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// Act I: Seeing in a Softer Light 
// Story: Innocent 
// by Puzzle Piece 
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	In the deep caves of an enemy stronghold, a group of soldiers fights. The battle is pitched but the defenders give ground as the minutes drag by, illuminated by the glow of the crystal formations protruding from the rock all around them. Led by a team of their finest warriors and most valiant leaders, the knot of soldiers slowly but surely drives their vile opponents back. Suddenly, a bolt of violently pulsing color sails into the midst of the combatants.
All eyes turn to see it strike a stone with enough concussive force to shatter it into fragments that pelt friend and foe alike. Having been pushed into a desperate corner, the enemy was bringing their magic users to bear. In response, the soldiers call up magic of their own. More of the hostile bolts rain into the broad subterranean field, answered by the streaks of brilliant light from the soldiers’ magic, and the already chaotic battle turns into a prismatic maelstrom. A series of bright flashes engulf a handful of the soldiers and the world around them vanishes.
In its place is a new world that knows none of the harshness these warriors have come to accept as normal.