Prism Saga 2, Chapter 2: Back to the Citadel

The ToolMaster and N!404 stood before Edra and began to question her as to was to come and about things that once were.

“Tell me, what exactly creates other AlphaTales? I’m curious" N!404 asked with disapproval from the ToolMaster

“ You get the chance to speak to a being that’s no doubt existed longer than your entire Multiverse and many others combined and you’d rather ask about how there are others yous? Perhaps I was wrong of this supposed genius of yours" ToolMaster said showing clear annoyance with N!404 signing and rethinking his question as Edra just stared at the two back and forth.

“OK, What is this place exactly? The Citadel? Or just Eden? I can’t tell nor sense anything else here besides the others and myself.” N!404 asked

“This is my Kingdom, the Kingdom of Woa. This Kingdom dosent exist nor exist in any single dimension or realm for when I made it I made it using a large portion of what power I had at the time. Since then I’ve upgraded this place heavily since then though this realm often just stays as 10th dimensional place.” Edra said as she looked at her nails and her Own Pepper staring at the ToolMaster.

“ A pathetic question like, though not illogical coming from you as I can see you lack the sense to understanding your surroundings as well as thee" said the ToolMaster as N!404 was getting sick of his constant attitude

“ Tell me something Goddess of the Cosmos, Where does strength and power come from? I want to know and understand” ToolMaster asked

“The Nexus, it is source of all power and is connected to all pools of power that have ever been created. If you posses the power of the Nexus than you posses unlimited power. Unfortunately its forces are quite server and is ruled over by the Architect who isn’t all to nice to say the least" Edra said as her Owl then began to fly around the room. The ToolMaster looked on as his mind pondered towards the few things he had heard already.

“Now that’s enough, I’m not a tool for you, I need you to go to the Citadel and hunt down the arachnid again just as I know your colorful friend asked you to do before. Except I want you to give it this" Edra said as she created a cosmic cube and then turned it into a pill.

“When you gain its trust I want you to give it this” Edra said as she sent it into N!404’s pocket

“What makes you think I can trick it?” N!404 said with a serious tone

“You’ve done it before haven’t you? Get over there, dress up nice and pretty put on your gay flag and go DO IT AGAIN" Edra said with even more tougher tone as she then sent the ToolMaster and N!404 flying out of the room with a whisk of her hand as they went flying down the stairs outside. The ToolMaster got up and dusted himself off while N!404 dug into his pocket and looked at the pill.

“That pill, hmm well do what you wish" ToolMaster said as he began to walk back towards Edra’s throne room

“Wait! Aren’t you coming along?!” N!404 said as he looked back

“What? Afraid to die away from home? Don’t be scared to venture forward and live a life short yet full of life than a long and dull one.” ToolMaster said as he walked back up the stairs leaving N!404 by himself as he walked down the stairs seeing Staff and Exhaulted!404 who were both talking to each other until they both saw N!404 walking downstairs. N!404 still was unsure on how he felt about seeing other versions of himself, was he the one that was flawed or were they? Was life meaningful if there  were always so many different versions of himself that live on this world and was there even point to living at all.

“HEY!” shouted Exhaulted!404 which got N!404 out of his trance only to see Staff!404 with Edra’s owl on his head and Exhaulted!404 staring at like he had something on his face.

“Oh uh sorry, We going now? Guess that lady forgot to give us a way to the Citadel” N!404 said in annoyance as then the owl then used its thrid eye and shot out a large beam in front of everyone and created a portal directly to the Citadel.

“hot damn well that’s convenient” Staff!404 said as he walked through with the owl leaving his head and flying off. N!404 got ready to go through but just then he heard shuffling down any alley near the city, which was strange cause he didn’t sense anybody throughout the whole kingdom. He desperately wanted to look, but could feel the weight of the pill in his pocket grow more heavier the longer he stood around so he jumped through too the portal closing quickly behind them.

“Your lost now aren’t you” Prism said N!404 turned around in shock that he had been brought back to wherever they were.

“Well, I’d be where I’d need to if you weren’t always taking me in every other direction, what do you want now?” N!404 asked

“Nothing, there’s nothing you have I want…at least yet of course” Prism said as he turned to stare at N!404 his eyes landing on his. The two kept eye contact for what felt like eternity, Prism was curious on what he was thinking, but he wouldn’t dare read his mind and take away from the curiosity and surprise, but in all truth there was no way to truly surprise him. Prism then looked to N!404’s body, it was small and yet also frail and looked quite delicate at least what that meant to him. Prism the turned away with N!404 blinking finally ending the long stare.

“Go, Do what you must" Prism said as then N!404 was brought back to reality as he found himself inside the Citadel sitting in a alley with Staff and Exhaulted!404 near the end of it looking around.

“Alright, now if I was a Pink version of me where I be" Exhaulted!404 said as he looked around, the Citadel was massive, even though he didn’t want to say it he was overwhelmed by the sight and levels of existentialism and nihilism that was filling his mind. All these alternat versions of himself, some vastly different and some still looking like they’re in the starts of their lives. He was unsure entirely how to feel as he looked onward through the entire Citadel. Staff!404 was calm and collected, he’d trialed here once before and even could recognize a few faces walking about it all seemed relatively the same as before with little happening in between his visits.

“Nothings changed" Staff!404 said with melancholy in his voice which Exhaulted!404 noticed, but shook it off. N!404 then looked at his hand and saw the pill still in his hand, even though he understood what had to be done a part of him still had no clue what that meant. He then attempted to stand up in which when he did his hand landed on something squishy and when he looked down at it found it to be a abandoned fetus on the ground, his face was frozen with no real expression to give he stared at it unsure of it had developed a face whenever it was cast here. He then began to see flashes of his face in place of the fetus until he shook them off and got up walking over to Staff and Exhaulted!404 who looked back to N!404 breathing a sign of relief that he was finally awake.

“Glad to see your awake, you were asleep for 5 hours, I don’t know about you, but that’s insanity…of course” Exhaulted!404 said as he looked out to the streets with N!404 looking disheveled, he already was starting to get emotionally drained from this entire endeavor as he looked back at the discarded fetus.

“We should go and explore a bit more so we can actively search for this Pink 404 guy, do you know anything on him N? Edra said you were the closet one with him" Staff!404 asked

“Hehe more like closet rape victim. The guys a fucking freak and has little concern for who makes feel uncomfortable, honestly, I can’t wait to give this damn pill to his ass and be done with this damn errand BS” N!404 said in a tired tone as they all began to walk out into the Citadel and begin, they’re long journey. They walked around for hours searching and looking for Pink404 as they relied heavily on N!404’s memories of previous events to guide him however N!404 wasn’t right in the head, still lingering on Prism's words and the fetus from before he wasn’t in any sort of good mental state to be recalling events that he had never wanted to remember again.

“If God loves man then why did he curse man with life if he knew it was to be the hardest endeavor…perhaps God didn’t love man at all, perhaps he found it all a joke and nothing mattered to him but please his sick humor" N!404 thought to himself as he then looked up to see the large sun like object in the sky, the man heads, tendrils and women like face that came from the front of it.

“Is this hell…” N!404 asked himself as he continued to walk the rest of the day with Staff and Exhaulted!404 who both were deep in thought as well.

Soon enough tho the sun would set and the only lights coming in were the ones from the distant city far far away from them near the base of the tree the three of them all relaxing at a park not to far away from a city block decorated in shops and restaurants.

“GOD DAMMNIT! We’ll never find that guy in here, you sure it was some Pink looming guy?” Exhaulted!404 asked with annoyance as Staff looked around the park to see if anyone was wondering around.

“Hes not really Pink, that’s just the name I called him or at least I think so” N!404 said

“You think so? The hell does that mean?! She got your memories back didn’t she!? So why can’t you remember SHIT YET!?” Exhaulted!404 shouted

“Hey, lets give him a break ok? His experience here may not be as pleasant as mine or yours. Besides he’s been through enough crap already ok?” Staff!404 said

“TCH! Whatever, I’m gonna go grab a bite to eat, ill be back" Exhaulted!404 said as he walked off towards the busy street with N!404 and Staff watching him go.

“So whats your place like? Staff!404 asked causing N!404’s eyes to move towards him

“Why do you care?” N!404 asked

“Just curious is all besides can’t work together if we aren’t trying to understand one another, though of course if you wanna remain the silent lover than I won’t stop you" Staff!404 said

“…Its…well its no sunshine and rainbows I’ll tell you that much heh. I’m currently trying to stop Loading from harnessing all the power from the Mainframe and annihilating all Aus even the rest of what I’ve tried to salvage of AlphaTale, though of course there’s plenty of other mishaps throughout that. Clysm is the biggest pain in my ass besides the same ToolMaster…tch I hardly get sleep" N!404 said as he got up and stretched a bit

“heh, sounds like you got a lot pent up, you know something someone taught me here is that, not one person is destined to carry the world and that one that does attempt to do so will find themselves falling apart even quicker then snow during the summer" Staff!404 said looking to N!404 who looked down to him slightly intrigued by what he said and gave it some thought.

“…Maybe I should try relying on more people" N!404 said when suddenly he saw Exhaulted get kicked out of a bar by a couple of People angrily flipping and cursing him out.

“HEY WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!?” Exhaulted shouted

“STAY THE FUCK OUT OF OUR BAR YOU QUEER CUNT! GO SOMEWHERE AND BUY A SKIRT INSTEAD TOYS R US IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET YOU FUCKING TWINK" shouted the random Alpha who was accompanied by a large Delios wearing a eye patch.

“OH YEA!? You know I could fuck you both up right!?” Exhaulted shouted back at them flipping them off

“Yea whatever, why don’t you go get your citizenship badge you faggot!” yelled the Delios as the two went back into the bar as Exhaulted spit out a lose tooth and began walking to the park.

“What the hell happened to lying low hu dickless?!” Staff shouted smacking Exhaulted in the back of the head as he approached

“Hey hands off! And look say what you will, but I got us some good info" Exhaulted said

“Alright don’t leave us in suspense" N!404 said

“Well supposedly that Pink 404 has been seen around here working in the suburbs of the Citadel and supposedly from what I heard there’s a 404 named Sleek who knows exactly where to look just for that person. Problem is he’s damn near impossible to track down, but tonight he’s supposed to be at a bar and play pool with some guys or whatever” Exhaulted said

“Let me guess, was it the bar you just got thrown out of?” Staff asked with a small chuckle from Exhaulted letting them know it was.

“…Guess we’ll just have to go back in and wait for him" N!404 said

“OH! Looks like we won’t, look" Staff said nudging N!404 as they all turned around and saw a very gangster looking 404 wearing red sunglasses and a long black coat, he was also accompanied by a Chara too, this Chara wore a yellow jacket and had a eye patch too, he was also dressed in a nice little dress as they both went inside.

“Starting to think I might have to rethink my eyepatch gimmick” Exhaulted said as N!404 and Staff walked past him and started towards the bar with Exhaulted not far behind, as they entered Exhaulted tried to not look noticeable as N!404 and Staff looked around. The bar was massive with a second floor and everything, pool tables galore and a massive bar for eating and drinking they also had a small smoke area. That’s when they got noticed by the previous folks who kicked Exhaulted out as they began to walk over towards them

“Man fuck these guys" Exhaulted said as he ducked behind Staff and N!404

“HEY! Didn’t we say you weren’t allowed in here anymore?!” shouted the Delios not getting anyone’s attention

“Hey, listen we’re just here to find someone, we’ll control our…partner here if you let us just move around. That cool?” asked N!404 in which the Alpha looked at him and then Exhaulted.

“Hey! Keep your count mouth ya hear!” N!404 shouted getting a large laugh from everyone in the bar

“Hey What-" but Exhaulted was stopped by Staff putting his arm in front of him to which Exhaulted calmed down as he just watched.

“…Alright, your free to stay, but if your cunt can’t keep his gullet fucking shut we’ll take him to the back and stuff him full of lead!” shouted the Delios as he and the Alpha walked off towards the bar.

“See that wasn’t so hard" Staff laughed

“Easy for you to say prick" Exaulted said pissed off

“Will you both cool it? We need to find this Sleek guy” N!404 said as he looked around for Sleek in the bar. He scanned the bar as all he saw were 404s and other non-alphatale figures who were either gambling, molesting somebody or drinking themselves to a early grave. He looked near the back and saw the smoking area was back there, but also noticed that the second level of the bar was filled with smoke which meant that there was a another smoking area up there which no doubt meant that the upstairs also worked for another smoking area.

“Upstairs," N! 404 said as he began walking towards the stairs and up them with Staff and Exalted following close behind him.

“Hey, since when did he become leader?” Exalted asked

“Since he’s the only one that has connections with who we’re hunting down you ninny" Staff said as he kept following behind N! 404. He got to the second floor and saw it, a load of crime lords and other sketchy folks who all turned their heads to the three of them briefly before looking back towards each minding their business, N! 404 kept himself aware as he moved about trying not to stare at nobody too long.

“Watch where you staring queer bait," said one of them as they passed by

“Sorry" N! 404 muttered as he kept looking around and then finally saw him, Sleek with a Chara the two of them talking and drinking too, N! 404 and them finally arrived at his table.

“Then I told the guy either you can go shove it or ill shove it for ya! HAHAHA!” Sleek laughed as his Chara laughed with him, N! 404 then put his hands on the table.

“Hey pal we need to talk with you," N! 404 said in a low tone

“Eh hit the road blue boy, the 404 convention is down the road," Sleek said as he got back to talking to Chara

“Baby maybe we should just go," Said the Chara

“Maybe you should listen to your boyfriend,” said Exhaulted with an annoyed tone done with this shit

“HEY! Don’t talk for him alright? And didn’t I tell you to beat it" Sleek said as he then saw one of the men in another booth get up?

“HEY SHUT UP!” the man said as he then threw his glass of wine towards Sleek and them causing the wine to hit his table and spill on Chara with N! 404 and the others backing up a tad.

“Oh, what the fuck! Oh come on the one time I wear something cute out" said Chara as he tried to use napkins on it while Sleek tried as well.

“Damn Pup I’m so so sorry about this, let me make it up to ya," Sleek said before he saw Pup crying as he tried to get the stains out. Sleek’s face then turned into a smile as he got up out of his chair and walked towards N! 404 and them.

“Now now, we didn’t throw shit ya hear," Exhausted said as he put his hands up trying to seem non-hostile

“No, but you sure did add to the headache now didn’t ya, Now lookie here boys…I came out today, took time out of my day to spend with my man and here you come and wanna ruin that for…what the fuck did you want?” Sleek asked as the other men in the booths got up and began walking towards Sleek and them.

“…Look man we just-" but sleek interrupted N! 404

“And the bastard doesn’t even wanna ask anymore! All that just so you could chicken out!?... Alright here's how this is gonna go, You ruined my man’s dress tonight so I’m gonna be sending you all to the ER the only disappointment being I’ll only get to do it once.” Sleek said as he got to cracking his knuckles

“Hey look man, we don’t wanna get into no brawl," Staff said as everyone began to surround them and Sleek as everyone downstairs was still doing as they were.

“Well you fuckwits should have thought of that before you crashed my date," Sleek said as he looked around him

“Cause now I’m gonna fuck you up," Sleek said and just as he did Sleek started poking N! 404’s eyes causing him to jump back in pain, Sleek then grabbed Staff and Exhaulted's head and smashed them together sending the two to the ground. One of the guys tried to rush Sleek with a bottle, but he just grabbed it and shoved it down the guy’s throat and then punched him in the gut causing him to spit it out which he then used to smash over N! 404’s head sending him to the ground.

“WHY CANT I BLOW HIM TO BITS IM THINKING IT, BUT I CANT FEEL MY FUCKING POWER!” Exhausted shouted as he felt his bruised head

“ARGH!? This is a debuffed Bar"  Staff said as he felt his head while the fighting was still going on

“ENGLISH!!” Exhausted screamed

“IT MEANS YOU CANT USE YOUR POWERS IN HERE YOU IDIOT OTHERWISE YOU GET ELECTROCUTED!” The staff shouted back, Sleek then slammed one of the other man’s head into a table. Staff took the opportunity to run up behind Sleek only for him to turn around and punch Staff in the face breaking his nose. N! 404 grabbed a bottle and smashed it against a table and tried to stab Sleek, but Sleek dodged out of the way grabbing N! 404’s arm and punching the joint breaking it instantly causing N! 404 to scream.

While all the fighting happened everyone downstairs remained calm and continued to play, Pup was recording the whole thing on his phone and many people outside the bar were looking at the fighting shadows in the window. Staff tried tackling Sleek only for Sleek to elbow him and then punch Staff in the face breaking his nose. N! 404 Got up only to get kicked in the face by a random guy knocking him out cold.

“Oh shit!” Exhausted shouted as he witnessed what happened when suddenly sirens could be heard and the whole bar shook violently as the sounds of wings could be heard outside.

“That’s not good," Staff said worried

Suddenly spotlights flashed outside as Exhaulted saw two large Sentinels drop down from the sky breaking the concrete underneath they’re massive weight.

“Outsider the bar now," said one of the large Sentinels their voice booming through the entire Citadel, Staff looked over to see Sleek and Pup who were now gone, and the other men either on their knees praying or had escaped as well.

“What now?” Exhausted asked worried whipping blood from his face

“I…I don’t know I haven’t seen this before" Staff said shakily as the lights got brighter and the Sentinels made their approach to the bar which they easily dwarfed.

Hours passed by as N! 404 then woke up in a hospital bed, he could feel his senses and his mind being messed with, when he opened his eyes completely to find a horrifying-looking blob of women with dark hands and a wide smile stretching ear from the ear with her eyes pitch black. N! 404 screamed, but then saw he had no voice his heart racing he then tried moving only to see he couldn’t move either. He could feel his heart ready to burst out of his chest as fear took over every fabric of his being.

“Calm down William," said a voice in which he looked over to see a black cat with red eyes sitting on the lap of Farnese who was sitting down on a chair reading a book with a golden brim and a heart-like symbol on the cover.

“I can’t believe you found a way back, but not only that but got associated with Prism again," Farnese said as she closed the book and got up to which N! 404 looked at her confused.

“Don’t bother I already know, you were a fool to come back here #00018” Farnese said as she got some sort of sanitizer and wiped her hands with it and the weird blob women monster stared at him too.

“Wake him up," Farnese said as the blob women then kissed N! 404’s forehead and just like as if he always could he could think and talk again, he tried groaning a bit before finally saying what he wanted to say.

“WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?” N! 404 shouted shocking even the blob women

“Horrible manners, from a William," said the black cat

“Who the hell are you?” N! 404 asked as he tried to move, but still couldn’t that’s when he noticed the blob woman was knitting however she was knitting N! 404’s very existence back together. His eyes of course lingered on the scene to which he then noticed his feet and legs coming back to reality.

“I am Himmsworth,” the black cat said as it jumped onto his chest. N! 404 looked as he saw the blob woman finish knitting and his body finally be returned to him.

“…Where am I?” N! 404 Asked

“This is a hospital, but if you're asking more specifically then you are inside the second book of Arcarian book novels, aka the Book of Hearts," Himmsworth said as N! 404 looked at him and then looked outside to see the entirety of the Cosmos, millions Multiverses and Billions of Hyperverses falling into a large funnel in the center of reality where a large unfathomable nor unrecognizable thing devoured everything and all things and even sucked in time itself which was shown through shards of time flying by N!404’s hospital window in which the entire Hospital was floating in this void atop a single large portion of rubble.

Exhaulted!404 is owned by Overlord Tyl

Staff!404 is owned by Jumpfire

Toolmaster and N!404 is owned by NytetheLad