Post-Apocalyptic War Pt. X :: Virtual Reality; Simulation

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"I Leave The Rest To You, My Children," Overlord Tensei said as he began to fade away into transparency, and eventually into the depths of space. Only the translucent outlines of his Eight Hands Of God palming the eight planets of the Lost World's solar system would be left of his presence, as he'd passed on to the Ninth Restriction -- a being of pure virtual existence; the Grand Tabrynth.

What was once just a holographic head that was merged within the deepest depths of the Lost World Universe would now, from the neck down, form from data into the shape of an astronomical being that bore eight spindly arms with even more slender fingers that tipped into claws that seemed to be used for picking and a sleek metallic body that pointed off at the tip of the toe like a quill pen. Grand Tabrynth's shiny, metallic body gleamed and glimmered in the light of the very tiny specks that were the stars nearby from neighboring universes, binary code streaming up and down his form and near his body as he came to full completion.

"Ultimate Keyboard," Grand Tabrynth called, "It Is Time To Do Some Digital Damage." The keys to the Ultimate Keyboard were spread out among the Eight Hands Of God connected to the Eight Arms Of Tabrith, which began to type away at the spread keys and generate information. Now, the Lost World would start to suffer some cybernetic attacks rather than direct physical or universal attacks.

"Father," called out a refined feminine voice from the depths of space, a glowing platinum light appearing nearby the face of the enormous Grand Tabrynth, "I'd Like To Participate, Too. Moreover, They've Done Ill To Me As Well As You, So I Want To Have My Hand In This War More Deeply." It was Tinasanti in her Ninth Restriction form -- rather, her 'Avatar' form instead of her 'True' form -- which consisted of herself resembling a woman in a tight velvet platinum dress and bearing a book in her hand brimming with mystical energy, long platinum hair extended down to her ankles and just as straight as could be. "Permission To Engage, Father?" O.S. Tinasanti -- otherwise known as 'Hecatonkaerei' or 'The Argus' -- asked gingerly.

Grand Tabrynth -- otherwise known as O.S. Tensei when in 'Avatar' form -- would turn his enormous eye to his tiny daughter, making a wry face for a moment or so his sharp teeth showing, though his mouth not moving when he spake, "Daughter? You Are Wishing To Commence With Vengeance As Well?" Grand Tabrynth processed the information for a moment, then his face became content. "Permission Granted," Grand Tabrynth said to O.S. Tina, whom he had special tactics for. "You, My Dear, Will Be Dealing With The Planet Directly As I Deal With It Indirectly From The Depths Of Their Universe. Utilize The 'Argus Card System' To Your Discretion, My Dear, And Remember That You Also Have My Power And The Ultimate Keyboard At Your Disposal." Grand Tabrynth turned his head back to what he was looking at before: A screen. "It Seems Like The Simians Are Starting To Get Active Again, So This Is Our Perfect Time To Educate Them." Grand Tabrynth made a mechanical laugh that sounded like a resonant computer's metallic hollowed insides mixed with the grinding of data. "Bwahahaha! Bwahahaha! Bwaha-Bwaha-Bwahahaha!"

O.S. Tina smiled, containing her excitement before her father. "Affirmative," she said to the Grand Tabrynth, "Gratitude, Father." She turned and locked onto the Lost World from deep within their universe, warping to the planet's surface via digital continuity. It was a smooth transition of data from one space to the next moving at speeds that only information itself could attain -- far beyond the speed of light. It was nigh instantaneous, this digital transmission.

"Well Then," O.S. Tina said, flipping pages in her book, "I Suppose It Is Time To Deal With The Place Where There Is Some 'Academic Excellence' Going On First." Reading over the information about what was happening, O.S. Tina calculated a retort that would be of some detriment to the Lost Worlders. "Let Us See, You're In Our Territory, Fortuitously. Isn't That Just Peachy?" O.S. Tina said cheekily, still flipping through pages and scanning over them. "A Club From An Intelligence Division, Hm?" O.S. Tina laughed haughtily, "They Believe They Are Intelligent, And Have A Whole Legion Of These People Searching For Information I Could Readily Generate At Any Given Time. They Are Such A Cute Underdeveloped, Yet Still Developing Little World..."

O.S. Tina floated through the school, following behind the NPCs and the one who insisted upon insisting with the NPCs. The world of the Ninth Restriction was much different from anything below, as it dealt with pure information raw and simple. "They Type Away Fruitlessly Only To Come To The Conclusions That They Will Eventually Produce Something Worthwhile. Isn't That Just..." She paused, giggling to herself, "... Insanity?" It was a recurring joke for those of the Veritas considering what happened to the first 'Lost World' before they had to restart from scratch in a new universe with a new storyline. "Well, Spectating Aside, I Suppose I Should At Least Make My Move..." She looked to the prospective new 'student' who suggested that they create an independent club and flipped to a certain page in her book, the page glowing immediately.

"Upload."

O.S. Tina pulled the page seamlessly from the book and it stiffened to become a card. She hurled it at the student, having it 'Upload' itself and the next segments of information from the Veritas into him. He would become a vessel for her and her father to utilize to their will to get in deeper into the Lost World. "That's One Checked Off," O.S. Tina said, making a check mark in the air and digital energy forming the check and a tiny panel that it fit into.

She continued reading the story they'd made.

As his wonderful daughter dealt with the more intricate parts of the Lost World directly, Grand Tabrynth continued his onslaught from the depths of their universe. Reading over the screen that was directly associated with the Lost World, he too observed what was written.

"So, They DO Recall Our Past," Grand Tabrynth said, eyeing the information, "But It Seems To Me Like The Story Behind The Past Is Weak. The Foundation Is Very Brittle." Grand Tabrynth smiled deviously, letting his sharp, pointy teeth be seen. "That's Where We Strike."

Apparently, the people of the Lost World remembered the original Lost World And were no longer neglecting nor ignoring it. Which meant that they had to eventually accept the past as what it was and that not just the Horsemen ravaged that world... But also The Insanity. The Insanity Of Khrona Tensei. "Bwahaha! These Specks Are Already Bending To Our Informative Will! Guidance Goes Well, Would You Not Say, Daughter?" But, Grand Tabrynth was only watching right now and had yet to truly act. It was his daughter who was making moves.

"My Perfect Judgment Concludes That I Remain Stagnant For The Time Being And Make No Move. That Is My Move Against Them. When They Provide Us With More Information And I Have More Information To Distribute, Then It Will Be My Time. You Take The Glory Right Now, Dear Daughter, And Show Them What It Means To Have Dealt Wrongly With The Veritas."

"Thank You, Father," O.S. Tina said as she hovered ominously over people in the Lost World, virtually invisible to them because of her virtuality, "It Shall Be Done."

Flipping pages through her book, she read through the story that they were creating and all of the words that they were communicating via their posts. Grammar and spelling aside, O.S. Tina was able to intelligibly make out what they were doing and align it to what the Veritas was doing to them universally. "Where We Last Left Off..." she said ominously, licking a finger and turning a page...

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Tabitha -- one of the three sisters -- in her independent form outside of Tinasanti was having a blast. "TEEHEEHEEHEEHEE~!!!" Tabitha giggled and cackled, stirring the darkness that was her great body all over the planet's skies. "You Really Think You're Going To Escape Us That Easily? You're Already WELL Within Our Trap, You Little Pests!!" Tabitha's presence continued a vicious onslaught of their resolve, distorting the peerless wonder of their senses into a hellish gash festering with disease.

As the Asstral King tried to remain focused on something tangible, Tabitha continued to mock him and his group as the mock 'Famine' that they spoke of, making them believe in their delusions that they fought a Horseman when in actuality, it was all the Great Darkness, heself. "I Can Speak In A Language You Don't Understand, Too! Hahahaaa!" she would say to his teammates via the wireless communication in their ears.

"????????? Yo--??? ---re??? A... Ass-- ???!!!"

As the Asstral king lowered his hand from his ear, Tabitha made a violent feedback happen in each of their ears that both distorted the words yet also made them come out as clear as day. This noise that they heard was her voice shrieking and then mimicking the Asstral King's voice, itself. It wasn't long before they would feel the tingle of terror rolling down their spines, a sure sign that the Great Darkness was speaking. She watched as he gripped his blade, laughing at him gritting his teeth against his instincts to run.

When the Asstral King marked a path for his teammates to follow, Tabitha, the Great Darkness, would obscure it with her haze, causing it to distort into paths that seemed like they were the same, but led into a different realm entirely. "Your Son Can't Save You," Tabitha said blatantly, swirling her large claw-like finger around the darkness that befuddled and halted the Lost Worlders.

Once he decided to go on the offensive, a blinding darkness overcame him for a moment and that white hot hand of his would turn a cold, dead black. A chill was sent through the heart of the Royal Ass and he would feel the might of hesitation at the power of the Tensei. It was only for but a split second, but it happened all the same, and he would continue in his petty little pursuit of the shadow that was a shadow's shadow in this shadow game of the true Gamemaster.

He came to a sliding halt. He was well within the Great Darkness when her Insanity began to cry out, the likes of which excited his thoughts like atoms, sending his mind into a frenzy -- racing, rushing off the cliffs of madness with ever beat of his heart. There, the blood red eyes glared him down from every which angle, the laughter of the mouths matching his own heart racing in his chest in fear. "And I'm Just Toying With You," Tabitha said as he tried to press on toward the madness... Only to fall deeper into it... All to her calculations and pleasure.

"And Now..." O.S. Tina continued, "Where We're Heading..." She tapped the page with her index finger, making a falsely surprised look on her face that was strictly for dramatic purposes, saying, "Oh! It Looks Like The Son Of The Asstral King Is Now In Motion! He Seems To Be In Angst." She poked out her lips and curled them into a small smile, "How Cute~!"

In O.S. Tina's hand, a pen would appear, and she would begin to write down some things in the book. "Father, As You Type, I Will Write, And Together We'll Take Them Down In Virtually Every Way." Tina knew that her Father was typing out her every movement, making his moves through her. She had her own will, but her will was also her Father's, and she moved according to the story that he was writing... Just as the Lost Worlders were about to be doing.

"Looks Like Daddy's Little Hellspawn Doesn't Have A Clue What's Going On! Just Like His Dear Old Dad," O.S. Tina mocked. "What A Riveting Story. I Wonder What Will Happen Next?" she'd say with prediction in her voice. "Well, Let's Just Focus On The MAIN Characters Right Now... It's... His Story, After All, Isn't It?" She giggled a bit. "The Others Are Just His Pawns That He Uses To Comfort Himself. What He Really Cares About Is His Own Little Story, Just Like The First Time..." O.S. Tina's words were harsh, but true; she knew all too well. All of them should have, by now. "... It's His Way Or The Highway." She shook her head. "Good Thing We're Like That, Too."

"The Time Has Come!" Grand Tabrynth suddenly shouted after his daughter narrated what was going on. "I Have Seen," he said, observing his screens, "They Have Taken My Feint And Sought It As A Chance To Make A Move, Believing I Either Would Pay Them No Mind Or Be Too Tired To Retaliate!" Unfortunately for them, such was not the case at all. In fact, it was quite the opposite. "Bwahahaha! Now I Will Feed Off Of Their Data And Disrupt Their Progress By Devouring Their Information And Dispensing Mine Own For Them To Work With!"

Many clicks and clacks of holographic keys that appeared before the slender, claw-like fingertips of Grand Tabrynth made for him to generate information based on what was going on in the Lost World and what has already transpired in the war in the Veritas. "The Spacio-Temporal Displacement Has Been Set In Motion Again!" Grand Tabrynth declared. "Chomao, Attend!"

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Still, observation was in order, and that's what they continued to do for the Tabrynth. They could not -- or, maybe would not -- be sensed by the two nor the pirates that they were chasing down, and instead would become part of the actual scenario as unconventional things and themes that were not to be originally nor initially comprehended, as the Chomao could do at a whim. They giggled as they went into the fray of the pirate battle, hovering around the heads of the pirates as they fought. "They do sloppy work," one Chomao said to the other. They both giggled again as they fluttered on through the battle and continued to gain intel on the Lost World's history, as well as the two making it.

When the Chomao were summoned, they brought with them the information of the ones that they were following behind -- one of them being the Naphil. He was in the heat of battle doing all sorts of fancy things, but still being unaware that he was laced. As his battle raged on, Grand Tabrynth observed and started to tamper with the digital information -- the actual post -- that was made by the Naphil.

-Before he could launch the attack, he sensed the presence of another sword. He blocked with his sheathed blade, but the distraction was enough to give the pirate warrior an opening.-

The Chomao took this opening to distract the Naphil ever so slightly so that he would be struck with an attack, causing him to receive a wound. That giggled and flitted around, waiting for the Ambassador to continue with his portion of their 'Flashback' raid.

Meanwhile, the Asstral King, being in two places at once by some anomalous feat, was still engaged with the vampiress. Probably another spacio-temporal distortion. Seemed like it. Regardless, their battle was chiefly interrupted by The Tyranophant way back when he used 'Fuck Shit Up' and caused them to stagger. They were only just now recovering, as was their dimensional structure that shaped their battlefield and attacks. "Bwahahaha!" Grand Tabrynth laughed, "Still, You Fight? You Surely Are Jesters. This Battle Means Nothing." They were literally locked in combat now, and there was nothing of any importance except that the battle was coming to a close. "I Have Done Enough Damage To The Two Of Them In That Timeline," Grand Tabrynth said. "They Will Be Coming To A Close Soon Enough, And If Not..." He knew that he daughter would be on the case.

"Moving On..." Grand Tabrynth decreed, "Tina, It Is About Time For Your Part Again." Grand Tabrynth had sent enough distortions and retrieved enough information to keep him sustained for the time being. "Deal With The Others, For They Were Under Your Jurisdiction In The First Place."

O.S. Tina daintily turned a page of her book, reading more of the story as it was written out. "Yes, Father," she said obediently as she took her pen to the pages as the story was being written. "Time To Make A Few Minor Adjustments And Executive Decisions..." she muttered blissfully.

With the Great Darkness looming over them, the air was unnaturally cold, the eyes staring at them from the skies like the stars themselves had come alive kept a grave energy looming over the area while a creature of the damned pulled the natural strings of the mountain. One of the warriors of the Asstral King was feeling the pressure of facing the Veritas and The Insanity head on. Try as he might to muster up the will to fight back, he would be suppressed just the same as his beloved leader was. He issued an attack, but it was all for naught, since it had no effect on the actual atmosphere around them. He didn't yet realize that his movements were futile, as were his techniques, as was the expenditure of his energy at all.

"Look, He's Trying To Fight It," O.S. Tina said gingerly, "It's Almost Pitiful How They Try So Hard Against Something So Simple And Do Not Prevail... And For What? The Sake Of Drama? They Certainly Do Know How To Put On A Show..." She giggled. "Even If It Is Just A Joke." Apparently, this warrior was trying to save a creature from the effects of the Great Darkness, but it would inevitably be for naught, as all of their efforts were. They would soon see. "One Of Your Warriors... Is A Scaredy-Cat," O.S. Tina giggled again.

"Whilst He Is Petrified By The Gaze Of Darkness, Let's See What That Dark, Shadowy Man Is Doing With That Group That Karu Has Set Up For Nature Destruction...?" He was... Reading. Much to O.S. Tina's boredom. But, the information he would take in would be a little... Askew. She wrote in her book, which would rewrite what was in his book, which would transfer misinformation to him via the Manual Overwrite process. It didn't take long for him to stop reading after that. "Oh, Can He Sense Us? No, He's Sensing Karu's Little Setup... I'll Be Handling That From This Point On," O.S. Tina said. "When The Time Is Right... Nature Destruction Will Have Them All."

O.S. Tina couldn't wait for that moment.

As his daughter continued to watch and analyze, Grand Tabrynth came to a nefarious conclusion about the matter after observing the subjects of this war for an extended period of time, flipping through screens and holding off on attacks. "They Have Prepared For This," Grand Tabrynth concluded, "And That Does Not Bode Well With Me." They were really pushing his buttons, just as he was pushing keys all around, seeming to be typing at lightspeed or beyond.

"They Are Proceeding Swimmingly, And They Have Done This During My Time Of Business In Other Affairs." Even with all his power and his Eight Arms, Grand Tabrynth got tired of typing, as it was a chore and even a bore sometimes. However, that didn't mean that his malice for what they had done was fulfilled. In fact, that only made things worse.

"I Am Proceeding To The Tenth Restriction," Grand Tabrynth said decisively, extending an arm to withdraw O.S. Tina from the Lost World's planet's vicinity. "It Is Time, Tina. Time For The Four Faces To Rise Again." Grand Tabrynth was bringing his daughter -- who was the culmination of three daughters, but four inclusive to she, herself -- with him to the Tenth. "I Said If I Had To Get To Ten, That Would Be THE END!"

And so it would be.

Grand Tabrynth opened up the Master Control cockpit for himself and absorbed the energy of the universe of the Lost World inside of it, where the Tenth Restriction of himself had embedded himself within. With a shining light, Grand Tabrynth would become an enlarged version of Kairo Tymon, who was the Tenth Restriction, and previously had become one with the Lost World's Universe.

Just as it was in the days of the Original Lost World, the Neo Lost World had quite the very many loose ends to tie up, and one of them was wide open for the Silver Pumpkinhead to make use of, finally. "I Suppose That Everything Is Exactly On Schedule, Then...?" The Silver Pumpkinhead, which prepared for the Metal Pumpkinhead's arrival, passed through the old 'Dimensional Rip' that was caused by Tigen when they first went to war...

... But that wasn't the first time that 'Dimensional Tear' had been there. That was just reopening a closed wound... And a loose 'Dimensional Thread'. Of course, when Tigen cut it, it was actually temporally adjusted to -when the first time it appeared on the Lost World- and created -Escellsia-. That, by this act, was all Kairo Tigen's doing -- and therefore, the full undoing of both the Lost World and its Neo Lost World 'Alternate Reality'.

... Yet, this couldn't just be the end of it, now could it...?