King could be, and is, doing many things. Paperwork, meetings, training. They were a busy wolf, they knew this as did everyone else. So they took solis in the simple tasks in their life.

The photo shoot went as many others, dress up, pose, pose, smile, smile and pose, change dress, repeat. It was such a basic simple task that when they did it they took the time to either let their thoughts wander or think important tasks over, plan and sort out.

"And done!" Photo Finish declared, starting to pack up their camera while King went back to their dressing room.

Various dresses, outfits and costumes decorated the room, all of which King has worn for Photos, and a few they kept to wear for either social reasons or personal liking. They sat on their couch and sighed.

"Going from White Knight of Equis, to a fucking beauty queen…" King groaned.

The surrealness of it all once processed. King sighed, turning their TV on and watching whatever was on. There were a lot of documentaries. They sighed as they watched the show talking about one of the Pokemon Worlds. There was a knock then Rarity entered. "Hello King love." She said. "The shoots have been going well."

“As per usual.” King said simply. “But it feels so weird...going from being a hero of many many worlds...to having been turned into a beauty queen.”

"And who says you aren't still a hero for it?" Rarity asked as she took a seat on the couch next to me.

“A hero for being a beauty queen?” King asked. “I know I’m still a hero, I’ve been doing my damndest to do stuff like that.”

"Your image alone brings hope. Your smile gives many a reason to smile as well and the clothes you wear inspire those who see you in them to better respect your image."

“While that’s true…” King sighed out. “It doesn’t entirely feel like I’m doing much besides being a pretty face.”

"A pretty face can do wonders love, I should know." Rarity said, tossing her hair in a sexy manner. "The face of our kingdom is you, me, others who take the time but it helps with relationships. The people need to know we think about them and can be there for them. The Luna's have their dream patroles, myself and my reflections have the fashion lines, Heart the Scouts, Eclipsa the education and social services regarding the kingdom's youth. We all have something that let's the people know we work for them just as much as we rule them."

“Sounds about right.” King nodded. “I suppose...it’s just catching up to me where instead of being the ‘White Knight’...I’m taking all these photos and stuff like that.”

"Days that feel so far in the past." Rarity said with nostalgia in her voice. "To be honest I never really liked that name. Never quite felt right."

“Why is that?” King asked curiously.

"Felt too obvious." She said simply. "No real thought, felt more like a blunt statement over something creative and original."

“I mean, I didn’t come up with it, it just came with me being a hero.” King said honestly.

"It's what the papers published before anyone could even ask you. In any case, how have you been doing?"

“I’m fine.” The Den Mother said honestly. “Just same ol same ol...even as I’m trying to figure out something new in this wide world to help us…”

"No luck I take it?"

“Any leads I have are either long gone, dead ends, or just dead.” King sighed out. “Cript and Lord aren’t much help since they either might want to keep things hidden from me or even they don’t know what the hell is going on…” King sighed out. “Only thing I can think of is finding Null Jenny and trying to get something from her…”

"You can go visit her bar if you want to." Rarity said casually. "Floor 886, room 7p-99." I looked at her. "What? You didn't know?"

“Cause of course I wouldn’t know…” King sighed out.

"Do you even read the family news notices?"

“When do you think I have the time?” King deadpanned.

"Can't you make a Starfish Clone to do just that like most of us do?"

“I’m not allowed to because Lyra has only laxed it to seven at the moment and all of them are busy as shit.” King frowned, not sure why his ‘therapy’ hasn’t stopped yet.

"Hm. Well, in any case I wanted to ask you something."

“What do you need?” King inquired.

Rarity seemed to flush a bit, trying to find words. "Well… I've talked with… Kico and Russia and… others…"

“Just say what you need to Rarity.” King said gently.

"I…" She started, stopping to flush a bit before speaking again. "I want to know what it's like… to be a fusion."

King chuckled warmly as they got up and gently lowered a hand to the Mare. “May I have this dance?”

"King I…" She said. "I want to… I really do but… I'm scared." She admitted, head hung low.

“Come on.” King said while gently taking her hand and pulling her into a waltz pose. “It just takes one step forward.”

"I… no!" She jumped back, making the wolf frown. "I want to… I really do but… it scares me. To become… someone else, not be me. Kico, Russia, Symbi. They all say it's like they just appeared. The people who make them up, they said it's like remembering people they knew, people they met but, they were never there and once they existed they are… who they are now, like the people who make them were just memories. It's silly but… it scares me. It sounds like dying."

“As someone who’s done it like...five plus times, it’s not like dying.” King said softly. “It’s…” King thought for a moment. “It’s like giving life to a child, one that is a wonderful combination of the two parents along with their own quirks.”

"I know that but… I'm not like you or the others King. I don't fight, I'm not brave… not like other versions of me." She said, taking a seat on the couch. "When Yellow Core, Unum, was in my house… I couldn't move. I was just… paralyzed. I swore I was going to die. I moved in with you and the others because I was scared, I felt safe near you, Twilight and Luna, people who could fight… Heart's version of me isn't a Keyblade master but knows how to swing her blade enough to take down monsters. When we left for that 'training' I was so against it I nearly ran to my parents house. Eclipsa's version of me became a surrogate mother and died in childbirth… and I… I just hide behind you all, so scared." She admitted, tears flowing free.

King picked her up again and hugged her. “It’s alright Rarity….I understand.” The dire wolf said softly.

"I hate feeling so scared all the time." Rarity said, hugging King back. "You're so brave, I just want to feel that bravery even for a little while… but can I really feel brave when it's not me?"

“Yes, yes you can.” King said gently. “All it takes is one step forward.”

"I…" Rarity said, shakily taking a single step to the side. "First step." She said.

King took a gentle step with her. "First step."

The two began an abnormal waltz of sorts, far less refined than the real thing, but it was enough. When a glow began to emerge from the two Rarity nearly broke the dance, only kept moving by following King who was the lead, and keeping constant eye contact to avoid her fears.

"Everything will be alright Rarity." King said lovingly as they leaned down and kissed the wonderful unicorn.

As Rarity kissed back, King took in her scent. Lavender soap. Rose shampoo. Obsession perfume. Passed all that was the raw scent of Rarity, unique. While others had similar scents hers was unique to her as they all had something unique to their scents. Along her scent King took whiff of a scent he knew well, they smelled of themselves all the time, in the old days and now. Fear.

The smell was like a pungent spur scent, while faint it did fowl the lovely mare. It seemed there were other problems aside from what showed itself.

I felt… interesting. Looking into the mirror, I looked as white as Rarity, wolf like King with hair that was a mix of blue and purple. Tail was the same too. Having multiple breasts was both strange and familiar to me.

My ears were pony like but body was I can easily pass as a wolf. My eyes were almost Violet purple.

“Good lord!” I gasped while looking at myself in the mirror. “That top with those pants? Whoever thought of fusion clothes needs to get their eyes checked.” I huffed, even though that to others' objective viewpoint my clothes fit rather well with my form and color scheme, but something about it just felt off to me the more I looked at it. “But it does look nice...maybe some alterations...hmm…”

There was a knock at the door. "Ten minutes til next shoot Royal King." A studio worker said.

“Oh yeah…” I muttered. “Well...I suppose this would be a good debut for me.”

Looking around I wondered what to wear… hmm oh. I have a horn. Interesting… perhaps something combat ready and stylish? As I thought about, a literal light bulb appeared above my head. “Idea~!” I sang out in perfect tune as I started to work my magic.

I must admit, Kico and I would get along swimmingly. I'll have to meet the dear later on. “So many people to meet, so little time.” I sighed out a little dramatically as I started making the stylish and combat ready. “Hmm...maybe if it could switch between the two? Ooh, that sounds amazing.”

Scissors, thread, metal, some gems and enchantments. Accessories… hmm, what to use? Should I have any?

“Hmm...would accessories clash with the outfit?” I wondered, only to snap my fingers. “I know.” I started as I brought out two wonderful and stylish bracelets that I started to enchant, one with a carving of a shield and the other with a sword. “Fashionable, and sneaky.”

After a time passes the dress/armor is done. Adorning it my outfit was a lavender colored with silver accented chinese inspired outfit not unlike the one Chun Li wears, but less fabric in the shoulders and tassels, and more so in the formal attire without restricting movement, which is accentuated by the silver and gold bracelets that were attached. As I moved over and softly brushed up against a specific accent on the left hip the entire dress shifted into a more Knight like armor inspired by one of King’s favorite Yugioh Monsters, the Black Luster Soldier.

Keeping with the theme of purple and silver, the main armored body was a array of different shades of purple that made it look like it was coming out of the darkness in a lavender grove, the armor having very intricate decor on the armor that shifted around as if alive, which does help the fact the silver adornments are Nothingness Thorns that are apart of the armor, the sword being an extremely well made Persian style Scimitar with the family’s Crest adorned in the middle of the blade, and the shield was of similar quality, as it was a Kite Shield decorated with the family sigil and much much more.

As I exited the dress room the staff all looked at me, surprised and as I reached the set Photo Finish came up to me. "You. Who are you?"

"Me? Well… I'm Kity." I'm not even a cat! "One T." Damn it!

"Kity with one T… and you are a wolf… hmm… yes, such beauty, such elegance, and those clothes. You clearly know what catches the eyes of the audience. But tell me, where is my star King?"

“They...wanted to give me a chance at the spotlight.” I said, which is technically true.

"Hm, well then, give us a moment to change the set. I have just the backdrop for this outfit."

“Alright.” I nodded while changing my armor back into the wonderful dress. “Oh this is going to be so exciting.”

After several minutes the backdrop was changed. From an Autumn Forest to a mystic Forest flowing with bright starlight and various greens. "Alright, ready when you are Miss Kity."

“As ready as I’ll ever be.” I said warmly. “Do you want me to start in the dress or the armor if I may ask?”

"Either or will be fine darling."

“Alright.” I nodded as I walked over carefully through the mystic forest, wondering what I should do to look great for the photos.

Battle pose, basic pose, elegant pose?... Yes, a mix. Something elegant and powerful. As I gently moved down into a sieza, the traditional japanese way of sitting, I took a careful breath, a light starting to shine down at just the right angle as I rose up with conviction, springing forth my armor as I raised my shield up, ready to defend the Mystic Forest and its inhabitants.

"Yes, yes! Power, elegance, poise and confidence!" Photo said, her camera flashing seemingly a million times a second. "Show me what you can do!"

I thought for a moment about how to progress, which an idea came forth as I used my magic to produce a sudden rustling in the stages bushes, only for a monster to suddenly leap out and roar it’s challenge, myself standing at the ready like a fairy tale knight ready to defend the forest from the sudden intruder.

"Yes!" Photo shouted in glee, somehow making her camera flash faster than before. Stage staff either shrugged or watched in mild interest. That annoyed me. Damn arena based combat TV shows. I'll give them a show.

As the monster took a step forward, the stage seemed to wilt where it went, the creature growling before lunging at me, only for me to block it’s claws with my shield and stood strong, pushing it back as the stage grew more life behind me. I took a step forward and raised my sword straight at the monster, daring it to charge forward again.

That gained more of an audience, Photo Finish was gonna run out of space at her current rate… maybe? The beast lunged, trying to side pounce the sword.

I sidestepped the pounce and slashed into the beast's side with grace and power. “You can’t stop me, foul beast!” I declared to the monster.

As I worked to put on a well looking show I let some code work onto the background, shifting the room itself into the Forest the background displayed. The grass, trees, wind, it all came forth as I let this fight grow bigger and larger on scale, keeping the staff at a safe distance behind a clear barrier just for safety. For effect I ran code to the beast, morphing it so the thing now glowed as it's legs and paws burned with a blue/black fire.

”I’m sure this will get everyone’s full attention.” I thought to myself happily as I swung my blade down at the beast again.

It took the hit, roaring at me as it now breathed fire. I raised my Shield in defense, the flames parting all around me. Once the flame died I thrusted my blade forwards, the beast bit the tip but I pushed further, til the hilt was at its teeth. I cut into something there. It roared again, pulling my weapon from it's maw. It now bled from the maw, looking at me with primal rage. This beast can take hits. What did I even summon?

I did a quick scan on the thing, wondering if I might have gone a tad bit overboard. ”Okay...so what the hell are you?”

Scanning. Scan complete.

Race: Akudagury Manticore
Dungeon Rank: 4
Weakness: N/A

This Evolved Manticore race once would hunt fallen angels for the armies of heaven, but we're banished to Purgatory for defying their heavenly masters. They can live up to several thousand years and are often dungeon Minibosses, typically in packs of three or five.

“That’s...good to know…” I started nervously, a tad worried that I might have overdone it.

The beast let out a other roar. Finally opening it's eagle like wings. The feathers seemed to end in thin golden outlines as it flapped, and thousands of high speed razor sharp feathers were blasted right at me.

I raised my shield and added magic to increase the shields range as I blocked the razor sharp feathers. “You...aren’t a beast…” I started gently. “Can you understand me?”

It didn't respond, looking at me for a time before roaring again. With a flap it closed the distance and I finally saw its tail. Not that of a basic Manticore, this tail ended in a quad curved bladder mace that slammed into my Shield and skidded me back ten feet or so. It was at that I felt something sturr in me… something I received from Rarity… fear.

I tried to keep my fear away, not wanting to be scared and be ready for this. “You weren’t always like this were you? I can imagine your fur was a beautiful white and gold…” I said to the ancient manticore, trying not to let fear take control of me.

It roared again, trying to claw at my Shield while spinning to tail bash it out of my grip. Think, how would Fluttershy deal with a wild beast… I can think of two, both authoritative. Her stare, which I doubt I have or can pull off, and the other… display dominance. How to do that?

As it tried to stab me with it’s stinger again, I got an idea as I dodged it and grabbed it’s tail. “No.” I started as I moved on top of it before it could react. “None of that.” I started as I grabbed the rest of its tail and broke it over my knee. “Shame on you.” I scolded.

It roared in pain, and tried to get me off itself.

I let go of it’s tail and grabbed onto it’s mane. “Alright, I’ve heard of bull riding and not manticore riding, so let’s try this out.” I started while holding onto it tightly as it thrashed about trying to knock me off.

It kicked and jumped, flew and twisted with speed and force that would toss aside the average or even exceptional person.

“You won’t knock me down!” I declared, holding on tightly and making sure I didn’t fall off. “No matter what you do, I will not be knocked down!”

It roared again, trying to breath fire over it's back at me to no avail. Finally it gave one final roar as it began flying high into the air.

“Whoa!” I yelped at how fast we started flying. “Fast aren’t ya?”

As we flew high into the sky, soon the blue and the clouds were behind us, looking back I saw that Forrest and…

Thud.

Crack.

The beast hit the limit of this mini reality I made… and began falling. Unconscious as blood leaked from it's broken nose and forehead.

“Uh oh…” I muttered worriedly. “Why did I forget wings on this thing?” I panicked, holding the beast and trying to think of something as I felt scared of the sudden fall.

I needed to think fast… think… I got it. Carefully, I placed a hand to it's cheek, and leaned into its ear, and spoke to it. “Please, you need to wake up.” I said softly as my outfit changed into its dress form. “Please, don’t fall again.”

The beast shook, seemed to stutter in its movements then opened its eyes wide as it spun around, and opened its wings to break and glide high above this mini world I made.

“I...think I might have overdid it…” I said sheepishly, looking around at the beautiful forest as I gently pet the angelic manticore.

It still seemed to growl at my touch, but stopped after a bit and just flew. After a few minutes it landed where we began fighting. "Yes!" Photo yelled, her camera was…. Was it flashing still, I can't tell it looks more like a flashlight right now. "Passion! Power, Grace and beauty tamed the beast! I want more!"

New Skill Tree Branch Acquired.

Beast Tamer.

“Hmm...that’s interesting.” She said while starting to check the skill tree and put all my points into what I need.

The rest of the day my new pet, I named them Tulip. They are… also a herm? Surprising.

When it was over I got my own room now, and met the first person aside from the photo shoot people. Heart. "So… Kity?" Heart asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Yes, I’m Kity…” I started. “It was a quick name decision, please don’t get on my back about it.” I said sheepishly.

"I'd like to have you on my back but I would like to get to know you before we reach that point." Heart said. "So, tell me. Who is Kity and what can you offer or show?"

“I am the fusion of King and his original Rarity.” I started. “I have all the fashion sense and grace of Rarity, with the strength and purpose of King.” I started while gently petting Tulip. “I’m also the one that introduced beast tamer into this family...somehow, you’d think King would have done it already.”

"Or Fluttershy." Heart offered. "Apparently though that skill tree is called Animal Alliance."

For some reason… looking at Heart triggered some fear… why? Why would Rarity… Heart was there, his armor… and… and a fear of snakes too, yeesh she has issues… it's bad when I can point that out about one of my halves? Actually… huh, she's never even talked to Heart. His Rarity yeah but not to Heart directly.

“So what brings you here today Heart?” I inquired.

"When you came into existence and got a room I was assigned to it. Ya know, two people per room. I actually signed up to meet all newcomers."

“That’s nice.” I nodded. “So...if you’re wondering why this is…” I sighed out. “Oh, should I?” I muttered worriedly, not sure if I should talk about this.

"Hm?" Heart asked.

“Apparently...King’s Rarity is...very scared.” I started. “Just bringing me here was already a challenge for her as is...the poor dear is so scared...even if she has such confidence and strength shes unwilling to notice…” I sighed out.

"Heh. A lot like my Rarity then." Heart said. "She was one of the ones who was killed then King and I managed to bring back. She was a wreck but her friends pulled her together. Next thing I knew she joined in the marriage. Not sure why, she never tells me."

“Probably because you’re some grounded center so she won’t fall apart.” I shrugged.

"Hell no, that was Twilight." Heart laughed. "The two were already a couple before… shit happened so since Twilight was married to me when she came back Rarity joined for Twilight. We grew to like then love one another over time. Between Twilight and I she learned how to use a Keyblade, never becoming a Master. She never cared for it. But those early days she was terrified, so were the others. For one, they were dead, and two, they'd have nightmares. Memories of being a Heartless or a Nobody. Took a lot of therapy, time. Sometimes they still remember but they don't hold it in anymore. They talk, let us know when they feel like they're slipping. That's the bravest thing when afraid, admitting it to others especially those you love."

“Which is why I’m here, cause Rarity wanted to take that first step forward with the love of her life.” I nodded.

"Awh. Sounds nice. So, what's it like being a fusion if I may ask? Russia, Kico and Cerex all make it sound both neat yet normal, which makes sense I guess."

“It’s a little hard to describe...but it’s nice.” I said honestly. “It helps break some boundaries when you are two people at once.”

"Nice. Should try that some time. I mean hell if Kexez has done it already then I should. In any case, is there anything you would like to do or try Kity?"

“There is so much I could do…” I said honestly. “What do you have in mind?”

"Well, you are a combination of King and Rarity so… how about make something. Brain and Kico often work on making armor and weapons. Maybe you can try that? Or maybe even work on designing a building or something?"

“Well…” I started. “Things do need some flair to them...and also because I’m a beast tamer…” I hummed while continuing to pet my angelic manticor without much thought.

"Hmm… how about a test?"

“What test do you have in mind?” I asked curiously.

Heart did something real fast on their assistant and on an empty wall grew a small hallway with one door to the right. They took my hand and led there, once at the door they opened it and inside was what looked like a pocket dimension. It was just a very large brick room with various tables, tools, raw ores and… a Keyblade forge? "Make a Keyblade." Heart said simply.

“Excuse me?” I asked nervously.

"You have an eye for designing, and the ability to make it beautiful and powerful. So, make a Keyblade."

“Um...alright.” I nodded, moving over and looking at all the materials. “Jeez...there is so much material here…” I muttered as I started to think of how to do this.

"Here." Heart said, handing me a sketchbook and pencil. "If it helps, think of what it should look like first and then think about what to use to make it." They said, slithering over to a corner and coiling themselves up to take a seat.

“Hmm…” I hummed while starting to sketch up something.

Taking a seat on a barrel and opening the sketchbook I began to think. Start off basic then… maybe… It needs to be beautiful, and powerful.

“Hmm…” I wondered, trying to think of some way to make it beautiful and powerful, drawing up design after design as I just kept thinking it over.

After a while I had something that looked good. With that done I began looking at the raw materials given. Good, looks like I have about everything… oh, hello… yes, yes this will do lovely.

I began taking all the ores I needed and then began working. First melt them down, mix the slag together til it's properly combined, now pour it out and hammer the general shape, head back into the forge, hammer the shape, chip and bend the metal as needed, reheat, repeat. The whole while Heart just watched, smiling and letting me work uninterrupted.

Finally once it was the proper shape I placed it into the Keyblade forge one more time, letting it not just heat up but absorb the light and darkness of the forge to fuel and power it. With a glow and a flash it was done.

I pulled it out. The grip was red, looking like thorns burning as the midsection shifting to a pale fog like color where small details of a Forest were seen til it shifted to a sky blue up the blade, and finally reaching the tip was the form of Tulip, wings outstretched in flight as the gates if heaven rested behind them.

“Perfect.” I said happily. “What do you think?”

"It's wonderful." Heart said, getting up and slithering up to me, and took the Keyblade in both hands. "It just needs a name." Heart said, leaning in as whispers to the weapon. "Glory Rising." There was a flash of blue from Heart's chest, then the Keyblade flashed blue too for a moment. They then handed it back to me.

I took it.

Glory Rising

Att: 700
Mag: 400
Def: 650

Ability: Primal Energy: Beast Based monsters take consistent critical damage.

“Such a wonderful name.” I said happily.

"It's strong, beautiful, and graceful. It's perfect for you Kity."

“Thank you.”

"I think you can really help in the public defense sector. Weapons and armor that are functional and stylish."

“As long as I can help those that need it.” I nodded. “And...step past my fear…”

"Helping Rarity along the way. You two are linked, I hope she gets better. I would like to talk to her someday."

“I’m sure she’d love to talk to you Heart.” I said warmly.

"In time. So, what next then?"

“Hmm…” I hummed while pulling out a laundry list of stuff that I could do.

"Heh. Now when did you write that?"

“When I was making my Keyblade, I used magic to write it all down.” I said honestly.

"Huh. Alrighty then, mind if we do something first beforehand?"

“What do you have in mind?” I asked curiously.

Heart held out a hand to me. "Care fora date?"

“I would love a date.” I said warmly, gently taking Hearts hand.

Heart and I sat across from one another. The table was good sized for beings of our height.

“So what is this place if I may ask?” I inquired.

"A world I made. Small, the place has just a restaurant, theater, park and a greater view of the galaxy home is at.”

“Sounds great.” I said warmly. “During my photoshoot I uh...kind of overdid it on making a mythical forest and… accidentally summoning a level four dungeon miniboss.”

"Heh. Wow, that's bad. But definitely quite the debut of your newfound existence."

“I know Photo sure enjoyed it.” I nodded.

"Hm, let's see how that magazine did." Heart said, a wave of a finger and a display from their Assistant popped in front of them. "Let's see… huh… ah, heh. Well, how about that. They made it a whole new line of Magazine. You are now the proud face of Royal Power Weekly." With a swip the display was now in front of me, my photo of myself riding Tulip above the small pond proud on display among smaller article titles.

“Oh dear, that was fast.” I said honestly.

"Sixteen point seven trillion copies sold every hour. Public loves a new royal."

“Damn.” I said in surprise. “Didn’t think it would be that many copies that fast.”

"You should never underestimate the speed of the public market." Heart said with a laugh as the screen vanished. "So, you've never eaten anything before either, so, got anything in mind. I imagine being a mix of pony and wolf makes you a proper omnivore so pure meat or pure veggie foods might taste different."

“Well, what food is available?” I asked curiously.

Looking at the menus for a time I saw there was… basically everything. I went with a fresh tuna fish salad and Heart took an Alfredo pasta. "So, taste different than normal? At least, by King's and Rarity's standards?"

“It does actually.” I said honestly.

Heart smiled. "I figured. When I shifted from human to Floof Noodle everything was… different. Meats tasted… richer, like I could suddenly know what the animal itself ate the day it was killed for food and sometimes back several days to a week before it died. It added a whole new… depth to tasting and veggies… it was like I could tell both the quality of the soil it grew in and the care it had. Even though I am only one third equine that was an interesting discovery. Food I didn't like the taste of, raw tomatoes, coconut, mackerel Pike fish all suddenly tasted better. Don't even get me started on my sense of smell or eye sight."

“Yeah, animal based beings tend to have a lot better senses than normal humans.” She said honestly.

"So true. That aside, I am Wondering, you should have a feral Form… how would that look?"

“I...have no idea.” I said nervously. “I can try to go into my feral form if you want.”

"Later. It's just a thought that popped into my head. After this should we head to the movie theater or the park?"

“Movie theater, I’d like to watch a movie after a long day.” I said simply.

"Romance, comedy, action, or do you have one in mind specifically?"

“Action would be nice.” I said simply.

"Got an action flick in mind?"

“Are there any new action movies out?” I asked curiously.

"Hmm… nothing I personally like."

“Got any favorites?” She asked curiously.

"Guardians of the Galaxy, more of a comedy but eh. Zombieland 2, also a comedy but it's good. The uh… Doom Movie."

“Guardians of the Galaxy sounds fun.” I said honestly.

"Disney did Marvel proud." Heart stated.

“And if memory serves, they fucked up Star Wars so hard they’re rebooting it.” I brought up.

"Eh, can't win them all. I mean hell their lines of Video Games have always been bad. Only reason Kingdom Hearts did well was because they lent the rights to Square for the game."

“What are you talking about?” I asked. “Disney didn’t lend any rights to the game to Square, they lent the rights to use the characters after a lot of talks.” I started, having King’s memories about random Kingdom Hearts trivia.

"Are the details that Important?"

“A bit yes.” I started.

"Eh, in any case, how are you feeling?"

“I’m feeling good.” I said warmly.

"That's good. I was kinda worried about this to be honest."

“Why would you be worried?” I asked curiously.

"Well, hmm…" Heart sighed. "Are you able to block your link to King for a bit?"

“Why is that?” I asked nervously. “Is there something wrong between you and King?”

"No, not at all it's just something I'm not ready to admit to them just yet. I know you are half them but still, you aren't."

“Well...I can try.” I said honestly. “I don’t make any promises if I can.”

"Alright." Heart said as I tried to block my link to King… who was currently panicking like mad… wow… wonder if I inherited that in my fusion? Kinda hope not….

“Well...I think I did it?” I said nervously. “King...or me, I don’t know, but either one of us is panicking a lot.”

"Heh well… it's about fusions… specifically when one like me fuses…"

“What do you mean?” I asked curiously.

"Well, you know I'm one of the C.R.I.P.T projects, right? Like Cript, just got lucky to at least have a name that isn't an acronym."

“Alright, I’m following you so far.” I started.

"Well, Cript told me something about when we fuse. The body becomes one, as expected… however… it's not the same as like you, you are your own person. For me, it's more like the body fuses but… it's a mental possession. I would be in control, and the other kind either sleeps or takes a back seat. I asked Cript if this could be avoided or undone. We'd need to remove the Override Ability I have. And to do that Is… not easy."

“Override ability?” I asked curiously.

"As the name says, any fusions or possessions I do I am in control and the host or person I fused with is out of the driver's seat, tied up, gagged, tossed into a bag in the back of the car and welded shut. Least til I leave or the fusion body is undone."

“So how do we fix it?” I asked honestly.

"And that's why I asked you to cut from King." Heart sighed. "This is my problem and I will fix it with Cript. I love King, but they don't need to involve themselves in every single problem that pops up. And you aren't King, part of them yes but not them. I can handle my own problems, and King has more than enough on their plate as is."

“You have no idea how much King has on his plate…” I sighed out.

"I do, I keep tabs on his to do list. It's why I asked you to block the link, and please block this info too, knowing that they would try and bypass the Bypass ability with sheer brute force of will, and fail, or look for some long lost Admin ability or artifact or something."

“You mean like he’s doing already?” I deadpanned. “Not for your issue, but just in general.”

"Yup." Heart said with a nod. "I love them, so much, but even with Starfish Clones you can only stretch yourself or do so much at a time."

“True.” I shrugged.

"Glad to see your Rarity evens out King's… paranoia. So, onto the desert?"

“Yes please.” I said happily. “But uh...it’s less ‘balancing out’...as more being paranoid about a lot more things that take up the immediate time.” I said sheepishly.

"Carefully, your King is showing." Heart laughed. "The only question I will ask is where to start. Baked, frosted, frozen, or fried?" Heart asked as every possible sweet in existence began floating around us.

“Yes.” I stated.

I was in heaven. Alive for a day and I experienced pure Divine bliss. "We are so lucky we don't gain weight. Unless wanted." Heart chuckled, taking a spoonful of ice cream. "Save for my Celestia, she embraced that extra weight and I'm happy to embrace that too."

“I’m pretty sure the only reason why half of us don’t gain weight is because we’re already great looking, as King said once before, we’re thicc with a capital damn.” I giggled as I ate more sweet red velvet cake.

"I thought it was Admin metabolism and Lyra's perverted touch." Heart chuckled. "I was, well, am with her in our own private room too. King ever been with her?"

“Yes, twice. Once when people told him ‘don’t do it’, and the second time was when...well remember when Lyra wasn’t around for maybe four hours after King was a little wonky?”

"Not really."

“Yeah well, King went back to Lyra after learning a bit more from Cript about Lyra and...well ‘gave it to her’ as it were.” I said while blushing brightly as the vivid memory came to me.

"Ah. Let me guess, still couldn't walk when it was done?"

“He was able to even though he couldn’t feel his legs.” I shrugged. “Maybe he’s just used to the numbness that he can move around fine.”

"Heh. She's nice, fun, keeps me trying new stuff. We're currently on bodily transformation."

“Oh my.” I blushed at the thought of it.

"Yeah whatever you are thinking, it's way, way worse." Heart laughed. "Fun though.

“Well...as long as you’re having fun I suppose.” I said honestly.

"We are. Next round?" Heart asked, the empty plates before them floating off the table and into a pile of plates reaching ten feet tall.

“Yes please.” I said happily.

Floating down in front of me was a large plate holding a cupcake the size of a small wedding cake, topped in multiple baked and caramelized fruits, whipped cream, and stuffed with a chocolate, vanilla and banana pudding as the chocolate cake from Matilda floated in front of Heart. "Kinda weird being able to eat so much and never get stuffed."

“Works for me.” I said happily.

"True, I have to admit, I've never had most to all of these treats."

“Must be wonderful to have all the time to eat these treats.” I said honestly.

"Heh, I mostly just spend my free time gaming."

“Sounds about right.” I said honestly. “King wishes he had free time…”

"They need to get a scheduler or something to remember to have free time."

“As he would put it, ‘not when I’m doing damn near everything’.” I rolled my eyes.

"Guess those sessions with Lyra are paying off."

Meanwhile, where King is now.

King sneezed into their arm out of nowhere. “Ugh...someone must be talking about me…”

They shook off the sneeze then went back to examining the festering gem before them. It was close but not quite the level of elemental gems natural to Cript's realm.

“It just needs one more push...but what is that push?” King frowned. “I know full well this works, and it should...hmm…”

As they looked the gem over, reviewed notes and analyzed data they sighed as suddenly a cold glass tapped their temple. "No luck yet partner?" One of the scientists, Blue Engineer, asked handing King a cold beer.

“Sadly.” King sighed out while taking the beer. “Thanks, but I know this should work, I didn’t just get knowledge of practically everything from Truth not to know how to do this simple thing.” King frowned.

"Maybe you just don't have the right conditions. These gems here grow everywhere from asteroids to the dirt under our boots, maybe they need the heat and pressure, like how coal turns to diamond."

“That...could work…” King started, bringing out Skysplitter and Eternal Flames. “Alright...let’s try it.” King muttered as he used their two weapons to start giving it pressure and heat.

The gem began glowing, first faint, then brighter as the gem glowed with the blue of electrinium. Soon the glow began to die down til it gave a steady glow of blue and small crackles of electricity. "We do have a machine that can do that, just for the next time." Engineer said, patting out the fires on his clothes.

“Alright...finally got one crystal down…” King muttered. ”Hey Cript, you owe me!” King called out with a smug grin.

And suddenly, King was buried in a large bag of Rem.

“Finally, I’m the one winning.” King chuckled.

Once all the money was deposited King handed the notes and such to Engineer. "I'll start up the mass production. So, what are you gonna do next boss?"

“Okay, so after I figure out how to mass produce Crystals…” King started to walk over to a door and opened it. “How do you feel about Constructs?” I said while revealing at least three different types of constructs in the middle of being made. “Cause I remembered some ideas an old friend of mine had for constructs, dozens of them...just tweaked to fit my style.”

"I've had bad Experiences with robots."

“Oh trust me, these constructs are nothing like the robots you fought back at the Gravel Pit.” King said while walking over to one of the unfinished golems, a half human half scorpion like creature as they started to fiddle with it’s parts.

"Yeah, they look worse." Engineer said, taking leave.

King rolled his eyes. “Whatever you say Engi.” King muttered as he pulled out it’s core and looking it over again, Runes he long since mastered on a ball of Nothingness Infused Dark Monofilament pulsating a soft glow of energy as he checked his Assistant on it’s power output.

More than enough to power a small planet. Now for weapons.

“Well this still isn’t enough, not by a goddamn long shot.” King grumbled. “It should give as much power as the sun in a day in a second...I know I can do that much.” King frowned while putting it back into the construct as he moved onto his weapons.
(Fun Fact:Energy of Sun/Day=8.3E41 Joules of energy)

King had to rework the core over and after some tinkering got the needed power output. The weapons systems seemed operational, and thankfully did not drain too heavily on the core's power.

“It should at least be enough to keep this thing going…” King muttered while putting on a few more pieces before attempting to turn on the Construct, hoping it will work.

The mechanical device activated, eyes glowing with a pale grey light as it began to look around.

“Hello.” King said to the hybrid construct. “What is your name?”

"Hedetet. Model number 1. OS version 0.00.1."

“Good so far…” King muttered while jotting down notes about it. “What is your primary purpose?”

"Primary Objective… Front Lines Defense."

“What is your secondary objective?” King asked

"Secondary Objective… Protect Love… Error, Love data not detected. How am I able to protect love if the target is not programmed in?"

“That’s because…” King looked at the construct in it’s glowing eyes. “Love is both simple, yet complicated...I want you to find something to Love, whether it be a planet, a pet, or a person when I fully set you free to do what you need to do.” King explained softly. “Do you understand Hedetet?”

"Processing command… processed. Activating Emotional Program subroutine. Activating Learning Subroutine. Activating Evolution subroutine. Activating Bodily organic hormonal mimicry Subroutine. All Subroutines are now active… Error, Learning Subroutine crash."

”Shit…” King sighed out while checking his Assistant to see where it crashed, ready to shut down Hedetet before it panicked.

"Primary Learning Subroutine Reinstall in process. Reinstall complete. Activating Learning Subroutine. Error, Learning Subroutine crash. Uninstalling primary Learning Subroutine, installing Secondary Learning Subroutine. Injecting."

“Excuse me what?” King frowned.

"Secondary Learning Subroutine Injected. Activating P.C. Learning Subroutine. Subroutine Active. All Subroutines now active."

“P.C? Please don’t tell me you’re learning stuff from the internet.” King frowned.

"P.C. Project Chimera Learning Subroutine. A small injection of Flux, raw chaos magic, allows for faster, more natural based learning much like organic beings."

“I don’t remember giving you that…” King frowned. “Discord, what did you do?” I called out, not knowing which Discord was involved but knowing it had to be one of them given this was raw chaos magic here.

"That was me, actually." Cript said, entering the lab.

King sighed out. “Alright, then what did you do?”

"Gave it a spark." Cript said. "When making life the hard way it takes a lot to keep the numbers in their head from believing all organics deserve to die." Cript said, patting King's machine's head. "Make the body as organic as you want, without the right spark, they'll all go down a bad road sooner or later."

“Even with the secondary objective I gave them?” King asked curiously.

"How long can they protect something when it's dead? How will they react when they find out it is dead? It's all a matter of making sure they can break that rule just as well as follow it."

King sighed out. “Alright...so given that you gave them what I can only assume is Discord’s blood at this point given what this ‘Flux’ is made out of...will they go berserk because of it?”

"No. Typically Flux creates an unknown random mutation or effect. I used code to program that chaos to make sure their mind can not just mimic how a living thing mind things, but will be a living mind. Controlled chaos."

“Alright.” King nodded. “Now...to just figure out how to mass produce this crap cause...each construct is going to save so many lives on the front line…”

"As well as have them once this is over." Cript added. "I didn't make all those AI rights laws for nothing."

“So...about the other two so far…” King said while showing the other two, one being a hybrid between a Balor and an ArchAngel, it’s core being the same Rune inscribed Dark Monofilament but instead of Nothingness infusing it it was Balance that was used for it, and lastly was a humanoid Naga with it’s Core being powered by Grey.

"Do I wanna know the drugs you took while designing that one." Cript asked, pointing at the Balor/Archangel mix.

“If you think that’s ‘taking drugs’ worthy of a mix I feel sorry for you.” King said honestly. “But you should be more focused on the cores I’ve gotten...about half way done with.”

Cript rolled their eyes. "Let me guess, unstable?"

“They are not unstable, far from it.” King said honestly. “Only problem I’m fully having is power output and maybe other things I’ll figure out along the way...cause when you literally want to have a power core that puts out more energy than the sun a day per second can be a little tricky.

"Hmm." Cript said, walking over and looking at the Balance Core. "You made a power core using Balance Energy… and didn't also put at least an artificial heart with it? Or make it Keyblade metal?"

“Now I thought that too…” King started while moving over and pulling out a metal box filled with a molten liquid. “This is Keyblade metal after I tried to do that. Yes I tried at least three times before. And the artificial heart? Well...now that you basically made these things more organic than not I might as well make one to help with that.”

Cript looked at the core over again. "Is… is that a C-Series Power regulation chip?"

“I’ve been trying to make something better, but considering how busy I am...” King sighed out, rubbing their temples as he kneeled down to open up a hidden mini fridge and pulled out a water bottle.

"I have an idea, may I?" Cript asked.

“Please…” King said as he took a swig of his water bottle.

Cript careful removed the chip, placing in on an empty table space before them and clapped their hands, starting a transmutation as the chip began changing. Design wise it was the same, but metal wise it changed from green and gold to silver and blue. When it was done Cript put the remade chip back in, the core lighting up like Christmas. "Huh, it worked."

“What did you do?” King asked curiously.

"C-Series isn't bad in it's design but metal wise it wasn't the best. I converted the circuit board into Nichofiloment, sorta Monofilaments cousin metal. Not as strong but an amazing power conductor and the main connectors and such I managed to make them out of the Mortality Metal. That's what I'm calling that Deathless hurting metal cause fuck if I can't pronounce that name right."

“Oh dear…” King muttered. “So thank you for fixing that.”

"It's experimental, so I'd like reports on how it behaves. So what's with the Naga one?"

“That’s…” King started. “Honestly, that’s just what it turned into after I started putting Grey into it. I don’t know why or how, before it was supposed to be more of a Velociraptor more than anything but then...it just started turning into that part way through adding Grey to the Core.”

"Must be reflecting Eclipsa." Cript said, looking it over. "So aside from the design changing itself, what's the issue?"

“I mean, besides the form changing…” King started nervously as he gently poked the core and a specific Rune appeared. “Know what this Rune is?” King asked Cript, the Rune being way too familiar to him.

"Hmm… it's a lot like something I saw once back in my travels." He replied.

“So the problem isn’t more so the technical side...it’s more in the energy side.” King said sheepishly. “See, when I was fiddling with Grey to try and help the Core out, two things happened, one was that it kept trying to make more and more even without being turned on...and the second…” King started as he let up the sealing rune just slightly as a strange whisper in an unknown language, even to Cript, enveloped the room. “That…” King started as he put the seal rune back on, causing the whispering to stop.

"Now that is interesting." Cript said, picking the core up instantly. "Who or what are you, I wonder?" He asked enthusiastically, worrying King some.

“I’m concerned on how enthusiastic you are about that...whatever the hell it is.” King said nervously. “It’s mostly that that’s been keeping me from turning it on...scared it might just either explode or do something worse.”

"Chicken shit." Cript said with a grin as they looked the runes and core over. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

The runes over the core was mostly similar to the other two cores...except for three. “Oh yeah, there’s also these three runes...I swear I did not make them but...when I was making it, they just kind of...popped into my head, and then disappeared just as quickly.”

"Influencing telepathic magic. Impressive… hmm… ooh! Yes, these runes are surpresion based. Heh, wow. These runes are strong. One of these might even lock me up for a day or so."

“Jesus damn.”

"The fading and reappearing seem to be a cycle based matrix. Each fade means it's broken and a new one immediately takes its place. Wow, a cycle based matrix with runes like this…" Cript smiled. "And how I wonder just did something as strong as you end up with this on your ass."

“No idea, all I know is that whatever I’m keeping locked up is not only stupidly ancient, but stupidly powerful as well…” King said, only for his eyes to widen. “Oh no…”

"Heh. It seems Eclipsa has some demons."

“And...wait.” King started. “Is Vincent dead? Like...actually truly dead? Cause I remember, or at least think I remember due to all the time line dreaming, that he did some timey wimey bullshit before?” King asked, thinking about his fight against him as Kite and how he just apparently had that Coffin and knew things about Eclipsa he didn’t know.

"His new life is dating your daughter, my reincarnated mom, so, I'd say so… even to me that sounded weird."

“So that doesn’t make much sense how he’s...still alive and kicking while also having that weird coffin thing…” King started, looking back at that sealing rune.

"Coffin?" Cript asked, still looking at the core.

“It was made out of that Mortality Metal...I fought him as Kite not too long ago and...he said that if a Deathless is put in there, everything about them stops and is put to sleep...and no one can sense you exist…” King explained worriedly, shuddering in fear at the memory of it.

"Well now, that doesn't sound good."

“It wasn’t a good experience that’s for sure…” King sighed out. “How the hell did you beat him?”

"Pure and simple bullfuckery." Cript said with a laugh. It left as quick as it came. In an instant King saw the the more serious Cript he rarely saw. "I was invented to be a monster, an unstoppable one man war machine of unlimited power and force. I just… showed him his own handy work was all."

"Good to know." King sighed. "I...know I was Kite so I was significantly weaker but damn…"

"Yeah. So, if this core is giving you issues you need an alternative then?"

"The actual power core works fine, I made three others and...they all did the same thing." King sighed out. "I'm mostly just scared of what I might unleash just based on that...cause of what Grey was meant to do and other things I don't know about."

"If you want to be safe you might wanna consider using an Elemental Crystal based on Grey. Eclipsa made them and they are pretty powerful. I've worked with them and they seem stable and don't fluctuate and display runes."

"It’s...worth a shot, even if I need to remake the entire core to make sure it doesn’t crack or break because of the energy output I want.”

"From the output the basic Grey Crystal… three should be more than enough." Cript thought aloud.

“For right now.” King said simply.

"Never underestimate a Crystal Generator, their output saved John's world after all."

“Of course.” King said simply. “And now that we can mass produce Crystals, it’ll be a whole lot easier.”

"So, anything else?"

“Hmm…” King thought for a moment. “Not...that I can fully think of…”

"Heh. Well if anything else is needed, ask." Cript said as the left.

King nodded as they looked back at the Grey Core, walking over and gently taking hold of it. “I hope I’m wrong…” King muttered worriedly, having a bad feeling about Grey and ‘Vincent’ here.

"You're a wolf! How am I faster than you?!" Luna asked. She and I were dressed in hot exercise attire as she and I were jogging along one of the many coastlines.

“Don’t mind me. Just keep going.” I said, keeping a steady pace and being behind Luna purposefully had its own wonderful, plump and bouncy bonus to it. “I’m keeping up, don’t worry.”

"You slowpoke." She huffed, jogging ahead. I had music playing in my left ear from a single wireless earbud as we ran along the shore. The smell of sea air brought both pleasant and painful memories, but I didn't let it haunt me as I ran along to keep my view of Luna. I watched as she stopped at a small stall, buying a drink before continuing and I figured I should get a drink too.

“One bottle of water please.” I said to the stall owner.

"Regular or sparkling?" They asked. They were fittingly enough, a jellyfish person. No real face but voice and small bulbs that act as eyes for their race.

“Regular.” I answered. “But how are you doing today?” I asked simply, nothing wrong with just asking a simple question.

"Good, and here. Fifteen rem." They said, taking out an icy cold two liters of water. I paid then ran to keep up with Luna.

As I ran, catching up to her I watched as she suddenly stopped, and looked over the rail. I ran up to her and looked too- Holy crap that's a massive ship. It was Navy, S.S. Free Water; was written on its side in massive white letters. "Look at that! All of Canterlot could have fit on it!" Luna said with an open mouth smile.

“Yeah, that’s some pretty good naval engineering for ya.” I said with a smile.

"I can't believe it's just for dealing with sea based monsters that spawn in. I forget the ocean has its own dungeons and lands to explore, above and below the water."

“To be perfectly honest, I think it would have been made even if there wasn’t any dungeons on and under the ocean...seriously, the ocean’s really freaky when you go deep enough.”

"I bet. I need to check on the ones on the moon and sun too! At night you can see some of the colonies set up on it. It makes me feel so happy seeing that!"

“I’m glad it makes you happy.” I said warmly, just glad to see my Luna so happy about life.

"I remember when I was a filly, well before I was a princess, Tia and I would take a small boat we made onto a nearby pond and just look at the stars under the calm waves. Sometimes in the day too, just to watch the clouds. One of these days I am dragging her and Chrysalis onto a boat and we are gonna sail til we find uncolonized land, just because!" She declared.

“That sounds like fun.” I said honestly. “Wish I could have fun like that...just something simple...but kind of can’t when I’m stupid busy all the time…” I sighed out.

"You will someday." Luna said, jumping off the rail and looking at me. "This war won't last forever, it might be years but we have time, and when it's over, you and I can retire to a nice cottage in the middle of nowhere."

“That would be nice.” I said honestly. “But...I have so many other family here...I can’t just pick one.”

"Starfish clones." Luna said.

“True.” I said simply. “But that’s...sadly not gonna happen for a long time.”

"All good things are worth the wait." Luna said with a kiss to my cheek.

“I would have waited when you first met, but you were practically dry humping me.” I teased about how we originally started dating.

"The first male I've seen who can actually hold their own in a fight alone? What was not to love?" Luna giggled. "Sister really let the royal guard grow soft. Suppose a thousand years of peace would do that."

“That is true.” I started. “But then...well...bad things happened to all of them, including Shining during when Drezke was out and about by himself.”

"Such horrid times, and you faced them all with valor." She said, holding my hand as we just walked together. "I still can't believe where we are now. A dream made reality."

“Yeah, it felt like yesterday when we were all traveling around the world just for royalty to basically say ‘here’s our daughter, give us grandkids while we retire from ruling cause it’s your job now’.” I chuckled. “Except for the Yaks...the Queen and Daughter were in the harem.”

"Yeah. I remember that. Yona still acts more like a child than a fellow wife, not that I mind. She's a sweetheart."

“She is adorable.” I chuckled. “But her mother on the other hand...seriously, I’d almost say her ass was bigger than yours and Celestia’s.” I blushed at the memory. “Her ass was like ‘bam’.”

"I swear it's at least half her fur coat." Luna laughed. "Course she still is a looker when soaking wet in the shower."

“Oh most certainly.” I chuckled. “And she’s the only one that can out floof me after a shower.”

"Yeah. It's nice to go out for a jog like this. We're far enough from the castle people here don't really give us a second glance."

“Yeah, and we can just talk about stuff.” I shrugged honestly.

As Luna and I kept walking along the road, moving over to the sandy Beach and walked til the sun set and the moon was at its peak in the sky. Eventually we sat on the sand and just stargazed. "There are so many more than before." Luna said, a smile on her face as she looked up.

“Thankfully...we were able to fix the damage that was done so long ago.” I said honestly. “Before...there were so few...but now, it’s back to the beautiful night sky I always loved.” I said while looking at Luna with a warm and loving smile.

"And all the new arrivals, from the other Cycles planets that joined, timelines too. Some Admins realms too. Did you know there was an Admin of the Night? I met them, they are basically me, but admirably more… creepy."

“You could never be creepy, you’re adorable.” I teased.

"Have you seen my browser history?" She asked with a laugh. "I warn you, it's Lyra approved."

“Nah, I’m good.” I said honestly. “So what’s up with your other selfs?”

"Nothing and everything really. It's so… interesting to talk to someone who is basically yourself but also not you. We share a lot of history but there are some we've met who we have no common history with whatsoever. We all mostly patroles the dream realm of the kingdom, keeping nightmares at Bay and finding those lost in the sleeping worlds so they can wake up. It's not too different from what we've always done."

“Sounds about right.” I nodded. “Glad you two are getting along.”

"Two? King I'm talking about way more than two. Remember, Lyra." Luna laughed. "But yes, we get along well, all of us." Luna then laid on her back on the sand, getting comfy in the sand. "We need to have more days like this."

“As far as I know you people always have days like this...I don’t.” I sighed out. “It’s a dime a dozen most of the time…”

"Cause you never give yourself a break. The world won't explode just because you take a day off, the paranoid voices in your head are just lying."

“There tends to be things happening that draw my attention whenever I take a break.” I said honestly.

"Excuses. Anyone ever tell you that you're a workaholic?"

“If I’m not then someone else is.” I brought up. “But it's not my fault that I have a lot of work to do.”

"And what pray tell is next on that infernal list of yours?"

“Let’s see now.” I said while bringing out the list, even though it was a single piece of paper it was completely covered in tiny writing that filled the entire page. “Hmm...well proved Cript wrong, started fixing those robots...hunting Void Key...finding John...wondering why Heart is a little upset with the Foretellers...um…” I trailed off. “Ah, here we are, finding the Void Wolves, cause even though that was one of the main reasons I went to Void to begin with I never found the bastards.”

"Cause you went to the Hero's tomb instead and now ect. Is there anything you can complete now? And why does it matter to you about Heart's issue with the Foretellers?"

“Because I’ve been meaning to meet the bastards for forever now but I either keep forgetting, or keep getting sidetracked.” I sighed out.

"And how does this relate to Heart exactly?" Luna asked. "Is Heart keeping you from speaking to or meeting them?"

“When I brought up the Foretellers they got...weirdly quiet on me.” I said honestly. “And when Heart is weirdly quiet, something must have happened.”

"But are they keeping you from speaking to them?" Luna asked again. "I'm hearing words but no answers."

“I don’t know, and I would like to find out but I need to wait for the crossover chapters ya know?”

Luna rolled her eyes. "If you say so. So, again, anything you can work on and finish now?"

“I have...way too many long term goals that need a lot of time and effort put into it…” I sighed out.

Again, she rolled her eyes. "What about short term?"

“Um…” I looked through the list. “Well uh...one of them was helping promote the widow’s and orphan foundations...even if we could just reverse death on a whim here…” I muttered.

"Okay, manageable but that falls under Eclipsa's jurisdiction. I take it, she asked you for the help then?"

“While yes but...I wanted to help of my own volition.” I said honestly. “I...just want to help.”

"Workaholic…" Luna sighed. "And in these long term projects you are working with how many people on average?"

“Depending on what I’m doing, the average would be...two or three.” I said honestly.

"... Triple it… no, wait… I have a better idea." Luna said with a grin as she opened a display screen on her assistant.

“What?” I asked curiously. “What’s with that grin?” I asked nervously.

Luna said nothing, typing something to someone, then to someone else… then one more person before the display closed. "They should be here in a bit." Luna said, still grinning.

“What did you do?” I asked nervously.

"Called the only three people in existence not only smarter than you but can get things done faster." Luna said, her grin now a genuine smile.

I suddenly felt a cold chill down my back as I heard three sets of footsteps walking up behind me in the sand.

"Why am I helping this idiot again?" Lord asked.

"You owe me and I owe Luna." Cript answered.

"My foundation third and all its faults. Long time no see." Brain said.

“So why did you call these three here?” I inquired to Luna.

"Like I said, they are smarter than you, get things done quicker and frankly can cut that list of yours in half in no time." Luna said with a nod.

Before I could speak, Lord snatched my list. "Let's see… dude I've built half this shit already. That I can upgrade easily enough, this one I can easily start and finish in a day."

Cript looked in. "I'll help with John and the Tomb. Void Wolves sounds fun too."

"I'll Assist Lord as well as recheck all of King's notes, I'm bound to find at least a few issues in their math if not the organization at least." Brain added.

“Cause that’s what I need…” I muttered. “Alright, so that takes care of at least all the construction bits and Void related things…” I muttered. “Now onto my other big things, which are three things. One, figuring out what Vincent really is because...that’s not Vincent the more I think about it, trying to figure out how to get us all out of the Matrix...and figure out who the hell made all of this to begin with.” I explained.

"Break out of the machine… dibs." Lord said.

"Dibs on Vincent." Cript added.

"Guess that leaves the mysterious inventor to me then. Joy." Brain said.

"Okay, get to it!" Luna declared as the three nodded… wow they do work fast, my working clones are already ahead. "If you won't ask for proper help, it's up to your better half to get it for you." Luna said with a smile.

“So literally any of my spouses?” I asked simply.

Luna patted my head. "Good puppy, have a treat." Luna tossed… I bit the treat immediately in the air. Tastes like bacon. "Actually… how susceptible to canine antics are you?"

“That’s none of your concern…” I said sheepishly.

She smiled, suddenly holding a tennis ball. She threw it. "Fetch!"

Curse you animal instincts! “Thish meansh nofing!” I said as I had the tennis ball in my mouth.