"So? How's life been treating you guys?" Kiana started a conversation as she took a sip of the tea.
"Who wants to start?"
"I will then," said Ezron The Pillar of Cohesion as he began his tale. Back when he first woke up once more.
—Ezron, The Pillar of Cohesion
"My first instinct after regaining consciousness was to check on the 'me' without any powers"
—The Past
"You finally awake now eh?" an unfamiliar voice, soft yet strangely rigid, foreign yet strangely nostalgic. Those words were the best words used to describe my current situation, my eyes were only blurred for a moment before it cleared.
Infront of me, 4 figures I couldn't recognize. One was a petite girl with long smooth black hair wearing what seemed to be the typical priestess robe you see in fantasy genre. She was staring at me for some reason.
"He should be fine right~?" said the petite girl
"His memories are probably a little blurry" a man wearing a classic, well-fitted black suit, waistcoat, high stand-collar shirt, a purple scarf, and a top hat or bowler hat. Something you'd see in films showcasing the Victorian era.
—The Present
"Oh that was our first meeting~" Cyrene said as she held her hands together and looked rather happy.
"You weren't even there that time" I answered her looking confused
"No no, she was actually there we couldn't exactly perceive her 'yet' well you guys I could" Kiana answered with a smug
"Sometimes I wonder how your so called 'Intuition' works" Klein replied slightly confused yet still keeping his gentlemanly smile while sipping the Long Jing tea.
"Ehh~ maybe I can see the narrative :P" *Insert cricket noises "I'm kidding~ It's difficult to explain I guess"
"Alright alright let me continue my story, I'm the protagonist of this film after all" I said with a smug as I created the spotlights to shine over me, Klein kept on looking at me with the same look, Violet as usual looked interested
Kiana only gave a wry smile, on the other hand Cyrene…
"C'monnn~ I'm waiting hereeee"
—The Past
"I go by Kiana now so just call me that"
"Alright."
"Sooooo, what'cha gonna do now?" Kiana was the first to ask.
"I—" I honestly don't know.
"You could go and explore the world it has changed a lot after fiction bled"
Ah—So I failed.
Snap
"Hey why the long face? humanity evolved, it survived as it usually does honestly even I'm impressed by your will power, if you just let everything leaked the world would've ended quite soon and 'I' would've probably concluded it and—"
"I'd let it continue once more" The petite one, she called herself Violet, just an ordinary Priestess she says… Yet—
SHIIIIINNGGGGG
Is an ordinary priestess suppose to emit such a light?
"Oho~ you can see it?"
"Well he is a pillar after all what'd you expect?" the gentle, he calls himself Klein. I remember Kiana once telling me about Klein from somewhere…
"Klein… that sounds familiar… but from where-?"
"I suppose in your world, I am the protagonist of one of the series written by cuttlefish that loves diving. Lord of the Mysteries to be exact"
"I used to tell you I liked Klein's story remember?" Kiana's word seemed to clicked a gear in my head
"Ahhhhhhhh I get it I get ittt"
"So? what'd you wanna do?"
—The Present
"Oh I remember you couldn't even think and all of you stayed there for a while helping you think of what to do~" Cyrene said as she had this smug look on her face
"You couldn't even talk to us at the time."
"But you felt my cute girl aura didn't you~"
"HeH~ alright let's continue with Ezron's story first" Violet, didn't expect her to cut the conversation short? she must me really excited for my story!!!
"Then—"
—The Past
"Well why don't you look at how the 'powerless' you's doing now?" Ah. Uhm.
"I don't really wanna know."
"Somethings never change eh~ but ya know Ezron—Sometimes you don't get to choose."
"Wha—"
Snap
"Huh-?" my surroundings had changed, a house—no. A Villa would be more accurate. The building emerged from the snow like a memory of trees. It was not a mansion in the way humans understood mansions. It was a grove that had learned to be a house.
The central structure rose in curving, organic lines—whitewashed timber and living wood braided together, the walls flowing upward into arches that mimicked the vines climbing buildings There were no sharp angles
No hard corners. The architect looked like thoses elven design from every fantasy film I had ever loved, before I gained these powers, before I made that mistake.
"Well, don't forget to turn yourself invisible I'ma head out cya~" Kiana said as she gave a peace sign.
Snap
"And she's gone…"
Glance
Welp might as well eh? I thought to myself as I focused thus the illusion magic I've mastered cloaked me, ensuring I wouldn't be caught—I think.
"Wait wait you didn't kill him right?"
Wut?
—The Present
"Why'd you have to interrupt me like that??? I was going to reach the good part???" slightly annoyed with Cyrene's antics, after all this story was really really cool.
"It's fine because I'm a beautiful girl~"
"No it's not."
"It is~"
"It's not."
"It is~"
"it's not."
"it is~"
"YOU—"
Whoopsies Uh—We'll be right back once this minor inconvenience is over :D
After said minor inconvenience
"Alright, let's continue my story—"
—The Past
"Where would 'I' be… Hmmm I wonder how I'd look" curious, I was curious one could say, I had been cut out from the world for a very long time, holding the boundary between fiction and reality, I thought to myself as I slowly explored the mansion.
But still though, guess technology still isn't that great since it can't detect me.
Author : Well yeah No Shit sherlock not when Deviation's helping ya.
Step Step Step
At some point I walked through the second floor, it was large yet strangely comforting, there was a huge double door one shaped like ones you'd see in human kingdoms made by wood that looked old, for a second it felt familiar, like a fragment of Yggdrasil?
Impossible I must be making things up
Welp, let's open this door
Creakkkkk
WHU—
"Zzzzz." "Zzzzzz…" 'I' was sleeping with a lot of girls???
Hol'up I guess you don't understand what I really mean—Back in the day, you see as a kid I had this fantasy of having a harem of girls, why? it sounded cool, I was a kid what you expected? As I grew up this fantasy obviously disappeared
Heck, unless your on a specific country or uh—Well ya know then you can have multiple wives, I kept on day dreaming on having a loyal childhood friend who turns into my future wife but, none of that happened.
And now you're telling me I have a harem??? Well not exactly "I" but still, quite a shocking revelation. A closer look and there was an Elf,a mermaid, a vampire, a Cat beastwomen, a human, a demon, an angel—Wait what?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven—SEVEN??? I HAVE SEVEN WIFES??? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME???
"Hnnghhh…" The elf girl suddenly muttered as she awoke from her sleep, her eyes were green, hair yellowish, she rubbed her eyes for a moment before snuggling back to 'me' and returning to sleep. Dang??? What sort of Childhood dream coming true is this???
I thought to myself as I looked at "Me" blonded hair, a still the same height—Huh plastic surgery? maybe, Ohhh I have quite a toned body… hehe not bad not bad—WAIT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING WITH THESE GIRLS?
Though—How do "I" look like huh? a closer glance and I looked nearly identical to how I was back in the day, just taller, older and far more muscular? well not exactly muscular to the point of those body builders, but I definitely have some muscles
My hair was short and straight like it usually is, so I did what any normal person would do in this situation, I'd wait for the other 'me' to wake up and then test him. Of course if he fails I'll take his place
—Cael Lucian
"You just wanted the Harem." Kiana said with a blank expression, one of uhm—Let's not talk about her expression—
"I did not"
"… Wait wouldn't you know what'd happen?" Ezron asked her slightly confused
"Nuh uh, I thought such things should be your privacy so I never peeked, pretty sure the others also didn't, well except Elysia probably?" she continued and pointed at Cyrene.
"Yeah, it was such a—" Before she could say another word, I willed it so that an illusory table clothe would appear and shut her mouth. "HEY THIS IS MY STORY, I'M THE ONE TELLING IT"
"Oho~? But what if I refused~?" Elysia or Cyrene said as she striked a Jojo pose to which Ezron only followed suit.
"CYRENEEEEE"
"Oho~ you're coming closer?"
"I can't beat the SHIT out of you without coming closer." Ezron only replied on the other hand…
"HeH~ they always do this" Violet only said as she continued to look at those 2, on the other hand… Klein was still keeping his straight face, I wonder what he's actually thinking? He has a lot fo thoughts in the inside after all, Kiana on the other hand…
She just had a wry smile as if wanting to say Kids these days…
30 minutes later…
"Their seriously still at it???" confused those words came straight out of my mouth, to which Klein and Violet simultaneously replied "Their always like this." "Ah but usually after a while Kiana'd get a little to annoyed and go Finality so" That last part was by Klein btw.
"It usually goes for years unending if we account for time undilated." She went as she continued to drink her tea "Klein?" as she said those words another cup of long jing tea was poured from the kettle
"Uhm, are you not gonna intervene?" I was still slightly worried from her words from before coming here a little dangerous coming from someone with powers like hers.
"Eh… if it gets too annoying for you then I will" She said as she continued to sip her tea, sometimes I really can't get a hold on what's going on inside her head…
"Heh~ You'd usually stop them right now won't you?'
"Violetttttt, shushhhh" she said while giving a smile and placing her finger to her lips as if begging to keep it a secret, but honestly…
"Surely it wouldn't take that long righttt?"
Stareeeee
"Right-?" In the end Kiana told me to move a little further before a purple sphere engulfed the entire place for 5 minutes. 5 minutes perfectly. Then it disappeared and uhm…
"Mercy… Mercy…" Ezron, the Pillar of Deviation, dropped down to his knees as he begged.
"I'm sorrryyyyyy" Elysia or Cyrene on the other hand did the same pose…
…
What the hell did she do? At that moment a single quote from the days I worked at The Silentium seemed to appear in my mind once more. Don't ask questions as soon as I thought those words Klein and Violet only looked at me before giving a smile.
"Hm~? Klein. Violet. Did you say something to him?" Her head suddenly turned, yet her smile remained scary as hell, Klein and Violet however looked rather experienced. As if they've done this countless times before*.*
FWOOOSH
Grey fog covered the entire area for a split second, but Kiana was fast, she instantly blew it all away using the authority of Wind. But… both Klein and Violet were already gone.
"…"
"These…" Snap
Uh Oh Finality… She was using Flamescion the entire time so…
"Oh right~ Cael, please wait a moment as I bring these other 2 Pillars back here." With a gentle smile as a purplish portal appeared instead of the usual black and yellow one. Oh. Uhm. Errrrrrr. Right The Silentium's golden rule.
Don't Ask Questions.
Note : Elysia and Cyrene are the same person, however different people call them differently, which in this case Kiana and Klein calls her Elysia, Ezron mostly calls her Cyrene, Violet just follows the mood