"No evil forever. Impossible as rain in clear weather."

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Skill List:

Kanji (lv0): Aspect of Energy: Electricity, Thermal.

{Skill points: 2}

[Full destructive power limit: Village]

Skills: [1. Infuse/Absorb] [2. Energy travel] [3. Energy trail] [4. Energy bolt] [5. Energy wave]

Inventory: Geographic sphere, mechanical soap, spyware device, tungsten-infused nanotech

silver chain, Tech tablet (Portal) (Hide, Input, Output, Convert, Compress).

Claire (lv0): Aspect of Creation

Skills: [1. Create (Slots: 5)]

Inventory: Black cloak, crossbow, crossbow bolts, ammo pouch, fanfics, mechanical soap.

David (lv0): Aspect of Form

{Skill points: 1}

[Range limit: Self]

Skills: [1. Expand (x2)] [2. Spikefacation] [3. Delay (1-10s)] [4. Shieldfacation] [5. Trigger] [6. Transform pattern Wave]

Inventory: Iron bat, AK -47, mechanical soap.

Amelia (lv0): Aspect of Reality

{Skill points: 1}

[Attack type: illusion] [Attack range: x3 field of view]

Skills: [1. Third-person vision] [2. Blurring Mirage] [3. Double] [4. Connect] [5. Vision Swap] [6. Disguise]

Inventory: Frying Pan, Knife, mechanical soap.

Sarah (lv0): Aspect of Fiction

[Skill access: 1 skill for each item] [Conjured item 1]

Inventory: Mechanical soap, Nezha’s leopard bag (Nezha’s ring).

Noah (lv0): Aspect of ???

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Inventory: a gilded ax.

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The sounds of manic laughter withers out on the spaceship far beyond the atmosphere.

Two alien soldiers stand outside the command room, they are sweating and anxious after waiting for hours.

"Ummm.. do you... do you think it is over?"

"Ssssh! Just wait till his greatness calls."

The other soldier tries her best to hide her laughter, but then a small chuckle slips out. Luckily, a sudden burst of cheerful laughter covers it up.

They slowly turn to the door. Thinking it is safe, the two soldiers enter and see the general standing there, his posture seems odd like someone else is piloting his body.

KARNAT "Hello, there my GREAT SUBORDINATES."

Weirded out by his phrase, the two soldiers take a few steps back. Their feet become stiff as they fear what will occur.

KARNAT "WHAT? CATSPIDER GOT YOUR TONGUE. IT SURE DID... TO ME, after the recent events. SO!"

He grabs hold of a wine glass on his table, its design resembles that of an arachnid. He then holds it up to his face.

Satisfied with his choice of drinkware, Karnat walks to the observation deck, a holographic screen lits up. With a wave of his right hand, the screen focuses on Earth.

KARNAT "HAVE YOU LOCATED them yet?"

"Ur.r.r.rrr n-no, Sir."

KARNAT "NAH. THAT'S FINE...GIVE ME TIME TO TRY NEW THINGS. I THINK... I THINK I KNOW WHY I FAILED. IT'S REPETITION! I GOT THE WHOLE SURPRISE ELEMENT THING CORRECT BUT DOING THE SAME THING, AGAIN AND AGAIN, WON'T WORK. Sooooo, WE MUST LEARN TO JUST GIVE THINGS THEY WILL NEVER EXPECT while we BECOME THE ICING ON THE HUMAN CAKE."

Karnat takes out a blurry photograph hidden beneath his tunic and hands it over to the soldiers.

The two soldiers know exactly what this thing is... a series of chills crawl down their backs at just the sight of it.

KARNAT "HEY GUYS. HOW about YOU FETCH SOME OF THESE. AND WHILE you AT IT MAKE SURE OUR ENEMIES... I MEAN guests ARE OCCUPIED AFTER IT ARRIVES. O. K."

The two soldiers nod and exit the room as fast as they could. Karnat sees the doors come together shut and he looks around the room. The coast is clear.

Karnat pours a bottle of the green liquid into his glass and drinks it all down, his mind drifting to that moment of defeat. A spiteful moment burnt into his memories.

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?? "548. 549. 550. 551. 552. 553. 554...."

Onlookers witness the progressing spectacle in awe, they couldn't believe their eyes. This lady. She broke it again.

She keeps increasing the count as minutes pass by.

Then a heavy barbell crashes against the floor leaving behind a huge fracture, she gets up on her two feet and is ready to leave. She makes her way to the front door, and a small man stands in front of her. The man tries to reason with her but couldn't muster a single word in her presence.

?? "Don't worry. I'm done here."

She pulls on the front door and enters the cold streets of Moscow. She closes her eyes and takes in the open air but then-

HELP!

She quickly turns her head across the street, there seem to be three thugs harassing a young girl. Anger boils in her heart, "THIS TYPE OF ACTiON MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!". She sprints across the road, ignoring the passing of nearby cars.

?? "Stop! You bastards!"

She charges at them at full speed. Before they could have a chance to turn their heads, a fury of blows cripples one of the thug's faces, shattering both teeth and bones. She moves on to the next guy and delivers with a powerful uppercut, destroying the thug's jaw. The remaining thug pulls out a knife, shaking with fear, and he drives it into the side of her arm.

She barely flinches and bends the blade in two between her fingers. The thug faints in response.

The young girl walks to her and bows, showing her gratitude to this heroic individual.

"Thank you so much for saving me!"

?? "No problem, kiddo."

She leads the little girl to a safer part of the street surrounded by authorities, coincidentally the lady's bike was parked there. She walks toward it but then... her phone rings.

?? "Is it my parents? Or maybe...?"

She picks it up and a familiar voice answers... She smiles like she won the lottery.

?? "... Alright, I'll be there shortly."

She jumps up in the air and her body falls perfectly onto the seat of the vehicle, her hands tightly grip on the throttle.

"Umm..m, before you go. Can you tell me your name, miss?"

Diana "It's Diana. Diana Zakovov."

She rides off, unaware that the journey ahead will be much much more dangerous than a gang of thugs.

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Within the darkroom of a particular Grotto on Caverrin, AN stares patiently at the panels. The bar is 98..99.....

Several crystals start manifesting themselves in a region of Russia. The crystals exterior breaks open and hatches out the 6 warriors. Dave takes a good look around.

Dave "Yo, we're still in Canada."

Kanji "No, Dave. This is if I remember correctly... Khimki forest. We're in Moscow, Russia."

Sarah "So that thing AN did, teleported us?"

AN "Yes and it seems like everyone was kept in cryostasis. Although this can only be used once per day sadly."

Claire "Hey guys! Check this out!"

She gathers all the nearby snow and constructs a snowman. Amelia joins in and decorates it with a red scarf that Claire somehow managed to give her yesterday just before they got teleported. Dave reshapes the face to make Danny Devito and the groups have a good laugh at his artwork.

|His chat follows through with Omegalul and Lulw|

Kanji "Alright, that was funny. But we should spend this time getting as much info as possible. I bet it will take some time before they find us."

Da: "Question, boss bro. Where we go to see that asshole?"

Kanji "Dave, she has a name you know. You guys should really try to get along, you two had bad blood ever since you knew each other. And as for your question, no we are staying here. Diana is persistent on coming to us instead."

Amelia "Oh how sweet. She is thoughtful of others as always I see. Can't wait to meet her."

Claire "Me too. Four girls yeah!"

Dave "Me not too, bro."

He tips his sunglasses and crosses his arms.

|His chat yells EZ and DaveBased|

Claire notices something is off and sees Noah standing like his mind lost in thought. She goes to tab him on the shoulder.

Claire "Noah, you seem to be a bit off. Is everything alright?"

Noah "It's fine." "NO, IT'S NOT FINE! Wtf happened yesterday?! Centipede cultists, alien soldiers, and my friends have superpowers! This is so confusing! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"

Kanji "I think he's just confused. So allow me to explain. Basically...."

Kanji proceeds to tell him the details of what had occurred since the beginning of their journey. Noah's mind is blown, but now he knows there is no turning back. His decision is as clear as day, and ultimately he acknowledges to just live with the present.

But there is this strange feeling, a feeling that is quite off almost like his mind is blank and his worries are gone as if something or someone disappeared from his memory.

Noah "Wow, rad." "..."

Sarah "I know right!"

Dave "Hold on, you seriously not gonna ask about your powers, bro. You know what, fuck it! AN tell us."

AN "Alright Sir Icarus, Noah possesses one of the unique aspect types as his power is based on infusing his emotions into objects, skills, or body parts. And each emotion creates an effect that compliments their meaning like what you saw yesterday with anger. When you feel anger toward something, you want that thing to be destroyed with immense force. As such putting anger into objects can make them stronger and will most likely go through any type of defense. As for scaling, for each crystal broken, decreases the amount of emotion needed for infusion. Also, the last crystal can allow you to store and mix batches of emotions."

Noah "I see." " Ok, that is kinda cool. What's cooler is that my secret will be safe with this mask I have on. I also have no idea how I can see through this thing."

Dave "Yo, AN! I wonder where you get all this info from bro?"

AN "Oh I got them from lots of sources, most of which come from scholars who live on the two other planets, which is how us rebels have come to discover the existence of the power of aspects in the first place. As for more specific information, it shows it right here on the screen."

Dave "Bruh."

|His chat goes PeepoBruh|

Kanji "Yeah that's a bit anti-climatic... so the two other planets how did they know about the relic?"

AN "Apparently at one point in our history, the dice somehow fell onto their hands. How that happened and what occurred afterward is still a mystery to us. Man, I wish my species kept records of past events like these! Well, at least Josai was charitable enough to do the lord's work."

Amelia "The historian lad I presume, right?"

AN "Yep. Oh, and It's "lass"."

Sa "Alright my turn for a question. Please. PLEASE! Tell me any info, any information at all about Suntarus's appearance."

AN "Ok. Ok. I'll indulge in your curiosity. Truth be told, we don't know the actual or exact form of the beast, and many people have different takes. The old empire sees Suntarus as a monstrous fiery wyrm whose body is so enormous that it can wrap the very skies of Caverrin and rain down maelstroms of burning lashes using his trillions of tendrils. Ancient religious individuals however saw him as a shining knightly figure who protected the whole world using a dragon's head as its shield. The Walterans and Gassions believe that Suntarus's enormous form was just a facade and his real body is the same size as us and somewhere else entirely."

Sarah "Wow, the last concept is ultra LAME."

Kanji "I don't believe so, I think those people were just being realistic as beings of such immense size probably went against the norms of logic. It would be an impossible concept during that period especially without stable proofs like Mira's Journal that AN has."

Sarah "Okay, bu-

Claire "Oh oh me next! What is your favorite food and what kind of flavor do you like?"

Amelia "I too am curious about this fact. If it's ok with you that is."

AN "Ummm, this might sound weird to you but we can taste and eat anything."

Everyone shows a sign of curiosity and AN continues explaining.

AN "So basically our body is special because our bodies convert anything we consume into nutrients. Our tongues also add palatable flavors to things that you humans may consider to have an awful taste or no taste at all. So instead of asking what flavor I like, it would be what texture and flavor are the best. And to answer that, I would say that it would be "crumble stones", a soft rock material that to me tastes like chocolate."

Amelia "Why don't you just make chocolate?"

AN "As I told you before, my species don't bother with creating cuisines or snacks. We mostly eat a bread-like cereal bar that tastes like shit but for some reason gives us a lot more nutrients."

Kanji claps, gathering everyone's attention.

Kanji "Alright guys, it's time for preparation! I'll be dividing everyone into pairs. Me and Claira. Dave and Amelia. Sarah and Noah."

They nod and spread out to nearby spots under the trees, while Kanji and Claire stay in the clearing.

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Kanji "Ok Claire, any ideas on what we should do... um, Claira?"

Claire "Oh! I didn't want to worry anyone but my arm is a bit... stuck."

Using her shoulders, she manages to swing forward her right arm. She was holding onto the general's severed arm the whole time.

Claire "Yeah, I can't move it at all and my hand is frozen in place."

Kanji attempts to touch the armored arm with caution. Fortunately, his hands don't freeze. Strange.

He then slowly starts nudging it out and right before it leaves Claire's palm, he lets go and the limb falls to the ground. The two wielders look down and examine it, the exterior has a glossy black texture similar to obsidian glass. The armor overall is design looks like a futuristic version of Earth's cavalry armor.

Kanji notices a little button in a narrow gap of the arm armor, so he presses it.

It shakes and lets out a burst of warm steam unfolding itself, and its interior shows shiny white metal.

Kanji "These must be the two rotatenium types AN told us about. That means this must be the special armor that only generals can wear. Claira, go ahead. Touch it."

She nods and reaches in with the tip of her index finger, but nothing happens. Suddenly, her arms bolt back with force as she pulls back her finger.

Claire "Woza! What was that?!"

Kanji "Yep! That confirms it. How lucky is that? And since you touched, saw, and somewhat know about it. That means you can create both types right?"

Claire "I'll try but first, let me..."

She creates a mechanical soap and yeets in Noah's direction. A low "ouch" sound could be heard from their position. Claire then sits down and concentrates........................... She blacks out.

Kanji "Claire!"

He rushes and catches her head before it hits the ground, a couple of black and white cubes fall from her hands. Not wanting her to sleep on the snowy ground, he outputs a comfy bed from his tablet and lays her body on it. He walks toward the cubes and sees that they are super tiny, like as small as gumdrops. He hesitates to pick them up, but his instinct pushes him forward, and... nothing happens.

Kanji "Weird. Are these defective?"

AN: "No Kanji, they just aren't large enough for Partial Influence."

Kanji "Partial influence?"

AN: "You saw how Claire's arm froze up, but she can somewhat move her shoulder. Basically, if the rotatenium is large enough, it could affect objects that are of equal size despite the objects being part of something larger. If the rotatenium is any smaller, it can only activate when attached to something of the exact size, and any larger will have no effect."

Kanji sees Claire's crossbow and picks it up in one hand. The other hand carries the cubes, an idea pops into his head.

Kanji "Let's see what I can do."

He then spends some time lining the firing mechanism of the weapon using a thin layer of the normal rotatenium.

...

Dave "Woah, da fuck happened here?"

Kanji looks over, everyone is now next to Claire.

Kanji "I thought I told you guys to prepare."

Dave "Chill bro, we are already done coming with shit."

Kanji "Oh, I see. Don't worry. Claire just overused her powers to create rotatenium."

He shows them the remaining cubes.

Sarah "Seriously, all of this for that!"

Noah "Not worth it." "Poor Claire."

AN "Yeah perhaps maybe we should wait till she is a tad bit stronger before creating more of these. Though this is quite odd. I never heard or know that certain objects can cause the Aspect of Creation to faint. I should note this down."

The conservation stops as they hear a loud engine closing in on their location. They see a tanned and tall woman with dark dreadlocks gets off her vehicle. She moves closer tucking her hands into the pockets of her sports pants.

Then she kneels?

Diana "Boss! I always knew you were someone of high status!"

Kanji "Diana Zakovov, right? Who would have thought the famous maniac doing all the gymathons is our friend."

"The what-mathons?"

The others respond.

Diana "Basically, I go around breaking all the records of each gym in the great motherland."

Dave "Pfft! Sounds lame bro!"

Diana "What did you say you little punk?! Wait, this attitude. It's you isn't it, Clown boy!"

Dave "Yeah that's right! Gorilla lady!"

The two prepare to throw down, but Kanji subdue them with his chain.

Diana "Woah boss! You stronger than you look."

Kanji "No, you have been tricked, Diana. Dave would have beaten you if you continued."

Diana "Wha? How?"

Kanji begins to explain their adventure from the beginning. And when he finishes, Kanji sees a spirit of determination within Diana's eyes.

Diana "How despicable, such injustice can't go unpunished! I'm in! I swear to my great ancestors that she will go to the gulag!"

Kanji "Congratulations on being the first person whose main motivation is heroism in this group!"

Diana "What do you mean by that? Don't you guys want to free Caverrin?"

Kanji "Yes, we do. However, our core intention is mostly that of self-interest. I for one am a scientist, and being exposed to new unexplored instances is like finding a newly discovered gold mine or a new source of oil."

Sarah "I joined to avoid college... definitely not because of something dark. I swear!"

|Dave's chat goes Kappa|

Amelia "I'm just happy to travel with friends, and of course, I care about Dave's safety."

|Dave chat turns to Widepeepohappy|

Noah "I go because it sounds sick." "No, I was dragged! Dragged, I say! Well, at least I get to stay with Sarah."

Dave "Not gonna tell my reason, biatch."

He sticks out his tongue but Diana restrains herself and ignores his rude gesture.

Diana "I guess that's quite reasonable. Alright, I have nothing else to say. You can start the awakening, comrade AN."

AN: "Khorosho!" "Was that the right pronunciation? I hope so. Man, I should brush up on my Russian."

Diana gives a thumbs up.

AN spins the relic and a symbol of a strange scale shines a fair yellow.

AN slams in the relic and a burst of power enters Diana's torso and thus the metamorphosis begins. Underneath her tank top, It turns to metallic gold, and in the center lies a glass orb that contains a shadowy scale.

The panel above Claire's panel lights up to show the view of Diana.

AN "You are now - The Aspect of Law +."

Diana "Ha, that's funny because I'm actually starting a law degree next year. But that story is for another time. Now please tell me about my special powers."

AN "As the wielder of law, you have the authority to change certain facts of a specific type of law in the universe like the law of physic or chemistry or more. And your scaling goes like this."

-Lv0: 1 law. Can only change a small value of the law while preserving the entire meaning of the law.

-Lv1: 2 laws. Same as the first but can change to higher values.

-Lv2: 3 laws. You can change one word of the law.

-Lv3: 4 laws. You can change two words.

-Lv4: 8 laws. You can change however you please, this and changing to higher values may cost a higher amount of your energy.

AN "Also, you can apply this effect to anything near you or in your line of si-

The connection cuts off.

Diana "Ah got it! Here I go, I guess........... What the hell! I got The Law of Friction! I don't know this shit!"

Kanji "Oh interesting. For now, I suggest maybe changing the amount of friction around you to be slightly higher. It can help us disrupt the enemy's movement. And AN are you there? Did you get cut off?!"

Kanji tries to get AN's response but nothing works.

Meanwhile, Diana looks at Dave and approaches him, hoping for a formal rematch. But suddenly something dashes between them. Everyone pulls out their weapons and forms a circle around Claire. They see nothing and as the moment passes...

"Arggh!!"

Everyone yelled in pain, as waves of blurry cuts leaves behind a multitude of slashes on the front of their legs.

Dave "Damn bros! We can't see them! Are they invisible or some shit?!"

Amelia "No fellas, I think these creatures attack from outside our line of sight."

Kanji "Are you sure?! And what do mean by creatures?!"

Amelia "They look like velociraptors but with like too many bloody legs. And for some odd reason, I seem to be the only one who can see them right now behind those trees."

Everyone looks to where she is pointing, but the raptors spread out.

The creatures feel threatened as to how they were found out and so they pull back from attacking and start circling cautiously.

Kanji "That's it! Your third-person vision! Amelia, I leave our lives in your guidance."

Amelia "Ok, everyone keep your field of view still and I will tell you where they're going to approach."

Everything goes silent.

Amelia "Sarah! Your left!"

Sarah swings her ring to the left, it cuts through something. But it wiggles out of her ring.

Amelia "Kanji! Dave! Above!"

Dave spikes up his bat and thrusts upward, It catches something as well but then something else comes and snatches it away.

Kanji manages to grab something with his chain and pulls it down. He tries to take a look, but it warps into thin air. It seems the aliens had a backup plan in case of injured raptors.

Diana "Screw this!"

Diana runs in with her eyes closed, all the raptors take the opportunity to immediately swarm her. And as she is about to be overwhelmed, she slams her fist into the ground releasing a wave of law. Their movement begins to slow down and stagger.

Amelia directs Diana's fist, she manages to pummel out 7 raptors. Unfortunately, her streak ends there as the remaining beasts manage to bite onto her shoulders, knees, and ankles. Their claws and teeth burrowed deep into her flesh and blood begins to spill out. Amelia puts her hands over her mouth in horror.

Diana's mind begins to spin and she falls.

Dave "You owe me for this! Amby! Now!'

Amelia "... O-Ok, take this!"

A flash of light covers Diana, blinding the creatures. Dave throws his bats and it morphs into a net, tangling one of the creatures. And as the bat returns to normal, it crushes the raptor's body.

(New!) Dave: |7. Net Tranform| Amelia: |7. Flash Mirage|

While the creatures are blind, Kanji moves in, swinging his chain and decapitating their heads.

Kanji "Yes! We did it!"

Amelia "Wait, there's supposed to be one mor- Noah!!! Watch out!"

Noah "Ugh!!"

His hoodie gets slashed open and he tumbles back to the ground. The creature leans closer for the kill. Noah is overwhelmed with the fear of death as its claws fall toward his eyes.

???

A dark force field blocks it and pushes the creature away.

Tick.

Huh. The creature floats into a bubble! It stepped onto Noah's mechanical soap that was dropped when he fell! Such luck!

In an instant, the creature's body is sliced in half and Sarah comes through covered in gloopy purple blood. She hugs Noah in an attempt to comfort him.

Noah "Woah, nice move." "Holy shit! She's HUGGING me!"

The gang regroups and Kanji looks through his tablet for medical supplies. Claire conjures Noah a new hoodie of the same brand.

Kanji "Dammit! Why didn't I pack any?! Diana will bleed to death at this rate-

Oh no.

Hundreds of footsteps can be heard rushing toward them, they know it's The Empire's soldiers.

Dave "Aw shit guys! Round two I-

A bolt flies forward nearly hitting his neck, it continues and pierces through a line of soldiers. Everyone turns around.

Dave/Kanji: "No, it can't be!! Noah why?!"

Noah "Ur... I was curious." "I'm so sorry guys! I got scared, I had no choice!"

Standing on top of the bed, A vicious girl gives a sinister smile.

Claire "Hello, guess who's back. It's time for the hunt version.... 2.0."

She uses the remainder of her creation points for crossbow bolts. She gets ready, aims, and fires the bolts so fast that it looks like a machine gun with the streams of bolts flying everywhere demolishing the army of soldiers.

She then points the crossbow at her injured friends.

Claire "Farewell. No one shall stop me from this point onward."

Small green particles surround the area and cover everyone.

Claire "What the fuck is thi-

Dark Claire falls to sleep, and everyone follows afterward. Their wounds slowly begin to heal.

AN "Whew! Just made it in time and now..."

AN clicks on the map to begin the travel process again.

It's a good thing AN managed to hack into Kanji's DMS as guilty as it may be, but AN believed that it would save everyone.

AN proceeds and presses on "Greece".

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KARNAT "INTERESTING..."