wonderful_logs | WEEK 4, DAY 7: MISSION

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WEEK 4, DAY 7: MISSION

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[Darkness. Silence. That's all that hangs over Tatsumi Port. The city is completely blacked out, all signals are dead. No phones work, there's nothing but static on televisions and radios across town.

The sky is overcast, and the people on the Realground have found themselves looking up towards the sky... perhaps the giant tower standing where Gekkoukan High School once was might be an indication of why. Oddly, none on the RG seem to actually see it - at least, none of them notice it, judging by what you might find if you scan.

Speaking of scanning... the area is shockingly noise free. There's no interference, just a calm, unflinching acceptance.

All of the walls are down. Reapers have no orders, players have no mission. It's obvious there's one thing left to do.]

[[OOC Note: There is a Mission Reward, but the mods couldn't bear to let go of their radio silence. Mouse-over the dashes!]]

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[Fluttershy's eyes go wide when she sees the figure heading toward the strange tower.

Fluttershy, that thing's headed toward the tower. It could be what's threatening this world.
U- um, but... That thing doesn't look nice at all. Someone else could save the world.
Fluttershy. Listen to me. Zecora's here and this world's in danger. Ryoji needs out help and this world's in danger.

Fluttercruel takes control.]

If we don't do this, no one else will. We have to. So let's move our little flanks and kick that thing's intestines out.

[Fluttershy's now convinced that they have to go in to save everyone else. With that, they head into the tower.]

[They shouldn't have much trouble inside the building. It's rather creepy, with the eerie green lighting and the red stains along the ground, as well as dizzying, as every corridor looks the same, leading the pony deeper into the maze. Thankfully, there are no shadows attacking, and with a little determination, they'll eventually find their way up to the top of the roof, where the monster is standing, grinning that same blank smile at them.

Funny how familiar that face looks, isn't it? That smile is far more cruel than it usually is, than it was when Ryoji took them to the cafe as a goodbye gift.]

[Actually, they had trouble going u the tower multiple times. But each time, Fluttercruel was there to coax Fluttershy to continue, as this was creepier than what Futtershy thought it would be. Fluttercruel isn't really bothered, though. She's dreamt worse things. Things that Fluttershy would say were the worst nightmares she ever had. But Fluttercruel? She oddly finds this atmosphere calming. If Cruelly had her choice, this would make a good home for her.

When The Flutters make it up to the top, they stare at the weird winged creature. It looks so familiar...

...Wait. Wait. Oh. Oh no. What!?]

Ryoji!?

[The figure looks down at them, apathetic. Its voice remains completely monotonous, holding no relief in seeing them again or any despair in knowing that they have to see their friend like this and die at his hand.]

I suppose I was called that at one point. I enjoyed the times when I was known as Ryoji.

Now, however, I am one with Nyx. I have no attachment to that name or that life any longer.

[Fluttercruel was hopeful and happy to see that Ryoji was alive. However, that hope and happiness turned into sorrowful disappointment when he said that he was Nyx. But Fluttercruel's dealt with this before. She fought her way out of Tartarus to stop Fluttershy from being Nightmare Whisper. Sure, she didn't save Fluttershy by herself, but nobody's with The Flutters right now, so they'll just have to make due with only two people talking the insanity out.

'Cruel smirks.]

Why the buck would you not want to have any more fun? We could go for some coffee tomorrow.

[There's not a lot of chance they're going to be able to talk the insanity out. Ryoji may not have been human, but Nyx is a ~~alien~~ goddess, and it's doubtful that a small piece of Nyx like Ryoji could have any effect on the greater being.

Even with the mention of fun and happiness, the creature shows no reaction.]

I have no need for amusement. What matters is my duty, what I was fated to do. There will be no tomorrow, as today I must end this world and fulfill what I have been summoned for.

[Fluttercruel wants to get through to Ryoji no matter what, whether it be through words or violence. She definitely won't give up so easily. She wants to say something, but Fluttershy takes control, a pleasent smile on her face. Fluttershy also wants Ryoji back, but she's also going to try and be as patient as possible. She speaks in a soothing, motherly tone.]

Um, sir, if you don't mind me asking, but why is it that you need to end the world?

[Violence may be the only option, but if there was any part of Ryoji left, he'd be grateful that his friends weren't giving up. He may have even smiled at Fluttershy's tone. He'd always wanted a mother ~~that wasn't taking control of him and making him destroy all humans~~.]

It is what the people of this world have wished for. I exist only to give them what they desire, and if they desire death, then I shall give them their eternal rest.

[Fluttershy frowns.]

Is that what you truly want? I know I have no right to stop you, but please her me out.

I wanted something similar to you in the past. I thought the world was cruel. Animals would viciously attack other animals in order to feed their children. Trees competed against one another, their roots gnarling and tangling up against one another. Back then, it was too cruel for me to handle. Something bad happened to me. I broke. If the world wasn't going to be kind, then I would make it kind. I became Nightmare Whisper.

I found an artifact to help me make the world kind. It gave me the power to take away everyone's pain. I just wanted so desperately for everything to stop being so cruel, so painful. I put up a fog that convinced everyone to transform themselves into baby foals and hand their pain, misery, illnesses, and negative thoughts all over to me. I gave them everything they desired.

But I later found out that was wrong. You can't just force everything they desire onto them. Without anything negative, we can never grow stronger. We'll never learn. Everything will be stagnant. Only when we live through the pain can things progress. I've lived through a lot of pain myself, and I've done things which I regret. Things that I can never make up for. But I move on and try to be a better pony because of those things.

[Fluttercruel takes control.]

Heh. This may seem cruel, but I completely agree with 'Shy. Back when I was born, I wanted nothing but to be cruel. I wanted to shove the weak, pathetic ponies down into the dirt just because it would be cruel. I wanted to tear the wings off of one of my friends just because one of their desires was to make it to a stunt flying team maned The Wonderbolts just to see her tears. And you know what? I bullied one of my friends. Twilight Sparkle. I dumped water on her head and played keep away with The Elements of Harmony when all she was trying to do was help the world be how it should be by turning Discord back into stone.

But... Fluttershy here helped me learn that that desire was wrong and I should work through it. I wanted nothing but to stop existing. Then Fluttershy turned into Nightmare Whisper and helped me realize that I was being an idiot. I had died. I went to Tartarus. I fought my way out of Tartarus just to make amends for what I thought I did to her. I needed to make up for it, and I wanted her back.

Heh... Flutterbutt already told you that she desired nothing but kindness. My friends and I convinced her that that was wrong and that others needed to work through all of their pains. What we're trying to get at is, uh... Say someone just wanted to do nothing but laze around and have everyone else do things for them. Would you give them that desire? I sure as buck wouldn't! I would knock them upside the head and tell them to go the buck outside and get a bucking job!

So is it really a good idea to give them death when they have so much potential to realize that thats not what they really want?

[The Nyx Avatar does at least listen. No one has attacked it, and thus there is no reason not to quietly hear the protests. It's a strange world that these ponies have come from, one that should have also been destroyed, but wasn't. It would almost make the goddess angry, if it wasn't incapable of emotion.]

You are correct. You have no right to stop what has already been set in motion. Regardless of what I truly desire, and what humans may be capable of if they did not so deeply wish for this, the fact remains that the Fall can not be prevented. I have no time to wait for them to realize anything, or for them to grow stronger.

I do wish you continued to be on my side, Nightmare Whisper. Together it would be much simpler to bring about what fate has demanded must happen.

Edited 2013-03-19 03:27 (UTC)

[Fluttercruel winces when she's called Nightmare Whisper. Even Fluttershy winces, though she does it mentally. That was a bad part of her past, and here she was getting praised for it.]

...I don't know what kind of bucked up mind you have, but we all determine our own fates. You think I'd let some bucking puppeteer force me into some script for a play? Buck no! I'm my own pony. Not a shadow, not a disease, not a split personality, and definitely not a machine to be controlled. It's the same bucking thing with all these humans here. They decide for themselves, just like all the ponies on my world do.

Besides, there's always time to make up for past mistakes. Always. If there wasn't, do you think Fluttershy would still be here today? She never gave up. She'd never even consider doing that, not in a million bucking years. And neither would I. Is that what you're doing? Giving up?

[Fluttercruel scoffs.]

Stop spewing dragon fewmets and grow a brain.

That is untrue. Time pulls each of us along by our strings, whether we acknowledge it or not. Perhaps I can not force you to assist me, and perhaps you and a few humans will retaliate, but that will not stop what is destined to occur.

[The Avatar pauses, almost pondering for a moment.]

The being I once was would have liked to make up for his mistakes. But he gave up, and gave in to the truth, as you all will eventually.

...Perhaps you will compensate for your errors, in the afterlife.

Blah, blah, blah, dragon fewmets. Like I said, grow a brain.

[Fluttercruel chuckles a little.]

You actually think the afterlife will contain me? Ha, no. Perhaps you didn't hear me last time: I fought my way out of Tartarus. Pony hell. And guess what I'm going to do if I die again? That's right, you guessed it! I'll fight my way back to life again, and I'll drag Fluttershy along with me. Oh, what's that? You'll just kill us again? So bucking what? I'll fight our way out again. And again. And again. And then I'll celebrate with a cup of coffee. With Ryoji. Because he's my friend. And my friends never give up.

Everyone will turn to death in the end. Even you, eventually, will be tired of fighting for your small part of this world, and you shall give it up to me. I have all of eternity to wait until then.

[Nyx leans down slightly, and when it speaks again, it sounds almost mournful.]

You do know that you will not see Ryoji until you pass on? He would be saddened to know that his friends would not accept their peace.

[Fluttershy decides to take control for the time being. All of eternity, huh? They can do a lot in eternity.]

Um, sir, if you don't mind me asking, but are you thirsty? I can make you some tea if you want.

[Fluttershy, are you seriously asking this thing out for tea?]

...I do not have no need for human sustenance, nor do I have the time to enjoy it, even if I did want it. I must bring about the Fall. Nothing else matters.

[Sorry, Fluttershy, the Avatar kind of has a one-track mind. Putting off the apocalypse for a tea party? Ridiculous.]

Oh, but you must be so thirsty! I can't just let you be like that. I'm your friend! It'll be my treat.

My desires are the desires of humans. They desire the end, and therefore, that is what I desire. It is all I desire.

[Tch... I thought we went over this already.

Fluttershy nervously shuffles her hoof.]

Um, surely you have other desires you, um, desire. Are you tired? Hungry? Bored? We can talk about this.

None of those petty wishes matter any more. There is no need for entertainment, or shelter, or even for this conversation.

Now, are you going to continue to fight against me, or will you bow to the inevitable?

They may be petty, but they're what make you you. Without them... without those wishes, you're nothing. And that's a horrible thing to be. You really shouldn't wish this on yourself.

I'm not fighting against you. I'm just hoping you'd be my friend.

If I bring about nothingness, then am I nothing as well? I do not wish for more or less than what I am. I simply exist, and I exist to fulfill a desire. There is no need for anything else.

[Fluttercruel takes control and chuckles cruelly.]

You really are an idiot. No one is nothing. Nothingness doesn't exist. I once thought I was nothing, but then I decided to not be an idiot. Even if there's nothing, you're something. I'll be something if there's nothing. Ryoji will be something if there's nothing. Everyone - humans, ponies, griffons, Draconequi, even nothing - is something. Because it exists. And why just exist when you can live? It's what I do. I go to parties, I help out Flutterbutt, I model for Rarity, I talk to interviewers... the list goes on.

[Fluttercruel flutters over to not!Ryoji and hangs a leg over it's shoulder.]

So what the buck do you want: nothing, or something?

[Fluttercruel, did you really just call an elder goddess an idiot? The Avatar just moves away from the touch, tilting its head to see her.]

If nothing exists, then there is no way to be something any longer. Perhaps you had a true and fulfilling life, but many others did not. Many others might as well have not even existed, and that is why I am here. It matters not what I want. Nothing is all that will be.

[Its wings flare out behind it for a moment, and it holds up its sword, now ready to attack. Nyx has wasted enough time speaking to the pony. Now it needs to focus on its duty.]

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