VOID

VOID

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What do you mean Eldrich Space Bee is not a valid title? How about Little Boy? Homeless vagabond? Ok, you are correct, I have a home. The orphanage has been very good to me. Still, for some reason, Eldrich Space Bee just feels right. I promise this doesn't mean I will be one of those "layabouts" and not to contribute to the Clan

My apologies for startling. I am not of the HIVE. Are you looking to adopt one of the little ones?



The Entity grew curious. It knew of siblings that interacted with a certain Plane. A place filled with tiny creatures crawling over a landmass. Such small things that grew and changed and died in the time it took to focus on one of them. Restricted to one Plane and bound by Time, insignificant in their reach. Touching the consciousness of one would instantly destroy them, mentation so crude that the barest contact destroys their mind. And yet.... its siblings descended to that plane, the energy of Them coloring the planet and the little creatures upon it. Their essence radiated satisfaction, hunger, conquest, and something else. And so, the Entity grew curious.

It collected it's vast bodies and descended down, folding itself tighter and tighter as it traversed dimensions. Soon, it was at the Plane it desired. It made sure to hide from its crippled siblings, an easy feat when They inhabit fleshy forms. It observed the creatures then - there were many different shapes, all glowing with a sliver of essence granted by its siblings. A larger one would best fit Its form, yet it could not inhabit a dragon without alerting its brethren. Filling such a form would vacate the Essence already present, alerting those sensitive to such energies. There! a dark spot. It had the form of one of the primary inhabitants of this planet and yet it was without the Essence of one. A creature without self, a simple segment of a larger thing. A perfect empty vessel.

It gathered itself and poured into the body, filling the DRONE. It had to send parts into slumber, enough so that it would not overflow and destroy the crude cognitive system of electricity and chemicals. All it could see was the singular now, a single Plane at a single point in Time. The thought did not seem so preposterous in this form. Just as it settled, there was a buzz of low-frequency electromagnetism. Of course, the conscious main.
ABERRANT. THEIF. HIJACKER? DESTROY
With each statement, the pulse became stronger, seeking to eject him. Yet, he was simply too big, the commands splashing harmlessly like so much solar radiation. He sent bubbling mirth, power, and the idea of insignificance in multitude - his stolen body was but one of dozens of the collective. What did one DRONE matter? There was a pause. Then, a shredding static full of hate and vitriol.
DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY
Two other forms beside him, Wildclaws both, turn their heads. He feels more entities to his back, alert to his presence. He turns to fold the space around him and flee but cannot seem to grasp the dimension correctly. He also knows that his new body could not form the Entity Title needed to Null those around him. If he released his energy in offense, the body he inhabits would be shredded. Frustrating. The only choice is to flee, confined within the four dimensions of this Plane. He is not very good at this. The smaller forms shred the wings and rend the body, ripping chunks out of his chitinous exoskeleton. Unpleasant. Fortunately, he does not need mechanical integrity of his body in order to move it. His Essence fills and overflows, allowing him to take flight.
ENEMY. ATTACK ON SITE. SEEK AND DESTROY. ENEMY
Rummaging around his brain, he finds the portion responsible for picking up on these signals and shuts it off. Sensory organs not of this flesh still pick up the echos of the HIVE, quickly fading with loss of his Other conciousness.
LINK DESTROYED? MIND ABSENT. VOID. LINK NOT POSSIBLE
DRONE DEFECTIVE, EXPENDABLE.
TERMINATE RECOVERY OF VOID ENTITY. RETURN
Relief. This large body quickly distances itself from the HIVE and is lost within the clouds. Flight is surprisingly taxing with structural integrity compromised. Little portions of his meticulously folded essence trickle away, threatening to unravel the folded and slumbering spaces. He struggles to keep that part of him compressed and as he does he loses grasp on his aerodynamics. He spirals out of control hitting a snowcapped mountain and tumbling down. The signal is lost and he knows he cannot be found by the HIVEMIND. It is enough. More segments of his Essence go to Slumber and he decides his physical mind shall follow. Eyes close. The VOID ENTITY shall sleep.

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VOID Does not remember that he is an Eldrich Entity. The DRONE he inhabits does not have any survival failsafe and he does not realize he has to Eat, Drink, Sleep or any other vital functions. He was found by members of the Mutating Ice clan that figured he was some sort of defective DRONE, perhaps a failed assimilation. Once it was determined that VOID had no connection to the HIVE, he was accepted as a budding member of the clan. Its a task teaching him how to dragon.

Personality wise VOID comes across as cold and calculating. He has an extremely flat affect and poor social skills and favors logic as his main mode of decision making. The facial expressions he tries to make tend to be slow and disconcerting since he has neither the correct flesh nor the correct instincts for draconian expressions. Yet, this entity is not as frigid as he seems. VOID is extremely curious and will leap at new opportunities and experiences with childlike wonder. VOID does not take boredom well and is up for a little mischief when it gets too quiet. Finds dragons and exploration so much more interesting than all that drivel that can be found in books. Half of the texts don't even seem to get things right. For some reason, the equations just feel too Flat and Singular. He has decided to make his own book instead. VOID has a very poor sense of danger and has given his clanmates quite the scare - both before and after injury when unknowable darkness starts to crawl and mend his wounds.

VOID looks like a poorly maintained DRONE. His body is alarmingly gaunt and scarred from many accidental skipped meals and ill-advised explorations, and yet such emaciation seems not to bother the large ridgeback. VOID actually contains a skillset similar in many ways to a CONCIOUSNESS. Unlike one he has emotions, albeit muted. (It's VOID's belief that the whole 'emotionless' thing is all propaganda. There was definitely HATE towards him when he accidentally accessed those wavelengths one time during a spell intended to recover memories) VOID also has the capability of controlling and overpowering using the HIVE link but at baseline keeps access to those wavelengths extremely dormant. When injured or severely agitated, the chitinous flesh of his body seems to darkly glow and the membranes of his wings writhe and glitter with the essence of something Else. (profile pic) Beware not to stare.

VOID has the potential to become a TRUE CONCIOUSNESS by accessing more of his Original Power and unfolding into more DRONES. Yet, what VOID wishes is to experience life as a dragon. Perhaps if something precious was threatened he would go down this path, but for now it is an unrealized future.