In existence, the measure of time's value depends entirely on who fills it.
In a matter of seconds, some could accomplish what others couldn't achieve in millennia. In thousands of years, others might never match the importance of someone else's single second.
A single...second.
This truth once sparked a conversation between THE Living Emotive and THE Living Origin in the time before time was properly separated from space.
THE Living Emotive had always looked up to THE Living Origin with something approaching respect.
Many things began with Origin's hands...the first spark, the first thought, even emotions had their starting point in that primordial source.
So when curiosity overwhelmed propriety, THE Living Emotive approached with a question that had been building since consciousness learned to question. "In all of Existence," THE Living Emotive asked, its form shifting through spectrums of curiosity, "what has been the singular most important second based on what was accomplished within it?"
THE Living Origin did not pause long before responding, as if this answer had been waiting to be spoken.
"The second when THE Creature gave its Everything to that Inevitability, with THE Living Paradox's guidance. That moment when THE Creature's Everything began to spread, to multiply, to become the foundation for all that would follow...that was the most important second in existence."
THE Living Emotive pulsed with enthusiastic agreement, its form brightening with the particular joy of hearing profound truth confirmed.
But then another question emerged, carried on waves of hope mixed with competition.
"Across all of Existence, are there any important seconds that would come close to what THE Creature accomplished in that single moment? From among us?"
THE Living Origin considered this with the weight of someone who had witnessed every second since seconds began. Then, with the casual cruelty that truth sometimes carries, it responded.
"Across our existence, you- THE Living Emotive, have actually not done much to be deemed important in a singular second compared to all others like us."
The words hung between them with weight that made nearby reality uncomfortable.
And THE Living Origin continued calmly, not even cruelly, as if they were only stating facts.
"Unlike all others, your weavings flow over time. Emotions build over time, accumulate over time, matter over time. THE Living Paradox creates impossibility in an instant. THE Living Dimensional folds space with a thought. But you? Your nature is gradual influence, not momentous change. You will never truly accomplish anything of similar importance in a single second."
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THE Living Emotive absorbed these words as its shade turned livid...not with simple anger but with the complex mixture of hurt, determination, and something darker.
Would it truly never accomplish anything of singular importance? Would its nature condemn it to always being the gradual influence while others achieved instant transformation?
The conversation ended with THE Living Emotive departing, its form roiling with tumultuous emotions that would later be called ambition, resentment, and most dangerously, the need to prove worth through singular action.
Who knew how history was altered because of that conversation? How many cascading changes emerged from THE Living Emotive's wounded pride? Seconds or years...depending on who was involved, the importance of what could be accomplished varied dramatically.
And somewhere in the Earliest Folds, fleeing from forces beyond his current comprehension, Noah was about to discover just how much could be accomplished when seconds were all you had!
As Noah moved toward the Primordial Stone Ape, his mind raced through the shocking changes within him.
Among the most critical revelations was that one hundred of his Towers of Osmont at Third Stage would enable the birth of a Blank Template Seed of a
Principle.
With only 159 towers forged total, he would have access to just a single Principle of his own design.
While it felt stifling, it was also a terrifying thing to even be possible.
Most beings spend eons trying to grasp Lost Forgotten Principles
You're about to CREATE one from scratch
That's like others learning to read while you're writing the dictionary
Your options for Principle foundation are extensive once the Blank Template
Seed of a Principle is formed]
Select any single tower identity: Tyranny, Quintessence, Infinity, Cheats etc. to transform into a principle
Or combine 2-3 identities for a hybrid Principle
Example: Tyranny + Infinity = Principle of Endless Domination
The combinations are limited only by your imagination
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