Subject: [GRIT] "Soul Genesis" From: tsurugi@comet.net (Tsurugi) Date: 1997/07/11 Message-Id: <33c5bf41.38480482@news2.comet.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.misc Soul Genesis ===== Back in a time when the great great grandparents of the GRIT’s current characters were still but babies suckling their mother’s milk... Washuu: Tsurugi, it seems that your education has gone rather well. You’re just about finished. Tsurugi: Thank you Washuu-sensei. What task is left? Washuu: A sort of “final exam.” I want you to create, well, something. You can use any resource that you have so long as you also use some of what you have learned from me. Do well and you could very well be the best student that I’ve ever had. Tsurugi: You honor me Washuu-sensei. *bow* Washuu: Do you have any idea of what you will make? Tsurugi takes from HS a glass case, contained within is an old sword. Blood long dried is all over the blade. Tsurugi: I have some idea Washuu-sensei. ===== Roughly 6 months ago. Tsu: At our current trajectory.. Tanto: Brother! Tsu: With our speed... Tanto: BROTHER!!! Tsu: That would put us right near Plu- (CRASH!!!) to... Tanto: I tried to warn you. Tsu: Computer, Damage Report! Female Voice: In a transforming craft, all damage is automatically repaired. (A hammer shifts from the side of the craft and WHAMs Tsurugi on the head) Jackass! Tsu: Itte... Tanto: Brother, are you injured? Tsu: Just my pride.. So fix yourself you stupid ship! FV: Ask nicely! Tsu: Pretty Please repair yourself you sweet greatest ship in the world you. The ship shift quickly away from Tsurugi and Tanto, so quickly in fact that Tsurugi is barely able to put a protective barrier around him and Tanto in time to protect them from the trials of space. The ship shifts into a human female form, with flowing silver hair and deep silver eyes. Her skin is a soft, healthy pink and her build can only be described as perfect. She looks at Tsurugi and Tanto with a big smile. Girl: You really think I'm sweet!? Tsu: Yes I guess... Wait! Who are you!? Girl: I'm the Changeling of course silly! Tsu: *piku* I never programmed this form in... Girl: I know, I made it myself! Whaddaya think, am I sexy!? (poses her nude body. Tanto turns away as a trickle of blood leave his nose. Tsurugi regard her in amazement) Tsu: Quite so but... I never programmed any intelligence into the computer banks. Girl: I know, isn’t it just -so- totally cool that I can like do all this shit! You can call me Ling-chan! (several holographic Lings shot off from her and dance about her in the most spectacular show ever to hit the surface of Pluto.) I am the composite of all the information you have gathered on the females in and about the world of earth. A little bit of each of them is me, cool huh? Tanto, tissue stuffed up his nose finally turns around: Yes miss you are quite sex- (see the nude dancing Ling-chans) Ehh... Come now Red Earth, you've face Succubi with out these effect, you can handle this. Ling-chan: Actually, based on research conducted by Tsurugi precisely 27.45654336 years ago, the bleeding through the nose and fainting is a trait applied by the physical aspects of the world, so the fault is not yours, you will learn to control the effects in time. And thanks! I'm cute too, ne!? ===== But a short while ago Ling-chan: You... you are quite lucky that Gos-chan likes you. If it were not for him I'd have you exercised or locked in another dimension faster than you can say "Damn you Ling." But I respect Gos' wishes to allow you to stay here, you on the other had will not respect him enough to even ask me on a simple date if that is what he so desires. It makes me wonder if you really feel for him at all. I -love- Gos-chan and there is nothing you can do to change that? Gos: L- l- l- l- love!? Ling-chan: Hai darling, with all my heart. Kogane: Metallic heart. Ling-chan: Heart of gold *beeda* ^_^ Gos-chan, iie, Gos-sama, I love you dearly, I love you enough to leave you be with spirit girl over there if you so desire. But even if you do choose her, I will love you now and for a million millennia after. (a tear streams down her cheek, landing on Gos's forehead) So long as you are happy... that's all that matters to me. ==== Present, Washuu’s Lab. Washuu: Your project is developing quite nicely. I think you might just get an “A” Tsurugi: Soon it shall enter stage 3 and all shall be complete. Washuu: Well just what is supposed to happen in stage 3? Tsurugi, smiling: “Soul Genesis.” ==== Gosunkugi’s Apartment Gos: *sigh* Ling-san, are you sure that Advanced Quantum Mechanics is - basic- college work? Ling: Personally, I think it should be basic high school work. Gos: O_O; I’m kinda tired of studying for now though. Can’t we take a break and watch a movie or something? Ling, glomping Gos: Like a date you mean? Gos: A- air... must breath. (Ling releases... slightly) I meant on TV, not going out or anything like that. Ling: Ooh... you want us to be alone together... (Gos: ^_^;) So what movie shall we watch? Gos: I’ve been meaning to watch “Ghost in the Shell” for a while now. Ling: What’s it about? Gos: Cyborgs. Ling: *piku* *smirk* Sounds interesting. A quick run to the local video rental place gets them the film. They sit down together to watch. Ling is a little bit too close to go for him to be comfortable, but for him it is a small price to pay for a break from studies. And it’s not like she wasn’t close to him when she was teaching him. Gos knows that she loves him, and he knows that he at least likes her, but still... what of Kogane, and Myri? He sighs lightly, the sound causing Ling to snuggle in closer. Soon after the movie start Ling’s eyes are glued to it. It’s not long before tears fill her eyes. Gos: Ling-san, are you all right? Ling: I- I’m fine Gos-chan, it’s just... *sigh* (thinking: A ghost it a soul. But... what am I? A shell without a ghost?) Kusanagi: I guess cyborgs like myself tend to be paranoid about their origins. Ling, thinking: I have no idea of my origin either. Kusanagi: What if a cyber brain could possibly generate it’s own ghost, create a soul all on it’s own. Ling: *sigh* If only... Gos: Huh? Ling: Er.. nothing, let’s just watch the movie honey. In time the movie comes to an end. Gos stretches a bit, then stops and rewinds the movie. Ling stays still for a moment, then dabs her eyes to dry them. Gos: So, how did you like it? Ling: It was informative. I wonder if a soul can be generated. Gos: I don’t know. I mean, anything is possible, right? But it seems unlikely. Ling: I see... (Ling draws a sharp breath as her left hand goes to her head.) Ittatataaa.. Gos: You all right? Ling: Mostly. But my head really hurts all of a sudden. Gos: It’s probably just a headache, I’ll get you some Advil. (Gos goes to the kitchen, gets a bottle of the medicine, and gives it to her.) Don’t you know when you have a headache? Ling: I’ve never had a headache before... (Ling takes two Advil) Gos: Lucky. Ling: Perhaps... Owowow... just how long will this stuff take to work? Gos: Not too long. Ling: Even a moment is too long. ==== Washuu’s Lab Washuu: So... Stage One was the original form. Then Stage Two is after it became fully sentient but still has all the abilities that it had in stage one? Tsurugi: Correct. Stage Two is a transition phase, like the cacoon of a caterpillar before it becomes a beautiful butterfly. In Stage Three the powers will be reduced severally. Morphing capability will drop so that the subject may only be out of it’s base form for one hour in an alternate humanoid form or ten minutes in a non humanoid form. Size constraints shrink down to be the size between that of myself and the size of a twelve year old child. “Electronic Telepathy” will remain but will be reduced in speed. Elemental control will all but cease, though it can possible be slightly redeveloped with time it will never again be as strong as it is now. Holographic projection will be affected as well. The subject will be able to maintain a set of clothing in sologram form, and perhaps a single sologram, or ten hologram, duplicates of itself. Washuu: There seems to be much loss of power. Tsurugi: Some is gained as well. Just what -she- desires. I’m sorry sensei, but I cannot refer to her as it anymore. Washuu: I understand. Now what shall Ling-chan gain? Tsurugi: She desires humanity, though she has yet to realize that human and humanity are two different things, and that humans are all too often lacking in humanity. But non-the-less, this will make her more human. The form that she holds right now has already solidified itself to be her base form when the transition into Stage Three has completed. The organs that she must consciencly form now will start to form themselves naturally. Her complete control over her body will stop and she will be susceptible to all that humans are: sickness, headache, hunger, thirst, diarrhea, etc. She will gain the ability to reproduce, which seems a good thing with her attraction to Gosunkugi. ^_~ Washuu: And death? Tsurugi: No, even I cannot give her that ability as much as I wish I could. Odd, isn’t it? Wanting to be able to give your child the ability to die. Washuu: Your child, what do you mean by that? Tsurugi: All shall be revealed in due time. For now we must wait for Stage Three to complete. Washuu: And just when do you expect that to happen? Tsurugi: It has already started. (Tsurugi pulls his computer from HS, types a few commands, and get a video to display.) Tsurugi: She could not control it properly. Her abilities have already begun their decline. If fact they started when she met Gos. I believe that he may be what set off the transition. Washuu: And you expected all of this to happen? Tsurugi: Yes, though she thinks that it was a big surprise to me... I will admit that I was surprised that it happened so quickly. Her soul will be finished forming soon, I can feel it, and then she shall be complete. Washuu: And just how is she your child again? Tsurugi: You never stop prying, do you? Washuu: Nope! ^_^ Tsurugi: She is spawned of my blood and linked to my soul. That is all I shall say for now. Matters require my attention, and thus I must leave you. Fare Thee Well. With that Tsurugi teleports up to the penthouse. He sighs quietly to himself. Trina is out shopping, Susa and Tsuki sit in the bar on ther vacation, and Ling... a light weeping can be heard from her room. Tsurugi goes to her room and finds her spread out on the bed, tears in her eyes. The site hurts him, almost bringing tears from his eyes as well. Tsurugi: Ling-chan... Ling: Tsu... san... Tsurugi! I - I- How can I be human when I don’t have a soul!? Tsurugi: Now who ever told you that you don’t have a soul? Ling: I can’t have one! I wasn’t’ born, I was created, I’m a magi- talic construct. I’m not even alive. Dmambu, over the intercom: Tsu, we got a problem down here! All the Ling-clones just phased out a while ago, just, you know, vanished. We’re understaffed! Tsurugi: They all vanished... Hmm... get Rich, Ed, and Mike off their lazy asses and put them to work. If that’s not enough then get Tsuki and Susa to help you. Dmambu: Hai. Ling: I... I’m an failure. I lost control of the projections and... *sniff* Tsurugi: Don’t worry about it, it’s not problem at all. It’s about time some of the freeloaders that stay here were put to use. Has anything else odd happened today? Ling: I had a headache earlier, but what does that matter, I’m useless. Tsurugi: The only ones that are useless are those who surrender themselves to be useless, and I will not allow you to do that, for it is too far from the truth. Ling: Is it? You just don’t want to admit that your creation is a failure. A soulless construct that is due for the scrap heap. Tsurugi: No, I don’t want my -daughter- to think herself a failure. Ling: Your... your... Tsurugi: Daughter. I guess it’s about time I told you everything. You know that you are a made of magic combined with high technology and a special metal, correct. Ling: Correct. Tsurugi: There was more to your creation than that. When I had finished placing the magic in the compound from which you were formed I cut my wrists, and let my blood mix with the compound, placing myself into you, giving you my essence. That is why you are my daughter. You are born of my blood. Ling: So your blood runs through my synthetic veins. Tsurugi: Yes, though now those veins are not as synthetic. Welcome to Stage Three Ling-chan. The final stage of Project Changeling. “Soul Genesis” is complete. Ling: Nani? Tsurugi: Some people believe that souls are reused, some believe that for each new person a new soul is made by some god or another, and my people believe that the soul of a new child comes from the blood and souls of their parents. Happy Birthday Ling-chan, today you have been truly been born and your soul is complete. There will be some side effects, loss of power for one, and you will be able to get sick and feel pain as a human can, and you will not regenerate as quickly. But there are benefits as well. You are physically more human now, you have all of the emotions of any human, and more than some as well. You can love, and bear children through than love, and you have an eternal soul. Ling: I don’t know what to say. Tsurugi: I hope that you are not angry with me. I can understand though, if you are, I have deceived you for such a long time. Ling: I’m not angry. How could I possibly be angry at my... my father. I have a soul. I have a soul and I’m alive! *hug* I love you Tsurugi! Tsurugi, hugging back: I love you too Ling-chan. Trina, from behind in an angry tone: Tsu... ru... gi... Tsurugi: Eep! Trina-sama, it’s not what it looks like, I can explain! Trina: Do so. Quickly. And so the story is related yet again, this time in greater detail so that Ling-chan knows her full story. Ling: One more thing, who is my mother? Tsurugi’s face grows dark: Tu-Rihn-Nah. (just guess how it’s pronounced. ^_~) Trina (you guess yet?): Now just how did I manage that, the one I’m cloned from wasn’t even born then! Tsurugi: No, not you. Tu-Rihn-Nah was the first woman that I ever loved. She was the adopted daughter of the leader of one of the tribes that attacked my village. It had been her father that had killed mine, and had killed my brother years later. When I unleashed the first Dawn Requiem Attack in my rage a few people of her village had already returned and reported everyone of my village dead. (tears start to fall from Tsurugi’s eyes) She... she killed herself to join me. (sad smile) how wrong she was... I kept the blade that she used, never cleaning her blood from it until the time came to make you Ling-chan. You are the daughter of her and I, and Trina, the sword that you wield is that sword. Trina: Tsurugi.. I had no idea... I’m.. sorry. Tsurugi: It’s all right. I’ve had 300 years to get over her, and over her I am. I have you now my beloved, and that is all that matters to me. *kiss* But anyway, now that the sad story of Tsu’s past of the week is out of the way, we’re gonna have to have a birthday party later! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go talk to Washuu. Ling: I going to go talk to Gos-chan. Especially since it seems that I can now have his child. ^_~ Trina: I’m gonna... *shrug* I got nothin’ to do! Tsurugi: Dmambu is short staffed in the KnK, you can help there I guess. Trina: Time to use the cooking skill I got from mommy! The three teleport to their different destinations. ===== Washuu’s Lab Tsurugi: It’s finished, were you watching on the monitor? Washuu: Yes. Tsurugi: And, do I pass, am I your greatest student ever? Washuu: Well... it seems to me that you just hacked into my records of how I made Ryouko and Ryou-ou-ki and copied that. Tsurugi: Will your security that should be more than enough to pass, but no, that’s not what I did. Notice that I didn’t take the cheap way and use the Mass. Washuu: Too true, too true... All right! I guess you pass! ^_^ And I guess I’ll call you my best student for the time being, amount of time to amount learned ratio at least. Tsurugi: Wai wai! Honto ni arigatou gozaimasu yo! ^_^ Washuu: What ever happened to “You honor me, Washuu-sensei?” Tsurugi: Eh, that gets sooo boring! Washuu: You did learn something from me after all! ===== Yeah, I intended something like this from the very beginning. The reduction of power hadn’t been in the original plan, but the original plan never accounted for as powerful as she got to be... But now we can do a birthday party thread if you all want! ^_^ And we get a little preview into the complete history of Tsurugi. It can get to be a sad, sad tale indeed. Tsurugi