Well, now there's only the 3 of us, Kiana Kaslana The Pillar of Conclusion, Klein Moretti The Pillar of Deviation and then there's me. The ordinary human.
On the other hand, behind that door leading to my bathroom… Is probably 2 people having fun, right system?
[I choose to invoke the 5th.] It went.
"Anyways, anything you'd like to do Cael?" Klein Moretti asked, giving a slight smile, out of the 5 Pillars, I'd say Klein's the one I could relate to the most, other then Ezron of course. Hmmm… I mean what would be fun?
Let's see… all my life, I've been reading fiction… Uhhhh—Lord of the Mysteries? Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint? Reverend Insanity? Re : Zero? The beginning after the end? Shadow Slave? One Piece? Naruto? Bleach? Dragon Ball?—Yeahhh uhhhh…
"I got no clue." To be truthful, sometimes being completely honest can be the right choice, either they're probably not interested, or they've probably read it.
"Awwww…" Said the Pillar of Conclusion, annoyed as she looked like melted on my table, without much thought I did the only thing I think would be right.
"Then should we go somewhere?" Asked the Pillar of Deviation.
"Yeah—But where to? Everywhere's populated. Every continent's definitely full of people"
"And to think Antartica's now a popular tourist destination for those outside of earth."
"I remember when it was a barren desert"
"Now it's theirs penguin houses and stores."
"How about outside of earth?"
"You curious on how they live out there Cael?" Asked Kiana Kaslana.
"I mean kinda? Eve told me some stories about visiting Sera at Mars and co but yeah, I guess I am slightly curious?"
"There's a lot of people everywhere though, so no quiet spots for any of us?"
"Then—How about a black hole?"
??? The fuck ???
"Uh—No thanks, I don't need another heart attack, my researcher days are over."
"Hmm? Okay…" She said sounding slightly deflated.
"Ah. Hm. I mean well have you heard of the Boötes Void?"
"Whats that?"
"Curious~?"
"Ah—That, There were some theories about that in my world back in the day of course because of the 'Pillars' and Outer Deities, I never really checked it out." Said Klein Moretti The Pillar of Deviation.
Note : Boötes Void is one of the largest known voids (Huge emptiness in space with barely any nebulas) in the observable universe, spanning about 330 million light-years
"Then it's decided—" Snap
Purely Pitch Black
That was the first thing I saw as I opened, my eyes, it was… difficult to explain—Imagine yourself In a room where absolutely no light could go inside, yeah something like that. Just really really big.
"Isn't it beautiful~?"
"Kiana. He's a human, his eyes can't see that far"
"Ah~ Right, my bad my bad" Snap
What the…
It was a sight I couldn't explain—I don't think it was something made for human comprehension yet. Have you ever been mesmerized? by the beauty of the world? When you dive into Raja Ampat. When you climb Mount Everest. When you first go to Disney land.
…
Imagine that. Have you ever watched a good film? a good anime? a good novel? a good story? one that you call so peak, you'd like to erase your memories just to start over again, have you ever had such feelings?
Now combine those 2 feelings and add the fact that it looked out of this world. Which is technically true. But yeah—No words can explain this feelings.
"You've been staring for an hour y'know~?"
"Without any visual queue, even the body can forget it's own clock."
"Huh?—Ah my apologies I dozed off for a while"
"??? What's the apology for—? we're friends."
"You know, back in my world, such a place would probably be crawling with Outer Deities, a single look and an ordinary human would've exploded on the spot" said Klein Moretti The Pillar of Deviation with a slight chuckle.
Then I finally noticed. Kiana Kaslana, she was in the Herrscher of Finality form, on the other hand Klein Moretti still in his trench coat and suit—And I? I was wearing the clothes I used. Wait—The clothes I used?
!!!
"Ahaha—It's fine there's no way we're stupid enough to let you die. Besides, not wearing anything in an environment that would've killed a normal human is a unique experience too no?" She said with a smile, now that I paid more attention.
She was glowing purple, while the Pillar of Deviation seemed to glowed a mix of light grey and yellow. With a smile.
"Also—Stop calling us The Pillar of bla bla bla in your head. Just call us by our names got it?" How did she—
[It's better not to ask]
…
When has my life ever been not absurd…
"See—that's more like it." Kiana said, her legs crossed as she seemed to continue to gaze the countless nebula's in the distance. Ones that I could currently see.
Time seemed to stop, I didn't feel hungry, nor thirsty, nor tired as I only gazed at the beautiful nebula's in the distance, then out of no where I could hear Klein muttering something
"You should go ask him should you not?" He said with a smirk as he pushed Kiana forward, she only drifted ever so slightly, before stopping right before me, at the same time Klein seemed to stomp his staff, there should've been no sound yet I could hear a Thud
Before he seemed to disappear from my perception, as I turned my face back to Kiana I could see she was muttering something but I couldn't hear a thing.
It felt like an eternity had pass where there was only her and me in silence. and finally she spoke—
"Hey," Was she gonna ask something about how I feel about ██████ again?
"No silly, why would I ask the same thing again?"
"Uh… because I'm human and my answer can change?"
"Says the immortal human whose lived for eons now" Her face turned one that looked like she was sulking for a split second before returning to her usual face.
"You know, I'm a really contradictory person." Yeah right, you the Herrscher of Finality, Pillar of Conclusion who governs the abstract concept of 'end' would be a contradictory person? Yeah right fuck that bull-
[The Pillar of Conclusion is not lying.] What?
"Ironic right?"
"You know, in a way we are 2 sides of the same coin"
…?
"Consuming fiction as a way to escape reality, don't get me wrong pretty sure I don't have it as bad as you but—"
"Stop contradicting yourself now Kiana, when you had that beach adventures with the boys you said everyone's hardest is the hardest and now you're downplaying yourself?" Out of no where The Pillar of Deviation just appeared as he said those words while bonking his head to Kiana.
…
"Well とにかく(Anyways) that doesn't matter but hey, I got what I'd basically call a cheat code haha, you know? Typical Overpowered Protagonist powers after a time skip you know just like-"
"Ryu Han Bin, Cid Kagenous, Rudeus and the others."
"… Yeah."
"And I got the Subaru treatment—Well not exactly I guess? Han Ga-In's treatment in the early stages of Escape the Mystery Hotel?"
"I guess."
"At least they still had some form of functional powers you know? Like Characters like Ed Rothstaylor, I'm just some random guy with some knowledge, a Kim Dok Ja withour power I guess?"
"But even then your knowledge isn't omnipotent. Just like Klein and Kim Soleum"
"Kim Soleum? The protagonist of Got Dropped in a Ghost story?"
"Yeah. That one." I wonder, is she not scared that Klein or some others might be listening to this—
"Klein wouldn't eavesdrop unless necessary, that's just the type of guy he iss" yet the Pillar of Conclusion only reassured me.
"Also—Why are you back at calling us Pillars again?"
"How do you even know what I'm thinking in my head???"
"Let's just call it intuition shall we?"
"A Contradictory person—Yeah. The Pillar of Finality, ohh sounds so powerful, the absolute end bla bla bla this that this that"
"Well no use in thinking about the past isn't it? Might as well move forward"
"The fear of losing yourself in the process of becoming better."
"What?"
"Ya know? The saying that goes like. to scared of change yet wanting to change."
"Wanting to become better yet not wanting to lose your current self, ain't that just ironic?"
…
"Staying stuck in the past, as you see everyone you know move on, and you're just there. Are you even living?"
"Well—"
"You know, here's a secret I've never told anyone, not even Klein or anyone knows about this but—Once at least one point in my life before everything began. I once thought to myself."
"If one day this world gains powers or something extra-terrestrial appeared, it must be a fictional story. And honestly that thought never really left me. The other me—Or as you guys call her, Gaby probably forgot about it or just doesn't care about it anymore"
…
" every single thoughts it feels noisy, it haunts me everyday and well—Oh? looks like times up~ Shouldn't have procrastinate too much Teehee" And right as she said those words.
"Kiana, the others are waiting, Elysia's already pouting. Is your conversation done?" Klein had appeared once more as he gave his usual smile, with it Kiana only nodded before she teleported away and at the same time the yusual illusory door appeared once more.
"Let's go." He calmly said, yet the calmness was somehow unsettling.
"You're not gonna ask what she talked about?"
"There's no need to pry, she is family after all. If she needed to talk, she would've done so"
"What if she's holding it in?" Klein Moretti suddenly stopped and looked me dead in the eye
"It's not my place to judge her choices." Before he left through the Illusory door.
…
Sigh
Is The Pillar of Conclusion alright?
[Perhaps.] It went—Well whatever I thought to myself as I walked through the illusory door, and what greeted me this time was a Chinese style Tea Party??? A stone table that looked worn with some seats, in a random forest or mountain it seems
"Oh~ You're finally here" Violet said as she showed a slight smirk at the same time Ezron was bantering with Kiana in the distance, and of course—
"Moo~ Why didn't you guys invited me when you went there? A cute girl like me would've been great to admire the stars with" Elysia or Cyrene whichever you call her only said with a pout. I call her Cyrene so—
"Haha, we were admiring the countless galaxies"
"Ahhh I should've joined in—When I was a pure child of Anasrava, I witness the countless beautiful galaxies in my world…" With a sad look she said as Klein only gave a wry smile, at the same time the other 2 had finally came back
"We should definitely rewatch Avengers Endgame Kiana!" Ezron said with an excited smile, his entire body practically filled with excitement.
"Sure sure, just tell me when I'll come—Oh we should get Vireth as well"
"THAT'S A GREAT IDEA—Hahahaha the friends of I Ezron the Pillar of Deviation is always very insightful" he said as he mimicked the tone of a regal king and summoned many things just to give him the wise old king vibe
"By the way where are we?"
"Uhhh—Klein?" Kiana said as she looked at Klein, like telling him to help, right—He no longer looked like he did before at the void. Well whatever, not my place to pry.
"Hangzhou China, also this is the famous Longjing tea brand, it's quite a popular local brand here." Klein Moretti said as the white porcelain kettle magically poured itself into the small tea cups before they floated to our side of the table.
"So? How's life been treating you guys?"