Sunny was lucky that Rain's foot didn't break on contact with his face. That would have been tedious to heal, especially since Rain wasn't a part of Nephis's Domain due to the Mark of Shadows. After leaving a fuming and scandalized Rain behind to continue experimenting, Sunny left Dreamscape and headed off to the Ivory Tower. A couple of his bodies were going to meet him there after all.
(HOLY NEPH IS A GOONER)
Sunny's body rose from the shadow of the Ivory Tower. He had just picked up all of his incarnations and held them in his shadow.
He entered and climbed up the tower, with one destination in mind.
When he entered Neph's room, he saw Nephis rising from a chair in the room. She locked eyes with him. What words were needed here? Her eyes were filled with hungry flames that threatened to consume Sunny.
For Nephis, all she saw was a flaming column that could engulf the entire room, the entire tower. 'All that passion, all to myself.' She licked her lips.
They stepped towards each other, one slow, echoing step at a time…
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Sunny opened his eyes. Sunlight poured in from the window. There were limbs all over the bed. Next to him was Nephis, eyes closed and breathing steadily as she slept. There was a smile, a content, doped smile on her face. Behind her was another Sunny hugging her from behind. Or rather, Sunny was hugging her from behind. It was too confusing for some reason.
Sunny sat up. he saw one more Sunny was already awake, sat up on the edge of the bed with a dazed look on his face. He looked back at himself.
'Wow,' they both thought. "What happened to you?" they spoke at the same time. "Wait, what happened to me?" Sunny realized that they both were probably dazed as hell after running the gauntlet that is Nephis.
'I, my throat.' He realized he needed a drink of water. Dehydration usually didn't mean much to him before, but one would get thirsty the more they sweat.
He took out the Endless Spring and took a long, much needed swig. His other body did not reach for the memory, only returning to staring out the window.
Sunny dismissed the other awake Surpreme body and climbed out of bed. He took another look at the sleeping Nephis and his other ?sleeping? body before walking towards the door and walking out the room.
'is it just me, or does this air smell… fresher?' Indeed, it felt like the air smelled clearer since exiting the bedroom. 'Maybe I should leave the window open…'
A door opened as he was walking down the stairs. A face with a blindfold and a curtain of long blond hair greeted his eyes.
"Sunny…"
"Cassie…"
A long, awkward pause.
"You watched, didn't you."
"..."
"yea…"
"..."
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As dumb and dumber were stunlocked outside the room, Nephis finally woke up. The first thing that hit her mind was the soreness. Then the memories of what transpired.
'Gods, I might be worse than Effie. Gods… she might be on to something'. Nephis realized that she was becoming a strange lady as she also realized that there was a pair of arms around her waist. She turned her head to a beautiful view.
Closed eyes, flawless pale skin, silky, slightly disheveled dark hair that framed his beautiful face. Nephis wondered how he still looked so stunning after all that transpired.
'Wow, I need a shower. Like right now.' She gently slipped out of her lover's arms from her waist and quietly got off the bed. There was too much sweat and other fluids on herself she needed to clean up. She headed to the showers.
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"Cassie… you're secretly a pervert aren't you?"
"...…."
Sunny, unable to unstuck Cassie, decided to change topics.
"So… any updates on that tournament?"
"…Oh, yes. We've gotten confirmation on the participants." Cassie was grateful for the change in subject. "We've also double checked all the connection portals for their readiness to handle the traffic."
"Good, good. I've prepared a whole bunch of artifacts as rewards, as well as the portals for the public to use to spectate."
"That's perfect, we should be right on schedule then. I'll finish checking the other minor preparations and prepare Neph for her announcement."
Cassie stepped backwards and had a small smirk on her face.
"Don't you drag Nephis back into that room okay?"
Sunny's eyes widened.
"Wait a moment, I'm not that depraved!" Sunny protested. "You're the one enjoying voyeurism!"
"… but I wasn't the one using a whole cohort of myself afterwards."
Her smirk grew a bit as she rippled out of existence before Sunny could lunge towards her.
"Damn her and her oracle abilities. And her all seeing abilities. And her teleportation abilities."
Sunny decided that he needed to lay back on the extracurriculars, especially knowing that he had spectators. He vowed to craft an anti-divination memory. 'It's for the sake of my love life after all.'