Eldritch Nine: The Quantum Absurdity

Originally posted on The Hypershard Dispatches:

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Of all the Nine who are One, there is perhaps none less abiding by the normal rules of the physical universe and sensible biology than the Quantum Absurdity. A powerful being capable of controlling nuclear binding forces and atomic particle decay, the Absurdity appears to be a cross between a giant tardigrade, a vampire squid, a sea jelly, and a mass of crystaline matter connected like giant neurons with synapse-like tendrils.

These tendrils sport mouths with disturbingly humanlike teeth, though a closer look would reveal that they are all molars, lacking incisors and canines. The Absurdity is the sole survivor of a species of aggressive, intelligent herbivores.

Unfortunately, it is not just, well, absurd-looking, but insane. Its species, vaguely resembling the humans of billions of years hence, was destroyed in the transformation of the Absurdity into an almost immortal monstrosity and cosmic being…

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