My argument with Janus was long. Azathoth is securely seated at his seat. Yes, we have taken the time to design an entire theater. After all, it is a cosmic show. I was supposed to be the main scriptwriter of the show but somewhere along the way, I just yielded.
Now, the show is organic. It has been running on auto. I wonder if Yami will join us as well.
As a fallen, he has no obligations to be here. But if I press the reset button, Yami would be gone too. Elation and Nihility are both trapped in Keith's world.
Keith himself will arrive with Clive and Serus. Seina is there as well.
Our main actors are still missing. I look for Alina but she is missing.
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know. She just disappeared partway through our argument. Anyway, it's good to see that you are actually sane for once." (Janus)
He is taking a shot at me. But I can just say this about him, he's always been this way.
"And it's good to have you back. Even someone like me had to step forward when existence was at stake. But you, you just disappeared."
I return it to him. His face sours.
"I never had any intention of becoming a martyr or a savior. I just wanted a mundane life which was impossible since I died during your war against the tyrant. I became one of the cornerstones of the new order. But you swallowed the hard pill so I could just retire." (Janus)
We stop taking shots at each other. We are both more than 200 billion years old at thus point. We should behave like ancient beings.
"What is your plan?" (Janus)
He drops his pretense and asks me.
"I haven't the foggiest."
I answer honestly. I may seem like I am some sort of mastermind but I actually don't have any idea what to do. Chthulu just got excited and decided to drag everyone in. Alina is waiting for me to make a move.
I decided to gather everyone here to get a better gauge on the situation.
Janus just sighs. He knows me. He can already guess why I am gathering everyone here.
"You know Constant, intel gathering should be clandestine or explicit. What you are trying to do is being explicitly clandestine. Did you just bring me here as an intimidation card or did you have a specific plan in your mind?" (Janus)
"To be honest, I just wanted the gang back. The old ones, the ones from our world, I wanted us to gather. This way, we could formally introduce ourselves to the new creators.
After that comes the Azathoth debacle. Since he is already here, the war has halted. The creators and the fallen have stopped rampaging.
Yami is taking care of the fallen side while Akatsuki has been calming down the creators with Chthulu. Now, we just need to address the Joy anomaly."
I honestly listed my intentions. These are the most pressing matters at the moment.
"Joy is in a sticky situation. And who is responsible? Yes, it's you, Constant." (Janus)
Janus just pointed his finger to me and said in a dramatic tone. Well, I would like to defend myself.
"I am also a victim, remember? Alina had altered the very course of fate just so she can be with me. That alteration came at a price. Joy became a target of obsession. She totally lost herself to her obsession with Joy.
The only reason why we have let fate continue as it is, you remember, right?"
I ask Janus. After all, it was an unanimous decision that fate should stay the same.
"The loom of fate and the witches were important. If we just replaced them, fate would be ours to control. That's not fun, is it?"
I remind Janus the very reason why we chose to let fate as it was. The witches are still spinning the loom which was used in the old world. The fate system is still the same. I did not take charge of that.
"It was inevitable. We never ascended. We are still humans with infinite lifespan. We are not god and nor are we transcendent beings. So the only way to stay an immortal human is to let fate be random. That's the argument you and Eternity presented. I was fine with whatever and Joy was so traumatized that he could not even answer." (Janus)
"That's why we are gathering here today. To apologize to the younger generations for the mess I created. I guess I am no better than the tyrant himself."
You really come a full circle. I started the war to prove a point that humans are capable of dictating their own fates and actions but now, I have become what I feared and loathed the most.
"Accept it Constant, we have failed." (Janus)
"Then, what should we do about Joy?"
"I will just erase both of them. If you use your authority, they would still exist somewhere in the directory. I will use my creator privileges to completely erase them from existence." (Janus)
So in the end, that is the only possible way.
"You can have a different outlook too."
A new voice was heard. I know this voice.
"Welcome, Clive Belmont and his entourage. You seem to have brought a lot of familiar faces, Clive."
I see Seina, Keith and….Joy with him. Indrajeet is here too.
"You two old folks were discussing some rather ominous things. Joy doesn't have to die yet. We have his human side with us." (Keith)
"Keith, would it kill you to show some respect? But it doesn't matter anyway. What about Bazarov and Kirin?"
I ask Keith. They should be trapped in his world.
"They are still there. Should I let them out?" (Keith)
"No, keep them there. We have secured Azathoth so they are useless anyway now. The rebellion has halted. The creators are now rebuilding their worlds."
"But I really wanna beat them to a pulp. For harming my family, they deserve to die, annihilated from existence." (Keith)
It seems that Keith has found his family spirit.
"Let the ladies deal with them. I am pretty sure the ladies are more than enough for them."
I try to contain the situation. But I don't see someone.
"Where is Serus? Wasn't he with you?"
"Serus left saying he has some unfinished business in his world. Mona has been calling him for a while so he left. That's why I am here, as the representative. I have decided to let Serus have that world. I will move and create my own world." (Seina)
This is a joyous moment. A creator is creating a new world.
"Sorry to burst the happy bubble but where did Alina actually go? I can't sense her anywhere?" (Janus)
This is puzzling. I can't sense her either.
"Alina, by that you mean the one who came to my world?" (Clive)
So she did go to meet them while I was arguing with Janus.
"Yeah, but her name wasn't Alina." (Keith)
"She asked me to give her a new name. I gave her the name, Alina."
I have to say that I chose a good name. Janus just shrugs like he knew what Alina means.
But Azathoth suddenly woke up. I thought that he wasn't going to wake up any time soon. Well, since he is waking up, let's have him talk.