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100: Viewing Eiech
 Post: 02.18.2004
Date:
Unknown
Time: Unknown
Viewing Eiech
I see
this:
From my vantage point above, an enormous crater
carved into the ground, just an oval scar on a wounded planet. Back when it
happened, fragments from the comet came down all over the planet, creating
thousands of craters. This, definitely, is one of the bigger ones. It's miles
across. No less scarred than the land below, the sky above is black and gray,
blasted with rolling clouds. They seem to hover over this place, as if drawn
here.
Suddenly, I'm standing in the middle of the
crater, gazing around at the mountainous ridge which now surrounds me.
I'm asleep; I know that much. The static put me
under, and I'm along for the ride. A static-induced dream.
For a moment, the sun breaks through the clouds.
I bring my hand up to shield my eyes, but it's not my hand. Not my arm. Looking
down at myself:
Oh.
This isn't my body
I'm in.
Well...glitch.
One blink later and I'm in a large, domed room.
Underground. Below the crater. The whole room seems to vibrate with the pressure
of the earth surrounding it. The one exit to the room is a hallway off to one
side. The walls of the dome are filled with large video screens. Computer
consoles run a ring around the circumference of the room. Inscribed on the floor
is a number, or possibly a word, but I don't look at it long enough to recognize
what's there.
I walk to one of the consoles. The video screen
looms above me, and from this angle, I can see that it's really a holographic
projection. On the screen is a picture of a large ship, adrift in the ocean, lit
only by stars and, perhaps, by the moon. Perhaps I should know that ship?
Something tells me that I saw it recently, but I can't seem to trigger a solid
memory.
My vision--not under my control, like the rest of
me--shifts down to the console. My hands flutter over the controls, pressing
buttons, keying in command sequences. Whatever I'm doing, I finish quickly.
Looking back to the screen, there's a word blinking in the bottom half of the
screen:
CORPSEREND
Next to it, blinks another word, perhaps more
disturbing than the first:
RELEASED
On another screen, which shows a barren stretch
of ocean, a black spot appears. I'm smiling, and I don't know why.
On yet another screen, a figure, spinning in a
black liquid. Impossibly, it's Aran!
The smile disappears. My thoughts are not my own,
but I think them anyway: Maero, you have endured such sorrow, and will bear
much more during the approaching conflict. And yet, He has use for you. He is
not the only player in the game. The others would use you as a pawn against Him,
but I believe you are more of a knight than a pawn. I will use you
appropriately, as He wishes.
Then, strangely: It's not hard to recognize
what She sees in you.
I'm turning around, and walking. Into the
hallway, through it, and into another room, smaller this time, barely lit. The
walls curve; the ceiling is domed. On small pedestals around the room, there are
flickering...candles?
Against the wall in front of me, in this dim
shrine, hangs a human body, its head bowed. My vision goes blurry suddenly, and
I can't make out any more details. I'm stepping closer, and the blurriness gets
worse with each step. The image of the figure, arms and legs outstretched, held
taught and tight against the wall, refuses to leave my mind. My heartbeat
quickens. In anticipation? In fear? In what?
My hand comes up, wiping at my eyes.
Oh.
I was crying.
Well...glitch.
When I lower my hand, the figure lifts its shadowy
head. I can't make out its features, just its grinning mouth moving when it speaks.
"Glad you finally broke through, syl. I'm
DevilGOD. I'm your other father."
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