Palutena awoke drowsily, she’d lost her first bout with Gilgamesh, she sighed sadly and tried to get up. However she found she couldn’t budge let alone move, her head alone remained free so she looked around to see what was wrong. She noted that she was held aloft vertically as if she were standing, her arms and legs were trapped in manacles leaving her spread Eagle and completely naked. She couldn’t break the restraints and so she began to panic. As she looked around to see if she was somewhere she knew, she tried to reach out with her magic but couldn't get it to work. It was there, and she could feel it, but it was like an invisible barrier blocked her access to it. Unfortunately she didn’t find anything else that might help or clue her in to her location.

“That was a close fight, but not good enough!” Dollette began as she walked into the room followed by a line of people Palutena couldn’t see, shadowed as they were, their silhouettes swayed as if drugged or drunk, Palutena’s eyes widened “No! Don’t, I…” Dollette silenced her with a hoof and a wide sadistic smirk.

“Don’t worry, this time and this time only I’ll provide you a permanent boost to go along with this, I won't make the same mistake again,” Dollette replied and began to laugh as she backed away from the holding machine that Palutena was strapped to. A light flicked on and Palutena felt the bottom of her stomach fall out as she saw just how large the room she was in was and how that room was filled with servants from fate/ grand order, she recognised Artoria Pendragon(saber), Saber Alter, Saber lily, Nero Claudius, and Nero Claudius(Bride) swaying in front of her. While others stood in the back, amongst other servants, she had no idea about who they were.

Atilla, Okita Soji, Miyamoto Musashi, Suzuka Gozen, Elizabeth bathory(brave, )practically all the saber class here.

Off to the left was Euryale, Orion, Gilgamesh(archer), Ishtar, Chloe von Einzbern, Medea(caster), Elizabeth Bathory(halloween), Tamamo no Mae, Sun God Amaterasu(nasuverse), Medea(lilly), Irisviel(Dress Of heaven), Xuanzang, Nitocris, Leonardo Da Vinci, Illyasviel Von Einzbern, Merlin, Scheherazade, Circe, Shuten Douji, Queen of Sheba they seemed lucid as they debated or were just so stubborn, Palutena caught some of the argument which seemed to boil down to who would join Palutena’s “glorious body,” Okay maybe not so lucid as I thought She mentally deadpanned.

And right at the back mostly leaning against the far wall were Gorgon, Jeanne d'arc (alter), Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Ibaraki Doji, Scathach, Artoria Pendragon (lancer), Artoria Pendragon (lancer alter), Brynhildr, Kiyohime(Lancer) and the beasts of Babylon Tiamat, Goetia and Sessyoin Kiara. Her heart raced, feeling like it would jump up her throat. She began to sweat as she didn’t know what would happen if all these servants “Joined” her body.

Another sadistic grin was plastered on Dollette’s face as she noted the extreme desperation on Palutena’s face, “What did you humans call this process in that game? Oh that’s right, Servent Ascension right?” Dollette asked rhetorically as Palutena began to struggle even more and more. No! No! Not again! “Please don’t do this!” Palutena began to sob as the first servant Nero bride approached. And in a strangely erotic display, made out with Palutena as she pushed herself inside Palutena’s body as she begged them to stop.

Dollette sashayed towards Palutena with a look of faux sympathy, pretending to release her.
Her sadistic smile returned once again a few seconds later as Palutena felt power coursing into her body, it felt like fire and a googolplex of tiny impossibly sharp, hot needles stabbing her insides constantly and without the pain fading one iota or becoming numb to it. Palutena screamed as more servants entered her, some only stopping to rape and molest her. Her screams of pain were so loud that it drowned out Dollette’s laughter and the rest of the arena could hear her.

Celestia, Luna, Crescent, Twilight and Gilgamesh’s Luna fell to their knees wide eyed as they recognised the screams of agony filling the tournament grounds as those belonging to Palutena. Gilgamesh just stood in the center of the arena, eyes widened in shock.

Around them all the gods and goddesses had bowed their head in silent grief for her fate.

Hold it in, he thought to himself. Just hold it in. You will destroy her, you will make her suffer for what she’s done. Do not lose focus. Let your rage temper you, not control you. He turned and walked back to be with his wife and their new allies, his pace almost casual.

When he arrived his wife opened her mouth to speak but he held up his hand to silence her. “Let me focus, I have preparations,” he said simply. She flinched, never having seen him like this before, and only having heard about this once, when he had talked about his war to keep reality from being rewritten. When he had come across an Equestria that had been utterly broken and perverted by its conqueror. A rage that was so intense that it had circled back into an almost methodical, machinelike coldness. He sat and took a meditative stance before closing his eyes. “Toke wo tomare,” he said quietly. The next moment he rose.

“How long?” his wife asked, knowing what he had done.

“Twenty-three hours, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-five seconds,” he replied.

“Is that necessary?” she asked, surprised.

“I don’t think it’s enough, actually, but I had to have something left over.”

“Were you… Were you able to do it?” He raised up two of his hands, showing his regrowing fingernails. She sighed. “Ok then, I know what to do.”

He nodded and then turned to Celestia. “I’m sorry, but I need more time, which means I need to drag out the next round as long as possible. I’ll do what I can, but considering the kind of resources that Dollette seems to have Palutena’s likely going to be much more powerful. I’m probably going to have to go all out just to be even with her. Which means… Which means she’s going to suffer more by my hands. I’m sorry.”

Celestia’s breath came out as a shudder as she sobbed for her fiancé, “Just don't kill her, I hate to admit it but from the sounds of things anything you're going to do pales in comparison to what that bitch is doing to Palutena and making her suffer through.” Celestia said between sobs as Luna, Twilight and Lumi hugged her.

Gilgamesh sighed, his eyes softening for a moment. “I swear to you, if this goes the way I want, you will have a fiance to take back home with you, and Dollette will trouble you no more.”

Gilgamesh found himself in a barren wasteland, Palutena stood in front of him ten feet away watching silently, wearing her normal dress. She didn't speak, she didn’t even acknowledge his presence. She just stood there as if waiting for something. Her appearance was radically different from her original form, she was built like an amazon, extremely tall and curvy, her tails were thicker and more numerous than before and her fox ears were more pronounced. Her breasts had grown even larger. Her teeth were razor sharp, her hair color had shifted to a dirty blonde with silver highlights and an ahoge now sat on top of her head.

She now had ten arms, and giant snakes extended from her back with a long snake tail that looked like it could support her. Her now huge wings were golden in color matching the scales on her arms and legs. The pair of huge snakes slithered around her as if they were apart of her looking around acting like extra eyes. They were large enough that they could easily swallow something larger than themselves. A pair of two thick smooth and long red horns protruded from her forehead upwards like an oni and a pair of large ox horns extended from the sides of her head, they were purple with black crescents fading to pure black at halfway point to the tips and a pair of white antler like horns curved from the back of her head and upwards framing it. On her forehead there were three purple dots in a line.

“This is a proper fight now,” Dollette’s voice called out as a screen appeared, she lifted her hoof with a strange red sigil on it. This is a command spell, each represents an absolute order on the servant, in this case Palutena, and one of the parts of the sigil glowed and disappeared, “Palutena kill Gilgamesh!” Dollette ordered. Palutena stiffened, eyes widened as if fighting some invisible force acting on her, Palutena finally began showing emotion as she struggled, “I am sorry Gilgamesh,” Palutena apologised as her arms lifted up and spread out as several swords, a gray black bow and arrow, as well as a few lances appeared in her ten hands. Many golden glowing portals also opened behind her many weapons protruding like missiles ready to launch.

Gilgamesh stifled his frustration for a moment, chuckling back. “To the death already? What happened to three rounds?” he asked in a cocky tone. No need to burst onto the scene, he thought. Drag this out as long as possible.

“I don't know what Dollette is planning, but she forced a load of servants into me. And I can't hold back after she used that blasted command spell, all these weapons are noble phantasms and they are all the real deal!” Palutena warned as her body lunged at him.

“Chill babe. I got this. Or do you still think of yourself more as a dude?”

“I am a woman, and a mother,” Palutena replied as her body swung a cascade of sword slashes at Gilgamesh, and intermittently began thrusting with her lances or firing her bow.

“Hey, just checking. You’re not the first,” he said casually as he dodged one lance, grabbed it by the handle and used it to deflect an arrow before swinging it into another lance, destroying them both. “Thought this might fit the visuals. Sorry I don’t have ‘For Someone Else’s Glory’.”

Palutena opened her free hands and the destroyed phantasms returned to their places, then shunted her red and black sword, aestus estus the embryonic flame into the ground and with another hand threw up an explosion of petals, all floating about as “See my talent!” she pulled her sword out of the ground and moved it in front of herself as she chanted a red magic circle appeared under her feet that morphed the surroundings into a majestic golden theatre, “Hear the thundering applause! Thus, praise! Golden Theater!” She pulled out her sword now flaming as she rushed at Gilgamesh letting the sword swing back, "Imperium of the Maiden's Flowery Words" Laus Saint Claudius!” She shouted. As she moved passed Gilgamesh slashing him. He was encased in multiple explosions which lowered his defence. The world returned to normal as she turned to face Gilgamesh again, only to see he was gone.

“Jeez, gonna cut off the song I was playing and everything!? I even picked a Fate/Stay song for ya!” his voice echoed all around her. “Well in that case, I’ll just do this the way I want! Say it with me memelords!” He suddenly appeared out of a portal above her… wielding a building-sized high-frequency blade. "RULES OF NATURE!" he shouted before swinging it down at her.

She turned towards where his voice came from and directed the portals to fire a volley at him,
“Rho Aias!” Palutena held out her hand, a seven layered purple shield that looked like a blooming flower appeared before the giant sword, blocking it. Rho Aias and the vibro-sword destroyed each other, pushing Palutena back.

Palutena stood up and pulled a talisman from her cleavage and held it to her left, her tails began to glow golden yellow as a black and gold adorned mirror floated around her giving of motes of multi colored light. Multiple pink talismans appeared around her rotating, “Gods who reside in Izumo, let this freely become the proof of purification,” As she chanted the talismans and mirror floated around her faster, the mirror doing mobius loops around her, “become the sacred treasure, Mirror of Uka.” the talismans combusted as she threw her arm up with the hand still holding the original talisman and revealed eight torii gates around her with a talisman under each, while the mirror floated upwards “Eightfold Blessings of Amaterasu on the Weight Stone under the Sunlit Watery Heaven…” Palutena jumped up as magical energy gathered around the mirror and spiked it into the ground, causing a maelstrom of magic to encase her as she landed “Just kidding.” as the gates disappeared her body lost any damage it might have had.

“Sure babe, let’s make this last!” he joked before dashing at her. Halfway there he tossed something at her, and she moved to destroy it. “FLASH!” he shouted, his body flashing blindingly bright, forcing her to close her eyes. She heard something burst in front of her, but strangely there was no damage.

“What are-?” she tried to ask, only to be overwhelmed with pain. Her nostrils and her throat all the way down to her lungs were on fire as she hacked.

“How ya like that ghost chili bomb!?” he asked just before she was hit in the chest with a devastating punch that seemed to drill into her ribcage, sending her flying backwards. Good, that should improve the spin of the nail bullets already there. I’ll land a few more later to rev them up more. Who knows how much more durable her organs now are after being forced to absorb so much. “C’mon honey, you really havin’ trouble with this!?” he asked with a cheeky smile before summoning a submachine gun and firing.

Palutena dispersed her swords and Lances and summoned several flintlocks rifles and guns, and billy the kid’s noble phantasm began to hail bullets at Gilgamesh in return while firing her bows, “You’re not making it easy to be in this situation when you’re taunting me when I am not in control of my body,” Palutena deadpanned as she fired.

Palutena’s golden portals increased in number and began adding to the hail of bullets.

“Hey, if smack talk works, it works.”

Palutena ceased her assault, and removed all weapons. She turned her palms upwards and held them out, black mist seeped out from under her and multiple white ghostly hands rose up to the sky either side of her, and the words left her mouth against her will,

“I welcome you inside me,” Palutena raised her hands before they all clasped together in prayer, she closed her eyes and had an open mouthed smile. The sound of metal creaking echoed. “Please, Savour this feeling,” a purple line appeared in the air behind Gilgamesh, a hole that opened like an eye, inside millions of black spiral tentacle things with multiple red eyes all over their bodies writhing and twisting, Solomon’s demon gods. A force began to suck Gilgamesh in where the ghostly hands converged on him, damaging him and gripping him tightly. Palutena laughed out loud as the hole was now on her abdomen. She drew her right hand upwards over the hole glitter trailing after it, closing it like a zipper trapping Gilgamesh inside. And said “Ah how irresistible,” she held her right hand pointing upwards with her index and thumb touching tips and her left doing the mirror of it pointing downwards.

“Amitabha Amidala: Heaven’s hole” her body began glowing causing Gilgamesh further damage,

“You belong to me forever…”

For a moment, all was silent. And then hands ripped out of her stomach, pulling them apart just enough to reveal his face. “Heeeeeere’s Gilgy!” he said with sadistic glee before escaping by ripping her in half. “Ah, one of the original memes,” he muttered before tossing the two halves away, before snapping and making them both explode.

“WHAT IS HE DOING!?” Celestia shouted angrily, her need to see what was happening to her fiance the only thing keeping her from destroying the screen. “HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO HELP HER, NOT TAUNT NOR SADISTICALLY TOY WITH HER!”

“It’s his coping mechanism. He’s trying to convince himself that this is fun, or he might lose his nerve,” his wife explained. “As for the taunting, he’s trying to buy time.” She sighed and pulled out a tome. “And I need to prepare, too,” she said as she quickly read it.

Palutena’s body rejoined and stood up, as a new song fills the air. Palutena sung in time with it as she turned to face Gilgamesh, and sighed, power leaked out from her body as she began to float, the world they were in shifted and twisted as Palutena molded it to her whim. Many soldiers, constructs and elementals were brought to bare, the sky thundered and rumbled, fire, hail and rock rained from the heavens. The land shook, volcanoes and floods ripped through the land.

It was utter chaos as Palutena’s armies charged Gilgamesh, lances of star light broke through the clouds. Pillars of earth erupted at random, ice and fire intermittently covered the land.

“Oh Jeez. Really wish I could Zantetsuken right now. Ok, do I want to drag this attack out, or end it now?” He thought about it for .02 seconds longer before reaching behind him and pulling out a multicolored box. “Yeah, let’s end this now. Good thing I asked him to make me one.” He opened the box, and in a flash popped out-

“~Helloooooooo Nurse!” Discord shouted. “So you’re using this little concentrated me magic already? What’s the sit- whoa,” he cut himself off as he saw everything right coming for them.

“Did D give you enough power to deal with this?” Gilgamesh asked hesitantly.

“Barely. Thank goodness you introduced the main me to that show,” Discord said as he snapped, summoning up himself a cop outfit. As everything bore down on them he cleared his throat and pointed at the oncoming wave of pain. “Hey. Cut it out.”

Everything stopped, from the soldiers, the elements, even the clouds and volcanoes. Then the minions turned to walk away, looking ashamed. “She made us do it…” one of them muttered as they all faded from existence. The clouds quickly cleared as the earth began to right itself, the volcanoes sucking back in their magma like child quickly picking up their toys because their parent was angry, even the hail seemed to be evaporating as quickly as possible.

Discord began to fade into sparkles, having time to give one last salute. “We salute you, Sergeant Mike Cosgrove.”

After he was gone Palutena just stared. “... What… how was he-?”

“Discord gave a box filled with his own magic to a visitor we had back at home, and I asked for one for myself. Good thing, too.”

“There is no way you anticipated this!” she shouted, frustrated at the OPness.

“No, not this specifically. I just keep myself prepared for all situations. Or to put it simply, I’m Batman.” He said the last part in the gravely Christian Bale voice.

Palutena immediately tried to use the magic again only for an intense feeling of shame and disapproval to wash over her, keeping her from doing so. The fact that this urge was even stronger than the programming Dollette had done to her was terrifying in its own right.

Palutena growled, “fine, if I must suffer this shame let the world return to the void!” Palutena flew high in the sky and drew on her powers, earthquakes rattled the ground, meteors rained down, volcanoes formed everywhere, tornadoes, floods and tsunamis ravaged the lands as destructive storms wreathed through the sky.

“Nah, mate,” was Gilgamesh simple response as his torso somehow emerged from her back, two of his hands choking her, two grabbing her wrists, and two pummelling her in the stomach, knocking the air out her lungs. “Go to sleep, Palu! Go to sleep!”

Palutena elbowed the boisterous hero rapidly and multiple times in the gut in response, before opening a portal near her legs. She swung her leg through the portal which appeared behind Gilgamesh and hit him in the crotch.

“Whoo! Good thing several people have tried that on me before, or else I wouldn’t have been prepared for it!” he exclaimed, having absorbed the kinetic energy. He then tossed her through her own portal so she landed in front of him, then pulling his torso back through his own dimensional hole so it was back in place. He then grabbed her by the face, spun her, and then slammed her into the ground hard enough that she bounced. He grabbed her again, leaping into the air as he spun her again. “Raging Typhoon!” he shouted before hurling her into the ground. He then used his shifter powers to greatly increase his weight and landed on her back.

Coughing up blood Palutena warped away and began throwing huge balls of elements, and used the super goddess glam blaster on Gilgamesh.

Oh shit was all the time he had to think before spinning rapidly and diving down into the dirt, easily parting it as he drilled down to avoid being hit. Just to be safe I should give it at least another ten minutes before I can think of taking on the bitch, but I need to make sure those nail bullets have enough momentum. I need two or three more big hits to her heart. Ok, how we gonna do this? He pondered for a moment, hearing the massive destruction above before deciding.

Palutena sundered the ground where Gilgamesh hid and filled it with water, Palutena smirked “be like water and freeze!” she taunted as she flash froze the water. Within an instant Gilgamesh was rendered completely motionless… and then in the next instant his body exploded with with hot flames, thawing and evaporating the water before summoning a building sized whirlwind that quickly grew into a hurricane, sending the winds at her. With that brief distraction he focused on his absorbing power, absorbing the light around him just enough to give him a Predator style invisibility before leaping out of the hole and putting his next plan of buying time to work.

Palutena bisected the hurricane dispersing it, “Playing hide and seek? Cloaking abilities are useless against me! Before I became much more I was and still am a goddess of light!” Palutena quickly located the light distortion and smirked to herself “Incendium gehenna!” Palutena roared launching the High level Black hell fire spell at Gilgamesh. The black flames swirled around him, obscuring him from view for several seconds, until they all started converge on a single point. As they began to get controlled Gilgamesh was revealed, burnt and smoking but still ready to go, holding a red tome in front of him.

“Tch, persistent.” Palutena grumbled to herself. Palutena paused as she was about to attack as if listening to something. She sighed exasperated, “Really master?”

Dollette appeared above Palutena and Gilgamesh and shouted “Magic command spell make my Palutena grow!” Palutena deadpanned and rolled her eyes as she grew to the size of Mount Canterlot.

“Ouch. If the cringe hurt me that much, I can only imagine what it was like for you. Still, I guess I can take the edge off,” Gilgamesh said, storing the tome away before striking some poses. “IT’S BIGGIFYING TIME!” he shouted before growing to the size of… a large skyscraper. “Yeah I know, not as impressive,” he admitted before firing a heat beam from his eyes as large as his own body.

Palutena redirected his attack right back at him, “Lasers and heat beams are all light attacks. I am afraid I have to return your gift,” Palutena snarked at Gilgamesh. She then lifted her giant foot and brought it down on top of him after the beam was close enough that it would hit him before she could. Instead of blasting him back it was absorbed into his body before he inhaled, his body sparking with the power of Hamon. “HAMON OVERDRIVE!” he shouted before punching her in the foot, hitting it with enough force to bounce it back while also sending the energy into her leg, making it numb, at least for a moment. He quickly jumped up at her chest, readying his fists.

“ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!” he bellowed, punching at her chest rapidly.

Palutena moaned orgasmically as her breasts jiggled, it didn't last long however and she quickly responded as her face burned with embarrassment by punching his punches in a way you’d only see in one piece or dragon ball Z, “Oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora!” Gilgamesh blocked the attack, letting the force of the punches send him flying away to get some distance. Ok, more kinetic energy for the nail bullets. I hope Luna’s not too upset with me accidentally giving her an orgasm.

“I am mildly upset that he just gave her an orgasm,” Gilgamesh’s Luna complained as she continued to focus her energy.

“I, BY CONTRAST, AM EXTREMELY UPSET!” Celestia screamed, her sister, Twilight, and Lumi having managed to tie her to a chair to keep her from breaking the TV.

Gilgamesh landed and summoned The RYNO, RYNO II, RY3NO, RYNO IV, RYNO V, AND RYNO VI, one for each hand, and let loose, swarming everything in front of him with an endless stream of missiles and lasers, both homing and not homing… and also caused both “The 1812 Overture” and “Night on Bald Mountain” to be playing thanks to the last two. Ok just buy time, buy time and get one last good hit on her heart and it should all be-

Slowly Palutena’s body morphed and changed, light green scales completely replacing her coat followed by a layer of white feathers formed over the top and all the way down her legs. Her single pair of wings grew larger and changed shape, looking like huge golden falcon wings to match the other pair that had also changed into falcon wings. The primaries on her wings slowly gained green highlights on the tips of the feathers, as both sets of wings increased in span and width.

Palutena’s neck lengthened and eight others split off it. as did her mane lengthen, its color faded to white as her muzzle curved into a beak as the new necks grew multiple colored heads. Which was then filled with razor sharp teeth. Her muzzle extended and formed completely, her horn now sitting on her snout had lengthened and was thickening at the base as it curved more.

Two more horns formed on both sides of her crest and swept back. Her body was lithe, not an inch of unneeded fat, scales grew harder and thicker, her tail became more feathered rather than fringed with hair. The color of her eyes changed to silver with blue and green highlights as another pair of eyes appeared slightly above and behind the first pair. Both eyes blinked as she got used to how her new pair of eyes enhanced her vision. Her clawed appendages became more draconic and her tails split to form eight new ones each matching the color of a head. Once finished she roared at Gilgamesh before each of her heads breathed a different element at him.

Gilgamesh cast Mighty Guard on himself and leapt back, the spell reducing the damage of the attacks on him as they sent him flying backwards. “SHE CAN DO THAT!? Faust DAMNIT, WRITER, WILL YOU CATCH UP WITH THE REST OF HER STORY ALREADY!?” He backflipped to land on his feet, shrinking as he did. So, giant monster fight now huh? How to deal with this? He thought as he pulled out the red tome he had before. “BALGANONE!” he shouted, firing a blast of fire at her to serve as a distraction. Well, as they say: if your gonna do it, do it with style.

Palutena sent gouts of elements, lasers and darkness at Gilgamesh who knelt down and began to draw the minerals he needed out of the ground, summoning fire to his hands as well. Within seconds he had crafted what he needed. He activated a new song as he stood up, one double-edged broadsword and a single edged broadsword with a motorcycle handle on his back, and in one of his left hands an o-katana. “They may not be the real Rebellion, Yamato, and Red Queen,” he began before taking a ready stance, “but they should serve just as well! Let’s rock, baby!”

Dollette returned and used her last command spell, “Hurry up and finish this Palutena!”
Palutena deadpanned, “Bahamut, Ramuh, Shiva, Titan, Leviathan, Ifrit, Garuda, Phoenix, griever, neo Bahamut, Bahamut zero and Bahamut fury, Bahamut sin, come to my aid!” portals opened up letting each creature in, “attack Dollette drag her down!!!” Palutena raged, clenching her claws. Before returning to her anthro form, Palutena forged the sword scythe of sparda, grabbing the hilt she charged at the void dweller.

“What, but I'm your master!” Dollettet demanded petulantly

“Once you used that last command spell our contract was null, meaning I'm free to kill you!” Palutena replied with great malice.

“... WELL I WISH I KNEW THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY!” Gilgamesh yelled in frustration. “I mean yeah, it means I don’t have to use the part of my plan that involves killing someone I don’t want to kill, BUT IT ALSO MEANS I KINDA DID ALL THAT PLANNING AND GOT MY ASS HIT BY GOD POWERS TO BUY TIME FOR NOTHING! THANKS, OBAMA!”

“If I had told you Dollette would have not used that last command spell, so I couldn’t tell you,” Palutena retorted back to the boisterous warrior, “at least you got to let loose, I bet that is a thing you get to do very little of.”

“Ok, fine. Now I get to risk the only life I’m comfortable with risking: Mine. TOKE WO TOMARE!” he shouted, disappearing and suddenly reappearing behind Dolette, having slashed her with his Zantetsuken sword. The Void Dweller, however, appeared unharmed.

“Was that it? Was that all your planning amounted to!?” she shouted angrily, pointing her hoof at him to strike with void power, only for nothing to happen. “What? Why-?”

Gilgamesh interrupted, grabbing her with all of his arms. “Zantetsuken can cut anything, even access to your powers. It was apparently a big enough deal that Faust had to test me to see if I could use it responsibly, back when Sys Admins were a thing. And now,” he explained quickly before absorbing her energy.

Dolette smiled. “You really think that gene splicing power is enough to absorb the energy of someone like me?” she boasted, feeling access to her power begin to return.

“No, but I’ve got something to help,” he smirked back. Suddenly an ethereal being appeared behind him. It was a massive figure dressed in what appeared to be Aztec-like robes, holding a wooden staff and jagged sacrificial dagger. It had three skeletal human heads, all wearing feathered headdresses. It’s very presence seemed to darken all around it.

“W-What is that!?” Dolette asked, startled.

“My own custom Appetite Demon, courtesy of good old Aaron himself. Ashura, devour.” The being slowly opened its mouths, producing a black-hole like vacuum. Golden light began to rapidly flow out of of Dolette and into their mouths. As more and more did, Gilgamesh began to glow with that same light.

Dolette panicked. “No! NO! This is isn’t possible! YOU’RE JUST A DISPLACED! A STUPID MORTAL THAT ONLY GOT HIS POWER FROM THE WHIMSY Of A TRICKSTER! YOU AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS!”

He smirked back. “You said it yourself: there is no status quo. And now, say goodbye to yours.” When the last of the energy was absorbed Gilgamesh shone like a sun, obscuring all his features. “Dolette, you treat those around you like nothing but tools and toys, with no compassion or empathy. You have no consideration of any others than yourself, no sense of responsibility for your actions and their effects, casually disposing of even the gods that mortals depend on for stability. With the power I now have I give you your punishment.” He began, his voice reverberating. “I sentence you to be forever reincarnated as a mere mortal with no agency of your own. You will be born again and again inside a frail body, trapped as an observer to another’s life. You will feel their emotions, their sensations, and hear their thoughts, forced to experience the lives of those you deemed unworthy of your notice. And you shall never be free until you understand, value, and wish to champion compassion, kindness, and empathy. I can think of no greater punishment for one who thought themselves above all others.” Dolette began to slowly fade. “I hope one day you find freedom. Until then, farewell.”

“You filth think you’re more than the mere drifting thoughts of us void dwellers, the motes of dust under the waste that we produce, you think you’ve won? I will be back, and when I do I will come for you, and you will rue the day you messed with me! Gilgamesh, you better hope I don’t escape!” Dollette ranted as she disappeared from the world. Palutena and Gilgamesh were sent back to the tournament grounds as people escaped from the void world as it slowly began to crumble.

Palutena and Gilgamesh found themselves near Palutena’s room, both of them sprawled out on the floor, the toll of their extended battle finally hitting them as adrenaline and instinct relaxed.

Palutena looked in shock as the shine faded from Gilgamesh. He was back in his base form, except now he looked like a living corpse, nothing but skin and bones. All-Might’s depowered self looked practically buff compared to what lay before her now. “... Well… knew that would suck,” he managed to wheeze up before falling over.

“NO!” his wife screamed, preparing the tome of dark magic she had prepared before. Palutena could sense it was a spell to transfer life energy and stopped her. “It wouldn’t be enough, even if you gave him all your life. Let me do it. I am the goddess of life. I have taken too much and given too few.”

Palutena pulled herself over and laid her hands on him, and pumped him full of life so he wouldn’t expire before he could get something to eat. Afterwards she sprawled back down and panted, “That should keep you going, I just have to rest. I’ll be glad when we are done with this place, next thing I am doing when I see her is slapping Faust in the face.” Palutena promised letting out a chuckle.

“Please, take us somewhere he can get help, now. Even with the magic and technology back in our world, I don’t think we can heal him,” she begged, grabbing her collar. “Please, don’t let my foals grow up without a father.”

Palutena sighed and thought about an appropriate place, but couldn’t come up with one that would aid in his recovery, “He is stabilised he just needs lots of food, and worshippers will help. He may dislike the idea but we need to build him a temple and have your people worship him and sing his praise. Bring my family here and I will drag us to your world, I need you to think of the most acceptable place for a place to put the temple, plenty of foot traffic, plenty of space.” Palutena wheezed, “Gah I haven’t worked this hard in my life,” she complained.

His wife flinched, but sighed. “He’s not going to like this…”

“Tough! I did lots of things I didn’t like and I’ll be damned if I let his misplaced aversion to being worshipped be the thing that kills the fool!” Palutena rebuked as she had regained the strength to stand.

“Now please bring my family here,” Palutena asked again getting a nod from her as she reluctantly left his side.

Palutena conjured a few snacks and a jug of water, “Here you go you meathead, drink and eat up.” Palutena said as she knelt down, raised his head and started force feeding him.

Once Luna had arrived with her family, with Celestia wrapped in chains for some reason, she found herself overwhelmed by her two mates Lumi and Celestia, her daughter Twilight and sister in law Luna.

“Easy! Easy! He’s fragile at the moment,” Palutena chided them as she kissed them each, although Luna got a peck on the cheek rather than on the lips and Twilight got one on the forehead. “We have everypony and the foals?” I asked getting a nod “okay I am transporting us to Gilgamesh’s world, he’s in critical condition. Normally he would but he can’t. Plus I need to help him live.”

In a flash of light they found themselves in a very different Ponyville, “Take us to the spot,” Palutena ordered Gilgamesh’s Luna as Palutena lifted up the man in question.

“Follow me, to the Crystal Palace!” she ordered, leading the way, ignoring the stunned and confused looks of the several creatures that watched.

“Crystal Palace?” Twilight asked. “Since when does Ponyville have a-?”

“Spoilers!” Palutena and Gilgamesh’s wife both shouted.

They arrive soon and Luna banged on the door. “TWILIGHT! NECTAR! OPEN UP! WE NEED HELP!”

There was a moments wait before the sound of a teleportation spell came from the other side. The doors opened to reveal Twilight with her mane and feathers all messy and out of place with Nectar in a similar state. “Um, yes? Hello Luna, what do- whoa,” the new Twilight said before noticing the group behind her.

“Twilight, honey, what’s going-?” came a voice from behind her before revealing a changeling queen in a similar muffed up state. Her eyes were particularly attracted to the other anthro Twilight at the door. “Twilight, please tell me you’ve been getting better with your changeling shapeshifting lessons.”

“What? Why, Nectar?”

Nectar smiled as her nose bled. “Because I finally understand boobs.”

Alicorn Twilight deadpanned and Anthro Twilight waved sheepishly at her.

With a groan Alicorn Twilight said, “Come in then,” she levitated Nectar onto a nearby coach and brewed coffee for her morning addled mind. Once it was made she took a sip and now surveyed the group that had appeared on her doorstep. Half human versions of the Princesses and a thestral were feeding foals, a completely new half human alicorn was doing something with Gilgamesh and real Luna was sobbing as Twilight’s and Luna’s doppelganger kissed and held each other for comfort.

“Okay, I’ve got a lot of questions, but the first is WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO GILGAMESH!?” she screamed, her Princessly facade finally breaking.

“Gilgamesh took on a powerful Void Dweller by absorbing her energy and it was more than he could handle,” Gilgamesh’s wife explained, returning back to her normal pony form. “We need lots of food and, according to Palutena here, lots of… praying.”

“... Oh, he’s gonna hate that,” Alicorn Twilight and Nectar both groaned.

“Well he’s just going to have to put up with it as he is a god now, now would someone please tell me the best space to make a temple to the great oaf.” Palutena asked anyone who would answer.

“Well, considering he’s probably going to personally destroy it as soon as he’s able to, the town square should probably be fine,” Nectar suggested.

Palutena sighed, “I would recommend against that course of action,” she stood up and turned towards anthro Celestia and Lumi and gave them both a kiss, “Take care of our foals while I am busy. “

“You needn’t even ask dear,” Celestia responded,
“Yeah, we can rest when we get home,” Lumi added

“I love you two,” Palutena remarked as she left to go build his temple and while she is at it plant her own.

“I have so many questions,” Alicorn Twilight muttered. “But I’ll start with ‘who are you’?” she asked Lumi.

“It’s a long story, but I am a thestral from a displaced’s world, Avarice the merchant/fertility/motherhood goddess and through weird shenanigans I died and joined with Ava’s body and then after a long time we met Palutena, even more weird shenanigans later Ava ended up Palutena’s mother and I separated from Ava as I had fallen for Palutena as she only saw me rather than just assuming that I was just another part of Ava. my full name is Crescent Luminescence but please call me Lumi,” Lumi Replied cheerfully. “Ava’s world is currently in the pre-nightmare moon era of Equestria.” Lumi added.

And I thought things were complicated with Jason’s life,” Nectar said.

“Okay, I guess that’ll be all my questions for now. But you better not leave after you help revive him, because I have so many more questions I need to ask,” Alicorn Twilight warned before turning to Nectar. “Sweetie, I’m gonna head to Rarity’s so Spike can send a message to Celestia. Go see Pinkie and Applejack and see what they can spare.”

“We’d be happy to answer any questions you may have Twilight,” Anthro Celestia responded warmly with a smile.

“Got it, honey,” Nectar nodded before summoning a portal of green flames around herself and disappearing, Alicorn Twilight teleporting afterwards.

“I’ll head to see if I can help Palutena. I think you should all just wait here for the moment,” Gilgamesh’s Luna said before galloping outside.

Meanwhile Palutena had constructed a large shinto style Shrine, having elevated it and added stairs through tori gates for that authentic style. A crowd had gathered and were trying to recover from the awe of watching a building practically appearing out of nowhere, while slightly further back was a marble tower, that was covered in statues of Palutena and surrounded by a moat of all things. Both had posters on each entrance that explained why they were there in the first place.

“CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE, LEND ME YOUR EARS!” Luna shouted in a restrained version of her Royal Voice. “MY HUSBAND HAS BECOME GRAVELY INJURED IN SELFLESSLY DEFEATING A MOST VILE TYRANT OF GREAT AND TERRIBLE POWER! WE MUST HEAL HIM QUICKLY AND FOR THAT WE REQUIRE MUCH FOOD AND… Prayer,” she finished a little bit more weakly.

“Oh, he’s gonna hate this…” they all muttered.

“Wow, it’s kind of strange to see an actual running gag as it’s created,” Palutena said.

“Yes I agree, but for his own sake we must provide him what he needs. SO I BEG OF THEE, CITIZENS, PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS HEALTH AND RECOVERY!”

Droves of beings entered the shrine in response to her plea. “come, let's go make some food for the big lug, I am sure your Twilight is just bursting with questions.” Palutena said as she wrapped an arm around Luna and directed her back to twi’s castle.

As they entered the palace, they made their way to Twilight. “Princess Twilight, we’ll be borrowing your kitchen, don’t worry I have my own supplies. Come now Luna, let’s make a feast fit for the gods!” Palutena declared boisterously.

Alicorn Twilight sighed, having arrived with Rarity and a teenaged sized Spike, “Don’t word it like that, please.”

“Word it like what?” Palutena asked in response blinking in confusion.

“Beep-Beep! Emergency rations coming through!” Pinkie yelled, wheeling in an entire wagon full of cupcakes… that had a siren and red and blue flashing lights on them. “Quick, take them off, I gotta head back for the next shipment!”

Alicorn Twilight removed the confections and placed them on a nearby table. Meanwhile the scent of various meats wafted through the palace, causing the anthros of the group to drool, and then look on in shock as a literal freight train smashed through the wall, pulling roasted pigs, chicken, and elephants all of roughly equal size. And then there was who was driving it.

“Where is he!?” Discord shouted, wearing a train engineer outfit along with a chef’s toque. “I can’t lose someone who brings as high an amount of chaos to the world as he does!” A moment later Celestia, his wife, trotted out of the train and give him the stink-eye. “Oh, and he’s my friend, that too,” he added.

“That better be fixed later!” Alicorn Twilight shouted at him.

“What better be-? DISCORD, AGAIN!?” Nectar shouted, arriving with Applejack, a changeling, and Apple Bloom. “Well, at least it’s just a hole this time,” she muttered.

Palutena’s head on an cartoonishly stretched neck entered from the kitchen to see what the racket was about, rolled her eyes at the destruction and fixed it up good as new with a click of her fingers.

“Okay, who stole my shtick!? I’m the only one that does the magic finger snap around here!” Discord shouted. “Well, aside from my kid.”

“Palutena, goddess of harmony, order, chaos and many others that would take too long to list, at your service Dissy. And also fiance to my Princess Celestia and Lumi.”

“Ugh, another one? Okay, standard procedure,” he muttered and snapping, causing a collar with a dog tag to appear around his wife’s neck. The tag read “Discord’s Wife. No Sexy Time Without Permission.”

“Actually the only sexy times that we were going to be involved in would be with Gilgy and his wife Luna,” Palutena responded before returning to the kitchen where loud shouting was emanating from it,

“How could you just tell them like that!?” a Familiar voice cried from the kitchen.

“So? It’s just sex, it’ll be great but nothing to get your tail in a twist about it. And I seem to remember it being your idea,” Palutena retorted there was a loud slap sound, “Oh yes! Harder Mommy! Warming up for later?” Palutena purred out in response.

“Yeah, we definitely walked in at the worst time,” the changeling said to Applejack.

“Good thing we left Pollen at home,” she agreed.

“oh hello and who would you be if you don't mind me asking? I know AJ but I'm unfamiliar with you. I am Palutena’s, Lumi and Celestia’s adopted daughter Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight introduced herself her right hand held out.

“Adopted daughter, huh? Well, at least this one isn’t a filly,” Applejack chuckled.

“I’m Buzz, Applejack’s husband. Nice to meet you Prince- I mean… Well, actually, are you technically a Princess now anyway?” the changeling asked.

“by adoption I am a princess just not an alicorn,” Palutena’s Twilight replied, “you see my parents died during the great pegasi weather desertion when weather was chaotic and wild. Orphaning me and Shining armor.”

“Wow, um… I’m sorry,” he said, still stunned.

“it's okay, I had Celestia and then Palutena once she was freed took me in as their daughter, Palutena because she felt responsible for my parents death because she was indirectly the cause of the desertion. All the pegasi over night decided that they shouldn't control the weather because they believed they were stepping on Palutena's toes due to their religion surrounding her. Out of the gods pegasi were, are, her main worshippers.”

“Wow… Looks like Gilgamesh was right about too much reverence for deities,” the pony Twilight said.

“Enough exposition, cooking time now!” Discord shouted. “AJ, make those apple fritters your family is so well known for!”

“He’s right! ‘Nough talkin’, let’s get to work!” Applejack declared as she and her husband pulled the cart of apples and other ingredients into the kitchen.

“Yeah, sure, cart marks all over my floor, no big deal,” Princess Twilight snarked under her breath.

“And sorry about Palutena and her antics with your Luna, it's just that she's been stressed, we all are and we haven't had sex in a while, not to mention Palutena was tortured, raped, had her free will taken and lots of fights to the death, she's probably still coming down off it all.” Palutena’s Celestia replied while still feeding the foals.

“oh dammit! We ran out of cragodile, would one of you dears go hunt us a fresh one,” Palutena called out from the kitchen.

“oh and a hydra, actually make that a hydra and a chimera.” gilgamesh’s Luna shouted out in addition.

“oh and do you prefer spit roast, oven roast, grilled or fried?” Palutena asked,

“spit roasted!” Palutena’s Twilight and Luna called out in unison, both blushing as everybody but Lumi and Palutena's Celestia looked at them funny. Palutena's Celestia smirking warmly at the couple.

Palutena's Luna pouted, “when was the last time we had spit roast. ‘twas millenia ago sister!?”

“oh now you’re just exaggerating Lulu” anthro Celestia rebuked her sister for her melodramatics.

“I’ll gather some of the hunters and go out to Fluttershy’s. She and Big Macintosh will know the best places to hunt, and ensure we don’t overhunt the Everfree populace,” Discord’s Celestia said.

“better than the alternative, being overrun by monsters so you have to wall off your cities,” Palutena chimed in with her two bits.

“Um, Princess Celestia? Aren’t you going to take the collar off?” Nectar asked.

She smirked back. “Why? Not the first time I’ve been seen in public with it.”

“so long as it doesn't involve King Dain and the caribou, collars are fine,” Palutena chimed in once again.

“I abhor slavery,” Palutena added darkly,

“what about Chrysanthemum?” anthro Twilight asked.

“she's a priestess for penitence for what she did in dark magicians world, she is still free to live her life and we take care of her. Plus it's cute watching her crush on Captain Dash.” Palutena answered matter of factly.

“Seventh batch of cupcakes, coming through!” Pinkie shouted, pulling in another cart.

“‘Seventh’? What do you-?” Nectar asked, only to see more carts having somehow been left there without her noticing. “Never going to get used to that,” she sighed.

“How’s the prayer going?” Palutena asked.

Nectar looked out the window. “Well, most of residents are clasping their hooves and praying, some of the buffalo and the kids are participating in a tribal dance, and… Pinkie is doing the Mexican Hat Dance. I don’t know why I’m surprised.”

“Well, so long as they’re offering prayers it should work. Soon he should be strong enough to at least-”

“FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!” came a scream from inside the castile, shaking the entire town like an earthquake was happening.

“Well that didn’t take long, well whatever. Me and his wife are cooking a feast of many meats. So get him in here and have him munch on those cupcakes for now,” Palutena instructed pointing to the mountain of confectionary goods.

“Check!” Alicorn Twilight and Nectar saluted before heading further inside the castle to retrieve Gilgamesh. About a minute later the carefully levitated his emaciated body to the front, leading him to the pile of cupcakes. “Okay Gilgamesh, just take it eas-” Alicorn Twilight tried to caution before Gilgamesh shouted, breaking free from the magical grip and diving into the pile of treats, devouring them like a rabid animal. Within seconds he had consumed them all, shocking the two who had carried him in. With crazed eyes he saw the train with giant meats Discord had brought in and lunged at them, practically burying inside of it with how viciously he ate.

“... Okay then… I’m just gonna… step over here,” Discord muttered, slowly backing away as meat juices went flying.

“... Okay, it’s official, we need maids. No way am I cleaning all this up,” Alicorn Twilight said, looking on in shock.

“Agreed,” Nectar nodded back.

An army of mini Palutena's in maid uniforms cleaned up after him as more mini palutena maids came out to the lounge to set the table cutlery and even more with platters bigger than their tiny bodies. As Gilgamesh finished the first slab of meat, even going so far as to crack the bones in half and suck the marrow out, he saw the approaching plates and hungrily grabbed whatever was on them and shoveled it into his face, many of the maids getting dangerously close to being devoured themselves. As he did he got out and moved over to the next freight car, carrying a massive rotisserie chicken, and burrowing himself in like before. Already there were some noticeable effects from all the eating: instead of looking like a mummified corpse, he now looked like he had been starved for months in a prison camp.

The audience to this culinary catastrophic calamitous and carnivorous display could only stare with amazement or disgust… or both. Alicorn Twilight and Nectar had finally moved past shock and were moving into a combination of fascination and disgust, while Discord pulled out a camcorder. “I wonder if they’ll stop seeing him as divine when they all see this?” he smirked.

As Gilgamesh finished the meat he moved onto the next one. Rather than getting slower as he stuffed himself, he was instead moving faster, all his recovered energy being put into the next meal. Within seconds he had already eaten halfway through the chariot sized honey baked ham.

Palutena smirked at the display, “Complimenting good food is enjoying it heartily!” Palutena chuckled and with, a brief glance towards Gilgamesh, she flashed a smile towards him and she dug in with the same enthusiasm followed by the rest of her family much to their other selves clear confused disgust.

Palutena caught alicorn Twilight writing a note down. No doubt she wants to know why my ponies eat meat.

A few minutes later a flash of light came from outside, immediately followed by a large thud. In walked Discord’s Celestia with a group of diamond dogs, dragons, changelings, and Fluttershy. “Ok, we got the hydra. How is Gil-” she asked, only to be cut off as Gilgamesh dashed past her and dove into the dead hydra, blood flying everywhere as a he dug literally inside of the carcass. “... Oh goodness, raw?” she asked, horrified.

“OK he is really hungry,” Palutena commented idly as she tore into a leg of beef.

“Umn miss Palutena what animal is that from if you don't mind me asking,” Fluttershy asked, Discord gave Palutena a meaningful look as he watched.

“Are you sure? ” Palutena asked carefully.

Fluttershy nodded heavily and Palutena sighed.

“Its from a cow, before you complain this cow wasn't sapient,”

“Oh… so, cow’s aren’t sapient on your world?” Fluttershy asked, sounding much more understanding than Palutena expected.

“Fascinating! What other differences are there? Do the goats communicate in more than just bleats? Are sheep also animalistic? What do pony diets mostly consist of? Can they still eat hay and oats?” Alicorn Twilight asked, jumping with her notebook and a sparkle in her eye, and Nectar right next to her looking just as excited.

“woah! Slow down, first off cows are sapient in my Equestria, it is just this specific cow was from a different world where they aren't. Goats are slaves to the minotaur due to a failed war lead by their leader Grogar, an evil vile goat necromancer. While necromancy has its place and it’s legal this guy used it for many atrocities, as a result the rest of the sapient races punished them by stripping them of their intelligence as the goats followed him freely. As for sheep they aren't sapient. Neither are pigs or chickens, and those three animal make up the primary domesticated livestock.

Most ponies eat meat primarily, back to the days of the founders ponies couldn't grow much so they turned to livestock and meat due to the ease of production and the fact many monsters reproduce to the point it gives bunnies on viagra a bad reputation. While they can still eat normal pony food, most are heavily meat eaters, Starswirl made a spell which altered pony physiology to make eating meat more healthy for them. Rainbow happens to have a fondness for manticor meat,” Palutena explained to the avid scholars.

“Fascinating! We actually met another Rainbow Dash that had taken a liking to pork, even though her Equestria was still mostly vegetarian,” Nectar noted as her mate took notes. “What other-?” She was cut off as Gilgamesh burst out of the hydra’s head, eating one of its brains out of the skull like it was a bowl before munching on the skull itself. He then quickly headed to repeat this on the next head. His body had improved more, if only slightly. Now he looked like someone who only ate one meal a day.

“... Me start to understand why ponies think meat is gross,” one of the diamond dog hunters admitted, trying to hold down his own lunch.

“Um… moving on. Could you list all the sapient species on your Equestria? Here we have ponies, changelings, flutterponies, mules, cows, sheep, goats, reindeer, griffons, hippogriffs, minotaurs, diamond dogs, dragons, kirin, buffalo, horses, and zebras. Oh, and the Yetis and I guess the demons,” Nectar listed. “We know that our ‘main universe’ also has yaks, breezies, and their hippogriffs are also seaponies. We also know about how the changelings transformed after giving away love, but it doesn’t work that way here.”

“We have ponies, Diamond dogs, changelings maybe, they haven't showed up yet I think they might try and invade during my wedding, Chrysanthemum (note to self name her new species), horses,buffalo, zebra, griffin's, Yak, dragons, cows, hippogriffs, reindeer, gods, elementals, Abyssinians, Breezies, Centaur, minotaur, Gargoyles, demons, sea serpent, sirens, sphinxes, kirin, Lamia, vampires, werewolves, manticor, Dryads, fae folk(pixies, fairies, sprites, satyr), donkeys, kelpie, salamander, arachne, gorgons, Harpies, Oni, inugami, Byakko, barghest, Tengu, pandas, apes, gorillas, kobolds. Probably more than that, hiding about. All but manticor were Anthropomorphised by myself during a time I was being corrupted by a parasite.” Palutena listed off as she took on a thoughtful expression.

“Wow, so much more than we have,” Alicorn Twilight muttered in awe as she absentmindedly took notes.

“That's just the sapient species,” Palutena added.

As she said that Gilgamesh had finished eating the hydra, skin and bones included, before rushing back inside. “Huh? Wait a dang min- AW COME ON, NOW YER GOIN’ AFTER THE INGREDIENTS!” Applejack complained from inside.

“Honey, I think you’re going to need to bring more,” Celestia told her husband.

He snapped and dressed himself up in a fancy waiter’s outfit, complete with a pencil thin mustache. “Oui oui, mademoiselle,” he said in a thick Prench accent before disappearing in another flash. A few moments later he appeared with a plate covered in a colche… the size of a truck. “Et voila, monsieur!” he called, pulling the colche off, revealing a steamed snail that had taken up all the space available to it. “Gran maudire escargot!” he announced. In the next instant Gilgamesh was back outside tearing into the thing.

“QUICK! GET IN HERE AND HELP US COOK MORE BEFORE HE COMES BACK FOR THE INGREDIENTS AGAIN!” Buzz called from inside.

Palutena rushed back in kitchen with a groan. Food began exiting the kitchen with more mini Palutena's. After a while she had left the kitchen on auto and cradled a tired Luna. She took some gems from her inventory and was about to chow down on a fire Ruby before it disappeared from her hand, and was eaten by Gilgamesh, a new song began to play as a tear ran down her cheek. This, much to her annoyance, went mostly ignored as many were still disgustingly stunned by the incredible eating machine that was Gilgamesh.

“Um… can we ask you more questions?” Alicorn Twilight asked, she and Nectar being some of the few who noticed her dismay.

Palutena sighed, “I guess so… “ a little miffed her tragedy was being ignored by the others.

“Um, okay. So, how does magic function on your world? Do you manipulate the natural energies of the world or use your own internal energy, and are there multiple alternate methods of magical casting?”

“A little bit of both depending on the spell, most personal or anti personal spells use internal magic, while rituals or anti-army upwards use external ambient magic, god powers aren't magic but rather an exertion of will upon the aspects a God has acquired. Granted, outside of my world I can't exert my full power except in cases where my temple is present. And my influence in that world is further determined by the amount of worshipers I have.” Palutena explained

“Ah, so prayer is an actual power in some universes… going to have to talk to Gilgamesh about that,” she muttered.

“Yes and it should be mentioned that all of my spells were spells I copied and reverse engineered from fictional spells into working spells. In fact I sell copies of the spells I bring to life using this orb” Palutena explained holding a Palutena’s spells shop orb. “This thing creates a holographic interactive interface where people can purchase them, higher tier and more dangerous spells are generally locked down for the general public and only certain people can view them. Also I should note that my temple holds an interdimensional library staffed by Twilights revived after they died or their worlds were destroyed.”

“You mean… a whole temple… full of Twilights?” Nectar asked, drooling, causing Alicorn Twilight to give her an exasperated look.

“Yep just fair warning some of them have connections from their old life, like Captain Nova, she married her Celestia, a demonic Twilight whose mother was Luna, another alicorn twilight died of auto erotic asphyxiation while in bed with dragonlord ember, she’s the kinkiest of the lot if you ask me, and there are also other Twilights who don’t work at the temple library but do frequent it.” Palutena warned

“... Let’s move on. What about technology? What level are your modes of transportations and weaponry?” Nectar asked.

“Unfortunately travel is rare in my world, as it is infested with monsters of ridiculous sizes, we had to wall off all our towns and cities once the monster population grew out of control. The only means of safe travel are airship or teleportation. They can travel via roads but those unskilled require mercs and PMC’s to protect them, this is usually the option the poor are stuck with, or winged flight. Besides this we have tv, video games, internet and computers and most modern amenities. The gods of our world are the world’s leaders, that includes the princesses.”

“So you mean like, say, the griffon king is an ageless being like Celestia and Luna?” Nectar asked.

“Yes and no, each god's power is divided hierarchically based on the aspect they wield and it’s reach and importance in the macrocosmic level, for instance, Faust and myself are tier one which is the highest in our world as our aspects affect the macrocosm of Equestria, however this tier system doesn’t count an individual god’s power level.

“Just to be sure, what happens if the owner of an aspect dies? Does their aspect get inherited by another? Is the aspect’s balance affected?” Alicorn Twilight asked.

“The aspect usually goes to the last person they think off, or it is given away before death, it is usually each god’s choice who it goes to, though unfortunately aspects can be stolen,” Palutena coughed into her hand and blushed, “Anyway my children will inherit my aspects.”

“That first part sounds like RWBY,” Nectar muttered.

“Kind of, except it’s not restricted by sex,” Palutena added to clear up any confusion.

“And what is the political setup of your Equestria right now? And how are its relationships with other nations? What are the current goals of its administration?” Alicorn Twilight asked.

“Princesses are the highest authority in Equestria, I am a Princess of Ponyville engaged to Princess Celestia and Crescent Luminescence, most of the other cities have mayors that are elected from the local population. There are nobles but they stay in Canterlot and co-ordinate the various duchies and manage the towns and cities in their jurisdiction. The palace is the highest court and so disputes and appeals tend to go through Canterlot with a Princess providing fair unbiased adjudication, they don’t like me after I nearly nuked Blueblood and another noble Sugar something or other, for an insult, let it be known I was hormonal and pregnant at the time,”

“Yeah, it’s a real shame Blueblood is almost always a jerk if not outright evil. Here he earned his hero status,” Nectar smiled. “He really came through when some anti-changeling dissenters tried to assassinate my mother. For all the pampering he got, he really did learn how to play politics.”

“As for our relationships, most are friendly or allies, there are some that are neutral like the dragons for instance. Then there is the minotaurs who tried to attack ponyville well let’s say they regretted that course of action.” Palutena added darkly.

“Still is there anything else you wish to know? It’s rare to see such eager students” Palutena asked sincerely.

“Well, considering how different each Equestria is we need to catalogue and learn from the differences. And… we’ve kind of been vetting you to see if we want to associate with your Equestria,” Alicorn Twilight admitted sheepishly.

Palutena crossed her arms and looked at the the two of them sternly, “So did I pass your little test?”

“Well, so far yes. Obviously we’ll need to get a firsthoof look at your world, but I think we can at least establish trade relations and the sharing of materials, ideas, and tools. I think first on the list would be improving your world’s transportation, making travel between your many towns and cities safer with both improved vehicles and passageways and also finding a way to repel the various monsters you were talking about in such a way that it won’t catastrophically affect the natural balance. Does that sound acceptable to you?” Nectar asked.

“I guess it is my fault for not being concise enough apologies,” Palutena commented

<Celestia, Lumi, Twilight, Luna I am going to bring our two inquisitive scholars to our world temporarily I shan’t be long>

Palutena teleported in between Alicorn Twilight and Nectar, “I shall rectify this mistake,” Palutena added before shifting through the void,

Palutena walked forward as an anthro mare scurried over to Palutena that looked strangely familiar to the two but they couldn’t place their hoove on it. “Lady Palutena you have returned thank goodness!” Palutena went to move her hand over her causing her to flinch but all she received was a head pat that she pressed into like a cat and purring in much the same way

“Ah Chrysanthemum, you are doing well?” Palutena asked Chrysanthemum who nodded in response,

”That’s good to hear, these two will be our guests for a while,” Chrysanthemum looked to see who and flinched as her eyes drew over Nectar, her head swiftly turned to Palutena with fear and a questioning look on her face.

Chrysanthemum began to panic and cry for some unknown reason.

Nectar, seeing the discomfort, cleared her throat. “Greetings. I am Princess Nectar of Badlands Hive, daughter of Queen Chrysalis. And uh… heh, hopeful future Princess of Equestria,” she said that last part giving her mate a suggestive look.

Alicorn Twilight rolled her eyes. “And I am Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria. Apparently, we’re here on diplomatic mission to see about allying our realities together. Pleased to meet you.”

“More a field trip really,” Palutena corrected, “and be calm Chrysanthemum, they haven’t done anything to earn my ire,” Palutena reassured the strange mare who blinked in confusion and then Nectar began to notice that Palutena was radiating warmth and love as she stroked her head.

“Perhaps Captain Dash requires some company,” Palutena suggested softly, Chrysanthemum nodded slowly, giving a longing look in Nectar’s direction before running off.

“... Those didn’t feel like the emotions of a pony,” Nectar mentioned, giving Palutena a glance. “I won’t probe further if it’s private, though.”

“It’s not exactly private, but it may cause you some discomfort. Do you want to know?” Palutena replied in a serious tone

“... Not if she doesn’t want me to,” she replied, thinking on it for a moment.

“Very well, however I shall tell you why she’s here in the first place, this is her penance for trying to merge with duel monsters and take over another Equestria, her form is both a result of part of the punishment and also a purification, which I performed as her warden. She lives comfortably, has her needs met but she must work my temple. And before you judge me a cruel tyrant know that I saved her from an inevitable death by execution,”

“No, I understand. Villany has to be punished, but the key is knowing when it's too far,” Alicorn Twilight agreed. “That’s why after the war the demons of Tartarus that were still alive were given an actual sentence on their imprisonment, instead of just being sent there for eternity like before. We’re trying to set up a rehabilitation program and social services for when they get free. The first batch won’t get out for another fifteen years, so hopefully we’ll have everything squared away by then.”

“Well follow me outside, I shall show you my Ponyville,” Palutena instructed as she walked off, expecting the two to follow. Hurrying to catch up, the two visitors followed Palutena down the atrium and into the open air, where they heard a song being chanted in harmony as metal hammers striking steel upon anvils echoed in the air. The fountain adding to the atmosphere.

“Nice tune. I think the Diamond Dogs will like this one,” Alicorn Twilight noted.

People bowed to Palutena, as she passed she smiled benevolently at the hard working craftsman. She put her hand in her inventory as she gave everyone bits. “I am sure they will, come, there is much to show you.”

The two of them noticed the huge marble walls surrounding a familiar but larger, Ponyville,
“The differences just keep getting bigger and bigger…” Twilight muttered as she saw the large tall walls surrounding a city more like Manehattan than Ponyville.

“Just how big are these monsters?” Nectar asked worriedly.

“Anywhere between five and fifty foot the titan varieties can reach as tall as five hundred foot though they luckily mostly stay away. Most untrained ponies stick inside the walls, then there are the guards who go out and hunt monsters for food or to cull their numbers and then there is the pmc’s who take contracts from the government or myself or the other gods to guard the roads or civilians. Then there are the daredevils and thrill seekers who more often than not wind up dead because they bite off more than they can chew! The fools!” she growled out the last part as she started to tear up, “ Sorry it's just you would think they would learn by now,”

“Some will always seek thrills,” Nectar conceded. “We were talking about technology before, and I didn’t hear any mention of firearms. Do you have any? I ask because even before our war Griffonia had already developed flintlock pistols and muskets. We’ve advanced a bit since then, but not anywhere near the modern levels of Earth. I believe Gilgamesh referred to our most recent advancements as ‘Wild West Era’.”

“He’s not wrong although it is also referred to as the industrial revolution when steam made people's lives better. The griffons do have such weapons but their King Valfyre’s a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to combat. So tends to rely on crossbows, bows, lance and sword.” Palutena explained fondly remembering the old coot.

“I can understand that. Gilgamesh has been most hesitant about advancing firearms because of how deadly and accessible they are, especially the modern variants, and has been heavily restricting their development. In his own words ‘the easier it is to take a life, the less important life seems’,” Alicorn Twilight said. “Still, I think we can convince him to allow your people some of our guns, and maybe even the plans for them, provided you can assure him you’re using it to protect yourselves against the harsh wildlife.”

Palutena chuckled, “you’d have to get past the arcane quarter they are very die hard magic traditionalists too despite my best efforts.”

“We’ve had some pushback too, but nowhere near as bad as how yours sounds,” Nectar noted, pondering it for a moment. “Maybe… a contest? Perhaps a demonstration of efficiency could get them to ease up a bit. And we could present it less as a replacement for magic and more a compliment. Like… a line of gunners to provide time for a skilled magician to cast their more powerful and complex spells?”

As they made their way up to the battlements, the city layout became clear with walled off segments like a pie chart,

As they reached the top they heard Palutena cheer, “Oh would you look at that, Ol’lazy decided to make an appearance,” she was looking over the plains filled with so many monsters that if they had any experience with mmorpg’s that is the kind of image it invoked as packs of them ran away from the open plains.
The girls looked over but they couldn’t see anything. “Uh… what are you looking at?” Twilight asked.

Palutena chuckled again, and pointed to a far away mountain range that didn’t exist in their world. They were about to question Palutena about what she could see, then the ground shook and nearly knocked the two of them over. They got their bearings and their jaws dropped as they realized what they were looking at. Palutena smirked as a titanic turtle elephant looking thing with mountains on its back came into view, “Meet Lazy the Adamantoise, one of the local titans, he’s normally docile but his hunger and stature mean he eats smaller creatures a lot. In a way you could call him a scavenger,”

“... We’re gonna need to offer you bigger cannons,” Nectar muttered.

Palutena belted out another hearty laugh, “that thing is one of the smaller titans, and as long as we stay away from him when he’s active we are safe,” Palutena reassured before thinking, “Though come to think of it he is getting more active, let’s hope no one's out there, it’s suicide to even attempt it at the moment. There are a few titans called sky manta that fly around and they tend to be docile too, just don’t go anywhere near their nests, I believe the largest one measured in at one hundred kilometers long and two hundred kilometers wide, they only land to give birth and then return to the sky though remain near their nests, its diet consists of smaller avian monster species, which number in the billions due to the mantas,”

“This is reminding me of the that one co-op game. What did Spike say it was called?” Nectar asked.

“Monster Hunter,” Twilight replied.

“Yeah, that one.”

“Yeah we got raphelos and other creatures from that series, thankfully the larger beasts from that series had a single prefered climate.” Palutena explained, “yeah my world attracts monsters from fictional worlds, I swear it has something to do with Hades,”

“Oh hey professor Palutena, don’t wear my name out,” Palutena groaned as the flamboyant god appeared before them.

“Enjoying my present for the Equestrians all those monsters ought to toughen them up taking on Pitty boy is growing tiresome, I need new entertainment,”

“H-Hades? Like, ‘Greek God of the Underworld’ Hades?” Alicorn Twilight stuttered.

“Is this more the ‘Warden of the Dead’ Hades or ‘Embodiment of Evil’ Hades?” Nectar asked, looking concerned.

“he’s the flamboyant evil hades from kid icarus, eats souls, torments mortals, indiscriminate. Oddly flirty with the goddesses, myself included unfortunately,” Palutena shuddered

“You humans have far too much media to catch up on all of it,” Nectar muttered.

“eh not really, that was a recent game series for Displaced before they were Displaced, and our entertainment and media has been around for hundreds of years in some form or another so you are playing catch up. Though it's not really expected for it to do so, very few people go whole hog on our culture unless they are anthropologists, historians or researching media’s effects on human culture and psychology.” Palutena explained.

“Considering that in some universes a work of fiction may be made manifest, we need to be prepared. I mean, I have been reading Lovecraft’s work recently,” Twilight said before shuddering.

“Ahh good ol’ Lovecraft a right racist bastard but he could really write existential horror like nobody else, I happened to like his stories, Call of Cthulu and the Dunwich horror.” Palutena commented wistfully.

“also don't worry too much as most of the displaced focus on and around modern media of say twenty to thirty years ish pre-displacing. So if you focus on that you’re less likely to run afoul of things. A warning though, there are some cult classics in that time period not for the faint of heart. Hellraiser being one of them,”

“That sounds like a horror series if I ever heard one,” Twilight muttered.

“Ahem, ladies? God of the Underworld? Right here? Ringing any bells?” Hades asked, pouting a bit.

“sigh I knew ignoring him wouldn't work, okay what do you want Hades, besides gloating?” Palutena sighed in exasperation.

“Well I wanted to find something fun to do but I seem to be out of ideas,”

“of course he is,” Palutena muttered,

“... What do you enjoy doing? You know… besides evil? Surely you must have some hobbies,” Nectar asked.

“Nectar, what are you doing?!” Twilight hissed.

“A bored God with power and knowledge is one we might be able to get something out of,” she whispered back.

“I like this Nectar girl, less stuffy and boring than you Pally, just for that I shall tell you, I like messing with this one mortal who thinks I'm not real, his YouTube name is the autarch. Also I have taken up knitting souls together, it's fun to watch the combined monstrosities fight for dominance and a second chance at life.” Hades chuckled, “of course I enjoy my battles both figurative and literal with dear Pally here, it's been boring just playing with her little brother, it's a Pitty that interesting void dweller was squashed in the process but don't worry, I’ll be having fun with that one before she's reborn!”

“oh great, as if I didn't have everything on my plate already, “ Palutena groaned, and flopped over.

“don't worry your pretty little head Pally, I'll at least hold off on anything till your wedding is done, I do so enjoy weddings. Tata for now” Hades said as he faded away.

“well fuck, I guess my wedding is going to go the way of Cadance and Shining Armor’s, that's the kind of thing that idiot enjoys about weddings is when there is tragedy.” Palutena complained to her guests. Palutena blinked remembering who she was talking about, “no offence Nectar.” she quickly added.

“None taken. I’ve heard about it plenty of times now.”

“Wait, what was that about a Void Dweller?” Twilight asked.

“her name was Dollette, she was in charge of the death battle tournament of the gods, Gilgamesh managed to seal her off, but not before she tortured me, among other things. Him sealing her is what caused his current issues,” Palutena explained shifting awkwardly before leading the way back to her temple. Through the Atrium up the left and past a room full of doors with portals in them and towards the library, inside the room was filled with many different anthro Twilights working through the room, “this room is at least five miles cubed full of the combined tomes donated to me from my worshippers from all over the multiverse, the Revive Twilights will help you find what you need. Hang on a second,”

Palutena walked further in and called out, “girls I’m back. Well temporarily but still,” the revive Twilights paused what they were doing and charged at Palutena, five of them in total tackled into an unmoved Palutena, most just hugging her while two others kissed her on the lips.

Chuckling Palutena said,” alright you two, I missed you too.” Palutena kept holding on to the two who had kissed her.

“... Knowledge… So… much of it,” Alicorn Twilight drooled, sparkles in her eyes.

“Twilight, honey, don’t let your fetishes show,” Nectar chided, hypocritically doing the same thing.

“these are the revive Twilights, this one on my right is captain Nova who is part of my guard and also due to varying circumstances is part of my and Celestia herd, this other cheeky mare in my left hand is the kinky alicorn Twilight I told you about but not officially part of our herd,” Palutena explained, while effortlessly carrying both of them. The alicorn in question had the decency to blush at the mention of her sexcapades.

“you know I have to come up with new names for the rest of you as it's getting ridiculous.” Palutena idly commented putting the alicorn down and began fussing over Captain Nova.

Palutena then let Nova down, causing her to pout. “Hey no pouting, you’re gonna screw up your pretty face, I’ll be back soon.” with another peck on the cheeks, Palutena beckoned the guests from the Twilight honey trap called a library.

“The next room is where all my temples link to each other. That’s right, my temples provide tokenless travel between worlds.” As they entered the room several doorways had a portal below them, Palutena went over to the newest one and beckoned them through. As they passed into the other side they came into an identical room.
Palutena smiled as they blinked in confusion, “Come on you two you’re going to fall behind,” Palutena playfully chided as she began skipping down the stairs.

Nectar and Twilight looked at each other before chasing after Palutena, when they caught up she was already heading towards their home.

Twilight and Nectar teleported expecting to beat Palutena, behind them someone grabbed them causing them to jump and scream.

Feminine giggles met their ears they turned to glare at the source to find Palutena already there.
“You cannot beat me in a teleport race,” Palutena announced smugly.

They both just pouted for a moment before moving on. “Come on let’s go see it-” Nectar began, only for somepony to cut her off.

“THE HORROR! THE HORROR!”

They looked to see both Lunas, both Celestias, Discord, Lumi, Applejack, Buzz, and several chefs looking completely exhausted. Meanwhile Gilgamesh was tearing into a pile of gems.

“Just had to get into my stash,” Spike pouted. “Couldn’t even limit himself to my extras. Had to go into my main stache too.”

“He even ate the gems I was going to use for my dresses,” Rarity whined.

Gilgamesh was starting to look back like his normal self, yet still consuming ravenously. Meanwhile by the temple everyone was praying as Pinkie danced crazily to a very 80's sounding song.

Then, without warning, he stopped. He slowly stood up straight, inhaling deeply, before throwing his fists into the air, letting out a primal roar. As he did the sky darkened, rain began to pour, lighting crackled, and the wind howled, yet his screaming was louder than all of it. After nearly a constant minute of this he stopped, as did the sudden storm, before he fell onto his back, out like a light.

Palutena sighed and grabbed her face in exasperation she walked up to Gilgamesh and whacked him upside the head, “Cut that out, gods does that sound weird coming from me,” she muttered to herself. As she reigned in the weather, He awoke from the blow the head.

“as your senpai I must warn you that your emotions and whims affect the environment based on your aspects, only once you have mastered controlling your powers can you let your emotions run wild or let your imagination free. It's why Celestia turns into a cute little solar fire pony when she's angry. Or Luna’s moon goes bloodred,” she said drinking from her whiskey flask.

Gilgamesh grumbled for a bit before falling back asleep. “Hold on, let me handle this,” his wife said before moving to lean into his ear. “Honey, wake up,” she whispered into his ear with a husky voice. “I can’t give you your… gift if you’re asleep.”

Then next instant he shot up, an expectant look on his face, before he realized where he was and took in his surroundings. “... How’d I get back in Ponyville?” he asked. “Last I remember I had absorbed Dollette’s powers, and then…” Gilgamesh muttered to himself before rushing outside, Palutena and everyone else followed behind him.

When she caught up to him he was standing beside his temple, “Well let’s see you nearly died by overextending yourself, worried your wife and I dragged us to your world to save you ass, with food and….” Palutena hesitated briefly before adding, “prayer,”

Palutena raised a sound proof shield over him so they couldn’t hear him rant. Gilgamesh angrily, yet silently, yelled at Palutena and the others, only to realize nothing was getting through. He took a deep breath then dispelled the barrier with a wave of his hand. “WHY. DID. YOU. PRAY?” he asked in a restrained yet still forceful voice.

“My King, please-” one of the changelings came over to explain, only for Gilgamesh to cut him off.

“What did I say to call me!?” he asked angrily.

“R-Right, sorry. Um… Pops, I understand your aversion to worship, but this Palutena lady told us that doing so would have an actual immediate and tangible effect. So, it was not just like we were just standing around and hoping things would get better.”

Gilgamesh growled, but relented. “Fine… I guess if your prayers actually did something I can overlook it this once.” He exhaled sharply and looked around, noticing the shrine. He then turned to Palutena and glared. “Your work?” he asked.

“Of course, there needed to be a focal point for the prayer, I know you hate religion but this is not the human world and it is not human religion and the gods are real. I answer the prayers sent to me while not just giving them things, I advise, I talk and only in extreme circumstances do I answer a request to directly intervene. I encourage my worshipers to be as Independent and hardworking as possible. I don't know about you personally as you're not exactly originally a God but for us that are gods through and through we become weak and eventually die without worship. And no one is forcing you to be like the human gods or use their religious style, make your own with its own tenets. For example you could have prayer be in the form of non fatal ritual combat, or through doing something productive. It’s better safe than sorry. This is of course advice and you can choose not to accept it, you can go out there and destroy the temple I built even.”

Gilgamesh paused for a moment, actually considering her words. He walked over to the structure, taking in the details. After several minutes he sighed. “Alright, fine. I guess it actually has a practical purpose,” he conceded. “Still, I’m not just going to leave it standing out here in the middle of Ponyville…”

“Well it’s in the Town Square because your wife said you’d want to go Wreck it Ralph on it,” Palutena commented with a smirk.

“Ha ha,” he replied mirthlessly. “... Oh, there’s an idea!” he exclaimed suddenly before transforming back into his final form and then almost casually lifting the entire shrine over his head. “Be back in a bit. Luna, can I trust you with negotiations?”

“Of course. Don’t do anything crazy out there,” she chuckled back.

“Oh nothing too bad this time,” he smirked back before cutting open a hole in reality with Zantetsuken, tossing the structure in before leaping in afterwards, the portal closing behind him.

Palutena watched the space where Gilgamesh had left for a moment before clapping and rubbing her hands together, and then looking to Gilgamesh’s Luna, “So… about those negotiations?”

“Um yes,” she replied before clearing her throat. “Perhaps we could go inside first. Twilight, Nectar, shall we?” she asked the two.

“Of course. We need to go over what we saw in their Equestria anyway,” Nectar agreed.

Luna nodded back before turning to face the crowd. “Citizens of Ponyville, we thank you dearly! You have provided a great service for us all and you will be rewarded, and compensated,” she declared before bowing to them. They bowed back and then Luna headed inside, stopping to talk to her sister and brother-in-law. “Well? I think you need to hear this as well.”

“Sure, why not? Let’s find out what kind of crazy alternate Equestria produced that,” Discord joked, pointing to Palutena.

Palutena shook her head chuckling, as if she was in on something huge.