Ascent
Ascent noun - The act or an instance of rising or climbing up.
Usage example: our plane broke through some heavy low clouds during its ascent and leveled off once we were above them
Fall
Fall noun - A change to a lower state or level.
Usage example: last night's record fall in temperature was a sure sign that winter's coming, like it or not
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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When one gets to Lower Ascent and the next few maps it's possible to fall off the map, forcing you to do the second part of the jump quest again.
Source: Video Game / MapleStory -
By the divines, use that same arsenal against anyone that can succumb to it in one shot; you shoot, it hits, they fly, guaranteed to die/fall unconscious at the apex of ascent, and drop like the ragdolls they become!
Source: Wreaking Havok - If a wizard wants to hurl himself from the ground to the top of a tower, he has to cause a stone with an identical weight to his to fall from the top of the tower and magically link his ascent to the stone's descent.
Source: No Conservation of Energy
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