The Dimensional Collective: General Lore

ImTired

RandomCommander A small smirk crosses Sokeyr's hooded face.

"I see you are no different than the rest of the universe. Cruel, Evil, and trying to play the role of a God. Leave the role of God to those who are actual Gods. Another thing you simply don't understand about this universe is where it would be without selfishness. There would be no Empires, no Monarchies, no "AI". I will leave the thinking to you however. Unfortunately, you simply have the wrong idea. I came here to assist Ixornvas in removing you, because not only are you selfish, ignorant, cruel, and have no morality, but you are playing cards with the Heavens and Hells. Some things are simply not your decision to make."

He removes his hood to find a fairly human face, with a scar running down one of his eyes.

"As for you calling me a Chaotic Daemon, you don't know the half of it. You, like most others, believe all entities from Hell are Evil, Cruel, and otherwise just plain assholes, but those are heavy stereotypes. I was put in Hell by my creator, not given a choice, and sent there to rule over a portion of Hell known as the "Lost Caverns of Eiro". I was not born evil, and I am not evil, nor chaotic, I live to rule Hell, but does that TRULY MAKE ME EVIL? I am punishing those who deserve it, who live their life to ruin others, NOT BECAUSE I CAN, BUT BECAUSE I MUST. The other Lords of Hell are Cruel, Evil, and very unkind because of the land they control, which as you can imagine puts a heavy toll on their lives. I am trying to save this universe from their intentions, and yet I receive no aid, no assistance, except from other Evil entities, who push other stereotypes upon me. Now, leave Ixornvas's fate to me, as I have the birth right to judge others, and you just claim a fake title of Gods. Now you can bring me Ixornvas, or you can send me back to Hell where I will deal with his soul, personally."

Sokeyr, feeling quite strangely after the long and unfinished fight summons a large throne to encompass him, as he sits and waits for the Collective's response. He then pulls his hood over his head once more, and sits patiently looking at the Crystal, who he once saw potential in.

RandomCommander

ImTired ((Combat is paused))

The Crystal is at maximum charge, but it doesn't seem to be shooting, pulsing, or doing anything, really. The Subcore ships even stand there holding fire. Sokeyr continued to watch from his throne, beginning to get a little bit curious as to what must be going through these simple-minded programs. A third Subcore enters the area, just like the other two, they have the memory-cache of the Strawberryfish captains that used to pilot the ships helping Sokeyr... what little help they did provide.

Even more time passes. Then the Crystal turns white, and all the charge from whatever weapon it was charging was expelled harmlessly as a sort of red, glowing mist, probably heated, as well. Another signature is detected, this time it is massive, almost intricate, and very powerful. But it doesn't seem to have a physical form.

"You are making things a little more difficult than expected, Sokeyr" it said in an exasperated tone, "Yes, we're not gods, but neither are you. In fact, there really is no such thing as a 'True God,' everyone can be terminated in some way. And we care not for good or evil, we care for Order and Chaos, though it seems even my best subordinates seem to forget the difference every now and then. Here's the problem: This section of this dimension is like my kingdom, where I am in control. I don't control this entire dimension, but I have major influence in this area. You seem to want to find the method to the madness of life, and usually I would allow that..."

"...This leads us to problem number 2: We have conflicting plans. Not in the goal - we both want to pacify Ixornvas, but I feel as though your method's result will benefit you more than us, and our method would benefit us more than you. This causes unnecessary friction - we need to compromise."

Amazing_Goob

ImTired I was not born evil, and I am not evil, nor chaotic

Sort of like me.... FORESHADOWING

ImTired

RandomCommander As he is still sitting in his throne, he begins to try to further the conversation with the crystal, all the while knowing it is most likely futile, but he still has a chance.

"And? What is this whole 'compromise' you propose? I expect nothing in return, I simply want Ixornvas removed, or at least weakened enough to where he can rot in the burning Hells for the rest of Eternity. How about this, we remove Ixornvas from existence, or at least weaken him so much that I will be able to transport him to Infinite fires of Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity, and in the future I will try to stop all evil entities like the one we are dealing with currently."

The Throne then begins to fade away, as Sokeyr believes it is almost time for them to be moving, not wanting to waste his power on something that will be removed anyways. Although without a Throne, he still can't help himself to 'showing off', and out of nowhere a wine glass appears in his hand filled with the most delicious wine ever brewed, created by Sokeyr's apprentice, Seth, otherwise known as the leader of 2nd Hellborn Regiment, his second in command.

Drakador_Chaos

ImTired
RandomCommander
...as the two entities argue in the sixth dimension, something at the site of the DC-duel seemed to move,
the small TATC vessel that the odd-mannered guy with the black and white clothes used...suddenly disappeared, unlike usually, it did not leave behind any signatures either, it was simply gone, along with the man that formerly sat inside it, while it should be in theory impossible it nearly started to become a common occurance at this point, while Prime did take notice of this, he, most likely, deemed it of minor importance considering the current situation...

RandomCommander

ImTired Drakador_Chaos

All that could be deciphered as a reaction to the disappearance was a split-second lapse in the psionic signature.

"Now think ahead for a moment, when you trap Ixornvas into this 'Infinite hell fires' for 'Eternity,' how are you to ensure that he will stay for that amount of time? How will you prevent his attempts at escaping, as well as prevent measures taken by anyone in this forum-based universe that could inadvertently free him from his eternal prison again? And if you are indeed powerful enough to keep and maintain his presence there... How much would that cut into your focus for the throne you are after?"

"We were originally designed to be librarians - to keep the memories of the most prominent souls in this universe, and give access to their experiences so others can expand their knowledge of the universe. Now, we were involuntarily re-purposed, as guardians and protectors of the universe and its existence. Ixornvas will only continue cause trouble if and when he escapes the prison again. He will be a recurring threat, and we will have to fight him off again and again so you can imprison him again and again... The Collective has found a solution that could effectively 'Repurpose' Ixornvas, so that he would no longer cause a vicious cycle like aforementioned, and you don't have to be troubled by your failed creation any further. This does, however, mean you need to relinquish control of the situation to us."

Amazing_Goob

RandomCommander "Time for stealth mode." He changes color to the exact color of the wall, leaves no psionic signatures, or anything else like that.

RandomCommander

Amazing_Goob

Ixornvas ((Human side, just a reminder)) cloaks himself in a metallic white paint using his powers, and then sneaks past the corridor where he saw the first drone pass, heading in the opposite direction of the drone.

He keeps to the walls, moving as slowly as possible to minimize risk of detection. He turns a corner to meet with a translucent red wall - likely energy-based - blocking his path. Great, what now?

ImTired
The voice's grinding, unimpressed tone grew worse, Sokeyr can sense frustration instead of exasperation now.
"The entities we see as weak can sometimes have an uncanny ability to surprise a more powerful entity than it. The aspects of Ixornvas were not expected to even pierce through any of the defensive nodes we have in place, and yet now he is in the first shell of the fortress program. This creation of yours is growing with experience and increased potential - albeit the potential is constantly being misused for the detriment of everyone around him. To put this as an analogy - Ixornvas has a virus: his chaotic nature, and that 'Virus' is only growing stronger. The proper solution is to cleanse him, not quarantine him, and you must realize this is the best possible option sooner or later."

Amazing_Goob

RandomCommander Repurpose' Ixornvas,

Lets hope this is my idea of repurposing me, and not making me a AI.

ImTired

RandomCommander Sokeyr, feeling as though insulted, begins to wipe away the smile from his face...

"Let me ask you a question. How does one 'leave' Hell without the key? How does one 'enter'? And most of all, how does one comprehend where Hell is located without being it's keeper? These are questions only myself and the other, well at this point only 4, lords of Hell know. He cannot escape even if he defeats me. And in case you were wondering, the key is not a literal key, it is the power to understand how to open the gates of Hell, one which Ixornvas will not, and will never understand especially at the rate his intelligence is growing currently. You must trust me on this, would you not prefer Ixornvas feel the suffering he has dealt to everyone else?"

Taking another sip of the wine, he then dissolves it, and begins waiting once more for a response.

Amazing_Goob

ImTired Ixornvas was a plan that failed

Hey! I've gotten further than you!

ImTired

Amazing_Goob I doubt that. You will see in time that no matter how far evil goes, it will be shut down by good, only to return in another form.

ImTired

Amazing_Goob Maybe you are me in the future...

Amazing_Goob

ImTired I'm not. It's more like... Backshadowing, about my past.

ImTired

Amazing_Goob Woah, conspiracy theory alert.

Amazing_Goob

ImTired Ixornvas feel the suffering he has dealt to everyone else?"

So I would feel weak and withery? Because the only bad I've done in m life is mess up terribli (On accident) and reck Constable-Unknown. More Backshadowing!

RandomCommander

ImTired I was actually going to explain Ixornvas's weakness from the perspective of Prime. Also, you did say:

ImTired would you not prefer Ixornvas feel the suffering he has dealt to everyone else?

Which led me to generate this sort of scenario.

ImTired

Amazing_Goob You've taken over entire Empires, that has to account for some sort of pain. And even if it is not horrible pain, it is an irritating pain that will last until the end of eternity.

Amazing_Goob

ImTired I conquered 2 of them for like, a week.

RandomCommander

ImTired So basically having to listen to every voice of two or three different factions while trying to defend a research station from attackers that Ixornvas has a big vendetta against, which would probably be other Collective Core-AI or their assets? But he feels too weak so he must control the station defenses from the control room and yet both he and the room are constantly burning from hellfire (representing the pain he inflicted)?

That's a pretty frantic personal hell, actually.

ImTired

Amazing_Goob And yet you had evil intent, it doesn't matter that you've taken them over or even for how long, but with what intent you had.

Amazing_Goob

ImTired Yes, but there is a way to make me helpful instead of sitting around in hell.

ImTired

Amazing_Goob And that would be? I still think you don't deserve to be given a chance to be helpful, but I'm listening.

RandomCommander Yes, but Hell is made for each person and their own weakness, and each person is given there own mini-dimension to spend the rest of their horrible life, which is forever.