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'The Tc-Supergods' is a term used to refer to a version of The Supergod Council existing in a parallel Transcendentem to ours within the Transcendentem Continuum. The Tc-Supergods are referred to as such as the Transcendentem they reside in is commonly known as "Transcendentem-Tc", as opposed to our own, referred to as "Transcendentem-Ta".

The group is mostly composed of the same members as our Supergod Council, and the events of its formation are largely the same. However, events begin to differentiate from those of the Council in our local Cohort when the Collapse began to take its effect, resulting in far fewer casualties among the Council however leaving those who survived in a more difficult position.

The majority of Tc-Supergods (specifically Paradoxus, Logixel, Conceptilum, Matharin, Empiroxus, Abstractil, Xenixel and Peralitus) are currently stranded in the middle of Transcendentem, struggling to survive by hiding inside their broken automaton Hellensoerensen and using it as a protective shell from the effects of the Collapse. Three others however (specifically Kalyutim, Omnarin and Tracidel) remain within the Council's Beyond Bubble, attempting to restore the Council's complex Tunnel system to locate and rescue the other Tc-Supergods.

Kalyutim has appointed himself leader of the 'Emergency Supergod Council' in the absence of Xenixel and is spearheading the effort to rescue the other Supergods. Omnarin is attempting to help Kalyutim in his efforts but often gets distracted very easily, much to the annoyance of Kalyutim. Tracidel has a deep hatred for the former members of the Supergod Council and doesn't consider rescuing them to be a priority at all, instead believing that Kalyutim and Omnarin (whom she idolizes) are the future of the Council.

Characters and Locations

The majority of Tc-Supergods share the same identities as those in our local Cohort. However, Conceptilum and Matharin's three youngest children (known in our Transcendentem as Unthil, Realitus and Imaginatim) were born and raised on their own without the influence of Conceptilum, Paradoxus or Logixel. As such, they developed entirely different personalities and identities. Along with this, the unique circumstances of the Collapse greatly altered the state and function of Tc-Hellensoerensen compared to Ta-Hellensoerensen.

Kalyutim

Kalyutim is a dedicated and intelligent but overworked and highly irritable Supergod, currently leading an 'Emergency Supergod Council' within a parallel version of Beyond inside Transcendentem-Tc. Kalyutim is the third child of Conceptilum and Matharin and the only one to inherit Matharin's Omniscience^3, making him far more knowledgeable than his siblings very early on into his life.

Background/Lore

Kalyutim was born into very unfortunate circumstances – hatching during the catastrophic Beyond Bubble Collapse that was threatening his Beyond Bubble and family, while everyone he knew was far away from Beyond. Kalyutim's Omniscience^3 immediately made him acutely aware that he was alone in the Bubble, which would be destroyed any metasecond now if he didn't take action. Thus, Kalyutim's life began with him desperately saving and repairing his Beyond Bubble, with only knowledge granted to him by his Omniscience^3. Since then, he has taken the role of leader of the Supergod Council in Xenixel's place and is attempting to rescue his family and the other Council members while maintaining the stability of Beyond.

By any metric, Kalyutim was left with far too many problems for any newly hatched Supergod to deal with. His Beyond Bubble was on the brink of annihilation, the Tunnel systems leading out of Beyond were destroyed, countless Monocosms were in desperate need of repair and he was also left as the only one capable of raising his two younger siblings, Omnarin and Tracidel, who hatched shortly after the Collapse. As such, Kalyutim's entire existence from the metamoment he was born has been a desperate rush to try and fix everything to the best of his abilities. He can never really remember a time when he wasn't working. His Omniscience^3 helps with this of course – not only does it serve as a massive collection of useful information, but it also aids him in quickly coming up with easy solutions to countless problems. But nevertheless, Kalyutim very often feels overwhelmed by his circumstances which sometimes appear to be far beyond his control.

Personality

Kalyutim is a very dedicated and somewhat altruistic Supergod, always on the lookout for new solutions to problems wherever he can find them. Despite his efforts to help anyone and everyone he can, Kalyutim is quick to anger as he is always in a constantly rushed state, making minor distractions utterly infuriating from his perspective. This mostly manifests when attempting to work with his younger sibling Omnarin, who gets constantly distracted and often seemingly makes attempts to distract Kalyutim too, something he absolutely cannot stand. Omnarin is a very difficult Supergod to offend, so Kalyutim's outbursts tend to have very few negative repercussions, although the extreme rage of this colossal all-powerful god must surely be a fright for passing mortals. (Something that very often makes Kalyutim feel bad, though he doesn't really have the metatime to apologize with his busy schedule.) Tracidel thinks Kalyutim's outbursts are perfectly reasonable and anyone in his position would be easy to anger, and more generally she is very keen that everyone knows how much of a competent, intelligent and level-headed leader he is.

Kalyutim finds attempting to deal with Tracidel exceedingly difficult as he sees her objectives as completely contradictory to his own. Obviously, if Omnarin's minor distractions greatly angered Kalyutim, Tracidel's interruptions make him absolutely livid. However, Tracidel has very thin skin and often gets extremely upset when Kalyutim loses his temper, prompting him to attempt to better control it when around her. (Although 'attempt' is very much the key word here.) Kalyutim loves Tracidel very much and put far more effort into her upbringing than Omnarin's, however absolutely does not trust her judgement whatsoever and goes to great lengths to prevent Tracidel from gaining any real control over Beyond in any form, while also hiding this fact from her as he knows how much this revelation would upset her. While one might assume Kalyutim greatly appreciates Tracidel's endless praise, in reality Kalyutim finds it difficult to listen to as the leaps in logic Tracidel has to make remind him of just how many failures he's had while attempting to set things right.