EPISODE 312; THE RUPTURING! THE KNOWLEDGEABLE HOUSE OF THE WHITE LIGER! THE PARABLE OF THE LIGER AND TURTLE

EPISODE 312; THE RUPTURING! THE KNOWLEDGEABLE HOUSE OF THE WHITE LIGER! THE PARABLE OF THE LIGER AND TURTLE

Arlene and Mitsuki stood in Helios and his siblings' Family Workshop.

"Why are we back here? If we're going to attempt releasing the Limiters on the Internal Titanium Chrono Chrome, shouldn't we be in your other lab, the one where you maintain the Internal Titanium Chrono Chrome for this House?" Mitsuki asked.

"There's another reason I wasn't so surprised at your return. It has to do with the relic of the Ancestor whose cherished Day is Today" Helios said and pointed to a document within the Console Containing an Artwork of a Celestial Map Of Sorts depicting a Winged Liger pulling away from a Black Hole. Before the Liger was the Constellation Of A Turtle whose demeanour can only be described as Ancient and Wise but filled with Vitality. Beside the Constellation Of The Turtle were Constellations Of A Gryphon and A Dragon.

Helios activated the Jacob's Ladder flooding the Celestial Map with Light. When this Light fused with the Electromagnetic Energy radiating from the Earth, the Thought Manifestation Phenomenon was invoked and scenes began to flood the Workshop.

"What is this Celestial Map? It's depictions are very mysterious" Mitsuki noted.

"It specifically depicts a Gryphon, a Turtle and a Dragon. Mitsuki, whoever this ancestor was, they may have managed to somehow make contact with the Houses Of Our Allies" Arlene noted.

Mitsuki realized what Arlene was getting at.

The Light flooding the Celestial Map flowed into the Jacob's Ladder. Within the Thought Manifestations, Arlene saw what appeared to be a White Liger staring longingly at the Stars. The Stars shone brilliantly in its eyes. This Liger seemed to want to know what the Stars were but the other Ligers didn't appear very interested in this topic. One day, under the cover of Night, the Liger left its home and headed towards the Sea. At the shore, it came across a Giant Turtle partially submerged in the Sea. The Liger and Turtle exchanged greetings.

"You, a Liger are actually greeting a Turtle? I thought most Ligers were Hunters that only valued strength" the Turtle said.

"I am more interested in those mysterious Lights I see above us. Do you perhaps know what they are?" the Liger asked.

"And if I were to tell you that those Lights may not be what you think they are, would you be willing to believe me?" the Turtle asked.

"I haven't yet decided on what they are, why shouldn't I believe you?" the Liger asked.

"And even if you did believe me, how could you confirm that I was telling the Truth without having seen for yourself what those Lights are up close? The ways of the Turtle are after all different from the ways of the Liger. As Ligers who live on the surface, a World flooded with Light and due to the blood of the Lion and Tiger, those impeccable Hunters whose Blood flows through your veins, you pride yourself in your brilliant Vision and Hunting Prowess. The Ocean on the other hand is a Clouded Domain that can be either Bright or Dark depending on how deep you dive. A Liger that seeks to know the Stars is a Liger that risks diving into the Depths or like a Fish that seeks to live on the Land" the Turtle said.

"Aren't the Depths a Dark Place of terrible foreboding and calamities?" the Liger asked.

"To the ignorant, every depth would be a dark and foreboding place of calamities but the Depths Of The Ocean are quite different from the Depths Of The Earth. The Sky you seek is another kind of Ocean, an Ocean Of Stars. Were you to escape the confines of the Earth, the land you believe you have known so well would look to you like a land submerged within the Depths Of An Ocean…that Ocean being the Air you are used to breathing, that Air is unto Surface Dwellers like the Water we Ocean Dwellers navigate but cannot quite see until we surface. If you were to venture even further and escape the confines of the Sky, venturing further beyond it, you would find the Sky to be quite like an Ocean with the Planet we live on being one of many shores submerged within it so who is to say all Domains are not the Ocean?" the Turtle reasoned.

"And the Stars? What are they?" the Liger asked.

"If I were to tell you that they are not what you think they are, would you still like to know?" the Turtle asked.

"Yes, at least until I can confirm the Truth for myself" the Liger replied.

"When you live in the Depths, you learn to stop depending on the Natural Wavelengths Of Light that Surface Dwellers depend on but this also opens one's senses to Deeper Wavelengths Of Light that Surface Dwellers cannot perceive. What you see as Brilliant Lights in the Sky, I perceive as Energetic Celestial Portals" the Turtle finally said.

"Energetic Celestial Portals…like Gateways?" the Liger asked.

"You can think of the Stars as Massive Pools Of Elemental Energy that affect the Domains around them. They both maintain the Harmony Of The Domains around them while simultaneously generating, in Ocean Dweller Terms, currents quite similar to the currents of the Ocean. These Currents have the power to create Celestial Routes in the Ocean Of Stars. Depending on the Celestial Currents one navigates, one could access 'longer routes' or 'shortcuts through space'" the Turtle explained. "This involves navigating the Energies generated by multiple Stars. It is said however that when Stars perish, they transform into Great Abysses capable of swallowing reality itself literally tearing holes through reality" the Turtle explained.

"They are even more incredible than I initially imagined but how do you know all this if you've never been to the Stars yourself?" the Liger seemed curious.

"For one thing, the Lights I see embodied as Stars are not so different from the Guiding Lights that lead me through the Oceans during my Annual Migrations and for another…what makes you think I haven't been to the Stars?" the Turtle said just as a Gryphon and Dragon manifested at its side.

"I see you made many sacrifices to make it this far noble Liger. Perhaps it is time you learnt for yourself what the Stars really are" the Gryphon said just as the scenes faded.

"I see. Our Ancestor must have made contact with other Civilizations represented by these Three Mysterious Beasts. They must have commenced research on the Jacob's Ladder from then" Undine realized.