The snot-nosed kid, hiding behind Ness from dogs and crows back in Onett. The pupil of the “eye” changes, pigments arranging into a mirror image of Ness’ face. As they near it, the entire structure begins to shake. Every tube seems to terminate at this point. At the end they find a pyramidal mass supporting what looks like a sphere- Or an eye. There are no enemies here, just the slow, rhythmic sound of breathing. Each step they take is over a floor made up of pulsing biomechanical entrails. The path here isn’t rock, but a living mass of tissue. What they find within is nothing short of horrifying. The last portion is just as nondescript as the rest. Twice the path terminates, with a floating metal orb silently teleporting them to a new section of cave. They have given everything to this fight, including their humanity. The kids slay each in turn, preparing themselves for the coming final confrontation. Each one resembles the most dangerous aliens and mechanoids they’d fought earlier in their journey, only much stronger. They are assaulted by waves of brutally powerful enemies, with the narrow path providing no means of escape. Ness and his friends’ clanking footsteps echo off the distant walls of the vast cave. Ness’ father is the only one who can be contacted through time, but he can barely recognize his son’s synthesized voice on the line. The Phase Distorter serves as their umbilical, repairing their bodies and allowing connection to the present. Just north of the PD’s resting place is the same strange tentacle-shaped formation they saw in (the present-time version of) the Cave of the Past, confirming this place as the same location. Ness only has any defining feature- his red hat sits atop his metal head. They have left their human bodies behind each looks exactly like the last. It perches on a cliff surrounded on all sides by a featureless green-gray void. The version of the cave that the Phase Distorter appears in is very different from the one it left.
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