Derxwna Kapsyla
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Derxwna Kapsyla of the Abyss
| Full Name | Derxwna Kapsyla |
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| Species | Human |
| Race | Caucasian |
| Gender | Male |
| Abilities | Abyssal Particle Manipulation |
| Born | April 15th |
| Age | "32" |
| Relationships | Kalypsa Kapsyla (Sister) R.K. (Associate) Krail Rigatro (College Roommate) |
| Homeworld | Earth |
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| Homeland | United States |
| Occupation | Omniversal Overseer |
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| Looks | Appears to be in his late 20s |
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| Hair Style and Color | Rather messy when unmaintained, dark brown, dropping down to his shoulders. |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Height | 5'9 |
| Clothing | An old white lab coat that's starting to fade a bit, a bit torn, that drops down to his knees. A black undershirt, and a white pair of pants. |
Derxwna Kapsyla is one of the Omniversal Overseers. Alongside R.K., Derxwna keeps an eye on Omniverse and checks for any sign of unnatural Destabilization Catalyst appearances. He spends most of his time in the Abyss either reading or playing various video games, as abnormalities don't happen too often. He seldom departs from the Abyss for travel unless the silence of the realm grows too overwhelming. He is the older brother of the twin Kapsyla "siblings", with Kalypsa Kapsyla being his younger sister.
Era of the Epsilon Facility
College Life
Back before Derxwna entered the Abyss, he was known by the name of Andrew Pozitski, his real name. Back then, he used to be fascinated by the concept of time and space, and when he started watching a certain British TV show about adventures through Time and Space, he came to the realization that he wanted to figure out how to create a way to travel across time and space.
In college, his classes were mostly focused on higher mathematics, quantum physics, astrology, as well as numerous other classes which were somehow intertwined with the study of Time and Space. In his studies, he and a colleague of his, Krail Rigatro, had discovered documentation on the existence of a dark spot at the "Edge of the Universe". Together they managed to develop a machine which could transport stuff to the dark space, but since it could only transfer small objects, they built a small probe to be sent, which was to document and record what the dark space was. However, after the probe was sent, and after days of waiting, there was no feedback from the probe. They seemed this a lost cause, and decided to scrap the project.
While still at school, Andrew had come up with the idea that this wasn't the only universe. He used universe as an umbrella term to describe what happens within the boundaries of the dark space. This eventually developed into a full blown theory, which he wrote a paper about the existence of a multiple set of universes - a multiverse. Eventually, he graduated from the university he was attending, knowledgeable in enough to start him off on looking deeper into his idea of a Multiverse to see if it was true or not, and continue to find a way to develop a way to travel across the stars in time.
Rise of the Epsilon Facility
Andrew formed a research institute, the Epsilon Facility, with several people he knew from college among other individuals, dedicated to learning more about what lies beyond the reaches of their Universe, and attempting to prove the Multiverse Theory once and for all. This is what lead to the initialization of Operation Multithreading, which was the codename for the operation that would discover and make contact with a parallel universe of some kind, and was what birthed the creation of The Overseer, a highly sophisticated and advanced computer that would interface with the James Webb Telescope to try and pierce past the darkness at the "Edge of the Universe". Once Overseer was able to discover another universe, Andrew presented his findings to the scientific community in an attempt to gain funding for the next part of their plan. Unfortunately, most organizations thought the idea of establishing communications with a parallel universe was too far-fetched an idea to be a possibility, save for one; World Travel Inc, the largest travel agency in the world.
Through the backing of World Travel Inc., the Epsilon Facility was able to begin work on Project Planeswalker, which would later be called the Reality Gateway Machine. Project Planeswalker's ultimate goal was the transportation of matter from one universe to another. Despite multiple failures, Andrew and the facility pressed on, trying to get the machine to work. When they got it working as best as they could, they moved forward with using actual humans.
Reality Gateway Machine Incident
The first expedition with the Reality Gateway Machine would be a memorable one, as it was the first to send humans through the machine. The ones to go through were part of Epsilon Facility staff, and volunteered of their own accord. Of them were second in command of the Epsilon Facility, Ellie Zalinkor, and the the head of Research & Development, Tarota -----. Andrew oversaw the operation, only to discover the operation resulting in apparent failure. After roughly a month of no communication, the Epsilon Facility lost hope of their safety, and the entire facility was left in disarray for a short while. It wouldn't be for another year that a second attempt was even discussed.
While Andrew had entertained the idea of a second expedition, he was hesitant to even propose the idea. He spent most of his time in his office, trying to deduce why it failed the first time around, and why the machine had a faulty success rate to begin with. He and his team were able to optimize the machine further, but it would never go much higher than a 60% success rate. Despite Andrew's constant efforts, he still couldn't figure out what was responsible for the teleportation. The other scientists would observe Andrew in his office constantly, pouring over notes and documentation while he tried to figure out the mystery.
The rumors of a second expedition begun to fly around the facility, and those who were with the facility for the first expedition were hesitant about attempting another one so soon. Andrew wasn't even the one to propose the idea, but someone caught wind of one of his conversations with a World Travel Inc. representative., where he said they were "looking into one for the future". Eventually, Andrew came out to address the rumors officially, but he never got a proper chance to confirm or deny whether or not a second one would be happening., as the Reality Gateway Machine was activated prematurely, and sucked them- along with the entire Universe as a result- into the oblivion. The scientists of the Epsilon Facility would find themselves in an empty, black realm.
In the empty realm, Andrew and the scientists would come across a being that appeared to be a cyborg of some kind. They revealed their existence to be known as R.K., an entity that was tasked to keep an eye on the Omniverse and prevent unnatural disasters from occurring within it. While R.K. was explaining what just happened to the world they came from, Andrew had come to the realization that this entity was actually, somehow, the drone that he and his friend Krail had send into the dark space, which R.K. revealed to be called The Abyss, and was the same realm they were in right now. However, after realizing this, another wave of guilt flooded over Andrew, on top of the guilt of the previous Incident, the current one, and the fact that he and Krail abandoned hope of R.K. still existing.
When the Scientists were to return home, Andrew opted to stay behind in the Abyss and assist R.K. with their endeavors. While he cited the reason being curiosity, as well as a sense of obligation, the large contributing factor was guilt, and this was his way of punishing himself for his actions, despite it not being his fault. The scientists departed for the repaired universe, leaving Andrew behind. R.K. then began to officially inform him of the properties of the Omniverse, as well as the Abyss.
A Denizen of the Abyss
Birth of the Voidwalker
Andrew began learning what R.K. knew in its time in the Abyss; how Abyssal Particles work and what they do, as well as how to sense them, the hierarchy of the Three Realms, how Omniverses break down and function, how time and space flow in the Abyss (rather, how they don't flow), what a Destabilizer Catalyst was, how the Abyss handles universes that have been destabilized, as well as how he went about defending universes. As part of Andrew's training, R.K. took him out to various universes to assist on patrols and to practice particle manipulation.
While Andrew explored new places, he picked up his own way of resolving conflicts in universes. Whereas R.K. took a more frontal approach with various types of weaponry, Andrew often sought to use other means to resolve conflicts, such as using the populace to form an uprising, or using the technology against their users. Most of the time, he preferred to keep his hands clean when possible- if he could avoid taking life or spilling blood, he would. Ultimately, his methods were to stick to the shadows. When Andrew finally got the hang of manipulating particles properly, he started going out to universes on his own, handling small scale conflicts to hone his skills. It was also around this time that he adopted the name Derxwna Kapsyla. Derxwna was picked up from his old internet alias, while Kapsyla was from a universe that had it defined as a term in its local language for "one who comes from the shadows".
As Derxwna continued to practice with the Abyssial Particles, he sought to create more elaborate Void Objects with them. One of the things he made was the Overseer Household, the base of operations from which he and R.K. would live in and work. Once the house was set up, Derxwna began visiting various universes and bringing over technology from them to create a replica of The Overseer, one that was capable of analyzing Universes on a scale similar to the first incarnation. Unbeknownst to Derxwna at the time, provided by The Creator, Overseer was upgraded once more to be much more powerful, and observe the Omniverse in it's infinite entirety.
An Omniverse in Turmoil
During Derxwna's time in The Abyss, he was involved with dealing with several incidents that threatened Omniversal Stability, one of the biggest ones being the Omniverse Destabilization Crisis, where the Existential Archetype of Entropy, Katagama utilized his Archetypical Doppelgangers to induce forced Universal Destabilization. While R.K. was the one dealing with the situation directly, Derxwna stayed behind in the Abyss to coordinate efforts and help R.K. locate any potential issues. There were a few instances where Derxwna stepped away from the control seat and left Overseer handle coordination while he dealt with Katagama elsewhere. One of these happened to take place in a universe that housed the realm of Gensokyo, where one of the clones was attempting to throw the realm into disarray.
During his excursion there, he discovered that the Hell of Blazing Fires had a unique property where it could completely melt down Destabilization Catalysts back into benign Abyssal Particles. This was fortunate, as disposing of catalysts up to that point had a risk of causing a rebound effect which could be any such number of effects- most notably, removing all of R.K.'s combat programming at the start of the incident, so they had just been storing them in a quarantine chamber of the Overseer Household until further notice. After brokering a deal with the overseer of the Underground, Derxwna and R.K. turned the Hell of Blazing Fires into their dumping ground for Destabilization Catalysts during the incident.
Code Mauve
At one point, The Overseer had reported traces of an unstable Universe that was being distorted. Being given the nickname the "Thundercloud Distortion", Derxwna was sent to investigate the universe and discover the cause for its distortion. Being unable to accurately gateway into the universe, the location he ended up in was a place called Research Station Cretya, where a group of scientists were trying to study what lies beyond their universe. Upon discovering that Derxwna was a visitor from outside their universe, they begged him to share his knowledge. However, coming just hot out of the Omniverse Destabilization Crisis, Derxwna was initially hesitant to tell them anything. However, he eventually made an agreement with the facility- in exchange for his knowledge, they would help him uncover the truth behind the "Thundercloud Distortion". With the agreement in place, Derxwna allowed himself to be picked for knowledge by these scientists almost finding himself at home in the process.
One of the phases of their project would involve Derxwna being placed into a deep-dive comatose state to study his memories and sample his DNA. Initial attempts to study his memories went well, however things started to take a darker turn as he begun to recall memories about the Reality Gateway Machine incident. With his emotional state going haywire, the machines studying him begun to fry and explode, razing half of the facility. In the process of this, the Overseer Threat Evaluation Program triggered a Code Mauve, which meant that the owner of the device was either missing or under extreme circumstances. This prompted R.K. to rush to the scene and recover the currently unconscious Derxwna and bring him back to The Abyss for recovery. While those scientists lost Derxwna, they still had a backup of their data, and this allowed them to continue their research, albeit in a... different manner.
Consequences of Disaster
A great deal of time after learning about the creation of Kalypsa, Derxwna would return back to his personal universal instance of Earth after an overwhelming sense of homesickness. He returns to the Epsilon Facility in the dead of night, only to get captured by the guards that had been stationed there by World Travel inc. He was taken to the Tibrena Facility on Totoya Island, where World Travel Inc. was attempting to create a hub for devices similar to the Reality Gateway Machine. Once Derxwna reached the grounds of the Tibrena Facility, Overseer's signal was jammed, and Overseer reported a Code Mauve once again.
In the Tibrena Facility, Derxwna was interrogated about his whereabouts for the past three years, as well as what he's been up to. Derxwna was still wary of informing non-aware individuals about The Abyss, and this time he was even further cautious about letting tells slip about the existence of the realm. He informed them that he had been universe jumping, but left out anything about The Abyss. When asked how he was doing that, he declined to answer any further questions, and was imprisoned in one of the detention cells. A few days after interrogation, Derxwna was taken before the head of World Travel Inc. herself, the very person who funded the Epsilon Facility's Project Planeswalker: Beatrix Corrisa.
Like the guards before, Beatrix also attempted to interrogate Derxwna and pull information out of him, and like before, Derxwna remained adamant with his answers. It was at that point that Beatrix sent her personal guards out of the room, and revealed to Derxwna that she was aware of both of the Reality Gateway Machine incidents, and that she was the Existential Archetype of Travel, which gave Derxwna the realization he needed as to why she was able to assist with efforts years ago. As Beatrix explains herself to Derxwna, Kalypsa and R.K. break into the conference room to rescue Derxwna, only to discover that the two of them were just having a conversation.
Derxwna is then informed of what his punishment was for the Reality Gateway Machine incident; he was to serve as Beatrix's personal assistant for the next year while he compiled his knowledge about the Omniverse and the Abyss, as well as how to make the Reality Gateway Machine function properly now, or he could surrender the technical knowledge of Overseer and help program a replica that would recognize Beatrix as an administrator, and allow her the ability to spread travel across the Omniverse at large, and doing such would lessen his sentence. Derxwna chose the later, as there was really no real reason not to knowing Beatrix's intentions. He served out his sentence as Beatrix's assistant for some months, trying to get an Overseer branch functioning properly outside of the Abyss. Once that was finished, his sentence was up, and he returned to the Abyss. After this, Derxwna begins to take somewhat more frequent trips back to his home universe from time to time.
The Unfortunate Archetype
After some time, the Thundercloud Distortion started to grow even more unstable, and was now at risk of causing a micro-Omniversal crisis. Derxwna and Kalypsa visit the universe once more to try and identify and solve the issue. Like last time, they end up at Research Station Cretya, and Derxwna and Kalypsa end up interrupting a meeting between Lifrana Sevaria and Elizabeth McDouglas, the lead scientist of the facility, and was also revealed to be Kalypsa's creator. After apologizing profusely to both of the Abyssdwellers, the four of them set out to solve the mystery of the Thundercloud Distortion once and for all.
The hypothesis they come to is that an Archetype is behind it, and given that they showed up in Research Station Cretya both times, the source of it must be within the "approximate" area. Derxwna inquires if there's been any strange occurrences lately, and both Elizabeth and Lifrana recall the conversation they were having earlier- an individual by the name of Kagari Lux, the former second in command of an organization called the Enigma Brigade, has gone missing. The four of them hunt her down by interrogating former members of the Enigma Brigade, and ultimately end up going to the ruins of a great battle that occurred several hundred years ago. It is there that they find Kagari, tending to a makeshift memorial.
She initially demands they leave, and she won't hesitate to use force to drive them off. As the four try to approach, a violent rays of light begin to storm around them, preventing them from approaching Kagari. She remarks that she's had the abilities for a long time, and her lord swore that they would get to the bottom of it, and threatens to use them against the four of them if they don't leave her alone. They don't approach, but Derxwna begins to probe her for information from afar- bringing up terms such as "Archetypes", "The Abyss", and "The Creator". Eventually Derxwna says something that causes Kagari to go completely haywire, which as a result causes the four of them to get trapped in an illusory world composed of Kagari's memories. In her memories, they learn that she was indeed the Archetype of Light, who ended up being flung into this universe at the height of an incident called the "Archetype War", instigated by an unknown threat that even she couldn't identify. After being flung into that universe, she developed amnesia, and was found trapped in ice by a group of travelers and brought back to their house, and she became indebted to this family, assisting them when she could, and this is how she came to be in the service of the Wandering Mage, and his eventually reincarnation, Kotonoji.
After resolving the incident, Derxwna and Kalypsa take an unconscious Kagari back to The Abyss, in the hopes that returning her to where she came from will stabilize her, or that they can get The Creator to treat her properly. Before they leave, Derxwna installs a branch of The Overseer in Research Station Cretya, as both thanks to Elizabeth for assisting them, and to make good on his promise to impart knowledge of the Omniverse to her in return for helping him solve the mystery behind the Thundercloud Distortion. Of course, the other, unsaid, reason for him doing so was part of his repayment to Beatrix, who wanted him to install branches of Overseer in as many places as he could to make Cross-Universal travel with the Reality Gateway Machine Mk. III easier.
Habits and Personality
Derxwna tends to seclude himself within the Abyss, observing things via the Overseer, and doing various recreational activities on the supercomputer to pass by the time when he's not busy working. On occasion, he will venture outside of the Abyss to travel to different universes to unwind his built up stress and exhaustion. He tends to frequent the Hell of Blazing Fires, as it's where he disposes of Destabilization Catalysts that are left behind after incidents, as it seems to be the only known source that can properly, and safely, dismantle the physical object, and return the particles that composed it to the world safely.
When it comes to combat, Derxwna prefers to avoid using weapons when possible. Instead, he has learned to manipulate Abyssal Particles to create binds which will restrain and restrict his targets from moving or acting in any capacity. He is also capable of infusing objects with elemental energy, which he tends to use in conjunction with his Abyssal Chains, in an attempt to overwhelm the target's senses with the elemental storm he inflicts.
Outside of combat, he prefers to deal with situations by taking a back seat. He observes the situation, gathers information, and conveys it to necessary parties, spurring them into action if need be. Though, if he can avoid doing all that, he would much rather prefer to take a more civilized approach, talking things out and through negotiations. If those get a chance to fail, that's when he'll begin spurring the local population to resolve their own issues.
On the whole, Derxwna is a gentle soul and tries to remain that way. He is riddled by depression and guilt, mostly the result of both incidents surrounding the Reality Gateway Machine incident, and sometimes it consumes him and controls his actions, but when it isn't wracking him, he's a compassionate individual, if a bit stoic at times. He wears his heart on his sleeve, but does not tend to show his emotions unless it's around people he trusts strongly enough, which is the complete opposite of his sister Kalypsa. If he's capable of it, he will go out of his way to make a situation better for those around him. Though he doesn't show it as often anymore, he is passionate about certain things, and when it shines through he becomes incapable of stopping until his energy reserves deplete.
Despite discarding his identity upon entering The Abyss, Derxwna is sentimental and holds onto several artifacts that he obtained back from his time on his Earth. Several photos of friends and family, a pair of blue eight-sided dice that a friend had made for him, his old bits of computers and gaming devices that, while completely superseded by Overseer in every way, he still uses on occasion. Most of his old bedroom was brought to The Abyss to decorate his existing bedroom. He is very attached to things, including people, sometimes to a fault in both regards. After entering The Abyss, his hyper-attachment to people has slowly started to wane as a result of his new living situation.