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Gummi Bunnies
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{Focusing on the events with "Diabolic Esper" Add and Kofuku Ebisu after the events of Civil War.}
Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of a
sure beginning.
---
"... alright, I should try again."
In the dimension void from existing time, a lone esper stood there by a holographic console. Add had no other things swirling in his head other than the fact that he must try this experiment again. Ever since the events that transpired with the Coalition and all of that, he felt that he had become a different person. His allegiance towards the Blood Institute had gone astray, he caused the death of an old friend, he corrupted himself with the Dark El's power... He regretted all of this. Unlike what you would think of an unstable man like Add, the overwhelming power had been the wake-up call that he needed. He didn't drown in his insane tendencies, and rather realized his wrongs.
Surely his mother wouldn't agree with what he had done in recent times, and his newfound power that drained anyone near him out of their lives... Add felt at a loss due to this. He knew that it wasn't virtually possible to have a normal life once he had figured out how to traverse back to his original time era. It was like all of the work and effort he was putting into this was only to be good enough to speak with his mother one last time. He couldn't afford to stay in the past for too long, for he didn't want to bring down death upon to her another time... just like how it went down before.
A voice echoed in his head. He recognized the presence that lingered with the Dark El within him. The phantom that coexisted with Elesis. He remembered on how his Dark El had practically stripped Elesis of her Dark El... resulting with her death and her phantom becoming a part of him. Something about this partnership felt complicated, seeing that they weren't on the best of terms, but due to the circumstances, Add and this phantom were nothing more than partners trying to make a decent living without having the corrupt Dark El create ruin and devastation wherever they go.
"Yes. Do that. This may be the time that my experiment will succeed."
Taking a deep breath, Add inputted the commands to start the opening of a specific time rift. He was sure to get the numbers right for his calculations, and that it should be the right parameters in order to return to his original time. Many times that he's done this, and Add felt so sure that he would be able to return with ease. However, it wasn't the case with his past attempts, and that was what caused him to lose his sanity... At least now, Add was aware that it was hard to pinpoint the right time, and knew better than to let the frustration take him over.
A spark of purple light appeared in front of him, and in no time, a rift was made into reality. Opening up, the imagery shown through the gap was immediately recognizable to the esper. No doubt it was what resembled his old bedroom as a child, before he had been whisked away into another timeline...
"... this has to be it. It has to be."
Add mumbled to himself as he crept towards the rift, stepping through to get a better examination of the room. It had to be the right time, everything felt similar to the fateful night where his village fell to ruin. The esper eyed his past self sleeping at a candlelit desk, a journal wrapped into the arms of the sleeping child. The memories seared into Add's mind, there was no doubt that he finally uncovered his past timeline.
Tempted by his genuine curiosity, he slowly stepped over to get a closer look at his past self, wanting to ensure this past self of his that everything will be fine. The poor child had no idea on what was up for him in the future, and that it would eventually lead him to the path that this esper has taken if nothing was done about the upcoming tragedy...
Before he could get any closer to his past self, the surroundings that was this room began to fall apart like a dissolving reality. This wasn't accounted for, and surely this wasn't a programmed part of his time travel devices and powers.
N... No!! I have to stay here, I need to keep myself here to prevent it from happening! I... I can't allow it to happen!
Feeling himself being pulled away as if his point of gravity had changed, Add lightly managed to wrap his arms around his past self in a gentle hug.
"Stay safe... you and your mother..."
The esper managed to whisper this into the ears of his past self, hoping that this would be enough to ensure a happy outcome for himself and his mother. After this, he felt like he were being whisked away into another timeline.
That feeling was correct. The abruptness of the transition into another timeline was enough to knock Add out completely. Unaware of the circumstances for this, his thoughts lingered on a single other person, someone other than his mother. Something about this was enough to accidentally override his time rift control, and send him to this other person.
Out like a light, Add muttered out a name he hasn't said in a long time...
"K... Kofuku-chan..."
@Hospes
Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of a
sure beginning.
---
"... alright, I should try again."
In the dimension void from existing time, a lone esper stood there by a holographic console. Add had no other things swirling in his head other than the fact that he must try this experiment again. Ever since the events that transpired with the Coalition and all of that, he felt that he had become a different person. His allegiance towards the Blood Institute had gone astray, he caused the death of an old friend, he corrupted himself with the Dark El's power... He regretted all of this. Unlike what you would think of an unstable man like Add, the overwhelming power had been the wake-up call that he needed. He didn't drown in his insane tendencies, and rather realized his wrongs.
Surely his mother wouldn't agree with what he had done in recent times, and his newfound power that drained anyone near him out of their lives... Add felt at a loss due to this. He knew that it wasn't virtually possible to have a normal life once he had figured out how to traverse back to his original time era. It was like all of the work and effort he was putting into this was only to be good enough to speak with his mother one last time. He couldn't afford to stay in the past for too long, for he didn't want to bring down death upon to her another time... just like how it went down before.
"So if you're going to try this again, guess I have to keep the Dark El from swarming out."
A voice echoed in his head. He recognized the presence that lingered with the Dark El within him. The phantom that coexisted with Elesis. He remembered on how his Dark El had practically stripped Elesis of her Dark El... resulting with her death and her phantom becoming a part of him. Something about this partnership felt complicated, seeing that they weren't on the best of terms, but due to the circumstances, Add and this phantom were nothing more than partners trying to make a decent living without having the corrupt Dark El create ruin and devastation wherever they go.
"Yes. Do that. This may be the time that my experiment will succeed."
Taking a deep breath, Add inputted the commands to start the opening of a specific time rift. He was sure to get the numbers right for his calculations, and that it should be the right parameters in order to return to his original time. Many times that he's done this, and Add felt so sure that he would be able to return with ease. However, it wasn't the case with his past attempts, and that was what caused him to lose his sanity... At least now, Add was aware that it was hard to pinpoint the right time, and knew better than to let the frustration take him over.
A spark of purple light appeared in front of him, and in no time, a rift was made into reality. Opening up, the imagery shown through the gap was immediately recognizable to the esper. No doubt it was what resembled his old bedroom as a child, before he had been whisked away into another timeline...
"... this has to be it. It has to be."
Add mumbled to himself as he crept towards the rift, stepping through to get a better examination of the room. It had to be the right time, everything felt similar to the fateful night where his village fell to ruin. The esper eyed his past self sleeping at a candlelit desk, a journal wrapped into the arms of the sleeping child. The memories seared into Add's mind, there was no doubt that he finally uncovered his past timeline.
Tempted by his genuine curiosity, he slowly stepped over to get a closer look at his past self, wanting to ensure this past self of his that everything will be fine. The poor child had no idea on what was up for him in the future, and that it would eventually lead him to the path that this esper has taken if nothing was done about the upcoming tragedy...
Before he could get any closer to his past self, the surroundings that was this room began to fall apart like a dissolving reality. This wasn't accounted for, and surely this wasn't a programmed part of his time travel devices and powers.
N... No!! I have to stay here, I need to keep myself here to prevent it from happening! I... I can't allow it to happen!
Feeling himself being pulled away as if his point of gravity had changed, Add lightly managed to wrap his arms around his past self in a gentle hug.
"Stay safe... you and your mother..."
The esper managed to whisper this into the ears of his past self, hoping that this would be enough to ensure a happy outcome for himself and his mother. After this, he felt like he were being whisked away into another timeline.
That feeling was correct. The abruptness of the transition into another timeline was enough to knock Add out completely. Unaware of the circumstances for this, his thoughts lingered on a single other person, someone other than his mother. Something about this was enough to accidentally override his time rift control, and send him to this other person.
Out like a light, Add muttered out a name he hasn't said in a long time...
"K... Kofuku-chan..."
@Hospes