Fanfic - Singularity Chapter 23

[scaredykitty]

Short chapter.

Chapter 23

Vechs smirked as he leaned back, letting his consciousness wander across the server. Part of him kept an eye on TheJims and Anderz, smirking as he heard howls of pain and sobbing from Anderz. Giggling to himself, he relaxed, continuing his search for the elusive BTC.

Each cycle grew longer and longer. Eventually he hoped the cycle would break, that everyone would be under his control. But he'd never manage that if he couldn't find BTC.

Vechs growled softly, clenching his fists. BTC always managed to convince everyone he was their hero, their savior. He was the only one to remember what it was like before the first loop. What BTC had done to the server. How he had everyone tied up and doing his bidding. Vechs had tried to stop him normally, tell them what BTC was doing. But they ignored him.

So he fought fire with fire. Using the nether, he went back to before BTC took control of people, before he clouded their minds. And he did it first. They fought against him, oh they did. Each and every time. And each time they did, he got harsher with them. But it had to be done. Break their spirits so they wouldn't listen to BTC. Mold them so they'd attack BTC when they saw him. The side effects were bad, but he didn't care. He'd control them all eventually.

It was slow. It took ages to do, but once it had worked, the loops started to get longer and longer. He got better and better at it, finding people over the server before they could do anything, sending out Etho before BTC could get to them.

But BTC always figured out a way to outmaneuver him, to almost stop him. Every time. So he just tried harder. He wouldn't let BTC win and destroy everyone. Sure, he might have to do some questionable things in order to stop him, but in the long run, wasn't it better for everyone?

Not that he'd admit to anyone that he might have started enjoying it. The first few hundred cycles he had felt guilty when he had started brainwashing people more. But it got results. So he started to use it more. And when that started to cause unintended side effects in the long run, he had gotten Zisteau to help.

He was truly surprised the first time TheJims had started tearing into Guude. He had to intervene and stop him from killing him. He had tried to calm him down, but couldn't. He was just too angry to brainwash. So he threatened him. It worked, but only a bit. At first, he only watched TheJims tear into Guude out of a morbid fascination. These days well...

Vechs smirked as Anderz shrieked in pain. He could hear him hitting the ground, unmoving. TheJims knew better then to kill anyone. He idly wondered how long it would take Anderz to heal though.

As he searched across the map, looking for BTC, he idly rubbed the goggles. The goggles had been the tipping point, allowing him to brainwash people so much more effectively. When he stepped into the rift, they became a part of him, allowing him to weigh down on peoples minds. He didn't strictly need a physical form after going through the portal, but it helped to keep TheJims in line.

Thinking of TheJims made his mind wander back to him, watching him torment Anderz. Vechs whispered in TheJims' ear, before taking off to where Guude and Jsano were. He ran both hands over his clothing, smoothing it out before grinning, walking through the wall. These two always were the the worst troublemakers after BTC. He couldn't help but indulge his cruelty just a bit with them. He'd have to show them how much worse he could be then TheJims.

Chapter 1 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/132602.html#cutid1
Chapter 2 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/134400.html#cutid1
Chapter 3 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/137627.html#cutid1
Chapter 4 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/138926.html#cutid1
Chapter 5 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/141471.html#cutid1
Chapter 6 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144302.html#cutid1
Chapter 7 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144730.html#cutid1
Chapter 8 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/146756.html#cutid1
Chapter 9 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/150725.html#cutid1
Chapter 10 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/154480.html#cutid1
Chapter 11 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155006.html#cutid1
Chapter 12 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155949.html#cutid1
Chapter 13 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/159984.html#cutid1
Chapter 14 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/163301.html#cutid1
Chapter 15 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/164905.html#cutid1
Chapter 16 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/166571.html#cutid1
Chapter 17 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/170136.html#cutid1
Chapter 18 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/172112.html#cutid1
Chapter 19 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/173063.html#cutid1
Chapter 20 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/174939.html#cutid1
Chapter 21 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/177888.html#cutid1
Chapter 22 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/179303.html#cutid1

Comments

[eagleclaw]

God vetches is scary.

[scaredykitty]

That's good! ^_^

Constructive Criticism and Praise

[(Anonymous)]

So wait a minute... You broke a season barrier with Vechs but Sev, Seth, Coe, and Rel-Rel aren't past the breaking the season barrier either because 1. You just thought no one would think about it 2. I've figured something out that I shouldn't have (Which I doubt) or 3. You Just needed someone especially evil and didn't have anyone to fill that role In the existing pool of characters and you had to get a bit creative (Which I totally get). Trapped in the Nether though? On another note, I SGGEST A MOVIE BE MADE IN THIS FAN-FIC'S HONOR. This is really good btw. (In case you were unaware of your prodigious writing ability.)

Re: Constructive Criticism and Praise

[scaredykitty]

Well, I used Vechs because he at the time, had already worked with the mindcrackers in the form of them running through his maps before. Sevadus, Seth, Coe and Aureylian weren't even vaguely in the picture of mindcrackerness while writing this as of uh...some time last year.

It's not good enough for a movie. It could be better. I can see so many places it needs rewriting...

[pink_sheep]

Oh no poor anderz D: not the wiking!

Oo vechs you evil... So and so D:
It's makes me scared when he comes into the server >,

[scaredykitty]

Haaaha, I'm sure he'll be Derpy!Vechs when he gets on the actual server. He's really a fluffy kitty at heart, doncha know. Khehhhe.

[halcyonlioness]

... this feels inappropriate to say, but...

Called it. ... I think. Hee.

[scaredykitty]

Hehehehe

[voufreail]

How could anyone be this mean?! Vetches why?

Did BTC really try and take over their minds before vechs did?

[scaredykitty]

Yes.

[anonymousrose]

Vetches is so evil. But that's good right? ^_^

Poor Guude, he has already gone through so much with thejims and now Vetches!

[scaredykitty]

Yes it's good. And yes, poor Guude ^_^

[ampresand]

...
I still think BTC must be better than Vechs.
Damnit. Are there any mapmakers which aren't evil? Since obviously the mapmakers have to be the rulers.

[scaredykitty]

Well, they're evil because...

Hehehe, reasons. :>

[halcyonlioness]

*holds up hand*

*clears throat* Wall of text. Pardon me for being too matter of fact. I just felt like this needed to be shared. My apologies.

Anyway, I've dabbled in mapmaking myself (don't have anything to prove it, though...) and I found it's really not that much different from officiating various forms of Role-Play or DMing for a DnD game (one of which I happened to be good at; I won't tell you which. Muahaha.)

The players are at the mercy of the mapmaker and the kind of experience the mapmaker wants to sell, much in the same way players in various Role-Play systems are at the mercy of the person guiding them through the world and the associated scenarios. In my own experience (and take this with a grain of salt) to keep the player-audience entertained, there has to be some form of conflict to encourage character and player interaction (which, to me, is at the heart of a game)... and one of the most proven and effective means of introducing conflict is being a little (more than) cruel to the vic-- I mean 'participants'.

Vechs, for example, likes tossing his players into hordes of villains and volley after volley of traps and rigs, with all the impetuses of pain cleverly set into vast maps and epic structures. BTC, in the other corner, likes labyrinthine storylines and keeping players trapped and enthralled in the worlds he spins, all the while leading them into challenge after challenge after challenge. And both (or at least their fictional selves) apparently love to screw with the heads of their player-audiences.

It's going to be hard to find a mapmaker who isn't a sadistic power-phile. Or just sadistic, but is willing to bandage you up at the end and leave you alone... for a while. Maybe.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, both of Vechs and BTS are equally matched (and equally as evil), just with different styles.

... and that's my quarter. :3

~Lioness

[scaredykitty]

Ahaha! I knew another DM/GM would get it :>

[isi]

That makes a crazy amount of sense. I like it.

[(Anonymous)]

So... Many... Antagonists! Who is it really! *reads on vivaciously*