"It takes a gentle touch to pack so much potential into a single creature." Arceus replied to Armok, slightly rebuking his forcefulness. After all, trying to brute-force a copy of Mew of all things was bound to result in failure unless great care was taken. It's genetic structure had a very delicate balance to it, and anything that disrupted it caused, well, the various Ditto milling about.
Mew, meanwhile, was flying around Madoka's head giggling. The pink Ditto looked away from it's brothers for a moment, fixing it's gaze on it's progenitor as though inspired. "Di-toooo..." it said, grinning. It's body became envoloped in light, which changed shape as it applied some structure to it's messy genes. The light faded after a few seconds to reveal an exact copy of Mew... except for the eyes, which were still two black dots. "Mew!" it cried out, going to join the other pink ones in playing. The other two Ditto watched the transformation, looked at each other, and grinned in turn.
"Di-tooo..."
"Di-tooo..."
Two more Mew formed from the Ditto, which were also pink although one had black markings all over it's body and the other had a metallic sheen, which flew off to play with the others. Like the other Ditto, they had black points for eyes which distinguished them from the real Mew.
"So those ones retain the ability to change form..." Arceus muttered. He looked over to the more disturbing new creation. Armok had clearly done a lot of messing about with the template to get that. Though certainly strong, even more so than it's forebear in terms of sheer power, a great deal of it's potential had been removed in order to stabilize the remainder, which consisted of some cherry-picked traits and a small touch of original material. The result was a much less versatile array of abilities in exchange for the ones it did have being supercharged. It also seemed to have a slightly more fragile body than Mew; it was still a hell of a force to be reckoned with compared to a lesser creature, though.
Disappointing, then, that Arceus could feel little to none of Mew's innocence and compassion from it, which would otherwise be reflected in all of it's descendants. This creature was a tool of bloodshed. The original Mew detached from the others and flew over to it's clone. Showing no apprehension whatsoever, it promptly transformed itself into a copy of Mewtwo; a perfect copy, even getting the eyes right. Except for the fact that it wasn't shiny, and had a purple tail instead of a green one. "Mew?" It asked in a raspy voice. Arceus prepared to step in if things got out of hand.
edited 31st Jan '13 6:32:19 PM by Anura
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
Madoka flew down to the mutated clone of Mew, wondering what it was. She didn't have the same contempt to hug it as she did with Mew or Arceus, but felt a similar connection to them. If anything, she should try to be friends with it.
"Hello! My name is Kaname Madoka! What's your name?" She asked Mewtwo in a cheery tone, even though it had just said its name.
BWAH-HA-HA!
"My-oh-my," Kefka said, staring down on the evolving planet, "This is going to be quite the chore."
He'd taken in some disappointment in the cooling of the planet's crust, though it was nothing to fight over. The light of judgement was still swirling within the planet, releasing energies that would not be ignored. The oceans were a better development, if only for the possibility of storms. He was looking forward to that. In fact, it reminded him....
"What to fill the heavens with?" he asked. It had been his domain, more or less, before those brats chose to butt-in. He could obviously corrupt some of the creatures the others chose to make, but how was that any different than what he did last time? He couldn't very well claim chaos if he stuck to procedure, could he? "Angels!" He cried out, joyously. "What better than angels! Of course, I'll have my own spin on the little dears....." And with little waste, the god of madness shot up into the rosy pink sky.
The personal act of creation had been turbulent for Kefka at first, as might be expected. The very thought of doings so sent even his mind through a painful bout. It was best that he start relatively small, the operative word being relatively. The god's convulsions strengthened as the thought of his creation gave way into substance. It began as little more than a gaseous outline of Kefka himself, pouring out from the god's mouth and into the open air. The first winds of the universe occasionally threatened to tear the creation apart, though perhaps it was for good reason. The gaseous form illuminated the clouds with a light not dissimilar to the kind he'd used to cut the earth, its mere presence cutting the sky in every direction.
Not all too much later, the angel took on sharper features, the shapeless wisps and plumes of gas drawing sharply inward at Kefka's command. The end result bore an even stronger resemblance to it's creator, but it's light was now refracted through a frame of glass, rather than smoke. The deathly lights inside of it's body swirled and snaked within as if they were alive. Giving the appearance of embarrassment for it's new body, two of it's six massive wings folded over it's torso. It was overall incongruent with the faint, lipless smile the glassy figure sported on it's face. There were no other facial features, though if one were to look closely, the shifting lights near the angel's obscured sternum all formed a current towards a single hidden focal point. The more observant person might be reminded of the iris's pattern towards a pupil. Six luminous spikes jutted out from the of the figure's skull at the forehead, spaced equally from each other and angled to mock the appearance of a king.
"That will do for now, child." Kefka said. His town betrayed a small degree of exhaustion, but happiness all the while. If the god was capable of such, that is. "You are the first of many, my archangel, and the right hand of my will to destroy. You are a child of my own mind, and as such, it is your responsibility to teach this world to destroy as much as it is to destroy things on your lonesome. Understand?"
The archangel threw it's head into the air, taking it's first breath, and laughed. The sound of metal tearing metal tore through the sky, a sound to match the horror-light like a bride.
"Atta' boy," Kefka said. "Atta' boy. Now let's go meet the family, shall we?" Without another word, the mad god dipped down into plain sight of the others, his creation quickly following after.
To the law and for the good of man. All I need to live by.
Around him, were powerful beings. He could sense that, most of them had enormous strength. He'd just been born into the world and quickly. He felt a connection to the giant white creature with rings, and the abstract red shape. They must have created him. Then a smaller creature, smaller than himself, floated up to him. Without pause it changed into a different shape, a familiar one. Yes, this was his own shape. "Mew.." That was.. its name? But for some reason that one word spoke much, all curiosity directed towards him. Then another floated close, one of the powerful ones, a God. She asked what his name was.. and Mewtwo looked away. What was his name? After hesitating for a few moments. it came to him. "Mew..two. I am Mewtwo." Mewtwo turned his head back and looked at Madoka and Mew.
Armok watched as what he created moved about. The Dittos were adaptable in nature and moved about freely. But this one was more specialized. Mewtwo had strengths and weaknesses as a creature should. Perfect balance wasn't very interesting after all. However, Armok may have stepped out a bit far as he was obviously not malleable. Mewtwo was already taking time to adjust to his environment. Fortunately, there was plenty of time to go around right now. The blood god also noted that Arceus accepted the Dittos, but he was wary of Mewtwo. Armok had shrugged off Arceus's comment, it was evident that there was more to him than meets the eye and it was more or less true. He likes to get down to business and try things out. If Arceus is already wary of Mewtwo, he is going to be antagonistic when Armok starts creating more violent creatures.
"A pleasure to meet you, Mewtwo." Madoka said to Mewtwo, offering him her hand.
"The time has come..." Yami muttered, focussing on one of the five shadows, which was now flowing into a shape, growing solid, being alive, being powerful. The mass of darkness moved around erratically, finally coming to rest in the shape of a nine-tailed kitsune. As the fog of darkness lifted from it, it howled at the Nightmare Moon before turning towards Yami and bowing down before him.
"Great lord Yami...", it spoke. "Ninetails
is at your command."
BWAH-HA-HA!
"I would watch out, Yami" Kefka said, appearing above the nine-tails, "This pup might be loyal to you now, but the second some one throws you around, it'll just go wild. He and the unamed archangel had flew up the slope of the mountain, temporarily displacing the misty darkness. for a time. The barren strip of the mountain glowed faintly with heat.
"Anyway, I wanted the pooch to meet my child.", he continued. The archangel caught up to Kefka, floating ominously beside him and still smiling from the moment of its creation. "Maybe they could play together sometime?"
To the law and for the good of man. All I need to live by.
"Be careful with your words, purple one...", Ninetails growled. "After all...don't you have your little flying monkey with you? What is there to prove it won't abandon you? I exist to obey Yami, the absolute ruler of all things evil. He is far more powerful than you could ever imagine!"
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Suwako opened her eyes. The main continent she had designed left... a lot of space for water. She'd dig out space for rivers and lakes when she was done starting up plant life. Unlike most of the other gods, she couldn't directly create sentient life... and a lot of other life needed to be made. Including plants! Soil had been taken care of when Suwako was creating the large continent, and now plants could be created. Lots and lots of them.
Suwako focused again.
From where she stood, a thin layer of green began to spread across the land. They were very simple plants, but it wouldn't take long for her to step up to the more complex kinds...
From space, the shape of the continent was visible.
It was a huge frog, slowly turning green.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
BWAH-HA-HA!
"What right is it," Kefka asked, playfully "For something that's been created to question the imagination of a god? Especially a creation bound by loyalty to its master." He floated over to the archangel, and began petting it's head, his fingers phasing through it spikey crown. "The only reason I became a god myself was due to a great betrayal.", he continued. "It is because of my sort of imagination that I bow before nothing now." The archangel then took the time to say his first words.
"My father....." Its voice was unnaturally high, moreso than any child, and playful as his own creators, but mocking an cruel nonetheless. "Is the structure of my own mind, fox. We both love the utter chaos of all things. We will return to the nothingness that is inevitable. There is nothing more in my life that I desire than to achieve that goal alongside my lord. Even if I were to strike him into oblivion with my own hands, I wouldn't be a pound less faithful." Speaking his peace, he returned to his lipless, toothless smile.
"Well said, child." Kefka lauded. "You'll be a teacher yet." He turned back towards Yami, now dismissive of the fox's disrespect. "We are not as different as your hound would suggest." he said, "I hope this unpleasantness doesn't obscure that to your....eyes."
To the law and for the good of man. All I need to live by.
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
This post was thumped by the Codfish in a Derby Hat
Mewtwo nodded to Madoka and looked at the hand she offered. After a moment he put his hand out to touch hers."What is my purpose? What do I fight?" Mewtwo's telepathic mind pushed out to try to read the minds of everyone here. However he could only read Mew and the Dittos who were playing around and carefree. They were nothing like Mewtwo who had a desire to fight, a thirst for battle.
"Your purpose is to help with creation as your predecessor's purpose was. Then you can wander the world as you please." Armok stood by while the others went about their business to observe Mewtwo. Since this Mewtwo was unlike the original, unknown to Armok, in that he wasn't created in a labratory and he wasn't a test subject in a tube, he wasn't yet angry at anything. While he desired battle he had nothing to fight here.
"Fight?" Not-Mewtwo asked telepathically. Then it turned back into Mew. "Sure! I'll play for a while!" it added, again using it's new trick.
"Be quick about it, then. I'll have need for you soon. All of you." Arceus said to the Ditto as well. Then he turned to Mewtwo. "And if you can use Rain Dance*, you will also be helpful. I just need to do some preliminary work."
He floated high up, somewhat nearing Suwako. He focused inwardly, calling on the Meadow Plate to change his elemental alignment. The other gods would notice that his gold wheel and several parts of his body had turned bright green
◊. They might also sense that he had changed from a generic beast god into a god of plants.
He looked at Suwako's work, measuring the pace of the spreading greenery and choosing good locations. Then he started spitting seeds at blazing speeds into the soil below, spreading them all across the land, leaving dust clouds at their landing spots. As Suwako's slow spread of vegetation went by, Arceus's own plants began to sprout. The Earth Goddess would probably instinctively know what the plants would be like when they were fully grown, even though she was unlikely to have seen their ilk before; there were a little over 60 different varieties, but each one would grow into a weird tree-shaped bush, and each one would have fruit on them.
edited 2nd Feb '13 2:49:29 PM by Anura
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Suwako blinked. Indeed, it was easy for her to recognize the flora that had been planted, though she didn't recognize them. And, of course, she didn't mind. The more greenery, the more quickly they could get to spreading more kinds of life!
... Of course, without going through considerable leaps, Suwako couldn't make non-plant life herself. She needed a bit of help in that area, though she knew quite well what kind of race she wanted to be her followers. At least, the civilization she specifically cared for. She wanted humans. Possibly yokai as well, but she would start with humans. Humans were fun to fight!
As Suwako contemplated her future actions, the spread of greenery reached the very edges of the massive frog-continent.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
As the continent was finishing up, Arceus changed his plate again, turning dark blue
◊ as his nature changed to Water according to the Splash Plate.
"Come along, children. It's time to start the weather. he called down to Mew and the Ditto. "Ah, sorry. We'll have to play later!" Mew said to Mewtwo before flying up into the air, joining the Ditto who had gone ahead.
As the four other Pokémon took position around Arceus, he began some basic rhythmic movements that could certainly be considered dancing. Mew was much better at it, spinning and twirling, twitching it's tail. The Ditto followed Mew's lead as best they could.
And the water in the oceans began responding. Small droplets of water rose into the air despite the lack of heat, forming the first white clouds drifting below Madoka's celestial pink ones. As they grew bigger, they also grew darker, and began to drift over the continent. Finally, one got too big to hold itself together anymore, and began releasing the first drops of rain on the new world.
After a few minutes the entire continent was covered in a torrential downpour, most likely soaking all present to the bone.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
Mewtwo watched as the others started to dance around and cause rain to fall from the sky. Arceus wanted him to help. So Mewtwo reached inside of him and pulled out the knowledge of Rain Dance. This could be a fight, who could contribute the most. So Mewtwo joined in with the others though he stood apart and added all of his might into the rainfall.
Armok mentally shrugged as he watched them cause water to exist. The theatrics were nice enough but Armok would have just cause water to exist. But there is no accounting for taste.
huzzaaaaaaaah
For the past few minutes, Father had been trying to do something to the ground. He'd snap his fingers, a bit of red sparks would come out of it... and nothing. He had been repeating the moves for quite a while, too. "I can't seem to focus on creating life." He said, snapping his fingers once more, and furrowing his brow at another failed result. "For some reason, it does not come to me as naturally as I thought it would. Shinki?" He glanced at the other deity. "Do you have any sort of... tip? Something that can assist me?"
"Hmmm..." Shinki stroked her chin, not entirely sure how to answer Father's question. "I've never really thought about it, honestly... I just... Will for something to be, and then it is. Maybe it's easier for me because I'm a woman, eheh~"
"Mother, perhaps another demonstration is in order," the blonde maid demon uttered. She didn't seem entirely interested in what the other deities were doing, but if helping him meant that Father would leave mother alone then she was all for it.
"Excellent idea, um... Uh... Yumeko. That is your name now. Yu-me-ko." Once again clasping her hands together as though praying, the demon goddess shut her eyes and focused. "Let's see... I know, we need some kind of beast of burden for this new world. Those... Pocket sized monsters are cute and all, but we need something a bit more... Let's see, something that strides on all fours, and has horns... Hmmm, I suppose visualizing what I want is an important part of the creation process, although with life it's better if I don't get distracted..."
And with a flash... A round, green, horned beast about the size of a puppy appeared.
"...Aaand that's what I mean about getting distracted. Those... Pocket monsters... Yes, Pocket Monsters, that's what I'm calling them. They distracted me and all I could think about was making something small and cute." She lifted up the small creature, which let out a high pitched "Haaauuu~". "Oh well, at least it didn't turn out too bad, right? Heheh~"
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Suwako blinked as she heard the tapping of rainfall on her hat. The hat shut its eyes to keep out the rain, as the little goddess rapidly became aware of the torrential downpour around her. As opposed to being bothered by the fact that she was rapidly getting soaked, Suwako was in fact quite pleased. Rain was great for the planet!
First, she raised her foot, and the swiftly stomped the ground. Rapidly, cracks began to form across the continent. From space, the continent would look the same, but the cracks continued to spread. Every once in a while, a pit would open. For Suwako had begun to form the rivers and lakes on the continent.
As she watched them spread, her attentions quickly turned to making more varied plant life. At the moment, all that lived on the planet in regards to flora was a green, fuzzy sheen. It was very primative plant life, and the planet needed some more advanced forms...
"Let's start with... FERNS!"
Suwako pointed cheerfully as rain soaked her clothes and rolled down her body. A patch of green, feathery plants sprouted from the place she had indicated.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
"My turn...", Yami growled as he turned towards two of the remaining four shadows. A black mist flowed out of his hand, enveloping them. Inside it, the clanking of various metallic parts could be heard, then the ticking of clocks and finally the hooting of owls.
The mist quickly dispersed, revealing the twins Lechku and Nechku. Rising up into the air, the two of them began to summon a blizzard, quickly covering the top of the mountain in a thick coat of snow and ice.
A short time later, when the clocks on the bodies of both owls hit midnight, a bell could be heard as a wave of an icy blue colour passed through the universe.
Time had begun.
edited 7th Feb '13 8:23:18 AM by Savato
BWAH-HA-HA!
"Aren't those birds whimsical," Kefka said returning to the skies. The Archangel followed him, silent for the moment. It was time he added more to this world, before the other gods made it a complete paradise.
"Ah," he said, his mind having snagged an idea, "We have clouds, and an ocean......time for the better sort of weather, son!" Rushing fingers of lightning flew from the mad god's hands, striking out at the arch-angel. For a few moments it convulsed with pain, his glassy form ready to shatter with the awesome energies flowing within. Fortunately for the creation, killing wasn't Kefka's idea. The angel found himself attuning to the currents of lightning in mere seconds, the electricity becoming second nature to him.
"You, my.......Ramuh," he continued, "Have a gift for the storm. As archangel, it will be your duty to guide the heavens themselves into a force destruction! Now make your father proud!"
Another high, metallic screech flew through the skies, following Ramuh around the growing planet. A trail of lightning formed at his wake, branching though clouds like spiderwebs as the angel flew away. Hurricane winds cut down at the developing seas, dooming the lands to the future catastrophes of typhoon's an hurricanes. The planet, despite it's fairly recent creation, was massive still; this would occupy Ramuh for a good while. To Kefka, that was only time to think.
"What's next, hmmmm?"
To the law and for the good of man. All I need to live by.
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
"Krezznorg's gonna punch them if they get too destructive. He hopes you realize that. Krezznorg will also add animals!"
And with a flex of his muscles, Krezznorg reached into his bag and retrieved... llamas. Many, many llamas.
"These are so common where Krezznorg was born that a man once bought 64,000 without effecting local economic climate. ...Krezznorg considers bringing his kin into the world. The mighty orc, the agile minotaur, and the tricky fey."
...and that's terrible.
Madoka soon went to Shinki as she created the tiny adorable creatures. "Aaaaw, it's so cuuuuuuuute..." Madoka said. Soon, she had an idea... It was risky... It doomed her and thousands of other girls... But... She was in control now. Not him. And besides, there probably wouldn't be any chances that they would do their business. She then decided.
"I... I think I'm gonna create a cute creature of my own..." Madoka said as she placed her hands onto the grassy ground. As she took her hands away, a small white cat was revealed
◊. This cat was different, however, for its eyes were reddish-pink, had a red oval marking on its back, and had two sets of ears, normal cat ears, and long ears that came out of those ears. The long ears looked strange and almost alien, with two golden rings on the ears like they were the rings of Saturn, and three red dots on the edge of the ear.
Madoka might regret it later, but it seems that Kyubey has no idea what it is, as it just scurried off like a normal cat. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but Madoka felt like she will regret creating the Incubator race.
While the others went about their business Armok floated down to one of the mountain ranges. "I think its about time we have some basic sapients." A large globe of blood seperated from Armok which continued to seperate into smaller and smaller globes. When they numbered ten thousand the globes expanded into Dwarves. Armok reached out into the world so far and gathered intelligence. He brought back and clothed the Dwarves with llama, squirrel, and fern-thread clothing with Llamas for pets. Since no appropriate creature was yet in creation, Armok created a few breeds of Cats for pets and brought forth Plump Helmets (A mushroom that grows in caves and can be brewed into alcohol) and barrels upon barrels of Dwarven Wine made from them. As time started, the Dwarves immediately went to work carving their way into the mountain range now called Llama Hollows. The mighty 'The Dye of Mountains' civilization was born.
edited 8th Feb '13 7:29:30 AM by StephanReiken
"Kids?" Father said, smirking as he glanced over at Shinki. "I believe the concept of age doesn't work for us, isn't that right?"
He slowly lifted his left hand, pointing it towards the empty spaces between the continents, his fingers slightly shaking over the prospect of what was about to come. "Finally... my own personal toybox... a world for me to mold... for centuries, I have been itching to feel this..." He slowly snapped his fingers, and red sparks shot out from his finger, hitting the ground in an splendid show of light and sound. Gentle crackling noises could be heard as the blue light seemed to extend through the empty space, and soon...
Water, water began to appear out of thin air, slowly filling the vast holes between the continents Suwako was creating. Slowly, but surely, oceans began to form, and the other deities would finally see Father grin for the first time. "Yes..." He muttered, holding back the urge to laugh, at the fact that he had finally done it. Sure, creating that mini-sun was impressive, but this? This was true power. He could break the laws of reality. He was a God.
As the oceans of this new world continued to be created, the deep, complex alchemical reactions behind said creation running through Father's mind, his grin disappeared, once again replaced by his stern look. "That felt... wonderful. It was as if the universe bowed down to my will. As if not even the hardest rock out there could stop my power..." He glanced over at Shinki, smirking. "This is how you must feel when creating life, right? If so... I can't wait to create more life to populate this planet..."