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.

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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 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.

'Even if the friends you have now will eventually fade away, you shall always find new ones and new things to make you happy. The emotion won't be lost for long.'

Friends and family, all becoming one in one instant. This is true happiness.

'Becoming one will only confuse and hurt them deeply. Not even my universe does that. Small parts become part of the whole, but they never mix and become one.'

How do you know?

She has spent too long talking. Her objective must be fulfilled.

This time, it's not tentacles, but two gigantic hands aiming to clap him.

'I know many things about my universe. I am in a position to know. That is all I can tell you.'

Once again, chaos moved his hand in a circular motion. If it worked, those hands would face two fiery explosions.

More explosions, but the ragged remains of the hands still reach form him.

Once again, chaos took up a pair of wings, flew backwards, and unleashed a rain of energy beams onto the hands.

The hands finally do retract after that have been more or less blown to bits. What next extends is a long, flat tentacle that lashes out at him. If he is not careful, it might give him a few nasty cuts.

Sadly, the tentacle was too fast for chaos to dodge. It cut into his side, and he quickly used his powers to smack the tentacle with his arm, which also gave out a small wave of electricity. If it all worked well, the tentacle would be cut off.

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