Scale

> "A cosmic wallflower who refuses to interact with others, with force if necessary."
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There are tales of a monstrous scaled being appearing throughout the multiverse. It is said that this being steals individuals away from their timelines. It has sometimes even dragged away those who are more powerful. The only traces are an enigmatic energy signature. Many people have tried to investigate into this entity, try to discern its origin. However, anyone trying to investigate in him is swiftly convinced otherwise. His existence is surrounded in a veil of mystery, confusion, and above all else paints a picture of a complete monster who views living people as nothing more than subjects to be used.

This entity is known only as **Scale,** a name that is not a self given one, but rather given by those who have seen their actions throughout the multiverse. They are most infamous on the network for being responsible for the current state of The Librarian - or as they attribute themselves, "its creator".

Very little is known about Scale; they are definitely uninterested in answering questions. However, scraps and pieces about them have been gathered. Enough has been learned at this point to discern that their true identity is that of a Reaper - which, to say the least, caused somewhat of stir. When The Regent learned of this, he and The Nine Gods declared war on the Reapers. However, this seems to have caused little inconvenience for them, and their activities as well as plans continue on unhindered. Really, as the conflict with The Nine simmered down, many of the Reapers made the conclusion that Scale was simply an exaggerated scapegoat and was not as bad as they were made out to be. After all, monsters are no strangers to the Reapers, so long as they play their cards right - the continued existence of Mechanicus is a testament to this.

They seem to have a hatred for politics and conflict, avoiding them at all costs; anyone who has ever tried to drag them into a political situation tends to receive extremely harsh backlash and regrets it. Also, they really do not like chess metaphors for some reason.

Scale commonly appears as a mass of disfigured scales, eyes, and tentacles. They are colourful mixture of red, yellow, and green. Sometimes they may appear more humanoid, if intending to be less threatening - though their humanoid shape is extremely uncanny, and they prefer their cloaks.

## Personality

Scale typically acts in an aloof manner. They avoid contact with others for the most part, pushing them away. In fact, it is often said that they are one of the most difficult entities to contact in the multiverse.Their view on others seems to typically be complete apathy, ignoring their existence. However, those who gain their attention tend to regret it. Scale is the exact type of entity one wants to be ignored by, as becoming a subject of their interest never ends well for those who have been involved.

One of the defining features of Scale appear to be extreme paranoia. They has taken extreme steps to both keep his true nature a secret and to remain overall irrelevant in the grand scheme of the multiverse. This is also an extremely puzzling aspect of their character, and brings up several questions. Is Scale actually not very powerful? Are they just abnormally paranoid? Is there something they fear? Just how many identities do they have? And although their status as a Reaper does point to a few answers, it does not yet explain their behavior perfectly.

Scale is also extremely patient. They are capable of waiting for millions of years to get their way, await for the death of their enemies, and to commit their next step of action. If there's someone in their way trying to stop them, Scale will simply wait until they inevitably die, even if it takes several eternities. They carefully space out both the time of and the severity of their activities. Most other entities merely end up viewing them as an insignificant nobody who is sometimes a mild annoyance.

They also seems to have a tendency towards intimidation, in order to avoid any actual fights. Scale tends to try to avoid killing, however sometimes an entity manages to tick them off so much that they avoid this typical protocall. They intentionally stirs up this atmosphere of fear and terror surrounding their very existence. This idea that you are truly never safe from them is one they reveal in. And to top it all off, they can back up the reputation perfectly. They also love making examples out of people who try to intervene, typically resulting in their victims being rendered powerless and reduced to ashes psychologically.

However, they sometimes have the occasion for messing around with individuals for nothing other than sheer fun. They have an account on TTN, typically for messing with Helios. They also often toy severely with The Librarian, taunting him, robbing him of his sense of individuality, and making casual quips in his presence. Indeed, they have been much more active with events surrounding The Librarian in the past few months than in the multiverse as a whole in the last ten thousand years - which has raised some eyebrows.

## Threat Level

Many individuals consider Scale their enemy, knowing what they are responsible for and capable of. They are someone TTN would love to eliminate, especially for the sake of individuals such as Librarian and Duygu. Individuals who are examples of those who *survived* just one of many of Scale's twisted experiments, and not in a good state for it - one who even will succumb to their psychological pressure if not protected soon enough.

However, Scale is not someone that TTN can deal with easily. They are simply too much of a risk for too low a reward. Simply put, Scale does not view TTN as their enemy. The inhabitants of the net would like to keep it this way, though it seems like this neutrality is slowly shifting away. And for the time being, Scale appears to be following their usual pattern - intending to stay unnoticed. ~~This is, of course, because Scale is a bitch.~~ However, it is well known that a plan is being worked on to dispose of them. Whenever that plan will work on an entity that has seen several others try the same is yet to be seen.