The Consumer
"This is getting stupid." Yukari sighed and got up from the table. "Why am I sitting here with an enemy drinking wine?"
"Because you want to tell me that you will surrender." The Devourer tenderly smiled. He was, while malicious, a charming man.
"Oh no, I'm here to tell you the exact opposite." Yukari smiled.
"You wouldn't dare." The Devourer glared back. "You wouldn't want to see your world burn, right before your eyes."
"I never said this was my world." Yukari announced. "I was never able to rule."
"Oh but you don't know." The Devourer laughed. "You don't know the limits of your power, how it can be infinitely increased."
The Devourer toured around the chamber with his wine glass. "Do you know why I Extract worlds?"
"I don't know." Yukari answered. "To create an army?"
"Oh, clever. But not quite the right answer." The Devourer toyed with Yukari.
"But armies crumble. Kings and kingdoms bow down. Nations fall into the forgotten history. Why do you think that happens? It is because of poor leadership. All leaders have their flaws, and when that flaw is revealed, the leader is no longer leading, but led. You see, no leader is perfect... but can you become perfect?"
"The reason why I Extract worlds, is because I want to become the perfect leader. I wanted to rise, beyond He who sits on the Throne, and show, that no leader, except I, shall be perfect. There are oh, so many worlds out there: you wouldn't even recognize. An innumerable number. Countless, like the stars of the night sky, and so many powers that hide within."
"Glutoneriel." Yukari muttered. "So you were devouring the power behind the worlds."
"More intimately, people." The Devourer corrected. "Whenever I find a new or improved version of power I have acquired, I devour the power holder, and the power itself. Therefore I grow stronger, more powerful, more towards perfect."
"And that's why no one can rebel against you." Yukari said in realization. "Because they are not strong enough."
"The five pentillion soldiers. They are only just a side effect: but oh what a benign side effect it was." The Devourer laughed again. "But they are worthless. I myself have more power than all of those puny minions combined."
"You are a monster." Yukari denounced.
"No, a genius." The Devourer revised, walking closer to Yukari. "You will see, when your precious little Gensokyo is Extracted, when all things that you know and hold dear fall from you, I will devour you and your power: slowly, intimately, and when everyone that has depended on you stares at you hopelessly, I will handily open, your SKULL."
"This is getting stupid." Yukari sighed and got up from the table. "Why am I sitting here with an enemy drinking wine?"
"Because you want to tell me that you will surrender." The Devourer tenderly smiled. He was, while malicious, a charming man.
"Oh no, I'm here to tell you the exact opposite." Yukari smiled.
"You wouldn't dare." The Devourer glared back. "You wouldn't want to see your world burn, right before your eyes."
"I never said this was my world." Yukari announced. "I was never able to rule."
"Oh but you don't know." The Devourer laughed. "You don't know the limits of your power, how it can be infinitely increased."
The Devourer toured around the chamber with his wine glass. "Do you know why I Extract worlds?"
"I don't know." Yukari answered. "To create an army?"
"Oh, clever. But not quite the right answer." The Devourer toyed with Yukari.
"But armies crumble. Kings and kingdoms bow down. Nations fall into the forgotten history. Why do you think that happens? It is because of poor leadership. All leaders have their flaws, and when that flaw is revealed, the leader is no longer leading, but led. You see, no leader is perfect... but can you become perfect?"
"The reason why I Extract worlds, is because I want to become the perfect leader. I wanted to rise, beyond He who sits on the Throne, and show, that no leader, except I, shall be perfect. There are oh, so many worlds out there: you wouldn't even recognize. An innumerable number. Countless, like the stars of the night sky, and so many powers that hide within."
"Glutoneriel." Yukari muttered. "So you were devouring the power behind the worlds."
"More intimately, people." The Devourer corrected. "Whenever I find a new or improved version of power I have acquired, I devour the power holder, and the power itself. Therefore I grow stronger, more powerful, more towards perfect."
"And that's why no one can rebel against you." Yukari said in realization. "Because they are not strong enough."
"The five pentillion soldiers. They are only just a side effect: but oh what a benign side effect it was." The Devourer laughed again. "But they are worthless. I myself have more power than all of those puny minions combined."
"You are a monster." Yukari denounced.
"No, a genius." The Devourer revised, walking closer to Yukari. "You will see, when your precious little Gensokyo is Extracted, when all things that you know and hold dear fall from you, I will devour you and your power: slowly, intimately, and when everyone that has depended on you stares at you hopelessly, I will handily open, your SKULL."
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