Intermission 2 - Arch's Dealings

Such a needless speech, and such needless emotions. The man before me speaks as if I were a tool of his, but he is very wrong.

I, Arch, am currently forced to tolerate my younger kin. Humanity has fell in quality ever since the culling of Monsters and Men, it pains me to be the only Primordial Human left.

As I stare into the brown, sullen eyes of this round man, I see nothing but pity. "So, pray tell how this… Yawning Crystal works?"

"Ahah! Thy miraculous crystals seemed to have been imposed from the Meteors and Comets in the nearby winds. Such are simply the essence of those… 'unspeakables' thus reside outside our, urm, sphere-!" Richard Dusk rubbed his hands together as greed flared in his eyes.

I thought him to be selfless and fatherly, but the sin of humanity's greed is written on him. Yet, I cannot come to be angry with him- like a disappointed father.

I softly yawned and looked back at him. "Elder Born?"

"Nae, Elder Gods my friend."

"Speak truthfully." I turned and glared, fiercely staring into him. "Is this technology safe-?"

"Not for men, nae. But for Beast and Machine-? Ah, as safe as a mother's bosom." He smiled deviously.

I held one of the transparent, amber-colored crystals in my hands. It shifted in heat rapidly, going from hot to cold and back almost rapidly. A material I have not yet seen.

It's far weaker than normal materials in structural integrity, but it seems that the shard contains lots of different energies. It's about as durable as a hunk of steel, but compared to Empyrean Gold… it's only a grain of sand in comparison for a galaxy.

I tossed the Crystal back at him. "Such a weak material can't possibly hold enough power to activate such an amount of Chornurgy energy… it would simply collapse."

"Au contraire, Arch. Where the durability lacks, the potential makes up in leaps and bounds. A specialist kind of material, if they will."

"Right." I scoffed.

Looking at the material again, it did give off a weird nostalgic feeling. I don't actually recall anything like it though… mm, perhaps a side effect of the material. "So, then."

"What will it be, Arch?" He smiled deviously.

"10 Tons by midnight, a further 100 by tomorrow afternoon. Your pay is 15 thousand credits, go now." I responded, pulling up my phone and transferring over the money. I struck a cigar and took a quick hit as the merchant scrambled off.

I'll get this to Avery, he'll enjoy a new toy to sink his teeth into after a good few billion years. He's probably already sniffing around for something… dog-like bastard.

I smiled and finished the cigar. I never used to smoke before Avery's death, I wonder what he'd think… mm, he'd probably scold me… or, mm, maybe try it too?

Well, that will be a good conversation before I show him this material.