Ω → six [video; open to action]

[oforder]

[ There's no chess motif in this video. No fancy metaphors, no elaborate symbolism. Just Wilhelm staring into the Compass, as if in a trance. It seems almost as if the terminal nearest to his makeshift office turned on without him realizing it, until he begins speaking. ]

It's almost time.

[ How long was it for him? Years? Centuries? A millennium? It doesn't matter. To someone who is possibly billions of years old and existed in previous cycles of his own universe, it might as well have been a week. Being that old, and being a cosmic entity, gives him a very odd perception of time compared to humans. He's completely indifferent to this event, even though it did affect on him. ]

I know you can see what I refer to, Yeshua. And I know that you can feel it as well.

[ That affect, of course... was him sensing Animus beginning to awaken. Though whether it actually was, or if it was just a sensation he's feeling due to the event itself, remains to be seen. ]

I was unaware that is possible in this world, but it was a hypothesis I was willing to test. Perhaps now, Tohko, Shion, Allen, and 'Wretched Egg,' your question can be answered.

[ He pauses slightly when he says 'Wretched Egg.' He's still unsure why she insists on being called that, but c'est la vie. ]

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[terreifying]

Time for what?

[Rei was not among those being addressed, but she still feels curious about this proposal.]

[oforder]

An old friend to join me.

[terreifying]

For what?

[She asks just out of curiosity.]

Is it just a custom you developed over the years?

[oforder]

I suppose you could say that.

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[uzuki]

What are you talking about?

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[oforder]

Have you not noticed, Shion?

[uzuki]

I haven't noticed anything, so I really don't know what you mean.

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[tohko_amano]

Wilhelm..I ask quite a few unanswered questions, so you'll have to forgive me for asking, but which question are you referring to?

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[oforder]

You asked what I was planning, due to Zarathustra not being present.

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[tohko_amano]

Well, then please answer that question. What are you planning? And what is it almost time for?!

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[lightofhumanity]

[Sadly, chaos was not affected by this event, and even though it was amusing that Wilhelm, of all people, was getting the time mixed up, he still didn't smile when he replied.]

Wilhelm, I cannot sense what you claim to be feeling. Perhaps you are under the effects of the Administrators current experiment.

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[oforder]

I do not believe the Administrators can affect the Compass.

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[lightofhumanity]

So you believe. However, it would impossible for you to sense something that I could not. We both know this.

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[taintedwhite]

Which question was it already~?

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[oforder]

You asked what I was planning in this world.

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[taintedwhite]

Oh, that... I reckon I did.

So~? You're willing to tell me now~?

[temptestament]

*After hundreds-or is it thousands by now?-of years in the tower, Allen's taken to wandering the tower rather than hovering in a few interesting places. So he notices this on one of the terminals and, like a good intelligence gatherer, runs through the other conversations before he replies. His mask is in place, as it ever is these days when he's not around his outright friends, but his tone is slightly less cold than it's been for the past centuries, a little bit more personally interested.*

Mary...here?

[oforder]

KOS-MOS is here, Allen. Did you not consider the possibility?

[temptestament]

After all the centuries, I was starting to think that it was impossible for her to awaken within KOS-MOS here.

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[technologic]

... Time for what? What're you up to?

[April's now pale, glowing green eyes narrow slightly at the video feed. While her wariness of Wilhelm meant that she didn't speak to him much, her curiosity won out here.]

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[oforder]

[ He knew it was only a matter of time before that happened. ]

It is not me that you should be worried about, April.

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[technologic]

[She frowns, leaning back in her chair slightly as her wings twitch slightly in agitation.] ... Who should I be worried about, then?

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[seconddaughter]

...I don't think I like the way you're saying that.

[And she doesn't even know what he's talking about, she just knows it sounds way too ominous to be anything good.]

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[oforder]

That is disappointing. I had thought you of all people would be pleased to see her, if Shion wouldn't.

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[seconddaughter]

See who? I don't even know who you're talking about!

...Is someone coming here?