Midgar City

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Reno had left through the exit a while ago, having headed for the darkest area around. It seemed to him that there was a conflict here. 'Most likely caused by the storm', he thought to himself. The destruction was very severe and the air was thin, barely enough to breathe but he managed. Just seeing the destruction made him think that it was strange what had happened, because the storm was dry yet, there were traces of water left behind where there had been no lake or streams nearby. Continuing his thoughts Reno paced around the remains looking for some sort of a clue as to what may have happened.  

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There was a quiet, and very short surge of what could have been electricity as a man stood watching the destruction. He was clad darkly and appeared to resemble his former self but there was no telling who he was. He let himself gaze upon someone he remembered, but the memory seemed more distant than it was. It appeared to be the destruction of all human life in the nearby areas. "What shall I do about this?" He asked himself in a low voice so that no others could hear.

Some form of alien lifeform teleported itself in front of the man, it's hands glowing red with an unknown energy.

Rhapsody felt a familliar surge of energy and looked down. "Nara?" She spoke softly to herself. She wondered what he was doing here, even if it was just a shadow of himself.

The man simply glared at what seemed to be an aggresor. Not entirely liking his attitude, he simply willed a flashflood to appear before him, and wash him away. As the water pressed against the one who would have attacked him no doubt, he continued to wonder what he should do, still standing as if the flood had taken no effort at all.

Ignoring the alien, he turned to where a familiar voice had named him Nara... It was strange in that he was Naraqul no longer and yet he was. The man began to speak but stopped as he turned to face his aggresor once again, his aggressor's attempt to possess his body would prove to be fruitless mainly because the body which was being used was not that of a human. Simply dissipating into the air as whatever it was cointinued it's attempts at aggression. "Why is it you insist, on antagonizing me?"a disembodied voice spoke from seemingly all around him.

The alien attempted to attack what looked like Naraqul again, but failed, and instead decided to attempt to turn Rhapsody into an alien. Rhapsody released herself from it's grasp, and put distance between her and the alien in an instant.

The air around the alien seemed to vanish, leaving it with nothing to breathe. Presumably it would suffocate the alien if it breathed air, but that may or may not have been the case. Not really caring that much, the form of Naraqul returned into existance beside Rhapsody. "I, remember you", he spoke slowly and deliberately

Rhapsody looked over at Naraqul. "You knew me, before, you left." She said softly.

"I see... Is that to say you have changed since I have been gone?" the dark man spoke slowly as if he was trying to remember but it was quite difficult considering that he was no longer Naraqul. The facade seemed to dissipate and lift away into the air, disintegrating. Beneath the Naraqul outer layer was a taller man, who was quite similar to Naraqul however his hair and eyes were most definately no longer the same. It seemed that he was a different person altogether.

She lowered her eyes to the ground. "Nay, it was you who changed. You became a different person."

At this time Serge had left his physical body in their realm, to take care of matters that were more pressing than the toying of a society. Though it may have seemed cruel to have left them in their clutches, there were others who needed him, however he returned later...

Serge returned, not that he had left physically, but his mind finally brought his body back to life. Having left it dormant while the massacre continued, Serge felt it was time that he either helped those in danger or left entirely. 'Strange', he thought. Noramlly he would have outright have defended the populace but he had been drawn away to another realm for matters more pressing than the lives of these people. As unfortunate as it was to make a decision between one persons life and anothers, Serge was used to having to deal with that situation. Sending a small blus wisp to Rhapsody's ear he let it speak whence it arrived. "Rhapsody", was all it spoke for now.

"Hello Serge." Was all she said. Her voice seemed colder and a bit more rash than normal, but if one knew what an ordeal she had been through, one would understand.

"I suppose you have come to disliking of my current state?" Serge's wisp disintegrated and was replaced by his form hovering without regards to gravity, inches above and to the side of Rhapsody. Standing as if he was on the ground, though clearly he was not, he folded his arms and continued his questioning. "Your anger is definately not amusing. There is no other form of correcting the mistakes been done to you, than to cause every last mortal being to perish?" Serge was not happy with this course of action, however he would do his best to attempt to understand before interfering, as of yet anyhow.

"No it's nothing with you Serge." She frowned and calmed down. "There was a battle, for a long time. No one knew the outcome, but we all hoped on our victor. Unfortunately, Knight didn't comeback as the person we know and love, he came back as one of the three Creators, the Leviathan." She sighed. "Last time I fought a Creator, half the world was destroyed. My master and I were having fun with this. I can fix it all whenever I want."

Serge pondered her choice of words. Only having been in existance for a short while, he remembered little of what was known before. However he did remember that there was only one Creator and that it was the source of everything within life and death. These people claiming to be able to destroy such a being were fooling themselves. Perhaps that was why he was here. The Creator did not tell him what to do, but merely insisted on what to be done via his own nature. Therefore it was likely that because the Creator ultimately knew that Serge would be formed, at this time specifically, that Serge would have to stop himself from not caring and return to his former self. "Rhapsody, you and your friends..", he paused not entirely sure how to continue. He would not stand for the pain they were causing any longer, but he still did not ouright attack, he was smarter than that.

Rhapsody walked away a few feet. "What Serge, me and my friends will what?" She smiled then disappeared. The air around Serge seemed to speak softly to him. "I've gone up against him before, and if I must, I'll do it again.

The false Creator who had been watching over the events spoke to Serge, urging him not to fight, but he would not listen, not anymore...

"You drive me mad woman, I feel that I should stop this now, and I am prepared to fight if necessary. But believe me when I say that you do not have a chance against a Dual Avatar such as myself. You may be a goddes that can manipulate water, but because I AM water incarnate you will have quite the hard time having to deal with me." Serge stood completely still as he concentrated on making the air around Arianna boil. The moisture in the air by her was turned to heat that continued to pop the water droplets that would otherwise be there. The air around her began to pick up as well, giving off more heat, it was obvious that he was trying to make her angry.

"I suppose the Creator was right when he told me that I could not love something I was meant to destroy." The memory flowed back to him as if he were actually Naraqul and he faltered to the ground before he could continue his rage on Arianna. But as he tried his body shifted and seperated yet again, against what he thought was his will. But Ailiana had left, it was Naraqul again and it was his will to be free from that Duality. Still on the ground, with one knee propping him up, "This never should have happened," he spoke, the same gentle voice that was Naraqul emanated as he stood.

Rhapsody smiled. "I never intended to fight you Serge. Only Leviathan if needed." She felt the air around her start to heat up and boil. Reminded of the time she got caught on top of the geyser as a child, she willed herself calm and transfigured herself into her natural form and disappeared into a lake far away and somewhere cold. Ahh, that's better. She thought to herself quietly. What was Serge doing? He knew that all had been in jest, Gwydion and Rhapsody could put everything back the way it was before they started. No humans had truly been hurt for their souls had all been taken away and contained for the duration of the slaughter.

The false Creator continued to attempt to calm the agression but to no avail, because Naraqul was now ready to fulfill his mandate after several millenia of defying the will of the Creator it was time to finish things...

Naraqul was not happy with the way things were turning out. He had returned to his former self and yet he still felt the anger of the world around him regardless. It appeared that he no longer needed the air to whisper in his ears, the source of pain that had befallen this land. "Not enough", Naraqul spoke before dissipating into the air, flowing along the airs as Ailiana guided him. Following Rhapsody with ease, he reformed his body nearby and stood defiantly against her. Unsheathing his Mune blade and holding it tight in his left hand, he stood silently. His intent was portrayed merely with his actions, he meant to take her down.

After healing herself she felt a familliar presence. "Naraqul." She spoke softly. Appearing in her humanoid form she was weaponless. "I wil not fight you." She spoke defiantly.

"Then you will die", he said walking closer to her, raising his sword arm to his shoulder, and pointing it directly at her heart. Several feet remained between the two of them yet he continued to advance. "I hope noone will miss you as much as I will".

She just stood there and let him attack her. "My fiancee and my children will miss me more than you know. And that's all I care about. No matter what you do, I will be back."

At this moment a rift in the sky tore the light blue, to a murderous red. Demons flowed from the rift and began to attack the survivng humans that were left among the world. Their souls having been returned to them they were now being preyed upon by demons that would devour their life essence. The false Creator continued his attempts to desist Naraqul from continuing what he needed to do by implying that the hordes of demons were more important, yet it did not seem as such to Naraqul...

A single, lone figure entered the area in which the discourse was taking place, wearing a simple outfit of a jacket, shirt, pants, and boots. Glancing around for a few moments, he allowed his eyes, formed of intense darkness marked only by his irises, which were blazing rings of flame, to take in the scene. Turning his attention toward Arianna and Serge, who apparently had decided to show himself in the form of Naraqul, he smirked. "..so the second duality is fulfilling one of our duties..perhaps now Water can be allowed to flow freely throughout existance instead of being pinned down and held back..."

Keeping his sword pointed at her heart Naraqul was very muchly displeased. It was time that he finally obeyed what the Creator had wished him to do all along. "You will not be helping anything anymore, you will have to pay your pennance here and now, and forever more it shall be that you will walk no longer with the rest of us. Please put up a fight if you wish to honour the ones that you truly love" Naraqul was now standing directly beside Arianna with his Mune blade held out so that it was inches from her chest. He was no longer reluctant to end her life, it was time for it to happen the way it was meant to.

The false Creator urged Naraqul not to end her life, but he would not listen. The pinnacle moment that would be the end of all that was Naraqul was at hand. Korangar however interrupted false Creator before he could say more...

Walking up to stand beside the person that was shouting toward the appearance of Naraqul, the new arrival shook his head, keeping his attention on the other two. "Leave them be. This is an event that has been postponed for millennia." Grinning, he closed his eyes before folding his hands across his chest. "And the coming chaos is not worth the effort to fight against. The true chaos will engulf all in the End."

Rhapsody just smiled and waited for him to make his attack. "If you think I'm going to make the first move, you're sadly mistaken." She looked around saw Leviathan and then noticed Korangar. "What the hell is he doing here? Both Avatars, that's hardly fair." She spoke to herself.

Shrugging, Korangar grinned. "I'm just here to be certain nothing obstructs the course of things. I am not going to step in, other than to keep others from doing the same. You've nothing to fear from me, this Time."

The one known as Leviathan, the false Creator spoke to Korangar as if he had insulted him. Proclaiming himself to be of great importance to the current events along with how the races should unite as one against the coming chaos, however it was easily seen that this Leviathan was not in control despite his words.

"Does anyone understand that I DON'T want to fight?" She seemed sad, knowing she was fighting a losing battle, even though with a word form her sons or father or uncle, she would be restored to the world. "I really don't want to fight Nara, I never have."

"Your arrogance is highly amusing to us. I would laugh, but I'm enjoying the show of Destiny." Nodding, he kept his gaze fixed on the blade in Naraqul's hands. "The races never unite, all ends in destruction, blah blah blah.. That is the way Destiny works, and it is the same method every Time..this 'warrior' you wish to keep from dying has been long overdue for death. But now that her Destiny is being met, existance may continue as scheduled, and everything can flow as it should."

Leviathan continues his attempts at joining Naraqul with Rhapsody and himself against the oncoming hordes of demons as the rupture becomes larger, more of what might have been a threat if it could not have been destroyed within an instant. However he continues to fail.

"You misunderstand. The Rangarok is nearly complete. You are the only one left until next Time. You may be restored to the world, but you will not realize that the world you are in now and the world you are in then are, though exact replicas of one another, not the same." Sighing, Korangar shook his head. It was the same thing every Time. But perhaps the next Time around, this new duality would complete the task assigned to his priors when they are scheduled to be done.

"I still do not understand, but whatever. I don't know why I have to die, others have commited worse than I, and they live. That's what I call bullshit and hypocrisy." She disappeared and re-appeared beside Leviathan.

Leviathan again attempted to interfere, speaking harshly at Korangar and drawing his weapon before announcing his wishes to prevent anyone from destroying Rhapsody, however he was oo late...

"Destiny waits for no one. And existance is the same throughout. There is no one being that can stop Destiny. It can only be postponed." Arching an eyebrow at the weapon Leviathan drew out, he smirked. "Do you really wish to attack me?"

Naraqul simply pierced Rhapsody's chest with the blade, no longer caring for what she was capable of. As the blade dug itself into her he spun his wrist slightly, so that the result of the sword would slice at a downward arc gouging her open. And as he continued to spin around until he performed a 360 degree turn which lead him face to face with her. He could see that she did not actually expect him to attack and before he would allow himself any remorse he cast a rift that would be the end of her should she fall within. "You'll be buried in the stream of time, now leave and never return!" he said thrusting his shoulder into her with enough force that it should knock her into the void.

"You misunderstand how this works. You are not scheduled to die because of who you are or what you do. It is what you are that has brought this on you. Perhaps your soul shall be attached to a different being next Time, so you will not have to deal with this Destiny again?"

Rhapsody looked down at her wounds and smiled. "Thank you, for releasing me. Only a person who cared way too much for their own good could've done that." The wounds closed back up and she flew into the sky disappearing from the world.
A voice resounded around him. "They tried that, and look what happened." The voice laughed heartily. "First I die because of what I will do, next I die because of what I am, I wonder what will kill me next, what I have done. Oh, that'll be fun. When I return, and I will, I will be much stronger than before. Know that." And with that the voice disappeared.

"Next time you return, you will be my assignment to destroy. We keep things interesting by swapping assignments from Time to Time."

A tear came from Naraqul's left eye as she disappeared into the air, avoiding the stream of time he had created. Dispersing the stream, void he turned to face Leviathan and Koranger, the tear still streaked along his cheek. It could have been depicted as excess water flowing out of his body from the attack, but he knew better than that. Looking at the others he did not speak, he only mourned the loss of someone he held dear to him. He felt the rush of power return to him as he walked slowly towards them, but it was no comfort to the pain that he felt. Serge would be taking control of his body again quite soon, but he wanted to make sure that this moment was remembered.

Nodding slowly toward Naraqul, Korangar spoke calmly, his voice low. "It is time for you to rest now. Your last mandate has been completed. Though Time will pass this moment by, it will be marked in the tomes forever as the day Naraqul both lost and won in the same instant."

Leviathan continued to antagonize Korangar calling the Avatar's slaves to he Creator, with no freedom for themselves, however the truth was that they were charged with responsibilities and they had all the freedom they could ever want as long as they eventually finished their responsibilities.

"Our part in everything only comes about once every few millennia. We have all the rest of Times to do as we wish. Which is much more freedom than you could possibly imagine." Grinning broadly, he attached to his statement, "..and don't bother lying to us. We watched her soul drift into the beyond. Now...I believe you were challenging me? Does that still stand, or have you decided to do something vaguely more intelligent?"

Electricity shot through his body as he continued to walk, so very slowly. By the time he had even reached Korangar standing there greeting him, he was already Serge. His tears fell from his face and as they connected with the ground they sizzled. Not looking up to face Korangar he walked past in all of his silent defeat. He knew that it would have destroyed him to do as such, but he could no longer keep himelf so contained within boundaries of flesh. His body dispersed into the air with a deafening thunderclap. And as the rain poured down from the clouds above them, it would be known to only Korangar that Naraqul had killed one he had loved so much and could do nothing to save, no matter how long he had defied the Creator...