Steins;gate: Inevitability of the Mandela Effect

Chapter 6 - Convoluted Hodology

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Steins;Gate World Line, Beta Field
"No... This can't...be.." Staring at his lab members, Okabe Rintarou continued taking steps backwards, not believing his eyes for a single moment.  "O-Okarin?" Calling out his name, Mayuri reached out her arm towards him. Noticing Mayuri's movement, Okarin backs up even more, finally bumping the table where the upgraded phone microwave sat. What is this... I don't understand...

"Okarin, are you okay?" Daru asked, bracing himself for another attack just in case. Hearing the voice of Daru, someone that at one point in time, he hadn't even met at all, Okarin shakes his head, refusing to acknowledge the only possible explanation for this unexpected occurrence.

"Daru.... Mayuri....Makise....Moeka.." Saying the names of the lab members that has somehow appeared before him, Okarin finally accepts that he, for some reason, changed world lines. "Impossible..." He whispers, looking down at his shaking hands. "This lab doesn't...exist anymore... I couldn't change. I shouldn't be here.... I gave up on this.... I left it all behind." Collapsing down onto his knees, Okarin begins to hyperventilate, the shock of changing to yet another world line especially one that is drastically different from the one he was accustomed to, was too much for him to bear.

"Okarin!" Shouting out his name, both Makise and Mayuri came rushing to his aid. "Daru-kun, water! water!" Mayuri asked frantically in between her attempts to try and calm Okarin down. Meanwhile Makise, unable to maintain her composure at the sight of yet another Okarin losing his mind, pulls him towards her and holds on to him tightly. "Okarin, please... Calm down, I don't want to see you like this, I hate it." A pained expression appearing on her face, Makise closes her eyes, praying to whoever is listening that this ends soon.

Coming back with the requested drink, Daru passed the bottle over to Mayuri, who then begins to open the cap at top speed. "Here, Okarin drink." Holding out the bottle to him, Mayuri forced a smile in an attempt to reassure him. But it was no use, Although Okarin stopped having a panic attack, probably due to Makise, he instead began staring off into the distance. Feyris... Where's Feyris?

"I've called the others...." Notified Moeka, appearing next to Daru, giving his phone back to him. "Feyris?" Okarin blurted out, hearing Moeka's words. "Feyris?" He asked again, this time looking at Moeka, seeking her confirmation. Makise, upon hearing Okarin call out Feyris's name, lets go of him at once. The way he said her name, the feeling behind it, that wasn't just a question... It was also a call for help, he didn't call for her, he called for Feyris. No, this Okarin doesn't love her, his heart belongs to someone else.

"Feyris-Chan will be coming Okarin, don't worry." Said Mayuri, also coming to the same conclusion as Makise. "For now, why don't you sit on the couch, Okarin? We'll tell you everything after you've calmed down, okay?" Said Daru, holding out his hand towards him. Okarin stared at Daru for a moment, deciding whether or not he should comply, before taking his hand and walking towards the couch with him, leaving both Mayuri and Makise on the floor.

Having calmed Okarin down, Mayuri stand up and turned her attention towards Makise, who appeared to be displaying no signs of getting up from the floor. "Chris-chan..." Muttering her name, Mayuri placed a hand on Makise's shoulder. "We'll get our Okarin back okay? So don't be like that... Okarin loves you, Chris-chan... Don't worry." For a moment it looks as if Makise had no intention of responding before slowly nodding her head. Standing back up, Makise looks at Okarin sitting down on the couch. Yes, this Okarin belongs to Feyris, not her.

Unknown World Line, Unknown Field
What is this?! What was I doing here? Screaming internally, Okarin continues to pace back and forth around his room in his new home. After asking Feyris a series of questions about his life here, he found out that apparently, he is now living with Feyris as her boyfriend and is also the co-owner of the May Queen Nyan-Nyan Cafe and when asked about the lab and the members, she replied saying she has no idea what he's talking about and who those people are. Okarin concluded that the lab never existed at all, which also means he has never met Daru, Makise, Moeka, Ruka or even Mayuri. "Arghh! This sucks!" Frustrated at this turn of events, Okarin sat down on his bed, contemplating his life and the other Okarin in his world line.