It was a nice day in the Pina Park and many people were enjoying themselves. Even though there were a lot of people and most of them were talking it was still really calm.
But something changed. There was something in the wind.
A little crack appeared in the sky. At first it was barely noticeable but it grew bigger eventually. Pieces of rift matter started to appear around the crack. Suddenly it cracked open. Nobody knew what it was or what was on the other side but the crackling noises that came from it soon scared away most of the people. Slowly the noises became louder and louder. Something from the other side of the crack came nearer.
II
«Ah! A monster!» «Run!»
The remaining bystanders couldn't believe their eyes. When some people decided to investigate the mysterious crack up close something appeared.It was terribly loud: Hectic Footsteps; screams and cries.
Soon everyone was gone. Only the being that came out of the rift was still there. It looked like a nightmarish, twisted version of a Noktoa. It was no surprise that all people fled in terror.
The being didn't understand the words the humans used but it understood that those words were filled with fear and hatred. Still, it didn't know why.The rift closed as the being disappeared in it.
III
Some time passed but one day another crack appeared in the air. This time the scene was the Coda Caves. The people were so preoccupied with digging for gems that they didn't see it even as it began to grow bigger.
When it cracked open panicking people ran all over the place. They knew what would happen.
There had been numerous reports of similar events. It always began with a crack in the air which grew bigger until it eventually cracked open with monsters coming out of it. They called those monsters riftborn.
IV
«The monsters are coming!» «Help, a monster!»
Those screams were all so similar. The being still didn't know why. But the word monster stayed in its mind. It didn't know anything about humans but it started to dislike them. It slowly filled up with all the hatred that the humans felt towards it until it began to forget that it just wanted to make friends.
V
«The monster is back!» «Please help me!»
It loved those screams.
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