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The Altered Rotation

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"How?" Gilbert was able to say when the group of five arrived at the room they were in the day before.

"On the day of my Coming-of-Age Ceremony," Oz began, "As you may have deduced, the Baskerville Dukedom came out from the shadows and attacked me; fulfilling the prophecy of the Silent Clock Tower. Jack's spirit had come out of the Abyss when they were sending me into it, protecting me for as long as he could. But he told me that the only way I could be safe was if I was sent to the Abyss. So I went to the Abyss and Jack had taken me in. He showed me his memories, taught me how to fight and defend myself, and he taught me all he learned about the Abyss from his time there as well as a few other things.

"By staying with Jack, I was able to age so that when I came back, my appearance would match my age," Oz continued explaining, "So right now, I look just like I would as a twenty-five-year-old adult, just as my age is. I came back here with Alice's help after Jack had helped to grant us both a legal contract."

"But why didn't you tell us your real name when we first found you?" Sharon asked.

"I never told you because that was what Jack and I agreed on," Oz told the strawberry-blonde, "We agreed that no one should know that the fifteen-year-old sent into the Abyss ten years prior was back. Having Jack Vessalius back would cause quite the confusion, and provide a little entertainment for us as well."

At this the other four in the room did an anime-fall.

'He hasn't changed one bit. Not one bit,' Gilbert thought, eye twitching.

"But the other reason is that in a way I am Jack Vessalius," Oz stated, "But just as I said before: I am and yet not."

"What did you mean by that?" Gilbert asked cautiously.

"I mean that I am Jack Vessalius' reincarnation," Oz said.

The other three in the room, besides Oz and his Chain sat in shock.

"I am the only one of the Vessalius family that looks anything like Jack had ever since he died at the Tragedy of Sabriél," Oz explained, "I am also probably the only one who has the hero of the Tragedy himself talking in his head whenever he feels like it."

"So you know what happened one hundred years ago?" Break asked slowly.

"More or less," Oz said airily, "Though what I know is only what Jack had known and saw during that time. But know this, I won't tell you anything until the time is right, nor until the information is needed."

"Where are we?" Alice asked, speaking up, suddenly.

Everyone blinked at the random question.

"We are currently at Rainsworth Manor," Sharon said.

"Alright now that we have everything cleared up and explained," Oz said, clapping his hands once, "It's time to make sure none of you remember until the right time."

"What?" the trio, all but shouted at the gold-haired man.

"None shall remember what has been told, until such a time that my true name is uttered by none other than I," Oz chanted, as his hands glowed a faint white.

Sharon, Gilbert, and Break as well as Emily were enveloped in the same white light as the memory of discovering Oz was blacked from their minds completely.

The trio and doll collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.

"Why did you do that?" Alice asked as she helped to lay them in a better position and cover than with a few blankets they managed to find.

"I originally didn't want them to know until later on," Oz explained, "But I decided to tell them now and black it from their minds until I release the barrier on the memory so that I won't have to explained everything all over again."

A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi