Spoilers from included and/or represented works abound. Please read this fiction carefully.
During midnight, Rift Volcano is formed on top of Hidden Henge and erupted, leading to volcanic debris that fell and then exploded: devastating the lake near the Anvil Squares and the ice top of Cold Cavern, turning it into Titled Cavern (Tilted Towers recreation); destroyed most of Shattered Slabs from center creating Shattered Sinkhole (Kinetic Ores on crater), and all of Autumnwood creating Autumn Fall (barren), and the fields southwest adjacent to Frenzy Fields, replacing Meadow Mansions with Misty Meadow back through explosion; struck the distance gap between the Citadel and the Warden's Watch tower, bringing the Authority; utterly cracked the Icy Islets creating Icy Void (chunks replaced with corruptions); blasted away Lute Lake into Loot Lake back and nearly destroyed Breakwater Bay completely, into Breakwaste Bay, and the southwest chunk of Lonely Labs creating Lonely Snowastes, and most of the southern half of Slappy Shores (alongside much of the Beached Bit by the west) into Slappy Specter (retaining only the northern half); and also hit places such as: the Herald Tree at northeast, bringing back then chromed Reality Tree; the Pleasant Passage at southeast, bringing back Pleasant Park; the Hall of Whispers at south, destroying it and replacing into Whispered Depot (haunted Dusty Depot in snow); Secluded Spire near the river intersection, assimilating the landmark and creating the Afterthought (the Pyramid littered into place and buried); Forest Forge at the small lake from east, turning the lake purple and bouncy; and the gap place between the mountains and near the Brutal Bastion, chromifying that gap almost entirely (and recreating chrome pillars); all leaving only the 7 stone pillars stuck and partially submerged in lava made of Zero Point liquid. The liquid flowed through the Faulty Splits, turning it into Volcanic Spilts: sooty but shiny with rift energy throughout. The earthquake caused by the Portal Device countering the rift spark has shaken the whole island, damaging some minor buildings across and creating a few sinkholes, caving the remains of the Hall, the remains of the Forest Forge, the Crackshot Cabin, Beep'N Bounce, Hitches and Ditches, Feudal Fuel, the head in Cuddle Cross Track, Royal Ruin and what remains of the southern half of Slappy Shores to the ground, creating Forest Dirge, Crackshot Ground, Beep'N Crash, the Hitched, Feudal Blocks, Cuddle Crash, Over-ruin and the corrupted part of Slappy Specter, respectively.
As of morning, day 14, the Library is placed into the center of island Asteria.
"It has been altered." Angela pointed it out. "Trace of realities and previous incarnations has infested and intermingled with the whole island."
"It's different from even what we were forced to get near the end of the Zerobreaker war, Miss Director." Roland replied.
"How about we explore all the places?" Luda suggested. "We don't know which places changed, aside from too obvious for the viewing."
"In case we left, we had automatic monitoring enabled, so we can keep an eye onto the employees, uh, librarians, who will protect the Library." Yesod reported. "Same goes to us as well, for communication and emergency."
The rest of Sephirah gave a thumb up, except the Atziluths.
"Everyone split up in group." The bookhunter cheesily suggested. "Me and Roland and Angelica and Librarian of Death in one group."
"Then those... patrons in the other, then the Head's three agents in another group..." She continued. "Those two scientists for one, and finally the other three."
"Sounds appropriate in action, but lopsided in numbers." Riane responded.
And so, the team splitted into five groups the bookhunter decided, and the groups all split to explore every single places, every points of interest and every landmarks, and communicated whatever remained and what's different about all of it. And then, for elusive examination, the groups then gathered together after 22 minutes exploring, just in time for the Loop.
"That now leave us with only... this volcano." Angelica giggled. "Perilously, seven pillars got submerged in lava. But what lava, you may ask?"
"Wait..." Angelica noticed. "What's wrong?"
"This liquid..." Roland recognized. "Now it's heating..."
"The liquid... the existence smoothie? This is..." Angela remembered. "I see... when we dropped the outgoing version of the Zero Point, the other Zero Point reacted, and melted that right on Hidden Henge... the place originally was, but now replaced with this volcano!"
"David fused with Asura and punched the old islands to explosion." Roland recalled the event. "The same liquid, prior to that moment!"
"And it's flowing to..." Hod then looked at the 'Splits. "Yeah, that hybrid-looking town one of our groups just visited."
"What if we throw something in this volcano?" Malkuth wondered. "Will it launch something up and away, or..."
Chesed sips his mug, shrugged and then poured into the volcanic mouth. The poured coffee then went straight into the Zero Point Liquid, and then disappeared. "Look up."
Team Lobotomy-Ruina looked up, and seems like a rift on top of the volcano, outputting the coffee. Turns out, anything falling into the Zero Point liquid, eh, lava, are rifted straight up to the sky.
"Not too exciting, is really it?" Gebura facepalms.
Then a Battle Bus is flying on top of the island, about to pass the volcano directly, and flying ahead.
"Look, a Battle Bus!" Malkuth spotted the Battle Bus."
Team Lobotomy-Ruina looked up, and already saw people dropping by, falling in the sky. Angela, being originally a machine, and is an E.G.O. master, was able to zoom in to look closely. The point result surprised her.
"Look! It was our allies, and then some!" Angela told the rest. "System, Jumpson, and heck, two ghosts are wearing David's..."
Team Lobotomy-Ruina then shouted to make note of the arrival. The other group can't hear due to the distance and attitude and falling speed, so they dived in and went on until close to the ground, at which they all deployed some glides as prepared by System No. XX, allowing all to slow the fall down and close the distance, hearing the shouting.
"There they are!" Malkuth then quickly approached.
The group came to southeast of the volcano, mainly from south. Team Lobotomy-Ruina approached, and welcomed the group.
"Ms. Riane!" Scaramouche the Wanderer called. "I've come!"
"We meet again, with Miss Director back!" Jumpson hi-fives Angela and System.
"Thank you!" Ghost Yu and ghost Rei hugged Angela. "Mr. Silverhand too!"
"You've got some new faces as well." Angelica replied. "Who are they?"
"I am Amitie! Nice to meet you~!" Amitie introduced herself.
"Hi, I'm Arle Nadja!" Arle introduced herself. "And this is my beloved pet, Carbuncle!"
"I'm so glad I got my beloved Lilith back, and brought her and Arle into this fray!" Dark Prince/Satan (サタン) drooled over.
"C'mon, Dark Prince!" Arle is somewhat frustrated. "Anyways, despite my non-interest, I don't hate Dark Prince."
"I hope nobody call me a pervert..." Schezo shower thoughts.
And so, all quickly introduced themselves. 51 asides the Battle Royale, and 21 out of the Library, for a total of 72 walking to the Citadel and discuss everything post-Prism Shatter interference, while the genre-saavy Looper joins the Battle Royale and fought in the island.
Once they arrived at the Citadel, the said Looper was just eliminated by a sniping Looper. At the gate, the entire group met the Godmodder, the Ageless Champion and SMG4 conversing around.
"Hey, Ageless snapshot, SMG4 and Richard!" The wanderer raised his hand. "We have things to say."
"Oh, there you are!" SMG4 spotted everyone.
"Found you all!" The Godmodder exclaimed. "I knew you'd return!"
"I want to have a word to the Ageless newbie." Zar told SMG4.
"What's up?" The Godmodder questioned.
After a surprisingly lengthy explanation of all experiences and infos gathered after Prism Shatter moment...
"So Richard, Mr. Ageless and SMG4, we now know why Ecolo had to possess Ringo, what's going on with Fanfictasia, the recent plans of Anti-Life and the powers needed, what happened to Primp Town." The wanderer concluded. "And we also fixed the Zero Point twice in a row, fend off some demons, as even searched for Ringo. Oh yeah, and indeed Ringo's reality got filled with the Puyos."
"That's fucking complicated." The Godmodder responded.
The Ageless nodded, then nonverbally commanded for others to follow him.
"Whoops, the Storm's coming." Possessed Ringo noticed. "Are we ready to play love yet, it'll be so fun!"
"Love? Love is all for me!" Ally giggles.
"C'mon, follow the Ageless dude!" Ao and Aka Ohtori dragged Ally and Possessed Ringo, respectively.
They all arrived at the Authority building, and meet the Rift Warden, Stellan.
"Hail and well met. And it seems that you've brought me many people from... alternative realities." Stellan greeted. "For those who don't know, I am Stellan, the Rift Warden to the Oathbound. My task, set by the Ageless Champion, is to create a stable Rift Gate: a bridge to new realities."
"Ok, that one of your own tower." System No. XX conceded. "Seems legit."
"The Shapeless Man... he who watches us with dark purpose." Stellan continued. "That's why we must finish the Rift Gate quickly, or else-"
"Yeah yeah, the Nothing take over and break the reality, threatening our omniverse." Jumpson shrugged. "But there's some far more complex things we've got to deal with. And it starts... with the evolution of the Anti-Life Equation."
The group explained Stellan about the Anti-Life evolution and everything around it, allowing Stellan to catch up to the infos.
"There's so much more than just the Shapeless Man?" Stellan is surprised.
"Not even the Shapeless Man you told about, the Nothing itself, would be safe from the Anti-Life evolution, heralded by a formerly-pink magical girl." The wanderer told Stellan. "If we don't suppress the Anti-Life Equation to save the existence, all of the divine continuum will be... absolutely doomed."
"I'm honestly surprised things would become complicated all of the sudden." Stellan is surprised.
"For more info, meet the Continuum Exploitation Authority." Ma suggested. "CXA for short."
"Anyways, I have consulted the stars. The refined Kinetic Ore someone got is the key." Stellan told everyone. "I require your assistance-"
"You too." System responded.
-*sigh* "Gather construction materials and install them at the gate." Stellan told what to do. "The Rift Gate is the Champion's dearest wish. I have my own reasons to create it. But those need not concern you... yet."
"Well, the CXA will be sure to keep an eye to the Gate." Angela replied. "Ms. Continuum will consult you and maybe offer some Kinetic Ores."
"If you can be useful to me, perhaps I can be more forthcoming." Stellan continued. "Despite my reluctance, I need further aid from you."
"So... after installing the Kinetic Ores, we install those sensors you've got and align them with the island's place in the cosmos." System guessed.
"Correct." Stellan agreed. "If we do not finish the Rift Gate, the final consequences will be... terrible."
Meanwhile...
"The Seven we're facing as... aren't from your native existence!" A Canon Bringer told John Jones. "They originated from another point in hypertime!"
"What!? They're not the same... I'm used to!?" Jones is shocked.
"We found the origin point of each members, but turns out none of them matches with the omniverse you're from, nor the one we watching the Reality Zero as from." The Canon Bringer continued. "Ms. Continuum has confirmed that they're not the same. They may look and potentially act identical to yours, but kid you, they're not yours."
"What about that herald...er?" Jones questioned.
"Same deal. She does not belong to the omniverse you're from, and not from this omniverse we're watching either." The Canon Bringer revealed. "However, you do belong to the said omniverse we're watching, meaning your existence is native."
"Those are neutral news, by the way." The Canon Bringer concluded. "The good news is the Puyo peoples has finally gathered. The bad news..."
"What bad news?" Jones questioned.
"The Anti-Life Equation has spreaded into millions of variations of existence, each corrupting each other as a result!"
"What!?" Jones is flabbergasted. "And I thought the omniverse was Everything!"
"It's more complicated than you think, and we've had no choice but to quarantine every corrupted realities." The Canon Bringers then left. "But we're not sure how long we can handle it. Besides, Life Equation is no longer enough!"
"Then there's only one way to solve this: Life Equation forced into the magical girl that holds the Anti-Life!" Jones suggested. "We better off purge the root cause of it all! After all, she's the one who is behind the return of the omni-threats and of course, the Anti-Life Equation infesting the entire omniverse!"
The Canon Bringer heard the thing, and so it ran to report the solution brought up. Jones also hoped that the said solution is crazy enough to work. Suddenly, a electric spark explosion came out from behind...
Jones is knocked out, and the same two culprits from the future they are. Wearing the dark Oscar-branded armors, the two collapses their helmet and dragged Jones in.
"Who-who-whoa! What!?" Jones is shocked. "Uh oh, you're..."
"Motley." "Chimi."
"No! You're the ones from the bad future of Fanfictasia!" Jones panics.
Motley pushes Jones out.
"Did you just state that there's more than one omniverse?" Motley suggested. "Great. Then this fails to contradict my suspicions. Somehow, feeding Life Equation to Anti-Life girl will works."
"Great!" Jones laughed.
"We're from the future, and we have known the anomaly." Chimi told Jones. "The Anti-Life girl may be behind the evolution, but she's still a pawn to someone else."
"What!?" Jones is shocked as fuck.
"That makes more than one omniverse, so there's possibilities that... we succeeded for the Order of the Oscar!" Chimi then woo-ed.
"Thank you for supporting our suspicions, Agent Jones!" Motley laughed.
The two then ran away, leaving Jones on the spot, ridiculous.
"NOOOOO!" Jones literally yelled!
To be continued...