...
"Forever only lasts as long as you're willing to make it. One can survive, even in death, if they so will it. In saying this to you, I am essentially handing you the key to your survival, here, you see."
"I don't understand."
"Of course you don't. You couldn't. You've not yet died, even. You shouldn't even be here."
"I've not yet lived."
"So you keep saying. You may have still found your place of eternal damnation, or perhaps final rest."
"So you keep saying."
"You cannot escape, child. The power here is beyond you or me. This is beyond will, or fate. A war of the very foundations of existence will arise, and the fires that consume all will begin here!"
"You mean..."
"Yes... the balance of the very fabric of existence lies on this place... you, and me... everybody here. The only thing that will keep existence... well, existing... will be the willpower to exist."
"And this..."
"This place is where existence is only in the minds of men, that of which can be corrupted."
"Shall we all perish, then."
"Not until your counterpart arrives. You cannot cease to exist... for you were right - you haven't completely lived, for you are one part of a whole... you cannot perish until you are one whole again."
"That is impossible."
"Your purpose will be served. You will understand, one of these days, child. For now, let us have fun..."
"Death is entertaining for someone like yourself."
"Death is a farce, here... how could it not be comical?"
They met swords for the first time, and the fight that shook the world began.
Whew. I swear, I get spurts of inspiration... this project has been a long, long time coming. I'd planned on trying a chapter of it for NaNoWriMo and that wouldn't come forward progressively.
I'm getting closer, though. I can feel it. Let's just hope it's not much longer until I can get started.
"I don't understand."
"Of course you don't. You couldn't. You've not yet died, even. You shouldn't even be here."
"I've not yet lived."
"So you keep saying. You may have still found your place of eternal damnation, or perhaps final rest."
"So you keep saying."
"You cannot escape, child. The power here is beyond you or me. This is beyond will, or fate. A war of the very foundations of existence will arise, and the fires that consume all will begin here!"
"You mean..."
"Yes... the balance of the very fabric of existence lies on this place... you, and me... everybody here. The only thing that will keep existence... well, existing... will be the willpower to exist."
"And this..."
"This place is where existence is only in the minds of men, that of which can be corrupted."
"Shall we all perish, then."
"Not until your counterpart arrives. You cannot cease to exist... for you were right - you haven't completely lived, for you are one part of a whole... you cannot perish until you are one whole again."
"That is impossible."
"Your purpose will be served. You will understand, one of these days, child. For now, let us have fun..."
"Death is entertaining for someone like yourself."
"Death is a farce, here... how could it not be comical?"
They met swords for the first time, and the fight that shook the world began.
Whew. I swear, I get spurts of inspiration... this project has been a long, long time coming. I'd planned on trying a chapter of it for NaNoWriMo and that wouldn't come forward progressively.
I'm getting closer, though. I can feel it. Let's just hope it's not much longer until I can get started.