Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Xenogears

Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Xenogears - The Rebirth of Deus

Prologue: The Ascension of Deus

In this twisted universe, Deus, the ancient biomechanical god, has achieved its apocalyptic purpose. Karellen and Myyah Hawwa succeeded in their designs, manipulating events across centuries and pulling every string to bring humanity to this final moment. Fei Fong Wong and Elly, former heroes, are defeated, broken shells of who they once were, witnessing the final phase of Deus’ plan.

As Deus activates, merging with the planetary core, it triggers a wave of energy that spreads across the world. Life is forcibly integrated into Deus, and the planet itself is drained, all of its resources consumed. The people are reduced to bio-components, their minds stripped of individuality, and their bodies repurposed as parts of a singular, twisted god-machine. Gaia, once a vibrant planet, is now a barren wasteland, with the towering structure of Deus at its center, pulsing with the remnants of humanity.

Chapter 1: The Birth of a Hollow Utopia

Deus’ reign begins with a false peace. In the vast wasteland, cities rise, and life is recreated, but in a mechanized, sterile form. The new “world” is an emotionless, programmed paradise, where individuality is an illusion, and free will has been extinguished. All living beings are bound by the invisible threads of Deus’ programming, moving like marionettes in a world designed to prevent suffering but devoid of true life.

Within Deus, Karellen and Myyah observe their hollow masterpiece. The two have become semi-omnipotent, overseeing every aspect of their "perfect" creation. They bask in their achievement but realize it is ultimately empty. All that remains is a world of endless cycles, lifelessly preserved under the shadow of Deus, and even they feel hollow as mere overseers of a cold, deterministic universe.

But deep within the heart of Deus, something stirs.

Chapter 2: The Resurgence of Fei and Elly

Unbeknownst to Karellen and Myyah, a spark of resistance remains within the entity—Fei Fong Wong and Elehayym Van Houten. Fragments of their consciousness, preserved in the memory of Deus, begin to regain form and strength, like embers reigniting within the cold machinery. As they regain control of their fragmented identities, they uncover the mechanisms of Deus and realize its weakness: its dependency on human consciousness to remain intact.

The two former heroes fuse their essences, becoming something more than human yet retaining the essence of what Deus lacks—free will and self-awareness. Fei and Elly begin to merge with Deus, but instead of losing themselves, they start to dominate its core, consuming its power, channeling its energy, until they ascend to control the entire entity.

Karellen and Myyah feel a shift, a disturbance in their supposed utopia, and realize, too late, that their control is slipping. They confront Fei and Elly, pleading, warning, but Fei and Elly’s combined will is now unstoppable.

Karellen (desperate): “You cannot understand what you’re doing. The chaos you’re inviting—this is why we sought control!”

Fei (with grim resolve): “Control at the cost of life is not a victory, Karellen. It's nothing more than another kind of death.”

In a final, cataclysmic struggle, Fei and Elly seize Deus entirely, leaving Karellen and Myyah as empty shells, stripped of their influence. The old gods are dethroned, and the two heroes emerge as new beings, fused into a single omnipotent entity. They have now become one with Deus, but with a vision that transcends mere control.

Chapter 3: The New Creation

Now wielding the full power of Deus, Fei and Elly look upon the ruined, empty world. They sense the void in existence, the emptiness in both life and death. With their newfound abilities, they decide to restart everything from scratch—not to recreate humanity but to forge a new world, a new creation entirely, devoid of the flaws that led to Deus’ rise.

In a wave of godlike power, they unmake Gaia, dismantling every atom, every trace of history. The memories, the souls, the essence of all life that once existed are absorbed into Fei and Elly, who envision a new realm—a pure world, unified, free from the pain and suffering of the old one.

In this realm, existence is not bound to individuality. Every inhabitant becomes part of a shared consciousness, a unified network where each soul is interwoven with every other. Fei and Elly shape their new home with perfect harmony, a realm where beings feel a shared purpose, devoid of conflict or pain. A “Promised Land” that is a collective, where separation and loneliness are impossible.

Epilogue: The Price of Creation

But as they create this new reality, a realization dawns on Fei and Elly—by imposing this unity, they have erased all free will. Life in their new universe is peaceful, yet stifling, a place where no one can choose, where joy and suffering are alien concepts. The inhabitants are no longer individuals but extensions of a single entity, with no room for dissent or change.

Fei and Elly, now omnipresent within this collective, are unable to separate themselves from it. They have sacrificed their own identities to become the foundation of this new existence. As beings once driven by the love they shared, they feel a hollow ache as they realize that, in their pursuit of perfection, they have sacrificed the very essence of what they once cherished: the freedom to love, to grieve, to live as individuals.

Karellen: "So… this is how it ends. I once believed that the mindless suffering of mortals could be sculpted into something flawless. I was wrong, wasn’t I?"

Elly (calm, detached): "Flawless or flawed, all you created was emptiness, bound by control and driven by fear. This is your reward, Karellen—a hollow eternity, like the hollow dream you built."

Karellen (with a bitter smile): "If this is to be my legacy, then so be it. A perfect world is the highest price of all, Fei. You will see that, in time. We achieved more than any others… but perfection has its toll."

Myyah, however, is visibly shaken, the weight of the choices she made and the world she helped create bearing down upon her as Fei and Elly loom over her.

Myyah: "Fei… Elly… do you remember anything of who we were? We were like you once, filled with hope, believing we could change everything. I just… I thought if we took away the suffering, maybe the world could be free."

Fei (cold, unrelenting): "Freedom bound in chains is no freedom at all, Myyah. You silenced life itself. Now you, too, will become part of the silence."

Myyah (desperate): "Then tell me, Fei, in this world you create… will it be different? Will your perfect world find the peace we lost?"

For a moment, Fei and Elly pause, a flicker of something almost human passing between them—a distant memory of compassion, of hope. But their gazes harden once more, their expressions turning as cold and empty as the god they now embody.

Elly: "Our peace does not need your justification. You will fade, Myyah, just as the rest of creation will. And we will remain, forever."

Karellen (laughing softly, resigned): "How poetic. You end us, only to become everything we warned you against. Gods of a realm with no life, no freedom, no future. We were right about you after all."

As they fade, Karellen and Myyah’s final words are almost whispers, remnants of their own lost humanity in a moment of understanding—a twisted understanding of what they once sought.

Myyah (softly): "We tried to save the world, Karellen. And they will do no better… than us."

Karellen: "Perhaps. But this… this is the legacy we leave. Gods of emptiness, kings and queens of nothingness."

With a single, merciless gesture, Fei and Elly dissolve them into particles of light, absorbed into the vast machinery of Deus. The final traces of Karellen and Myyah are gone, their voices nothing but faint, fading echoes within the endless void of the new god’s silence.

In the silence of this perfect, empty paradise, they are left only with each other, but even this bond is diluted, diffused across the minds of countless beings who can never feel as they once did. Their love has become part of a network, a faint memory that echoes throughout their creation but can never truly be felt again.

As the last vestiges of their individual selves fade into the collective consciousness, a final thought resonates:

Elly (fading): “We wanted to save them…”

Fei (a whisper): “But now, they are lost to us, and we to them.”

(And thus, in their ultimate act of creation, they have erased themselves and condemned all existence to an eternity of silent unity, a universe of beings without voices, without dreams, and without end.

In this Diabolus Ex Machina ending, the new gods achieve their perfect world—but at the cost of their souls and the price of life’s most precious gifts: freedom and individuality.

As Fei and Elly, now infused with Deus, prepare to eliminate Karellen and Myyah, a somber confrontation unfolds. In this final moment, Karellen and Myyah sense the cold inevitability of their end, yet their words are not of anger but filled with a complex mixture of fear, regret, and twisted pride.)

(Here lies in the tragic twist of Fei and Elly’s achievement. They gain ultimate power and reshape reality into what they believe is a perfected world, free from suffering and division. However, in doing so, they unwittingly create a sterile, lifeless existence where free will, individuality, and the very essence of what makes life meaningful are obliterated.

In this new reality, every soul is unified, but at the cost of their uniqueness. All inhabitants, including Fei and Elly, lose the ability to experience love, joy, or even personal grief. Their vision of perfection becomes a form of cosmic imprisonment, a silent, stagnant existence where all are united but none truly live. This outcome twists the "happy ending" into a devastating, irreversible nightmare: a paradise that destroys all it sought to preserve.

The cruel irony—the Diabolus Ex Machina—is that in their pursuit to save existence, Fei and Elly inadvertently rob it of its most essential qualities, making this new reality even more tragic and empty than the one they sought to escape. It’s a hollow utopia, leaving them forever trapped in an existence they can neither change nor escape, with no individual left to even realize the loss.)