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Chapter 4 by crisdemos crisdemos

Now what?

a strange place... Again.

You are in a very strange place. Around you you see only the ocean. you are floating in it. The sky above you is even stranger, constantly changing color and appearance. First it is night and there is a full moon. Then it's day and the sun is up. Then a strong storm suddenly breaks loose before a moonless starry night replaces it... In front of you floats a giant screen full of numbers. It looks like a hologram. Behind it you see a huge tank filled with a thick, transparent liquid, but nothing else. The last thing that catches your eye is a huge book floating inches from your lap. Its cover is completely blank. You couldn't read it either because a huge padlock and several chains close its pages.

"Welcome, master."

The voice startles you. It's profound and musical at the same time, and as you turn your head to look for its source, you see a huge statue floating to your right. His appearance is strange to say the least. It looks like some sort of humanoid dragon, but has angel and devil features mixed in here and there. A golden halo surrounds her head and two white wings adorn her back, while a demonic tail and a pair of huge horns complete the look. The most curious of all is his face, totally androgynous in appearance.

"As you may or may not have guessed, I am the representation of the spirit sealed within you."

Although the voice clearly comes from the statue, neither its mouth nor any other part of it moves at all.

"Normally you would have needed to meditate for quite some time before arriving here, but the presence of the others has made things easier."

"Where is here, exactly?" You ask with what you think is a respectful tone. After all, you don't want to alienate any of your tenants now that it seems like that dream wasn't really a dream.

"This is your inner world. Normally a human being would need to meditate a lot to access this place. Some kind of spiritual energy is also needed, something that not all worlds have. Yours lacks such energy, but with me sealed in you , you do not do."

It makes sense, of course. It is also quite evident to you that the others, as your spiritual tenant said, are represented here. The huge holographic screen probably represents the technological being, while the large book floating on your lap must represent magic, since that god in your dream said it was some kind of sentient grimoire. That just leaves the strange tank, which you assume is the representation of the biological being. Now that you look closely, the liquid inside appears to be glowing slightly.

"Why am I here?"

"Because we need your permission to initiate the changes in your body. Normally it would take an emergency situation to **** the process, but in this case, having combined with the four of us, you literally have access to us whenever you want. You could fully release all four seals right now if you wish, although it is not a recommended course of action. You are a human, after all, and your world doesn't even have magic or spiritual energy, so you need to adapt first. Also, the organic symbiote uses life energy and yoki, something your world doesn't have either."

So they need your permission. You could give it to them right away, of course. It seems useful to start early, after all. However, you may want to think twice, considering what this means for your future...

Do you give them your permission?

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