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The Dull Contrivance is a gate first discovered in the Void. It resembles a black hole, with a white center and swirls of violet and black surrounding it. Currently, there is prohibitive incoherence preventing the Interloper from accessing it, which requires repair by Funfriend.
The Dull
The Dull is considered by obesk as a plane outside of Velzie's creation.[1] It is the source of many foundational obesk technologies, such as interstellar space travel, tools and weapons, and communication. The Dull is named after Dullzkovik, who has done extensive studies on the Dull and its effects. He discovered that the Dull cannot support any known life, which may have sparked the corrucystic revolution and the development of mindcores.
When dull is inputted into the Memory Hole, it reveals a memory stream of Akizet traveling through the Dull for the third time. This memory reveals that the obesk have Dull stations to control and assist space travel. While traveling through the Dull, communications may be unavailable and that the Dull Heart and any tethers to the Dull must be released. Additionally, traveling obesk may bring a tithe to discard during travel, which is a sentimental item that is left behind for good luck. During the conclusion of this memory, Akizet releases all sensation in her deathly form, but she is unable to escape the dreadful feeling of passing through the Dull.[2]
Dull Ceremony
A Dull Ceremony is a large corrucrystic construct that creates a Dull Contrivance. A ceremony exists mostly in the Dull plane, and requires a director and extensive resources in order to open a contrivance. Idril describes that "[ceremonies] grow in pulses ... allowing its tendrils to establish it further."
Mindspike log
- ↑ Transcripts:Uncosm/MemoryHole#Dull Line 52
- ↑ Transcripts:Uncosm/MemoryHole#Dull Lines 57 to 60