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"Our mum, she didnt know what to do. One of us was at risk of dying because we were too close in the womb. She had an emergency caesarian and hoped with her life that we would both survive. Her previous pregnancies had been miscarriages and she was so close to having kids.", Oka looks off into imaginary space. "We did survive, obviously, but she died. The thing was, once we were born, you and I were thrown onto different world lines, we couldn't live together because we didn't harmonise. You were the darker one and if we consumed each other, we would turn into a living time bomb". Kurisu is a bit confused upon hearing this. Okabe hadn't told her anything. 
"But you're both here, and nothing is happening, what does that mean?" She asks. 
"That's the reason why I can't join forces with him, among other reasons. If we take the same side, the earth will be destroyed, or so much so that people will form conspiracies and will declare war", Oka answered. Rin just stood there with a strange knowing smile on his face.
                          
"Oh I get it, you know all this, don't you? You want to fuse with me to become some dark god, is that right? There is no way in Steins;Gate this could happen, you'd have to be mad", Okabe protests. 
"Oh but I AM mad", Rin throws his arms in the air. "Don't you see? We could rule the world! Just you and I!", he states in triumph. 
"But we can't, it's utterly impossible!", Oka shouts. 
"Oh but it is! what do you think I have been doing all these years? I have been developing a plan, one in the secrets of this alternate world, one that no one has ever heard of."
"I don't want to know!" Oka realises that Kurisu is awkwardly standing between them and comes up with a plan of his own. "Christina, we need to get out of here, this guy is too dangerous to be around.", He hastily looks around for a way to escape. 
"You're not going anywhere", Rin pulls a rope and the floor beneath their feet opens up like a trap door. 
"See you below", and they all plunge into darkness.
                          
Mayuri is having a hot chocolate at the cafe. Faris plonks down next to her.
'That shift was hectic, meow! So many people come here in the tourist season. They aren't used to maids like us.", She sighs in exhaustion. "How is Ruka going? I hear he didn't take the Daru thing very well, I mean we all didn't but he is such a precious child, meow", she questions. 
"I think he is having a zone out at the moment, he isn't doing any of his training though, which is unlike him", Mayuri stares into her cup. She swirls the chocolate around, watching it make patterns in her hands. 
                          
"Understandable though, even I still can't believe it happened, meow", Faris wipes her eyes with her fingers. "I miss Daru a lot."
"Me too," Mayuri admits. "Him and all his pervy ways".
Faris giggles. "That's kind of one thing I don't miss". 
Mayuri agrees to this. "Yes, true, it was one of his bad habits wasn't it?
"Yeah it was, smeow." Faris takes her apron off and hints for Mayuri to head out back. They usually had their more private talks there. They walk through the store, past the register and to the lockers behind the shop. Faris throws her apron in the locker and starts to undo the pins holding cute bows in her hair. "So, are you going to tell me anything about Okarin, meow?".
Mayuri isn't sure whether to tell Faris or not, Suzuha didn't exactly want her spreading the information she gave them. Should she break her promise with Suzuha? She wonders if she can trust Faris, she is sort of the blabbery type...
                          
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