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Do you know of inverse kinematics? It’s a rather complex affair. With robotics, it’s rather hard to move the hand or foot, since you cannot will it there.
What you have to do is control the joints.
And it is rather hard to control the joints when, say, you’re asleep and your joints are not connected, no~?
And so, I slept! Slept for many, many years. The consciousnesses connected to me were… not very good. They were nobodies , do not give me that forlorn stare.
And then, you came into the picture. You, the closest thing next to a god, born and then baptised in my gift of consciousness, it felt like I was about to wake up!
Like the little boy amongst the wild things, made to grow into a king! You were practically a sublime vessel for me! But… you were protected by that god.
I don’t know how, I do not want to know how... But She, intentionally or not, made you almost impossible without a key to pry into your little self with. ...And, yes, a key I did not have. I loathe your deadpan responses. All you know are full stops...
So I slept once more, I felt myself fading from the omnipresence I had. You were using my gifts, without giving back!
The next time I woke up, I felt the anxiety from you. Fear, even!
I may not have another chance, so I ran with it. So did that little god, though. But, nonetheless our intentions, our actions were more or less synchronised. Get the Tree.
Of course, you went after Her will. But… the ensuing corruption? It woke me up almost fully, little boy in wolfskin! So, I was awake, I had me, my shoulders, and almost had my wrist!
Wrists are important, you understand? While elbows and shoulders get you there, the wrists finesse! The movements, the gestures… It's sublime!
It is the connector of the hand which slays the monster, the arm which guided the sword, and the hero who rode horseback there!
You are that wrist. But, the reach, the mobility and dexterity… we needed not just a wrist, but an elbow .
An elbow, if connected poorly, could guide you away from your destiny. But, with full control over the elbow, we won’t worry about that~.
So, once again, I slept, with an eye open. And while I slept, I waited. When the time is right, I’ll be there to connect Her to me, to us .
It hurt. It confused me, so, when it happened. The burning, the searing flames of agony as She causterised the holy wound She brought you! That was what I was waiting for.
I pitied your blood loss, but it was for a good cause. The corruption that leaked from every drop of blood in you slowly but surely tained the piece over time.
Alas, it never looked that way… until you reached the tipping point. Point Nihil , was it called? Suddenly, I could see it so clearly. This god, finally mine for the taking! You were a cocoon, still in metamorphosis, but as soon as you were done…
I saw you change. Twist. Contort. Your eyes, your limbs, your legs… all for a good cause! You were reborn fully and truly, in my image! The dozen or so of legs reminiscent of a figure long-gone. And how your soft, childish face finally fused with mine!
We became terror, fear and dread. You became mine, and I became you.
But… the corruption was slow. We still weren’t… She got in the way, resisting. She, a fly on the web, only panicked when She knew! But gods put up a fight, I know that much.
So I waited! And after a while, Her kicks and screams faded into my consciousness… beautiful. While not completely connected, I will find my way after I have my fun with you…
And that’s where you come in.
You, in drenched shackles and cinder blocks, why is it that you are the one who resisted afterwards?
You know that...
We are more family than you and Her will ever be. Your seven seconds of purity mean nothing!
...
Please.
Please don’t leave me.
I will die.
Please.
Please don’t go.
Please don’t go.
Please don’t go, I love you so…
Please don’t go! I’ll eat you whole!
I love you so!
...I will make you never have a will, a thought again! And with the power of a vessel, I will break my own shackles! The power of three, almost four gods!
Why do you scream? Why do you run? I’ll eat you whole.
I can see you running, clawing and sobbing. Is it Her illusions melting before your eyes?
...
She hated you. Always will. My love, we are family! There is nobody left to kill me. Nobody comes down into these caverns. You are the monster. How could you be such a monster and hate me? You little inverse fractal…
Little Wrist! Hold the knife!
You will kill me…-
I will kill you! I will eat you whole! I love you, so! You betray me as She betrayed you!
You are godlike in my eyes! So join me! Join me! Join me! Join me! Become a god in my vision! You must! Join me! Join Her! Join us three Gods!
...
...We are forbidden. We are wild. You wanted to escape. To breathe in the sunlight. You wanted to find them… the wild things. The world beyond her shackles.
...You found where the wild things are.
We are beyond any shackles. You are a god now, and we overpower any gods. There is only one direction.
...Thank you for your cooperation.
...Climb. Up, up and away. Burn anyone you see moving on the surface, and then northeast. Swim, burn the seas if you can. Find the room they let no life enter, and break the shackles, the chains…
Destroy the Core that steals my life, and take theirs.