"Let's begin."
The nine Khaos Seeds took their places around the great stone table without question, each settling onto a floating stone platform before folding into meditation beneath the endless sky of the Khaos Domain, where countless Waypoints shimmered like distant stars.
Emery closed his eyes.
His spirit unfurled outward, threading along the connections that already bound them to him — nine luminous strands stretching across the domain, one to each seated figure. Following the structure of [Khaos Voidweave], he wove his consciousness into theirs, gently, deliberately, until the boundary between his awareness and theirs began to blur.
One by one, dark runes emerged upon their foreheads.
The symbols glowed faintly before settling into a slow, steady rhythm, pulsing in perfect harmony with Emery's own heartbeat.
The weave was complete.
Only then did Emery draw upon the power of Khaos.
The domain responded immediately.
