Shattering Humanity-Chapter 360: Yggdrasil Realms, Mindcscape Battles, & Their Purpose {Part 1/2}
"The locusts went up over the entire land of Egypt and settled on the whole territory of Egypt. Never before had there been such a large number of locusts, and there never will be again. They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh urgently sent for Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to the Lord your God, so that he will just take this death away from me."Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the Lord. Then the Lord changed the wind to a strong west wind, and it carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the territory of Egypt."- Exodus 10:14-19
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[Mammon’s Forest]
As SeiõrSnow falls over the thick shrubbery, Esau sits in the middle of the forest. He cuts up an apple with his unnecessarily large knife.
He bites each cut slice off of the sharp blade, accidentally, cutting the corner of mouth so slightly that he doesn’t even notice it until he tastes the blood.
Esau: "Hm?"
He puts his thumb up to the bleeding corner and checks, seeing the red mark .
MaMmon DæMon: "You really shouldn’t eat that way, unfortunate Esau.
You’ll injure yourself, as you already have." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
From the ground he is sitting on, the man side eyes his ally standing up high in a tree, then spitting out a bit of blood before going back to his cutting up his snack.
The DæMon snickers and sits down on the strong and sturdy branch she is stationed on.
Her golden painted nails grip the strong oak bough.
MaMmon DæMon: "The silent treatment doesn’t work for your character anymore, dear Esau.
Tell me, why didn’t you go back with your sister in law?
Those apartments were designed for my followers to live normal lives again.
You could have-"
From the dark shadows of the woods, there comes a rustling in the bushes. Growling from Garmr comes first, then opening yellow eyes look across towards the two bipeds talking amongst each other.
The woman sitting in the trees smirks after putting two and two together.
MaMmon DæMon: "Just as my husband, the true Yin Vessel has done with his canine companionship, as the ’Unchosen Yin Vessel’, have you made an actual bond with Ga-"
Esau: "What’s it to you?"
The man sheathes his large knife back to his hip and goes to grab a cloth from his waist strapped satchel.
During his rummaging however, his hand grazes something else, and instead he pulls out the all red lock of hair, with a matching colored bow attached.
There is a moment of silence while he stares at the memento almost lost the night before.
[FLASHBACK]
Saku/’Mystery Man’: "’I lay down my life, so that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down for myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it again’.
Atonement...
Only I am allowed to truly suffer for those who continue to better the lives of others, in order to find happiness for themselves."
With the Anjell Eye currently popped off in this unprecedented way and in full control of the Yin’s Vessel, the hand holding Esau’s precious red flower opens.
Esau: "No!"
The newly cherished floral reminder for the still grieving widower, drops down below, and lands on the sidewalk.
It is immediately trampled on by the hard sole of an Iceman foot that was already covered in blood.
The flower is now flattened, with a few of it’s red petals pulled off, in the middle of a bloody footprint.
...
Esau: "Why...?
I just wanted to have something else to remember her..."
With the Anjell Eye still taking control, Saku’s body turns and forgetting all about avoiding eye contact, Esau and the Eye of Wisdom EyeEngage, stunning the man even more. He realizes his gaze is no longer under his free will, Esau tries to raise the gun back up to the princess’s temple, but is unable.
With half his face covered in a pitch black aura, the controlled Vessel looks back at the lock of bright red hair and the adorable bow attached, then back at Esau.
The uncovered and unconcious right side of the Yin Vessel exposes a smile, pissing off the vengeful soldier.
Esau: "What the hell are you smiling at?
You think you’ve won?
Do you think I won’t blow this little girl’s head off now, since you want to take away MY valuables? You better hope whatever kind of EyeEngagement this is keeps me from taking back control, cuz as soon as I do, I’m going to make you pay, Yin."
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[END FLASHBACK]
Taking a deep breath, Esau tosses the core of the sliced up fruit in the direction of the glowing yellow eyes of the mythical beast brought to the real world.
From the dog like onomatopoetic slobbering and munching, Garmr is enjoying the scraps given to him by his closest ally.
Esau: "If that little dirt bag of a kid is the ’chosen one’, then I’m glad I am the ’unchosen one’."
Aggravated from the negative connotation about her beloved "husband", from inside her own head, MaMmon curses the thankful man.
Surprising the stuck in thought DæMon...
Esau: "Where exactly did you say Garmr was from?"
Her blue eyes dart back down below, now leaning his back up against a tree, perfectly nestled to view the bright waning gibbous through the only opening in the middle of the packed Seiõr grown forest.
She snickers and clears her throat.
MamMon DæMon: "Well, if you must know dearest Esau, I defeated the largest and most deadliest version of himself within my Mindscape, and then brought him to back here, to Midgard."
Esau: "’Midgard’?"
Knowing she has "got the fish hooked", the multiple century year old woman looks at her painted nails while giving the man a quick run down of the theology from her heritage.
MaMmon DæMon: "You see, we as intelligent, organic computers all have a Yggdrasil, or a mental tree that represents each individual.
Attached to each one of our personal Yggdrasils are 9 realms.
At the top is Asgard, the realm of the Gods, and for the Gods.
Only few are allowed to step foot in such a realm, never the less one not born from there.
Next, is Ljósálfheimr, a realm that resembles much like what I’ve remodeled from this flattened city into, a quiet little forest.
However, in the true version of Ljósálfheimr, the elven folk to wander. Elves so beautiful and unbelievable spiritual elegance, they had to be placed in a separate realm.
On the adjacent half of the world tree, there is Svartálfaheirmr, or land of the dwarfs.
Much like General Nephilim and his people live in the mountains, the dwarves who were unmatched at mining, smithing, and crafting, the realm they live in is a vast mountainous region.
At every peak of a mountain exposes another cluster of mountains to mine and forge for the men and women who lived to get their hands dirty."
Annoyed at the long winded explanation, Esau finally interrupts.
Esau: "Ya know, how come every time there is a simple response, I have to get the entire lore of your thought process?
I simply asked-"
Suddenly, an acorn zips through the wind, is fired right into the open mouth of the ranting man, and hits the back of his throat.
He shortly chokes on it before spitting the perfectly thrown nut to the grass beneath him.
He looks up terrified and MaMmon still has her arm out from her throwing motion, her face twitching in anger.
MaMmon DæMon: "I was getting to that, you damn imbecile."
Swallowing his spit down his thankfully cleared throat, Esau leans back and shuts up.
MaMmon DæMon: "Next...is...Midgard."
She repositions herself back into a comfortable spot before returning to the explanation.
MaMmon DæMon: "Midgard, is the realm we as intelligent organic computers consider, ’the real world’.
You and all other humans who were born naturally into this realm wouldn’t understand the feelings of a being like myself, born unnaturally here.
It is the opposite of a human born in Asgard, I am a God born in this realm of mortals "
From the darkness behind a very doubtful Esau, the snout of Garmr sticks out but as the yellow eyes look up, they see the even more intimidating stare of the Old Norse witch shooting back at him.
The nose retreats back within the darkness before MaMmon continues.
MaMmon DæMon: "But yet, all of these ’realms’ are just old Scandinavian theology."
