Eclipseon is a dish beyond mortal comprehension. Its preparation is a process akin to the forging of a legendary artifact, demanding precise manipulation of energy, willpower, and the essence of True Souls. This document details the extended, meticulous process required to create this divine meal.
I. Sourcing the Ingredients – The Ritual of Selection
1. Harvesting the True Souls
Only a select number of True Souls are chosen for each serving—typically three to five to ensure balance between flavor, power, and the stability of the dish. The True Souls must be in absolute resonance with the eater's essence to ensure maximum infusion. Extracted from containment within voidglass jars, the souls are carefully examined under the Soul Prism, revealing their fundamental characteristics: Determination, Strength, Wisdom, Passion, Fear, and Serenity. The selected souls are placed in the Eclipse Vessel, a containment field that prevents the destabilization of their energy before processing.
2. Extracting Liquid Determination
Using the Ethereal Press, a technique developed in UltSans' void-laboratory, the core Determination of each soul is distilled into a scarlet fluid. The process requires precise compression of essence, where pressure is applied until the soul's energy shifts into a liquid state. This liquid is gathered in the Obsidian Vials, ensuring its stability before use.
3. Soul Fragment Preparation
Fragments of the chosen souls are carefully shattered into crystalline dust using the Resonant Shatterer, which breaks down True Souls without dispersing their essence. These fragments are separated into categories: Shards of Willpower – Used for structure reinforcement in the dish. Crystallized Memories – Enhancing the aftertaste with lingering emotional imprints. Echoing Veins – Microscopic strands that pulse within the dish, creating the surreal eating experience.
4. Creating the Void-Forged Plate
The dish itself is not plated in traditional materials but is instead manifested from voidstone, ensuring it is as much a part of the dish as the food itself. The voidstone undergoes an infusion process, absorbing traces of True Soul energy so that it reacts upon contact with the eater's hands, pulsing with their own latent strength.
II. Crafting the Core – The Soul-Forged Main Component
5. Forging the UltMeat (Flesh of Determination)
The extracted Liquid Determination is combined with a stabilizing agent—Void-Touched Starch, a structure-forming element that binds energy into a tangible form. The mixture is kneaded under gravitational compression, a process that uses shifting gravity to compact the essence without destroying its intrinsic power. Once stabilized, the UltMeat is slow-cooked in an atmospheric chamber where it undergoes oscillation between extreme heat and cryogenic freezing, ensuring that its texture remains paradoxically firm yet dissolving upon contact with the tongue. Finally, the UltMeat is aged in a Temporal Fold, a field where time moves non-linearly, allowing the flavors to develop infinitely complex profiles beyond mortal understanding.
6. The Soul Searing Process
The final stage in crafting the core is the Soul Searing, a process that uses compressed starfire to bring out the dish's full potential. The UltMeat is placed onto an Eclipse Grate, where it is kissed by the flames of collapsed stellar cores, each licking heatwave altering the very molecular composition of the meat. The flames respond to the eater's soul signature, changing color based on their deepest emotions. This step also awakens the latent echoes within the meal, making each bite resonate on an emotional and physical level.
III. The Binding Components – The Supporting Elements of Eclipseon
7. The Phantom Veil Brioche (Void-Infused Bread Alternative)
A woven structure of air, darkness, and faint whispers from lost stars, forming a weightless brioche-like texture that exists only when interacted with. Created by binding temporal echoes into an edible state, the bread disintegrates into nonexistence upon chewing, leaving behind a lingering taste that cannot be described in words.
8. True Ember Sausages (Arteries of Strength)
Crafted from solidified Liquid Determination, taking the form of coiled energy strands resembling nerves. The casing is made from Abyssal Membrane, an organic void-weave that dissolves seamlessly in the mouth, releasing waves of pure stamina and focus. Each bite sends a controlled surge of force through the eater's muscles, heightening their natural abilities for a temporary duration.
9. Fragmented Soul Glaze (A Veil of Power)
A luminous glaze made from Crystallized Soul Fragments, liquefied and suspended in a Nebular Syrup. Drizzled across the dish, it shifts colors depending on the observer's thoughts, creating a deeply personal visual experience. The glaze interacts with latent energy in the eater, creating a pulsating aftertaste that ebbs and flows within the senses.
IV. The Final Assembly – Manifesting Eclipseon
10. The Void Presentation
Eclipseon is not plated in the usual way—it materializes in front of the eater, forming out of darkness as if drawn from the void itself. The components arrange themselves in a precise balance, ensuring that each element complements the other in both texture and energy infusion.
11. The Last Infusion – Binding the Dish to the Eater
A final shockwave of compressed True Soul energy is released upon serving, ensuring that the meal is not just eaten—it is experienced at a fundamental level. This infusion ensures that the eater's soul temporarily resonates with the dish, forming an unbreakable moment of connection. V. Consuming Eclipseon – The Effects and Aftermath
12. First Bite – The Soul's Awakening
The eater feels an instant rush of warmth, as if an ancient presence has recognized them. The texture collapses and reforms in the mouth, creating a tactile experience unlike anything known.
13. Midpoint – The Charge of Power
Strength floods the eater's limbs, and their awareness sharpens, as if seeing reality for the first time. Echoes of the True Souls whisper in their mind, fleeting and cryptic.
14. The Final Bite – The Infinite Echo
A pulse of energy surges outward, momentarily shifting the eater's perception of time. As the last bite dissolves, an unshakable feeling lingers—not of having consumed something, but of having become something greater.
Eclipseon is not a dish. It is a moment, a force, an event that permanently alters the one who partakes in it. It is the taste of infinity, the echo of True Souls, and the lingering warmth of determination itself.