The Last Grid [Danielle & Friends]

The first time Oki had world hopped it was due to its own will after it had been given its new ability. It had found Nozomi and befriended him in the desert. Back then the world acted strange along with the young man himself. Things were falling apart and war threatened to break out; however, things seemed to change when Nozomi brought the two sides together. Then like some snippet of a movie or a picture finally taken perfectly, they had been tossed from that world  and through Oki’s power was able to be pulled into a world that gave off a familiar energy without much issue. While it was true in the past Oki had not been able to explore all the worlds of the Alt. Azores, it was also true that to some degree they all gave off a strange energy that felt like home. The place they were in before with the Fairy Folk...it had to be part of the old Azores, but for whatever reason its condition had been worse than the last one...and this time thanks to interference...that world began to fade until there was nothing, but whiteness all around.

That world and Nozomi...Wild cards and Philemon….Zodiacs and demons...the minister and Zachary…..They were all connected in this big puzzle in some fashion, but how each part worked Oki could only imagine as its mind shifted through the madness. The worlds were unraveling and shifting in odd ways. The familiar being erased and replaced with some form of desert. The worlds were collapsing, but every Zodiac it had met seemed to be having other agendas and not focusing on saving the worlds...why? What made them abandon their duty? What was the disconnect and how was it that Nozomi had such an impact on the worlds around him? Would this girl they had found that claimed she had a power similar to Nozomi have the same effect on the world? And why did it feel like Oki was only seeing half of the story….What was this really?

Those were the chaotic thoughts that plagued the being’s mind as it floated in whiteness for who knew how long until a voice so soft it was barely audible called out to it.

Open your eyes...

It was a female voice soft and so far away.

Open your eyes…


The voice was familiar and closer as a presence stood by it in the whiteness.




It heard the soft command and with light jolt, the creature twitched in its sleep. With some difficulty, it let its body reboot so to speak. First the sound of strange static and other noises it associated with either an out TV or a computer going a bit haywire greeted its ears. Then the strange feeling of being in its body, but not really?  Yeah...that was strange and perhaps that disconnect was what made it so hard for the creature to get its scrambled thoughts under control and in turn its body. A full minute after Danielle had awoken, Oki would groan lightly in its sleep as its face twisted with the battle to open its eyes. When it finally did, it would find it was seeing static for a bit. Static...how strange. Had it fallen in front of out TV or what? It didn’t seem that way for this static was soon clearing revealing a sideways world of technology it had never seen before. Still on the ground the creature would blink a couple of times trying to understand what it saw. When no solution came, it pushed itself into a sitting position and lift a gloved hand to ruffle its hair; however, upon seeing its glove it would pause as its eyes scanned the glove.

It was black...and it the strangeness didn’t stop there. It’s whole outfit had turned black with the exception of the odd blue line pattern that ran along its legs arms and formed strange patterns as it crossed the small valleys of the belts it wore. Its clothing weren’t the only changes either. The exposed flat crystals on its cheeks that typically shined a dull red were now a strange hue of blue. Even the red ring around its eyes had shifted to match the blue color scheme though Oki could not see that as it frowned in confusion.

What in the world? Eh?

A question caused Oki to look up at the girl called Danielle, the usual green coloration gone from its eyes and replaced with a gold colored that glowed lightly in this strange world's dark atmosphere. Shifting its weight, Oki noticed its hat had fallen off, so grabbing the item and hooking it to its belt, the creature would get to its feet.

“We are...perplexed, but fine physically...we think,” the being would say and then tilting its head it would look at her. “You?” it would ask its tone a lot softer than when they first met. Maybe it had gotten used to her by now, who knew. Whatever the case was Oki was being kinder to her than before so that was a plus.

In any case, regardless of the answer given, Oki would drift over to the remainder of the group offering a hand to anyone who needed assistance getting up. Once everyone was back on their feet, Oki would look at the group with an unreadable expression before its eyes land on Angela.

They had lost Nozomi, but had gained her and Danielle...

Watching her, it would fold its arms.

“You didn’t fade and could come with us...Why is that?” Oki would ask as it watched the woman with a curious expression. It figured she was not of that world, but to be able to travel to another world and not fade away? That seemed a bit too odd for Oki. The being would watch her until a light from above distracted it causing it to look up and follow the descent of the thing that fell out of the sky. A...new arrival?

Oki would frown a bit thoroughly confused by these random appearance; however, the look would turn to shock as it saw the girl that had come from that streak that crashed into the dumpster. On instinct, it took a step forward with an expression of confusion and concern on its face, as its mind raced to register what was happening.


The creature would say before it could stop itself. It had been two years, but Oki did not forget the face that had got it wrapped up with the Angels to begin. The one that summoned the champion that was associated with goddess...

Despite its shock, it would shake its head as its expression became serious once more as it mind shifted to addressed each issue one by one.

First the question about where they were. It would look towards Dainelle.

“Oki is a bit uncertain, but we think….we may be inside of a computer….and not just any computer, but the one that resided in Alt. San Maralus.  Either that or somehow a computer program has come out of the system and now resides in a very altered San Maralus,” Oki said as it scratched its head a bit confused. It really wasn’t sure what had happened, but it knew without a doubt this was San Maralus. The world had changed, but the feeling was the same...and Beep was here too. Surely it wasn’t going mad with its logic, was it?

On that note, it wondered if it was in a computer, then what happened to the human side of this place….Did it fade too? And if so. What about Helen? So many questions, so many conflicts within. How does one focus? Oki had no clue, but it somehow did as its eyes turned to Beep. The expression more serious as its eyes glowed slightly with a passion that had been missing for two years now.

“Beep said this place is being deleted and going into the trash, eh? Hmph. Oki will not let that happen. Tell us what is going on and we will  do our best to help stop this deletion,” Oki would say, the creature seeming to become actually alive for the first time since beginning this quest or returning to Azores for that matter. Perhaps the familiar had finally knocked away the last wall that had made the being not care before. Whatever it was it looked like the creature finally found its fire from two years ago and in turn found itself once more.

"What is this?A rerun of Tron?" That was the first thing Blaez said after waking up, he appeared to be rather annoyed, as always. "I have been worse." He let out a sigh as he observed his surroundings more carefully. Not long after their arrival the group found themselves in the company of a blue haired girl, she looked very distressed for whatever reason, saying that everything would get deleted, it seems Oki knew this girl and that her name was Beep. "Calm down, alright? We can't help if we don't what's going on."

Ugh, damnit, I hate this. Jumping through dimensions is so disorienting. And why do I feel like my body isn't mine and there is something else inside it? AAAANDD why are there glowing lines on me? Oh fucking hell, is this like tron? Because if it is, I hate this. Why can't anything be NORMAL for once? Like, oh, there is the big bad, we need to go on a quest to kill him and save everyone! But no, we don't know where the fuck we are going, what the fuck we are doing, or what the fuck we are fighting! I think visibly fuming for a bit. *Sigh* Well, getting all pissy about it isn't going to help anything, so might as well try to get through this. Looks like we are in an alleyway... a digital alleyway probably. Huh? What's that blue light? And why is it speeding towards us? ..... did it just crash into a digital dumpster full of digital trash? *Sigh* everything is bloody digital. And who is that lady? Welp, computer world confirmed, and as usual, everything is being destroyed. Looks like Danielle already has the major questions covered. Wait, she doesn't know where we are? Don't tell me she doesn't know about the internet..... *Sigh* frick. "So um, Danielle was it? We are sorta in an artificial world I believe. Think of a world where everything isn't really real, and it's all run on electricity. That's what we are in I believe." Yeah, Oki's explanation didn't really cover for the fact that Danielle probably doesn't know the first thing about computers. Ugh. Strange thinking that, when literally our entire world is reliant on advanced computing technology. So this girl's name is.... Beep?  I am so disappointed. You would think it would be some fancy computer program name shortened into some short name. "Well, as per usual we need to take out the source of the problem.... not that we have any idea what that is."

“Tron?” Oki would ask not exactly getting the reference since it had never seen whatever Tron was before. The question was a faint one, showing that it was a passing curiosity that really didn’t need to be answered if no one wanted to answer it. Regardless of if it got any response or not, its eyes would drift over to Raina and her friend. The blonde seemed to have taken the fading of the last world pretty badly. The creature had noticed she had tried to save the King, but unlike Angela, he had been unable to cross over.

Watching the woman break like that made the creature frown slightly as it felt a small pain in the spot where it heart was. It…really wished they could save many, but in the end it seemed like whatever was going on here was going to take out more before it was better. That other world they didn’t get a chance to save thanks to Dio, but…that was the past. As much as it hurt to push that world on the back burner, there was nothing they could do for it at the moment. They had to push forward and save this one and hope that by doing so they could find a way to restore the worlds lost.

“Yes. Let’s work together to save this world,” Oki would say to Raina before falling silent a bit, it would hear the words the young man spoke to Danielle and wonder if that was even necessary since the girl didn’t seem to say much to either of their explanation. That oddness aside, its eyes turned to Angela as she answered its question.

“Hmmm. Another world, huh? Well, if we have time later Oki would like to hear your story,” the being would say before its golden eyes shifted to look at Beep as she moved directly into its personal space bubble.

Not being bothered by this the creature would allow the study, its pale lips shifting into a small smile as it saw the AI smile in response to her name. Maybe she couldn't remember, but it was good to see her smiling regardless; however, the small smile would turn into a frown as it heard the information about where they were and what happened to the residents. Something had destroyed…San Maralus and now the people were here and digitalized? What the hell happened for that to occur? How did said thing beat Helen? That was not good and worried the creature a great deal. It wonder if the other side could be restored or if they were to be bound to this digital world forever. On top of this it seemed Beep didn’t know what was causing the melt down here either….

Oki would hear this and ponder what to do for only a few moment before its mind settled on what it had to do. Other side or not, this was its home and as such it would protect it with its life no matter the form. Determined the creature would pull itself out of its thoughts as eyes drifted to Danielle as she spoke.

“We understand communication would be vital in this case if we were to split up; however…we have a whole city to cover so we could very well be going down long path indeed staying lumped together as one. We understand safety in numbers, but we need to sweep the area as effectively as possible. So I think splitting up is best. If we all agree to the split, then I will go with Beep to help her examine the area. If not, then I'll follow your command,” the creature would say before it looked towards Beep and Angela. “One that, note what are your abilities?” the creature would ask the pair looking from the program to the woman with them. If Beep was an AI maybe she was programmed with something to aid in communication or vision….and Angela. It didn’t think it was a coincidence that the woman could world hop or had come with them. She had to have some power of her own.

Just like there had to be a reason for all of this happening. Nothing was due to chance...

To some it might be a bit of a shock being able to see something without moving towards it; however, for Oki where odd was pretty much its whole existence, this new found ability they had been given did not bother it. It would watch the scene change as easily as it watched an image move across the TV or computer screen. It would take in scenery with neutral eye only frowning when it saw the people gathering around a place that was being plagued by holes.

The people came and they seemed panicked. Their very existences seeming to flicker and hang there with the flicker of their lights. They were dying….and those holes were probably there to erase them fully, but how the hell were they going to stop the holes? The destruction? There were no signs of the back up files here, so what could they d—eh?

Its agitated thoughts would stop as it became distracted by something moving from that crowd. Running away from the destruction. Focusing it would find its view shifting until it saw clearly the figure running.

“L-Lady Helen?”

The shocked words came right out of its mouth before it could stop itself as it felt a mixture of relief and something else it couldn’t quite place well up inside. She was here and alive. That was a relief, but…why was she leaving the people? Didn’t she fight for them? And where was she going? And why was she running from those towers?

The question came and Oki honestly wanted to see more to get answers, but their vision on Helen was lost and now they were back at square one. Oki would blink and shake its head clearing it.

“Tch! Not good…” it grumbled to itself as it bit the thumb of its glove a bit distressed. It was torn between doing the right thing and investigating the towers to actually help others and fulfilling its own selfish desire to see Helen again. What to do…..?