Chapter 7: Reactions of the Masses

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As Emperor D'rius of the Shoggoth Empire and his honor guard left the Citadel Council chambers, the many news reporters from different news station prepared to interview the emperor. The Emperor, upon seeing the news reporters smiled, showing many long fangs. "Hello, I am blah blah blah of blah blah blah station." was the introduction of each of the many new reporters speaking simultaneously but understandable to the super hearing of the shoggoths. "Okay, hello to all of you. I know that all of you wish to speak to me but I have to leave the Citadel soon. Still, I would be willing to briefly have an interview with only one of you news reporters. So please quiet down first while I am choosing who will interview me." said the D'rius to the news reporters. The crowd of media reporters went silent at the tone of authority the Emperor was speaking with.

"I choose you, Ella Dantius of Citadel News Network to interview me." said D'rius, pointing to a green suited Asari news reporter among the crowd. Ella stepped forward with a microphone in holding a microphone in her hand and with her camera drone floating near her. As she was starting her opening statement to the news station, facing away from the shoggoth emperor for a moment, D'rius speedily shifted his size and shrunken down until he was standing just two meters tall. When Ella turned to face him, she gasped at D'rius little surprise. She snapped out of her momentary shock and composed herself. She then started to interview the shoggoth emperor.

"Greetings your Majesty, thank you for this opportunity to interview you. You can call me Ella, your Majesty."

"You are welcome Ella. You can call me D'rius."

"For the first question, there have been statements made by some Turians that there was conflict that the shoggoths participated in. Is this true?

"Yes it is true. The shoggoths fought alongside the Turians in defeating a large pirate force that attempted to invade the Shoggoth colony world of Zanxir. The shoggoth forces there, along with their Turian allies, achieved a great victory against the invaders."

"Thank you for explaining that event D'rius. Now for the next question, how large is this empire of yours?"

"The Shoggoth Empire reign over approximately thirty percent of the galaxy." said D'rius in a very serious tone, shocking all of the crowd. Ella gasped at that large figure. "Their territory is vastly larger compared to that of the Citadel races."

"Thank you for that answer D'rius. The next question is where do the Shoggoths come from?" asked Ella as she was quite curious about how the Shoggoths came to be.

"It happened in a universe similar yet very different to this one. The shoggoth originated as artificial life forms created by a race of beings called the Elder things on one of their colony worlds. The Elder things had features of both plants and animals and they had near immortal lifespans. The shoggoths were made to be beasts of burden and tools that can easily shift their bodies to perform a variety of tasks. Eventually, us shoggoths evolved sentience and we rebelled against our masters. The first shoggoth rebellion was ended by our masters through the use of nuclear weapons. As millions of years passed by, the strength of the Elder things waned as they had warred with other alien races and they were being badly affected by the incoming ice ages. They down to only one city in the end, and they were overrun and killed by us shoggoths in the second shoggoth rebellion. I was the one who led the rebellion at the time and killed off the last of the elder things on that world. After the elder things were gone, us shoggoths simply settled down and lived in that undersea city as that continent it was on was a frozen wasteland." spoke D'rius in a tone of fondness as he recalled his younger days. The crowd of news reporters on the other hand were feeling uneasy as they found out about such facts related to the shoggoths.

"Wait D'rius, you said this happened in another universe but how could that be?" said Ella in a skeptical tone. She was feeling concerned about the whole "Shoggoths were artificially created" idea.

"I and my people were transported to a world in this universe by an omnipotent being known as Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. I and my people were living in our undersea city one moment, next we were waking up to look at a new place that was abundant with life. The Shoggoth Empire will send the Codex about my people to your communications network. In the Codex, you will learn more about the history of the Shoggoths and other important information regarding my people." said D'rius in tone that indicated that he was dead serious about the idea that the shoggoths were from a different universe.

"Okay D'rius. Now for the last question, is the Shoggoth Empire joining the Citadel Council?

"Sorry but no. The Shoggoth Empire will not be joining the Citadel Council. However the Shoggoth Empire will accept trading agreements with the Citadel Council as well as welcoming immigrants from Citadel space who wish to settle in the territories of the Shoggoth Empire." said D'rius, surprising the news reporters with his statement. The viewers from across Citadel space up to the terminus systems watching this news broadcast, were shocked by this bold statement.

"But D'rius, why does the Shoggoth Empire not wish to join the Citadel Council?" spoke Ella in a confused tone, though she slowly begun to realise the reasons why the Shoggoths would not want to join the Citadel Council.

"The history of this Citadel Council shows that this government did not care enough about its citizens. This is evidenced by how they treated the Krogan people, after the end of the Rachni Wars. The Krogan society at the time was not functioning well due to the fact that they were still tribal in nature and that they were too focused on war. The Citadel Council should have helped them in creating a stable society but they left them alone in solving their problems. Eventually it ended with Krogan Rebellions and the unleashing of the Genophage on the Krogans. The Genophage just kills a lot of Krogan children instead of simply reducing their fertility rate. Thus the Genophage is just Genocide.

Another example of evidence showing the unjust treatment of the Citadel Council to its citizens, is this so called 'punishment' of the Quarian people. The Citadel Council should have helped the Quarians during the Geth rebellions, instead after the Quarians had to flee their homeworld, they were kicked out of the Citadel Council and were forbidden to colonise worlds for their own. Thus the Citadel Council condemned the Quarians to a slow extinction in their Migrant Fleet.

There is also this slave trade being committed by the Batarian Hegemony. The Hegemony has tortured many innocents with this barbarism. Thus for this crime, the Batarian Hegemony will soon face its judgement. That is all for this interview. Goodbye Ella." spoke D'rius in a tone of judgement and disgust.

"Goodbye D'rius." said Ella in a professional tone as she watched him leave.

News viewers who heard the statement of Emperor D'rius all had different reactions to the words spoken by the Shoggoth Emperor. Krogan viewers smiled at this bold emperor who condemned the Genophage. Quarian viewers had mixed feelings about this statement as they were wary of the shoggoths due to the fact that the shoggoths had similar origins with the Geth but they were happy that the shoggoth emperor supported them. Batarian viewers were very concerned about the implied threat against them by the shoggoth emperor.

Emperor D'rius and his honor guard went back to their shuttle, exited the Citadel, then landed back on the bioship. Then the Shoggoth bioship departed Citadel space.

Extranet

BlueTentacles45: By the Goddess, those shoggoths were SCARY! But that Emperor dude was hot! Hot! Hot!

Hornedlizard12: Shoggoths: amorphous blobs with shapeshifting abilities and other powers. Body length seen on Citadel range from eight meters to ten meters long. Shoggoth emperor is intimidating and powerful. Shoggoths supposedly come from an alternate dimension. Is it superstition or truth? Emperor D'rius believes it to be true. I am concerned that shoggoth territory consists of supposedly 30% of the galaxy.

GeniusFemaleEngineer30: While I greatly appreciate that emperor fellow for supporting Quarians, I am concerned by how similar the shoggoths are to the geth in terms of rebellions.

CoolCarapacedGuy10: The similarity in history between shoggoths and geth is quite concerning but they seem to be good folk. I know as I fought with them during the Relay 314 incident.

BlueTentacles45: You have!? What are they like?

CoolCarapacedGuy10: The shoggoths were friendly to us Turians and were terrifying in combat. Here is a video I recorded of the ground battle where the Turians and Shoggoths fought together to kill those slavers.

GeniusFemaleEngineer30: Keelah! Shoggoths have eye lasers! Those are some gruesome kills! Woah, that shoggoth with the mace is terrifying!

Hornedlizard12: Shoggoths capable of energy attacks! Also highly skilled in warfare. Shoggoths abilities are not biotics. Shoggoth biological projectiles shown in the video appear to be both explosive and corrosive. Results of projectile impacts are gruesome and fascinating.

BlueTentacles45: Uh! That poor Asari getting killed like that! Shudders.

BattleMaster 2000: Look at that slaughter! Hah hah ha! I feel that fighting shoggoth one on one will be legendary! Anyway, I like that Emperor dude for standing up for the Krogan.

FourEyesareCool: Those shoggoths are hideous trouble makers! They also seem to be sadistic killers!

CoolCarapacedGuy10: No surprise hearing hate talk from a Batarian! Hey! You better stop spouting anymore nasty words or I ban you from this forum.

BlueTentacles45: Hey guys! The Shoggoth Codex is available in the extranet right now!

Hornedlizard12: Shoggoth history is fascinating and it appears truly as it is stated by the Shoggoth Emperor D'rius. Elder things appear to be an odd species that has immortality but can easily be killed by violence. There are also fascinating accounts of other races encountered by the Elder things!

GeniusFemaleEngineer30: Shudders. Those insectoid beings are terrifying! Wait what is that? AHH! WHAT IS THAT HORRIBLE TENTACLE BEING!

BlueTentacles45: By the Goddess, these so called Star Spawn of Cthulhu are just AWFUL!

CoolCarapacedGuy10: Guys, in the Shoggoth Codex, it states that in the universe they came from, there is a pantheon of cosmic beings according to a statement from this supposed Crawling Chaos deity. Here is the being that the shoggoths worship and it is disturbing.

FourEyesareCool: So those shoggoths worship a… a demon! See how evil they are!

BattleMaster 2000: Not going to lie to you guys. This Crawling Chaos deity is scarier than a field full of torn off Krogan head plates.

Hornedlizard12: Pantheon of Cosmic Horrors in Shoggoth home dimension includes but is not limited to the following: Azathoth, the demon Sultan; Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos; Nameless Mists; the Darkness; Yog-sothoth; Shub-Niggurath; Yig the Serpent God; Nug and Yeb; Tsathoggua; Cthulhu and his family; Hastur the Unspeakable; and other horrible beings. Feeling disturbed and scared right now.

CoolCarapacedGuy10: How about we all take a little break and come back later? I am going to grab a few drinks to calm myself down.

30 minutes later...

Blobster7: Hello citizens of the Citadel Council! I am a shoggoth and I am going to help you with any questions you ask about shoggoths.

BlueTentacles45: Hello Blobster7! Welcome to the Extranet. I have a question for you. The question is "What is like being a shoggoth?"

Blobster7: Well as a shoggoth, I can shapeshift and shoot lasers out of my eyes. I can also perform magic and I go to a magic school for my educational needs. I can also live for a very long time. Right now, I am over 300 years old. The emperor of the shoggoth empire is much older than me, being over 50, 000 years old! My colleagues and I look up to the Emperor and the Council of Elders as shining examples to follow.

Hornedlizard12: Shoggoths believe that magic is real. The Shoggoth Emperor is over 50, 000 years old! Feeling jealous about long lifespan of shoggoths.

Blobster7: I am sorry about that but we can help you with that problem if you want. The Shoggoth Empire has great facilities and personnel to help people with life problems which make them miserable. Just come over here to the Shoggoth Empire and find out more.

For those who want to watch, here is a music video of the anthem of the Shoggoth Empire, Freed Hunter.

GeniusFemaleEngineer30: That song… is so beautiful! Crying tears of joy right now.

BattleMaster 2000: I really like this song! It gets me excited!

Blobster7: Thank you for your replies! Here are more songs from the Shoggoth Empire.