#extractor oracle

Being granted the capacity of shapeshifting and wishing to blend in with his friends, Seungryong occasionally takes on a second form of a small, pale Korean man in his early 30s. In this form, he usually dresses in grey suits and platform shoes, acting every bit professional as much as possible- even so, he does not open his mouth to communicate, and was named “Deokhwan” by his companions as a new alias.  Personality: Seungryong is deeply reserved, but megalomaniac as he is, cannot stay idle for long. While outwardly presenting as quiet and refined, Seungryong is unstable and paranoid, never forming bonds and obsessing over his rose- Chaewon. All-powerful as he is, he harbors deep resentment of the human race for not being molded in the way he sees them and leans towards genocidal, often questionable means to rid his world of humans once and for all so that he can ‘rebuild’ them in the way he sees fit. Nihilistic and unhinged as he is, Seungryong actually hides his crippling insecurity of being a fallen god and his inability to tap into his original reality-shaping power the way he wants to.  History: Born when the world was created, Seungryong once went by a name long forgotten and buried by legends. The only god who took an interest in Earth, Seungryong created humans in his likeness and sent them off to their own settlements, ruling over them as a benevolent god. In return, the humans brought him offerings: flora and fauna they had found would please him, and Seungryong took a great liking to a single red rose he had been presented with, breathing immortality into it so that he could have it forever. 

This ended when the humans became discontent with their peaceful lives, and wars began to ravage through the land. News soon reached Seungryong, who immediately set plans into motion to peacefully stop the fighting- but when his rose was destroyed amidst the chaos, a grieving Seungryong launched a superweapon that would suck all life from the surroundings to restore his rose back to life, committing genocide on the humans he created in the process but returning his rose back to its original form. With this, however, the rose gained sentience and horrified by the sacrifice made to restore her, sought to fly into the heavens instead, away from Seungryong. 

With the loss of his rose, Seungryong’s emotions shattered and seeped into the grounds around him- his goodness formed the order known as the Light Wizards, and his less-desirable emotions formed the order known as the Dark Wizards. Hollowed from this, the now-emotionless Seungryong was punished and tasked to recreate the human race, a quest he undertook with mechanical precision to ensure that none of this would occur again. 

Though, when he finally set down the first humans, he was taken from the gods and imprisoned in a floating castle known only as The Hall of Origin, which further cemented his resentment when his gauntlets, known now as the Gloves of Potential, were cast down to Earth as they shaped another god (now known as Hyunjung) to wield them. He managed to escape, falling down to Earth and permanently trapped in his human form, unable to speak as his abilities to shape reality were stripped away. 

At the start, Seungryong was mistaken as a catatonic old man and taken in by Non-non Nursing Home, nobody truly knowing of his immense ability. Only Chaewon, now human, recognised him for who he was, and sympathetic to her master being the way he now was, sought to seek the best care she could for him while he was on Earth with her. Seungryong was only happy to behold her from a distance, but as his time trapped in his own mind seemed to grow longer and longer, his megalomania resurfaced, and Seungryong now coveted her exclusively for his own eyes. He soon managed to regain his abilities through the sealed Artefact known as the Azure Flute, but when the flute chose another, the kleptomaniac detective Woosung, Seungryong’s resentment towards the human race hit a fever pitch and he sought to once again destroy the human race once and for all, by hook or by crook. 

Eventually, after his schemes were thwarted by the sacrifices of many Chosen, he took a deep interest in the two children who had not only boldly strode into his demiplane, but also easily turned against him when he had offered proposals one shouldn’t by right be able to refuse- Saeron and Dongyeon. Saeron and Dongyeon made a deal with Seungryong to show him the goodness of the human race before he decided to continue on his path of destruction, and Seungryong took this with great seriousness as though it was a blood pact. He now shadows the duo in their day-to-day life, Saeron and Dongyeon quick to pass him off as their “strange uncle” and trying their best to keep the secret of harboring a genocidal fallen god as much of a downlow as possible. 

Powers: Seungryong is a skilled mage, able to tap into every ability manifested in a shifter or Chosen as he sees fit. He can alter the memories and personalities of others through speaking his piece to them, which shatters their sense of self and allows him to reshape them or even take control of their bodies if he saw fit- for now, with his voice taken away, he can only speak to them through telepathy. He is also able to teleport great distances without exhaustion (a feat impossible to all shifters and Chosen with this ability), is impervious to nearly any form of damage and fully capable of stopping time and space if he felt like it. 

“I watched my guards reincarnate cycle after cycle, unaware of their circumstances or that I was always the one to call them back,” sighed Chaewon, watching the comparably-tiny Jungwoo and Ahsung jostle each other to stop Jiwon, “This is the first time in 500 thousand years that they were aware of their original incarnation. He was pissed I reincarnated him into his current physical state- I only pointed out he had made poor decisions outside my control.” Yoori shifted uncomfortably, before mentioning that ‘if Chaewon controlled time now, how did she gain the human form’ and Chaewon explained the story of Seunggi’s girlfriend again. (I knew the story because after all, I am liquid time, I knew all the stories of an individual from one look, sans the immortals.)

“I’m not wrong in inferring the king is Seungryong then,” Yoori continued after a short, polite silence, with a finger pointed at the enraged monster in the far end of the room, “He did give off the regal vibes though, I never could put a finger into it.” I folded my arms, watching Chaewon admit this with a small bow towards ‘her liege’. Inwardly, I wondered if this was the reason why Chaewon had been so unnaturally invested in affairs of Kyeongyoung before his death, or at least seemed very interested in his Chosen artefact. Though, I was unsurprised that the way Chaewon stated ‘my liege’ was oddly sarcastic, as if she was resentful of her circumstances (rightfully so, really). As Seungryong began to overpower the many Chosens from his hall, the ground under us started giving way and I leapt, just as Yoori grabbed my shoulders with her claws and began flying downwards. 

Lemme answer this as Seungyrong, my insufferable and unkillable Oracle! 

1. What is one thing others might find intolerable about them?

Seungyrong is painfully straightforward, but he’s also always right. Years and years of experience has taught him to look at a situation at all angles, and he’s always nagging with incredible levels of sound advice (which drives his boss Kwanghee, who’s half his age, up the wall all the time because he’s always spot-on in everything). 

10/11: Some of their emotional shortcomings? What are their intellectual shortcomings?

Seungyrong , by virtue of being consistently right, also tends to second-guess himself a lot due to ‘what if x causes y scenario’ instead. He spends a lot of time considering all possible options, and when it doesn’t go his way, he’s either apathetic or ruthlessly unwilling to accept this as outside of any of his game plans. Everything has to be meticulously calculated and weighed in. 

14. Is there anything they are too optimistic about?

Kyeongyoung (i.e fuck you Rusty why do I always make OCs out of friends’ favorite actors)

recorded in the Old Sea Map as ‘the Oracle’ 

can see the future

also able to extract a person’s shifter essence/Chosen artifict 

can extract a person’s organs if he desires too 

if unwilling, causes internal bleeding and a fuckton of pain 

Shifter essences come in large spherical crystals 

only two people immune to this extraction Chaewon and Wonyoung (who is the Chosen of Mew i.e owner of the OSM) 

mysterious, cryptic old man who’s actually nice even if his methods of achieving things are obviously questionable 

invisible to everyone except those that were Chosen 

reverse is possible when given an Artifact to hold 

can use the powers of the shifter essences for himself but cannot shift

can also summon the god within an Artifact to fight for him 

originally a military scientist, slipped into a coma due to the effects of Project Paradox 

awakened his Oracle abilities and grew increasingly resentful when he found out nobody could see him

sought to extract and break all Artifacts because he was being childish and wanted friends 

shares a tension-filled relationship with Taeheon and Yoori, contributed to Taeheon vanishing 

struck a deal with Chaewon after he single-handedly throttled Seungjong to hell and brought them to her 

currently wheelchair-bound due to the grievous injuries he suffered trying to summon the runes that would throttle the fuck out of Seungjong because I s2g that fucker is unkillable 

tried to redeem himself by climbing the impossible temple of the Hall Of Origin 

impressed, he became Chosen by Arceus themselves