Chapter 21
Back on The Spearhead of Hope, many leading members of whatever settlement or nation they came from were called into an emergency meeting about looking for a new home in a much bigger and titanic galaxy. Not to mention that it is now harder to find The Grand Paradise System. While in a middle of a heated debate, Magnus the Red showed-up and expected to find Protoss. But not really. And Ruby said her very first swear word.
Magnus looks around and see that there are no Protoss, "Who exactly are you people?"
"Wow." Stewie is impressed by Magnus' appearance, "That guy is HUGE."
Dr. Watts approach the massive red man with wings, "Excuse me, but who are you?"
Magnus stands thirteen feet tall compared to Dr. Watts' six feet height. Almost double the size.
Magnus says, "You first. I was hoping to find Protoss and use their technology and any other ancient technology to revive this galaxy. Possibly the universe if possible."
"I am Dr. Arthur Watts. I am one of the scientist of this large group of survivors you see here. But what you see before you are the leaders of many communities that have banded together to escape a cataclysmic event."
Stewie approaches, "I'm Stewie Griffin. I'm also a scientist."
Magnus looks at Stewie and realizes he's a baby. "You have an infant child as a scientist? I'm...incredibly impressed." He later address the people in the council room, "I am Magnus the Red. Primarch of the Thousand Sons. I do apologize for my intrusion, but when I sensed sentient life and found this ship, I thought the Protoss have returned. But clearly this isn't the case. Hold on, I got some friends joining."
Magnus snaps his fingers of his left hand, which causes two blue poofs above him. Coming down is Saxton Hale from the left side while Ambrosius appears on the right.
"Bloody hell!" Saxton Hale from Team Fortress 2 says as he a superhero landing, "Where exactly did you bring us this time, mate?"
Ambrosius from RWBY, spirit of the Staff of Creation, looks around, "This is a Protoss ship? Fascinating. Such craftsmanship and architecture."
Stewie smiles, "Happy Australia Day to me."
"Let me introduce to you my two companions ever since almost every sentient life was taken. The big man with his chest hair in the shape of Australia is, Saxton Hale. The guy up in the ceiling admiring the craftsmanship of the ship is, Ambrosius."
Saxton shrugs, "Well, I was frozen in a block of ice for untold centuries. Listening to this big man all the time in some library along with the blue guy."
Ambrosius takes an interest in a light crystal lantern, "Ooo. I love this. Say what you like about the Protoss, they have such amazing things."
Ruby whispers to Ozpin, "Psst. Hey, Ozpin."
Ozpin whispers back, "Yes, Ruby?"
"Does that guy remind you of Jinn?"
"I believe so. He must be the spirit of the Staff of Creation."
Magnus tells his story, "After many of the Republic of Ricks, or whatever they call themselves, took all the soldiers along with every single military there was and wipe-out the rest of every single civilization in this universe, I managed to get my soul back from the Chaos God, Tzeentch."
Everyone point their weapons at Magnus because of their past experience with the Chaos Gods.
"Whoa! Easy there, mates! I'm not with them anymore! Let me explain."
Thousands of Years Ago...
In Tzeentch's realm, he ordered all his Rubrics to fend off against an army of Ricks with plasma and bolters firing everywhere.
"KEEP FIRING, YOU DUSTY MUMMIES!" Tzeentch screams at the Rubrics, "KEEP THOSE FUCKERS BACK AND PROTECT WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE MY REALM!"
A strange blue energy shot was fired at Tzeentch that causes some sort of effect that causes souls to come out.
"OW!"
The souls moan and groan as Magnus sneaks up and takes one particular soul from the bunch.
"Yoink!" and Magnus disappears while manically laughing.
"What the-?" Tzeentch notices, "DAMN YOU, MAGNUUUUUSSS!"
We cut back to present day, "After that, I hid. I hid in the Black Library and waited for everything to finish."
We cut back to the past to where Magnus is reading a few books while drinking lamp oil in the Black Library.
"Hmm..." he has taken an interest in a black leather tome, "I see. So Tzeentch fucking lied to me. Again!" he slams the tome on the table. "That fucking calamari, chaotic, mindless motherfucker!"
Cegorach shouts, "QUIET!"
Cutting back to present day, "Then afterwards, after every sentient being has been taken to be sold to some warlords or exterminated, I try to uplift a few beings that do have the capacity to learn. Even though they're still primitive. Although that didn't end well."
We cut back into the past again and into a classroom with Magnus being the teacher and the chalkboard reads, 'Civilizing 101'.
Magnus addresses the class, "Alright now. I know you lot aren't exactly the best idea for uplifting into forming a new civilization, but with enough effort and knowledge, you can achieve anything! I specifically chosen your species because you have great potential for higher learning. You all use tools, solve complicated puzzles and-"
Something brown smacked right into the chalkboard.
"George, I told you you cannot throw your feces anymore!" Magnus gets upset by one of his...'students'.
One is a monkey that acts like its laughing, one is a silverback gorilla chewing on the edge of its desk, a chimpanzee throws its papers up in the air. A woolamander is getting eaten by a Kintan strider, a koleron is chocking on an eraser while voreclaw is eating another voreclaw.
"Dammit, George! I told you not to do that! Billy, I said not to chew on your desk! Eliza, stop throwing your papers in the air! Manda, I told you not to eat anymore of your classmates! Same with you, Paul! Michelangelo! I said not to eat your erasers! They're tools! Not food!"
Now we cut back to present day again as Magnus sighs, "After that failed attempt, I tried again and again. Unfortunately, civilizing a few primitive species is a far tougher job than it is. ESPECIALLY, when you try to get them to STOP EATING EACH OTHER. So, I spent most of my time traveling through this galaxy. Well...half of this galaxy since the other half has some weird stuff that makes me uncomfortable. I tried to approach it, but the further I get closer to it, the more...of a sinister feeling I get. So, I turned back. Explored this giant galaxy and found this bloke in ice."
Saxton speaks, "You got that right. To be honest, I have no idea on how I got here or how I ended-up in the block of ice."
"And somewhere along the way, I met that spirit and- Where did he go?"
Everyone look around and notice that Ambrosius is gone.
"Oh well. Back to the story! Then I went back to the library where I continued to study. Ambrosius actually liked the Eldar architecture and gathered every book about the Eldar architecture, technology, and many more. Including a few books outside of Eldar culture, which I was surprised by what else the library has. Oh yes!" Magnus calls forth a golden sarcophagus that is twelve-feet in height that is in the shape of the Emperor of Mankind himself. "I also gathered the remains of my father. His corpse and pieces of his soul and stuffed them all in this sarcophagus!" Magnus sounds proud of himself, "Cool, right?! It took me only five-hundred years to collect what was left of him."
Inside the sarcophagus, the Emperor's soul screams out yet no one can hear, "SOMEONE, PLEEAAAASSEE! GET ME OUT OF HERE! IT'S CRAMPED, STUFFY AND I CAN'T GET OUT! I HAVE TO WARN YOU ALL ABOUT THE DARK FORCES BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO INVADE THE OTHER HALF OF THIS GALAXY! LET ME OUT! LET ME THE FUCK OOOOUUUUUTTTT!"
Most of the people around are a bit disturbed.
Raven whispers to Ironwood, "Despite the ghoulish trophy, you heard about him exploring the galaxy?"
"I did." Ironwood whispers back, "Maybe he can help us."
Ainz steps forth from his podium, "Excuse me, Mr. Magnus?"
"Yes big, skeleton man who seem to be full of wisdom?"
"You said you've explored this galaxy, correct?"
"Weeellll... More or less of it, yes."
"Then you must know the location we seek. The Grand Paradise System!"
All the leaders chatter among themselves as they are full of hope. This is the chance they need to find a new home.
"Not exactly, but I did found a few markers in the form of ships from what I've read in some old computers despite most of the data being corrupted. But I do have one request."
Aqua was about to say something like, 'No way we're gonna make deals with demons' or something like that. But thankfully, Kazuma stopped her by covering her mouth and pulling her back.
As for Magnus' request, "Can I join you lot for good? It is kinda lonely out here in this universe. Well, be it the exception of Saxton and Ambrosius, I would like to talk to people with a higher IQ. Speaking of, Ambrosius told me about this Spirit of Knowledge. I would like to meet this lady."
Lady Seto Jurai, from the Tenchi series, closes her fan, "Then allow me to assist you! Matchmaking is my hobby. I mean, seeker of knowledge. Spirit of knowledge. What would make a better couple?"
Magnus is feeling a bit embarrassed and makes an uncomfortable, quiet giggle. "I'm not so sure about the couple part, but it is nice to meet someone knowledgeable."
Ozma states, "Just keep in mind. Djinn, the spirit of knowledge, only posses wisdom about our homeworld, Remnant. Mostly history, but she may know more about the present. However, turns out that only works on places where she is at, like a planet or on this ship."
"I can live with that."
Magnus then show the location where the markers are with the shortest being only nineteen light-years away from The Spearhead of Hope's current position. The first marker along the way happens to be some sort of ship that had suffered a significant damage to its engines, located in a star system with a small jungle planet. It is the only planet that can support life yet the ship has been in orbit for an untold number of years. The possible second marker is in a form of some pod just floating in the emptiness of space for thousands of years and has been left alone. Yet another one might be another ship that is bigger than the first. From some of the pictures that Magnus took, it looks like a Genesis Ship from ARK: Genesis Part 2. It is hard to say, but they decided to get both targets with The Spearhead of Hope going after the Genesis Ship while an ark shuttle is gonna pick-up the pod. The third marker is in a form of a Halo ring orbiting a badland planet and two of its moons seventy-nine light-years away from the Genesis Ship.
As the ship goes to the first marker, Magnus explains to everyone about the Chaos Gods. I mean everyone. So that way ALL have a better understanding of what they were up against.
"I'm gonna go ahead and assume that everyone is here."
A few moments of silence fill the room.
"Alright, let's begin. The Warp, originally called The Realm of Souls, is not just some dimensional plane that just co-exist with the mundane one we're standing on now. It is actually a conglomeration of everyone's emotions, desires and thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. And the gods themselves are a result of that yet they are a result of many souls that caused an imbalance in the realm of souls that turned it into the daemonic hellscape that it is. Before you say anything; no, it is not some Saturday morning cartoon that you can just put down like a diseased animal. It's a force of reality itself and the more you try to control it, the more it will act against you but you can gain a great amount of power from it as long as you don't listen to any whispers that allows you to become possess. You see, the gods are representations all sides of the psyche; the good, the bad and the ugly. Daemons are shards of those respective entities, much like an individual cell to a living organism.
Tzeentch, the one I used to worship and got my soul back, is the devious and trickster god that is notably insane. However, he is also seen as the force of progress and a beacon of hope. Change is neither benevolent or malevolent. Neither is evolution or mutation. Without Tzeentch, but it's all a lie, there won't be any malicious schemes or nobody clever enough to thwart them. Nothing will get done and everything fall into stagnancy. This is where Nurgle comes in."
Mercury raises his hand.
"Yes, gray-haired young man?"
"Is Nurgle the guy who controls zombies and cause plagues?"
"Yes. For Nurgle represents decay, death and pestilence. Which includes zombies, viruses and all sorts of diseases. But he represents a lack of change, a total opposite of Tzeentch. The inevitable cycle of decay and renewal. Nurgle also represents the solidarity, resilience and resolve to face those inevitable forces. No Nurgle means there would be no consistency, safety or comfort from living and dying. Or no consistency at all. The cycle of decay and renewal are just cycles of life. So, despite the lies that I found out, Nurgle might be nature incarnate. As for Khorne, despite being a slaughter-happy, blood spilling, hateful monstrosity that is obsessed with violence, brass and skulls; he represents another side of nature: survival of the fittest. Strength and skill are all that matter to him. Despite some of the things I said before, he also represents justice and honor. No Khorne, no honesty or anyone with the strength fighting against the injustices. Unlike the others, he wouldn't stab you in the back but will stab your face out until it is reduce to a bloody mess that no longer resembles a face."
Gobta raises his hand.
"Yes, little greenskin?"
"How does honor and slaughter be in the same category as that thing?"
"Well that's war for you. In war, you can find people fighting for honor or just zealots causing untold slaughter upon existence. Like I said; the Chaos Gods represent the good, the bad and the ugly. Like honor represents the good side of Khorne while slaughter represents his bad side."
Yang raises her hand.
"Yes, blonde vixen?"
"What about Slaanesh?"
"I'm getting to that. Unlike the others, Slaanesh was created by Eldar committing all sorts of debauchery and extremes and all those psychic power and souls resulted in his...her...its 'birth'. Slaanesh may be a horrifying, cruel, torturous being that breaks minds and cause unimaginable suffering; but also exudes in much joy, freedom, expression and happiness. Because someone has to enjoy your pain and agony. It's ironic; but it makes sense. As stated before, it was created by the extreme collective emotional experiences ranging from joyful freedom as well as crippling suffering. Pretty much no Slaanesh means no joy or grief in any shape or form. Plus Slaanesh is the patron of the arts since art is emotional representations given form in a certain sense because Slaanesh wants to achieve perfection. There is one name, Necoho. A paradoxical Chaos God that represents the struggle against the entire notion of gods and religion. My father, The Emperor of Mankind, almost cause its existence known in the galaxy by causing every human to throw religion out the window while unknowingly and inadvertently spreading the renegade god through the galaxy. But there is another renegade god that is known for being more destructive. That would be, Malal. Or Malice depending on which one you prefer to call him. He is a parasitic dragon god that feeds on terror, anarchy, vengeance and destruction; including self-destruction. In other words; he represents the Warp's Chaotic tendencies along with having a huge hatred for the big four. As such, he feeds on whatever negative thoughts you have and any malicious intentions, no matter how small. There is also The Great Horned Rat, but only exist on one world with all of its children, the Skaven. Not sure if they're still around or not."
Ruby raises her hand.
"Yes, silver-eyed rose person?"
"You said the Warp-thing is a collection of everyone's minds and thoughts that can be shaped by that said minds and thoughts, right?"
"To a certain extent; yes. But it is also powered by souls, dreams and emotions. Now all the Chaos Gods are starving for any souls they can find, assuming there are any left. Which is where you lot come in."
"Since the galaxy is empty, can we alter The Warp by changing the Chaos Gods themselves since we're the only ones with souls, emotions and thoughts? Like, we can make the big four gods keep the good stuff like strength, honor, rebirth, nature, knowledge, change, joy and perfection. All of their negative stuff can go to Malice since most of that stuff represents destruction like pestilence, pain, slaughter and deception. We're the only ones left in this galaxy that can actually alter the Warp with our thoughts, so it would be possible for us to do so. If we do so, we won't have to deal with anymore complications from them in the long run."
Everyone around her give surprise stunned looks as Ruby has a very good idea. Magnus is also stunned by Ruby's idea.
"Wow. Holy shhhiiiit. I never really thought of that. Since we're all that there is practically left, that might work. I mean, it might turn Malal into an actual Chaos God, but it might work. I'm actually all for it! Anyone interested in helping manipulating the Warp?!"
InterWarp Chat Room
Spikes_8-Blood: Oh fuck.
Spikes_8-Blood: Forgot about that.
7-Days-0F-Plagues: It has been a while.
Malicious R3NAGAD3 (Malice): YES! YEEESSS!
Malicious R3NAGAD3: I'M MAKING A COMBACK FROM RETCONNIA!
Malicious R3NAGAD3: *evil laughter emoji*
(9V9)/: Oh fuck that!
(9V9)/: I'm gonna put a stop to this!
(9V9)/ Logged Out
(9V9)/ Logged In
(9V9)/: Does anyone have their coordinates?
(9V9)/: I forgot.
(9V9)/: Or did I?!
(9V9)/ Was Banned By Citizen-Khaine
Citizen-Khaine: Honestly, that guy annoys me.