Key Figures Making Moves (Page 160)

~~~(POV: The Patient Observer)~~~

~~~(Location: Primordium Prime, Plero Galaxies Deep Core)~~~

According to the deep space scans, Scott should be arriving here within the hour, leaving me little time to prepare a proper greeting. Last time, I went about getting his cooperation wrong. This time, I need to bring him over to my side willingly. I can't do anything without him. I need a Primordium to activate the Keynote and coordinate the Coda Arrey.

The Parasite and The Primeval Inherent are spreading across the stars, but due to the interference of these Players. The rate at which they're spreading has considerably changed. My previous calculations came to 5 years till the universe was infected. With the interference of these Players, that has doubled to 10 years.

The Primordium could anticipate many things about the future, but there is no creature alive or dead that could perfectly predict the events of the future. The Primordium never discovered the variable that is these Players. "They could prove a useful weapon..." According to the reports, they're able to come back to life. And only suffer minor consequences for it.

However, depending on how you die, it could be permanent death for the Player's Character. I know that Scott is one of these Players, and that could be far more useful to me if I can't get access to The Keynote or The Coda Arrey. "There is time to stop the Parasite from taking too much and becoming unstoppable." If The Primeval Inherent gets too much biomass.

There will be no way to stop it unless the Coda Arrey is used. Even given 10 years, the Parasite isn't something that can be stopped once it reaches a certain point. At the moment, it's consumed the entirety of Impyra and is trying to infect other galaxies, but the Players are keeping it at bay for now. But once momentum builds with biomass, it'll be too late.

The Primeval Inherent isn't wasting time either. It's gathering information about the universe at an alarming rate, and I wouldn't doubt it's trying to discover who Scott is and where he's going. Scott is the key to everything. He's the key to The Primeval Inherent's ascension to other dimensions and the key to The Keynote and The Coda Arrey.

It's a race between who gets him first. Me or The Primeval Inherent. Based on what's going on right now, the best odds are in my favor, at an exact percent of 58.3 percent success. But that's based on the variables I have. It's safe to say that it's much lower now. "Borealis... Why did you create Aurora..." That's one variable that's causing problems...

~~~(POV: The Primeval Inherent)~~~

~~~(Location: Empyrean, Impyra Galaxy)~~~

At last!! I finally have the answers I'm searching for. The two dead Kalarians have proved to know the answers I've sought. "The doctor is no longer needed... Scott Autumn... You're my key to everlasting existence!" The last Primordium is now known to me, and I know where I could start looking. The place where my first defeat was discussed by my ancient enemies.

Primordium Prime.

~~~(POV: Jessica Autumn)~~~

~~~(Location: Lying on Couch, Home)~~~

The Gaming News Channel has been talking nonstop about The Aeternus Universe. The other great VRMMO-RPGs have fallen greatly since the release of the new game everyone is playing. The game that changed all life on Earth. The game where the world revolves around now. "I wonder what else is going to happen..." There are so many things going on in The Aeternus Universe.

Scott is playing right now, and I'll get on a bit later. My friends are still updating me that Lizzy isn't calmed down enough to deal with most people. I've developed a bad habit when I'm alone, and that's thinking about Scott. Usually, it wouldn't be a bad thing, but the things I think about are... Distracting, to say the least. I can't get my mind off certain things in my life right now.

The only thing that's rivaling my thoughts of Scott is the baby that's growing in me right now. The baby between us. "Getting ready to be a mother... Never thought I'd become one so young... But there is never a better time to do it..." I'm excited... And scared... There are still about 8 months until delivery time, but that's solvable.

Scott is hiring a private doctor and delivery team to come to the house so we don't have to go to a hospital, which I like. I want to deliver in the safety of our home.