[Bokurano] fic: Those Left Behind: God Lives Underwater
Title: Those Left Behind: God Lives Underwater
Day/Theme: Aug 25 God lives underwater
Series: Bokurano
Character/Pairing: It
Rating: PG
Notes: for 31_days. Manga canon. A somewhat more experimental piece. Way too many pronouns...
Archive: LJ | ffnet
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"We were really just kids, protected by our parents and protected by society. There was no true sadness, true joy, true anger in our everyday lives. This we learned when the fifteen of us came together, yes, when we encountered IT."
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It rose out of the depths of the sea, as if the sea were merely a shallow pool of water. They could only stare with dropped jaws and disbelieving eyes at what towered in front of them, at what would completely change their lives.
"It's got to be 500 meters tall..." breathed one of the children, yet they would be the ones to control it.
That was their first encounter with IT.
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They started underwater, unseen but soon to make a debut that would never be forgotten. It was like a slumbering god, waiting and bidding its time in the darkness of the sea at night with only the eerie lights on its face illuminating the way.
They gave it a name.
"Zearth, takeoff!!"
With a tremendous splash large enough to drown villages, it surfaced from the sea under one boy's command.
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"You want to see the toy?"
Under the sunlight, it sat motionless in the deep blue water, an empty shell without a pilot. They surrounded it with their ships and their helicopters. They took photos. They prodded and tested and examined. Its armor was invincible. Its weaponry was beyond imagination.
But without the children, it was merely a toy. The children were the life force of this power hungry organism. The children were the reason it could even move. In exchange for one moment of playing god, they must give their life.
Since she was going to die anyway, why couldn't she destroy those she wanted dead?
With one swift motion, she used it to blast through an entire row of buildings, exterminating the men that had wronged her, killing them as easily as if they were insects.
The others cringed and shouted at her to stop while one boy realized he was foolish for entertaining thoughts of using it to eliminate his sick friend.
It wasn't meant to be used like this.
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They understood little about it, but they learned with each battle. It was adaptable. If needed, they could detach an arm or a leg. They could even remove plates of its armor or shoot the cockpit out. Giving their life force gave them complete control over it in that short period of time.
As the pilot of it, she could see every soul on the planet. Piloting was a little like playing god with all the lives she held in her hand, but only three were important to her, and for them, she could eradicate the rest.
As the pilot of it, he could see every soul on the planet, but he didn't know any of those billions of souls out there. It had to be someone he knew. He had been granted unfathomable power, but in the end, this was all he could do.
It, after all, was only as strong as the pilot.
It was like a cruel god that gave them the power to fight but didn't shield them from the harshness of murder. He could only stare as he killed and killed and killed. The lasers extended out of its body like silk webs, but unlike the sticky webs of a spider, its lasers were sharp and deadly. He saw entire cities full of souls vanish in front of his eyes as he pierced them with its lasers.
He vomited, but it continued to do as he commanded even as he felt his own soul dying.
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After all the lights on its face had dimmed, it stood motionless in the water, a hunk of metal without fuel to burn. However, it was an unforgiving entity that would continue on even after it consumed all those that had borrowed its power.
He placed his hand on the metal in front of him. He would be the last pilot of this damn toy that had been theirs for this turbulent year.
With that, it vanished from the sea so that the cycle could continue once again.
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the end
Day/Theme: Aug 25 God lives underwater
Series: Bokurano
Character/Pairing: It
Rating: PG
Notes: for 31_days. Manga canon. A somewhat more experimental piece. Way too many pronouns...
Archive: LJ | ffnet
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"We were really just kids, protected by our parents and protected by society. There was no true sadness, true joy, true anger in our everyday lives. This we learned when the fifteen of us came together, yes, when we encountered IT."
-----
It rose out of the depths of the sea, as if the sea were merely a shallow pool of water. They could only stare with dropped jaws and disbelieving eyes at what towered in front of them, at what would completely change their lives.
"It's got to be 500 meters tall..." breathed one of the children, yet they would be the ones to control it.
That was their first encounter with IT.
-----
They started underwater, unseen but soon to make a debut that would never be forgotten. It was like a slumbering god, waiting and bidding its time in the darkness of the sea at night with only the eerie lights on its face illuminating the way.
They gave it a name.
"Zearth, takeoff!!"
With a tremendous splash large enough to drown villages, it surfaced from the sea under one boy's command.
-----
"You want to see the toy?"
Under the sunlight, it sat motionless in the deep blue water, an empty shell without a pilot. They surrounded it with their ships and their helicopters. They took photos. They prodded and tested and examined. Its armor was invincible. Its weaponry was beyond imagination.
But without the children, it was merely a toy. The children were the life force of this power hungry organism. The children were the reason it could even move. In exchange for one moment of playing god, they must give their life.
Since she was going to die anyway, why couldn't she destroy those she wanted dead?
With one swift motion, she used it to blast through an entire row of buildings, exterminating the men that had wronged her, killing them as easily as if they were insects.
The others cringed and shouted at her to stop while one boy realized he was foolish for entertaining thoughts of using it to eliminate his sick friend.
It wasn't meant to be used like this.
-----
They understood little about it, but they learned with each battle. It was adaptable. If needed, they could detach an arm or a leg. They could even remove plates of its armor or shoot the cockpit out. Giving their life force gave them complete control over it in that short period of time.
As the pilot of it, she could see every soul on the planet. Piloting was a little like playing god with all the lives she held in her hand, but only three were important to her, and for them, she could eradicate the rest.
As the pilot of it, he could see every soul on the planet, but he didn't know any of those billions of souls out there. It had to be someone he knew. He had been granted unfathomable power, but in the end, this was all he could do.
It, after all, was only as strong as the pilot.
It was like a cruel god that gave them the power to fight but didn't shield them from the harshness of murder. He could only stare as he killed and killed and killed. The lasers extended out of its body like silk webs, but unlike the sticky webs of a spider, its lasers were sharp and deadly. He saw entire cities full of souls vanish in front of his eyes as he pierced them with its lasers.
He vomited, but it continued to do as he commanded even as he felt his own soul dying.
-----
After all the lights on its face had dimmed, it stood motionless in the water, a hunk of metal without fuel to burn. However, it was an unforgiving entity that would continue on even after it consumed all those that had borrowed its power.
He placed his hand on the metal in front of him. He would be the last pilot of this damn toy that had been theirs for this turbulent year.
With that, it vanished from the sea so that the cycle could continue once again.
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the end