Steins;gate: Inevitability of the Mandela Effect

Chapter 5.5 - Steiner Overload Part 2

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Okarin looked at Makise in disbelief. "Huh?" Makise gave a sigh, and walked towards the microwave. "It's simple, I'm going to use the phone microwave's ability to send messages into the past and implement it onto your long term memory." She explained. Okarin looked at the microwave and then back at her. "Huh?" Daru looked up at Okarin. "We discussed this last night, Makise is going to use the LHC from Sern and connect it to the microwave which will then be connected to you." Okarin place a hand on his forehead. "You're going to connect the microwave to me?" He asked, still in disbelief. "Is it really that hard to understand? Yes, that's what I'm going to do."
Makise confirmed, walking back towards them. "So these.... Drawings on the board are the design?" Okarin asked, pointing at the whiteboard. Makise and Daru nodded their heads. Okarin looked at the time on his phone. 12:23 p.m, the beginning of the afternoon. "How long will it take for you to assemble the parts and connect it to me?" He asked, still looking at his phone. "If I have no problems hacking into Sern like last time, then maybe 3 hours?" Daru speculated, sitting back done on his computer. "But what if I leap before that?" Okarin continued asking questions. Meanwhile, Mayuri is teaching Moeka how to sew a dress properly since she has no experience with anything household related. "If you leap before we are done, then all we can do is wait for you to come back." Makise simply stated, putting all the parts on the table next to the microwave.

Okarin put his phone back and looked closer at the designs on the board and then thought of something. "Wait a minute, I know you're a scientist. But coming up with designs like these for the phone microwave in such a short amount of time is beyond even me." Implied Okarin, turning around to look at Makise. "Care to explain, Christina?" Said Okarin, giving a sly smile. "Well um, I guess after the previous incident, I was sort of curious about the microwave's potential and in my free time.... Came up with the designs... Not that I would have actually tried them though!" Stammered Makise, caught off guard by the question. "So, in other words, the mad scientist in you could not refrain from testing the microwave and in your madness, drew these designs to try and satiate your burning desire to experiment." Taunted Okarin, still smiling. "Don't twist my words to back up your mad theories, I wasn't going to use these designs at all!" She spluttered, her cheeks turning red. "Face it Christina!" Okarin pointed a finger at her "Only a mad scientist could have done something like this!" Okarin continued to tease her. "If only your tsundere-ness could accept the truth but alas, tsunderes are tsunderes." Turning his back towards her, a smile formed on his face. It has been a long time since they argued like this.

Two hours later, Daru manages to hack into Sern earlier than he predicted, much to his surprise. "You'd think that maybe they'll tighten their security after a whole 10 months." Remarked Daru, taking a sip of water. Makise also managed to finished assembling the new phone microwave at record breaking speed. Meanwhile, Okarin not noticing his members accomplishments, was walking back and forth around the lab, paranoid that he's going to change world lines at anytime. "Okarin, I can't sew the dress properly..." Said Mayuri, noticing Okarin's distress state. "Okarin, if you sit on the couch, I can help you to relax..." Implied Moeka, standing up and pushing Okarin onto the couch. "Wait, wha- Shining finger? Wa- s-stop!"

Moeka brought her face closer towards Okarin until they were within kissing distance. Staring into her eyes, Okarin begins to recall the last time they were this close to each other. "W-wait, Moeka stop!" Stammered Okarin, backing up on the couch until he could no more. "I remember, you know... What you did to me." Said Moeka softly, putting her hands on his chest. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Shouted Makise, grabbing hold of Moeka's collar and pulling her back. Moeka pointed at Makise. "Jealous?" She asked with her monotone voice. Letting go of her collar, Makise begins walking back towards the microwave. "I'm not jealous...." She said, shaking her head, clearly flustered. "Is this what you call a love triangle?" Mayuri asked, turning towards Daru. "I believe so, Mayuri." Confirmed Daru, Folding his arms and nodding. Moeka stared at Makise's back before looking at Okarin, she proceeds to give him a wink and sat back down beside Mayuri. "How can you act like that with that emotionless face of yours?" Okarin thought to himself, uncertain about Moeka's feelings towards him. She's probably just teasing him, although you can never tell with that girl.