Order Crystal River

“You’re up,” Apeiron eventually let go of Richard, allowing him to look ahead. They were at a crossroads between a river of crystal order and a whirlpool of chaos. Only up close did one realise that the river was composed of countless cuboidal beams floating about, maintaining a subtle balance as they supported and repelled one another to maintain their distance at mere centimetres of inaccuracy.

Those crystals didn’t once touch each other in the river, but at the crossroads things were entirely different. The beams were shot out from the river, charging towards the whirlpool of chaos with killing intent. The whirlpool countered this with raging currents of pure purple fog, and the moment they clashed the beam’s speed slowed down rapidly. The fog was visibly depleted by the process as well, and sometimes a beam would...