Shattering Humanity-Chapter 299: "...Everyone Hates The Results Of Self-Sacrificing Parents Who Succeed."
"Tao gives birth to all things.
And Te (virtue) nurtures them.
Matter shapes them.
The natural environment matures them.
Therefore, all things abide by Tao and honor Te.
Although Tao deserves reverence and Te deserves honor,
They are not demanded by decree,
But is a result of the Nature Way.
Hence, Tao gives life to all beings and Te nurtures, grows, fosters, develops, matures, supports,
and protects them.
Tao gives birth to life and yet claims no possession.
It gives support without holding on to the merit.
It matures them but does not take control of.
This is called the Mystic Te." -Tao Te Ching Chapter 51
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[Present Day]
[Sanpaku Cafeteria]
Aiden: "I guess I really can’t argue with you there, Sol.
Now IF all that is true, and they did plan on one of their branching species to rule the dry land with their game changing opposable thumbs, while the other branch would rule the domain that takes up the overwhelming majority of this planet’s total surface, the next question is, for the two branches to ever cooperate in harmony, there would have to be..."
Katsu(telepathy): *Might as well just spit it out right now, and tell them whatever little you know. Like how you do every single time.*
Saku finally starts to remember just what he heard the two orca whales say to each other while helping him stay above the surface.
Saku: "...’A Bridge’..."
Katsu(telepathy): *Oh don’t you feel special?*
In the most excessive way to distract him possible, Xaaydagaay licks Saku’s tattoo on the temple of his face, making him blush and carefully push her away.
Laban’s chair slides across the floor as she gets up.
Laban DaeMon: "Okay, that’s it!
New rule!
If she’s allowed to randomly lick my Saki whenever and wherever she feels like it, then I get to lick him randomly wherever I want too!"
[Five Minutes Later]
Steaming Laban has sat back down and the tables have been cleared of all dishes and food.
Xaaydagaay and Friend are playing, chasing each other around the dining area while the rest of Takamagahara is debating over the ethics of causing the dinosaur extinction for the sake of birthing humanity.
Sol: "All I am saying is, if our alien creators were cognitive enough to factor in exterminating thousands of threatening species for the sake of our growth, causing a global disaster only for a higher success rate towards humanity’s eventual evolution, isn’t a good look in retrospect."
Saku and Katsu periodically take glances at one another, telepathically taking shots and arguing back and forth.
Katsu(telepathy): *She’s right you know.*
Saku(telepathy): *Shut up.*
Sol: "Maybe we should see this Iceman invasion as a sign of karma more than anything."
Aiden: "C-Can I ask Sol?
What really do you mean by that?"
Sol looks around at the rest of her listening group.
Sol: "Well, maybe, if those aliens used a giant meteor to change the world around the dinosaurs, then maybe Leviathan sending millions of meteors with Icemen inside to attack us isn’t so crazy of a concept if you think about it."
Katsu smirks at the sulking Saku as she explains her reasoning.
Katsu(telepathy): *Just because humans have more of an awareness towards what is happening during their own apocalypse, doesn’t mean it’s not the same logic as in `giggle` Leviathan’s own plan.*
Saku(telepathy): *I said shut up!
Why don’t you tell everyone all of that out loud?
You’re so fake...*
Katsu(telepathy): *Careful there’Pot’, you might boil while calling me fake."
Aiden and the rest of Takamagahara start to ponder their own morals, knowing ’the truth’.
The revelation, like most of the world’s hard to swallow truths, brings the mood of the room down. The vibe quickly turning more depressing.
There are a few seconds of silence, until...
Saku: "Seriously, what the Hell is wrong with you all?
We are talking about the dinosaurs and ridiculously large plants, right?
The literal fuckin lizard monsters?"
Laban DaeMon: "I agree with my Saki.
Who gives a shit?
It happened over 60 million years ago."
Itsuka crosses her arms and looks at her love rival.
Itsuka: "Yea, coming from the murderer. With as many lives you’ve taken, that must be pretty easy for someone like you to say, Laban."
Laban DaeMon: "Aye, how bout you go fuck yourself?
My body count is ’every’, Bitch."
Itsuka has a closed eye smirk and opens her human purple eye to get a peek at the reaction towards her quick quip.
Itsuka: "Yea, sure.
’Every’, except for Shelly and your sisters."
Laban DaeMon: "Still kicked your ass, didn’t I?"
Daisuki: "Ladies! Ladies, please!"
The two stop arguing and there is a silence once more in the large cafeteria.
Katsu and Saku are back to their own telepathic shit talking.
Katsu(telepathy): *Are you really going to sit there and say humanity hasn’t had it easy when compared to the other mammals on this planet who have to coexist with us?
Wouldn’t you agree most of humanity’s problems are stemmed from their own conflicts amongst themselves?
Our ’Gods’ HAD to pave a road for their children just so they could cruise through evolution easily.*
Saku(telepathy): *Shaming conscious existences for something they had no control over, like their own birth or who they were born from, is a coward move.*
Daisuki stands up, taking the talking role from Aiden and Sol.
Daisuki: "Listen, I’ve never had kids of my own, and unfortunately it’s too irresponsible to bring a life into this world with the disastrous and dangerous state that it’s in.
One of my childhood friends was so excited to be a Dad, he was even more of a spaz than normal."
He feels mixed emotions rememberimg the good friend he lost to a sniper shot while befriending a scared little girl.
Daisuki: "All my life, and I’m sure each and every one of you all have heard this once or twice before, but all my life I’ve heard new or expecting parents tell me they wanted to make sure their kids had a better life than they did as a child."
Katsu(telepathy): *Except Saku’s mom.*
Saku shoots a pissed off look at the telepathic shit talker as the rest of the large squad all listens to Daisuki’s words.
Daisuki: "But for some reason, whenever that happens, or if a parent is able to aid their own children along financially, it would always feel like everyone hates the results of self-sacrificing parents who succeed."
The weirdly phrased realization makes some of the young men and women tilt their heads in confusion, but not the group that was in Roronora City the day before.
Laban looks over at the other table where Zoram and Princess Rebekah are.
Scylia: "What do you mean,Master Daisuki?"
However it is Laban who explains for him.
Laban DaeMon: "There will always be envious people..."
Everyone snaps their looks towards the exiled DaeMon as she explains Daisuki’s word for him.
Laban DaeMon: "When a parent makes it out the mud and becomes highly successful or powerful amongst their society, the common belief is that the children of the successful are less likely to be as humbled or have a worse type of work ethic in comparison to those people without successful parents.
When all those same people do, is hate on others instead of working on bettering themselves.
All of that hate is truly coming from a place of envy."
Her angry scowl slowly creeps to a regretful stare at her "daughter".
Laban DaeMon: "Sometimes, those parents who lived that shitty life, have to split a couple of heads open like watermelons to ensure the happiness of their own children."
Itsuka rolls her eyes once again at the ancient old Norse witch’s answer.
Itsuka: "Oh please, don’t try to act like what you did to those poor people you’ve wronged was all for Princess Rebekah.
We all know you were a power hungry dictator. You’re not someone who grew up poor and became a highly successful millionaire."
Laban DaeMon: "I never fuckin said I did, you cunt.
When my sisters abandoned me, I had yet to regress my physical body for the first time. I wasn’t even 22.
Fortunately, my Valkyrie gene allowed me to smash people’s heads in, way before Princess Rebekah came into my life. So if I wanted to ensure her safety the most, I had to make sure nobody thought I was getting soft."
Daisuki half smiles in sympathy towards the ex-Don of Roronora City.
Daisuki: "No, you are right, Madame Laban.
All humans make monumentally disastrous mistakes before their purpose come into their lives, sometimes they make them after.
There will always be those unfortunate people who see the success of others, unlegitimizing that success as a fallacy of fortune or luck without knowing the truth."
Katsu looks at his adopted sister sitting silently while the group is discussing the specific topic of parents sacrificing themselves for the better lives of their children.
Katsu: "Is everything okay Shell?
You haven’t really said anything this entire time."
There is a slight pause in her response and she manages to keep a tear in her eye.
Shelly: "Well, I was thinking about how my Mom had sacrificed herself for me, and how your own parents jumped in front of an Iceman to save me.
Yea, parents can sacrifice everything for their children and they can become disrespectful shit heads..."
She turns her head to look over at Laban.
Shelly: "...And there are shit head kids who are jealous because they have shit head parents."
Laban gives the Valkyrie descendant a middle finger as she continues.
Shelly: "But not me.
I was lucky enough to have multiple sets of parents sacrifice everything for my happiness and success..."
She looks Katsu in the eyes and the captain smiles, making her blush.
Shelly: "...And that’s why I train everyday, so I won’t let that sacrifice go to waste."
Katsu: "Haha, and that’s why you ARE the greatest Shelly!
Haha!"
Katsu(thinking): *And that is why I do this all for you...*
