Aru was dreaming again. He was in front of a large metal cage in the Dark Room. Inside of it was someone sitting on a stone chair. He looked exactly like him, with one exception: his red eyes were replaced with a glowing white. The Observer looked up at Aru.

"Let me out."

"Never."

"I'll get out eventually. We both know that. Just stop wasting our time and let me out."

"No."

The Observer looked at him angrily for a few seconds, and then smiled. "Your concentration is fading. I can feel it. You're so focused on Tsubaki and the election that you can't see that I'm getting stronger every day."

"And yet, you're still in there."

The Observer smirked. "Not for long. You know, Aru, I've been thinking."

"About what?"

"Myself. My purpose. Without the corrupting influences of Deus and the Death Fiber, I've finally realized my true reason for existence."

"And what would that be?"

"I am a soldier. A crusader in a holy war, fighting for a true god."

"Which god?"

"Let me tell you a story, Aru. Billions of years ago, there was a god who lived so far away from our universe, that he didn't look like anything we would know. Basically, imagine a squid fucked a higher-order fractal and you have a rough outline of what he looked like. One day, that god split into two brothers, a light one and a dark one. The dark one mocked his brother's work, so the light one trapped him in a young universe and sealed him in there with a meteor. The meteor broke and fell onto Earth - not our Earth, mind you - where it was both worshiped and feared by early humans."

"But what does that have to do with you?"

"Both gods radiated their energy so much that it crossed into our universe, during its birth. Imagine an infinite number of hydrogen bombs exploding at once. I believe scientists refer to it as the 'Big Bang'. The energies gained form and sapience from all of this. This created Deus Ex Machina and Rahab, the serpent of chaos. Every Deus and every Rahab in our multiverse are simply reflections of the light god and the dark god. In half of the universes in our multiverse, including ours and the other Earths near us, which I believe Ganger informed Yuno of during that whole mess, Deus killed Rahab and the world was filled with light. In the other half, Rahab killed Deus and the world was filled with darkness. Speaking of Ganger - and I'll talk about him more in a bit - I think he told Yuno about Traum visiting you. You only remember it now because you're dreaming. Since she hasn't mentioned it, I'd say the Song And Dance Man told him to erase parts of that specific dream."

"So Ganger's working with the Death Fibers now?"

"Not exactly. Ganger and the Song And Dance Man are, by nature, creatures of chaos. It seems that their goals have aligned."

"What, exactly, are their current goals?"

"Omniversal domination, sadism, and simple amusement. The Master Of Puppets craves power, so he wishes to rule everything. Ganger's just doing it because he can."

"Bastard."

"Agreed. Honestly, he's just so annoying. I listened to your conversation with him, and I felt like tearing off my ears. Anyway, now I'm going to bring numerology into this. The number four is important here: there was the twilight god, the light god, the dark god, and the twilight god when he is inevitably made whole once again. Now, imagine the four timelines of Earth-1. The dark First World had all the Diary Holders die except for Yuno, who went completely insane. In addition, it gave rise to Diabolus Ex Machina and Ganger. It now exists only as a decayed, undead abomination. The twilight Second World had all but Yuki die. It now exists as a void, a part of the Third World's Heaven. The First World's Yuno came to - well, technically, created - the Second World and killed its version of her. She fell in love with the Second World's Yuki, who made her realize she wasn't as full of darkness as she thought - and she made Yuki realize he wasn't as full of light as he thought. Two twilight gods, in a relationship that transcends time and space. The light Third World is ruled by the Second World's Yuki, a dark god who has regained the light he lost, and the Third World's Yuno, a light goddess who has the dark memories of the First World Yuno. Their servants are three Murmurs, one from each world. The First World Murmur fell to the First World Yuno's darkness, but redeemed herself. The Second World Murmur remains neutral, simply doing as commanded. The Third World Murmur is primarily light, but briefly fell to darkness under Deus' orders to prevent the Third World Yuno from finding out the truth of the nature of her timeline."

"And what about the fourth timeline, the other twilight one?"

"Ah, yes. The Paradox. Your counterpart was the hero of that story, replacing Yuki, who had been injured by Takao, and Yuno, who had accidentally been erased by Murmur. You and Murmur - again, light and dark - fought against the darkness of the world, replacing it with light. You saved Tsubaki from her cult; if you hadn't, she would have gone down a path darker than you could ever imagine. Her darkness became twilight. A similar thing happened in the Second World to Minene, who now resides in the Third World."

"I thought you said that only Yuki survived."

"Well, I'm only being told this information as I'm giving it to you."

"By who? Your 'true' god?"

"Correct. Now, back to Deus. Deus manifested himself in three forms: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is his current form, the Son was an experiment that went wrong, and the Holy Spirit was implanted within us. We use the Spirit as a conduit for the light god's power, giving us our abilities. Deus doesn't know this. I suppose one could say he's...'in the dark'."

Aru gave him an annoyed look.

"Nothing? Alright, then. Deus created the first two angels, twin brothers: Lucifuge Rofocale and Lucifer. They were both beings of twilight. The angels that became demons were beings of darkness, while the angels that remained with Deus were beings of light. Although, since demons were beings of light who fell from grace, and angels are capable of doing morally questionable things as long as Deus wills it, I suppose you could consider them all beings of twilight. Anyway, Lucifer split himself in half after the Fall: the part still named Lucifer became a being of light, while the part now known as Satan became a being of darkness."

"But aren't they both evil?"

The Observer laughed. "Good and evil are subjective. Light and darkness are not. Also, 'Lucifuge' means 'He who flees the light', while 'Lucifer' means 'Light-bringer'. Anyway, moving on to Ganger. He is a creature of darkness, while...actually, I don't feel like explaining the concept of Gangers to you. You'll find out on your own eventually."

"Wait...Gangers? As in, more than one?!"

"Yes, but let's not discuss that right now. At the moment, there's only one in existence, so you don't have much to worry about. One could consider me an 'anti-Ganger' of sorts, really. Finally, after Deus and Rahab, Lucifer and Satan, and the third light half and Ganger, there's me and my counterpart: the fourth and final reflection of the two gods. I am the light half."

"And who's the dark half?"

The Observer smiled. "Someone you know very well. Someone who's spent her life in darkness, both figurative and literal."

Aru was horrified. "N-no, dear God, no! You don't mean-"

"Yes. I do. Tsubaki is the dark half. Did you think her occult knowledge came from nowhere? Did you honestly think that someone who's lived through what she has wouldn't develop some darkness? Her dark half, as I am your dark half, is named the Sacred Eye. All of the resentment and hatred at the world that allowed her to experience her nightmare of a life, appropriately named after the title given to her by her cult. As we tap into the Holy Spirit, she taps into the Whore Of Babylon, as she did when summoning Murmur. Also, she is a reflection of another powerful entity, from the same universe as where the meteor crashed. I'm not going to tell you all of her story now, but I will say this: when the Sacred Eye becomes the Scarlet Queen, you will understand. The light god has given me a vision of the future - he has shown me the light. And there is one more thing you should know: a reflection's connection to their god can only be finalized by some extraordinary event. For Deus and Rahab, it was the Big Bang. For Lucifer and Satan, it was the Fall. For the third light half and Ganger, it was Murmur's necromancy. Tsubaki's event and your event, while different, are subtle and connected. When she was a child, she wandered into a stone portal to the Dreamlands, located under her temple. A similar one is in the basement of this house. If you analyze those portals, they will both contain over 99% iron and a small percentage of nickel - the same composition as a type III iron meteor. You see, when the meteor hit the other Earth, the impact was so great, that two fragments flew into our universe. They were attracted to areas where the reflections would be: the Omekata temple for Tsubaki and the Sacred Eye, and the house for us. They fell onto ley lines - veins of magical energy - which overrode their connections to the universe of the gods, and replaced it with a connection to the Dreamlands."

The Observer stood up and walked over the to the bars of his cage. "I'm the only reflection that knows any of this."

He grabbed Aru's shirt through the gaps between the bars, and pulled him in closer. "LET ME SHOW YOU THE LIGHT!"

Aru began to see visions of the future. The first was Ganger, limbs longer than any human's, and with a sewn-on face.

"Y̧̻͉͓͈͊ͭ́o̟͙ͨ͆̇͂̐͂͌̊̀u̙̜̰̲̼̰̥ͯͯ̌̾ͮͅr̬͍̻̱̮̞̝̙͔ͪ̐͛͒ͭͥ̏ ͈͓ͮ̐o̩̩̱̟͇̭͕̩ͯ̅̋ͩ̂̕n̢̯̼̠͉̙̬̅ͤͭ̃̌̓̚͜ľ̞̲̯͉̣ͭͥ̽ͅỹ̴̧̰͈̘͉̠̹ͪ̀̍ͬ̔̂͌͑͝ ̵͍̑ͣ̈̿̓͒͆̄ḩ̘̗̜̝͉̠ͪǒ̸̞̺͈̄̾̄̃̀̂͠p̵̮͙̻̯̻̲͍̂̎͂́̓̿ͤ̿̀̕e̙ͥ̂̋̊͑̑̈ ̷̢̯̤͔̩͇̑̉ͣͨ̏͂̂̈o̶̡̳̲̙̐͊̌̔͗́͞f̶̗̘͖̰̝̗̽̂̿ͪ̅͢ ͍̗̏ͬ̔ͤ̓ͭ̚f̢̟̰̥͓͙̺͉̿͂́ͅủ̥͂ͧ͂͢t̷͔͌ͣ̋͆ͪ̉͑̕͡ų̮̥̳̮̓̋͗͐ͦͩr̛̙̼̀̉́͞e̓ͫ̍͜͏͈̮̖̫ ̛̩̣̣̖̹̩̥̙̀̄i̦̘ͤ͑̾ͪļ̄͑ͤͬ̒̂̌̇҉̮͇͕͖̲l̡̡̻̜͋ͤụ̷̗̪͕̲̟̭̯ͮ̈́̉̾̀s̪͉̬͋̈́̉͆͐͗̇̾̀͢͝ĩ̹͙̥̠̰͚̼̋̊̎͋̀͜͢o̢̻̔̈̌̔ͯ̈̊͢n̘̩͈̍ͦ̊͋̑̉ ̶̯̮̗̓ͫͪ͂̈́̚p̈́̽ͪ͐͛ͨ҉̢̛̖̰̫̤r̴̹͕͎̦̻͉̖̾̽͒̌̑́į̪͔̹̭̰̫͕̼͇ͤ́̆m̶̼̭͍̯̤͚̤͍̌ͨ̈ͭ͛ͤ̽ͨ͒a̡̲̬̘̦̮̩ͮ̉ͧ̀̇͡͡t̼͙͎̯͉̻ͩͤ̈́͟ę̸̴͔̥͓̫͈̞̩̮ͧ̐ͬ͛͊̏̄̿̓s̼̜ͭ͌͆͑̌̒ ̬̟̅͒͐̂b̴̧̫̪̻͈̫̜̎ͯ͟o̢̪̹͉͖̫̝̮̤ͩ͒̏ͭͦ̓ͤ̊͡w̵͕͖̲̫͈̫̥͎͆͛̀͝ ̩͍͎̘̮̘̦̭ͨ̌̅̓͆͆̅̎͜t̡̙̗̤̂ͤͦ̂ͩ̀o̵̸̮͖̱̩͙̲ͣ̍ͤ̕ ̰̗̏ͦ͠î̙̺̤̜͖̻̟̓l̪͍͇̻̄͡ľ̙̟͙͎͕͚͎͗̽͌ͅú̶̦̹͙̥̯̲̜̭̏̎m̬͇̦̝̰͂̋ͫ͟͞͞í̛̙̲̓̅̀n͔͓̱̺͎̙͚͇͊̽̿̿̌ͬ͡ă̌̏ͮ̑̚͏͈̠̣̼̹̗͙͍tͧ̆ͬ͂̋ͩ̐ͨͦ҉̛̮͔̗̪͔̜ͅî̴̼̘͇̍̒̚͟͜o̮̹͕̲̥̪̭͛ͪ̂̄͋͋ͨͦ́͡ň̡̛̦̰̱̣̤͈͖̉̄ͨ͝.͙̟̞́̄̂ͨ́͟͡ ̶͙̻̰̭̳͖͙̹͋̉̍ͩ̂͋͒̐͠"

He saw Yuno, glaring at Tsubaki and holding a knife.

"̶̢̫͎͕͖̳͙̽̋̽͛̋̄̌ͬ͑͡M̡̻̘͇̐̃͊͋̎ͧ͗̌̔e͋ͪ͏̵̦͍͢å̢̱̪̭̬̯̭̗̅ͪ̍̑́ͥ͛ͨͅţ̟͍̥̪͈̦͗͋͗ͥ͋ͤ ̷̧̳̯̪̲͎̼̤̯ͥc̓̑͐ͮ͌ͪ҉̸̶͎̘͍̥h̸̷͚̤̼̯͙̞͖̦͂ͤͤͫͪ͂̕ͅą̴̬̞͙̯̹ͣ̑i͎̻̹̖̩̠͖̊̽̄͞ṋ̡̬̼̤̜̽͌ͥ̌̕s̳͇̦̰̝̼ͭͮ͌ͣ̿͐͜͠ ̞̺̟̪̗̰͛̊̈ͪ̊̽̾͑̚͝͠ͅͅy̢̨͔̘͇̯̝͈̝̼̥ͬ̽̑̍o̙̬̳̖͗̾̈́ͣ͑̈̈u̶̡̮͕̗ͮ̄͋͋̃̍r̙͕̻̰̜̱̬͋̈̽̔ͮͭ͗̉̈ ̜̘̠͓ͮ̀̚͠i͐ͮ́̅҉̠̱̱n͍̦̠̾ͯ̕ͅĕ̓̍͑͆́͛̇̕͏̗̪̳̜̺̬v̸̧̖̝̙ͣ̋̏ͨͫ̅͒̽ỉ̵̡̜͓̱̺̮͊͆͒ͮͮt̥͊͑̓̈́̈́ͧ̚à̻̻͎͗̍͌͛ͭ̊̕b͚͙͉̭͛̽͋ľ̸̫̊͛e̗͎̝̜͕̙̱ͣ́̀ ̡͔̺̞̱͎̼͖͌̄̓c̸̘̣̰̯͓̹͕͇ͨͮ͐͒̔̈́̓̾̚ō̵͉̰̮̤̤̲̜͓̓̓̓ͭ̍̋͊͗͞g̯̭̰̺͉̓͛͌̆ͩ̋n̸̢̼̲͎͓ͨͣͮ͛ͬ̔į̩͚͓̤̹͖̺͇̉ͫͅt̝͚̺͔̗̃̀̍̈̐̒̍̍į̷̹̯͈͔̱̰̂͛̊̃͗͂̈̀͊o̙͈̩̥̬̩̰̲͆ͥͩ̓͞n̵̪̫̞͔̮̺͔͔ͥͩͩ͋ͫ ̻̜̘̯̂͌͜͜t̶̴͎̼͖͕͖ͪ̕h́ͪ͗ͪ̀͝ͅo̸̮͚̤̻͐̃̂̀̾ͭ̈̓͗u̴ͬͬ́͌͡҉̦̭̗̳̯͈̲̥ͅg̷͔̩̼̞̜̭͓̖̔̕͞h̖ͭ̏ͯ̕ṫ̨̨̥͎̳͕͖̽̋͆̍͞s̶͕̰̙̼͉̳ͩ͊ͮͪ̎͑̏̓ ̫̤̙͍̙̣̣͚̮ͭ̆i͉̳͍̱̠̭̔̉̀̉ͪͩ̄̃̆n̰̙̦̖̜̿̈́̍ͣͨt̵͇̞̜͖̟̦ͥ̀ọ͓̗̈̾ͣ͡͡ ̶̘ͥͣͦ̌ͪͮ́t̬̦̱̞̩̫̰̪ͯḣ̘̜͈̬̙̆͐͘ȅ̴̛̲̫ͩ͂̃̒ ̖͔̠̫̤͉̰̉ͯ̓̑̌͋̐̊͝p̛͓͔̖̆͗r̜͕͓ͤ̂ͭ͌͌͟ǫ̱̝̭̞̘̩ͯ̔ͫ͗ͪ̀̂̒͞p̒͂̀̓͏̬̥̩͎͍̹͖a̟̘͚̩̖̾ͨ̏̇͛̂ͣ̌͘g̃́̔ͨ҉̛͖̤̲̪̙̥̬̜̮a̡̡̛̰͓̦̘ͫͤͤ̊ṉ̦̪̖͚̠̯͋͘͢d̸̨̳͙͑ͯ̂ͪ̇͛͗̽͡a͈̖̲̤̭̦͂͊̍ͤ̊͋̕ ̨̞̤͇͍͋̽ͣô̾͏̹͎̰͎̣f̷̙̥̜͖̬͓̖̻̺̀̊ͣͬ̈́ͤͩ̀ͯ́ ͙̝̠̑ͨ̌͐̒̈̀d̫̰̜̔͋̿̆͗́i̹͖ͤͮ̊̈̿ͫͦ̿̄͜s̝̻ͦ̽ͯ͊ͤṱͭ̊i̵̤̥̙͂͌̈́̃̃̏͆̒̀̕͝l͎̖̳̘̓ͥ͊ͨ̌̓͐ͨͩ̀̕ļ̫́̀̽̅̽̓a̖͔̻͉ͧ͛̅̂ͫͦ͡t̞͍̬͇̋ͮͦ́ḙ̭̳͌̑͋̆ͮ̇̚͡ ̷̘͙͕͂̅̀ͩ͗̅̔ͅę͓̳͍̮͇͚͆ͪ͊̒̿̃̂̚̚ẍ̊̐͋̂ͨ͡͏͖į̩͎̗̻͉̹̪̭ͯͧ̏̇̀͛̚s̯̟̗͖͉̽̈́̇̉̎ͥ̈́t̨́̄ͣ͏̬͈̪̯͔̯͔ͅe̾̽̔̓̿̾̏҉̶̮̫́n͔̪͐̄͊̂͋́͢c̸̤͎̆͛͊ͪͣ̕e̞̗͓͍̦̣͊͂ͣ̒ͯͣͭ̓ͅ.̪̳̬̟̄̌̎̒̏̍ ̠͉̔ͧ̉̂̇̄"

He saw Takao being stabbed by someone wearing a yellow raincoat. People were rioting around him.

"E̢̨̲͙͋͡y̰̦̖̹̙̹̭̪͑̒̔ͤ̒ͤ̈́̄ͅë͈̭̙̺̙̩̤̞ͥͣ̉̒̌ͭ͜s̶̴͈̤̗̱̞̓ͭͫ͂ ̨̱͕͚̮̞͔̂͗̽̆̂̓̊͊̃͟b̢̜̣͉͌̇̓͆̚͡ļͬͫ̏͏͖̲̰iͧ͆ͧ҉̶̬̣̦̪͓͝n͇͙̝̍͢͠d̏̒ͣͩͣ̈́͌̓҉̶̞ ̨̥̠̬̰̰͇̂ͫ͊̀͌̎͜t̩̞͉͔̝̺̠̬̂ͭ̍͐ṍ̢͓͚̣́̇̊̅̃̀̕ ̨̛͇̼̳̞̙͎̊̍̍ͪͬͅt̛͋ͨ̿͑͛̈́҉̱̳̗h̦͈̼̦̘ͦ̄̎̓͟ė̢̛̗̻͖͙͈̫̉̽ͦ͂̍̈̂͟ ̬͑̓͆̅ͦ͌̆͂͞p̤͕͔͆͋̃̀ͅư͉̝͇̤͔ͧ̌r͔̦̩̝̰ͦ̆̇ͬ̅͑̀͡ͅi̬ͧͩ͗̍̉̒͊t̄҉̝̟̬̠͖͎y̘̮̱͇̘̝̬͌̅ͬ̔ ̗̙̫̤̣̭̬͌̋̊̇͡o̶͖͎̓͋ͦͬ̀͘f͓̮ͯ̀͟ ̼̭͒̀ḟ͈̩̙̻͈̯ͤ̏͆̐ͪ̅͘͝ỉ̲̞̜̼̬̖̲ͫ̏̄̓͂ͩ́͠ŗ̢̢̱̲̟̦̗̺̊̒ͬe͉̝̹̲̐̏̆ ̹̀̈͝a̡̳̝̮̘͋̅̋̓̓̽ͦ́͟n̛̗̪͙ͦ̓̿͢͢dͥ́͛҉̟̗̟͕̦ ̯̹͓̲̫̫̠͖̣͊a̢̙̚ń̵̢͚̼͔̞̑̾́́n̩̹̻̦̿̓͑̈́̈́͜į̦̖̲̫ͥͩ̏h̴̡̧̬̫̭̎̌́̀̎͋ͥi̢͐̑ͥ̄̾͆̈҉̷̝͍͇͓l̶̗͈͉͓͈̩͛́̈ͨ̍̌́̚á̵̲̥̻̬̤̤ͬt̡͙̝̬̫̬̼͍͊ͯ̀̔͛̾̀͜ͅî̡̹͌́o̸̧̰̺̬̥̩̗͛̈́ͥͧͫ̏̆͑n̵͎̼̠̱̥̬͍͒ͦ̉͋.̱̯͉͈̞͎̝̍͛̽̏͒̾̊ͯ͝"

He saw himself, holding Ai up by the neck. His eyes were glowing, his face filled with rage.

"Y̝̰̳͎͙̅̉̐͆͜͞o̧̥͇̟̯̞͒̚u̸̙̲̖͔̻̇ ̷̶̦͖̹͈͈̮̽̄̕w̲͇̆͛̏̂ͦi̪͋͌ͣͣͣ̊l̫̬̺̪̍̓̇͡͡l̦͙͌ͫ̆͆ͫ̉̾͝ ̺͍͔̭̌̽̽͌́́k̶͎̤̹͕͎̤͕̓ͅn̟̱͙̂ͫ̉ͦ̈̒̈͋́͘ò͡͏̨̳̪ͅͅẃ̹͇̳̲̠̬̺͙̈͆̇͊̍ͪ̔̍͞ ̸̛̣͚̥̗͈̖͗̎͐̄ͧ̇͗͒t̻̖̝̩̯͕̺̱̆̋ͨḩ̟̳̬̥̱͙̩̼̿ͮ̄͋̐ͫ͠ê̳͙̝̥ͤ̓ͧͪͫ̅̀ ͬ̌̄̐͋̋ͦ͏͖̣̕ͅl͔͍̳͎̰̠ͩ͗ͧ̽͞ḭ̘̄ͨ̌͊͂̍̓ͧ͛g̲̥̹̗̲̙̠̋͌͛̑͋h̦̩͚̘̦̭̩̿ͦ͋ͤ̆̑̋̄͞͠t̢̻͙ͪ͆͢ ̷̖͖̭̯̿͗a̵͎͕̟͉͛͢͡n̈́͝҉̨̙͈̻̹̤ḑ̛̼̹̲̭̳̊̆ͨ̄̀̓͆͌͞ ̷͙̬̠̠̥̈ͣ̽͟͡p͚̫̭͖̹̫̬̰̌͌r͙̲̜̜͖̤̦͐̾̋̒̿ą͈̪͈̞̪̖ͮ͗̂̈́ͥͧͪ̃y̹͛̾̂͜ͅ ̞̻̩̬̖̯ͮ̆͐̚f̜̣ͭ̎̍ͯ̈́o̴̲̥͕͎͐̅̎̇̾̕͠r̗͎̩̗̩̱̘̈̈̔͑ͦ̉̓͝͡ ͆́͗ͤͫͩ҉̘̦̱̳ḓ̶̨̛͔̲̙̾̈̃ạ̴͉̞̜̳͓̮̼̐̓ͯͣͤ͂ȑ͍͙̺̼̮̜͓̐̀ͤk̒ͫ̀̄ͯͪ҉͇͎͉̫̀ń̹̞͓̺͚͍̽͌̄́̇ͮ͞͝e̵̡̡̥̍ͫ̓͐̒̀́s̢̯̳͍̰̊ͨ͊̇̓ͦ͝ͅs̢̮͉̲̠̄̓̌̋͗͘͜.̨̝̗̳̂ͩ"

Aru woke up. He remembered having a dream, but couldn't remember what it was about.

"Fuck. My head hurts."

Note: As of now, I'll be going on a hiatus to get my other fanfics up to 50 chapters!~

Only today did I think of adding the Observer to the SCP Foundation's He-Who-Made-Light/Dark mythos; extra points to whoever noticed Tsubaki's connection to SCP-231-7!~

And there's a significance to the the Observer speaking in a R'yleh accent like Nyarlathotep did at the end~