11:00 AM
NEXUS TIME
Naboundd was a quaint little town, not especially wealthy or resourceful. Its citizens just came and went along their little lives, not paying heed to anything or anyone. Perhaps it was lady luck that graced them with mediocrity. They didn't utterly fail like many of the old districts, but neither did they succeed in anything. Perhaps that was, in its own way, a victory.
This must be what peace is. An apathetic, dehumanizing peace. And yet, the people could find happiness in that too. Such was humanity. However, it was a tragedy that their king subjected them to this lofty ideal. For apathy is death.
As the sky turned bright beyond belief, as the heat melted their bones off, what did the people of this district think? Certainly, with all that peace... they should have invested in an umbrella.
The stars were falling.
ZEKE
BOOM!!
"...Oh, you poor things." Zeke's dark eyes were filled an empty melancholy, even as his body was stretched out as if he had just thrown something. And yet, he thought nothing about the many who would perish from what he unleashed. Nothing at all. Why, he was just standing on the other side of the hills. Far, far away from the district, why would he feel anything for creatures that looked so small to him?
"L o r d Z e k e . . . " Something groaned. Zeke's ears perked.
A bulging, grotesque mass of pink flesh and corruption which crawled from behind the trees of the hillside. Supported on six disproportionately small paws, it appeared like a hulking, mutated leech sporting no eyes or face; only a massive human mouth. Its muscles looked oddly soft, like water balloons, but squirmed beneath its skin as if they had a life of their own. And beneath all that, something rippled continuously... until the mouth opened to reveal a full set of gigantic, flat teeth.
On top of its back, there was a crate of soft drinks.
"Ohoho! Great job, I was getting thirsty." The dark man glanced at the creature and nearly jumped in glee. In a heartbeat, he grabbed a can of pop, cracked it open, and took a sip of his favorite brand of sprite cranberry. "Pwahhh~ Same as always. Our beloved soft drink... but with a little extra holiday spirit."
With that, he crushed the empty can and was immediately enveloped with a dark aura that lashed out like fire. The poor leech yelped and panicked, for it had to grip as hard as it could on the ground just not to tumble and get dragged straight into him. Immediately, Zeke was raising his arms and a leg, taking a stance... and revealing the power of the sun, right in the palm of his hands.
"Well, back on track. This time, I'm going for a perfect game."
And in less than a heartbeat, he hurled the plasmic mass through the skies, catapulting it from the other side of the hills straight into another populated area. The explosion was monstrous, those who were not immediately melted away were burned asunder by flame and exploding rubble.
How sad. Unfortunately, he wasn't planning on stopping any time soon.
