Fresh New Antivirus

Ch. 63 - This Slaps

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"I hope you answer that." Time said amused and in a good mood. "Not that it would bother me if you didn't." He'd get a PS5 either way.

Fresh picked up the phone, the quality only slightly staticky.

Ink cut straight to the point having a feeling the call was limited.

"I want to see Fate."

His voice made no room for argument. Though Fresh could hear an underlying wobble of uncertainty disguised by anger.

"Why ya wanna do that, bro?" Fresh asked.

"I want to discuss family game night." Ink said, sarcasm thick with irritation and nerves. "Why do you think I want to see her? I want to make sure she never messes with the Multiverse again!"

Fresh glanced at the currently de-deity-fied Fate, still stuck in her sticky situation and hanging like piñata from the chandler.

"Well even though y'ain't need to worry 'bout that unradical nuisance no more as is ..."

Fresh tilted his skull back and forth deciding if meeting in Asylumtale would be better than dragging them to the Deity Realm. With a hum he decided god/deity drama should be done outside the Mortal Realm. If things got out of hand, who's to say they won't end up admitted with her?

With a shrug, Fresh made the decision.

"Guess it only be right you get the chance to speak, brollio." Fresh admitted. "Family buiz and all that."

"... Thanks." Ink said, grateful.

Rather than /tp Ink like a sane individual Fresh opened a portal connecting the Mortal and Deity planes, seeing as they were 'coincidentally' aligned at the moment.

He didn't see the dark looks Time and Space gave him at the action, nor the nervous ones of the rest. Void went so far as to leave the room - just in case.

In the Star Snse Base living room, Ink was sitting on the other side with the phone still to his skull and turned to the portal, frozen. Razz and Blue hurriedly averted and covered their eye sockets from the portal with varying grunts of pain, as if it were omitting a harsh light. Error deadpanned up from ... making a mini Fresh doll?

"OH MY GODS MY EYE LIGHTS." Blue stated in shock and exasperation. "A WARNING NEXT TIME! I DON'T THINK MORTALS ARE MEANT TO COMPREHEND WHAT'S ON THE CELESTIAL REALM!"

"My Chosen is right about that ..." Luck said nervously.

"... LUCK?" Blue asked, somehow recognizing her voice.

"Yes starlight." Luck said gently. "Though there is precious little time for idle chit chat."

"Sorry, broski." Fresh said awkwardly ending the call, noticing the Deities sweat with nerves at the portal. Seems he still had things to learn.

He should have maybe thought of that being a bad idea. There was a reason they didn't interfere directly with the Multiverse anymore. The portal was lined with the false Flex Tape he knew to be physical manifestations of firewalls, further cementing how this was probably not the best method to breach to the realities. He supposed just because he could Fresh Poof somewhere, didn't mean he could or should attempt the normal methods.

"HOW IN THE BLAZES DO YOU KNOW A DEITY!?" Razz whisper shouted at Blue.

"LONG STORY SHORT WE MET IN A DREAM." Blue whispered back. "I WASN'T ENTIRELY SURE SHE WAS REAL."

"... I'M GOING TO NEED MORE COFFEE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS." Razz promptly began to head for the kitchen away from the portal blindly, doing well until the door frame. He cursed under his breath before correcting his route, rubbing his forehead.