I looked around the dingy, paper-filled room for a couple of minutes, then shook my head. All my plotting and scheming in here was often fraught with the scent of dusty old paper. Not really conducive to good thinking, I knew that much. So, I left the room, into a general commotion outside.
I stared over Tavish, Venom and Sek as they brawled with each other. As one, they looked at me with the kind of expression that is normally on the face of a small child with their hand in the cookie jar. It didn't translate well on their snake-like faces, although Tavish's singular red eye did betray a certain childlike innocence.
I cleared my throat for effect. "May I presume that there is a story behind this?"
Tavish nodded. "Aye. These blighters were thinkin' that ye needed ta get ootside, but of course-"
I waved him off. "It's alright Tavish; I was thinking of going outside anyway. It seems to be a nice day."
Venom and Sek stuck their mechanical tongues out at Tavish. I glared at them. "Please don't. That's rather childish of you. Then again, you are my children. And children do as children do."
I walked out of the base, paused, and then teleported back to my room and grabbed the statue's head. "I knew you saw me, Auric. I know it. My Mask felt it." To have those eyes directed on me for even an instant... it was like Christmas had come true. This was great news. Now I would have to step up a bit.
I quickly scanned for Auric, and found him outside of his tower. I quickly teleported in, to his coffee jar. I then scrawled a simple message on the back of a piece of paper.
White moves first.
That done, I teleported right back into my sanctum, whereupon I seized all the photos I'd taken of him and started reogranising them. I placed them into shapes, letters that would show Auric my sheer devotion to him:
Check your coffee jar and don't tell the wife.
That unicorn had been all around him. I didn't really think she should be with Auric. After all, he was mine. Mine and mine alone. Thus I tore her out of any photo that she shared with Auric, burning it with my plasma powers to signify what I would eventually do to the strumpet who DARED to presume to understand Auric. I was not in the habit of sharing.
I shook my head. Maybe going outside would be a good idea. I quickly flashed to the door and walked out.
The bright sunlight was muted by the green leaves of the jungle around me. I used a small amount of power to vacuum some of the air towards me, analysing its earthy scent and the smell of the jungle. I then released the vacuumed air gently, causing a small breeze. I wouldn't have been able to do this on Earth. Not at all.
I resolved, then, that The Plan wouldn't affect this jungle. Natural beauty should not be tarnished for my whims. Everywhere else though, that could be plundered of all its goods. I shape-shifted down to my human size, and I walked through the jungle.
Exotic birds called in the branches above me while monkeys screeched elsewhere. I laughed, for the first time in a long while, at the simple orchestra that Nature had provided. The birds calling, the monkeys chattering, the wind in the trees and the bubbling of various streams and rivers... it put me in a much better mood.
I blamed the strumpet for my ill temper. She was the only explanation for my unexpected anger. Measured Thought, when the time came, you would die. Then Auric would be mine.
I frowned at myself. Thinking of killing an insignificant immortal was so far removed from normal thinking that I was honestly surprised with myself. Maybe my obsession with Auric was damaging my better judgement? Whatever the case, I was dealing with some serious problems in the plan.
I didn't know how wide my window of opportunity actually was. From my experience with Tirek, I knew that in many respects he was just like me- a slow, meticulous planner who left little to chance. I'd educated Sombra about the importance of planning. When I'd found out that Celestia was in a relationship with him, I had decided to ruin her happiness by corrupting him. I have to say that it was hard, but I managed.
Back then, Celestia had been the target of my obsession. She was my opposite- an up-front, reckless warrior with strong ideas on morals and other unnecessary things for gods, versus me, a conservative planner who believe that there was no such thing as good or evil. Those are meaningless labels that society uses to define who opposes and who is with them. Not my cup of tea personally.
When I'd talked to Kat, I'd tried to impress on her that greatness was like power: it has no moral obligations at all. Adolf Hitler was a monster, yes, but at the same time the entire Nazi regime loved animals and had some incredibly strict laws on how they were to be treated in experiments and butchering. Maybe that's another reason why Hitler wanted to exterminate a religious group, because of kosher. He'd done other things besides that- rebuilding an entire country and starting the first anti-smoking campaign comes to mind- but I didn't want to be Hitler. That would be demeaning.
No, I wanted to be greater than that. I remembered the existence of the 'administrators' of the multiverse. They took on forms that reflected their domains, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the administrator of the Equestrian sub-section was an alicorn of some description.
A toucan fluttered onto my shoulder. I laughed at the sight of it. "Oh, you're beautiful. You really are." I stroked it with one hand and it trilled in pleasure. I smiled, still scratching it. Sometimes, the little things in life were what gave the most satisfaction.
I certainly knew that. Auric knew that as well. Both of us truly understood what that saying really, truly meant.
There is a providence in the flight and descent of every sparrow. And only Auric and I could know each other truly and utterly.
I remembered watching him sleep, watching the steady rise and fall of his chest under the covers. That had brought back feelings that I had thought long gone. Regardless of whatever strumpet was with him, it couldn't hide the fact that I needed Auric. He was a challenge, a goal, something to strive for. Somebody who would truly understand me, know what I meant when I talked about the spin of an atom, who would laugh when I talked about meeting other versions of myself, who wouldn't mind the statues, as he would understand the crushing loneliness of holding the knowledge of the gods...
He and I were practically married, in soul if not in body. In another universe... maybe...
I shook my head. That was one of the Rules- don't interfere with yourself. Whoever that version of me was, I knew he'd be happy with whatever choice he made. I'd made my choice millenia ago, and I still didn't regret it.
I stood up, gently, and glanced at the toucan. It warbled its song at me, and indicated that it was leaving. With a sad smile, I let it fly away. As it flew over the sun, I swore for a moment that it looked like an angel, wings spread wide.
I needed to make another statue. A fountain maybe, of Auric's human form.
I teleported back, reassuming my customary form and grabbed a large chunk of protodermis. I then started shaping it, carving it. While carving, I felt my mask pulse and I thought on it, still consulting the photograph of his human form I'd stolen from a newspaper. So he was watching me. Good. I think my work was turning out better now that I knew he was watching me.
I'd gotten most of the face right, and I was just getting the nose looking right when my hand slipped and the nose
fell
off.
I stared at it for a bit, then that irrational anger returned with a vengeance. I looked at the stone eyes and growled. I then smashed the head.
"VILLAIN! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!"
No more was the muse with me. I let my anger at Auric and his chosen strumpet out by smashing the half-formed statue, screaming inarticulately. When I was done, and the statue was crushed into gravel, I stood, looking at it. I then chuckled, turning around to look the invisible observer in the face.
"That was remarkably carthartic, Auric."
That done, I shifted to the Olmak and closed the link between our worlds. I needed some down-time.
I fail to see how you can kill one immortal but not another. The term, by definition, prohibits it. Mortal means able to die. Immortal means not mortal; i.e. not able to die. There are no conditions about it. You are unable to die if you are immortal. Therefore, Measured cannot die. She is immortal, Auric is immortal, IIRC so is Teridax. None of them can die if they are immortal.
Am I missing something blatantly obvious?
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Well, maybe Teridax is, you know, pissed off that somebody has HIS Auric.
It's kind of irrational how he's thinking.
4630598 ...That makes sense. I've never understood why powerfully emotions affect powerfully, but I suppose they do.
Though it is a fun breach of established character, to see him go mad.
that was just... 0_o I will never look at Teridax the same way again
all I can think of now is Teridax serenading Auric by playing a ukulele and singing in vibrato
Teridax, I think you have a problem.
Sweet, crossover with some length!
But please make sure you get through whatever it is you had planned first, because that did, and still does, seem like it will be awesome!
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There are many fates equal to, or worse than, death, and many of them are their own forms of death in a way. For instance, being left in a black expanse of nothing for eternity, unable to die, would be one.
As for the creepy villain thing author, I like it. It adds a bit more depth to Teridax as a character. It certainly blurs the lines between love, hate, obsession, good, and evil.
4631107 Of course. My issue is that Teridax said, specifically, that he would kill Measured. By the definition of "immortal", that is literally impossible. It cannot be done. There is no way, no matter what happens, to kill an immortal. Unless someone is misusing the term, in which case they aren't actually immortal, just called that.
Skill increases: Teridax
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Perk unlocked: "Stalker"
"I'm what's left, I'm what's right, I'm the enemy; I'm the hand that takes you down, Baby to your knees"
Your unhealthy obsession with Auric Fulcrum gives you a +5 bonus to all checks made that in some way relate to him, but if he is on your mind all unrelated checks take a -3 penalty.
Gotta love dem yandere's man.
4630589 Vampires are often labeled as being immortal because they do not age and can theoretically live forever, but they can be reduced to such a state that they can no longer function and could therefore be labeled as dead. However, this only applies in physical terms: the vampire in question could be unable to act due to the condition of their body yet still continue to exist in another imperishable form, such as a disembodied spirit.
Immortality refers to the concept of being constant or eternal, and since death is regarded as an end it stand in antithesis to that concept. The ever present dilemma, however, is that these are human terms; thus they are inherently flawed due to the bias of our own existence and the lack of knowledge that stems from that.
4631303 My point still stands. There are, as was said, dates worse than death -- being cast out for an eternity into the void between galaxies, never to reach anything. By your definition, they are dead as well -- but still conscious. As with (your version of) vampires, they are rendered inoperable but still alive in some form.
Immortality is also strictly being unable to die. It is not being endless, or eternal; being endless or eternal or invincible or unchangeable is being endless or eternal or invincible or unchangeable, respectively. Being immortal is specifically being unable to die. By your definition, vampires are immortal because they continue to live in a spirit-like form; if their consciousness ends when they are burned, then they are by immortal because they have died.
4631362 you forgot the timeline he is looking at both are probably Half- immortal and not complete as Auric needed to break his immortality to save her... so she theoreticly be killed by Teridax, while she is in that form... he only needs to make sure he hits her before they complete their immortality
either that or he is looking at the future where both are immortal and so he could only imprison her forever, torture her forever, make her a slave, turn her into a potato by destroying her mind and more technics could be stated but im going to leave that up to you
4631480 But he gave his immortality to Measured. It's only his own that needs to be regenerated. Measured cannot be killed without her losing her immortality. The only way for her to die would be for her to lose it -- and without Alchemy, there doesn't seem to be a mechanism for that.
I'm waiting for one of the authors to come here and rip out some fundamental pillar to either side of this... Argument? Discussion? Conversation? Whatever it is.
Teridax might have a little, minor, insignificant case of serious brain damage.
...does he even have a brain?
Who needs sleep?
4631502 when explained in Golden Grace that Auric and Measured have about the same amount of immortality in them so Measured is only ageless like Auric up to now but not immortal.
Only in time they will become immortal. if we are at lost chronicles then they are both immortal already ... so teridax might be a bit late but at what time is he compared to Aurics universe? is he in lost chronicles or not that is the question now. "fix" it seems his chronicles is right now still in his semi immortality state so teridax might still have a chance, even getting mentioned over there sooo, might be bye bye to measured "fix"
4631618 I'm almost certain Auric passed on his immortality to Measured, then had to regenerate it. Did Thadius explicitly say "ageless", or did he say "immortal"? The terms are very different.
And as for the timelines, we have two options: one, MT is immortal, because we're in TLC and she's still alive, and two, this incident happened before but Measured survived to become immortal, which suggests Teridax dying. I quite like the first, because I want to see Teridax's face when he realizes he can't kill Measured.
4631626 he said that they have the same amount immortality , but it is only enough to make them ageless
"Most of it was used on her to save her, though enough was left behind in you to keep you ageless. And the stuff left over in her once she was safe pooled together to form a similar agelessness in her as well, mimicking what was left in you"
to quote it.
so it does seem like Teridax fails but maybe he doesnt die, but Understands another aspect of life and will change
so many possibilities...
4631660 Ah, so he said ageless! But then later uses "immortal" to describe her.
Gah, this is confusing. I'll let a sleeping dragon lie and stop caring. What happens, happens; Measured will survive either way.
Also, I didn't mean it guarantees that Teridax dies. Just that it's implied, because if you try to kill the wife of someone who can rip you apart at an atomic level, you're gonna have a bad time.
Is he...humanizing?
I mean, he's feeling some form of obsession over Auric (not sure if it can be called love, so...), he's letting emotion cloud his judgement, and he's seen caring for nature and feeling relaxed and whatnot.
Also, a Rakshi with a Scottish accent?
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Immortal means you can't die by natural causes, it doesn't mean you can't be killed. You would need to be both invulnerable and immortal to truly not be able to die. Elves in Lord of the Rings are immortal, but they can be killed by a sword.
4632354 No. Immortal means unable to die. Your body may or may not be destroys me, but the mind cannot end. You are guaranteed to live through, somehow, everything that happens. If someone is truly immortal, then by definition they cannot die. It doesn't matter what you hit them with, their consciousness will not stop existing. Guaranteed.
The thing is, Measured is merely ageless. I got that wrong. I thought she was immortal. There is a distinction.
4623589 I apologize, The magic of friendship is getting to me....
Teridax makes me uncomfortable...
Man sometime i believe that Teridax will have a big war against Auric, asking for help for all the displaced
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Actually that's a common misconception, the elves in LotR are ageless not actually immortal same as vampires etc. Immortality is the complete inability to cease to exist, for example you could destroy their body but they would eventually reconstitute or continue to exist as a disembodied spirit or mind, reduced in power perhaps but still existing. That's one thing that has always immediately turned me off of books and movies, when directors/authors go around killing the Greek gods despite the fact that neither they nor their parents or grandparents CAN be killed, only imprisoned or disempowered/split (Ouranos' 'death' is actually his metaphysical and literal castration. [His genitals are cast into the sea and birth Aphrodite.])
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But he also says that that agelessness in Auric would eventually redevelop into true immortality and Measured's would eventually do the same. Of course they many still be in the period where their powers are growing/recovering to that point so that at the time of the war with Teridax they will still be mortal. Of course we know they both survive to reach true immortality what with the conclusion of Thadius' story so it's relatively irrelevant.
thadius said something about this story in his blog..... i must now read this.
So, we have a main villain who's an animated suit of armor, with a signature weapon that's just as large as he, if not bigger, wields dark magic that could control him if he had less willpower, he's extremely cultured, uses powers that revolve around manipulating others, has ridiculous levels of skill in planning and tactics, has shapeshifting powers, and he has a Yandere/Stalker With A Crush tendencies unto another, extremely powerful character, who's a protagonist, and has similar abilities. Now, did I describe Teridax, or Nightmare from Soul Calibur?
By the way, I find Teridax's… AHEM, shall we say… fascination with Auric to be more like the obsession Yuno from Mirai Nikki has over the main character, Yukiteru (or, as she LOVES to say, 'Yukki'). Yuno doesn't actually love Yukki for simply being Yukki, but instead because she finds him as someone she can rely on, and she would easily do the same stuff for anyone if they showed the same kindness he did a while back to her. Literally. And with Teridax, he doesn't care who else can Understand the universe, but since Auric is the only other person in the world, then he's become obsessed with him.
By the way, on NBC's Revolution, there's a quote I find that's highly relevant to Teridax's new state of mind:
For the sake of context, Sebastian Monroe (the person who was listening to Neville) has almost everyone around him die in the 15 years of the blackout. Miles Matheson is his only friend left. As such, he's kind of… grabby, when it comes to his only friend. I request that both of those lines are to be used later, probably by a Rahkshi/Kraata general. I expect an extremely snarky one to deliver them.
Another thing, I want the Kraata general of Hunger to be called Dracula. Because Vlad III is one of my favorite historical figures. And I like vampires (at least the badass ones). Also, this:
I know those last few things might be asking a bit much, but still… I think it would be cool. And fitting. The Kraata of hunger drain strength. Dracula drains life through blood. It fits, right? Right? OOH! Idea! Teridax actually wants Tirek to drain Twilight's power away. That way, Teridax can have Dracula swoop in (pun unavoidable), and steal both the alicorn's magic, AND all of the power Tirek stole! It also eliminates Tirek as a potential future threat! TELL me that's not genius! Go ahead, try! Look me in the eye (well, at least one on one of my Dalek avatars) and TELL me that's not amazing!
Well, I love how the story's going so far. I expect to see LOTS more later! I only have ONE complaint. WHAT WAS THE OPERA LIKE? Was it accurate? Were there any details that made Teridax angry? Any exaggerations on their part? Oh, well… Guess I'll just have to wait... Until then, chao!
The best picture of Teridax the Makuta that I have found!!!
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The perfect plot twist!!!!!!
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Power-up mode!!!!
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Possible view of the multiverse during and after climatic battle!!!!
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His view on the subject of the END!!!
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Interesting parallel!!!
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Hardcore awesomeness!!!!
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Ironic parallels!!!!!
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So I hope we all realize that our protagonist basically wants to bone audio.
Honestly, his obsession with Auric reminds me a bit of Judge Frollo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Could we get a parody of the song "Hellfire"?
I can certainly understand Why many would consider Teridax and Auric to be a same sex relationship. Despite the fact that he says he doesn't identify with either gender, this obsession of his could be considered a sex drive even if he doesn't want to admit it. And he's connected more with a male outlook because his original form was male to begin with, and when he's makuta he takes on a distinctly intimidating male voice.
I typically don't concern myself with the relationship of the protagonist unless it is something that contributes to the story instead of being just a steamy break from the plot... hehe... anyway, This shipping... it doesn't take from the plot, in fact, it actually reinforces the character as a more developed character. An obsessed lover who refuses to admit that they desire the object of their affection while devoting their attention to that object so that he/she can enjoy their obsession that much more.
4636331 I LOVES that song! Lol.