—Klein Moretti
"I'm bored…" Kiana said her legs dangling on the sofa. Wearing just a rather oversized hoodie with the words [琪亚娜·卡斯兰娜 and キアナ・カスラナ] her eyes didn't have the symbol of finality this time. Bored she was bored indeed
"Then what would you like to do?" I asked, he now she was a rather. peculiar friend. A comrade. someone who pulled me out.
Come.
Right. Those words of hers that brought me out of despair.
"I dunno… Everyone's rather busy, I don't wanna disturb them…" Her voice slowly sounding smaller and smaller. Hah—She the Pillar of Conclusion, yet she felt strangely human at times like this. Especially when she could do that.
You Dare?
There is No Next Time.
No one really understands her thoughts, not even the other her. An anomaly. A contradiction. Right. that's what she often murmurs on herself. Though I suppose I'm one myself I thought to myself as I gave myself a depreciating chuckle
"Hm? what'cha thinking of Klein?"
"Nothing." Right she was a contradiction. sometimes extremely perceptive. sometimes extremely ignorant. And you can never guess which one she currently is…. The urge to scream Leodoro in me…
"Well anything fancy your mind?"
"Hmmm… I dunno… you have any idea's Klein?"
I WANT TO SCREAM LEODORO
…
"Then what of your other friends?"
"Acheron Ray and the kind? Eh… maybe next time their probably busy too—Ah! eh. never mind"
"What is it?"
"I thought it would be nice to have some tea time with the others but—They're all busy now. Life moves on after all." With a melancholic expression. "Yet I'm the only one who hasn't change. Still the same useless guy."
"You've sacrificed yourself twice for them and everything and you call yourself useless?"
"…"
"But what if I never did? what if nothing happened? What if I was still—"
"There is no 'if's' in life, you as the one who holds 'Conclusion' should know that the best."
"… Right. My bad." Trying her best to act cheerful, but as someone who has lived countless eons with her, it was obvious what she was feeling. This damn Pillar. How is it that she's so reliable yet useless at the same time…
"Actually. what if we visited a friend?"
"Hmm? I mean sure but who?"
"Sera? She's probably doing a performance right now—Ah. Cael"
"KLEIN YOU GENIUSSSSS" She said as she shook me up and down which wouldn't be possible, I am just a convergence of worms after all (You probably won't get this unless you read LOTM) yet somehow I could feel her shaking me.
"Uh—Kiana my clothes."
"Ah whoops my bad, you're right you're right" With a Cheerful voice she let me go, indeed out of the 5 of us. She'd be the strongest both physically and conceptually. Then again, everybody else counters her in their own way.
I can always 'deviate' her 'conclusions' well unless she goes berserk. Continuation is a direct counter of her, Recollection? They can never fight, and Cohesion? He can always avoid her by 'time slipping' so in a way it's balanced.
"Wait I'll tell mom and dad" She said before disappearing and reappearing almost instantaneously
"Let's gooo~"
"WAITTTTTTT" Yet another voice interrupted her right before we teleported. It was Gaby Mochizuki. or what Kiana likes to call her—
"What is it other me?" oblivious to why Gaby was mad, yet suddenly she seemed to shivered slightly, well it was obvious but I suppose even Pillars have human like traits.
"WITH THOSE CLOTHES?!?!?! ABSOLUTELY NOT."
"It's comfy…"
"A SINGLE OVERSIZED HOODIE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT NOT ONLY THAT IT'S LIGHT GREEN AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU'RE USING?!?!?"
"b-b-but—"
"K I A N A."
Uh Oh. Gaby no longer called her 'Other me'
"Ahahaha—KLEIN SAVE MEEE" Ah yes, of course her usual tactic, hiding behind another Pillar. But you see, There are 3 things I fear in this world.
Kiana's Conclusion
Alena's Domain Expansion
and
Gaby when it comes to clothing.
Continuation? Cohesion? Recollection? There's no reason for us to fight so there was never a need to fear them.
"Your on your own Kiana :P" I said before I disappeared but not before binding her with Grey fog ensuring she couldn't escape Gaby, at the same time Gaby spared me a glance before obviously saying thank you.
"TRAITORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR—"
2 hours later. It had been 2 hours later and they was done, Kiana's eyes looked dead, she was also mumbling some incomprehensible words which I couldn't understand on the other hand Gaby looked rather refresh she was even giving me a look
'Look how I transformed my sister' with a smug
"Anyways, I'm gonna play some games with—"
"No no no no, since we've already spent 2 hours doing this, shouldn't you join us~"
"Huh—Wait wait WAIT WAIT NO—"
Snap
And the instant we arrived in their bedroom.
"KYAAAAAAAA" Gaby's high pitched scream could be heard as she hurriedly cover her face. At the same time Kiana's face went to what looked like the 5 stages of acceptance in a second before she went "I see." and opened the door before Gaby ran like her life depended on it
And I? I only had one thought at this moment.
Well. They are a couple after all
—Cael Lucian
"Ah… Caelll Hhhhk—Khhhhshhh That feels so goood..."
Now you see, we were at our bedroom… doing 'Things'. I was reading a novel when out of no where, Eve dragged me out of the balcony where I was enjoying a good sun bath. And then…
"Cael Cael, don't I look amazing?!?!" Wearing what seemed to be hazmat gear from the XXXX era. Yellow, it looked oversized, and her reason???
"Well it's like using a dry suit back in the day ykyk~" Why the hell did I marry this Women?
People of this era might call me to close minded, but eh, then again we've been married for a long while. One has to be open minded and make compromises especially when it comes to your partner. Immortality is a unique thing.
Times may change, so does the Era. Yet ever since humanity achieved immortality. Long couples were a rare thing. Most chose not to accept immortality and died like ordinary human beings. Now why am I blabbering about this you ask?
"C'mon Cael~ you too~" This damn wife even had one prepared for me. Ah… Whatever. And that you see takes us to the current situation.
Click
Hssssss—Silence
A shared Oxygen Tank, and she said it would be 'fun' to turn it off.
"Hhhhk—Khhhhshhh It reminds me about the Hhhhk—Khhhhshhh Gill Man Hhhhk—Khhhhshhh and Mariana Hhhhk—Khhhhshhh Trench."
And while we were having 'fun' all of a sudden—
[The Pillar of Conclusion and Deviation have come for a visit]
"KYAAAAAAA" A familiar scream, a voice I knew, Gaby Mochizuki. Second in command of Aurelion's Party and after that.
"I see." The Pillar of Conclusion Kiana before she opened the door, Gaby was already sprinting and she just walked out like she saw nothing.
On the other hand, The Pillar of Deviation just gave a nod of understanding—Wait that's not the point, before he also left.
—
"Hnnnnn…" Gaby Mochizuki still bright red, still covering her face with her hands, I could hear her muttering something like "My innocence…."
"It's okayyy, you're adults you guys were having some adult 'fun'—Even if it was a bit unexpected…" That last part was delivered with a completely emotionless tone and a completely expresionless face.
Eve was too red to speak, and was also covering her face. No worries, we were properly dressed this time.
Sippppp
"This ice tea tastes great" Klein Moretti The Pillar of Deviation said, as if what he saw before hand was absolutely okay. Uh. was this because he was a guy? or was this because he had screamed Leodoro non stop before forgetting every detail about it.
…
"So—Why the sudden visit?"
"Uhhhh So—"
"Kiana was bored."
"KLEIN" The Pillar of Conclusion said as she tried to grab Klein and shake him, only for her hands to pass through him as he disappeared and reappeared, still drinking his ice tea, for a second I could see smoke coming out from Kiana's ear. Ah she was sulking.
Wait—That damn Pillar was sulking?
You see, out of the 5 Pillars, Cohesion behaved the most human, Recollection was the most benevolent. Continuation and Deviation? Well just get on their good side and hope for the best Easy right? Yeah cause there's a set path. Information.
According to the system, at the very least they follow a set path. That hasn't change throughout the cycles. But Conclusion? The most unique, one could say. At the time according to the system, She was the one that stayed the same all the time with no variation
Never acting, until the end before she concludes everything and the cycle resets once more, there were cycles where she acted human for a while, before returning back to what it called her 'Normal' state
And yet here A contradiction She was—
"C'mon now… their adults and married it's obvious they'd do those 'things'" She said while slowly hugging Gaby
"Hnnnn…" Meanwhile Gaby herself still embarrassed as ever, but I could her mutter something like 'Okay…'
Yet she acted strangely human… It was strange.
"Hey. You guys do know about the 'cycles' right?" And as I said those words. Time seemed to stop. Because it actually did.
"Shhhh—" Said Klein Moretti as he placed his finger near his mouth. Meanwhile Kiana Kaslana had turned to her 'Finality' form.
"Well, we do 'know' but we have no 'Memories' of those previous cycles." The Pillar of Conclusion said with a small smile
"Are you curious about why "I" act differently compared to other cycles?" She said she had no memories, yet her guess was spot on. She gave a smile. A normal smile, yet it looked strangely frightening.
"Well—You could always ask that 'System' of yours, it has Elysia's memories after all. Or you could even ask Elysia herself, I'll call her if you wish~"
Gulp
"But—They'll be here soon either way."
Huh?
"'We' did manipulate time after all. Even if locally, it's still obvious because we're the only ones."
Snap
"Hnnn…" Kiana was still giving Gaby a deep hug, and Klein was still drinking his ice tea like nothing happened.
"S-s-so? how have you been Eve?" Finally she mustered enough courage to ask Eve.
"I-I-I'm good… Uhm—About that—"
"I saw absolutely nothing." With a face made of steel, she said that without changing any expressions. At the same time I could hear Eve muttering something about 'My reputation… Ah whatever it's already ruined eitherway' Why did I marry her again?
"Anyways~ yeah well I'm bored so basically visiting you seemed fun~ Gaby and Klein are just tagging along" With a smile she said—For a second I thought I was dreaming, but hey a man's gotta adapt.
"But I gotta say, I know Gaby dresses well, and Klein always uses the same thing, but you—You're not using a hoodie this time?"
"… It was 2 hours… Cael. 2 hours…"
"Hey. You look great!!!, Now give me a smile~"
What was the Pillar of Conclusion wearing you ask? a bright red turtle neck with a black choker with an oversized, off-white open coat. The coat has distinct orange accents and white sleeves, well the coat is off right now but eh?
paired with a high-waisted, slim fit black tactical joggers with utility pockets and orange and white detailing on the thighs with chunky high-top sneakers in a white, red and black in color
"Hey? isn't that the outfit you wore when we went shopping with Sera~?"
"Yeahhhh" with a smile she replied
"I thought Gaby'd pick another outfit no?"
"She tried. They were too cute." Once again deadpanned Kiana strike once more, Eve seemed to look slightly startled before swiftly changing the topic
"Then… Gaby why don't you try what I did with Cael—With me~<3"
FLINCH
"Ah—Ah—Uhhhh—I gotta go—Hey?!?! Other me?!?!?!" Unfortunately before she could even make a run for it, Kiana had already binded her down using chains, probably made from one of her many authorities
"Have fun now Eve~" She said before giving a wink to my wife, as she winked back and…
"Thanks~"
"K-klein? Please—?!?!" Yet Klein had already disappeared from her sight
"TRAITORRRRRR"
Creakkkkk
Close.
The door to our bedroom was closed, at the same time Kiana seemed to snap before giving a slight smile and said straight to my face.
"Well that'll make sure all the sound stays only with them~"
…
At some point Klein had returned as he continued to sip the ice tea like nothing ever happened.
Ah.
Rest in Peace Gaby.