(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

"Well, they'll take his energy, chief, and they'll spit out another modron, but
it won't be Nordom, because he's not really a modron anymore; he's got too
much of the Planes in him. They'll make a non-Nordom replacement."
"So... in turning rogue, he's become... mortal?" I looked at Nordom, who
was once again amusing himself with a patron's mug. He had turned it on its
side to examine it, and blinked in confusion at the pale golden ale that
poured out.
Morte paused for a moment. "Well... yeah, you could put it like that. I mean,
if he hadn't had his little rogue rebellion, then he'd be fine... if he died,
another modron would pop up just like him. But since he became
'backwards' - well, that part's going to be lost when he dies."
I didn't like how that sounded, and turned to Nordom, "I'm curious,
Nordom... how did you end up in Rubikon?"
Nordom chrrruped. "Query requires submitting of Chronology: Shall Nordom
submit chronology?"
Thinking that he would've started in on his story immediately I had helped
myself to a generous mouthful of noodles. It took a moment to confirm.
"Yes, I would like to know."
"Orders received at initiation of Rubikon project: Departure from
Plane/Mechanus. Stage First: Arrival at Destination: Plane/Limbo. Stage
Second: Parameters dictated by Superior/Creative Director: Shaped matter
of Plane (Limbo) to test hypothesis. Rubikon dungeon constructed. Superior/
- Director of 'Create' - lost in field test. Chronology disrupted upon
achievement of Stage Second, Third Stage (disruption) occurs, not part of
project directives."
It took a moment to parse his odd Modron grammar. I chose to fill that
moment with more noodles. "What happened during this third stage?"
"Third Stage, unprecedented: Nordom-specific stage. Hypothesis: Lack of
Director, plus Exposure to Plane (chaos) resulted in perspective of /Nordom/
to deviate from norm."
"'Deviate from norm?' How?"
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