User blog:Hakaishin Aro/Light in the Darkness - Prologue

Light in the darkness - Prologue

Yet another Human world in the endless vastness of the Omniverse, nothing special for the Arbiter, the great overseer of the Omniverse, a being of inmesurable power tasked to preserve the fragile balance and continuity in its complex, intricate web. He was currently hopping Universes at random observing the happening in the mortal planes in the old fashoned way due to a bet.

The planet he decided to investigate in this Universe was called Earth. This version of  Earth was just like most of its other incarnations trough the Omniverse, same as any mortals inhabited planet really. The worlds he visited so far all have left a bitter taste in his mouth, and in his own view were a grim reminder of why he was sealed several decades ago. The reason of his sore mood were the various beings inhabiting the very lower planes he was observing, the mortals.

The mortals...

They were all scum, a pestilence in an otherwise beautiful Omniverse. If only the Creator didn't have to bring them into existence. They were so unecessary and unneeded into the greatness that was existance.But what hurt him, Arael, also known as The Light of God, the first being ever created by Him, was the fact they were given the greatest of gifts, the possibility of a choice. He himself was stuck being the Overseer, respect rules and regulations, watching over these lower lifeforms. To have power, knowledge and immortality, yet being confined and restricted by those very things, while they... they used the Creator's benevolence and the greatest of gifts for their own gains, most often than not trampling over everyone or anything to fulfill their petty desires and selfish wishes.

They were given intelect, free will,  consciousness, the ability to learn but what was the most important thing that stung at Arael's 'heart' was the fact that they were given he full freedom of choice. They were free to use all the Creator's gifts as they wanted, but instead to use them to better themselves, to help eachother, to prosper as a whole they were selfish, greedy beings that would gladly kill they own sibling and sell their own parents for gain and profit.

The Arbiter, now a being split in two halves due to the difference in their views and beliefs sharing the same vessel, the core of their being,  their very essence was looking at this new world with great interest. The separation occured some time after he was sealed on the Creator's order in hope for him to once again claim the title Light of God. The once proud, poewrful being was now litterally arguing with himself into his mindscape, reduced to an unstable, volatile union of his own differences.

'''This is pointless! No matter how many worlds we visit, it seems these pests won't change for the better.''' One half scoffed.

You don't know that yet. the other retorted.

Well we could find that out easily, you know. the first one spat angrily, he was loosing his patience now.

'''Where' s the fun in that. Besides, you agreed to this course of action the moment you accepted that bet.''' the second half smiled despite the first ones temper rising into the danger zone.

And interacting with them will maybe help you see them in another light than simply observing them like animals in the zoo. the second added.

'''Are they really any different? Actually, the animlas have a lot more principles.''' the first one laughed at his own remark but was quickly silenced by the seconds glare. Even in their shared mindscape, their subconcioussnes the two could interact on a level far above common understanding.

'''Oh fine, let's get it over with as quickly as possible. This time however, I'm destroying them all We both know these insects are no different than those from the Universe we've been before, nor the one we'll go to next.''' The first agreed to the second's terms, but made a threat making it obvious he was annoyed despite his angered expression was enough for his other half to figure it out.

The being materialized itself on the street of a city among many. The city itself was an average 21st Earth one. For the many passerby, he seemingly looked like an average young man clad in boots, black cargo pants and a black polo shirt, his spiky dark brown hair slightly fluttered in the wind. A pair of dark shades were covering his blue eyes and partially masking his irritated expression brought out by the ants meandring around him in the usuall busy way for such a city and time period. These so called 'ants' that were actually living, breathing people walking around could even imagine the true nature of this 'man' nor the storm inside his subconcious, the raging clash of ideals and the battle for dominance between the two halves of a whole, the opposite sides of the same coin.

The man took few steps on the asphalted sidewalk scanning his surroundings when he noticed something potentially interesting. He slowly walked towards the object of his interest and picked it up. It was a simple newspaper, a day old print as it looked like.

- Man hacked his neighbour to death with an axe due to an old dispute about a wall, the boundry between their properties.

- Mother sold her own child for drugs.

- Situation in the Middle East intensified, 15 people confirmed dead and more than 50 wounded in a suicide bomber's attack. Allied forces agreed about sending in more manpower to put the situation under control.

-The death tall passed 2000 in Japan, as one of the worlds currently most wanted criminals, Akihiko Kayaba trapped 10000 people, mostly teenagers and young adults in a Virtual Reality video game turned death trap.

And those were just few of the lines he noticed by quickly going trough the paper.

'''I think I saw enough. They will never learn, much less change.''' The first said coldly, ready to obliterate their world.

'''WAIT! Aren't you in a least bit intrigued by that last article?''' the second tried to find something worthy enough to spare these people from the firsts intentions.