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Technoblade was a god. One of the first two actually, side by side with XD. But when lesser gods and their conflicts get in the way, avatars are born from them. And even so, avatars of gods have to grow. And when the apprentice of Thanatos is born, they will grow alongside these avatars. But who will be there to mentor two specific ones?
Like other gods, Techno had a domain, it was simple really, a comfortable couch to sit on and a coffee table, not as regal as he looked, but it did the trick, unlike XD his tastes in furniture didn’t require much, simple fit him, and he didn’t mind that. Techno was looking through different multiverses, like a holographic screen that he could navigate through.
Suddenly a girl appears into his domain, coming in with a lightning strike coloured black and red, looking to be 8, energetic, red hair with rat ears, with white and black highlights. Along with her, another teenage girl looking around 14 appears with a cloud of black smoke, approaching the small girl and holding her by her shirt.
“Baelz! How many times have I told you not to wander into other god’s domains?” The smaller girl shot back at the older, squirming and thrashing in her grasp “I’m older than you Calli!” The older sighs and rolls her eyes, replying almost monotonously “Yeah, but not mentally.” As the two argued back and forth, Techno watched them both in amusement
After the two were done, the older one, seeming to be named “Calli” looked at Techno and bowed apologetically as “Baelz” seemed excited as her eyes sparkled in admiration. “I am so sorry Mr.Blade. My sister is quite a handful..” The younger looked at the older one angrily, huffing in annoyance. “I am NOT a handful!” Calli sighs as Techno chuckles at the banter, finally speaking up as his holographic screen of multiverses disappears from his sight
“It’s quite alright, you’re Chaos’s avatar and Thanatos’s first apprentice. Correct?” Calli nods as she sets “Baelz” down, the latter hopping up and down excitedly. “Yes, Bae here is my non-blood related younger sister. Despite her being older, she is much younger mentally. And I am Death-sensei’s apprentice.” Techno nods, humming in thought at Calli’s words. After a quick second he gets up and walks to Bae, crouching in front of her and patting the young avatar on the head. During which her rat ears twitched.
“Do you wanna learn how to harness your powers kids?” Bae immediately nodded enthusiastically, excited squeaks coming from her mouth. However Calli seemed a bit more hesitant. “Well.. Death-sensei is my mentor..” Techno chuckled once more, shrugging as he continued to pat Chaos “Well, Thanatos isn’t always free, and I can teach you the art of your blade, which I assume is a reaper scythe.” Calli thought it over for a moment before nodding “I suppose it wouldn’t hurt.. Death-sensei is always quite busy..” Techno beamed with pride before standing up to Bae’s dismay. And forming two coins in his hand and tossing one to each of them.
“These coins will light up when I summon you. I might summon you both at the same time, or individually. But nonetheless I will summon you both for future training. I trust you both know how to get here?” The two nodded and with a wave of Techno’s hand, the two disappeared to wherever they were before. He chuckled one last time before returning to the couch and continuing to do his thing.
Bae was summoned first, the coin lit up in her pocket as she was running around in her chaotic domain. Her eyes lit up excitedly. A lightning bolt pounding down from where she was to Techno’s domain. As she looked around, it looked like a giant battlefield, where Techno was standing in the middle. “Chaos! Come over here! Let’s start that training of yours!” She ran excitedly over to him as she jumps up and down, with Techno chuckling waiting for her to calm down a bit. After she did he did he started their training.
“So first of all, what things do you like to do? Since you’re so chaotic, it’s good to have a starting point to serve as a thing to stem out your powers.” Techno explained briefly, crouching in front of the little chaos rat. “Uhh- well I like playing games! Board games! And uhh, dice games!” Techno hums in thought, before asking her another question “Hey kid, do you like explosions?” A simple yet mischevious question, as Bae tilts her head in confusion before nodding with vigour
Techno nods and forms a dice in his own hand, throwing it up and down to show Bae before it disappears with the closing of his hand around it. And with a flick of his finger, it reappeared and spun in the air as it disappeared while falling back down. “Now, try doing a flexing motion into your palm, like how you use your power, but more concentrated.” As Techno instructed, Bae did was was told, she flexed her forearm and palm and tried to simulate transferring energy to it, and it made a small red spark.
Techno egged her on, encouraging her “Good! Now try that a bit harder, try thinking of the magic, visualise it in your head.” Bae nods, thinking of red energy flowing through her veins, flexing a harder and pushing that power through her blood. This time she was successful, bright sparks of red and black lightning danced on her palm with no pain whatsoever. Bae was ecstatic, cheering from joy as Techno praised her proudly “Exactly! Now, this time, try forming a dice with the magic, think of it twisting and forming the shape of the dice.” Bae thinks for a moment before nodding. “Ogey!” Bae does the same thing as before, visualising the magic pushing into her palm. She thought of the red lightning twisting into the dice, and with a bit more difficulty as before, she did it. Except it was more a deformed white cube.
Bae sighs in disappointment but Techno doesn’t give up on her. “Cmon, you’re close! Just try a bit harder kid.” Techno crouches down and puts his hand on her shoulder in a comforting way. “Don’t give up so easily, remember, we’ll have a lot of training to go through, and I can’t have you giving up now!” Bae takes a deep breath and goes back to an energetic and cheerful mood. “I’ll try my best!” Techno pats her back and grins “That’s the spirit, now let’s give the dice thing another try.” Bae does the same thing as previous, trying harder than before, seeing clearly in her mind as the red lightning wraps around into a cube and finally a dice appeared in her hand. Bae beams with enthusiasm. And Techno finally stands up, holding his own dice.
“Now let’s get to the explosion part.”
Calli was summoned second. The coin lit up when she was, luckily, not doing much. She vanished with a puff of smoke and appeared in Techno’s realm. The same battlefield was there, with Technoblade standing in the middle. Except he was wielding a scythe that was custom to his own liking, deep red, gold accents with blood like wisps of magic surrounding it. “Hey kid! Come on over here, let’s work on combat practice with your scythe” Calli walks on over to him her own signature scythe appearing on her back as she grabbed it.
“Alright, so basically, you’ve been trained to reap souls, but I’ll teach you how to fight with that scythe. Just in case y’know.” Calli nods at his words, listening to him with rapt attention. “Alright, so to start, I’m sure you know how to wield it. Your dominant hand on top of your other one. Etcetera.” He holds the scythe in a fighting position, making a swinging motion making a slash of magic in the direction. “Focus your strength in your right hand. And swing. It should make a power trail and slash like my example.” Calli focuses and takes a breath. Holding her scythe steady and slashing like Techno did. Making a black and pink-ish magic slash.
“Good! Good. Now.. Let’s move on.” Techno spun his scythe around, then faster, and faster and faster until it became a blur. Calli had an inkling of an idea of what was happening but she waited patiently for further instruction. “So, this is how you block attacks, generally, just bashing your weapon against the other does work, or parrying does too. But it’s harder with the scythe’s unique shape. So spinning it effectively blocks the attacks.” Techno stops spinning it, standing firm while looking at Calli “Now you try.” Calli nods and spins the scythe slowly at first, getting used to the motion, then getting faster and faster until it becomes a blur of black, chrome and gold.
Techno claps his hands in pride and smiles “Great! That’s pretty good for a first try. Alright, we’ll practice that a bit more before we move on..” Their training goes on as time passes and soon it ends just as quickly as it started.
One training session, Calli and Bae are sparring together, seeming to have grown mentally and physically despite the fact they were immortal beings who were well over their mental age. Bae had the mind of an erractic teenager, energetic and full of energy, while Calli had the mind of a cool and calm young adult.
Techno was watching the two spar, Bae with her red and black signature lighting and exploding dice, while Calli used her spear that produced magical slashes towards Bae. Of course, he wouldn’t let them get injured majorly, but a few bruises and scratches wouldn’t hurt. Just then a scroll comes from a flame and drops into Techno’s hand, he hums quizzically at this. While the two are busy fighting he opens the scroll. He reads it over, his expression calm but a bit confused. “Hm.. XD. But who is this “Dream” guy?” He says to himself.
The contents of the letter were simple, an invitation to join an “SMP” whatever that meant. But it seemed to be just a nice thing where new people get to meet each other, Techno wasn’t opposed to this. More confused on why XD and “Dream” would plan this thing.
Bae and Calli soon take a break, heading over to Techno as he reads the scroll again to double check for any other things he may have missed. “What’s that Techno?” The chaos avatar asks, staring at the brown-ish scroll in her mentor’s hand. Calli says nothing but nods at Bae’s question, also wondering. “Eh, it’s nothing. But I may be gone for a while. If I don’t summon you, don’t go into my domain, got it?” Bae and Calli were surprised at the sudden statement but they both nodded nonetheless after a quick glance at each other. “Good. Then training session dismissed.” The two nod once more before disappearing in their own flashy ways. One with lightning and one with smoke.
“Eh? I can feel the power coming from this scroll. Hm. Seems like I’ll be paying this “Dream” guy a visit soon enough.” The signature of XD and “Dream” light up a bright green and Techno sighs, seeming to know what was going to happen. He simply holds the scroll and lets himself be ingulfed in a green glow. Then disappearing without another trace.
After a long while, Calli and Bae sit in silence as they look at their individual summoning coins, finding it to not light up at all. Bae is the first one to break the silence. “Do ya think he’s ever coming back, Calli?” Calli ponders over this, sighing before answering Bae “Maybe, we’ll just have to see, but maybe it’s best to move on for now.” Bae looks at Calli as a melancholic wave sets over them. And after a few tense seconds, Bae nods and sighs, leaning into her sister for comfort.
“I’ll miss you Techno..”