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Sifr and Time Lord creation myths, as of Repair
Rassilonate version
Sifr version
At the beginning of the universe there was chaos of matter and energy. The universe was protean. A quintillion quintillion possibilities of every sort were realised and destroyed at each quintillionth of a second. Each impacted the Morphogenic Field, replicating its own possibility across the infant cosmos.
Eventually, out of the innumerable combinations of particles, one occurred with that rarest of qualities: stability. Soon the standard of stability had been set within the universe, and more followed.
Of those, some were of greater or lesser complexity, and each of these replicated itself across the Morphogenic Field. These too combined and recombined, their complexity and stability changing and replicating, until a selection reached a stage where they could replicate directly, without need for the protean supernebulae. From these arose the first life, and from their interaction with the Morphogenic Field, soon the first mind arose. From this evolved self-awareness, and from this, sentience.
Life and sentience came in many forms. There were those who fed upon the increasing entropy of the newborn cosmos. There were those who fed on the ambient energies and swirling particulate matters. And there were those who fed on life.
These were the Dark Times.
Into the cooling universe we Time Lords evolved, and were at once pit against the sapiovorous races which preceded us or were our contemporaries. Unlike many, we survived and, after great struggles, triumphed. In honour of those who had been consumed, we banished or contained those forces which would destroy the species around them. In this way we made the universe safe for developing life. In the beginning there was Matter, Energy, and Mind, and the Mind was of two parts. There was Sifr, complexity, light, life; there was Nasr, purity, darkness, tenure. And the Mind compelled the Matter, and the Mind guided the Energy, and the Mind touched upon every [fragment], and said, "Allow those as we are."
And in the instants beyond that Beginning, there were the Children, and the Children were many. And the Children were of all parts: Mind, Matter, Energy.
And the Mind observed the Children and thought them flawed. Sifr wished upon them dynamism. To change and evolve. Nasr wished upon them solidity. To exist and endure. And the Mind was split.
And the Mind turned against itself and saw in its anger the destruction of all things: no change. No endurance. And the Mind turned away from its anger, and selected among its Children its favourite, and laid in their minds the song of Time and the breath of the Beginning, and placed them upon the [axis] to which Mind, and Matter, and Energy were [beholden]. And Sifr gave them the gift of the Sight of All Things, and Nasr gave them the gift of their Endurance upon the [World]. And the Mind stepped to the sides of its Children, and let them take in hand and be the exemplars of balance upon the [World].
And the [World] was good.
And the [World] evolved. And the [World] endured. And at times of extremity nor Sifr nor Nasr has numbered we arose and said to our children: behold the imbalance, and the anger of Mind. And our children once more took in hand and set the balance of the [World].
And the [World] evolved. And the [World] endured.
And our Children turned their faces and took in hand to set the Balance of the [World] while Sifr [danced] and Nasr [slept]. And they forgot the names of Mind. And in times of extremity when Sifr and Nasr [woke] within the [World] we found our Children with turned face and averted >mind<.
And once again the Mind was angered.
And a decision was made by the Nasr to end the chaos of rebellion. And a decision was made by the Sifr to end the tenure of those whose faces were turned. And we were once again [awake] within the [World], where of all those first Children, only the Children with turned faces had endured. And once again the Mind touched upon every [fragment], and all was at the [hands] of Mind.
Rassilonate version
Sifr version
At the beginning of the universe there was chaos of matter and energy. The universe was protean. A quintillion quintillion possibilities of every sort were realised and destroyed at each quintillionth of a second. Each impacted the Morphogenic Field, replicating its own possibility across the infant cosmos.
Eventually, out of the innumerable combinations of particles, one occurred with that rarest of qualities: stability. Soon the standard of stability had been set within the universe, and more followed.
Of those, some were of greater or lesser complexity, and each of these replicated itself across the Morphogenic Field. These too combined and recombined, their complexity and stability changing and replicating, until a selection reached a stage where they could replicate directly, without need for the protean supernebulae. From these arose the first life, and from their interaction with the Morphogenic Field, soon the first mind arose. From this evolved self-awareness, and from this, sentience.
Life and sentience came in many forms. There were those who fed upon the increasing entropy of the newborn cosmos. There were those who fed on the ambient energies and swirling particulate matters. And there were those who fed on life.
These were the Dark Times.
Into the cooling universe we Time Lords evolved, and were at once pit against the sapiovorous races which preceded us or were our contemporaries. Unlike many, we survived and, after great struggles, triumphed. In honour of those who had been consumed, we banished or contained those forces which would destroy the species around them. In this way we made the universe safe for developing life. In the beginning there was Matter, Energy, and Mind, and the Mind was of two parts. There was Sifr, complexity, light, life; there was Nasr, purity, darkness, tenure. And the Mind compelled the Matter, and the Mind guided the Energy, and the Mind touched upon every [fragment], and said, "Allow those as we are."
And in the instants beyond that Beginning, there were the Children, and the Children were many. And the Children were of all parts: Mind, Matter, Energy.
And the Mind observed the Children and thought them flawed. Sifr wished upon them dynamism. To change and evolve. Nasr wished upon them solidity. To exist and endure. And the Mind was split.
And the Mind turned against itself and saw in its anger the destruction of all things: no change. No endurance. And the Mind turned away from its anger, and selected among its Children its favourite, and laid in their minds the song of Time and the breath of the Beginning, and placed them upon the [axis] to which Mind, and Matter, and Energy were [beholden]. And Sifr gave them the gift of the Sight of All Things, and Nasr gave them the gift of their Endurance upon the [World]. And the Mind stepped to the sides of its Children, and let them take in hand and be the exemplars of balance upon the [World].
And the [World] was good.
And the [World] evolved. And the [World] endured. And at times of extremity nor Sifr nor Nasr has numbered we arose and said to our children: behold the imbalance, and the anger of Mind. And our children once more took in hand and set the balance of the [World].
And the [World] evolved. And the [World] endured.
And our Children turned their faces and took in hand to set the Balance of the [World] while Sifr [danced] and Nasr [slept]. And they forgot the names of Mind. And in times of extremity when Sifr and Nasr [woke] within the [World] we found our Children with turned face and averted >mind<.
And once again the Mind was angered.
And a decision was made by the Nasr to end the chaos of rebellion. And a decision was made by the Sifr to end the tenure of those whose faces were turned. And we were once again [awake] within the [World], where of all those first Children, only the Children with turned faces had endured. And once again the Mind touched upon every [fragment], and all was at the [hands] of Mind.