—Evelyn
BOOOOOOMMMMM
Another slam coming from the outside, it no longer wanted to wait, it was trying to break in and Kiana—Still floated motionlessly—Silent—Unmoving—Like a corpse suspended in the Mariana Trench
"HKKHKHKH—HHKH" I could no longer breathe as sea water had breached my tank and it was flooding my already broken helmet, my thoughts blurred, I could no longer feel anything, as my consciousn—
—Klein Moretti (An unknown island)
!!!
Space warped, and all of a sudden everything came to an end, that was the only way I could describe this moment, the world stopped, every atom stood still without moving, and then—"EVE" Cael's shout broke the silence as he rushed towards his wife
To be exact everybody else was frozen in place as we looked at the scene in front of us. Crushed, Evelyn crushed in half, her helmet cracked completely, she barely looked human there were no other words that perfectly described this moment
"IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS" Gaby was thrashing everywhere as she had ripped her own helmet off, clawing everything, her claws elongated her eyes looked like they were burning in fire colored like blood
I acted fast, using Fool and Error instantaneously, I fooled the perceptions of all the normal civilians ensuring nobody knew than using Error, I made an error in Gaby's perception putting her to sleep, and made Evelyn's body believe it was completely fine
"GABY" Nicole scrambled as she shook Gaby's body back and forth, but at the very least right now, she was completely asleep for now at the very least, while Fool and Error are indeed powerful they only alter reality by fooling perception and creating an error in the world thus
"Get the others—Now" My voice no longer gentlemanly as I opened an illusory door, everyone reacted fast, Shiraori using her threads and portals instantly transported them elsewhere, as the rest of the family quickly entered the portal
—Cael Lucian
"It should be fine, Kiana's there, I doubt there's anything that's stronger than the Pillar of Conclusion" Klein's word reassured me, he was right after all, The Pillar of Conclusion was conceptually the strongest Pillar governing Conclusion
And than, out of no where a system warning appeared in my face
[WARNING! TELEPORTATION IMMINENT, ], than I saw my wife. She no longer looked human, broken helmet, her suit had ripped completely, my thoughts went blank for a split second before I screamed
Klein acted fast, as The Pillar of Deviation he stayed completely calm, reacting and bringing everyone back to The Family's house hold, Evelyn was back in shape—For now, Fool and Error aren't true healing after all.
"This is…" Violet's voice no longer sounded curious, she was shocked, even a being like her was shocked at what happened to my wife, was it really that bad? I didn't know, I didn't want to know, I just want my wife to be safe.
HUMMMMMMMMMM
A golden light shimmered from Violet's palm as both Gaby and Eve were instantly resuscitated and almost instantly—COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH—Evelyn's violent coughing as water mixed with her blood escaped from her throat.
"What—?" Gaby sounded confused, delirious perhaps as she was staring at her arms like they weren't hers, than out no where she blurted "WAIT WHERE'S KIANA?" Her first thought after waking up was to find the Pillar of Conclusion.
I instantly asked the system, What was happening to the Pillar of Conclusion, and the answer it gave was one that made my blood run cold
[Stop the Pillar of Conclusion from ending everything]
"What—? WHAT DO YOU MEAN STOP HER FROM ENDING EVERYTHING" My shout frantic as everyone turned to me, even Violet looked at me, eyes serious no longer did it show any form of curiosity, but purely a single question—What?—And then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
—Klein Moretti
"SNAP OUT OF IT KIANA" I shouted, as I tried my best to stop her, her eyes looked completely empty, and the worst part? She was in her Herrscher of Finality form—Rampaging destroying everything on her path
"This has never happened before, never in any cycle" The Pillar of Recollection said with a tone of worry
"I've time slipped and tried every possibility, it all ends the same" The Pillar of Cohesion's word were sharp, he was serious no longer joking or trying to show off
"—!!!!!!!!!!" An unintelligible scream could be heard from The Pillar of Conclusion as she continued to rampage, for now I was holding it using Error and Fool but even I don't know how long I'll last
"Maybe Nihili—"
"It can't You tried that before, Visionary to" Ezron's voice cut off before I could even say the complete sentence
HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
A Golden barrier was erected as it completely covered the entire place but—CRACK CRUMBLEEEEE—It was instantaneously destroyed like it was nothing
"Impossible." The Pillar of Continuation's word were shocking, she who allowed everything to renew and continue couldn't stop the Conclusion that was happening and—!!!!!!!!!!!!—The entire world stopped, Time stopped, Matter stopped, Everything stopped.
Even I felt affected but using Fool and Error I stopped it's affects on us for now, I could feel the Conclusion slowly concluding every single Deviation I was doing—The urge to scream Leodero—No now's not the time for jokes so I ask the ones who were with her.
"What did you guys do?!?!?" I asked Gaby, it was not a good idea to ask Evelyn as she was still shaking still traumatized, and the words that came from Gaby's words were even more shocking news.
"WE SWAPPED BODIES FOR AN HOUR, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT BUT IT'S PROBABLY CAUSING WHATEVERS WRONG WITH HER RIGHT NOW" She shouted, Worry? Fear? I didn't even have time to think my mind was fully occupied on stopping her 'Conclusion'
"What did it feel like?" Herta's analytical voice pierced through the worry like a knife slicing butter
"Empty, completely empty, I couldn't feel a thing like—"
"Klein. do you feel the same?" Before Gaby could complete her explanation, Herta cut her off as she instantly asked me
"In my original world, those of us who've reached a high level require 'Anchors' to remind us of our human side, Ray and Amon can confirm this also I don't think I can keep this up for long, I can feel my 'Deviations' concluding at an unnatural rate, also Gaby what do you mean 'completely empty?'"
"Every thing she does has to be manually made, tasting food, Every 'breath', Every 'exertion' was artificial, to be exact, no lactic acid build up, no actual taste buds, she said using Binding she 'artificially' made it to be similar of an average human"
"Even after reaching the level of a deity, 'we' would still feel at least a sliver of emotion and you're telling me she has none?"
"When I was in her body, I felt nothing." and right as Gaby said those words, the world went blank, complete blankness, there was no feel, no nothing, like everything had ended, like a story that has reached it's final page
"Are we dead-?" Those were the words that came out of the Pillar of Cohesion's mouth.
—Cael Lucian
"When I was in her body, I felt nothing." and right as Gaby said those words, the world went blank, complete blankness, there was no feel, no nothing, like everything had ended, like a story that has reached it's final page
"Are we dead-?" Those were the words that came out of the Pillar of Cohesion's mouth, as I looked at my surroundings, everything was white, pure white, like a completely clean slate, like a brand new document, a brand new account.
My hands were still squeezing Eve's, there were only a few people near me, only the Pillars and some member of The Family
"Wherever we are, there's no earth here" Aldric's voice was stern but still carrying a slight calm
"I can't feel any mana" Kim Siora continued as she tried to float or cast any magic to no avail
"DDRAIG'S GONE" Gavin said with panic as he shouted, but was quickly calm after a slap from Alena
"Hey, isn't that her?" Gaby said as she pointed at a direction, as I looked at the direction she pointed, I could see 3 silhouette, one was purple, the other green, and one more was pure black, they were sitting in a small circle
—
"If I conclude my own existence, will it work?"
"████████████████████████"
"I see, will the other 'me' replace me as the Pillar of Conclusion?"
"██"
"███████████████"
"No, I'm not scared, I just don't want her to suffer like I did."
"████████████████"
"…"
"█████████████ That was how long "I" trained "
"███████████████████"
"I don't know."
"Hey, if I concluded my own ████, then I ██████ my ██████ will it work?"
"████████████████████?"
"It's just for me right? what's the worse that could happen to them~ maybe it'll feel like decades at most?"
"████████████████████"
"Then I better hope my own will stays strong enough so that "I" can wake up"
"██████████████████████████████"
"Hey I'll be like the canon Kiana than, staying at the moon to ██████ again,"
"██████████"
"I've done it once, at least that's better, I'm pretty sure there are many others who've had it worse than I did."
"████████████"
"See you, I hope we never have to meet again, after all every time we meet it's ████████████"
"████████████"
—
"?!?!" We were back at the island from before the absolute whiteness, Kiana was rampaging, Klein was still deviating her conclusion, and than out of no where—SNAP
"See you in a while, I'll be back" Kiana said with a smile as she closed her eyes and fell from the sky
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM
Her body slammed to the ground, and as Klein opened an illusory door towards her, she was there, unbroken, completely fine, but her eyes were empty, completely empty, she didn't move, she didn't react, like she was a doll.
She wasn't using Finality, Flamescion nor Void, her eyes were blue but just empty, no movement, no nothing, like a vessel that was abandoned, a mere shell of what used to be The Pillar of Conclusion.
"Hey. did you hear her conversation?" The first question I asked, I needed to make sure that wasn't a dream
"What are you guys talking about? What happened, why did she suddenly stop?" Herta bombarded me with question.
"████████████" Klein muttered.
"That was how long the other me originally 'trained' and she's doing it again." Gaby answered and that was their last words before they completely disappeared from the world.
—
Whether one likes it or not, life will continue on, and the surprising part? was the fact that only those of us who were there felt everything, for everyone else, it was like it never even happened, ever since that event which only me and Eve remembered.
The Pillars and The Family completely disappeared, they no longer appeared, they no longer interacted, it was like they never even existed, even Bronya the Workaholic had completely disappeared, and when I asked Herta.
"She said she'll be back, HeH I hope her mind doesn't dull" That was the only answer she gave me, and as I asked the system it only gave me the same exact answer no matter how many times I asked it.
[One day.] the exact same reply, no matter when no matter how many times I asked, and when I went to ask Ray Grisha, Elena and Lissandra, they'd give me the same answer
"I'm sorry, but please understand, they made a choice, and it's something private"
Even my Eve stayed silent, saying things like
"I'm sorry." and never explaining it to me
—XXXX Years later.
Humanity had changed, we were now immortal, and I was living with my wife in an isolated place , I had turned into a legend, Silence had turned into a luxury ever since my fame skyrocketed, no longer was I working a job, Just living a mundane life with my wife.
"Why are we doing this again?" "There's much better ways to dive now and you still stick to the suit and helmet, aren't you traumatized?"
"It still feels nice~, besides it reminds me of the past." She was donning that high tech diving suit again even though there were many better options, her left hand holding the same LAMA helmet
"Yes I can understand that, but why are you dragging me to do this again? I told you I don't like—"
"Shhhhhhh, You'll understand soon" her gloved fingers touched my lips as she shushed me, and before long, we were diving again, back at Raja Ampat, at the exact same spot during that incident
"Hhhh—Kshhhhh I told you I don't really like thi—"
Space warped once more and out of nowhere, the screen displayed something shocking
[Warning!!! Current Depth : 10600 metres / 34776.903 feet, approximate pressure : 1000± of the surface, Suit & Helmet integrity 99.9% (Currently dropping at 0.0012% per second)] the screen displayed an unimaginable amount of depth] The Mariana Trench again?!?!
"Hhhh—Kshhhhh EVELYN YOU HAVE 5 SECON—Is that a door??? Hhhh—Kshhhhh in the middle of the ocean???"
[Hhhh—Kshhhhh Let's go now~ it's been a while after all.]
Creakkkk
The door opened as I swam towards it, and as soon as I step inside the door, there was no water insight, instead it was like I was in a house reminiscent of the 2000 era during what was now known as "The Era of Change"
"Ah you're finally here." It was Klein Moretti the Pillar of Deviation, a face I haven't seen in a very long time
"You were the last to arrive, c'mon now let's go~" Eve said as she took my hands and dragged me
"Wait—Shouldn't we at least cha—"
"Done." Klein Moretti said before leaving me, as I looked at my own outfit, I was now wearing a lab coat just like how I did when I was still the Director of The Silentium, Evelyn was wearing a faded-waisted jeans with soft cotton long sleeved cotton t shirts paired with a leather jacket.
"It's been a while Cael" Her voice sounded the same, even before everything happened, , The same voice, the same look, she was still wearing a hoodie, her white hair and blue eyes. It took me 5 seconds before I replied.
"It's been a while indeed—"