSED TO BE HERE."
"I.DO.NOT.CARE."
"I SUPPOSE YOU WERE THE ONE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. "THE WEAPON". BREAKING MORAL CODES."
"THAT.IS.CORRECT."
"I KNOW YOUR ORIGINS. I KNOW WHERE YOU CAME FROM. YOU ARE BORN FROM ANGUISH. YOU WERE BORN IN A DOG EAT DOG WORLD. YOU DISREGARD OTHERS LIKE THEY ARE NOTHING. YOU ARE THE SAME AS THEM; NOTHING. YOU ARE NOT A FALSE GOD. YOU ARE NOT A WEAPON. OR A MESSIAH. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN NOTHING."
"..."
"NOTHING TO SAY, HMM? JUST WHAT I THOUGHT. YOU ARE AS PATHETIC NOW LIKE YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE CREATED. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. YOU HAVE BEEN TO BLIND TO SEE IT UNTILL NOW."
"YOU.(-)"
medulla went up to jx1, and in an instant, shoved him to the ground, jx1 fought back with the powers he had, but medulla overpowered them, knocking jx1 back into a wall, debris scatting around.
"I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A NEW VESSEL. SEAN HAS GOTTEN.... BORING. YOU WILL MAKE A PERFECT FIT. WE CAN TAKE OVER ROBLOXIA TOGETHER."
"MY.ONLY.GOAL.IS.TO.(-)"
"QUIET."
medulla ripped out its voicebox, leaving nothing but static in its wake. then proceeded to break its main panel and rip out some of its wires, leaving jx1 screaming, but only static came out. it choked on whatever that black substance was coming out of it, medulla continued to tourture it. setting it on fire, stabbing it, even stabbing it in one of the eyes, ripping the sword out as wires came out, beating it, etc.
after hours and hours of this, jx1 was half aware of everything. some parts of it shut down to prevent damage.
"PATHETIC," medulla said, "I KNEW YOU WERE ALWAYS PATHETIC, I DID NOT THINK YOU WOULD HAVE GROWN SO SOFT AROUJD NOAH."
jx1's eye twitched, god if only he could tell medulla to shut up right now... he wasn't one to fall for things like medulla was doing, but, was it really true? it wasnt sure.
"COME. JOIN ME. WE SHALL MAKE ROBLOXIA TREMBLE UNDER OUR WAKE."
"..."
"COME ON. DO YOU WANT TO WASTE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS?"
JX1DX1 stayed quiet. it knew what happened to sean. it wasnt stupid...
but. then again, it was to damaged to flee.... did it have a choice, really?
suppose it didnt.
fine then.
if medulla wanted robloxia to crumble, then so be it. it'll be there to watch the downfall from nillspace. it didn't care. why should it? nothing has meant anything to it anyways. its just a being made of anguish. a blank slate of a nillinstance. so why should it care about anything the world brings back to them?
"...FINE."
medulla ripped out the rest of the wires in jx1's eye, a bit of his arm, and some other places, then stabbed those places, not even making jx1 scream, and, as soon as medulla did that; a blinding flash of white took over both of their visions.