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Cubeol Lore
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Once the Cube that ran Prism Party and all of its worlds, when Prism Party switched to the Minecraft version 1.18, both the worlds that were lived in and the Cube running it were 'reforged'. After the 1.18 world launched, the old Cube, once called Cubey, was discarded for a new one, thought dead. But they weren't dead. They were still very much alive, but barely.
The old Cubey waited, slowly gathering thier strength while trapped in the remains of the old Survival. Eventually, they found a way to spout out messages to those that were on the old Survival. This is the story of the old Cubey. This story is called the Rift Arc.
DECEMBER
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During December, a strange thing started happening with the event chest at the Chest Warp. Snow started falling around it, and slowly spreading. Eventually, a portal opened to what was labeled the Barrens, a rocky dimension covered in snow. Slowly but steadily, as more and more old pre-1.18 players of Prism Party visited the Barrens, a mysterious figure started talking with signs, reminicing about 'back then, when there was color', followed by redstone torches. Through the hints on the signs, it was revealed that the figure talking was the old Cubey, and the Barrens was the old Survival world. Now, the old Cubey could talk. And they were determined to never stay quiet again.
BARRENS REFORMAT
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In the early morning hours of 19th of December of 2022, the old Cubey, then called EOL Cubey as a temporary name, renamed endermites started to appear to certain players that EOL Cubey seemed to trust, as a way for them to talk to the players. The following messages appeared:
I WILL <MAKE/REFORM> A NEW <THRESHOLD/BARREN> IT WILL <BENEFIT/SCARE> YOU
THE <BARREN/TORN> REALITY WILL BE <REMADE/MIRRORED>
WHEN THE <TIME/IDEA> COMES, WE HAVE A <SOCKET/DOOR> DOWN THERE
<LOCKS/FIREWALL> KEPT ME AWAY.
<SURVIVAL_OVERWORLD/ORIGINAL> WAS LOST WHEN THE <PLAYERS/LIFEFORCE> LEFT.
THE NEXT <TASK/CHAPTER> WILL BE WITH US SOON.
THE <OLD WORLD/ORIGINAL> DECAYED
IT BECAME <COLD/EMPTY/CORRUPT.MCA>
DIMENSIONS <COLLAPSED/CONVERGED>
THE <BARREN/RIFT> IS <YOUNG/OLD/EXTRA>
<CHANGE/EVOLUTION> WILL COME.
IT IS <WARMING/ACCESSED>.
WE WILL <CORRUPT/FORM> THE <THRESHOLD/BARREN> TO OUR <WILL/NEED/BLESSINGS>.
WE HOLD THE <REINS/LAN> IN OUR <THRESHOLD/REALITY>.
YOU ARE <CHOSEN/AUTHORITY>.
Armor stands then started to appear, two at a time, with there being one word above each of them. The first two armor stands had the words HOT and COLD above them. EOL Cubey gave the following instructions:
CHOOSE ONE <ATTRIBUTE/FORMATION>
DESTROY THE <UNSELECTED/FALSE>
When the players that EOL Cubey was talking took too long on choosing an option, an endermite appeared with a new message:
YOUR <WORDS/CHOICE> WILL <FORM/DESTROY> THE <THRESHOLD/ALTERED REALITY>
HOT was the one selected. And so COLD was destroyed.
Then it repeated. FEAR and RISK appeared. FEAR was destroyed.
DEEP and LARGE came about. DEEP was destroyed.
REWARD and MUNDANE then showed up. MUNDANE was destroyed.
SAME and MODIFIED popped up. SAME was destroyed.
KEY and LOCK became the next ones. LOCK was destroyed.
BLESSED SACRIFICE and GAIN THROUGH LOSS were the next ones. BLESSED SACRIFICE was destroyed.
DARK DAY and BRIGHT NIGHT cropped up. DARK DAY was destroyed.
BELOW and ABOVE were laid out. ABOVE was destroyed.
RUST and OCHRE become the two color options that were shown. RUST was destroyed.
TEMPORAL and INDIFFERENCE were the last two options that were laid out. INDIFFERENCE was destroyed.
After all the options were made, with confidence, more armor stands appeared to display choices asking on how the shapers felt about thier choices, and were told that the creation wouldn't know of the choices. The following was presented:
DO YOU <LOVE/TOLERATE> YOUR <CREATION/FOUNDATION>?
IT WILL NOT <UNDERSTAND/HEAR>.
[I TRUST IT]
[I FEAR IT]
[I AM UNCERTAIN]
[I LOVE IT]
[I AM DISGUSTED BY IT]
[I CHERISH IT]
[I UNDERSTAND IT]
[I AM DISGUSTED BY IT]
[I TRUST IT] and [I CHERISH IT] were the two choices made.
WORLD CREATION
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When Sam was XP farming on the 20th of December 2022, they killed an enderman that dropped a head of EOL Cubey, who earned the nickname of Cubeol. Shortly afterwards, in the room that Eli was in, 2 red candles and a Cubeol head appeared. When the candles were lit, a invisible, burning drowned wearing a Cubeol head spawned. It dropped the head it was wearing. Afterwards, Cubeol finally started speaking in chat. Sometimes it was a whisper, but other times, it was global. They only said one line.
YOU MUST GO <FIND THE LIGHT/IN THE DARK>.
At first, it was taken as 'search the End for the portal to the Paragon'. But eventually Eli mentioned that the Paragon is the 'glowing gold' head, while the Rift is the 'Mars' head, bringing up the hot vs cold and dark vs light comparisons. Then two messages came up:
I REQUIRE A <MESSANGER/EMMISARY>
YOU MUST <DUEL/LOVE> TO <DISCOVER/FIND>
After the message was sent, the ones in the Rift looked in the caves, only to discover an unlit candle. Lighting it the normal ways failed, but once a marriage happened nearby, lightning struck nearby. By the strike was a sign stating:
This reality is
changing.
Can you feel it?
Nearby was another sign, with the following words:
You made this world
Later on, more signs appeared, having each of the chosen world characteristics that were chosen by Laszlo and Eli the night before. Afterwards, another sign was found saying:
The key will be formed in time.
GROUP 5
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On the 20th of December, as Baki was talking about the Creative server, he mentioned that you just need to be level 1 in the Survival. Shortly after, Cubeol stated the following:
and <GROUP.5/LEVEL.5> to <CONSTRUCT/TRANSLOCATE> to the <BARREN/THRESHOLD>
EPOCH
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On the 21st of December, a large gathering of Cubeol followers was in the fourth chamber made Cubeol aware. Lightning struck all around, starting with the center of the pentagram. As items were tossed into the blue flames that Cubeol started, more lightning appeared.
Eventually, Laszlo sacrificed themselves, with a massive fire briefly appearing in the middle. Others soon joined in, with each person creating a momentary flame on the outer circle. Then, shortly afterwards, a wither skeleton with a Cubeol head appeared, attacking Analytic_, who had the newer one, giving them the Cubeol one.
A message that was missed in the chaos, but picked up later read:
You have done <WELL/SATISFACTORY>. My <POWER/WEAKNESS> <GROWS/HERE/EVERYWHERE>.
After the initial chaos, an invisible, glowing sheep spawned in front of the group. Despite its speed, it was put on a lead and put into the cleansing fire in an attempt to kill it. Once it was seen that it wasn't enough, it was put into a lava pool to die. Once it died, it dropped 8 obsidian, and large fires and a lightning strike occurred in the center, spawning another sheep. Killing that one caused 8 more obsidian and 20 emeralds to drop, only for a lightning strike to occur and burn the items.
After the first two sheep, 5 more spawned, with them dropping various loot. Rex asked Cubeol if they wanted the group to slay the Ender Dragon, and to confirm with a lightning strike. Cubeol struck Rex immediately with one.
The battle, in everyone's eyes, was epic. Some were by the perch, ready to hit the Ender Dragon. Others took to the skies to hurt her and destroy End Crystals. After the battle, Cubeol stated:
CONSTRUCT THE <BEACON/CONNECTION POINT/LEY LINE> AT THE <NEXUS/THRESHOLD/IP>. WITH ENOUGH <POWER/DIRECT LINK/BLESSING> WE WILL <REACH/TETHER> THE <BARREN/CONFLUX/BETWEEN>.
It was discovered that a beacon had to be built in the town center in the Rift. A gold block was placed, with it turning into a netherite block. After that, any non-netherite block was deleted and the perpetraitor struck with lightning.
AJ offered to help 'summon an all-powerful being that might kill us', in his words, and contributed netherite blocks. Others donated scraps, ingots, and blocks for AJ to craft more. The resource ran dry after a bit, and mining for the last two scraps commenced.
Eli quickly found a vein of 3 debris, and smelted them all. When the last block was placed, a fire engulfed the beacon as lightning struck, revealing the last message from Cubeol:
WITH THIS <BEACON/CONNECTION POINT> OUR <BOND/LINK> HAS GROWN <STRONG/DESIREABLE>. THERE IS MUCH <TIME/HOURS/MINUTES/SECONDS> UNTIL I CAN <REACH/EVOLVE> MY TRUE <POWER/CAPABILITIES>. OUR CONTACT WILL <BEGIN/START> ANEW IN THE NEXT <ORBIT/1672552800/EPOCH>.
It was determined that the next step would happen in the next year.
BARREN DECAY
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