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Post by Doctor Kaijin Vex on Apr 6, 2019 2:28:30 GMT -5
The transformation was sudden and almost intrusive. It was almost as if time stopped before Kuueru's very eyes. Megami sat suspended, her hand in the middle of a wave that possibly would have sent about the teacup on its' way telepathically to retrieve more tea from the kettle. The scenery itself seemed suspended in time, as well. All the vibrant life, from the trees rustling as they were blown about in the wind, to the sounds of animals in the distance, to the trickling of water, all went silent right after Kouzi finished speaking her peace.
Then, from the corner of the room, a fissure began to widen in thin air, almost as if the air itself were cracking and bending, opening in squarelike-rifts to reveal a blackness beyond, a void through space itself.
And from the very void arrived Kouzi herself, her youthful appearance and rather innocent looking smile only adding the element of darkness in the room. Unlock Megami, Kouzi exuded a false sense of security, the type of freezing chill that runs up your spine to warn you of danger. The type of aura that set your hairs standing up, the type that raised goosebumps across the arms.
She was danger itself, but not the blatant kind. There were plenty of monsters in the underworld who exuded that type of intimidation factor. It was simple to look scary, and to exude such bestial ferocity that you frightened the ever living daylights out of your opponents. It took a different type of person to intimidate with a hug, kiss and a smile.
It took a different type of devil to be able to lull the angels into a false sense of security, before snuffing out their light.
"Hey, doll. Don't get like that! You let me out of the Demon Realm, and I'm happy for that! Trust me, I couldn't be more grateful. Oh, is that tea? I haven't had such in soooo long! Oh you must have tea with me." Kouzi prompted, moving Megami's suspended hand off to the side enough to create room for the witch to promptly sit on the goddess's lap. Megami's expression remained the same, of course, but it was the calculated nature of the woman's blatant disregard for the goddess that sent the message clear to Kuueru. Moving to pour herself tea, she sighed as she found the kettle frozen in time as well, an unintended effect of her own spell. She had only herself to blame for being too effective. Not that she truly regretted it.
"So, I guess no tea for now. No matter! Back to the matter at hand...you're no fool." Kouzi spoke, standing up, deciding it no longer fitting to sit on the lap of a Shinjin.
"Demi-Goddess or not, you were cast down in the Demon Realm to either languish or perish. Your fate wasn't considered. As long as you weren't a blight on daddy dearest's reputation. His wife didn't care, as long as you were out of the picture. Megami here, is your younger sister. The obligatory wrong set right. Your father was scandalous to go about fraternizing with young witches, and when one date night went a bit too far, and a child was born...he immediately wanted to flee back to the heavens. He abandoned you and your mother. Megami here, could never understand. You are merely a subject of curiosity. The mysterious illegitimate child, in which it was a taboo to speak about probably, in her divine palace. A sister she wasn't supposed to know about or acknowledge. This meeting? It's simply confirming your existence, and to discover what made you difference. If she truly believed all this drivel..."
Kouzi's hand drifted to caress Megami's face, brushing against her green hair.
"She would have attempted to contact you long ago. This is a Dreamscape Projection. A projection of heavenly bodies in one's dreams, a connection between mortals and gods in the mental plane. She couldn't visit you in person for one reason or another, so this was her method. She wants you to return with her to some place where you won't be welcome. Where other gods will shun you, perhaps even try and kill you...you aren't one of them." Kouzi chuckled.
"You and I aren't so different, you know? We both want something more, and hold an attachment to the mortal realm. The sanctuary of Hollow, a desire to improve, to learn the arcane. To dabble in the dark arts. You're doing yourself a disservice by fraternizing with the likes of those who never cared. You are power....power just waiting to be unlocked. I can sense it radiating off of you. I can help you realize it...if only you just accept yourself for who you are.
"You belong with me in the shadows. You have your own goals, and you deserve the power to realize it. Leave this fairy tail fantasy be, for it is nothing but false promises. Come with me, instead..."
"Dammit!" Kaijin exclaimed in alarm, his fingers flitting across the monitor as he tried frantically to regulate her condition. The nutrients in the tank and running through her veins were supposed to help prevent this! Was the Cyclone drug truly this powerful to have such a profound effect on even a demon.
There was little he could do but roll with the punches. He already injected her with Cylone, and the drug was running full steam through her system, and there was no such thing as extracting the fluid from her body. He thought he could stabilize her enough for her to conquer over whatever the drug was doing to her, but that proved to be his folly as well. Was his hypothesis wrong? Maybe he was too hasty in his decision. He should have ran tests on her first. He should have actually tested his belief that the anatomy of a demon was truly different from that of a true organic. There was so much he should have done, yet in his excitement to test Kuueru, in his excitement to repay her and confirm the success of one of his projects, he may have just condemned a friend to death.
Death in a medical pod, after having promised her survival. She trusted him. She trusted him to get her out of this alive. And with results. And the good doctor hadn't failed yet. Every project that he had ever worked on had gone just as he had mapped out. And when it came to Kuueru, he wouldn't let her death be the first of his failures.
"Veronica, the datapad. Now!" Kaijin ordered, his voice raising quickly, prompting his assistance/dear friend to rush towards a nearby table, practically tossing the datapad his way. Reaching out, Kaijin jammed the datapad into an open port, connecting it to the monitor. He looked to his side, to the monitor indicating her active heart rate
"She did did not flatline...that is good...good." Kaijin said, his fingers dancing across the screen of the datapad as he hooked up the various nodes attached throughout the body of Kuueru as she was suspended in the medical tank. He zeroed in on a series of larger nodes attached to her chest region. Choosing a select few, Kaijin waited for just the right moment before speaking.
"Release."
And with that, Kaijin activated the External Defibrillators, sending electric energy to depolarize the heart system, and to give a restart to the system, so that the heart could attempt to return to regular electrical activity, in an attempt to correct the arrhythmia that was taking place, and to keep oxygenated blood running through the system.
She wasn't going to die on his watch.
Word Count: 1,292 | Total Word Count: 11,887 | Queen Kuueru
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Post by Queen Kuueru on Apr 7, 2019 8:20:13 GMT -5
ICE COLD Megami was nothing more than a still life. A frame frozen in time with Kuueru sitting there in a blur of confusion. She looked around, clearly Kouzi was up to no good---and today, Kuueru was her target. In the corner a gateway to some abyss ripped its way into existence. The demon could only speculate about what the witch could want, or why she tried to pry her way between the relationship of a woman and her newfound sister. Kuueru didn't know enough about Kouzi to speculate even. Still, the witch was here, and stepping from this void. The demoness eyed the sorceress, grief clearly painted upon her expression. Still, the witch smiled as if a long time friend and made her way towards the pair of sisters. Goosebumps rose on the woman's skin; her entire body was on edge. Despite this, she tried to maintain an air of confidence around the girl she so graciously allowed to exit the Demon Realm. Kouzi was no fool though, after spending centuries there, she was more than ready to return to the 'normalcy' of the Mortal Realm. Then, she would proceed to cause issues and mischief using her insane magical abilities. While Kuueru hadn't heard of any of Kouzi's affairs making a big deal, toying inside the Demoness's head ticked her off. Kouzi quickly tried to coil the Queen around her finger. As the purple haired witch made her way to the table she quickly plopped upon the goddess's lap. Kuueru was silent, her brows knitting together as she still assessed the situation silently. Kouzi tried and failed to prepare herself some tea, but it appeared the restrictions of time caused the kettle to become static as well. The witch pried herself from Megami's lap and began her side of the speech. Though, dreams didn't make a lot of sense, this one was all over the place. Kuueru listened intently, her cold gaze focusing on the witch's false display of innocence. While Kouzi carried an air of innocence and childish mannerisms, she was a deceiving and crabby old lady. "Why does it matter to you? You come here spouting these words, but you've yet to explain what you get from all this." Kuueru spoke, watching as the witch toyed with her sister's viridian hair. Sure, this spiel was great and all, but there had to be a reason Kouzi wanted to pry the woman away from Other World. What was she? Some sort of puppet being played by these women? Kuueru shook her head, her gaze lifting and looking over to the green and flourishing home that Megami kept watch over. It was serene and beautiful, but truly not the demoness's type of space. Not that she was off floundering in the fires of hell either. Kouzi seemed to find this all a laughing matter. The idea of Kuueru returning to safety and divinity of Other World was amusing to Kouzi. She clearly stated that the demon would be outcast, shunned, and possibly even killed if she remained here as a false deity. Kuueru couldn't argue that fact either. If her own father chose to cast her out, who's to say another Shinjin leader wouldn't order her removal and subject her to an even crueler punishment. At least she knew this was indeed a dream and not some sick twisted reality. A Dreamscape Projection huh? It sounded wild, but she was a living walking demon, some things didn't need to make sense. "Though, your offer is enticing as well. I certainly don't need anything, I don't need to be with anyone. That plan of yours is an amusing one. I've been fine for nearly eight centuries on my own. I'm not foolish enough to run to Other World and play some god. I'm not foolish enough to play blindly into your words either, Kouzi. You're a witch, a person of mischief and personal gain. I'm not the same power-driven Demon you once knew, I-I've changed."Kuueru sounded as if she was forcing herself to believe her own words. Was she not motivated by power anymore? For someone with an army of magic users, a high position in the Galactic Empire, and an entire planet under rule—she looked quite the hypocrite. "I have much too much under my wing to come here obviously. Though, this power you speak of. If it is learned and not inflicted, perhaps I should take you up on it. In fact----Currently I'm in a medical pod for the sake of power---who am I kidding? Of course, I'm a demon at heart?" She sounded a bit unhinged. Kuueru's conflicting words were confusing and crass. Perhaps it was due to the trauma her body was enduring in the real world. Hopefully her brain wasn't suffering.
Things were hectic back in the laboratory. Dr. Kaijin and his trusted assistant were in a frenzy of life preserving procedures. Meanwhile the Demon's body was suspended in limbo. Her heart was faint, so very faint, but it was still there. The pitter patter and electrical output on the monitor would barely show it. The state of this trance certainly was taking a tole on the body, but it was too soon to return, she had many a question to ask. So, she continued to degrade physically. That is, if she could even choose when this entire ordeal would end. The monitor of the medical tank may have been malfunctioning. Flickers of multiple heart rates appeared to switch back and forth. First an extremely rapid heart rate, and then Kuueru's low but beating heart rate. Did demons have two hearts? Or. . . was this a discovery to be had?
The Queen jumped forward in her chair, her hand rushed to her chest. Whatever was happening on the outside, it certainly didn't feel so nice in this place either. Dreams weren't supposed to hurt, but Kuueru felt as if she was crumbling under the pressure. She maintained her pained gaze upon the purple haired witch. "I want to find my place."
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Post by Doctor Kaijin Vex on Apr 9, 2019 19:09:49 GMT -5
The floundering of the confused was always something that brought the witch immense joy. To be able to plant the seed of doubt so deeply within people, and watch it blossom into a beautiful black flower of confusion, feeding on self esteem and eating away at one's self assurance. Kouzi's innocent demeanor was one of many facades she had mastered to the very minute characteristics. So much so that many could believe her actual personality to reflect what she exuded to people. But truly? She was much more calculating than the ditzy, innocent persona she put forth for people. Behind Kuueru's brave and assured exterior was a sad, confused woman who had been brought back to her childhood by her own sister, who was clinging onto someone she didn't even know, for companionship. It was cute, and even more pleasurable to see it break.
Kuueru interested her. The very woman who had freed her from the Demon Realm had become a subject of the one freed, like a predator stalking and surveying its' prey before pouncing. Kouzi was one to play with her food, and see what she could do to it, before finally taking that first bite.
Y'know, just witch things.
"You're talking in circles, sweetie. I can sense your confusion, you hope if you tell yourself enough times that you are who you are...that you will convince yourself. I believed you to be a resolute demon. A demon set apart from the millions upon millions of degenerates who populate the Demon Realm. Among the masses are warlords, and above them, a monarch. You? You tossed the whole system away in favor of something more. I admired that. I found you different. I thought you realized what too many demons are far too proud to admit...that the mortals of this realm are quite strong, stronger than the vast majority of demons. It would make the masses burst blood vessels with anger, don't you think? " The woman asked, before breaking into high pitched laughter. After what seemed like minutes (although it was only a few seconds in actuality), the woman quieted herself down, even wiping a tear or two that had gathered near his eyes, before her gaze zeroed back in on Kuueru.
"But now? Now I question everything. You are more conflicted about your identity than I had feared. Was your escape from the Demon Realm not some grand venture to expand your influence upon something other than the Demon Realm. Or....based on the story dear Megami regaled us with...." Again, Kouzi went with the caressing of Megami's face, her hand slowly coursing up and down the right side of her cheek.
"...The lovely story that you were cast down from the heavens, you instead found yourself tortured by the Demons of the Demon Realm all along, for they sensed the difference in you, and wanted dominance. You could not fight back and become dominant yourself, so you escaped? Is that it..? Or is there something else, Kuueru? Kouzi began to edge closer by that point, taking it step by step, approaching her gradually.
"Are you not the same power-driven Demon that you were previously? Were you ever that? According to Megami, you aren't a demon at all, or whatever demonic energy you possess is probably from allowing the ambient chaos energy seep into your body over the centuries. Perhaps your...struggle for power, is an unconscious defense mechanism against being hurt again? Perhaps you find comfort in it, that you can never allow yourself to be taken advantage or, or perhaps bullied? Is that it? Did I strike a nerve?"
And with that she was right in front of the demoness now. With a small smile, she leaned in, to where her mouth was right besides Kuueru's ear. Smiling softly, she then proceeded to speak.
"Who even are you?" She spoke, her pointer finger reaching forward, touching her collarbone and tracing its' way down to her heart.
"You're dying dear... Kouzi smiled innocently, as if she had just told the demoness something fairly exciting.
"What are you going to do?"
How?
The defibrillator had no effect, much to Kaijin's dismay. Was Kuueru too far gone? Was her heart too weakened to be able to jump start properly? But even so, that would have been shown by an instant increase, only to drastically decrease, showing the electricity only served to stimulate for a moment, before the heart failed, or returning to its' low operating state. The fact that the electricity didn't even seem to register with her...was concerning. But what was more concerning was the sudden presence of two heartbeats. Kuueru's own remained rather constant, but not in a good way. The heartbeat was barely present, and to try and revive Kuueru again, with a higher voltage, might risk damage. However, the second heartbeat, was exactly the opposite. It was pulsing at a rapid rate, perhaps too rapid for the circumstances. But how was this possible? Kuueru had never exhibited the presence of two heartbeats before, nor did it necessarily show on the monitors until recently.
But...what could this mean?
"Vero, watch my body for a moment..make sure I don't fall over. I'm going to synchronize with the console....something is going on and I need to verify whether it is a glitch to correct...or an anomaly." Without further ado, the Android placed his hand upon the monitor, and his palm began to emanate a bright blue light. With his eyes glowing an intense red, Kaijin's body shuddered for a moment, before he slumped forward, transferring his consciousness into the realm of technology, becoming data itself. The process of synchronization was as dangerous as it was uncomfortable. His consciousness was like a cloud, constantly floating, threatening to break apart at any time. The ever consuming void of the Hypernet threatening to permeate his very existence within it, and break him apart, causing him to become one with it. It was sheer willpower alone that Kaijin could operate. For he came with a purpose.
His influence spreading across the monitor, Kaijin began to merge with the monitor's controls, its' commands. He could hear the cries, the sound like bells and whistles in his mind. It wasn't an anomaly...it wasn't a glitch in the system. The sensory nodes placed throughout Kuueru's body were working in perfect order. So what was it...? Kaijin reached deeper, delved deeper into the interface. He wanted to connect with the nodes themselves, to understand exactly what was happening to her. Why...why was the heartbeat coming from below where the heart should be...? Perhaps it was malfunctioning...
Kaijin suddenly woke back up with a start. To Vero, it looked like the Android suddenly jerked back into motion, disengaging from the monitor, and falling backwards. The man fell on his butt, an alarmed look on his face.
"What the fuck? Kaijin, are you alright?!" The female Android said, bursting from her seat before running over to kneel by the doctor, moving to help him up. She had never seen Kaijin so alarmed. Most of the time, it was a miracle to get even a smirk from the usually stoic scientist. Now...his face was even paler than usual, if that was even possible.
However, the man's next words changed everything. The entire experiment, and revealed the gravity of what would happen if Kuueru were to die today.
"She's pregnant."
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Post by Queen Kuueru on Apr 10, 2019 20:11:48 GMT -5
Kuueru could see the glee in the great witch's glare. She was enjoying every moment of confusion inflicted upon the Demoness. She was flourishing in it even. The despair, the anguish---the fire that surely was beginning to spark in the halfling's soul. Still, Kuueru tried to maintain as much of a straight face as possible, though---even that was seeming to falter. Her eyes darted to and from, focusing on anything other that Kouzi's invasive grin and actions against her sister in such a state of helplessness.
Kouzi wasn't here to guide her back and be a mentor. No, Kuueru wasn't sure what she wanted, but talking so maliciously to someone you wanted on your side was a good start. The witch's words seeped from her mouth with deadly intent. Each syllable wreaking havoc upon Kuueru's psyche.
Finally, the spew of words came. All the Queen could do was sit in silence. Something about this entire conversation was making her tired. So tired she felt as if she could pass out and sleep at any moment.
She managed to fight the fatigue upon her body and moved forward with her obscure meeting with Kouzi. The sorceress put words in her mouth, assuming everything she was feeling and thinking at this very moment. The demoness hissed and leaned forward in her chair. Her wild gaze was fixated on the irritating witch as she cackled her head off. It was annoying, but hastily the laughter stopped, and she opened her mouth once again.
Kouzi spoke of her fear that the demoness would be conflicted about her identity. She had known about this before even Kuueru did? How was that possible? Nevertheless, the sorceress went on, her tongue sharp as she teased and prodded the sleeping beast that was the Queen of Hollow. The demon's brows knitted in frustration, clearly the witch would enjoy watching Kuueru trying to contain herself. On and on she went for what seemed like minutes on end.
If Kuueru didn't know any better, she would have assumed the witch came here to battle. Though, Kouzi wasn't a total idiot. She made no apparent threats.
"I spent nearly eight centuries in that hell, and you really believe I was too weak to defend myself? Get real Kouzi. I care little about my personal influence upon the mortal realm either. Perhaps at one time I did want to make a splash, but it seems I've done that in other, more productive ways. Yet, you're trying to irritate me---for some reason."
The demon cleared her throat while Kouzi caressed the cheek of her statuesque sister, and quickly moved on to her afterwards. Slowly and tauntingly the purple-haired girl moved towards the seated Queen. Again, her mouth pried open. Kuueru was about to go mad.
Finally, Kuueru was running out of patience. Kouzi asking if she had 'struck a nerve' only made her power escalate in this dream land---and unfortunately, in the medical bay as well.
Kouzi was right before her face now, leaning in to speak directly into the demon's ear. Kuueru sat still, her eyes remaining ahead, past Kouzi, as she listened. A cold finger prodded her collarbone before making its way down her chest. Kuueru didn't bother to grimace, no instead her frown remained ever present.
"I'm dying?"
"I'm dying."
Suddenly the vitals outside on the monitor began to regulate. The slower and steady heartbeat quickly picking back up to pace alongside her power. Speaking of monitors, they were all going on the fritz. Kuueru's vitals were all over the place, there was no time to worry about a second heartbeat now. "I don't know what you wanted from this Kouzi, but I sure as hell am not sticking around to listen to your disrespect and forked tongue!" Kuueru bellowed in irritation, her eyes were dead set on the witch. When she decided if she wanted to take that woman's advice, it most certainly wouldn't be today.
"I SEEK POWER, BECAUSE I DESERVE POWER!" Kuueru belted, her eyes shifting to an alluring honey gold.
A hand braced itself against the arm of the chair as she pushed herself up, despite the witch being directly in front of her. Perhaps if she didn't back off, Kuueru would have to push her out of the way.
For now, she suddenly remembered that she was subject to an experimental drug. If this place was like Kouzi said and completely real, she had trouble on her hands. If this truly was some wild made up dream in her brain, which she hoped it was, she would just wake up fine.
Suddenly, her heart stopped once more.
Again, she was gone for the briefest blink---then it came.
Kuueru in the dream realm, began to melt---quite literally. First her recognizable features shifted into something that looked like play-doh. Then it simplified more and more in shape, all the while a dark black oil encompassed her frame and obscured any recognizable features. She melted into a small void puddle upon the ground of this odd world that Megami reined over.
On the outside, Kuueru's body was seizing up. Extremities jerked in every which way. Her body was moving and thrashing inside of the tank. Then finally, her eyes opened. The pure black orbs stared outside of the tank at her companion. Then, the blank ink spread, engulfing her entire body in a charcoal colored film.
She was finally still. Her body hung suspended in the tank, her chest the pinnacle of her form and the rest of her body hanging limply below. Then, the heartbeats resumed.
Yes, both the rapid one, and a steady and working adult rhythm were hard at work in the demoness. Afterwards, her body writhed, like a reanimating corpse she twisted to life. Her last feeling was hatred, her last thought death.
Her body flared up in power. No, nothing like in Shroomy's. It was much worse. Perhaps even over tens times as dramatic.
The lab began to shake, dust unsettling from the rafters. In an explosive show the monitors all systematically exploded. The sparks shrieking away anyone standing close. Her body shifted from black, to a brilliant and blinding gold. In a shockwave of power, she let loose her full potential. The medical tank quickly began to fracture. First one small crack, then a river of tiny webbing imperfections.
Then it gave way. A river of saline and glass shards ripped through the immediate area. All that was left was a woman of alabaster skin, and tresses of hair that seemed to flow forever as dark as night. Soothing golden eyes opened to lock upon the doctor as her bare body was bore to the world, in some sort of dazzling transformation.
It felt something like from Shroomy's, but much more overwhelming.
A radiance that bathed her surroundings in divine energy. Her demonic presense was near to none---or, was it? A wicked grin manifested as she floated towards the ground, her new alabaster horns pointing straight towards the android. The woman promptly shifted the pair of ebony wings to hide her more modest bits. Wait, how long did she have wings?
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Post by Doctor Kaijin Vex on Apr 16, 2019 2:20:19 GMT -5
Kouzi couldn't help the smile that crossed her face as Kuueru responded vehemently to her. She did strike a nerve after all, and she enjoyed Kuueru's response. Anger was a natural defense mechanism when one was scared, after all. Or perhaps the better word was vulnerable. Yes, that was it. This entire dreamscape projection opened up Kuueru's heart and soul to something a bit more...personal. A background she knew nothing about. Megami appeared into her life out of the blue and revealed everything about where she came from. Her parentage, the controversy surrounding her birth, ending in the realization that her father was the one to forsake her. A god that quite literally flung his daughter of half divine heritage down into the Demon Realm. To discover that she was an outcast of her people, and that her father didn't even intend to have her, was something that hurt more than not knowing, whether Kuueru realized it or not.
With her heartstrings being tugged at from all angles, all it took was one sudden motion to snap a string or two. Kouzi watched in amusement as realization dawned on the Demon's face. She knew it just as well as Kouzi. When the dream soon melted away, Kuueru would find herself at the Check In Station. She said the Demon Realm was hell.
How ironic, if she were to be faced before the King of Ogres, and sent to Hell herself. But alas, Kouzi knew better. Kuueru would not let herself die in such a place. In a dream, especially after meeting her sister for the first time. No, this was merely the gate opening. The floodgates pushed themselves open, ushering in the crushing waves of hundreds of years of strife and darkness. And beyond it all, divinity.
Kuueru was awakening.
It was like waking up from a bad dream.
Megami could not describe the sensation she had felt. The magic that overcame her was potent and tainted with darkness, and it overcame her own powers like a nasty plague that tore at her. A woman....a mortal with a hold over the arcane so potent to be able to eclipse her own divine powers. It was mind boggling, and also frustrating. But that frustration came accompanied with a horror as she was powerless to watch Kouzi manipulate her sister.
You see, Megami was frozen. Suspended in time, but her consciousness refused to be chained down. Even though she could not move, or do anything besides observe, she was well aware of her surroundings, of Kouzi's multiple physical advances upon the green haired goddess, and of the witch's chilling words to Kuueru. Like Kuueru, Megami had little idea what this purple haired woman wanted out of the situation, but she didn't want to find out.
That was, until Kuueru's transformation. The fluctuations of power literally knocked her out of Kouzi's spell, the time freeze shattering, allowing Megami to jump upwards, clear over the table as it was knocked over too, the concussive force of Kuueru's increased power. Megami could feel the magic of the projected realm unraveling. Her meeting with Kuueru, ruined by this witch. She was losing her sister, the person she felt she could become close to. She reached out in vain, as if her hand could salvage a rapidly melting realm. And beyond the void, she could hear Kouzi's laughter.
And with a pop, the dreamscape connection was severed, and Kuueru returned to the realm of the living
"NO! NO! NO!" Kaijin cried out in dismay as he slammed his hands frustratingly against the glass. He was losing her. She had devolved into convulsions, her heart was failing, and all other vital signs were going into failure as well. Kaijin's red eyes were frantic as he began calculating what the best move would be from here on, but there were too many possibilities. Too many anomalies of equal import. He didn't know where to start. If he took too long on one anomaly, another would reach a critical point, and she would die anyway.
There was nothing he could do.
It was theorized among many scientists, especially in today's technologically advanced age, whether Androids could feel emotions such as fear. Many believed it physically impossible, given proper emotion was controlled by the brain and hormonal release by extension. However, there were a select few that believed that intricate programming could give an automaton enough sentience to be able to mimic advanced emotions such as fear, or even the more learned emotions, such as jealousy, or compassion. Kaijin Vex was one such scientist to believe in the latter. Why? Because his emotions felt very real. If the man had a heart, he was sure the thing would be slamming against his chest. His friend, dare he say his best friend, was dying right in front of him, and so was her unborn child, and there was nothing he could do about it. It was his fault. He gave her the drug. She had placed her faith in him, and he had failed her miserably.
"I cannot fail...I've never failed..." Kaijin spoke, as the blank ink began to corrode the medicinal waters of the tank. This was accompanied moments later by a violent shaking, along with a spontaneous explosion of not just the monitors hooking Kuueru up to the tank, but all subsequent monitors in the vicinity. What could possibly be going on?
Kaijin was laying witness to the transformation first hand. His eyes widened as his sensors began detecting life signs. A great increase in life signs, both heartbeats returning to normal, healthy activity from within the tank. Yet, that wasn't what surprised him. The power level was what surprised him. Kuueru's energy levels were on the rise, and were rising to a level that Kaijin had never thought possible from the Demoness. Did Cyclone work? Did Kuueru have this much power locked away?
In a shower of glass the medical tank exploding, causing the blackened medical liquid to cascade out, showering the Android in the tainted liquid. From behind him, he heard a gasp of surprise as Veronica jumped out of range of the explosion. It was in that moment, that Kaijin came face to face with Kuueru. And not the woman he had known for so long. No, this was a woman of ten times more power. A woman who radiated an energy unlike anything Kaijin had ever seen. Her power rivaled the likes of Amatricina, the Queen of the Demon Realm. Who knew, perhaps the woman was even stronger than the Fire Demon herself.
But at the same time, Kuueru's demonic energy reading was...weird. As if meshed with a different time of energy. That of a god. Her energy signature fell aligned with that of his saved data files on Kai Aubus. Was it possible that she was truly...?
"You're alive....thank the Masters you're alive." Kaijin stuttered out, scrambling to his feet. The Android would have hugged Kuueru had she not been nude, and had it not been considered inappropriate by many. So, he merely settled for a smile that said what a thousand words could not. An expression of relief.
I'm so happy you're alive. Now, who impregnated you?"
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Post by Queen Kuueru on Apr 17, 2019 15:02:13 GMT -5
It was a myriad of emotions.
Her heart was tugged in every which directions. The demoness, or---Shinjin, didn’t know which path to take. Should she have stayed by Megami, should she have trusted Kouzi? Did she even have to make those decisions right now?
All that she could say for certain is that she wanted out of this place. She wanted to run away. She wanted the safety of solitude of Hollow—and perhaps the guidance of her friends. Friends who had supported her all along. Friends that she didn’t thank nearly enough.
This dreamland of vivid communications had clearly distressed the woman.
The Demon Realm was always a place of selfishness. The will to survive and to kill others purely for that security, was something Kuueru was more than used to. There was no compassion, friendship, nor warmth there; other than the terrifying might of the Demon Queen herself. While she hadn’t been back to the realm since her takeover, she surely didn’t plan on it either.
That place was the past, and under the revelation that she truly was just a mortal, her entire identity began to crumble.
Suddenly the woman appeared before the Check In Station. While she wasn’t too keen on what exactly it was, she could only assume it was related to the decision postmortem. That decision being whether a soul would be allowed into heaven, or sent to hell for an eternity of suffering their worst nightmares. Kuueru shouldn’t be here; no she wasn’t dead---at least not yet.
In a daze, she looked around like a lost dog just dumped by their owners.
For, this was the first time she truly realized she was abandoned by her own father. That she wasn’t just a mishappening---she was a mishappening that wasn’t even given a chance. A chance to prove herself amongst the deities----that’s all that she wanted. Yet, her father determined that was a destiny not for the Halfling. Something about that stung way worse than being told she was merely a piece of fruit.
Then---she was back. Back to the real world!
It all came rushing to her sight. The nostalgic lab, which was now in severe disarray, that’s where she was. The demoness, now out of the medical bay saw a familiar face scramble to his feet.
The android doctor was her first sight. He was stained in black and looked more disheveled than she had ever seen him. Whatever happened---he was truly concerned. As such, he rushed to her nude form, his words expressing his worry as well. Kuueru boasted a smile, her now golden gaze meeting his crimson. She nodded, though clearly she was a bit confused and frazzled about what happened on the outside of her dream.
“Alive? Are you telling me that your drug almost killed me Kaijin?” Kuueru inquired sternly, her tired voice barely traveling the few feet between them.
The woman looked down, the ebony locks of wet hair clinging to her chest and back. Her skin looked the same, perhaps even paler---though still blemish free. Furthermore, her hands frantically grabbed for the two jutting horns that had grown from her head. While, she was used to the pink-haired disguise---this wasn’t even the form she recognized as laying beneath it all. This was some new guise. She turned to catch her image in a broken monitor---it reflected a face she hadn’t seen before, yet it moved with her, mirroring her movements.
Most of her demonic features were toned down----in lieu of a forked tail, she only had a set of noir wings. Now, she carried two feathered appendages instead of the one wicked bat-like wing like before.
Kuueru looked around frantically for a moment, though---she only noticed the destruction of Kaijin’s equipment. Surely, she was to blame. She bowed her head and pleaded with the good doctor for his forgiveness.
“Ahh—I must have done this. I’m sorry Kaijin!” Kuueru cleared her throat after her apology.
While relief washed over his face, the words that came out of his mouth perplexed the Queen of Hollow. A stutter followed with her words, her own eyes wide with bewilderment.
“W-What did you say!?”
Kuueru’s face was frantic. While Kaijin purely wanted an answer, she had answered him with more questions.
Yes, she did sleep with the Saiyan after Shroomy’s second tournament, however---she barely recalled the night. She didn’t think it were even possible for her to bare the child of a mortal, to be frank. Though, Kuueru’s sexual education was nil to none in the Demon Realm---there were certain carnal instincts that happened regardless there. She wasn’t a fool, but she didn’t expect this.
“I suppose the cats out of the bag then---is that’s your professional opinion that I am….carrying something?” Kuueru questioned him and looked to her stomach. It was still slender, but appeared slightly bloated. Nothing someone would notice with her clothes on.
“Legume. I spent a night with Legume. The Super Saiyan we faced in the tournament.” Kuueru’s face was flustered and red. She was upset---but more so by the man’s harsh reaction to her pregnancy. TAGS: Doctor Kaijin Vex | WC: 865 | 11457
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Post by Doctor Kaijin Vex on Apr 21, 2019 0:36:44 GMT -5
It was a rough couple of minutes spent calming down. The excitement of Kuueru's sudden revival, as well as the revelation of the existence of a child, or rather, an unborn fetus, growing inside Kuueru's uterus had escalated Kaijin's blood press.....erm, oil pressure, rather.
But, the revelation of Kuueru's pregnancy was a rather big deal. And apparently this unborn child was the result of Legume and Kuueru having sexual intercourse, and out of all the people that could possibly come to mind, Kaijin would have came to the conclusion of Demon King Lute first, before thinking that Legume could've been the father, even if sexual relations between Lute and Kuueru would have been anatomically impossible. Needless to say, the discovery came as a bit of a surprise. Kaijin had met Legume, of course. He made up the opposing team that Kaijin and Kuueru had faced back during the last Shroomy's Invitational, along with Tora no Seishin. The combination of Earthling and Saiyan had posed quite the challenge to the Android and Demon, but they had still managed to come out victorious all the same.
At the time, Kaijin had been tinkering with various forms of nanotech invasion, the use of small automatons capable of invading the body through various openings, and attacking the organ systems. Given that Shroomy's Invitational had no concrete rules on the use of toxins and other forms of biological warfare, the scientist had declared the tournament the perfect opportunity to test out his newly found strength after some power core upgrades, along with DNA extraction and testing his new nanotech invention, the likes of which proved to be a great success, much to Legume's chagrin. Legume himself expressed a great deal of disgust at such underhanded tactics, and had made his feelings clear before collapsing. Kaijin held no ill will towards the man, mostly because he got what he wanted anyway. But that wasn't to say Legume still held some form of grudge.
But that was all that had happened, right? Kuueru and Kaijin fought and defeated Tora and Legume, and had won the tournament. That was all there was to it, or so he thought. Just as Kaijin had been involved in post-tournament antics, apparently so had Kuueru. While Kaijin was locked in combat with Amatricina the Demon Queen, Legume and Kuueru had taken the time to get to know each other...fairly quickly.
It was near comical.
"As for the prospect as to whether my drug would have killed you or not, I will not lie and say no. It nearly did, and had it not been for your immense willpower, you probably would have died. But congratulations on your continued survival, in my power core I knew you would live, and do not believe anything my security cameras show you, for I held the utmost confidence in you the whole time." Kaijin assured Kuueru, nodding his head semi convincingly as he turned his back, beckoning for Kuueru to go ahead and find something with which to cover herself.
"Fetch your clothes. I will speak to you when you are no longer exposed." The Android said, having seemingly learned from Veronica's berating prior. The blonde Android, in return, gave a small nod of approval towards the scientist as she handed Kuueru her neatly folded pile of clothes that she had discarded earlier when she was preparing to enter the pod in the first place.
Only when the woman was sufficiently decent, did Kai turn once more to gaze upon her,"Legume....out of all suspects I had...I never would have pegged you to have laid with the Super Saiyan whose genetic layout presents such an anomaly upon my patri dishes." Kaijin mused, his red gaze lowering to focus upon her stomach. His piercing red eyes always unsettling, as if he was staring straight through the flesh, and right at the child that laid nestled inside the woman herself.
"I synchronized my consciousness with the computer itself, thankfully before the monitors overloaded, or else I would've been trapped without an escape conduit, and I wouldn't want that. However, it allowed me to confirm...that you are bearing a child. And given you said the person you last went to bed with was Legume...I'd say your child is the result of both of you."
The man allowed himself a small chuckle,"Congratulations, you have both ascended in power and learned that you are to be a mother. And a strong child too, to have survived the Cyclone Drug on its' own. However, I do have one concern..."
"Are you two...involved romantically with one another? Or perhaps even married?"
And he went out and said it. The "M" word. A term for lifelong commitment and love for one another. Kaijin's experience with intimate relationships such as the one Kuueru and Legume boasted was next to nil, and as such Kaijin theorized that if they had truly committed sexual acts, then they most be either romantically involved, and/or engaged to be married.
That was the way relationships went, right?
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Post by Queen Kuueru on Apr 24, 2019 13:02:46 GMT -5
Kuueru was floored.
To even discover that something life changing had happened, let alone a child being involved, was bewildering. The demoness stood there, the various liquids dripping from her frame and pooling upon the ground around her. She had put so much work in, only to have it interrupted or potentially ended by a simple mistake? The Queen rested a hand upon her lower abdomen, her fingernails now idly tapping upon her skin. Kaijin was stunned too, but told the woman that he upheld his fate in her survival. Not only that but he spoke on how the Cyclone drug may have affected this child, Kuueru didn’t want to know the effects of such. Perhaps it was like Kaijin said, the child would be abnormally strong—but what if the convulsions and near death experience affected this fetus negatively? Did Kuueru already have such a maternal connection to a cluster of cells? Did she actually want this, to be a mother? Kaijin confirmed the news once more, noting that he was inside the machine that housed her and verified the second heartbeat himself. That is, before the woman managed to blow up most of the technology that filled the lab. The thought of her potentially locking away her dear friend’s conscious inside of some computer was terrifying. She was at least satisfied that he was okay, as was his assistant who quickly brought her over the clothes she had removed earlier. “Thank you,” Kuueru muttered while taking the clothes. The android turned away to afford her some modesty, and Kuueru quickly pulled her clothes on once more. The jewels and beautiful linens decorated her wet body. While she looked odd soaking wet, at least her friend could face her without the awkward exchange of conversation. Once she was finally decent, the android turned once more to face her. “Yes, it seems he has to be the father. Either way, we could always do some of that magic science stuff to be sure, right?” Kuueru sighed, her now golden hues shifting towards the floor in defeat. She had so many plans for Hollow, for the Aetherguard, and for the Empire, but now it seemed all of that had to wait. For now, she would have to focus on her child, bringing it into the world, and being a mother. Perhaps the renewed vigor of learning she was discarded affected this decision? Alas, the woman had no intentions of ending her pregnancy. At least, not until she was in contact with Legume about the entire ordeal. Maybe he would be able to provide more insight than she had about this biological happening? “No, we are not---committed to one another. W-We were just foolish you see. I haven’t spoken to him since that night. He had left in the morning before I awoke. To be honest, I expected to never see him again.”Kuueru replied bluntly. The Queen of Hollow glared at Kaijin as he spoke about both her and the child’s resilience despite Cyclone nearly killing them both. It nearly forced a smile upon her lips to hear that even her offspring could preserve. “Still, I intend on reaching out to him---so that we can sort this out. There’s no need to involve yourself if that’s what you’re getting at.”A soft and warm hand pressed to the man’s shoulder. He had been an excellent friend to her, and his compassion was odd for an android, but Kuueru truly valued the good doctor. Perhaps even he could help usher in this New Era of parenthood and the struggles of mundane life for a fallen angel such as her. There were plenty more adventures ahead. On this bumpy road that was only a split second of time in the greater scheme of things. There would be many more adventures along the way, things would continue on as they always had---and perhaps, this story would continue on for generation and generation to utter. . . TAGS: Doctor Kaijin Vex || WC: 665 | 12122
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