Prism Saga 2, Chapter 1: Reunion with old and new Faces

Deep in the heart of N!AlphaTale N!404 was trapped and suspended high above a pit of pure negative code as Loading watched him slowly get lowered in.

“ This is the last time you interfere with my plans Will, I’d say it was a pleasure, but I hate to lie.” Loading said as he waved to N!404 getting lowered down, he tried to struggle free, but N!404 was entirely unable to break free. However suddenly a portal opened up behind the large pit catching N!404 and Loading’s attention, suddenly two different versions of 404 came walking through.

“WHO DARES!?” Loading shouted only for one of the 404s one wearing a eye patch to use some sort of red flesh like arm thay came shooting out of his arm knocking Loading away.

“W-What the hell is going on?!” N!404 asked with panic and confusion while the other 404 who wore a more oddly designed jacket with weird symbols covering his clothing.

“Don’t worry we’re friends" said the nicely designed 404 while the one wearing a Eye patch walked over to Loading and stared at him as he laid unconscious.

“Yea, friends. How the hell do we know this is the guy anyway? Just look at him, she wants him? I swear if god exist he hates us" said the eye patch 404 as he then used his arm extending it out and grabbed N!404 from the pit and throwing him to the side. N!404 got up weakly still tied up with the well dressed  404 untying im.

“I was under the impression that there wasn’t another version of AlphaTale, so what are you two exactly?” N!404 asked confusing the other two

“He dosent remember? I thought she said he knew" said the well dressed 404

“Give him the orb then" said the eye patched 404 in which the well dressed one grabbed from his pocket. N!404 looked down a bit cautious as he then looked to the weird orb, it gave him a massive headache he felt floods of lost memories flash back at him at a uncomfortable rate.

“What- what the hell is that?!” N!404 said in agony as he backed away holding his head as the well dressed 404 kept walking to him until he grabbed N!404’s and placed the orb in his hand in which the orb shattered into pieces and digged itself into N!404’s very being giving back lost memories causing N!404 to collapse from the overload.

“That went well" said the eye patch 404 as he lifted him up and hoisted him up on his shoulder as the well dressed 404 used a strange device opening a portal up as they all jumped through it leaving the N!AlphaTale, however a distant figure watched them curious on what had happened.

N!404 woke up in a white void, a very familiar white void.

“…Prism? You still here?” N!404 asked as he looked around

“I’m everywhere” Prism said as he came from behind N!404. He was just like he remembered him, all N!404’s memories were flooding back to him, M!404, Pink and Faker all of his memories were coming back to him.

“How do you feel?” Prism asked

“I feel a bit, funny, but my thoughts are also fuzzy. What happened exactly if I may ask" N!404 asked

“You did what you were told, found Faker and bought me what I needed" Prism said with N!404 getting a bit more curious, he then tried to feel or sense Prism's energy.

“If you’re hoping on finding something while you so that, you won’t sadly enough" Prism stated in which N!404 took a step back from the shock.

“You a mind reader too now" N!404 said coldly

“I’m whatever I want to be" Prism said to which N!404 looked away, all these god complexes were giving him a headache.

“I need you once again, Since your last visit things have changed in the Citadel, a large House appears out of nowhere and now that Spider has gotten more active. I fear that Faker’s actions have begun to get more his abuse of the Edensphere must be stopped before its too late" Prism said as he turned to N!404

“Why don’t you do it!? I don’t anything more to do with this place or these people! All that’ll happen is I die, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!” N!404 shouted in which Prism gave no response as he simply floated past him.

“Have you ever heard of the sad fate of Falklore the Godslayer?” Prism asked

“Answer me, NOW!” N!404 yelled

“A hero sent out to battle the very Void itself and all its horrors-"

“ANSWER ME!”

“but sadly, the story is unfinished, even though he ventured out and fought valiantly the story would never see its end-"

“SHUT UP!”

“Forgotten and lost to the fabric of existence and time itself no hand alive could bring him back. For what is one to do when the world itself forgets you ever existed-"

“Why the hell are you telling me this!?” N!404 shouted

“Because only a fool would seek to do nothing against the odds, I didn’t take you for a fool William" Prism said to which N!404 hesitated with his retort and just stood in silence his mind racing back to his former life in his home, he thought of his friends and his family. Prism stared at him as N!404’s mind went through his entire life until this moment, he felt melancholic as he thought of it all. Prism looked at his face, a face of pain and suffering as it dropped from feeling cold to feeling everything at once his inability to even muster words showing in true.

“The worst part of a sad tale is never the ending, but the beginning when your told what it is at the very beginning. A true sign of no hope" Prism said as he floated past N!404 who nearly fell onto his knees but caught himself. N!404 then stood up and looked back at Prism who was faced away from him.

“…What happens if Faker gets his way?” N!404 asked

“You and everything else within this world would be under his complete control” Prism said

“Even you?” N!404 said

“No" Prism said

“Then why don’t you stop him!? Why send others?” N!404 asked

“You ask a lot of questions don’t you" Prism said

“Someone has to" N!404 responded

“Hmp, I just have my own goals in mind, I don’t have time to waste on this" Prism said

“Then why are you gathering us to stop him if the Citadel already has their own means on stopping him" N!404 yelled

“I didn’t gather you this time" Prism said

“What?” N!404 said confused

“Did you think that this was real?, No we are simply in your subconscious mind, you’ve been taken to the Kingdom of Woa to Edra" Prism said

“Who?” N!404 asked

“You’ll get to know her soon enough, but I think that ends our discussion for now, your mission is to free your old partner and hunt down Faker. Don’t and you’ll be free from me, but at what possible cost” Prism said as one of his floating arms went to N!404 and tapped him on the head waking him up to which he found himself on a purple/blueish tiled floor with large columns decorating the room, he then looked up to see the two 404s from before looking down at him.

“Hes awake!” Eye patch 404 said sarcastically as he walked away with the well dressed one helping N!404 up. N!404 looked around as he began to notice the architecture some more giant Mandalas with depictions of the Cosmos and stars all over the place, he then made a note of the giant black hole in the center of the room which shocked him for a bit before noticing he was completely fine.

“Don’t worry, everything within my Kingdom is under my control or even things beyond that too" said a feminine voice to which N!404 turned around and saw a large women with incredibly long hair, pale star like eyes and a crown made out of stars.

“I reckon you must be Edea" N!404 said

“impressive, not many know that name and those who do often enough seek to extinguish whatever is behind it.” Edra said as she stood up from her throne and began walking her height was far more than N!404 had guessed. He watched as she walked past him and put her hand upon the large black hole in the center of the large room, it was massive far more larger than even Edra herself too.

“ I’m guessing you want answers" Edra said as she looked back at N!404 who just stared back

“Well its simple little skeleton, You see I bore witness to your little stunt at the Citadel and how all those fools squabble and run around like man during rush hour. I want you to do it again, but this time you’ll be doing work for me this time around and with a slightly more component team" Edra said as she walked back to her throne and sat down.

“ If I refuse?” N!404 asked

“Then I’ll turn you and all your inhabitants of your world into crackers to feed to my owl Pepper” Edra said in which at that moment a large Owl flew in from one of the many openings in the walls and landed on N!404’s head.

“Great another one like Prism the last thing I need" N!404 thought to himself, Edra looked at him with her eyes looking slightly annoyed and irritated.

“Very rude of you, to compare to another" said Edra in which N!404’s face turned to horror for a moment as he looked to her, she must be a mind reader of some kind he thought to himself.

“Sorry bud, guess we forgot to tell yea. She stopped our thoughts from being self contained and now all our thoughts are spoken outwards though we can’t hear it and only she can" said the well dressed 404 in which N!404 looked to Edra who still was looking at him irritated, he got on one knee in hopes to show his regret for what he had done.

“…These 2 will now be your companions, Introduce yourselves” Edra said in which the eye patch 404 came forward.

“I come from a different AlphaTale, but you may call me Exhaulted, Exhaulted!404 so to speak" Exhaulted!404 said as he looked to N!404 whi then looked to the other.

“I am Staff from the Staff verse, but you can if course call me Staff!404”  Staff!404 said as he nodded a bit with N!404 nodding back. He didn’t really have much to say since seeing other 404s now was pretty much starting to get like seeing a stray cat, however he was completely mesmerized and ultimately was more interested in more knowledge about the world.

“Alright, I’ll do it, but I want information instead if that is a possibility” N!404 asked as when he did Edra motioned for Staff and Exhaulted to leave which they did walking away and outside the large throne room, when N!404 looked back at Edra he looked in shock as the ToolMaster walked from behind her throne.

“What is he doing here?” N!404 asked with annoyance

“Knowledge, I doubt you can even imagine it.” Said the ToolMaster as his gears and head steamed and he walked around Edra’s feet clearly showing distance.

“Knowledge hu? It just so happens I have a few of my own" N!404 said crossing his arms

“Then perhaps we are at a impass, lets see it like this, You may be somewhat of a obstacle, but I believe we both can work together and find out exactly what is to come out of this arrangement” ToolMaster said as his voice sounded more robotic. N!404 took a second thinking of what he could ask before or when he would be sent back to the Citadel. That’s when it hit him, N!404 just got hit with the idea that there could be a lot more going on under the scenes of what he’s being told. He decided then that if he was to continue to survive in this world he needed more information on what was to come then.

Exhaulted!404 belongs to Overlord Tyl

Staff!404 belongs to Jumpfire

N!404 and ToolMaster belong to NytetheLad