I know he is bored most of the time but why is Happy Chaos kind of clumsy when he is fighting in gameplay?
When you spend 100+ years in the belly of a Robot's Prison of your own creation, you aren't exactly doing arts and crafts in your spare time.
In all the time he was trapped by the Universal Will, he probably didn't have much opportunity to learn how to "fight" or "defend" himself.
Though, being immortal and insanely powerful means you at least learn "a few" things.
And in his case, he also got a major dose of the Human Condition, and that transformed him in to a freak of nature.
All the Omniscience Mankind's Vast Mass-Subconsciousness and Emotions could afford him, and unconscious supernatural reflexes to go with (given his un-skill with a gun).
Even HE is surprised he can do what he can do (most of the time)!
It's somewhat like what happened to Neo in the Matrix... having "infinite knowledge" jacked directly in to his brain.
What are your thoughts about Happy Chaos after disocovering his true identity and what do you think will be the fate of the incomplete Happy Chaos?
Before I answer this question... I just want to DEEPLY thank you for phrasing this so eloquently!
I struggled a bit on how to broach this topic, because of everything involved in the story.
I was having a hard time trying to parse everything, and even now I still have my doubts about the man who "calls himself" Happy Chaos, "Mister Black Halo".
(SPOILERS AHEAD IN CASE IT'S NOT OBVIOUS):
Or should I say, "The Original Man".
It always struck me as strange to refer to the "Original Philosopher" as "The Original Man", even in comparison to "That Man" (Asuka R. Kreutz).
I remember when Xrd Sign first released information about "The Original", he puzzled me. And even when I spoke to "a certain someone" about why ARC System Works dubbed him "The Original Man"... they told me it was deliberate naming.
The "Man" behind the "Man".
What was his objective? Why did he meet with Axl Low as some disembodied voice in the year 2192... Babylon 5 years in the Future?
And then he gave Axl Low a "message" to give to Asuka... even encrypting it so that someone like I-No wouldn't be able to listen in on the conversation.
Even WE do not know, to this very day, what message Axl Low passed on to Asuka at that time.
This is the man who wrote the BOOK on the Backyard: The Tome of Origin. He was also to blame for creating the Merciless Apocalypse... and unleashing her upon mankind in 1999. Even his followers (the Disciples) who later became the Conclave were being twisted by his actions.
The Dawn of Revival.
The fall of civilization as we knew it started back then. Mankind's emotions were in turmoil even back then. Earthquakes, Floods, Fires, Panic and Pandemonium, Fear.... CHAOS.
But his battle with the Universal Will (Merciless Apocalypse) only just began...
He passed on Two Divine Seeds to the Gear Maker.
And just like that, another chaotic future was set in motion.
Only... we were never told the fate of The Original Man.
75 years... for 75 years, The Original Man was checked in a stalemate with his own creation The Merciless Apocalypse.
From 1999 to 2074, The Original Man had barely been involved with mankind's history... "GEARS" were the least of his concerns.
But then something happened: the Merciless Apocalypse attacked Justice, and indirectly forced the Gear Maker to Destroy Japan.
Humanity's Fears and Desires were at an all-time high: and that powerful will filled the Backyard as a massive influx of complex and corrupted DATA.
The Backyard couldn't handle all of those desires and fears all at once:
And so it sealed all that emotion and information inside a single woman... a woman who could scarcely be called "Human", and yet still was.
The "woman" that was born witnessed the battle between "The Original Man" and the "Merciless Apocalypse" from within the chaotic fringes and dense data of the Backyard.
The "woman" was all-powerful, having a piece of the world cleaved-off existing inside her very existence... a piece of the Backyard itself inside of her.
The "Original Man" had already stopped the Merciless Apocalypse from trying to use the Divine Seeds from creating an Absolute World... but now a brand NEW threat stood before him... as if he was facing TWO ENEMIES AT ONCE.
The Merciless Apocalypse absorbed "half" of the "woman's" power in an attempt to both contain her as a threat to the Backyard, but also to trap the "Original Man".
And thus, the Merciless Apocalypse "sealed" the Original Philosopher inside herself, leaving behind what remained of the "woman".
The Negative Emotions, Selfishness, and Fear quickly began to "corrupt" The Merciless Apocalypse itself... including what remained of the Original Man.
It was "his" fault that the "woman" lost half of her power, and yet she still had to bear the burden of Mankind on her fragile shoulders.
All the pain and darkness of being human along with incredible powers... with no measure of joy or true positive emotions... an emptiness and DEPRESSION beyond measure...
That was the fate of the woman who would later call herself "I-No".
But what of the fate of The Original Man?
If what I-No faced was a grey reality and emptiness... The Original Man faced an even DARKER reality and EMOTIONS beyond measure, beyond INFORMATION, beyond CAPACITY.
The "man" who was once "The Original Man"... became a vessel for all the NIGHTMARES OF THE WORLD... the abject TERROR and CHAOS of Human Emotions.
But... that's only part of the story.
For the next CENTURY... this "vessel" would EXIST within the belly of the Universal Will... writhing in the muck and insanity of his OVERFILLED emotions, trapped in a White Room filled with nothing.
A WHITE Room filled with a single "someone" made of BLACKEST EMOTIONS.
Perhaps it was his own Insanity... but it began to eat away at the staunch "Merciless Apocalypse"... what was once a LOGICAL ARTICIAL INFORMATION ORGANISM... became less and less logical, becoming less rational... even CHOOSING TO BECOME A HUMAN HERSELF.
But even amid this "slow" seemingly "unchanging" alteration of a nigh-unchanging scene... something else was happening in the OUTSIDE WORLD.
They were small "incidents".... small events planted by "someone" of "malicious intent", but they were all the WORK of someone called "The Original Man".
The destruction of Baiken's Japanese village... the death of her people... the invasion of the Gears just PRIOR to the Holy War known as the Crusades.
The "alteration" of the fate that would soon trap the boy (later known as Bedman) and the girl (later known as Delilah) in a NIGHTMARE WORLD, was also triggered by someone called "The Original Man".
But how can this be?
How can a man TRAPPED WITHIN A WHITE ROOM be capable of DOING THIS EVIL? And WHY WOULD HE DO SUCH A THING?
"Chaos" has no Logic. "Chaos" is not "Order".
From 2074 to 2192, for 118 years.... a single "Man" (if he was even human anymore) was trapped within the BOWELS of a WHITE PRISON. A prison of his own making... of his own Karma.
A Prison he perhaps DESERVED.
And yet still... he was able to pass messages on to others, possess others, change others... affect others... from within that WHITE PRISON.
How he did so... is not known.
Perhaps it was the "new power" boiling and writhing inside of him, that was the cause. The power he had obtained from the "woman"....
As "fate" changed hands from that of the Universal Will (a divine being with set expectations for Mankind's future) to that of a more "randomized future"... he (somehow) overheard a certain "conversation".
The speakers were of ill importance... from a past that no longer concerned him.
What he had heard... was from his successor and student... the "new man" called Asuka R. Kreutz.
Asuka saw the plight of the "woman" called I-No... and he wished to do something about it.
I-No had paid the price for her "suffering" and travelled through TIME ITSELF, even saving Humanity on her own, simply to bring Asuka to this point in time.
The year was 2183. Asuka had been a prisoner of the GEARS he had created... his own Karma, just the same as his Predecessor... a Karma and sin born from his own actions.
But I-No (while she had blood on her hands to get to this point), had chosen to MEET with Asuka... to change her fate and lessen her burden.
I-No made him the DEAL of a lifetime... her powers could change Asuka's fate and fulfill the FUTURE she so desired!
Asuka agreed... and I-No became his SERVANT.
The year was 2173.... that's when history REALLY began.
(So, actually, it was 128 years in the WHITE ROOM... but who's counting, right?)
By this point, Asuka had set to work on fixing his past mistakes:
--To restore the woman known as Aria Hale.
--To restore the man known as Frederick Bulsara.
But those were his own burdens to bear... so why take on another burden?
--To save I-No?
--To save Raven?
--To save HUMANITY?
Asuka was a selfish "MAN" in some capacity... he would not lose a fight like his Predecessor had... (ouch).
For Aria... Asuka created Jack-O'... an artificial existence that was still technically "human" (later known as a VALENTINE).
For I-No... Asuka had PLANNED to make "another Jack-O'" to further assist her with management of her powers and EMOTIONS... but time was running out on him... he would have to settle things with the MERCILESS REVELATOR and "soon".
I-No... could no longer wait for him.
Jack-O' had even "let slip" the 'truth' about I-No... along with the fact half her power had been TAKEN from her, along with her PRECIOUS PAST.
This might have been the "right decision" to Jack-O' (as insurance in case Asuka or Sol Badguy failed in their missions).... but it was a cruel truth for I-No to bear.
To know that you were NEVER a HUMAN to BEGIN WITH... the "detritus" of Humanity.
But that wasn't the only "truth" that Jack-O' had let slip...:
The "Other Jack-O'" had not awakened yet... and was still incomplete... the Jack-O' called "Happy Chaos Valentine".
That was "it".
That was the "inspiration" 'he' needed!
Perhaps that was in fact the "Original Purpose" of the 'vessel' meant to 'perfect' I-No... but even 'he' knew... that power was BEYOND something even "Justice" could hold.
'He' would become that vessel instead... the sacrifice (and trigger) to restore all things back to the way they "should" be.
A path to HAPPY CHAOS.
He had everything he needed to begin... and he had
Jack-O'(Valentine) to thank!
The year was (again) 2192... and 'he' laid the foundation and set events in motion.
The "man" called Axl Low was just as much a part of these events as I-No was... but 'he' had to keep quiet about that... it would ruin the surprise!
I-No unwittingly helped Axl Low send a certain "message" to Asuka... surely that information would be vital in Asuka's actions moving forward!
All according to plan.
Axl's powers would 'grow'... and while I-No's powers would 'diminish her' for a time... it was only a matter of time before his 'chance' would come.
A few weeks, a month, it was all the same to 'him' in the WHITE ROOM.
But then two somethings VERY LOUD shook that WHITE ROOM...
It was a FIST... and the strongest Magic Spell mankind had ever created.
And just like that... the "Universal Will" was 'defeated'.
Not by 'his' hands of course... but he couldn't afford to be picky... and he knew someone would find his handiwork sooner or later... He even managed to turn Sol Badguy in to a 'war criminal' without lifting a finger!
3 weeks passed... and the MOST DANGEROUS of "somebodies" FINALLY FOUND HIM.
I-No FOUND the Original Troublemaker... or rather... HAPPY CHAOS.
And from that moment on... his role as her "sacrifice" would change EVERYTHING.
I-No became a God... but she still lost her 'bet' with Mankind... and he fulfilled his task admirably... even if EVERYTHING WAS NOW BLACK TO HIM.
Now 'he' owes no one anything... 'HE' CONTINUES TO EXIST.
Or so he thinks... but the STORY IS FAR FROM OVER.
Delilah (Bedman's Sister) and Baiken are still CHASING HIM... along with Chipp Zanuff and Anji Mito...
WHERE HAS THE MAN IN THE BLACK HALO GONE? WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT?
And when will his SINS be PUNISHED in FULL?
And what of the "real" Happy Chaos Valentine... will 'she' ever wake up?
Even Ramlethal and Elphelt's journey in to the future have yet to begin...
