"Welco, Zenos... to the threshold of Life and Death..." (2 voices)
I was there in front of the two statues that seed more and more alive, they didn't seem to move, but they didn't seem to be an object, the cloak that covered them only hid their true appearance.
Their presences were invisible to , their Auras beyond what my senses could reach, I felt helpless in many ways in this place, but at least I had strong suspicions of who these two were.
"Do you an I'm dead?" ()
"No..." (2 voices)
"So I'm alive...?" ()
"Yes..." (2 voices)
"..." ()
"..." (2 voices)
Ti passed with everyone silent, there was no sound in the surroundings other than my movents and our words, so the silence was deafening as I waited for them to tell the reason why I was here, but after a few minutes of silence I could no longer stand to be silent.
"You are Kalistos and Mavis, aren't you?" ()
"That's what we're called..." (2 Voices)
"Why do you speak like that? Can't you speak one at a ti?" ()
"At the mont our thoughts complent each other, we've been together since creation and as such our purpose complents each other, our voices don't reach you, what you're hearing is just the interpretation of the will we express to you, as we say the sa thing your mind gathers all this information in this way for you..." (2 voices)
"As only I express my will now, only my voice is heard in your mind." (Kalistos)
"..." ()
"The sa goes for , you understand now." (Mavis)
"But I'm listening with my ears...?" ()
"You're not here with your body, so whose ears do you think you're listening with?" (2 voices)
"Do you understand..?" (2 voices)
"I think so." ()
While they speak, even dividing their voices as they take turns, at no point do I feel them look at , they don't even move, I try to get closer, but with the first step I'm already immobilized once again, my whole body shaking as if it were screaming at to get out of here.
"Don't get close to these waters or try to see what's behind these robes." (Kalistos)
"We're not talking to you through the fragnts, we are the cohesive whole above all, we don't have a body per se and these waters are beyond your current understanding to bear a glimpse of." (Mavis)
"What? So I can't get closer?" ()
"You can get closer if you want, but you shouldn't if you want to keep your Existential Spark intact and your Soul continue to exist." (2 voices)
"..." ()
"..." (Kalistos)
"..." (Mavis)
They are starting to understand that they are not Goddesses of Life and Death, I am also sure that they are not the twins, which only leaves one option, these are the entities of Life and Death, before I suspected that they were the Gods of Life and Death of this universe, but now that has gone too far in a short ti.
But even though I was apprehensive, I needed to know what was happening, I could not once again let myself fall into that uncomfortable silence.
"Why did you bring here? Let's just end this quickly." ()
"I think you are working on a misunderstanding." (Kalistos)
"It seems like you really don't know... to actually co here like this... as expected for a Bringer of Chaos." (Mavis)
"I know what? What are you talking about?" ()
"We didn't call you here." (2 voices)
"But if you didn't call here... then how did I get here...?" ()
My head went into a spin, I with difficulty returned to my original position without daring to try to get closer again, I tried to look around in the little distance that my eyes could see, but besides the darkness of the forest, the basic outline of the trees and the strands of white light coming from above, there is nothing else to see.
Only this space where I am has so colorful flowers and it has also beco better lit, while everything else in this place was dominated by the darkness of the shadows and the thin strands of light that barely illuminate, a mixture of black and white as if it were in an old movie.
"(I can't tell if this place has no sound or if I can't hear anything, after what they said I'm more willing to believe the second option.)" ()
"Do you know how I ended up here?" ()
"You ca straight to us by yourself..." (2 voices)
"What!?" ()
"I don't even know where I am, how could I have co here by myself!?" ()
"You were influenced by the 2 fragnts of us that beca independent individuals using their newly discovered Concepts near you." (Mavis)
"Your Concepts are a distortion of ours through your power of Chaos, we can say a new branch of our Concepts." (Kalistos)
"These two powers influenced your power of Chaos at a ti when your body was devastated and weakly connected to your Soul, it was then that you found yourself drawn to us." (2 voices)
"So it was like a magnet?" ()
"The natural cycle is a creation of 3 powers of which we represent only 2, your power complents ours as part of the cycle." (2 voices)
"..." ()
I'm starting to understand things, I've heard a lot about the natural cycle, I've also studied it several tis and done so experints, I've had many experiences that helped theorize about it from different points of view, so I can see how my power could have dragged here.
"This space doesn't really exist, we created this little garden to interact, a connecting link, outside of it nothing existed until you arrived." (2 voices)
"You an I created this scary forest?" ()
"We never said it was a forest." (2 voices)
Suddenly I feel sothing shake , but there was nothing around , I was scared for a second by this sudden change.
"Soone is calling for him..." (Mavis)
"Rember, we are not the fragnts that were nad after Goddesses, our true nas are older than that and known to all." (Kalistos)
"As new lives, your two daughters and our old fragnts should not carry these nas either, a new na should be a symbol of their birth." (Mavis)
"Now co back... it's still too early for you to join us...!" (2 voices)
"What the...!!!" ()
Suddenly I feel pulled away, in the split second where my feet leave the ground, I see arms and tentacles coming out of the forest as well as lines of light moving like snakes, all coming towards at absurd speeds, and then everything disappeared.
When I opened my eyes I was facing a very angry face while feeling a lot of pain.
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Pov Life:
I look at the dark forest writhing as if searching for its creator, I didn't think it would have so much intelligence to move like this after birth.
"He left us with a problem on our hands." ()
"Yes, we will have to teach him how to behave, but at least he already has a purpose." (Death)
"We can let Reincarnation take care of this, he has a lot to deal with with our lost fragnts." ()
"Have you taken care of the distortions?" ()
"Yes." (Death)
"Have you taken care of the Vital flow?" (Death)
"Yes, that should limit his influence from becoming too expansive." ()
"At least now we know his Concepts." (Death)
"Yes, but we still have to balance within our own, this will take a small amount of ti to complete, at least the worst has been resolved since this creature was born." ()
"I didn't expect him to distort our concepts so soon, he's growing faster than Paradox." (Death)
"I think the sa, he's a strange Chaos Bringer." ()
From within the pool of reality a wave of vital energy erges and I disperse it in the surroundings, with the creature absorbing it it seems to have cald down a bit.
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Pov Luci:
As soon as I saw Akatosh co out through a portal, I hurried to enter, passing through the portal was simple and as soon as I did he reacted to my presence.
Tarzor, a strangely complete Living Universe compared to the rare ones I've encountered on my journey, he arrested for invading without permission and I still don't know why he let go.
Most likely he was ordered to let go, but the question would be by whose orders?
Zenos certainly must not be in a condition to do this, but before I could guess the identity of this person or even know the direction in which I should find Sarazar, I felt a hand on my shoulder dragging my body to another place where I found a cocoon of Runes different from the one I saw outside.
This cocoon of energy was the size of a large Star System and the flaming black Runes ford thousands of rings rotating around it while an extrely cold presence of death surrounded everything, I couldn't even get any closer than I already was.
I was frustrated, but I still didn't let the one who was next to pass by, his well-known presence makes nervous knowing my helplessness before him.
"Why are you here... Reincarnation?" ()
"I thought you would like to see him one last ti before leaving for your mission." (Reincarnation)
"My mission..." ()
I didn't expect to be put against the wall so soon, a deal like that can cause more than just death and I know that, even now it wouldn't be impossible for him to be seeing inside my mind, there was no way I could refuse the promises I made and I also had no such plans.
"Will they be okay?" ()
"Yes, they will all have a new life, a new race, but they will have no mories, at least not most of them." (Reincarnation)
"Sarazar?" ()
"Not just him, your dear Arsan is also going through a... different procedure." (Reincarnation)
"..." ()
Just knowing that they are safe is enough for , preserving their existence is a miracle in itself, asking for more than that would be absurd and not rembering the atrocities we committed could be a blessing for them.
"I'm ready to go." ()
"Then let's go now, I won't interfere, but I will take you there, that's the extent of my help." (Reincarnation)
"That's enough..." ()
I look one last ti at the Cocoon where Sarazar was, then I rember the egg where Arsan is, before turning my back to break the power of an Entity surrounding my body before pulling it into the distance.
"(I will fulfill this mission and return... I promise...)" ()
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