The Eldritch Classroom Vol. 1

Altizica sighed, staring at the rock he held in his hand. The rock was the last piece of the Izzen world he had eaten...he wasn’t quite sure why he kept it but I thought it as a memento of past journeys. Now it was simply a memento to past sins. What do you do when past sins come crawling back to you? I used to know the answer to the question but it seems time has altered the answer. Altizica thought to himself. He had an uncomfortable smile as he thought back to it. It used to bring him amusement to think of these things. Why not now? Why was this different?

As Altizica put the rock up one of his devoted entered the room, robed and unmasked, seemingly very relaxed. “My lord the child Jude has arrived for his teachings. Shall I let him in?” Altizica nodded quietly and the cultist walked off briskly to let Jude in. Altizica was still in his human form, lounging on a large couch in a rather normal looking living room if it weren’t for the obviously Eldritch paintings and large stature of a eldritch being at the far right wall.

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Once Altizica noticed Jude he smiled. “Ah Jude, I’m glad you could make it. Please take a seat, make yourself comfortable” Altizica said with a smile. A cultist quickly rushed in and set down a tea set for Altizica. Altizica smiled “Thank you Simon. Would you like any tea Jude?” The masked cultist nodded and hurried off elsewhere.

Altizica hummed a song and poured some sweet green tea out from the kettle into one of the cups. He took a sip and looked to Jude “You know I was still confused by why you asked me to tell you about Eldritch. I mean just look at Theodore I’m sure you trust him more than me so I had to wonder......” Altizica tapped the tea cup and trialed off before taking another sip. “Well no matter you have your reasons and I won’t prod. Just tell me, what did you wish to know?” Altizica shows a happy, toothy smile.

“Yes I suppose you are right there.” Altizica thought for a moment before Jude brought up his question. He couldn’t help but smile at it. “Yes it does. Which is why I only have a small portion of myself here but not as small as you may thing. You see here...there is a loophole. I haven’t tested it elsewhere but here at least....the human mind although fragile is adventurous and tries to comprehend things past its limits. This usually leads to amusing results but these results give oppurtunity.”

Altizica chuckled and pointed to the statue at the far end of the room. “If you noticed that statue it is of Azathoth but looking at it won’t drive those who see it insane. How? How could a being so maddening that even reading of him in a tome caused dread be made into a statue without ill effects? Simple. You turn it into something humans comprehend. If you look at depictions of Azathoth in the narrow reality they will not drive you mad. That is because they incapable of being incomprehensible. That is what I based my true form on. After some trial and error with willing volunteers I created a form the human mind could comprehend without trouble.” Altizica lounged back and drank more of his tea, his smile in full force now.

Altizica nodded to the statements Jude was saying. I mean why would Altizica have a reason to lie about this? He would gain anything from it so why not say the truth. How connected am I? Well I believe I mentioned before that this is place with the least focus currently. I am a collective of a larger entity yes but I am also an individual. Capable of free thought and will. I guess you could say I was born here so I’ve been affected more by the people around me than my real self even though I contain it’s memories and thoughts.”

Altizica saw the confusion on Jude’s face and couldn’t help but smirk. “Well to simplify what exactly happened is my larger body tore off a small piece of itself and brought it here where the piece eventually developed into a smaller weaker version which was me. This type of thing has happened many many times and I’m only one of millions that has done this process.” Altizica spoke of this unphased as if he really think much of his existence that often. When Jude mention his larger portion ignoring him he thought for a moment “If I truly require help or strength I can call apon my larger form which will grant it to me....most of the time. Sometimes other portions are in more dire circumstances which require my.....his attention and I get neglected. That rarely occurs however.” Altizica sipped his tea calmy as he explained the process he had gone through millions of times before. “Will I merge again...yes eventually. Sometimes it’s merely a few months before going back. Others a few years. But I feel like this is one of my longer endeavors which takes a couple decades to a few centuries.” Altizica shrugged.