I actually had these up yesterday, but I forgot to add them as chapters in the story. Oops.
Warnings: Spoilers for the ending and for the Secret Reports. And, not that there's much to spoil, but it helps if you've played through Another Day. Parallel universes (brain hurt).
Pairings: Gen.
Rating: G.
Notes: I tried to be as non-spoilery as possible, but there was only so much I could do with this. Inspired by Crowley and Aziraphale. They're past "going native." It is my firm belief that they should actually be running things. They're the only ones who see humans as people, anyway.
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Joshua was going native, he realized abruptly. He thought back to his other self--many of them, but in particular the one in the Tin Pin-obsessed world. At least he knew he wouldn't change too drastically if he became more human.
There was a time when he rarely cared about the difference in his other selves, but lately he found that he preferred the thought of Pink than the thought of his lonely apathetic self in one of the worlds on the other end of the spectrum. It was only natural, he thought.
Joshua didn't think about the few where Minamimoto had won, where Neku had been unable to defeat Megumi, where Sanae had Fallen, and Joshua relieved of his position as Composer of Shibuya.
He had read a scientific journal once, on the study of parallel universes. One theory had stated that all parallel universes try to reunite with the same time line as the parent universe. In that case, he was at least reassured that bringing back all four Players had been the right choice.
Joshua looked at the sky, the position of the sun in his Shibuya. It was time for their weekly Hachiko meeting. He smiled softly to himself and ambled slowly toward the statue. He had made a habit of showing up at the very last minute since the Game, he saw no reason to change this just because they were all in the RG.