Topic: Road to Unity [NSFW 18+]

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-16 13:52 EST
((This thread is rated NSFW 18+ due to graphic content, violence, cannibalism, you name it we've got it - except for nudity or sexual content. Lots of other sites for that. Happy reading. -K))

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"Her silence translates her silence." ― Junaid e Mustafa

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There are simple things in life one can enjoy....a nice, comfy office. A dark, varnished oak desk complete with integrated holographics linked to a multi-dimensional hive-mind; a self aware computer artificial intelligence built into the surface; a skin tight black dress that was expensive despite how basic and uniformed it clung to her frame, somewhat in a business like fashion.

That, or, maybe her official office was buried deep in the subterranean prison complex she herself designed for Rhy'din's more....problematic villains; an ironic turn of events that perhaps, was not what it seemed. Lined across the walls were pictures of corpses in various states of autopsy, while displayed in projections across the desk were schematics of various projects: the Trooper Armour, the SCHISM Engine, the Box's layout and then her own vitals, displayed for all to see. She sat back in her office chair with a growing frown, her long black hair framing her eternally beautiful features that creased with a distinct frown; her elbows firmly buried into the arms of the chair while her fingers steeped before her chin, her middle fingers pressing against the bridge of her nose, her black eyes rimmed red and centred with glowing, crimson irises locked beyond the images floating before her. She stared into the veil of the network she had constructed that spanned beyond the minds of mortal men. The shadows quivered in the room as she breathed.

Time warped. Fabric twitched.

High above, Kaius stood on a warehouse.

Actually, he stood on about twenty of them, simultaneously bi-locating. His nightly activities had started out of vengeance, a desire to kill Von Gart which couldn't be satisfied, then had evolved. Eventually, he did it for fun and trophy's. Then....something changed. It became catch and release, he hunted, but not to kill. Just to torment and scare. He had used Pathfinder to perform wide area scans, through multiple bodies, which had eventually lead him unconsciously, magnetically, down; this was ironically both literal at the moment, and metaphorical.

She parted her lips, a tongue ran out across her lower lip and over her fangs. "You're supposed to knock."

"You know I have trouble with doors." He stood in the shadows now, well below the docks. The rest of "him' above vanished. Everyone, and anyone else had to do their dealings through the Kiai; only One roused the interest of the Sleeper enough to wake. He wasn't loud in his query, almost tentative, as he glanced around, "New..." Or old?"

((Authors Note: This thread was done in live chat with One, and formatted here for your viewing....pleasure. I know that'll apply to some of you more than others, by the end. It is finished and will be posted in pieces - since there are ramifications in it I need to account for in other threads. Huge thanks to Lulu, much love as always; I think we can both look back at this and say, 'Wow, that escalated quickly.' Also, at the time of this posting Kaius sig reads 'To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. - Mark Twain'. I might have to rethink that. ))

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-16 22:55 EST
"New. Made to look old." She kept her posture as her eyes lifted up. "I could feel your presence on the Nexus like a wiggling web to my trap, Kaius....I shall never proclaim to possess any land here in this cursed place but know the Docks is my playground." She tilted her head. "And mine alone." She moved to press her hands on the arms of her office chair, rising to a stand. "It's nice to see you and not your shades..." She passed comment with a chuckle, looking to her desk as she did so. "Not that I am one to talk....my clones number in the thousands....tens, of thousands..."

He nodded in acceptance as he moved forward into the light; he'd let the comment about the docks being hers alone slide for the moment. There were a number of other powers down here, if not exactly down -here-; besides he wasn't about to tell her she couldn't have something. "It doesn't seem long ago you were....chastising," there's a light word for the exchange, "me for saying something similar..." Stupid boy, in some ways you'll always be a stupid boy. Subject....half change. He stood examining her as she examined the desk. "Your clones," he mused, his posture relaxing somewhat, probably foolishly. "Has anyone outright asked you how to tell which One is the right One, One?" He had to look away and made a mental note to add to his fictionalized memoir that if you're the type of person who can't resist riding the line between teasing and provoking someone, don't fall in love with....he didn't finish that thought and he didn't look away long. It had already been too long.

"Personally I would had called it a grilling, but....yes..." She waved a hand. "Come now, Kaius. Can't you tell, already?" She lifted a hand to press a fingertip to her temple, moving around the desk to approach him. "They are all me. Granted, several are out of my capability to fully possess, many....to all....are me." She indicated a hand to herself as she paused before him. "This clone is but one of eight that is able to wield the totality of my full potential." She then indicated a hand to the side. "Perfection is only achieved when there is nothing left to take away.?

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-19 14:53 EST
Now he raised his own hand to his temple, massaging it slightly. As she turned around the table, he turned to face her - not consciously; just part of being drawn to her. Which....sometimes was more bewildering than others. "That's an awfully reductionist view of things, isn't it' I mean....its....right' But isn't it also....very basic?" He twitched as if wanting to touch her as she drew near, but wouldn't or couldn't, try. "I have to assume with all those....tens of thousands of clones, you've talked to yourself at least one or twice, so, you realize how far laughably far from basic you are."

One twitched. Her smile turned into an instant scowl. "Are you insulting me?"

His eyebrows raised, "No. Not intentionally at least. I was....talking to you. If you can't take anything else away from a thing, haven't you reduced it to its most basic ....fundamentals?" He sighed, so close, yet so far. "Some of the things I say, and think about you, are....fuelled by passion. Love. Or I guess you might call disdain" I don't know. I know its not that. Others are more," he smiled, but it was half a hidden thing, "just trying to mine your brilliant mind. Philosophy, and....such."

"Love?" One commented with a hiss. "Please. The very first lesson I had learned was from you in regards to such an emotion is that, it is a mere, fickle, passing fancy." She moved from him to regard a picture upon a wall, her hands intertwining behind her back as she inspected the display. The picture was the accurate representation of a cross-section of the human brain, in neural form. "No. Fundamental" No. Perfection is only achieved when there is nothing left to take away." She glanced over her shoulder. "When there is no one left but me." She regarded the picture once again. "When everything becomes One. Becomes me. Becomes mine. An extension of my will. To become a singular being under one collective mind; no slavery, no pain, no hatred....nothing.?

A dark smirk graced her lips.

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-19 15:07 EST
"There is nothing but One. No one will challenge my rule. No one will care. Because all will become absorbed into a greater being; a God. A thing of perfection that warrants nothing but its own happiness. A purpose beyond simple understanding. Where..." She closed her eyes. "When all bow before Renna The Betrayer." She tilted her head. "Of course you would understand, wouldn't you, Kaius?"

"Bang up job, Nemesis" came Kaius thoughts, right before he mentally berated himself.

"A fickle....passing fancy." He nodded. "You might have learned that, but I don't think it was from me." Usually, he would have looked away; it was strange to both crave and dread eye contact with her. He didn't look away. He was fixed on her, not quite staring, but captive, we'll say, for now. "And understand" No....not quite. Want' Maybe....fantasize about?" He broke from his half-stare and laughed aloud, and when his eyes returned to her they were filled with what could only be described as a deep and abiding warmth, something....terribly rare for him. "Maybe that too, more so than understanding. But if you....insisted on it....you know I'd be more likely to stand by your side, than in your way. The only time I'd oppose you....is if you were opposing yourself."

He thought for a moment, and held out his hand, palm up. "Begin, then."

It took a moment, but One's face melted into a differing expression of something else....she found herself smiling and looking upon him as if he was something she wanted to devour.

"You fell in love with a monster. Isn't it ironic" Renna was a woman. I am not. I am something more. I was your weapon, once." She turned and approached him fully and moved her hands to snake up behind his neck, fingers sprayed across the flesh as she pressed her body close. She half lidded her abyssal gaze, grinning all the while. "Even then, would you, Kaius?" She whispered, pressing her lips close to his. "Would you oppose me" Or would allow me to fall further than ever before?" She mused. "You once held me when I awoke from my nightmares....do you remember those times?" She licked her upper fangs. "How about you hold me, as I bring those nightmares into reality??

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-19 15:24 EST
His body never stiffened - his posture that is, folks - as she grabbed the back of his neck. He was truly without fear. Or, as per usual, epically foolish. His arms slipped around her waist, just as naturally as if he'd held just as she described, just last night. His breath was ragged, and pained in so many nuanced ways by what she said.

"I remember," and now his entire life often seemed a waking nightmare. "I would....counsel against it....but no," shame and perhaps a little bitterness crept into his voice "but no....I wouldn't oppose you. But, you're still....wrong. You were never my weapon. Partner, lover, love, fianc"e, goddess....yes. Never my weapon." His fingers splayed against the small of her back. She was talking about Renna and herself as two different people, at times, yet suggested he'd follow her anywhere, which was true, but that he'd also want a world where Renna - clearly someone other than her, was ....the Allgod. Small bloody wonder his mind was fractured on fractures. "You're not and never were, a monster. Just a reflection of the world that was looking at you."

"Funny..." She mused as she slipped her fingers over his face, her eyes following the actions of her fingertips as she raked her nails over his cheeks then over his lips. "Once I used to fear that fact. I pitied myself and feared my own morality becoming twisted and....well, tarnished by a name and title that I inherited....but you know what, Kaius?"

She ran a tongue over his chin, tasting his flesh.

"I kind of like being the monster....at least then I have nothing to love, nothing to hate, nothing to prove....I do what I want, when I want, because I want it to be....I think you loved the edge of my blade, and never me. You wanted the impossible. You saw the impossible. You wanted a love that I could never provide and even though I said I loved you....do I truly' I've fucked a lot of men since you and given birth since....is that love??

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-19 15:33 EST
"No." She remarked coldly. "I just did it because it was mere instinct. I think Kruger knows that. I think he knows just as you do how much I truly care....and that, where you two differ. He knows I am a weapon. You" You impose the fact that I am not, the monster they all claim me to be." She licked her lips. "Kaius....my love....just let me go."

He'd been doing fine until three words came down, "Kaius, my love".

And emotions went to war on his face, and he resolved himself as best he could. "I'm sure you have, done....all....everything you just said. Is it love" No, you're right it's not. That doesn't mean my love isn't..." he trailed off, what the hell was he saying. It's not like he'd told her he still loved her, not outright. Although quite plainly, he did. "A weapon." his tone was dull. He took a deep breath. "No. It wasn't the edge of your weapon. That's what I'm....quite plainly," as plain as his love for her, "trying to get across. You think I want you for....something you can do for me. I don't. Compare me to whoever else you want, I really....could care less. Especially about the smith who's sired litters across the entire Nexus. Soon his children will outnumber your clones." There was....a small degree of anger in his voice. It evaporated. "I want nothing from you. Except you."

Wanted.

He'd meant to put that in the past tense, when he'd originally thought it, hadn't he" Sometimes the mouth moves faster. "So," he hadn't even flinched when she'd licked him, and he'd been thinking then about what he was going to say now. "Do it, then. You want everything to be One. I'm here."

It wasn't what he wanted....but....if that was the only Path left, he was resigned to walk it.

One stared at his throat. She said nothing and moved little. Her arms removed themselves from his neck. "....join me.?

Kaius

Date: 2016-03-21 10:20 EST
He closed his eyes, at first to blink away what he knew was coming but....instead just held them shut. His left hand raised to his collar to tear away the clothing and more fully expose his throat and chest. "Once I'm in you, you'll know love isn't fleeting. Or fickle. And that sometimes, despite time or distance, it doesn't fade....it never fades," he added quietly, "Even if you want it to." His volume rose again, "At least then I'll have the forever with you a ring couldn't get me. Do it, before I lose my nerve."

"You....you will die..."

"You said, once, everything will be joined with you. If that's all there is, why should I wait." He opened his eyes. They shimmered. "I'll just get there ahead of everyone else." He forced a smile. "My life is all I have left to take. After that, I'll be perfect. Right?" He laughed, despite himself. "I can't believe I said that. "Once I'm in you, you'll know love isn't ..." Ha. That used to mean something, so much different."

One chuckled, mostly to herself. "It's fine. You don't need to go ahead." She shook her head as she closed her eyes. Her bottom lip quivered as she looked up at him. "Kaius..." Tears came to her eyes as she felt a genuine expression of despair warp her features. "We don't need to do this anymore." She grasped his hands. "We can go together."

She looked around her. "*** this. **** this **** We have the whole multi-verse....right?"

"I won't....I won't kill you. I won't eat you. I won't....I can't."

His eyes snapped open again, in wholesale confusion, and then they were downcast, staring at his hands in hers. He slowly slipped his fingers in between hers. "Then I'll wait....til then. I warn you now, though....once its only us left..." his hands squeezed. If it were only them left, then that to him....maybe it wouldn't be perfection. But....it didn't sound that bad. "I'll try not to renege, but I promised myself I wouldn't leave you alone again."

And if she consumed him then, that would be the result.

Kaius

Date: 2016-04-25 09:10 EST
"May I stay with you....this evening" It doesn't have to be....anything....like it ever was. Can I just stay beside you, for a little bit?"

"You can stay with me every evening....every morning, for all eternity....I love you, Kaius." Closing her eyes, she pressed her lips to his, drawing him close as a hand wrapped around his neck while the other moved between them. She tilted her head and parted her lips, plunging her tongue in for a deep kiss. The hand that met his chest did not stop at his garments. The limb transformed into the wicked blade that sunk deep until it reached his heart and rendered it into two until her claw reached far beyond his back. It was at this moment that she pulled back from the kiss, weeping, eyes wide as she watched his face. "Look into my eyes Kaius! Keep looking....it's okay! Just keep looking."

A shocked expression contorted his face, and the hands that had a moment ago been in hers, then on her waist as she'd drawn him into a kiss went slack, then jerked and went slack again. His eyes began to dim as he shook....but they never left her.

"I love you....too..." Not for the first time, darkness descended.

Her face twisted as tears fell. "Hey....hey it's okay....the nightmare is over, right?" She laughed, falling with his body even as she kept him paled in her arm, down to her knees. She pressed her forehead against his. She smoothed her free hand over his face then through his hair. "I love you. I always did. I always had. I always will. I promise you, this is not in vain....Kaius?" She withdrew her bloodied arm to wrap her arms around his body. "Hey, you're still warm....last a little longer?" She shook him. "Come on....remember our first night' You left the bedroom looking like you were self harming....remember" They didn't know I was hiding in your room, remember" It's funny, right?" She shook her head. "It's funny that I wanted this and yet I find myself in despair seeing you die." She felt herself grow cold. "It's funny....smile....smile you bastard....please?"

Kaius

Date: 2016-04-25 09:25 EST
Kaius couldn't smile. The light had mostly left his eyes.

Elsewhere, over the marketplace there was a garden which hung in the air, supported by Pathfinders weaves through space itself. The weaves ....dissipated, and the garden began to crash to the ground - over the very spot where a flower shop once stood. Hopefully no one had moved back in, as the garden was several tones of earth, stone, and rosa gigantea. A black armored suit suddenly appeared within the confines of her lair. It was otherwise inert, just as the man who lay in her arms now.

"KAIUS!" She released him, she watched his corpse fall. She looked to her bloodied right gauntlet, then to the immobile suit. "....why accept it' Why....it's madness..." She chuckled. She slowly curled her hands into her hair then snapped her eyes closed as she felt her mouth open, bluish runes flaring across her flesh as she absorbed his soul and then, with a glare to the corpse of the one she loved, she descended onto it like a wolf and tore apart the clothes until her fangs met with flesh.

She tore him open until guts came to the fore and just as she drew the innards to her mouth, she looked to the lifeless face of the man she once shared her life with....then....trembled. Then shook. Then she released his guts, her hands flying to her the sides of her temples as she screamed in a maddened laughter before thrusting her face into his stomach and feasting hungrily.

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The sweetest flower that blows I give you as we part; For you it is a rose; For me it is my heart. - Frederick Peterson

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