the beginning

they were coming. As a half forerunner Shivallah was in trouble. the flood was approaching and unklike full forerunners, she wasn't aloud on requiem. breathing heavily she ran through the streets avoiding flood forms and suspicious blisters. she slipped by a pure form and noticed something. all of the flood was guarding a certain area. Shivallah snuck closer and saw it. it was the largest flood form she had ever seen. she was amazed at the amount of skulls and bones used to make a single flood form. she smiled when she realized it was about to go through a transit. forgetting her surroundings she giggled. the creature stopped and turned its gigantic body in her direction. then it did the impossible. it spoke.

Ḭ̸̟͎̫͖̻̓̒͊̅̆͆̀̀̀͝͝͠͝ ̷̨̗̙͉̼̝͇̝̯̑͛͌̒̄́͘a̸̤̞͛͗̈͛̅͋m̵̧̹̜͍̯̱̳̰̘͎͘͜͜ ̸̛͕̼̟͖͈̤̻̮̐͋͒̋̄̈́̀͋̒͂̇͛͆̄͠t̶̥͈̪̲̱͓̳̠͑͂̈́͂̂ĥ̴̖̈́͌̓̓̈̄͘͝͝e̶̛̞̣͊̅͆͛̃͋̒̎͋̍̂͑͠ ̸̛̪̣̺͐̑̊̾͊̎̽͌͛̇͆͊̈͝ģ̵̧̳̙̞̭̫̟͈̘̻̬͖͇͓̙̫͛̔̅̈͠r̴̦̖̆́̆̅́͌̄̈́̊͘ͅa̶̗̖̞̱̬̻͕͉̪̔͑̑̀͋̃̓̊͂͝͝v̷̧̢̖͍͓͔̰̮̮̥̺̫̯̹̭̝̥͆̈́̽̏̄̕͠ĕ̷̥̗̹͇̲̙͚͔͎̹͓͖̋͋͛̑̅̈͂͋͂̈̉̀͌͋̄͜m̸̡̢̧̜̣̠̼̺̖̖̙͚̦̗͔̌̇̓͂̐̚͜͜í̵̡̳͇̼̫͚͎͓̮̱̣̼̝͌͐̇̏̏̋̊̌̀̍̔͘͜͜͝͠n̶̺̫͚͖̅͋̓̈́͒̾́́̔̀d̷͎̗̊̓̆͆̋̉̀͒̈̒͠͝,̶͇̤̋́̉ ̵͚̣̟͎̻͖̬̖̫̘͉̓̿͌̂̈͆̌͑̈́̈́͂͒̍̍̽̿͜͝ͅå̶̟͇̪̘̋͑̊͒̐̍́̍ş̴̻̟̪͓̦̈́ͅ ̷̟̆̆̇̉́̐̋͘̚͠y̸͚̱̓̅̓͊͛̏͆̇͗̊̚ơ̴̢̡̫̬̜͉̲̝͈͎̰̺̖̳͕̘̄̓̀͘ủ̷̗̯̫̭͙͈͇̥̮͆̒̓̈̍̉̕̕͝͝r̶̫͔̻̓̾̈́͝ ̷̨̡̨̡͔̯̥͚̺͕̗͎̠̗͕̞̖̆̐̑̍̋̃̌͛̄͝p̶̨͓̘̝̺͎̀́̏̎̈́̋̆͆̅̈͂̊͌͠ë̵̡̼͓̳̙̱͍̳͖͍́̓̃̋̊̔̑͋̅̓̿̕̕o̶̺͖͚͓͚̭̪͖̯̫̙͙̟̲͂͊̏̀̆̕͜͝p̴̧̛͖͇̯͖͙͇̩͇̫̼͔͕̪̲͙̒̒̇̒̒̓́͒͊̕͘l̵̡̨̲̫̞̱͕̠̼̠̖̭̥̮͖̽̈́̓͆͘͜ë̴̜́̃͒̏̒̍͗̇̍͘͘͠ ̵̢̢͓̹̲̖͖̩̝̪̟͌͒͗͒̎̓͛̓͋̈̿́̕͠͝͝ͅč̴̦̗̥̖͇̞̦̻̀ȁ̸͖͙̼̭̍̒̋̈́͐̀͛̈́́͛̚̚l̶̻̱̮͈̥̣̰̝͈͎͌͊̍͛́̄̊́̽̈́͗̾̏̚̚̕͝l̶̩͇͍̞͙͔͌̔̽̍͒̅̎͐̀̋͝͝ͅ ̴̙̥̗̝̭̱͕͓̲̈́̑͊̋̚͜͝ͅm̶̹̂͂e̸̯̣̝͎̰̼̙̭̰̫͙̤͓̘̾̄̔͑͛̓̾́͘̕ͅ.̵̧̧̨̛̘̪̫̘͔̼͎͉̹̳̼̙̯̭͌̃́̽̂͒̍̃̾̈́̓͝͝"̶͇̜̀̎

"shivallah answered timidly" I am shivallah."

"why do you laugh at me?"

"I wanted to watch you go through the portal. your reconciliation debt would have been so huge a black hole couldn't survive it."

"child, you find this to amusing. you must experience it first."

A tentacle whispered through the air. Shivallah tried to run but an army waited behind her. In space She could see requiem enter hyperspace. she flinched when the gravemind touched her reminding her of sweaty skin and human hands. the tentacle lifted her up then pitched her. the only reason she was alive was the her armor. the complex piece of equipment was dented. she had a huragok near her at all times to keep her armour from failing.

the graveminds throw had done to have more force than a tactical nuke to even scratch the armor much less dent it.

she was mostly okay because being sent through the composer several times turned her brain into an AI. the worst that could happen is her physical body dies and the flood have a monitor strong enough to alter her code.

the gravemind took the easier route and threw her through a portal.