Author Topic: To Contradict Existence (Read 9084 times)

Queen Bright · « **on:** September 30, 2010, 03:36:50 AM »

Appearing within a silver bubble of time, the group of three, headed by Asura, appeared within what looked like your common library. Except this one was quite different, as it looked like it extended on forever, the books upon the gold-bound wrought iron shelves extended on forever in what looked like endless rows upon rows. The floor was carpeted in a soft black velvet, and the walls a striking silver that glistened in the pure white-flamed candles that gave the area its only light source, a brilliant blazing light that seemed to light up the whole realm, casting no shadows anywhere.

"Welcome to the Records of Time!" Asura exclaimed, quite the little show-off at this point. It was her domain after all. Well part of it. The one area where the seal lay was only the outer domain, what most 'mortals,' would see when they tried to go inside of time. But the Records of Time, that was a whole different story. THIS was the true domain of time, the one place where all history and those that live as part of existence, were recorded. The very timelines themselves, imprinted into bound books, that would take the length of time its self to read.

Hikaru who stood just a little ways behind Asura, stood, staring in awe at the archives before her. Why every magic book in existence must be here, and even then some! Revelation magic? Genesis? Even the great magic types of her kind would probably be dwarfed by the secrets held in such a place. Suddenly, Hikaru didn't seem so powerful as she normally claimed.

Asura continued to be a tour guide as she led them to a specific shelf, near the very ends of the realm. Although, because she was time, the usual years it would take to get to the 'ends,' would merely take a few minutes, as if it wasn't noticed. "In this place, timelines are books, existence is recorded, and events, objects, people, everything, all of it can be found here."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:16:02 AM »

"Woah! Holy shit! Damn!" Gaserlake said in amazement as he looked around the infinite number of books. "This is one hell of an archive!"

Queen Bright · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:33:20 AM »

"That's because it's all of time recorded, stupid." Hikaru rolled her eyes at Gaserlake's comment as she followed Asura. Though she was in awe herself, she was still a magic user, and was not THAT surprised. "Wonder if I could find the type of spell I need here..." She mumbled to herself aloud. "This many books? Probably even things I don't know of. Things to even alter and break blood contracts." Hikaru glanced back out of the corner of her eyes at Gaserlake as she said that, just to see his reaction for her own amusement.

Asura suddenly stopped abruptly, "Please try not to touch anything, even you Miss Hikaru. Nothing before or after your time. Things you already know, sure. But nothing like say... on your enemies." She gave a look at the two of them before turning back around and continuing on.

Eventually, after several more minutes of walking, and mumbling to herself, Asura stopped at a bookcase that seemed to be floating off the floor. This one was different from the others. One, it was glowing, and two, it had only a few books here and there upon its shelves. Not stacks upon stacks of infinite books. Just several ones in random places.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:41:57 AM »

Gaserlake rolled his eyes at Hikaru's comment. When she mentioned the blood contract he just smiled. When Asura warned not to touch, he took the opportunity as a response to Hikaru's mention of the blood contract. "Yeah, Hikaru!" he mocked. "Don't touch anything you don't know! So don't look into how to break blood contracts, Hikaru!"

Queen Bright · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:48:15 AM »

Without another word, Hikaru turned away from the bookcase and swept her arm outward, levitating the books out of one shelf and flinging them forward towards Gaserlake. And given that this was a perpetual source of books, that was a helluva a lot of books to fall under. "If you don't SHUT UP, I'll purposefully find the damn books on the Special Forces, each and every last one of them, multiply them and give them out to charity!"

"I heard none of it!" Asura quietly grinned, quite amused by the current scene.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2010, 05:00:35 AM »

When the books fell on Gaserlake, he shoved them away. If there was a mountain of books, it wouldn't be on him. I would be next to him. He smiled mischievously. "Yeah. You do that, and they will hunt you down and I would NOT be able to stop them. Plus, I would look up on magic, souls, and spirits, and how to deal with them. Hell, I might even join the ASF against you in that case."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2010, 05:17:32 AM »

"Oh?" Hikaru laughed at him. "By then it'd be pointless to kill me, as the whole damn dimensional plane would know. Now, now, can't kill all of existence."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Asura tapped her staff to the ground, finally speaking up against the argument. "I didn't bring you here so you could look up one another and fight about it! I brought you here to explain." Asura then held up her hand, and immediately a book appeared in it, the same book she had read back in Hell. Opening the book, she showed the pages outward to the two of them. "This is that so called history book, actually it's only one event. The book recording The Plex Tournament, because its recording the event I was able to read it." Asura threw the book outward, she didn't care if either of them caught it or not, it was their choice if they wanted a closer look.

Hikaru avoided the book entirely. "I already know of the tournament from what you said. But what did you mean back when you said you couldn't explain?"

"I'm getting there." Asura tapped her staff and two books fell hovering near the two, one for each, one book was black with gold writing, the other was pink with white writing. "Each of these books are an example of a timeline book, a person, their personal timeline. They will be of someone you know. This is an example of a normal timeline book."

Without a word, Hikaru took the pink one, somehow drawn to it as she opened it up to skim the pages. "Hikari... Should have known."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2010, 06:06:15 AM »

"Ah, well. At least we get to kill one of the Sage Three," Gaserlake sneered.

Gaserlake opened the book and read some. "Hikaru, I've got bloody Kylexx." Out of everyone, it had to be that girl that tried to seduce him. "She tried to seduce me, and here I am, having a random book out of EVERYONE I know, it has to be this seductive woman." He laughed. "It seems like she and I are made for each other, and time has to shove it in my face."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2010, 06:11:16 AM »

"Which brings us to why we're here!" Asura interrupted the conversation before Hikaru could reply with some nasty comeback about Gaserlake and Kylexx, which by the expression on her face you could tell she was just about to say. "Most likely you cannot kill her."

Dropping her comment, Hikaru looked point blankly at Asura. "He can't?"

Gaserlake · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2010, 06:24:13 AM »

This hesitated him and made him think. "And, why?" Gaserlake asked as he closed the book.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2010, 06:34:57 AM »

"Because." Asura walked up to the shelf and selected one of the books that was creating the glow of the shelf. Turning around with it, she held the book in her hands, the cover showing. It was a red and gold book with a black mid-bind. On the front in gold writing was inscribed the name, 'Hikaru Tyris.' Asura held the book gently between her hands as she continued, "Fate has no bearing, just as...." Asura released the book, letting it hover in the air, open. "Time has no bearing."

"It's blank..." Hikaru focused on the book, its many faded white pages not having one word upon them. "Entirely blank..."

"And so is K2323s, as well as Kai's, and if my theory stands correct, your children. I cannot read them, nor their timelines. Before? It was because K2323 himself was there, so he allowed access to his timeline. To find Kai and you? I could trace, but not read. I can read things around them, events surrounding, and piece together their history by the history of everything else. But in each of your timelines, to read it direct? I cannot. No force can. Ask your brother who now holds Fate, if he can foretell you. He cannot."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2010, 06:48:41 AM »

"So, it's possible for her to get killed, yet for some reason, something has to happen to keep it from happening?" Gaserlake looked down. "I realize it happens to me. The only reason why I died was because of myself, and even then, I was brought back to life."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #12 on:** October 01, 2010, 01:43:08 AM »

"Back when my powers were first sealed by Kai and K2323," Asura went on, " When I found out who did it, I also found out quite fast that I could not read them. I thought that it was just because half of my powers were now locked. But as I can now see, even with Time unsealed, I still cannot read them. What's more. I cannot change them either. I cannot edit, change, or manipulate their personal Time in any way. And if I try to change the events around them to indirectly change their Time, then changes quickly fall apart around them till the original course the Timeline was taking is revealed. "

"Hmph, Just as well," Hikaru gave a skeptic laugh. Her eyes then focused more upon her own book, her gaze staring holes into the blank white pages. Finally she looked up. "But why us? Not just this, but all of it." Hikaru closed Hikari's book and dropped it. "Tragedies no child should suffer, paths against one another, powers that no other magic user can match. And STILL we continue to increase in power, to magic soon immeasurable by anyone in existence. But why? Why are we alone, in the middle of every happening, even at times we try not to be? You just said fate has no bearing on us, so it can't be that we were some cliche group of chosen ones. Is it because of the Genesis King? Our indirect inheritance. Or that we were the offspring uniting two warring sage races? Which is it?!"

"It..." Asura paused, holding her hands up to close Hikaru's book and place it back on the shelf. "It is neither." She looked to Hikaru, then to Gaserlake, then to the both of them. "The ones in this shelf, as far as I know. They should have never existed." At Hikaru's silence, Asura went on. "And if what he says is correct..." Asura tapped her staff to the ground and a book appeared near Gaserlake. "There may be more than what's here."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #13 on:** October 01, 2010, 02:31:04 AM »

The book was brown, and looked ancient, very ancient. He opened the book up to a random page. Surprise filled his face. He flipped to several more pages. He flipped to every page in the book. "Nothing's in here," he said as he turned the book around for the two to see.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2010, 04:08:35 AM »

Asura nodded as if it was no surprise as Hikaru merely glared at the book before looking back at Asura. Tapping her staff to the ground again, Asura continued as the book disappeared and appeared on the shelf. "Why these few are like this?" Asura held out a hand, gesturing to the bookcase behind her. "Not even Time can tell. However, I do have a theory." She looked at the both of them. "In your own words, tell me. What does it really mean to exist? And just what is existence really?"

Gaserlake · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2010, 05:11:50 AM »

"Well..." Gaserlake replied while he thought on how to answer this question. "It's just... to be. To have a form. To just be a thing. Existence is... well... without it, nothing would be here. Existence something and everything."

Right after Gaserlake finished his sentence, he suddenly froze in an instant. He was in suspended animation. Nothing of was moving, even down to the subatomic level and beyond that. At the same time, a business man came around a corner of a book shelf towards the three. He was wearing a suit, a tie, and a briefcase. "Or maybe it's something to have some fun with," he grinned as he said as if it was to add on to Gaserlake's sentence.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2010, 05:24:03 AM »

"You're the bastard that saw through my spells!" Hikaru shouted, automatically recognizing the man from before.

"Well, well, well," Asura interrupted Hikaru as she mused about the interruption from the person. "I was starting to wonder when you'd show up."

"You know him?"

Asura shook her head as she leaned upon her staff, "No. But I know when people are outside my power of control. And I knew if I brought ones to this place, that that person would eventually show up. And what do you know? Here is is."

"We've met," Hikaru replied, "Partially, and without speaking to one another." Her eyes followed the man's every move as she spoke. "Anyways, I may not like that idiot, but what the hell did you do to him?" Hikaru pointed at Gaserlake as she directed her question to the new being. "I'm semi-responsible for him until we get back to his damn planet. So whatever spell you used. Drop it."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2010, 06:04:07 AM »

The man grinned. "I see you still have a temper, Ms. Tyris. I know what I'm doing. He's quite safe. As for you, Ms. Tempress, you have quite a nice place."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2010, 10:44:33 PM »

"Temper?" Hikaru asked, narrowing her eyes at him. "You'll be on the receiving end of that temper if you EVER dare mock me again. Now what the hell did you do to him, and why?!"

"Yes it is a nice place, isn't it?" Asura merely questioned. "But the question is, what are you doing here?"

Gaserlake · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2010, 11:42:36 PM »

He laughed. "Oh, yes. That part. That wasn't really meant to mock you. Now, I want to talk about Gaserlake, and well, talking about him in front of him is... well... awkward, so I just froze him."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #20 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:52:37 AM »

Giving a glance at Gaserlake then back to the man, Asura nodded. "Your pawn in the upcoming war, I take it? From what I could see back in the Chronoverse, it seems that is the case. But why would you appear in front of Miss Hikaru as well?" Releasing her staff and letting it float in the air, Asura fell back on 'nothing,' crossing her legs and sitting upon the very air its self. "Make it fast, I have things to discuss as well, and you're holding such up."

"And why the hell would I care to hear about that idiot?" Hikaru questioned. "Not as if I care." She crossed her arms.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #21 on:** October 02, 2010, 02:08:57 AM »

"No. Not a pawn." he then smirked. "Why do you think I appeared in front of her?" He cleared his throat. "Anyway, you don't have to contemplate Gaserlake. It's more like the other way around. He does care for you, Hikaru. Don't take it the wrong way. He doesn't love you or anything like that. He knows how to control his emotions, just like any other Elite Aralang. He cares you enough to see to it that you're alive and out of harm's way."

"As for you, Asura," he said as he looked at Gaserlake with curiosity and picked up a speck of dust on Gaserlake's hand. He examined it and rubbed it away. "You're the embodiment of time, yes, but that doesn't mean much to Gaserlake." He turned back to the two. "This applies to you as well, Hikaru. You're the Sage Three. I understand how much that means to you, but to Gaserlake, well, it doesn't say much."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #22 on:** October 02, 2010, 03:44:46 AM »

"Enemies should not care for enemies. And what does it matter if it says anything to him? We're still important throughout existence. We're still the most powerful magic users to exist. Whether it matters to him, does not matter, because to everyone else it does matter which makes his opinion a little more than useless." Hikaru turned to Asura. "Asura, you were saying?"

But Asura merely held up her finger to her lips in a silencing motion, "What is it you want?" She looked at the man, observing him.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #23 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:33:20 AM »

"Well, Gaserlake has been proven to be a very useful asset. He has learned it the hard way, though. You get the easy way. You two have shown great potential. You, Hikaru, even showed me when she revived Gaserlake, and you, Asura, for breaking his amnesia."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #24 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:40:49 AM »

"I revived him because I wanted to." Hikaru spat, narrowing her eyes further as she glowered at him. "I owed him my life so I repaid a debt, as well as, yes, I have come to respect him, as far as enemies go, anyways. But potential? What I did is none of your business, you didn't tell me to revive him. Just as you didn't tell me to find the documents back on Aralia. I may have followed, but only because you pissed me off. I would have found such on my own, eventually. So I don't know just what your little game is. But I will be a part of no such thing."

Asura continued to nod at everything said, as if predicting it. "Miss Hikaru here, will be my successor in the case that I die. I have chosen her because I trust my power in her hands. Chaos has chosen Kai, Fate has chosen K2323, it is only fitting that the eldest of three will receive Time. And the way things are going between the embodiments? It's only a matter of time till it affects Time as well. When that happens, she will receive my power. And because she is Destruction's partner, she can stay neutral and not suffer the backlash of such. So whatever you have planned with that phrase, it has no bearing."