Noel turned away from Her spatial construct after transporting Calabro inside with her grandson. She was accompanied by Tiga, Nushi, and Nixi; the rest of the women were all busy getting ready to leave.
"I think this is a bit harsh for even me. There is no way that the two of them are ever going to get out of there! I don't take our grandson's side very often, but throwing the bull-headed creature in there with him!" Nixi growled as they all turned back to the apartment.
"If that creature is to come with us, then Mex is going to have to beat some sense into it," Noel said without batting an eye as she strode forward.
The shorter Nixi walked beside her, but the other two girls fell back from them. Tiga seemed distressed, but Nushi knew precisely what the problem was.
Though, that, in turn, was the real problem.
Nushi could see into others' minds and even predict what they would do next. What she couldn't do was alter them, and there was something cr
Nushi was standing on a beach, in a castle, standing in the forest, on a mountain top, in the middle of the ocean in a boat. Nothing made sense, and Nushi's mind felt like it was being pulled apart."What is going on?" Nushi asked out loud in fear, and it felt like her mind was trying to pull itself apart.The Demon's powers that she had received from Zack Foreman and her own multiplied due to her being outside of reality. In most girls' cases, there were no manuals for them, But Nushi had the advantage in this respect.Grabbing her head and trying to concentrate, Nushi closes her eyes. This allows her to bring her fractured minds together and lets her summon her journal.Each of the girls needed to learn everything independently, or that was the case before Nushi could use a series of tests with her predictive journal. The book allowed her to look into people's thoughts and see the results of their actions up to five minutes in the future.But not
The moment that Nushi defeated Time, Calabria underwent a dramatic change.[View of Mex and Calabro, Moments Before Time's Defeat]"You have taken everything from me!" Calabro screamed as he was somehow expertly able to weave through the tower's traps to chase Mex."I have done nothing of the sort! You have done this all to yourself! Whatever is wrong with you was wrong long before you met me!" Mex yelled down as he dodged spikes that were shooting up from the platform he was running across.Time was forcing Calabro into an almost trance-like psychosis that was distorting reality as the Manticore saw it. This was causing him to see Mex as a monster while being assaulted by auditory hallucinations telling him that Mex was the cause for every problem in his life.Because Time's influence was so strong, Calabro could no longer tell right from wrong or enemy from friend. Mex had no clue of any of this, nor did any of the few that knew him.Every
[View of the girls on the beach working on the Underwear Boat]"Do you really think all of this will work?" Jilly asked as she watched as Hydie created a transparent blue barrier around the long oval-shaped boat that she had created.Jilly, Hydie, and Lizy were all standing on the beach in front of the submarine that they were creating. Hydie was channeling the waters from the edge of the beach to surround the vessel that was shaped identical to that of a submarine.The girls had no idea that they were creating a Submarine, and modern-day submarines were definitely not built like this. The girls were also running into some problems, including sinking, breathing, propulsion, and eating, but everyone mostly had a hand in the project."Yes, but we still don't know how we are going to make it move. My barrier will replenish the air, but it will also keep the ship filled, keeping it above water. This would be fine, but the boat is meant to be navigated under t
"Come on! This was your idea, right?" Keri asked Lizy, calling down from the top of the liquid stairs that Hydie had constructed."This was only partially my idea! I never planned on going near the water!" Lizy said, feeling her temperature rising with her frustration."I will make sure that you don't get wet or fall off," Hydie said as she walked over to stand at the bottom of the stairs with Lizy.Initially, Lizy wanted to say something rude, but after taking a deep breath, the spider woman decided against it. Getting angry wasn't going to help her, but she also didn't want to admit that she was scared out loud."Did you know I don't like heights? I absolutely hate admitting to such a thing, but it is true," Jilly said as she walked over to join Hydie and the spider woman.Lizy had been concentrating on the steps, trying to get her confidence up. The sound of Jilly's voice snapped out of the trance-like state."You are scared of being abov
[Zack's View]"I think I can see that Bastard!" I growled as I strained to push forward.Now, my body had been conditioned, and I no longer needed to use the forward and back strategy. I just had to push as my body absorbed the pressure of whatever was creating such a massive gravitational pull.[You are doing great! Just keep going!] Libra said, cheering me on.Harold had been silent most of the trip, but I think that he was getting tired of fighting with Libra. It was surprising just how much the two seemed to detest each other, but it was a nice distraction.I had no idea how long I had been at this walk, but I was sure it was more than two days. I was starting to think that I was outside of my previous reality because I had been going nonstop.[You are right. The astral plane does not move with time; it is outside your ordinary reality. I don't know how it works; I just know that time doesn't flow here.] Libra explained, and I frowned bu
"You are the central focus point of everything, and everything is connected to you. What am I? Fragments of your past that joined together to help you along your way. Nothing that I tell you will make sense of this, but you will know the truth when you leave this island. There is no point in asking now, but I will explain it to you," Chey explained."You will? How do you plan on doing that from inside of here?" I asked in confusion, but that made the centaur laugh at me."I would ask that you take me with you from this place when you leave. I don't want to be forced to roam my father's ring again for eternity," Chey told me, and I took a deep breath in.It didn't really surprise me that he wanted to leave this place. I would have to assume that he had been here for countless years already.The problem was that, unlike Dani, the caterpillar girl, Chey, and Howl were part of the ring's reality. I wasn't really sure if they could be brought out into the real
"Okay, now let's get back to the real reason that we are here. What can the ranching system do about Chey? I know that we made Lidy a helper, and I had the other demons swear to me, right? I could make him a helper, but what would that mean for him?" I asked Harold as we sat around the table.The two of us were both drinking coffee now, and even if it was in my mind, it was great. There were some things that just couldn't be beaten, no matter what reality you were in."What you did with the Demons won't work here because you are outside that reality. We will just call the places in your back constellation the Astral Realm for now. Only the ranching system will work outside of the Demon Realm, the place everyone else is. This system will work in every Realm," Harold explained, but I narrowed my eyes on him."We are on my back right now?! How does that even make sense?!" I asked with wide and confused eyes."I didn't ask you to make sense of it! The Astral
"Are you trying to tell me that it would be better? Stuck inside a box at the bottom of the ocean? That sounds worse!" Chey complained, and I rolled my eyes, but then Howl spoke up."Are you, the great hunter Chey? Or are you his sister?" Howl growled."To be honest, I think that his sister would have probably not had a problem with it!" I said, and both Howl and I started to laugh, but his was more of a choking bark."Fine! I will come with you, but the two of you had better not tell anyone or bother me about this!" Chey ordered the two of us.I saluted him, and Howl did his best to mimic me. He only got a front paw up to his ear, but the wolf made a valiant effort.I confirmed that I would take Chey as my warden, and the centaur flashed with light. His body shrank down, but something strange happened to his face."What the heck is going on?!" Chey asked from a horse's mouth.Chey had lost his horse body to have an average human one,