Part 2 Season 2: Finite World

## *"I guess when it's a situation between life and death, you'll always choose life." - Cyan to Cam about Emily's death*

### The Awakening

Time passed, and finally the residents of KiwiBirdz began to rise from the Deep Slumber, awoken to their homes in shambles and the town overtaken by plants. Everyone and everything had fallen to ruin during the passage of time. What had felt like a single night was actually years on the World. Due to the confusion and shock, both The Order and Insurgence set aside their differences for the time being to search for answers. Strange shrines have appeared as well as some decayed ancient bots, the Sentinels. While some began reconstructing their long-forgotten homes, others ventured out into the overgrown world. Nobody truly understood what had happened, and how long they had even been asleep for. People begin to significant differences in each other's appearances, asking themselves: "How long have we been gone?"

### Remnants of The Order

Cyan and Pug questioned Cam about his arm. What once was organic flesh and bone was replaced with cold steel and metal. Although hesitant, Cam recapped how his arm became robust. During the final week before the black-out, Emily had approached Cam, though unknown to him, she had gone insane. The constant seeking of approval and paranoia had driven her mad, making her believe she could run The Order better. She struck quickly with an axe, the sudden betrayal overwhelming Cam. In the days leading up, he could sense Emily's wavering allegiance but never thought she would strike him. After a long and extensive battle, Cam was able to throw Emily to the floor and she yielded at last. She plead and begged for a second chance, but she had left him no other choice. He delivered the final blow, killing her. Despite his victory, Emily had landed a successful strike on Cam's right arm, leaving him no other option than to amputate it. Hearing this from Cam was both relieving and worry-some for Cyan and Pug. While they were relieved Emily was gone, Cam didn't even hesitate to kill his childhood friend.

### The Silent Period

With still no answers, Cam began searching for what could have been the cause for their blacking out. He studied day in and out, observing and tinkering with the mysterious shrines and bots scattered around town. He learnt that many of these robotic artifacts run off of some kind of ancient technology with known wiring. Cam managed to hook up a monitor to one of the bots, where over the course of 8 days one letter was revealed, spelling out **S, E, N, T, I, N, E, L.** Despite the unsaid ceasefire between the Insurgence and the Order, Nan continues to stalk Cam. She believes that he knows more than he lets on, and begins to snoop on his research journals.

Cam advanced further into his research as time passed, and begins to develop a deeper understanding as to what they may be dealing with. There is a pattern with the shrines. The shrines were spaced out across a wide area right outside the borders of the town, a placement where if you were to draw a line they would all intersect when they meet in the center of KiwiBirdz. Using this information, Cam journeyed to where the lines intersected and started to dig down. To his mild surprise, he found something. Some unknown *thing* that was enveloped in power. The moment he made contact with it, the Sentinels around the world suddenly activated, their limbs reconstructing.

After a few days of keeping it a secret, Cam decided to tell Cyan and Pug about the research he has been doing on the strange monuments and Overgrowth. He shows them his research books before taking them deep underground where a mysterious round object made up of bedrock lies. They debate what it could be and what to do about the strange bots littered around the server. Cyan and Pug adamantly continue to disagree with Cam on multiple things, claiming that his emotions are clouding his judgment. Pug brings up Emily, which seems to be a sore subject for him. Cyan then suggests that The Order should take a break, and offers to repair Cam’s torn suit. Pug concurs, and Cam agrees that he will take a break. The group disbands to collect their thoughts. Though despite his words, Cam has no intentions of taking a break. Continuing his research, he focuses all his efforts on the new *thing* he discovered. After days of searching through ancient texts, folklore, and The Order's database, Cam finally scored a name for this unknown object; the Null Point.

### E-R3M

Meanwhile, a newcomer emerges from their own slumber. A robot that recently awakened for unknown reasons: E-R3M, also known as Rem. They begin to wander around their surroundings aimlessly, unbeknownst to the fact that people live around the area. Memories of their past life were damaged due to an error in software, thus forcing Rem to rebuild who they were; their personality, morals, and alignments. Certain events and actions can trigger their memories before they went into hibernation. As of right now, their only memory is that they were created for a specific purpose.. but for what?

### **The Null Point**

Over the course of days, the ground began shaking near The Null Point, its bedrock casing breaking off to unveil what lies underneath. A spherical object of many colors, most notably magenta, purple, and red, with a mysterious glowing center. Cam noticed that near The Null Point was a glowing shard on the floor. Upon further inspection, he realized a part of The Null Point had broken off, leaving a shard. He could see his own reflection in the shard, but it reflected a different version of him. The sheer amount of power contained in the single shard alone becomes obvious to him the more he researches into it. After a few days, he made a dramatic discovery. There are multiple versions of *them.* Multiple realities. A multi-verse.

Meanwhile, in town Rem and Nine meet. Rem has been walking for about 37 hours before arriving at town, and has slight damage to their memory card, to which Nine goes to Cam for help. But after researching The Null Point, he seems to have changed. Nine gives Rem a tour of Cam's base, eventually going to Emily's grave where upon seeing it, Rem is horrified and runs away. Hearing names such as The Order, Cam, and Emily seemed to jostle their memory a little bit, yet nothing of significant value has been remembered yet. Perhaps after visiting Em's grave, they had remembered something significant, but are unable to reveal it just yet.

The Null Point continued to destabilize, managing to rip itself out of its bedrock shell and rise up above the ground. It completely tore through the ground and was now exposed for everybody to see. In its current state, The Null Point was exposed and began to destabilize the world as a whole. Buildings were being ripped from the ground all around town, and arches of the earth began forming. Nine and Cyan inspected the Null point and discuss whether or not Cam had done something to provoke its awakening.

### The Arc

Sleepy and Cyan also inspect the Null Point while reminiscing on times when they weren’t fighting against each other. Cyan says she’s starting to forget why they even had to fight against each other, and wishes they didn’t have to anymore. While they inspect some of the strange new structures, Cyan seems to have a possible memory from another universe. Probably nothing important, though…

They discuss how odd it is that the archways are the only new natural formations in the world, and climb one to inspect it while they talk. Sleepy questions Cyan as to why she sided with The Order, to which Cyan opens up a bit, saying that she saw everyone she loved turn against each other, and she doesn’t want it to happen again. She truly just wanted the order Cam promised, saying that despite her actions and allegiance, she still cares for Nan and Sleepy. She asks Sleepy if she could stop fighting against Cam so that they can all live together again in peace. The two go back and forth for a bit, with Cyan defending Cam and his morals, although somewhat hesitantly. Sleepy argued that he started the conflict to begin with. Nothing is resolved, and their air grows awkward between them once more.

### Reality D-323

Cam, Cyan, and Pug all meet up for the first time since The Null Point was discovered. While sitting on Cyan’s balcony, Cam and her talk for a bit. Cyan addresses Cam’s appearance, to which he responds that while he is fixing up a new suit he doesn’t have much else to wear. Cyan breaks the tension between each other by outright asking if Cam is withholding information from them and whether or not he is telling them the entire truth. Cam hesitates, saying that “It’s a long story..” to which Cyan replies “I have time.” A giant thunderstorm has formed due to The Null Point but has not quite hit the KiwiBirdz village yet. It is approaching rapidly, its thunder heard in the distance.

Cam gives in, and they meet up with Pug to discuss. Moving someplace quiet where they can’t hear the thunder, Cam takes everyone down the Missile Room of The Order’s facility. In the command center, he begins to explain everything he has been discovering since they had awoken. He explained that the need for world domination was no longer necessary as he has found something that pales in comparison. Almost eager-like, Cam begins to describe everything. Telling both Cyan and Pug that The Null Point is the heart and soul of the world, he tells them that the world is quite literally “alive.” He describes the multiverse to them, albeit hesitantly, believing that Pug and Cyan may say he is insane for believing there are multiple realities. He is shocked that they both weren’t very surprised.

While explaining the multiple versions of them in different universes, Cyan notices something new in the missile room. There was now a new door that took the place of a blank wall. Cam decides to show them what lies on the other side; an inter-dimensional gateway. Explaining that he was able to create it using the broken shard from The Null Point. Describing the shard as something that “has so much unfathomable power” he tells them he isn't even sure what exactly to do with it. After some hesitance Cam, Cyan, and Pug all enter the gateway; a portal leading them to reality D-323. Upon entering, a dog awaited Cyan. Cam uses this as an example and explains that this is D-323’s Cyan’s dog. However, the light-hearted moment was soon interrupted upon exiting the portal room. A heart-dropping sight awaited Cyan and Pug; the top of the base had an opening where the missile had been launched through. Cyan and Pug both wanted to see where it is, but Cam soon interrupted them by telling them that D-323 Cam had launched the missile into the center of town as a last act in a war he was losing. Cam describes the world as D-323 Cam’s hell; forever haunted by his past in a world he cannot recover. Cam, Cyan, and Pug soon ascend from the facility and are quickly greeted by the harsh environment of this world. It's an ice-cold wasteland, the remnants of a nuclear fallout after reality D-323’s Cam launched the nuke in the Facility after losing everyone and everything he ever loved. Pug tells Cam that “It’s so cold.” and falls directly into powder snow and begins freezing to death. Both Cyan and Cam panic and quickly jump to aid her. Cam had come prepared and quickly equipped everyone with leather boots, light enough for them to walk across the snow.

Upon adventuring out, they observed the craters in the land on the way to town. Cyan stated that she could only imagine how bad things must have been if there are this many craters at this magnitude. Driven by emotion, Pug pressed on through the harsh conditions eventually finding herself at Nine’s farm. A giant crater sits in the center of where crops grew rampant. She soon began to seem distraught, getting emotional over all the work that had been put into the world to which Cam responded that she is getting sentimental over nothing, and that this is not her reality. Pug began to question if the Cam she was following was even the Cam from her dimension considering he knew a lot about this world. Cam responded that he had been exploring this world for quite some time now. Pug and Cyan ask Cam a few questions in order to make sure he is the true Cam. He passes, and debunks Pug’s theory. After making their way through the giant crater in the center of town, something unorthodox occurs, sending chills down even Cam’s spine. The roar of thunder started echoing across the frozen landscape. Seeing how even Cam wasn't sure what was going on, Cyan and Pug grew frightened. Cyan suggested that they run for the Gateway while still possible, to which Cam agrees. They all safely make it back to the facility, and escape back through the Gateway. After re-entering their reality, Cam explains he got scared himself since in the other realities there is no Null Point. Cyan questions how that was possible, to which Cam explains that their reality was the first world within the multiverse. This reality was the original reality, and everything they had done as a whole had caused these branches in the multiverse. After exiting, the group disbands for the time being.

### The Encounter with Another Cam

Pug returned to reality D-323 three days later, but who she meets isn't what she expected at all... Story here

### The End of the World

Over the course of days, the three shrines were ripped out of the ground. Chunks of land began to float, all of them seemingly going towards The Null Point while everyone could only watch helplessly. It was six days later when everyone in town received a message, even the Insurgence. The message read;

*"The process of The Null Point's destabilization is taking an excruciating toll on our world. If we allow this to continue further who knows how long we will be stuck in this torment.* *The Null Point has reunited all 3 shrines to Itself, these allow It to unlock its true power. Entire buildings and landmarks are being ripped from the ground up.* *I'm going to end this soon, I plan to launch the missile into The Null Point.* *This will effectively send us back into The Void like before but...I don't believe we have any other choice...this is bound to happen one way or another so we might as well cross this bridge now.* *I don't know if there is another life waiting for us once the missile makes contact but if there is...I'll see you then...* *- Cam"*

### Cam and Cyan's Conversation

After four more days of excruciating suspense and fear, the time had finally arrived. Nan, Cyan, Sleepy, Pug, and Cam gather to witness The Null Point's destruction. While walking out of her house, Cyan noticed Cam standing on his own in the rain and decided to confront him... Story here

### The Final Countdown

Now gathered around The Null Point, Nan, Pug, Cyan, and Sleepy watch as their world comes crashing down before them. Lighting strikes clash into the ground around them followed by thunderous roars from the clouds. The storm doesn't seem to be letting up when it suddenly clears. It is a rather unusual sight considering the severity of the storm. Swiftly this confusion is replaced with stomach-dropping fear. Unnerving air ride sirens around town begin sounding as the storm settles down, followed swiftly by an Emergency Alert System releasing its robotic stinger. After some time listening to these gut-wrenching sounds a robotic voice stated over the speakers:

*"This message is being broadcasted at the request of the leader of The Order.* *A nuclear missile launch was detected yesterday, August 19th 2021, at 2:47 PM EST.* *This missile has a set path directly into The Null Point.* *All KiwiBirdz residents should seek shelter immediately.* *A full-world and multiversal collapse is anticipated, please brace for impact."*

The words alone were enough to sink everyone’s heart. The EAS sent out its metallic outro before going offline. Now it was only a matter of time. The purple floating particles that had been surrounding all levitating buildings had pulsed and surrounded the entire town. They were everywhere you looked. Soon after, something about the world felt odd. Like a weight had been removed from your chest. The gravity had switched. Jumping around now sent you high into the air and floating back down safely. Lightning roared near The Null Point despite the clear skies. After a brief moment of silence, a distant explosion sounded across town. Everyone scrambled to find the source, quickly realizing The Order HQ had been struck with a missile. Shock filled the hearts of all who witnessed it. Yet another missile, this one striking a Sentinel in the same direction as the HQ. Nothing but a chunk of its metallic torso remained. Horrified that even the Guardians of The Null Point were being picked off like flies, they watched and waited with bated breath. The seconds of silence broken by the distant whistle of another missile.

Cam's house exploded into nothingness. Hell was raining down onto this world. Debris flew past them alongside delayed gusts of wind from the explosion. All of their hard-work once more destroyed, and they watched helplessly as it was demolished one-by-one. Lightning raged on from The Null Point, however nothing could stop what was about to happen. Soon any resemblance of gravity disappeared, and everyone began to levitate mid-air as the final missile came into view. It came crashing down with such speed and force that it left no time to process what happened.

One moment The Null Point was there and the next*…gone…*

Looking into the sky, you could tell the world was thrown off balance. One second the sun was rising then it was noon, moon-rise, midnight repeat. The days were flying by as if time itself have flown off the hinges.

A brief 10 minutes after… the world was plunged into darkness

***…once more.***