"Big bro, I understand. But—"
"No but." Sounding firm and curt, Skylar smiled at Starboy who looks anxious as he cut him off. "I am going down, what about you?"
After thinking for a moment, Starboy raised his lowered head and replied, "Okay big bro, let's do that."
Skylar smiled, thinking the next phase is going be thrilling, then he jumped, landing and standing on top of the marble balustrade. And following him, Starboy having come closer, jumped too, standing next to him on the balustrade... both of them facing the opposite side of the balcony, but below them is the seemingly bottomless depth—thier next destination—that cut through the center of the round building—the illusion dungeon.
"Ready. We will jump after the count of five." Skylar glanced at Starboy beside him.
"Yes, big bro." Starboy replied, nodding his head.
"One, two, three, four, five."
After Skylar rapidly counted, both of them immediately dived simultaneously, falling head first towards the dark depth, picking up speed every second.
Still falling faster through the circular pit edged by circular balconies, Skylar with his hands by his side like a diving peregrine falcon glanced at Starboy not far from him; then gaining his attention, though the air in the whole place is very scarce, he expertly maneuvered himself closer to one side of the pit where the balconies are. And when he reached it, he tried passing his hand through it but it hit an invisible solid wall—a force field barrier thar made a visible ripple like the ripple on the surface of a still water when a small rock is dropped on it.
So concluding that the creator of the place won't allow passage to the others balconies—therefore the lower floors—from outside of it, he quit and turned around, but when he did, he broke into a somewhat maniacal laugh having realized Starboy is nowhere to be found—seeming like he has vanished.
Then calming down after a while, Skylar's eyes became narrowed and then like he received a boost, his falling figure accelerated greatly, looking like a dazzling ray of light that soon pierced the darkness of the depth far below.
***
The Real world
Somewhere in the middle eastern part of the real world at midnight;
A round chamber measuring about thirty kilometers wide with walls painted white and adorned with picture glyphs of absolutely beautiful and gorgeous humans with fox ears and tails; from its glass door that opened inward, welcomed a rather tall woman dressed in red ankle-length abaya dress with golden embellishment, and on her face and head is a matching niqab, and on her feet a golden high heel.
The woman, elegant and graceful with her measured steps and gait, while holding a file on her left forearms with its bottom edge clutched above her flanks, approached a bearded fat man who wore a white turban and white jalabiya gown—a man seated languidly at the center of a large white sofa at the other side of the room.
"Chief, I have their report." The elegant woman now standing close to the sofa edge with her side to its left sife, bowed slightly, addressing the bearded fat man whose radiant and charming face look young and vigorous and most especially his crimson eyes.
"Let's hear it." He responded, sounding languid. And before the woman with an elegant face responded, she opened the file on her arms and set her beautiful golden foxy eyes revealed by the slit gap of her niqab on the first document it held, reading it.
"In the evening, after we were done with work, we and the other leaders of our group met with miss super scary and discussed about the new member." Here she paused reading. And raising her slightly lowered head, she continued, "Basically they were lectured about who he is and what their expectations of him should be. They also mentioned miss super scary reassured them that he can easily solve thier entaglement—"
"She." Interrupting, the bearded man corrected, sounding convinced of his rightfulness expressed by his beaming face that is facing the chamber door that is being opened.
"Chief, its a 'he' this time..." The elegant woman politely enlightened, putting a stun look on the bearded man who couldn't believe it.
Meanwhile, two identical cute and seductive women with fair pinkish skin and pink hair done in a twintails with blunt bang, closely resembling sophia and julia duo, but strangely having pink fox ears and pink fox tail; having entered the chamber through its door while gossiping, and is now excitedly approaching the sofa where the bearded man is seated, chimed in:
"Yes big uncle, and he is super handsome too..."
"And he smells good too..."
"You two wait." The bearded man put a halt to their chorus. Then, looking at the identical similar outfit on them—a pink bandeau with white floral print that accentuates their large bust and a snow white fur micro skirt that highlights thier seductive iconic lower curves—he continued. "Why are you not blending in? Why wear that?..."
"Ah! This! We forgot." Simultaneously they chorused and both look at themselves—precisely speaking, their rather seductive outfit—stunning the bearded man that he squeezed his face like he is in agony before he like out of frustration removed his turban and prop beard, reaveling his red wavy hair and a rather mesmerizing face that looks younger than that of the two women who are maintaining a pout as they stand very close side by side.
Resuming, the bearded man yelled at them: "Weren't one of you suppose to remain in the simulation at all times!?! Why are the two of you here!?!"
"Ah! That! We forgot." Again, similarly and simultaneously, they replied in sync and broke into giggles, covering their mouth and simultaneously pulling up their bandeau that may slip down with their other hand in sync—emphasizing the fullness of their large bust as they do. And like an attempt to calm down the 'no more bearded fat man' that is pulling at his exotic hair while breathing heavily out of suppressed anger, the elegant woman giggled:
"Heehee~ hee... I think they are just excited to talk about the new interesting person they met."
"Yes, he is interesting..." One of them chimed in.
"But he was super scary that one time..." The other also chimed in, looking like she remembered something worth thinking about, looking the part with her expression.
"Yes, he was as scary as miss super scary, but he is nonetheless cozy..." The other not aware of the other's dip in mood added.
However her last word made her mood suddenly brighten up, and giggling, she agreed with her, saying: "Yes, very cozy..."
"He is strong too, with one punch he made giant idiot—"
"Okay, shut it already." The 'no more bearded fat man' stopped their simultaneous and synced addition that was accompanied with gestures that looked like a choreography, silencing them and making them pout.
He continued, "Tell me about him. How is he special?"
Responding they first look at each other first and then back at him.
"He is strange, very strange..." They said in chorus, nodding their heads similarly as they turn to look at each other faces briefly before returning to look at the 'no more bearded man' that is attentively listening like the elegant woman.
"His presence is like that tree in our folklore..." One added, turning to look at the other's face.
"Yes." The other agreed as she also turn to look at the first one's face. "And his breath is dangerously sweet, it makes you crave a baby-making cuddle with him..." She added, smiling warmly and with a sweet expression on her face just like the other as they both in sync gently placed one of their palm on their exposed belly, looking like a pair of happy expectant mothers.
"Yes." The other also agreed. "And his etheric field is just plain white and calm, no fluctuation whatsoever..." She added, turning to look at the face of the other that likewise did the same simultaneously, but with a nod.
"Yes." She agreed.
"And his aura is the strangest... very strange. Hmmm... " The two saying this in chorus paused, looking like they are thinking with one of their hands pulling lightly at their ponytail.
"It was like our spirit vision was going bad." Like they got inspired, they said in sync and turn to face each other, smiling gleefully then giggling sweetly.
"Tell me what you saw! You fools!" The bearded man bellowed at them, his manner like that of someone left on a cliffhanger. The elegant woman nodded too; she is of the same mind as him. Then the the two seeing this pouted unhappily, looking like little girls that have been unfairly treated.
"His spirit was all white and pure, he was like a new born baby; there was no color." They spoke in chorus, sounding like they are grumbling. And as the 'no more bearded fat man' and the elegant woman heard them, they first paused briefly to process the reply for a while before looking stunned. Then they simultaneously turned to look at each other with a shocked expression on their faces.
"Where is our sons?" Speaking in chorus, the two identical women broke the brief silence in the room, looking unbothered by the weird and exaggerated reaction of the 'no more bearded fat man' and the elegant woman.
"They are fine. They are with the elders as we speak." The elegant woman replied while patting her somewhat huge chest that has been heaving up and down after looking at the bearded man that still look shocked and frozen.
"What about the old man..?" One of them two identical women asked further.
"Can we ditch him already..?" The other added, giggling.
"No, not now." Responding, the elegant woman shook her head, making the mood of the two identical women drop.
"He is the one funding most of our operations, we can't loose his support at this critical moment." She explained. "And since he is on his deathbed, about to die; you two might received some of his inheritance since you are his wives, then with it, getting another slot shouldn't be a problem, we— "
"Amira wait.." The 'no more bearded fat man' interrupted the elegant woman—Amira—who then turned to look at him along with the two identical women.
Facing the two identical women, 'the no more bearded fat man continued', "You two, why do you want to ditch him?"
"Heehee-hee.." They giggled. "We want to be with someone else." They chorused, and hearing their reply, the 'no more bearded fat man' starts smiling and pulling his beard that is no more there, looking like someone who just win a lottery.
"You two can go and do what you want."
"..." The two identical women looked at each other's face, confused by the 'no more bearded fat man's unexpected reply.
"Chief?" The elegant woman called, looking at the no more bearded fat man who smiled after understanding they do not get what he said.
So, clearing thier confusion, He rephrased, "I am saying you two can go and be with whoever you want to be with. The old man will soon die anyways, well unless his stubborn older children throw him into the simulation."
"Heehee-hee.. They won't... they are anti-simulation idiots." The two identical women replied in sync, clearly excited as they start giggling and conversing in low volumes.
"You two." The chief called, and gaining thier attention he continued, "Return to the strange man and get us more of his information, we—"
"Yayyyy!!!!" Interjecting the chief, they shouted in excitement as they both rushed towards the door of the chamber. Then as they exit the chamber in a rush, the elegant woman turn to look from them to the chief who looks like he has something else on his mind.
"Chief, maybe the exalted one stealthed their aura."
"No. A human that can stealth their aura after coming into contact with ether for just a little more than three human years should be a divine by now. The only thing that make sense is that prophecy." Saying this, the chief turned to the elegant woman. "How are the others doing?"
Responding, the elegant woman turned to the file in her hand, and after opening it and flipping two documents over, she starts looking at it as she replied the man:
"Chief... most of the other races of our specie are skeptical of our chances. They believe the celestials as usual are going to sideline us, so they at not making any move at the moment..."
"Those guys are idiot. I bet it will be our turn in less than a year... Continue."
"Yes, chief." The elegant woman having raised her head to listen to the chief who interrupted her, lowered it again, focusing on the content of the document.
She continued, "The cuties as usual are living their lifes. They don't seem to care about any of the rumors."
She paused expecting the chief to make a comment, which however he did not make.
She continued, "The Semihumans have started infiltrating human factions in large number..."
"That's strange, they are usually the last to make a move." The chief interjected, looking thoughtful with a narrowed eyes.
"Maybe their shamans worked together and verified sage fifty-fifty prophecy." The elegant woman suggesed, raising her head to look at the chief who then responded:
"That might be it. But I think there is something else involved. Anyways, how about the animals and the half animals? I bet they must be fuming since they can't blend in. Hahahahahaha..." The chief broke into a fit of laughter that lasted for a while.
"Chief, about that...." Amira got his attention. "We just received reports; some of thier races have collaborated with the lizards and the wild diggers."