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Session 58

Alternate World Welcome

Alice took a deep breath.

"Are you alright?" the gambler whispered as she looked towards Elena. While neither were quite sure exactly how they had been flying, it had seemed like an eternity. Elena, Adarnamon and Lily had done the huge part of the work, with Yokoozamon, Consligmon and herself stuck with navigation and the possibility of having to protect the other three. While the trip hadn't been so bad, everyone was either tired, stressed or both.

"Yeah…" Elena whispered back and switched forms, taking a cautious step forward. And by 'step', I mean tripping and getting caught by her lover. "Thanks."

Both girls then took a deep breath as their partners watched on.

"They look so nice together." Yokozamon whispered and took a deep breath, quickly turning his attention to Lily. "Are you alright as well?"

The succubus took a deep breath and stared towards the yak.

"I'm not really sure, to be honest with you." Lily whispered as she did a quick onceover of herself. While the flight had taken most of her energy, she still was assuming her full body state. Even if it probably was better to just switch back. "Thank you, captain obvious!"

The author did not answer back, with the group finally bringing their attention to the surrounding area.

Unlike the area they had just came from, the only structure here seemed to be a carefully planned series of matching rooms. Or would have, if not for the fact that it looked like a mix of both the leaning tower of pisa and the mythical tower of babel. It would seem at any moment the whole thing would fall over and kill its possible occupants. Only it didn't somehow.

"Sounds good I guess?" Adarnamon whispered as they made their way towards the entrance of the deathtrap. "So, what's our plan?"

Alice took a deep breath and turned her attention to the large bird.

"We need to get some rest along with some food." the lucky gambler answered as she gave the door a knock. The door open for them automatically, silently beckoning them in. Yet they stood there, taking the time to catch their breath and then headed through.

The inside was quite unremarkable, with just four bare walls and a floor. Any traces of actual identity for this box had been stripped away and had probably been replaced with sheer nothingness. What was of note though, appeared to be an elevator awaiting their use.

"This is definitely a trap." Consligmon whispered as a chill ran down his spine. "Are we sure we should head in? Something about this place doesn't bode well with me."

Alice took a deep breath, only to sigh. While the spy turkey probably was right, they didn't have much of a choice at the moment. They would just have to face whatever awaited them up there.

"Do you think you can walk a little bit further?" the lucky gambler whispered and stared towards Elena.

"Yeah…" Elena answered as she carefully tiptoed towards her lover. Or would have, if she hadn't stumbled and was caught by Alice again.

"Ugh." Alice whispered and took another deep breath. "I'll take that as a no, then?"

Elena nodded and got up from her lover's arms, making her way towards the elevator. Alice and followed right behind, ready to see whatever awaited them up there.

Once they were all inside, the elevator shot up towards the sky. Strangely, its occupants could see out of the entire thing. Not that the scenery was anything to write home about, just being a bunch of rooms floating in mid-air. Occasionally, this would give way to a unique setting of some sort. Only to last for a single floor and resurface sometime later. Eventually, the 'glass box' finally stopped and regurgitated its contents onto the latest floor of this monstrosity. Of course, that meant spending the next couple minutes getting untangled from

"Ugh…" Adarnamon whispered as she debated upon which personality it would be this time around. While she could chatty and helpful and stuff, being silent but still useful just sounded fun at the moment.

"Sounds good I guess?" Elena answered and gazed around the area.

Unlike the 'lobby' and the elevator they had just left, someone had actually taken the time to decorate the place. In this case, that meant giving the normally white walls a coat of cream paint with felt panelling on the lower half. White tile made up the floor, allowing for quick clean-up of anything that could possibly within here. The only other thing of interest was a plain wooden door at the other end of the hall.

"I guess that's our destination." Lily whispered and took a deep breath. "Be ready, everyone."
The group carefully made their way towards the door, drawing their weapons as they got close.

"Elena and Alice, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-"

Before the person in question could finish their truly wonderful song, they received a spiritflare blast to the face. Which, probably felt more like a massage to the back.

"Thanks Suiko." Alice whispered as Suiko perked up 'offscreen'.

'Your welcome!' Suiko answered and poked her head out for a brief second, only to phase back into Alice's body. Once she was done with that, everyone finally turned their attention to Jestery.

"How rude!" Jestery announced and pulled what looked to be a loaf of bread with unwrapped candies and dried fruits sticking out. "Want a piece?"

Elena and company stared at the desert, unsure of what it even was. While it did look possibly edible, something about it seem to suggest otherwise. And yet, they all took a bite out of it.

At first, everything seemed alright. While the confection didn't taste that bad, there was the weird chemical aftertaste.

"Alice…" Elena whispered as the room began to spin around and her vision went black. The rest followed suit, leaving Jestery as the sole person in the hallway.

The jester then took a deep breath and looked down at the group on the floor.

"I'm sorry guys, but this for the best." she whispered and dragged each of the bodies into the adjacent room.

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Makoto Naegi opened his eyes.

For the so called 'luckster', it was just another wonderful day within the wonderful classroom he currently sat in.

"What is it going to be this time, author?" Makoto announced and took a deep breath, waiting for the author to somehow respond back. Per usual, he got no response. "Fine then."

The luckster did a quick once-over of himself, making sure that everything was still there and that everything that was a defining detail of him was still there. Or in this case, a green hoodie and a pair of pants that sort of went with a pair of olive eyes and spiky auburn hair with a single strand defying gravity because it could.

But that was beyond the point, for our current 'protagonist' had decided to head over to the door of his 'enclosure'.

He then gave the slab of oak a slight tap to the top and proceeded to slowly open it, making sure there was an actual floor on the other side. Since there was one this time, Makoto flung the door open and made his way down the hall. That still meant checking for possible death traps. After all, one could never know when such a blow could possibly happen.

"Why thank you captain obvious." the luckster whispered and took a deep breath. He had long lost track of how many times his gaze had fallen upon these walls, with white upper half with a lower part of felt. Even the white tile floor from the hallway had been carried through into this hallway as well. Thankfully though, the dull walls were broken up by a couple of doors on both sides.

Strangely, Makoto then stopped and waited. For what exactly, no one knows. He then turned his attention to the door on his left and pushed it open, only to do a double take.

The room in question was a bedroom. More specifically, his bedroom. It was quite plain, with just a large white bed and nightstand surrounded by four yellowish cream colored walls. Other than that, a small light hung from the ceiling.

But that sort of stuff wasn't that shocking. No, it was the pair of sleeping bodies that laid in his bed that shocked Makoto the most for some reason.

"Jestery calls it, 'The Lovers'." a voice explained and Makoto turned around, finding Jestery standing before him.

"What do you want?" Makoto snarled only for the jester to stare blankly at him.

"Nothing right now actually." Jestery answered and made her way towards the door. "Just take care of your guests and things will work out for both Makoto and Jestery!"

Makoto just stood there, his left hand near his pocket. While it was a nice change from the respawn and eventually die routine he seemed to always be trapped in. This was just one small thorn in the road he and his friends had made their way through so far.

"Fine then." the luckster whispered, watching as Jestery teleported away. The luckster then turned his attention to the pair of sleeping bodies, making his way over to the bed as he took a deep breath. For now, it was probably best to just let them sleep.

After all, what could be the worst that could happen to them?

Notes:

And so it begins.

Remember how I said it would only be 2 - 3 chapters till the endgame? it's probably going be around 4 - 5 at least now. It'll be worth it, trust me.

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Next Time: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality...