Daddy's Dearest Heart; Trip To The Moon

Shinritha stepped through the gateway to the First Arm, preparing to make her way up. Whatever Tabrith had for her, she was prepared for. "Alright... The First Arm... We have to resolve the issue with its data in order to connect it to the First Hand..." She would, having access to a great deal of pure, raw, vital data from a great many worlds both known and unknown, she would flip open her Grimoire and begin to record what was around her with the Ultimate Atlas keeping constant detection. She was not aware of what was in this territory, but the further up she traveled, the more she could record and thus add to her territory. Eventually, it would make the First Arm part of the Dusk and be something that she controlled. "So. How does this work, then? This is my first time, after all..." She watched her father do it once, but even then, it looked like it was a lot. He knew the entire ordeal was a training session for her in the past, which was why it was executed with he having given Chroma one of his eyes when she became Tabitha. "Just have to remember what my father taught me..." Her voice sounded a lot like it did when she was that age, as well... When she was still fresh. She'd grown quite a bit over the years, even if she still felt like a little kid. Must have been because of the nature of her birth, regardless of her actual physical age. It does play a part in maturity sometimes, and hopefully, this scenario would make her more of a woman.[/i]

At that moment, the Crystal Bridge under Shinritha's feet started to glow slightly brighter, before the familiar voice of what sounded like her father would begin speaking to her. "Well, hello there, love. Daddy's Dearest Heart." The sound of his voice was warm and soothing, as if harboring fond memories and longing for his daughter. Even though Tabrith was not fully Khrona, because he harbored the standard data for Khrona's mind, even as a system, he was also 'Khrona.' "Ready to go on your first 'Tabi Adventure' as a Kage?" He'd watched her grow as a shinobi on Vescrutia from just a Genin. It made him very proud to be able to witness her grow into such greater title and power after having raised her from just a wee embryo. She had taken over the Dusk and was running it just like her dear old father did at her age. Hopefully with the same vigor and vitality, as well.

Shinritha flipped her hair elegantly, laughing to herself, "Yes, Please~!" she said with a giddy, girlish excitement. She'd been waiting quite a long time to prove herself worthy to her father. Even though time and time again he said that she was, she was always looking for new ways to make him pleased with her. She didn't like to admit it, but she got jealous sometimes when he paid attention to her sisters over her. She'd been waiting patiently for her time and now that it was here, she was going to prove that she was the greatest! "So, what is the first order of business, then?"

"Well," the ambiguous echoing voice of the Great Mind bellowed, "You must first encounter the Angels and learn how to utilize their abilities within your own. If you can Capture this Arm by defeating the 'Slowth' in its 'Sentient Form' whilst I simulate the effects of its natural presence causing effects on the atmosphere around you, as it is capable of doing." It could have been thought of as how testing for combating Angels had been done before (Reference to Evangelion), but this time, instead of destroying the angels, she was tasked with befriending it and learning how to harness its power to do what they needed to. "After the 'Tutorial' stage where you encounter your target and learn about it, you will be walked through on how to utilize this power by having simulated constructs to come after you. You are to use that to disable your target in the best possible manner using all that you had learned. If you are to capture the 'Slowth,' it will assist you in learning more Absolution, and will also become your Chomao."

Around Shinritha, the glowing light of the Crystal Bridge would expand out into a simulated reality constructed entirely of the Gaiatlas, generating a completely real realized out of sheer mental energy alone. It acted as Construct in and of itself as an entire realm that was under Tabrith's complete and utter mental control. With it, he would appear before his daughter in his natural form; the Doppelganger of Khrona Tensei (being his 'Ego', the 'Image Of Self') and look to his daughter with piercing red eyes similar to how he'd looked to his peers long ago in all marked realities he'd been traveling through, the signature sanguine gleam already having his 'Hyper Perception' prepared and locked for combat.

"Oh, Father..." she muttered, glaring him right back in the eyes with just as much keenness,


When their eyes connected, Shinritha would acquire the sight of both her father as well as her own in tandem with his, connecting the link between the two of their minds so that she could see everything that he thought as well as use her own thoughts in the process. With her own 'Eyes' activated through direct linkage with her Father's, Shinritha ascended immediately into her 'Unrestricted' Form. She had everything set and waited for him to begin to simulation of what happened after he unleashed the Slowth.

Tabrith chuckled under his breath, finally happy to see that his eldest daughter was prepared to take her father's test. "As My Father Swore;" The one who left this system to test Tabrith before, "ALL Must Pass Through The Gate..." Each of the Eight Arms of Tabrith held a key to the Gateway. With the information of each Sin and Virtue stored within The Tree for all time to be used as a reference, anyone who wanted to ascend would be able to if they could pass through the Seven Gates held in each Hand, and the 8th that bound them all together with the rules of the world beyond. "1st Arm - Sloth" his voice thundered, raising a hand from out of his pocket and up to move the Branch of the Tree. In each hand he harbored the 'Positive' and 'Negative' effect of whatever Arm he had set. Thus, where 'Sloth' were in one arm, 'Diligence' would be in the other to balance it out.

Shinritha flexed her wings wrapped royally 'round her waste, waiting to witness what the mind of her father was capable of generating for her. He had always been formidable to her ever since she was a small child, and even with all her knowhow and access to his data, she never knew exactly what he would do. Whilst she was always formulating what she believed he MIGHT be thinking of doing, he was always thinking something different. She could tell from his change in style that something was coming, and she sharpened herself to that. "... Where's it coming from...?" she uttered, trying to get a lock on his thoughts. If she could isolate wherever he was concentrating his thoughts, she could tell what he was going to do without ever actually having to read his mind. Instead, she was reading everything he wasn't thinking of. Outdoing him would be difficult, but she felt like she could outthink him at least once if she really put her mind to it. Her blistering eyes beat the same blood red as her father's, locked in combat. Waiting.

By the time she'd figured out where it was, the hand of her father had already come upon her head straight down, knocking her to the ground before she'd even seen it coming. Once she hit the ground, she saw that it was because her father had already foreseen her making the mistake when the beast appeared; before she acquired her Eyes that were linked to his. Because of this, she was literally unable to have seen it coming. "It's Already Here..." She stood up, looking around, then, knowing that looking her father in the eye and attempting to take his thoughts wouldn't yield her any results. She'd been playing with the humans for too long and had nearly forgotten to whom she was actually dealing with here. "... It's Been Waiting For Me Since I Got Here..." she also came to realize at that moment that she was stuck inside of a cage with an invisible bear that had been storing up energy since before they began. "I'm The One That's Late..." Now, since she was aware that her only bet was to understand the environment, she had to take her attention off of her father in order to find out where he'd already left his thoughts plotted out for her. "..."

Shinritha stayed sharp, avoiding whatever noticeable gaps she could find that would give him an opening to come out of. She'd been so used to moving quickly because she was dealing with mere mortals before that couldn't even fathom keeping up with her... But she needed to actually seriously focus and not make moves so swiftly when dealing with her father. He'd already passed his test, she was aware, or else he wouldn't be the proctor. She raised her hand up opposite his that he'd lifted, drawing energy into it.

"Thaaat's it, Dear Girl..." Tabrith yawned, watching his daughter carefully as she searched her surroundings carefully, "... Let it all sink in, slowly, but surely..." At her sudden realization that he already had things planned for her to fall into in order to test her mental acuity, she should have been struck with a phantasmal fist straight in her chest like some sort of wild animal aiming directly for her heart. "Now Try To Stop It From Hitting You After You've Already Allowed It To Occur."

Tabrith quirked a brow at her, casually smiling at her and looking at her with a deep, loving fondness. "Yes. That's My Girl. Take Your Punishment Like An Adult." She'd already come here with 'Sloth' already on her. From the very moment she walked in the arena, she was in Tabrith's control. "You've Been Ten Times Too Slow, My Girl." At this point, she should have realized that there was little to nothing that could be done about the punishment she was about to receive from the First Arm. With Sloth already stuck on her and her slowness being more energy for it, the panda skin would suddenly envelop her. It would encase her, as if having embodied her very soul and caged it. "You Are Already My Prisoner, My Girl." She was bound to this Sin because she had already committed the crime of Sin. Therefore, whichever one she did, its influence lingered and made it all too easy for her to be contained. "Now you're imprisoned. Come now. You're not even trying. And you have to play 'Catch-Up.' How do you expect to relinquish this massive debt you've accumulated from not being on task with your work in the Veritas? Do you believe it is futile?" Now the Sloth was in her LACK of actions, which she could have definitely done before she gave into her fate.

Tabrith only chuckled at his daughter's belief that she had gotten the upper hand. "Now that you've been brought up to speed..." he muttered softly, showing exactly what was projected in his mind after her invasion of his head; an image of Sloth that was in Shinritha's image, projected outwardly so that he could see where she was going and what she was doing at all times whilst also effectively trapping herself inside of Tabrith's mind. "Run Faster, Sweetie..." he said to her, reminding her also of why she was being punished. She should have known, since she was the one who invaded his mind and put herself in this situation.

The glowing deep lilac eyes of the Slowth appeared in the mirror image projection of Shinritha before her, already peering into her mind and ready to combat her, as well as be commanded by Tabrith at the same time. "Now that you've effectively CAPTURED the Slowth... You must now take it from the one who commands it." As his daughter was doing, he would wait Patiently for her retort.

Shinritha sneered. The nerve! Her father talking to her like that. Though, he certainly did have a point that she could clearly see... But she, like many other people, couldn't stand it when he looked down on her, like he thought he was better or something. In order to make him proud of her, she'd have to surpass him and take the Sloth from him. "... I'm already way ahead of you, Daddy!" If she was going to defeat him and remove Sloth from him, she was going to have to start trying to move him, and make him her target. With that, the first thought of the projection of Shinritha in his mind should have also aimed to want to engage him, and thus, not want to strike Shinritha, but actually mimic her. "Why would I do that when I can just wait for you to do it for me?" She knew that he would try to move her, since that was his intention by creation the projection of her. And, if she were moving to him instead of foolishly fighting herself like a fool, then the projection of herself would do the same. "Who's 'Ten Times Too Slow,' Daddy?"

Still remembering that her 'Ultimate Atlas' was active, she was not only mapping out her father's mind as she went through it, which was also part of the Veritas, but also taking note of everything that went on in each location, but with specification on her own land that she observed at all times. Her Dolly was in trouble and now that she had control over 'Sloth,' she would transport some of it into the Dusk in place of one of the Wolves that were there. It should have saved them from the rage of the Cyrannosaurus Rex whilst also giving herself support here with the werewolves AND going to deal with the issue immediately as it occurred.

"Checkmate!!!" With that move, placing the version of herself projected by Tabrith in the Dusk, she would be able to clear all of her birds with just one stone that was her authoritative voice ringing throughout all the Dusk at the stroke of the 13th Hour; the Dusk Hour.

Tabrith was, yet again, pleased with his daughter's ability to decipher a situation and choose the best selection based on all of the options available to her. Granted, she was a little in the dark about know that it was what she was supposed to be doing, but since she got brought up to speed, she was doing rather well. "Hm. You certainly have taken the Slowth from me... That's my girl... Just like your father." He looked over her work, to see if she truly had COMPLETE authority over the situation, or if Tabrith still had any leeway for any influence, then said, "Ah, but not COMPLETELY, yet..." He pointed out where she left out how the beam was going to get taken care of... Since it was still heading right for her, even if she gave the Wolves time to escape and gave them protection. "Trying to blow out your own mind, my darling, like we did in the past when you took over Vescrutia...?" He wasn't going to have her win so cheaply, as she'd done over them before they even knew. He knew, but no one else did. "... Now, It's Mine Again, Isn't It...?"

Instead of leaving the Slowth there for it to stay and fight, (or especially to get struck by that giant beam that would have been ever so convenient for Shinritha to get out of her lesson)  Tabrith would pick it back up and return it to where it once was; right in front of Shinritha. "You can't get out of doing your work so easily, Dearest. You still have a lot on your plate to do." If Tabrith had allowed the Slowth to stay, it would have continued to fight as though it were Shinritha within the Dusk, and then have been partially incapacitated. He, too, was still part of the Slowth until she could take FULL control over it, where he would have no moves against her to take it back or still even be connected to it. "Though, I commend you on your effort. Good show, my darling. You're not as dim as you believe; you just are not applying yourself as you should. I was the same sometimes, so I certainly understand. You get that from me, you know."

The very instant that the Slowth returned, it would be back in its normal form, and had taken with it the influence of Shinritha through her image, which was no longer inside of Tabrith's mind, but back inside of the isolated reality that both Shinritha and the Slowth were inside of separately, yet still within Tabrith's mind. Thus, at that moment, Shinritha would be cleared out from Tabrith's mind, and the environment around her began to shift. "Now see, that's TWO for flinching, My Dear." She not only wasted her turn, but also gave the Slowth the opportunity to strike again by not taking full advantage of her opportunity, which allowed him control over the Slowth's actions again to be moved another time in his favor. He noticed all of the minor mistakes and her double takes in the matter, which gave Tabrith more time to analyze her flaws in her design and construction the more it fell apart around her, as well as how to block or destroy her plans or anything else she wished to create afterward by sealing and isolating her inside of a different realm this time... A part of Tabrith's mind that was isolated from the rest of it.

"Good Luck, Dearest Heart..." he said, fading away as the environment grew completely pitch black, save for a large circular window that Tabrith would exit from and exist beyond, whilst Shinritha stayed within an enclosed, confined and completely isolated space independent of the rest of Tabrith's mind, yet still within that isolated spot that was dark to her. She could not trace it because it was a completely new coordinate that Tabrith had just now created and branched off, and then left blank so that it was without any light shed on it. Thus, he could still manipulate anything he wished within it, whilst also not allowed Shinritha to see any of it coming at all. It was like fighting at night, or in the complete pitch black. She wouldn't know anything that was there; she or her little wolf friend confined with her.

The wolf that had suddenly been transported from that desolate ground in the Dusk to a strange, ambiguous darkness would look around in shock and with ferocious caution, snarling slightly... That is, until the voice of a powerful woman appeared in her head that was not her own, something similarly to what she'd heard when she was transported. "What? Who are you?!" At first, the wolf was naturally rather territorial, even over her own self in the face of danger, but once she heard that this woman saved her, it was as if her territory expanded a bit. "You saved me? Hm." Looking around, she would find that there was nothing to see, and even her senses weren't able to penetrate this great darkness. She smelled nothing, saw nothing, and probably would have heard nothing, as well, if not for the voice of this other woman. That would be terrifying, certainly. She was grateful for that, too; not being left in the dark during her time of need.

"...Well then. Since you went through so much trouble to save me..." She would open up her Soul to this woman, allowing her access into her mind, as well, which would allow her complete communication telepathically. "You can be part of the pack, and I will take you back to my pack leader when we are done to see what he thinks of you." She wasn't expecting any of the citizens to be so kind... Nor to have any strange powers. She thought they were just normal citizens that wouldn't do anything and that she needed to be normal for, but since it seemed like this woman was already in tune with the Supernatural world, then the wolf girl might be able to transform into her Werewolf form and sharpen her senses even further. "What do you need me to do, then...?"

Now that Shinritha knew what was coming next after she basically slashed her Father's post in half (*on some extremely low key shit), she would use that advantage to tell the wolf what he was going to do to them. "So we're inside this mass of liquid that makes us go really slowly. We need to get through it as quickly as possible in the most effective way possible, and I need your help." She legitimately used her theft methods to buy her some extra time when she cut off her father. Even if that didn't make any sense now, it did because that's what she knew happened between she and her father on a legitimate personal level, which only needed to be understood between Father and Daughter. "So, please turn into your werewolf form right now. I managed to buy us some time, but I wasn't supposed to. It was so that I could warn you of what was about to happen to you." She didn't want the wolf she just saved to get caught up in some of her Tensei shit and then not have any information on what was going on. It was just bad manners, really. "So I just need you to trust me and listen to everything I say, alright?" She knew that it was coming soon... The backlash of what she'd just done, which she knew that her Father's First Thought would be to punish her, by Default. But she could take another hit so that she could get this pup up to speed immediately, so she was going to do all of that right now. "I'm Queen Archdeath, Shinritha Tensei. What's your name? Please tell me as you're turning into a werewolf, so we can not waste any time. That's the trick to beating this thing and I need you to not waste a lick of it by listening to exactly what I say when I say it, okay?"

"Sloppy," were the resonating words that followed suit close after Shinritha's little escapade, cutting the connection between she and her puppy's minds. Once it was severed, what would come after to slow the time it would take to regenerate it were the words, "You Know Better Than That..." and at that point, the two of them would be slowed to a crawl immediately. At least she was smart enough to know to tell the wolf to transform immediately, but even that process would be forced to submit to the will of Sloth.

Much like his daughter, the dog woman would be constricted between the abdomen of the Slowth, being forced into submission by the thick ooze something like the darkness of completely pressurized space in aqueous form (like the dark space water from Gurren Lagann.) No thought, no movement and no energy would be flowing faster than Tabrith could deal with at all for any reason, now. He waited patiently to observe them further within the Slowth. It was clear in his tone that he was very upset about what she had done, and the effects had worsened her situation direly, as he was sure she was able to tell from her level of comprehension to even pull such a stunt in the first place. Tabrith believed that the punishment was proper, and so that darkness would pressurize their minds and spirits and grind on their bones until they eroded away from Sloth, itself, pressurizing them with only its presence around them alone.

"Now Think About What You Just Did After Watching What Happens Next."

(Consent)

Because the wolf girl had opened her heart and mind up to Shinritha before she did what she did, then the wolf would be able to hear all of her instructions and begin to transform into a werewolf immediately, getting about part of the way through before being immediately cut off by the sound of someone else's voice. It didn't matter, though. She already had her instructions and was already part of the way done before she was slowed by the darkness that cut them off, giving her the appearance of a woman with large wolven arms and legs, but a humanoid body.

Afterward, using her understanding of the situation and realizing that she was probably not best suited to lead this sort of battle, she would give up her mind and will to whatever it was that her temporary ally, of whom she gave her trust, wished to do, hopefully helping them to better get in tune in this darkness.

Shinritha could already tell in his voice that it was coming for her; whatever it was that he had planned to punish her that was sent on its way and that she didn't know what it was and couldn't find out by copying his mind. She was wide open, and she knew it. Fortunately for her, her companion was trusting enough to heed Shinritha's words enough to already begin her transformation, so that the two of them could get this done more easily and swiftly. "Good," she would say in her mind, which, even in the Sloth, if was completely in tandem with Shinritha's own because it was part of her own, then, like a clone, the wolf girl would be thinking the same thing automatically based on Shinritha's own conscious intelligent understanding, as well, which would grow and adapt in the exact same fashion as it would if it were in her original mind, successfully allowing the 'Chroma Mind Trick' to occur. This would be used to save the wolf girl again by immediately inducing a Mental Substitution of sorts that would replace her with Chroma, wherever she was right then and there at that time. Thankfully, the wolf girl opened up her mind and thus was able to be exposed to this energy so that it would actually work. Because she and Chroma were the same person, even if Chroma was one of her dolls, it meant that she could instantaneously transmit it to any location she wished with her mind, as she was used to doing in the 1st restriction when she learned how to use her Dolls, and even made Chroma in the first place. Thus, when whatever it was came for her, the wolf girl wouldn't have to take any of it. But if she hadn't given her consent, she might have been in some trouble.

"But you forgot to tell me your name." Yet, there was no time for that now, she was already being sent on her way. She didn't have any time to remain there at all, considering that being there for any longer might have made things really bad, so she would let it slide this time. Especially since she basically just randomly pulled this girl out of nowhere basically because of her fight with her father. She was going to have to get out of the habit of doing that. But at least she would get her Dolly back here for some backup support... And it would already be linked to her mentally, so that would help her out a bit... Hopefully enough to avoid or apprehend whatever her father was going to do, which she didn't know because it was kept outside of her vision and she didn't know what the rules of this 'Sloth' was that allowed her to have control over it very well. She needed to analyze it more... She'd make sure to do that as she was thinking about what she'd done whilst she was on punishment. "See ya."