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Destiny: Gospel of a New Genesis [Evangelion/Destiny]

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Lord Sovereign said:
To be fair, as mighty as the Big Z is, I don't think he could have stood up to Oryx. At least due to Skolas's shenanigans, the Fallen now have their God when they needed him more than ever before. And...there isn't a Taken Zeruel wandering the stars...
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Actually...Oryx TRIED to take Zeruel, he laughed it off and called Oryx weak...
 
Lord Sovereign said:
To be fair, as mighty as the Big Z is, I don't think he could have stood up to Oryx. At least due to Skolas's shenanigans, the Fallen now have their God when they needed him more than ever before. And...there isn't a Taken Zeruel wandering the stars...
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Lone Courier 6 said:
Actually...Oryx TRIED to take Zeruel, he laughed it off and called Oryx weak...
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Indeed. Zeruel was truly mighty:

Ultra Sonic 007 said:
Grimoire: The Whirlwind 3

The young Princess senses my sorrow, and yet presses on. Her continued desire for knowledge of my people's downfall is bewildering to me; there is a primal need that is driving her. Is it my peoples' experience with dark powers that she wants to know?

Yet Variks continues to indulge her, yes?

"For all the powers that were at the disposal of your people...how did the Eliksni fall?"

"From within. Many of us were subverted, and Turned against us." I frown, and remember; sometimes, Variks is grateful that someone else wishes to know what I know.

Following the Sun Raven Incursion, the wretched horde arrived, that we now know as the Hive. They stormed our worlds; we fought back. However, there would be reports of various defenders going missing. Then, eyewitness accounts of many Eliksni disappearing into thin air, swallowed by shadow. Finally...they would return, twisted and consumed by something other. Something dark, and fierce.

Variks remembers trembling. Yet we refused to back down, yes?

"Your...Progenitors. How did they fare?"

"If the Great Machine was our God, then the Progenitors were its Angels."

Sachiel, striding the battlefield with a stalwart gait. Shamshel, eviscerating whole Hive ships with ribbons of light. Ramiel, whose song could burn the sky. Gaghiel, commanding the seas of water and vacuum with gravity manipulation. Israfel, an unbeatable duo, never caught unawares! Sandalphon, with an impenetrable hide, who willed the very earth to erupt with fire and magma! Matarael, whose tears would scar and melt all opposition. Sahaquiel, soaring through space, an embodiment of explosive obliteration! Iruel, a microscopic swarm who deduced and understood enemy strategies faster than anyone, inventing new technologies to counter them! Leliel, the Manifold Bridge, who allowed our empire to come to the aid of its farthest corners in an instant! Bardiel, devouring his enemies and turning them against each other! Zeruel, the Living Incarnation of Might! Arael, whose light could break spiritual and psychic walls. Armisael, who could bind herself to anyone, infecting and corroding their bonds with others. And Tabris, the one who bore the holy power of the Great Machine in its fullest, a living font of Light.

"...they sound quite impressive."

"They most certainly were! Once, the shadow tried to swallow Zeruel whole; he laughed! He broke through, mocking the source of that dark power, saying that its will was too weak to Turn him!" Then, I feel gloom. For I knew how the story would end. "But...not all of the Progenitors had his strength of spirit, nor his unbending will. Matarael, Sahaquiel, Armisael, Ramiel...they were consumed, and Turned against us."

"...what happened?"

There was a star system named Staliks, under the joint control of House Zeruel, House Matarael, and House Sachiel. The four Turned Progenitors were the vanguard of the Hive, and were tearing through all opposition. Zeruel himself went out to meet them, to face his kin. The battle...was cataclysmic. Apocalyptic. Whole words were razed and shattered. For seven days and seven nights, the five Progenitors raged, ripped, and roared. Many Eliksni fled, knowing that this would make or break us.

Alas. Alas. "...in the end, Staliks was completely destroyed, its star crushed. From the titanic battle emerged only Sahaquiel, still Turned. One of our greatest champions was gone. That...was the beginning of the end."​
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Oh my God .. Skolas doomed his people, Zeruel was winning... Then Skolas snatched him away, dooming the Eliskini...
 
Ultra Sonic 007 said:
Ramiel was Taken separately (or Turned, to borrower Eliksni parlance).

Ramiel, Matarael, Armisael, and Sahaquiel - all Turned over the course of the Whirlwind - led a Hive armada to the system of Staliks. Zeruel faced them all alone; over the course of those days, he destroyed all of the Turned Angels, save for Sahaquiel.

Zeruel was empowering himself with the light of the star called Staliks, to strike down Turned!Sahaquiel...when he got yoinked away by Skolas.

/to borrow a post from "The Mad Dragon" on SpaceBattles
//Zeruel: ...I WAS WINNING.
///Skolas: But-but-but-
////Zeruel: I. WAS. WINNING.
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My follow-up question is why no-one ever asked why of all the Angels involved Sahaquiel was the one that survived, where the other, more combat capable angels, died. No-one considered there might have been shenanigans involved in that outcome. Because let's face it, outside of the world's largest suicide bomb Sahaquiel is kinda useless.
 
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    • Roaming_Guardian said:
    My follow-up question is why no-one ever asked why of all the Angels involved Sahaquiel was the one that survived, where the other, more combat capable angels, died. No-one considered there might have been shenanigans involved in that outcome. Because let's face it, outside of the world's largest suicide bomb Sahaquiel is kinda useless.
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    If we're talking about Sahaquiel, the Angel from canon? Sure.

    But Sahaquiel, the Progenitor? His eye alone is bigger than Earth.

    Even before being Turned, Sahaquiel could plow through asteroids and comets with nary a scratch.

    After being Turned? Sahaquiel could plow through our Sun.

    /there is a reason
    //that Zeruel called him
    ///the god of destruction
     
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    44.7, in which we see what became of Taox.
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    • Grimoire: Mystery - Taox

    From the Records of NERV-Japan

    [Time Stamp - ERROR!]    ​

    Rei: Instrumentality will soon begin. I will begin my preparations.

    Taox: ...so it shall.

    Rei: You seem hesitant.

    (ten seconds of silence)​

    Rei: You were well aware of the consequences of your cooperation with Nokris, and with my iteration that arrived on this world with the Traveler.

    Taox: I can tell myself over and over that this 'Blasphemous Vision' will be worth it, to end the scourge that is the Hive. I can intellectually rationalize the pragmatism of Nokris, with regards to this grand plan of yours. I can even understand the use of these time-travelling robots called Vex, to turn them against my hated foes. If it meant the end of Aurash and her accursed sisters...I was able to justify anything.

    Rei: You speak in the past tense.

    Taox: My few conversations with Gendo Ikari made me...curious. I have plumbed the depths of Nokris's vessel, and read through all of the records left within the human facilities. I read about the history of this world's native inhabitants, about the struggles they have endured. I was reminded of my dear krill, long before they were twisted into the foul Hive.

    Rei: Humanity has indeed struggled to survive and make this world their own.

    Taox: ...Nokris fantasized greatly of an entire race of Evangelions, capable of wielding the powers of both Sky and Deep. To turn humanity into these creatures...will remove everything human about them. They would be no better than the Hive, bound to two powers, instead of one.

    (six seconds of silence)​

    Taox: ...why are you smiling?

    Rei: If that were the extent of my Vision, my Grand Design, then that would be...unfitting, for my nature: sacrifice, and devotion. Truly, such a race would indeed be a great power, capable of overpowering all...

    Taox: ...but that's not what you want, is it?

    (three seconds of silence)​

    Taox: But Nokris became so fanatic about it! Even your plans to use her Worm to create a hybrid race of Hive and Vex, subordinate to her will and yours...they were supposed to be mere stepping stones, to the ultimate goal of creating a race bound to both Sky and Deep!

    Rei: They are still stepping stones. But to something that will be...mutually satisfying to the Minds of the Vex, to the Worm called Eva, and to myself. If the humankind of this world were to change...to be twisted...then that would render all of his work, and all of his pain, worthless.

    Taox: ...but how could you possibly satisfy the hunger......but what if...those machines...wait......no...

    Rei: Impressive insight, to realize my means.

    Taox: ...you wretched witch!

    (the brief sounds of struggle, followed by a scream)​

    Rei: You seem to disagree with my methods.

    Taox: ...you...you would make Aurash and her sisters...appear as saintly as the Ammonites...or the Ecumene...!

    Rei: So long as the people of this planet survive, and remain unmolested...I do not see why I should care.

    Taox: ...you...you...!

    Rei: Do not worry. I will not kill you; the Lance that you brought to Earth, and the knowledge you carried of the Hive...have been quite useful. But your newfound opposition to my Vision makes you...inconvenient. So I will grant you what you have always wanted: a universe without Oryx, without his sisters, and without the Hive.

    (a sound akin to falling water, heavily digitized)​

    [error!]: Where shall I take her?

    Rei: Take her to the final endpoint of this universe, where entropy reigns supreme, and there is no longer anything left to kill. Such a universe could not be stomached by the Hive; such a universe would render the Hive extinct, for they would have no way to feed their Worms.

    Taox: You-!

    Rei: Farewell, Taox.

    (DATA CORRUPTED! THE REMAINDER OF THIS TRANSCRIPT IS INACCESSIBLE)​
     
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    • Fires of Alduin...
    Rei isn't planning to "evolve" humanity, she's going to wipe out every conceivable threat to mankind in existence.
    This is Exterminartis on an interstellar scale.
    I'm honestly not sure which plan is scarier.
     
    I'm still stuck on creating a humanity of combined Light and Dark.

    I'm not gonna lie. That sounds really, REALLY awesome.
     
    Ultra Sonic 007 said:
    If we're talking about Sahaquiel, the Angel from canon? Sure.

    But Sahaquiel, the Progenitor? His eye alone is bigger than Earth.

    Even before being Turned, Sahaquiel could plow through asteroids and comets with nary a scratch.

    After being Turned? Sahaquiel could plow through our Sun.

    /there is a reason
    //that Zeruel called him
    ///the god of destruction
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    ... Sahaquiel I'm sorry I picked on you in grade school please don't smash Sol.

    Also, Rei. Rei Stahp, Rei no. This will greatly displease the Shinji, the Shinji just wishes we all could get along.
     
    Ultra Sonic 007 said:
    If we're talking about Sahaquiel, the Angel from canon? Sure.

    But Sahaquiel, the Progenitor? His eye alone is bigger than Earth.

    Even before being Turned, Sahaquiel could plow through asteroids and comets with nary a scratch.

    After being Turned? Sahaquiel could plow through our Sun.

    /there is a reason
    //that Zeruel called him
    ///the god of destruction
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    I missed this post HOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS POST SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK FORGET THE ALMIGHTY AND ITS FUCKING BLUE BEAM OF BULLSHIT THERE IS A FUCKING ANGEL CAPABLE OF BULLDOZING THE GODDAMN SUN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
     
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    I missed this post HOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS POST SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK FORGET THE ALMIGHTY AND ITS FUCKING BLUE BEAM OF BULLSHIT THERE IS A FUCKING ANGEL CAPABLE OF BULLDOZING THE GODDAMN SUN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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    And Big Z was pwning him like a noob.
     
    Lone Courier 6 said:
    Nope, as you wrote it, he was pwning him AND his turned brothers :p
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    Well think about it; if you're trying to impress upon your descendants the sheer might of their god, would you tell about that one tentacle that Ramiel managed to shoot off? Or that sucker punchexplosion from Sahaquiel? Or that surprise emotional attack from Armisael?

    Or, horror of horrors, the fact that Matarael actually got a good hit on him? :V

    /Zeruel is one mighty god
    //but he was facing four
    ///that was not something easy
     
    45.1 , in which the irony is thicker than the smog in Beijing.
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    • Grimoire: Ghost Fragment - Gendo Ikari

    "He was a man of imposing conviction and firm will. He was also an asshole."    ​

    "I'm telling you Saladin-kun, this isn't worth it."

    Saladin Forge shook his head. "I trusted Shaxx to watch over our defenses. His counterattack could have ended disastrously-"

    "But it didn't."

    "He defied my orders, Lady Katsuragi. I was tasked by the Vanguard Commander with the defense of the City's walls during the battle; desperation is one thing, but blatant disregard for my commands is something that I cannot and will not tolerate."

    Misato scowled, resisting the urge to pull out her hair. "Ugh. Are you seriously going to do this? Cut off your faithful student over something that turned out well in the end?" Saladin's mulish silence prompted her to continue on. "Does Shaxx seem like the kind of guy who would defy orders if he didn't have a good reason? I mean, when has he ever disobeyed your commands before?"

    "...never."

    "...that's the bit that hurts, huh?" His grunt was all the answer she needed. "Just don't pull an 'Ikari' on me, okay?"

    "...it's been a while since you've spoken of him."

    Misato shook her head. "Not Shinji-kun. His father," she clarified, leaning against the guard rail; in the distance, she could see the gigantic hole in the City's Barrier, where the Fallen had managed to pour in: the now-notorious 'Twilight Gap'. Reconstruction was finally underway. "My memories tend to not focus on him that much, if at all. But when they do, I always remember that he was...an intimidating guy. Was content to let us do our jobs, so long as they got the results. In the Cataclysm, it was all we could do to keep our heads above water; he was a definite source of stability."

    "Sounds admirable."

    "Oh, I didn't admire the guy at all. Even if he was my superior officer, he was not an approachable fella! About as warm as a bucket of ice water. Which is funny, given how his right-hand man..." She paused. "...Fuyutsuki, that was his name!" She continued, "Anyhow, Fuyutsuki always said he had once been a warmer sort...at least, around his wife, before she passed away."

    "Loss has its way with everyone."

    "Yeah, but he didn't have to turn his son into collateral damage. If they didn't look alike, you wouldn't have thought they were related."

    "Did they hate each other?"

    "Shinji-kun's feelings...were complicated. Sometimes, it seemed like he was struggling to decide whether he wanted to apologize to his old man for some imagined offense, scream and rage, or just flip him off and be done with the whole affair." Given how often Shinji had been preoccupied being an Evangelion Pilot, that bit of familial drama had been pushed to the side, over and over again, left to gather dust. Until the young man's premature death had rendered the subject null and void. "But at least he cared. Couldn't really claim the same for his old man."

    "Apathy?"

    "That would be putting it mildly. Hell, the most emotion I ever saw from him was whenever Shinji-kun disobeyed one of his orders...and even then, it never got to anything beyond disdain or disappointment."

    "...I think I see where you're going with this."

    Misato laughed. "I had a hunch you still had a head on your shoulders! Look...if Shaxx hadn't been so attached to running his little roadhouse in the old days, he would've been one of us." Left unsaid was the high probability that, if he had been an Iron Lord, that he would have perished against SIVA. "And after all of these years, he's done nothing but do his best for the people of this City. So just this once...let bygones be bygones."

    "...I will go and talk with him."

    "Perfect! Knew you were sensible." She patted him roughly on the back, grinning widely. "Even with our immortality, life's too short for that kind of bitterness." A lesson that Gendo Ikari and his son, unfortunately, never got a chance to learn. "Anyhow, let me know how it goes. I've got to go pull bodyguard duty for the Speaker; he wants to see the damaged districts firsthand." Now there was an idea; the Speaker probably would have set Shinji's old man straight. A shame that a man like him hadn't been around in those days.
     
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    • 45.2, in which we have a long-awaited confrontation.
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    • The Speaker and the Hunter remained silent as their elevator descended deeper through the Tower, and into the earth below; Gendo had been watching Shinji as they stepped through the ontological filter in his observatory. The boy had been briefly shocked...but there had been no surprise.

    'I believe he remembers how his life as a Pilot was, in the Time Before.'

    Possibly. Fuyutsuki certainly had a point; 'need to know' had been the order of the day, back during the Cataclysm. The young boy hadn't needed to learn anything beyond what made him useful. As the only Pilot of Unit-01, he had been the key to many things...and, it seemed, he was a significant key for Rei Ayanami as well.

    '...how much do you think he knows?'

    Well, we're about to find out. This would have to played...delicately.

    Down the corridor they walked, past vials full of Light; without the presence of the Original Rei Ayanami to act as a buffer to, they seemed to glow with an unbridled radiance. It was rather invigorating, to be honest. Before long, they stood in the circular chamber, where - for well over two centuries - the source of his most troublesome 'frenemy' had remained.

    ("...you are sure that your Observatory will be a suitable place?" He chuckled; what better place to keep you safe, than within the last stronghold of humanity? Where else, but where the Traveler lies dormant? She smiled slyly at him. "Where else better, than where you could kill me at a moment's notice?" He went silent at her blatant words; she added, "But that is the nature of the forbidden fruit; killing me, so closely linked with your own personal timeline...you risk undoing your very existence.")​

    The trouble was, he had never gotten the handle on whether she had been lying about that or not. His own independent studies into the nature of time travel - understandable, given the relative antagonism of the Vex, and Osiris's own interest in the mechanical race - had not been fruitful on such a question. And the damned thing was, she was more useful as an ally than an enemy.

    'Not everyone will see it that way.'

    Not a problem if 'everyone' is kept to a minimum.

    The two men - because really, he couldn't refer to his son as a child - came to a stop in the center. He turned around, looking at Shinji face-to-face...well, mask-to-face. "So. Where shall we begin?"

    "...can you take your mask off first?"

    ...a fair request. "Very well." He slowly removed his mask, inhaling the cool air. Even with his mask, old habits and routines had never gone away; in the Hunter's wide eyes, he could see the reflection of his beard, and his orange shades-

    CRACK!

    Shinji's fist smashed into his face. His neck snapped back, and he fell towards the floor-

    Well. It seems like my son has some repressed anger.

    Nothing new under the Sun.

    The familiar mote of Light slowly shined over him-    ​

    Gendo stood back up, readjusting his newly-refurbished shades. "Hmm...fractured cheeked bones, a crushed nose...and enough force to send shards of bone into my brain. A killing blow." He looked quietly at his son, who was finally showing something akin to emotion in those eyes...namely, anger. "That was your one free shot."

    xxxx

    /admit it
    //y'all have wanted to see this
    ///since chapter 2
     
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    • Well it was a long time coming. The bigger problem I'm seeing here is Yui. Remember that she was a major part of all Gendo's schemes, and basically approved of his decisions. That is going to hurt Shinji very deeply. If Yui supports Gendo here, that could damage their relationship irreparably. This is especially bad because Yui is both Shinji's ghost, and Unit-01. An inability to work together is a crippling blow to the city.
    I honestly don't see how this could end well, but I'll just have to wait and see.
     
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