Oh My Goddess! - Valkyrie's Eternity
Volume III
Act V
"Um... yes?"
The waitress just eyed Sora, and then asked, a bit weirded out... "More... tea, miss?"
Sora just offered her cup. "Yes please." ...along with Otaki next to her. "And more coffee for me and my sweetie." ...as he and Satoko just offered their half empty cups. The waitress, with a coffee pot in her left hand, to go with a tea dispenser, plies both requests, before backing away gingerly. The reason continues on, as Sora just whispers to her fellow 'patrons'. "Maybe we should be doing this in a more private place."
Satoko just remarks at first, with a 'sorry' face... "My father kicked us out of the house today. Might be because of that weird robot stuff in us or something."
Otaki would have responded, but 'then', 'sees' what the rest do, with the part that 'Imladris' nearly got smacked by that fourteen Valkyrie simultaneous assault. Another patron nearby sees the three cringe all at once, and quickly pay up and leave, with still half a plate of uneaten food on his table! Otaki just gulps. "We could always go to the old motor clubhouse."
They drank, paid up quickly, and booked it. They weren't the only ones being weird like that in public though.
Two well raced motorcycles suddenly screech to a stop, just outside Megumi's residence! Megumi just yanked her helmet off, as did Keiba with his matching version. Megumi just hollered, scarring a nearby pedestrian. "Hurry dang it!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Keiba yelps back, as they both bound towards Megumi's apartment! The female pedestrian then blinks, when they both 'stop' suddenly, and then hears Megumi YELL... "WE GOTTA HURRY! WHOA BOY, THAT WAS SOMETHANG!"
"YOU GOT IT BABE!" ...followed up by a rather 'hard' slam of Megumi's apartment door, soon after!
The pedestrian just warbled out... "I guess those two really want it." ...and moves on.
Chihiro and Tamiya... busy... 'watching' in.
They'd be busy enough in soon part.
-A Galaxy away. Aye, far far away at that.-
"- Is this a blessing, or nor. -"
Gaitha's holodisplay just beheld what was occurring, via all those Spaffa camera drones that were being debated of ethics, across the Alliance Galaxy. The images from such an underdeveloped planet, shaking her ascended soul to the core. Another holoimage beheld Councilor Ere'ith, as the Griffional just cocked his avian head. "- Is this a thing we should be so concerned of. Even if it 'is' of our Excellency at... EGGSHARD! -" ...as they see that fourteen point Valk strike just then too! These two, and all those unsaid trillions, all watching an unfolding event that would bring a galaxy to a very real, screeching halt!
And as the said event evolves to a trauma inducing head point, Gaitha had only one thing on her worried brow...
...and not just hers. A family watching in Heaven, in witness of transpiring, remark on the very same words of...
"IS he going to live? We just started knowing him."
...of whom, this latter part, was wordless to what occurs next.
It comes unexpectedly, as eyes were transfixed on what all looked like, a battle of possible all battles was going to occur, had one pair transfix with memory plying an Apprentice's mind. And such was not of Sigrun's impart. Ishara felt this, as she senses Frode falling into a memory 'long' held in check of layers of commands and protection programs.
Such that Frode saw the blank look on Imladris's face, and saw within memory...
-Some untold thousands of lost years ago, if not even longer...-
"This way guys!" ...a young voice calls out, trying to be commanding. This leading four other simply dressed youthful lads and lasses each, one lad, three goddesses to be sure, including one young goddess that would one day join the 'commanding' lad's arm, to a Valkyrian destiny. Such was what seemed of impart, as they all of celestial children, are led around by their own playful natures, by a lad that was trying too hard to act bigger than his age would one day becometh anyway.
I.e.: "We're coming Frode, sheesh!" ...from a cute blue haired goddess with five pigtails. Frode just yakked back at... "Not fast enough Ishara! Common!"
One of the other goddesses, a young lass of golden locks, free flowing long, just snips at the lil Ishara of all of nine years, by mortal measurements of age. "He just won't stop being too serious."
Ishara just looked back at... "Maybe you two should get married then Freyana." ...which makes the lil goddess BLANCH, and arm wave back! "How about you and Adonis here then too!" ...which makes their only other male accompaniment of ageless, youthful looks just blush out. "Can we get back to... where ever we are going?"
Their last goddess accompaniment of lengthy light brown hair, that would one day be the fear of all First-Class goddess Tests, in place of her own mother, (a family business, or divine right, per say,) just quips in her current fun mood to match the play at hand. "Does it matter? It's a gorgeous day to just get lost upon."
Lil Ishara, Freyana and Adonis look back and quip. "What else is new Isa."
"Sheesh, I'm just saying." ...Isa quips, as they ran, then floated, the four losing themselves in the literal magic of celestial childhood. That was until as they passed into floating area of green grasses eternal, with a walkway that perched itself upon a cliff that a part of a gilded bridge attached, that acted as a start of such before breaking apart elegantly, to become one with a Heavenly sky, destination only where a celestial inhabitant decided of proper. Such that at the point where grass and pearl walkway met, that Ishara suddenly has to stop before colliding with a halted Frode! Of said complaint... "Frode! Watch where you... EEK!" ...as a hardly watching either trio of celestials, smack into Ishara, and nearly double them all over Frode! Of added complaints... "Guy and gals! Watch..." Adonis starts with, before they all stop, and freeze at a chance in chance sight.
This as Almighty, Frigurina in Mighty arm, and Tyr look. As does a younger looking Thor, still at the time apprenticed to Tyr, though 'not' for much longer. The young quintet go... "Woooow." ...before Almighty just remarks... ": And so the young beholden to play, as ever. :"
": Looks fun. :" The eternal Second Seat remarks, with a beaming face. A younger Thor, of Lower Council access, just remarks of all too business a stoic nature. ": Perhaps they can do so while not so close to matters, sensitive to ears. :"
"Oops." Frode youthfully quips. He gets bonked in turn by four celestial friends, with four retorting tones to match. "Nice going doofus!"
Frigurina just keep giggling her ageless self off, as Frode blushes with his own defending tone of.. "But I was just..."
": ...leading them to glory, perhaps? :" ...comes from Tyr's tone. Thor looks, as Almighty makes a light chuckle, reading the mind of his friend quite well. ": And through glory of youth, the future is always eternal. :"
Tyr nods to Almighty's deep impart. As such Tyr, a god of robes abundant like clouds from Angel swirls were of his eternal adornment, along with glistening Mithril chainmail coverings, and a golden cape to match a swirl cloth scarf of more similar angelic cloth. The Angelic staff of similar future mode, to a 'successor', was the only other accoutrement. There was no other need, where the eyes that stared at Frode, just gave so much 'more' to behold. Ones that saw Frode for 'so much more', than what the child god was at that present moment.
": For the future is where we find our coming host from. :" ...Tyr remarks. Frode shivers of how deep the words go 'through' him.
Ishara felt some of this, unknown 'yet' why, as she eyes between Tyr, and the back of Frode's head, from where she stood. This as Tyr then pats Frode's left shoulder, with his actual left hand, the other that 'held' the Angelic Staff, missing. This as the elder god already chose his next pupil, such Thor had a 'sense' of suddenly as well, as Tyr just finishes with... ": For the future indeed, I sense of this one. Very much. :" ...for now.
With that, as four kith celestials just eye in a 'wow' measure at Frode's frozen, shaking melon, as Tyr steps back, and from there... ": So, My Lord, we were talking about the new 'system', I believe with Hild. :"
Almighty just nods to the lil celestials, then nods to Tyr. ": Indeed, though I suspect she will not be acquiescent at the present time to such an exchange parameter. :" ...this as Almighty and Tyr walk ahead, Frigurina just looking over at the awed children, with a wink. This in turn, Lower Council Lord Thor just refrains for a moment, then looks at the lil Frode, and quips. ": Looks like you're next. :" ...and then walks off, popping magically into sight, his prized hammer Mjolnir over his shoulders, in a boasting gesture.
This left five celestials to just stand there, as the awe slowly wore off from them all.
All save one, as whatever goal Frode had in mind for that day, the rest of the days ahead, were to have goals without end. All wanted in the coming.
And all started only a mere celestial week later, as Thor was 'graduated' to the Portfolio of War, to help Tyr oversee the Twin Combat Orders, all the while that Tyr made good on his own unsaid promise, and found a new pupil a mere day after.
But not just Frode, of that quintet, as it would turn out, from more capabilities than could be imagined. For so far many other souls, that could be imagined either.
...such that time made it's page turn.
-...along with so many present others.-
Of the present, Ishara looked deeply, as much as fathomlessly at Frode. She wasn't the only one.
"Whoa." Keiichi gulped, unrealizing how 'deep' the nanite Network was allowing. In so much, as how open Frode was being suddenly, of mind. As the others, 'including' Almighty, the ten year old 'kid' avatar more than noting, despite his stare at a mind blank Imladris, stare, Frode remarks in tune of... "It's been so long."
"Too long." Ishara admitted. "I can't believe you remember all that, from that far back."
Skuld just commented in whispers loud enough. "I thought Lord Thor was already timeless and such, before we ever came." ...which said lil Thor afar eyes over, making Skuld hop behind Sentaro!
Frode then just chuckled. "You all of Heaven's young, have no idea how timeless my Master was, to us all. Of Heaven itself, no less."
"The same as if yesterday was today..." Belldandy chimes, making brows shiver with... "...as if every yesterday 'was' today, as much as every tomorrow is today as well."
"At least one of you lot 'truly' gets it." Hild imparts, a lot less barbed than she normally would impart. Frigurina nods. "They all will, soon enough. Timelessness anyway."
"Oui, I thought I did until now." Peorth speaks with. Frode nods. "Hence why my Master 'remains' my Master, in the present Eye before us all here now."
"Agreed." Thor-ala-small nods. All of which is lost on the one being eyed again, as all Imladris could do at that moment, was still look all blank, as Almighty returned to looking all Wrathful and such again. Such that Hild actually gulped a bit suddenly. "Perhaps, we should reconsider the future of 'this' one."
": Hardly. :" ...came back of a Hard retort. Imladris stepped back, before he in turn hears... "I thought my Equal did not back down from challenges." ...from Thor.
"I'm not 'that' stupid either." Imladris retorted back, without dare looking away at his apparent Foe. Almighty just snipped back in turn. ": Deploy your weapon at the ready then. :"
"I should dare not." Imlade bares of teeth and words back. In return... ": Wuss. :"
"But..."
": Girly god. :" ...Almighty prodded. Imlade just went kooky eyed. "...how can I..."
": Impotent god of the jewels :"
"Uh..." ...a few males about hearing, made light retort at, in 'understanding'. Urd just eggs it on with... "You gonna take that one Coz?"
Imlade just cracks back wackily at her. "And attacking our Beloved Creator would be better?"
Almighty just smirked, as holy fire flickered from his eye, and patch. (And it 'was' holy fire, of color and everything.) ": Oh? As if you have a choice my friend? :"
Imladris just blares back with suddenly, waving arms and all... "As if I'd stand a chance! Plus, I should be lain at the Altar for a Year, for considering such an assault even!"
": Simpleton. :"
"MY LORD!" ...Imlade screeches back helplessly, blowing Almighty's mane back wildly! Almighty just shakes his jet black haired melon back in place, and then decides. ": Well then, I suppose I will take the initiative. :"
...and then...
When Lind's face was 'that' stunned in reaction to what happened next, you know the three sets of sudden parry exchanges that Almighty 'practiced' onto Imladris's morphemic Blade, were THAT fast! This as the third of the exchange, left Imladris in a blocking push stance, of his blade, shoving Almighty's Gungnir off to his right, outstretched, in ALL ability to prevent Imladris from being cleaved in twain!
Yeah, Imlade's teeth are white and well brushed. You could see such from space, given how WIDE his mouth was bared in reaction!
Almighty just quips, in judging... ": Well, Tyr's skill of teach isn't as rusty to behold, after all. :"
"Pardon?"
Given how meek Imladris's tone was, Takano then quipped to Keima. "Mind if ya catch me, if I faint all sudden like?" Keima just remarks back, to the watching of the scene unfold... "If you do, we'll miss something important. Cause 'I'll' be joining you love."
"Shame on you both then for considering." Urd comments, all thought after then restrained further by Almighty then imparting next. ": Well then. Of your Beloved General's level of power to protect oneself against. :"
Imladris gulps, as Almighty backs off, and then makes several expert flips of His elongated blade, causing 'black light' cuts to appear upon the ground, in four strokes, around the Great Lord. Imladris recognized, and then reformed his blade quickly into a larger kingsword, for what he suspected as coming.
"And now the real first Test." Frigurina announces, going off of prior impart. Lind quickly trades a dissenting look with a staring down Thor, as the War Master draws himself and Gate away, from what came next! Almighty then snarls... ": Test THIS naïve then! :" ...and at BLAZING speed, slams home Gungnir upon Morphemic Blade, with utter complete measured force!
The stroke Imladris endures, causes simultaneous effects of a flare of 'black light' that still manages eyes to wilt eyes watching, as if the same from a normal flash of light too brightly shone! Worse however, is the strike to Imladris's blade, such that it reverberated with power of the measured state, right down to his core and engendering code! The nanites as much as the rest of Imladris's body, shudders from an impact of only a level of power, that was of Lind's current state!
And enough that Imladris reacted with a facial convulsion that came with... "Erghhhhhhaaaaa..."
Lind didn't flinch, almost, though the Valkyries aside, along with goddesses abound near, 'did'. Skuld gulped... "Cousin."
After a moment of apprehension, Imladris recovers quicker than he expected of himself, as Almighty nods. ": Very well then. Measured force of a General conducted. Now to one you are used to, of your old Master Thor. Interesting, given Tyr's status of 'his' pupil once a long time ago. Such you will feel Thor's bite from my own blade now. :"
Apprehension through the various galleries suddenly tensed further, as Imladris decried out... "But... your blade, it..."
Almighty eye(s) Gungnir of slit eye measure. ": Oh, of this ancient thang? Hardly used, since the blows it makes, can reverberate through a target's complete Soul, with each strike. I'll refrain from its other abilities, unless enforced. :" ...this as the Creator steps back, and begins to twirl his weapon again! Imladris bobbed stuttered looks around for a moment of panic, but then steels himself suddenly when he feels his back is cornered in apprehension! Keiichi afar stutters... "But sir!"
"I said no interference!" Frigurina snaps suddenly, which jumps 'both' Keiichi and Belldandy back, such was their anew fear! Lind was having a harder time staying still, all such defeated of any further, when Almighty snaps... ": TO THINE PAIN! :" ...and SLAMS HOME his single stroke of assault! Imladris takes it, but immediately feels the stroke flat out wrack at his body! The knight pushes with ALL his ability, to defend the stroke! Almighty eyes steadily, as Imladris fights with his own body, to keep his defending stance. Such was the consequence when Almighty finishes holding his stroke, that he imparts... ": A fine defense, on more than one level. :"
...and such that Imladris suddenly doubles over to his knees, the blade still held in locked defense of position, that everyone, and such meant everyone saw Imladris burst out a large cough of blood! Ishara had to be restrained... "No!" ...as Frode alone barely managed this, before he too could have lunged as well! Of such, was the sight that Imladris's 'blood' was more like a white sparkly substance, of a pinkish nature, was expelled from all head orifices. Mouth, nasal, and ears. A couple of strange head 'spots' where normal blood vessels burst would be seen, had tiny runs of this weird 'blood' seeping down Imladris's head, out from them!
All of which didn't tell, of the internal injuries, that Imladris was enduring of quickening healing. This as Almighty steps back with a spin, for a moment, to trade looks with Hild and Frigurina each.
For a moment, a knight felt lost in his own lessening pain, before a tone strikes the air, making the Valkyries look over at... "Imladris!" ...as the said knight looks up as well, at the steel blue eyes that commanded his life willingly! A strange demanding look of confidence that gave a needed hope in his heart again. It was accented with... "Get up gold dude!" ... "Believe in yourself as ever a day and beyond Cousin!"
"Si! We believe in you!"
Voices and eyesight traded with a Nexus mortal, a Present goddess perfection, and a White Goddess of Tests, and then back at a fourth General, gives strength to his legs again, as Almighty smirks again, unseen by one wrenching himself to his feet. The Triad of Almighty, Frigurina and Hild exchanged a look, before Almighty then snaps... ": More of the same then to conduct! :" ...that Imladris WIDE-EYE blinks to suddenly raise his blade to catch a stronger Thor level of empowered assault of three furiously fast blade strikes and parries!
Imladris is FAR too focused on the assault to realize what Thor and Almighty do, as they 'see' Imladris's trans-bioformat take the blows and adapt to them ever better than its owner realizes! Such further that despite the intense blows, Almighty knows Imladris's body is taking them better now than even moments before.
This leads to a Almighty sponsored further assault of Gungnir upon Morphemic, with three high strikes defended by the knight, then quick HARD blows to either side, and then a low strike that Imladris manages to smack away! Almighty smirks ever more, before leading into a three part WIDE angle blade exchange that starts threatening the sonic barrier of the area itself! The 'black light' flares are powerful to witness, as Lind whispers, unto Jora eyeing over... "Common Belove, keep it all up!" ...as a final exchange of four whirling blade parries, has both combatants all but blade dancing the final strokes, blades barely clipping before finally the LAST parry traded, has them both amazed at the blow of the impact! Enough that the energy ripple turns all around, grass, buildings, and souls watching, of 'black light', from the literal blast wave of the blades connecting!
And again Almighty smirks, as much as Imladris is fighting for breath, ragged all such was for the Knight.
": Better. Impressive. :" ...Almighty offers in a lay tone, the entire exchange hardly fazing him. The same of beyond course, 'not' the same for Imladris. All Imladris dares out... "If... ye... say so."
Almighty sighs and then quips... ": Amada, I put no words I do not mean, of such little worth. Such 'would' be high to regard, if you hath attacked me back in turn, to prove merit by. :"
Imladris gaffs at this... "But... but I can't attack you!" Almighty in turn... ": Indeed? :" ...Imladris snapping further... "Impossible even! Not just to consider, but to actually conduct to a possibility of success even!"
": Even as the same is of expectation against a Seer? :"
Imladris unwittingly was being forced to bleed a truth out... "How can I even of 'that' much! Sealing Her away is one thing, but defeating her, verses as if trying to defeat you? I mean... I don't even know what her full power is even like! Or... I mean..." ...his spiel lost its train of thought, as Almighty then cocks his Mighty head.
": Very well then. If you wish for a primal example. Then I give you a choice. Of my final blow, I give you the choice of the following: Either take a blow of Voluspa's at 'Her' full power, or one of the same, at My full power. :"
Hid and Frigurina both suddenly blink. Hild spats out to a worsening dismay of faces all around! "Wait a damn minute! You said that you'd not go that far!"
"Beloved!" Frigurina added of her own fearful tone! Almighty quips back... ": It this not a wanted Test? :"
"Wait a blasted minute!" Frigurina and Hild snap out, before to the true terror of the witnessing... "Your power then My Lord."
"Beloved!" Lind yells, Thor in kind... "My Lord! You know the consequences of..."
Almighty however senses the growing dissent, and then acts... ": None shalt interfere. :" ...with words of spell attached! A bunch of yelps occur all around, as even Hild snaps! "What the hell? I can't move!"
Frigurina really bellows out a... "HUSBAND DON'T DO THIS!"
"Oh crap!" Urd fearfully swamps her tone out, as 'black light' glow spots are around all other feet, save for Almighty's own, and his incumbent target! Imladris looks around all widely, as even Gate decries! "How is this supposed to do any good? Killing him won't save us!"
Imladris then hears in tone next, of one that he can appreciate irony of... ": Of the Omega, and 'not' of my high children below, nor of Doublet, such that I 'can' so do, at all whim, at all and any time. :"
"No... backing off then." ...Imladris says, looking down at his blade. Almighty then steps back, and makes one HARD swipe of his blade. As such the POWER that suddenly emanates from Gungnir, blows all manes of hair back, the pressure aura shearing at the residence and temple nearby, and nearly along with, all witnessing, given if not for the 'black light' trap Almighty just used, the lot all would have likely been blown out of Nekomi outright. Nevermind why not so for the 'actual' town beyond itself!
Something was wrong here, as Almighty leveled Gungnir at the ready. This as He announces. ": Full power, one stroke. All without fail. :"
Lind and Eihwa trade as fearful a look they couldn't help themselves of, as Imladris realized, what was incoming, was something the Knight knew he wouldn't survive! And yet despite how stupid it all was to conduct, he nonetheless reoriented his stance at the ready nonetheless! Almighty saw this, and then head... "Break me if you must, but maybe 'that' is somehow how I can learn to defeat Voluspa. As such, BRING IT!"
"YOU'RE MAD!" Keiichi yells out, Takano and Keima in equal judgment of their own... "You BOTH are!" ...with Frigurina of the last... "I should...! You both..! ERGH!" ...as she pulls pointlessly at her foot pinned bondage! She just snaps manically at Almighty... "You cut this all out and unfreeze us! This is beyond stupid here!"
": Indeed. :" Almighty actually agreed, but then saw in Imladris's eyes, that the knight was trying to trust Him, and such carried through to final effect! ": Thou is BRUNG! :" ...and makes to swing into his attack! Gungnir is swung on the high, to ALL FORCE to strike Morphemic with! Shouts all around turn into a crescendo! A climax that sees two sets of feet break through their bonds at the last, as the blade impacts...
...that never falls.
For a moment, a bunch of eyes are afraid to look, before Frode manages to do so first, others following. No words comes to tongues, as afar, Almighty just stares, as Imladris starts to realize of himself, that he still exists at all! "Did... did I get resurrected here?"
"Hardly" Almighty quips in a far less imposed tone. Imladris blinks his eyes open, then hears... "Well, you passed. Good job!"
Facevault city dudes and dudettes, as many souls then realize... "Hey! We're not pinned in place anymore!" ...off Talos's 'keen' insight. Peorth just snaps out nearby in accent. "Mon dieu! What was all that for? Even we know he couldn't have survived a blow at your full power... er... My Lord!"
"And yet he was willing." Almighty imparts, along with... "But not only he."
Imladris blinks, but then realizes to look behind him, as Lind and Eihwa both having 'not' partaken in the comedy of the prior moment, instead were slowly releasing of their own stances of such protective motions of their hands on Imladris's back, with FULL power spell orbs charged, with eyes all too willing to take the same blow that 'would' obliterated all three of them! Imladris gasps then stabs a look back at Almighty... "MY LORD!" ...which jitters both loves behind him, to realization suddenly! Lind and Eihwa then trade a look and realize what they did, and why mutually.
Almighty just steps back, and quips simply. "You did ask."
"But you didn't carry through." Imladris replies, more than confused. Almighty just shrugs. "The voices all around told enough why. But then, maybe they should know of 'your' voice, why you conducted of an impossible choice, unto Me, as you did."
A Knight gulped, and then realized to relent... "Because... I... want to know. Whatever it takes, to know what... I must do, to protect everyone I know, as family, from Voluspa. I... we, need to know that there 'is' an end to all of this. That there 'is' a way we can all surpass these events, and live to the day where even Ragnarok cannot exist. Or possibly even not even occur, if such can be managed."
Almighty cocked his head, and looked between two reserved faces aside / behind Imladris, before prodding further of... "And why should that be Hand? Is there not tone of Sacrifice to impart of norm, of like your prior fears?"
"I'd rather live for EVERYTHING that matters, if such... nay... should be possible!"
"Why?" Almighty prods again, the emotion rising higher, to the apex of a response of... "Because I want our Family and I to live! Live I tell you, LIVE!"
Even the air seemed to stop, the entire 'real' impact of Almighty's last strike. About the only thing cleaved open, was the truth, from the blade of Gungnir. Such that Almighty then looks back simply at Frode. "What say you? Thou sound familiar enough?" ...which Frode nods, with a hair frazzled Ishara next to him. "More than... uh... aye."
Almighty just weathers next, as Hild and Frigurina just BLARE at him in turn next! Up nice.. and... not so nice, up and close. Ala both nice... and not so nice... and put off! "WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?"
Almighty just looks back. "What you thought it all was. Planned as such until I altered the last."
Hild just throws a tantrum, and then shoves Frigurina over at Almighty! "You keep Him! I remember why I dumped him now, even more than before!" ...this before Frigurina actually yanks Hild back to the two! "You're not leaving me alone to tar him alone with! We do this one Doublet style!" ...which quickly starts a hair pulling fracas again!
It's all stunned to a stop, with a... "WAIT A MINUTE!" ...as eyes boggle at Sentaro's voice, as he yelps out... "How did Lind and Eihwa break free like that?" ...which even the Valkyries worry if a Violation 'did' occur.
Keiichi even accents... "And I thought we were all warned not to get involved there?" ...with a 'bit' of a dirty look back at Frigurina. Frigurina just snickers. "You both need ask? For what else in all out time as watching from the celestial sidelines, has love itself been our greatest foe." ...with her own 'direct' look back at Keiichi. "I mean, how many times has our acts been impeded by souls here of 'this' residence, by a force that defeated even the Judgment Gate.
As such..." Frigurina smirks as she still has Hild in a headlock, looking at a blushing Valkyrie General and White Goddess. Keiichi just quips. "Okay, my bad. Got it." ...with a thumbs up meant to disarm by. Belldandy just giggles and caresses Kei's free hand, before the next voice, blushes a knight badly in turn. "And I... we..." ...Lind starts, with a look at Eihwa, whom even 'she' was growing 'unexpected' respect for, given the act that defeated Almighty's own spell, as Lind continues, caressing more into Imladris's shoulders with her gloved hands. "...we said we love him. I beyond measure myself, to dare see him die under my eyes to prevent. I'd rather be no more, than live a day beyond one Beloved here would not."
Imladris shivered as another set of hands caressed around his shoulders, and at the same time caressed Lind's gloved hands as well. Eihwa for one was not hiding such anymore. Nor words of... "Si, nor my life be not forfeit, if I lost both whom I love here, said as one in the same breath. I love them both, and will give all of my own life, to see all three of us live to a world where Imladris unto Tyr here, would see us all live unto."
"Gee." ...Imlade blurt-whispers out like a wheeze from a crack. He just gets clenched by two sets of hands suddenly as a result, his shoulders feeling WHITE pain in the enduring! "GEE?" ...Lind and Eihwa just snap back at him.
"Not his most eloquent moment." Skuld judges, and a knight-king-something endures more laughter all around. A good few moments of this to release more tension from the air, as Peorth then trades a knowing look with Eihwa, this both then nod once in understanding. Peorth just wonders... "(Wonder how mother will react when she comes here soon.)" ...as Peorth trades a look with Talos, whom blinks, the Dragonslayer 'knowing' what Peorth just thought.
Peorth just whispered to him. "Oui, you should be terrified. I was upon my own First-Class indoctrination with her."
Talos considers that, before Almighty brings all light back to the fore with... "And so, it would seem even love can defeat my entrapment spells, though to be honest, I wasn't fully focused on them, of which other 'testing' parameters are of apparent."
Lind and Eihwa gasp. "You mean..." ...Imladris finishing... "...Lind and Eihwa protecting me like that, was all a part of that last attack too?" ...which put even Frode aback some. Jora just looked at all three, as Ishara just sighed.
Almighty nods. "The messages are there for you three to discover together. A part of the myriad controls we of Heaven devised to prepare unto the 'next' Tyr. One we should continue on with here, for all sakes to endure."
A lot of minds were dwelling on that, near and afar, as Almighty then espouses to twin loves behind Imladris. "You both of two should stand clear for the next part." ...as Imladris is bade forward a couple of creaky steps, before Almighty then turns around and looks at Hild. Frigurina just sighed, as Hild took the meaning well enough, yanked out of Frig's headlock hold, and stepped forward next.
All eyes returned to their wary state, as Hild then smoothes out her biker like attire, and hair, or such that comprised demonic fashion tastes, and then imparts. "If you would please, our Dark Lord, bring forth your Angel."
Tension rose outright, as Imladris looked immediately at Frigurina, and then Almighty, as the latter imparted... "Ye heard her."
Imladris gulped, and then did as commanded, the swirl of deep amber angelic cloth the engendering of arrival of the Arch Angel, as Evolution appears to the continued amazement of the onlooking. The Valkyries see the gleaming armored form, the mortals the wings of black to lightening hues of copper-bronze, to the lengthy tips of purest white, all ten meters to each wing (seemed to be even longer,) while the goddesses saw how much as one with his host, the Arch was now.
Lind and Eihwa saw indeed how far the mortal had changed into the immortal. The 'mortal' just felt... "Eh? There's no pain now." ...as Imladris traded a look with his Angel.
Almighty and Frigurina looked in perspective amazement... "So far from those initial days..." ...Almighty quips of memory. Frigurina nodded, and then felt Hild smirk, as the lil CEO just quips. "Hate us still for what we induced upon you. You 'seem' to have accepted it all, in the end after all."
Imladris stabs a look back. "I have accepted myself! What more else there to what you did?"
"And do further." Hild barbs back. "Now, we shalt test your powers dearly here, here I call on the next Test of Tyr. Prepare thyself."
Imladris saw Evolution lean forward across his right shoulder, as he tried to anticipate what attack was coming next. Instead.
"As simple as it is complex." Hild announces... "Using your Gravity powers, create a stable Singularity. And then, using it's harnessed power, create your formal Sigil of Tyr, upon the ground here. The same as of ol dear Urd and her 'failed' test."
"Huh?" Imladris looked all frazzled of! Urd looked put off, as Troubadour suddenly realized. "He never had a Sigil created, akin of a goddess mode?"
Hild just eyes back, which wilts the Tree Spirit, and Rei, and the air around them all, behind Urd. "A Sigil is rather unisex in application. The fact our Dark Lord hasn't created one, is a measure saved for this very Test. More so the fact that the Sigil of Tyr hasn't been seen in centuries upon millennia, is a confirmation of what we suspect of all we have wrought here."
Lind just stuck a finger up after hearing, more considering off of Imladris mulling mind. "Does this mean Beloved already knows it? Plus, where would the Singularity be created? Such would be dangerous here."
"That's the point." Imladris accents, with a traded stare with Hild. The CEO just shrugs, and folds her arms. "Indeed. Shalt all be done here, to all consequence attached. Whether anyone lives after this event, is all up to you."
Keiichi just blares out in sudden retort... "You like laying all the blame on him, for your stuff there Hild?" ...which the CEO stares at him next, such he is automatically blocked by Belldandy. Hild just spats. "Responsibility, is such a curse, is it not. Tyr knew this to the core. Demonstrated to many a time I for one was both impressed, and repulsed of. And so..." ...she looks at Imladris again. The said Knight considers, then asks... "Any restrictions, or limitation?"
The CEO just makes a 'phht' sound, a hand wave along with, causing consternation all around. Chrono just gulps to the hearing of her comrades. "Well, this vacation was short."
"Gee thanks!" Imlade blares back, arms blaring, causing the adjoining Valkyrie Commanders to roll their eyes at Chrono's expense.
One last traded look with Almighty, who's look was ever the lay of lay, left Imladris to start considering for a few moments. And then all the details. All the coefficients to achieve a mass needed for a singularity. A few thoughtful taps of his chin, which made such look strange to the onlooking, before Imladris just shrugs. "A stable one would need a process. A complete one. Anywho." ...as such he makes a stiff prayer pose, as if about to perform a magical Ninjitsu skill, as he chants of his first spell... "Call to the assist of the elements of enmasse ignition, bring to focus of nexus, the pillars of the nuclear! Bring forth the atomics of the spent giants! Bring forth the will of the Laws that both empower and overpower! Bring forth and meld in the balance, for the act of ages of stars sped beyond natural course!"
Keiichi blinked, and gaffed... "He wouldn't..." ...as Evolution spread his massively gauntleted arms wide, as material, literally from all corners of the Sol System, in measured 'small', if dense amounts, began to filter from great distances afar, brought in through small portals all around the knight, and begin to collect at a central point before the spell author. Belldandy nods as even Almighty has to cock a bewildered eye, to her comment to Keiichi of... "He would. A natural process is the most stable in the end."
"Maybe done too much." Hild quips, but then hears a 'big'... "SHH!" ...from Almighty, which Hild just throws a fit at! Such that all somehow doesn't disrupt the trance Imladris is in. Neither does it prevent of even prior warning, Lind and Eihwa looking on in, over the shoulder, as the various collected masses begins to coalesce, with enough material, into a miniature of a stellar formation accretion disc.
"Hmm." Eihwa comments, Lind just blinks, as Imladris now only 'sees' the accretion begin to intensify. By the time the accretion begins to glow in the center, all of a size of a growing peach sized orb, Lind is leaning her chin on Imladris's right shoulder pauldron. Eihwa soon matches this on his left, when the accretion mass attaints a formal gravimetric pull, and the remainder of the material, primarily hydrogen, derived mainly from the atomic breakdown of the accumulated material, begins to be 'pulled' in.
"Wow.." Keima gulps... "...I can feel the warmth." ...as suddenly, the pace of the balance of miniaturized stellar fusion begins to accelerate, all the while that Imladris uses his gravity powers, off the still active spell, to create the 'gravity zone' where the formal, forming star would send it's short lived solar winds. Such already was of the 'warmth' Keima felt, before the 'raised' gravity envelope halted an all too real out of control radiation hazard. All at the same time that Imladris was already considering the next spell in the chain.
And as such, at the time the spell words formed in his mind, his mouth spoke of multitask... "Those lessons in stellar mechanics came in handy after all." ...as suddenly, the formed mass achieves self-sustaining fusion! A rather bright flare occurs, as... "He made a star!" ...the obvious, off of Keiichi's amazed sight. Such however that already Imladris snaps his next spell... "Gravity heed the anchor of time unhinged! Will the brought forth now become crushed to the scaled passages of merciless time! Make the natural scaled to the unnatural conclusion of fright, where there is no escape! Not even the Dark or the Light!"
Another strange flash, this time as Belldandy recognizes. "Cousin is locally speeding up time within a temporal bubble!"
"He can finally indeed." ...such Hild announces, as Imladris accesses the fourth dimensional power, of the nine he can formally access, the tenth leaking through enough for control of an act that suddenly sees the 'grapefruit' sized star, ripple with the effects of sped up time, such that Imladris was 'seeing' that his access of control over the powers within those nine dimensions, was of a comprehension that the ten dimensions had multiple 'definitions' within past the prime four dimensions that mortals recognized linearly. Such that definitions of those dimensions, were that 'ten' were far beyond even the mere aspect of 'that'.
All of deeper imparts interceded by sight of the 'star' beginning to turn a rubicon color, off the yellow white it was. Such that in turn, gravity was quickly starting to overcome the stellar mass pressure, as classic symptoms of an aging star begins to assert. The rubicon color however turns a strange purple, as the size begins to grow up to grapefruit size. Imladris in turn, begins to strain more.
He never sees several of the goddesses of annul, in close and staring now, then as they in turn hear from Lind... "Back up goddesses." ...which they all do, as tug of war to control the stars gravity, while keeping everyone else safe within the intensifying gravity based shield, one of rippling black-to-colorless energies. Imladris strains as the speed of billions of scale years of spent time, cause the fuel of the star to become of heavier elements again. As if of a stellar recycling of the same material masses that as used to create the star, now they fuse of the heavier elements, as iron deep within, begins to taint the mass of the star.
The visible effect of all this strain, is a proto-god, arms of both knight and angel, dark lord and arch, all straining to keep the balances in check, where defeating that balance is the paradox of it all. The same of the warping light from stellar particle streams, that warp around, upon magnetic lines that encapsulate the collapsing protective bubble, one barely surrounding the knight now. The Arch's mammoth wings seem to aid as a third pair of 'arms', as the first burst auras suddenly pulse from the now dying star.
"Who needs a planetarium after this." Sentaro quips, before suddenly...
"CONTROL!" ...Imladris suddenly snaps darkly at himself, as the star suddenly loses the battle with gravity, contracts with a bright burst ring that collides and ripples within the equally collapsing protective shield, just as the star suddenly compresses with total force! The shield suddenly does the same, trapping massive amounts of gamma rays, as the Angel Evolution aids with a second 'laminating bubble' of gravity, as a cover shield, as the contracted event loses all color unto the dark of gravity's dire power.
As such, the twin shields snap collapse onto the newly formed singularity, just as Imladris snaps the last spell of the chain... "Encase the Light as matter of all most, to feed the dark, and teach it it's place in the Order, the same that Light knows the same as the Balance to the Dark!"
"Interesting verbiage." Almighty judges, as Hild just sighs. "Melodramatic gods." ...as the formed singularity, under the twin sets of shield skins that would eternally feed it, and stabilize it, shown as a glowing light that joins with the prior collapsed ejection burst, to create a halo around the singularity, like some deep black pearl with a skin of striking light. A twin set of 'polar' ray ejection ports create small halo rings on both ends of the singularity pearl. Such is the final result all speechless eyes see. All within the palm of a 'rather' tired hand.
"Wooh... there... haff... ulp..." ...a Tested one declares of his break of merit. Such that the next sight he sees, is other than the Triad testing him, (actually Frigurina is close in enough,) the rest of the gathered, are leaning in on the once in a celestial lifetime sight! That included Thor as well. Such was the remark of... "Well done my Equal. Nicely so at that."
Chrono then leans in and reaches to try and touch... "Wow, that looks so..." ...and is grabbed in hand by Sigrun suddenly! This with tone to match... "...Real. Careful there, it's real alright."
"Ahem." ...comes from the current Proctor of the Triad. Urd just cracks back at Hild. "You mind? We're gawking here!"
"Yeah!" Rei accents. Hild just eyes them both and coyly retorts... "We guess seeing the Sigil made isn't important then. How will Tyr's old girlfriend react."
"Eh?" Came from multiple sources, which Lind suddenly YANKS at Imlade's collar from behind! "What does that mean?"
"How.. how.. how should I... ACK! Watch the Singularity here!" ...as the held 'pearl' is swayed about, making whoever it came near, to dive away, with attached loves reactively all over! This meant a LOT of souls were diving for safety all over the friggen place in that short moment, before Lind realized the actual danger value of apparent!
Such a comedy.
Hild just laughs as Frigurina just float-dives back near her, and a eye rolling Almighty. Hild then quips. "The Test is still nigh, our Dark naïve."
Imladris looks as Lind lets go, the latter floating back some towards Eihwa. From there, everyone seriously backs up again, as Imladris stands, with Evolution bracing him. In turn, before he starts... "How... do I know what Sigil to draw?"
Hild, already knowing what was coming, just shrugs. "We suspect as again, it'll come to you." ...and says nothing more. From there Imladris is left to his own mind of device again. The knight suspects... "Too much of a leash here... or too little." ...before he 'hefts' the singularity 'pearl' into the air before everyone. Such that the area really is backed off from, but only to a point, as Hild calls out. "Not too far everyone, no need to make it too easy on our Dark Lord."
Keima/Keiichi/Sentaro: "You call that easy?" ...which Almighty chuckles at. Belldandy then calls out. "Whatever the result in mind Cousin, focus for you alone! The true you alone!" ...which chimes out a number of well wishing tones from all around. Imladris needed that, as fear of what he had to do next, was flooding him now, near enough to the 'strike' Almighty leveled earlier. The worry encapsulates his thoughts of... "(All I have to do, is control a gamma ray beam from this Singularity. Gee, what could go wrong.)"
"She said focus Beloved." Lind chides suddenly, which jilts Imladris out of his mindset, and back to the intensity of the skill at hand needed. But first, a mind needed to decide 'what' the Sigil was going to be. And that was the problem. "(How do I know my own Sigil? How do I know 'me' in 'that' vein!)"
As soon as the 'me' part cascaded in his mind, a century of knowledge flooded through him, and then that of so many others, as if 'their' lives around him, like all of it was an elegant web, hardly entrapping, but all encompassing, and strengthening the same. Hardly perfect, but no life of family ever 'could' be.
And then of himself, and his myriad powers attained by all earned, if enforced of measures.
His predilections of karma and affinities that were as much a clarion call of him, as much as was his accomplishments. And of his failures.
He even considered his Titles. All like badges upon a military uniform. All ill wanted of glory, that was heaped upon him nonetheless.
Nevermind the possessions that included an entire galaxy, all assets to the goal of a final Defeat of a Seer that he would not allow to succeed of such a pointless course.
And even of Sacrifice, if only as a part of spoken Truth. But not because of now, that he 'wanted' such to occur, only in all hope, against the same, as a reminder.
Such that he suddenly began with... "Shield those that require." ...and then snap flares his eyes of a cobalt blue color, causing the stabilized Singularity, to 'poke' a high intensity beam from it, as goddess shields suddenly pop up all around incapable otherwise mortals. And then, the beam STRIKES!
Gate for a moment, had to 'fumble' with her own Gate connection, (aye, still open,) as the impact of the beam 'bounces' the grounds a good meter! Keiichi for one has to fumble his feet to remain standing, as Imladris keeps focus on the specialized beam of purple, white energon wrapped around the beam, both intense of light, and burning of radiated energy, that begins leaving a dark scar, as Imladris attempts his first Sigil construct.
The beam sweeps around, though the majesty of the concentrated moment becomes uncertain. This as the first 'lines' appear, creating the 'framework, of a serrated gate like structure, with flaring feather like sabers. From there, he attempted the bottom portions of the Sigil. However they already were looking too jumbled by the Triad's tastes, as Urd afar shouts in next... "Don't give up Cousin!"
However it was already a strain on the already weakened Dark Lord Knight and King, after everything of the prior morning so far, the attempt of making a Sigil, becomes more of an attempt to control the beam, and finally, realizing to keep control over the Singularity Shields! As a result, dismay strikes Imladris's mind, and is forced to accept when the beam flares on him... "Nay! St... STOP!" ...and cuts off the beam, leaving the 'sigil', a formatted mess. Imladris collapses to his hands, as he 'stifles' the pearls with his weary powers.
He feels next... "Beloved!" ... "Cavalier!" ...and then next... "Cousin! / Master!" ... "Gold dude!" ...in formats of goddesses and Morisatos three! Others are dissuaded back, as Hild 'nabs' the 'pearl' away for the sake of everyone's health.
Their worries are reflected back with a weakened, though strengthening smack of a gauntlet onto the ground. "Blast... it, I f... failed."
A moment of realization, before Peorth reminds... "Partially Chevalier." ...in her own way. This as Eihwa looks up, and realizes. "He doesn't know his own Sigil fully yet."
Hild just snickers, and gladly ensures the stares around, as she states in her own way. "Tyr didn't fully know himself at times. Like We for all, knew better either when he Sacrificed. Like our Dark Lord did worse, in a failure he couldn't complete as a result. Why is not important yet, where we see the story tell in the coming soon enough. But enough 'here' anyway, that he passes this Test anyway."
"Huh?" ...came from all around, as Takano cracks back. "But then what was all that about? About him... wait, his powers thang just now, and then..."
"...even just merely attempting all that just now here?" Keima adds. This in turn Hild tosses the 'pearl' to Almighty, whom catches, and spins it upon his right forefinger, like a eternally spinning basketball. Of said catching author most Mighty... "Verily. Given just how much his body, mind, and soul force was just expended here this morning, with the Seer, General Lind's assaults, the Valkyrie assaults, my own, amongst other affairs, the test was endurance here, of the control required for what was needed.
And all such done both impressively, and overreaching the same." ...this Almighty just snickers, and tosses the 'pearl' up and down, like a marble, in his hand. "All such meaning, one did not require the formal creation of a miniaturized star to create the singularity by. But as the instant powers of his Angel are not of apparent yet, without the required exacting control, for what we melded of mind." ...such that Almighty looks over at Hild, whom 'pops' out another Singularity pearl, out of thin air! Yeah, everyone else aside of Frig, just about freaked at that one, as Almighty finishes off from the demonstration... "Instead, the control to attempt the Sigil, came after his control to create destruction Incarnite, from powers he prior hand detested using, all the while doing so with the rest of you in mind, that hath led to where we find the Test succeeding upon here."
For a blank moment, the rest just look... uh... blank, before Lind then espouses... "Well, Beloved 'did' complete that all, without assistance." ...this Urd nods. "Yeah, that 'was' impressive to watch."
"Really cool at that." ...Skuld agrees. Imladris just sighs, as his energy levels start to restore on their own, quickly again, though this time with weariness apparent. Imladris just sits on his butt, then quips. "So the Sigil wasn't the final point here?"
Almighty smirks. "For the moment. Testing here is of another purpose, related, but not full. But enough that you 'will' accept as truth in the soon enough." ...as he keeps tossing the 'pearl' up and down. Sigrun then suddenly asks in seeing this... "Shouldn't you be sucked into that thing, just by holding it?" ...which just makes Hild suddenly bust a gut, and Frigurina a version less as harsh sounded. Almighty just looks at the 'pearl' Imladris created, and quips back to Sigrun... "Well, if you insist."
The next scene makes for breaking even physics that Skuld was capable of! Keiichi wacked-eyed of note... "DEAR GOD!" ...as Almighty is 'sucked' into the pearl, and in succession a split moment later, his head actually POPS out of the 'pearl', just some celestial jack-in-the-box! Almighty quips in doing so... "Peek-a-boo!" ...and then pops back in, and pops back in and out three more times, with 'peek-a-boos' to match! Each motion so 'done' just makes the lot cringe more and more!
Takes a lot to nearly make a galaxy far far away, nearly go hurl.
Finally on the fourth pop out. "This is fun." ...ala a kiddy Almighty.
And in retort from everyone... "STOP THAT!" ...minus a Hild whom is on the ground laughing, Frigurina just snickering out. "And a Husband learns to be fun again."
Almighty just turns his head over (which looks weird still 'stuck' in the 'pearl' and all,) and blanches back at Frigurina. "When did I ever stop?"
"Don't get me started, ol first borne bit boyo!" Frig snarls back! Belldandy just meekly offers in quick turn, a waving hand to actually match. "Perhaps we can take a break, before things get tense again?"
Almighty just suddenly pops fully out of the 'pearl', and cheers! "More of Daughter's cooking! We need a break!"
Imlade just barks out... "Who's this 'we' crud!" ...before Almighty just drops and 'hip tosses' the 'pearl' back at his Hand! One heck of a good deft catch between a 'finger net' of energy lines in right of hand! (Such preventing Takano's ear (and the rest of her,) from being sucked into oblivion.)
Takano just teardrop sighs a moment later, "Yeah, we got children lordin over us."
Keima actually hazards out... "Calling the kettle black there... OW!" ...to a retorting slap down! Keiichi just points out kooky... "Yeah, we need a break, I think here." ...before he ducks away from a comical glare from Takano.
Sentaro however looks at his watch. "But it actually hasn't been that long since breakfast." ...this Skuld just yanks Sentaro along with. "Who cares!"
It was a needed break.
It was getting annoying as Satorna sat there in mid air, high above the focus of the day on Temple below, as he eyed over at a Demon in enforced waiting heat. Yes, heat, as in animals and such. Such was the look on Mara's face, as she kept her focus on Satorna alone. The male Demon counterpart just barbed back in annoyance. "Are you going to do this all day Frau?"
Mara just wheezed some animal exhale of wanting, in dangerous return. She then added. "Much longer of this waiting, and I may consider Mistress's hex, a form of S&M to try out."
Satorna blinked and gulped. "I worry then of when the spell drops."
Thought thankfully further is dragged away from, as another mental picture plays out to minds all witnessing. Mara looks down at the Temple from ten thousand feet or so up, and blares of her own annoyance. "You'd think a god would be less wussy and all, I mean barf."
Satorna however was mindful of the content from...
-Where memory plies from ancient mode.-
"You had to drag me into this love?"
A teenager formatted Frode just looked at the chess set between himself, and Ishara and blushed at the budding beauty before him. "Sorry, I'm still figuring this out as well."
": Tsk tsk. :" ...came in tone from a Master. Almighty across from Tyr, with their own immaculate chess set between them, just chuckles, as Tyr speaks with multitask of mind readily on the game of strategy before him. Frode looks over in anew awe, as Tyr comments level. ": After a few contests between us of this affair, I would have garnered some leanings would have come of mind, unto now. :"
"Sorry." Frode offers back, which makes Ishara eye them both, before she offers. "I understand this is a game of mind and strategy between two opposing foes. I however do not understand my impart of participation here."
": Ye both know each other's hearts completely then? :" Tyr counters, as if words were another chess piece. Almighty smirks, quite silent and observant, as they all sat within Tyr's Abode. Like a world away of a realm like a book of tome familiar, such comprised backdrop of ancient feel, as four contestants played against each other, as the original intent was of a two on two, with Ishara actually on Almighty's 'team'. (She's was quite shocked at the time, indeed.) The chess sets were like two sets of diamond chess, the 'dark' spaces were of hazed of hazed light verses the clear diamond spaces. The pieces, a set of white light pieces, verses void 'black light' ones that were otherwise shaped plain and normal.
For particulars, Frode and Ishara hadn't moved a piece in the last hour since they started, confused as all stated, while the board between two friends of the High, had been going on for quite some time, as Strategy pitted mind against Infinity. And the word 'quite', was equal to years. It was all however here, not just about the game.
More than one form of participation, more than one form of game was plied here. Lessons were more than just moved pieces.
And as such... "I... um..." Ishara gulped back. Frode spoke up next. "...guess we don't."
": Pity. :" ...Tyr counters them both, as he then hears of jab from his own Master of Masters. ": The same of thee, for not having moved in over five celestial months. My own Beloved has done more in said a span of time. :" ...which just flusters Tyr into suddenly moving his Bishop to... "...fine, Bishop takes Pawn, E5. Happy? :"
Almighty smirks, which also makes the two looking young celestials cock weirded eyes. Ishara just blinked. "What was that?"
Tyr looked over. ": What, I moved? So? Should you both not be doing the same? :"
Almighty just snickered more, as the move had been quite carefully measured, for both for the game, and 'that' moment. Almighty already had his response planned, but knew from the looks of furious blushing on the two young celestials, what game was being played here. Such that Frode whined back suddenly. "Master!"
": Apprentice! :" ...Tyr mocked in tone back, which made Ishara giggle back reservedly. Tyr just accused back further. ": I mean, how else could I get you both together, given you both seemed to be finding excuses lately to avoid each other. :"
The 'ow' faces that plied back, is retorted in turn by Ishara... "What business to ye is it to meddle like that?"
": Is not love the wellspring of the power of the celestials, that we are? :"
That stopped Frode and Ishara both cold. Tyr quips over further, eyeing Frode to be certain. ": It 'is' a part of my goal to ensure your empowerment as my Apprentice, that you know 'where' that power comes from. Such a thing is always a shared one, in one format or another. And that love can find it's form in many ways. Even if I have to engineer for such a result. The merit is as much the same, as is enjoyment of a shared game, or of finding the nuances of each other's mind, in such a game as this one here."
Frode quips too obviously. "You mean chess?" ...which Ishara just rolls her steel blue eyes. "Gee, say it more obvious won't you." ...which riled Frode in turn. Some more chuckling at expense of an Apprentice, before the lesson it truly imparted, as Almighty folds his arms patently, doing a trillion other tasks at once in the waiting. Such comes out with, from a Master...
": I find chess is a game where each move you make, determines so many possible others in advance. And from all of those, you then must consider so much you never could before. So many possibilities, with one move, and then so many others further, with another move. But if you don't make any moves, then you'll never know what could be. :"
"But some moves could be bad." Ishara quips, which Frode feels a chill in hearing. Tyr nodding. ": But if you don't make a move that could be bad, what then could you know of what could be bad. Or could be 'good'. :"
Ishara smirks. "But we 'do' know that some moves 'are' bad, and to avoid them." ...but then she looks at Frode, and sighs. "And then others that are 'good' indeed. Even if we should know better."
": Indeed. :" Tyr quips, and goes back to studying his own game, a bit worriedly at that. They all then hear a clack of a chess piece from the separate board, as Frode gulps a bit, as Ishara moves her black pawn forth. She then announces. "Your move then."
Frode blinks, but then quips of hazard... "But I thought white was supposed to move first. I..."
"Oh shut up!"
"Yes ma'am!" ...a male godling is 'chained' down with.
Almighty then offers... "And then a new game begins." ...which in turn, Almighty then moves his own void rook of dire note, forward, which Tyr winces at in knowing. As such announced... ": Rook takes Bishop, E5."
Tyr then bemoans... ": Aye, some moves 'can' be bad indeed. :" ...which Almighty makes a haughty face at in return.
Ishara and Frode snicker a bit, which Tyr allows, as the current game between two old foes would last quite awhile, before it is interrupted. Painfully.
For Ishara and Frode, their game hath never ended.
"Nor ever will." Ishara quips over, which blushes Frode off guard again. Quite a few of such all around in listening, during that interceding snack break. Yokan having it's sweet uses even this early in the weekend day. Not so sweet when Hild jabs in, with a gagging tone. "If only the same had been so for Tyr's old flame then, that the story might have merit better here."
Lind/Imlade/Eihwa: "What was that?"
Hild snickers, as she plies in dangerous venoms to the heart. "Oh, ye all will learneth better soon. Such whence we finish the Test here for this day."
All that does, is make Imladris try to turtle his head into his collar bone, given the stares he endured there and then. Like he could escape any better, as he was surrounded by Valkyries that were close in sitting concert around, Lind and Eihwa to closest either side. Jora was about directly behind, in counter to Karra being behind as well, which made for an uneasy level of comfort, already lacking for the knight, at that moment.
Lady Angelus, ever the current necklace around Eihwa's neck, just fang out to hearing. "One should wonder if there was meant to be a 'present', for the telling of all this, to ears also 'present'. A miracle even my mother would be impressed of."
"Of all strings attached, time itself included." Almighty just counters, which the miniaturized dragonling grumbles to a head pat from a wearing goddess. "Si lil draconic. You should be heeding lessons for the watching. So much for one beside mi here." ...this Eihwa returns to a glower at a Knight-King-something, that changes the subject, sorta, with a look at Frode. "So... ah... you and Lady Ishara really have been together for that long. Er... whatever the actual number of years it is."
Frode just smirks back. "Perhaps you should save the unmentioned number, for your own accord Master."
Imlade just winced, when Lind snips. "Such is my interminable wait."
"But I..." Imlade starts, then flat out gets a full severing of Yokan, smacked into his mouth. Lind just makes eyes around jitter, as Lind retorts. "Eat naïve."
A few giggles ply, as the focus seems unceasingly upon Imladris here, as any further banter seems redirected to Imladris, all without fail. And for the next half hour, Almighty is the culprit, as deliberately intended. Such that is soon noticed by the others, as Belldandy at one point steers conversation with... "...so then, Keiichi dear helped me with rectifying the situation with his clone, that we both helped make. I'll digress the chaos that situation caused."
"At least I got my studying done somehow then." Keiichi managed out, under strange stares from around, laced with giggles. Such that Belldandy then hears to her keen expecting ear... "Such is not unlike what my Hand once went though, off a bet he and I made." ...such Almighty starts, hence Imladris seriously looks on reservedly. "Wait, he... I... you don't mean..."
Frigurina just sighs a smirk, as she fiddles her last bite of Yokan on her plate. "When a god is 'goddess', one does not make such bets lightly."
"Oh really?" Lind leans over, as Imladris's brow seems ready to flood the ground, given how sweaty looking he is suddenly.
By all salvation right of chance then... ": Bio-trans-matrix power levels restored. Awaiting protocol. :"
Yeah, they all gleeped, of the nanites speaking once more. "Forgot that somehow." Takano remarks, as Lind asserts in accusation. "And perchance why would said nanite voice matrix, be feminine?"
"Everything HAS to be of a goddess touch, I... OW!" ..Imlade is shut silent via slap down. Karra behind just quips... "Does thine essence of the Commander, always still endure in this vehement manner?" ...this Jora eyes Lind to a stare back for, of... "One wonders why."
Sentaro then remarks in. "So now what?" ...this Skuld nods aside. "Good question."
"Such would be mine of impart." Frigurina remarks, then suddenly flares a finger, which causes all the plates to vanish! A good clatter of plates is heard within the residence, along with an objection of... "Hey! I wasn't finished with that yet!"
Frig just eyes Urd of authoring, which Skuld snickers at, before Frode then asks, a kneading of his hand from a Medical Seat lover, in the asking. "Indeed, what be of the next Test? Of how many more, in fact?"
"Only one more." Frigurina states, as a prior scene of butts on cool grass in the slightly warming day, now all stand to Imladris bowed of head low in unease. Such they all now sense, to a Second Seat's telling. "One, with the far-reaching consequences attached. The conversation Beloved has been steering all such course, is not unlike of Tyr, steering the course for the love of an Apprentice, and a goddess, both of earned Seats of Well measure."
"Indeed." Ishara smirks to Frode, Frigurina putting further with... "Such has been the mark of one, that as much as any he helped oversee, was of Tyr's absolute desire to see the true empowerment of family. Such was a vein instilled by Tyr, apart from plans on High."
"And Low." ...Hild injects, which makes Imladris blink. "Family? I thought all that was encoded into Heaven from the start."
Almighty once more... "Tyr begot the framework that you seek to fully enjoy. It was for certain, one iota that Myself and my Second Seat, did 'not' originally encode into the way of things. Existence Matrix itself as well. Such that came from the Creation of the Existence's Will, to ensure the roundabout of all such here."
Imladris just gulps. "Tyr... I... family? I don't..." ...he stammers, sensing accusation of a joyous vein, being directed at him. As such was the trigger for the next Test, that Frigurina began with the following... "I require the assistance prior mentioned, and added mention, of the Lower Council in presence, and the Daughters of whit are my Norns."
"And of mine." Hild both asserted to a glance, and of amending for the coming act. As such four Norns, and all present Councilors, Eihwa and Peorth now of added impart, nod. Frigurina then asserts. "Please enter the code circles upon the active Testing Mandala, around the Hand. All others aside from Beloved and... Hild... please ascend to the entry level of the residence abode. All save a beloved General at his side, and a Hand of focus."
Of such replete detail of order, Valkyries then round to form up along the residence porch, mortals afore them, as Keiichi prior, takes a beaming smile from Belldandy, for all his blush is worth, before joining last. Of the mentioned remainder, glowing circles around Imladris, a few meters away each, up to ten in variation, are where of the inner, Councilors take spots, space with Norns in-between, in comfort space of measure, but not the same for one that has Lind dead to alive rights next to him. This leaves Frig, and the other of the Testing Triad, remaining in place of prior.
Lind just whispers over, knowing better what is coming next, to a blank Knight that should know as well, all the better. "And now it's your turn to experience."
"Um..." ...from said blank quasi-immortal, as Frigurina then sees all the pieces in place, before a look to one set of others that hath not moved. "And now of a Mentor of Equal status, join as the High of the Council, with I, and my Triad partnership here, we enter the circles to Unseal by."
"What?" Imladris wide dish-size eyed BLINKS, such immediately nodded by Thor, as he, Almighty and Hild begin their approach, put in concert of the next Second Seat command, this time to... "Gate, your place is acknowledged. Open the Door of the First Class formally here."
"What?" Chrono gaffs, such is not injected by a retort, as those around of the lower than the High Seats, are equally floored by the command given. Gate has to fumble to acknowledge her part in the scheme. "Y... yes My Lady High." ...as such, she then formats back' into, her long active portal, to begin changing it dynamically, to a sight that no goddess present dares mind to forget. Not of time, and not of presence.
Of said sight, Gate's dynamic reformatting begins to connect, and to sight mention, the gilded teardrop shaped door that every goddess of the First-Class dream steps before. The door clearly expands to the size of annul, as the mortals witnessing suddenly realize, off Sentaro's words of... "Wait, does this mean that, that door is from..."
"Yes." Phosus answers, as the door finishes formatting to Gate's new portal shaped access. Such is announced with a slight wheeze from the Utility lass... "Door to Access, linked. Wooboy, that's a keeper, ya know."
Frigurina giggles, and reminds herself to a lot Gate an extra supply of fine teas, before the business at hand comes to the vocal chord of... "And now we come to it." ...with a look at the Door, which then makes a hefty 'kangg' sound, which Urd for one just blanches out... "Really?" ...before the door opens towards the Earth side of the ethereal line, as the other side, becomes all too obvious to mortal eyes, what Takano quips to the formal sight of... "That... is Heaven." ...as within, celestial figures begin to look out, from the other side of the same ethereal line.
Of the mixed sight that comes next, two goddesses look pensive, amongst the Lower Class grouping, as within the Door, another Lower Council goddess begins to conduct a rarified act. Such Frigurina smiles on sight of a hazed glowing goddess appears through the doorway, both her goddess gown, and her long light brown hair, both of great length, all in approaching presence that encapsulated the final piece of the key being formatted here.
"Lower Council Goddess Isa." Frigurina offers with a nod to acknowledge. The said named goddess nods back. "Second Seat Goddess Frigurina."
"Underdressed again." Keiichi warbles out, his mortal accompaniment nodding, of themselves, which Isa hears to a light giggle. She all too keenly replies out. "Honor counts more than cloth here." ...this she then uses said words, with a glance at... "This I learned from Tyr, once upon a day long ago."
"Bugger." Imlade just gulps out.
Suddenly behind, to make the situation that much more weird, goddess voices make earthly heads (mortal and goddess/god alike,) turn, as about thirty various goddess heads of youth , all poke their heads out, a few poking at the ground they couldn't believe to see.
Of such voices... "Is this the mortal plane?" ... "It looks so plain." ... "It's cold here." ... "The grass here looks so rough." ... "But I feel the life here so keenly." ... "It looks weird." ... "Yeah."
"Ahem." ...comes a light retort to object with, as Isa eyes back at the gathering, which all makes a mutual eye boggle, and a jet of heads back into the 'heavenly' side of the door line! Keima just blanches in disbelief. "How can heaven be 'here' like that?"
"It's not all 'here'." Keiichi corrects, which could as well begotten a stare down for, if not for the fact Almighty the youthful of ten years, then remarks. "Indeed. An elegant, if yet simple doorway between two rooms, complexities dissuaded here, for the complex matter at hand."
Keiichi for one nods, remembering his time in Nidhog, unwanted of most part. Such of memory suddenly retorts from two parents that 'do' stare down at him, to his teardropping nervousness. Ala Takano/Keima: "We need to talk about that later."
"Swell." ...Keiichi sighs, which begets some Valkyrian giggling behind him.
"Madre." ... "Mere." ...come from two sisters suddenly, which Isa notes and acknowledges back with... "Fille." ... "Figlia." ...respectively to Eihwa and Peorth, done deliberately, which makes both daughters clearly annoyed! More than a few realizing giggles ply from the goddesses, not so much from Talos, whom Isa immediately eyes next. Peorth eyes over as well, and smirks. "Awkward momento."
A light cough from Eihwa in turn, vectors Isa to her, and where intended next, as Lind strikes a look at Eihwa, before she's in turn stared at by Isa. Jora for one snickers, which begets a stare from Ishara, before Lind then hears... "One wonders what I told you, adheres now." ...from Isa, which Imlade looks over, as Lind confesses... "That the heart of a First-Class, lives with the heart."
"Your trust has grown indeed." Isa smirks over next to a Hand, both see of eye, and one felt of same, the latter Imladris feels of his right, where Lind stands. Isa smiles, as she imparts... "The only one of all those I ever tested, I couldn't bring words for, so easily. Such a quandary this soul ever was."
Imladris proves that semi-unwittingly, with wit of words in return of... "I stand tested, each and every day, nonetheless. Willingly." ...to a squeeze of hand upon right with left. Isa giggles, then sighs, and looks at Eihwa. "And whence why I lain daughter of White Tests, to you both, in the longest term."
Lind blinks, Imladris sighs, Eihwa giggles. Peorth blinks further. "Que? I thought Eihwa was Imladris's proctor only." ...which quickly gets a good stare from Isa. "I was fully aware at the time, of your feelings, and theirs. I only lacked knowledge of why Imladris would require a complex love that has served to strengthen all bonds here. And here, the answer is clear, as much as were Tyr's teachings unto me."
"EH?" Imladris gaffs, Isa giggling. Frode takes up that banner with... "When Tyr acquired moi as his pupil, he lain eye on 'all' I was attached to, when we met that fateful day. Love and friendship helped shaped all the teachings Tyr wrought upon us." ...Ishara nodding near, within her own glowing circle. "If not for such bonds, seeing each other growing from them, we'd not have become what we are this day. The bonds of family 'have' been the love that we call as catalyst, for our status of the Lower Council. Our status, is attributed to the power that the bonds engendered."
"How selfish of you."
Eyes in various mode, jet over at the last voice expected to ever say such a thing, as Belldandy makes light josh at her Cousin, of target! Elders around know better, as Keiichi blinks... "Belldandy?"
"Selfish?" Imladris retorts defensively back, as a bit of Lind of Eihwa mix well with the Belldandy that offers in accusation with... "Indeed. Planning all this along through Tyr, for your own enjoyment, happy nay care for every day that passes, in the bonds that you wish to cherish so much. How dare you be so happy with us."
The face Imladris pulls makes for more giggles at his expense, as Urd gets what's occurring, and adds in further to blushing knightly discomfort. "Yeah Coz. Look at you going all out to make us how you want of us. So happy together, that we couldn't help but be a part of your bond. Can't you ask a gal first for permission?"
Imlade just gaff blinks out in comical retort. "Hey! You were the gal that agreed to become my cousin! I mean otherwise, we'd all... you... I... ah..." ...as his mind begins to wrap around what Skuld levels in next with, now also in the familial loop. "Gee Cousin, letting us be a part of your universe, full of so many wonders and adventures. Letting us see all that you do, and all that you are. You really need to think more, before you make us a part of your story."
"A really cool one Master." ...Sigrun plies next, which she weathers an eye from Imladris for, as she eggs on anyway. "I mean all of it that even includes one that hated with all dispassion, now sees even me a part of events bigger than most of us, Daddy big head inclusive over us all." ...this she trades a glance with Almighty, before Sigrun just 'accuses' back at... "Seriously Master, how could you do this to us, making even hate before powerless before love. Sheesh." ...with a hand waved blandly to boot.
"One wonders." Lind smirks in, with a hip bump. Imladris just weathers it all, with a laughter that chimes like all the world is happy around, for 'it' alone hearing such. Words from him in turn, come out as... "As if you all haven't enjoyed it all, anymore than I have."
"Not all of it." ...three Morisatos snip back dryly, to mixed giggles, which Imladris plies further anyway. "But enough to know that we haven't finished with all such enjoyment, not of yet, and of a long time to come, I assure to be certain."
": Seal confirmation of optimum levels. :" ...to a stunned gallery unprepared.
"Yes." Isa agrees with the Nanite Seal quickly. Frigurina nods. "I then hereby assert, confirmation of for Provisional Access to the Seal of Tyr, unto it's originating host. Which of more than a few eyes that go wide, Imladris accents his own... "But... I thought the Test was still ongoing."
"It is." Almighty comments in, Hild further. "The Test won't be over, till the obvious failures are rectified from earlier."
"The Sigil." Imladris realizes. Lind makes vocal defense with... "As if he knows himself fully yet."
"Hence the Test remains..." Almighty informs... "...until all such is rectified unto completion." ...this Imladris sighs... "Nothing like foreshadowing everything together."
"Enough..." Frigurina puts with a grasp of her hands behind her back. "...that requires understanding Tyr more than you ever could have dreamed."
"Not that I haven't."
"And now more." Frig banters Imladris's words with. As such, Frigurina looks over at Isa. "And as the Key to the Seal, as always the one that acknowledges all First-Class goddesses to their station, we serve that honor of the same for Tyr here, unto the Mandala that is the Unlocking Program, that the prior Tests confirmed of his capability to process the Essence of Tyr formally."
"I accept that honor." Isa nods, as she then floats to a reserved glowing circle, that forms a fifth of the penta-circle around Imladris and Lind, the Norns and Lower Council in attendance, partaking the 'outer' of the Mandala circles, which all upon Isa's final entry of her placement, causes all said circles to FLARE, rippling multitudes of colored energy, all around the golden Mandala.
"Oh boy." ..Imlade warbles once more, another hand squeeze from Lind.
Frigurina amends that. "And more."
": Program Special Access to Sealed Program Archives linked to Provisional Unsealing Mandala. :" ...this Imladris yelps... "That was Hirund's voice!"
"Access Confirmed." Almighty announces. Which chains in succession from Frigurina. "Second Seat Access key acknowledgement confirmation."
"CEO Link Access to Nidhog files acknowledged, Access Key confirmed." ...Hild.
"Norn accent Program access acknowledged." ...from four Norns as one.
"Lower Council Access confirmation for Seal control, proceed." ...from all those of said Seats, save one, including Eihwa and Peorth, whom are surprised they conducted such so naturally.
"A Former Master, Seat of War acknowledge provisional Unseal of the Vakil Key, confirmed." ...Thor thunders in. By now all the colored shimmering becomes focused, as said respective colors, a crimson-bronze in Thor's respect, all strikes toward Imladris's 'circle', each acknowledgement more than simply such, as he feels strange 'locks' in his soul 'clack', in a feeling that had no further words to go by.
This then in turn leaves only Isa, whom waits for Almighty's cue, one that that takes format of Almighty then summoning Imladris's holocron. Seeing such, Imladris gulps, blinks, chatters teeth, more nervousness, as Almighty pats at the well used device, in 'ten year old' hands.
"One part of the full circle, of so many parts that hath been wrought, much of such on the literal fly, as circumstances warranted amending. Many a test of my own patience, as much as a wanting to a memory never forgotten, despite so long.
A memory now reality to show of why. But first..." ...this he wordlessly flicks the holocron into the air, which to its own whim, bursts into a cloud of small sapphire 'triangles', that as they approach and surround the Knight, Isa takes up cue, and offers... "Lower Council Access of the Test of First-Class, and holder of the Key to the actual Seal itself, I hence sayeth simply. Tyr, was always with us. And now, I acknowledge Unseal, to see the Reality join back with Memory."
"Acknowledge." ...from all around, all those unlocking 'feelings' within Imladris, turns into ONE such feel, which Imladris then hears... "I grant Provisional Access." ...this causing the Holocron bits to flare at Imladris, before reformatting into its polyhedron shape, flick grasped back by Almighty.
Imladris meanwhile lost all sight to all else, in that one moment, as the Seal partially falls, as if within eye of eye, like most of a floor fell into a glowing well of rubicon energon, with only a precipice left, as if like Frodo at the edge of the ledge with the One Ring within Mount Doom, the monolith of this moment is everything Magnanimous, that Frodo's moment was of a Test.
Keiichi for one witnessing, worried of when of Urd's provisional Unseal. "(I hope he can hold it all better this time around.)"
"It's not all about power here." Demesus echoes out, Keiichi once again remembering the nanite net bit, which in fact comes of core use here, as the Hand starts to feel the fathomless coalescence of all that power, that help more than just power within it. Such that the Provisional unseal comes with a vast amount of knowledge with it!
"There's... so... much..." ...a voice echoes of the hollow. The mind goes with it, as of the first memory of Tyr to unwittingly realize...
-Begin...-
": You know I'm busy enough as it is. And where are we anyway? :"
": So young to be impatient, are we? :"
": What of it Creator. :"
Almighty just floats there, in a strange darkness that was anything but morbid, as Frigurina floated beside him, in this 'place' that had no apparent value to it. Almighty just sighed, and imparted, arms folded. ": Enough that Hild's Fall still makes you edgy. :"
Frigurina, lacking the grace that the ages that would benefit her better in Eons to come, just snaps back, with that still all too fresh and scalding Event, on her encoded mind. ": And you are too acquiescent with her remaining in this Existence! What with her making a separate System to deliberately combat all you and I do? Gee, why ELSE would I be edgy? :"
": I thought it was being the mother of a new progeny that would do that. :"
Frig just poked a glowing finger onto Almighty's chest. ": YOU lain such progeny upon me, these goddesses that need teaching and tending. And I did not actually borne them. :"
": You wish for progeny 'to' be borne upon your womb? I can make time to arrange. :"
Frigurina just eyes her Creator, uneasily. ": I did 'not' becometh of creation, to be a plaything. :"
": Then learn why we are here. For I sense why we 'are' here, that lesson can impart to us both. :"
": Eh? :" Frig just blinks, looking around in confusion. ": What does thine mean? Is it not from your Essence, all life is engendered? :"
": Not anymore. :" Almighty willingly accepts, as they both feel 'something' approach. As strangely stereotypical as it could seem to a universe that would eventually see so much, at the time, it was as simple as it needed to be. A moment where a literal 'will' of the Existence had gathered parts of itself, from such that was illogically too HUGE to do so efficiently, still coalesced a glowing format that began to comprise itself before the duo, in a cascade of light. Such a juxtaposition from where it all apparently came from. And more such, that the forming made the Void all around them, fade into a growing Light. The format then began to coalesce into a format recognizable to the two, which made Frigurina suddenly spout... ": That had better not be another goddess I have to compete with. :" ...which makes Almighty look all off kilter, and actually caused the Format to 'change' upon the unexpected directed whim!
Frigurina just smirked. ": Well, at least you'll have a friend. :" ...as the Format finishes coalescing before them, all of a humanoid format to semi-match the one before the two, it only was so since the two chose their own current state without further whim. The Format however did nothing else, save only 'look' at them. For a moment, Almighty and Frigurina just look back, before Frigurina realizes... ": It... doesn't know... anything? :"
": Indeed. :" ...the Format look at the Creator of All. It was in that moment, Almighty knowing what was of impart here, that he sighs and puts out. ": I am about to do something, exceptionally cruel. :" ...which Frigurina looks at him for, the One adding... ": Everything else, from this moment on, will be an endless apology to ensure that cruel act will be combated against. :"
Frigurina was aware enough to consider what all of 'that' meant. ": You mean to use this... soul... unto Her? You vile bastard! :"
": Agreed. :"
Frigurina would have seethed further, but what happened next, defined so much to come. A glowing appendage reached out, and held its place there. Frigurina instinctually reaches out and finds a surprising 'hand' of a form to hold onto. One that then in turn, takes her hand, and places it near Almighty's near left own. Almighty is quite amazed by what just occurred, as Frigurina realizes. ": I... think it... he... didn't like us fighting. :"
": I wasn't fighting Belove. :"
": Don't get me started Bucko. :" ...Frig spouts back at Almighty, whom responds. ": Then I will. To start what will end so cruel, and yet extraordinarily, all the same. :"
Frigurina sighs, then imparts. ": Forgive me, if I combat in favor of the better of that ending, Belove. :"
": I'd be insulted, if you did no less. :"
That begot a good smile for once, from Almighty's eternal mate. They both then look at the Format still coalescing details, and both comment. ": Let's begin. :"
": Indeed. :" ...the two 'present' versions of the Triad say as one, right at the moment where the same memory that was awash of the Network most mutual, then 'see' the knowledge of power, and knowledge of pure, join flat out pure POWER!
And the Mandala snap reverberates, as much as the sky, when a near glass like tube of rubicon energy just flat out STABS the entire area! If time could stop without simulation, despite the threat of narcissism attached, they all were present for one such moment.
And this time, no yelling of the insane, or cries of fear. Instead...
": Val... Poika Val...:" ...from an Unsealed one of Siladrin tongue, that didn't realize he was reverberating what 'he' was feeling, through all others that were witnessing. In essence, the usual course of the erotic revelations of unsealed power, were being mass reflected off of him, into and through all others!
A lot of feelings were being pent up, only because the sight adjoining was so awesome. Such was what this once in a lifetime sight was like, to endure!
": I've never... no... how could I know of such power and knowledge. I know I couldn't. But... is it fair of me... to... have this? The power... the responsibility? Do... I deserve this? :"
It was answered unto him, as a Valkyrian wrap absconds unto his now rather 'bare' format, one completely lacking regalia, and one of glowing of white-rubicon skin.
"You will, because I say it is."
Imlade... Tyr? ...just blinks with eyes that might be stars in their own right now. ": Uhm... if that works as an anchor here. :"
"Works for clothing too." ...Isa smirks, as the heavy rubicon glow levels off, to allow better sight of all essence, what Lind was when Imladris was wrapped around her, upon her own General empowered Unsealing. At least sight of the 'fore' area anyway. Urd with a 'good' view behind, just quips... "Wow, now 'that' is a God's butt." ...with weird feminine cat calls to go with around.
": Alright! Alright already. :" ...Imlade puts, with a good mental flare to return his Regalia, for the sake of propriety. Course Lind objects... "Hey! I was enjoying that."
Not sure which was more rubicon there, the light, or his blush.
At that moment, Imladris then looks into those icy blue eyes, and wonders if the time had come for...
"Okay, we're done here." ...Hild announces, which begets a good stare from Lind, before Keiichi then offers. "So... he's now officially God dude now?"
"Provisionally." ...Almighty corrects. "The rest is up to him. All that is missing, is the formal acknowledgement of the actual Seat of Strategy. That is a journey yet left to be taken is good fellowship. This along so many other new details to discover."
"Fellowship?" Keima blanches at in detailed hearing. Keiichi just hazards out... "I dunno, you'd make a good Hobbit da... OW! That hurt! OW OW!" ...with Takano's hand bonking in concert with Keima's. Valkyrie Soliana leaned over to an equal number Commander Bryna. "General Lind's reports 'were' detailed indeed." ...the latter nodding.
And then more chaos, as sound, and then sight of about three dozen camera-orbs suddenly appear from all around, Skuld yeeking out... "ACK! Spaffa attack!"
": Oh man... :" ..Imlade groans, before realizing his own ethereal voice, to tune it down from, just as one of the orbs all but bonks into his face! "- That was incredible Excellency! I mean... your Lord High God Excellency! -" ...this as Urd literally swats away two orbs, and Rei just bats another between herself and Ishara. Takano just shouts three of them away manically! Other reactions are varied and comical all around.
"Don't start with the titles again!" Imlade yelps loudly, which just makes the High God/Goddesses around just gaff laughter! Imladris sees this and objects at... "Almighty?"
"Tyr!"
The hazing for the next twenty minutes, only gets worse from there. Such was all pent up after only a few Eons it seemed, as that which bereft, is now amongst once more.
And such the hazing hath only begun.
-An afternoon later, a Troupe on the march, up the backwoods area yonder...-
"That flag seems smaller."
"Maybe it's your head that's bigger, my Beloved god."
"Why am I carrying it though?"
"But you look so dashing carrying it Keiichi dear."
"Where do I get a great love like theirs again?"
"Wait in line Jora."
"Not if I cut in line Phosus."
"Man, such jabbering from a supposed professional flock."
"We can punch too Knight-godling."
"He's so loved."
"Indeed Keiichi dear."
"Just march. -mumbling-"
A nigh military parade on the march, was thirteen Valkyrie Gold Wings, a Silver Wing with an honorary Vakil Blue Wing as the honorary Flag bearer, at the head of the two column parade. To the right side, leading them, a newly minted provisional High God, with a Platinum Wing more than certainly to his side, steering his course without fail. No joke.
Of those missing in place of one Valkyrian note. "You're such a match maker for Sigrun." ...Lind eggs on. Imladris just... or is it Tyr... anywho, just rolls his eyes. "And it's still good form to inspect the base up in the Kuiper Belt zone, even if such injects into personal relationships." ...of mention why Chrono, was missing, of why... "Plus a friend will help settle Chrono's nerves, before you chew into them."
"A lot." Jora near behind, nearly earns an elbow for, which would have made for chaos from military order. No joke.
Lind instead, then quips out. "I'll save the chewing for this trip here."
"A lot." ...this times from all other Valkyries, save a Silver Wing, whom smiles meekly at her equally dressed, and meek smiling 'Vakil' love. No joke there either, as Keiichi pulls at his cloth, of all as a Valkyrie Jumpsuit, with a belt attached at the waist, a symbol of the Vakil for a buckle, of three fanned out Axe blades, the question saving Imlade for the moment, from Valkyrie stares most lethal. "You guys sure I should be wearing this?" ...as he looks at Belldandy, also in a Valkyrie jumpsuit, with his blush inducing comment of... "I mean it looks great on Belldandy, but... uh, me?"
Imladris looks over, mindful to answer simply again. "I too wear such a suit with pride, even now. I can add accouterments to mend your honorary status, if you wish."
Keiichi of course blanches... "I don't think I... eh? YIPE!" ..before he all of a sudden falls against his will, with Belldandy quickly catching the Standard, before it falls too! (Never let a flag touch the ground in dishonor, and all such...)
Keiichi just yells out, as everyone else looks down at... "Why did I fall... I... eh? How'd the jumpsuit length thingies get around my ankles?" ...this as the trail jumpsuit coattail lengths, are wrapped around his ankles! The act of which seems more alive by sight, than all such should be!
This of course is adjoined by a most unexpected whoop and holler of bluster from around/above him, as Hlad and Tsuyana both jump high and fist pump up! "Aye! He's an official member of the Order now!"
"How wonderful Dear!" Belldandy hop squeals. Keiichi feels mice in his brain on a squeaky wheel or something, as he looks at Imlade for help. A Knight-God-Commander-something just remarks. "I remember that hazing bit. At least your nose didn't break like mine did. Jumpsuits do that of their own accord, one wonders why."
"Wimp." Lind eggs to a grumble.
"Uh... huh... kay." Keiichi feels more mice unto brain. He then is helped up by Lind and Imladris, before Belldandy hands the Standard back to him. Imladris remarks. "To your honor then my friend."
Keiichi snickers, and wonders... "(Why are they praising me like this? This is weird.)" ...which is let go, for the moment, as Belldandy then offers... "There are some local trails that lead well deep and lost into the countryside here."
Lind takes this to shove Imladris forth with. "Yup, let's not dawdle."
"Dawdle?" ...Imlade quips, and is prodded forth by icy laden finger. The yelp of pain gets the journey started again. One with a course that Frigurina herself set unto them.
Demons and finding new 'kinds' of S&M. Sheesh.
-A strange tryst prior, rather mysterious.-
A Second Seat informing: "Only those honored by the Order can go, unless decided otherwise. All others remain here, to partake in the journey incumbent, one as a part of the continuing Test."
"Oh joy." Imladris moans, which a Lindful smack comes of it. Urd just raises a finger. "But..."
"Laden mother's most especially." Frig quips, Ishara smirking, as Isa realizes and looks over. "Really Ishara?"
Ishara blaring back in turn. "What of it? I like kids." ...as Urd just sighs in the background, Rei bouncing around her and Troubadour. Hlad looks at Jora. "Such fortune." ...which nearly made for instant drawn Axes.
Imladris then offers out. "I'll amend to impart I require Apprentice Sigrun to make an inspection of the Sol Alliance orbital station, in my absence. Given recent events, I feel a snap inspection is proper." ...which Sigrun nods, a bit uneasily. Lind offers as well. "Silver Wing Chrono, accompany your friend please." ...which makes Chrono blink. "Ah... yes General."
Lind just stares at Chrono, which causes Chrono to restate at full attention. "YES GENERAL!" ...which Lind nods to. Chrono slumps to a head pat from Sigrun near her now.
Hild then remarks. "Well, We'll leave you dope to it all. Enough of the rash that is you all for one day." ...before the CEO vanishes in a showy bluster of hell fire ala teleport. A good mutual sigh of relief from all around accompanies, before Hild's 'voice' spikes in all minds. "I heard that brats."
Off this, Bryna soon changes subject, and announces... "Shalt we then have two others take places amongst our honor then?"
Imladris cocks an eye, and shrugs, full knowing. "By all means and measure." ...which Thrud looks at Lord Thor, a nod returned amicably, and then a snap of her gloved fingers.
Hence... "HEY!"
"Oh my!"
Skuld flips out... "What? Belldandy and Keiichi Valkyries?"
"Vakil of the latter." Imladris corrects, which Thor smirks at. "So the ancient Title is returneth?" ...which Imladris nods. "'Petitioner' is too old coin of a term, might as well unfurl the old standard here, before the full celestial planes."
"Here here." ...from more than a few Valkyries. Almighty and Frigurina trading a look at what they unleashed. Mentally, that pronouncement reverberates through the Combat Orders like Urd sponsored Lightning strikes. Skuld spouts again... "Yeah, but why Keiichi, I mean... ulp..." ...which is shot cold silent, by a bunch of Combat Order type stares, all around. Skuld just corrects herself, behind Sentaro. "All cool, no problems here! Yeah."
"Maybe one here." ...Takano takes vein with instead. Keima along with. "And another."
"And such no harm shalt befall him. To be ever certain." Belldandy in turn states, which in her own jumpsuit of the Order, makes her words seem more iron than normal. The tone is as serene as endless ever, as it is trusting. Takano just sighs, with a twirl of her hand. "Fine, might give him more of a spine."
"Hey! Mom! OW! Yeah yeah Keima."
Another voice then imparts.. "Mi Scusi, che..."
"Not of Valkyrie mode." Isa injects, Almighty amending. "I shalt require services of resident attached Councilors to prepare for both duties of mentoring, and to amend a lackadaisical status of formerly datawork laden goddesses, in residence here."
Peorth, begetting her part in this, with Talos near enough, quips. "Pardonnez, does this happen to mean..."
"Indeed it does." Almighty nods. Urd and Skuld look at each other, before a clap of hands from Frigurina then imparts. "Such done with absence of the Order here."
"And of I, to be certain." Thor quips, with a heft of Mjolnir, before turning to head towards a weary Gate, the War Master winking at his Equal. (Imlade still is bewildered of it all.) "To assert the Orders of the rightful modes, off shalt of I."
"Good to see you baby Bro." Frig stabs in, which Thor throws a ten year old mighty tantrum at his High kin with. Thor just grumbles as he stamps into the open portal, with Gate just bemoaning at Frigurina. "Thanks for making him a joy to be around for the next few days, you know." ..before she 'enters' her own portal to a serene close. (On the mortal plane side of it all anyway.)
Ishara then offers of her and Frode's place, nevermind Isa, still in presence, with the Door no missing. "And of us?"
"Lady Isa is on short enough leave, as is you both, for the coming term in knowing." Almighty instructs, which begets Ishara a nip at Isa. "So, how's the love life."
Isa just sighs at her. "Really? You know where he is already." ...which cocks Frode's eye. "That was fast."
Another clap of hands. "Nay nay, Orders excluded." ...Frigurina injects again, which Keiichi blares. "Excluded to where? I mean..."
"Heh, been awhile since I hiked anywhere." Keiichi quips, which begets smiles around, Imladris prodding details to amuse lightened souls by. "When was the last?"
Keiichi rolls his eyes, the Standard and jumpsuit fluttering about him, 'both' listening' as well. "Hey, when Tamiya and Otaki make you hike, you remember it good."
"That was an interesting time dear." Belldandy amends. Keiichi smirks.
And somewhere two named souls of the Network, get giggled at.
Such beings a trail of tales that follow into the back thickets of a landscape even Keiichi hadn't seen much of. And like any other thicket, they soon do get good and lost. More than they realize. And eventually, not of their own actual 'world' anymore.
All a part of a plan.
Eyes watching, of a magical note, now active, with the Seal unleashed. Along with, so many iotas along with.
Of one long withheld note. " - The footsteps of love, come unto my history awaiting. Such will kindle the final spark needed. -"
The voice, was as ethereal as a timeless being can get. Well away from all other ears, for a moment. Save one. One that responds back, lacking physical presence, but will of mind all the strong as well. And male of Spirit to certainty. "Shall I bring the spark, First of the Order."
"- Please, it will unsettle them, before I do far more. -"
A simple smirk, as a Troupe of the Order, march on.
The same of history, marching on.
Endlessly marching on to resolutions. Dreams. Destiny.
Vengeance.
Caceroth was cowled too far to respond for now. She didn't care. And the fact of all what happened, fully apparent to her, made her LIVID, to the terror of all trapped about her. The timeless anger vented upon souls already dead, but expunged in favor of mad venom, raged of a child that never dared bother growing up, by rules she long detested.
Somewhere within that rant and rage, She decided her next planned course.
": I must make them remember my Angst, we the Will of I DEMANDS of all cancer of such! Such I know the tool to make their fears, turn their Strength, into the worst Pain of all.
Loss. :"
Upon this, Voluspa began to act. It would take time, but she was timeless, an impatience with the illogic of patience belied, as she vectors her System to viral code, to a device that harbored the worst of what the Gods had set as a mechanism of testing. One of the worst kinds imaginable. One that only one set of beings ever managed to pass, one of which was of her Goal of Ragnarok along with.
Upon realization of what all such meant, to use the same mechanism of testing, as a weapon, she smiled.
And her enslaved cried through their own moans of angst.
Her Will be done.
This as Day Two drew to midpoint.
The endless march of time. Always endless.
(End Act V)
AN: Okay, 'now' I get to the bivouac, or whatever it is when you have Valkyries with mischief on their minds. Sorry for the wait, but the story is still well on moi mind.