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The God of Life, The God of Death, The God of Wrath, The God of Love, The Watcher, Some more Guardian Gods, and Gaia greets you, dear reader.
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"Seokyoung has found you. I doubt any of you can claim you’re not a gem. And I already know that among you, there’s someone hiding their true abilitie-"
!BANG!
The room goes silent, as the suspects for being Chaeyoon suddenly fell, Yoon Seo, confused, looks down at the chair he once had..?
'What the hell is going on?' Yoon Seo thought as he glanced at the many people looking around. Some confused, some scared, some even beginning to grab for their weapons.
Yoon Seo, Kwon Jihan, and the others who had been in the meeting with them begin to get up, cautiously surveying the new change in scenery, the room seeming to be a older looking theatre, with a skylight ceiling looking up at way too many stars, and those stars way too close at that. When scanning the room once more, you can see many rows of seats facing the front, where a large screen can be seen.
"Where on earth are we? No, are we even on earth?" Someone murmurs
"How should I know.. I'm just a D-Rank hunter.." Someone answers back
Park Soobin steps up, turning around to the crowd of people, "Alright everyone, let's try not to panic. There's many hunters who-" The screen lights up.
The Gaia System Greets you
Kwon Jihan and Yoo Jooncheol look over at each other, eyes slightly widening before their gaze hardening once more. Meanwhile at the same time Yoon Seo flinches. 'Gaia..? Even though I haven't made use of it for a long time.."'He pauses before shaking his head and burying those memories, looking towards the system notification log.
The God of Life has been concerned, and waiting to see you
The God of Death is pleased to see you
'These gods.. They never get any less noisy, do they?' Thinks Yoon Seo.
The Gods happily greet everybody.
A static rings out, before audio is heard by everyone.
"Please take your seats."
An unknown voice rings out
"Who are you?" Asks Kwon Jihan.
"Who I am is not relevant, we merely wish for you all to view some fragments of the past, present, and future."
The voice rings out once more.
"The past?"
"The future?"
"They can do that?!"
"Well obviously moron, they're gods!!"
"Can we really trust this?"
"Why would we?!"
"They have to be joking, this whole thing must be a prank! How could this be possible?!"
"SHHH! What if it is true?!"
"I-I can't do this!"
"Oh stop being a coward!"
"I hadn't foreseen this at all.."
"Guys can we please just liste-"
"SILENCE" The system speaks
The room goes quiet
"You don't have much of a choice. Now take your seats and let's begin, breaks can be organized during the viewing if necessary."
A flash of light fills the room, and suddenly everyone is seated. Yoon Seo looks around him, finding himself seated next to Kwon Jihan, and Park Soobin, following by Youngbum Park and Heewon Goh behind him, some unfamiliar people beside them and in front of him.
"Pssst!! Yoon Seo!! Do you know what's going on??" Whispered Heewon.
"No, no clue. Some kind of dungeon maybe." Replies Yoon Seo.
"What the heck even is going on?!" Exclaims Hong Euiyoon, as he abruptly stood up, the screen began to play.
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"Noona, stay with me. Keep your eyes open.”
A young boy, holding a bloodied woman, pleaded desperately. The woman, coughing up blood, struggled to speak.
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Everyone looks up at the screen, shocked by the sudden upsetting scene
"What the hell is going on there?! Is that woman okay?!" Someone exclaims
"J-Jihan Hyung! Guild master! We need to get that woman help fast!" Soo Jaehee shouts out, watching the screen with wide eyes, pity and worry could be seen in them.
"Of course we do, but the system mentioned that we were viewing the past, present, and future. We don't even know if this is happening in present time, nor do I believe we could even send anyone to try to help based off of where we are." Replies Yoo Jooncheol, Guildmaster of Seokyoung.
His answer brings silence to Jaehee and the rest of the room.
'Is that..? Rita noona..?' Thought Yoon Seo, staring at the screen with shaking eyes.
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"Chaeyoon... I have a wish..."
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"CHAEYOON?!?!"
Comes a shout that can be heard throughout the entire theatre.
"Y-You're telling me, thats the legendary, ace of the revengers Chaeyoon?!"
"N-No way!"
"He's so small!!"
"The little Saviour!!"
"I thought he was dead?"
"No! I heard he was recovering from mental illness!"
"Didn't he lose his powers?"
"I can't believe we're witnessing Chaeyoon's journey!"
"I can't see his face!"
"Why is it blurred?!"
And many more conversations could be heard throughout the theatre, while the Chaeyoon in question, was just glaring at the screen.
'Just where are you hiding, Chaeyoon?' Thought Kwon Jihan, with a grin dancing on his lips, just thinking about being able to fight against Chaeyoon was exhilarating.
'I'm doomed.. and excuse me, i'm not small' Is all that he thought with a scowl on his face.
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“A wish?”
“I wanted to fulfill it once I got out of here, but it seems hopeless now. Could you do it for me…?”
The boy, called Chaeyoon, furrowed his brows openly. The moment the word “wish” left the woman’s mouth, some of the desperation in his gaze faded
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"Poor Chaeyoon!!" Cries out Jaehee with small tears pricking his eyes, beside him, Alec Switch, could be seen with his hands clenched into a fist, torn between admiration as he is finally witnessing his idol. I mean come on! He was the president of a FAN CLUB for Chaeyoon!! As well as horror, as he realized who he was seeing on the screen. Rita Switch. His little sister, taking what was most likely her last breath. 'Rita..' He thinks, watching the screen with a heavy heart.
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“Cough, cough! Cha… Chaeyoon… my wish…”
“I’ll go get Mr. Sangtae."
“N-No, it has to be you, Chaeyoon.”
“I told everyone that if I get out of here, I’ll die, that I’ll take my own life. Why is everyone like this? Mr. Sangtae is right over there, and so are Alex and Kangjin hyung. There are so many people here, why do they all come to me?”
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"He what?!"
"He's gonna take his own life?!"
"This is the past! Is he even alive now?!"
"NOOOO CHAEYOON YOU CAN'T!!"
"WE LOVE YOU PLEASE"
"My honeybum.. Our poor Chaeyoon.. This is so sad!!"
"I know my snickerdoodle.."
"SYSTEM PLEASE, IS CHAEYOON STILL ALIVE??"
"He is."
A sigh of relief could be heard throughout the entire theatre, while Seokyoung's guild master, and Kwon Jihan look at each other and nod, hardening their resolve to find Chaeyoon even more.
'What even just happened..' Thought Yoon Seo
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“If you grant wishes for the living, can’t you grant one for the dead?”
“That seems a bit different.”
“Cough, cough… Huff!”
The boy’s expression turned increasingly cold as the grip on his forearm weakened. He muttered a curse under his breath.
“Fine. What’s the wish? If it’s something I can
do, I’ll grant it.”
The woman, as if she’d been waiting for his response, finally spoke.
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Soft sobs can be heard throughout the theatre, feeling sorrow for both Chaeyoon and this poor revenger who died far too young. Many eyes focus on the screen, waiting and wanting to respect and honour someone's final wish that she would be leaving to their legendary hero.
Many diehard fans for Chaeyoon could be seen crying the most, frantically nodding their head and muttering things along the line of that once they get out of here, they would honour the revengers more than normal, whispering words of thank you's, praises, and respect.
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“Three million squats, five thousand runs. That’s all I need…”
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Silence is found all throughout all parts of the theatre, many sat in shock, confusion and just straight up baffled at such a peculiar final request. Most had thought it would be something like passing on words to a loved one, or giving a possession to a family member to remember them by, literally anything but THIS??
Yoon Seo just grimaced as he sat in frustration, this cursed final will that he's still chipping away at, these workouts are never ending?! when can he just die?!?
Meanwhile along side Yoon Seo, Alec Switch let out a small baffled, slightly humorous laugh. "Of course something like that would be your final wish, you fitness junkie.." Muttered Alec in sorrow, but seemingly with a slightly lighter complexion, as if finally finding a small bit of closure
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The boy was at a loss for words. The woman, as if satisfied, closed her eyes and drew her last breath. Around them, comrades wept and called out her name. For the boy, who now had 218 ridiculous last wishes to fulfill once he left this place, all he felt was bitter frustration.
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The God of Death laughs in glee at the sight of blood and death
The God of Life feels pity for the Switch Family
Hwashim looked at the screen in shock
Jaehee's mouth fell open, "2-218.. Chaeyoon had been given 218 wishes similar to that?!"
"But why?!" Asked Yoonbum Park
Kwon Jihan looked at the screen astonished, he felt pity at first but now he was just lost, what would the reason had been for Chaeyoon to have been given so many ridiculous last wills? There had to be a reason for this. (A/N: I know Jihan is smart, he probably could have figured out that they had been to keep Chaeyoon alive, but due to the fact that he figured it out kind of late in the novel, i figured i'd keep him out of the loop for now)
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