LRAB Chapter 375: Unraveling Realities
Chapter 375: Unraveling Realities
Chapter 375: Unraveling Realities
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Chapter 375: Unraveling Realities
26th April 2015, Remnant
(Jasmine Sayre POV)
It was then that I realized that there was literally nothing I could do against him. This was a consciousness that was powered with energy, a living form of a concept. You can't kill an idea, that's the truth.
Suddenly, my Death Perception gave me a path to follow. It was so simple. Why didn't I think of it? With renewed purpose, I grabbed a small disk and ran towards my enemy. He stabbed Jean with his infamous weapon, only for both our eyes to widen as she turned into sand. Wasn't Loki supposed to have died? It didn't matter. What did matter was that my enemy was taken aback. I tackled him into the ground and the disk I was holding started to glow.
Suddenly, we were both enveloped in a Kaleidoscope of colors.
It was hard to explain with words what happened. English was just so limited in terms of adjectives to describe the sudden change in my surroundings. Colors blurred, and the world seemed to stretch and twist around me. Gravity lost its grip as I felt myself being pulled apart, yet staying whole at the same time. It was overwhelming.
The fabric of reality itself seemed to unravel, revealing a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues that defied description. I was surrounded by a pulsating symphony of energy, where particles danced in intricate patterns that I could scarcely comprehend. I floated in this ethereal realm, no longer confined by the limitations of the tangible world I once knew.
The very concept of time became malleable. Moments stretched and condensed in ways that eluded rationality. I realized then how small I was compared to this. Entropy stopped mattering, Selene's death didn't matter, nothing mattered, in front of the representation of infinity before me. I had no idea how long I had been adrift in this mesmerizing expanse, nor did I have any frame of reference to understand it.
Honestly, for all my ascension and talk of surpassing humanity, it was humbling to see something that I just couldn't comprehend. All my life, I lived in a material universe with concrete laws that were tightly governed by cosmic entities. There was a distinct balance of order and chaos, blending in perfectly to create the requirements for reality to exist. But what I was seeing was paradoxical and my mind just couldn't cope with that. The mighty Morrigan brought so low with incomprehension.
Suddenly, I found myself pulled downwards and I was slowly getting more and more overwhelmed by the sheer impossibility of what I was witnessing. It didn't take long for me to black out. Well, not really. It was more like my consciousness was blocked to somehow shift my view of reality.
Gradually, my consciousness settled into the chaos around me. I found myself in an environment that was simultaneously familiar and alien. I was lying down upon a crystalline landscape that stretched beyond sight, its facets reflecting a spectrum of colors that shifted with every step. The air itself shimmered with microscopic motes, like specks of stardust suspended in infinity.
I gazed up at the skyor what I assumed was the sky. It was a breathtaking display of colors that I could never have imagined. Hues I had no names for blended seamlessly together, creating an awe-inspiring panorama that stretched to infinity. There were no stars or constellations; instead, the entire expanse seemed to be alive with a luminescent energy that pulsed and twinkled in harmony with the colors below.
I decided to look around me and saw that my trusty staff was just a few yards away. I still didn't trust myself to stand up since I felt dizzy by the change of environment, so I pulled myself towards it.
By the time I grabbed it, I used it to pull myself up and noticed that my body just felt sore. I took a few steps forwards and the ground beneath my feet seemed to respond to my presence, creating ripples of light that echoed outward. Bizarre flora sprouted from the crystalline terrain, their translucent petals emitting an otherworldly glow. Strange creatures flitted about, their forms resembling delicate fractals that twisted and turned in intricate spirals.
I knew deep in my mind that what I was seeing was an illusion of an incomprehensive reality. My mind was adjusting my senses in a way that it could interpret it without going insane.
It seemed like I wasn't the only one that was frazzled by what I have done, since on my right, the familiar form of Entropy was groaning while limping up and gasped, "What is this place?"
I grinned at him, "Something that Hank Pym inadvertently discovered. This is the Quantum realm, a universe underneath all other universes. A realm where the very fabric of reality is woven from the threads of possibility and uncertainty. Time, space, reality, these are all illusions here, stripped away to reveal the raw essence of existence."
Entropy's eyes widened as he absorbed my words, his expression a mix of disbelief and fascination. "Illusions? So, what we perceive here is just in our heads?"
"Everything is in our heads, Entropy. We try to interpret the universe around us in a way that makes sense. And if lying to ourselves is a way to do so, then we create an illusion of reality that fits our worldview. What we're witnessing right now is a translation of something far more intricate and unfathomable. We're seeing a mere fraction of what the quantum realm truly is, for its true nature is incomprehensible. So, of course all of this is in our heads. But that doesn't make it any less real."
Entropy's gaze flickered between me and the bizarre landscape surrounding us, his expression a mixture of surprise and frustration, "You sacrificed yourself to imprison me here. I'm afraid that it won't hold me for long, and if this place is really beyond time, an eternity here could be nothing more than a fraction of a second in the outside world. After all, to something like me, it is but a blink of my eyes."
I snorted, "No, I did not bring you here to imprison you. You'll escape and then you'll probably try to do the exact same thing again. And even if you fail, you'll find a way to do it all over again. If imprisoning you was my goal, there would be dozens of better places to do so. Aren't you curious why I chose this place specifically?"
"It doesn't matter, you'll be dead anyway"
I got up again and he punched me again, "Give up! This is meaningless. You lost."
But I got up again and again. I wouldn't stand down. Every time I felt like giving up, I remembered Selene, the love that betrayed me, but stood by my side, in the end. I remembered Wanda, the daughter who deserved a better mother than I. I remembered Rose, the sister that I cursed with ignorance in my anger. I remembered Hogwarts, my pride, the daughter that I didn't contact as much as I wanted. I remembered Jean, Wanda's girlfriend, that I started to view as a daughter myself. I remembered Mordred, the daughter that I failed. I remembered Hestia, the love that I lost. I remember Atlan, the father who taught me everything he knew, who gave me the responsibility to help our people, that I failed either way.
I wasn't fighting for me, not anymore. My existence was a cursed one and I waited its end for so long. I lived as a spectator to my own life for most of my existence, bound by time and fate, and when I broke these chains, I found myself bound in another.
A part of me just wanted to give up, so that the pain would end but every time I came close to doing it, I remembered who I was fighting for.
What a joke, that I start feeling human again in a place where being human didn't mean anything.
But with every punch, with every kick, with every insult, I kept getting back up, grinning and laughing.
Entropy was incensed, "Why are you smiling?"
I coughed up some blood and smiled at him again, "Because I know something you don't."
"And what is that?"
"You lose."
He tried to hit me again, I dodged and grabbed his head with both my hands and started to absorb his life force. Well, life force would be an exaggeration. Entropy didn't have a soul; he was a cosmic being. His life force was his power. It kept going inside me, and my soul was getting denser and denser, it was expanding.
He blocked my hands in panic and tried to punch me again, only this time, I grabbed his hand. The cosmic entity gave me a disbelieving look, "How?"
I pinned his hand and went back to absorbing his power. I was almost done now, but frantically, he tried to get away. I let him. He was almost dry now. My soul felt like it was going to burst, and Entropy looked like he was half faded, "This is impossible."
I shrugged, "We're in a realm that is paradoxical in nature. The word impossible is just that, a word."
He looked at me with pleading eyes and yelled "It's not fair. IT'S NOT FAIR! I did everything right. I should have won."
I stayed silent and the cosmic being looked in tears now, "I'm sorry. I know I crossed a line. I did. I shouldn't have done what I did. I just wanted my existence to have meaning. I wanted to matter. I wanted to do my duty"
"I know," I replied, and I did. I could understand him better now. His nature, his desperation, his existence, it made him into the being he became, forged him into a bitter cosmic being that held very little influence.
"You don't have to do this," he said, while kneeling.
"You know I do," I answered simply.
He nodded and looked down and asked, "Does it hurt?"
"Not at all," I said. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep."
"Good," he breathed, "that's good. Farewell, Morrigan."
"Farewell, Entropy."
I grabbed his head once more and felt the remnant of his power enter my soul. By the time I was done, Entropy had faded into nothing. The moment that happened, I could feel my soul pop, and everything turned white.
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