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(So this is the girl that changed you?) Scathach asked from within Thor's mind. Since Thor had brought her out, she wanted to observe this new world Thor was in, mostly so her core isn't ignorant of her disciples' experiences.
'What do you mean by changed?'
(The girl who made you pursue women, even Aphrodite couldn't do that.)
Thor's expression became confused as he thought about it for a moment. Sure, he'd had sex before, but he never did have an actual relationship until Elysia came along. 'Hmm, I guess you are–'
"Uh!" Thor's talk with Scathach was cut short as he groaned. He focused back on the scene before him. "You missed me that much?"
Elysia nodded as she moved her hips up and down while holding Thor tightly. "Hah~I re–Mmm~ I really missed you~" Her eyes glowed bright pink as she cupped Thor's face and kissed him aggressively.
(She even has pink hair too, what would you expect…) Scathach mumbled to herself. Thor had stopped responding to her at this point and focused his full attention on Elysia, who, from her perspective, might have a bit of an obsession with Thor. Especially if the next few hours were anything to go by.
Elysia's words, actions, and even emotions were practically overflowing, turning Thor's recently remodelled room pink once again.
The effects of Elysia's obsession were so great that they even made Scathach approve of Elysia, even if she had no real say in Thor's love life.
(Well, I guess this means we have a chance at least.) Scathach hummed to herself as she stopped sharing vision with Thor and slipped into her own thoughts in the mental space.
…
When the next day came around, and Thor was in Mobius' lab, Elysia was clinging to him the whole time, something that Mobius could usually ignore, 'But… Why the hell is she glowing??'
For some reason, after disappearing into Thor's room to do what they all knew would happen, Elysia had come back the next morning acting as she normally did and glowing to top it off.
Eden had already asked Thor if Elysia was okay despite her recent changes, and he assured them that it was nothing that should negatively affect her, only saying that Elysia was a bit more…passionate.
'Why do I get so pissed off seeing her cling to him like that?' Mobius wondered.
She was envious of Elysia's shamelessness. They might all be in a relationship with Thor, but only Elysia and Himeko, who is still in Herrscher confinement, could be this shameless in displaying affection.
She wanted to do it too! But she had to have dignity, if Klein, Fuxi and Nuwa saw her act like Elysia and cling to Thor, she wouldn't be able to show her face infront to these three anymore.
A vein bulged in her head as she tried to scold Elysia, "Heh, you should give Thor some space, Elysia. You're not the only one who missed him."
Elysia's eyes, which were closed while she leaned on Thor's shoulder, opened and landed on the green-haired scientist, "I was first."
"Hah?! Elysia, you–!" "Moby." Mobius had the sudden urge to fight this pink-haired bitch (Her thoughts), but Thor stopped her.
Mobius ceased her pointless thoughts and, after glancing back and forth between Thor's apologetic expression and Elysia's victorious one, "Tch." clicked her tongue and went back to what she was doing before.
"Anyway, ignoring the traitor, your body adapted again…" Mobius told him, but unlike how she usually feels when thinking of her masterpiece of evolution, that is, Thor, she strangely couldn't feel anything at this moment.
'Danmnit! This is all because of you, Elysia!' She cursed her inwardly.
After that, she ran a few more tests with Thor, all of which included something Elysia couldn't cling to him for, a choice the pinkette pouted at each time she had to separate herself from Thor. However, Mobius found great joy in seeing Elysia in that state.
On the other hand, after the series of tests, Thor seemed to be in perfect condition, and even a little stronger than before, if only by a very small amount.
…
"The stars are so much brighter now~" Elysia hummed to herself. And the stars she was referring to were what she could see within people, especially the man before her.
It must have happened when she went through her changes in the time Thor was in a coma, but since then, everything just seems brighter to her. Even Aurora's disappearance couldn't dampen the new brightness, although that was because she had a 'feeling' that she was okay.
As Elysia stared at her beloved, her pink eyes shimmered, and in her vision, she could see a warm golden light within Thor.
As Elysia had discovered, this light or star, as she calls them are the humanity of a human. Since unlocking this ability, she could see through the hearts and intentions of others with ease; she could even see their true selves. Why could she do this? She didn't fully know, but she knew it had something to do with her past/origin.
Elysia saw everything about a person's 'humanity', MOTH employees, her friends, 'sisters', and even Thor himself. All the flamechasers, including Mobius, were bright, shimmering stars. The type that would easily outshine and overshadow all others in the night sky. MOTH employees were like red dwarf stars, yes, they shone brightly on their own, and Elysia loved them, just like she loved everyone else, but Thor and the flamechasers just held almost all of her love
"I love you so much, Thor~" Elysia kissed the sleeping Thor's cheek before cuddling into him. "I can really see it all~"
Either way, since Elysia could see the humanity of humans, it also meant she could see the black holes of humanity. Something she has yet to come across, but undoubtedly will in the future.
…
By the next morning, Thor had "escaped" Elysia's koala-like hold on his body and had decided to head to extract information from Jyahnar, and more importantly, to see Himeko.
He had no idea whether Himeko's consciousness was devoured by her herrscher persona, like Alter said usually happens, but if that was the case, Thor had already mentally prepared himself for what comes next.
..
(She eats planets, you say? You must have gotten quite strong to subdue someone like that without killing them.) Scathach remarked.
"It wasn't entirely me; my enormous honkai reserves and CASCADE form contributed more than I did."
Scathach didn't know how to respond to her disciple's humbling. After all, he is not wrong, by her guess, if he didn't have this Honkai energy, then he might very well have lost his life, or at least suffered grave injuries in the process.
(...)
Taking his master's silence as agreement, Thor chuckled as he set foot into the near-complete Deep End containment zone.
He used his senses to penetrate the walls and found that they were not only inches thick of soulium, but were also reinforced with a tungsten-based alloy, and there were even runes engraved in parts, some from him and the more recent ones seemed to be from Eden.
"What do you think, Master?"
(Hmm? What do I think of what?)
"The runes, you remember, I took on a student? Most of the runes here are her handiwork." Thor said proudly.
Backpacking on Thor's senses, Scathach inspected the runes and was actually quite impressed, while still quite crude, for someone with just a few years of practice, this could be called a great accomplishment.
(No wonder you sound so proud about it. She was the redhead that wouldn't stop hanging off you, right?)
Thor nodded.
(You have a good eye for talent, just like me.) Scathach puffed out her chest in his mind (Like Master, Like student.)
"Heh, sure." Thor rolled his eyes. He gave a quick nod to the guards of the Deep End before passing through.
..
The moment Thor set foot into the chamber containing Jyahnar and Himeko, he had to raise his hand to catch a fork flying at his head.
(You said you had a good relationship with this girl. Is this normal?)
Thor looked at the fork, the amount of Honkai energy reinforcing it and empowering it would be enough to breach through an entire layer of the cell, 'She must have been imbuing it for quite a while…'
He sighed and looked past the fork to the thrower, in her dark 'Cuthulu' form as she calls it.
He held up the fork and stared at her, "Is this how you say hello?"
Jyahnar straightened herself, crossed her arms and huffed to the side, not saying a word to his provocation.
On the bed behind her, Thor found Himeko. She wasn't in her provocative Herrscher attire anymore; instead, she was dressed in one of her regular uniforms. She was quite composed sitting there, as if she were a statue and not moving a muscle outside of the rising and falling of her chest as she breathed.
Thor tried to compare the figure he sees now and the figure he fought almost two months ago, and other than their appearance, it was like looking at a stranger.
It made him frown. Himeko wouldn't act like this, and from his experience with Alter and short glimpses at other Herrschers, the Herrscher side is highly active and usually quite aggressive.
"What took you so long?" Thor's thoughts were interrupted by Jyahnar. He turned his gaze onto the woman glaring at him and sighed before giving her a short and vague explanation of the events.
"At least you are alive, though the boss got you." Jyahnar visibly relaxed after hearing the explanation, although she could tell Thor was hiding things from her; she couldn't say anything about it, she was still technically the enemy here.
(Thor, you said she's a great old one, didn't you?) Himeko eyed Jyahnar suspiciously. Would a being know to cause insanity just by gazing upon them at, like, well, this?
'Yeah, why?'
(Bullshit!)
Thor thought for a moment before laughing; his master was indeed quite cute at these times. It was understandable, though, why she would react like that. When he first heard Jyahnar's back story and compared it with the one in front of him, he felt like she wasn't talking about herself.
(Don't laugh, you bastard!) Scathach grit her teeth.
Jyahnar tilted her head in confusion. Why did Thor just laugh? Did he find her concern to be funny?
Her lip twitched; she was showing the smallest bit of concern for him, and he laughed at her! "Hmph! Sorry for being concerned!" She turned away from him and stared at the cell wall as if it were more interesting in this moment.
Thor almost choked on air before laughing more, 'Haha, she's like you, Master, haha!'
(HAH! What do you mean like me?! I'm not some tsundere like–)
'You know what a tsundere is?' Thor asked with surprise.
(...)
Thor shrugged at her silence and got back to why he was here. "Jyahnar."
"Hmm?" Jyahnar partially turned her face to him.
"How do I enter the imaginary realm?"
Jyahnar's eyes widened, and she blinked in front of him just behind the bars. "What did you say?"
Thor raised a brow at her reaction. "How do I enter the imaginary realm?"
Jyahnar's face twisted, and she squeezed the cell bars tightly. "Don't even try it…"
"Why not?"
Jyahnar stared into his eyes before saying, "You'll die if you do."
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A/N: Bit short, just felt like writing it