Forgotten Times, Forgotten Realms

Book One

Chapter Two



Meanwhile, in a mirror Universe, there was a meeting going on between various evil beings of

assorted kinds inside a quite dark cave on a rather large planet. This planet had an average diameter

that was about 30 or so percent that of Earth's sun, give or take about five or ten percent either way, in

fact. This particular world was the fifth-closest world, out of about three dozen worlds that orbited

around a triple-star system, to the approximate center of the solar system. Each of the three stars in its

solar system had average diameters that were at least fifty times that of Earth's sun, if they weren't even

larger than that. All three stars had mostly dark surfaces to them, as well. And the world that those evil

beings were on was the most populous world in the whole system, in actual reality.

Many, if not all, of the Scouts' new enemies might actually come from here, in fact. And if so,

they would probably have to deal with a lot of negative energy and evil beings, if the evil beings that

were now meeting on the aforementioned planet had their ways well enough here, for quite a long time.

The world those evil beings were now on usually took roughly ten Terran years to orbit the three stars

in the center of its solar system, more or less, whenever possible. Sometimes more, and sometimes

less, depending on the currently-prevailing conditions in its solar system.

There were currently five such evil beings meeting in the aforementioned place on that planet.

That cave they were in now was on a planet called Devitalebi, in fact. This cave was actually in the

approximate middle of a desert-like wasteland on that world, about fifty Terran statute miles from the

nearest recognizable enough signs of civilization, or the lack thereof, as the case might be then.

Four of those beings were currently in a humanoid-like bodily form. The fifth was not, and they

were more in a mist-like form there, in actual reality. Two of the five were apparently female, two of

the five were apparently male, and the fifth was apparently of currently-undistinguishable gender. One

of the apparent females was now speaking, as she faced one of the apparent males here.

She said, "God Gueliaxgy, I would like to know when you might be able to collect some food

for me and for our wicked leaders, so that they might be able to finish the conquest of this Universe,

and start looking for other Universes to conquer and destroy."

"Goddess Gogeya, my creatures are preparing to move in as soon as possible on the last few

worlds in this Universe. But our times of Ascendancy haven't yet come to us here. Our various

powers are currently not yet strong enough for them to move in and hopefully complete the conquest of

this Universe, and to start on the discovery and conquests of other Universes that may exist. Goddess

Iripa and her creatures' times of Ascendancy are still prevailing here, Goddess Gogeya. And until her

and her creatures' times of Ascendancy are over, my creatures will certainly not be strong enough to

take our turns against our enemies. It will take sixty more of this world's days for Goddess Iripa and

her creatures' times of Ascendancy to end, I believe, at the very least, if not even longer. And until they

do, we can't take over our society's current campaign of conquest and destruction. Goddess Iripa and

her creatures' times are currently Ascendant. And until I and my creatures' times are Ascendant, I can

do nothing but prepare for them. You and your creatures' times will be Ascendant after me and my

creatures' times. And then God Vetso and his creatures will have their times of Ascendancy, as well,

before Goddess Iripa and her creatures' times of Ascendancy come again here."

"Well, then, what can you do for us all here?"

"I can report that we have detected the presence of at least three other Universes that

apparently exist, in fact, Goddess Gogeya. And it seems that at least one of those Universes is teeming

quite fully with many beings that we could consume or seduce over to our cause, if enough things go our

way, in fact. Our High Lord Satan might actually love another Universe to rule over, or to consume, as

the mood then strikes him, as well, Goddess Gogeya."

"I see. And what do you think of this, Mukoi Ohokyi?" asked Goddess Gogeya of the evil

mist-like being who was now present.

The mist-like being considered this for a few moments, as their current appearance began to

show streaks and spots of various colors in several areas of it. Goddess Gogeya had called them

Mukoi Ohokyi here, simply because they were currently manifesting a mist-like form here. If that being

had assumed a more masculine form, she would have called them God Ohokyi. If they'd assumed a

more feminine form, she'd have called them Goddess Ohokyi here. The mist-like being's name was

actually Ohokyi, in fact. And in their present Universe, they were most often called "The Primal Bloody

Dragon With Ten Thousand Eyes", but not all the time. They were especially called that whenever they

were actually in a more humanoid form than they were now in. Whether they were in a more masculine

or more feminine form of a humanoid kind, they were most often called that. Yet, no matter what form

they were in, whether they were in a mist-like form or not, they were still higher-ranking in their present

Universe than any of the other evil beings now present here.

Eventually, Ohokyi said, "We should move on at least one, if not all, of those Universes just as

soon as we finish conquering and/or destroying this one. If Satan grants us enough success in our

current campaign of conquest or destruction in this Universe, I think that we can finish here by the end

of Iripa and her creatures' times of Ascendancy. Iripa, while you still can, do what you can with your

creatures to complete our conquest or destruction of this Universe. There are only one or two more

dozen star systems, at most, I think, that are still resisting us sufficiently well here. But I believe that

we'll be able to complete our campaigns of conquest and destruction against them before your times of

Ascendancy are over."

"I believe that you're right. All the other systems of the Universe that are close enough to them

are now at war with them as well. And I believe that the Cosmic Imperium's remaining dozen or so

star systems, at the very most, will fall under our control before my times of Ascendancy are over and

done, Mukoi Ohokyi."

"How many more worlds are still resistant sufficiently to our cause in this Cosmic Imperium,

Iripa?" asked Ohokyi.

"I'd estimate about fifty or so inhabited worlds, at the very least, and no more than about two

or three times that, at the very most. That's if my current information about all those worlds is

sufficiently accurate enough in its actual nature, of course. But we've also recently begun exerting some

very strong strangleholds on most, if not all of those worlds. We're now quickly forcing what's left of

the Cosmic Imperium's surviving population toward their innermost Deep Core Worlds, in their central

capital solar system. We should have them totally surrounded within twenty more of this world's days,

quite hopefully enough, Mukoi Ohokyi. Their forces are actually proving to still be quite strong, but

their powers are still weakening as more time goes on here, just the same. We've been developing

weapons that will make their suns more like the ones that we often have in the solar systems that we

control in this Universe. If we can strike their Deep Core Worlds' capital solar system stars sufficiently

well, all resistance to us in this Universe should end immediately. The Imperial Guardians and all their

royal families' remaining and still-surviving members should succumb to the Final Darkness not too long

afterward, quite hopefully. Whether it's by dying, or it's by being seduced over to our side of things in

the Infinite Universes, that is, if I'm not too mistaken here. And once they're ours, if they ever are, then

they should be ours forever, hopefully enough, Mukoi Ohokyi."

"Very well. Send whatever remaining beings that you can against these worlds just as quickly

as you can, if you haven't already done so, Iripa. Your times of Ascendancy will end before too much

longer. Once you finally finish your current part of the conquest and/or destruction of this Universe,

then you're to begin consolidating our control over those systems, just as soon as you can. If you need

God Gueliaxgy's help, then you must help his creatures and him out by periodically transferring some of

your strengths and abilities to him and to his creatures. You must do what you can to make sure that

when your times of Ascendancy are over, and when his begin, we actually will be able to hold onto this

Universe just as strongly as possible. Even if that means that you must actually share your times of

Ascendancy with him, you must do so to the best of your ability to do so here, just the same, Iripa."

"And if and when we finish the conquest and/or destruction of this Universe, then what?"

"We should then begin the conquest and/or destruction of at least one more, of course, Iripa.

We now have about 500 different Universes sufficiently under our control, if I'm not too mistaken here.

This particular Universe will make 497 Universes that'd be sufficiently under our control, once we finish

conquering and/or destroying it, Iripa. The three Universes that we've apparently detected now would

give us 500 Universes, if we're sufficiently able to conquer or destroy them as well. Our High Lord

Satan really would like to have 500 Jewels, at least, sufficiently under his control very soon, if at all

possible. So we should do all that we can to do that, just as soon as we can, Iripa. He really hopes

that we can actually finish our conquest or destruction of this Universe before the end of your times of

Ascendancy, in fact. And so do I. I can't have another manifestation, actually, until we finish taking

over or destroying this Universe. And I'd really like to have another one, before too much longer. I

have one manifestation for each Universe sufficiently enough under our control, Iripa. But the

manifestations that I have currently are getting considerably boring for me, I think. I'd like to have

another manifestation by the time that my 550th Cycle ends, if at all possible, Iripa."

"I'll see what I can do in order to get you another manifestation by the end of my times of

Ascendancy, Ohokyi. But I may not be able to do so by then, if our opponents prove to be even more

dangerous to us as we force them toward their central capital star system, in fact."

"I understand that. But do all that you can to finish your part of our current campaign of

conquest and/or destruction in this Universe as soon as you can, just the same."

"Anything else you have to say to us right now, then?" asked Goddess Gogeya.

"Not at the moment. Goddess Gogeya, start preparing your creatures for your next times of

Ascendancy. I have this feeling that we'll be needing them soon enough, after we finish our current

work here in this Universe. God Vetso, for the time being, at least, you and your creatures are to

hibernate until the middle of Gueliaxgy's times of Ascendancy. When that particular time comes, you

and your creatures will be revived as necessary. When you and your creatures are revived, then Iripa

and her creatures will hibernate until the middle of Gogeya's times of Ascendancy. As things have been

before, so will they be for all of you again, Our High Lord Satan willing, of course. God Gueliaxgy,

continue to prepare for your times of Ascendancy just as you've been doing since you were last revived

here. I will monitor things with you all as needed, while you do as you all need to do here, of course.

May Our High Lord Satan's Darkness shine on you all in the meantime, then. This meeting is now

over. Go in War, Corruption, Lies, and Gluttony, you all!"

The meeting then ended, in very short order. One moment, five evil beings were present in that

cave. The next moment, only one remained in that cave. The one who still remained in that cave, after

everyone else had left it here, was Mukoi Ohokyi, for this was his main headquarters in this Universe.

The other four evil beings had just left him alone there for other worlds in the same solar system.

Goddess Gogeya went to the world that was closest to the approximate center of the solar system.

God Vetso went to the second-closest world to there. Iripa went to the next-farthest one out to there.

That then left, of course, the fourth-closest world to the system's approximate center for Gueliaxgy, in

fact. Other evil beings were responsible for other worlds in the solar system, in actual reality. But they

weren't actually higher-ranking in this particular Universe than the five evil beings who'd just met each

other in a cave somewhere on Devitalebi's planetary surface. And they were all currently subordinate

and subject to those five beings, as well, after having been rendered inferior to them during a still-recent

civil war of sorts in this Universe. This civil war had eventually ended almost 20 Devitalebian planetary

years before. And they'd lost most of their power in this solar system to the other five mentioned evil

beings. This was because, in fact, they had actually been on the losing side of the still-recent civil war

of sorts. They now were only just beginning to build up their strengths again, after having been beaten

quite severely in that civil war of sorts, in actual reality.

While his fellow high-ranking evil beings that he'd just met did as they now needed to do,

Ohokyi then did whatever came to his mind. And he considered all that he'd just learned from his

fellow evil beings here. He especially reveled in the news that Iripa had shared with him and three

others about the Cosmic Imperium, the last sufficiently recognizable opponent in this Universe to the

forces of Evil in it. He would hopefully enjoy the final conquest and/or destruction of all opposing

worlds in this Universe quite considerably, in fact. That's if things went sufficiently enough according to

plan for him and others, of course, as well.

But only time would tell if he'd actually be able to do that somehow by the end of Iripa's times

of Ascendancy. And whether or not he'd be able to watch the beginning of action in at least one, if not

more than one, more Universe, in the very near future. At the very most, though, he had only fifty to

one hundred or so more Cycles of existence left to him, most likely, in his mortal existence. Unless, of

course, enough additional Universes were conquered or destroyed by those on the side of Evil in the

Infinite Universes. In order to most likely have his mortal existence last longer than about another fifty

or one hundred or so Cycles, the forces of Evil would probably have to conquer or destroy a total of at

least 800 Universes, if not more than that.

And from the way things currently looked to him in that mortal existence of his, that didn't

appear to be very likely at all. So his remaining time in mortal existence was most likely quite limited, in

fact. And he really didn't like that very possibility, for all the obvious reasons. So he'd most certainly

do all that he possibly could to make sure that never would happen, quite naturally enough.