Somewhere in the cosmos...
Achinos was painting-
with brushes and paint ? No,he used the space,the void as his canvas and the luminous bodies as his ink.
He was aligning them to etch a self portrait-but something interrupted him,the twitch on his back.
Achinos: Has it taken a shape already ?...
The itch is getting stronger-
that blue meat better be careful and get rid of it fast.
Inside the dome
Foxen composed himself.
Foxen: That glowing hump said it's just a leak.... but what the hell is this ?
The leaking energy had taken a shape.
A globe,stagnant at a place-it had two eyes,each at the two poles,the only moveable part-
was covered in a purple hue that faded as the energy kept leaking.
Foxen stepped closer.The eyes stared at him.That stare gave him chills down the spine.
Foxen: Even I fell creeped out.What a disgusting glaze...
He got closer but his body hesitated.
He ignored the body signals and decided to absorb it but the globe started absorbing CE from his body instead.
Foxen: No no,we don't do role reversals here,buddy.I am here to absorb you not get absorbed by you.
He reversed the flow and started absorbing it gradually.The globe shrunk,color faded but the eyes didn't shrink instead they stared at him but this time it was different-
the stare of plea.
Foxen: No,don't look at me with that hope in your eyes.I hate it the most.
He continued to absorb-
and suddenly,he saw something...
A vision,a memory-
He saw a man severely injured who stumbled into this dome and touched the stone globe-the same one-to stabilise his energy and seal his wounds.
Foxen: So you have got memories now,huh? and that might be the previous wielder.But how did he even get hurt that bad ?
The vision continued-
The man left the dome after healing himself-
But the globe glowed as soon as he left.
Foxen: Ah so that's how you got these disgusting eyes.
Foxen decided to absorb it faster but was hit by another vision-
The same man but now older.
Foxen: What ? he returned...why??
Vision continued-
The man spoke:
Foxen,leave it-there's no need for you to obey his orders.This..... it's just going to bring ruins to your life.
Foxen shocked as if he saw the universe shattering in front of him.
Foxen: What....????? did he just take my name ???? what orders ?? what's going on ?? who are you talking about ??
The man: The thing that sent you here.
There's no need to follow it.You will regret it later,just leave.
Foxen: I will regret it ? Ohkay,cool.
I won't follow it then.
He turned and walked back to the threshold-
but stopped and looked back.
Foxen: Who the hell said you can order me around ? I didn't come here to follow anyone's orders-I came here to test these powers and now you just hit the trigger.
Fine,no more holding back.
He stretched his arms wide,absorbed the globe whole but... the eyes weren't absorbed.
The dome began to collapse.
Foxen: Nope,you will not get to die this easily, not after getting me all furious.
He raised his fist and punched the ground.The CE flowed down to reach the core of the planet.
Foxen: Got your core.
Time to core you out of existence.
He sent high surge of energy to the core.
The planet exploded.Foxen stood there and... didn't even flinch.
The explosion created a glowing silhouette of Foxen as it diminished.
Foxen decided to keep the eyes.
Elsewhere...
Inside the orb of memories-
Achinos felt relieved as the twitch on his back vanished-he decided to check on Foxen,grabbed a jar near him and saw the Foxen silhouette.
Achinos: Look at this blue meat,showing off like he's about to rise or something.Tch
End of chapter 4.