Deathbringer: Uh, guys, you busy?
Souldrainer: We always have time for you, Arkay.
Souldrainer: Although admittedly I am a little bit busy. Psehon and I are trying to fix up Voidblade. I do not know what Retvik is doing.
Flamebearer is now online.
Flamebearer: Sorry, I think Lightblade has a thing for me or something, he is dragging me away to chat constantly.
Deathbringer: I mean, I don’t blame this Lightblade guy, everyone in this chat has a thing for you.
Deathbringer: Anyway, I have a pretty important question.
Deathbringer: Do either of you know why a Voidborn randomly teleported into Kuta’s living room while we were watching a movie together? Kinda ruined my date, if I’m honest.
Flamebearer: Are you alright? Are you safe?
Deathbringer: Yeah, we’re both fine, I killed them, like I kill every Voidborn that breaks into my universe. Totally killed the mood though, and Kuta’s annoyed I didn’t want to stick around and wanted to find out how that Voidborn got in.
Souldrainer: Oh, so that is where Krohniak went.
Deathbringer: You teleported a fucking Voidborn into my apartment?
Flamebearer: Well, Phovos did.
Flamebearer: I was in the middle of being mind-controlled and being forced to take a nap, Kal and Akah got magnetized to a wall, I have no idea where Tenuk was and we stuck all the telepaths in quarantine so that Krohniak couldn’t use them to mind control everyone completely.
Deathbringer: Oh.
Deathbringer: I feel pretty bad now. Is everyone alive and well? Also, who is Psehon?
Souldrainer: Pretty much everyone is fine. Apart from Voidblade. Psehon is Soulblade, one of the leaders of the Phantai. We had a… bit of a rocky start, but Psehon and I have become friends. We have a lot in common, what with being despicable mind-rapers.
Flamebearer: You sell yourself short, Litvir. You have not raped anyone’s mind since you were mortal.
Souldrainer: I admittedly have no desire to do so any more, but I was rather cruel to Psehon. He did challenge me to a duel, but I, uh, kink-shamed him in front of his own soldiers.
Deathbringer: What did you say?
Souldrainer: I was rather hypocritical and loudly stated that Psehon enjoys receiving from both ends at the same time.
Deathbringer: That’s… kinda… not that bad at all. Like, when we get back together…
Deathbringer: I’m not finishing that sentence.
Souldrainer: There is nothing wrong with being the female in a relationship. And you still have issues when it comes to sex.
Deathbringer: I’m getting better, I swear. Still trying to build up the confidence to ask Kuta to sleep with me but honestly both of us are kinda… lacking in experience.
Flamebearer: Well, you did recently lose your virginity to a Time Drake.
Deathbringer: No no no
Deathbringer: Kairos and I kinda have had an on and off desperate thing for the last billion or so years. But that was desperation. This is different.
Deathbringer: Enough of that though. You are all fine, right?
Flamebearer: We are fine. Did have a small scare when Tah didn’t quite wake up after they fixed up his body, but he is fine now. We also discovered what a Lanex looks like without a mask on.
Deathbringer: You didn’t know?
Souldrainer: To be fair, I have only met one Lanex in my entire life. And Akah has always been very defensive about how he looks, he hardly even takes off his armour, let alone his mask. He has also been inundated with people calling him a Voidborn.
Deathbringer: That’s pretty typical for a Lanex.
Deathbringer: So what actually happened? Why were you attacked by this asshole? They called themselves a son of Ahkron, am I going to get a stream of these bastards coming in and ruining my dates?
Flamebearer: I cannot say. From what we can tell, Voidblade, the Decay Lord boss around here, got stabbed by Ahkron a while ago before he attacked us, and Ahkron left some form of influence in his mind. Krohniak detected this and took over, then…
Flamebearer: He basically did what Kenon did to the Rethans.
Deathbringer: Oh. Are you alright, Retvik?
Flamebearer: Honestly? No. Not at all. I have not even reached the age of one hundred and I have experienced a violent, telepathic takeover twice. It bothers me greatly, despite the fact that Litvir has been helping me increase my mental defences.
Deathbringer: I’m sorry.
Flamebearer: It is fine.
Flamebearer: Really, dear, I owe you an apology. Yet again we have saddled one of our problems on you. You took out Ahkron, you killed Kinisis and you dealt with Krohniak for us. We really need to stop relying on you.
Deathbringer: I’m not mad, just a tad annoyed because I didn’t expect it. We kinda already had problems with Kinisis until she fucked you all up and possessed/murdered Seimeni. Ahkron wasn’t anything to do with you, he would have stumbled across my universe whether you existed or not because he was literally roaming around attacking nearby universes. Yeah, Krohniak ruining my date was a pain but he lasted about a minute before I made him mortal and killed him because he threatened to kill me and Kuta for just ‘being in his way’.
Deathbringer: Point is, we’re cool.
Flamebearer: Are you sure, Arkay?
Deathbringer: I’m sure, Retvik.
Deathbringer: So is Phovos 100% a Life Goddess then? I thought she was a hybrid or something like I am. At first, I thought that Epani or Sini had teleported the Voidborn prick to me because Kuta’s living room now has that undeniable smell of Life Goddess reality bending (which I think is something only I can smell, because Kuta didn’t seem to notice) but they were both adamant they knew nothing about it.
Souldrainer: As far as we can tell, yes, she is definitely a Life Goddess. And apparently a direct descendent of Kinisis. So technically she is your sister.
Deathbringer: She’s Sini and Epani’s sister.
Souldrainer: I thought there was some of Kinisis’s genetics in you, which is why you are a hybrid?
Deathbringer: I mean, yeah, there is, but Kinisis didn’t give birth to me or anything. I had actual parents at one point and neither of them were Kinisis.
Flamebearer: Is what Phovos did particularly bad? She basically… wished that Krohniak would go somewhere where he could die, then snapped her fingers and that was exactly what happened.
Deathbringer: No, that seems… kinda normal, if I’m honest. I mean, the whole point of Life Goddesses is that they bend reality to their will. It’s harder to do in the Periuniversal Void because you don’t define the walls, but a simple teleportation spell is pretty basic.
Deathbringer: Question, do you still have all my old stuff? Like my old Decay Lord rifle and all that?
Flamebearer: We keep it all in a locked crate in the cargo bay in the Thantir Two. Why do you ask?
Deathbringer: Do you still have my old Life Goddess book? I don’t know if Phovos can read it, but she… might be able to? Might help her with her powers. Especially since she’s only going to get more powerful as she ages.
Flamebearer: Is that the weird, plain white book that Litvir and I caught you staring blankly at a few times?
Deathbringer: It just appears blank to you because you’re not Life Goddesses. Honestly it might appear blank to me now that I’m an intra-universal deity again.
Souldrainer: I know what book you mean. I will dig it out and let Phovos have a look. Thank you for the advice.
Deathbringer: No worries.
Deathbringer: Just, next time, try to give me a bit more warning, alright?
Flamebearer: We will do our best, Arkay.
Deathbringer: Alright. Thanks, guys.
Souldrainer: No worries, dear. Now go and make things up with Kuta. You both need to get out more.
Deathbringer: Yeah, yeah, I know. See you later, love you.
Souldrainer: Love you too, Arkay.
Deathbringer is now offline.