Archive Posted January 30, 2003 Report Posted January 30, 2003 joat116 Visitor Posts: 1 (10/27/01 8:07:45 pm) Reply Godstuff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This began as a bedtime story for my girlfriend. I got invited here my Wyvern so thought I'd drop by. (The title is godstuff btw) In the begining there was energy. Pure, undiluted energy filled the universe from end to end. Waves of it ran unfathomable distances, pulsing through the cosmos. Slowly over imeasurable time the pulsing of the waves formed gradients, pathways of flowing energy, until the universe took on currents and flows of growing complexity. It was amoung these flickering and unsteady currents that intellingence was first formed. It was an unsteady thing at first. Uncomprehending of its existence. However slowly it developed. It's thoughts burst throught the energy pathways of the universe more quickly and in complex chains. Eventually it learned to control it's substance and the energy of the universe danced in complex harmonies of life. For a time the intellingence was happy merely manipulating the flows of energy into a complex ballet of infinite sensation. As time passed the intellingence began to feel something was lacking. After millenium of introspection it decided it wanted a companion to share in the wonders of life with. The intellingence created a void amoungest the universes tidal energies and began to experiment with creating life. It's early efforts were nothing but energy formations which quickly disolved into chaos. However after experimentation of several thousand years the intellingence found that by compacting the energy and locking it into place it remained stable. The intellingence used this "matter" to form it's first stable constructs. Although these were not alive it was a great step forward. It was a simple matter to instill in the constructs a minor version of the currents that flowed through the universe until at last the second intellingence was formed. The First was proud of his achievement and immediatly began to teach the newborn second how to control the flows of the universe. However the Seconds control was much weaker than thr First's. Although slightly disappointed that his creation wasn't an equal the First still was pleased. Although the first was powerful it was not omniscent nor omnipresent. At times it left it's creation alone in it's void to tend to the flows of the universe. It was during this time that the Second began to form more of its kind from the boundries of energies around it. When the First's attention returned to it's creation he found thirteen of the Seconds where before there had been one. The thirteen immediatly turned on the First and began to try to disrupt the energy flows of his thoughts. The first was disappointed in his progenies malice but had no fear of their efforts. Their limited power caused nothing but minor disruptions in the First's substance. The First wearily hardened the matter around the Second's forming a cage of sorts that even they could not penetrate. For a time all was peaceful. The First redesigned his model for life and created the Thirds. The energy concentration was even further reduced in the Thirds and their control of the universes flows even less. They were poor imitations of the First but they did not have the moral flaws of the Seconds and so the First made many of them. Peace reigned through the cosmos for millions of years until the time of awakening. As the Thirds had proliferated the First had expanded the vacuum of energy for them to live in. Unknowingly the domain of the Thirds had expanded to include the prison of the Seconds. As the thirds were inquisitive beings it was not long before one stumbled upon the structure. The Third watched the Seconds in their cage for a time before approaching. The Seconds were arrayed in their prison in a diamond with the points touching the sides of the cell and one in the center. The third approached cautiously the new being. After a time of watching the Seconds sit motionless in their odd formation the third approached closer. Abruptly the third was slammed by an unseen force against the Seconds cage. The Second immediatly before him stared for a moment cooly before rising up on skeletal legs. The Second approached with unnatural grace and gently caressed the Thirds cheek. As the Second contacted the Thirds flesh voices screamed through his mind. Searing images of the torment flamed through his thoughts as the Seconds manipulated his minds energies. Yet underneath it all one constant voice whispered soothing words and asked to be allowed to make the torment stop. The Third screamed in agony as his mind told him his body was being pulled apart piece by piece only to be reassembled and destroyed again. The Thirds mind quickly crumbled under the vicious assault of the Seconds. The whisper that asked only submission quickly grew into a roar of voices which drowned out the Thirds own thoughts. The body of the Third crumpled and fell to the ground outside the cage. The body remained inert for a moment before slowling rising with the same unnatural grace of a Second. Already subtle changes showed in it's body. As it traveled back the way the third had come it's body began to thin, becoming almost skeletal. Hair grew and darkened while skin hardened and took on a darker hue. The eyes deepened and became almost slitlike in nature. The Second walked until it found a Third alone and unobserved. Quietly and quickly The Second approached the Third and slammed it into the ground. The Second covered the mouth of the Third before screams of agony could escape its lips. The third's mind submitted to the will of the Second's quickly and this third too began to change. The Seconds quickly captured and converted eleven more Thirds before their task was finished. The Awakening had begun.... -To be continued later-
Archive Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Posted January 30, 2003 peredhil31 Elder of Lists and Manners Posts: 354 (11/1/01 11:22:47 am) Reply More! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After waiting patiently for several days, Peredhil begins prompting for more, More, MORE! Good stuff!
Archive Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Posted January 30, 2003 joat116 Bard Posts: 5 (11/10/01 2:47:08 pm) Reply The end of the Intro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (woohoo! I found a free 5 minutes under the couch!) A long and fruitless battle followed the release of the Seconds. The Seconds could no more kill the First or the Thirds than they themselves could die. In turn the Thirds and First could not manage to imprison the Seconds again. In time both factions found no end of the fighting was in sight. For eons the beings of the cosmos tried to find a way to establish who was supreme over the other. Yet it seemed there was no way to decide a victor in the conflict. Finally it was agreed that no immortal being could ever hope to defeat another immortal being. It was decided that instead a war would be fought by proxy. Each side would form beings who would fight the others creations in a neverending struggle. If one faction's creations became dominant then that faction would be declared the winner. The universe made for the creations would be terminated and the winners crowned as rulers of the cosmos. So it came to pass that the Fourths were created and set in this universe. We, mankind, are the creations of the light, set to oppose the darkness that seeks to consume all. If we fail all is lost, our lives, our world ended and the shadow supreme. Our deaths in vain, our purpose failed. If we succeed, we die in glory, with the knowledge that the light has prevailed and ever will preserve the cosmos. This is our sacred task, to ever oppose the darkness which falls over this land. We must be ever vigilant, ever strong, and never failing. To fail is worse than death. -Taken from the Lost Chronicles of Abbot Balor (The story actually starts after this. woohoo ;P) Edited by: joat116 at: 11/10/01 2:49:11 pm
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