Kaiju Maker [canceled]
By: Blobskin
Contains: mlp, anthro, human, talking
Version: 3
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The room was coated a deep red and one wall was dominated by floor-to-ceiling windows, all with thick white drapes hiding the outside world. A clock with a long pendulum arm hanging below its face ticked away. The ceiling and a humble chandelier loomed high above. A large round wood table consumed most of the space in the room. At the center of the table was a lone green crystal that glowed with an inner magic and floated a few centimeters above the wood surface. Seated around the table were eight individuals representing no less than four species.
Sitting side-by-side were the royal sisters of Equestria, Queen Celestia and Queen Luna. Both of them wore glittering tiaras, but were otherwise in plain dresses. While Luna appeared passive with her hands folded quietly under the table, Celestia wore a smug expression with her arms crossed proudly about her modest bust.
King Abelard of the griffins was not wearing his crown, but his fine red robe hugged his broad shoulders nicely. His aged white brows were lowered in thought as he analyzed the Queens of Equestria and stroked his pointed beak nervously. Sitting beside him was his friend and adviser Sigimund, a griffin of black feathers. He had not spoken a word yet. The final griffin in the room was the Countess Marlana, seated between Celestia and Abelard, though that wasn't saying much. She seemed strangely isolated from both parties, the gap from her to either unusually large, as though she was a fourth party to this meeting. The young hen was glaring at... Him across the table. And his monsters.
The human, Trevor, wore casual attire. A simple white wool shirt and brown leather vest. Surprisingly, he had gone to the trouble of combing his hair for this meeting and looked clean. To Abelard this was unusual, as he had grown use to the man's regularly wild appearance. Trevor's elbow rested on the table and his knuckle was white with tension. He had spent much of the meeting so far interrupting, shouting, and insulting Celestia and Luna. Two unique individuals sat beside him.
The figure to Trevor's left, sitting between himself and the griffin Sigimund, appeared to be a cat-woman of some kind. She had short round ears, a blunt muzzle with pale whiskers, and her arms ended in pawed hands. Short tawny fur covered her body and faded to almost white across her face and chest. She wore not one piece of clothing. Abelard had heard Trevor call this one Cara.
The second figure who sat to Trevor's right, between himself and Luna, was a bizarre lizard-like female. She was a huge creature of at least two and a half meters with thick rippling muscles and heavy scales. She had three eyes on each side of her head which glowed red and her entire face curved forward into a vicious beak like that of a turtle's. She had four arms which had spent the entire meeting firmly crossed over her small breasts which were otherwise naked. She had not moved or reacted to anything in the meeting since it began. Trevor had called her Zara.
The air was heavy. The meeting had paused with the conclusion of Celestia's presentation and the other parties were processing her final words. Her promise and her threat.
Abelard spoke slowly. "We should delay discussion of... punishment until after Trevor has had his chance to speak."
Celestia's head snapped in the old griffin's direction. "What response could he possibly offer to excuse all of the crimes he has committed?"
Trevor growled. "And what about the crimes of Equestria and yourself?"
Celestia snorted dismissively, a very unladylike gesture. "We have done nothing wrong."
"Trying to have me killed--"
"Please!" Abelard barked and held up a claw. "Myself, Marlana, and Celestia have had a chance to speak. We have each had the opportunity to explain these events from our own perspective. Unless Celestia or Marlana have anything else to add?"
Marlana squawked at that. "Wait, you are actually going to listen to that thing!?"
"We don't need another perspective," Celestia added decisively and glared at Trevor once more. "The facts have spoken for themselves. If we are to have peace than the human should be--"
"That is bullshit!" Trevor screamed while pointing an accusing finger. "You and your people took every opportunity to fuck with my life. You deserved every last bit of suffering my kaiju gave you. You want peace? All you have to do is leave me alone!"
"What about all the ponies you murdered?" Celestia hissed. "How many lives have you ruined? Peace cannot exist without justice."
"That is justice," Trevor spat back.
"Justice is decided by a trial--"
"Which you would preside over as judge," Trevor cut in.
"Enough!" Abelard spoke up again. There was silence for a minute as tempers simmered. Then the king of griffins turned to the human. "Trevor, it is your turn to speak. Please, tell us what happened from your perspective. Tell us... the truth of these events."
Trevor blinked at that. That word: truth. He knew Abelard had just been looking for a synonym. "Perspective" and "story" were nice words, but "truth" had a strange weight to it. Celestia hadn't been lying exactly, but she had been stringing along a wonderful narrative. She had skillfully dodged all responsibility for the chaos that had unfolded in the last months.
Responsibility. Another heavy word.
Trevor grew calm and quiet. Somber. He looked down at his hands laying flat on the table. His skin had gone red from clenching his fists for so long. He felt a weariness creep over him. Trevor's gaze jumped to the gemstone floating in the center of the table. Abelard had helpfully explained that it was broadcasting the words of this meeting to over a million listeners across the pony and griffin world and even beyond to other nations who had not been involved in this mess. Abelard had insisted it be used for this meeting. Trevor couldn't guess why the old griffin wanted everyone to know what was going on, but he appreciated the chance it gave him. The chance for EVERYONE to hear his side. The truth.
Trevor sighed. He'd already drained his voice by repeatedly cutting into Celestia's speech. If he had kept a cool head he wouldn't have been exhausted before he got his turn. A paw brushed his shoulder and he turned to gaze into Cara's deep yellow feline eyes. She smiled gently at him.
"Master, you need to say something," she whispered.
Trevor nodded. Then he hardened his expression and faced the others at the table.
"My name is Trevor Campbell and my unique magic ability is Kaiju Maker. With this power I have easily managed to do the impossible."
"I brought Equestria to its knees." Celestia glared with even more hatred.
"I crushed the dragons." Abelard nodded gratefully.
"And I fought the fay to a stalemate." This announcement made everyone perk up. Trevor had forgotten, no one else knew about that little war. But he moved on. They'd get an explanation shortly.
"This is the truth..." And so he began to retell the horrors he'd endured and the loves he'd lost fighting for a place in a world that wanted nothing to do with him from the moment he arrived. The victories and the mistakes. He left nothing out.
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Author's Note:
This was a story I intended to write. Even got the ENTIRE plan done before realizing two key problems with the whole story.
First, more than half the story was going to be wilderness survival. And I hate wilderness survival stories. Why did I plan out so much of it if I hate it?
Second, the ENTIRE story depends on Celestia being a mindless dick. That is not very good story telling.
The basis of this story was to fuse isekai, MLP, and kaiju into one chaotic adventure. The main character would be reborn/summoned/stumble into Equestria and gain a crazy cheat power that allowed him to make kaiju (who'd also be very attracted to him). Got myself pretty excited about the idea. Put together some detailed plans sheets and everything. Wasn't until I sat down to write the first chapter that the two major problems dawned on me.
So this is dead. I'm not going to write this. But I was able to vividly picture the final scene very well. Nice and dramatic and all that and leaves you with a dozen questions.
What happened between Trevor and Celestia? What did he mean by "crushed the dragons" and why is the griffin king grateful for that? Who is Marlana? Who are the fay and why did Trevor fight them? Who are the weird animal-woman that protect Trevor? (That last one is kind of obvious though, but if they're supposed to be kaiju, how come they are small and can fit in the meeting room?)
