'thought'
"speech"
(10 minutes before Julius's house burnt down)
(Unknown POV)
In the vast cosmos of space, many things are possible and the sights you see are infinite but if you happen to pass by these coordinates [REDACTAED], you can find a man sitting on a broken throne with his legs propped over one of the armrests as he scrolls through the channels in the tv in front of him. Now this in itself isn't strange but if you took a look around reality would not meet your expectations as the where one of the mans eyes would be was just a black void that continuously dripped golden blood from the empty eye socket but no care was shown on his face. Every so often his skin would glitch slightly and change to a light blue coloration before swiftly changing back to a somewhat normal color.
As he was scrolling through the channels suddenly, he sat up straight and stared at the tv as it switched to a view of Julius with his eyes closed as he prayed over the sacrificial paper where 3 symbols glowed crimson. The man watched for a few moments and after hearing the entirety of Juliuss' prayer then he shook his head and muttered under his breath "Wow surprised to see a prayer after all this time... But it seems to be more blind luck than anything." After watching until Julius falls asleep the man leans back and hits pause on the remote freezing the TV. " let's see what this guy is about" Right after saying this he hits rewind on the remote.
Slowly at first on the screen Julius can be seen getting up out of bed and going about his day in reverse, eventually the only thing on screen can be the colors switching quickly between light and dark until finally a month in 'Julius' world' is rewound. The image on the TV freezing on Julius who was leaning against a table with his shirt torn partially off his body and a fork in his hands. "ok ok let's see what his journey might entail" the man waves a hand as he speaks, and a bucket of popcorn is summoned on the arm of his throne and hits start on the remote and a voice can be heard as the tv starts to play.
(8 minutes later)
"what a interesting mortal I think I will take him up on his offer and see what he can provide." The man stared intently for a few minutes into space and on the 26" TV screen the events that caused Julius to wonder off the mortal plain happened once again or maybe even for the first time. Once that action was complete the Powerful stranger took out a strange crystal and held it until it started to grow.
*ring*
*ring*
*riiiiiiing*
"Welcome to the World Tree's Domain Al'thestyre speaking how may I help you?"
"Hi the name is Tony , could you please inform the lady that I have an interesting offer from a mortal that would peak her interest. And before you ask anything yes I know other beings say this same thing please just tell her Tony called." After saying this the man hangs up the crystal and sighs. "Can't believe even gods have to deal with bureaucracy after all this time. It was so much better back then when the Primordials of us were the only ones."
He shivers as somehow a hand ran through his hair softly and a giggle can be heard behind his throne as an ethereal voice rings out "these comments of yours and those actions you took sealed you on this rock a millennia ago seems like you still haven't learned tsk tsk."
"what can I say habits die hard but this one is not my fault, they prayed to ME this time I didn't start anything, the main point was that this mortal would have an interesting deal for you and for you to restart your expansion. You know you want to besides just listen to the offer and if you want to accept you can, just don't kill him right when he makes the request." Tony's lips twitch as he tries not to smile just imagining her reaction.
"The request is that outrageous? What could it possibly be?" the female goddess twist her head in curiosity.
Tony smirks and looks right at her "1 of your seeds to raise"
A pregnant pause of silence sits between them
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"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"
"hehehe i knew that would be your reaction but it is going to be part of his request and suggest you actually listen for once."
"fine fine but I don't know what a Human will be able to offer that a elf cant" scoffed the female goddess as she sat on an arm of the throne and crossed her arms.
"he offers freedom to the both of us but more importantly entertainment but go behind the throne the acts about the start"
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(Julius POV)
I feel myself wake up to the whistling of wind and start to open my eyes yet before I could all motion decided to stop.
*Bamph*
I rubbed my nose as I rolled over onto my back and kept my eyes closed "Ooowwwww I swear to god if someone broke into my house again for this I'm going to be furious."
"you don't have to pray to any god boy one is already before you" A deep voice rung out and I could feel a wave of something pass over me causing me to shiver and then immediately jumping up and wearing to face the voice I heard.
As he came into view I stopped, a 25-foot man leaned against a broken throne surrounded by rubble. His skin shimmered oddly both between blue and tan without rhythm and you could feel the power radiating off him.
My breath caught in my throat at the unexpected sight and I could feel my eyes widening a fraction ' I can't believe it actually worked and someone answered the prayer but get your shit together before you blow it for yourself'. Taking a deep breath and taking a second to focus on the pressure behind my eyes and falling back to what always worked before. Dissociation.
Smiling widely I bowed at my waist and looked at the ground. "hello there, your highness my name is Julius may I request to know what purpose you brought me here for". Pressure kept building up behind my eyes and I had to force to feeling to circulate and let the cold spread down to prevent more cracks from forming.
The being smiled and unnaturally white teeth shined slightly " I heard your prayer and couldn't help but be intrigued you happened to write a few of my symbols by chance and that helped me decide to grant you a wish."
"It has been long enough since someone prayed to me and I thought the opportunity couldn't be passed up. You may call me Tony".
As he said his name I could feel the power radiate around us in this dilapidated building and I couldn't help but look around as I felt rubble shift. And the view I could see what devastation. All that my eyes could see were buildings in a weirdly lined and seemly flowing bricks and managed to seem gothic and alien at the same time, there were craters the size of cars all around some big enough to cause a skyscraper off in the distance to partially collapse.
From my lips I couldn't help but mutter "Please explain the rules of how the wish will go" As soon as those words left my lips I could feel pressure crush down on me for a moment before dissipating.
"I read your mind, and you know the more important of the rules, Names have power, when gods reveal themselves to mortals there must be something visible of their aspects, and she does exist." Tony stared down at me almost seemingly bored as he did that, reading a mind with almost no trouble.
A sigh couldn't help but escape my lips in relief as I asked the next question " Would it be ok Sire if she is here to for me to ask her for a request and for you to ask her to --"
A laugh cut me off before finishing the sentence.
"You're acting awfully familiar aren't you mortal? Who are you to try and ask me something of that degree? You know the rules as well as I do, favors or deals must be struck for us to do anything and I don't know you well enough yet for a freebie"
"Tell me what you are going to do with her seed if you actually get them its basically a miniature world tree and is quite valuable."
I cant help but look down at the ground as my heart races and a thought rises to the surface. 'he's showing interest who knows when this will happen again remember the #1 rule and don't back out now'
My mouth opens but I immediately shut it.
'Fuck what's going to interest a god'
My eyes dart around looking at the god's attire and the scenery and lock onto a link cuff in the shape of a dice with the number constantly changing. ' ha luck or chance something along those lines. Fine one last gamble might as well go all the way'
I breath deeply, run my hands through my hair. ' Uncle always said I can sell ice to a fish, lets see if I still have the skill'
I spread my arms wide and look at Tony in the eyes " Her seed will be used as an anchor point to help keep 3 universes together and not let each of them tear the other apart but no you don't care about that, what you care about is what I can offer you sir."
Tony shifts slightly crossing his left leg over his other as somehow, he still has both legs on the ground totaling into 3 legs. "And what can you offer me kid?"
Julius swallows and prepares "4% power for both you and her of Multiversal architect power"
"Bullshit"