#kairos the hero

[dilebe06]

My Top Male Characters of 2023

[the-four-humors]

I need to like. Do Something with my two vigilante/superhero OCs

[scary-grace]

masterpost/faq/etc

**UPDATE: My fics on Ao3 are currently locked for registered users only. I have plenty of invites available, so let me know if you’re in need of one!**

I have been meaning to make one of these for probably a decade, but here we are. I'm Grace, I'm 28, and I'm a purveyor of weird fics and zero-note personal posts. I write exclusively for the Tolkienverse (with heavy emphasis on The Hobbit and heavier emphasis on Barduil) and for My Hero Academia (Erasermic, Shigaraki x reader, and probably other stuff if I stay in the fandom long enough). You can find me on Ao3 at BiSquared.

My askbox is always open! I'm basically always accepting prompts, but I'm bad about doing them with any consistency, so there's usually a backlog. That being said, when I do answer prompts, I answer them in the form of full one-shots (which for me are almost always 3k+), and if you're on Ao3 I'll gift them to you! I don't really do commissions, but I do have a Ko-fi.

My Fics (Greatest hits)

Tolkienverse:

seeking a friend - the Barduil zombie apocalypse AU you were probably not warned about. This is a series - the main fic, seeking a friend for the end of the world, is complete, and there's also a lot of bonus content, including an AU of the AU where there are no zombies. (280k+ words)

bring on your wrecking ball - the Bagginshield and Barduil band au nobody asked for. Come for the thought of Thorin singing lead in a country band, stay for the ridiculous bedtime stories, homemade song lyrics, and very slow burn. This is a series, involving the same events told from three different perspectives -- Thorin's, Bilbo's, and Bard's. (650k+ words and counting)

Kairos - a Barduil fic set in 1977, wherein Thranduil and his children move into an enormous house on a sprawling estate and Thranduil falls in love with the caretaker. This fic is a monster. I finished writing it in 2021, and it's 565k words long, so it'll be posting for a while. (243k+ words and counting)

soon you'll get better - a collection of thirty whump prompts featuring Bard and Thranduil, all written during February 2022. (90k+ words)

more than words can wield the matter - canon, post Battle of the Five Armies, featuring Bard receiving some rather inappropriate letters from a certain Elvenking. One-shot.

and many more...

My Hero Academia

one headlight - Erasermic hanahaki AU series, featuring both Aizawa's and Mic's POVs! (58k+ words and counting)

the rooftop gang's guide to finding a family - Erasermic no quirks AU series, featuring Jewish Present Mic (check out @corndog-patrol's art for the inspiration), adoption of various children and pets, and very awkward first meetings. (79k+ words and counting)

Ghost Tales - Shigaraki x reader ghost AU series, featuring ghost Shigaraki and a bunch of other characters. The main story is complete, with multiple spinoffs planned and an Erasermic spinoff already posted. (150k+ words and counting)

As Above, So Below - Erasermic AU based on Junji Ito's Uzumaki. In progress but close to completion! (72k+ words and counting)

promise i'll be the cure - Erasermic sex pollen fic, wherein Aizawa gets nailed with sex pollen and Mic finally gets the chance to take care of him. Warning: No sex. One-shot.

and many more...

If you have any questions, feel free to hit up my askbox or send me a message! I'm always happy to chat.

[ultrone]

what music do you think Jackie would listen to…?

very random playlist i know lmaooo i hope it’s at least a bit accurate. i tried to stick to before the 2000s as much as i could 🫡

Gwen Stefani/No Doubt for sure. I feel like she’d specifically love “Cool” by Gwen

I Touch Myself by Divinyls

Crush by Jennifer Paige

Fastlove, Pt. 1 by George Michael

The Cranberries (influenced by Shauna 🤔)

The King of Wishful Thinking by Go West (she got obsessed with it after watching Pretty Woman)

Kiss Me by Sixpence None The Richer

Back For Good by Take That

Some songs by Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks, like Sable on Blond, I Don't Want to Know, Edge of Seventeen, Only over You…

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush

Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley

Madonna

Waterfalls by TLC

Right Here - Human Nature Radio Mix by SWV

Living On My Own - No More Brothers Radio Mix by Freddie Mercury

I feel like she’d also be lowkey into Country 😭

Shania Twain

Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

Jolene by Dolly Parton

Amber by 311

Baby, I Love Your Way by Big Mountain

Angel by Shaggy, Rayvon

The Sign by Ace of Base (medicated Lottie got her into it)

Had a hanson phase lmaoooo 🧐

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

Bitch by Meredith Brooks (she’d sing/yell this one in Shauna’s car)

I Try by Macy Gray

Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

There She Goes by The La’s

Two Princes by Spin Doctors

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman (I feel like Shauna would overplay it while driving)

Be My Baby by The Ronettes

Duran Duran

Bon Jovi

Fantasy by Mariah Carey

Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus

Livin' la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

Savage Garden

Uptown Girl by Westlife

Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

Summer Of ‘69 by Bryan Adams

The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Hero by Enrique Iglesias

Whitney Houston’s top hits

Let’s Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams

Some Aerosmith songs, like Crazy & I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) & One by One by Cher

I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis

Black or White by Michael Jackson

Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows (from the Shrek 2 soundtrack 😭)

Alone & These Dreams by Heart

I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany

More Than a Feeling by Boston

What’s Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner

Close to Me by The Cure

Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 ☠️

Endless Love by Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey

Be My Baby & Divine idylle by Vanessa Paradis

Smile by Lily Allen

I’m Gonna Miss You by Milli Vanilli

Conga by Gloria Estefan 🤣

New Kids On The Block

Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds

Queen

Hey Ya! by Outkast

Dreaming Of You by Selena

extra… songs she’d listen to if she spoke spanish or was latina cuz i’m mexican and i’ve been thinkin abt this 🙂‍↕️

Tu Dama De Hierro by Marisela

Belanova, especially Rosa Pastel, Me Pregunto, and Cada que…

Formas de Amor by Calo

Mi Media Naranja by Fey

Bazar & No Controles by Flans

Gracias A Dios by Thalia

La Ventanita by Garibaldi

Ahora Te Puedes Marchar by Luis Miguel

Cuando Calienta El Sol by Luis Miguel

Mírala, Míralo by Alejandra Guzman

Virgen de las Vírgenes by Gloria Trevi

Ni Una Sola Palabra by Paulina Rubio

No Puedo Olvidarme Ti by MDO

La Calle de las Sirenas by Kabah

Enamoradísimo by Mercurio

Veneno by Ragazzi

Dile Que la Amo by Kairo

Hombres G

Oye Mi Amor by Maná

Rica y Apretadita (feat. Anayka) by El General

Moriré by La Factoria

Enloquéceme & Shabadabada by OV7

Timbiriche

Amante Bandido by Miguel Bosé

Alejandro Sanz

[krimsonkatt]

Magical Girl Noel!

The main protagonist of Noel and the Tower of Doom and a pseudo self insert character. She used to be a human boy named Noah, but was transformed into a female alfar (fairy, or elf depending on how you look at it) when the incursion happened and fused the world of man with the world of magick. This caused Noel's male, human self on the human side to merge with his female alfar "other self" on the magick side, and since the Noel on the other side was her "true form" her new combined form mainly took physical characteristics from her female alfar self. Turns out Noel was a trans girl this entire time, and is rather happy with the transformation.

Sterling Snow, leader of the American branch of O.P.T.I.C. (Occultic, Paranormal, and Temporal Intelligence Commanders), a secret UN-run organization that manages and investigates supernatural, paranormal, and temporal anomalies, fills in Noel on what is happening, and brings Noel along for her journey into the Enochian Pillar Fornax-3, the first of many enochian pillars that have to be disabled in order to stop the false one's plans. On her journey Noel also recruits her younger brother Goliath, a once bedridden, sickly young man who was transformed into a muscular and well-trained frost dwarf, and Zed, a mysterious masked swordswoman with an even more mysterious past.

Eventually Noel and the gang begin taking out the False One's delusional beasts, the guardians of the tower, and learn more about Zed's dark past. It turns out Zed was actually from a previously destroyed starsphere named Olgard, and was actually acquainted with Seraphim Kairos, though they were not on good terms at all. It turns out Zed was actually a projection of the false one's powers taking the form of Zed based on Seraphim Kairos' darkest fears, and was an unknowing spy and sleeper agent for the false one. Eventually Zed is released from the false one's control thanks to Kairos' intervention, and the team continues up Fornax-3.

In one timeline, the team reach the top of the tower and defeat the administrator of the tower, a wizard-like delusional beast known as Magistrate. Magistrate calls on the power of Archon Eos to transform into his ultimate form Magus-Eos, but is defeated. The tower is then disabled and soon after self-destructed by bombs Sterling's O.P.T.I.C. team placed on the parameter of the tower. Everyone seems to be falling to their deaths but at the last minute Noel learns to fly with her wings she's had this entire time and saves everyone. The team then travel across the world disabling the Enochian Pillars across America, and assist the other groups of heroes in defeating the false one once and for all.

In another timeline, Noel and her allies are able to disable all the Enochian Pillars worldwide thanks to disarming the "central dogma", the psychic battery powering all the enochian pillars across the planet. This central dogma is actually alive and is in reality the Pokemon Mewtwo, who the team defeat in his corrupted form. Mewtwo thanks the party before using his powers to disable all the enochian pillars worldwide, and leaves to his own starsphere of Arkus. While on this journey to the central dogma Zed, Goliath, and Starling confront their pasts and their fears and ascend, becoming ever stronger in preparation for the final battle against the False One.

[gizkasparadise]

What are your top five xianxia cdramas? And, on the other end, what are your top five historical kdramas (any time period - I'm not well versed in this to know the various types names yet xD)? Oh, and lastly, your top five drama recs that are the most (generally) underrated? Thanks!

nice!

TOP FIVE XIANXIA (& I'M ALSO GONNA INCLUDE XUANHUAN)

love and redemption. girl meets boy. boy's part of a cursed theatre troupe and part of masochism tango of reincarnation with girl that lasts 10 life times. girl is actually kind of the god of war. crack, gender reversal, gender fuckery at large, feminist and queer friendly. incredible OST. just all-around one of my favorite dramas ever.

lost you forever (part 1). a xuanhuan vs. xianxia, but im not passionate enough about 5 xianxia for this list lol. another drama with gender fuckery. a fantastic FL and beautiful relationship building (and unbuilding) and character-driven story. dont even need the second part for this to be a favorite!!

love between fairy and devil. all those tropes you fucking loved when you were like 13 on ff.net given a lot of heart and near-perfect execution (aside from that ending). awesome characters, beautiful costumes and art direction. super addicting and bingeable

the legends. bai lu playing a powerhungry demoness and acquiring a dysfunctional harem in the process. xu kai looking like a sad blue-haired puppy. a monk that creates an entire demon because he has 1 boner. sismance. i had a lot of fun with this one and pointedly did not watch the last 5 or so eps lol

till the end of the moon. there's parts i genuinely hate and would not watch ever again. there's parts that are fucking incredible. sort of like the main couple, i have a love/hate relationship with this drama but when it hits it really hits

honorable mention: eternal love/10 miles of peach blossoms (xianxia fuckery at its finest weighed down somewhat by tedious side plots and one of the most infuriating 2nd FLs of all time)

TOP FIVE HISTORICAL KDRAMAS

gaksital/bridal mask. set in the 1930s. inverse character arcs between the hero and villain. dysfunctional romance amped up to the nth level. high stakes, high consequences, and a cast full of well-developed and written characters. bring tissues

empress ki. girl crushing and girl bossing her way through two kingdoms, one of the best FLs of all time. with her is a besotted baby enemy emperor and a Noble Good besotted powerless king as she goes from slave to smuggler to concubine to empress. chef's kiss

the princess' man. you want feral wrecks for your male leads? female leads ready to throw down in a parking lot? if you like lovers to enemy (?) lovers and star-crossed romances this one is a must

the king loves. this one's also on my underrated list. the first 4ish eps are a chore, but if you get past them you have the love triangle to end all love triangles, interesting palace politics with a fascinating "evil" empress, and im siwan getting to go a lil unhinged as a treat. it's the definition of an idol drama but gd did i love this and i binged the hell out of it no regrets

mr sunshine. le cinema!!! an interesting time in history (1870s-1880s) with a wide range of flawed but compelling characters centered around one of the most badass FLs of all time. winner of the #1 second lead syndrome contest for me with dong mae. only downfall to this one is i felt negative chemistry with the endgame ship but the show is good enough without it

honorable mention: chicago typewriter isnt on this list because it's only kind of half a historical drama BUT OMG WATCH IT. it's in my top 3 kdrama and while it has a slow build once it kicks off it fucking goes off

TOP FIVE UNDERRATED DRAMAS

the king loves as mentioned above. i think why it has a lower rating is the first handful of eps are kind of a snoozefest and there's a bit of an upset with the romance (which i was 900% for). but it's a fucking fun ride and full of awesome goryeo palace drama adventures

kairos. not underrated, since it has decent scores on reviewer sites, but underhyped? not enough people have seen this one and it's an incredible time-travel thriller that i found way more interesting than other popular dramas of its type like signal

cheese in the trap. the ending's a hot mess, but compared to how some 2020-onward dramas are ending it's poetry. a solid adaptation of a really great webtoon, awesome cinematography, and one of the few dramas ive seen that actually capture the campus/college life experience right

discovery of romance. the emotional cheating element causes a lot of folks to hate it/jump ship, but i love this one (and gd BOTH the fl and ml emotionally cheat ftr he's not innocent in this hot mess). jung yumi + eric mun are one of my favorite kdrama duos and they kill it, and kim seulgi plays an incredible second female lead

when a man falls in love. man people HATED this one but i think it's a blast when you're in the mood for mess + gangsters. if you're into watching fucked up romances with severe power imbalances and the dysfunction that follows, this one's for you. it's not perfect but definitely not deserving of its 6.8 MDL rating (gd!)

[avaetin]

A Kairos Moment: Chapter XV - Anti-Hero

Pairings: Primordial God! Chronos/Ananke! Nico di Angelo

Rating: M (Changed from T to M)

Warnings: Mentions of previous deaths and suicidal thoughts

Chapter Summary:

“Most of my friends were on that ship. All my siblings were on that ship! You took everything from me that day!” Alabaster felt the familiar sting of tears pricking at the corners of his eyes, but refused to let them fall, fearing that once they started, they would never be able to stop. He could not show weakness. He would not show weakness. Pride… Pride was all he had left.

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[nissabug]

so many children,,, denchi is 12 and kairo is 16, while the twins are 15!

Denchi has a powerful electric quirk but would rather go into music, and kairo will immediately beat up anyone that looks at her funny

Kagetsumi wants to be a hero while her sister likes writing stories and poetry

[tododeku-or-bust]

I'm in love with this LOZ AU for my OCs so imma keep talking about it. Okay? Okay.

Kairos' song is Zelda's Lullaby, btw. A warm, comforting tune that shows how much his friends love him and find solace in his presence. Philia's is the Hero's Theme, and Calix' is the Ballad of the Goddess.

So Kairos is a half human, half korok (don't ask me how)- very similar to the original kokiri, except he ages. He came out of the woods at the top of Outset's mountain when he was a shrub, and Grandma took care of him ever since.

He was actually the first to realize that Philia was a destined hero- completely by accident! The night that the sailors found her was a scary thunderstorm. He was six, listening to Grandma tell stories about a bygone era of heroes and monsters. So when they found Phi, he thought she was of that era. Where else could she be from?

When they found Philia, she was on a piece of wood, shivering, unconscious, with a terrible wound tearing open her mouth. The first place they brought her was to Grandma's, where a doctor helped clean her and sew her up. They weren't sure she was going to make it, being so small and so hurt. Kai was very scared of all the excitement.

(if you haven't noticed, they take the weird kids to Grandma lmaoo)

Philia was unconscious in bed for quite some time, and unable to speak. But eventually she wakes up, and finds Kairos playing his lyre next to her. Grandma had suggested that maybe the music would be nice, but he never thought she'd notice him! He runs away.

After a few near misses, she finally collapses out of bed to grab him. Despite her feverish state, Phi is strong. Even Grandma notices that she's stronger than she should be at her age. She's healing faster than anticipated as well.

She remembers nothing other than her name and age. The fever wiped everything. She's a very sweet, adorable child, though restless and a tendency towards mischief.

As for Kai, he starts to play more music and read books with Phi. He realizes that she's bored being in a sickbed, and she's actually really nice. He even sneaks her out to go play on the beach after she pleads with her eyes to go outside.

It takes a couple months before Phi's mouth is healed enough for her to start speaking, and once she starts, she doesn't stop. And food? The girl will inhale plates; Grandma's soup is cool and all, but she missed meat.

The first thing she whispers is "Kairos".

At full health, she's dragging Kairos on tasks that leave him having to get piggyback rides back home he's so exhausted. Just because she can sprint up the mountain and back doesn't mean he can 😭

They like to play in the forest, even though it's not always safe. Kairos feels very happy in the woods, and Philia will play on her own while he sings.

Of the two old brothers, the swordsman takes a liking to her, and starts teaching her swords play. This is now to the deficit of everyone on the island that could be caught lacking with a stick.

They like to sit on the tall lookout and see into the horizon together. Adventure!

[best-yandere-tournament]

Also, potential list of the yandere characters under the read more!

1. Cutthroat from Akudama Drive

2. Belphegor (Obey Me)

3. Griffith (Berserk)

4. Mimimi, Hypnosis Mic

5. Zenos yae Galvus from Final Fantasy 14

6. Shion Sonozaki from Higurashi

7. Yandere-Chan from Carflo + co's Yandere High School Minecraft Roleplay series

8. Luo Binghe, Scum Villain’s Self Saving System

9. Monica Campanella, Baccano!

10. Creed, Black Cat

11. Seiko, Blood on the Tracks

12. Makima, Chainsaw Man

13. Mao, Code Geass

14. Mariko Shinobu, Dear Brother

15. Mika Harima, Durarara

16. Akito Sohma, Fruits Baskrt

17. Shigure Sohma, Fruits Basket

18. Yuno Gasai, Future Diary

19. Satou, Happy Sugar Life

20. Yukako Yamagishi, JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable

21. Himiko Toga, My Hero Academia

22. Haru, My Little Monster

23. Oz, Pandora Hearts

24. Kuroi, Thou Shalt Not Die

25. Seishirou, Tokyo Babylon

26. Kish, Tokyo Mew Mew

27. Asami, Audition

28. Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak

29. Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction

30. Jareth, Labyrinth

31. Annie Wilkes, Misery

32. Evelyn Draper, Play Misty for Me

33. Charlie Stoker, Stoker

34. Nellie Lovett, Sweeney Todd

35. Victor Frankenstein, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

36. Frollo, Hunchback of Notre Dame

37. Erik, Phantom of the Opera

38. Fu Shenxing, Who is the Prey

39. Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights

40. Joe Goldberg, You

41. Missy, Doctor Who

42. Lestat, Interview with the Vampire

43. Kilgrave, Jessica Jones

44. Masato Kisaka, Kamen Rider 555

45. Siyun Baek, Dreaming Freedom

46. Tomoya/Sam, He’s Harmless I swear

47. Morae Baek, I don’t want this kind of hero

48. Lady, I don’t want this kind of hero

49. Yuta, Kubera

50. Thaddeus, Madame Outlaw

51. Yunsu, Trapped

52. JD, Heathers

53. Erik, Yeston and Kopit Phantom

54. Der Tod, Elisabeth

55. Callisto, Villains Are Destined to Die

56. Hannibal, Hannibal

57. Reinhart, I failed to oust the villain

58. Yul, Secret Alliance

59. Hananoi, A Condition Called Love

60. Naoka Ueno, A Silent Voice

61. Sumireko Hanabusa, Akuma no Riddle

62. Esdeath, Akame ga Kill

63. Dracula, Bram Stoker’s Dracula

64. Mashiro Mai, Dead Tube

65. Monika, Doki Doki Literature Club

66. Lucy, Elfen Lied

67. Juvia, Fairy Tail

68. Mimi. flip flappers

69. Akise Aru, Future Diary

70. Elena Aoki, Gleipnir

71. Hades, Hadestown

72. shuu iwamine, Hatoful Boyfriend

73. Luka, Alien Stage

74. LT. Oscar, Lupin the III, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

75. Sumin Jeong, Marry My Husband

76. Reiko Ichijou, Migi and Dali

77. Diane Selwyn, Mulholland Drive

78. Harry MacDougall, Outlaw Star

79. Root, Person of Interest

80. Jackson Rippner, Red Eye

81. Kozue Kaoru, Revolutionary Girl Utena

82. Seyoung Jin, Surviving Romance

83. Sudou Kayo, Tailer of Enbizaka

84. Hayase, To Your Eternity

85. Tooru Mutsuki, Tokyo Ghoul RE

86. Kichimura Washuu, Tokyo Ghoul RE

87. The Creature, Lisa Frankenstein

88. Pig, Disco Pigs

89. Shinpei, Firefly Wedding

90. Aiko, Goodnight Punpun

91. Sal, Wadanonara

92. Jung, Cheese in the Trap

93. Khalid, From a knight to a lady

94. Margot, Gremoryland

95. Bibi, I love Amy

96. Kairos, I Shall Kill that Sweet Devil

[dilebe06]

My Top Male Characters of 2023

[iwillrememberyoumarathon]

Welcome to day twenty-five of this year’s I Will Remember You Fic Marathon! Today’s fic is The Chosen Princess and the Shadow Knight by Kairos.

This is @kairosimperative's second story for this year's marathon! Please make sure to show her some love by leaving kudos and comments! On top of being an amazing writer, Kairos is also a very talented artist, and you can check out all her visual works on Deviant Art.

The I Will Remember You Fic Marathon is an annual fanfiction event dedicated to Buffy/Angel, with one new story for each day in November to mark the anniversary of the Angel episode "I Will Remember You," which first aired on November 23, 1999. 

Join us in celebrating our star-crossed heroes and the amazing works our slice of fandom has to offer!

[paparoach]

Idk if you seem happier, you were always a joy tbh, but you most definitely seem to be more in tune with yourself. If that makes sense. Oh my god this is Kairos I think that's the last name you knew me as. Or Hero. I forgor

dw i recognize you!! ^_^

idk i guess im just enjoying life a lot more now?? not sure how to explain it hehe

[krimsonkatt]

Elzakalas, Great God of Destruction

The lord of evil, the prince of darkness, the original archon, and the great god of destruction. Elzakalas was born as one of the twin children of Barbello the creator. While Mekala desired to create, Elzakalas desired only to destroy. When Mekala couldn't succeed to create life on her own, she stole flesh from her brother while he was sleeping to create "flesh machines" the first forms of life. These flesh machines include Nargi, the original seraphim and queen of all dragons, and the 6 Cherubim, the divine beasts. The cherubim included Behemoth the Beast Cherub, Zhu the Avian Cherub, Samael the Reptite Cherub, Leviathan the Aquarian Cherub, Keru the Frog Cherub, and Abaddon the Insectoid Cherub. Elzakals objected to this act of creation using his own flesh, and thus placed a curse on all flesh, the curse of S.K.I.N., Sin of Kalas Incarnate Nature. This curse caused all who possessed flesh to be conditioned to their own self-destruction, to be conditioned to inherent evil and wickedness, to commit evil through their own selfishness and hatred. This curse is the origin of all evil, and the only way to become free of the eternal torment is to pull off your skin, cleanse yourself of the Glebolesh Layer, and unlock your TRUE SKIN. The true flesh within, the reflection of the soulscape.

Long ago Elzakalas warred against Mekala over the fate of the universe, to order the universe to darkness or light. Mekala won this battle and imprisoned Elzakalas within the farplane, the realm beyond reality. However, due to the light spirits of Galaxio's overuse of magickal energy, or ether, the barrier between the farplane and the physical universe thinned until eventually Elzakalas was able to break free of the farplane and let loose a flood of CHAOTIC beings, the elder demons, along with him. Elzakals destroyed the world of Galaxio and set his sights on other spheres. However, it was at this moment that Barbello, the mother of all life, returned to seal Elzakalas away in a living seal, a hollow being called Terra, the guardian of the earth. The hollow darkness within Terra helped sealed away the lord of evil, and for around a million years there was peace in the cosmos.

However, over the countless years Elzakalas was able to exert more and more influence over Elzakalas until Elzakalas fully possessed Terra, turning Terra into the Demon King. 6 legendary heroes fought against the demon king led by a man named Kairos. After imprisoning the demon king in crystal within the sealed temple, Kairos was blessed by the goddess herself to become a transcendent being, transcending time and space to become the guardian of existence, a being that exists simultaneously across all times and possesses knowledge of all things.

1000 years later a cult of dragon slayers awakened Terra from his slumber, but with Kairos stuck in another dimension the heroes of that time had no idea that a greater evil was sealed within Terra and accidentally unsealed the lord of darkness Elzakalas. Elzakalas destroyed their world, but their world was temporarily recreated by the goddess as a reward for the heroes' bravery. Elzakalas was then sealed within that world, Olgard, which became known as the "Temporal Wastes."

However, now free, Elzakalas began his long-standing plan to ascend to a higher plane of existence and become a celestial being, a being that has transcended not only space and time, but reality itself. The first step of his plan involved a complex series of events to break his seal in the Temporal Wastes. To do this over a period of a million years he leaked forth his evil energy from within his seal which eventually condensed in the form of a portly man named Thaddeus Blinn who had dark, mysterious powers.

Thaddeus planned to open the Oblivion Gate to gain unlimited power, and possessed Zero Enigma in order to accomplish said goal. Meanwhile, seeing the threat of Blinnadeus, Thaddeus Blinn's true form, the direct incarnation of Elzakalas, the sefiros itself manifested a savior to destroy Elzakalas for good, the demiseraph, Ryuka Blazeblood. However, Blinnadeus knew of the secret of the universe, and used this forbidden knowledge to his advantage to trick the mysterious "puppetmaster" to make Ryuka break the golden seal, the seal blocking Blinnadeus from using his full powers, and upon Ryuka facing Blinnadeus the pig-like demon would ascend to a godly form that could truly match the power of the demiseraph, the "0th Archon", Tartarodeus. While Ryuka fought hard, he had not mastered his powers as the demiseraph and thus Tartarodeus was able to get the upper hand and cast "Astral Order: Destroy Universe" which as the title suggests destroyed the entire universe, or at least the current starsphere at the sacrifice of his own existence. The universe-destroying blast shattered the demiseraph's soul into 13 pieces which were flung to the newly birthed world of Zutara, prime of all spheres, the 52nd realm.

For Elzakalas, the problem of the demiseraph, a being created by the sefiros specifically to destroy him, was no more. However, Elzakalas still had to undo his seal so that it didn't take him millions of years and the gaining of godly relics to create a single archon. So, Elzakals once again manipulated the puppetmaster to get Setana, the next hero in line in the world of Anima, to open the door to the Temporal Wastes and break Elzakalas' seal. Setana was forced to do just that and Elzakalas once again destroyed the world. Now freed from his 3rd and final imprisonment, Elzakalas turned the world of anima into the world of darkness and began summoning his archons to inflict as much pain and suffering in the prime sphere Zutara so that Elzakalas could regain his full strength and ascend through the empyrean path, which was located directly above Zutara on the Tree of Sefiros.

Elzakalas used to be a human, but upon learning the forbidden truth of the nature of his reality he went mad. This was not helped by him being trapped in the darkness before time for trillions of years all alone. In the darkness he lost all his sense of self, his name, his face, his form, and everything that made him human in an eternity of isolation and loneliness. The only thing keeping him from fading into the darkness forever was his hatred of the one who created him and the entire world, the goddess Barbello, eventually emerging at the beginning of time as the dark god we know him as, Elzakalas, the Great God of Destruction.

Inspired by The Scarlet King and Yaldaboath from SCP Lore. The Satan of the Chronicles of Chronicles series and the overarching villain, but not the instigator, of the entire saga.

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Fandaniel's Rencor - Where were you?

For @applesyrcusweek Day 4 - Free Day Thank you @/marshberries for the idea and Fandaniel dialogue help This supposed to be brief headcanon piece turned into a full pov fic from Fandaniel towards my WoL in Endwalker, so I decided to add it to the week. I linked the WoL lore details referenced but there is should be no need to read them to enjoy this fic

Since Nemi managed to be let go by Hermes from Kairos' spell, the memory of her last words to Hermes was one of the memories most seared into his soul. Her declaration of a brighter future would be a vague memory in Amon's dreams, a motivation between the indifferent states he labored and performed for. This wouldn't be the only memory made clear by the ascension to the Seat of Fandaniel though: Meteion's report and the truth of the Final Days would flood his mind as well.

After all his efforts to improve Allag were rendered pointless by Xande's revelations on death, this felt like a slap to the face. After his hard work to improve life, his Emperor's turn to nihilism was echoed by the universe itself. The whispers of some bubbly elezen with cheap enhacements were making him waste his life all along? Even if she is from a more distant better future, why couldn't he have it? Is he less deserving? Where is this hero when Allag needed her?

Regardless of the truth, Fandaniel now has eternity and a daunting judgement of life with more evidence than the other. He would forget the elezen while vying the possibilities to bring back the Final Days, up until the Ascian Convocation gathered to ponder her defeat of Lahabrea. She had none of her odd traits from the memory, and the suffering she's to survive could be the Ascians' attempt to stop her. Bidding his time, Fandaniel saw his hypothesis be proved correct: the causes she supported brought harmony and freedom to so many lands, and she brought down the three unsundered Ascians in order to protect these efforts. A Bringer of Light and Hope opened the door for him to set the End in motion: It was only fitting to the truth of the Universe.

This benefited him, yet he felt an intense bitterness seeing her come back from transmogrification. A seeming clone of herself and a party of true comrades ventured to save her from Light's corruption, while Noah and the other would have ditched him like every poor fool on their operating tables. He too had tried to help everyone, and this is how he ends? Seeing this memory live and fare much better than he did? Why did does she get to succeed where he failed?

For a scientist like Amon, this merits study. He would peruse any trails of information on her persona on public records. Trails of her greener days were not an interesting picture, but when he acquired Asahi's body an intriguing hint slotted in his mind: the Ragger Ghost and Witch ghost murders in Doma. If the Yotsuyu phantom seen by victims and survivors was the woman herself, someone had to be the green-wrapped murderer described with elezen-like proportions he would recognize anywhere. Coincidentaly, a report on the death of the whole Corpse Brigade long ago reported the Warrior of Light to be in the area, or Nemi as he should call her. The battered state of the bodies matched the modus operandi to a degree non-scientists wouldn't catch. If he were to confront her with the facts, would she match Asahi's gut instincts' perceptions?

But before that, he got the Crown Prince as an ally and inquired to him about Nemi... which proved to be a waste. All aside from battle sounded nothing like his research at all; Introducing himself to Nemi at the Royal Menagerie solidified that further. He was glad to not cause that sort of obsession on the Crown prince.

Locating her apartment, he opted for the civil way of teleporting through the main entrance. A Projection Module tried to encase him but he knew its unlocking code from memory. Waltzing in, he bowed and attempted to greet her as a fellow person in a neutral space, claiming the loss of the Paglth'an towers has caused him to deliver bad and good news to her before ducking a teapot to the face. "Oh, this is how you treat your visits?"

"You're just trying to be a coward and poison me or something. Get out before I bite your throat! You made very clear you didn't want to talk," the pineapple lashed out, holding a tray like a weapon.

"Oh, then you entertained Emet before grabbing the heart out of his chest? How vicious!"

"NO! I hate that guy! Where are you even getting your intel from? Zenos?" she paused and grimaced. "...This is not for material for Zenos to masturbate over, is it? I didn't cross you for that kind of creep."

Fandaniel blinked with a stupefied frozen grin. "What."

"Oh, then you don't know of the virgin who confessed to coming in his pants without knowing that's what he was saying at the cusp of the Revolution. Well, sorry to burst your bubble! That's the kind of pampered shit you've allied yourself with."

Cringing and melting over a Rattan sofa, Fandaniel sighed heavily. "Oh, I shouldn't be encoumbered by my Lord's banal proclivities, but that is even beyond pathetic. I resent this mental image."

He heard her steps tentatively close on the chair in front of the window. "Well, I can't think of other connections if you're not here to kill me."

Fandaniel flipped over the sofa and laid on it, taking and biting the head off a candy Tanuki from the table. "My lord said I shall not harm you no matter what, for you are his prey alone."

Nemi now stood by the chair warily, eyebrows lightly scrunched. "That really was a reassuring thing to say. If you dislike him so much, why even bother with him?"

Fandaniel brushed his face like a wet towel. "His fixation seemed to chalk on pride to my understanding, and his passive agreement put the meat in my plans I wouldn't find elsewhere. If you wanted to strike the Warrior of Light down, wouldn't a whole army of a proud empire be the best knife on your palm?"

Nemi tilted her face with doubt, "If you could more easily get them in line to be tempered, sure. What primal does Garlemald even have by the way?"

Biting the last candy bit, Fandaniel tapped his lips with one finger. "Tsk tsk. We're not at that act yet!"

Nemi just sighed. "Why am I even talking to you?"

Fandaniel stretched his arms and turned to sit proper. "Cause you're actually nice it seems! Extremely so. Even a man of my caliber finds it easy to talk to you."

Scoffing, Nemi slapped a hand reaching for coffee biscuits. "Bullshit. You're just trying to find an easier way to kill me."

Feigning offense, he kissed his hand knuckles. "Not quite. I do find some interesting oddities in people. And you know what's fun about you?" He waved with a flourish, leaning his elbows on the table and propping his chin with a familiar mocking grin. "Your whereabouts during the serial murders reports before Tsukuyomi was summoned."

Nemi visibly stilled, blinking carefully into a confused squint. "Are you trying to imitate Asahi just to rile me up?"

"So he did suspect you of involvement at the time," he smirked, spinning upwards in levitation, "This body doesn't lie in its sense of apprehension... He heard rumours on Jifuya's death, one moved from the enclave after a conflict of interest. Another had seen you and Yugiri near him in the One River." He stopped spinning in a half lay position, resting his face on his hand.

Nemi stepped back, frowning with confusion. "Uh, yes? Hien asked me to accompany her on questioning. Are you really this desperate to make up a narrative?"

"No little hisser, I'm on the trail of a motive. Nothing indicated any motivation to dislike that pig except for the real reason of his transfer, which a select few including you know... well, at least before his corpse had it mangled all over his skin."

Nemi frowned at the new moniker, staring with more disbelief. "Any of his victims could have recognized his face, and I doubt they'd factor in your grand plans for you to care so much about it."

"Oh please, don't get so boring my darling host! You can't help but be curious too if you're innocent, hm?" He floated backwards, drawing cookies cutting into familiar shapes near his fingers. "It can't be another pimp since you, Hien, Yugiri, Gosetsu and Alphinaud isolated in the Doman Enclave mansion to keep dear Tsuyu a secret. Even if she left at night to procure a contact, who would want to help the Wicked Witch of Doma?" He let the cookies drop, and waved a shape of dark aether as described: "Not to mention the height, slenderness and shape of the head rags. Why extend so much if not to cover long ears no native possess? I'm quite intimate with elezen anatomy you see."

Nemi groaned disgusted, crossing her arms and leaning back. "Like glamours don't exist to look more intimidating. You're still grasping on air. Are you sure that twink isn't clouding your mind?"

Suddenly lurching front, Fandaniel backtracked Nemi against the window. "No my dear, he didn't know you wield a claymore! He could see your viciousness, but he had no scientist mind to match the wounds with the right tool, which I see you use plenty." With a giggle, he whispered in her ear, savoring how cold her blood ran. "Tell me, is that why you killed the Corpse Brigade too? I know you were nearby, and the size of bone crushing matches no weapon of the regular Ul'dahn but a claymore fits perfect." Standing back on the ground, he tilted right with interlocked hands. "Now hero, what is your alibi?"

After too massive breathe-ins, Nemi closed her eyes and sighed. "If you know that much, I have no reason to hide it." In the window behind her, clouds unveiled the moon. Her gaze half-lids with a gold eye, voice distorted with another as she towers over him. "Yes, I am the Ragger Ghost. Happy with your circumstantial evidence a dead face can't deliver?"

"Haha, nothing!" He cackled bending over. "Just with the sheer satisfaction the Warrior of Light is not as pure and inspiring as everyone says she is! You must be so proud of yourself-"

Clawed fingers gripped his collar and tossed his shoulder to crash with wood, hissing as tomes tumbled behind him. He scrambled to look up as she advanced slowly, huffing and chuckling. "My, what stoic brutality! Nothing like that silly teacup show you were pulling earlier. But there is no need to put a mask around me." He pointed with his toe "What are you covering with the possessed look? That you enjoy the rush of guts and gore?"

Nemi's widened to incredulous staring, the spell seemingly broken.

"Is it not?" He continued crossing over his legs. "But then why bother with so brutal torture? Some Allagans would like you-"

"Did you read the report files or not?!" She screamed, voice breaking. "Then you would know what all of them did in common. I don't kill cause I just want to!"

The naked honesty froze Fandaniel, but he leaned on his elbow quickly to recover his cool. "Then why do you cover your steps? Any of those fools know you could crush them under your foot."

She grabbed her temple, clearly trying not to tear up. "You wouldn't understand. You clearly don't want to live with everyone else. I do," she sighed with an empty gaze, "and I know I'll never be truly understood."

Fandaniel swallowed dry. The air was getting too thick for his wind-void cavernous chest. He should leave before another organ in him jolts to this mirror of himself. "My, getting off the pedestal would surely do you good, Hero-"

"DID YOU READ THE REPORTS OR NOT? LEAVE."

"As you wish, hero." He spoke unamused before teleporting away, heart hammering in his chest. He knew this would strike a risky chord, but the reciprocity caused by her naked emotion and pain threw him in a whirlwind of confusion. Did anyone in Allag or the Ascians suffer so plainly and open to the eye? He could only remember his own tears, no one else's.

He hadn't thought in so long to want to say he understood more than she would know. He shouldn't feel this now.

Later in the Tower of Zot, Fandaniel found himself deigning the truth of his persona to measure the Hero's truth of her words. Would she catch on how similar they are? Disappointingly, she just asked if Allag's hubris was really for the rest of the world to suffer, finding the acceleration for one necromancy blunder excessive.

"Yet again, my words appear to be lost on you." He lowered his eyes, "I utterly despise watching you and your companions' gestures of hopefulness and solemnity when all you know is bound to ruin. What is it that you hope to achieve in the end? Covering your ears and digging your head deep into denial?" He scoffed rounding the platform around her, stopping for a deep breath. "Emperor Xande revealed to me an absolute truth of the Stars, of life itself, and even now it remains uncontested. I hoped for your comprehension given your tendency for the unconventional realities of life, but conformity is your choice in the end. This was meaningless..."

The hero frowned and looked away fist on her chin. "You are mad cause we're positive and persistent, while your world fell into disrepair despite your efforts?" She looked at him with a softness in her frown he despised. "You know the troubles of the present took a long time to resolve, right? It was not one singular event or the other. You are just one man," she sighed. "What you said at my apartment and this... What were you thinking or, expecting from me? No one's truly noble."

The lack of contempt or condescension, it was truly infuriating. Fandaniel just rose his chin with disgust after all that. "What did I just warn you to not do? It's like you listened to nothing I graced you with. Very well, I shall focus only on your destruction."

"But you didn't answer my question!"

No matter. She couldn't know of a distant past lest he might want to destroy it, which would supplant his very existence from the root. But toying with her resolve should not be beyond the order of time. Maybe he is the executioner of the trials she comes to survive and endure? Aulus' technology had inspired him a way to ensure the Tower of Babil's launch and play his role in cracking the hero's shell.

Except, he cracked more than he bargained for.

The hero almost tripped off that shining dog, holding her scythe with trembling hands as she watched the brand being destroyed. the mere sight of Zenos seemed to paralyze her, which is at odds with the actual experience that should have been a struggle. Did he overestimate her?

But as he silently walked to the precipice satisfied, he heard a dry cough of pain and aether zoom that ticked him too late to the hand now grabbing his shoulder.

"Hey."

He could only turn quickly and stare despectively, like he wasn't in great danger of not making it to the brand.

"Hey"

But she looked all but ready to bite. Her panting was slow, and her eyes struggled to stay open to the blows she gave to her possessed body on the snow. Did she not heal herself?

"Did you, did you really have to do that?"

He huffed undignified. "And who is grabbing my arm? A hero or a shaved dog? The brands' destruction is nothing to the trials you've already survived."

Her jaw gave away as her eyes widened, clawed fists shaking into erratic waving. "No! You don't think it's anything?! To let that, let him !" she exclaimed pointing at Zenos, "worm and squirm in the recesses of my mind?! And force me in corners of his? I don't understand how that would help you unleash the Final days!"

At least Fandaniel's confusion and mute realization seemed to calm her, wide eyes dropping to the floor with quietening limbs. "Oh, you, you did not mean to do that... ha... ha... hahahahahahhaHAHAHAHAHAA!!!" She pulled her bangs with her fists, completely useless as laughter madder and painful than his racked her frame. She hissed in a language he could not understand when Zenos bleeted about enjoying it, and yellow seemed to try to flash in eyes that grew more and more lost. This wouldn't do for the end of his act. He had to get her back on script.

But he wondered, could this culminate in total despair... like his dear emperor fell? Was this a spiritual death done at his hand?

"So Aulus' design had a flaw?" He spoke softly at first, touching her head until she brusquely stood back up and nearly tripped. "How unfortunate, I never intended for such a thing to transpire." Taking a step back to the edge of the chasm, he raised his arms with a wicked grin, "But you are still a hero, are you not? Will you wallow away as the villain claims his prize, or will you follow my lead until the end I wonder?" Stepping onto the precipice, he revels on the shock in her fully present eyes as her hand reached nothing. "Come, let us bring an end to our suffering."

Even with the frazzled look on her eyes, she fought fiercely and desperately. Truly, her candle could not be fizzled out by horrors he couldn't understand. As he saw her mistake dawn on her, he contemplated what he'd lost in his first life, all that he would pass on to the woman who thought her home truly safe and sound. Having been torn so violently, would the memory of her promise change? When it didn't, the dying primal frowned at her bitterly. No matter what happens... "You did your best." That bitterly passed his lips before nothingness.

Now he was floating with no desires, needs or full awareness... Such bliss. He could turn up and glance at the world wherever and whenever he desired, and shut it away in an instant. The tumultuous chaos remained distant to him, though the twist of the people themselves turning did make him frown. That's not how it was recorded to happen, but it made sense mechanically. The horror of it increased the effectiveness at which people perished....

But, their souls did not enter this realm of nothingness. Where did they go? What could they sense wherever they ended? And to make matters worse, The living had banded against the blasphemies extending their futile suffering. He almost wished to avert away, but Nemi's disappearance from the source puzzled him enough to keep his attention in many places. When she reemerged from his precious Crystal Tower, he could not look away. She went to the First... for what exactly? Far more puzzling that her sorry band descended into the Aetherial sea itself, which he couldn't let be so easy. It was time for this show to end!

...and it seemed it would be his show. Of course, of course his soul and real self alone couldn't stand a chance. But he did the most out of what he got, and he wouldn't have to watch the same tired struggle over and over across millennia... but then Nemi said the name of the lost little girl that was caught as the mechanism of the end, a name only existing in his dreams.

"How... how do you know that name?"

"Would you believe me if I told you the First's Crystal Tower comes from a future where time travel was harnessed? Elidibus' soul was still stuck inside and he had a vision of me and where to send me so... hey, I'm one of the reasons we're all here now, I guess, and I mean to make justice of the tragedy that started the Final Days. If you know Meteion, you probably remember what she is and Hermes' intentions, right?"

Amon could do nothing but laugh bitterly. He knew the woman in her dreams had to be Nemi, but for her to straight up say it means she promised to end inscrutable energy echoing the death of several lost worlds. She found the truth herself and, still refuses it? With no fight left in him, Amon disclosed the memory dreams that haunted him before his ascension, and the doubt that licked at the heels of his own resolve to end everything. With a last sigh , he looked at Nemi in the eyes and whispered. "There is just no other end in sight. I can't see another end in sight... how, how did you see differently knowing the root of the Final Days, and everything you have after your suffering being prone to fall to them? Where your words to Hermes true, or just a bluff to perish here and not alone?"

He detested the worry in her grimace, how it could not be discarded as cheap pity. "Amon, I really meant it. Not just Meteion's plight but Hermes' loneliness needed experiences and openness their time just didn't have, but I know and have lived it deeply. Even if the odds are the worst, what's the point of not trying still? That kid shouldn't be stuck in that cage, not even understanding all or any about the world she's hurting. I'm not abandoning anyone if I can find them! Besides, a classic fight against a big powerful entity isn't the worst thing that's happened to me if I'm being frank."

Amon didn't know if to laugh or cry. "Maybe the times of Allag just needed more bleeding to a fault people like you. At least you have no fear to waste your breath."

He only heard steps before his feet lost ground pulled by the scruffs (souls can be touched here?), but the green eyes punching his view were more pouty than anything. "Listen here you little clown: just cause you made a god explode doesn't mean you get to keep sniveling and looking down at me for persisting. Do you want to be open to more bright answers or not?" Putting him down, she fixed the necktie and dusted his pauldrons before crossing her arms. "That said, having a static thought cycle in your head must have been annoying. I'm sorry you had my voice in repeat against your will."

Amon scoffed under his mask. "You're smiling, but I concede you have the right to that sarcasm. But what import are my opinions to you?"

Nemi's mouth quirked up a little. Somehow, he hated her even less. "You did upend everyone's lives for your hypothesis, so I'm going to defeat you in your own camp," she leaned forth with a lopsided grin, "I'll prove you wrong by going to the end of the universe and getting Meteion out of there, proving your answer wrong. Then you'll have to think again and make a new, answer."

"Did you mean hypothesis?" yelled the black-robed m'iqote from afar.

"Y'sthola! I'm trying here!" she turned with a flustered and annoyed voice. To this he had to chuckle. To sound so normal after how utterly disturbed she wheezed before his death... at least she's sincere and consistent.

"Very well, I've heard enough of your prattle. All of you out there, you are proper scholars like the old age? I expect you to collect proper evidence if by some odd twist of luck she succeeds. I doubt she has the training to do so."

"Hey!"

And with this he dissolved his perceivable form, floating away from the coming god clash to collect his thoughts. Much as he did wish for a better truth for life deep inside, what would that make all of his actions? It mattered little to him as a dead person, but if life is worth the sorrow then many have been lost for... no, if he had not labored with what he knew best, they would not have a fighting chance if the Song of Oblivion got through Zordiak's fading presence eventually, and Garlemald would still be a thorn on the present world's side. It is another of Emet-Selch's vanaglorious constructions after all. And he?He as Fandaniel was part of the sorrow and misery inherent to life, and no one could fault him for playing his part.

Then why was he being summoned by the Traveler's stone?

He opened his eyes to vibrant blue skies, crossed by familiar stones and markings of his seals now broken. My, and with such little grace. The offending caller was not visible, which forced him to turn and see his Crystal Tower behind her. Ugh. What is her point?

"Did you think this would make for a nice gesture? You couldn't even call for me in the real face of my soul." He rose an eyebrow quizzically, feeling the lighter fabric of Fandaniel's cloak too well. Fitting for the mask he committed his actions in this life, he supposed. "Are you in the habit of rubbing your domination to every person you defeat?"

Nemi rolled her eyes with one hand on her hip. "I'm sorry? Did you want me to go through Sharlayan regulations to look through that whole blue sea? That'd be hopeless!"

"Tch, the fact you are alive and the skies are blue is enough of a statement of you proving your point. You hardly need me present to know your own victory."

"Well, that isn't all of it!" She leaned over, making him hiss missing his real height. "Your hypothesis is wrong now, so you have to make a new one right this moment, oh great scientist of Allag-"

"I vow, if you don't cease this weak copycat I'll haunt your life unfinished."

Nemi stepped back with hands raised. "Okay okay, I'm sorry. I really thought you were invested in the act if you had no one to impress unlike your Allag times."

He sighed deeply before looked at the summit of the tower, gleaming and colorful reflecting the sun. "Regardless, you shouldn't put so much stake in the words of the dead. If life is not pointless then, I have no answer and that's the end of my lines."

Nemi fisted her clawed hand under her chin. "Are you really this repulsed to attention? I just thought it'd be nice to hear a better answer is right, even if it's not quite defined. Would you really be happy if you were right?"

Amon sighed. "Truly, I admit to be at a loss after all this time... and I'm a poor referral with the life you know I have lived. I'm the worst, the worst individual of this star to formulate a new sentence of life," he shrugged waving to her. "You should know that, as the one who defeated despair."

"Whoa... that had no veneer of mockery. What is wrong?"

"Nothing, just returning your transparency in our first chat alone. No one in Allag would admit to their pain and isolation so openly, nor slap me with the impulse to speak with a similar truth."

For the first time in their conversations, Nemi's mouth dropped in realization and, turned away with a smaller voice. "What did people do if they were found and, hurt so deeply then?"

Amon took the chance to chuckle. "Swap your head for a dog in your sleep, and leave it at that."

She took a step back. "Y-you have to be kidding!"

For the first time in forever he laughed sincerely. Oh, modern humans. "Maybe that insufferable sincerity of yours would have served Allag better. My time wasn't really like that..."

Nemi opened her mouth when a chirp flew overhead, and a blue blur soared around Nemi's cape and shoulders. She brightened surprised and extended a hand as perch, letting the form settle and preen under her pets. Amon finally caught on her tail and the blue hue of her feathers, and he needed no more for tears to pool his dry eyes. Almost on its own, his hand approached shakily and froze when she poofed at the sight of him. Could she recognize his soul? What did Nemi tell her? "I..." I'm all that's left, I used his memories to make nothing better. I

Soft feathers pressed with the bunt of her head, chirping a song rocking his throats with sobs that almost rode the melody... His hand finally pet her, wrecked by the gentleness and softer chirps accepting hims as well. This might not be who he loved and lost himself, but knowing her hope and how it was dashed and forced out of her, much like he was robbed of a normal death... He kept petting in fervent silence as his form turned blue, not looking up until Nemi gasped and stared stunned back at him. Looking up he felt longer hair strands brush his sharper nose and his ears strain against the fabric. Oh, I'm wearing my face again? Then my face was not her design but, mine. My soul speaks my truth as I'm, finally seen.

"Thank you..." Was all he whispered as this temporal form fully faded, back to a rest filled with pure peace this time.

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A Kairos Moment (Primordial God! Chronos x Ananke! Nico AU Chapters)

CHAPTER NAME AND LINKS BELOW:

I. As the Fates Will: LINK

II. One Mortal’s Choice: LINK

III. A Primordial Family Gathering: LINK

IV. Camp Half-Blood Gains a Camp Assistant: LINK

V.  The Beginning Was a Being, and Her Name Was Ananke: LINK

VI. Things (Better Left) Unsaid): LINK

VII. A Kairos Moment: LINK

VIII.  A Year From Now: LINK

IX.  Welcome Back: LINK

X.  Here Lies Percy Jackson: Gone Too Soon, Would Have Gone Earlier: LINK

XI.  A Game of Cat and Mouse: LINK

XII. The Prophecy of the Seven: LINK

XIII. The Price of Forgiveness: LINK

XIV. The Son of Magic: LINK

XV. Anti-Hero: LINK

XVI. The Past: LINK

XVII. This Mercy of Mine: LINK

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