Path of Nothingness: Enter the Void

[Voices of The Deep]

Act I: Time​

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Time. The line of everlasting existence through events and history? Or was it something more? Fact was, time was not something that could truthfully be explained by anyone. It was infinite. Just like the mysteries it held deep within its roots...just like the all powerful existence known as The Force. So many thought of time as a way to recognize the present...Others believed it to be so much more. A force beyond comprehension doing its work unintentionally and perfectly all at once. The stubborn existence of organization that held the past within a seal. The bringer of the future and the giver of the present. Some believed time to be a god all itself, invisible to the naked eye and unheard through religion. And for all anyone knew it very well could have been. When phrases are shouted out like ‘we are out of time!’ or ‘Times up.’ To some they are just phrases, to others they are tribute to the all mighty god of time. Whoever it may be weather it was real or not. Or perhaps…for something to be real one must simply believe it to be real? Faith was a powerful substance in many cultures throughout history. The Jedi...the Sith. A multitude of other factions who all followed their own obscured beliefs and faiths.

Consisting side by side with time was the gift of memories. A function of history stored within the subconscious of ones mind throughout the period of their lives. Of course…there were always memories better left forgotten. Despite the fact memories would always eventually be forgotten in the downward spiral called time. The memories of the past, of those before us. Never told from the beholder but often from the witness. Stories and legends passed down generation to generation but with each generation only losing more and more of the truth as the line between reality and fantasy grows ever so thinner. It was the same with the beings that traveled the world. Over time ones blood does not strengthen. It weakens. If one were to make a copy, of a copy, of a copy it would not come out stronger. But weaker. This has always been true. The memories that held the truth where lost…forgotten In time.

It was sad...in its own way. Life was given to the galaxy billions and billions of eons ago and since then what has anyone done with it? Cultures and civilizations rise and fall...beings as powerful as gods live out their existence until they to wither away and die. The Force had created many gifts within the universe...and yet just as many curses. The concept of balance was obscure and almost nonexistent in today's world of madness. Factions going to war over little more than the practice of blind faith...how simplistic.

The Ice Queen had been questioning a lot lately...about her life...the life of others...life in the galaxy. She had become more distressed than usual. Years of baring a cold frozen heart was beginning to weigh on her...she wan-...no. She needed answers. A signal, a sign. Anything to help her understand the feelings that made her mind spin.

Icy blue eyes wandered over the mountain top where she found herself...the blue skinned woman sitting cross legged in the middle of a large mountain spring that rested atop the highest peak...within the center of the pool was a small rock formation about the size of a bean bag chair. It is here Winter sat...surrounded by deep water that seemed to reflect the nebula of stars above that twinkled down at her...vibrant blue eyes glaring up at what seemed to be a rip through the fabric of space and time. She would remain here...for as long as it took. As long as it took her to understand the feelings within.

{This is a personal training thread for Winter who is...trying to 'discover' some new crap for The Awoken on some unknown planet in some unknown reach of space. Part one is complete.)​

 

[Voices of The Deep]

Act II: Chaos​

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Chaos theory said things fall apart, chaos theory said everything is random, everything is atrophy and unknown and there is no way you will ever control it or understand it. That it's all just guessing, you can't even count the possibilities you can never know, you can never prepare, you can never do anything about it. crap just happened. It happened ferociously and unstoppably, all physics and beyond the physics, rapidly changing numbers and beyond the numbers...but in the end who knows.

Chaos theory would be pondered for thousands of years. There were very few who could wrap their little minds around such a mysterious phenomena.

Can you tell a smile from a veil? They were indistinguishable here, they were a permanent fixture of a once powerful empire. As much a fixture as the invisible walls, or beckoning, threatening howl, a bell from a tower, the summons. Year after year, these would remain until they crumbled, and Her veil would remain as well. Only time could erode it.

And as those ice cold eyes remained closed as the white haired woman sat in the same place she had been for several hours, she took in a deep...fulfilling breath. It had been two days since she had even done so much as moved her legs...hunger eating at her like some kind of thorn pricking at the back of her mind. And as she slowly opened her eyes and looked into the crystalline reflective water that surrounded her, Winter looked to the stars.

The galaxy was a large place...full of the amazing and horrible...so much love and hate that made everything seem to black and white. The Jedi wanted peace yet promoted war...the Sith want power but constantly destroy themselves. It felt like history did nothing but repeat itself over, and over, and over again. They were all lead by their worldly desires...power, money, love, knowledge. Everyone wanted something...they had things in their lives that kept them anchored and living within a dream...Winter felt lucid...she knew she was within this dream of lies but she had no clue how to wake up and see the truth...she wanted to wake up. To know that her theory held some weight...that she wasent some crazy philosopher grabbing at smoke. The truth...would set her free.

 

[Voices of The Deep]

Act III: Revelation​

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As the time passed and the woman grew ever so colder in mind and in spirit, she could feel herself slowly begin to wither away due to hunger and stiffness...some might think she was dead at this point...others would consider he a statue. Three days without movement would be considered rather discomforting to the common monk...deadly to the common man. Her blue toned skin grew more and more pale from the lack of nutrition...her mouth dry and lips becoming cracked as the blood running through her veins became thick and syrup-like. Her heart pumped rapidly in attempts to force the blood through her system.

But her mind...her mind remained as diligent as the day she arrived. And as those icy blue orbs studied the star speckled sky she slowly found herself beginning to wonder...the Dark Side of the force had always been described as using ones strongest passions and using it to summon raw power...which in turn was associated with darkness. While the Light Side of the force was aligned with calmness and was used for knowledge and defense. Both sides of the force were so basic and unimaginative that Winter had a hard time wrapping her head around either one of them...she had nowhere she belonged. No master to seek...no one to show her the path.

So she would have to do it on her own...studying both sides of the force would do her little good. She had no intention of following the path so many have been following for billions of years...with the creation of The Awoken and the current state of things she could not take that risk. And as the nebula above seemed to tear through the stars Winter closed her eyes once again and muttered silently to herself.

"Release your earthly tether...empty and become nothing...empty, and become the void."

 

[Evan Kenner]

After all these years, at last...the Force speaks.

Four years ago, Evan Kenner ran away. The chiss felt he had no place among the chaos and war in the galaxy. The Republic chased him away, the Primeval held no ambition, the Light side preached lies, and the Dark only razed life after life. Was there no in-between? The silver lining seemed to fade, and thus, Evan went into hiding. The Jedi were doomed, the Sith's arrogance was fed, the galaxy was doomed to begin it's destruction. The chiss didn't even know what world it was, but when his starship touched down in the cold, snowy mountain range with no civilization to be seen in the distance, he wouldn't think about leaving for years.

Not a soul disturbed his meditations for over four years. Now, on this cold, misty night, as the stars glowed overhead, Evan felt a presence near his humble abode carved into a mountainside up where he remembered a spring to be. Despite the cold, warmth lived.

He hadn't been outside in about a day. He, also, had not eaten. His days alone were mostly spent in meditation, observing the galaxy shifting and changing around him. Today, he would toss on his light-colored, silky robes with a white cloak over it and head out into the snow, letting the Force guide him to the...disturbance he had felt.

It had only just come to his attention an hour ago, but after a short hike up the mountain, his crimson eyes peered from beneath his deep, snow white hood up at the woman sitting in the middle of the spring. The stars twinkled in the evening sky and seemed to illuminate her presence, giving her an aura in the Force that felt serene, peaceful, and beautiful.

Evan felt he had much to ask her, and yet, he did not dare break the silence. He simply stood at the edge of the water and watched her, waiting to see if she would say anything first. His cloak blew in the faint mountain breeze as he crossed his arms, dark blue hands clutching at the sleeves of his snow white cloak.

[member="Winter Sovereign"]

 

[Voices of The Deep]

Time passed and ranged onward. The stars within the sky sparkling and decorating the blanket of obsidian. Her cold eyes remained focused as the Ice Queen emptied her mind...releasing herself of all the restraints that bound her to a sunken ship...it was rather easy for her. Living a life of coldness and self loathing made it rather easy to just...let go. Give it all up. Forget about family...forget about friends...about love, hate, the desire for power...the desire for peace. She simply let it escape her very being like smoke slipping through her fingers. It only took her four days...four days of contemplating and reflecting upon herself before she finally saw the truth. In the end...the truth was all she ever really wanted. She desired no throne...no need to become stronger. And with this absence of desire came a new sense of weightlessness...making the Ice Queen feel so much lighter.

Winter breathed...closing her eyes and allowing the force into her very being. The disturbance in the force not even enough to distract her from the goal she had in mind...diligent and focused till the very end. This was merely the first step in a long line of steps to take.

And she would take them all.


[member="Evan Kenner"]

 

[Evan Kenner]

The woman remained still, like she wasn't even there. Like she was just a statue there to tempt Evan. Temptation...something Evan had always found himself weak to. He always yielded to it. The lure of the Dark Side took him when he was younger and more foolish. The temptation of love and power manipulated him. This time, he would prove not only to the galaxy, but to himself that his time spent in isolation and meditation was not in vain.

Still silent, and wondering if she knew he was there at all, he stood sat down cross-legged across the water from the woman on the cushion in the middle of the spring. His eyes studied her for another few moments, taking in the strange, unfamiliar essence she gave off in the Force. It was not Light or Dark, not even Grey. It was...almost lifeless. For some reason, Evan found himself drawn to it. He closed his eyes and lowered his hooded head, taking a deep breath and letting go of the questions in his mind, focusing only on the woman. Her stature. Her aura. The way she looked through his mortal eyes lit only by starlight.

He began to feel weightless, as if he had just taken a hit on a blunt of spice. It was like ecstacy, only more pure and less sinful. He couldn't explain it, but he felt...free. He dared not break the silence, and simply basked in the beauty and enlightenment the woman reflected off herself like a mirror. He drank it in and waited, meditating.

[member="Winter Sovereign"]

 

[Voices of The Deep]

"Release...your earthly tether." She began, slowly adjusting herself as she began to stand to her feet. High heels clacking onto the floor as the ice queen sealed her eyes closed and allowed the energy of the force to move through her. Clapping her hands together almost as if she were praying as her breathing became evenly paced..."Empty...and become one with nothingness...lose yourself in the absence of thought and desire...empty..." She said to herself almost hypnotically.

She could feel the energy of the force collect on the surface of her palms that pressed into one another...the obsidian nebula shining over head almost forming a florescent spotlight on the woman as a violet aura collected around her hands...her eyes remaining closed as her eyebrows knitted tightly together. "Feel nothing...believe in nothing...desire...nothing." She echoed to herself. Allowing everything she ever thought she believed to slowly fade into nothingness. And as she became more and more weightless the aura became more and more potent. And slowly...ever so subtly she pulled her hands apart...allowing the purely visible obsidian aura to swirl like an atom between her hands into a small orb of pure force energy...the light use uses abilities that often had a blue hue. The Sith a red or black hue. This...this was something different...it 'felt' different.

And as those cold icy blue eyes peeled open to look at the sphere. The aura growing larger and larger until it was about the size of a soccer ball. The Ice Queen stared in awe are the energy in the palm of her hands...unable to really 'identify' what it was exactly. Its potency made her chest swell...it was so pure that it overwhelmed her senses. Unsure what to even do with it, the woman simply allowed it to hover over her hands as if it were some kind of artifact.

"Let go...and enter The Void." She whispered to herself.

[member="Evan Kenner"]

 

[Evan Kenner]

When Evan heard the woman speak, he felt his focus heighten. The words echoed in his mind, and her voice soothed his heart. Ironic how she spoke of letting everything go, and yet Evan felt as if his senses were heightening and the ties that bound him to his passions strengthened.

However, he could no longer focus when he felt something completely new and alien in the Force. His eyes opened slowly and he looked up to see her standing with some form of alien energy in her hands. It was not Light, nor was it Dark. Like the sensations she brought to him as he meditated with her, he could not explain the power he felt within whatever she was doing. He stared at it, feeling as if he were on an ocean floor staring out into the seemingly endless void before him. Like staring up into a starless night sky. It felt empty, yet it felt so pure and devoid of anything unnatural.

Evan's heart began to beat, and he found himself standing up and taking a step toward her, immediately falling into the spring.

His focus now completely broken by his clumsiness, he fished himself out and instantly began to shiver. It was cold out; not freezing, but cold enough to where every inch of him felt like it was being frozen. "Gah, blast it all..." he murmured.

[member="Winter Sovereign"]

 

[Voices of The Deep]

Her eyes seemed to look deeper into the endless abyss of the orb above her hands as the wind seemed to blow ever so gently. It felt as if she was looking into the core of a universe or perhaps even a nebula. Tilting her head curiously and taking one of her hands and pulling it from under the energy...holding it above the orb and manipulating it a bit, swaying it from side to side just to see if its shape would change...sure enough it waves and rippled almost as if it were made of water.

And suddenly, as if fate had a sense of ironic coincidence there was a large splash in the body of water off to the shore beside her...some clumsy man falling into the liquid and forcing the entire collection of water to ripple and disorientate the nothingness around her with chaos...Winters cold gaze wandered over the Chiss as he cursed to himself, making Winter grimace a bit in distaste. Her expression unchanged and void of emotion as the force within her hands continued to pulse with energy.

"Stalking women in the night are we?" She questioned in disinterest, considering maybe she should test this new found energy on this...peeping tom. If he could even be called such a thing.

[member="Evan Kenner"]

 

[Evan Kenner]

Evan's crimson eyes wandered up to her, wiping his thick black hair that was now matted to his face away.

"I...suppose you could say that. You see, I live nearby, and haven't seen anyone around on this world in years. I felt a disturbance in the Force, so being the normal, curious man that I am, I investigated." he said, his voice sounding rough, like that of a spacer who grew up smuggling spice and hunting bounties. It certainly didn't seem to fit the Force-Sensitive he made himself out to be. "So really, can you blame me?"

It took every ounce of self-control in his body to not stutter due to how cold he was. He stood up and began to pace quickly, trying to warm up. "Well, i'm bloody freezing now, and I haven't had company in over four years." he said, gesturing to her, "I don't know how you got her, but you must be cold, too. I have a fire at my abode a short walk from here. I really would like it if we could chat there. I need to inquire about...whatever that was you were doing with the Force. It felt...alien."

After a brief pause, he quickly added, "Bah, where are my manners. I apologize if i'm intruding, but my name is Evan. Seriously, i'm going to get hypothermia, why don't we head indoors?" he asked, almost pleading as he clung to himself and shivered.

[member="Winter Sovereign"]