In Gods We Trust chapter 4
The silver haired man seemed stunned at the choice selection of words, or at least Potum could tell he was if the sudden spike in his projected Aura was any indication.
Quickly Ozpin nodded his head before asking Potum to follow him which he did with an amused smirk playing along the lips of his borrowed face.
It took a few short minutes for them to make it to the elevator that slowly took them up to the headmaster's office. The man seemed unwilling to broach this topic around so many others.
Pushing himself into his seat and quickly turning to who seemed to be a young man before him, Ozpin knitted his fingers together ignoring the steaming cup of coffee in front of him as he looked toward the more interesting of things.
"So then, we are in private quarters that I can assure you are not bugged. Before we being this tale I would ask that you stop limiting your aura so I can understand what level of… person I am dealing with." Ozpin spoke first hoping to get answers to his many question as soon as possible.
"Very well though I shall keep my Aura restrained to this one room, so as not to alarm others that will no doubt sense it." Potum said with an aloof look on 'his' face though internally he was enjoying himself.
Ozpin seemed focused, pushing himself forward in his seat with not well-hidden anticipation in his form before his body suddenly tensed. Every fiber of his being going on alert at the sudden weight that had appeared in the room, at the sudden pressure that forced down on him while the young man in front of him showed no such tension.
'how... how could this be possible. For such a young man to have an aura so great it far outclasses my own. And it's not even within the visible spectrum' were more immediate thoughts running through the mind of one Headmaster. A few others ran along the lines of recording his findings and speaking to those in his Secret Circle about something that may be very well more powerful than they had ever hoped to find.
And here it was in his school, with his students.
Potum became only more amused when he saw the drops of sweat beading off the face of the unflappable headmaster. He only let up the pressure when he saw the headmaster have a hard time speaking.
"You wanted to say something Headmaster?" Potum asked trying, and failing, to keep the amused tone out of his voice. He decided to abandon that idea when he saw how fruitless it was.
Ozpin visibly relaxed once the pressure let up, fixing his glasses and hair before lifting his mug with shaking hands and taking a sip of the contents there of.
After a few moments of what were not well-hidden deliberation Ozpin finally spoke.
"I have many things I would like to say but I should get the most important questions out of the way first… Are you a harm to any of my students? I have seen from that little demonstration that I -and perhaps anyone else- would be no match for you. But I can also assure you that should you harm my students I will do everything within my power to make your life hell" Ozpin said with confidence he may have not actually had. It's not very often that a legendary huntsman finds themselves outclassed by another human. Or what would appear to be one.
The smirk that played across Potum's borrowed lips did nothing to settle the rattled nerves of the headmaster who once thought himself powerful. The words that followed thereafter were much more settling however.
"I assure you I mean no harm to anyone here. I am simply here for something to entertain me and while you have my time I am willing to answer your questions." He said in a tone that would seem arrogant had he not shown that he was capable of defeating every single person in this building… at once.
"I see, well I would hope this entertainment does not harm anyone. I would hate to have to follow through with my threat. My next question being what exactly are you? To be this powerful you must have something assisting you granting you some form of power not seen before." Ozpin said in his slowly returning calm tone, though he took another sip of his coffee to help settle him.
"I am a god" Potum said with an internal smirk, especially at the spit take that the headmaster made directly after he finished his statement. He was also pleased that the liquid seemed to warp around him and would have to pat a lower god of this realm on the head for their assistance.
it took several moments of the Headmaster coughing and hitting himself in the chest before the conversation could continue. just as it got annoying the eyes of Jaune Arc flashed quickly through a multitude of colors and the headmaster found himself no longer hacking and coughing.
"A god? While I find you powerful I can't in good consciousness call you one of the two brothers." Ozpin stated hoping that he was only dealing with a powerful young man and not a true celestial being.
"You misunderstand. This world has only the two brothers but this universe has multiple and other universes have more still. I am known as Potum Sanguis, the highest God of Death. I exist in all realms though I may not physically be there. If you would prefer some context I could end this entire universe with a flash of my eyes. The level of power you felt from my aura was actually my powers lowered to the greatest degree I can have them while lowered further because I have taken this young man as a host." Potum explained knowingly with a content smile.
"I am sorry but I will need something to support these claims. This is quite a bit to swallow you must understand." Ozpin asked hoping this were all some elaborate hoax.
"I understand. One moment." Potum replied before the form of Jaune slumped, Potum standing next to the young man.
Ozpin was tensed, ready for an even more crushing weight than he had felt mere moments ago though when he felt nothing he looked to the pale man floating in front of his desk for answers.
"ah you were expecting my power to have weight? Well there are two reasons behind that. The first being that the weight you felt before was from Aura, more specifically Jaune's though it was forced to expand to amazing heights with me overlaying his soul. The second reason being that my domain is death. While you would normally be able to feel this power, you can only do so in a place where death does not exist and such a place does not exist in any reality. In other words, you are so used to the force of death being around you that nothing will feel different." Potum replied having picked up on a few of the questions that the headmaster may have.
Ozpin nodded dumbly as his world was seemingly flipped upside down. While he was just informed that his own religion was correct he was also told that there were beings so much more powerful than he could ever imagine and even then, he had one of these beings floating in front of him in his very office.
"Why are you here and what will become of young Jaune Arc?" Ozpin asked with a quivering voice as he looked to the floating man, Potum he had called himself.
"nothing will come to harm the young Arc, in fact he will only become stronger because of this. His aura is already forcefully expanded to the point that having this school land on top of him may only prove an inconvenience. His body and form already put to a level that no other mortal man could hope to match. And once I take my leave I will leave behind knowledge of many things he will need to fight. As for the why… well I grew bored. What more can an all-powerful being do than limit themselves to enjoy things?" Potum finished with a smirk, finding a glint of relation in the eyes of the headmaster.
"I see. Well then, I have my final questions about you. Firstly… may I tell others about you and finally, why have you not ended the Grimm already?" Ozpin asked with a serious note in his voice as he watched the man simply float there as if the extinction of humanity were nothing to him. If his description were anything it may very well be.
"well to answer the first I don't really care. I am here to entertain myself and all is fine so long as it doesn't get in the way of that. If you have any more confrontational friends do be sure to tell them. I feel that it will be even more entertaining then." He stated with a soft smile and within that very moment Ozpin decided that General James Ironwood should never ever hear about this.
"for the second question, well that has answers you may not like to hear. Firstly what would you do if suddenly the greatest threat to your lives was wiped off the earth? Your entire society is based around fighting these beasts and millions of your currency are devoted to preparing people for such a fight. What if you suddenly no longer needed them. If the greatest threat amongst you all is each other. Humans are humans no matter where they reside and you would all turn on each other. Your economies would fall because so many things you once needed can be thrown to the side.
You would either end the huntsman program or sick them on each other and as a race that can't even accept some people having animal appendages I do not believe the track record speaks well for you.
And finally, I won't kill all the beasts because I simply don't want to. Because being worshipped was never a care of mine and because I am using them for entertainment." Potum finished with a sigh, disappointed in the sentient race that stood before him. Though they weren't his creation he felt as though they could do so much better.
"I see. So to summarize you are an all-powerful being with abilities beyond my comprehension who has dove into the body of a young man that I personally know so you can go through the years of being a huntsman and slaying Grimm, which you don't care to exterminate, all because you were bored. Did I forget anything?" Ozpin, replays with his nerves thoroughly tap danced on, as he takes a long drink of the final contents of his cup.
"mmm no I don't believe so. While I'm okay with you sharing my secret within your inner circle I would very much prefer I remain a secret to any more than that. I wouldn't care for anyone interfering with me, now would I?" Potum asks before slipping himself back into the form of Jaune borrowing his body yet again.
"I see. Well then, I would have to ask that you give me time to mull over this lest my mind snap, in the meantime perhaps you can go and revisit with some of the students down stairs. I'm sure you would like make friends during your stay." Ozpin replies hoping to find the politest way to ask someone who could end your existence with a thought to get the fuck out of your room.
"Yes, I have connected with a young Ruby Rose and her sister Yang Xiao-Long. It would be best if I left now and simply claimed they couldn't find me than to sneak in in the midst of the night. Or not appear until the morn. Farewell Headmaster." Potum replied with an amused song in his voice for not the final time during his stay at this school.
As soon as the elevator doors closed Ozpin mashed the button his intercom, speaking with Glynda Goodwitch within moments.
"Glynda come to my office, we have much to discuss. I've been given new information that may prove… troubling." He spoke in a solemn and serious tone, more so than the deputy headmistress had ever heard.
Within minutes the blonde woman stood in the office riding crop in hand. "Ozpin what could warrant such a call? Has something happened to Amber?" she asked as soon as the elevator doors had closed themselves, though she had not turned to look.
Ozpin sat there a moment, perhaps mulling over his next words carefully before using them. There were several seconds of silence only filled with the constant of the gears in the room. When he finally did speak it was with a serious, though worried tone.
"It would seem Glynda, that we have gained a new fairy tale"
End of chapter 4 An:
Welcome to the wonderful world of my original characters.
Recently there have been a lot of stories of people fighting gods and winning or being able to keep up with gods. Or gods only existing because of belief.
I say fuck that. When I make a god, they are mother flipping god and whatever level of power you have isn't going to match theirs.
I have demigod characters. Half human half god. The only one you have seen thus far is Slakk in An Arcident. He is a son of the goddess of conflict on the same tier of godliness as Potum. He represents physical conflict and thus is immune to all physical pain and harm as well as being immensely strong.
If you would like some backstory I could put that in the An Arcident story but for now I'll just leave it at that.
Anyway, that little rant led to this. Potum is of a level where he can do whatever he wants in any universe and the only one that can get mad about him for it is Dub. He does whatever the hell he wants just for funsies and now Ozpin has to deal with that.
How much coffee will Ozpin need by the end of this? the answer is yes.
Scribble novice done scribbled. Peace.