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Nightmare fell onto their knees as soon as they finally got to the beach of beginnings.
“Oh my god, I’m never walking again…”
Ink rolled their eyes, spreading their legs apart to steady themself. They readied their sword and swung it. Nightmare’s face cracked from the breeze, which also blew away the snow and ice, revealing a bunch of gold and silver alloy, along with others, on the floor.
Nightmare almost fell asleep. But then, out of nowhere, a Nightmare-sized upper body, red and sparkling, fell. They yelped. Ink came over, inspecting it.
“Ruby. Hardness of… 9. It won’t work for you. Your inclusions may be strong, but not that strong. Alloy is soft enough, but it’s heavy.”
“What happened to that gem…?”
Ink looked back to Nightmare. They sighed, digging through the dirt with their sword. “They never gained consciousness, if you’re worried.”
“What’s going to happen to it…?”
“Someone will use them for parts if we need. One of the diamonds, maybe.”
“Oh.”
Ink thought for a moment. They grabbed a piece of gold alloy and slid it onto Nightmare’s stump of an arm. It clinked. They blinked.
“Woah, weird. And heavy.”
“Can you stand?”
Being the rulers of bad timing, the skies cleared. The Lunarians took this opportunity and appeared.
“Damnit- not now!”
“Uh, Ink?”
Ink prepped their sword, not looking back. “What?”
“I think…”
Ink turned, seeing the alloy start to stretch and slowly take over Nightmare. Their eyes widened.
“I think something went wrong.”