towerofanimus | Dies Irae

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Dies Irae

Characters: Rei, Hojo, Jade!Eridan, and the rest of you
Setting: Floor 27, then the rest of the tower
Format: any
Summary: Rei has finally fully embraced her Angelic side. Details here.
Warnings: Body horror, possible graphic violence

Floor 27 (locked to Hojo)

There was no warning when Rei Ayanami's body changed. The girl didn't even have time to gasp before her mind and her body finally gave out before the overwhelming energy of her core.

Her body collapses into a white, constantly shifting mass. The only thing it has in common with her form seconds ago is its mouth filled with jagged teeth and the thousands of eyes that litter whatever shape it takes. Sometimes it has wings, other times arms and legs spouting at strange angles, and other times spines and tentacles. Once, the center of the mass even turns into Rei's normal eyes and face. No matter how it shifts, the glow of its core shines from within its body. It is too bright. It seems to be something that might explode any second.

Heeee~ey. Brothers? Where are you?

The gaping maw sings in a language unfamiliar to the ears, but all too comprehensible to the mind

Come back. Come stay with me. Let us all be one.

It reaches out, trying to find its brethren. At the same time, it is listening for anyone to possibly respond to its message.

Throughout the Tower

The thing that once was Rei creeps through the tower, sometimes walking on strange limbs, other times shuffling forward because it can't hold a form. Those in the area may feel the heat radiating from its body. Every few "steps," it stops, as if it has thought of something or entered a familiar place.

Those are the only moments that "Rei" can actually think. But what remains of the girl's mind has too many questions and too few answers. What is she now. Where is she. What is she doing. And even that moment is all too brief before the Angel's songs fill her mind again, leaving her with only on urge.

She has to take her brothers back. Back to the womb of their Mother. All of humanity must be one existence again. Even if she must destroy their bodies, she will take them back.

When she encounters a human, her body will shift and lash out. If they are unfortunate enough to get too close, she will devour them with her jaws or envelop them with the ever-changing mass of her body. But her core glows. It is like what remains of Rei is giving those who would resist a chance to stop her.

[OOC: Jade!Eridan will be the one to finally kill Rei]

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chaos had seen worse things, but the sight still made him pause for a moment. The room felt hot, but it didn't bother him, just like the cold didn't bother him. He sighed and gave the creature a sad smile.

"I am sorry..but Earth in my universe did not dissolve in ash. Perhaps I am wrong, but I do not think the Earth in your universe will either. While peace and happiness are a good goal for the universe, I do not think taking people before their time is a good idea. It leads to sorrow, to rejection. And I am sorry..but I must stop you from hurting others. Please, forgive what I am about to do, and calm yourself."

And with that, chaos will jump into the air, summon a ball of ice as big as a mountain boulder, and toss it at this thing before dropping back to the ground. Whether it actually hits the creature or not is another story.

Rei can only catch one or two words of what he said. Even then, her mind cannot string them together into coherent concepts. Thus, his words go unanswered.

But hr eyes do catch the ball of ice. A hundred or so arms rise out of the mass to catch the ice before it can impact with the main body.

Having not heard a reply, chaos repeated everything he had said using his mind. He didn't unleash Lemegeton-that would have been fatal for everyone here-but he did use his telepathy to repeat everything to this person.

He sighed when he saw that the ball of ice he had created had done nothing. There was one other thing he could try, but before he fell on that plan, he used his power, and moved his right hand in a circle before thrusting it in the middle of it. If all worked well, this person would suffer two or three large, firey explosions. If all worked well.

The ball of ice is thrown aside as she listens to him.

Before their time? But all time on this world is suffering. All time after having left Mother is suffering. As long as everyone realizes. As long as no one rejects. There will be no sorrow.

Three large explosions go off in the middle of the mass, dangerously close to the core. It creates smoking holes, but other parts of the mass just rush in and fill the holes. After a few seconds, it was like she had never suffered any damage.

Or are you rejecting salvation?

Ah, there was the reply. chaos listened to it, and then replied using his mind.

'Not all time spent living is suffering. There may have been some painful moments for you, but you probably met quite a few people that you liked and ate a few meals that you enjoyed. When people die naturally, or if there was some reason that their death was unavoidable, then it time for them to join together. The joining might be painful and awkward, but it is the natural way of things. Taking people that don't have to die yet though does not help people join together.'

chaos noticed the explosions, and how easily this person could shake them off. While this wasn't a Gnosis, what she was talking about seemed similar to what a Gnosis who wanted to join the Collective Unconscious but couldn't might say. Maybe.

'That depends upon what you mean by 'salvation'. And..I am going to touch you. It is only to help you and others, I promise you. Will you promise not to do anything to me while I approach you?'

While chaos could probably freeze her with his powers, he wanted to see if she wanted to calm down and dissipate peacefully.

At the mention of "people", what floods into his mind is not words, but images. A woman with short brown hair and a dark-haired man with sunken cheeks walk through the park, holding the hands of a blue haired girl. All three are smiling brightly. The same girl, older, pulls a dark haired boy who looks more than a little like her and a beautiful redhead girl into a big hug. There are a series of pictures of adults and teens and children, all of whom must hold some importance to the creature.

There are those who would call out to embraces a false and tragic world. I offer them not death, but truth and eternal life.

Her center changes and a head and even a torso forms around the mouth, showing a purely white form of Rei's normal body. She holds this form, wanting to how this boy would try to reject her.

When he uses up all his options, he would gladly return to her and Mother.

chaos took in those images, and, using his telepathy, managed to figure out where this person was in them. These were the people precious to her. He nodded to himself and replied.

'There are those who are in pain, suffering, fear, anger, and doubt. However, the world is not false. And eternal life is quite painful. Are you sure you want to hand them immortality so easily?'

chaos watched at the monster changed it's shape, and nodded again as he slowly approached the girl.

'Thank you. I am going to touch you. It should not hurt, but it you do anything to harm me or others, I shall have to retaliate. Please, don't make me do that. I don't wish to hurt you.'

chaos walked to the side of the mouth, being careful not to get eaten, and put his hands on her. Using his power, he attempted to calm her down, to make her fears, her doubts, her wounds and anger melt away..and to have her dissipate. If it worked, Rei would slowly glow yellow and vanish out of sight. If it didn't, chaos would have to teleport out of that mouth's reach, and fast.

Immortality in paradise knows no doubt. It knows no fear. It knows no anger. It knows no suffering.

Perhaps the most horrifying thing that chaos will discover is that as she says, Rei feels no fear, doubt, or anger. All she knows is serenity and the truth of her mission. There is almost nothing to purity, and thus, she will not disappear.

Now it is her turn to reach out and try to embrace him with her hands that would feel overly hot to any regular human.

I welcome the defeated, the victorious, the young, the old, the strong, the weak, those drowning in an ocean of pain and those who are utterly at peace. Surrender to me and let me relieve your burden of this body.

Ah. So, this was a being who was at peace and was trying to get others to be the same way by merging with her. However, that would probably only hurt them in the end. A false Collective Unconscious.

'Immortality in paradise, purgatory, earth, and hell is still a painful immortality. A temporary collective will only bring pain in the end.'

Since chaos was not a normal human, the warmth did not bother him, just as the cold did not. However, chaos sighed and smiled, putting his hands on hers.

'I would rather you did not take away my body. While I can survive without it, it makes it easier for me to interact with and help people. I love humanity. I would like to be with them in a way that they can sense. I am happy you welcome everyone, but taking away their bodies might not help them.'

If the girl tries anything, chaos will first freeze her hands in an attempt to get away. It won't last, as the ice will only hurt her for a moment, but it should be enough time to let him put some distance between them. Of course, that's all assuming she does try something.

She listens and stays still for a moment. Then, the rest of her body shifts, turning into a wave that seeks to envelop them both. Technically, he would still have his body. He would just be part of her body at the same time.

However, having her hands frozen does slow her wave down.

Well, this was unexpected. Unexpected, but chaos could deal with this. Using his power, chaos teleported outside of the wave. He was still in the room, but outside of the wave.

'I am sorry..but I did warn you that if you tried anything that I would have to defend myself. I do not enjoy this.'

And using his power again, chaos gained a pair of temporary wings and flew up before bringing his hands down, along with a rain of thick energy beams. He then flew back down the ground, and his wings vanished.

The wave completely swallows the humanoid form. All the eyes close as the energy impacts it, leaving even more holes that the intact parts rush to heal. The eyes open again and tentacles start reaching for chaso.

While that seemed to have inflicted some damage, it probably wouldn't help in the long run. chaos sighed as he saw the tentacles rush towards him.

'I am sorry about this, but I cannot let you hurt me or anyone else. This is for your own good, as well as for the rest of the residents.'

Gathering his power, chaos pushed and worked as hard as he could, and eventually got a thick wall of ice in between the girl and the rest of the room. chaos's hands glowed all through this, but they stopped when he was finished. He wasn't sure how long this ice wall would last, but it was all he could do. His attacks weren't working, and he was rather tired. He needed a nap. So, he turned his back on the ice wall and started to head for the staircase.

Rei's tentacles bash the wall of ice again and again. It takes her a long while until the ice cracks. It takes even longer for the ice to form a crack large enough for her to flow through it. By this time, chaos has probably gained considerable headway.

By this time, chaos has already managed to walk, run, and teleport several floors down. He wasn't sure what he should do now, if not even he could fight this thing..but since he was exhausted, he needed some rest. Rest, and then fight.

It takes along time, probably enough time for chaos to get well-rested, before Rei finds him again. After all, every floor had its own lifeforms for her to absorb.

Her body flows down from the staircase, entering into whatever floor chaos is on at the moment.

chaos had fallen asleep at one of the desks, recovering his strength and energy. While he would have liked to have slept more, he felt the girls presence again. Looking up, sure enough, she was there in the room with him. He got up from the desk and smiled sadly.

'Isn't there any way I can turn you back so that you look like a normal human girl? So that you do not kill anyone else?'

No. I have transcended the need for that form.

And then there was the fact that with an overloaded core, she couldn't go back to that form.

More tentacles are reaching out to grab him.

chaos moved his arm in a circular motion as before. If it worked, those tentacles would explode in fire.

'If you can transcend, then you can also descend. How do you descend?'

The tentacles indeed burn away and their remains retract back into the main body. Then, the white Rei torso rises from the mass again.

Having embraced my true form, why should I descend?

chaos smiled when he saw the girl pop out again.

'So that I can communicate a little easier with you, and so that your friends and allies can talk with you in a way that they can understand. They love you, you know. Wouldn't you like to talk with them again?'

She traces a finger from her mouth down to her chest.

They will be here inside me and with me. They will stand by me within Mother.

She needs no crude human speech. Not when she has the songs that she was born to sing.

And chaos's smiled quickly vanished when he heard that.

'I don't think they would enjoy being eaten. And they are not the same as you and I. They can't communicate like this. They will not be able to understand you. It would be best if you just descended from that form.'

They are my brethren. They will understand in time, if they do not at the beginning.

But as if to indulge him, she shakes her "head".

I consume their being to deliver them from their limited existence. Any pain then is only temporary.

'How do you know if they are your brethren? You could be mistaken and making a grave error because of that.'

chaos sighed, but was happy that she was shaking her head. That was a step in the right direction.

'Creating an alternative collective where souls gather is just going to bring them more harm. It would be best for everyone, including yourself, if you stopped.'

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