User:NeloAngelo/KStuff/Monster


 * Movelist
 * End of Shades


 * Profile: "Monster" (formally known as Singularity Monster) is the form of Ruger whose Distortion attribute has consumed him, capable of annihilating reality with a stray thought. In the short time of its awakening, Monster turned (reverted?) over 40% of the world into base carbon (by extension causing perma-extinction to various species) just by existing. The concept of life and death have truly torn away from it, as even if you rewind time to kill Ruger before he got Distortion, you still cannot kill it. Normally uninteractable within present world, it is able to use Ruger's body as a conduit to bridge into the world. If Aether is considered as an origin "to create", then Monster could be considered as the "inverse image". Monster functions in the state of a "living-paradox"; it can be seen and felt, but at the same time, exist not of reality. Because of its paradoxical nature, Monster cannot be killed or even be glitched out with Distortion (it'll just counter-glitch), meaning it can only be sealed away. As its name indicates, it is also the only true source of Distortion magecraft left. Although Ruger's inherent will is restraining it, the thought of anything human is slowly replaced with mechanized thoughts and computed processes, with Ruger's remaining psyche imploring the characters to stop it before his conscious is wiped out. It is not that they are separate personalities, but the same existence. Monster is an extension of Ruger, but while he is the foundation of it, Ruger is not Monster's "remnant". The two is conceptually a bit similar to Theseus' paradox.


 * Equipment: Monster retains all of Ruger's equipment when he was still human, though its powered up state also manifested a corporeal, more complete form of his Distortion Installed state, most noticeably a construct on its (and by extension, Ruger)'s left arm. Contrary to believe, the construct is not a wing. It's an armament reverse engineered from memories drawn out from the deepest locked origins of Aether, with coded words of 'white' and 'claws'. The armament functions as a variable weapon system that accelerates the process of Distorting Aether and bridging Distortion into reality, functioning as a rapid mechanized swiss army weapon of mass destruction. It can also function to reinforce anything that can be conceptually recognized as a weapon, in Monster's case, the right-handed sword, which it uses to devastating effect. It is however, incompatible with any form of Aether-weaponry.


 * Combat: Monster gains access to all of Ruger's skills and techniques, and most importantly, his intellect and experience. Rather than just relying on raw power to blast through everything, Monster has no qualms laying the smack down with its bare-hands. Comparable a mechanized vessel with muscle memory, Monster is capable of acting faster than synapses reaching the brain. This allows it to utilize much intricate and deadlier variants of Ruger's martial arts techniques alongside with its immense power. Furthermore, its human ego (Ruger) being incompatible with it means Monster lacks any form of reason or motivation to be shaken.


 * Aether Manipulation: For all its strengths, Monster's capability to perform Aether magecraft is stripped to bare minimum, as its basis for it is redirected by Ruger's psyche into its core schematic to be (barely) restrained via Stitch Binding. It can still however, convert Aether or destroy it permanently.


 * Distortion Magecraft: Because its existence originate from Ruger's body and ego, Monster retain his main attribute of Distortion Blade, though now completely purified and strengthened. While Monster possesses some of Ruger's old moves, it also gains new tricks of its own. The abilities once wield by Ruger while he is under control of his Distortion is also greatly improved. Lacking any inherent restraint, this incarnation can go even deeper, connecting to where all cause and effect begin and everything and nothing exist. It is capable of restructuring the laws governing atomic matter, destroying concept of time to alter the evolution and development of all life, and reconstructing the orders and laws of the world. It is not actually changing the existing world, but instead ejecting the old one with a new reality or just leaving it completely empty. Thanks to Ruger's machinations, this form is still in some ways, restricted. You can only see its full 'released' state during its Ex Drive.