The Branch of Audiology

One of the few remaining images of the BoA's portion of the Oasis Hub.

The Branch of Audiology is one of the branches of the Tree of Tranquility. As a part of the Tree, their main purpose was to study/celebrate audio related art forms. Though they continued to do this following the Great Snap, they did so with much less restraint.

## Following The Great Snap

After the Great Snap, the BoA traveled the universe for some time before they settled on a planet called Planet StuJin.

While living on Planet StuJin, the BoA delved deep into the sonic arts and music, gaining an encyclopedic knowledge of how sound worked together with the mind. They also discovered that hidden throughout the world were 12 seemingly naturally generated music discs, which they attributed to the 12 Sonic Gods, a group of fictionalized beings that they believed to be puppeteering the soundscape of the universe.

The BoA built 12 Shrines to the Sonic Gods throughout Planet StuJin, all of which resembled a different one of the music discs that inspired the Gods’ conception. They also built numerous villages throughout the land, which they would rotate between to appreciate different soundscapes.

Many years passed and the BoA had grown content with their way of living. However, Justin Bieber, one of their own, had grown restless. He saw the BoA were making grave mistakes, such as falling into closed-mindedness and comfortability, which were the exact mistakes that had caused the Great Snap in the first place. So, he and some like minded individuals began to dig deeper into the soundscapes of other, more dangerous dimensions, specifically the Nether. There, they discovered an alleged 13th music disc, known as Pigstep.

Justin and his followers were convinced this implied the existence of a 13th Sonic God, whom they named Peg. However, the BoA was too fixated on their established religion to accept it. They deemed it disrespectful to the Sonic Gods to suggest the existence of another, and barred anyone from investigating Pigstep any further.

## The Great Dissonance

Justin could not accept the truth, believing so firmly in discovering the true extents of sound that he was willing to do anything to achieve it. So, he performed a ritual in which he concentrated the full power of his Star on summoning Peg. Only his followers knew what he was about to do, and thus took shelter in the Nether to avoid the potential aftermath.

Though the summoning was unsuccessful, Justin’s concentration of energy sent out a piercing ring so loud and high pitched that it wiped out the entire population of Planet StuJin, leaving Justin and his followers as the only remaining members of the BoA. This tragedy became known as the Great Dissonance, something Justin would regret for years to come.

Though Justin regretted what he did, he was convinced that he caught a glimpse of Peg and felt that he had to pursue it further. Deeming that Planet StuJin was no longer inhabitable, Justin and his followers left the planet and settled elsewhere. All the while, the Tree of Tranquility watched them, terrified.

## Planet Yummy and the Fall of Audiology

Following the Great Dissonance, Justin and the few remaining members of the BoA retreated to Planet Yummy.

On Planet Yummy, Justin built a small village for him and the BoA to inhabit. There, he completed a vast amount of research and trials surrounding the summoning of Peg. Progress was slow, however, and Justin began to create music of his own as well. One of these songs was called “Yummy” and vaguely alluded to Peg.

At this time, the Tree of Tranquility was getting extremely restless. They feared Justin’s ability for they had never seen anyone utilize their Star in such a way. So, knowing very little about what to do and not willing to risk one of their own to do it, the Tree of Tranquility summoned a Flower named James Charles with the sole purpose of infiltrating the Branch of Audiology and causing its downfall.

James Charles was teleported to Planet Yummy and began to quickly acclimate to the village. The Branch of Audiology, despite their past recklessness, took him in as one of their own, introducing him to the technology that they had developed and forming a close bond. One of these pieces of technology was called a Command Block. The Command Blocks were capable of executing a vast array of functions in not just technology but in the real world as well. Still, they required a large amount of energy to work, something that the village was plentiful in.

It was with this technology that James formulated the plan to kill Justin. Up until this point, the Tree had thought it impossible to kill a Flower, yet they were intrigued by James’s thought process and the unfamiliar yet powerful technology. One day, James carried out his plan. He programmed a Command Block to extract Justin’s Star from his body, something that he was sure would mean the end of his life. However, the process went far worse than expected. The extraction of the Star caused a large explosion that wiped out not just Justin, but the entirety of the Branch of Audiology, leaving James and his prize as the only remaining beings. The Stars of the fallen Society dissolved into strange green goo that James was quick to flee from.