Multiverse: You are the Character

[Greycat]

Nothing... Nothing.... Nothing. Even shifting though all that rubble turned up nothing. Maybe he should just pick apart the either city; piece by piece; partly for a detailed search, partly in malice born of annoyance. Speaking of annoyances... Something was altering the flow of the chaos in the area, something aside from him, that is. He scowled and glanced over at it. He felt this power flow before, one thousand voices silenced only to be replaced with a thousand more singing in a different pitch and tone. It had to be Yellow interfering again.

And, still speaking of annoyances, Lucius. Lucius and his beams. Most of them were far off target, but a few came close. He used mist to diffract it a bit, so it swerved off course and hit the city, and others simple dissipated into the mist as they crossed through denser areas. But it was annoying. He waved, using the teleportation and space warping properties of his mists in conjunction to redirect the beams at the sender. Fortunately for Lucius, Luka decided to intervene. His barrier blocked the force of the redirected assault.

"Impudence. Both of you," Grey snarled. He raised a hand, and the mists swarmed over the shell that Luka erected. He clenched his fist, and the mists erupted into a tumultuous maelstrom of movement. In moments, the barrier not so much shattered as it flaked apart. Using the mists, and his own connection with the chaos infiltrated deep in Luka's own powers he didn't break the barrier so much as he unbalanced the laws that kept it formed and in one piece. So it wasn't dead. It was still effective, just in several pieces. "Tell me; what possessed you with the thought to get in my way?"

[Lucius Cypher]

Lucius was stable enough to be able to look at Grey without dashing into something. he stopped his lasers shortly after, but only because the sound they where making muffled the words Grey was speaking. "Your way? As far as I can tell, what you where doing was tearing this city apart. I thought I was helping." Lucius was being sarcastic at that last sentence, but soon took to a more serious tone. "Though seeing how powerful you are, I must ask myself; what am I fighting for again? I am well aware of what movie I'm in, but why is it again that I'm even helping these humans, when it would appear that one such as yourself are not? Because, surely, there must be something so important that you would cause such destruction. Something more important then the well-being of these people I am to think we are fighting to defend. Tell me something, two things, actually, to the two questions I am about to ask; what is it that you are so busy in looking for that you would do something completely unrelated, and actually conflicting, to what the rest of us are doing? And why should I not do the same?" Lucius was starting to wonder why he was even fighting for these humans. Sure, in Lord of the Rings, fighting alongside the humans and their allies was something most heroes done, but with the appearance of such characters like Lucius, Grey, Tsunade, and many others, Lucius began to wonder whether or not his actions would actually do any impact on what was suppose to occur. Was this city still going to be lost, even without his involvement? Was there something more important to look for then the safety of these fictional and possibly imaginary characters? Lucius figured that he could ask Grey, seeing that he's the cat-creature who's warping reality. If Lucius's service within the Pantheon was anything to go by, he always deferred to those with greater power; they typically had a better sense of what was going on, or at the very least, their involvement with it.

[RedxXxDawn]

Tsunade looked quizzically at the bouncing, unstable Lucius. At first she began to think the iron skeleton of a man (or giant, rather) had simply lost his mind, but when he started firing lasers in every direction she realized he was out of control. Literally. Something, somewhere, or someone, rather, was playing with him. She immediately smelled Greycat but did not jump to any conclusions. Not until Lucius started yelling at him, at least.

"Hey Grey!" she called, hopping down to where they were. She landed near them, and put one hand on her hip. "Whatever you were doing to that iron bonecage, cut it out and leave him alone." That reminded her of the incident with the golems before at the Southern Gate. That and the walking monstrosities he summoned here. He would question him about those later, but for now she had a dispute to break up. Then she turned to the steel skeleton. "He's helping me look for the crucible piece, which is what we need to find. But it doesn't seem to be anywhere here," she shrugged.

Tsunade looked in the direction where the main castle entrance doors were, and saw much less foes there than she had expected. Come to think of it, the soldiers probably did not even need any more of their help at this point. There were no more of those giant trolls anywhere from where she could see, no more catapults or siege weaponry of any sort were left on the orc's side. The lack of force from the enemies' side raised hope and morale for the Gondorian soldiers, which gave them the strength they needed to fight on. Best of all, the orcs were the ones outnumbered now.

Then Tsunade turned back to her friends. "Maybe it's at the next big battle," she suggested. "Like maybe the Black Gate before Sauron's Castle, or Mount Doom. Though we can't all go to the mountain or Frodo will be caught. We might be able to send one or two of us there if we want to cover more ground, but no more than that." She paused and turned her attention toward an orc that came around the wall near them and tried to attack her group that was there. She would have thrown a needle at his head, and it would have impaled his little brain, but then three gondorian soldiers ambushed the orc and took it down. "But looking around here," Tsunade said to Greycat and Lucius, "I think they have things pretty much under control by now. They don't need us."

Then the hokage looked down to Amaterasu and watched her skirmish with the witch king. "But what about our friend over there? You boys think she'll be alright against him?" she asked. "It's only a matter of time before that form wears away and she's back to being an inkless pooch again, so if she's going to end this she should do it quick."

******

The Witch King did not expect his own attack to be reflected back at him. Not that they would deal any damage. Those flames were of his own powers, containing a bit of his own essence. The essence recognized itself before meeting its new target, and simply returned to its master. The flames did not explode when they hit, they were simply absorbed into his being. Simple as drop of water falling into a puddle.

But the power slash, however, was more destructive. Metallic creaking could be heard from the Witch King's armor as it had been repeatedly slashed, a hundred times in a mere second. Furiously, the Witch King held both hands at the white wolf woman, fingers splayed out. Powerful jolts of dark energy were shot from both hands. Its form and shape looked like something between fire and bolts of lightning, possibly both intertwining with one another. Only all of it was black. And of pure, bitter darkness. He very rarely used this spell. It was only meant for those who truly deserved it. Those who would defy him.

[Fenix250]

(Why can't I go to sleep? T_T)
I was struggling with the barrier before Grey called me... a fool? A lot of his mist flowed toward Lucius and easily broke the barrier I put up... No, that's not right; he poked holes in it! I wasn't sure what to do at all before I felt everything ease back into peace... well, in terms of my magic anyways, "He stopped firing?"

I eased back on my magic slowly, but it turns out Lucius did in fact stopped firing, so I yanked my staff out of the ground. The barrier was, for what it was worth, still there just in case it was needed still, "...Grey, why did you lift Lucius off the ground?"
Dawn proceeded to tell Grey to leave our poor skeletal friend alone and mentioned Ammy. True, but Yellow most likely has everything under control. I looked at the city and sighed, "This must be why we can't have nice things..."

[Greycat]

"At least someone is objective That, my dear Lucius, is the question we all must ask. Do we care? Should we care? What about this world makes it worthwhile? It's a construct based on a memory of a film based on a screenplay devised from a novel written from the imagination of one man drawing from several myths and legends. How real are these people? Who's to say this world will exist when we leave? Who is to say it's not just here to serve our purpose?" He grinned, drifting lightly in the air. He kept his little contemplation at a low volume level, so only Lucius, the closest to him at the moment, could hear. "Tsundere and the other assume the orcs are in the wrong, and that they must die. But is such an assumption right? This entire scenario, this reality, this universe... Is it subjective to our wills or objective? Do we lead it, or is it the other way around. Or neither?"

He chuckled, one worthy of an evil mastermind, as Tsunade leapt down beside him. "See, it's assumed that I'm the bad guy, yet not so bad. A conclusion objective to actions. I see a half destroyed city, a haven of chaos still lacking in the object of my desire, she sees a situation under control." He laughed again, and lay back, as if he were floating on a pool. He drifted slowly past Lucius. His grin widened when Luka spoke up. Drifting between Lucius' skeletal form, and Luka's angelic, a lovely dichotomy there, and mused out loud in a lazy teasing tone.

"Do you remember the first time you complained about this situation? Back on that navy ship? You remember my comment then? And my advice? I do things as they further my goals. I disregard all that is inconsequential to them, and change others to fit. Think hard now. I gave you the name of the Other's highest, and I told you who you petitioned when you petitioned me. I remember a lot more now, but it's more fun to let you try figure it out. The name of highest Avatar, then name of the granter... my name?"

[Fenix250]

"Do you remember the first time you complained about this situation? Back on that navy ship? You remember my comment then? And my advice?

Spoiler

"Get a grip Luka! Look at yourself! You're using magic! Could you do that before? The net is the place were we get away from school, work and life. Were reality is as we make it! Magic doesn't work in reality! People don't pull off these crazy awesome moves without rigs and stunt doubles. You are what you make yourself here. Besides, at least your not getting in trouble for your serial murders. I'm only painfully maiming and crippling people, for the most part.
Hey Luka, we should do this more often. And talk to Tsundere about that character change."
"I happen to like this day. And try petitioning Xaos, the chaos gods. They may have more luck messing with reality.

I do things as they further my goals. I disregard all that is inconsequential to them, and change others to fit. Think hard now. I gave you the name of the Other's highest, and I told you who you petitioned when you petitioned me. I remember a lot more now, but it's more fun to let you try figure it out. The name of highest Avatar, then name of the granter... my name?"

Spoiler

"And try petitioning Xaos, the chaos gods. They may have more luck messing with reality."
"By the way Lukas, since I am the avatar of chaos in this realm, asking me for help is the same of petitioning Xaos himself. Just thought you'd like to know. When do you plan on making your first down payment on the whole soul trade agreement?"

...Yes, I remember... I think, "...Xaos, the Chaos God(s). But... what does he have to do with this? You're tearing this place apart, aren't you? And when Lucius... pretty much decided to help you with that, you, at least from my perspective, lash out at him with your mists... Why?"
My left hand was trembling. Was I... scared? Am I afraid of his answer? He seems... different. There was something in his voice, something that worried me. Was he after the rock we need to find in this world? But why? That would imply that he wants to go home, but he clearly loves his powers, so why would he want to go home? What am I missing? What am I not seeing that makes perfect sense in Grey's perspective?

[Yellow 13]

Yellow knew she couldn't evade the attack and used her Veil of mist just before the attack hit her and with the slowed down time, she evaded it. Dodging the attack easily, she drew another power slash and while he was distracted, she shot a wave of fire at him. Unlike the normal red fire that she used, this fire was a deep, deep blue and extreamly hot, even for blue flames. She got ready to fire more attacks at him. "So, no man can kill you huh? Well what about a goddess?" She asked as the Veil of Mist wore off, all the while she braced for the attacks that the witch king would likely be sending out. To keep him thinking, she swung at him again with a divine sword.

[Lucius Cypher]

Lucius just looked at Greycat. He didn't exactly give an answer Lucius wanted. "I don't care about the semantics, or you backstory, Grimalkin. I asked you what you are doing, and if I should do the same. Don't avoid the questions by applying others purview of their conundrums of philosophy. I just need to know if I should follow your lead." Lucius crossed his top two arms as he observed the cat floating in the air between him and the other one, one that Lucius wasn't familiar with.

[RedxXxDawn]

Tsunade just looked at the avatars. Lucius was getting straight to his point right away while Greycat was once again beating around the bush with whatever demented thoughts he had, or maybe he was just messing with them. Tsunade guessed the latter. Luka seemed to be a bit worried, and she did not blame him. And Amaterasu was battling it out against a powerful wraith lord, witch, specter, demon... thing.

With no one to interact with and nothing better to do, Tsunade decided to take the time to heal whatever injuries she had. They were only minor cuts, however. Barely even worth healing. But it was something to do, at least. Then she looked down at the Witch King wondering how Ammy was doing. She debated in throwing kunai or senbon needles at him. It would be mostly for kicks, but it would harm him unless they clanged against his armor. Hmmm, she thought, examining her fingernails. Should I or shouldn't I?

******

The Witch King could not believe she managed to dodge that attack. He barely saw her move. And then there was that power slash he raised his arms to block just in time. Like the last, it was like a hundred slashes at once. The metal plates in his arms were battered and badly dented, but they did block all of them.

But the blue blaze of glory that the divine goddess drew burned the Witch King badly. It seemed to come out of nowhere. He could feel the hot burn under his armor plates, which the metal absorbed. Although it did singe some other parts of his flesh, like some joints that the armor could not protect against. He screamed again, the foul screech of a ring wraith.

Not answering Amaterasu, he intercepted her blade with his own, which came aflame again. From his body, while he was close enough to his foe, a shockwave had been emitted. It was in the form of a giant blackish blue orb that spread out from his being and instantly expanded to about three times its size, pulsating, throbbing like a still-beating heart as it did, then faded away after a second. If the shadow ball did not consume Amaterasu and contaminate her with fell arts, or even curse her out of her brush powers, the Witch King would launch another bolt of dark energy at her.

[Greycat]

Grey gave Lucius a pitying smile, one that was not very compassionate. Looks like he would have to be rather direct when it came to this one. The contemplative method was apparently far too high over his head for him to understand. He sighed and spoke again. "I will try simplify this for you, so try to keep up. The questions are the answer. Just as how the answers are the question. You can't look at things as black and white. Everything has inherent change. Everything is in flux. They are few things set in stone. In everything, there resides a shade grey... a degree of chaos." He grinned, the mists flaring a bit. "Instead of asking me for the answer to your question, or the question for your answer, you should ask yourself. Every action has a cause, a reason. Even if that reason is 'just because.' I destroy because I search, I search because I desire, and I desire because I am, and frankly I don't care. So, why would you?"

He turned his attention to Luka, leaving Lucius to mull over "I search for my goal. As a side effect of that, things just, happen to be destroyed. When things get destroyed, chaos increases, and when that happens, I am pleased, so I keep doing it. It's excellent that you have such good memory, Luka. It saves me having to recap. Now, a quote from Red;

"It is not power that corrupts, but corruption that empowers"

"So, keep those thoughts in mind as I pose two questions to you; If the crucible is a conjured reality of chaos in this multiverse, crystallized chaos if you will, and Grey," he referred to himself in third person without skipping a beat, "is natural agent of chaos, do the two abstracts desire each other? Is one drawn to the other? Is one... empowered by the other?"

He grinned like the Cheshire cat and steeples his fingers in a classic villain style, the mists condensing into a pseudo chair and desk. "Now, still thinking about that memory, your second question; If Grey is the anthromorph of change and chaos in this realm; the living breathing Avatar, the highest chaos being in this reality, and Xaos is the highest form of self aware chaos, other than The Other itself, does that make them one and the same? Two sides of the same coin? Two ends of the same stick? One with many faces? Think hard now. Who, does, that, make..." his grin widened even more, "me?"