Part 2
Vordea arrived on the surface of the moon and looked around. She hadn't been here before, and it appeared just how it looked in the night sky, a barren rocky wasteland. What was Shadry even doing up here? No matter, this was a place with no flimsy mortals to be driven mad by the mere presence of the last citizen of a dead universe, the Ruler of Carcosa.
Vordea's eyes glazed over as she felt it coming. The psychic shadow of her entire being, as she crossed over from Carcosa, and into the mortal realm for the first time in over 25,000 years. Normally, she only stayed on this plane during the dawn period as she undertook the sacred work of creating the universe from the raw creatia of the previous kalpa.
"I am... whole." Vordea breathlessly whispered, as the humanoid avatar she used when conversing with the other Gods melted, and the Primordial Goddess of Change took on her true form. "Shadry, come play."
On the surface of Luna, an oppressive black shadow wholly indescribable by any mortal eyes spread across the landscape, searching for Shadry. To any mortal looking up in the night sky, Luna appeared to be getting progressively darker, and there was an urge to look away, but otherwise no ill effects were felt.
"Shadry, come." Vordea's voice boomed across the landscape. "Come and play."
On the far side of Luna, Shadry panicked as he hid in a crater. What was this monstrous being that had come here? The psychic pressure despite being as far away as he possibly could was unbearable. He had told Agbus he was ready, but who had they sent? As he thought of which God it could be, he realized he was trapped. The black unholy mass had surrounded the crater, and a cacophony of voices came from it.
"Oath-breaker."
"Play with me."
"Lord of the Lost no longer."
"Carcosa calls for you."
Even more were in languages he had no knowledge of, which was frightening in its own aspect. Then, he saw a small child approaching, a young human looking girl clad in nothing but void.
"Shadry." She said, approaching him. "Play with me. Play with me forever."
"Who are you?" Shadry asked, as he could feel the madness slipping into his mind. "Is all of this you?"
"Oh no, that's Vordea. She's not happy with you. My name is Mira." The young child answered, smiling.
"T-that's not Vordea." Shadry stammered, as he felt his sanity cracking. "Vordea is a God, not... that."
"Of course it's her! What did you think she looked like? Like this?" Mira asked, as she grew until she matched the height of Vordea's avatar, and the void changed into armour. "That's just me, after all. No, Vordea is something far worse."
"So who are you? Really?" Shadry asked, his mind straining against the overbearing pressure around him.
"I'm Mira Frost, the Last Lord of Carcosa, and it's time for you to come home." Mira said, extending a hand. "Become a building block for the universe, like you were always meant to be."
Shadry's mind snapped as he reached out to touch Mira's outstretched hand, and his physical body melted as she embraced him.
"Welcome home, Shadry Oath-Breaker." Mira said, as she turned around and walked back to the formless black void. Shadry was part of her now, he was now just another piece of creatia to be used in the next kalpa.
Vordea sat on the surface of Luna for days, wondering why the foolish boy spent so long in hiding. Even dragons are afraid of their own mortality, she supposed. Her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar presence, one she hadn't felt in thousands of years. Contracting her body, she tracked it to the crater Shadry had been hiding in, and sent Mira back out to look for it.
"Well, is this where you've been hiding?" She asked.
A man with a glittering white robe, and shimmering white hair smiled. "Is it really hiding?"
"It is when I go to the Crystal Halls and even your angels are in an uproar trying to find you." Mira sighed. "What have you been plotting?"
"The Ruler of Carcosa. Haven't seen that in a long time." Agbus replied, ignoring her question. "Mira Frost?"
"A close enough approximation of my name, I suppose." Mira smiled. "But yes, the last Ruler of Carcosa. It felt fitting to welcome Shadry home like this."
"Well, care to join me?" Agbus asked, motioning for Mira to sit next to him. "Sometimes watching life go by from up here can be peaceful."
"It's been a long time since we got to sit and chat, I suppose." Mira answered, joining him on the ground, and placing an arm around him.
"I suppose you're right."
"You think Eigen-” Mira began, but then stopped. “No, she definitely knew. She always does. That’s why she lied at the meeting."
"Can't fool the God of Time." Agbus chuckled. "She gave you a little vacation."
"Perhaps." Mira said quietly.
Mira and Agbus sat in silence with arms wrapped around each other for several days. They watched the clouds slowly drift across the planet below, as life went uneventfully on in their absence. Eventually, Mira was the one to break the silence.
"So why did you tell us?" She asked quietly. "You alone knew he was here."
"I've had many years to talk with Shadry, you know." Agbus said in response, his voice barely above a whisper. "We talked at length for years on how it came to this, him in hiding up here. He decided it was time, nothing more. But he knew he couldn’t get the death he wanted if he went down below, Eigen would have merely ended his time in an instant."
"I don't think he was expecting to have his mind being shattered by my psychic shadow, either." Mira whispered. "Was it fair for him to force you to sign his death warrant?"
"Of course it wasn't" Agbus said, ruffling Mira's hair. "Order is not justice, something my fan club must learn."
"The Church of the Dead God."
"Indeed. Rimsin, wait sorry, Hamlin, has done well though."
"Why did you get Eigengrau to give him immortality, though? I never did figure that out." Mira asked, pulling Agbus closer.
"I handpicked him from all history with Eigen's help. He was the only one who understood order on an instinctual level. He is perhaps the only one who ever will. That’s why he is the first and last High Priest of Order." Agbus answered. "And what of your High Priestess Neptis?"
Mira had a sad look on her face upon the mention of Neptis's name. Neptis had no way of knowing she had even broken those rules. "I should apologize to her."
"You shattered her mind, from what I've heard."
Mira suddenly stood up, and the formless void around them began to shimmer and glow. "I'm going to make it right. Come with me to Dragonpost."
"Oh?"
"Yes. Hand in hand, Lady Chaos and Lord Order will go there." Mira said, as a crack in reality opened, and Vordea's body began to return to Carcosa.
"Well when you put it like that, how could I refuse?"
Mira just winked in response, before melting away. Out of the black void around Agbus, Vordea walked out, clad again in her signature black armour.
"Are you ready to go, Agbus? The door to Carcosa is closed." Vordea asked. She offered her arm to Agbus, and arm in arm, they launched off the moon, heading back to the planet below.