In Zhen Liu's experience, whenever Logos and Pathos used the term "weird tingles", it was usually accompanied by an explosion of pain or awkward sensations running up and down his body like a million spiders.
This happened whenever Logos and Pathos forcefully downloaded information into his brain, and it happened every ti he and his Kaijin over exerted themselves.
And now, being told that his very soul and being was about to be deeply scrutinized by a weird array called the [Karmic Connection Array], Zhen Liu prepared himself for the worst tingles he was ever going to feel in this life or the next.
Except...that didn't happen. In fact, nothing happened for several long minutes.
"Huh..."
Zhen Liu had wanted to comnt on the silence, bring it to attention to Logos and Pathos, but he could see that the curators were quite aware of the problem.
Logos asked her counterpart.
=First of all, no. I don't make mistakes, do I look like a mortal or a deity?= Logos answered with a hint of snark while blowing a lock of hair off of their face. =Also, yes. You weren't using it and I wanted to give it a spin.=
=The outfit is a bit breezy.=
After this short exchange of barbs and critiques, Logos and Pathos continued to look over every portion of the array to make sure that nothing was missing or that anything extra was accidentally added.
After all, one small mistake can change an array ant to produce pudding into one that strips your skin and sinew in an instant.
It didn't take that long for Logos and Pathos to look over the array and realize that nothing was astray...but that just made things even more frustrating.
Pathos noted.
=An excellent idea.=
"Wait, what? Why?"
At the ntion of soone else being dragged into this insanity, Zhen Liu couldn't help but to finally perk up and ask a question. Granted it was a very vague question.
However, Logos and Pathos understood what Zhen Liu was getting at anyways. While they were answering, they still activated so mysterious panels in the background.
=The Karmic Connection Array should've created a manifestation of all of your accumulated karmic choices leading up to this very mont,= Logos explained. =Every questionable choice, every altruistic decision, all of it should've ford into a totemic representation.=
Pathos added.
"You two just made an announcent over that 'PA' system thing that you needed volunteers for so sort of experint involving Xiao Liu," Zhen Xing retorted. "And I didn't expect that to an you would pull the ground from under . Seriously, that can't be…wait…why am I complaining about a minor inconvenience? I literally dance with death as an aether warrior!"
"[Chaos], baby," Zhen Liu comnted as he laid back down on the table. "Is it safe to assu that you guys are going to be using the array on Zhen Xing?"
"What?"
Yip!
"Bwah!"
Before either Zhen Liu or Zhen Xing could fully process Logos and Pathos's words, a small spectral fox had suddenly appeared right above Zhen Xing's head.
The fox in question had this ugly-cute quality to it that made it oddly huggable but also strangely repugnant at the sa ti.
"Wait a minute…"
As Zhen Liu stared at the fox, he could make out faint illusions depicting his past, tense relationship with Zhen Xing that were then replaced with more modern ones of them actually getting along.
Pathos explained as she floated and used so of her [Chaos] to showcase other mories extracted from Zhen Xing's fox-like construct.
In these illusionary bubbles of mories, Zhen Liu and Zhen Xing could see all of the latter's worst and best choices.
"Huh…this is…oddly nostalgic and painful to look at at the sa ti," Zhen Xing comnted as he saw the monts he acted like an absolute bastard being contrasted by the tis he actually acted heroic. These monts were made before and after Zhen Liu kicked his ass in, respectively.
=Alright, that's enough of that. Thank you for your participation,= Logos declared as they snapped their fingers and dismissed all of the illusions alongside the karmic fox totem that popped out of Zhen Xing. =As recompense for this presumably emotional mont, Pathos and I have prepared a special aether art for you.=
After this grand statent was made, a strange fire-covered scroll appeared from out of nowhere and floated directly into Zhen Xing's hands. Needless to say, his eyes went wide once he ran his senses over the scroll.
"I-How-what the…"
"Bwah!?"
With another snap of their fingers, Pathos sent Zhen Xing out of the room and back into the greater library space.
Once Zhen Xing was gone, Zhen Liu decided to address the newly minted emptiness.
"Alright, while that was entertaining and proved that your array works, what the fuck did all that an for ?" Zhen Liu asked. "Why isn't there a tiny demon popping out of ? Er...a tiny demon that isn't a Kaijin, I an."
Logos and Pathos stared at each other, an awkwardly tense silence generating between them.
"Okay, the silence is starting to propel past feeling nervous to just being fuckshit mad, what the fuck is causing you two to pause?" Zhen Liu asked, becoming more and more annoyed at their enigmatic behavior.
It had been a long day, and he was very tired of being yanked around as of late.
=Well…the good news is that we finally know what has been causing you to attract fortune and mayhem like a magnet through iron sand,= Logos began to say to help ease Zhen Liu's mind before absolutely ruining the attempt. =The bad news is that we can't fix it…at all. =
"Okay…why?"
"Huh?"
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