Why Celestial Bodies (Besides Earth) Are Important

A long, long time ago, back when Floppa hadn't been born, 69 was bored.

He was bored enough to do things that were detrimental to his health.

One such thing was taking all of his strength and making a celestial body.

As a result, 69 (accidentally) created the source from which people would draw magic power when they were out. Upon discovering this, an opportunistic 69 laughed. If he made a debt system to go with the magic they sapped from the celestial bodies he made, 69 could cast people into despair without even lifting a finger. Everything that happened to the foolish mages that wanted more would be their fault, and theirs alone. Struck by a surge of vigor, 69 crafted as many things as he could before making the debt system.

He watched as millions of people - amazed by this sudden well of power they thought could draw from infinitely - spent more and more of 69's magic until they found that they couldn't cast spells properly anymore. And when they found that casting a spell just resulted in disaster, the people wept - for they believed they had done something that had invoked the wrath of the divine spirits they worshipped. This brought 69 joy, for he grew stronger with every tear that rolled down the people's faces.

A few years later, 69 decided to destroy one of the celestial bodies on a whim. He felt that it was deformed, and needed to be remade. However, after destroying it, the universe he was in seemed to trip and fall flat on its face. Many solar systems were thrown out of place, and several suns collapsed in on themselves, creating supernovas that annihilated everything within their range. The people of Earth cried out for help, begging for mercy as natural disasters decimated their homes. It was bad enough that 69 felt the smallest bit of sympathy for them, and recreated the celestial body.

It was then that 69 decided to find the cause of this universal upset. He searched the celestial bodies he created and found that some of his magic power was missing. At this point, all of the magic debts had been paid off already, so it couldn't have been that. Intrigued, 69 continued to search for the cause of the disturbance.

Eventually, 69 stopped for a break. He was unable to find anything that might've led to the disruption of the universe's natural order, but it was also the most fun 69 had in millennia. It was then that 69 found that he was thirsty. Seeking nourishment, he drew power from a star that he hadn't created. However, after devouring the star, he found something odd - a bit of the power that he had used to make the celestial bodies had returned to him.

69 was stunned. How could a star he hadn't created have some of his magic power? 69 decided to find another celestial body he hadn't created and consumed it. It, too, had some of his magical power. 69 did some more research and eventually found that his power had developed a bit of a personality. This personality had made the power greedy for more, and so it had reached out to the celestial bodies that hadn't been created by 69. After this, the power had been corrupting the star bit by bit, converting the star's power into 69's power.

69 also found that all of the bodies he'd created were connected as one, and destroying one of them would cause the rest to behave violently due to the pain that would follow. In other words, just about 80% (and growing) of the universe was part of 69's power, and no one could kill him or get rid of the celestial bodies, or else the entire universe would collapse. He now had nearly an entire universe under his command.

Having found the cause of the turmoil, 69 returned to his throne. While gazing at Earth, he thought to himself, "I will soon be the ruler of the entire universe. Everything shall be under my command. What more is there to want?" But then he was struck by an idea - a way to maximize the people's misery. He would destroy the Earth slowly, and watch the people cry out in terror. When just a few thousand were left, he would transport them to a different planet that was just as suitable for life as Earth was. It was perfect, and he laughed aloud thinking of the absolute anguish it would bring. And so, he decided to put his plan into action.

However, all did not go as expected. As it turned out, Earth was neither corrupted by his magic power nor destructible. Despite 69 using all of his world-eradicating paraphernalia, Earth simply refused to break. Livid, 69 roared. The citizens of Earth shivered, for 69's screech had put out all of the fires on Earth and the sun's flame had been smothered quite a bit. 69 tried again and again before abandoning his objective.

Soon, 69 forgot all about the fiasco - he was too busy trying to corrupt and destroy Earth. In retrospect, he says that "I wish I had focused on the planets that were already corrupted instead. Maybe then I would have defeated Floppa when He first rose against me."

While Floppa was trying to succeed in carrying out his insurrection, He accidentally imbued Earth with His power when he broke free of the net 69 trapped Him in. Just as well, though, especially since 69's power attempted to take over Earth after 69 was banished. Since Floppa's power had well permeated the world by then, Earth was able to fight off the offenders. Floppa didn't know of this, but He did claim that He had a headache that day.

As for the fate of 69's power after being defeated, it started to fade away. Earth opposing 69's power had inspired the stars that had been taken over to fight back. After regaining control of themselves, they purged the ones that 69 had made and turned them into normal stars. However, they pledged themselves to Floppa because it was only because of Him that they were able to do such things, and Earth granted each of them a bit of Floppa's power. All the celestial bodies accepted this, and they fused with the bit of power they were given. As a result, Floppa is now the ruler of the universe.

Of course, 69 didn't tell Floppa these things - he was too busy with his own matters.