Fragment

Sometimes, while looking out past the edge of our galaxy, I see things broken and spiteful that seem to shift and turn towards civilization. I call these beings fragments. I do not know if I can classify them as living, but they certainly have varied, seemingly conscious effects that remind one of primal hatred. The only Fragment I have known Sentient beings to encounter is Doom, which I'm sure all readers know, has caused, and continues to cause, trillions of death across the galaxy.

I am not sure from where Fragments originate. Currently, I believe that they may be curses left or controlled by Morus, a cruel joke from a cruel god meant to kill painfully and slowly, never letting people know what to do to prevent their death, and when the next catastrophe will occur. Every fragment shares this in common, killing people in a variety of ways that they cannot properly prevent or identify the cause of. That only one Fragment is in our galaxy is a relief, Doom caused fear enough.

During my time in the Godcube, I have gazed at countless thousands of people and objects. Seldom do I feel the sense of being watched as I look, and only thrice have I known for certain that something was looking right back at me. Observation of a Godcube's Gaze has only ever led to disaster, the second instance of which is universally recognized as the moment of death of the Golden Millennium. It seems a third hell awaits us.

For once, I am scared,

Treith Merindao