It's gossip night time! The girls' favorite before sleeping. Making assumptions was one of their hobbies. They gathered in a circle… without Rose. "She's with Chung in the living room," Aisha informed them.

"That's unusual. I was wondering why she's bringing her blanket out," Rena thought about it for a while. Did Rose even have any close friends in the gang? She heard Rose, Raven, and Ciel became close friends at some point, but she barely saw them together.

"We were checking the bookshelf upstairs. She was fixated on a certain author that happened to be Chung's favorite–judging by his reaction. Let them be," Eve added.

Nisha smiled and stared at Aisha. "Someone is happy today. How's your date?"

"D-Date?! How did you know?!" Aisha shouted in surprise and hid her red face with her pillow. There wasn't any romantic event going on between them for the day, but she liked their time together. Raven usually maintained his stoic expression in the gang, but she got to see so many new sides of him, especially the part where he liked romance genre.

"Raven told me. What do you mean 'how'?" Nisha asked with a confused look. Sometimes the gang forgot Nisha and Raven were close friends.

Aisha finally moved her pillow, looking at Nisha while trying to hide her embarrassment. "It's… fun. I learned a lot about him."

"Ooh, someone is finally able to melt Raven's heart?" Ara giggled as she stared at Aisha to embarrass her even more.

Crack! Boom!

"Aaah!"

Elesis yelped and covered her own ears. A loud thunder suddenly roared and lit up the room for a second. "Is it raining? The weather was fine a moment ago," she said, looking out the window while trying to figure out what happened in the dark.

Eve stayed silent for a bit before giving an answer. "It was indeed fine a moment ago, but a strong wind was coming from afar. A severe storm is coming."

"S-Severe storm…?" Ara muttered and held her ring. "Are we going to be fine?"

Eve nodded her head. "We will be fine, but we can't go anywhere. We're going to be stuck here for around 2 days."

Another thunder roared. With a concerned look, Lu glanced at Nisha. "Is Noah afraid of thunder?"

"No–"

As another thunder roared, the lights were suddenly off and they could hear someone screaming. Nisha sighed heavily, getting up and slowly adjusting her eyes so she could see in the dark. "But he's afraid of a sudden blackout. I'm gonna check on him," she said as she ran off.

"We're gonna check on him! Let me check our power supply," Lu also got up and followed Nisha.

After a short time, the lights were back on. "Hm… It'll be a boring day unless we use a potion!" Rena smiled as she looked at her potion collection.


Add already fixed the power supply, since his lab was the closest to it. "It's fixed–"

"Noah!" Nisha shouted and jumped all the way to the second floor. She rushed to the specific bedroom and opened the door.

Ain was holding Noah close in his arms. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry–I couldn't do anything! H-Harque–No! I-It's my fault!" Noah was shouting with a trembling voice. His body was shaking, his body turned pale, and his pupils were dilated in fear.

"Don't blame yourself," Ain patted Noah's head, which surprisingly calmed him down. Soon Nisha and Lu hugged Noah tightly, giving him the warmth he needed.

"What happened?" Ciel asked as Raven and him looked into the room. Noah was still muttering an apology over and over again.

"Do you want to sleep with us?" Raven offered. He used to have nightmares of his comrades and fiancee. He could probably relate with what Noah was experiencing at the moment.

With teary eyes, Noah looked at Ciel and Raven. Ain usually left him alone and he definitely didn't want to be alone tonight.

"Hey, are you guys alright?"

Apparently Rose, Add, and Chung were also going to the room. Noah was shouting loud enough, it worried everyone that heard him. "Why don't we sleep in the living room? You girls can take the sofa," Add suggested and pointed his finger to the bottom. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew for sure that the blackout triggered something in Noah's memory.

Noah's heart felt at ease when he saw a lot of the gang checking up on him. He felt guilty for disturbing their sleep, so he apologized. "I-I'll be fine. Sorry, don't worry about me."

But Ain got up and carried Noah with his arms. "That sounds like a good idea. I'll be around the house tonight."

"N-No! I'm fine, really!"

While Ain and Noah went downstairs, Elsword finally got out of his room. "Sleepover? Count me in!"


They gathered in the living room. The girls were taking the sofa while the boys were lying down on the carpet and cramped themselves together.

"I-I… I'm sorry…" Noah apologized to everyone. He didn't mean to disturb their sleep. The blackout reminded him of the day when his brother was killed in front of him. He was experiencing it again for a bit, feeling terrified and helpless. There should be something he could do to prevent it from happening.

"What are you apologizing for? This is just a fun sleepover!" Elsword smirked as he poked Noah from the back to startle him.

"...Can you not rest on my belly?" Ciel asked as he stared at Add, who rested his head on Ciel's abdomen like it's a comfy pillow.

"Raven's belly is just Nasod," Add said without moving away. Raven clearly denied it, but Add stood with what he said. "Let me inspect thoroughly then. How sure are you?"

Lu giggled as she rested her head on Rose's lap. Seeing what Lu did, Nisha also did the same. "How do I use my blanket then?" Rose asked as she tried to adjust her blanket to not cover Lu and Nisha's head.

"What if we all just sleep on that empty space there starting tomorrow? Last time I tried to wake someone up in his bedroom, he's having a really good time instead," Ciel said with a smile, pointing his finger upstairs and staring at Raven.

Raven's face flushed red, hiding his embarrassment with his Nasod hand. The scene of Aisha and him this morning flashed back to his mind. "That's an accident, trust me…"

"It's alright if you did it. We won't judge," Lu smiled while looking at Raven.

Rose laughed at it. "This is nice, actually. I'm used to being with Add all the time and he can't be this noisy!"

"What do you want me to say anyway?" Add sighed heavily.

"You can say anything," Rose giggled while patting Lu's and Nisha's head. "Maybe we should spend time with each other more often. I'll miss my Add, though!"

Elsword pouted and stared at Nisha. "She said it, not me," Nisha said with a straight face.

"Really? You're not saying it for Chung?" Elsword asked with a skeptical look.

"I'll shoot you. Stop questioning her," Chung said in a threatening tone, which surprised everyone except Lu… and Ain, since he didn't remember much of anything.

"Damn, calm down," Elsword sighed as he looked at the ceilings.

Add hit Elsword's chest with his hand. "I told you to not question anything for the time being."

"But I'm curious, I had to find out…" Elsword forced himself to laugh.

While the others were talking, Ain was looking at the weather outside. They could see the whole backyard from the living room. Thunders that roared once in a while revealed how strong the wind was. "This is really bad. We might not be able to go anywhere for the day," Ain said as he approached the group and sat next to Noah. He didn't need sleep, so he'd watch over them instead.

Even though Add said that, he found the moment to ask Chung a bit of questions. "You barely say anything useful. Are you that mad we're asking Nisha for something you never tell us?"

"Yes. I'll try to be more honest. Stop bothering her," Chung answered with a troubled look. No one could see his expression anyway, so it should be fine.

"Oooh, now you're being honest! Do you like Bloody Queen?" Elsword teased to test the limit.

"I don't need to tell you that! Do you wanna fight?" Chung asked in an annoyed tone.

Elsword got up, cracking her knuckles. "Fight! We do it outside!"

Chung also got up upon hearing the challenge. Both of them went out to the backyard, and not long after that, they could hear two weapons clashing at each other. The group could hear a brief moment of how loud and heavy the storm was. "S-Should we stop them?" Noah asked in concern.

"No, it's their way of playing around. You'll get used to it," Add said with a sigh. Why did he expect Elword to listen to him anyway?


Invisibility: We're all invisible! Hey, where are you guys?

Ciel was the first to wake up, like usual. Everything around him was empty, not even himself. With a slight panic attack, he tried to find everyone, but he still felt Add's head in his abdomen. He moved his hand, trying to poke Add–if he's even there.

Poke.

"Add? Are you there?" Ciel muttered as he got up. A sound of an object falling to the carpet with a light sound can be heard.

"Well, yes…" Add answered while rubbing his head. He got the same confusion as Ciel, but he slowly stood up, moving his Dynamo to avoid stepping on anyone. He used his Dynamo to look at temperature. It seemed that his Dynamo was visible to Ciel too.

"Oh, the body temperature detected them. I guess we're invisible now," Ciel sighed as he walked into the kitchen. Now that he figured out what had happened, he's going to make breakfast–like he always did.

Add looked out the window. The storm was still heavy, and because they live in a desert, the water started flooding the place. Looking at his Dynamo again, he saw two bodies that were above normal temperature. He didn't need to ask who they were anymore.

"I wonder how Elsword and Chung are doing. Are they outside?" Ciel asked.

"They're inside and sick. Classic stupidity," Add answered with a sigh.


Thankfully with Noah's help, Elsword and Chung went back to normal. Everyone ate their breakfast together while hearing the sound of the storm. "Nothing much to do today, huh?" Rena asked as she looked at how severe the storm was. "I wonder if they'd cancel the con…"

"I think so. It's gonna flood. This is Sander," Elesis said with disappointment. She was looking forward to it, even though she didn't want anyone to see her cosplay. It would be a fun event.

"Being invisible is weird. It's like being a ghost," Lu commented on their situation. Their food was slowly disappearing like it was a mythical phenomenon.

"Are you going to make horror content?" Chung asked. He never watched any of Lu's videos, but sometimes he wondered if he should even watch himself being recorded at the cafe.

Lu's eyes sparkled in excitement, but nobody could see her. "That's a good idea! Let's make something!"

It would be a fun activity to do. Just throwing items and making sounds while not being seen by anyone would definitely be horror content.

Not for Noah, though. "What are you guys talking about? I can see you just fine."

Everyone turned silent, but only Noah could see he was being stared at by everyone. Add was the first to realize it. "He has 6th sense. This doesn't work on him."


Everything went chaotic after breakfast. They threw objects around, but in Lu's camera, they weren't visible. It was as if Poltergeist was present in the house. They didn't throw glass, of course.

"Eat this–Aaah!"

Two people hit each other and fell to the floor. They laughed it off and helped each other to stand up. "Sorry! Are you hurt?" Ara asked in a worried tone, even though they were laughing at it.

"I'm fine, don't worry!" Elsword replied with a smile.

Even Lu got hit and fell sometimes. She didn't care much of how the recording would go. Just have fun.

"Flying pillow–Whoa–!"

Rose fell after stepping on something that seemed round. Nisha laughed at her, or whoever fell along with Rose if there's more. "Poco is also invisible!"

In Noah's eyes, all of them looked like insane hallucinating people. He wasn't sure if he should have fun–knowing he could see everything–or just stayed away and watched them. In the end, he avoided everything and just laughed at funny stuff while eating his snack.


They got tired when they realized they skipped lunch. Ciel prepared their dinner while the gang was resting.

At least most of the gang.

Some people were in the girl's closet. "Are we peeking at girl's clothes like a pervert now?"

"Who did I bring here anyway? I'm making sure it's someone that will cooperate with me," Add asked back as he stared at his temperature checker. The first body he grabbed was the normal temperature body, which would be either Chung or Noah, because they could easily dodge the commotion.

The second body was a short heighted body, which would be either Lu or Nisha. Then he put his Dynamo inside the lab to avoid suspicion.

They didn't care about privacy that much–at least that's what Add thought about them.

"Let's lock the door then," Chung said, walking toward the door and locking it.

"You're in luck, then. I won't tell the girls," Lu smiled, feeling curious about what Add was going to do.

"This may result in nothing," Add said as he analyzed the whole room with his Dynamo. The furniture looked like holograms for a glance. "Doom Bringer told me he found the potions in a wardrobe. I had no idea when he sneaked in."

"We shrunk. I told him he can freely roam here," Chung said without any slightest feeling of remorse. He was one of the main causes everyone got sent to the detective agency El Gang timeline.

Add sighed heavily. Why was he not surprised anymore? "Anyway, that's not the point. He told me there's something else here, but he didn't specify. He didn't have enough time to check every corner."

"Whether I agree or not, you're gonna do it anyway. Let's make this quick then," Chung said, but he was hesitating in opening the wardrobe.

"Nice spirit, let's do it! Come check this one with me, Chung," Lu giggled as she opened the wardrobe and checked everything one by one. She liked discovering secrets in unethical manners.

After checking every wardrobe, they found a safe box and a book. The safe box was just a ring box, which meant it belonged to Ara. The book, however, seemed weird. They knew Aisha wrote a diary, but the locked diary was under Aisha's pillow.

The three of them gathered in front of the wardrobe where they found the book. After making sure they're close, Add picked up the book and opened it.

"If you find this book"

"Wait, actually, hi Add! I'm pretty sure you'll be the first one finding it for whatever reason. The girls have low awareness of everything. No offense, just a bit disappointing. Then again, this is Rose's wardrobe. She only cares about you. The other girls are respecting her privacy, I think. Maybe not for Nisha or Rena."

"Anyway, I noticed something wrong with the potions. Do you notice how it never runs out or expires? It's a bit weird to me. I'm not an expert in this kind of thing, but just in case, maybe throw all the potions away?"

Add turned to the next page

"Okay, quick update! We learned that Overmind made the potions. I trust him as much as Centurion, Ishtar, and Chevalier trust him. These potions are safe."

"I learned something new while you guys were away. I recently learned about Henir, a place where the true darkness exists. Centurion told me a portal to Henir realm can be physically made. Aside from the demons, I believe you guys need to research more about this in the future. Henir realm seems reachable easily when there's a book about it in a bookstore."

"Bluhen is affected by Henir a bit due to his past experience. He seemed to be uneasy, despite his permanent smile every time we talked to him. Hopefully Henir isn't dangerous here."

"That's about it. I didn't talk about this to anyone because."

"Let's be honest. How many of you even remember Henir? It seems forgotten here, which is good and bad at the same time."

"Anyway, I'm sure one day Rena will use that gold potion again. See you soon!"

"-Rena, Prophetess"

"It's funny because we just went there 2 days ago," Lu commented after all the warning Prophetess gave to them.

"Henir doesn't exist in her timeline. It is indeed dangerous because Henir is more approachable in this world, but as you can see, nothing happened in the last hundreds of years. We're fine," Add said as he closed the book and put it in his pocket. As soon as it entered the pocket, the book disappeared like it never existed. "Even that girl roamed freely like it's a vacation spot."

"Aaah! I'm gonna change clothes!"

It's Rena's voice coming toward them. Chung unlocked the door and grabbed Add's and Lu's hand. With his hearing, he's confident they can sneak out easily without hitting anyone.

Click!

Rena opened the door and entered the closet. The others also came in, so the door was open for quite a while. With their small bodies, they easily got back to the living room.

"What are you guys doing?"

And they completely forgot Noah could see them just fine. "We found out something more about Henir. Do you want to hear it?" Add said without mentioning anything about them going to the girls' room.

Thankfully Noah bought it, asking Add to elaborate.

"Aaah! Floating book!" Lu shouted at a book that was floating above the sofa.

"W-Wait! It's me!" Rose shouted back in surprise. "How come Noah can see me but not you?"

It's easy to tell whether Rose was sitting alone on the sofa or not just by looking at the seat. Lu sat next to her and leaned her back to the sofa. "I don't have a 6th sense. I can naturally see something that you guys can't. Same with Ain."

Rose thought about it for a while. It didn't make any sense to her, but she accepted it and moved on.


Everyone was visible when midnight came. Rose and Lu were still sitting on the sofa, Chung was reading a book on the carpet while Nisha was playing her melodica next to him, Noah was eating taichan satay in the dining room, and Rena was looking out the window. The storm was still heavy, their backyard was flooding.

Rena checked her phone to read the news. The con she was waiting for was delayed because of the storm. She sighed heavily, feeling disappointed that the cosplay they worked for became meaningless.

"Isn't tomorrow supposed to be the con day?" Lu asked as she approached Rena.

The elf just shook her head, her ears went down a bit. "It's delayed. They'll announce the date soon," Rena answered with a sad look.

"That's good. We were rushing yesterday," Lu smiled at Rena. "We haven't even tried the thing. More preparation time!"

"Oh? Who's cosplaying?" Rose asked in curiosity. After all, the gang never saw the cosplay.

"Rena, Elesis, Chung, and me!" Lu answered with excitement. She wanted to give Rena her energy back.

Rose blinked her eyes several times. She glanced at Chung, who didn't even react to the statement. "Wait, wait… You're going to use that bunny outfit on him?"

"I agreed to her request. To Prophetess," Chung replied without looking away from his book. "She can design anything. I'm not backing down."

Nisha sighed and looked at Chung. "Watch your words. Someone's gonna take it literally."

"Anything?" Rena repeated with a huge smile and sparkly eyes. It was her dream to have another 'doll' ever since Elsword stopped crossdressing.

Lu jumped on Rena's back and forced the elf to carry her. "Don't even think about it! Calm down now!"

Nisha looked at Noah, who was still sitting alone in the dining room. She could guess what he needed based on what happened recently. "You guys wanna sleep here again?" Nisha asked.

Because it's Nisha's request, Rena agreed to it right away. "I'll pick up the blanket and pillows. Noah! Come here!" Rena called as she waved her hands. "We're gonna have… bedtime stories!"


Special thanks to Strgazr for the idea!