At the start of the First World the people all ruled together. In time, however, many grew
tired of this and two people were chosen to rule, a husband and his wife, and a council
was formed to assist and advise them, each representing different parts of the First
World’s society.
Mother and Moon were the two selected. Brought together by Mother’s twin sister, Venus,
they were seen as the great lovers of the First World and were beloved by all so that no
one sought to replace them. Although there was one man, the husband of Venus and
close friend of Moon, who had been passed over for rule because there was something
about him that people distrusted: he was not even selected for the council.
His jealousy and desire for power would cause him to force Mother and Moon apart, an
event that would destroy the First World. For what he did not know was that as their rule
went on, the pair, without knowing it, had become increasingly linked to the structure of the
First World so that its very existence became dependent on their love.
The end started when that man, who would wreak much havoc in the following years,
had begun to poison Moon’s food with a substance that made the man changeable. His
behaviour began to move in phases, the periods of which were as erratic as his moods.
One day, hour or moment, he might love Mother still but it never lasted and eventually
he would become a ball of hate or indifferent even: sometimes barely recognising her
existence, sometimes not knowing who she was. Such was the cloud that the poison
brought to his mind. This new character pained Mother deep within. Her Moon had
become someone else.
*
The arguments between Mother and Moon begun before The Betrayal and, as they
went on, the servants noticed the stones of the First World begin to move just a little, the
intensity of the movement depending on the ferocity of the argument. Although sometimes
they noticed that the arguments they overheard had no effect at all.
In the meantime Moon’s mind became more addled and he began to be unable to
distinguish between Mother and her twin sister, Venus. Now Venus had noticed this and,
having become estranged from her husband, the man seeking to separate Mother and
Moon for his own ends, and having over time become jealous of the love between Mother
and Moon, Venus saw that she could use these moods in order to destroy their love.
In order to do so she started to dress in Mother’s clothes and enter Moon’s chambers
to visit him when no one else was around so that her identity could not be pointed out.
Quickly the plan began to work and despite having to sometimes bear the brunt of Moon’s
temper, Venus also felt his love on his better days and, unlike her sister, went to bed with
him, with the hope of one day being caught.
And one day she was. Though Moon was confused at the sight of two Mothers before
him, the resulting argument with the angry one was sharp and short and shook the entire
First World, such was the depth and pain of the feeling Mother held within her bosom.
Before she left her naked husband and sister, Mother slapped Moon with such ferocity that
the poison’s hold left him and Moon saw what he had done. And that there was no going
back.
That is when Mother and Moon drew away from one another forever and tore the First
World apart, bringing it to its end.
tired of this and two people were chosen to rule, a husband and his wife, and a council
was formed to assist and advise them, each representing different parts of the First
World’s society.
Mother and Moon were the two selected. Brought together by Mother’s twin sister, Venus,
they were seen as the great lovers of the First World and were beloved by all so that no
one sought to replace them. Although there was one man, the husband of Venus and
close friend of Moon, who had been passed over for rule because there was something
about him that people distrusted: he was not even selected for the council.
His jealousy and desire for power would cause him to force Mother and Moon apart, an
event that would destroy the First World. For what he did not know was that as their rule
went on, the pair, without knowing it, had become increasingly linked to the structure of the
First World so that its very existence became dependent on their love.
The end started when that man, who would wreak much havoc in the following years,
had begun to poison Moon’s food with a substance that made the man changeable. His
behaviour began to move in phases, the periods of which were as erratic as his moods.
One day, hour or moment, he might love Mother still but it never lasted and eventually
he would become a ball of hate or indifferent even: sometimes barely recognising her
existence, sometimes not knowing who she was. Such was the cloud that the poison
brought to his mind. This new character pained Mother deep within. Her Moon had
become someone else.
*
The arguments between Mother and Moon begun before The Betrayal and, as they
went on, the servants noticed the stones of the First World begin to move just a little, the
intensity of the movement depending on the ferocity of the argument. Although sometimes
they noticed that the arguments they overheard had no effect at all.
In the meantime Moon’s mind became more addled and he began to be unable to
distinguish between Mother and her twin sister, Venus. Now Venus had noticed this and,
having become estranged from her husband, the man seeking to separate Mother and
Moon for his own ends, and having over time become jealous of the love between Mother
and Moon, Venus saw that she could use these moods in order to destroy their love.
In order to do so she started to dress in Mother’s clothes and enter Moon’s chambers
to visit him when no one else was around so that her identity could not be pointed out.
Quickly the plan began to work and despite having to sometimes bear the brunt of Moon’s
temper, Venus also felt his love on his better days and, unlike her sister, went to bed with
him, with the hope of one day being caught.
And one day she was. Though Moon was confused at the sight of two Mothers before
him, the resulting argument with the angry one was sharp and short and shook the entire
First World, such was the depth and pain of the feeling Mother held within her bosom.
Before she left her naked husband and sister, Mother slapped Moon with such ferocity that
the poison’s hold left him and Moon saw what he had done. And that there was no going
back.
That is when Mother and Moon drew away from one another forever and tore the First
World apart, bringing it to its end.
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