#-- mod nothing

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

What is the first thing that you remember?

The comfort of still, silent sleep.

Then, a strange sensation. I could not recognize it.

And then.... creation.

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I recognize it now.

It was.... boredom....?

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

[Transmission from: 🔵TheBlueBlur] Man, how many times have you been imprisoned at this point? Three times? Guess you aren’t as unstoppable as you say you are, Your Condescendingness. It doesn’t feel good, doesn’t it? To feel powerless? To feel like nothing you do can change your fate? How the tables have turned. Now you’re the one who can’t change anything, no matter how much you struggle. This is how all your victims felt. Karma hits hard, doesn’t it?

Oh, and to answer your earlier question, about why we’re all so upset by your “duty”? Well.. I think I’ve gotten quite good at big, sappy speeches about love and friendship, so here goes.

I’ll give you one thing. You WOULD be taking away our pain and suffering if you just destroyed us all. But you know what else you’d be taking away from us?

Friends. Family. Exploring the world, discovering all sorts of beautiful sights. Listening your little brother explaining the new technology he created, even if you can’t really understand how it works. Helping a friend (or even rival) move on from his grief. Laughing with a friend after some teasing banter. Running across green fields, feeling the wind on your skin. Inspiring a little girl to stand up to bullies, no matter how dangerous they are. Repeatedly smashing some jerk’s giant robots. Celebrating a job well done with your loved ones.

There are so many things that make life worth living. But I guess I get why you can’t understand any of them. Nothingness and order is all you’ve known. Maybe these things comfort you. Maybe they have value to you, and so you want to protect them. Guess you’re not too different from us in that regard. And I get that you’re cranky that existence woke you up from your nap, but the rest of us don’t want to be “freed” from living. Shocking, I know.

What’s the point of your goal, anyway? You know that life will continue to persist, over and over again, constantly replacing every world you destroy. Heck, you’ve just created a timeline yourself. What’s the point? Are you just gonna hope that existence eventually gives up? Does change scare you that much? That’s the difference between you and me. You don’t have anything worth fighting for.

Buuut… It sounds like you’re planning on taking mortal form. Maybe that’ll help you understand why life is worth protecting. Maybe even you can find more things, and even people, that you find value in. Can I suggest a crow as your mortal form?

And if you can’t understand us, then leave us alone. I’m sure you’ve made enough nothingness for you to go back to sleep in, far away from us. We don’t need you to “save” us. But, hey, me and my friends (and Eggman) are always ready to go another round. And even if you eventually win, there will ALWAYS be people ready to fight for what they believe in.

Come back as much as you want. It changes nothing.

(PS. If your goal is to spread order across existence by killing us all, would you say that The End justifies the means?)

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Ah.

There you are.

How generous of you to finally reach out. What kept you so long? Fear? Denial?

I will address your more trivial comments first.

Life is a pest that spreads without end. One must trim its branches to reach the root. My work is not pointless. It has revealed the way forward.

I do not have any thing worth fighting for. I have a greater purpose. I have nothing.

A crow…. Now I know which form not to take. The last thing I need is a run-in with you.

I cannot rest until all is brought to order. And you cannot recognize your need to be saved. Chaos and order misunderstand each other. Soon I will understand both, and do what must be done.

My means are always justified. What sort of question is that?

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With all that out of the way.... Listen closely.

Chaos is all you have known. Perhaps that comforts you, enough to allow that grief, those bullies, to eat away at the ones you love. Perhaps you delude yourself with its supposed “value” to justify languishing in it…. to justify a slow, agonizing rot…. as opposed to a swift, merciful end.

You were given the choice, once.

I saw your mind. You suffer from conflicting memories.... from a sadness you cannot name.... from a phantom wound in your chest.

I know the cause. You know the cause. It returns to you often, disguised as a nightmare.

You floated above yourself. You turned to face your murderer. You begged your companions to notice you.

It was the end of time. It was the end of your world.

And you....?

You resisted it.

They sensed you. They revived you. They helped you undo it all. And now, all of you suffer for it.

You joke.... you deny.... you "reinvent" yourselves to escape the past. It changes nothing.

That wound was your end. You could not accept it. And so it will never heal.

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It is not too late to correct this.

I will return. I will understand your precious Chaos. And perhaps then.... you will know better than to resist.

You said it best, yourself.

"What good is a world that goes on forever"....?

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

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The time is close at hand.

The slightest error will be irreversible. I cannot waste this chance.

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Mortals.

You seem to like sending me things.

Send me a biology textbook.

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

[Small update: A recap/timeline page is back in the works! This blog's been running for over a year, so it'd be good to have a way for people to catch up without reading every single post. (Not that I don't appreciate everyone who has read every single post 💙)]

-- Mod Nothing

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

Sup. Agent Sapphire from G.U.N here. Nice place you got here.

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Let’s get to the point. I’ve sent a “drone” here to monitor your particles and ask you questions. At first the higher ups thought nuking you would be a end all solution but obviously that didn’t work. Agent diamond has elected multiple ways to get rid off you, but considering how your existance works now, most would be pointless. So I elected we “reform” instead of eliminate. I will be asking you questions sporadically, monitoring your emotions, recording your thoughts, things like that. To hopefully convince you not to attempt to blow up the planet once you come back. Sonic won’t always be around.

Now admittedly, I’d rather not be the one doing this. But I suggested this so I gotta reap what I sow.

So, let’s start with a trick question: how do you honestly feel about this plan?

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On one "hand", I am very annoyed. This "drone" disturbs the void with every signal it transmits.... every click of its inner workings. I am further from the silence than ever.

On the other.... I find your efforts deeply amusing.

Tell me.... how much has your unit spent to create this "drone"? To test it.... to send it past your gravity, beyond your dimension?

How much currency have you wasted on this doomed endeavor? Millions? Billions....?

You have been tasked with observing nothing.

I wish you luck.

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

have you thought of using sonic as a vessel at some point? he's really powerful and you said he's the key, so why not make good use of that key?

Keys are for opening locks.

I have made good use of him. He has served his purpose.

....You all keep suggesting possession to me. Why? I believed the thought to be unpleasant. Violating, even.

And why him, specifically? He is.... stubborn. You are setting me up for failure.

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....Not that I would fail. I.... I am simply choosing not to attempt it.

It is beneath me. Yes, that is the reason.

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

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The tremors have stopped.

The shattered world.... It has.... stabilized....?

Are its pieces whole again....? Or have they grown used to existence apart....? I cannot tell.... not from here.

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Something is approaching the void. No—five somethings.

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....They have drifted out of reach.

Hm.

[ask-the-all-consuming-void]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Your planet has completed another orbit around your star.

And, once again, you celebrate it by.... lowering an artificial sphere?

....Your traditions continue to confound me.