[It's becoming more and more clear that he has to explain this from the beginning. He sips his tea.]
The analogue to zanpakutou in my world is something called a Chain. Contracting them is rare. They're entities that can make their home within your body. They lend you considerable power, but the strain of the contract is immense.
Chains come from a world known as the Abyss. They enter our own by planting an anchor in a host, and pulling themselves through to our world using their soul. As they remain in our world, the pull on them to return to the Abyss inevitably becomes greater and greater, until something snaps and they're dragged back down, along with their human host. This typically results in the death of the host, though it's my personal theory that the contractors become chains themselves.
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Date: 2010-10-30 08:58 pm (UTC)[It's becoming more and more clear that he has to explain this from the beginning. He sips his tea.]
The analogue to zanpakutou in my world is something called a Chain. Contracting them is rare. They're entities that can make their home within your body. They lend you considerable power, but the strain of the contract is immense.
Chains come from a world known as the Abyss. They enter our own by planting an anchor in a host, and pulling themselves through to our world using their soul. As they remain in our world, the pull on them to return to the Abyss inevitably becomes greater and greater, until something snaps and they're dragged back down, along with their human host. This typically results in the death of the host, though it's my personal theory that the contractors become chains themselves.