The End Period

  !! Contains Blood, Implied Death !!   - Boron -  I have learned a few important facts about my traveling companions during the rest of our time in the swamp. The first fact is that the two of them love to argue. The second fact is that they love to drag me into it. As we walked through past the outskirts of that murky biome, I could hear Sulfur and Yttrium riling each other up again. I couldn't tell if they genuinely despised each other, or if it was their form of casual banter. Either way, it didn't take long for Sulfur to run up to me and ask for my opinion. Though I certainly didn't expect what was about to come out of her mouth, considering I had drowned out their constant back-and-forth as we went along. "Boron!" Sulfur yells, as though she's a kid about to tattle on someone. "Yttrium says that pants are wrong. What does that even mean!?"  "...Sulfur. You don't wear pants either. None of us do." I reply. As a response, she covers

- Boron -  "So I'm the referee, I guess." Yttrium speaks as we enter the clearing. I hear a slight hoarseness in their throat, and they appear to have less energy than they normally do. "Do I just...say when it starts, decide who the winner is, all of that? Make sure you two don't kill each other?"  "Indeed," I say, straightening out my attire for once. "Unless you don't wish to do so. You seem a bit tired, even by my standards." "Nah, nah. Just got a bit tuckered out looking for you earlier, mister sleepyhead."  "Don't call me that. Please." I huff.  "Besides that, where did you put my spear?" Yttrium ponders for a moment, before pulling their arm behind their back. Although they aren’t wearing any sort of bag, or even pockets, I hear them tinkering around as though they had an entire assortment of things with them. They sigh in relief as they pull out my spear from thin air, throwing it to me. I'