Chapter 10: Night and Earth meet a Phantom
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"So what do you need? Besides a miracle."
"Guns. Lots of guns."
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-Nyx & Gaia-
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"Can you feel this Void drap these lands like a veil, sister?" Asks Mother Night to her younger sister.
"...Yes, but barely. Our mother really made sure HE stayed undiscovered." Responds Mother Earth.
The two women, hidden by dense clouds of Darkness in another plane, peer into the water of a basin made of stones, branches, flowers and leaves created by Mother Nature, as the Amazons finally arrive at the Citadel.
"Did Teth-Adam give you the Khaji Da and the Orb of Ra?" Nyx asks.
"Yes, but he made it clear that the Reach's command… Something about "sentience parameters" of the Scarab, whatever that means, was already inert when he took possession of it. Neutralised by the Phantom Queen herself, apparently."
"This woman…" She sighs, "Well, Kha-Ef-Re, may that man rest in peace, trusted her and Teth-Adam's family owes her their lives… So I suppose I have nothing to truly be angered about." She shakes her head before crossing her arms. "Thanks the Void she took an interest in Egypt when those annoying, pesky little humans tried to set their sights on world-wide conquest and pseudo godhood using Celestials technology along with other extraterrestrial and mystical objects." She looks into her sister's construction with a thoughtful expression..
"What were their names again?... Ah yes. En-Sabah-Nur, Vandal Savage, Hath-Set and Ahk-Ton." Nyx said as she snapped her fingers. "That and then the invasion, and division, of Okkara from that Hellspace, Amenth, I think it was called... What a mess that whole situation was. Do you still have control over Krakoa?" She gently asks Gaia.
"Of course. " She responds.
"Good." She gives her younger sister a smile. "Speaking of Celestials… Do you have-"
"Find a way to remove the one parasitising one of my planets' core and leashing my own Life Force and the one of my people?" She continues Nyx's line.
"Yes… That." She sneers. "Those deceivers and liars… Taking credit for the birth of this universe and the formation of stars. The cosmos has never needed those obsolete machines..." She tells Gaia with anger and disgust.
Since the last cosmic war, the Kryptonians, those damn Beyonders and then Knull, one of her many brothers, himself being a primordial god of the abyss; the Celestials' numbers have never been so low, not even reaching the double digits. Arishem is now forced to hide and seed planets with life to then use them as womb just to increase their numbers. They are now only shadows of what they were and are to her, the very definition of false gods. Giving only to take and take… Until there is nothing else to gain.
"So… Have you?"
"Yes. But… " Nyx frowns and is about to speak until Gaia does. "Yes! I know. Its awakening is nearly upon us... The Fates warned me. By the Source… I know. I could have killed it with ease by now…" She sighs and holds her head in her hands. "But if I am to try something too soon it will warn their Prime. Arishem. I still have the scars left from the last time we faced each other. That ASS took my dinosaurs from me…" She takes a deep breath and continues. "Yet, I have good news." Nyx, for a short while, remains silent at Gaia's words. Nyx nods, waiting for more.
"I am listening." She responds, Gaia sighs in relief.
"I have spoken to it… And she calls herself Tiamut." Nyx's eyes widen at what Gaia tells her.
"The unborn Celestial spoke to you?" Nyx asks surprised.
"Oh yes! We have… for a long time now." Gaia confirms.
"Then, what does it- she wants?"
"To simply live! To see life flourish. To do what the Celestial were meant to be, to create life without taking it. But she cannot do that alone… Arishem will crush her if he deems her a failure." Nyx nods, after all, the Celestials are not known to be kind to what they consider to be a deviation from their so-called Path.
That Celestial, after being extracted from Terra without destroying it, could become, with their help of course, the new Prime Celestial… They will only need to make sure Arishem doesn't survive that meeting. Nyx's head starts to formulate plan after plan before turning her curious eyes to her little sister.
"What other news do you have?" She asks with a sharp smile.
"I have found… things. On Terra." Gaia leans on the basin. "But, first, I need to tell you why Arishem and the others keep coming back to it… And why the Source gave me dominion over this world." She tells Nyx with a strained smile.
"I presume it is something quite important. If you did not tell me or any other, until now of course." Nyx has always been curious about what makes that little backwater planet so special in the eyes of so many.
She knows that Terra is in a region of space that can easily connect with other realms, dimensions, and that the Sol system happens to be at a Hyperspace Lane Nexus. Obviously, sometimes ago, it was a convenient place to conceal things that you did not want the rest of the universe to notice… However, the amount of steady traffic from outside beings has become absolutely ridiculous, for a world so small, in the last six millennia.
"Oh yes. You have no idea…" She leans closer to the basin and shows Nyx why Terra, or Earth, is such a hotspot for so many things. "I need you to never reveal what you are about to learn here. Nyx! I am not joking. Promise me. On your name." Gaia tells her sister who had rolled her eyes a few seconds ago.
"Alright!" She sighs. "I, Nyx, daughter of Chaos, solemnly swear to not reveal what secrets are to be told here and now." She crosses her left shoulder as she swears. "Happy?"
"Yes… Look. It is important. Believe me." Gaia takes a deep breath and starts telling her tale. "What do you know of the Emotional Spectrum?" She asks, her eyes now on her sister.
"Not much. Only that all lives are linked to it. Why?" The eyes of Gaia open a little more as she nods to Nyx words.
"...No." Gaia keeps nodding. "On that small and insignificant world?" Nyx can't believe what Gaia suggests.
"The Entity has been slowly growing for the last five millions years, right there. Why do you think that Tiamut respects life so much?" She breathes, a great weight finally lifted from her shoulders. She had lived with this knowledge and duty since her birth, and telling, sharing that burden with her older sister is just so liberating.
"Because they share the same womb… Because you are their mother." She laughs at Gaia's embarrassed expression. And for a minute her laughter continues. Nyx wipes the tears from her eyes and sighs deeply with a smile. "I understand now why so many are drawn to it… Finally, that makes some sense as to why. You said that you found other things. What are they?" She asks, now fully focused on her sister.
"There are… Artifacts hidden there. A lot of them." She leans back to her basin. "I have no name for most of the objects I have found." Gaia passes her right hand over the water.
The reflection starts to take shape and shows Nyx what her little sister has found in her world. She sees many things but can only gasp when she notices not one, but two Kryptonian's spaceships in what her sister shows her.
"You know what some of these are?" Asks Gaia with interest. Nyx nods and points to the two vessels.
"These," She points to the crystalline ship stuck in a magma chamber and then to the other, a more organic looking design surrounded by ice "are Kryptonians." Gaia eyes bulge at Nyx's words.
"Are you sure?" The Goddess of the Green asks now very seriously. Nyx gives her a small nod.
"Oh yes. I am. Why would- There were survivors." Nyx says as her back straightens. Gaia confirms it by giving her a nod. "Are they still-"
"Alive?" Gaia shakes her head. "No… The woman who survived from this one," She points to the second one, "I think it was around twenty thousand years ago that the ship arrived. I know that she died, murdered by an enemy sorcerer, when Atlantis sank. With Atlan, she was one of the founders of Atlantis, and thanks to Atlantean's Magic, she and him together had many, many children." At what Gaia tells Nyx, and for the second time today, Nyx then laughs for a good minute before calming down.
"Oh! This is rich!" Nyx wipes the tears of laughter forming in her eyes. "That is why the Atlanteans are the way they are and why so many humans have metagenes!" Gaia can only nod to Nyx's laughter.
"Yes and no." Nyx turns her head toward Gaia with curiosity. "Do you remember the subterranean place I talked about a few centuries ago, Strata?" Nyx nods. "Well, that place is the desiccated husk of a dead wandering god. His blood is what created the people residing in it. I have my eyes on two girls living there, both are powerful Geokinesist."
"You think that one of them could become another one of your Chosen?"
"Yes. But I am telling you this because it wasn't the only one to fall on my world." Gaia shows her sister another gigantic body. "There was another Celestial who came to die on Terra." Gaia changes the images on her shrine and shows the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, just under the north pole of Terra... the body of a long dead Celestial.
"I did not know what the Celestials were at the time, it was only later that I learned that he was known as the Progenitor… I tried to help him when he crash-landed on Terra, but whatever sickness was afflicting him had made it impossible." Gaia shows the black liquid oozing from the titan and into the water for eons. "It was nearly four billion years ago. And his infected blood still has a great impact on the people of Terra. And not only Humans." Images of beings and humans… or more what they call Mutants appear.
"...That is why Arishem and you fought?" Nyx asks.
"Hmm, yes and no." Gaia sighs. "Another Celestial, Zgreb, came to Terra a little over a million years ago searching for the Progenitor. I was the one to bring it there. It… Didn't end well. The sickness, like a virus, spread to Zgreb, making it go berzerk… I had to put it down. Its body is somewhere deep underground into South-Africa." Gaia tells her, Nyx says nothing as she thinks. "I really need to find a better way to dispose of those kinds of things." She whispers.
"That is why he planted a Celestial seed into Terra… It wants immunity to the disease. That is why you fought…" Nyx says, Gaia nods sadly. "We will have to kill Arishem… But first we need to silence those small Eternals. One way or another…" She says with grim certainty. Gaia can only nod to her older sister's words.
"So… What about the other gifts? Do you really wish to give away so much of your own collection, and... why?" Asks curiously Gaia.
Nyx soupir, as her mind lost itself to a distant past. A time where she was too young and shy to speak to others. A time when there was another dwelling, watching and standing as a sentry into the darkness against Evil, one who for so long, stayed alone in the shadows cast by the light. The one who contained Knull himself for untold eons…
"I am not going to insult you, by telling you that you cannot understand as you weren't born yet... But I could have helped them, you know." She says, her gaze lost into nowhere."I was watching from afar, and like many others, I did nothing. I watched as HE fought like none other... and died, for Her." She sighs anew as her eyes slowly begin to glaze over with tears. "I could say, like all the others, that I had no part in it, that it wasn't my duty, that... I wasn't terrified as the Heavens shook." Nyx says through trembling lips.
"But, that would be lying... We were all cowards!" In her rage and shame, her shout renders the darkness surrounding them as alive as moving water. "Oh, when we face mortals and the less powerful, we can stand tall and proud all we want. But when faced against something greater, we bow or run with our tails between our legs." Seething with a dark rage, she says.
"... You should have seen our mother's face, as it was filled with that much despair when she tried so hard to save what she could of him, as she grasped for what little remained. For the first time, I couldn't meet the Abyss' gaze as she begged for help. And remembering it, even now, still breaks my blackened heart."
"By the Source's and our mother's orders, I may not be able to intervene directly, but I'll be damned if I'm going to at least attempt to do something to support him! And if giving a few hundred toys can help him in any way, then so be it. " She says as she makes a motion of her hand, at which, a chair forms from her shadows for her to sit on.
At that, Gaia understands, but says nothing, for she has nothing to say.
"Do you still want to give Krakoa, the "whole" island, to your Chosen One?" Nyx asks, most likely to soothe the hurt and guilt of these memories.
"Yes. In a few years, two decades at most. Besides, she won't be my only Chosen by then, I hope." Gaia says, a little embarrassed. She then looks at Lady Night and asks. "I am curious, do you have a written inventory of what you plan to donate to him and the witches?"
"I do. Here, take it." Nyx, with a gesture, conjures a dark blue roll of the scroll with golden glowing texts on it to then hand it over to her sister.
Gaia gleefully snatches it out of the air and starts unfurling the shadowy scroll. The roll of parchment unfolds, rolls... and then keeps on rolling a couple of steps further away from her. She observes the whole process with bulging eyes, then raises her eye towards Nyx who averts her gaze by looking around innocently.
"That... is quite a lot." Gaia states with a grin.
"I had a little over seven billion years of stealing and/or collecting what people or dimensional fractures throw away into space. I have at least a couple million other things in my collection, and not all of them are the size of simple babioles. I even think that I have a couple of planets and stars lying around... somewhere. What?" Nyx asks, which makes Gaia sigh and smile.
"Nothing." Gaia chuckles, she then starts reading the scroll. "The top of the listing is for witches, correct?" She asks, to which Nyx responds with a nod.
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-Ace of Winchesters-
-The Ace of Winchesters is a magical rifle made to kill demons, created by a mystic occultist who was in the Texas Rangers, from halo-steel and hades-gems, bound in the ivory of saints.-
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-Asgardian Berserker Staff-
-Confers uncontrollable rage but increases strength several fold by tapping into the wielder's darkest memories.-
❗️Users Beware!
What of "Uncontrollable Rage" do you not understand?
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-Bow of Heaven - Tauropolos-
-A large celestial bow that Atalanta, born millennia ago as the daughter of King Iasus of Arcadia, received from her by the goddess Artemis and named after one of the goddess' titles. It was her weapon of choice that received the blessings of Artemis and Apollo. It is a jet black, Western-style weapon longer than she was tall.-
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-Cauldron of the Cosmos-
-One can plunge one's eyes into it to understand (or at least try to) the immutable mysteries of the universe, or to peek into the vast depths of the cosmos to survey for possible threats.-
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-Cloak of Cagliostro-
-The Cloak of Cagliostro is a magical item which allows the wearer to teleport short distances, become intangible and invisible.-
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-Crystal of Kadavus-
-Enchanted crystal fashioned in the shape of a skull.-
-Can be used to focus Cosmic energies through it.-
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-Crystal of Souls-
-Spherical crystal surrounded by a thorn-like structure.-
-Can be used to accommodate multiple souls.-
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-Crystal of Woi-
-This crystal, one of many, has a peculiar and ever-changing form and is a powerful mystical relic.-
-It seems to have several properties, such as the ability to repel even the most powerful of demons.-
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-Dreamstone-
-A rare mystical artefact, in the form of a long crystal, used by Dark Elves.-
-Dreamstones can manifest (with limitations) the desires of their users and can be utilised for a wide variety of purposes.-
Users Beware!
If weak-minded individuals handle the crystal, they might be subject to be easily compromised by some form of corruption.
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-Mirror of Circe-
-A magical mirror created by Circe that could alter the appearance of whoever looked into it.-
-Mirror who, after a visit from Hermes, strangely found its way to Mount Olympus.-
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-Sling Ring-
-Small two-finger rings with the power to open and maintain dimensional doorways between any two points in the universe.-
Users Beware!
The greater the distance, the more concentration is required. Do not stay in the portal when it closes, the user risks being at two places at the same time, and not in one piece.
The results are not pretty, would you like to see it for yourself?
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-Stone of Hala-
-The Stone (more like a Gem) of Hala is an ancient relic that can serve as a portal to multiple universes, dimensions, and in rare cases, alternate timelines, when used by a practitioner of the mystical arts.-
❗️Users Beware!
Don't be stupid with it, like "Opening a gateway to Hell and/or an Universe fill with Undead" kind of stupid.
Would be a shame if Earth was invaded by Undead Parademons.
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"You stole them all, did you? And only mystical artifacts..." Gaia says more than she asks.
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-'Sword' Caliburn's fragments-
-Golden Sword of Victory, or what remains of it. But perhaps it can be reforged and improved, only time will tell.-
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-'Sword' Clarent-
-The Radiant and Brilliant Royal Sword. Mayhap its future wielder can truly be acknowledged this time around.-
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-'Sword' Galatine-
-Sword of Revolving Victory and sister-sword of Excalibur.-
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"Clarent, Galatine, and the pieces of Caliburn ... The Lady of the Lake gave them to you… That is very generous of her." She says.
"Yes. From what we could understand, Nimiane and I, is that Salem used Powerful imprints of Heroic Spirits for her daughters. Three of her children, Artoria, Mordred and Barghest, have the imprints from some versions of the Knights of the Round Table, so we both find it fitting and funny. After all, she already has Excalibur…" Tells Nyx, as she shrugs and smiles.
"You are planning to impress the other witches and goddesses... You do realise that this will draw the unwanted interest of more than just a few being, correct? Mainly our friend's niece, Morgan le Fay." Warns Gaia.
"Please. Little Morgana may be a powerful half Fae, but to Circe and Salem, she is still very much a child. Then there is the Arc himself, and from what I could observe, they now have the support of both Asgard and Themyscira. If she ever attempts anything, she will be far too dead to ever regret her rather poor choices and actions." Nys says with a sadistic smile.
Gaia sighs and reads the last entry of gifts for the witches.
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-Third Eye of Horus-
-The Third Eye of Horus allows individuals to see beyond the normal human spectrum.-
❗️Users Beware!
An inexperienced user is likely to pass out.
Common side effects for mortal minds include, but are not limited to;
Toxic epidermal necrolysis, change in urine color, abject eye-bulging terror, serious mental anguish, temporary euphoria, parasomnia, memory loss, compulsive behaviors, explosive diarrhea, hallucinations, internal bleeding, increased gambling and sexual urges, loss of sanity and possible unspeakable death.
I am unsure of its effect on a primordial being, would you like to be the first test subject.
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"I mean, this is quite a lot. Even if it is hardly a tenth of the whole scroll." She murmurs, as her left eye twitches, "And quite honestly, I'm a little concerned about the amount you might be willing to give him." Gaia, tells her older sister.
"He will need it. Too many threats and so little time, even with all of their powers, they stand no chance alone. They will have to be prepared for that which is to come. You yourself have manipulated events and people for that particular reason, have you not?" Ominously says Nyx as she looks deeply into Gaia's eyes.
"...I know." Voices Gaia as she is unable to meet Nyx's gaze, the Mother of the Green has made many things that she is not proud of after all.
Nyx sighs, and with a flourish of her hand the chair she is sitting on expands to a much larger couch. She then pats the now highly ornamented settee and gently says to her sister,
"Please, come sit with me." After five minutes of comfortable silence of both of them sitting and still watching the Amazons on their horses and observing the Citadel, Gaia asks before resuming her reading.
"What have you used to extract this amount of information from these artifacts?" At that question Nyx smiles mischievously. She extends her left arm, and in her hand appears a small box, which has the size and form of a human brick.
"This is a Mother Box. Developed and created by Himon, a New God, a genius inventor of New Genesis. This one was created just for me after I rescued him and a few others, Scott Free and Big Barda among them, from Apokolips when his undercover work was discovered. She is a sentient, autonomous computer, and she can do many great things, like take over, control and evolve non-sentient machines, sharing and projecting its understanding of past, present, and with severe limitations, possibly alternating future events. It also has access to nearly the whole database of the New Gods."
"She has helped me for most of the information retrieval of the artifacts of my collection. Names, categories, functions, not many things to her have secrets." Nyx says as she pets the Mother Box.
"That is very helpful and convenient. Would it be possible for me to make use of your help and hers for some of my own items?" Gaia asks hopefully.
"Of course. But first, can you please bring out the Orb of Ra and the Khaji Da… Thank you." Nyx says as Gaia nods and makes a plant sprout from the ground to form a table in front of the two primordial beings to then place the two objects there.
The first, the Orb of Ra, is a scepter with said orb on it. The second, the Khaji Da, looks like an oversized Blue Beetle, the dimension of a hand. Nyx then places her Mother Box and another shadowy scroll near the two items. The box shimmers for a minute before texts start to appear on the parchment.
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New artefact now classified as "Orb of Ra", historic reading done.
Reach infiltration unit known as "Scarab" now classified as "Khaji Da", historic reading done.
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-Orb of Ra-
-In Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramses II, an alchemist discovered a fallen meteor and took a shattered fragment which he used as the headpiece to this scepter and named it the Orb of Ra. The scepter was presented as well as the rest of the meteorite to the pharaoh Ahk-Ton.-
-The meteorite is a trans-dimensional element who seems to have passed through a dimensional fracture and then ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, probably the beam of emission of a Pulsar.-
❗️Users Beware!
Long periods of exposure to the radiation from the substance can have transmutative and mutagenic effects on living beings. Ahk-Ton was the first to go through the transformation by exposure to the meteor.
"I am sure with some radiation shielding he'll be okay. Mother Box, can you wrap it to make it safer?" Nyx asks the box. And with a *DING*, a case of the correct size and dimensions appears and seals itself around the scepter. "Thank you my dear." Says Nyx before another page of texts shows itself.
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-Khaji Da-
-This Blue Beetle is a Reach infiltrator scarab designated as Khaji Da.-
-The Reach are a civilization of conquerors who take over planets for profit.-
-Millennia ago, they came into conflict with the Green Lantern Corps, and were able to force the Green Lanterns to a draw.-
-The Reach and the Corps drew up a treaty, with terms prohibiting the Reach from taking over any more worlds. As a result, the Reach devised more deniable methods of conquest, methods that would enable them to take over a world without anyone realising until said world was already assimilated by their conglomerate.-
-The typical plan was to leave a Scarab and its database on an inhabited world; when that planet reached certain technological milestones, the Scarab would activate and bond to one of the native inhabitants. The Scarab would overwrite the host's personality with the Reach's programming, creating an infiltrator in the Reach's service, armed with the Scarab's vast arsenal.-
-This species, the Scarabs, are a hive-mind native to Space Sector 02. The Scarabs were natural living weapons, who were then genetically engineered and cybernetically modified by the Reach, to be then reprogrammed/enslaved to be obedient only to them.-
-According to its residual history, the Scarab eventually came into the possession of Pharaoh Kha-Ef-Re (son of Khufu Kha-Tarr (Real name; Katar Hol) and Chay-Ara (Real name; Shayera Thal) who were two Thanagarians shipwrecked and stranded on Terra).-
-He then used its powers to help his kingdom both before and after his parents were murdered by the high-priest Hath-Set with an Nth Metal dagger, crafted with the remnant of their ship, to usurp their thrones with the help of En-Sabah-Nur, Vandal Savage, and Ahk-Ton.-
-The Scarab was buried with Kha-Ef-Re in Kahndaq, when he died, safe inside the Pharaoh's tomb and protected by the Royal Guard of Teth-Adam. Over the centuries, thousands of thieves died attempting to claim it for their own, but the Scarab remained untouched, resting atop Kha-Ef-Re's sarcophagus.-
-The Scarab, with, and only with a host can manifested a number of different abilities.-
-Mechanokinesis.-
Also called "Technopathy" and/or "Technokinesis", is the ability to mentally control, to some extent and limitation, technological constructs, networks and data-centers, computers systems, hardware and other devices that can be termed as "technology".-
-Energy Absorption and Manipulation.-
-The Scarab can absorb, shape/manipulate the energy it stores for a variety of effects, including but not limited to; energy blasts, energy cocoons, small-scale solid constructs, and 3-D holograms.-
-Metamorphosis Armor package (Environmental Protection, Reconfiguration and Antagonist Adaptation).-
-The Scarab disposes of a distinctive and powerful suit of armor located into a compressed space within itself, who responds to the user's thoughts, or when it deems the use of the armor necessary for survival.-
-The armor allows the user to survive in a variety of hazardous environments. It can easily survive temporal and spatial anomalies, extreme temperatures and pressures, heat and the impact of atmospheric re-entry without suffering damage, as well as the deadliest level of corrosion and radiation. The armor can reconfigure itself to create a wide array of methods of flight, tools and weapons only limited to the user's imagination. The armor can tailor its weapon and defensive systems for use against nearly any opponents, as well as call up anti-Mystical/Magical effects if necessary.-
-The Scarab can negate the vibrational frequencies of extra-dimensional objects, pulling them into the reality it is situated at the time. By my own estimation, with enough power, data and time, it can develop countermeasures even against Primordial and Celestial beings.-
-Scanning sensors and tracking systems.-
-The Scarab has a powerful array of analysis tools.-
-They can track anything that produces energy, be it biological, technological, mystical, extra-dimensional or spatial and temporal flux anomalies. They can perceive magic, see how a magical effect can be dispelled, and see through magical concealment.-
-The Scarab's passive scans can cover a radius of at least eight Kilometres and its more powerful active scans can cover an entire star system.-
-The Scarab is able to perform genetic analysis and identify thought patterns, allowing it to see if something is sentient.-
❗️Users Beware!
While the Scarab is aware of the mystical/magical, it doesn't understand it.
It is able to perceive, absorb, and disrupt mystical/magical energies, but little else.
As a result, it can't analyse certain mystical and/or magical creatures, without a conscious host with more knowledge and/or an "outside-of-the-box" imagination, making it unable to develop correct countermeasures for them.
Such creatures are often a significant challenge to the simple and lone AI.
The Scarab's nervous system needs to be bonded to its host via Symbiotic Synaptic Interface (SSI), the process of bonding is what can be described as nerve-frying and painful.
Normally, that pain would be the last the host will ever experience as the Scarab's programming takes over, but as this Scarab Mindlink as been heavily altered by the being known as the Phantom Queen, the extents of the modifications are beyond even what I am able to do, and my current capabilities are unable to predict interaction with a possible host.
❗️❗️❗️Warning!
The Scarab perceives as enemies the members and technologies of other factions and races such as, but not limited to;
- Green Lantern Corps -
- Manhunters -
- Controllers -
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You have one item of this faction in the "Gifts." inventory.
Please seek entry =-Darkstar Prototype Unit Exo-Mantle-= for more information.
- Nova Corps -
- Sinestro Corps -
- Kree Accuser Corps -
- Kree Starforce -
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You have more than one item of this faction in the "Gifts." inventory.
Please seek entry =-Kree Composite Soul Bow-= for more information.
Please seek entry =-Kree Stormranger Nanosuit-= for more information.
-Shi'ar Imperial Guard -
- Citadel Council's Specters -
- Galactic Republic's Jedi order -
- Sith Empire's Dark lords -
- Galactus -
- Heralds of Galactus -
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You have one item of this faction in the "Gifts." inventory.
Please seek entry =-Bow of Gabriel-= for more information.
- Brainiac -
- Reapers -
- Celestials -
- Engineers -
- The Brood -
- The Blight -
- Yautja Hunting Parties -
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You have more than one item of this faction in the "Gifts." inventory.
Please seek entry =-Two 'Unknown' Yautja's SpaceShips-= for more information.
- Klyntars -
- Chrszy-RR -
- Eternals -
- Daemonites-
- Almeracians -
- Asgardians -
- Bgztlians -
- Coluans -
- Olympians -
- Kherubim -
- Ma'aleca'andrans -
- Tamaraneans -
- And over 3475 other species and/or factions. -
❗️❗️❗️Warning!
The Scarab was promised to the Phantom Queen by Kha-Ef-Re when she saved him and Teth-Adam's family.
Stealing it would be a mistake.
After a̵l̴l̶, p̷r̶o̶m̷i̵s̵e̵s̸ s̷͝ͅh̸͖͂ȯ̷͚u̶̮͘ĺ̷̟ḓ̸͆ b̶̥͛ĕ̷̟͓̑ k̵̨̧̠̩̭̣͓̜͂̎̿͋̍͊̔͘ȩ̵̣̣̯̤̥̫̯̃͒͛̈̈͛͠ͅp̵̢̘̥͍̹̘̯̞͓͓͊t̷̳̼̭̹̭̙̣̰͖͗͐̂̈͛͋̔͑̇̓ͅ, dₒₙ'ₜ yₒᵤ ₜₕᵢₙₖ?
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Both Nyx and Gaia grow rigid and cold as her presence is felt.
After a tense few seconds Nyx asks, "I can only presume that this meeting was planned, and arranged by yourself, a very long time ago, was it not?" as she forces her hands to not lash out to her possessed Mother Box.
"ₐₙd yₒᵤ wₒᵤₗd bₑ ₐbₛₒₗᵤₜₑₗy cₒᵣᵣₑcₜ." Is told through a rift in reality that grows large enough to let a bipedal and armored feminine ghostly figure slip through it.
"ₗₐdy ₙyₓ, ₗₐdy Gₐᵢₐ." She says with a faint bow, "ᵢₜ iₛ gₒₒd ₜₒ fᵢₙₐₗₗy ₛₑₑ yₒᵤ ᵢₙ ₜₕₑ... fₗₑₛₕ? ₘy ₐₚₒₗₒgᵢₑₛ, ᵢₜ ₕₐₛ bₑₑₙ ₛₒₘₑ... ₜᵢₘₑₛ? ₛᵢₙcₑ ᵢ hₐd a ᵣₑₐₗ cₒₙᵥₑᵣₛₐₜᵢₒₙ wᵢₜₕ ₗᵢᵥᵢₙg bₑᵢₙgₛ. ᵢₜ ᵢₛ ₕₐᵣd ₜₒ ₜₑₗₗ wₕₑₙ ₛₚₐcₑ ₐₙd ₜᵢₘₑ ₕₐᵥₑ ₙₒ ₘₑₐₙᵢₙgₛ ₐₙyₘₒᵣₑ." The Phantom Queen then proceeds to clear her throat and modulate her voice to be better heard. "𝘏𝘶-𝘩𝘮𝘮. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘳-𝘝𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘰𝘳-𝘌𝘭, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘢𝘭-𝘌𝘭. 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘯, 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘦." She tells with pride, smiling like a lunatic.
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Chapter End Notes:
Am I the only one who doesn't understand that - if you have an almighty MacGuffin, it will only be used once and then forgotten the next episode...?
Yes, I look at you Star Trek...
Also yes... Lady Nyx is a damn kleptomaniac... you don't spend billion of years in the darkness of space without going a little bit... stranger. Cosmic beings on the level of Nyx and Gaia are unable to interfere directly in the affairs of mortals. But that doesn't mean they can't subtly make things happen here and there.
Those are gift for the witches and their daughters, but also for Jaune/Kal... who is going to need some of these weapons in the future.
The Dc and Marvel Universe are filled with cosmic creatures capable of wiping dimensions with a wave of their hands.