Fictions Mentioned: Doctor Who/Faction Paradox, A Certain Magical Index, Case Closed/Magic Kaito, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Re:Creators, Code Geass, When They Cry, Science Adventure, The SCP Foundation, The Works of Stephen King, Ben 10 Franchise, Tenchi Muyo!, Supernatural, Tokusatsu Franchise, Evil Dead Franchise, Marvel Franchise, DC Franchise, Transformers Franchise, Star Trek Franchise
Episode 9 - The Will of the Gods
He checked the view screen. By every single sense of the word, this was odd. And he meant it, he knew the word "odd" in approximately 3,768.5 languages (Nahuatl in particular). If the readings were correct, not only was he somewhere where time no longer flowed, he was not in the Time Vortex. It didn't stop there however as not only was he in a place where time didn't exist and was no longer in the Time Vortex.
He was literally in the middle of nowhere and nowhen!
Well...more like a dimension between dimensions...like a bubble dimension. Ah! That was quite clever! He should remember that if he ever have the time to explain that to Touma, Shinichi, Kyon, Sota, and Lelouch on the concept of dimensions in space-time. Elementary Physics with practical benefits, he would think to himself with a smile. Still, this brought him back to the main problem at hand.
Where and when was he?
The TARDIS's sensors were too scrambled to figure out where and when he was but he knew that some extraordinary force must've brought him here if it could've intercepted The TARDIS at Vortex-flight and pulled her right to them in a place with no time and well.. actually you get the picture.
Whoever did this was strong.
Whoever did this was powerful.
It scared him a little.
It made him very cautious.
For he recalls the many countless times throughout the meta-millennia where and when he has had to deal with ancient powerful beings that are far beyond his stature as a Time Lord in formal officialism.
The Guardians of Time, the Grace, and the Glory all spring to mind.
The Guardians of Time, usually simply referred to as Guardians and also known as the Council of Guardians, or the Accord, were Great Old Ones who were the masters of reality, elemental forces embodying several aspects of the Whoniverse Multiverse setting. They were the upper echelons of the Great Old Ones, a pantheon within a pantheon, known as the Greater Old Ones as a reference to their stature in the pinnacle of reality. They numbered six in total, and together were known as the Six-Fold God. All of them are divine agents of the Greatest of the Old Ones that is known as the Grace.
1.) The White Guardian, The Guardian of Light in Time, The Guardian of Light and Order/Structure, He Who Walks In Light, the anthropomorphic personification of order and good.
2.) The Black Guardian, The Guardian of Dark in Time, The Guardian of Darkness and Chaos/Entropy, He Who Walks In Darkness, the anthropomorphic personification of the forces opposed to the powers of light.
3.) The Crystal Guardian, The Guardian of Dream and Fantasy, The Guardian of Thought in Time, The Guardian of Dreams, He Who Walks In Dreams, known by other names such as The Celestial Toymaker, The Mandarin, and The Toymaker.
4.) The Red Guardian, The Guardian of Justice and Truth, The Guardian of Justice and Morality in Time, The Guardian of Right, He Who Walks In Judgement.
5.) The Azure Guardian, The Guardian of Equilibrium and Balance, The Guardian of Balance in Time, The Rainbow Guardian of The Quantum Realm, He Who Walks The Path.
6.) The Gold Guardian, The Guardian of Life and Death, The Guardian of Life in Time, The Guardian of Sentience, He Who Walks In Life.
The Grace, the Greatest of the Old Ones, were Great Old Ones that existed in a state of non-existence outside of time and space, who created The Key to Time. They worked to hold the multiverse together and occasionally stepped into reality to prevent it from falling apart.
The Glory was one of the focal points of the Known and Unknown Multiverse. Whenever the Glory's Controller was about to die, two rivals would be selected to fight for control of The Glory, and whoever won the duel would become the new Controller of the Glory.
He recalled that one time during his eighth incarnation when at one point, Esterath became the Controller of the Glory and kept it safe from all who would use it for evil. As the meta-centuries pass by, Esterath grew weary and sought a successor. He found his archenemy, the Master, floating in the Time Vortex and saved him. Esterath gave The Master a new body and told him that there would be a fight over the Glory. The victor would control the Glory itself.
The Master assumed mistakenly that the battle would be between him and the Doctor. However, the true battle was between the Master's companion, Sato, and the Doctor's companion, the Cyberman Kroton. Kroton was the ultimate winner of this contest; His first divine acts as the Controller of the Glory were to heal the Doctor's injuries and restore Earth to how it should have been before the Master's intervention, seemingly banishing him somewhere unknown in the process.
He sighed as he recalled all of this, remembering fondly of all those wonderful times when he, Izzy, and Kroton had adventures and misadventures together, missing him deeply from time to time as he was one of the very few rare Cybermen who had managed to regain their humanity which gave him a little bit of hope towards the Cybermen in general for unlike the Daleks with certain exceptions, the Cybermen can be better. Their far future versions, the Cyberlords, was living proof of that. On the bright side, he gets to pay a visit to him every now and then, whether if it was in the case of Temporal Powers Alliance (TPA) Politics or if it was simple visits between friends.
He sighed as he recalled all of this and ran his fingers through his hair. It was the biggest benefit of his body at this point of his meta-life. Even with the tall and lanky body he was dealt with, he still had a "Fantastic" mane of hair that helped to distress him every time he ran through it.
Another digression in the making. He really had to stop stalling and walk out of those doors and face whoever was rude enough to interrupt him at Vortex-flight.
There he went again. Ugh. He shook his head and finally made his way to the ancient doors.
"Well, here goes nothing."
He begins to open The TARDIS ancient doors and begins to introduce himself to his unknown audience.
"Hello, I'm The Doctor. I'm a-"
He was already out of the door and was reaching for his psychic paper as part of his usual modus operandi when he begins to notice his surroundings and started to realize immediately or where he was.
Big white walls of marble, giant glass windows that looked to seemingly nowhere, fancy tea sets and tables.
It was undeniable.
He was in the Domain of the Witches of the Senate.
"Nice of you to finally meet me, my Lord Doctor."
The Doctor begins to have complete shivers run down in his spine (or equivalent of it) as the "Red Truth" was spoken in his Name as he begins to look towards the source of that cruel familiar voice that he had known for meta-centuries of the past.
On the opposite side of the room materialized a woman with a very eccentric black and white Lolita dress, her hair the color of blue steel, the exact color of the fur on her tail, her legs were adorned with very pretty pair of white stockings. Then there was that aspect of her that really worried and unnerved The Doctor. Her eyes...they were that of something that even he could only describe as a colorless purple. They might as well have been the eyes of a corpse. But the Doctor himself knew far better than that, for those same unsettling eyes signify unknown years of suffering and despair that twisted this being to the very core and turn her into what she is now today, and he knew of those unknown years of suffering and despair first hand considering that he was there when it happened.
The One who has the power to create miracles as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0.
The Cruelest and Endless Witch of the Senate.
The Witch of Miracles.
"Lady Frederica Bernkastel."
OP Song:
HIGURASHI GOU OP FULL
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E.S. Posthumous - Harappa
"Lady Frederica Bernkastel." the Doctor said, breathing almost hesitantly.
Time seemed to stop for him. All options are to be considered with care. Recognition and prudence go hand in hand as he carefully weighed his options.
He would sport a careful expression, with respect and prudence, with empathy and caution, sitting down towards a nearby chair while looking with interest towards the tea set, then he begins to take one tea cup that was lying down on the table and begins to sip the tea with dignity and care, both in order to calm his nerves a little bit as he ponders deeply of the many infinite possibilities that this could or would happen with such an action, and in order to examine the nature of the tea (green herb tea from his perspective senses), pondering on the history, and the ingredients that were made that made such an exquisite aroma for the nose and a preferred taste of relaxation that enlightens the mind,
Lady Bernkastel smirked a little at that little action that the Doctor had displayed in a hidden and subtle manner, thinking with humor on how he was always the tea critic even when face to face with things of importance or casual interests. She then took her own seat at the north side of the table whereas the Doctor's position was in the south while also sipping the tea calmly.
The two most powerful beings in the Known and Unknown Multiverse. Simply sitting in their chairs while sipping and drinking tea. Waiting for the other to begin. Waiting for the other to end.
The silence was long. The silence was deep. The silence was painful. The silence was excruciating. It was a divine silence that allowed both the Lord of Time and the Witch to taste their given tea, thinking and pondering of it with subtle yet inner delight of professional critique.
If there was one thing that the Lord of Time had in common with the Witch, it was their preference and strict adherence to many different varieties of tea, always expecting the prepared brew to be of elegance and formality, a preferred refreshment for healthy ingredients and nutrients that eases the mind. One of their most favorite discussions. A cosmic tea time for the both of them when both were given the free time from their usual schedules and adventures.
After a few or more minutes of divine silence had past between the two of them, a divine silence that was preferred, speaking in the silence of drinking and admiring the value of tea, it was Lady Bernkastel who began to make the very first move in this game of silent chess of tea sets, musing in jest between herself and her old acquaintance and friend, speaking in a formal tone, subtle and mysterious in words of meaning.
"It has been a while, My Lord Doctor."
The Doctor, watching every movement of Lady Bernkastel in the divine silence of the hall room, responded to her in kind with a simple smile, mysterious and subtle.
"Indeed, my Lady. 400 meta-years to be exact from my own perspective. But then again...that's just a wink's time for the both of us isn't it?"
He chuckled, although it was a little bit half-hearted, as he tried to hide his pain, sorrow, and despair as he begins to remember two young children, both of whom he were to consider as his very own second children, who have suffered far too much than anyone should have to. Oh, he tried to help and assist whenever he could, for even though he was banned from intervening in a direct manner, that doesn't mean he doesn't get to intervene indirectly, placing a few pieces here and there, nudging a few things here and there, making things more interesting for both parties of audience and actors alike, being deemed as a great spectator for the higher spheres of existence.
The rules of the game board that was put into place. One that he exploited with interest for indirect routes.
The Endless June. Both the old and new. One that dealt with the suffering of the other self of Lady Frederica Bernkastel.
Rika Furude. A second daughter to him in particular, both in empathetic connection to her suffering and in deeper romantic connection to his second son, Touma Kamijou, to whom she would love with a deep sense of perspective and understanding, one that brought joy to both of his hearts.
He was reminded of a particular fact regarding his second daughter. She was part of the side of the coin alongside Lady Bernkastel. For they were two sides of the coin that shows two sides of the same and different person. She was the embodiment of hope to Lady Bernkastel's embodiment of despair. The one who managed to achieved a happy ending amidst such sufferings for a hundred years.
The Endless June. One hundred years from the perspective of one Rika Furude. But for the perspective of one Touma Kamijou, it lasted far longer than that.
A test was given to Touma Kamijou. One that let him experience the various takes of the script of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Both the old and the new.
A mysterious virus that plagues the simple village of Hinamizawa. A conspiracy that has hidden plans in the background. Old and new players making full use of their subtle skills of manipulation of events. Known and unknown factors were laid bare like traps waiting to be sprang upwards and downwards.
All this would last from year to year, from century to century, from millennia to millennia for Touma Kamijou, who bravely fought and fought through the pain and suffering, gaining multiple experiences along the way, gaining more connections, both old and new, gaining old and new insights into the deeper intricate workings of the game board.
The Doctor could only shake his head, sporting both a proud and sad expression in memory of his second son's courage and determination in the face of a multitude of tragedies, all the while making the next move as he said while sipping his tea with careful analysis and care.
"Frederica, I know you. You didn't just call me here to this hall room so abruptly for a cup of afternoon tea with the intention of meeting old friends for old time's sake," He begins to shake his head. "No, that's not like you at all. So what is it that you want of me exactly considering that I have a feeling that there is something important that must be discussed that required my presence here?"
"You are correct on your assessment, My Lord Doctor," said Lady Bernkastel, sporting a subtle and yet pleased smile. "For I simply wish to discuss a very important matter with you that is of utter significance to both you and myself."
"And that is?," asked the Doctor, raising an eyebrow.
"The Imagine Breaker," said Lady Bernkastel, sporting a grave expression that was immediate and precise.
The Doctor had to pause in his breath for what amounts to a couple of nanoseconds, slowly putting down his tea cup and placed it on the table as he begins to realize what this was truly all about, speaking in a tone of paternal concern.
"What about Touma?!"
Lady Bernkastel, never losing her grave expression, begins to explain the delicate matter to him.
"As you quite know by now, your actions in interfering with the boy's destiny since his childhood have cause ripples to occur across the Known and Unknown Multiverse, one that was felt by myself and a few others of higher stature. It has become quite the talk of the town as of late- in retrospective. Many events of the "Miracle" and the "Certainty" have been defined, redefined, and undefined, with the scripts remaining unturned at the edited changes, all because of the Imagine Breaker and his very presence in becoming involved in the countless stories of others that are not his very own. He was an enigma even among the Witches themselves, including that of Auaurora herself, so it was eventually decided through the epitome of intrigue that the boy would be tested to prove his character and his worth in the divine design of the game board. Of course, you would know what I am referring too considering your role to play in."
"Hinamizawa." The Doctor said with utter seriousness, recalling it all to well from the bottom of his twofold hearts.
The Endless June. One that became quite the story for both the higher and lesser spheres of influence.
He recalls the many accursed loops. One that forced his second son to grow up way too fast for his very own liking. For his second son was forced by circumstances beyond his control to fight in this game of Witches, trying his absolute best, both with iron will and determination, to save his newly acquainted friends that he had made in his stay in Hinamizawa, preventing the village itself in question from tearing itself apart from the inside out due to a sinister virus of an unknown origin that is riddled and shadowed in mystery and contradiction. One that he and his allies had encountered and dealt with both before and during the Last Great Time War.
The Hinamizawa Syndrome. (雛見沢症候群).
It was a term coined for the sudden mental issues arising in former residents of Hinamizawa after the Great Hinamizawa Disaster and the series of murders and stigmatization that followed.
Before World War II, The Hinamizawa Syndrome was used to describe the homesickness developed in villagers who left the village, as they believed they could never leave for fear they would be cursed by their god Oyashiro-sama.
Little did they all realize that Oyashiro-sama (Hanyuu Furude) had nothing to do with this virus.
The Hinamizawa Syndrome was the name that was given to a parasitic virus endemic to the Village of Hinamizawa and has persisted in the region for hundreds of years. It was believed by the locals to have originated in the distant past when Hanyuu and her people came to Hinamizawa. Its symptoms caused villagers to become violent from paranoia, giving rise to the idea that they were "demons." With the sacrifice of Hanyuu under the assumption that she was a demon lord, the villagers calmed down in their paranoia and stopped suffering from the Hinamizawa Syndrome, however, the virus continued to persist in the region. The faith known as Oyashiro-sama was soon propagated by the villagers as a way of preventing the symptoms from breaking out.
Over the years, The Hinamizawa Syndrome became less effective than it originally was due to how strong the belief in Oyashiro-sama was, however that didn't mean that the carriers were completely immune to the virus. Modern-day cases of the Hinamizawa Syndrome arose in the 1940s, where several Japanese soldiers fighting in World War II that came from Hinamizawa were beginning to show erratic behavior. Hifumi Takano, an army physician, examined these soldiers and discovered the existence of the Hinamizawa Syndrome parasite. He believed that this was a remarkable discovery, a parasite that could control human emotions, and sought funding to research the Hinamizawa Syndrome for military applications but his request was denied; not only did the army not have the time and money to devote to research, they also thought that he was insane. Dr. Takano later committed suicide, with his research notes inherited by his adoptive granddaughter Miyo Takano, who sought to continue his research.
The Self-Defense Force (SDF) had actually refused research into the Hinamizawa Syndrome when Dr. Takano was around due to strong evidence that it was responsible for triggering the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and the higher-ups believed that it would cause problems with China if the true cause were to be revealed. With time however, the Self Defense Force (SDF) had begin to have renewed interest in the virus and wanted to fund the research under their new weapons development project, the Alphabet Project. After gaining additional support from her old friend Koizumi, Dr. Takano received funding from the SDF and joined with Kyousuke Irie to open a clinic in Hinamizawa and begin research. The organization TOKYO later provided additional funding.
Research showed that the pathogen causing the Hinamizawa Syndrome could only be found when the patient was alive, and even then only through lobotomization. Procuring live subjects was thus very important. The unique climate of Hinamizawa contributed to keeping the virus under control.
The virus is transmitted through the air and through bodily fluids. It is very easy to get infected by the virus, however symptoms do no manifest unless one goes far away from Hinamizawa or becomes emotionally unstable.
There are five stages, or levels, of infection, however the first three Levels are inconsequential so long as the patient remains emotionally stable and lives a normal life.
Level 5 (L5) is the terminal stage, which is difficult to return from without medicine or proper mental help. L5 patients will develop itchiness in their lymph nodes and so will begin scratching their necks. The syndrome affects the frontal lobes of the brain and induces doubt, making the patient develop a persecution complex and see hallucinations which usually manifest as formication, the sensation of maggots crawling in their skin. Patients will claw at their skin and throats to get rid of these imaginary bugs, which often results in them clawing their throats open and killing themselves through excessive blood loss. Even with the current medicine developed to combat the syndrome, it is unlikely for a terminal patient to recover below the L3 stage.
Dr. Takano theorized the existence of a queen carrier parasite that inhabited the firstborn women of the Furude family, connecting it with religious beliefs that shrine maidens had psychic powers and could calm people's souls. The existence of the queen was proven when it was discovered that patients getting near it would develop a substance in their brains that would calm them and reduce symptoms. Not only that, the health of the queen carrier seemed to affect infected persons as well; Rika Furude, the current queen was being researched by the clinic and developed a fever for a few weeks, and the clinic had a highly increased number of visitors during that time. This correlation reinforced the idea that the queen carrier was important to the stabilization of Hinamizawa Syndrome.
It was thus assumed that going too far from the vicinity of the queen carrier would cause patients to develop terminal symptoms. If the queen carrier died or left the village, then it was likely that every single infected villager would jump to terminal stages within 48 hours. This was the conclusion that was reached after examining multiple cases of entire communities going insane and committing suicide after the deaths of religious leaders, with incidents happening over the span of 48 hours. There was no way to prove this theory was true or false, and due to Hinamizawa's population encompassing over 2000 carriers, a contingency plan has been created for the worst-case scenario.
But as it turns out, the queen carrier theory is actually somewhat false as although Rika herself was killed in the loops, many are known to live well past 1983, meaning Emergency Manual 34 and the Great Hinamizawa Disaster have not happened as it was intended.
The first successful vaccine to treat The Hinamizawa Syndrome was C103, which suppresses the production of a certain hormone and thus prevents transmission of the syndrome. It was tested on Satoko Houjou and helped her go down to L3 levels, though it had to be injected three times daily. C117 was developed later, however its differences from previous developments are unclear due to it being a prototype. The most recent vaccine C120 only requires two injections per day. Using this medicine when one is not infected will result in fever, rashes, dilation and hallucinations.
While researching the mechanisms behind how the syndrome controls a host's brain and induces derangement and paranoia, the H170 series of reagents was developed. H170 forces the brain into a state of agitation, and so when injected into a syndrome patient it makes the pathogen become unstable and makes them jump to L5. While it was created with the purpose of forcing certain reactions in patients to better test the exact mechanisms behind the syndrome pathogen, it also has a secondary military application as befitting the goal of the Alphabet Project. Its most recent development is H173.
The numbers in H173 when written in romaji (hi-na-mi) form the first three syllables of Hinamizawa.
Then there was Tōkyō.
Where to start with them exactly besides being one of the front organizations of the Committee of 300, one of his greatest enemies.
"Tōkyō" (「東京」) was a secret nationalist organization that aims to preserve Japan as a major world power and restore it to its pre-World War II glory. To further their goals, they created the Alphabet Project and funded Hinamizawa Syndrome research.
After WWII, Japan began reconstruction under American leadership, but many powerful politicians refused to accept this foreign way of thinking. Though many of them were fired from GHQ, they still acted as advisors to the Japanese government itself. These politicians started getting together in secret and discussing their ideals, and they soon formed their own organization with the intent of restoring Japan to its pre-war glamour. This organization would eventually be called "Tōkyō", named after the city they were based in.
Tōkyō had much influence on the Japanese Self-Defense Force and sought to develop weapons on par with nuclear weapons, which Japan had publicly denounced. The Hinamizawa Syndrome was one of the many potential biological weapons they took interest in, and so Tokyo funded the creation of the Irie Clinic, enabling Miyo Takano to finish her grandfather's research. They wanted the disease's existence kept secret from the rest of the world and especially to Hinamizawa's residents, and using their SDF connections they formed the Mountain Dogs Task Force and assigned them to help the clinic preserve secrecy. To ensure research went smoothly, Tokyo even intervened during the dam conflict and helped shut it down when the Mountain Dogs kidnapped the Minister of Construction's grandson.
Tōkyō's old leaders were eventually replaced with new, younger leaders, and while they still remained a very nationalist and far-right group, they started pursuing development into things such as education, economics and foreign relations. They began to show disinterest in weapons research and wanted to shut down the Irie Clinic, but Irie convinced them to keep it open until he could find a cure. He was given three years to wrap up research of the Hinamizawa Syndrome, with the clinic to cease operation in 1986. In the meantime, Tōkyō requested the destruction of all research notes for military applications of the syndrome, which Irie gladly complied with.
The Alphabet Project is a secret organization within Tōkyō that funds weapons research. One of the projects they sponsor was The Hinamizawa Syndrome, having taken an interest in its potential as a biological weapon and providing The Irie Clinic with much of their resources.
The Alphabet Project is also known as the ABC Project, named after the types of weapons they research: Atomic, Biological, and Chemical. It was originally created and funded by Koizumi to help Japan maintain its position as a major world power following World War II by developing deterrent weapons. The Hinamizawa Syndrome was originally considered for research by the Japanese army during World War II but rejected it on the grounds that it would cause issues with the Chinese due to its presumed cause in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.
Koizumi reached out to Miyo Takano, who had inherited her grandfather's research into the syndrome, and told her that it was being reconsidered by the SDF. She obtained funding from the Alphabet Project and opened the Irie Clinic in Hinamizawa soon after.
Then there was Miyo Takano. One who was in the Doctor's opinion, an unfortunate figure of tragedy and wasted potential in the center of conspiracy and madness.
Miyo was born under the name Miyoko Tanashi and was living happily with her parents. However, a car crash occurs and her parents are killed, leaving Miyo an orphan. She was taken to the orphanage where all the kids were horribly abused by the staff leader. Together with three other girls, she escapes and phone calls a man named Hifumi Takano, who was her father's, Takemitsu Tanashi, mentor. Hifumi decided to adopt Miyo, and Miyo changed her name from "Miyoko Tanashi" to "Miyo Takano".
She became a nurse and was the mastermind behind all of the events that had happened in the Endless June. She was one of the alleged victims of the curse in 1983, and according to the police was found to have been burned to death in a canister in the mountains. However, the autopsy later revealed that she had died 24 hours before the Watanagashi festival had even occurred. During Tatarigoroshi-hen, she mysteriously shows up to give Keiichi a ride after he finishes his business with Satoko's uncle, and the revelation of her 'death' prior to this incident shocks him badly. She was very popular at the Irie Clinic which is where she works. She was very interested in the history and the mythology of Hinamizawa, and in one world/timeline, gives Rena her research on the matter prior to her own supposed death.
Miyo also has an obsession with attaining the level of Godhood. She first adopted the notion of becoming a God as a child, when Hifumi, not long after rescuing her from the orphanage, tells her about the story of Jesus's resurrection. He tells her that it was not Jesus's physical body that was resurrected, but the belief in his teachings. Hifumi believed that one becomes a God when they make a great achievement that puts their name in history, so that even when they die, they will be immortalized in a sense. He then expresses his desire to become a God himself, by proving the existence of the Hinamizawa Syndrome and making a name for himself in the scientific community. When he dies, Miyo takes it upon herself to carry on his research and have it recognized by the world. Her ultimate goal is to become a God alongside Hifumi, so that they can be together for all eternity.
Later, it was revealed that her death, in each case, was faked to throw off suspicion and to allow her to act more freely on her true plans.
The reasons behind her actions are revealed as follows:
The government had her sent to an orphanage after she lost her parents. She and other children were abused repeatedly there, and eventually tried to escape. They are pursued, largely because the orphanage gets government money based on the number of children they housed. She evades capture long enough to call Hifumi Takano's (her father's former professor) number for help as her father had instructed some time before his death. She is re-captured, but is eventually rescued and adopted by Hifumi.
Hifumi becomes a sort of a grandfather for her, and she cares deeply for him. Hifumi was the one who started Miyo on the path of medicine with his study of Hinamizawa Syndrome. When Hifumi died, having been humiliated and discredited by his superiors, Miyo decided to carry on his studies in order to prove his theories, and, in doing so, was perfectly content to make the entire village go mad with paranoia by killing the Queen Carrier, and then ordering the annihilation of the villagers as well. She is literally obsessed with proving the theories he spent his life on and making a name for both of them.
She has control over an elite squad of soldiers called the Yamainu, provided to her by the "Tōkyō group", who carry out much of her dirty work, although she does not hesitate to do some of it herself. In many cases she has been personally responsible for the death of the Queen Carrier, who she disembowels and of her lover Tomitake Jirou, as she is seen dumping his body on the side of the road after injecting him with the H173. In one timeline, Touma, Rika, and The Club flee through the mountains while fighting off the Yamainu, but Takano arrives and personally murders, Keiichi, Rena, Mion, Shion, and Satako before kidnapping and murdering Rika, with Touma arriving too late due to an unforeseen scuffle between him and another meddling outside player of the chessboard.
In the next timeline, Hanyuu, the Oyashiro-sama of Hinamizawa, takes a physical form and reminds in a constant maternal steady tone that both Touma and Rika constantly that Miyo was responsible for their many countless deaths. She begins combating Takano's forces by faking her own death in order to deceive her, as well as to keeping them away from Irie and Jirou to prevent them from being murdered by Takano. Her plan works and Miyo is eventually defeated without anyone dying. As more information comes to light, it was then revealed that her actions were ironically caused by her contracting the Hinamizawa Syndrome, and as a result, she was taken to the Irie Clinic for treatment, with the Doctor assisting in said treatment.
"That is correct, my Lord Doctor," Lady Bernkastel nodded. "Because of your actions, the boy has now become a beacon of Hope wherever and whenever he goes, using his right hand as he smashes through the illusions of others as if it were made of thin glass which is the given reason among us Witches on why the boy was to be tested, and to everyone's surprise including my own, he passes the 'Test' with flying colors," She said all of this with a tone that denotes pleasure, fondness, satisfaction, and amusement as she recalls the same spiky-haired boy that had managed to touch her cold heart and the warm heart of her other self. Then her tone switches to one of caution and attentiveness. "But you must also know of this as well, my Lord Doctor. Because the boy has passed our test, he is now under the constant watch, intrigue, and surveillance of every one of the Higher Races, the Temporal Powers, and the Multiple Pantheons of the Temporal Powers Alliance (TPA), the SCP Foundation, along with many countless others, both known and unknown, and there will be some who will be very interested in the boy, and there will be some who will try to take full advantage of him and his right hand by any means necessary."
"Let them dare to try, my Lady," said the Doctor, with his dark brown eyes narrowed, speaking in a tone of sure and utter conviction, carrying a divine delegated authority in his voice, ancient and yet ever new, one that was earned through the epitome of experiences. "They'll have to go through me first before anyone could even begin to manage to touch him."
"On that I have no doubt on the matter," Lady Bernkastel smiled in approval before beginning to utter in an emphasized tone of caution. "However, you must also realize that Dark Forces are beginning to surround the Imagine Breaker from the shadows. You would know this better than anyone as I know you would tend to notice whenever you were to be in the company of the Imagine Breaker from time to time."
"Like the Committee of 300 for one," said the Doctor, speaking in a tone that was sure and grave, recalling of that infamous conspiracy that has become quite the formidable enemy to deal with since his first incarnation, making multiple contingency plans in the event of encounter. They were always the persistent lot that you could never turn your back away from. The events of the Endless June were further testament to that as they were one of the important players of the game board, becoming a hindrance to both himself and to his second son, with the game board turning into a proxy war between the Committee of 300 and the SCP Foundation, the organization that he is allied and associated with, being their Chief Scientific Advisor and Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer.
"Despite them being as insignificant as the very sands of time and the very seas of fragments, you are quite on point from one perspective, my Lord Doctor, However," Lady Bernkastel shakes her head, continuing her voice from grave to dread, one that cause the Doctor to look with concern and trepidation, considering that after all this time of knowing her from the inside out, from the public spotlight up to the private skeletons in the closet, there was one particular thing that he was sure of when it comes to Lady Frederica Bernkastel - The Witch of Miracles. That she isn't the type to show such dread to just about anyone except for a certain few others. One example would be her very own master - The Majestic Witch of Theatergoing, Drama, and Spectating - Lady Featherine Augustus Aurora. "There is an ancient enemy that would lie from the shadow of shadows, an ancient enemy that you, I, and the rest of the 12 Core are quite acquainted with. For this ancient enemy wants nothing more than for all of creation tp burn unto his glory and that of his master, in everlasting pain and suffering, while reveling upon the ideal of nihilism taken to its absolute extreme."
At that moment, the Doctor would begin to widen his eyes in extreme subtle concern, realizing on what the Witch was referring too, whispering in a tone that was subtle but no less grave and tinged in dread.
"You don't mean…"
Lady Bernkastel could only confirm with a nod, grave expressions and features were present the Doctor's point of view, speaking in subtle dread.
"Yes, my Lord Doctor. The Darkness is Returning, He is returning, The Demon who goes by many names and titles. The One who was forever present during the Last Great Time War when He was at full power and was let loose in the endless chaos and entropy, take advantage of said conflict by feeding on the endless pain and despair, as He and His Army of Darkness had laid waste across a thousand multiverse settings, forever burning them to cinders and ashes in accordance with the Law of Blood, Concrete, and Howling. He has certain plans in mind for the Imagine Breaker, whether for good or for ill I do not know, but He is now on the move as His Children, His Servants, His Allies, and His Followers are now trying to usher in His coming return once again."
A divine silence begins to reign for a short period of relative time. After which, the Witch of Miracles would begin to utter a Name in the Red Truth that was well known and feared across the Known and Unknown Multiverse.
For the Name continues to spread True Fear and True Terror wherever and whenever it was uttered in any meta-aeon. For the Name was both blessed and cursed by all of the Higher Races, Temporal Powers, and Multiple Pantheons of the Known and Unknown Multiverse. For the Name that was known by many names and titles that was full of blessings and curses. For the Name belongs to an ancient demonic god of Ages Past who is untold eons old and is the son of the Third Brood of the Gods. For the Name belongs to a being of nefarious power which champions the foundations of ephemeral nothingness. For the Name appears in many numerous articles and tales as it is known in the official and unofficial documents of the SCP Foundation which is often tied to the end of all creation. For the Name belongs to the Archenemy of the Time Lord known as the Doctor.
Khahrahk
Harak
Khnith-hgor
The King of the Darkness Above and Below
The Shormaush Urdal
The Crimson Khan
The Red Shah
The Crimson Monarch
The King who Rose from the Bleeding
The Lord of the Throne of Despair
The Defiler of Worlds
The Rapist King
PTE-616-Mendes-Ex-Machina
Satan
The Demon
The Dragon
The Red God
SCP-2317-K (possibly)
SCP-001 (Tufto's Proposal)
KingScarlet (SCP-404-J username)
Red (by the Saturn Deer)
The Red Ruler
The Seventh King
The Red King
God
The Enemy
The Old God
The New King
The Scarlet Khan
Thrice-damned rapist (by Nahash)
The King Adorned in Red
The God of Dark Above and Below
The Scarlet Archon
King Whale
Rex sanguinus
"The Scarlet King."
As the Name that was both blessed and cursed throughout the Known and Unknown Multiverse begins to be uttered in the Red Truth, the Lord of Time begins to recoil in concern and dread, forever recalling in his multi-dimensional senses, partly out of the ancient demonic power that was just uttered and felt, and partly out of divine paternal concern, with Lady Bernkastel feeling the same in kind as when she uttered that Name in the Red Truth, she had felt its familiar ancient demonic power all those inconsistent meta-aeons ago when she fought alongside the Doctor and their fellow members, both the 12 Core and the Unlimited, of the Multiverse League of Extraordinary Gentleman and Ladies during the Last Great Time War.
The Doctor begins to deeply ponder on the alarming information that was given unto him, immediately conjuring a million thoughts per nanosecond, consisting of multiple questions and multiple answers, all given unto complexity upon his mind that stretches across and beyond the five senses, one that deals with the question and answer of how and why would his ancient demonic enemy of old, one that he had forever banished since the Final Days of the War, be interested in his second son, of Touma Kamijou of all people, thinking about it deeply more and more as each pondering deepens in silence and dread as the realization begins to eventually make itself known on why He of all people, why He among all accursed higher beings would be interested in him.
The Imagine Breaker. (Gensō Goroshi (Imajin Bureikā), lit. "Illusion Killer").
It is the mysterious power that currently resides within Touma Kamijou's right hand, allowing him to negate anything that was supernatural such as esper powers, magic powers, and God's miracles being among the known examples. More specifically, it is the power that can only exist in the right hand of Touma Kamijou due to "Imagine Breaker" finding meaning in being inside Touma's right hand.
Neither magic nor esper ability, nor Gemstone-derived, nor divine nor supernatural ability, The Imagine Breaker has long been under intense speculation both in-universe and in the wider multiverse, with only a few people in-universe such as Aleister Crowley and with only a few people out-universe such as the Doctor knowing fully of what it entails, with each mystery becoming much deeper than the last.
"Surely you must realize it, do you not," said Lady Bernkastel, speaking in a knowing tone, recognizing the knowing expression of realization that was present in the face of the Doctor. "Since the Imagine Breaker has become the Hope of Many across the Known and Unknown Multiverse, it is only natural for the Devil Himself to pay very close attention to the boy's endeavors and struggles as he may prove to be a very great threat to His plans for the unknown relative future to come due to the power that resides in his right hand. The boy's potential is limitless and unforeseen, my Lord Doctor, for the Imagine Breaker, when used at its full power, to give one simple example, can make him completely unstoppable against his enemies, whether if they were those of magicians or espers or supernatural creatures or even the very gods themselves. The power to negate even the least up to the greatest in potent power of unnatural order and stature. This would be one of the main reasons as to why the Imagine Breaker had undergone the Test (Endless June). For he and his five fellow companions, the Detective (Shinichi Kudo, known in the relative future as Conan Edogawa), the Gunslinger (Kyon), the Kamen Rider (Sota Mizushino), and the Revolutionary (Lelouch Lamperouge, secretly Lelouch vi Britannia, known in the relative future as Zero) are about to face an Enemy that could very well spell the end of all life as we knew it to be and not to be, for His Children, His Servants, His Allies, and His Followers are making their move in ever so subtle ways, moves that stemmed from their very last move in the Last Great Time War."
The Doctor narrows his eyes, forever silent as he contemplates on the given information. Another divine silence would reign for another extension of the nanosecond of relativity. After which, the Doctor begins to speak once more with such grim and bleak point of fact on his own personal thoughts on the matter, sporting an expression of displeasure and divine anger that was forever brewing inside of him, recalling pf his eternal divine battle against his eternal adversary of old during the Final Days of the War back in the day when he wore a different face, the face of his war incarnation, an incarnation that he'd rather try to bury and forget deep beneath his mind as the screams continue to haunt him to this day.
"And to think that I have seen the very last of Him when I locked and banished Him away into that Dark Dimension with the Seven Divine Seals that I have managed put into place while Lady Michael does the heavy lifting as she engages him in a battle of enactments of edicts and laws that could have multiverses born and die. But at this point, I shouldn't be surprised in the least, for just like the Daleks, He of all beings just doesn't know when to just stay buried in the dirt and remained forgotten like the ancient relic that He truly is."
Then the Doctor begins to remain silent once more for a short perspective of relative time. Another divine silence which begins to reign in the hall room as two powerful beings grimly contemplate the implications for the return of their most dangerous adversary to date. After which, the Doctor begins to speak once more, having a certain epiphany pass and pop through his complex mind of ancient sturdiness, sporting an expression of intrigue.
"But why exactly are you telling me all of this Frederica? Why to me in particular and not to the rest of our fellow members of the 12 Core who should be here to hear of this?"
The Doctor begins to ask her a very simple question, one that is in a tone of intrigue, very curious at the fact that why would she of all people would tell him of all people in private, with no else among the 12 Core around to hear. That was curious. One that spark his wide curiosity. All of this, he thought, would relate back to his second son in particular, beginning to notice with epiphany and intrigue. For as far as he was concerned, she of all people never cared about anyone in her life, not since he knew her all those meta-aeons ago, except to a certain few such as himself, being the usual guest who get's dragged into a couple of formal private tea parties between himself and the Witch as they discuss of the grand complex scale and perspective of the cosmoses, philosophical debates and intrigue, political diatribes that would be pondered in deep thought, and other important matters that surrounds those among the higher spheres.
Lady Bernkastel would begin to sport a silent and subtle expression, then comes the almost invisible form of hesitancy, then comes the very slight impossible feeling that was forever felt in the silence of deep pondering. It was one that the Doctor thought with intrigue and widened eyes, one that made him completely speechless for once.
"Do-Don't misunderstand, my Lord Doctor, I am simply doing my duty as the Witch of Miracles, I could honestly care less for what happens to the boy, however, he has become a very important person in the life of my other self and she has finally manage to remain happy and to pursue her dreams all because of him, so I simply wish to return the favor to the boy by giving you, his caretaker, a fair amount of warning as this particular news of our enemy could potentially back fire on us all."
So she says, the Doctor thought to himself in wonder and realization, but why does she seemed to have that hesitant tone that was present on her voice. Naturally, the Doctor would not make his comments known, forever hiding it in his mind in order to do some analysis on the given information that was provided to him. One that he found to be quite intriguing as he notices the fact that little by little, as impossible as it seemed, it would appear that his old (sort of) friend and fellow League Member was having her own cold heart being melted from the inside out, with the feelings of warmth somehow coming to life, one that was subtle and yet could be spotted by those who knew where to look.
As the Doctor sported a pondering expression, Lady Bernkastel begins to take the opportunity to stand up from her seat as she begins to walk a short distance away from the Time Lord, who was now observing her as he still sported the same pondering expression. Afterwards, she begins to turn towards him, sporting a look of formal seriousness, speaking in a tone that was dignified.
"I will take my leave now, My Lord Doctor, you are free to leave whenever you like as I have a certain appointment that I need to make with the Witch of Certainty (Lady Lambdadelta), however, know that you are more than welcome to take the remaining tea that is on the table."
"Give her my regards, then," said the Doctor, speaking in a casual tone of subtlety.
Bernkastel begins to giggle a little, saying. "I'll be sure to pass on your regards."
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Right before she is about to dematerialize, the Doctor called out to her immediately and with urgency.
"Wait, Frederica." said the Doctor, speaking in a serious tone which made Lady Bernkastel turn around slightly to face him. "Before you go, there is something that I need to ask you. What about the others?"
By the others, he was referring to the other 12 Core Members of the League.
Lady Bernkasatel grew completely silent for a short amount of relative time before responding with a look of divine seriousness. "They would eventually be well informed of the information that I would share with you for at some point I would decide to convene an official meeting between the 12 Core Members of the League which would be held in eventual haste in order to assess this very dire situation. Of course, you would be invited to this meeting as well seeing as you are part of the 12 and our Leader."
The Doctor begins to make a nod of acceptance, sporting a sad smile, recalling of memories that were forever buried in the relative past. "Good, that's good. That would be all that I would be asking for today. Thank you for your time as always, my Lady Frederica Bernkastel."
"Thank you for your time as well, My Lord Doctor." Lady Bernkastel said with a slight smile on her face, a smile that was neither warm nor cold, one that made her deeply enjoy with subtlety of her usual private conversations with the Lord of Time. After which, she begins to immediately phase away in a split nanosecond, almost as if she were never even there, leaving the Doctor all by himself as he begins to sigh heavily at the sensitive and delicate information that was just given to him not a short while ago.
"Oh, Touma, it would appear that our fight has just gotten even more harder than I thought it would."
After speaking in a tone of resignation, the Doctor would begin to finish the remaining tea that was on the table. Then he begins to make his way into the TARDIS and close the ancient doors right behind him all the while making various plans that includes multiple contingencies. Ones that would ensure his second son's safety and that of his family, friends, and love ones, all the while preparing himself mentally for his eventual meeting with his fellow 12 Core members of the Multiverse League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Ladies, and to prepare for his eternal battle of chess against his eternal ancient adversary.
The Doctor vs The Scarlet King.
The Lord of Time vs The Demon.
God vs Satan.
The Doctor begins to walk towards the main console, sporting a determined expression, one that was full of resolve, flipping through the switches and levers as he starts the engines that would make the infamous wheezing sound of hope. The TARDIS dematerialized little by little from the hall room as the winds become fair and still, leaving no trace of its ancient presence as it disappears and sets sail into the Time Vortex.
Vworp Vworp Vworp
For there came a Meta-Day unlike any other in the past, present, and future in the Known and Unknown Multiverse.
When twelve people of great significance, a group of remarkable people, famous and infamous across the Known and Unknown Multiverse, men and women who are required to step in and work together when the Known and Unknown Multiverse needed them the most, to fight the battles and wars when no one else could.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Stephen King, there lies a huge field of roses, one that are very difficult to remove from the ground, with thorns that can rip into hands while they are in the ground, but become harmless after being removed, known as The Can'-Ka No Rey ("The Red Fields of None"), and in these beautiful fields lies a huge Dark Tower that is a part and one of many forms of Gan - The White - The Purpose, held in held up by six Beams of great size and length, visible only by their effects on the lands along their lines - such as patterns in the clouds. At each end of the Beams, there is a portal, for a total of twelve. Each portal is protected by a guardian animal. Across the infinite number of worlds, the Tower can only be entered in one: Mid-World. It is necessary to present a sigul of Arthur Eld in order to enter the Tower and in some legends it is believed the Tower itself gave Arthur Eld his Sandalwood Guns and sword Excalibur.
Out of the Prim arose Gan, animating spirit of the Dark Tower. From the magical waters dripping out of his navel, Gan spun the physical universe. But sensing that one world was not large enough to contain all possible manifestations of life and experience, he divided the universe into multiple, parallel realities, and set six magnetic Beams in place to maintain the alignment of time, space, size, and dimension in all of them. Gan sat at the center of the world-web, singing the rocks and mountains and trees into existence, singing the song of the White.
Each of its narrow twisting stairways led to a different level of creation - a distant time period, an alternate reality, even a completely unimagined and unimaginable version of now.
In the midst of the field of red roses, when a beautiful sunset would arise from the east, there was a tall grey haired man with a fedora western hat, wearing western cowboy attire, sporting the color of brown, carrying a pair of special revolvers, a western brown coat, a western cowboy vest, a western cowboy attire, with western cowboy boots on his two feet, who carries a pair of special revolvers, the Sandalwood Guns, around his waist.
The winds blew and wave his western clothing, sway in a constant motion amidst the simple breeze which comforts the old soul. The man has his hands in his pockets, sporting a grave and determined expression on his face.
Roland Deschain.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Ben 10, there lies a endless space between the spaces. A pattern was seen from the surrounding area of the deep night of black colors. For the total sum of time-space comprised of all realities - universes, dimensions, and timelines were seen in bright shifting patterns of complex shape and sizes,, likened to that of a living geographical map of space-time. As such, it consists of parallel versions of history, creating new realities. Each timeline is every bit as real as the others and there is an infinite number of them. The timelines also shift and alter into another. Many of them branched off since when the universe was first created from the beginning of time.
The surrounding area seemed to be a fitting example to the seeming images of origami in accordance with the Trea Xugau concept, a more refined version of string theory that was developed by the Chronians.
In the midst of the field of endless universes, there was a man with ancient grey eyes, black hair with shades of grey on the sides, has wrinkles on his face. He wears a white lab coat that has brown and black pouches and gold trim, and underneath, he wears a black turtleneck with a white scarf, and his brown vest has gold buttons and pouches. He has a pair of goggles around his neck, a metal gauntlet that he uses as his right hand and a fingerless glove on his left. He wears black pants that have brown kneepads, and he wears a pair of brown boots with gold straps. He was holding a special type of walking cane in his left hand that he uses for a variety of purposes.
The man was sporting a grave and determined expression on his face, silently observing all of the universe, dimensions, and timelines with the peculiar observing behavior of a professional scientist.
Professor Paradox.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Tenchi Muyo!, there lies a bigger on the inside laboratory from somewhere hidden deep beneath the shrine of the Masaki Family. One that was located in a dimensional pocket, seeming to expand in endless complex dimensions through the art of discretion.
In the midst of the endless lab, there was a woman with a unique hairstyle of red that denotes from the Noh Plays intended to resemble the (usually black) legs and claws of a crab that was a specialty in Osaka, Japan. She was very petite in height and stature, who wears simple clothing which is composed of a lab coat, with a red female t-shirt, with a white shirt underneath, a long dark green skirt, and black female shoes.
The woman was sporting a grave and determined expression on her face, typing from the advance keyboard with seeming speed, analyzing the current information and data that was present from the view screen of the advance computer interface, one that she was trying to ponder for the past couple of days.
Lady Professor Washu Hakubi.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Supernatural, there lies a certain bunker that belonged to the Men of Letters, one that houses many artifacts and was located in Lebanon, Kansas, the geographic center of the contiguous United States. It was described as containing every object, scroll, and spell collected by the order for over a thousand years, as well as research and books on a variety of subjects. After more than eighty years have passed, the bunker still had functional power and water supply and was also capable of providing some form of Internet connection. Deemed the safest place on Earth, warded against any evil ever created.
In the midst of the bunker, there was a man of average height, wearing a pair of dress shoes, a black suit, a buttoned white-striped dress shirt, and loosened blue necktie accentuated by a beige trench coat.
The man was sitting at the table, sporting a grave and determined expression on his face, viewing a couple of classified files and folders.
Castiel.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Tokusatsu, there lies a certain house, one that has the automatic ability to travel countless worlds, both known and unknown, across the wider multiverse.
In the midst of the house, there was a man who wears a red collared shirt, a black formal suit, and black formal pants, with a pink camera that he was wearing around his neck.
The man was sitting at the sofa, sporting a grave and determined expression on his face, checking and sifting through the many blurred photos that were taken from his camera.
Tsukasa Kadoya - Kamen Rider Decade.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of the Horror Verse, there lies a certain mobile home trailer, located in the bright green forests of East Lansing, Michigan.
In the midst of the mobile home trailer, somewhere a few meters outside, there was a man who wears a metal prosthetic hand which denotes his experience in the unnatural, who wears a blue wrangler men's denim work shirt, a brown men's straight-fit carpenter jeans, a black leather body harness on his chest, and black men's pilot utility boot.
The man was simply sitting in a relaxing posture, sitting from one of the seats of the white wooden boat as he was holding the fishing rod, with the hook being sent into the waters of the lake, all the while sporting a grave and determined expression on his face, with the breeze of the winds gracing his face.
Ashley Joanna "Ash" Williams.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Marvel, there lies a certain building that is located on 177A Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, the Sanctum Sanctorum or the New York Sanctum, NY 10012-1406, one of the three bases of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. A private residence and the greatest concentration of occult esoterica and mystical phenomena in existence.
In the midst of the private residence, somewhere inside the Victorian style corridors and hallways, there was a man who wears a blue robe and red special cape from his back that is known as the Cloak of Levitation, along with a special mystical artifact that is worn around his neck that is known as the Eye of Agamotto.
The man was hovering above the ground, making a meditation stance with his eyes closed, sporting a grave and determined expression.
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange M.D.-Ph.D.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of DC, there lies a certain house, one whose origins is unknown to many but known to the ever so few, with the architecture being indeterminate and changes periodically, both inside and out, the House of Mystery.
In the midst of the house, somewhere inside, there was a man who wears a brown trench coat, a white collared shirt, a red tie, black pants, black belt, and black shoes.
The man was reading a book that deals with dangerous occult paraphernalia, sporting a grave and determined expression on his face, all the while sitting on his chair as the bonfire was lit right beside him, with the brightness of the orange flames being reflected upon his face.
John Constantine.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Transformers, there lies a certain location on the shinning metal, technological world of Cybertron, one that is located in the capital city of Iacon.
In the midst of the capital city, there was a giant machine like figure, with ancient blue eyes, tall in stature, sporting the colors of red and blue.
The giant machine was looking down upon the advance city from a high platform area, with both hands placed to his back, sporting a grave and determined expression, looking through the vast metal area where there were many Cybertronians simply going about their business. Observing the towering futuristic city and the vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms.
Optimus Prime.
Somewhere in the multiverse setting of Star Trek, there lies a certain location in San Francisco, California, one of the most important cities in the United Federation of Planets (UFP) or commonly referred too as the Federation, home to the Federation Council, Starfleet Headquarters, and Starfleet Academy. It was also renowned as a center of culture, with numerous significant landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, the Embarcadero, and Alcatraz.
In the midst of a certain park, specifically Glen Canyon Park, there was a man with grey hair and a grey beard, who wears a black business suit which is composed of a white dress shirt, black jacket, black pants, black underwear, black tie, black socks, and black leather shoes.
He was sitting on a nearby wooden bench, admiring the beauty of the wildflowers in full stunning display, all the while sporting a grave and determine expression on his face.
Q.
Here, silence reigns supreme.
Here, was inside an alternate twisted reality.
Here, was a place of a salt pan several kilometers in great lengths.
Here, seven pillars stood encircling a gargantuan figure. Their girth and height were not great, but their power that kept the terrible, ruthless being in its current place for a millennia untold was a testament of their mettle. Unknown words engraved on them, their meaning lost to the bottomless scarlet oblivion.
Yes, scarlet. It looks vaguely human, yet fundamentally different.
It appears to be an obese creature of immense proportions, such as if it stood fully, it would surpass the mountains and sky itself. Horns resembling tree branches sprout from its head, which lacks a lower jaw. Entire body is covered in millions of overlapping plate-like scales.
Seven heavy hooks are embedded in the entity's back, each one attached to a heavy steel chain connected to the lower end of one of the seven pillars embedded in the ceiling of the chamber. Now, six of the chains from the pillar have been broken or damaged, and only one chain remains intact.
It does not have the capability to break free from its cage, not now, but the time for the end was close. Its consciousness intact, its mind released, and its heart free. It could speak if it wants to, but seeing that there is no point of speaking and nothing could hear its voice anyway, it kept its silence begrudgingly.
Just a little bit more, it told itself. Just a little bit more and it can utterly destroy every and all creation and the suffering that comes with it. It had waited for such a long time, it could wait a little bit more… it hates and loathes everything, including itself, but it has to be patient.
When the seals eventually breaks, it will finish the job it should have done long ago. When it will burn down the tree of life and take the tree of knowledge as a trophy.
No matter. There was no point in thinking about the past. There was no point in regretting the present, where it was obstructed by its eternal obstacle. The only thing that matters for it, was the future where it will break free and unleash its wrath towards everything under life and creation.
In the end… it will prove that it was right all along.
Hatred will sprout suspicion and doubt.
Friendships deny while allegiances die.
The taste will be sweet when it get what it has earned.
And the Emperor Beast of the Apocalypse will be watching with his ever burning eyes as everything burns into scarlet oblivion.
"Soon, I will be free from this eternal prison. Soon I will reign forevermore. Soon I will finish what I have begun in the Last Great Time War. Soon I will reek my eternal vengeance that would be wrought upon you, Lord of Time, for you will not be able to stop me this time. For no one would be able to stop me this time."
It opens its crimson eyes in hatred and fury that was directed towards its eternal adversary as it screams in an ancient, eldritch, and terrible voice that resounded in the darkness of its cell.
"For the Ephemeral Nothingness will forever reign supreme! For the Eternal Death will be upon all who would defy me!"
Ending:
Characters:
The Tenth Doctor - A: David Tennant
Roland Deschain - A: Clint Eastwood
Professor Paradox - A: David McCallum
Lady Frederica Bernkastel - VA: Yukari Tamura
Lady Professor Washu Hakubi - VA: Yuko Kobayashi
Archangel Castiel - A: Misha Collins
Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade - A: Masahiro Inoue
Ash J. Williams - A: Bruce Campbell
Dr. Stephen Strange - A: Benedict Cumberbatch
John Constantine - A: Matt Ryan
Optimus Prime - A: Peter Cullen
Q - A: John de Lancie
The Scarlet King
DW TV/EU Reference:
** Rose (TV story)
The 12 Core Members of The Multiverse League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Ladies
1.) The Doctor (Doctor Who/Faction Paradox) - A: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, John Hurt, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker
2.) Roland Deschain (Dark Tower) - A: Clint Eastwood
3.) Professor Paradox (Ben 10) - A: David McCallum
4.) Lady Frederica Bernkastel (Umineko When They Cry) - VA: Yukari Tamura
5.) Lady Professor Washu Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo!) - VA: Yuko Kobayashi
6.) Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade (Kamen Rider) - A: Masahiro Inoue
7.) Archangel Castiel (Supernatural) - A: Misha Collins
8.) Ash J. Williams (Evil Dead) - A: Bruce Campbell
9.) Dr. Stephen Strange (Marvel) - A: Benedict Cumberbatch
10.) John Constantine (DC) - A: Matt Ryan
11.) Optimus Prime (Transformers) - A: Peter Cullen
12.) Q (Star Trek) - A: John de Lancie