Valkyries Eternity Chapter 1: Act I, an oh my goddess! fanfic

Oh My Goddess! - Valkyrie's Eternity

Disclaimer - Oh My Goddess! And all its characters belong with all originality to Kosuke Fujishima and the US publisher Dark Horse Manga that allowed me the opportunity to think up this fiction that hopes to live up to the ideals that the series was based upon. I don't make a lot of moolla anyway. Also much of the other terms and revisions I did in kind, came from either online sites like Wikipedia, or my own warped mind, so bear with both please.

Volume III

Act I

A bright, cold, rather crisp dry day. He looked out simply over the old ranchstead, past his dirt driveway, looking out further along where old, unused grazing land lay, past some barbed wire fencing. The fencing was warped and ragged from the usual winter winds, as the leaned over wood posts they were stapled and nailed into. It was a fitting landscape that was a part of a panorama that was also as old, as the eyes watching them. The said eyes were ringed of dry, cracked skin, eyes of gray-blue that had seen so much over the decades. And here they saw to the south, a lone standing mountain chain, that stood as its own god amongst the landscape. With some rolling hills of brown beneath, capped by some pine forests that were on protected land. Some antelope grazed in close enough sight, but hardly enough to worry either party unto nature.

The eyes did see much, as the chill breeze of winter snipped at him, on his equally dry cheeks. Some old gray hair fluttered across them, reminding the old coot, that he should take better care of his hairstyle.

And then again, readily forgotten of, just like the usual mail and bills he either 'filed', or paid with his meager... well, they'd be paid. Such he huffed at the sight of the electric bill, and then back up at the landscape. The eyes liked the view on above, better than the one in his hands.

A shut closed mail box, and then the start of a good mile long walk back, with the southern unrestricted view to eye upon, the gravel at on his old, worn in work shoes, hardly as paid attention to either, in favor of same said view. At the end of this facet of a life, it seemed it was the only reward begotten to him. It was a better view than looking the other way, a line of scraggily trees, bereft of leaves, covering over a drainage ditch, that he swore one day to finally burn of all the liter of nature, and of humans, out of it. Another iota readily forgotten, as too many things meant of supposed realms of responsibility.

The same of that 'ache' in his left arm. Another wring of the arm to 'make it forget', as he shuffled on.

"Must have been that coffee she served today. Too old as usual." ...off a cracked voice of a old time rancher that seemed to belong to a different age. Not this current one, with all this new fangled technology, that made people forget they even had neighbors next to each other, even in the same room.

"Heh, kids..." ...he suddenly said, then stopped. Something in that statement, made him think 'elsewhere', but then another tidbit to shove away. This as his old house came into sight. A place that looked readily old, a white painted house of three stories, with too much clutter and furniture, for only one old man to live in. Coming in closer, he considered again, the matter of the heart, 'not' related to his blood pressure pills. The one that he shoved away fast, as the last time he had a love, she...

He stopped in front of an old, beat-up Ford truck, from the seventies, and found himself longing over the days he, and her were...

...and then he shook at his head. Something felt off about that. He looked up, and towards a much deeper blue sky than he expected to see. The old man then rubbed at the hat on his head, the old wool cloth almost as coarse as his own hair, as it made some unwashed dandruff heat up, and nip at his scalp. Such was unheeded though, as he swore he felt. "The sky, too blue for a day like..."

He then felt his head carry a strange melody within it. Another shake of the head. And then another 'gnaw' at his left arm. And then a bit tighter of feel, at that. Enough to make him breath a bit shallow.

"Not... good..." ...as he then reaches into his equally coarse jacket, and pulled out his medication. Hardly a cure all, he was about to take one anyway...

...he then stopped and looked at the bottle. The mail in his hands, seemed to frame 'bottle', and less so of the medication within it. A moment too long in looking, and then he fished out one of the pills. He took it, and then thought of washing it down with tea...

"Wait... I drink coffee." ..he heard himself say, before he gulped the pill down anyway. "I need 'water' for this, not either of..." ...this before his heart started acting even funnier. He swore he was having a cardiac arrest, and started stumbling towards the house porch. He all but smacks his way inside, and looks around in a growing sense of panic, for the phone. He then saw it, a cordless number he got as a present once, sitting usually well away from his over worn in lounge chair. He stumbled to it, and then picked it up.

...and then he only 'looked' at it. Not even punching numbers on it. Instead he had some 'strange' quirk of wanting to take it apart, and look inside of...

He shook his head again. Didn't he just say that was all for kids? He then heard himself blurt. "I'm not a kid!" ...and clamped at his mouth suddenly! He then felt his heart rate stutter, then race... then... stop...? And then it went back to normal. But then he...

Looking up within the usually dusk interior suddenly, he swore he 'smelled', and then he 'saw', a bouquet of white roses, with a few red interspersed, as they seemed to conflict with each other, in so much as they belonged together. In fact he suddenly got this feeling, everything was 'supposed' to work together, though how he didn't...

...he then blinked, looked 'again', and saw nothing. He stumbles back, only stopping 'just' before he topples over a coffee table. The act that would have both destroyed the fifty year old furniture piece, and likely his backbone, was a stilled look to his right. There, an old window that fit the ancient abode well, had ever a wondrous covering of patterned frost. Despite the weather not having snowed in the area for a good couple of weeks, and the wind making everything as dry as a bone, the sight was beautiful to him, nonetheless.

...and another blink. He realized the coffee table behind him, and then... "I think that medication is kicking in." ...this as he finally stumbles backwards some, and finds his old chair. Dust flew from it, as he shook his head again. He then looks down randomly, forgetting the phone in his hand, at some of the scattered dust.

"She would love to clean that."

Another blink... "Who... clean what...?" ...he swore dementia was finally claiming him. Or a look at his oil stained hands, from working on his truck earlier this day. It took a lot, he realized to keep a good vehicle up and... running.

"What's going on?" ...he heard his old cracked voice, guttural out. The voice however felt distant, nevermind as if of another, one of many, that could say the very same thing. And then 'something' in his mind realized... "What is going..."

...before that sentence finished, he sees the halo, a glow, aura, a light that was too bright for... "...on." ...the noon day well past, as the sun usually didn't set from his own front doorway. He just sat there, the aura glowing softly, yet indelibly. And one that he knew, wasn't absent within.

He felt Her approach.

He sighed, and knew... "Well..." ...as the light became like Heaven, in his faceted eyes.

And that light was as beautiful as ever to him. And the tea in his hands, as warm as ever. It was a good thing.

"Yup, a cold morning this indeed, 'Son-in-waiting-law'.

Keiichi almost make a lovely spray of tea, which would have made for a rather, equally, lovely spray of ice crystals, this before he gulps the still warm to the tongue tea, down his gullet. He then looks down at. "Do you mind! Ah... er... Sir."

The 'lad' next to him, just chuckled, and enjoyed some of his Daughter's best brew as well. His encoded tongue took it of equal enjoyment, as Keiichi usually did. Keiichi realized and sigh-nodded in kind. This in seeing the all of a seven year old 'lad' next to him, with long black hair, a simple sweat short, T-shirt getup, and an eye patch on the lad, that made the 'lad' more of a pirate, than of... um...

Oh heck with it, given that Almighty was standing next to Keiichi, with a long black T-shirt on, that had the words 'I Rule', in bold lettering on it, kinda defeated the purpose of pretending to think that this 'kid' was anything less than what He was.

"I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless." ...Almighty smirked. Keiichi just chuckled, using the tea in his hands to keep them warm. (He for one, needed the comfort of such.) Keiichi just chuckled. "To think it's only been two weeks."

"And I like my vacation at that." Almighty quipped. Keiichi just chuckled more, the inflection from the Creator's tone, more befitting as 'of' any other lay personage, on said vacation. Keiichi noted this from all near the start, upon their return from...

Almighty felt, and then looked over, his own hands enjoying the warmth of the tea. "You okay there... um... dude?" ...this Almighty remarked, trying one of the fangled words Keiichi used a lot. Even words were a fun toy for Him to use, though consideration off of them, lent to Keiichi in turn responding, with a longing eye. "Wow, I think that's the first time since we got back, I didn't automatically think of that galaxy place, of gold dude's." ...this Almighty nodded back and... "Your humble surroundings become of you, once more." ...and unto another warm sipped cup.

Keiichi smirks at that.

"URD! I was gonna eat that!"

"Still too slow on the breakfast dumplings Skuld-squirt? I... HEY! PEORTH!"

"Who's the tarder a reagir here?"

A couple of goddess type cat-hisses strike at Peorth. A gulp sound just raises the hiss-octave another notch higher. Almighty and Keiichi just share a teardrop, as they then hear. "And now for some... ACK! That's my rice Secur!"

"The early worm to the bite." ...this Peorth now offers 'her' version of a hissy-fit, this unto the tone of the White Goddess. Eihwa the author, just giggles a haughty laugh. For some reason, Skuld and Urd join in, as the latter then quips. "Shouldn't you be going home now?"

Keiichi just shivers next on hearing. "And leave my loves alone together? You scherzo." ...as much as Almighty chuckles.

"Tramp." Peorth chides in. Eihwa just snaps back comically. "Oh 'really'? What do 'you' have to say of this Talos signore."

"Um... I ah... well..."

A good smack is heard inside, (poor Talos,) as Peorth just wackily snaps back. "His conduct is apparently better than yours, Secur!"

And then Troubadour is heard next... "Can I have that dumpling there?" ...this before a good comical smack is then heard. Urd of 'that' authoring... "Can it! We're getting to the good stuff here!"

"Yeah... good... right." Skuld snips in. And such the cat-hisses turn into nigh pure wildcat versions, all within. Almighty just shakes his head, as Keiichi just gulps out. "Oh boy."

Almighty angles his head over, Keiichi seeing too much of Keima within such. "You know, you may be the bravest mortal I have ever known." ...this the far younger lad shrugs. "By experience, if not from exposure." ...this Al just smirks at.

And then to the usual rescue. "Okay everyone! More dumplings and rice!" ...as a lot of 'yays' within, chime out! Keiichi blushes in hearing. "Belldandy to the rescue again." ...and a sip of tea to match the warmth of his blush. Al just smirks again, and says little of it.

A moment later, a voice then chimes in. "She takes after her Father there." ...as Keiichi looks back, at 'another' seven year old sight. Such comprised of a 'far' smaller Frigurina, than Keiichi still remembered of. This as an equal kid sized Frigurina, huggled unto the kid sized Creator of All. Given the sight of two together like that, Keiichi cocks eye again at... "And even after two weeks, that is still weird." ...this as Frig just cutely raspberries Kei in turn, this as Frig, in a cute long skirt school uniform, just draped herself kid-style, all over Al's small, yet mighty back.

Keiichi then 'really' didn't need to hear... "Was last night good for you too?"

The 'kind' of chuckle Al gives back, just finally makes Keiichi blanch openly! "Come on guys!" ...this Frig and Al look up openly, as Keiichi just blanches with a step forth onto the frost covered grass. (Good thing he had slippers on.) Frig quips in, all knowing better. "What of it bub?"

"I mean you two... you two... make 'me' look like the adult here. I mean..." ...with a free left hand 'up-and-down' at the two. "...and that stuff... I... um... ah..." ...with a weird off-key chuckle that Keiichi loses steel in continuing further with. Frigurina just cutely accuses back, still acting as all of a warm shawl upon Al's back. "Does that mean I need to make some 'alone' time, for you two as well?" ...this Al cocks an eye back at. Keiichi just realizes the Pandora's Box he wandered unto, and just looks blandly nonchalant, sipping at his tea again. Frig just glowers dryly further. "Uhuh, thought so chum."

"Keiichi?" ...literally saved by the Bell. This Keiichi sees as Belldandy comes up just then. Keiichi hears (between his heartbeats,) "Dear, your breakfast is getting cold." ...as she emerges in a blue-in-lavender, swirl patterned dress, one with the pattern set of a tree. Keiichi's smile is easily returned, "Thanks Bell, be in, in a bit." ...one 'noted' by the short of stature parents. Belldandy smiles her perfection, but then notes another iota, as she and kid-Frig then trade a look.

Al senses this and actually hops away for dear limb health, as Keiichi also knows what's coming. This as Kei starts to quip out... "You two aren't going to... and... yup, you just did." ...this Al turns back and sees a strange sight, of a mother and daughter, in a sugar-sappy hug fest scene, one that could induce cavities! The fact that Belldandy is the tall one, verses Frig usually of equal height, makes it all kookier! Al actually bares an anime 'bleh' tongue, just accents off of 'two' squeals of... "Mommy!" ...rather than just one! A fact Frig readily played the cutesy part of, to a nigh cavity inducing degree! (There were even weird 'lil-hearts' popping out all above them!)

Keiichi just blanches. "That just ain't right."

Bell/kid-Frig: "Why?" ...both look again at, as Keiichi realizes it had been like this, at least three times a day, ever since they all got back home. Almighty just rolls his eyes and shakes his head. Frig sees this and glums her cheek in mocking coy. "Oh what's it to you buster."

"Nothing. Nothing." Al defensively remarks, definitely more calm about it, than Keiichi would have reacted. Keiichi just chuckles, before he notes off inside, as he sees Skuld and Urd leaning over past the paper door interior line, from the shared breakfast room. They both share a poisoned, blanching look. Al then sees it too, and 'cocks' an eye at his Norn daughters, of whit both whom then go anime wide-eyed, and ZIP back in out of sight! Frigurina, even in the middle of her cute tryst with Belldandy, giggles in full sensing.

All of which crunches to a metallic halt, as the four see and sigh in seeing. "Oh not 'again' gold dude!" ...this Keiichi bemoans, again, in seeing their mutual Guardian kneeling before the kid format Almighty. Almighty in accent nods. "Indeed, a habit turning unto an ill, this is."

Imladris just kneels anyway, in full Regalia, armor, robes, accouterments, armory, all alike upon him! And all befit for treating Almighty for Whom He Really Is! Imladris just stammers out heedless. "My ap... apologies Milord and Eminence! I only wished to report all is safe and secure!"

Even Belldandy is glum looking, as Frig (still in prior glom-hug,) rolls her eyes. Kid-Almighty then points unto atop Imlade's head. "Does thou include 'that' intruder, upon your kingly brow?" ...this as Imlade blinks, and starts to look up, in time to see a fluffy Persian tail suddenly whap across his nose. Belldandy giggles at the sight of said same cat breed, on top of his armored melon. Keiichi just mocks in kind, dryly in places. "Oh jeeze, a furry danger to all life as we know it. Or just to the birds and such."

Imladris just bemoans in light annoyance. "Try saying that with twenty of these beasts, around ye noggin, one sleepy night." ...this Al shakes his head, before the fluffy-cat meows and whaps Imlade's nose again. Almighty then bids his chosen Hand and Titled, to rise. Such so is done unto Imlade's feet, as the cat then trades his head, for his right armored shoulder. Such that in of afar, Imladris catches 'all' the breakfast nook party within, all in the middle of rolling their eyes at him. Almighty then reasserts again. "Must I go about a Commandment against this recourse you assail upon me? What part of 'vacation', is remiss between your cranial lobes?"

Keiichi accents in unrealizing kind. "Yeah dude! I mean you're a king now for all sakes! Bowing that much just can't be right anymore. Ah... no offense though." ...the last at Al, whom smirks back over. "Hardly good youth. I 'did' consent to his Station of Calling, after all well all. Plus, again, Vacation here." ...with a stiff point to himself, with his free left hand.

Imladris just defends to his own format of all due respect! "By My Lord! 'Not' doing this at least once a day, is like utter disrespect unto Ye! How can I hold onto my Standard of Prior Calling', as your Servant, if I do not acquiesce to such prostration of method, as I do?"

"Vacation naïve." ...Al just cracks back. "If such was 'required' you would know of my Calling unto you. These acts of servitude, are not required here." ...this Imlade just looks back with whimpering doggy-like eyes. Boy it looked pathetic. Even the cat on his shoulder, mewed an annoyed tone.

Enough that in turn, Kid-Frigurina finally stepped away from the Bell-chan glom, and snapped out... "Okay, once again unto enough." ...and a snap whistle between her fingers, that even made Al's eyes boggle! (Keiichi sure did a similar number.) This all in turn in addition... "LIND!"

Imlade gulped, as the cat leapt gracefully onto Al's own right shoulder, as the sound of Valkyrian justice crunched forth, onto the frost laden grass and ground. Inside, Urd just quipped. "He just won't learn better." ...this a lot of watching melons all nod in simult. Imladris 'feels' on a sudden, and crisp, snap-stop of boots, and then unto further of a 'icy' cold Axe blade, onto his neck, if ever 'just' barely, unto his neck. The latter of such that nearly made Imlade jump right out of his skin!

"I am summoned of errand?" ...comes the beloved tone of the Valkyrie General, of Imladris's life. Frigurina the small then commands of her. (Sorta, more like an annoyed prod really.) "Take ye of this blunt minded one, to remind him whom he should be kneeling before instead?"

"Ut oh." Imlade only has time for as he feels a stiff 'claw' of a Valkyrie, on his right shoulder. He in enforced turn sees Lind, only in her simple Jumpsuit number, of old annul, and an eye for a spar. (Or whatever torture she decides is proper.) She isn't smirking, rather austere in her business demeanor, as she nods once stiffly. "Gladly."

Those inside didn't need to fully see, what the other four residence external did, whence Lind's reactive over the shoulder toss of a knightly... er... kingly... er... whatever bloke, well over past back to the Temple structure area! Even Almighty winces when Lind then leaps over and just waylays into the armored bloke! Skuld inside just suddenly bemoans... "Ahh man! Sentaro is missing this!"

Urd just chuckles as much as any, as sounds not meant for mortals to endure, ensue! "Serves him right for overdoing it again."

"Heh, poor Master." ...comes across suddenly, as the interior lot look back, as Sigrun (out of nowhere,) sits with a bowl of rice in her hands. Urd for one sees, and BLANCHES! "Hey! That's MY rice bowl!"

Skuld in screeching turn! "And my egg dumpling!"

Sigrun just raspberries back, before snipping her chopsticks together twice, for deliberate, annoying effect!

Peorth just blanches in turn... "Now wait a minute deesse! We should not... EEK!"

Suddenly a second cascade of goddess induced trauma ensues, as Keiichi hears from on outside! "Ack! My breakfast!" ...this the foursome completely ignores the tirade now occurring outside! Belldandy gleeps as well! "Oh no!" Frig 'and' Al then respectively 'both' push Keiichi and Belldandy in kind! Al for one rather comical. "Off to the quest of daughter's meal of her beloved then!" ... "Meow!" ...Frig in accent! "Aye, for the most important meal of the day! Charge!"

Both 'youths' of larger size, then yelp a bit to this weird treatment, as Frigurina then sees Eihwa float on out. Frigurina quickly adds in for Eihwa's impart... "Enjoy the show." ...this Eihwa smiles openly at. (As well as encoded belly full anyway.)

Keiichi, as he's being pushed all the same as Belldandy, looks at her and quips a beaming. "Yup, it's good to be home." ...this Belldandy smiles back at, to a good blush.

This before he ducks a flung rice bowl, for all dear life!

A shimmering teleport beam deposits two more, within the temple itself, in front of a rather glittering Buddha statue. Both dressed in their High council robes of the Lower seat each. This as Frode and Ishara arrive off of eating their own breakfast. Frode imparts with a last chew-gulp... "My old Master's vessel has good cuisine."

Ishara had a strange green bagel like roll in her right hand, that was both sweet, tart and crunchy and had a creme filling too. "We could still partake in the fare of the wondrous Lady Belldandy." ...with a good munch of said interstellar pastry. Frode saw this and blinked. "Your hunger has become rather mortal like. One would think 'not' partaking would save on said young Lord Morisato's food stores."

Ishara was less than ladylike for her Lower Council goddess stature, with speech in the middle of chewing. "Arwe yoush sayinth I'mwth fwath?"

Frode knew better when to shut up. Example of why was suddenly heard outside, as both elders of Lind's upbringing, then hear the obvious outside. Ishara makes a rough gulp and quips. "I see your daughter is taking after you again, this fine morning."

Frode just snickers and is led outside by the hand, to the top of the Temple steps, as they see... "Oh hi Eihwa." Ishara winks over, Eihwa afar, near the walkway to the Temple arch entrance, just bows once again, her white in white goddess gown flowing about her. "A buongiorno to you Lady donna molto bella." ...this as the three see the continuing assault of a 'loving' kind continue! Frode just quips out to the obvious. "My Master overdid it again."

"Si." Eihwa teardrops out.

Ishara notes with a lick of her empty fingers. "At least he's been consistent. Can't fault that much."

": Says you. :" ...both hear mentally from their kid-enjoying Lord Almighty, there and then. Frode just shivers as much as they both chuckle. Before they then note that the now six minute Valkyrie induced scuffle, suddenly cuts short with a... "Enough!" ...and a Knight suddenly BLASTS Lind, off of him, right into the sky, with a good Incarnum spell push! The flood of cobalt blue energy sparkles about in reaction, as Imladris garners some breathing space.

All for 3.2 seconds, this as Lind flat out SMACKS right back down at him! "Says you!" ...into another slap-fest tirade! (I.e. Imlade's head slapped onto Lind's Axe, over and over. And her head, fists, you name it.) Ishara for one notes with a bit of worry. "She's growing unusually agitated, for your Daughter's part." ...of this Frode looks over at. "Again with the 'my Daughter' bit? Why is that."

Ishara just rubs at her belly, as she smirks over, her deep, long blue hair draped about her shoulders. "Because someone has their kids tale after them too much."

Frode grumbles a bit, before they suddenly hear a good grunt, as sight returns to a Knight all but fed up with the anew tirade, and clutches at Lind's jumpsuit, twirls them both around, taking a good Axe blade cut to the right eye brow, and then spin shoves Lind off of him! Lind cartwheel tumbles off to the left of her parent's vision, as Imladris lands near Eihwa for a split second. Eihwa smirks, as Imladris suddenly has to jink to his left, towards the temple structure! Lind as the cause proactively lunges off her low crouch stance, right at where Imladris would have been! Instead, Lind comes face to face for another split second, with a calm as Test goddess Eihwa, arms nicely folded, and nicely smirking at Lind in kind.

And nicely pecking Lind's nose, in that same split moment. Ishara just smirks. "Well that was cute." ...with her own Valkyrie enhanced vision, along with her usual Medical Section head encoded eyesight. Frode just shakes his head. "A father 'should' dissuade this, if not for... ut oh..." ...as in the next split second, Lind snap-jinks off towards where Imladris ends up, Lind with full intent on her finishing move!

It was such that everything in the temple residence jump a meter, once again, when Lind's finishing move, SLAMS Imladris into the same Temple structure masonry wall! Everything shakes for a moment again, as Skuld's voice shouts out from inside the residence! "Cut it out! We're eating here!"

It's unheeded, as in the end, Imladris is trapped by Lind's Axe, across his armored chest, with her face directly nose to nose, upon his! Her huffing demeanor froths out the cold morning air, as does the words of... "I'm still waiting."

"But I haven't eaten yet!" Imlade whines, with an addition of detailed remark. "And how'd you change from your standard Axe, to the Diamond Axe that fast?"

Lind just seethes out. "You're still too slow then, my king." ...and suddenly, and essentially, swirl-yanks her Twin Mints out into the open behind her! This as Lind has them suddenly 'cage' their twin sets of arms, around Imlade's head! (Like one of those high school romance scenes, except this one Imladris swore, he felt the structure behind him, actually shift 'back' on said applied pressure!) Lind just grinds out again... "Where and when my love."

Imladris was caught in the uneasy, if enviable position of as much as the full breath of his gorgeous love of his life, staring him down thrice over! Almost everywhere he looked, was Lind splayed all about him. It made it hard to keep hiding what Lind was all but directly asking of. He started to stammer out... "I just want to..." ...and then hears, to a sudden look up to his high upper right! "Eh?"

The other three watching, also note the presence, of the technological sound of a hovering camera-orb. Eihwa just sighs, as suddenly again, from within the residence. "Dang it gold dude! The Spaffa are at it again!" ... "Cousin!" ...Keiichi and a pleading sounding Belldandy then sound off!

Frode just shakes his bearded melon once more. "Never a dull moment."

-From the Spaffa point of view, for a viewing galactic audience.-

'- Hello folks! It's solar cyclon seventeen of the Excellency proposal watch! We're still watching with bated breath, of all species kinds, for the moment our glorious queen in waiting, will be proposed to by our great savior! And here you see our in waiting queen, the powerful Valkyrie of Heaven's even higher than our own, has our savior in a nicely entrapped position!

And her special internal assistants are exposed as well, her magical twin angels, Cool Mint and Spear Mint, of which two of the Illistrum System lunars are now named after. They sport wonderfully skimpy cloth, and assets as ample as our great savior apparently likes them. Kinseth viewership is discretion advised.

-Holovid screen shift for the galactic viewership.-

And inside we can see the can see the Excellency's wonderful family, all gathered around a rustic, maybe antique, breakfast table, enjoying the local planetary cuisine faire. And... -sudden view shift to avoid something thrown- ...pardon us, the youngest of the apparent family, Skuld by name, such a doll, and... -another view shift from another rapid avoidance maneuver!- Skuld: "I heard that!"

Urd: "But you do look like a doll."

Belldandy: "Now please don't start fighting again until breakfast is done. You can all fight again afterwards."

Urd/Skuld: "Yes Sis." ...before they hear some rose-flowery snickering. Urd/Skuld: "Shut it Peorth!"

Ahh... yes folks, it's the Lady of the nigh Illuminaran hour to the rescue again, as her Terran Lordship sits near. Don't they make the perfect couple in any galaxy?

Skuld: "What? Keiichi, don't get too fresh with Big Sis 'this' early in the morning!"

Keiichi: "Huh? I only got some more tea from her! -yelling at the Spaffa orb!- Stop egging it on already!"

Kid-Frig: "But you both look so cute." -this causing Bell and K1 to both blush on camera-Skuld just throws her hands over the camera-orb!- Skuld: "Don't screen capture that!"

Kid-Al: "Perhaps they should follow you and Sentaro-kith around instead."

Skuld-ala-poisoned-blushed: "Daddy!"

Sigrun: "I see it's pick on little goddesses day again."

Kid-Al: "Maybe one for you and that Eros chap as well."

Sigrun-ala-POISONED-blush: "FATHER!"

As you can see folks, the family is as lively as ever. And we take this moment to remind ye viewership, that this Spaffa infiltration program, is sponsored by Illuminy Juice! The juice so light fluffy to the taste and mind, it glows all on its own!

Urd-ala-dry-tone: "Careful kids, that stuff can even give a goddess brat cavities."

Skuld: "Who asked ya!"

Troubadour: "Urdy didn't ask, she just said... OW!" -another slap down by...- Urd: "Don't call me Urdy on camera!"

Talos: "And I thought dwarven drinking parties were more rowdy. -MUUPH!-" -...off a dumpling rammed down his throat!- Peorth: "Shut up and eat it la drogue!"

Belldandy: "Isn't this all so much fun?"

Keiichi: "If loud."

Al-the-other-goddesses-at-once: "Quiet trilobite!" -Keiichi is left hiding just under the Kotsu table, by all rights.-

Yes, aren't they the peach of heroes of the galaxy. And... wait... is it...? Urd: "What?"

-scene shift backs to outside camera drone!- ...is the Excellency proposing now? Or... wait, he's holding his head. I guess not yet folks. Keep tuned to this everlasting broadcast, as well keep you all apprised, across the galaxy. From one galaxy to another! -'

Frode just jitters an eye. "Boy that secret orbital base outside this system, has good signal quality. Even for the Network."

Eihwa hearing afar well and true, just blanches. "Still rather indiscreto of them." ..this as looks over at a knight bowed to his knees, from a good three way head bonk. Above him, Imladris sees 'twelve' forms of his Beloved now, as the Twin 'clones' have their hands on their hips, in as equal annoyance to their mistress's folded arm version(s).

"Let them watch, ignore me for them, are you?" Lind snaps out. Imladris suddenly decries out... "Not here, and not like this!" ...put with a hurt enough tone to make Lind gulp a bit. Imladris looks up helplessly in adding... "You deserve better than this, for 'that' moment."

Other celestial eyes watching, just display knowing smiles, as Lind just sighs. And on cue, a strange technological warble chime, come from within the Temple structure. Frode looks back... "I sense an Excellency is being called for."

Imladris reacts on his knees still, with teeth bared of one not wanting to offend Lind further with. Lind however just 'raises' Imladris to his feet, with a helpful bade of her right hand, cupped as if to raise Imlade's chin with. "To your honored course then dear." ...this said Knight-Excellency looks with 'sorry' eyes, before walking off, and then up past a couple of parents he also gives the 'sorry' eyes unto. (Whit Ishara just flusters a stiff annoyed hand at him for.)

When she is alone of his singular presence, Lind wraps her arms around herself, of annul unto pensive feelings being contained once more. The sigh equals the posture.

Feeling Eihwa near, isn't a help to her. Eihwa just hovers near, her own angel Test of Purity out, pure white of white for an angel, to take hold of the Mints still out in the open and true, if needed. Lind just professes to Eihwa to willingly heed. "I'm growing impatient."

"I know." Eihwa only says. "You alright?" ...the next as only needed of said from a mother, as Ishara walks near. Lind looks back, her Twins look down, as Lind angles her head away. Eihwa trades a look with Ishara, as then Lind looks at Frode. A weird tryst of traded look that leads Lind to then ask... "You both are returning to Heaven today, yes Father?" ...this Frode nods. "A Judicator's duty is never done." ...as Ishara nods in as well. "Aye, neither is of the Medical Seat. Your Sister is apparently taking our place, for that little event you spoke of, in the coming."

Lind then asks further... "Then, can I ask, given Beloved's waiting nature, considering all of this, that I ask of a special Family Favor?"

Eihwa cocks her eye(s) at this, as Frode nods. "Very well." ...and then is told Network wise, rather than out in the open, within further Intracellic code-speak, that Imladris wouldn't quite understand 'just' yet. (And only 'just' at this point.) What was told made Eihwa gasp. "So audace fiero."

"Yeah." ...this as they all turn, as Keiichi and Belldandy walk up, the former quipping... "...for whatever it was." ...this Keiichi quips. Eihwa cocks an eye, as does her angel. "Whatever indeed, young of Contract and ringborne?"

Keiichi just rubs at his head as usual. "Well, whatever it was, it sounded like it was going to be neat." ...this Eihwa realized and blushed. Lind just shook her head. "Huh, try and give it all away, why won't you now." ...this Eihwa just flusters her hands back at. (And nearly got flip tossed away for it.) She's only saved of it, by the sight of a flare, as all look up, as Imladris comes down the temple steps, fading away his Regalia in favor of some plain work clothes faire. The face isn't as plain looking. Lind sees this well and prods true. "Belove?"

Imladris looks up, and for a moment sees all those eyes looking at him. He has to reset his mind a bit to then offer out. "I just got off the holo-transmitter with Ackronus."

"How is your friend, Cousin?" Belldandy asks simply. In turn back. "Well and good. However I was told something both strange, and amazing. And probably kooky, and outlandish."

"Ever with the mystery Belove." Lind quips in austere tone. Imladris however pushes past this despite. "More than we should expect. Urd and Troubadour of focus in fact."

"Us?" ...this the eyes of the lot, turn as said goddess Norn of the Past, in a slim red and blue jumpsuit dress, and her Plum Tree Spirit love, in his usual spirit cloth of canon choice, float up. The former the initial speaking voice, is amended as Troubadour prods for more off of. "Indeed, what could be coming for us, from your end of the spectrum?"

Imladris is about to answer, before a kid sized tone of Grand Voice imparts. "Nay nay. One should not disclose the surprise to come, unto them both." ...this as pretty much the rest of the breakfast party emerges external.

Urd just looks back, with a growing unease to her face. "Not sure I'll like this surprise."

Kid-Al just smirks, then gets his face yanked over by kid-Frig. "How come you won't let 'me' into this surprise?" ...this Frig hawks over a stoic kid faced mini-Creator and all. When Al doesn't tell, Frigurina just gets more hawkish. To the point Skuld even blanches on behind in seeing. "I think my back might break."

Ever see a mommy goddess, the same size as a kid goddess, hawk over her in turn? Urd didn't laugh for that reason, as Skuld almost 'does' sunder her own back! Peorth just hides behind Talos. "Mon ami, proteger me."

Belldandy then offers. "We should get ready for work, we have another long and fun day ahead of us." Keiichi nods in kind. "Yup, all that grease and parts and oil and... oh yeah, lemme at it!" ...this Keiichi gets blinked at a lot. Eihwa just quips in. "I thought work was supposed to be all drudgery and such for mortals."

"Only for those that do not enjoy what they do for their livings. Many dreams still are beheld in my wonderful grand love, as yet unshared." Belldandy offers, as Keiichi make a bit too of a pose like some Sayian about to go Super or something. Keiichi realizes and goes back to his usual pensive posture. "Sorry, working on new bikes anymore is cool as heck." ...this Keiichi then look and points wackily at Imlade. "I blame you! After all that cool galaxy stuff, Chihiro and me got too many dang ideas to work with now!"

"You're welcome." Imlade only says back. Belldandy then offers. "You and Lind haven't eaten yet, yes?" ...as Belldandy offers a good sized rice bowl with an egg on it. Lind in kind. "I already ate some of Beloved's foodstuffs." This Imlade blinks at. "When was this?" ...Lind in kind stabs back. "When you went on that unauthorized patrol yonder."

A meow on Kid-Al's head just punctuates this, to bemused smiles all around. Save one who defensively yelps back. "But it's part of my job!" ...this in turn Lind just leans over towards Belldandy. "Thank you Belldandy." ...whom smiles back beamingly, before Lind then snaps back at her love, and 'poofs' the rice bowl and all, onto a six inch long by three inch wide pill. Lind just demands... "Open your mouth."

Everyone seeing where this is going, just sees Imladris blanch back. "You don't mean..." ...as everyone takes a step back. This as Lind snips further... "It's either that, or in suppository form."

Imlade just whines. "Barnacle, I hate the pill." ...and opens his mouth.

Keiichi just winces like crazy at... "That's really not right there either! Or logical!" ...Lind shoving the pill down Imlade's throat! And boy did she shove it down good. Frode just bland-eyed sighed. "Remember that one." ...as Ishara made with an evil snicker of unsaid memory.

Seeing kings cry, just isn't manly.

Some dire eyes, looked on above, as three vehicles pull out from the Temple, all bikes, two literally burning rubber onto the road, as they raced each other again, the third, a two seater that was carrying two extra souls upon normal shoulders within.

This as a recently enough 'saved' Demon Agent, looks primarily at one of the two bikes that are racing each other with nigh abandon. The Demon didn't care for the make of the bikes, or of any other iota of detail. Just only that of an eye of revenge on his infernal mind.

Meanwhile, another set of demon eyes, far more familiar to the goddesses on below, just looks at the back of the first Demon Agent, with way too lovey-dovey for anyone's good, eyes. This as Mara pants in said puppy-kitty-dog-cat-animal heat, at the back of Satorna. This as all three of them hover in midair, some ten thousand meters above the Japanese mainland. (Boy celestial eyes see dang well. Or dire well in this case.) Of the third, a CEO that needs no introduction. This as Hild eyes over at Mara's constant two week and so now, tryst of lust. "Gee demon girl, try not our patience with ye."

Mara didn't listen. Hild almost acted on instinct ill proper of her usual ill nature, when Hild heard.

"This day, I enact my decades long revenge in waiting. Aus unbestreitbar."

Hild cocked her eyes and read a demon mind most rather focused, and smirked. "Why not."

Satorna looked back, and realized what he heard.

The V Star Classic was being pushed as hard as ever, as he kept chasing after that Honda Valkyrie with such passion. And it seemed again... "This is getting futile." ...as Lind once again, gave zilch ground, as the two weaved their way across the infamous Inokuradai Pass 'race course'. A road that even cops long gave up on trying to police, in favor of thinking tragic accidents would do the job for them here.

Not that it ever actually caused such for real, nor halted the occasional racer to test his best, on this same said 'track', for various reasons. And after the events that left gargantuan hoof prints into the asphalt, and the repair work after, cops left this area even more well alone now. All the better now, as traffic was sparse, but the competition upon it, wasn't meek. This as Imladris kept all but eating Lind's dust, such as how close Imladris's bike was to Lind's, on the rear wheel! And given they were half way through the Pass, that was a lot of dust to eat.

"Patooey!" ...so said suddenly. Lind smirked as she piled on some more speed. Imlade reacted in kind on blinking off the dust.

But not enough to... "Hello there." ...as Lind shot a glance to her left, and saw the 'real' queen of the circuit, right next to her. "Megumi?"

Imlade for his part looks to his own left in realizing. "Ah, Keiba Milord." ...this as an FZ1 was right astride of him! The same of Meg's beloved KSR, as the foursome traded this quirky greeting, into a long curve, at only 56 Mph, or so. Keiba gave a curt nod back, then informed. "Sorry good king dude, but I got a queen of the road to chase down."

Imlade barely gets off a... "Off to ye quest then..." ...before Keiba rips forth off of, this passing Lind and Megumi's bikes with! Meg just shouts under her own helmet! "Hey! Get back here!" ...and guns her own throttle further! The regular royals of the road, pull away with expert ease, as they duel with each other, their duet once again. Lind is amazed by the sight, as Imladris pulls up on the left.

"Well, don't we still have a ways to go." Imladris readily admits. Lind however smirks over with, her own helmet catching the cold blue sky day well, and informs... "It is still not them, that I choose as my opponent.

Imladris just smirks as Lind's throttle guns her forth like the rocket she usually is, in any battle. Imladris just nods. "And yet it is I, that still have ways to go." ...and guns his own throttle.

Further behind, Keiichi drove his BMW pride and joy, at a more 'legal' speed, as more in worry of his passengers, a plural note that included more than just his usual accompaniment of Belldandy, aside him, in the sidecar. This as an even 'smaller' Frigurina, chibi-size and all, 'stands' on Bell's shoulder, near Keiichi, where the opposite shoulder for Keiichi, sees a chibi-... wow... Almighty on 'that' said shoulder, in-between Keiichi and Belldandy, with said mini-Frigurina close to mini-Al as a result.

Sure was a unique scene, the same as mini-Al informs in his own well way. "Thou family of this road shared, all beheld many narly skills to learn from. I am most impressed once more."

This mini-Frigurina mini-elbows her larger Norn daughter. "See, ol lil hubby is impressed with you kids."

Belldandy nods. "Everyone keeps plying their best, to ensure the said enjoyment for each other, upon this road of many wonderful memories. I am so happy my Keiichi and I have had just as many, upon this road. This mini-Al just elbows Keiichi in the helmet, inducing the expected blush. Keiichi in turn just is amazed as usual, that mini-Al and mini-Frig both just 'stand' upon both their shoulders, as if the wind was not even there, unto them, only unto their respective mini-hair.

Keiichi instead remarked of knowing better now, what since it's been a week of this. "How are they doing up there?"

Belldandy giggles once more, as does mini-Frig, as mini-Al informs. "It appears my Hand could have used an additional Titled power to keep up, with the rest of you well skilled kin." ...this Keiichi nods. "As long as he's having fun."

"He is Dear." ...Belldandy informs serenely, with a loving glance. Keiichi looks over and nods, Belldandy adding for direct impart. "As do we, each and every day."

Keiichi blushes a tic too much, to the point mini-Al quips to remind Keiichi. "Watch yonder road, good youth."

"Ah! Sorry! Sorry." ...this Keiichi takes three celestial, family giggles/chuckles, at his well celestial-endowed expense.

Keiichi then concentrates, but then he 'thinks' he hears... "Eh? What's with Chi... hiro..." ...this Keiichi blinks at. His companions do as well, as they draw in closer to Nekomi proper.

"With full respect, Herr CEO."

Hild smirked. "Such an interesting idea." ...this before Satorna gulped a bit, when Hild slit her eyes at him. "Not one of now reading Our mind, are 'we'."

Satorna, with Mara draped over his back, rather cuddling and all, if one ignores the two together look like the worst kind of a 'perfect biker couple', and all, just angles his head to his own device of mind. "Rather Herr CEO, they would be a good tool, for conducting 'our' affair, and ensure the claws of Contract, will find all 'three', will find our fold, increased of the Market Share."

Hild smirked. "Of two of them, We already are assured of the coming course. A third, you wish to Gift, unto Us?"

Satorna looked at the child sized biker kith, of seven years and all (not just coincidence,) and offered. "And why not Frau Hild, since you will beget my Share, unto your Will, and I, unto my only desire." ...this in turn, Mara just croons out. "Oh I love it, when you speak in tone for scheming." ...put a bit too lustful. Satorna both rolls his eyes, and shivers the same.

Hild slit her eyes in kind, using only the thin air of above, as a recliner. "You 'do' realize, there is a Treaty in place, of halt in the conduct of the Soul War. For the present time, and unto the 'same' of whom you are planning against?"

Satorna just folds his leather encapsulated arms, all studded of narly metal spikes of red and black, as if they were burned. The same of the rest of his very real looking biker attire, one that would have fit in perfectly, at Sturgis South Dakota. (And Mara too, for the entirety of her time amongst her goddess enemies, all these years.) Satorna then just imparts, of such 'concern', of his target. "And such is why, my intent is 'not' of murdering the Schweinehund, as he proper deserves. Rather only of the act that I 'can' perform, unto that kingly scum."

It had been awhile indeed, since Hild had heard such venom, in another demon of her Own Kind. She just shrugged back. "So be it. We will acquiesce to see the plan you unveil, and then Judge you by it."

Satorna gulped a bit. He was under no illusions, that his prior failure from the ancient Galactic Campaign, had yet to be punished for. Hence in part why suddenly for this drive, that had two direct vectors to it. The three knew well enough whom such would be pitted against the 'Lord Excellency', 'Lord Knight', and 'Dark Lord', all in the same warped package. Hild in fact realized this, and blanched a bit. "We should Judge you anyway. Those three cannot hope to stand a chance against him 'or' them, when it all comes down to it. And tell Us not that you intend to use Keiichi as a lamb in this, it all has been done before."

Satorna's grin in return, begot Hild's curiosity. The return response came back most fanged in kind. "Yes, but to use devices 'through' the Contracts of note, to accomplish only one simple task, will be more than enough, to satisfy my vein of allowed revenge.

For what more punishment is there, than to see one humbled before their own vaunted family, both high and below."

Hild sensed something was off there, but she decided. "So be it. Become what you may of your endeavor. It's been a boring couple of mortal weeks on this rock anyway." Hild huffed, given the 'obvious' addition of Vacation note, meant Hild's usual trysts of her own, were really retarded. Not with worry over Her Will in the formal way. And yet, to this point, the Seer hadn't made another move, since the battle that installed their mutual target, as Regent, of the same' kingdom', that Satorna was trying to plan his way out of being punished for. Hild smirked in all the usual round of it.

And she already knew how this would turn out anyway. Such she then quipped. "Shalt I inform where your dire flock is at?"

Satorna then beheld a rather razor black 'cell phone' in turn. "No need frau."

Mara just suddenly blanched "Hey! That's my hell-phone!"

Satorna just snickered back. A bad idea given the short tarring Satorna begot from Mara, for that. Hild just floated back and rolled her eyes. "And We 'had' to allow them both to format into Existence. Oh us."

Sigrun looked plainly on, near the residence, hardly looking so as dressed, her all but Belldandy-clone lengths of hair all silvery, matching well with her black, starry specked half-combat jumpsuit, half goddess flowing robes that melded flairs from a mixture of her Master's cloth, Imladris's Beloved's Valkyrian jumpsuit, Belldandy's robes, and a bit of her own gothic flair. All fit for the Norn Goddess of Fate, and of the Lunar she gazed at often. The same she saw a certain growing love, as a symbol of, these days. A thought not heeded here, as Sigrun simply cocked her eyes, as Urd paced back and forth. Sigrun didn't bother asking, since Troubadour kept spouting out. "What could be coming for 'us', dear Urdy?"

Urd just snapped back comically, all fangs blanching out at him. "How should I know dim bulb! And quit the Urdy crap!"

"But Urdy," ...Troubadour whined out, in defending their unknown predicament. "...whatever it is, can't be bad. Your Cousin said so." ...which in turn Urd just reacted to that, by spinning around from her pacing back and forth, and comically punting the Tree Spirit over like a kid's floor bobble toy or something! "If Cousin said it, it'll probably be worse for us! And quit the Urdy crap!"

Sigrun finally snips in, 'some' of that old animosity of her and Urd's shared tragedy from childhood, of various forms, slipping through her own tongue. "Come on girl, maybe it'll be 'better' than just that." ...this Urd looks over at her Norn sister, by strange tryst of relation most binded by Frigurina despite, and cracks back. "Uhuh. Some of your Master's beat up sessions, must be leaking through to your brain there goddess."

Troubadour didn't bother trying to get back close to Urd, given the anime lightning-bolt stare two were gettin er down with. With Skuld having won TV rights from Peorth, in absence of said worry-wart Urd, and Peorth simply in turn enjoying alone time between Talos and a puff pastry, Troubadour didn't feel much of a place to hide, at that moment.

"And nor will you find such with us."

Troubadour nodded, then realized, and looked over at the voice, as where he sat, back and butt against a box, placed under the 'flooring' of the residence, looked to his left to see a black neko, with a four spoke star upon his black, furry forehead. Troubadour just snaps back at the furry neko reincarnated/cursed form of... "Who said I needed such from 'you' Velsper."

"Heh, more than you know Spirit." ...this said Plum Spirit bloke looks right to a husky breed dog, with an elongated hexagon-diamond shape, on his white and light blue trimmed furry forehead. Troubadour just eyes Celestine's reincarnated form. "I know well enough, and... hey... I was sitting here and... don't you dare..."

Urd's/Sigrun's stare off fest, is interrupted as Celestine 'treats' Troubadour, as any dog would 'treat' a tree. The two Norn goddesses openly look in blank surprise as Troubadour decries with pointless flapping of his cloth, such done in icky fashion! "Do you mind hound head! These are my best Spirit clothes!"

Troubadour then sees both Norns, whom realize, and start BUSTING a gut! Troubadour just bemoans as Urd just slaps onto Sigrun's back all silly! "Hahaha! He peed on you! Oh my gawd!"

Sigrun, not holding up much better. "Now he 'really' is a real Tree Spirit!"

Troubadour just pans such a face, as even Velsper is rolling on his furry back, in laughter! "Oh Hild! Take me now, I've seen it all. Whahahaha!" ...this as Celestine just waggles his tongue in doggy fashion of the appeased. Said tree Spirit High Class just sighs... "I just hope the Spirit Council doesn't hear of this one."

Urd just cracks out in continued laughter... "I can arrange that!" ...which really poisons Troubadour's face! It's not helped much when Sigrun adds in... "Maybe... maybe this is a form of sanctification for him." ...this Urd and Sigrun then trade a 'strange' moment of a look, of equally strange serenity. Urd then realizes out loud. "Hey yeah. I mean Celestine is a reincarnated god, for a dog."

Sigrun blinks. "Yeah."

Troubadour just ends up throwing a fit, at the second round of the two Norn really share! Velsper just keeps laughing long enough for Celestine to then warn. "I can 'sanctify' you too, if you're not careful."

Velsper has ZILCH of that, with a good standing hiss of all furry hairs on end! "Try it Lassie! I dare ya!"

It's sorta saved when Skuld and Peorth both pop out their melons, Talos on the echoing act. Of the child Second Class goddess's impart. "The heck is with all the laughter? It's drowning out my Quest Trek show!"

"Oui. Like banshees out here all of a sudden." ...this they see Troubadour still 'flicking' at his clothing, and then pine off what happened, off of... eh? ...the local Network. Troubadour just blanches a third time, when Skuld, Peorth, 'and' Talos... (him too?) ...start their own laughter tirade! The Spirit just yells out... "Stop that! Enough already!"

"No kiddin!" ...a new, familiar voice joins in, as eyes look over at... "Oh... haha... sorry, and welcome Lady Takano. Hahaha..." ...of Sigrun's impart.

Takano the said youthful as ever looking elder, in a simple outfit setup that looks rather reminiscent of Megumi's usual attire, shows up with a good sized lunch box for the gathering. She then looks at Sigrun with a blanch. "Geeze grrl, I told ya I just don't want any of that hogwash fancy crud!" ...this Sigrun starts to compose herself. "Sorry milady. Opps... sorry again."

Takano, absent one Keima (busy with his glass works business, along said with an absent Lord Excellency partner, ever the multitasker of such things,) just 'reminds' Sigrun once again. "Sheesh girly, you take after ya old metal head of a boss anymore. Kids I tell ya." ...as she walks on in towards the residence, well laden of both arms. She then passes Troubadour, and takes a good jink of a step away! "Peeww! Gee golly! What got onta ya bub!"

Troubadour just thumbs over at... "Him." ...Celestine. Takano didn't need the Network to piece together the doggy tongue waggling obvious. (Keiichi got good smarts form somewhere. Megumi even more so.) Takano just then sniffs and spouts. "Ah... well, ya are a tree hugga type after alls." ...and then just drops it to saunter up into the residence. "Where's the Big Boyo at today, with the gals and guys?" ...she puts out generally. Peorth answers back, an eye on 'within' the goodies laden. "Said des lords et leurs dames, are well endowed with their daily adventures afar."

"That's good ta know." Takano ever as happy as a peach, as she offers... "Here Skuld-kun, ta help us prepare for later on." ...this as Skuld then bemoans. "Did ya have to put in 'kun' there?" ...this Skuld blanches at. Peorth and Talos snicker, as Takano just eyes in a bit too close. "Ya prefer I go with bozu instead?"

Skuld knew better what 'that' differing word would entail, as she just hops up and races on in. "Nope, kun is good!"

Urd afar just goes... "Dang, she's like mother." ...this Sigrun nods openly. Of course Takano hears this and gives off a good Lind type snap of the fingers! "I can be just as bad too! Let's go ladies, tha place needs spiffin!"

And in soon enough, a short, but spirited, cleaning spree takes place. Yup, Takano and Frigurina 'knew' how best to command Motherhood.

Ishara and Frode were floating just outside of their daughter's and (probable,) son-in-law's expanded residence. The interior space that easily was more like a large living room for a house anymore, given just how much stuff was in it now. Books, trunks, celestial litter and all from many adventures amongst the Morisato hold. Frode leafed through some of Lind's reading material. (Lind's a bookworm, alright.) Ishara meanwhile was leafing through Imladris's Eddas Memoirs Expanded tome, leafing through more adventures than any tome had a right to have of such. The same could be said of the bag of plain old potato chips Ishara was constantly munching on.

They then heard Takano bossing everyone around outside. Frode just quipped... "A good thing you're not out there, eh goddess?" ...this an unseen eye, with voice towards a well hidden White Goddess, up in the temple beam rafters. This as Eihwa reads one of Skuld's older manga volumes, one that could nearly rival Imladris's ill vaunted tome, on below, in thickness at least. "Si. Takano is one even I do not mess with. Especially since Signora Frigurina has been giving her effectual lessons in commanding even goddesses around." ...this as she has Test of Purity out, reading a 'second' manga volume from Skuld's collection.

Ishara just gulps down about three chips and then lightly accuses. "One might think you rather be around a certain duo, at this point instead."

Eihwa just looks down at a decent stare from Lind's mother, knowing full well the inflection induced. Eihwa gave a good longing sigh in open profession. "Per certo I would, but the same is said unto you both, for remaining here, despite your call of duty each. This Almighty was most expressed in comandare, prior to His mighty departure with the gang."

Frode nods to this, as Eihwa then professes of more enamored, if removed note. "Plus I know my heart cannot truly belong to them both, this I am already offered of my heart, of where it belongs."

"I do not agree."

Eihwa blinks, as does Test of Purity, as both look down at Frode. Ishara looks at Eihwa as well, as Frode professes a certain truth he knows well. "Your worry, is that you are not of Valkyrian mode to stand up to their vein of love of love for each other, verses your own. But you forget yourself, as all three of you, are of Heaven, the same of my beloved Ishara and I." ...this Eihwa looks wanting in eyes of hearing. Frode just puts forth to consume of celestial mind. "Our vein of love, is of love all its own merit. And that merit, is always an earned one. For you, you only need to earn their love, in your own way. Not of 'ours', as if we need to judge of such."

Ishara backs up Frode's statement simply as well. If in a way that made things more complicated for Eihwa. "As long as love itself, is the proper goal, then who are we as Lind's parents, to say whom is worthy of her. That is for our daughter to decide, this a responsible goddess she in the end is."

Eihwa nods, and almost sheds a tear. It's bade off with a quip from her, concerning... "And what of our mutual Charge of regal mode?"

Frode just flusters a annoyed hand in adding... "Eh, Master needs all the love he can get. A dullard at times, he still is."

All three get a good laugh at Imladris's absent expense.

"Ah! So there ya are!" ...this Eihwa 'eeps', in turning her head at the below of sight, of a hands on hips Takano. Eihwa just gulps, as does Frode, whom the latter Ishara notes, to a retort of a potato chip, flung at Frode's head! Takano just accuses. "Ya know that your flowery Sista is doing all your work for ya?"

Eihwa, and Test of Purity, both hide their faces under their pilfered manga. "But signora Takano, I'm caretaking beloved's shared residence in their absence!"

"Get out of there, you paresseux!" Peorth shouts of well encoded hearing. Takano just waves her hand in a 'come on' pose. "Come on, there's a broom and some leaves waitin for ya." ...this Eihwa sighs in dejection. "Si Signora."

Takano then looks over at... "And you!" ...this a look straight at a blinking Frode, of all beings! "What of me?" Takano strikes back with... "Sitting there, eating ya master's stuff and reading your kid's books, without a care in tha world! I gots old magazines with ya name all spoiled over it!"

Ishara just laughs, as Frode blanches... "A Lower Council god doing mortal chores? What impudence is this?"

"What impudence indeed." Ishara teases back knowingly, cradling the open tome all the same in a cute slant pose. Frode blanches back at Ishara, to a hazard. "What impudence? I'll tell what kind... I..."

"GET YA BUTT TA WORK YA GODLY BUM!" ...which really makes Frode and Eihwa both scramble! Ishara blinks. "Lady Frigurina's Voice finds a good hostess indeed." ...as Frode just gives a devil eye look at a smiling, triumphant mother of two. Eihwa then hazards out with a thumb towards... "What about her?" ...Ishara, whom blinks simply. Takano just responds back. "Oh she's good, she's expectin. I can tell."

Eihwa freezes. Frode FREEZES! Of the latter, in his best Imlade's shocked imitation... "Say what, who now?"

Ishara just smiles beamingly, as Eihwa realizes and hops claps once. "Fantastico!"

Frode just blanches ever a poisoned father's face! "Wonderful? When did this happen?" ...this Ishara pulls an annoyed, hurt face. Takano just puts a right arm around Frode's shoulders, and 'explains'... "How ta puts it. When a grrl and a boyo get together and have 'funny feelins'..."

Frode just comically snaps back, blustering Takano's hair about with! "I KNOW how it happened? But when I ask of this?"

Ishara just taps at the edge of the heft tome in her hands and lap. "Gee dear, all that 'fun' in space during Imladris's work time in the Alliance Galaxy, already muddled your brain there?"

Frode is about to fluster back in turn (to a hazard,) when suddenly the air outside chimes of something magical opening! Everyone looks back outside at the Temple structure entrance, and gasp. They aren't the only ones in the Tarikihongan area to see 'and' feel this. Takano warbles out... "Whats goin on dearies?"

"A Gate just opened... no..." Eihwa serenades out, as she feels something incredible coming. "...no, feels more like one of those teleporter beam things beloved Cavaliere-Eccellenza uses." ...this as she floats out, everyone is in various choice of 'ped' travel inclusive.

This as something amazing approaches. Both of them.

She was only watching TV on her expensive plasma flatscreen once again, passing by another racing show that made her reminded of Keiichi again, and then a fashion show that she unexpectedly flipped away from, as it reminded her of Belldandy. And then a cooking show. And then another fashion show. And then... gawd, a bridal fashion show?

Sayoko just sighed. "Why does everything remind me of Belldandy anymore? I mean she's even getting married to that loser, before I get married! ERGH!" ...this as she throws another fit. "Why does she beat me to everything?"

And then her cell phone rang. Sayoko picks it up, hits the 'call' button, and spouts. "Someone better be dying."

"Belldandy." ...a rough male tone, croons out. Sayoko just about throws the phone into the TV, but instead just snaps back. "Who the hell is this?"

"Do you want revenge on Belldandy, or not Frau?" ...the tone rather hypnotic. Sayoko didn't realize her 'exposure' was tilting her 'soul' a bit too far. And she naturally went with it anyway. "Of course I do! Who is this anyway?"

The voice on the other end just 'commands'. "If you want your score settled, then do as I say."

Sayoko, now well entranced by now, by the equally hypnotic voice of German mode, just obeyed everything, to every... last... syllable.

All Sayoko could say in the end, was... "Uhuh..."

She left to find her 'friends'.

A clack snap shut of a hell-phone. "Too easy."

Mara just snuggled onto Satorna's left shoulder, her breath nice and hot. "That's two. Aoshima and Sayoko. Now what about the third." ...put nice and lusty in voice. Satorna just angled his head, and caressed Mara's chin. "Shalt we find out Frau?"

Mara squinted her eyes, as Satorna then flipped the hell-phone back open. The device showing a listing of all the Contracts and Contacts Hild and Mara had pegged, in their mutual time on this Terran rock. The void black phone, with a void black LCD screen, had blood red letters and such, upon it's fancy GUI interface. (And the whole thing was demonic colored for a reason.) And some thumb control scrolling come up with the third name. Mara blinked and recognized it from Urd's story about her. "Mishu?"

Satorna just seethed out in coming satisfaction. "Oh yes." ...this gave Mara a dire chill, one she liked. Satorna then localized the number, off the Yamano family phone listing, and made the call.

"- Who the (censored) is this? -" ...this even Mara pulled a face at. "Good thing we caught her at a bad time." ...this Mara snickered at her own vile version of a joke, as Satorna simply crooned next. "Imladris."

"- WHAT? I remember that... uh... guy. -" A strange, wanting tone comes back with. Mara felt the hooks grow anew. Satorna plied more of a Contract posture, with this new Market Share to eventually acquire. (Ever been to Nidheg's version of the IRS? They come to collect, when they really decide to.) As such... "How would you like to garner revenge, off of your wronged personage, of ego I caress for our mutual purpose." ...this Satorna's voice turned spell vile, in the shadows of caressing greed with. Off the other end of the pilfered phone line. "- Uhuh. -"

Mara growled a bit hissy defensively, of her territory, as Satorna then explained the details.

The third of the patsy trio, was collected.

"But that's impossible!" ...Urd exclaimed in amazement, at the sight bouncing around her. The same of the rest, watching in amazement, at the other sight along with.

Their glowing guest, just smiled 'all' Belldandy like, as any such proto-ascended being from 'that' galaxy seemingly did. Though this 'wasn't' Illuminaran, of certain note. Nor the one spinning around happily around Urd and troubadour each! (Like Urd and Troubadour were planets for a lil moon to orbit around in a figure eight. And not all to fancy a sight at that, such as the sugary-slurpy-syrupy being that was going... "Yay yay yay yay yay!" ...over and over and over and over and over!

Troubadour just wilted out. "Can... can you explain that again?"

Their literally glowing host just smiles. ": Of course. :"

Chihiro was as happy as peach, though you couldn't tell it, by how much she was yelling at Tamiya. "I said stock them how I want them stocked! Not how you want to!"

"Yesh Miss Chihiro!" ...Tamiya obliged again, as Chihiro sighs, and then giggled under her muttering breath, as she then hears motors arrive. She yells a last at her big bub in her anew love life. "And no more eating! It's work time bucko brain!"

Tamiya just blanched. "Bwut My Mwiss!" ...this Chihiro snaps back! "My Miss nothing! It's work time buddy!" ...this as she then licked some hot sauce off her lips, from the breakfast the two shared. Tamiya obliged by yanking all the breakfast stuff into the trash, while Chihiro giggled lightly at him. The bikes then got close enough, that Chihiro was reminded of whom was coming.

"Heh, been two weeks now, hasn't it." ...the owner of Whirlwind commented with more longing, than even Tamiya expected. The big lug of a human being, looked with his over manly encrusted eyes, at the short raven haired spunk of a woman, that both won many racing trophies, acclaim of the motorcycle community, and his heart. (The latter that Otaki teased him about, and Tamiya in turn, about Satoko in turn. Being manly didn't seem to matter as much, as being tied down, in the end.)

For Chihiro's impart, she remembered one of the personages approaching, that made her really appreciate life, and all she enjoyed. Now more than ever. This as she swore she heard... "So I like my life... eh?"

"Eh?" Tamiya thought he heard, as Chihiro blinked it off, then back to her reminiscing. This as the memory started with the return of everyone back from that amazing galaxy that even Chihiro enjoyed more than she admitted. And there, the prostrated realization from their mutual 'king', that Almighty was well indeed amongst them. Chihiro just quipped openly. "It's like that one song, 'what if' indeed." ...this Tamiya heard, but went back to cleaning. (Shouldn't he be causing the opposite?) Chihiro's memories then trailed together, like the lives of those that she clustered herself around anymore.

Almighty in essence, really was on vacation. And was quite approachable, even more so when Chihiro saw him in such a cute format. (To her. Her usual weakness to cute things, creatures, and kids, and all.) All such exacerbated on the third day, when kid-Al saw Chihiro seeing him again, and fiddling between hugging the stuffing out of him, or just plain fawning at His feet, (as wouldn't have been saw ill in of her.) In the end, Al just lured Chihiro into the former course, with a cute display of... "Come on, you know you want to." ...with a cute teasing tone that Chihiro worried moaned against at first. Worse with everyone watching on that fateful night. It was made worse with that kid-sized Frigurina right next to her lil hubby, biding Chihiro in with waggling-twisting hands of luring. "Yes mommy Chihiro, we need a huggy!"

Chihiro of course just caved into one of the worse scenes of cavity inducing hugging, that made Skuld half squeal, half look for a bush. Urd just went for the bush. So did Peorth. Imlade simply lost a cake bet with Keiichi, in all fun knowing.

Beyond this, the vein of the Almighty veneer was peeled back to reveal a soul of Creation, that simply adopted the manner of those that He Supported below his awesomeness. Again, the vacation bit indeed factual, as Chihiro had not yet remembered one time yet, of seeing a spell of any kind cast, from one that probably could just pop something into existence, at a whim. As Chihiro remembered, kid-Al explained. "Why should I conduct miracles unto the eyes, when my Kin around me, do so much all the better, for both my Stead, and off of it? Am I not whom all said Rules apply, from their imaginative wonders?" ...before the Creator kid munched on Belldandy's famous cake, as much as the rest of them, at that memory of time. Chihiro giggled, remembering that was the night Lind just kept literally force feeding Imlade with cake, against his will. And then Eihwa onto Lind. (Gee.)

"And yet he still likes cake." Chihiro giggled some more, as the bikes drew closer, in doppler. She still was reminiscent of memory, as the only one that wasn't fully buying into the vacation bit, 'was' their mutual protector. This as even Chihiro grew annoyed at times, with the prostrating Imlade did, before a said self-imposed Tourist. Enough at times that Lind was called forth, to 'remind' Imlade of his proper place. It wasn't fallacy. Almighty even told Chihiro, at one point... "I am not his great love. I am only here to relish in the joy that he has wanted for so long, in the Radiance of love most pure. It will only become stronger, when he Decides at last. Further, the same of my Daughters, and the vaunted lay of other goddess kin, whom love hath found replete measure. The entertainment value alone, is enough in the enjoying. And the partake there of." ...this kid-Frig in hugging turn, onto 'her' Eternal Beloved, just accented. "See, you 'can' learn even from your own daughters. I know I will tonight. Again."

Chihiro pulled a real time face there. "Didn't need to remember that."

"Yeah, us too."

Chihiro blinked this time. She looked suddenly when Tamiya quipped. "Dids yas hear dat Miss?"

"It 'not' just me then?" ...Chihiro spins back with, as she swore she 'heard' Keiichi's... er... voice? This thought process then halts when the bike screeches come to a stop outside. The reminiscent mood came to a halt with it, as the interior duo head outside, to meet a trio outside. Chihiro recognizes the KSR, FZ1, and quickly enough behind, the Honda Valkyrie. Chihiro just sighed of what this meant, as Megumi's voice joins with Keiba's. "Nice riding Lind, you are getting to our level.' ...Keiba with helmet pulled off. "Yeah, you'd make a fine racer."

Lind didn't sound as convinced. "It should have been a team effort there." Chihiro saw more on the reserved face, than just about her racing ability. Tamiya quipped. "Nots yet huh." ...which Chihiro elbowed Tamiya in the ribs for. "Not so loud." ...she put in hushed tones. Lind's consternation is beheld when a BMW pulls up, as Chihiro's best workers arrive. Belldandy waves out happily. "Hello Miss Chihiro!" ...this in said wave back from the boss, before she blinks and sees two mini-beings suddenly 'yay' right at her! This as Tamiya stumbles back, when mini-Frig and mini-Al both all but fly at Chihiro! Mini-Frig: "Huggy time!"

Keiichi chuckles, as Chihiro gets a face full of mini-godlings to huggy stuffy! Of course Chihiro... "Ohh! So cwute!" ...complies. Enough that even Lind looks ill. Belldandy of course... "That looks fun!" ...as she pops into chibi form too, and leaps into the happy-mushy-cavity inducing scene! The sight makes Megumi for one blanch. "I need the antacid again." ... "Uhuh." ...Keiba nods with.

Chihiro of course looks up at the mini-trio, at one point. "You know this is wrong." ...and mini-Al in return. "Who cares!" ...and the hugginess continues for a bit more. Tamiya then just inches away a bit too far, for his manlinesshood and all, when mini-Frig sees this. "Don't you wana huggy mommy Chihiro too?" ...put in a voice like she inhaled some helium from a balloon. Tamiya in jittery turn, hand waving good and fast! "Ahh, no danks wittle-ma'ama. I'mz guud."

Of course mini-Al has zilch of that either. (Boy these terrestrial bound celestials like to meddle. Urd got it all from somewhere.) This as he and mini-Frig both just 'pull' at him, in turn! "Awwhh... awack! Mwiss Chihiro!" ...as Chihiro turns in time to see... "Tamiya! EEK!"

Not Keiichi just feels ill. "Um... ew..." ...as Tamiya is enforcedly wrapped around Chihiro in BLUSHING kind! While the three chibis look snuggly... (Bell: "Yay.") ...Chihiro just looks lost, and Tamiya worries about his 'real' manhood.

After too long a moment of this. Chihiro: "Tamiya."

"Bwut... thewy... I... awh..."

Chihiro finally just fluster slaps Tamiya off of her, just as the 'last' of the bikers finally arrives. Keiichi 'hears' some muttering, as... "Eh? What do you mean by that gold dude?" ...this as he sees Imlade was still a good fifty meters away. Keiba blinks. "Eh? You heard that too?" ...this Keiichi looks back, all the while Lind 'eyes' her approaching love. All eyes then look as the V Star Classic comes to a slow stop, hardly crisp looking, and it's owner pulls his own helm off in total embarrassment. "Sorry for the wait." ...this as Lind 'reads' her Beloved's mind perfectly. (And not just her.) "You mean you 'did' get pulled over?" ...this even her Twins shake their heads at, 'within'.

Mini-Belldandy then pops back to normal size, as does the other two 'chibis', to their own reduced sizes of 'norms'. This as Belldandy and Frigurina trade a worried look. The rest just hear Imlade moan out. "I 'was' gonna pay the full fine and all, but just got this warning ticket from that lady officer." ...this Keiba alone snickers at in realizing, as Imlade waves a real traffic ticket in hand, before stuffing it back in his jacket pocket. Lind sees it too and yanks off her bike, and confronts him! "You mean you got away with it, with your looks again?" ...this Imlade expects what is coming and sighs. "Apparently." ...and waits for the blow to come. He's surprised when Lind doesn't bonk him, and only huffs in turning around with.

Everyone else watches this uneasy scene with mixed emotions. Megumi almost goes with the obvious 'why' for what is happening, when Chihiro interrupts her with a stuttery... "Ah... h... how bout we just get going with work, and not worry about that. I mean, no harm, no foul, right?

"A good call boss milady." ...Kid-Al just replies, making the 'elder' Whirlwind boss snicker nervously at. Lind just 'accents'. "Indeed." ...which shivers some spines. And then of course Imladris shakes it all off readily, for sake of the boss too. "Okay, maybe bossing me around will cheer us up. I'm game." ...Imlade says, which does betray a giggle from Lind. She stops at the knowing 'stare' Kid-Frig gives, as Almighty then offers up. "Perhaps a wardrobe change will unify all spirits." ...this Chihiro blinks at... "Oh, you mean our team uniforms?"

Keiichi of course bares his teeth at... "You don't mean..." ...as Kid-Almighty looks at his Hand. "If you would my Servant." ...Imlade... "Me?" ...Keiichi... "You don't mean..." ...Meg/Keiba: "Uhboy."

They all then just look as Imladris just shrugs, and flicks a finger skywards... (And Belldandy blinks... "Oh dear.") ...as Imladris chants... ": Signify our cloth to become that which garners our true spirit, as we see each other as we really are. :" ...a good POOF of spell razzmatazz encompasses the lot! As does yelping. However as the cloud fades quickly enough, everyone's dismayed shocks are justified!

Chihiro just looks at her own pulled polka-dotted cloth! "We look like clowns!" ...literally. And that meant 'everyone'.

Imlade ol big nose just looks in dismay. "Oh crud." ...as everyone looks at themselves, and each other! Even Lind, if in a strange, smexy sorta of a slender-big foot kind of a way. Meg of too much makeup just LEAPS at poor Imlade. "What kind of a spell was THAT!" ...this in turn from Keiichi and Chihiro each... "Yeah! We look like we should be in that Barnum circus thing!" ... "You're working overtime because of this!"

"But... wait... " ...as Imlade realized his spell. "...have we looked at ourselves lately, especially at home? We 'act' like clowns anymore!"

Kid-sad-tear-clown-Al: "He's got a point." ...as He sports a blue painted 'tear', under his eye-patch. This while Frig and Bell just coo over each other. Tamiya just looks lost again, looking even more the clown, than... well, what was just mentioned. Lind afar, looking like one 'heck' of a mad (smexy) clown, and not just from the face makeup, just crams back. "You wana be 'rammed' into one of Chihiro's toy cars?"

Chihiro of floppy ears just blanches back at Lind. "One: They are models... and two: I'd say go with the 1/64th scale I got for this blowhole!" ...with a good hawked posture, her red nose mushing down on Imlade's!

Imlade just droops his shoulders in humility galore, as Keiba quips at curly haired Meg. "Heh, you look good." ...this Megumi crams back. "Oh shut it honker-nose!" ...this Keiba just 'does' tweet his nose, like a honker horn. Meg just partially laughs suddenly, as Imlade just almost goes into humble reflex, as he offers... "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ...and is only prevented from said kneed over position, by a good neck yank back up by Chihiro! "Na ah! Just fix it so we can get ta work bucket brain!" ...Keiichi in kind... "Yeah dude!" ...but then K1 looks over at Chihiro, and nearly gets clown clobbered for snickering.

Imlade then blinks (which is weird with all that clown makeup,) "Hey!" ...kid-Al waiting for it... "What?" ...and in kooky, if poor form of a turn... "I guess we are all formatted after a Mighty image now, right?"

They all dryly look, and then a Smite bolt of an Icy format, does the job for kid-Al. Chihiro/Keiichi say it best too. "Thanks."

Lind: "No problem." ...wringing her spell hand clear, if weird with bigger gloves than usual. This leaves Imlade coughing out a 'soot' of sparkling ice 'dust'. He just hears... "Today naïve." ...from a Boss of bosses. "Okay... -cough- ...okay."

Imlade then starts his chant again, albeit gingerly... ": Ah... reformat to work unified clothing specs, Whirlwind racing... ah... team. :" ...this less than elegant tone finally 'poofs' everyone back into nominal cloth, one from the same bike competition, some months back now. Everyone looks nice and sharp in their black and silver lined numbers. Chihiro then chimes. "Time for some real play."

Megumi just blinks in her snazzy suit. "But I don't work here." ...this Chihiro just prods. "You can help cousin with bike upkeep today. You got no classes today right?"

Meg just smirks. "Heh, why not have some fun." ...this she pulls Keiba with her. This while Chihiro just yanks Imlade with her, as he looks at his own hand. Like it was a foreign thing, his boss quipping. "Let's help ya make up. The boxes for the expansion need moving around." ...Imlade in turn at a 'plain' looking Lind, back at him... "Ah... yeah, sure."

Keiichi just comes up to Belldandy, as her kid-sized parents look on. "Well, another day in paradise."

"As always dear." Bell chimes on back with. Kid-Frig and kid-Al just look at each other and smile. "They're lucky aren't they." ...this Belldandy blushes, and Keiichi about has a conniption.

The work of the day starts off well enough after.

Mara looked down from above. "Um, you sure we need to humiliate him? He's doing himself just fine." ...this as even the Demon fems in relative presence, was aware of the cause of what just happened. Satorna just huffed, as he 'saw' his patsy trio draw near each other, in a less than comfortable district, of the sea side docks. Satorna just seethes anyway. "After all that time Sealed? He knows not of pain." ...and suddenly demon swirls out of sight, to enact his Plan. Mara blinks, and shrugs. "Well, not of 'your' kind baby." ...and swirl teleports to follow.

They both appear near an alley, where Satorna can sense Aoshima and Sayoko near each other, and Mishu just joining in. All the usual cross insults and such 'pointed' fashion sense, just makes the air nice and tense. Satorna just 'smells' the air. "Ahh, so Rife with angst. This will be savored indeed." ...this Mara smirks and prods her love forth. "Okay bub, let's do some hexing."

A plan is 'somehow' then told, to the uneasy witnessing, that then join in, with various selfish goals in mind. And all with too much ill language, better left from the heed of kids. (Plus foreshadowing.)

Eros would have preferred to stay around Sol-MWG, but he too had a duty to the Galactic Alliance, as one of its Galactic Fleet appointed commanders. This looking out the viewport of his starcruiser Kon One, over the still mostly charred 'remains' of Core Twelve. Eros just rubbed at his short, spiky, silver hair. (No joke.) He sighed. He took snickers from his crew again. He annoyed them 'back' with a burning thought bubble over the Network.

"Now now son." He heard from his own mother, as Eros looked to his left, and saw Kaia, a lady of several decades, and the youth of the Hikari Trees infused to match, that defeated all said possibility of aging, just imparted of a patient tone that hinted to that experienced age as well. "She will still be back on the Excellency's Refuge, when you get back to the Sol System."

Eros and smirks to himself, hardly denying it anymore. "Aye." ...this as he look back towards the ruined Core Twelve starbase, that looked only so, due to damage not externally 'repaired' of yet. The stars beyond, framed with illuminated blue stellar gas, that made the scene more solemn, than what it really was. Eros 'did' complain of one impart. "You 'would' think the Excellency would have chosen a more intact Fleet Core base." ...this looking over the moon sized base, the upper half a third of a formal planet 'set' upon a immense starbase 'ring', and 'base'. Within it, the base was well on the path of becoming what it was Commanded, to be intended for. Kaia just remarked back. "As I understand it, from the Excellency's own archive files, from the planet he hails from, nevermind others with real enough versions, that this all would be akin to a Phoenix effect. This based off a creature that rises from the ashes of its own death."

"Excellency-Phoenix Starbase." Eros suddenly put in. Kaia traded a good nod. "Not bad. It shalt be Done."

The two Silveren then just trades a good giggle, just before a long-green-gray haired Furbrath Traffic-Sys-Tech announces. "Synthetic morphemic cruiser-General Yaltran on approach." ...this the strangely named starship approaching, was named so for a reason. This as a two kilometer long starship, in the shape of a squat, fat surfboard shape, came in off Kon One's port side, and then literally 'morphed' ('transformed' works too,) in an intricate way, into a two kilometer tall Synthetic Machiner being, one with three huge legs, three equally huge arms, all upon a metallic torso connected to a beefy looking 'abdomen-chest' unit, with a head that had a single glowing blue star like eye.

The Synthetic voice sounded through Kon One's speaker unit, through the Network. "/ Madame Councilor, Star Commander."

Eros feels Kaia nod and snaps in military tone. "Report General Yaltran."

The head turned to 'eye' Eros, through the vast viewport, and responded. "/ The Gift for the Excellency is ready to be Folded to this location for shake down maneuvers."

Eros just nodded, though Kaia was a bit pensive. She teardropped in tune of this. "Isn't this still a bit excessive for the Excellency's new Flagship?" ...such in turn Eros eyes back, as Yaltran eyes the two Silveren, back and forth during. "I for one do not think so. His Excellency must be celebrated for all he did for us! And more so knowing his true origins now, we must celebrate then, with full pomp as well!" ...this as Eros's eyes turn all anime starry and... well, it wasn't healthy to see. Even Yaltran cocked his head back.

Kaia just blanched back for all good motherly measure. "Do you really mind? All these Overcyclons, and you're as rash as ever." ...Eros looks back again over with. "Rash? It's only a ship."

"A five hundred kilometer ship!" Kaia really retorted! "I'm surprised 'that' many newly Essenced Synthetics allowed themselves to be sculpted into that large of a vessel! And I meant rash son!" ...this Eros just explained well enough. "But It'll be cool, as the Excellency's tech-endowed cousin phrases such. It is formatted to meld with the Illistrum and command all of the forming Galactic Fleet elements at once! It'll work, I swear this by the ascended light of the Trees."

"Uhuh." Kaia just eyed Eros back with. Eros just sighs as even his own crew was uncertain, of what was coming.

Just then, a second Synthetic cruiser all but shoots in, vessel formatted almost the same as the General himself was, save for additional antenna struts all over it, like it was a metallic porcupine, designating it as a Communications vessel class, as it too morphed into 'humanoid' format. This one with five legs and arms upon a similar surface. An 'eye set' of a green lighted triad. The General acknowledged in a technological language format, that echoes over the Kon One comm-system, the Comm-Vessel responding back the same, before the vessel remorphed into vessel form and shot off. The General interprets back. "/ It is coming in sect-cyclons. Synthetic Nav-beaconed starships will triangulate it's arrival."

"Oh goody." ...this the crew hears from Eros, and Kaia throws a fit at. "Cut that out son! I 'should' send you back and have 'her' set you straight, after all!"

Eros gulped at that intent. Sigrun was indeed the type to do 'just' that if given providence. Kaia was suddenly even fully considering doing just 'that' over the Network! Eros is (sorta) saved, when a gargantuan Fold jump flash, all but blinds eyes and sensors all alike! The gravitational wake it creates, is HUGE. It's not such to be unnoticed, by either Heaven's note, or of others. Eros recovers his sight enough, nanite aided there, as he smirks at the sight that just makes a shadow over the entirety of Core Twelve.

Eros just smirks and folds his arms. "And now for the next few Geth'Cyclons, we shake this puppy down, and then get her ready for further trials in Galaxy 2189."

Kaia rolls her eyes. "Oh sure, simple as that. Peachy."

Eros just flusters back at his mother.

Kid-Frig just looked up, rather impressed. "Whatever did that, made a good scene out there in Nephew's land-o-glory."

Kid-Al just shook his head. "I see we have competition for lauding praise unto our mutual charge." ...this Kid-Frigurina smirks back over. The two were literally, and simply, standing to either side of the entrance to Whirlwind, in their own respective black and silver lined work-jumpsuits, acting as cute little greeters. This demonstrated, as Keiba comes up, wiping his hands of some transmission fluid on an oily rag. As such on his approach. "Welcome to Whirlwind."

Keiba just jitters an eye. "Um... hi... again."

Kid-Al just makes a cute raspberry at him, as kid-Frig just quipped. "We're keeping in practice youngin."

Keiba just makes light accuse of... "I swear, (cleanly,) that you are fulfilling some fantasy of cousin's by doing this."

Kid-Al just quips openly and true. "I like her. She knows what she wants, and goes all out to accomplish such by. Plus the hugs are actually fun to partake." ...this kid-Frigurina just makes a cutesy tongue-stuck out face, towards her usually Eternal love. Keiba just snickers and nods. "And I like her when she's not acting all greedy. And sayin so such." ...this Keiba just walks on in past. Megumi then comes up, and... "Welcome to Whirlwind!"

Meg drops her own rag, and holds at her teeth reflexively. "Oh gawd, my teeth." ...and then realizes her words! "Ack! I'm sorry!"

She just get's raspberried in turn, by the Highest kind of vein.

Inside Keiba sees Keiichi and Chihiro fiddling with yet another new bike engine, all but mint condition. Belldandy tending the books again, while Tamiya and Imlade finish setting incoming boxes, where told. Chihiro then quipped on random note. "It was a good thing Lind could test drive that Suzuki special mod bike we made, so we can finish this engine today." ...this Keiichi nods, as he then sees Belldandy eye over at her Cousin. Tamiya saw it too. "Yus okay dere buddy?"

Imladris just glum nodded back. "I'll have better days." This the other's hear, but say little of it. Chihiro and Keiba for two eyed each other, almost saying it out loud again.

It was vectored away suddenly, as Megumi enters, Keiichi smiling to his little Sister, before the phone then rang. All eyes look over on instinct, as Belldandy picks up the phone. "Hello, this is Whirlwind, can we help you."

Chihiro looks up when Belldandy hears enough and responds... "Of course, we can deliver a new bike timing chain and lubricant... yes? Okay... I understand."

"What is it?" Chihiro asks, though Belldandy then hears in the phone... "Of course Miss Mishu, we can deliver them at once."

"Mishu? Keiichi quips, thinking the name is familiar. Chihiro cocks an eye, before Belldandy writes down the invoice info, as well as payment information. "Of course, we'll be there very soon." ...and places the phone on its hook.

As does the caller press a button to end her call. Sayoko comes up and, in her own way. "Not bad." ...and looks at her compatriot's skin tight jumpsuit of stylish note. Mishu Yamano just eyes back at Satoko, in a slacks, blouse getup that Mishu semi-approves as well, and goes... "Bleh... I think I need to gargle my mouth. I hate pretending to be nice."

Sayoko knows that feeling, a strange kindred spirit between the two. Sayoko then looks back at Aoshima, standing in the background. "You're sure your card is good?" ...this Aoshima just deadpans back! "My credit is spotless, so you should damn well know."

Sayoko just waves it of haughtily. "Who cares, as long as they come without fail." ...this she trades that strange look with Mishu again. Mishu just smirks in kind. "And for this, you get access to 'my' family contacts. My Uncle will never know either." Sayoko grins. "Perfect."

Aoshima just sees them both snicker like hyenas, and rolls his eyes. "Sheesh." ...which is ignored, as Aoshima just keeps mind on 'his' usual prize, once again. This as one way or another, all parties 'here', would get what they want. As such Aoshima just starts laughing too much. Sayoko and Mishu just dryly eye the well dressed bloke. Mishu complains as such. "You 'are' related to him?"

"Got me by god, even why at that." Sayoko blanches with in agreement. Sayoko then looks around. "And why did we have to do this 'here'?" ...this looking around in a sea water rusted out, stale smelling, abandoned store house, filled with moldy crates and... ew... Gan would fit in here. Mishu just played the dramatic flair, as she was used to. "It's one of those evil leader things that weird guy said we'd need. Don't think about it."

"Gladly." ...Sayoko smirked, as she wanted her own piece of revenge. So did Mishu. Now all they needed, was at least one of the workers at Whirlwind, to come. Unto the Plan, it didn't matter whom. It would all come to bear ill fruit.

Of course Aoshima just keeps laughing.

Sayo/Mish: "Oh can it moron!"

Chihiro looks at the invoice, all neat and tidy of lettering. "A timing chain and lubricant? Someone's bike sure needs an overhaul."

Keiichi comes over, and also looks. "Why does that Mishu name sound familiar."

Belldandy off perfect kind, as even the two Eternal kiths outside, lean their endowed ears in on, remarks. "Perhaps it was the Mishu that was at that contest once." ...this Chihiro looks over. "Contest? Oh you mean that cosplay you all did." ...this Chihiro then 'hears' off of... "Yeah Imladris, the same you got turned into... heh, talk about fate there. Wait... you didn't say..." ...this Imladris looking over, cocks his own eyes at.

Keiichi then asks off of his worries. "Did it sound like her? I didn't know that lady even was into bikes."

Belldandy responds back. "I was unaware she was making an ill light of anything. Her voice sounded genuine. Plus, she did pay in advance." ...this Keiichi blinks, more so when Chihiro just pipes in, like she was the biker version of Mr. Krabs. "She did? Well then, can't look a paycheck in the mouth." ...and then looks over at... "You're up, king-boyo."

"Moi?" Imlade blinks, as Chihiro just explains. "Everyone else is busy. Lind's out test drivin. Can't use the kids outside, it'd be more trouble and all, Meg and cousin are doing their own thing. Keiichi and I are busy with that engine block, and Tamiya-kun can't find a place without me as his GPS."

Imlade just looks back as Tamiya just looks comically hurt. "It's twrue." ...this Imlade almost comments, before Belldandy then offers. "Can I also go with Cousin?" ...this Keiichi blinks at, as much as anyone else in the workshop. However a lot of eyes then trade looks, Keiichi and Chihiro's own set of specific note. All of a sudden in response realized, unto Belldandy. "Go with him." ...this coming from 'everyone' else in the room. Even certain 'Kiths' leaning on in. Imlade of course... "Hey!" ...before he's suddenly tossed a set of keys. Chihiro just makes of commandment. "Get the package together, and take a ride. I mean if ya can pilot those fancy metal buckets, ya can do the same with the shop truck."

Imlade just sighs in defeat. "Yes Milady." ...as Keiba and Meg are already setting up a small box, for the trip! Imlade just deadpans out on seeing this. "I sense a dire conspiracy afoot."

Satorna just smirks, eyeing the Whirlwind shoppe, from above.

"Vile." ...Satorna puts out, for his own version of the word 'perfect.' Mara just eyed on, curious of the results. Plus she beheld a couple of trinkets for the likely case to come. She just warns lightly. "You do know pal, that he'll just get mad. Don't want that Dark Lord crap on me again."

Satorna just huffed, and watches unheeding.

Lind only checked on her 'link', with Imladris, learning enough he and Belldandy were on a delivery run. The General of Valkyries just sighs out. "Good." ...and continues on her elongated test drive, one now a bit longer than it needed to be. This as she was finally on her way back to Nekomi proper.

She just rolls her eyes at one point. "I need a mortal chill pill." ...and drives on.

No one dared try and traffic her or such, given her all but blaring aura.

Imladris was indeed a good driver. Did all the rules correctly, hardly even a jilt off of using the breaks. He even had a full Truck rig Class-D JODT type license, if there was need of such for the gang. The focus of such was welcome, from his prior thoughts. This Belldandy next to him, after about a good kilometer of driving, holding the package in her lap, just let him drive silently for a moment.

This all before they are held to a stop by a red light Imladris already 'well' saw coming. Even with the light still prior green, to his endowed 'vision'. As they screech to a light stop, Imlade's annoyed tone, fueled by other thoughts, came out as... "It seems fate is in control of these electronic gizmos." ...this his Cousin giggled simply. It was a good wedge to pry into, for her. She knew why she was along for the ride for. "Fate is only beheld in such things, where the current of electrical force pressure, and the timing of the electronic device that controls the light stopping us. Hardly one of simple chance, as would be more organic, for such devices."

Imlade just eyed over at Belldandy. "Now was it Keiichi milord in that inflection some, or Skuld's." ...this Belldandy sparred the tease with... "My own knowledge is kempt to standard that equals theirs. To be certain."

Both laugh some to that, to lighten the mood with, as the light changes, and two vehicles ahead pull away a bit too hurriedly, compared to their own pace. Imladris almost makes annoyed tone there too, before Belldandy beats him to the verbal beat with... "Seven more lights, then a left, six after that, and a right to enter the shipping yard area."

"Aye aye, madame Navigator." ...Imladris makes a nod salute with, and Belldandy giggles again.

Their path, only as obstructed, as there was traffic to navigate. No less than a form of doing the same on a river, a destination of require here, rather than just of the journey.

However the journey here, would have a journey of another kind melded.

"They okay?" Keiichi asked, mini-Al only nodding. "No hint of ill words so far, only banter and their path continued." ...this Keiichi nodded, as kid-Frigurina remarked off of Keiichi's worries. "They are not the type to have a hostile event occur. Imladris's demeanor is indeed a rival to our Daughter's."

"Hope that helps then." ...they of three, hear a fourth of little Sisterly mode, as Megumi prepared to play around with another of the finished bikes. Primarily burning in the engine and all. Keiichi nods. "Yeah. This all has been too long."

Kid-Almighty nods in accent. "It would indeed seem, the reverberations are becoming a true ill to my Titled Hand. Now with Luck as an enemy to stand against."

Keiichi grew worried, and asked...

-Some hours before.-

They started to feel they weren't on Earth anymore.

"/ What... what... what happened?"

Her upgraded all but Synthetic companion, if also in all respects, her love, just looms about, his large, red, metal hat turning about, as they stood in a weirdly blue glowing teleport chamber. This before they heard 'electronic language', that they 'did' understand! Sigel just blanched out loud. "Where are we going?"

It was weird to be kidnapped, by Synthetics. It all didn't go unnoticed.

-Some time present-

They started their final leg, as the storefronts and sparse residential areas, gave way to more density of manufacturing type businesses, more and more focused on the seas side Nekomi docks. Imlade smirked at the adhoc order of everything in the area, before he then hears...

"Don't you think it's time Cousin?"

He had all right to swerve into a building or something. He didn't. Imladris just sighs back to his Cousin of pure serenity. "Do I really deserve her?"

Belldandy blinked a bit. "Pardon? Did she not take unto your Confession? I was not under the impression, Lind conducted otherwise."

Imladris in turn smiled back. He looked ahead at the road, as they came to another stop light. Traffic was light here, as Imladris then altered his intent. "I know everyone is growing concerned. I wonder if there's too much pressure from all the waiting. From 'all' around, to be certain." ...this as he 'eyes' a tiny camera-orb, that was floating where only birds and celestials dare hover. Belldandy saw it as well, as Imladris continued. "But not just that, but... well... I guess either I am waiting too much for that 'right moment', to propose to Lind upon, or something just as magnanimous to shower her under. I feel she deserves 'just' as special a moment, as equal as I was begotten on that overlook platform, when I was... ergh... crowned." ...as they pull forth again with the traffic.

Belldandy giggled at the last part, as she offered. "To be certain, I am surprised you did not propose to her, there and then." ...this Imladris meekly teardrops. "That would have been perfect huh?" ...and to another shared chuckle. Imladris then quips out, looking about the traffic and sights. "Still... I don't know... maybe it that I want to do it all here on the planet of my birth. The world I Confessed to her upon." ...an eye over at Belldandy. "In front of those that would appreciate her smile the most, the same I will do the same. Of those she helped before I did so. Unto those that mean just as much to us both."

Belldandy shakes her head a tic, then tilts it over to remind him. "A noble desire, but you are taking 'our' feelings into account, more than 'yours'." ...this Imladris eyes over, in hearing from his Cousin. "We are I inconsequential, compared to 'your' feelings for 'Lind'. I sense you are letting 'selflessness', overpower a rare want of 'selfishness', as would be the point for a proposal. I know for myself, Keiichi and I learned to accept our evolved feelings for each other, despite whatever else others would feel of our intent. I saw this in his proposal to me. I see this now."

Imladris finds another stop light waiting, as well as his ears, Belldandy putting forth more and more. "In the end, Lind only matters to you. Not to us, your Galaxy, or even my father, whom as much as our family and I, only desire you both to be happy. And only happy for 'each other'." Belldandy then pats over onto Imlade's adjacent shoulder. "For it is not an evolved thing, that loves makes us strong for, for the one that matters most? And in this case, even more as a catalyst of evolved character, that learns of us, each in soul, towards a better path? One like our mutual path here, a shared one that brings a wonderful story closer to completion, and said evolving from?"

Imladris in turn, pulling forth again. "Like our entire story together, adjoined it all has become, after all this incredible time."

"Indeed." Belldandy smiles, and another shoulder pat. This just before the next red light comes suddenly enough. Imladris's halts in time to a grumble of... "That was a short green light." ...this unto another Bell-enchanted giggle.

A short breath thereafter to gather the mind by, and then of knightly concern... "So I worry only for proposing to Lind, for my own sake. More so for only hers." ...this he shivers a bit, in 'swearing' he feels an icy snip, within the Meld Link. He then gulps out. "I think the worry is, if I'll survive such an attempt."

Belldandy accents off of this, with the 'other' worry concerning the situation. "I would garner to amend to this soon. As I am certain a reflective curse effect, not unlike a rebounding Ultimate Force Program, is taking effect upon you both. You of direct note here."

Imladris gulps out... "You mean, all the bad luck I have been having lately? Like that clown bit earlier?"

Belldandy looks ahead at the closing distance of the docks area. "I suspect it has to do with the spell Lady Irtasus, cast upon you, from that note from her, that you opened. The spell has become quite noticeable, to the rest of us." ...this Imladris blinks over at! "How did you know about the card?"

Belldandy simply held a cute finger to her lips. "A daughter learns best, from a mother that likes to snoop." ...this Imladris cocked an eye at her with! "Now was that Lind or Eihwa in there?" ...this Belldandy actually pulls a teasing 'hurt' face, in espousing cutely enough. "I can be just as mischievous as my Sisters." ...this Imlade frazzle/wide-eye BLINKS back! "Okay! Okay! I believe ye migoddess Cousin!" ...this Imlade realizes he fell for her 'trap'. Belldandy's pure laugh just begets his own in turn. Another stop light, drawing close now to the second turn. Imladris then in turn lightly teases back. "Maybe a little bit of that, would spice up Lord Keiichi's love life."

Belldandy quickly realizes her own betrayed blush there, putting the score at even. This as Imladris then reasserts to the subject matter. "Yeah. A lot of bad luck to us both, as of late. I can sense this in part why Lind had become so agitated with me."

"And why you have been conducting your patrols, upon Father's auspice, these past two weeks."

Imladris winced to Belldandy's keen intellect. "Um... aye... and ouch." Belldandy just smiles back with. Imladris continued with a sigh, as she expects. "I want to do it. I just wonder if now, after too long, she'll reject me, because of this bad luck effect. Or just plain because she's a Valkyrie and all. I mean, knowing her..." ...he shivers and tries to hide his neck in reflex. That icy 'pinprick' grew more uneasy in the 'background'. Even Belldandy grew reserved. "I worry as well. And the longer the situation remains unresolved, the more things may turn... dire."

Imladris blinks. "Um... so... if I don't propose to Lind in time, it may destroy the world?"

It was kinda weird to have the same thought bubble of imagination, there and then, between the two Cousins. (Course it was more his than hers. And not just them at that.)

'- ...he races through the licking flames, the molten slagged streets, the immolated landscape, rushing up towards a Temple most holy and 'ruined' with that cherished box of velvet in hand!

"Must... reach... her!" ...as he leaps over a fallen tree, one weeping fire and blood. He finally reaches the top, and all but crashes into the temple courtyard, all blacked of all grass burned asunder! And there, standing with her back, the Jumpsuit 'diamond' of bareback towards him, he sees his love, with only an Axe in her hands.

He cries out... "I'm here! I'm here!" ...this the Valkyrian figure before him, remains unmoving, as he drops to his knees, and begins to open the velvet box. "I'm sorry I waited too long, will you please..."

Her voice stops all this. "It's too late." ...she says at first, as he freezes, seeing the Axe being lifted in her hand, and then beheld to the other. He sees her turn, and with tears he never thought he'd see spill out, like those steel blue corneas were of the only pure water left on this world. She scolds his freezing heart of fear, with... "If only you had asked me 'sooner'!"

He tries to speak, but finds his voice empty, as his love cries out, hefting her Axe at the ready for a lethal strike! She cries further! "If you had asked sooner, the world would not have died! How could you!"

He tries to speak further, but then goes anime WIDE-EYED, too late, as his head is severed off into a bloody stump! He only has feeling in it enough to hear. "Why my love, why did you wait to marry me!" ...and then shoots up high into the over enflamed sky, landscape, clouds, water... gee. She then cries out the last, in sobby tears. "Why my love! Why!" ...and then throws his stumpy head into a school of sharks! -'

Even Chihiro teardrops, dropping her rag, as she hears... "Uh... gee..." ...from Keiba. This they all then blink. Chihiro, Keiba, and Keiichi for three, all then look at each other! Of all three... "You mean you 'saw' that?"

This as Lind pulls up outside the Whirlwind grounds, and shouts... "What the HECK was that love?" ...to a surprise of the rest shoot their heads at! Meg just gleeps out. "Uh... is she shouting at him? He's not even here!"

Belldandy just jitters a smiley, teeth exposed teardrop. "Did you have to put the shark in that one Cousin?"

Imladris just snickers out, as they make the turn. "Sorry. Told ya I've seen too much blood." ...he then blinks, as the streets turn more shadowy, within the passing morning. "Actually, I saw an enemy captain get that treatment once. Wasn't pretty."

"Uh... indeed." ...Belldandy teardrops again out with. She then offers, as if the whole thing didn't affect her, rather in editing impart. "Plus I am unsure Lind would be the type to cry like that." ...this Imlade blinks. "Yeah, you're right."

'- He tries to speak further, but then goes anime WIDE-EYED, too late, as his head is severed off into a bloody stump! He only has feeling in it enough to hear. "You just 'had' to wait too long.' ...put in an austere tone, and then shoots up high into the over enflamed sky, landscape, clouds, water... gee. She then drones out out the last, in deadpan fashion. "Just get out of my sight." ...and then throws his stumpy head into a school of sharks! -'

Belldandy nods. "That's more like it." ...Imladris nods. "Verily."

The Whirlwind crew are blinking thrice so, as they 'saw' that revised ending, and then hear from Lind, now inside the shoppe. "I'm not that bad!" ...her helmet in hand.

She then hears a bunch of 'hmmm' sounds in return, and just reacts to the only 'target' she could.

Belldandy blinks a good bit, as Imlade's entire head, looks of all of a sudden, well and truly frozen over! Like his head just got shoved into a snow bank, and then flash frozen! It looked cool... (bad pun.)

Of his chattering impart... "B... b... brain... f... freeze..." ...as Belldandy just directs in simple tone. "The next right and straight for a couple of blocks."

"U... u... uhuh..." ...Imlade manages out, and manages to complete the navigation simply put.

Lind just rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and then after a traded look with a single cock eyed looking Kith-Almighty, chuckles lightly.

Keiichi just then finally snaps out. "Alright? What's going on?" ...this Megumi adds in too, all freaked out. "Yeah! How can 'we' hear... and... see, gold dude's thoughts like that?" ...she then realizes... "And of us too! I knew it wasn't all Urd's medicines!"

Somewhere a Norn suddenly sneezes, and gets a 'cute' response back.

Chihiro meanwhile asked of escalation towards the two Kith-Eternal Beings. "What happened to us?"

Kid-Frigurina just tapped her cute button lips. "I wondered if this would happen."

"What would happen?" ...comes from 'all' the mortals in the shoppe, at once! When Almighty laughs at this, Keiba just freaks out even more so! "Gawd! We're gonna die!" ...and then gets a good Meg-slap up the head! "Don't say it like that in front of Him!"

Kid-Al just rolls his unpatchy eye. "Oh the joys of evolution, without the usual impediments, in this for once."

Lind off this folds her arms and considers 'down'... (He 'was' only a head as tall, as of her worksuit hip, the left held of her helmet, all nice and slender.) "You mean of Beloved's impart? Or of the mortals here?"

Keiichi just turns sobby in Chihiro's arms. "He mutated us! I knew he'd get us all in the end!" ...this the workshop owner just anime yanks K1 into Tamiya's arms instead. (Unto a nice 'manly' headlock of punishment.) Chihiro just more 'calmly' put. "WHAT DID THAT TIN CAN FREAK PUT IN US?"

How Lind in turn explains of her suspicions, this off Frigurina's and Almighty's bantered off each other conjecture, just makes the mortal lot want to burn Imlade at the stake. Course only they make 'sure' they find and accuse him properly first. (As such it is social justice, after all. In 'any' age Imlade came from.)

All of this however, is cut short by...

They finally pull up to the location disclosed. Belldandy and Imlade look around. The former quips. "Such a charming place. Is this it?" ...this Belldandy looks over the invoice again, for the address, as Imladris remarks of the shadowed over warehouses of weathered beaten effects. He puts in his own way. "If you call this place charming. The Black Gate had more sunlight upon it." ...this Belldandy just returns in kind. "Well, let's drop off the package. The customer must have broken down here. We can help, and then return to the Shop."

Imladris gulps at the last bit. "We can take our time." ...said a bit warbled, given the 'inflection' he was feeling in the back of his head. The two then exit their vehicle, and walk around a bit, following Belldandy's clairvoyance sense. She then walks down past one warehouse, to another that was somehow even more shadowed over. Imlade just eyes about, with further quip... "I wonder if this is how Frodo felt." ...Belldandy only looking with keen vision. Imlade sensed something was off, and put a light protection field upon them both, with narly a word uttered. Belldandy didn't pay heed to the act, as she found the door to the location. "Here it is."

The both approach the door, and Belldandy opens it. The interior is... well, it fit the theme. She calls out. "Hello! Miss Mishu! We have the parts you ordered!" ...this they hear no return, off the echo. Imladris just shrugs. "Must be further in." ...and both simply walk on in.

From view of the doorway, the two just make it inside, before Belldandy calls out. "Miss Mishu? We have the... eh?" ...as they both hear a rope pulled, feel a 'whoosh', and then something drop onto them! Belldandy blinks as Imladris shouts. "What the? A net?"

"Eh?" Belldandy only responds, a bit openly surprised at the unique feeling, before they then 'feel'. "Ah! A demon spell hex is on this net!" ...she calls out, Imlade looking about, just before...

-CLANG!-

"What the?" Imlade blinks, as... "Did something hit me?"

"Huh? He's still awake?"

Belldandy blinks again... "Is that you Sayoko?"

-CLANG!-

Belldandy blinks. "That wasn't very nice Sayoko."

"What the hell?" ...from said assailant. From a male version. "No! Do it like this!"

-CLANG!-

Imladris in turn just blanches. "Hey! Watch the hair!"

Belldandy blinks over. "It is nice hair, you do take care of it for Lind, don't you."

Imlade chuckles over, just before...

-CLANG!- , -CLANG!-

"What 'are' they doing?" Imlade blinks, as he 'and' Bell just look at their assailants. Belldandy just looks through her net, as... "Why the hell aren't they knocked out?" ...Bell in turn towards... "That's not respectable language, in front of my Cousin, Mister Aoshima."

Imlade cock-eyed blinks again. "Are they trying to knock us out?" ...this in turn from the 'third' voice. "YEAH!"

-CLANG!- , -CLANG!- , -CLANG!-

Apparently even 'three' wielded shovels isn't enough against the duo. Belldandy just notes the third voice, as if nothing happened. "Oh, is that you Mishu? We have your parts. If you'd let us out of this net, we'd give it to you, and be on our way."

-CLONG!-

Imladris blinks, and just looks 'above' at the dented sledge hammer, one end literally flattened upon his melon. "Gee, this must be that customer service thing Chihiro talked about."

Aoshima's voice just panics in kind! "Why the hell isn't this working?"

Mishu/Sayoko: "How do we know?"

Belldandy then hears, off of Imlade's plain sounding guesstimation. "I do think we are being knocked out, as a kidnap plot." ...this the three assailants all gasp in comic panic! Belldandy then tugs at the net. "Oh. How interesting." ...this Aoshima then yapped... "Is this what that guy meant by them having thick heads?"

Sayoko, still unseen in the shadows, just yaks back! "And I thought Keiichi was supposed to come!" ...this she then blinks. "Don't tell me they 'all' are bewitched like this?"

"Bewitched?" Mishu wacks out! "You mean 'this' is what you meant?"

Imlade then blinks, and also tugs at the net. "I have a sense of who is helping them." ...this Belldandy makes a light whine back with. "And I was going to watch Keiichi do his work later." ...this Imlade smirks back. "Heh, took my advice already eh?" ...Belldandy in cute kind. "Yes. How was that Cousin?" ...in turn a thumbs up through the net.

-CLANG!-

Belldandy blinks, as the other end of the sledge hammer, just makes the thing look more like a Ball hammer now upon a king-knight-thick head. Imlade just cocks a slightly annoyed eye. "I'd be impressed if that had actually hurt any." ...Belldandy in Lind like amazement. "Your spell is quite impressive. Also that is if normal three dimensional physics affected us, as they intended." ...this Imladris looks back. "Oh, you noticed that one." ...this in turn Belldandy smiles back per perfection.

"What do we do now?" Mishu manages out through bared teeth. Imladris simply offers in amending tone... "If ya'd take the package, we'd simply..." ...before he feels Belldandy suddenly slump onto him! He looks back in shock... "Cousin!" ...before he feels a stiff sting, on his own neck! He only has time to sense... "Mara..." ...before he is knocked out.

He feels unusual, and sees more, in hidden dreams from there.

And not just of 'him' alone.

(End Act I)

Author Notes: I'm baaack! That's all for now. It'll be less ANs and more story now.

I know it's all weird, and new readers probably won't follow along, but it was why I tried to fix VK and VM, as much as possible. This so VE is enjoyed better. The grammar before all ye readers for this Volume, is my current best, so hopefully people will enjoy the story better than looking for grammar mistakes. And people reading this, 'do' put an open mind forth, as I take this series to quite new places, and answer all the questions VK and VM generated.

As such, enjoy the ride. It 'will' be a wild one.