Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26444332-20161224034213/@comment-26444332-20170105024225

Shadowfyrelord wrote: Faenor of the Silver Laurel wrote: 'You're right, cosmic dust wouldn't do this,' Asariel replies. 'But the cause is something I'm not willing to explain just yet. Let me begin by explaining a few things, and I shall tell as we go on. Listen up, the rest of you,' he says to the others, 'Because I'm only going to say this once.'

'The story that metahumans have only been surfacing in Veil for the past few weeks is a lie. It's been happening for many years now: several thousand, to be precise. The cosmic dust of the Space Elevator was used as a convenient excuse to explain away the abilities, but do you really think that would be the case? In the beginning, there were nine of us. Saber and I are two of the originals: we're far older than we look. The individual known as "Wrath" is another. The first nine each had a power, and, depending on how you looked at it, a curse: we could not die. It was still possible to kill us, and it was still possible for us to catch some deadly disease: but if we did not, we endured.'

He sighs before continuing.

'Each of us took a name, and became the foundation of a legend. From Gilgamesh came the epic that bears his name, and from the one we have fought, Heracles, sprang a cult and myth that stands to this day. And that, I suppose, brings me to the foundation of your abilities: you have inherited the legend. Heroes never die, they are only reborn. Cú Chulainn and Stratigikí's Lancer bear the same abilities because Lancer has... continued the story, I suppose one might say.' Izaak looks even more confused.

"But what about the battle? We recently fought a giant man with red skin and super strength, and the Cu Chulainn person that we just encountered. What are they doing? And who's Stratigiki?"

'The person you fought was Heracles: the human expression of indomitable force. You might have heard his legend with the name of "Hercules".'

Asariel hums in thought before continuing.

'I suppose you could say they're fighting for the thrill of it. After a while, things lose their flavor to an immortal: doing the same thing hundreds of thousands of times can get boring. But combat is always, every time, a hectic game in which your life is bet. I'm the same way: for years beyond count have I walked this world, and my legend stands to this day. In the end, they're out for enjoyment, and they don't care about who they hurt in the process. They've ceased to think of themselves as human, so they've ceased to consider human life when looking for their fun.'

Saber interrupts at this point.

'Stratigikí is an organization of metahumans, formed in recent years, for the purpose of stopping these wild "supervillains" whenever they want to look for fun.'