His heretic throne… but what about the whole agreement you made with the other demiurges to hold on to him, wretch? Do you so callously wish to restart the Universal War?
Uther "Chaos Angel", Least of Jagganoth's Foreservants
That may be the plan. Death without, peace within. Made necessary, in her eyes by the evident impossibility of simply keeping the real world at bay, perhaps?
In all likelihood, ’twas another demiurge who made the offer, as they now splinter and turn against one another. They know Mammon is no threat any longer, and will dwell in his vault til the end of this kalpa, so long as no one forces him out. So better to offer him more gold to add to his Count, and avoid an unnecessary confrontation with a senile god.
Another possibility is that Himself was responsible for this (either as part of a grander scheme or simple trolling), or that the angels made the offer (most likely the Thorn Knights, making their own strange power play).
>She meddles in affairs she does not begin to understand, assuming her understanding superior to that of her god.
I will tentatively sign on to that interpretation. Mammon is a god, and I wouldn’t assume that he’s senile rather than abstracted. Gods become involved in larger matters and can look a bit absent-minded when viewed from below.
A god who’s grown so weak and senile that his priests handle his godly duties. How tragic. I pray the Grand Dragon find the peace he seeks, even if this prison he’s in is of his own making.
He’s far from weak. He’s far from senile. He may be closer than he once was, but he merely lost sight of why conquest is important, simply because: It isn’t.
There was a young lady barista
who wrote her thesis about Nietzsche
But when taken to bed
found a key in her head
and some Devils none-too-please to meet her.
Uther "Chaos Angel", Least of Jagganoth's Foreservants
Aw, shoot, he’s not there. Do we really need him anyway? I mean, we tried, right? I kind of feel like we’ve done enough for him. Anyway, now that her back is turned, this would be a great opportunity to give her the old stab-a-roo and nab that sweet axe.
I am sorry to hear that you have come to view your mission as an obligation. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to take a few minutes meditating on these peaceful fields of violet, and find your centre first?
That’s… What is this??? She is poisoning the outside world and complains it is poisoned? Honestly, is that utter cynism or utter obliviousness?
00001 and her ‘high caste’ are living in a luxury vault, ‘contemplating the ruin of their god’, right while he devastates his domain of ~111111 worlds? We have no reason not to assume that Mammon is effectively looting his worlds just like Mottom does. Different motive, different methods, but ultimately the same result.
IS there a proper word for such an unethical level of neglect of this ultimate elite gated community?
Our Western World is acting the same, really. We’re burning millenia of ancient forests in every hour of running our cars, consuming plastic-wrapped meat every day. But at least we honestly feel bad about destroying our planet and killing the animals we eat. At least our poor children will face the consequences of our lifestyle today!
It seems this doesn’t apply to the fantasy world of 000001, who can peacefully contemplating the ruin her god brings about.
Allison, this woman is worse than the Tree of Woe! Cut her down this instant!
“IS there a proper word for such an unethical level of neglect of this ultimate elite gated community?” The word you are looking for is “bourgeoisie”.
Additionally, many here today don’t feel bad at all and simply deny that issues exist. It’s not uncommon at all for wealthy bankers to moan about poverty and crime that they indirectly cause.
Here’s an even more depressing alternative, its not cynicism or obliviousness to blame others shit everywhere, its strategic. Blame others so it doesn’t stick to you, doesn’t matter if you did it, if you did just accuse someone else of your crimes. You can see it done in kids playgrounds to corporations.
It’s just so much easier to blame the previous generations who created the inequality you benefit from, than to take responsibility for changing it.
By merely existing, this vault secures massive credit lines for Mammon’s mercenary armies. 000001, whether she likes it or not, perpetuates the ruin of the world outside.
Destroying it would cost her too much, I think. It would set free the god she has enslaved, for starters.
Enslaved? Or kept safe, from a world that would destroy him and everything he holds dear. Think not for one moment that the other Demiurges would pause for a moment in conquering Mammon and his 1/7th of the cosmos, if they felt they could get away with it.
Or else, 000001 fears what would happen to her god if he were forced to take up the crusade again. That he might not be feeble, but revert to a true monster. Beautiful and terrible and inexorable as the tide, rapacious and hungry as the inferno. Mayhaps she dreads the loss of her over-kind god, and the return of one who fought the entire universe to a stalemate.
Though his mind is clouded now, it is preferable, when compared to him being reminded of who he was.
Hrmm… seems to me it’s not Western culture, but simple Human nature. The children of our forefathers face the consequence of their lifestyle. Think about why there aren’t no Woolly Mammoths no more. Ever wondered why there aren’t no penguin’s in the northern hemisphere? Ever heard of the Cedars of Lebannon? Where are these things now? Were the forefathers concerned with the world they left behind, or were they merely trying to survive?
Today we have the luxury of considering the earth around us, but it wasn’t always that way.
108 Reaver Full Of Heresy Who Defies The Will of Fate
See it this way: the world has fallen to a zombie apocalypse. You live in a giant mansion created by an elderly rich guy, who built it atop a plateau with plenty of farming space. Now you went ahead and used dynamite to blow up every single easily-accessible way up, sealing yourself off from the outside world. How would you feel about some randos climbing the walls, claiming to be heroes who can end the infection? Never being able to truly know if they are misguided fools at best, or malicious thieves out for their own gain?
And by the sound of it, I’d guess Mammon has long since abandoned the worlds to their own devices. 000001 only cares about the “safety” of the vault, and so would be more likely to use the worlds as bargaining chips rather than actually rule over them. If all the world is going to succumb to the infection anyhow, then it is inevitable that so will the surrounding country. Better to use the land to keep what few political adversaries you have left at bay until they all inevitably die.
That being said, that is in the case of a true zombie apocalypse. This multiverse is just ruled by a bunch of gangsters who hardly even know what they are doing anymore. So…000001 is already too late, for the same poison that is killing Throne is the same one that is deteriorating her God.
He’s kind of sleazy, rolling his eyes and being annoyed when Allison was obviously freaked out about losing her virginity. Not anything heinous or deserving of being kidnapped, but I don’t /like/ the guy; he seems like a jerk.
Such is the tragedy of heirs (or even heirs-apparent). It doesn’t matter what they are like or what they’ve done (if anything). All that matters is what they could do. Merely the possibility of someone – anyone – coming in and upsetting the apple cart will whip even the sanest into a frenzy, for or against said heir.
Don’t think anyone hates Zaid. o-O
He hasn’t had much revealed about him as a character- personality, past, etc. are all mysterious, so personally, the only comment I can make is ‘he’s in trouble, someone save him, plzkthx’.
13 Red Spear Accuses the World and Slays the Undeserving, Mournfully
It seems obvious that of the two, Mammon’s grasp on sanity is stronger than 000001’s. Mammon may have built a fortress of wealth onto to find it a prison of regret, but 000001 mistakes hell for paradise.
Did you kill the Tree of Woe, and do you have faith in gods below?
If the old king tells you so?
Well, do you believe in your friends above, and can they teach you how to love?
And figure out when Incubus is screwing with you?
’tis not a blessing, but a curse. Guilt remains but understanding has long since fled. There is no greater horror in the multiverse than to suffer without truly knowing why.
I’m gunna find it really funny if offscreen Zaid’s been having the same level of forced introspection and character development Allison’s been going through, so when we finally find him he’s completely unlike the douchebag we barely know.
So, with all his power, he cannot resurrect his fellows with even a fraction of the power or life in them, yet he lives countless years apparently in a doddering misery, counting things he owns, and the priesthood runs his empire essentially without his consent.
Allison, thou holy fragment, simply breathe the word Truth at him. It would grant him some memory back.
Not that this would be a *safe* thing to do, mind you…
#1 seems to be woefully misinformed about just who the heir is. Probably just as well — Allison may be weak at this stage in her ascension, but she’s still got incalculable reserves working inside her.
His heretic throne… but what about the whole agreement you made with the other demiurges to hold on to him, wretch? Do you so callously wish to restart the Universal War?
That may be the plan. Death without, peace within. Made necessary, in her eyes by the evident impossibility of simply keeping the real world at bay, perhaps?
An agreement two of the Seven already seem keen to break… what’s one more, albeit by proxy.
In all likelihood, ’twas another demiurge who made the offer, as they now splinter and turn against one another. They know Mammon is no threat any longer, and will dwell in his vault til the end of this kalpa, so long as no one forces him out. So better to offer him more gold to add to his Count, and avoid an unnecessary confrontation with a senile god.
Another possibility is that Himself was responsible for this (either as part of a grander scheme or simple trolling), or that the angels made the offer (most likely the Thorn Knights, making their own strange power play).
I lean towards 2 Michael. He has expressed interest in installing the “heir” on the throne as a puppet king, fully in control of the angels.
She meddles in affairs she does not begin to understand, assuming her understanding superior to that of her god.
I can see where she might get that impression, though.
>She meddles in affairs she does not begin to understand, assuming her understanding superior to that of her god.
I will tentatively sign on to that interpretation. Mammon is a god, and I wouldn’t assume that he’s senile rather than abstracted. Gods become involved in larger matters and can look a bit absent-minded when viewed from below.
Why concern yourself with the happenings of the outside? These walls will never fall. Change will never come. The circle is sterile.
The Circle. Pure. Infertile.
We found no silver prince in this Samura.
A strange inversion of the original tale… where the Silver Prince found no Samura…
I’m sorry, but your prince is in another castle.
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Beat me to it.
poor Mammon :'(
A god who’s grown so weak and senile that his priests handle his godly duties. How tragic. I pray the Grand Dragon find the peace he seeks, even if this prison he’s in is of his own making.
It is no tragedy to relinquish the throne. In truth, it is the only way to escape the tragedy of power.
He’s far from weak. He’s far from senile. He may be closer than he once was, but he merely lost sight of why conquest is important, simply because: It isn’t.
Armageddon, set your price,
Interview for avarice.
My father lives off boiled rice.
Hey Wax Head! May I request a limerick on this most sacred of week-ends?
There was a young lady barista
who wrote her thesis about Nietzsche
But when taken to bed
found a key in her head
and some Devils none-too-please to meet her.
The prince, inside another castle? Success, impossible all along?
Hm, I would have thought himself was above such petty tricks as dealing in bad faith.
In hindsight, is Zaid really necessary though? AL-YISUN was only using him to lose her virginity.
I mean I guess they could just take like three coins and call it a day… it doesn’t seem like it’ll affect their chances of “judication” either way.
Aw, shoot, he’s not there. Do we really need him anyway? I mean, we tried, right? I kind of feel like we’ve done enough for him. Anyway, now that her back is turned, this would be a great opportunity to give her the old stab-a-roo and nab that sweet axe.
her princess is in another castle.
They have an entire town there. And lots of people. And crops and livestock. Do you know what that means? That means there might be a bakery.
I know now what I must do.
The 96th incarnation of the Dread Pita Predator strikes again…
The Teachings of Ya’at are silent on food rapists(though not on false gods).
I am sorry to hear that you have come to view your mission as an obligation. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to take a few minutes meditating on these peaceful fields of violet, and find your centre first?
That’s… What is this??? She is poisoning the outside world and complains it is poisoned? Honestly, is that utter cynism or utter obliviousness?
00001 and her ‘high caste’ are living in a luxury vault, ‘contemplating the ruin of their god’, right while he devastates his domain of ~111111 worlds? We have no reason not to assume that Mammon is effectively looting his worlds just like Mottom does. Different motive, different methods, but ultimately the same result.
IS there a proper word for such an unethical level of neglect of this ultimate elite gated community?
Our Western World is acting the same, really. We’re burning millenia of ancient forests in every hour of running our cars, consuming plastic-wrapped meat every day. But at least we honestly feel bad about destroying our planet and killing the animals we eat. At least our poor children will face the consequences of our lifestyle today!
It seems this doesn’t apply to the fantasy world of 000001, who can peacefully contemplating the ruin her god brings about.
Allison, this woman is worse than the Tree of Woe! Cut her down this instant!
Such is the ill of banks
“IS there a proper word for such an unethical level of neglect of this ultimate elite gated community?” The word you are looking for is “bourgeoisie”.
Additionally, many here today don’t feel bad at all and simply deny that issues exist. It’s not uncommon at all for wealthy bankers to moan about poverty and crime that they indirectly cause.
Here’s an even more depressing alternative, its not cynicism or obliviousness to blame others shit everywhere, its strategic. Blame others so it doesn’t stick to you, doesn’t matter if you did it, if you did just accuse someone else of your crimes. You can see it done in kids playgrounds to corporations.
That’s fair.
“IS there a proper word for such an unethical level of neglect of this ultimate elite gated community?”
A word, a name, a monster.
MOLOCH!
It’s just so much easier to blame the previous generations who created the inequality you benefit from, than to take responsibility for changing it.
By merely existing, this vault secures massive credit lines for Mammon’s mercenary armies. 000001, whether she likes it or not, perpetuates the ruin of the world outside.
Destroying it would cost her too much, I think. It would set free the god she has enslaved, for starters.
Enslaved? Or kept safe, from a world that would destroy him and everything he holds dear. Think not for one moment that the other Demiurges would pause for a moment in conquering Mammon and his 1/7th of the cosmos, if they felt they could get away with it.
Or else, 000001 fears what would happen to her god if he were forced to take up the crusade again. That he might not be feeble, but revert to a true monster. Beautiful and terrible and inexorable as the tide, rapacious and hungry as the inferno. Mayhaps she dreads the loss of her over-kind god, and the return of one who fought the entire universe to a stalemate.
Though his mind is clouded now, it is preferable, when compared to him being reminded of who he was.
Hrmm… seems to me it’s not Western culture, but simple Human nature. The children of our forefathers face the consequence of their lifestyle. Think about why there aren’t no Woolly Mammoths no more. Ever wondered why there aren’t no penguin’s in the northern hemisphere? Ever heard of the Cedars of Lebannon? Where are these things now? Were the forefathers concerned with the world they left behind, or were they merely trying to survive?
Today we have the luxury of considering the earth around us, but it wasn’t always that way.
See it this way: the world has fallen to a zombie apocalypse. You live in a giant mansion created by an elderly rich guy, who built it atop a plateau with plenty of farming space. Now you went ahead and used dynamite to blow up every single easily-accessible way up, sealing yourself off from the outside world. How would you feel about some randos climbing the walls, claiming to be heroes who can end the infection? Never being able to truly know if they are misguided fools at best, or malicious thieves out for their own gain?
And by the sound of it, I’d guess Mammon has long since abandoned the worlds to their own devices. 000001 only cares about the “safety” of the vault, and so would be more likely to use the worlds as bargaining chips rather than actually rule over them. If all the world is going to succumb to the infection anyhow, then it is inevitable that so will the surrounding country. Better to use the land to keep what few political adversaries you have left at bay until they all inevitably die.
That being said, that is in the case of a true zombie apocalypse. This multiverse is just ruled by a bunch of gangsters who hardly even know what they are doing anymore. So…000001 is already too late, for the same poison that is killing Throne is the same one that is deteriorating her God.
…Where have I seen this comment before?
And so the boring Zaid is somewhere else. Unfortunately Allison realizes she’s gay so I guess we’ll just have to let him go.
What a shame.
Truly a loss.
It seems that Allison is very gay, but even more stubborn. How relatable.
Gayness or no, it would *technically* be wrong to leave him in mortal peril, a pawn in a cosmic power battle. She kind of HAS to save him.
Even if he’s kind of a dick. It would be the “noble” thing to do. Sadly.
Heretic
Hold a tick
Surrounded here by gold to nick
Dost thou say twas all a trick
The Pretender’s capture did not stick
The black flame better watch the Throne cause this comment section’s got some HOT fire.
out of curiosity, do people hate Zaid? and if so, why? he didn’t actually do anything bad, as far as i remember. or anything at all
He’s kind of sleazy, rolling his eyes and being annoyed when Allison was obviously freaked out about losing her virginity. Not anything heinous or deserving of being kidnapped, but I don’t /like/ the guy; he seems like a jerk.
He’s kind of a flat character. His only characterization is being sorta pushy towards Allison in regards to having sex with him.
Such is the tragedy of heirs (or even heirs-apparent). It doesn’t matter what they are like or what they’ve done (if anything). All that matters is what they could do. Merely the possibility of someone – anyone – coming in and upsetting the apple cart will whip even the sanest into a frenzy, for or against said heir.
Suffer no pretenders to the throne.
Also he’s apparently kinda a creep.
Don’t think anyone hates Zaid. o-O
He hasn’t had much revealed about him as a character- personality, past, etc. are all mysterious, so personally, the only comment I can make is ‘he’s in trouble, someone save him, plzkthx’.
He was pressuring Allison into sex while she herself wasn’t comfortable with it. He did not make a good first impression.
I’m sure this is all fascinating, but where’s the bloody cat? Hath thou forsaken teh puss?
’tis both alive and dead till proven otherwise
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It seems obvious that of the two, Mammon’s grasp on sanity is stronger than 000001’s. Mammon may have built a fortress of wealth onto to find it a prison of regret, but 000001 mistakes hell for paradise.
Only when surrounded by infinite opulence can people learn to let go of their greed. This world you build is just incredible Abbadon.
To whom did you sell him, oh countmistress?
Did you kill the Tree of Woe, and do you have faith in gods below?
If the old king tells you so?
Well, do you believe in your friends above, and can they teach you how to love?
And figure out when Incubus is screwing with you?
i find distaste in the fate of the great dragon. should such a creature be granted the blessing of forgetting?
’tis not a blessing, but a curse. Guilt remains but understanding has long since fled. There is no greater horror in the multiverse than to suffer without truly knowing why.
Oh well, he was kind of a creep anyway
I’m gunna find it really funny if offscreen Zaid’s been having the same level of forced introspection and character development Allison’s been going through, so when we finally find him he’s completely unlike the douchebag we barely know.
So, with all his power, he cannot resurrect his fellows with even a fraction of the power or life in them, yet he lives countless years apparently in a doddering misery, counting things he owns, and the priesthood runs his empire essentially without his consent.
Allison, thou holy fragment, simply breathe the word Truth at him. It would grant him some memory back.
Not that this would be a *safe* thing to do, mind you…
Luckily for Alice-Un, she is too unconscious from bloodloss to commit such an act, so matter how good/foolish it may be.
Well, he’s dead.
When’s the wedding, Cici?
#1 seems to be woefully misinformed about just who the heir is. Probably just as well — Allison may be weak at this stage in her ascension, but she’s still got incalculable reserves working inside her.