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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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.'

All humans come from one mother. I was born from the same mother. We are one and the same.

As part Angel and part human, Rei was Lilth's child twice-over.

I am no alternative. Mother is the collective. The one true collective. Humans might call it several different names.

'In your universe, that may have been the case. However, there are many people here from different universes, and they do not abide by the same laws and histories that you do.

In your universe, your mother may be the true collective, but thanks to the many people from other worlds and universes that are here, that probably isn't true for them. If you must do this, then wait until you can go back to your own universe. Do it there.'

Where are their true collectives?

She already has a good idea about what she'll do. If she merges with the other collectives, she'll become the single true collective.

'In their own universes. They aren't here. What you're planning won't work.'

Especially in chaos's universe.

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In response, he is flooded with images again, this time of all who Rei has met in the tower. All of them laughing and holding hands.

If I am not the collective, I will become the collective.

chaos took in those images and sighed. So, these were the people who she wanted to live in peace in her artificial collective. It was a nice dream..but one that wouldn't work.

'Why do you want to become the collective? You can laugh and play with your friends even if you are not. All you have to do is discard the form you currently hold and go back to your old one.'

Because that happiness will be brief.

Just like how coming to this Tower had cut short her time with her friends still at home.

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