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[livewire-whysearchforme]

Welcome, live wire~

Hello hello hello? This radio on? OH! Great. It is.

Hello our sparks. We've decided to create this lovely blog to tell our own story. The story behind @ask-breakerbox-boys. There is a backstory to us on that blog, and why not make it a game to figure it out?

So. Welcome! This is going to be fun, now isn't it~ A little hm 'ARG' they call it, yes?

We're self aware on this blog.

Cyphers are custom made and will be done through photos and drawings.

There are two times lines is a timeline, but the way the story will be described? That depends on you.

See you soon~

This introduction is not truthful.

Rules & CW/TW below (Think of this like an interactive fanfic. Much of the story is planned.)

Keep in mind this is for fun.

Don't be rude, Don't misuse asks, No bigotry.

Send in asks to interact with the story or send in solved cyphers.

No smut... This really isn't about smut lol.

TW/CWs are below.

TW/CW:

Blood

Suicide attempts

Self harm

Wounds

Major Character Death

Bittersweet endings

Alcoholism

Drug (Painkillers) abuse

Self image issues

Self hatred

Sexual Assualt

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[deceitanon]

“I’m… ready I think”

{Remy leans in to Kiss Eddie}

“We got this…”

“Right?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"yes." He sounds confident.

"My prophecy. My Seeker. My answer. It'll be okay."

"Let's begin the end."

[deceitanon]

{Remy grabs the shard and takes deep breath}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

As soon as Remy grabs the shard they get whipped out to where everyone is.

This timeline's Remy immediately forces the weapons from his hands and lunges for his soul.

When he gets it back he feels his control return.

He says nothing as he pants heavy and stomps on the ground shattering the illusion.

There stands The Author. She backs away.

"You fuckers! Get the fuck away!"

She summons throwing knives and throws them at each person.

Upon the dimension being shattered everyone turns back.

Eddie shows Remy what happens next and how to correct it through their connection returned.

Grab the knives and toss them back. This timeline's Remy will rush behind her.

She'll teleport away. Find her.

She stole Ribi's staff. She can teleport, summon small weapons, and weaken people who are within six feet of her.

Starie attempts to grab The Author with her shadows, but she moves too fast.

[deceitanon]

“Welcome Back Handsome, ready to fight the Author~”

{Remy flirts with himself, before locking in, Remy looks around for the Author, summoning chains of electric energy shaped into chains}

{He sucks the Authors kinetic energy as much as he can out of her}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Ready as ever~"

The Author falls to ground. "Fuck you!" She attempts to get up, but Starie holds her down with her shadow.

"SHIT." She pants heavily and uses Ribi staff to teleport before this Remy can get her.

"Get the fuck away. I can use you all as puppets if you don't stop now." She's bluffing and Eddie communicates that to Remy.

Starie is quick to drag her towards the group and and void Ribi's staff despite the threat.

"Oh fuck." She's almost screwed as she tries to crawl away. "fuckfckfuckfuck... Shit."

She uses the last bit of Ribi's magic from her staff to teleport somewhere unseen to recover.

Eddie shows Remy where she is.

'northeast hidden behind a false wall.'

[deceitanon]

{Remy melts into the shadows and appears right behind The Author, grabbing her harshly}

“This ends now fucker.”

{Remy teleports them in front of the group, letting them hit her}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

She squirms and tries to get away and in the process reveals her true form. She's a shadow chimera. Rare and powerful, and she's misused it.

Eddie grins when he sees her. "Finally. Finally meeting face to face." Eddie communicates through thought again.

She's related to his mother. Shunned a long time ago.

"You face the end. One question you earn."

"I'll see you in hell."

"Not a question. Just a waste of words... I think I'll be somewhere different. Somewhere with my lovers and friends... Goodbye Hyther."

Starie and this timeline's Remy grab her hands and she shatters.

...

Eddie speaks one last time.

"You only have a few more moments here... One more question, my seeker?"

Time seems to have stopped around them as Starie gives them a pocket dimension to speak privately in.

"I think you'll find more peace with certain questions."

[deceitanon]

“This half soul… Why is it so important”

{Remy pulls Eddie into a hold, his lips hovering over his neck, yearning for his Eddie, but still loves this one just as much}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into Remy's touch as he frowns and answers.

"To save me... The scars I have? I would have died without the half soul... two months. good luck."

Eddie brings him into a deep kiss as teal tears stain Remy's clothes... Then he's gone.

--

Eddie falls to the ground and sobs.

This timeline's Remy comes in and holds him.

--------

The ending... Now we return to the main timeline :)

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[deceitanon]

“I’m… ready I think”

{Remy leans in to Kiss Eddie}

“We got this…”

“Right?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"yes." He sounds confident.

"My prophecy. My Seeker. My answer. It'll be okay."

"Let's begin the end."

[deceitanon]

{Remy grabs the shard and takes deep breath}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

As soon as Remy grabs the shard they get whipped out to where everyone is.

This timeline's Remy immediately forces the weapons from his hands and lunges for his soul.

When he gets it back he feels his control return.

He says nothing as he pants heavy and stomps on the ground shattering the illusion.

There stands The Author. She backs away.

"You fuckers! Get the fuck away!"

She summons throwing knives and throws them at each person.

Upon the dimension being shattered everyone turns back.

Eddie shows Remy what happens next and how to correct it through their connection returned.

Grab the knives and toss them back. This timeline's Remy will rush behind her.

She'll teleport away. Find her.

She stole Ribi's staff. She can teleport, summon small weapons, and weaken people who are within six feet of her.

Starie attempts to grab The Author with her shadows, but she moves too fast.

[deceitanon]

“Welcome Back Handsome, ready to fight the Author~”

{Remy flirts with himself, before locking in, Remy looks around for the Author, summoning chains of electric energy shaped into chains}

{He sucks the Authors kinetic energy as much as he can out of her}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Ready as ever~"

The Author falls to ground. "Fuck you!" She attempts to get up, but Starie holds her down with her shadow.

"SHIT." She pants heavily and uses Ribi staff to teleport before this Remy can get her.

"Get the fuck away. I can use you all as puppets if you don't stop now." She's bluffing and Eddie communicates that to Remy.

Starie is quick to drag her towards the group and and void Ribi's staff despite the threat.

"Oh fuck." She's almost screwed as she tries to crawl away. "fuckfckfuckfuck... Shit."

She uses the last bit of Ribi's magic from her staff to teleport somewhere unseen to recover.

Eddie shows Remy where she is.

'northeast hidden behind a false wall.'

[deceitanon]

{Remy melts into the shadows and appears right behind The Author, grabbing her harshly}

“This ends now fucker.”

{Remy teleports them in front of the group, letting them hit her}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

She squirms and tries to get away and in the process reveals her true form. She's a shadow chimera. Rare and powerful, and she's misused it.

Eddie grins when he sees her. "Finally. Finally meeting face to face." Eddie communicates through thought again.

She's related to his mother. Shunned a long time ago.

"You face the end. One question you earn."

"I'll see you in hell."

"Not a question. Just a waste of words... I think I'll be somewhere different. Somewhere with my lovers and friends... Goodbye Hyther."

Starie and this timeline's Remy grab her hands and she shatters.

...

Eddie speaks one last time.

"You only have a few more moments here... One more question, my seeker?"

Time seems to have stopped around them as Starie gives them a pocket dimension to speak privately in.

"I think you'll find more peace with certain questions."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[deceitanon]

“I’m… ready I think”

{Remy leans in to Kiss Eddie}

“We got this…”

“Right?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"yes." He sounds confident.

"My prophecy. My Seeker. My answer. It'll be okay."

"Let's begin the end."

[deceitanon]

{Remy grabs the shard and takes deep breath}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

As soon as Remy grabs the shard they get whipped out to where everyone is.

This timeline's Remy immediately forces the weapons from his hands and lunges for his soul.

When he gets it back he feels his control return.

He says nothing as he pants heavy and stomps on the ground shattering the illusion.

There stands The Author. She backs away.

"You fuckers! Get the fuck away!"

She summons throwing knives and throws them at each person.

Upon the dimension being shattered everyone turns back.

Eddie shows Remy what happens next and how to correct it through their connection returned.

Grab the knives and toss them back. This timeline's Remy will rush behind her.

She'll teleport away. Find her.

She stole Ribi's staff. She can teleport, summon small weapons, and weaken people who are within six feet of her.

Starie attempts to grab The Author with her shadows, but she moves too fast.

[deceitanon]

“Welcome Back Handsome, ready to fight the Author~”

{Remy flirts with himself, before locking in, Remy looks around for the Author, summoning chains of electric energy shaped into chains}

{He sucks the Authors kinetic energy as much as he can out of her}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Ready as ever~"

The Author falls to ground. "Fuck you!" She attempts to get up, but Starie holds her down with her shadow.

"SHIT." She pants heavily and uses Ribi staff to teleport before this Remy can get her.

"Get the fuck away. I can use you all as puppets if you don't stop now." She's bluffing and Eddie communicates that to Remy.

Starie is quick to drag her towards the group and and void Ribi's staff despite the threat.

"Oh fuck." She's almost screwed as she tries to crawl away. "fuckfckfuckfuck... Shit."

She uses the last bit of Ribi's magic from her staff to teleport somewhere unseen to recover.

Eddie shows Remy where she is.

'northeast hidden behind a false wall.'

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[deceitanon]

“I’m… ready I think”

{Remy leans in to Kiss Eddie}

“We got this…”

“Right?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"yes." He sounds confident.

"My prophecy. My Seeker. My answer. It'll be okay."

"Let's begin the end."

[deceitanon]

{Remy grabs the shard and takes deep breath}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

As soon as Remy grabs the shard they get whipped out to where everyone is.

This timeline's Remy immediately forces the weapons from his hands and lunges for his soul.

When he gets it back he feels his control return.

He says nothing as he pants heavy and stomps on the ground shattering the illusion.

There stands The Author. She backs away.

"You fuckers! Get the fuck away!"

She summons throwing knives and throws them at each person.

Upon the dimension being shattered everyone turns back.

Eddie shows Remy what happens next and how to correct it through their connection returned.

Grab the knives and toss them back. This timeline's Remy will rush behind her.

She'll teleport away. Find her.

She stole Ribi's staff. She can teleport, summon small weapons, and weaken people who are within six feet of her.

Starie attempts to grab The Author with her shadows, but she moves too fast.

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[deceitanon]

“I’m… ready I think”

{Remy leans in to Kiss Eddie}

“We got this…”

“Right?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"yes." He sounds confident.

"My prophecy. My Seeker. My answer. It'll be okay."

"Let's begin the end."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[deceitanon]

“Well shit..”

“Guessing the end is near with that…”

“Whats going to happen next… Will I fight Remy? The Author?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"That's an easy question."

Eddie walks over to the platforms and looks up.

"Right now my Remy is fighting against The Author, because he knows his soul is almost there. He's nearby... When he gets his soul back both of you will be able to break the pocket dimension and see the real her. She's weak without her control, and she only has that through surprise."

He pauses. "Her weakness is prediction." He smiles. "She didn't plan for me to be here. I am though."

He takes a deep breath. "Ready to face the known to see the unknown, my seeker?... As soon as you grab the soul we will be face to face with my Remy. I think you know what to do."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[deceitanon]

{Remy has a mischievous grin, handing one of his shards to Eddie as he uses his connection to distance shard to teleport next to it, grabbing it}

“got it!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins and giggles. "The author never planned for that~ One more then."

He looks over at the platforms.

"It'll be over soon........."

He has mixed emotions about it.

"When I found out I could look at other timelines and I saw yours I was so happy to know it could be fixed... And I see that in your timeline I feel so happy that I fixed it."

He turns back to Remy. "Sadly this is your last chance to use your question... You'll see why soon."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[deceitanon]

“….that soul is connected to myself right?”

{Remy thinks for a moment}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pauses. "That soul shard is for my Remy, yes... The false soul you have only the half... You uh.. You'll learn what happened to the other half as time goes in yours."

What happened to the other half of it?

"I don't think you meant that question as one of your three... I won't count it."

He holds onto his staff again.

"I can't stop you from how you use your questions... Be wary of what you'll learn is all."

He 'stares' at the shard across the obstacles. He still has his eyes covered, but he seems to see it regardless.

"You can do this."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[deceitanon]

“Wherever you are babes, I’m home, as fucking corny as that is”

{Remy pulls Eddie into another yearning kiss}

“I know it will be okay, because we are fucking awesome and good at makin it work”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "There will be a lot to make work... I know you'll understand in the future of your timeline."

He takes a deep breath and pulls Remy to the obstacle course.

It's actually pretty simple. "You just jump to the platforms, and swing from bar to bar."

The soul shard is right at the end.

"The problem is getting back with it."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and keeps the extra shard safe, pulling Eddie closer and sighs}

“Fuck babes okay.. okay.. I’ll keep it safe.. just please stop using you predictions.. I want you to see your Remy in person at least once…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie clings onto Remy. Being blind seems to calm him down.

"I'm sorry... I promised not to be risky. Still kept that, but sometimes it's still hard."

He buries his face into Remy's chest. "It's strange... Knowing things will be okay, and yet still seeing when they don't."

He stays for a bit before pulling away. "Wish I could stay like this, but you have your own timeline to go back to. Your own view of what happens... I know yours too... It'll be okay."

...

"My answer... I don't want you to get too homesick..."

He needs to move on. If he doesn't then Remy may use that last question.

"Yeah?" He smiles sadly again.

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[deceitanon]

“No. No”

{Remy shakes his head and starts tearing up again, everything he knows about himself. He’s always been 100% about is his fucking soul.}

“If there is a replica- they can still fucking control me-“

{Remy falters and takes a step away}

“Even if Remy has his full soul. If there is a replica pulsing with the same damn energy core.”

“Then there is a change of that Remy to be puppeted from time to time.”



[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie knew he'd have to explain more, but it feels different seeing and feeling it head first.

"It's not the same... A replica of any soul is not attached to the person. Wh-which is good in some ways and horrifying in others..."

His blind eye drips teal as he feels memories of possibilities.

"One cannot control you through it, and it can replace a shattered soul..." He laughs nervously.

"Any damaged soul of any species can be healed through false souls E-Except the soul it is a replica of... You need it. Please..." He knew this moment was coming, and he prepared for it.

"I knew this moment. I prepared for it, and yet feeling and being here..."

"Remy... I-It'll be fine. You're fine... Take it. Please..."

Eddie won't admit it to Remy. He won't tell him why he'll need it.

He pauses and takes deep breaths. "I can't let that future happen. I can't stop seeing it. Please... If you have that. You can stop it."

He coughs up teal blood as the future of it forces it's way into his mind.

"I'll be fine.." He wraps his eyes in bandages. "If I can't physically see then I need to focus on prediction of my steps... It stops this."

The burden of seeing the future is the burden of seeing the bad and the good of every situation. Some are too heavy to carry.

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pauses and stares at the shard}

“No.. what? Eddie babes this extra shard isn’t possible- it’s my soul. We can’t just have extra pieces around… I’m surprised that my soul ain’t fucked up right now being closed to Your Remy’s soul.”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie hums in thought.

"Well. It's right there, isn't it? It's half a soul. We already have three fourths of my Remy's... No it isn't stolen, but yes it is in a way your soul..."

He sighs. "I don't know how, or why. With many things. But at some point a copy of your soul was made. I... Can't figure it out. It bugs me that I can't. That's half of it."

His eyes glow, and that halo covers his eyes once again. He seems to be trying so hard to figure it out once again, and he stops when teal starts dripping from his blind eye.

"I can't... I want to know how. I can't even tell when. It's too convoluted." He shakes the frustration away.

"I'm trying to stop questioning it. I really am... Bc I know it's important. I--.. Just keep it close. Trust me. You'll need it."

He stares at the obstacle...

"Don't question it too much, my seeker. For once my only answer is you."

"It's always you."

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[deceitanon]

“Sexy? Don’t tease me now~ I just got done cuddling with you in my timeline, I’m always yearning for more with you~”

{Remy reads the text}

“for the platforms you have to jump to the square, circle, square, triangle, then circle, you'll reach the top if gone in that order…”

“It’s spelt wrong but I get it” {Remy chuckles}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "I know more about your Eddie than I'll let on, my seeker~" What does that mean?

"Anyhow. Platforms next?"

The paper test spits out a decently sized shard.

"That's an extra shard. I reckon you should keep that~" He knows Remy will need it later.

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[deceitanon]

{Remy groans and looks at the paper test}

“Let’s get the paper one done and over”

{Remy holds the shard closely and moves over to the paper test}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

It's jumbled text... except it keeps shifting how it's jumbled. Occasionally it does form the word, but it quickly vanishes.

eor het altporfms ouy have ot umpj to the uarerq , irclec, uarerq , angltrie, and enth irclec. You'll ahrec the top if oneg in that drero.

Signed; Goodluck.

Eddie smiles. "I can give you the easy answer, but it's fun to see you work that sexy brain of yours~"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.

[deceitanon]

“Oh fuck, a paper test?? It’s like she hates me or something”

{Remy said playfully as he lets Eddie guide him through the maze}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles with his closed eyes. "I can give you the answers, but I think you'll find why I actually can't."

They get through the maze with general ease.

A small shard.

"There we go... Wanna know something? We are in multiple people's minds right now each trial is a person's mind... Virva's mind seems interconnected somehow. I do not know why, but I know what happens." Doesn't know why, just what.

He guides them back out the maze which is a different path.

"Now. You choose what's next~" He smirks as he looks at the paper test.

[livewire-whysearchforme]

@deceitanon guess we are on thread two for this account too]]]

Volt immediately rushes to hug Logan. Starie is quick after. "Logan.." They both hold tightly.

Ribi laughs. "Well that was fast."

Ribi shifts back to her original form.. well.

She has small stubs of horns and white goat legs. Her wings are also far larger... Is she taller?

"Finally. Though I think I will forever like tuna now." Virva gets bigger again and body body shifts to a more human shape, not there yet though.

Ribi stretches her wings... Is that. That has to be over 20ft wing span.

[deceitanon]

“Damn, yall look different from my timeline, in a good way, still very hot~”

{Remy chuckles and takes a deep breath, he secretly holds Eddie’s hand}

“What’s next.. before the Author gets any bad ideas”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie takes a deep breath... "We need to enter other people's mindscapes now."

He paused for a bit. "Which I uh... As long as we are both sleep and the person is nearby I figured out how to do it on my own." How the fuck?

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks shocked and tenses slightly}

“Damn! Really babes?! Hopefully I got to teach you how to do that~”

“Alright who’s first”

[eddie-volt-multiverse]

Eddie notices how he tenses, but leaves it for now. "You did..."

He leaves it at that for now

"how about me first?" Ribi speaks up. "I have a feeling I'll be a good start."

[deceitanon]

{Remy nods}

“Ready?”

{if they agree, Remy and Eddie both use their abilities to dive into Ribi’s mindscape}

“I’m hoping this will be easy…”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There's a maze.

Remy can feel the other's soul in the middle. Ribi doesn't seem to have access to this part of her mind.

"Well shit... Hmm"

He closes his eyes for several minutes and Remy can see his eyes eyes flicker like they would in the rem cycle.

Remy can't hear what Eddie is thinking. Even in here.

"Trust me." Eddie keeps his eyes closed as he gently pulls Remy into the maze.

He has gained so much control of his own mind that even Remy has extreme difficulty reading it. But why?

...

"Before you ask why you can't read me. You taught me. It keeps the author confused luckily enough." His eyes are still closed as he walks through the massive maze.

He knew Remy would question it in the past.

[deceitanon]

{Remy blinks in surprise, but follow Eddie, letting him drag Leo along}

"Yknow what fair enough, seem like your Remy is a good teacher~ I wonder what the difference between me and him are"

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie talks as he walks through the vast maze.

"there is no difference... I can tell." He chuckles.

"I cannot tell the others yet, but you can know... In the future you help me become the concept of prophecy..." He grins with his closed eyes.

"Only you know. And you will know when you get back, but this time when I become it again we will not end up here. I can see all of time, yet I am not time. And even with seeing it all, I am limited in to how it can use."

He pauses to let Remy process things.

"That's why I cannot tell the others... I can know all that will and has happened, but I cannot say or use it. So I choose to know what only I need at the time... Like how to get through this maze by seeing all possible routes we would take and how certain ones lead to death."

Remy arrives at the center of the maze. The soul shard looks to be a whole sixth of the soulball.

"And here we are." He opens his eyes which glow teal for a few seconds and calm down.

"I'm sure you want to ask questions, my life. I can only say the truth, but that does not mean I am bound to answer." He picks up the shard and hands it to Remy.

"You cannot tell anyone of this either. No one else is to ever know unless it is by my word." He still has the same loving look towards Remy as he's had since the first dream they met.

Same person. Always will be.

[deceitanon]

{Remy holds his shard closely and pulls Eddie into a kiss}

“I promise to keep this a secret babes~ anything you can give me for the future in my timeline~”

“Doesn’t have to be important, just something juicy~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss. He misses his Remy, but he knows this is the same Remy.

"Maybe~" He says with a smirk.

He closes his eyes and glowing teal halo completely covers them.

There's a buzz coming from it.

"Hmm... Ooo. I can mess with you on this one~ Another concept besides me will form~"

The halo disappears like shards flying away.

"Shall we continue forth or do you have more questions, my seeker?" He chuckles.

[deceitanon]

“Yknow… you’ll always be my dreamer, no matter what you turn into…”

{Remy murmured lovingly}

“And yes~ give me the winning lottery numbers and we can call this whole thing even”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "I'll always be yours. Even beyond timelines and dimensions and death... Every world I see I am yours." He speaks confidently and laughs.

"I think that's worth more than a lottery number... I love you."

He gives a light kiss. "Wanna go now, my answer?" He speaks as there's no rush.

"Mindscapes made by The Author do not move with time."

He knows a lot now. He could know everything if he wished.

[deceitanon]

“Hmmmm I still would like the numbers I’m jokin’ let’s go My Fortune Teller~”

{Remy chuckles and follows Eddie}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them out of Ribi's mind and immediately hides every teal glow.

"We got it!~ Now... Who wants to go next?"

Virva doesn't reply.

Starie grins. "Maybe me now? Or does someone else want to go?"

Volt is cuddling with Logan.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks over at Virva.. having a feeling hers is going to be toughest one, but he turns to Stair}

“Oh fuck yes! Space mindscape!”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie brings them into Starie's mindscape.

They float in a void of stars.

There are platforms to grab and push off of and what looks like to be traps on nearly all of them.

"Hmm..." Teal glow, but this time several halo's surround him. This one is difficult.

"I must not be involved in this challenge. I will not say why."

"Three four six eight twelve sixteen." He lists numbers. There are twenty platforms. That seems to be all he can say.

[deceitanon]

{Remy’s falters, and he’s not very good with puzzles right now}

“Fuck- umm”

{He jumps and grabs the first platform}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie floats in the Void and watches.

"You can do this, my seeker... You can get it."

The platforms are ordered in a certain pattern. They aren't labeled, but certain platforms have curved edges.

Those ones match the pattern Eddie said.

[deceitanon]

{Remy sees the curved edges and blinks}

“Oh, I get it”

{he jumps to the curved edges platforms}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

There are no traps on the curved platforms. Once at the top he can see a small shard of the soul. It isn't much, but it's one more to the whole.

Eddie smiles. "There we go... Need a moment?"

It's now that Remy can truly take in Eddie's appearance with the down time.

He has teal marks from his eyes down to his cheek like ruined mascara, only Remy can see that it seems.

He now wears mostly dark blue, green, and grey now, but right now he also wears a dark blue cloak.

His hair is longer and tied half up and he now has a clean shaven face. His right eye is glowing copper like his chimera self.

It seems he has his internal chimera features, but his external features were stolen. He has scars in all of those places now. His cat fur is now a calico pattern of black, whites, and blue toned grey. He is missing his bat features.

His left eye is white and cloudy and his right arm isn't quite the same... As if it isn't real.

He has a scar that goes from his left eye to his right arm. He smells strongly of both lapis lazuli and copper instead of just a light copper smell.

[deceitanon]

{Remy pulls Eddie closer immediately and kisses him deeper}

“Fuck, look at you babes~ you finally got your form~ and it’s perfect on you”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie leans into the kiss then smiles sadly. "Yes... My form..."

He got it.. just to lose most of it again.

"My form..." He misses it again he sighs. "We should continue, yeah?"

He adjusts the cloak tighter.

"You'll get to go.. home after all of this. Then both of these timelines will be good again."

He knows what happens to him in the future of his timeline. He can't change that.

"You'll see this me again..." He takes a deep breath a puts on a smile that would only be noticed as fake to someone like Remy.

Eddie's better, but only with how he handles things.

[deceitanon]

“Wait, wait.”

“Why do you say that like you will die soon.”

“Babes…”

“My Dreamer…”

{Remy Pulls him back into an embrace}

“You are burdened to see what others can’t.. let me be your ears then.. speak to me”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Remy..."

He pauses.

"I don't die... I never die... Predictions live forever..." He takes a deep breath.

"I'm blind in my left eye. My right arm is a prosthetic made by Virgil and I. All my chimera features were taken..."

He pulls away. "I can't say more. I can't change your timeline like that. My past self can't know why. There's no way to avoid it even with the knowledge... Knowing would just hurt more."

He breathes heavily.

[deceitanon]

“Predictions aren’t permanent babes, and what of Pattton? She can heal shit 10x worse than that”

{Remy seems confused}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie falls silent and shows the scars more clearly.

It's got an unbreakable spell on it. Whatever did this? It wanted to make sure Eddie never forgot.

"I... I think I can get my chimera features once I get out of here, but I am not sure of it... I .. I can't see that... Why can't I see that? Why can't I see my own future?"

He hadn't thought about it til now.

He taps his foot and they retreat to his own mind.

It's got an entire house now. A field.

He stumbles in and curls up on the couch.

... It's unclear if he's shut down, processing it, or having a breakdown. Remy can't read his mind anymore.

There's a tall teal woven wood staff laid on the coffee table.

[deceitanon]

“It’s weird yknow.. not being able to read your mind anymore… I kinda miss that connection, but I understand why”

“Maybe… if we fuse? Like we used too.. you’ll be able to see your future”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie rolls over and looks up at him. He let's Remy read his mind this time.

Disconnection from humanity. Constant fear of messing up timelines. The severe need for Remy. Missing his old body. Missing home.

He can't read much else though.

Eddie shifts and pulls Remy on top of him. "Please... Fuse?" His tears glow teal... He hasn't been allowed to cry around the others, has he? They'd know if so.

His cloak falls off even though he tries to keep it on. "nonono..."

He has large glowing sheer teal feathered wings.

They drip teal blood.

"..." Eddie falls silent for awhile.

"Fuse?" He sounds desperate now.

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks down at him lovingly, kissing him deeply as he presses his body deeply against Eddie’s}

“Let’s fuse”

“I’m here now my Dreamer, my seer, my savior~”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie pulls him closer and they fuse easily. It's like he's done it so many times that it's easy for him.

Remy can see his and Eddie's futures.

Eddie sees his first.

Eddie doesn't get his eye or arm healed. He ends up fully blind, but he gains his chimera features back and doesn't need sight to get around. Remy can feel how his chimera self could smell and feel the surroundings easily without sight. His tongue works similar to Ethos's

What's important is that everyone is still with Eddie and Volt. Alive and happy... Even when the hard times come back, they all have each other. In fact. The loft gets expanded. It fits everyone.

Eddie smiles and feels happy tears roll down his face.

Eddie doesn't let Remy see his past though.

Remy sees his future too...

[deceitanon]

{For the First time, Remy doesn’t want to know his, he feels content in his present to enjoy what he knows now}

“Look like you and Ethos are similar more than ever”

“.. how are you feeling my Prophet”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"Good. I feel good... Thank you, my seeker."

He takes a deep breath and sits up.

"You want to stay here for a bit?... Or do you want to go to the next mind?"

He's walking them out to the kitchen regardless and makes coffee exactly how Remy likes it. "I know I could just summon it, but I like making it for you..."

Makes it more personal.

Eddie stumbles a bit and he grabs his staff.

Remy can feel that Eddie's legs are weak.

"Gotten used to it, don't worry." He seems content.

In fact for the most part he is content with himself. He misses things, and has problems, but overall Remy can tell he truly does love himself now.

"It's nice to fuse with you again... been eight years."

[deceitanon]

{Remy wishes to see the day where he disappeared but he doesn’t push it}

“Eight years.. I can’t believe it’s been that long for you.. I promise we will get your Remy back my Dreamer”

“You make me coffee?? This really is the future”

{Remy laughs}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie chuckles. "And in your timeline you won't disappear. Everything else will be the same... I'll become this, and the other I mentioned will still change too."

He sits them on the couch and rests legs. "Of course I make you coffee silly~ I'd do anything for you, my answer."

"We'll get him back. Things will be hard, but they'll play out right."

He sighs as he summons and drinks a chocolate coconut latte.

"Figured out my favorite finally." He chuckles. "Still decaf."

[deceitanon]

“Ooo~ heavily noted~ I’ll have to let My Eddie try that then~”

{Remy does miss his timeline, he feels slightly homesick}

“Eddie…”

{he looks at their hand, realizing he hasn’t even proposed to Eddie, he pauses, he sees Logan’s ring in their hand..}

“I love you yknow? So much”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie notices. "I know. I know very well, my seeker..." He takes a deep breath.

"Don't worry about what you're thinking... I can tell you that your Eddie knows just the same as me as how much you love us."

He pauses for a bit and holds their hands together.

"It was three years after we met Ethos that you disappeared."

It's been two years. It went by so fast.

No one even thought about how much time had passed, did they?

"It's been eleven years of us all knowing each other... I never stopped looking for a way to get you back."

... "No one stopped. No one gave up. No one planned for this."

He sighs. "I'm the only one who knows vaguely how this plays out, and that's a heavy burden to carry. I'm glad I'm the one carrying it instead of someone else." He handles it well all things considered.

"Give me three questions. I will answer them truthfully."

He's well aware of how Remy is feeling right now. Feeling it is different though.

"You'll get to go home soon, my prophecy."

His answer. His seeker. His prophecy.

[deceitanon]

“How.. do I get kidnapped?”

{Remy thinks more about it, wanting to know, to be able to stop it if it happens in his timeline}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie take a deep sharp breath.

"That is a rough question... The author does have a physical form, but I'm the only one who knows of it... Yet I can't tell anyone."

He pauses. "The real question though... I was in the corner opposite to the door in my workshop. I couldn't see it, and back then I didn't really use my powers. I know what happened now, and I wish I stopped it... "

"She walked through the wall behind you and grabbed you. You transformed into your kitsune form, because she was strong enough to weaken your powers. You couldn't get to your full size. She dragged you by your tails out the door after slashing you up. You were severely injured... "

"Before she walked through the wall to this place you bit off your paw leaving a shard of your soul with it. I hid it so people wouldn't know about your secret, back then I wasn't sure if even then you'd want people to know."

He takes a deep breath. "You are still injured here. Partly why you are used as a puppet is that she keeps you injured."

[deceitanon]

{Remy takes a deep breath and nods}

“heavily noted- I…will watch my back then”

“Fuck- that’s so lame, wish I put up more of a fight”

“Two more questions”

“Hmmmm Any hints on how I can help heal your past self to your real form?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie grins. "There we go. Was waiting for you to ask."

He pauses to think of the words. "The cost of prophecy is a trial of the soul. One must prove their strength in many forms..."

"Preservation, logic, creativity, control of ones mind, right from wrong, learn of truth, ability to face what makes no sense. I must master all."

He grins. "Finally. Self love. Acceptance. And truthfulness to one's self."

"I'm sure you can gather what it means."

[deceitanon]

“Well you got the literal embodiment of most of those…”

{Remy kisses his own hand so he can kiss Eddie}

“We got this”

“Last question… hmmm I don’t know”

“Can I save that last one?”

[livewire-whysearchforme]

"You may."

Eddie grins.

"I do. That is why I am here today. You teach me control of my mind, and I grow further in every sense of strengths... Yet I cannot show what I am." He chuckles a little. "Though soon I will."

Eddie sighs and picks up his staff.

"Let me show you something."

He leaves the house and goes behind a tree. there lies a... small box.

Eddie picks it up and opens it. "I found it in the same paw that held the shard."

It has a ring in it. "You were planning. You didn't get to. I knew I'd get you back, but I knew it'd be years. I'd wait a million years if it meant seeing you again."

He places it back down and grows the forget me not flowers back.

"My seeker, My answer, My prophecy. You are always by my side no matter what timeline. Even in death we would lay side by side. You are my answer, you are prophecy, and you seek me no matter how far."

He sighs. "Time moves. Even when it's not."

He can't stay here forever.

"Do... you want anything more, my seeker? Anything. Before we continue."

[deceitanon]

{There is a moment of silence}

{Remy laughs while tears build up in their eyes}

“Fucking hell babes”

“You’re perfect, I knew i was right when I fought against everything Tyme put me through.. I knew that moment you saw me in your dreams. You were the one, you and everyone here”

“I just need you, I have everything I need after that”

{Remy hugs themselves}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles. And hugs tighter as more tears build up.

"I feel the same... I love you so so much, and I'll fight gods to get you back... You'll.. see what's next though."

He's implying it'll be hard.

"We will get through this, and in your timeline it'll be better." He huffs a small laugh and wipes away their tears.

"I think you'll make good use of that question, and I'm not looking into the future of that." He sniffles and kis their hand.

"Let's go then, my seeker..."

Eddie summon their cloak to hide their wings snd hides the teal glow then turns his staff into a cane.

Then their back outside.

He talks with a soft smile. "Who wishes to go next?"

[deceitanon]

{Remy looks more confident as he leans up against Eddie as an habit of his}

“Vivi? Babes you wanna go next?”

{Remy offers noticing how quiet she has been}

[livewire-whysearchforme]

Eddie smiles as Remy leans up against him and looks over at Virva.

"Yeah That sounds good."

Eddie grins. "Alright see you again in a bit, my love~"

Another foot tap and they are in Virva's mindscape.

Her's is... interesting.

It's incoherent in what exactly the challenge is. A maze, platforms, obisticals, and what looks like a paper test??

Eddie sighs. "Yep. Here we go."

He gets that teal halo again.

"Let's do the maze first."

He guides Remy through it like the first time.