A cliff nearby shimmers and melts under the power of molecular disruption, attaining a tunnel mouth. The rahkshi looks at the tower, nods to itself, and quickly retreats down the tunnel.
"You are strong. Very strong. You have a powerful, unique gift and the resolve to make use of it. I want to you realize that you need not carry on as a slave to the design others have made. You have the will and the choice, and now you even have the power. I want to encourage you to break free and pursue your own dream, with a destiny of your own making. Purge this world of evil if you must... fight endlessly for whatever you feel strengthens your purpose... but ensure that it is never for the sake of another, and certainly never for a 'superior' being."
His head tilts to the sky.
"I see a great potential within you Kaatonga. A potential that promises to raise you beyond the reaches of this world. I want you to set it free, as I once did."
"I may perform my own will, but what's the point without some of it being for others? My race was slaughtered by those who didn't care in their own selfish goals. That will not be me."
"Be weary that you don't fool yourself into believing what you do is will of your own choosing. Your design... this obsession with purging what these pale embers of yours label as evil... is a stagnant one. But enough about that, for greater power should always be embraced at any given opportunity, even if it promises to destroy you. What is the point of fighting for others that are doomed to fade into distant history? Your self-preservation ought to take precedence, for then you may protect as many as you wish for eons to come... even if their time is short by comparison to your own. Understand that I am not asking to abandon others, but rather to free yourself of them."
He tilts his head slightly.
"I know you do not fear me, and you are right not to, for your fate is long in coming. Karunax's sentence was justly deserved, given his nature. You would have killed him quicker than I... and you did."
A cliff nearby shimmers and melts under the power of molecular disruption, attaining a tunnel mouth. The rahkshi looks at the tower, nods to itself, and quickly retreats down the tunnel.
The tower has been long gone and the entire surrounding area had been transformed by EP a long time ago as well. The Rahkshi are blown to smithereens when they eventually make a hole before it reseals.
A cliff nearby shimmers and melts under the power of molecular disruption, attaining a tunnel mouth. The rahkshi looks at the tower, nods to itself, and quickly retreats down the tunnel.
The tower has been long gone and the entire surrounding area had been transformed by EP a long time ago as well. The Rahkshi are blown to smithereens when they eventually make a hole before it reseals.
"I may perform my own will, but what's the point without some of it being for others? My race was slaughtered by those who didn't care in their own selfish goals. That will not be me."
"Be weary that you don't fool yourself into believing what you do is will of your own choosing. Your design... this obsession with purging what these pale embers of yours label as evil... is a stagnant one. But enough about that, for greater power should always be embraced at any given opportunity, even if it promises to destroy you. What is the point of fighting for others that are doomed to fade into distant history? Your self-preservation ought to take precedence, for then you may protect as many as you wish for eons to come... even if their time is short by comparison to your own. Understand that I am not asking to abandon others, but rather to free yourself of them."
He tilts his head slightly.
"I know you do not fear me, and you are right not to, for your fate is long in coming. Karunax's sentence was justly deserved, given his nature. You would have killed him quicker than I... and you did."
"You could have ended Karunax at any time you wanted. If you didn't make him a helpless cripple, it could have been years of planning and tactics until I took the Juggernaut down. So why didn't you and why choose me? Surely there are others with greater potential for you want...."
Or maybe tell me why madmen keep getting attracted to me. He really is like Scadion.
"Be weary that you don't fool yourself into believing what you do is will of your own choosing. Your design... this obsession with purging what these pale embers of yours label as evil... is a stagnant one. But enough about that, for greater power should always be embraced at any given opportunity, even if it promises to destroy you. What is the point of fighting for others that are doomed to fade into distant history? Your self-preservation ought to take precedence, for then you may protect as many as you wish for eons to come... even if their time is short by comparison to your own. Understand that I am not asking to abandon others, but rather to free yourself of them."
He tilts his head slightly.
"I know you do not fear me, and you are right not to, for your fate is long in coming. Karunax's sentence was justly deserved, given his nature. You would have killed him quicker than I... and you did."
"You could have ended Karunax at any time you wanted. If you didn't make him a helpless cripple, it could have been years of planning and tactics until I took the Juggernaut down. So why didn't you and why choose me? Surely there are others with greater potential for you want...."
Or maybe tell me why madmen keep getting attracted to me. He really is like Scadion.
"Despite deserving his end, his existence was still of use to me. You see, I have no qualms about shredding and twisting the lives of those that the world would be better off without. As the saying goes, they crafted their beds, so they may die in them. Karunax was a social experiment, among other things, and he did indeed have potential. But the Makuta nature is to blame for his failure, and after much personal deterioration, death was the greatest mercy for him. I wasn't willing to be so merciful. I wanted him to claw his way through what remained of his life until he either decayed or resurrected, so that I may once again observe the tendencies of a creature with truly nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
And then you came along. You were filled with contempt and yet you were more merciful than I, a being that feels no anger. I challenged you, and even when you saw what I am capable of through Karunax's suffering, you defied me. Despite facing the threat of a fate similar to the Makuta's, you did not yield. Even when I said I claimed your destiny to pay for the loss of Karunax's, you did not yield. I saw that your fate is already your own. I want to make sure you know this, lest another comes to steal it from you. Additionally, I wish to assure you that I am an ally to any who know their design and defy it, who let none stand in their way. We are kindred spirits, Kaatonga, and that is why I want you to succeed."
A small, cylindrical object materializes in the air between them.
"You may consider this a head start. Once I developed this simple technology, the influx for my evolution was immense. One day you may get to develop it for yourself. It is a warp drive; a powerful manipulation of present time that will allow you to instantly travel anywhere you set your mind to. Reach out to it with your will, and it will respond. Travel to other universes is possible, but unless you comprehend the structures of relationships between space and time, it is remarkably easy to get lost forever."
"You could have ended Karunax at any time you wanted. If you didn't make him a helpless cripple, it could have been years of planning and tactics until I took the Juggernaut down. So why didn't you and why choose me? Surely there are others with greater potential for you want...."
Or maybe tell me why madmen keep getting attracted to me. He really is like Scadion.
"Despite deserving his end, his existence was still of use to me. You see, I have no qualms about shredding and twisting the lives of those that the world would be better off without. As the saying goes, they crafted their beds, so they may die in them. Karunax was a social experiment, among other things, and he did indeed have potential. But the Makuta nature is to blame for his failure, and after much personal deterioration, death was the greatest mercy for him. I wasn't willing to be so merciful. I wanted him to claw his way through what remained of his life until he either decayed or resurrected, so that I may once again observe the tendencies of a creature with truly nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
And then you came along. You were filled with contempt and yet you were more merciful than I, a being that feels no anger. I challenged you, and even when you saw what I am capable of through Karunax's suffering, you defied me. Despite facing the threat of a fate similar to the Makuta's, you did not yield. Even when I said I claimed your destiny to pay for the loss of Karunax's, you did not yield. I saw that your fate is already your own. I want to make sure you know this, lest another comes to steal it from you. Additionally, I wish to assure you that I am an ally to any who know their design and defy it, who let none stand in their way. We are kindred spirits, Kaatonga, and that is why I want you to succeed."
A small, cylindrical object materializes in the air between them.
"You may consider this a head start. Once I developed this simple technology, the influx for my evolution was immense. One day you may get to develop it for yourself. It is a warp drive; a powerful manipulation of present time that will allow you to instantly travel anywhere you set your mind to. Reach out to it with your will, and it will respond. Travel to other universes is possible, but unless you comprehend the structures of relationships between space and time, it is remarkably easy to get lost forever."
Kaatonga stares at the device.
"And what of your orange twin? Will this make me easier for him to find?"
"Despite deserving his end, his existence was still of use to me. You see, I have no qualms about shredding and twisting the lives of those that the world would be better off without. As the saying goes, they crafted their beds, so they may die in them. Karunax was a social experiment, among other things, and he did indeed have potential. But the Makuta nature is to blame for his failure, and after much personal deterioration, death was the greatest mercy for him. I wasn't willing to be so merciful. I wanted him to claw his way through what remained of his life until he either decayed or resurrected, so that I may once again observe the tendencies of a creature with truly nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
And then you came along. You were filled with contempt and yet you were more merciful than I, a being that feels no anger. I challenged you, and even when you saw what I am capable of through Karunax's suffering, you defied me. Despite facing the threat of a fate similar to the Makuta's, you did not yield. Even when I said I claimed your destiny to pay for the loss of Karunax's, you did not yield. I saw that your fate is already your own. I want to make sure you know this, lest another comes to steal it from you. Additionally, I wish to assure you that I am an ally to any who know their design and defy it, who let none stand in their way. We are kindred spirits, Kaatonga, and that is why I want you to succeed."
A small, cylindrical object materializes in the air between them.
"You may consider this a head start. Once I developed this simple technology, the influx for my evolution was immense. One day you may get to develop it for yourself. It is a warp drive; a powerful manipulation of present time that will allow you to instantly travel anywhere you set your mind to. Reach out to it with your will, and it will respond. Travel to other universes is possible, but unless you comprehend the structures of relationships between space and time, it is remarkably easy to get lost forever."
Kaatonga stares at the device.
"And what of your orange twin? Will this make me easier for him to find?"
"The Anonymous wouldn't recognize it as his own, therefore he could not detect it. Simply put, this is much better than his."
"The Anonymous wouldn't recognize it as his own, therefore he could not detect it. Simply put, this is much better than his."
She reaches out and grabs the device, staring at the thing in her hand.
"...Are we done here for now or is there more you want to tell me?"
"Only that, after all that's happened, it would appear we both failed to kill the Fist of the Brotherhood. Karunax is somehow alive and well yet again, with much greater ambition than before. Not only that, but I can sense... something else... within him. Something that may prove dangerous even to one such as me, and all the more to the rest of the world. I can only theorize that he has either mastered his own destiny, or a power greater than myself has snatched him up for their own devices. Both are unlikely, but the mystery remains."
She reaches out and grabs the device, staring at the thing in her hand.
"...Are we done here for now or is there more you want to tell me?"
"Only that, after all that's happened, it would appear we both failed to kill the Fist of the Brotherhood. Karunax is somehow alive and well yet again, with much greater ambition than before. Not only that, but I can sense... something else... within him. Something that may prove dangerous even to one such as me, and all the more to the rest of the world. I can only theorize that he has either mastered his own destiny, or a power greater than myself has snatched him up for their own devices. Both are unlikely, but the mystery remains."
Kaatonga sighs. "Of course he's back from dead. They never stay dead."
"Only that, after all that's happened, it would appear we both failed to kill the Fist of the Brotherhood. Karunax is somehow alive and well yet again, with much greater ambition than before. Not only that, but I can sense... something else... within him. Something that may prove dangerous even to one such as me, and all the more to the rest of the world. I can only theorize that he has either mastered his own destiny, or a power greater than myself has snatched him up for their own devices. Both are unlikely, but the mystery remains."
Kaatonga sighs. "Of course he's back from dead. They never stay dead."
"One day he must, for he is not like you and I. Real immortality seldom graces puppets."
Without so much as a farewell, The Composer vanishes.
A darkness so thick it's almost like a liquid rolls in as rahkshi are sent to investigate the death of one of their own. The lack of light is accompanied by the lack of sound, so quiet it can't be natural.
A darkness so thick it's almost like a liquid rolls in as rahkshi are sent to investigate the death of one of their own. The lack of light is accompanied by the lack of sound, so quiet it can't be natural.
Pods fall here from the sky portals and the dead beings of this topic rise. Surprisingly this includes a fair amount of Rahkshi.
A darkness so thick it's almost like a liquid rolls in as rahkshi are sent to investigate the death of one of their own. The lack of light is accompanied by the lack of sound, so quiet it can't be natural.
Pods fall here from the sky portals and the dead beings of this topic rise. Surprisingly this includes a fair amount of Rahkshi.
Defect rahkshi are shot with lightning, welding their joints into immobility. Pods are Infected like kanohi.