《War Over Creation》 Interlude - Everything must come to an end, but why do I have to remain. Creation has already risen and fallen infinitely with me at its center, I am it''s beginning and will always be its beginning, alas I cannot be the only life, therefore I made an infinite number of beings in my image but there is one universe that has my interest, numerous of galaxies, nebuli and stars are contained within in yet only one measly planet had managed to obtain lifeforms that suddenly just flickered into existence and inhabit that one tiny planet. I have made a many of dimensions and all of them have come in different forms and power filling their galaxies to the brim with lifeforms and other primordial beings, all remain oblivious to their origin except this one, this one is different. They are aware. Aware that I am here and there and everywhere, they don''t mind me observing nor do they care as they can see I am nothing but also everything, they would fiddle with my residue and create life, inferior as I may say infinitely inferior to mine, they made these things called "Humans" that were weaker than them, easy to kill, easy to fall into sickness and easy to break, they made entertainment for themselves but there is something more. They have watched over them and their humankind for only some millennia and those little things have made civilization and culture, they are aware of those who made them as their creators knew me, too bad they are only made for entertainment, now their creators are fighting over who actually made who, this is going to be a long debate. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. They have come to a stalemate but bound deep hatred over themselves, separated between different groups with different agreements, they all have come to call themselves the Celestials or Gods as their puny humans call them but now that their creators have been divided so is their belief, the gods are fighting over their creation such a childish thing is kind of important if they are to be ready of what is to come. Curiously the Celestials have miraculously obtained the power over those that they deem as their expertise and domain, although many have the same power there are some who have more mastery and potential over their powers, even though their dimension is young they''ve obtained their "Aether" in record time quicker than the others, even though they are too inexperienced and are oblivious to their true potential. No need to give the newbies some extra time, they''ve already played long enough, time to be adults now,I guess it''s time to announce what I''ve been waiting for. My retirement and... The War Over Creation Interlude - "*** ** son" "The War Over Creation. My Creation. All those who breathe my very essence that is life will now struggle to obtain the authority to rule it, I mean all of YOU, I don''t just mean your planet, star, galaxy or universe. The entirety of my creation, all dimensions and the lifeforms who dwell in it will and shall participate in this very war. Yes. You heard me, I said WAR! Isn''t this your specialty? You have waged wars over value of all forms; resource, land, treasure, technology, weapons and even the rights of your own. Now you must wage war to rule over my wonders and soon it shall be YOUR wonders, you are allowed to decline, to cower and relinquish your freedom and power over to the champion or... You can succumb to your desires, empower discipline, spread peace, defend your home or collect the spoils, the decision of how you spend your rewards is yours to decide, you WILL have control and I WILL enforce it, but only if you participate and win WAIT! before you start rallying your forces, manpower, penguin army, what say you. I must say this. In order to make this whole things shorter and cut about 500 lightyears of struggle, I have decided to cap the game and it is that there may only be 10 participants per dimension, AND! the one who will decide who shall be able to play my war game shall be... My right hand man/The second most powerful being in creation, The Octopus of Time and Space. Ghtehrlthahrruhdtle! Please call her Gertrude The war game instructions shall be immediately sent to all world leaders, the chosen participants shall be enlisted, taking into consideration the: Potential, Mastery, Power, Trigger, Intellect and Talent; Please try your best to hone your skills in hope or despair that you''ll be joining this crucial event, my assistant Gertrude shall do her best in identifying the cream of the crop of each dimension. The deadline of the war games has been decided to be held in 10 years, an appropriate amount of time for any lifeform to prepare as long as they don''t hibernate, time travel, escape into their faux world, forget or space-out THIS IS MY WILL AS THE ALPHA AND OBSERVER OVER ALL, I AM YOUR CREATOR, OMNI, HERE TO DECLARE YOUR HOPE AND DEMISE, SIGNING OUT~~<3" |=============| My favorite dimension is so amusing, their beloved humans have apparently made these things called Virtual Reality Games which apparently caught the interest of the Celestials They had this idea to copy the basis of the VR in order to further improve and synchronize with their trigger, easily access their powers and measure their strength and possible weaknesses, they called it STATUS The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. To be honest at first I thought the humans were entirely useless, I''m sure they were thinking the same thing but apparently as the humans improved, so did the Celestials, the humans acted as the medium of their powers: They gained their Trigger because of them, copied and refined technology from watching them, learned about emotions, sympathy, ideas, camaraderie and intimacy because of them As much as they are too stubborn to notice and acknowledge, the gods and their humans have a symbiotic relationship, both are benefiting from each other as they live on I have taken pity on this world as it is too precious to be enslaved over and destroyed so I have decided to create another being just for this dimension, almost similar to Celestials but with a few kinks and quirks I have taken a chunk of crystallized essence and formed it as his heart, yes it shall be a boy and I shall send him down to EARTH and be raised normal, I stole a glob of Chaotic Clay from Chao, I''m sure she won''t mind, and molded it into the body of a baby, miraculously, light was suddenly drawn toward the murky purple skinned baby as various hues of auroras began to pulsate within the child, changing his skin to a fleshy pink, his small head was still bald, but I''m sure life would cause him to grow a wonderful crop of hair His body is done, now to embed his "Heart" and breathe life into him, a soul of pure innocence, I wouldn''t want the Celestials to have a hard time with him, he won''t be a able to forget his memories as such forgetting is something I consider to be wasteful, he will be able to easily learn and master those he deems as his interest and finally he will have an enormous and colorful imagination, he IS my son, he has to be as plentiful as I am even as a Celestial, I won''t tell you his power and Trigger though, that will be my little secret to those viewing Now! his name... Jericho... Pan... Bando... Ichor... Shale... Opus... Qarte... Llancer... Felix... All these names sound too unfit for my son and perfect gift to my favorite dimension, something that can represent me, or not entirely me, I want him to be able to be his own Origin OH! Idea! Humans and their creations, I must thank the Celestials for making such a fruitful being his name will be "Vivi" -He shall live a life of his own, a blank slate and he, a chisel to carve his own path. "Fai" -He shall be the symbol of a new era, the beginning if what is to come. "My son, my very own living core essence, you shall accomplish and create a whole new array of wonders as I have done, I hope you are enough to cover the disadvantage of my favorites" Prologue. 01 - The lonely elegy "Father is such a one-eyed asshole" Splish! Splash! "Leaving me here for all eternity, without even giving me a friend to hang out with" Sniff... Sniffle... "~I am Hel the Dark One, and I will get you all. Every man and woman must come into my hall, the young ones and the old ones, and I will not let you go, even if all the worlds should weep for you.~" Yes, I am Hel, I am death, I am the end of all those who possess the essence of life, forced to devour the wicked, torture the damned and dissolve their sins. I am a young god cursed to be trapped in this wretched plane, all because I was born with the power to easily raze my enemies, fear was brought upon my brothers and sisters and my useless father was forced to leave me here all alone. A castle of brimstone and blood rose from this empty wasteland when I first arrived, fueled by my rage and grief my power created a kingdom of my own, where i greet those lost and innocent back to where they''re supposed to go and to those of eroding souls shall know the reason why I am called the Goddess of Death. "~I am Hel the Beautiful, be greeted and come in. Enjoy my hospitality together with your kin. Your ancestors are sitting next to Balder in the light, I bid you welcome - I am Hel the Bright.~" Death always holds a purpose and a cause in every person, one I''ve always encountered from a few wandering souls was their Love. I heard from one of them that there was another undead plane similar to mine, a place called the Underworld, according to the old soul while my plane is all eternal ghost flames, searing brimstone, felhounds and carnage. The Underworld was a place of pure judgement, souls put under trial for their sins and separated into different places of torture and agony in order to purify them. I thought it was a done deal for me to meet with the owner of the Underworld, Hades but the old soul told me of his wife and that I look years younger than his current form, so that''s that, no trying to seduce him, but I wonder if I can meet any interesting wandering souls that would tell tales, ironic to the saying ''Dead men tell no tales'' they are quite chatty about rumors and deaths. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Here I am walking on the shores of Phlegethon, a river of liquid hellfire running along the straits of the underworld, I heard this stuff was collected and used upon tortured souls so they would drift off and vanish easily when they purify them, basically the river has healing properties, in exchange the person would feel his throat seared and burnt as if he was trying to swallow live fire, though they''d come out unscathed, the thing about agony and torture is, they tend to focus on dealing the least amount of damage physically as to make the victim last longer, in order for them to have more time to break them psychologically. Just as I was about to tear off my dress and take a little dip. I felt a little heartbeat resound throughout the dimension, faint, but loud enough to be noticed, a strong one with tons of essence pulsating within it, if I was only a mere minor god then I wouldn''t be able to sense this. What excitement will I meet if I follow this resounding pulse, I could already feel my blood boiling, I''m trembling in delight for once in my life! I must find it! The place of birth! The birth of a new celestial! After a hundreds of centuries, another like me will be born! Soon. I will finally have a new friend, one that will never toss me away, never wither, never take me for granted, and never be afraid of my presence! But.... will his celestial parent even accept me with the new godling? I wish I wasn''t born like this. Goddess of carnage and death I find a broken mirror half buried in soulstone, there stood a young lady staring back at me with scarlet red irises, her lips stained with blood, pale skin of death wearing a ghostly white silk dress stained from all the gore back home. "I wonder... " walking up the stairs towards the underworld''s exit "if the godling is a he, will ''he'' be my fated true love" the sun''s rays pass through my skin as if there wasn''t anything there to begin with "I wish he would accept me in this world, this world of the living" Prologue. 02 - Arguments over the Birth ***'' ***: "The gathering of all major gods of each religion are to discuss of the recent problem besides the War over Creation and it is: The birth of a godling" Zeus: "WHAT! A GODLING AT TIMES LIKE THESE!?" Bathala: "Now now, Zeus, although it is a bit odd that a new god has appeared, it is still a joyous occasion!" Odin: "Bathala is right you know, disregarding his lax demeanor as a god, he still has a point, Fortuna''s blessing indeed, as we are in need of reinforcing our defenses for the war, good for us, bad for the godling at least" Apollo: "We should take account the message Omni has sent, although he this was meant for all of his creations apparently he left an attachment for us" Cthulhu: "blub blub blub blu-blub (now this isn''t a time for Zeus''s bring your son to work day, but surprisingly he has piqued my interest, do tell us what he has mentioned)" Zeus: "THAT''S MY BOY! I KNEW IT WAS RIGHT TO BONE YOUR MOTHER!, DISREGARDING THE FACT THAT HERA BONED ME AFTERWARDS HAHAHAHAHAHA ouch" Apollo: "erm-- uhh-- ahem* well Omni has told us that he had left us a wildcard as a handicap for this war, apparently he also mentioned that we are the youngest of his creations so he thought we love the extra help" ***'' ***: "That IS interesting... ... maybe it is related to the birth of this new god?" Apollo: "Apparently so, the godling''s appearance left ripples in both space and time, nearly every celestial has sensed his arrival" Odin: "Then we must seize the godling at once!, what if the wrong side of our race gets a hold of him!" ***'' ***: "... Coincidentally your daughter was the first to arrive at the location" Odin: "WHAT!? MY DAUGHTER! ... wait which one?" ***'' ***: "Hel" Bathala: "Oooh that''s interesting, Hel, the Goddess of Death, the one that also holds reins towards the ancient Nydhogg besides the Valkyries, after all these years someone has finally made her break out of her father''s trick prison" Odin: "Gg-gk *grinds teeth*" Zeus: "WHAT''S WRONG ODIN? ARE YOU AFRAID OF YOUR OWN DAUGHTER, I ON THE OTHER HAND WOULD BE AMUSED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT" Odin: "Hel... is an eccentric type of god" If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Apollo: "Well that''s not a first you know" Odin: "Well in all honesty she already has the power to rival all of us, in her imprisonment, she''s actually obtained an aether enlightenment and has obtained a new trigger" Zeus: "WHAT!? WHAT TYPE OF TRIGGER!?" Odin: "Originally her Aether was connected to a celestial form of autophagy and gourmet, in other words, the more she feeds on anything that is considered edible to her, the more powerful she gets which us why she is quite battle savvy disregarding her frail appearance, but now due to her enlightenment, her hunger has waned and a new drive now keeps her alive, I fear for whatever new power she has obtained." Cthulhu: "bl- uuuuuuub blub blu-ub blub blub (Hoooooo! I bet you''re pissing your pants now Odin, what if she goes after your head first?)" Odin: "I doubt that, or else I would feel her bloodlust even from here, I''m sure you all fathers know of the unknown connection we feel from our offsprings." Cthulhu: "blub bluu... bluuuub blub... blub (Well... Apparently I don''t quite have that kind of luxury... just whenever any of mine wants to wreak havoc on the human race for the pollution)" Zeus: "I HAVE AN IDEA! WHY DON''T WE JUST KILL YOUR DAUGHTER, AND THEN KILL OMNI''S BOY AS WELL!? WE CAN HANDLE THIS EASY PEASY WAR!" ***'' ***: "Zeus, your son,Hermes has arrived holding an important message" Zeus: "WHAT IS IT THIS TIME!?, SPIT OUT THE MESSAGE LAD!" Hermes: "Ummm, a message from Omni... He says if you were to fuck with his son then he''ll make sure he''ll tie you up, warp you and let Chaos''s sadistic celestial S&M techniques drill a dimensional portal out of your asshole" Zeus: "..." Apollo: "Please do continue your Greek version of Inquisition so I may see your moments of being Chaos''s bitch" Zeus: "... do you really want me to turn you human and lock you within your island again Apollo?" Apollo: "YIPES! No father!" Bathala: "... moving on, how will we act upon our two star godlings?" ***'' ***: "We do what we do best." Odin: "And what pray tell would that be?" ***'' ***: "Observe and guide."