Caradon's back, everybody! (...well, if you find her, that is.)

Liam: FIrst locate Nadakor

*...as for HOW you're going to find Nadakor on a planet where you can barely see ten feet in front of you... who knows.*

Hero: Just like when I found those gods and goddesses, and the king of the underworld's son went on a date with daughter. This should be fun.

Caradon: "...Jeez... sorry Auris was so rude to you..."

Hero: No, no, it's okay. He just...spoke to me like I was worthless.

Caradon: "...do you want a hug?"

Hero: ...Yeah.

*Caradon hugs Hero. It's more warm and comforting than expected.*

Hero: *he smiled* Thanks. That was almost as good as my wife's hugs.

Caradon: "Oh really?"

*Caradon blushes slightly.*

Hero: Yep. Can't beat my wife's, though.

Caradon: "Of course not."

Hero: Yeah, I love her. Y'know, we met when the government brainwashed her to assassinate me. Eventually, I broke the control, and we eventually fell in love.

Caradon: "Did you say anthropomorphic cats?"

Hero: Yes.

Caradon: "What are they like?"

Hero: He's chill, lives in an apartment, owns a sword.

*Caradon stops seeming so excited.*

Caradon: "...oh."

Hero: But he doesn't use it, I think it's some family heirloom.

Caradon: "...maybe I'm better off trying... the other end of the spectrum, if you know what I mean."

Hero: Ah. I honestly don't know any girls, except my daughter, and my wife.

Caradon: "...oh."

Hero: I mean, my cowboy friend had a partner in crime, but she got hit my a train.

Caradon: "Long story short, when he was crowned Armageddon King the god of the stars claimed he was a monster undeserving a love and threw me into the Chaos Void. I turned into this, but everyone thought I was dead, and Sovi went insane and kind of went on an existence-conquering genocide of the gods. But he's okay now, I think."

Hero: Ah, of course he's misunderstood.

Caradon: "...I mean, he did some terrible stuff... but at least he un-did it in the end. Some of the gods he killed were a bit scarred after their revival. Like Lady Balance. She's... weird now. I feel bad for her."

Hero: Huh. Also, I pissed off somebody with a deer skull.

Caradon: "Oh, Auris? Don't worry about him. Lady Balance will calm him down. She's good at that."

Hero: He said I wasn't as selfless or as loyal as people. And then this strange lightning came out of me. That only happened one other time.

Caradon: "Auris insults almost everyone. He's super harsh like that because he spends his life traveling timelines in search of a happy ending and always ending up with all his friends dying."

Hero: Ah. You probably don't know anything about the lightning, tough.

Caradon: "Nah, lightning's never been my thing."

Hero: Hm. Whenever I get really emotional, it happens. And anything alive around me just...dies.

Caradon: "...that's certainly an interesting backstory."

Hero: Yeah, we're both half-alien. One thing led to another, and now we have a daughter.

Caradon: "...lucky you..."

*Caradon sighs and looks down.*

Hero: I'm sure you'll find someone who will love you.

Caradon: "I doubt I'll ever find anyone else. Not after someone as great as Sovi. And he's over me now."

Hero: You into cowboys? Or thousand year old masked creatures that act like children?

Caradon: "No and definitely no."

Hero: Really? I know one where if you take off his mask, he turns into a creature with sharp teeth. There's also Apocalypse survivors that are going to turn into demons at any moment. Also, there's vigilantes that turn into large ravens.

Caradon: "All of those sound horrible."

Hero: Okay. There's anthropomorphic cats, or depressed ghosts, or...a deity of death.

Sovi: "...YOU DID?!?!?"

Hero: Yes. I did. I've saved everything that has ever existed multiple times, why sure you surprised?

Sovi: "Because I was pretty sure she was dead."

Hero: Well, she isn't.

(I decided to make this meme cause yes)

Sovi: "...where is she now?"

Hero: I dunno. I pissed off some monk dude, stomped on the ground, and then she took me to her house.

Sovi: "Aww, come on! How did YOU get to go to her house? Is she in love with YOU now or something?"

Hero: No, I have a wife and a daughter.

Sovi: "You had a wife and daughter when Zenith was in love with you. This could be the same sort of nonsense."

Hero: Yes, but she didn't seem interested in me.

are you*

Caradon: "Yep."

Hero: Uh...was it a strong one?

Caradon: "Magnitude 25 on a scale of 1 to 15."

Hero: Is that a yes?

Caradon: "No duh, Hero."

Hero: How do you know my name?

Caradon: "One of my underlings is friends with your daughter's boyfriend."

Hero: Makes sense. Well, here you are. Time to find Sovi, and probably beat him up.

Caradon: "No beating up my ex-boyfriend. Now come on, let's get outta here..."

Hero: Ex-boyf-alright.

Auris: "The year 9844 A.X., in the territories between the Existential Planes of Glory and Mysticism. Kisumi Amor talked down the Domni Annihilators."

Hero: It is 2021, what are you talking about?

Auris: "Time passes differently in different parts of Existence. In Greater Existence, it is the year 2340 After Sovi, or A.S. It is only 2021 in some parts of the Existential Plane of Mortality."

Hero: Oh, nice.

Auris: "But that is besides the point. You need more than brute force to dismantle Lord Order and Master Chaos' legions. You need someone compassionate, empathetic, and persuasive. Someone like Millie Vianta... though she is dead in this timeline, and will be of no use to you."

Hero: Well that's just great.

Auris: "Blame Tenebria's ruler, Alex Nakus, they're the one that killed her."

Hero: Do they have a way of bringing her back?

Auris: "No. There is no such thing as perfect necromancy, Hero. Even if we did bring her back, she wouldn't really be her."

Hero: So, what if we go back in time, steal her soul, and give it to her resurrected body? It won't affect the present, only start a new timeline.

*...this 'Ancient Forest' covers the entire planet... how are you ever going to find one person here?*

Hero: Hello?! Auris?!

*Time seems to stop for everything except you. A figure clad in strange robes and wearing a deer skull appears in front of you.*

Auris: "...what do you want, outsider?"

Hero: I want you to win this war. And I'm gonna help. Cause I'm incredibly strong.

Auris: "Strength will not end this war, Hero... the forces of Order and Chaos learned that long ago. The only way to end this war is to bring an end to the forces of Order and Chaos, but that is impossible without aid from both opposing sides."

Hero: What if I manipulate them into both helping us attack each other?

Auris: "Some battles cannot be won simply by fighting. I think you need to learn that."

Hero: You can't save reality from creatures that can vaporize anything in seconds by talking it out.

Auris: "It's been done before. The silver tongue is superior to the silver blade."

Hero: Tell me one time it's happened.

Nadakor: "Many have tried to end this war. Gods, nephilim, celestials... all have failed. The furious battle between Order, Chaos, and Balance will never cease. Not in this timeline, at least. That is the way of the universe, and not even you can change it."

Hero: I can change anything. Don't underestimate me. I may be the last of my kind, but that doesn't make me lucky, it makes me strong.

Nadakor: "If you desperately want to waste your time trying to change the way things are, go seek out the leader of either of the three sides."

Hero: Thanks. Where are they?

Nadakor: "Which side are you going to help?"

Hero: None, I'm gonna end it. No winners.

Nadakor: "It is impossible to end the war without one side winning. Do you plan to bring order, or let chaos reign? Or do you simply seek a balance?"

Hero: Balance.

Nadakor: "...the leader of the side of Balance, Auris Italvos... my former master likely still lives in the Ancient Forest on the planet of Naturo. It is the only planet orbiting a dying neutron star. You can't miss it."

Hero: Alright. See ya. *he scanned for dying neutron stars, then scanned for planets orbiting them. He then used his suit's jets to rocket himself over there.*

Auris: "You'd be better off trying to kidnap Millie than trying that."

Hero: Why?

Auris: "It's not the soul that's the issue with reviving her. It's... something deeper than that. I'm not sure exactly what it is, I just know that that's what she doesn't have after reviving her."

Hero: Of course. *he groaned*

Auris: "You lack the virtue of patience."

Hero: Last time I was patient, I ended every reality in existence.

Auris: "Existence is composed of far more than just realities. There are countless sections not within the jurisdiction of Realiton."

Hero: No, I'm talking about every single thing. You? You died, you didn't know it, though. But me and my team brought you, this, and everything else back.

Auris: "...nothing can destroy all of Existence at once, no matter how powerful it may be. The Dark Triad has made that possible. It is the only good that trio of evil has ever done."

*Auris sighs.*

Auris: "And no, I did not die, as I was on business that took me outside of Existence at the time you and your team's antics happened."

Hero: Well at least we went to help. And, I'm pretty sure nothing can affect the Nexus.

Caradon: "I-"

Hero: It's a long story, he can tell you, if you meet him.

Caradon: "...I probably won't, so..."

Hero: Eh, he travels with me a lot.

Caradon: "I probably won't travel with you after this, so..."

Hero: Maybe if I see you again.

Caradon: "You likely won't. Unless you manage to find my house."

Hero: Eh, I've found a lot of things.

Caradon: "My house is so secret that not even Sovi knows where it is."

Hero: Well I found the Zeropoint.

*A dark energy drags Hero through a portal. He's unfrozen.*

Hero: *the lightning in him disappeared. He growled angrily*

*A figure surrounded by pure chaos energy grabs Hero's shoulders.*

???: "Hero?"

Hero: Yes?

???: "Why are you here? How are you here? Who sent you?"

Hero: Some guy named Sovi sent me, I reality-hopped here, and I'm here to find Caradon, yet that is no longer my main mission.

???: "Sovi..? He's... he's still looking for me?"

Hero: I guess. Wait, you're Caradon.

*The chaos energy around the figure fades.*

Caradon: "In the flesh."

Hero: Did you notice me cause I made that big shockwave?

Auris: "You are not as selfless as Warren Irakox, nor as loyal as Novak von Galtor. You may have saved Existence a few times, but true heroes like them have done it time and time again. They are superior to you."

Hero: *a few strikes of white lightning pulsed throughout his body* I've lost more than you can ever imagine.

Auris: "I can imagine more than your mind will ever comprehend. I have seen Existence die over and over again, in countless timelines..."

Hero: I lost my parents, my homeplanet, my reality. Everyone on that crummy planet wanted to capture me and test me. I lost my best friend. My adopted brother. And everything else sees me as some worthless little speck. *the lightning pulsed around him, breaking the ground, killing life within its radius.*

Auris: "I have seen everyone I have ever loved die in front of me hundreds of thousands of times. DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT LOSS."

Hero: YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! ALL I WANT, IS JUST TO SAVE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE A FUTURE, I WANT TO HAVE A FUTURE, WITH MY WIFE, AND MY DAUGHTER. *the lightning went throughout the ground, destroying it.*

*Auris stops time for Hero.*

Auris: "No. YOU shut your mouth, you pathetic excuse for a savior."

Hero:*the lightning continued to move*

*Auris sighs. He disappears.*

Hero: *he growled, and stomped angrily on the ground, that caused a shockwave that could be felt by anything in that reality*

*Nadakor's homeworld, Tenebria, is a planet perpetually clouded in a dark mist that obscures your vision of anything more than teen feet in any direction. Getting around is going to suck.*

Hero: *he walked in a random direction, blindly*

*You trip and fall down a very large hill. YAY!*

*...but hey, you appear to be at the entrance to some weird temple ruins.*

Hero: Ah, geez. *he got up* This is some serious deja vu here. *he went inside the ruins*

*A figure hovers in the center of the ruins, meditating. Chaos energy swirls around him.*

Hero: Hey, uh, Hero here. I don't got time for this, and crap, can you point me in the direction of Caradon?

*The figure's concentration breaks and he falls. He pulls himself up.*

Nadakor: "...Why do you seek Caradon? She does not wish to be found."

Hero: Well I don't care what people think, except my wife. And my daughter, and the group of people I save reality with, but that doesn't matter.

Nadakor: "You may have saved the realities that make up most of existence, Hero, but you cannot save Caradon from her own darkness. The Forever War that endlessly rages in this universe only feeds her tormented soul, making it darker and colder as time goes on."

Hero: Bet. I did fix all of reality, after destroying it, but that doesn't matter either. I'll just end the Forever War, easy.

Caradon: "You wanna try and find my house, be my guest."

Hero: I bet finding the Zeropoint is harder than finding your house.

Caradon: "Whatever you say."

Hero: So, what do I do now?

Caradon: "Well, you should PROBABLY go tell Sovi you were successful."

Hero: Yeah. See ya, I guess. *he typed into a keypad on his suit's arm, and went into the portal that spawned*

Caradon: "Seeya."

*Caradon hops off a ledge and into a portal.*

Hero: *he arrived at Sovi's location*

*Sovi, sitting on his throne as always, looks down at Hero.*

Sovi: "...you're back. I trust you have good news."

Hero; I found her.

*Auris is silent for a moment. A green orb floats between his hands.*

Auris: "...why do you seek to end this war, anyways?"

Hero: So I can find Caradon.

Auris: "...Sovi sent you, didn't he?"

Hero: Sure.

Auris: "...I will not help you. Sovi Kamutraxin does not deserve to see her again after all that he has done to destroy Existence. I am one of those who never accepted his repentance. He has scarred my goddess, Lady Balance, beyond repair."

Hero: Wait, the guy who hired me, wants to destroy existence?

Auris: "He used to. And he almost succeeded. Had it not been for the actions of Akira and Yume, the Armageddon King would have slain Orion and used his soul to erase all gods from existence. For all eternity. With no hope of bringing them back."

Hero: H-How was I not informed of this? I could've helped.

Auris: "You likely weren't seen as necessary."

Hero: Necessary?! I have saved reality multiple times! While you guys weren't doing a thing to help me!