Post by Astreus on Sept 17, 2021 7:37:51 GMT -8
Since his soul was called to a new vessel on Eartg, life had changed so radically for Astreus. At some point in another life things had been as simple as a cat staring at the wall, but mystery seemed to dwell amidst fear and horror in this age of Earth.
Just months after his rebirth the Demon Lord found himself to be still incredibly plagued by conflicting experiences thru bodily feeling. Itching his chest felt like tummy sliding over top glass Shards, and combing his hands through his golden blonde hair felt like a lobotomy. Physicality was too much for Atreus' mind to comprehend, and he was experiencing constant pain.
The dead animals body that acted as the core for his Demon flesh to form around was impure, and the imperfections were detrimental. Astreus could barely move, everything hurt.
On top of that Astreus had almost no concious control over his body besides walking and sitting. He groomed himself instinctually, and the constant rubbing and scratching turned quickly into infected wounds.
When he was reborn the demons soul used the flesh of a dead liger a nearby laboratory had performed modifications on. Aside from the body being absent of life, the liger was also a scientific experiment that contained impurities like failed amino acids linked to Saiyan blood.
The beast was also mutated with genetic laser therapy, and had multiple Cyver Project additions to its organic frame. The part Android liger was barely alive at all and when Astreus possessed the body something had gone wrong, and full cognition became hindered for what seemed like life.
The result was incredibly potent pain reception of his body and foggy mental clarity; that soon became compulsive self mutilation. Unable to stop himself from combing the same spot on his head over and over, Astreus was a living wound.
Once he had formed his body and discovered these defecits, Astreus became secluded for the coming months. Harboring extreme terror for pain he took to solitude for comfort, and contemplated this new wrath his Demonic soul dwelt upon. Wondering how to fix his clearly flawed physical form, the Demon Lord hid in an icy cave near the North Pole and plotted fruitlessly.
While plotting how to fix himself Astreus also hid from the same scientists who had killed the liger his body was essentially made of. The mighty Demon had all of the animals life memories and Astreus scratched at himself nervously at the thought of being captured like the once wild beast had.
After months he had extremely grotesque wounds on his arms, thighs, chest and even face. Boredom was hard to manage for the Demon, but enough time eventually passed that he had come up with a solution to ripping away his already infected flesh.
Hoping to reverse the damage he would return from whence he came, to a place of science.
Astreus decided to storm the labratory the liger had come from, and steal medicine to heal himself. The pain was unbearable for one, but he had grown familiar with it and tolerance was developing. However for two Astreus's body image was greatly changing into something diseased and hideous, so medicine seemed like the best option for him to continue his life pondering the world without fear of trial by fire for being so ugly.
Maybe he was vain, but Astreus had caught sight of his body in the icy reflections of the North Land tundra. He wasn't looking good, and a good bye seemed like it was just around the corner for him.
It was at this point in hisn o far short life that Astreus noticed that he was incredibly devoted to the task of mere thinking. Sitting in the cave thinking about all the "maybe sos" for why terror and pain flooded his body had been fun for him, at least creatively. When he finally deduced what these "what ifs, must have," Astreus was feeling comfortable with himself as a person. Despire the overbearing stimulation, he hadn't just dwelled in the terror of his resurrection and the Demon Lord was proud of that.
Personality was new to him, and the joy was overwhelming at first. Astreus made sure to give himself a golden star for the self discovery of a scholar.
In mostly top form and grinning savagely from the burden of gaping self inflicted wounds all over his body, Astreus approached the laboratory gates. There were tall electric fences sovering the whole perimeter, and it was a few kilometers at least. Astreus squinted his Shiney eyes in the cold sunlight and made sure he would head thru the main entrance.
Immediately sirens were put off when he got within arms reach of the metal gate, but he didnt stop when people started shooting. Using his Hell Bound Ki Demon Lord Astreus formed a giant bubble above him without moving his hand. The bullets burned into ashes when they met with the chaotic power of ki, and Astreus was smiling a ferocious grin of glee as he saw the Cauduceus on their flak jackets. He knew healing was close, and pushed forward. The Demon wasn't a cold blooded murderer, but he had waited too long for life to surface in him again.
The demonic Aura around him distorted the sounds he made with an otherworldly resonance, and his bodily motions featured a star themed swoosh as he shot ki blasts from his finger tip guns.
The vibratory swooshing filled the snowy air as Astreus launched forward afyer clearing the first round of guards stopping his pursuit of medicine. Running with both arms over his head Astreus was formjng his signature technique. Composed in hell this technique was truly destructive, but would only see the light of Earth this one time.
Jumping into the air with his arms still raised Astreus levitated high up for a good vantage point to aim. He looked down at the labratory, and the people who were shooting at him kept the bullets flying. Dark red ki swelled in the air above his two hands and a giant circular bomb formed. Inside the swirling mass of spirit energy were big sparks of red flames that swirled around, and it's mere presence was dreadful to the mortal soul.
Just upon seeing the attack some people started running away, and having full blown panic attacks. The Hell Bound Ki of Astreus was mighty, and it's mortifying aura was just as ominous.
Roaring out the name of the technique Astreus called, "Phaneacia!" The red ki suddenly flashed then turned blue, and then pink flames started thrashing from within the giant ki bomb. Astreus swung his two hands forward and downward. The giant orb swung down faster than one might expect while the Demon took aim at the people who were mostly retreating.
He was almost in the lab, and that was a relief. All of his ki expenditurewas harder to maintain with his body infected. The Demon didn't know it yet, but the liger body inside ofnhim was toxic. The more he did the closer he was to death, but Astreus didn't think of it like that. He was fighting for his life, and these humans had no chance.
The people were shooting like crazy, well some still were but the danger overhead had most in retreat. Many were running away ling before the bomb would have struck, but it didn't matter to Astreus. As the orb moved closer and closer it seemed to be containing an exponential force inside.
Suddenly it exploded and purple arrows shot forward. The ki beams pierced people straight through the guts, and Astreus killed every one of the guards who had been outside the main entrance to the Lab. Some of their deaths were later in that day, but they still count.
A count he never forgot since some of those people who he killed were friends of those that would become his comrades in science or even close friends; and that would be a struggle for the Demon. This struggle wasn't too far off in the distance, but the young Demon Lord had no concept of how deep struggles persisted. Not yet anyways.
Astreus wasn't thinking about the future now as people screamed and wailed in terror, his ki blasts impaling them like spears and leaving them to die in the bloody snow. The Demon Lord was worried of his health more than theirs, and barged through the lab relentlessly without looking back.
Unfortunately more guards, scientists and even MechaBots were waiting to blow him to smithereens. The TOOL Inc. laboratory had more than their fair share of armaments and various mechs. The scientists there mostly studied atomic energy, do anything they produced was highly powered.
When Astreus Domei's claw busted the door down its fall was marked by a flurry of countless bullets and lasers being fire at him. The mechs were special arms-bots meant for protecting the lab. Thenlwad engineer had pulled out all the stops to make sure her robots were great, and they were in prime form as their Cyver Tech honed in on every move of Astreus's.
Pain was still hard for his Demon brains to process and Astreus roared out wildly as he extended the shell meant to protect his body. A few laser beams had shot through it, and the pain was inciting fear once again. Handz raised to his face the Demon mad a triangular shape and focused his Defensive power on his shield. Focusing with all his might the Demon pushed his path towards a safe place to recuperate for a second.
Fearing for his still short life Astreus was conscious of his state of mind, and used his ferocity to power the shield. It pushed the people back with a malicious aura that made them run in fear of their own. The vile energy of Hell was lethal to the mortal humans of Earth, and Astreus knew it.
For the second his shield rushed them the people weren't shooting so Astreus pushed faster into the building and safely hid behind a wall corner. There was noclear shot against him, so the Demon could try to heal up before another fierce push. He didn't want to blow them all up, and his ki was quickening faster than usual. Once he had the chance he would try to use his bare hands to take the people out, and escape the bulky bots.
WiIle the giant Demon Lord forced his way further into the lab he felt indoor heating for the first time in his life. It was great and he smiled a most innocent grin as he cut the hallway to get behind a more protective corner. The miracle blessing was just what he needed to press on, and Astreus felt luck shining on him.
Behind Astreus was the flurry of snow, and the red color of his flesh was reminiscent of Santa Claus. Had the situation not been so severe that would have been funny to the typically jovial TOOL Inc. employees. Not now though, not with a ferocious demon hiding inside of their facility.
The whole guard force had their rifles raised ready to shoot lasers and bullets at their demon enemy. Some of them had small robots they were controlling, and there were even a few mobile tripod mechs with powerful lasers. The lab was thoroughly well protected, and Astreus was not going to get past the team led by the great companys most well fitted team of guardians.
One of the engineers who worked at TOOL Inc. noticed that innocent grin of Astreus's, but shook it from her mind. Mara was facing a deadly threat, and couldn't entertain such absurd thoughts of Santa. The Demon had killed some of her friends, and she was crying while she hid behind a table waiting for the hero shot. For a second she stopped though, but that second had passed. Shaking the sadness from her mind Mara prepared to take a shot at the Demon Lord if he popped out.
The same Demon Lord who would become her best friend one day, and most rewarding engineering project had Mara's laser rifles crosshair on his face. Astreus had leaned out of the corner where he was taking cover, and Mara had the chance to shoot. When she looked at Astreus though, all she could see was his pain and constant fear weighing him down. The demons purple blood was smeared all over his face where he had cut open his flesh. Mara began crying again, and her finger slid off the trigger.
Swiftly she dropped the rifle and tapped her watch instead. An aluminum sheet folded out and morphed into a loud speaker. Mara screamed out for her team to stop. They all dropped their guns out of respect for the crying girl, and everyone's eyes were on Mara who was the team leader.
The lead engineer cried out passionately to Astreus, and offered him help with his wounds. The young woman hadn't considered all that help would entail for TOOL Inc. but she didn't care at that moment. For some reason she trusted Astreus's face, and was putting it all on the line for him. She just couldn't believe some one evil could smile like that. Like a child.
In that moment forgiveness overcame her and she offered something to the demon he had never heard of. She offered him help.
Help was something he had never considered while pondering in the cave. The Demon Lord didn't imagine someone could help him, or even that they would. Though when he looked at Mara's teary eyes he could imagine it, and suddenly the fear he felt was washed away by sadness for his assault on these kind people. Sadness for the death he wrought upon those who were now offering kindness to him.
Astreus couldn't believe he hadn't considered asking for help, and tears swelled up in his eyes. The Demon Hell Guard he had formed against TOOL Inc. dropped and Astreus fell to his knees. Placing his palms on the ground he waited passively, hoping to prove his complacency.
No one moved for two hours. The assault team of people watched him, and whispered among themselves while Mara rallied for others to support her decision to help.
After complete silence for two hours, the group came to some agreement and the guards left the room. Some scientists stayed with Mara to broker absokute peace between the Demon, and offer the labratorys various services for his recuperation. Astreus agreed to pay the damages somehow, and become an associate of TOOL Inc. to receive healing by the lab.
It was an easy life or death decision fornhim, and being a typically good hearted being paying for his actions when it was due was no bother to him.
This moment would serve to contain the single most important decision for peace he ever made.
Once retribution plans had been made for the fallen guards families, Astreus was brought to the Garage of TOOL Inc. Mara was the head engineer at the lab, and offered Astreus access to a C-Tak Recuperation Tank she had designed. The healing was recieved by powerful serums created by atomic energy powered, electro purification.
The Demon Lord accepted but unfortunately typical healing methods of even the highest caliber couldn't help him.
The cursed Demon blood from his originally liger corpse body kept Astreus from even scarring. After analysis it was confirmed that the Demon would need to have all of the cadaver parts in his body removed. Unfortunately much of his body had integrated the genetics of his body with the liger he had originally possessed. If they removed it all, he would likely die without technological support or an Android Conversion.
After some brief decision making it was decided Astreus would become the central figure of TOOL Inc.s most recent Atomic Energy Android project. They would remove all of the non Demon organics he contained, and replace it with technology designed by their engineers and scientists. As well Astreus would be able to direct the modifications based on results of a recent project by TOOL Inc.
Recently Cyver Project had been completed and now a recipient of the Cyverse tech was finally decided on by the lead engineer, Mara Qixi. Astreus would have his body altered and become the only Cyverse Android. The cadaver flesh and bone would be removed and replaced with an inorganic tissue created from Katchin. Through genetic laser therapy his Demon body would also be entirely infused with this same tissue known as Cyvanin. The inorganic material would then be fused to his Demon flesh, and through nanotechnology atomic reactors called Cyver Taks Astreus wouldbe free of mortal experiences.
Once all of his organs were replaced by atomic energy conversion tech, Astreus would be the first C-Tak powered living being. A bio Android by TOOL Inc., and the first Cyverse enabled ever.
Android 313 was soon to be created.
With the living demon flesh fused to Cyvanin infused flesh,, Astreus would maintain his connection to Hell Bound Ki and that power created by his own ki to would be funneled into an installed plasma coil that alters the frequency of fluid inside Astreus. The result would be the creation of a electromagnetic field conducive with C-Taks. All of his organs would be removed and replaced by tech dedicated to distribution, metaboliziation and creation of the massively productive Atomic Energy known as C-Taks, into Cyver Taks.
The procedure would be life changing, and painful. But Astreus was promised that all of his deficits would be much more manageable; and most importantly to him, the Demon would live long enough to make up for his out of character violence against the laboratory who was giving him a second chance.
All of the self inflicted wounds were shortening his mortal life span and Astreus decided without regret on his position of undertaking Cyverse Technology and becoming Project Shiroyasha. Fearing death would be no more, and the Demon Lord would soon become truly immortal.
For several months Astreus studied the process he would undergo and by the time Mara was ready to do the Cyverae Conversion, the Demon was proud to be worked on by such a woman. The two had become friends while Astreus lived in her garage and she prepared him for the conversion.
Astreus had to drink lots of banana shakes infused with dihydroporsephone acid. The drink was essential to surviving the musculature infusions of Cyvanin when the cadaver parts were removed. The taste was horrible, but the two got to know each other as Mara maternally made sure he drank it at all.
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