The Reality Vortex: New Roads

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Zenta held his frown upon Cuki leaving before turning to see the situation of the others within the group. Spina dictating orders, Bernkastel failing to handle things properly for years, and Gogeta creating a new mess for the group to deal with. Everyone else either added to the fire or became fuel for it. He was silent and carefully listened to what every Breaker had to say. The good and the bad, the ugly and the sad, he took a very special mental note of what each Breaker said. While each of them had their beliefs, he knew that if given some time to rest and think, perhaps their views might change. They all went through hardships, so he knew he had to deal with Cuki first.

The beast sighed softly before tapping his foot on the ground to gather the remaining Breaker's attention. He cleared his throat before placing his hands behind his back.

"Please excuse me for interrupting but I am afraid I must depart for now. However, before I leave, I wish to say a final piece in hopes that it lingers with you," Zenta's frown turned to a small smile. "I apologize on Cuki's behalf as well as take full responsibility for her actions done to some of you," He gazed silently at towards Gogeta. "But please know that this is not how Cuki truly acts... While you may be confused as to who -- or what -- Cuki is, please do not harbor ill-feelings towards her. She is not as experienced or strong as the rest of you and often times may not understand the bigger picture. I believe she looked up to all of you, and yes, even you, Mr. Gogeta and Lady Bernkastel. Cuki is a gentle soul and she could never truly hate someone as much as she claims. She is far too kind, even for her own good."

Zenta's smile grew wider as a shine of hope for the others.

"While I do not support her violent tantrums, vulgar word choice, and the decisions she made, she will ease out of that mindset in due time. What you all need is a moment to reflect on yourselves as well as on each other. Do not take this experience as something to be sorrowful over, but see it through to strengthen your bonds with one another and discover who you wish to be."

The tall beast nodded to the Breakers, trying to leave them with a little bit of positivity.

"I must depart after Cuki and catch up on what I have missed as well as give her a stern talking. And here I thought I would enjoy a nice cup of tea with my friend Whis. Ah well, another time I suppose!" Zenta chuckled. "But anywho, I hope you all rest well and regain your strength Breakers. You are free to return to Cuki's living establishment, though, I suppose it will be a new experience for me. After all, I was a coin the entire time, ohoho!"

Zenta bowed his head to the group before trailing off towards the door and opened it. He stopped one last time and spoke up with his back still facing the Breakers.

"And do not worry about Byakko. He has a personal vendetta towards me but rest assured he will not confuse you any longer. His energy is something I can identify easily, so I can tell if he returns. He is a man of his word, that much I can say, and he will leave Cuki alone from now on except when he needs to protect her." Zenta's ears flatten slightly. "Please do not let his actions reflect who Cuki is..."

With his final words, the beast closed the door behind him and left the area, no doubt following Cuki's trail.
 
It was then that each of the group was being presented a bowl of candies, placed neatly on a tray on the table. Behind the tray was Majin Bara, who stared at the remaining Breakers and the others with her puppy-dog eyes.

This was a habit Bara had developed in the time she spent with Brachi and her friends back in her home universe; being one of the most gentle souls that are around, Bara really hates seeing her friends upset, and in her usual Majin fashion, she tries to offer them bits of candy in order to try and make them feel better. Whenever she has done this to Brachi or any of her other friends from her universe, this has always worked, making the ones she did this to smile and accept the offer, indeed making them feel better, so now, being the innocent cinnamon roll that she is, Majin Bara hoped that this would also work with her new friends, despite the short time she spent with them, both in the flesh and as a Vortex Coin.
 
Whis’ eyes shut, his smile widening happily in nodding at Zenta.

“Of course! Another time, we’ll catch up soon! Tata~!”

His head slowly turned after seeing Zenta leaving, watching the scene unfold between Gogeta and Bernkastel. His warm smile and soft stare remained, shaking his head curtly from side to side in denial of her silent plea.

Gogeta, however, slowly turned his eyes down at the paws rubbing on his chest. His near empty eyes stared back at Bernkastel, and as she presented idea after idea, his lips rose ever so slightly after each one. He then promptly reached up, gently petting the top of the cat’s head down to the back of her neck, a small half smile on his face.

“You really want me to stay, huh?”

He practically ignored Majin Bara’s candy offering as she came through around the group, suddenly lifting his lips up into a full smile. It was obviously clear he struggled to form one on his face from the twitching of his lips. However, the smile itself was clearly genuine as Gogeta spoke with a tired, but content dual voice.

“Ok, I’ll stay. We don’t have to do all that stuff though; I’ll just stick around because you’re my first good friend here, and I wanna be a good friend to you too!”
 
After finishing the last of his lollipop, Lucifer observed the dialogue between Bernkastel and Gogeta. “An interesting choice you have picked in comforting Gogeta. Quick, effective, and state your problems in clear sight. A poplar opposite of what you did with Cuki, where you all attack each other, figuratively and literally, degrade one another without seeing the other’s side of things. And yet, you managed to discover some “solution” for your problems, and even declaring your friendship as soon as she leaves. Out delightful, but her problems still remains. Ohoho, curel tactical wordfare, indeed.”

Lucifer flicked the stick with few remains of the candy into the bin with ease. “I do hope that you are committed to your choice, and whatever choices you have in the future, without any direct leads from others. Having to rely on someone else makes you weak and susceptible to bad advice.” Lucifer said, slightly disappointed that Bernkastel turned to Whis for assistance when Gogeta was down and about. “Choices have consequences, and this little charade will shape the inner workings of personal relationships on an individual level. How you will improve, or double down, is up to you. Best to remember that—only you can pave the road, allowing others will dilute your decisions.” This statement is generalizing—and didn’t placed any favors on any side. He’s simply enjoyed the show, and embraced the choices made—albeit except a few cases.

Using what’s left of his magic, he’d lifted the Vortex Coin away from Cross, which reveals his disciple, Nanashi. “I believe this belongs to me. Once he comes out, he can set out and returned those Vortex Coins used by Hart to their rightful places. Nanashi and I traveled to many places in Vortex—and judging from what I witnessed, you lot have gone anywhere aside from Metropolis.”

As Bara approached the Breakers with candies, a sudden light erupted in her pocket, ripping through the cloth towards the air. A Vortex Coin, the other one she took during the Cuki’s Apartment confrontation, rapidly transformed, and consolidate into a being. Landing on the ground feet first, the warrior rose up as his red cape waver a bit. His blue suit glistering with his pronounced muscles. The S symbol embedded in his chest shine like gold, as the man looked around in this strange environment.

The man opened his eyes, looking around in all directions. “What the…” He rubbed his head, becoming confused and disoriented about what had happened. “Where am I… the last thing I remember…” He noticed that he was in a room with several people in it. “I got ambush by this Rainbow Ranger…” His eyes narrowed, shouting in a panic. “Oh! You people, you need to get out of here! There’s a crazy guy out there.”
 
Cross says as a matter of fact "I was not going to dene any one there underlings Lucifer. With all that happened I forgot all about that."  

Cross says "I will trust you on this with this but I ask you have my underlings taken out by Goku help in this process. I trust this is expectable to you Lucifer."

Cross says to the new person as a matter of fact "In order: In a mansion in C33 and our group defeated her got a fair number of her victims away for her clutches."
 
Bernkastel seemed to calm down in return as Gogeta pet her head, purring in elation, though the warm feeling from having gotten through to him did falter a bit once Lucifer stated his observations. She weighed them with Zenta's before he departed, her ears drooping once more as she pondered. Come to think of it, when hadn't they used violence and threats to settle the air? The way they worded it, it seemed... abnormal. But he was correct; in the heat of the moment, the 'right' thing to do was thrown out the window once enough people in the group felt resentment towards one another. Was that the hidden element to the chaotic outcome?

Not to mention the physical and mental toll the Coin Hunter's attacks had on them. The confusion between Cuki and Byakko blurred everything even further, but Zenta had no reason to lie about them if he knew them. Had she and Spina misjudged them completely? Bernkastel sighed, turning her gaze away from the candy bowls in shame at having to consider her intuition was wrong. 

"When you put it that way we really are just a bunch of clowns..." 

The way Cuki broke down into tears before them made Bern think to when she found Gogeta rampaging in the middle of the street, overcome with fear and persecution to where he attacked anyone near him. It seemed even with her low emotional intelligence, Bern began to see a pattern where being alone again was unbearable if the ties to others were severed... not even the witch was immune to this. And she didn't know why.

"Then... it can't be helped... the apartment is where we eventually must return to. From the sounds of it, we'll be expected to come back and... try again," Bern trailed off remembering Zenta's words to try and assuage their frustrations. Would it be nearly as easy as with Gogeta? Probably not, especially since they had a penchant of becoming easily agitated when presented with negative emotions coloring their judgement. "Considering she allowed us to live with her and cooked all our meals, she is owed that. But I can... hardly think anymore..." Loudly yawning, she began nodding off in Gogeta's lap before a Coin had reformed into a person. He bore a resemblance to Ultraman, which startled her into hiding from under Gogeta's vest with a yelp.

"Wh, who are--?! Ultraman?! No... 'S' Man!?" Bernkastel asked, mispronouncing his name entirely from the emblem on his chest. "Who're you, S-Man?!"
 
Whis kept his smile, his eyes trailing to Lucifer.

“It was simply the way it needed to be. The emotions involved set the strategy: anger clouds judgement in pride...while shame and fear lead one to seek solutions from other sources in a lack of faith in one’s self. In time, we can speak to her again and resolve this once that anger has cooled and-“

His eyes instantly narrowed, the spectacle of light instantly drawing his attention. The expression on his face lit up in seeing the familiar man landing on his feet, his smile widening.

“Oh how exciting! This should be interesting!”

Gogeta blinked as well, turning his eyes after listening on to Bernkastel’s question.

“Huh? What’s an S man?”
 
“Considering that all of you are under the watch of the Detective, and Nanashi isn’t, it’s not needed. Thanks for offer, though.” Lucifer turned to the newly formed stranger, still at awe of the rebirth of a Vortex Coin.

“A mansion…” He turned around once more, looking at all the decoration that wouldn’t fit in a normal household, or even an apartment complex. Lowing his arms and his panic subsided, it was comforting to her that they dealt with the warrior. “Ya’ll managed to stop that one? Man, thank goodness for that. She was quite a fighter and had so many abilities that it was hard for a fella like me to keep up in such a short time. She was hard-countering me like peer-review research to an antivaxxer.” Placing his right hand on his forehead. “Thankfully, my friend got away, since she was after him than me, really. But if she’s done, then I can at least be comfort with that.”

His ears pick up the word “Ultraman”, turning to Gogeta and Bernkastel. “Uhh, a talking Cat. Well, you don’t see that every day. Well, anything is possible in this world. Anyways, I believe you made a mistake, miss…?” Seeing that it had a feminine tone. “Folks call me Superman.” His blue and red eyes flare a bit different, showcasing horizontal pupils as he introduced himself. “Well, some people like to call me Kal-El, or Clark from time to time.” Superman look closely to everyone, especially Gogeta and Bernkastel, very intensely. "Ya'll look like you had a hell of a fight in here. She was tough, huh?" Not realizing what had transparent moments before his appearance, and speaking only about the Coin Hunter.
 
Whis narrowed his eyes slightly, his curious tone ringing out next.

"Oh? You're the one Vegetto spoke so highly of during the Doom trials; a pleasure to finally meet you."

Gogeta blinked once, his brow furrowing in confusion and rubbing the back of his head.

"Huh, you're Clark? But we met a guy named Clark in the city; Clark Kent...errr..."

He paused for a moment, his dual voice raising in his unsure pitch.

"Daily reporter for the...planet?"
 
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