...
...
...
Ughh..
My Body
My Head
It all hurts.
I hear voices; they are close. My eyes, so heavy I try to move but again darkness.
Time passes
Again I stir, this time, I am able to open my eyes. What I see is a blank, untouched room, white, so incredibly white, my eyes hurt. Then softly, the door creaks open, I can now hear two people talking, the closest steps into view.
Red hair, white dress. Himeko, some called her the mother of the Express, then a younger girl with cotton candy like hair and eyes comes in, it was March 7th following right behind her, carrying bedding. Why?
My thoughts are interrupted when Himeko notices me staring at them. Surprised and with a quiet yelp she jumps a little, this fares poorly for her heels and March has to catch her.
Then her voice rings; surprised but soft "Nice to see you're awake." She smiles, then continues "Sorry about that, you surprised me a little. How are you feeling?"
I chuckle and answer "Thirsty" March, after Himeko gives her a glance, quickly runs off likely to get water. In that moment, a man, adjusts his glasses, studying me with quiet intensity. He walks in - he's older than the others—maybe forties, with dark hair and a composed, scholarly demeanour. His brown coat and formal attire give him the air of a professor rather than a fighter, but there's something about the way he carries himself that suggests he's seen far more than he lets on.
I recognize him. Welt, that is his name, and while I never had the time to play the other honkai games, I had read in other fanfics that he is from one of the Honkai Impact story lines, he is also the Herrscher of Reason.
Welt's almost immediate presence surprises me. He then speaks "So our guest is finally awake - " yet he is then interupted by the door swinging open and Stelle followed by March, who was carrying a glass of water, burst in.
At this, even with my parched throat I chuckle "Lively, are we?"
Himeko smiles, Welt sighs, Stelle, glad to see me tries to jump on me yet is stopped by Himeko. Do I even know Stelle well enough for her to care so much for me? Oh well, it's nice to know that even here I already have people that care.
With that, a discussion ensues of the battle against the Doomsday beast. Of course after I quenched my thirst first, thank you March.
Anyway, March had been quite excited even somewhat exaggerating the power I unleashed with Rhongomyniad, saying that I cut through the space station and its void shield. Sure I believed that the Lance was capable of that, just not that I could release enough of its power to accomplish that.
Then to my surprise, not just Stelle, but also Dan Heng, who appeared by the door, Himeko and Welt had supported that I had actually punched through the stations shield.
I really did overdraw Rhongomyniad's power huh.
Then we chatted just chatted and I learned that I had been more or less forcibly kidnapped by the Express crew since they had to leave the station early. By now, it has already been about 2 weeks since we left the station.
I was also informed that they would soon(a couple days) be arriving to Jarilo-VI.
During our conversation Himeko let it slip that I recovered far quicker than I should have, they had originally estimated I would be out for 2-3 months, this is why she was so surprised when she originally entered the room.
"You know, this is nice and all but I would still like some rest and maybe another medical check up to know when I ... I can travel again, yeah, just travel" I say interrupting the questions from March and surprisingly Welt, although for Welt it's more like an interrogation while March 7th was just excited.
Welt raising a hand to stop march then asks one last question "Alright then this will be last question, what path do you follow?"
Taking a moment to think, I then answer while looking Welt straight in the eyes "I am honestly unsure of what path I follow, but when I do find out, that is when I'll tell you."
Welt "... alright"
As everyone leaves, I sigh, the attention is nice but when I can barely sit up it can be too much, my body still in bandages has yet to recover so all but the tiniest or simplest of movements cause me pain.
Oh and since I am alone now and have some time to rest I should check the System
System..?
Open?
...
How do I open the window screen again?
??? pouting, a voice in the back of my head speaks "*Giggles* Simple silly, just call my name and I'll open it for you~"
... Last checked everyone left the room. Who TF was that?!
??? with a overly dramatic, sad tone, the voice speaks "Oh, you make me sad :( , did you already forget your new best AI assistant?"
... Since when did I get an AI assistant, also how would an AI be able to read my thoughts... unless their inside my head???
??? The voice teasingly irks me on "Bingo~ now just call my name"
... Well let's start guessing, no actually I can only remember two AI's that could be in one's head, more so only one of them was this... playful. She was definitively invited by Aha.
B.B
B.B quite cheerfully announced "🎉That's right! 100 points for master for guessing correctly🎉"
I groan, not only do I have to deal with Expresses problems on the outside now but also BB's antics on the inside
"Oh come on I'm not that bad~" In a whiny tone says BB
I only stare at the ceiling accepting my fate... until I see the image of BB's face looking down on me as if she were physically there.
^Alright, glad to see I have some help, so would be so kind as to open the system window?^ I say in my thoughts
BB replies "Sure"
----------- Group Chat: Aeons Game -----------
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Name: Sane Tempest
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Wait wait wait? why do I need to know my sexuality???
+++
Stats:
Str: 25 (human average 15)
Dex: 16 (human average 9)
Int: 12[1] (human average 18) Hey wtf?!
Mana: 120 (human average 180)
Mana circuits: 60 High quality (human average 10 medium quality)
+++
Titles:
Emanator of Elation,
Emanator of Erudition(locked)
Emanator of Remembrance(locked)
The Last Memory
A Worlds Inheritor(Locked)
I am an Emanator since fucking when?!?!? Also how can I be an Emanator of MULTIPLE paths wtf?![2]
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Abilities:
- Name: For Shits and Giggles
- Rarity: FLOWING SILVER (SPECIAL)+
Description:
An ability that is the amalgamation of the power of three
Aeons. Use it wisely... or don't. (Aha)
┌─ SUB-ABILITIES ───────────────────┐
│ │
│ [1] Stereotypes Done Right! │
│ Uses stereotypes from Earth as buffs. │
│ Currently Active: The Russian, The Canadian │
│ │
│ [2] World of Broken Glass │
│ Status: [????] │
│Requires the unlocking of titles |
| │
│ [3] The Info Helper AI │
│ Name: B.B │
│ A chaotic AI created by the agreement of │
│ 3 Aeons, based on your memories of the │
│ Nasuverse. │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────┘
- Name: World Lost[3]
- Rarity: FLOWING SILVER- (SPECIAL)
- Status: 🔒 ERROR: LOCKED!!!
Description:
You, your world gone, are no longer bound. You can travel
between worlds without consequence, and your body adapts
to any power or language. Those who travel with you are
also unaffected by restrictions.
- Name: Game of Chance[4]
- Rarity: Inheritance
- Status: Beginner competency
Description:
You are the Emanator of Elation, as long as you think something is funny enough, then you can achieve it, wanna make Nanook wear a pretty pink dress while singing Barbie? why not, just make sure enough people find it funny and you can achieve it.
Also you can take on any mask freely, you can change faces freely, and as long as others believe you can do it? then you can!
- Name: Echoes of Light[5]
- Rarity: Inheritance
- Status: 🔒 ERROR: LOCKED!!! (need to unlock title: Emanator of Remembrance)
Description:
All things in this world leave behind memories, light is no different and you can see it. Any reflective surface is now like a television for you, you can view any event that happened in front of it for as long as it existed.
- Name: Imaginary Number World[6]
- Rarity: Inheritance+
- Status: Main function (locked), Secondary Function (BANNED)
Description:
Main: You are now able to see the world as numbers, and you can access the space in between, similar to the inventory but already has some&$^#*@& inside.
Secondary(BANNED): You are not only able to see the imaginary numbers, but also change them. You are able to program the world as if it were just computer code, reality now bends to your will~
Okay. Damn. Wow. No wonder the secondary function of the last ability is banned, no god or mortal should have such a power, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Also what is the world of Broken glass?? BB.
BB "REDACTED"
....
fine
then what are those stereotypes?
> The Russian:
-Complete Cold Immunity
-Gains 5 points in every stat except int when drinking Alcohol and lose 1 point in int for every time you bring alcohol to your lips(even if you don't try and only if it a conscious choice by you
-Bear Strength: You are a strong as a bear
-Bear Friends: You can bearfriend bears with ease
-Squatting and dancing now gives a 20 minute 50% damage, speed and strength bonus
( cool down 3h)
> The Canadian:
- Ice Creation
- Pure 100% Maple syrup is now like Ambrosia to you, you can never get tired of it and it heals all wounds without consequence.
- Any stick now has a damage bonus, if you use the stick to hit a puck like object the object becomes a homing missile that never misses and KO's opponents under 10%hp but does nothing to opponents with over 20% HP
- Debuff: You say sorry almost always - except to rapists, they don't deserve it ( activates as soon as you are aware of it )
Cumulative Debuff: 240% weak to Heat/Fire
Sorry, what now? Wait, sorry-
Noooo! Sorry!
Sorry, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Sorry, sorry.
+++
Weapons:
- Name: Rhongomyniad (Sealed)[7]
- Rarity: GOLD+
Description:
The pillar that binds the world, restrained by thirteen
seals. A lance of light that pierces through destiny itself.
- Name: (Undefined)
- Rarity: Common
Description:
A titanium branch like object that is obsolete in battle.
+++
-Profile(Description of Stats, Abilities and Weapons)
-Inventory(30 slots, can contain 100kg of anything in any slot, if limit is crossed then you physically start feeling the weight)
-Shop buy things with coin, achievement points or Memories
-Gacha (no explanation needed)
- Chat room (chat with others)
- World Crossing (allows you to cross worlds under specific conditions: missions, invites, emergencies)
BB can I see the tier scaling?
BB promptly responds "Of course, Da- not yet"
+++
From lowest to greatest and then specials(undefined tiers)
>White
>Green
>Red
>purple
>Gold
>Blue
>Silver
>EX
Special tiers(can be better or worse than any tier)
Inheritance: only means that anything from here is given to you/directly supplied to you by another stronger being. It is not yours but rather something loaned to you but no interest. Eventually you can make it yours but for now? No.
Flowing Silver: A guaranteed by the system reward that would show up at specific points in time. Unlikely to show up ever again. (doesn't mean it has to be overpowered)
+++
---System out---
Alone in the room I spoke my thoughts aloud "Sorry, that is a whole lot of information."
"Sorry, how do I even unpack?"
"Sorry, then also what is up with the weird tier system? isn't like blue and red usually switched???"
"Whoever made this system probably had stroke and now only has half his brain. Sorry."
---System Notification---
Slander is unappreciated.
All free gacha rolls and shop items have been revoked
---System out---
.... The Aeons however unreachable they were, heard something that even Nous couldn't calculate how it reached them "FUUUCK!!!! Sorry." ....
Now there is this, the stereotype problem, fortunately it seems to only affect me physically. Unfortunately, every time I speak, I have to say sorry somewhere in my sentence, well it will probably be fine to try and gaslight March and Stelle. Maybe if I am lucky, Dan Heng would fall for it too.
Anyway I was planning to sleep until a staff member of the Express? at least to my guess, has shown up handing me a tablet.
After reading it, it could be summarized like this:
Physical health: How are you alive?
Bones? No, just sand
Blood vessels? have more holes than Swiss cheese
Skin? Burnt, bruised or infected.
Brain? Three completely burst blood vessels
Spine? several fractures
Muscles? all, torn, not even my tongue was spared
Ligaments? somehow still there
Eyes? working, makes sense I can read this after all
Ears? well I can hear, although there is a dull ringing sound in the background
According to Himeko, I should be bedridden for months. According to the laws of biology, I should be dead. According to Rhongomyniad... I'm healing at a rate that terrifies the medical equipment.
Now how am I alive?
BB then answers "Simple, the holy attribute of the Lance that is lying beside you"
Turning I indeed saw Rhongomyniad, and as if sensing my gaze it started to glow, healing my body a little more. "Thank you" I whisper softly. The glow intensifies as if it could hear me.
Time passed slowly, sometimes I had visits from March and Himeko, other times Welt would come by, even Dan Heng showed up once or twice. then a day before Jarilo-VI I was finally able to walk steadily enough to explore.
First, March, the most enthusiastic, had shown me the lounge, bar and her own room, a very bright room with pink being a main theme, it has plushies, computer and shelves and there are several plushies visible on the bed. Then Stelle invited me to her room, yet to be decorated, it was surprisingly spacious. After that I decided to come by Dan Heng's room to see his room and maybe chat a little. I also got to enjoy the drinks, and well Himeko offered me coffee; I just don't drink coffee, I prefer tea by a long shot. Himeko's or not I won't take coffee unless I absolutely require it.
Then came this chat:
Welt looking straight at me asks "Have you found out what path you stride?"
Resigned I reply "Yes, sorry, but I in fact follow several paths unusual as it may be"
Welt's eye brow raises "Is that even possible?"
Looking at the ceiling as if it had the answers i was looking for I groan "Sorry, but apparently it is possible"
Welt then looks at me and prompts "They are?"
With a look of a guilty man I speak my own sentence "Sorry about skirting around the problem" - I glance at March who is barely listening while sipping her drink, and another sigh escapes my lips "Sorry, but I am not just a ... Pathstrider, I am an Emanator"
Then a sequence of events follow March spits out her drink, Himeko loses balance and falls, Dan Heng lets go of his spear and it falls, Stelle freezes. Welt just narrows his eyes, then speaks "That is surprising but it doesn't tell us what your paths are"
I look away doing my best not to meet Welt's gaze "Sorry, but does it matter? it's not like I am planning to harm the Express crew"
Welt at this point is done. He stands up, walks right up to me, "Stop avoiding the question"
I, now serious and not amused, I speak "Sorry, but I thought it best to keep quiet but alright. My name is Sane Tempest and I am the Emanator of Elation, Erudition and Remembrance." My tone gives nothing away, not the fear that currently grips me.
Silence.
Complete, suffocating silence.
"Sorry, yes."
Stelle, is the first to speak "You're... an Emanator? Like, a real one? Of *three* Paths?"
"Sorry, that's... yes."
Dan Heng, retrieving his spear: "That's impossible. One person can't follow multiple Paths. The philosophies conflict—"
"Sorry, but apparently they don't. Elation, Erudition, Remembrance—they're all... observer Paths? They don't contradict, they just... watch."
Himeko, standing up and dusting herself off: "That explains the power you used against the Doomsday Beast. But three? That's unprecedented."
Welt: "Why hide this?"
"Sorry, but—" I gesture helplessly. "—would YOU immediately trust someone who shows up out of nowhere and then is the EMANATOR OF THREE PATHS?! not to mention that two of those paths are quite problematic "
I see everyone, one moment they are confused, the next they give a nod. A silent understanding of my hesitation.
Yet, no one else notices but March, no longer cheerful, her eyes red. Blood Red. I shiver, she knows I know, she smiles. Then somehow just March is back with those bright cheerful cotton candy eyes. But with no 'glint' anymore.
As everyone is confused they notice me glancing at March, my back wet from cold sweat. Yet when they look at March her eyes are closed and she is just drinking her milk tea as if nothing else in the world mattered.
For better or for worse, I know I triggered Evernight's resurfacing early. I hope we can come to an agreement and that I don't regret waking her up myself.
[1] Reflection of how many mistakes the author has made in trying to type a single sentence with 5 words
[2] Aha: Wants comedy (chaos for laughs) Fuli: Wants memory preservation (not order, just archiving Nous: Wants knowledge accumulation These don't conflict—they're all passive observers/collectors
[3] Also do note that this ability does not let you travel worlds, only prevents the worlds from imposing restrictions upon you
[4] Power Analysis (Revised):Game of Chance (Elation):Requires widespread belief/laughter Can't just snap fingers and reality warp MC needs to SET UP the joke, convince people, make it viral This is hard. Making millions laugh at the same thing? Nearly impossible. Verdict: Godlike in theory, impractical in reality
[5] Echoes of Light (Remembrance):Can view past events via reflective surfaces Currently drains him heavily (low mastery)Limitation: Only sees what reflective surfaces "witnessed" Can't view private conversations in rooms without mirrors/windows Exhausting to use Verdict: Powerful for investigation, but limited scope and costly
[6] Imaginary Number World:Main function: See the world as code, access inventory Secondary function: PERMANENTLY BANNED No amount of training/growth can unlock it This is a hard ceiling on his power Verdict: Useful utility (inventory, pattern recognition) but not reality-breaking. ✅
[7] Currently at ~10% of sealed state safely 70% usage nearly disintegrated him (bones to dust, vessels shredded, skin charred) Only survived because lance has holy/healing properties 13 seals = 13 major power gates far in the future Unsealing at current level = soul damage