I don't own anything recognizable. Sorry for the shortness of the chapter, but I seem to be stuck on 1k words or (much) less chapter-wise. Maybe I should go write more for some of my other fics...
This will not do.
A vast, unseen force that had very little to do with that actual running of the day-to-day universe shifted, and peered again at an unassuming green-blue planet in a spiral galaxy. It had been bored before it had discovered this planet. Now, it watched with the morbidly avid interest of a daytime-television-soap-opera-addicted housewife. After all, it got boring after awhile, being a ridiculously powerful awe-inspiring agglomeration of power.
This newest plot development simply would not do, however. It liked this particular character very much, and was loathe to see him die and/or be replaced. No, something would have to be done – but not by it. If it used it's physical power to right this grievous injustice, it would blow up the solar system and everything in it. Sometimes there was such a thing as being too powerful.
It was not, however, without resources. Contacts were made. Favors cashed. Thieves hired, hackers bullied, and dirty work done. Cunning artificers were employed to make sure that what it wanted would be done precisely as planned. For the final touch, a messenger was employed – much to her disgust.
It was quite pleased. This would work, and the status quo would be maintained.
Mostly.