After the death of Kinisis, not everything was reformed into a new universe. A handful of entities survived the end of Kinisis’s universe and ended up doing their own thing. Now, the Thantir travel the Space Between Universes, adventuring and growing up into new, god-like beings without a universe of their own.
Decaying Escape
“Galyn! I cannot find Lady Kinisis!”
Relkir barged into the office, weapon in hand, only to find that the room was empty. This was supposed to be a shared office, where both Relkir’s boss, the Allmaker, and her best friend and Decay Lord Galyn both did various paperwork stuff. So the...Read More »
Decaying Decision
Ten beings stood around a cramped table, all of them feeling rather uncertain.
“We came back as soon as we realised what happened…” Retvik cautiously explained. “We had no idea that Epani was sending us away as a distraction so she could kill Kinisis. And we certainly had no idea that...Read More »
Pulled from A New Beginning
“Hello, Arkadin.”
Arkay blinked several times, trying to work out where he was. From the smell of the air, he could tell that he was inside a metal ship, having been abruptly torn from his fledgling universe, the one he and his siblings were in the middle of building.
“Hello…”
“I have some...Read More »
Guilty Pasts
“Litvir, Retvik, what are you doing here?”
The two powerful beings stood in front of Galyn’s desk. One glistened with golden flames, the other hid within an ominous aura. Both of them were smaller than Galyn, but they were in his way, blocking the door to his office.
“Can we have a...Read More »
Coincidental Gameplay
“Hey, may I have a word with you?”
Decay Lord Retvik looked up from what he was doing. He had been helping his friend and partner Phovos fill in some paperwork, allowing her to study as a Decayling despite technically being a Life Goddess. At the door, fellow Decay Lord Litvir...Read More »
Checking On Progress
Retvik stepped into his office without knocking on the door first, but as he looked around the room, he did wish he had in fact knocked. Purring on the sofa, was resident Decay Lord and Life Goddess Seimeni, legs apart and rather content. Sitting at his desk as if nothing...Read More »
Gaming Discussions
Litvir had been sitting at his desk for a while now. He was supposed to be reading through some guidelines and terms and conditions when it came to Time Drakes wanting to register as Decaylings or Decay Lords, as a favour to his dear friend Retvik, but on his screen...Read More »
Found at Last
“Tahvra, wake up…”
Tahvra rubbed his eyes, trying to work out where he was and what was going on. He was lying on the ground, covered in blankets, tied to a chair, while a small fire flickered in front of him, held in place by a tiny gravitational generator. Normally, on...Read More »
Twin Daggers
Relkir sighed to himself as he wandered up and down the aisles of this nonsensical supermarket. The Thantir Two was currently docked at the Miassivio Pleasure Mall, the biggest and only mall in the Shadowvern Straights, a piece of the Periuniversal Void not too far from the Thantir’s normal roaming...Read More »
Decayling Briefing
Galyn paced up and down the cargo bay, where his six new Decaylings were lined up, tallest to shortest. Behind him were two of his three trusted Decay Lords, with Seimeni currently busy keeping an eye on the autopilot. Each of the Decaylings had done alright so far, dealing with...Read More »
Mechanical Healing Crystal
Just as Arkay’s friend had said, there was a small ship waiting at the edge of the universe, with six stripes down the side. A door at the rear of the ship was open, waiting for the three beings, however both Retvik and Kairos had to duck under the doorway...Read More »
Expressing Thanks
Arkay stared at his laptop, surprised that it was still on and running. This was actually the first time he’d been home in a couple of days, having spent the last day or so rushing around doing all the chores he had failed to do while he was ill. Thanks...Read More »
Trapped Apologies
The Thantophor was in a funny mood. He was supposed to be going out, doing things, watching over his domain, spreading decay and entropy across existence, but he was currently sat in his tiny apartment, staring at a screen, and had been doing so for a couple of hours now....Read More »
Interrupting Text Messages
“Litvir…”
Litvir’s communicator buzzed, playing a short tone Eksi didn’t recognize. However, Litvir didn’t pick it up. He was currently busy giving Eksi a massage, as an apology for having bailed on him the other day. Their fellow Decay Lord and resident Life Goddess Seimeni had picked up some sort of...Read More »
Attack on Shield Six
The being had attacked without warning, tearing a hole through the side of the ship Shield Six before immediately terminating the engines and leaving everyone drifting and trapped in the dark. Thankfully, Kal had strong infrared vision, allowing them to still see. That didn’t mean that they had a handle...Read More »
Requesting Assistance
“Hello, Decay Lord Galyn speaking, who is this? We normally do not get Voidborn messages like this.”
Koh hadn’t expected a response. He was currently using communication lines he wasn’t familiar with, in a bid to call someone, anyone for help. Thankfully, with a little too much effort, he’d finally managed...Read More »
Theocydes's Warning
It had taken way too long, but the Thantir Two had finally arrived to tow Shield Six to the only place in the sector that was open. They would have gone to the closer Pleasure Mall, but after a handful of baby universes all suddenly disappeared, as well as a...Read More »
Attack on the Thantir Two
“WE’RE UNDER ATTA-”
Teekay’s telepathic message cut out as a storm of spears penetrated the hull of the Thantir Two, concentrated on the cockpit. This was followed by a crashing sound as a golden entity entered through the tattered hole where the cockpit’s main viewing pane used to be, a being...Read More »
Requesting Assistance Again
Litvir rubbed his eyes as he entered the cockpit. Thankfully, the Thantir Two’s self-repair systems weren’t damaged, they’d only been taken offline, so the automated glass repairs had finished up quite quickly. Everything electrical though was still a bit iffy, and the heating was currently off, meaning the ship’s average...Read More »
Successful Preservation of a Universe
Ahkron smiled to himself as time faded away across this tiny little universe. It was barely a million years old, but its pantheon of deities had been hard at work making a myriad of different mortal species, each one mostly the same but with a different tail and head, and...Read More »
Kenic Cleansing
“Alright, while I am gone, Relkir is in charge.”
There were a few tuts and grunts among the six Decaylings. Litvir didn’t like that.
“Is it because he’s a Rethan like you?” Tenuk asked.
“No, it is because, before he died and changed his name, Elkay here was in charge of 2 billion...Read More »
Ahkron's Grasp
Ahkron hovered above the universe’s external boundaries, watching it silently. This universe made little sense. There had once been a vast, life-filled universe here, millions of light-years across. What he was currently looking at was barely the size of a small galaxy, with no actual galaxies in it, just clusters...Read More »
Pantophor
“I’m going to make you an offer. You give me back my fellow deities and I promise I’ll kill you quickly and cleanly.”
Ahkron eyed the creature that was currently trying to hold him hostage. It was this universe’s death god, a pitiful excuse for a deity. However, the last time...Read More »
A Tad Late
Arkay had hoped to have been able to take a quick break, but as soon as he had managed to lie down in bed, he’d received a frantic message from Epani, begging him to deal with a Voidborn that was hovering just outside the northern entrance to the universe. So...Read More »
A Safe Place
“Welcome to the Nest.”
The convoy of ships slowed down to a crawl as they exited the shimmering, golden portal, which snapped shut behind them. Docked on the top of the Thantir Two wasn’t just the sister ship Thantir Three, but the narrow, striped ship known as Shield Six, which belonged...Read More »
Change of Duties
“So, what now?”
Galyn’s office was normally only ever used by Galyn, but since he was currently unconscious, the rest of the Thantir Decay Lords were using his office as a makeshift meeting room. Currently present were Retvik and Litvir, the two former Decaylings Galyn had helped raise to Lordhood, Lady...Read More »
Reasonable Ending
“Fuck off, Ret-” Phovos spun around to see who was knocking on her door. With everything that had been going on lately, things on the Thantir Two had been rather busy, especially since they’d kinda picked up some new allies. While it had been lovely seeing Akah and Tahvra again,...Read More »
First Client
“Is my darling Helkas going to be okay? Is he…”
Syklas blinked her four bright purple eyes several times as she took a moment to inspect her surroundings. The last time she had asked for help from the tiny team of Decay Lords, they only had one ship, and it was...Read More »
Ceti Asteri
“Hey, Gah, when you accepted this job, did they mention that they were a Ceti Asteri?”
The blue-painted Cleanser popped his head into the cockpit of the Thantir Two, where his sibling Koh was sitting, alongside the Decay Lord Retvik and two Decaylings, Tenuk and Tahvra, who had been making sure...Read More »
Suddenly Online
Litvir slammed the door to his personal quarters, then double-checked to make sure it was locked, before making his way to his desk, where his tablet was lying. As he opened the tablet up, a wave of dread washed over Litvir, wondering what horrible messages he’d find. However, as his...Read More »
Adaptation Overload
“Alright now, deep breaths.”
Relkir did as he was told, taking long, drawn out breaths. But Relkir was currently not in reality. He was trapped within his own mind, lying in a field of fluffy grey clouds, staring up into a pitch black sky littered with small, red points of light....Read More »
Mass Fainting
“Hey, uh, General Retvik, is Relkir going to be alright?”
Retvik grunted as he glanced down at Teekay, the almost silver-skinned Skyavok that had been hovering outside this bedroom door for a while now. “Yes, Relkir will be fine. But please do not call me ‘General’, I have no right to...Read More »
Sudden Madness
Green, slightly corrosive goo covered the walls and the room’s occupants as Galyn exploded back to life, pulling himself out of his healing cocoon. After taking a few moments to remember how to be alive and conscious, the elder Decay Lord scanned his surroundings, trying to work out where he...Read More »
Stabilizing Failure
“I hate this body…” Tah clicked and crackled as his old, battered form jolted back into life. His current body was currently lying on the ground, since Tah’s Krana-brain wasn’t powering it, but considering what had just happened with Galyn going insane and attacking everyone, they needed someone that Galyn...Read More »
Third's Rage
As Retvik made his way down to the cockpit, he was feeling very unsure about things. In his hand was Galyn’s personal communicator, which he had been scanning through for the last ten minutes. The plan was supposed to have been simple, to call Galyn’s old companions, his other Thirds,...Read More »
Brutal Insanity
Litvir wasn’t quite sure where his lower intestine was. To be fair, he didn’t particularly need it any more, he hadn’t eaten solid food in at least a month, but it was currently missing, having been torn out by the rampaging beast that abruptly broken free in the middle of...Read More »
Going Elsewhere
“I swear, you Thantir are fucking cursed!”
The fact that Tah, a normally rather calm being who very rarely said anything worse than ‘darn’, had just loudly cursed and thrown something across the room, was a sign that things were certainly not well. His recently repaired left arm was missing again,...Read More »
Assorted Messages
Deathbringer: Hey guys, you two alright? It’s rare to see you online, Retvik.
Flamebearer: Considering what is going on, I felt like I needed to hear a friendly voice. Or at least read one.
Deathbringer: Fair enough. Is everything alright?
Souldrainer: No. Something possessed Galyn, made him attack us to the point of...Read More »
A Brief Split
“So, you are ditching us?”
Koh stopped what he was doing and rubbed his neck joint, which felt weird ever since he’d had his head welded back on. After a moment, he turned his attention to the being that had spoken to him.
“No, not ditching you. Just finishing off our work...Read More »
Together For A Bit
“Come in, dear…”
Retvik hadn’t even knocked on the door as it swung open. Then again, that was to be expected, since Litvir was a powerful telepath and instantly knew Retvik was standing outside. He also knew that everyone else on board was asleep, aside from Tenuk, who was in the...Read More »
Red and Purple
What had started off as an awkward conversation had turned into an evening of unbridled pleasure as Retvik writhed in ecstasy, thoroughly enjoying the sensation of Litvir’s tongue snaking around his penis. The heavily armoured couple had planned to just have a quick trysting session to let off some steam,...Read More »
Happy Hatch Day
“Happy birthday, Litvir!”
Litvir wasn’t sure how Eksi had managed to get into his personal quarters, but the little yellow and cream Skyavok was standing there holding a cake, a small box and a card, trying to look as cute and innocent as possible.
“You do realize that, firstly, I hatched from...Read More »
Slimed Walls
“Hi!”
Galyn opened his eyes, then realized he wasn’t awake. He was trapped inside his own subconscious, sitting on the ground, lost in a dense jungle. One that reminded Galyn of the jungles he had grown up in, memories buried so deep down after aeons spent being a deity that he...Read More »
Messages of Mourning
Deathbringer: Hey, uh, Retvik, Litvir, I, uh, have some bad news.
Flamebearer: Hello, Arkay.
Souldrainer: Are you well?
Deathbringer: No, I’m not.
Deathbringer: I want to apologize. Seimeni is dead. We had to kill her to kill Kinisis.
Flamebearer: Oh.
Deathbringer: I’m sorry. They nearly killed Epani. Kairos and I had no choice. Kairos is… Well,...Read More »
Last Minute Discussions
“Do you remember when we first met?”
Elkay thought to himself as he stared out the window in the Decaylings’ private observatory. No one present had said anything in a while, not since they’d rejoined with the ship Shield Six and the bad news about Seimeni’s death had spread around.
“You talking...Read More »
Meeting the Phantai
“I will be blunt, I was under the impression that the Thantir were dead…”
The Deathven-aligned vessel Shimmering Blade Seven Two (Decay Lord Vessel Code ΑΣΗΜΕΝΙΟΣΞΗΦΟΣ-072) rarely left the centre of Phantai territories, what with it being the main hub of the Phantai, but the fact that a Decay...Read More »
Deep Questioning
It had been a while since Litvir felt so small. As the colossal door swung open and the three Decay Lords stepped into a gold-plated office, Litvir couldn’t help but be reminded of his early days as a Decayling, lost, confused and mostly just surprised that he was even alive...Read More »
League of the Loop
Teekay blinked as consciousness returned to him. The last time he was awake, he was inside a glass cell alongside his fellow Decaylings, Eksi, Tahvra and his partner Elkay. Phovos and Elksia had their own individual cells, and Akah and Tenuk were awkwardly sharing a cell opposite them, neither of...Read More »
Finding Teekay
It had taken a few hours, but with the help of Koh and Leh, the seven Decaylings had all been moved to some proper sleeping quarters, consisting of actual beds, as well as some food. However, no one had seen Teekay, and only one Decay Lord had offered any meaningful...Read More »
Some Sort of Trial
Galyn shifted his weight nervously, not enjoying how he was currently on display in a glass cage, heavy chains securing him to the ground and an awkward golden choke collar around his neck, stopping him from moving too much. Right now, the emotion that was bothering him the most was...Read More »
Testing Heat
“So, like you faced the Ancient Collector and didn’t die, Shattershield?”
Akah was beginning to regret his codename. Being a Decayling, he technically wasn’t allowed to pick his own name, it had to be done by a Decay Lord. But the problem was that, when it came to giving him a...Read More »
A Brief Voidborn Conflict
Elksia found it weird how silent everyone was as they marched through the Voidborn vessel, slicing through gold and diamond grunts that were desperately trying to kill them. The Voidborn had fired as soon as they’d seen the small Phantai ship, but the Phantai had retaliated by cleanly blowing up...Read More »
Happy Catch Up Messages
Deathbringer: Hey, Litvir, Retvik, you guys around?
Flamebearer: Hello, Arkay, it is good to hear from you. I am sorry about storming off the other day.
Souldrainer: Hello, dear.
Deathbringer: It’s fine. You guys alright? I’ve kinda been working overtime since Kairos has been taking things way worse than you guys have and...Read More »
Decayling Catch-Up
“So, how are you all doing-”
Litvir paused mid-sentence, surveying his small team of Decaylings, who were all sitting on the benches in front of him. However, Litvir’s attention was drawn to Elkay, the largest of the Decaylings and the one Decayling that was the same species as Litvir was.
“Uh, Elkay,...Read More »
Psionic Duel
Litvir would have jumped in surprise as the colossal, golden sword embedded itself in the table in front of him, but he had heard Soulblade coming from a mile away. Not just via the psionic aura that the elder Decay Lord generated, but also because of his loud, plodding footsteps,...Read More »
Questions About The Missing
“You two have some explaining to do.”
Retvik took a long, deep breath and sighed. The Thantir had been with the Phantai for about two weeks now, and their leader, Voidblade, had constantly been questioning both Retvik and Litvir about pretty much everything. While, somewhat thankfully, Voidblade had not been questioning...Read More »
Sudden Voidborn Assault
“They want to kill you. Have fun killing them.”
The telepathic command had been simple enough, and Elksia was definitely making the most of things. She was currently in the middle of doing two things at once: stabbing a bunch of invading Voidborns and stopping said invading Voidborns from stabbing her...Read More »
Waking Up Mid-Surgery
Elkay couldn’t help but grunt as consciousness returned to him. Thankfully, he wasn’t dead, but he also seemed to be strapped to a table. Again, that wasn’t too weird, after all, back at home, most Rethans were strapped to operating tables because they moved a lot while they were unconscious....Read More »
Yet More Arguments
“WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HIDING FROM ME?”
Retvik hardly moved as Voidblade wrapped his claws around his throat. He simply grunted and tutted, waiting for Voidblade to calm down. When that didn’t happen, Retvik snapped his fingers and waited some more. After a couple of seconds, Voidblade abruptly let go of...Read More »
Voidblade's Terror
Psehon felt weirdly uneasy as he made his way to the third level of the Shimmering Blade, the colossal, armoured vessel that acted as the headquarters for the Phantai Decay Lord sect. The third level was mostly off limits to the majority of the Phantai and consisted of 14 rooms....Read More »
Gentle Brushing 2
Things were quiet. Too quiet. So quiet, in fact, that Phovos couldn’t help but jump as someone knocked on the door of her private quarters. Awkwardly climbing out of bed, Phovos made her way over to the door but didn’t open it, instead peering through the small peep hole she’d...Read More »
Inward Portal
As consciousness returned to Telin, he swiftly noticed that everything was wrong. He was completely unable to move anything apart from his eyes and mouth, he was secured to an operating table in a room lined with plastic and there was a Decay Lord standing on his chest. Granted, the...Read More »
Broken Network
Gah beeped to himself as he restarted his body, trying to recall what happened to force him to restart in the first place. As vision sensors reactivated, Gah quickly remembered why. There was a portal. A gold portal. With things coming out of it. He and Nuh had managed to...Read More »
Panicked Snap
Krohniak needed to be careful. He was currently enjoying himself. Joining in on watching this large Decay Lord sect bend to his will and attack a smaller Decay Lord sect Krohniak didn’t even know about. When news slowly began to spread about his father Ahkron’s death, no one was really...Read More »
Manipulated Afterthoughts
“So it’s in to the void, my men and my sons, from mother’s hands we fly. We’ll be sailing to the sun, ’til our souls are gone, then we’ll be resting in the void up high.”
Almost the entirety of the Phantai Decay Lord sect was present in this single, colossal...Read More »
Private Observatory
“I am exhausted…”
Tenuk eyed Teekay as he held an ice pack to his head. The Thantir Decaylings were all relaxing in a small offshoot observatory, staying out of the way of the Phantai Decay Lords while they tidied themselves up. Someone had requested that the entire room be filled with...Read More »
Hybrid Help
Elkay sighed as he got up and opened the door to his private quarters. The room only consisted of a desk, a bed that was meant for a being larger than Elkay and some storage space, but it was quiet and closed off and separate from everything else. The knock...Read More »
Pointless Rest
Tah was confused. To be fair, confusion was one of the more common emotions both for Tah and across the Space Between Universes overall, but still, this confusion bothered Tah. He was currently sitting on a bed that was way, way too large for him, watching as patients and medics...Read More »
New Loops and Other Discussions
Eksi sighed to himself as someone sat down next to him. He’d gone to the canteen to get some food and get away from all the medically telepath-y stuff he’d been doing over the last few hours to rest his brain for a bit, so he didn’t really appreciate this...Read More »
Purple and Red
Litvir really wasn’t sure how to feel as Retvik suddenly appeared behind him, scooped Litvir up in his arms and carried him across the ship, dragging Litvir into their private quarters. Retvik then proceeded to literally throw Litvir on the massive bed and started to remove his armour, but not...Read More »
A Time-Based Examination
Most of the observatories on the Shimmering Blade were open to everyone, but this one in particular had a sign on the door, loudly stating “quiet please” and “Thantir only”. Inside, nine desks had been set up, eight of them facing the ninth, arranged like a small classroom. There were...Read More »
A Permanent Thread
Elksia found herself leaping back and forth, repeating herself, going around in circles. But no matter what she did, the Phantai in front of her was still lying there, unmoving. No, not unmoving. Dead. Gone.
Another attempt. Elksia tried to alter the time threads around the battle. But no, every single...Read More »
Working On New Forms
Akah almost screamed as a long, noodly arm dragged him into the observatory as he walked past. But as Akah settled down and realised what was going on, he realised that someone randomly grabbing him was a good thing, because he was going to the wrong observatory.
“Oh, hello! Are you...Read More »
Nasty Fever
Retvik felt hot, hotter than normal. This wasn’t good. Having the ability to manipulate things like heat, fire and plasma, Retvik rarely felt anything other than perfectly warm, as he would alter his internal body temperature to never feel too hot or cold. Right now though, whenever Retvik would cool...Read More »
Taken Into Care
No matter what Retvik did, he couldn’t cool himself down. He’d turned off the flames that rippled up his body, he’d spent a good fifteen minutes standing in the shower, he’d even stuck his head (and partially melted) the freezer in a bid to lower his internal body temperature, but...Read More »
A Desire To Leave
“I want to leave the Phantai.”
Lightblade looked down at the small Decay Lord sitting on the other side of his desk. The last time Lightblade had heard someone say that to him, they had taken one of Lightblade’s best soldiers and left to form their own sect. Most of the...Read More »
Decayon Recovery Ward
“Ugh… where am I?”
Litvir sat up straight and tried to move his arm to rub his eyes and neck, only to find that his right arm was stiff and his left was wrapped up in some sort of medical device that was both drip-feeding him medicine and fluids and keeping...Read More »
Chilling with Kaytee
“So who let you two freaks wander around here alone?”
Elkay glanced to his left to see who was interrupting, then rolled his eyes.
“In all honesty, I fit in better around here than you do. I can at least make myself look like a standard Phantai soldier.”
“Yes but then you would...Read More »
Potential Returns
Murdragon: Boss wtf
Firestorm: What?
Murdragon: Who the fuck is Soulsoother and why did they just post “yo dead server” in the Thantir Decayling General Discussion channel?
Murdragon: wtf
Murdragon: Who is Souldrainer and why the fuck did you just give them moderator rights?
Murdragon: You just gave that little Retvik guy moderator rights too...Read More »
Making Of Plans
Tenuk wandered around the room in his new, Beh’evok form, with blue skin, red eyes and dull grey armour, a short crown of horns sticking out of his skull and thick, stubby blades poking out of his forearms.
“So, Ret, what do you think?” Tenuk asked, watching as the shimmering, permanently...Read More »
Discussions With And About Freakish Rethans
“I am so, so fucking stupid…”
Elkay had been muttering those words for a while now, still under the effects of the anaesthetic drugs the medics had used on Elkay’s sudden surgery. He’d been conscious but numb and drunk, watching as two surgeons removed dead, necrotic organs from Elkay’s stomach cavity,...Read More »
Chat With A Fellow Mimic
Unender: Sorry for not replying to your previous messages.
Deathbringer: No worries, I just guessed you were busy or something. You alright?
Unender: I am currently in a hospital bed, recovering from a surgery to remove necrotic organs I accidentally created while shapeshifting, which was causing me so much pain I could...Read More »
Enjoyable Carnage
“Damn, Retty’s having fun!” Elksia beamed as a torrent of fire exploded from a nearby hallway. “Ain’t seen him enjoying combat so much in a looooong time! Not since our DBA days!”
“See, I used to watch those old exhibition matches from a tiny screen in the cave I spent years...Read More »
Prepping for Takeoff
“Alright, is everyone here?” Litvir asked as he counted heads, checking as everyone filed into the main observatory on the Thantir Two. Its sister ships Thantir Three and Shield Six had been undocked from the top of the ship, and there wasn’t much else that needed to be done apart...Read More »
Mall Entrance
“And parked! Yay!” Teekay clapped his hands together as he landed the Thantir Two neatly in the tight ship parking lot. “Look at how great a job I did!”
Tahvra shrugged in the co-pilot seat. “Eh, you kinda just parked the ship normally.”
“Mate, it’s my first time main-flying this metal tube,...Read More »