twinkle twinkle

stars look for answers while time marches on. – black mage/rhinne, white mage/rhinne

~white~

"It's said that this world is but a dream of yours, sleeping goddess."

"But are those sayings true? There have been gods before me in this world, who now lay entombed in the sands of forgetfulness behind the doors of this very temple."

"But you are the goddess now."

"Only because I have not been forgotten. Gods lose everything when they have been forgotten."

~black~

"Have you achieved what you have desired, Lucifer?"

"Lucifer . . . I have not been called that name in a long time."

"You have not met those that knew you as such. I knew you when you were Lucifer, back before you were the White Mage."

"And now, I am the Black Mage."

~white~

"But you are a goddess-"

"Even gods have rules they must abide to, and this is the law of the universe. No one must know of this secret, not even the Transcendents."

"I cannot accept that. There must be an answer to it all."

"The answer is to accept and to continue to walk down our paths."

"Of course you would say that. If you had any true power, you would be able to prevent your downfall."

". . ."

"Why do you stay here in this corrupt world, goddess? Could it be that you do not have the power to create change?"

"It is a secret that is forbidden. You mustn't learn it."

"No, I must. That is the difference between you and I. You are Time, and regardless of what happens it is your nature to go on. I am Light. I seek a solution, an answer to it all. I seek enlightenment to the dark of the unknown. And that is what I will do."

~black~

"Do you plan on destroying the equilibrium of this world?"

"I know now, Rhinne. Transcendents have power, for they are pillars of this world, withholding the weight of the skies and ensuring that the balance is kept. But they are nothing more than pillars to the heavens above. They may never be a part of heaven themselves, isn't that right?"

". . ."

"You have never cared, in your immortality. Neither you nor the World Tree has ever acted to bring the heavens down to earth."

"It is impossible."

"You told me that knowing the secret would be impossible, yet now I know. I will make that possible. I have seen the true answer, the light if you will. And I know now."

"Know what?"

"The answer, Rhinne, was always what I suspected it would be – power. And absolute power can only come from absoluteness. I have shed my light to achieve absolute darkness."

"You are wrong, Lucifer. Even as black light, you glow, for even the black light that you have become is light."

~white~

"You are a star within this world, sent to guide and to ensure balance."

"And how do I do that?"

"Your very existence makes it so, as does every action you take."

"Every action?"

". . . Every action."

"I see."

~black~

"I once called you a star, Lucifer."

"And what of it?"

"A star lets out the most glorious light before its death so that a new star may be born from amongst its blazes."

"Are you telling me that I will die for a new star for shedding my light? Rhinne, once a star sheds its light, it becomes a black hole that swallows everything – even the brightest of lights."

"You are not a black hole."

"And you, Rhinne, are out of time."

~white~

"I will be reborn again and again, to fulfil the same duty in the same world filled with suffering and evil. Ground zero for every lifetime . . . it sounds quite tedious, to suffer the same atrocities over and over again."

"Your duty is one heavy with responsibility."

"I see no reason as to why I cannot create change and fulfil my duty at the same time. It is like you once told me, Rhinne – any action I take is one that restores the balance of Light within this world."

"My friend, even your fall may be that very restoring action."

"Then my choice is even clearer. I strive for change and seek the answer, or I fall in the process. Either way, I fulfil my important duty."

~black~

Will you fade away if you are forgotten, Rhinne?"

". . ."

"Then I will remember you."

AN: Lucifer is my hc name for the BM.