Elsword woke up in an unfamiliar room. He got up from his bed that didn't even feel like his bed. He realized there were more of him–and it wasn't even his bed. "Damn, that Chung. He actually trolled Add, I like it," he smiled as he pinched his other self's face until he's awake. "Good morning, Knight Emperor! It's me, Immortal!"
Knight Emperor, who was the real owner of the bed, got up and looked at his surroundings. "Not this thing again…" he sighed heavily and went back to sleep. Maybe everything was still a dream, might as well get up from this nightmare.
The other two of his other selves woke up. Rune Master smirked and slapped Knight Emperor's thighs. "Wake up! It's real!"
"Fine! Sigh… Who even did this…?" Knight Emperor got up from his bed and faced the last of them that hadn't talked the whole time. He had white hair, his eyes were still red, but the pupils were white. "Who might you be?"
"I don't know, but they call me Genesis," he answered with a monotone voice and almost no change of expression on his face.
"And I thought Knight Emperor was a party pooper!" Immortal pouted and slapped Genesis' cheeks lightly with his hands. "Lead the way, whoever lives here! We should meet the others!"
Flame Lord couldn't hold her excitement and almost burned her entire room. "Everyone is here! Hi again!" She greeted them with full energy, even though she just woke up.
"Hahaha! Hello there, good to see you," Bloody Queen smiled and chuckled. Her eyes widened as she smiled wider. She had another day to meet "him", the best toy she ever had.
"Oh, you guys know each other? I'm Adrestia, pleased to meet you!" The Elesis they had never seen before waved her hands with a smile. Some parts of her body turned bright blue and a bit of her hair turned white.
Empire Sword thought it was the same as what happened with Nyx Pieta's body, but she was well aware they didn't have anything to do with the moon. "What happened to you?"
"Ah, this?" Adrestia looked at her own hand. "I'm using El energy too much, don't worry about it. My bro lost it, though," she smiled sadly as she explained the situation. "He lost his memories and everything. Looks more like a living puppet, to be honest."
Code: Antithese had her passage to her bedroom from her office. She went through the passage to find her other selves talking to each other. "Good morning, Eve. You're… not floating anymore, I see," Code: Esencia greeted her and tried to hide her surprise. Code: Antithese's Remy, the white drone, didn't seem to be functioning anymore.
"Good morning. I'm Code: Antithese," she introduced herself. She told them a bit about the world; about how crimes were happening everywhere and the rate was decreasing ever since she ruled the place.
"Your method seems cruel, but I won't judge," Code: Ultimate commented and looked at the town from the office's window. The town looked incredible and futuristic compared to the one she usually saw in Sander Village.
"Oh, really? I'm aware my method is harsh. I was expecting a fight," Code: Antithese replied with a surprised look.
"We're Eves. Even if your method is horrible, I might do the same if I was in your place. Maybe even worse if I made a different choice," Code: Sariel said and looked at Code: Antithese. One thing for sure, she broke her emotion core. She wasn't in any place to say placing fear in society would be worse than sacrificing a few of her system.
"I told you to not mess up with timelines! Why?!"
Mad Paradox was whining when Doom Bringer told him about the gold colored potion. He whined even more when he knew Fatal Phantom and Prophetess were helping Doom Bringer to do it. His body was currently held from the back by the Add they just met the first time; Add with long half ponytail hair. "Calm down, it's nothing new. Do I need to shut you up?" he chuckled and showed a syringe with blue liquid in front of Mad Paradox's face.
"Heh, funny Overmind. You know I'm not human anymore," Mad Paradox sneered and turned his face around. "Try it–"
Overmind injected the liquid and froze Mad Paradox like a statue. "Aw, sweetie~ Are you mad?" he cackled and poked Mad Paradox's cheek.
"Using medicine to control people? Why did I never think about that?" Dominator muttered and looked at Overmind's medicines.
"It's not too late. I'll share mom's research with you," Overmind smirked and sent a lot of data to their Dynamos. Mad Paradox was finally able to move again, he turned around and tried to punch Overmind in his face, but… he was shorter than the rest of them. "Go on, do it," Overmind pinched Mad Paradox's cheek and made him pout.
Doom Bringer laughed maniacally, enjoying the Adds' first time of actually interacting with each other. Maybe Overmind should've appeared first, so they won't be a bunch of introverts staying silent twice.
"There's so many Laby! Laby is happy!"
Nisha woke up to a familiar voice she loved. She was in a pink bedroom with a lot of Laby. Even her mirror got excited seeing them. This should be the gold potion effect she saw on Chung's memory. "I'm Nisha Labyrinth, no other title or anything," she introduced herself.
"Nisha is Nisha, Laby is Laby!" the pink haired girl with a fluffy twintail shouted with a smile. She was startled and faced her mirror. "Laby needs to use a title to not confuse everyone?! U-Uuuh… Laby is Radiant Soul!"
The owner of the room is a long pink haired girl. "Laby is Eternity Winner. Laby always wins!"
The last one was a pink haired girl with a twintail, some part of her hair was dyed magenta and purple. "Laby is Twins Picaro" she shouted with a smile and looked at Nisha.
Nisha was confused with the stare, so Eternity Winner gave a mirror to her. Her face was drawn with markers and crayons. Surprisingly to everyone, she just sighed with a smile. "Oh no, you got me. Let me wash my face," Nisha stood up and walked to the bathroom.
"Twins Picaro got Nisha!" Twins Picaro shouted happily.
The angels were staring at each other with malicious intent. None of them said anything until Bluhen broke the silence. "Come on, why so serious? Ishmael only listened to a real religious angel! Just accept it and move on!"
The Ain they never met was filled with darkness, his hair turned to black and his eyes looked more demonic. He seemed really upset that Richter got Ishmael's attention. "Give it up, Opferung. Nothing matters," Herrscher said with his monotone voice.
"You said you'd destroy the world, but you haven't done it. Why is that?" Richter asked while trying to find out the logic behind Opferung's behavior. The angel would destroy the world just to get Ishmael's attention, but the world looked peaceful.
"...Code: Antithese is too scary for me," Opferung smiled and looked away from them. While Ishmael didn't give the attention he needed, the scary leader Code: Antithese actually looked at all his efforts. She wasn't a goddess, but it was what he needed.
"Good morning, everyone! Let's start the day with refreshed energy!" Surya smiled and healed all of her other selves in excitement. She introduced herself first, knowing that the others already knew each other.
"Refreshed energy, hm? Someone is refreshed enough," Devi smiled and grabbed Shakti's left hand. "See? She's engaged!"
Shakti's face turned red and looked at the three of them. They were smiling, waiting for her reply, but she didn't say anything. So Apsara uttered the question. "Oh, who was it? You were trying to hit on Furious Blade!"
"It's the blue haired Ain!" Surya smiled and clapped her hands.
"Oh, Richter? That's unexpected," Devi looked up to the ceilings, imagining Shakti and Richter together.
"Hm… Maybe I'll get a boyfriend someday," Surya thought about it, especially her own group. Sometimes she doubted most of them were actually dating or not, since they didn't look like a couple at all.
The Aishas were feeling skeptical of the one they had never met before. She tied her hair into a ponytail and wore a monocle. Most importantly, she got a lot of potions. "So… Are you the root of all these potion problems, Lord Azoth?" Metamorphy asked and narrowed her eyes.
Lord Azoth laughed and shook her head. "I know I looked like it, but it wasn't me. My potions are mostly poisonous."
Aether Sage sighed and looked at them. "It's kinda hard to trust your words, but we don't have proof either. Let's give it up for now, guys."
Oz Sorcerer looked at them with a smile. "Any progress? Do you have a boyfriend now, Metamorphy?"
"W-Well, no, but…" Metamorphy smiled and waved her hands as a sign of no. The image of Nisha appeared in her mind. Were they going to be a thing someday? She didn't have feelings for her.
"Oh, what happened? My boyfriend lost all his memories, so we kinda broke up, I guess," Lord Azoth laughed it off and looked at them. She told them about Genesis, who dedicated his life to El and lost his memory and feelings for power.
"What about you? Are you still thinking about Rune Master?" Aether Sage asked and poked Oz Sorcerer's cheek with a smile.
Oz Sorcerer forced herself to laugh. "Don't… tell everyone, though."
Her words got the others excited. She smiled slightly with her face turned red. "I'm… still single."
The demons were busy preparing breakfast for everyone. The former demon lords were having a small tea party. "Just drink, Nihilida. You might have forgotten how good it is," Ishtar smiled and enjoyed her tea.
"Aaah… If only a morning tea party is a thing," Timoria enjoyed the warmth of her tea.
"I wish it was a thing. It's so good," Iblis nodded in agreement. She was always busy with solving crimes.
Nihilida, the Lu they have never met before, had short hair and an empty look. In exchange for Ciel's power–Tyrannus' power, she's losing more and more of herself every day. "I see… Then I need to remember."
"You don't have to remember. Just find a new reason!" Timoria smiled and poured more tea on Nihilida's teacup.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, it was a bit chaotic with 4 people preparing breakfast. "Just tell me if you need help. My group is fine with 1 menu, they're not picky," Abysser informed as he finished preparing his meal.
Chevalier agreed with Abysser. "Same here. My group doesn't have time to think of favorite food when we have a lot of stuff going on. Any food will do."
"Why is my group so picky then? Ungrateful people," Tyrannus, the white haired Ciel with full control of his demonic energy, sighed with an annoyed look.
"It's hard to keep up with the nutrition when their tastes are bad," Anular replied, but he didn't complain much and kept doing his job.
"One of these days I'll just stop cooking and start hunting instead," Tyrannus said. He ended up asking Abysser and Chevalier's help to prepare the rest of the breakfast.
"Upgrade it!"
"No!"
Furious Blade hated the fact that there are more of them trying to convince him to upgrade his Nasod arm. Then… he should find a way to convince them that he won't upgrade it no matter what. "I had enough with the revenge stuff and this stupid arm talking nonsense. I'll just ignore it, unlike Revenant," Furious Blade said and pointed his hand at their other selves, who still had his black hair, but with gray left eye. The Nasod arm was infected by Alterasia from Altera, making it venomous.
Revenant glared at Furious Blade in anger. "Do you want to taste it?"
"Yes, I would like to see you try," Furious Blade smiled and narrowed his eyes at Revenant.
Nova Imperator sighed and smacked their heads. "We don't fight here unless you want to be imprisoned. Stop."
"No fight? I see this is quite a peaceful world," Rage Hearts commented and looked outside the window. He saw a police car on a building, with police officers surrounding it and a few of them were bringing a handcuffed person outside. "I'll take that back."
Morning sun was always the best with the sound of sea waves, except… a certain blonde boy found more versions of himself when he woke up in his room. He woke them up and sat in circle on the floor. "You're the Chung we've never seen before! Hi there! I'm Comet Crusader, nice to meet you!" Comet Crusader smiled and greeted them first. He also introduced Fatal Phantom and Centurion.
The blonde boy smiled and looked at them. "A-Ah… I'm Dius Aer, nice to meet you guys!"
"You have a lot of books here," Fatal Phantom commented and looked at Dius Aer's book collection on the shelf.
"No time to read, we need to catch the train! Eve–I mean–Code: Antithese is calling us to her office!" Dius Aer shouted and stood up to prepare himself. "I joined the agency 3 months ago. No wonder we never met before!"
The others got confused with his statement, since they joined the group quite early. "Is your father fine here?" Centurion asked in curiosity.
"F-Father?" Dius Aer got scared by the question, but forced himself to smile. "He's… fine in prison, I think."
"Big bro!"
Celestia and Nyx Pieta turned to silence after seeing this weird version of themselves; a black haired kid who mistakenly thought of Clamor as Harque, their big brother. He was hugging the materialized Clamor from Celestia really tightly. "Morpheus–you know what, I won't tell you," Celestia sighed and just let him consider Clamor as a big brother.
"Can I heal his mind…?" Nyx Pieta asked with a concerned look and tried his healing ability on Morpheus, but nothing changed.
Celestia walked to the corner of his room and grabbed the gray haired boy's body from being hidden by a wardrobe. "Why are you hiding yourself? And say something, you're too quiet."
"He's mute. Call him Liberator, though!" the sickle in the boy's hand replied instead.
"H-Huh?! M-My bad, I didn't know!" Celestia apologized to Liberator and panicked. "Okay, let's go to Code: Antithese's office! She's calling us!"
Prophetess forced herself to laugh when she was glared at by her other selves. "I-It wasn't me, I swear. It wasn't me this time, I was with Celestia all the time yesterday!"
Twilight sighed heavily and massaged her forehead. "Who is it then? I'm with my friends all the time!"
"Doom Bringer said Fatal Phantom led him to the girl's room to search for the potions!" Prophetess shouted with a pout. She sighed and apologized after. "I was involved anyway…"
"You said everyone lived in different places? Hopefully Bluhen won't do anything weird," Daybreaker laughed nervously. She couldn't stop thinking of her group.
"That's the point! The potion effect isn't that wide!" Twilight yelled and grabbed Prophetess' shoulders. Turns out Prophetess could cast her ability world-wide to her friends, so it was actually her assisting Doom Bringer.
"It's alright, I'm sure everyone will be okay! They're not kids anymore," Anemos smiled and clapped her hands. "You said we should go to Code: Antithese's office? Let's get going then!"
"You said that but you didn't look fine yourself," Twilight giggled and prepared herself to go out.
"Damn, everyone is freaking out, there are four of them now," Tempest Burster laughed as she looked at her phone. Her group was still discussing the missing 4th of themselves with various reactions.
"You guys pay for your own rent? That sucks," Minerva commented while she checked her guns.
"Code: Antithese bought small houses for us. Except Dius Aer, he's living in his own house," Tempest Burster explained, then saw confused looks of the others. "T-They're Eve and Chung!"
"That's so nice of her. Code: Antithese must be a goddess looking Nasod!" Prime Operator said with a smile, not knowing what the Nasod actually looked like.
"Why were we the only one meeting together? That doesn't make any sense," Black Massacre muttered and thought about it. Laby and Noah joined late, so it was understandable why they hadn't met them during the usage of the potion. But why was it only them that always met as four people, and not missing the other one like the others?
"We're from Heavens, though. I guess meeting like this wasn't as hard as the others," Prime Operator tried to make a theory, but it didn't sound correct. For some reason, she was still convinced her journey moving from her world to Elrios was as hard as moving between timelines. That's why they had no problems at all.
"Mad Paradox said the timelines started breaking after we used a certain potion, so… maybe that's why we're all here now," Minerva said. After seeing Twilight, Tempest Burster nodded her head in agreement and confusion at the same time.
Code: Antithese gathered them all in the hall instead because there wasn't enough space in her office. She clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Welcome to Elrios of this timeline. I've heard several things from Doom Bringer. We're having days off for one week. You may do whatever you like," she said with a smile, which surprised her group. Before everyone got into their own discussion, she had to remind them of important things. "Don't go alone. This world is filled with criminals. I will not take responsibility if you die, but I promise to find your murderer if it happens."
In a short time, everyone got into their own business. Couples, friend groups, and others were already away from the hall, leaving a few people behind in the hall. For everyone's sake, Code: Antithese reminded them of her group, to make it less confusing. "I'm still here with Dius Aer. How about the others?"
"It's just me and Furious Blade," Timoria informed as they ate cookies from the jar.
Code: Esencia smiled and patted Genesis' shoulder from the back. "We're here. Just us."
"I'm with Liberator. I guess we can make a small mix of El Gang now?" Oz Sorcerer smiled and laughed it off. This was definitely way less than the last time they met. "What should we do? Maybe we can try your detective agency thing?"
"Why yes, let's do that," Code: Antithese chuckled and pointed her finger at everyone. "Let's find the true perpetrator of this, shall we? Where exactly did Twilight get her potions?"
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