Chapter 4: Act IV: Echo of Awakening(Updated)
-Meanwhile-
-In another dimension-
[Void]
'BOOOOM'
"What… What was that?!" said Void, frightened.
"I have no idea!" replied Infinity, equally confused and scared.
"Where did that explosion sound come from?" Infinity asked, still disoriented.
"I… I don't know, and I hope it's nothing bad," Void replied, still shaken.
"We'll find out once we learn what happened," said Infinity, pondering what might have occurred and why.
"Maybe we should try to find the cause," suggested Infinity, having a vague feeling about the explosion but remaining uncertain about their safety.
"M… Maybe we should stay here?" Void said hesitantly, though he too wanted to know what had happened.
"No, let's go and find out what caused this," Infinity said, turning toward the direction of the explosion and adding, "I have a feeling it might be connected to the spatial response you experienced when you gained understanding."
"Maybe you're right—after all, we know nothing about this place," Void said, this time without hesitation, looking at Infinity.
"If what you say is true, then someone like us might have come into existence," Void said.
"Yes, that could be it," Infinity replied confidently.
"Let's go, then," said Void, no longer hesitating as he flew ahead.
"Alright."
...............….
- A while later -
"How long have we been flying around like this without finding any answers?" Void asked, doubting if it made any sense.
"I don't know—maybe a day?" Infinity replied, unsure about the time.
"Maybe it happened in that first dimension?" Void suggested, uncertain about searching in Void's dimension.
"Maybe you're right," Infinity said, realizing he hadn't considered that possibility.
"It's possible that nothing happened here, only there," Infinity added.
"Do you know how to get back there?" Infinity asked.
"I don't know… Maybe I'll try the same thing as before?" Void said, unsure if it would work.
"Try it," Infinity encouraged.
"Alright," Void said, extending his hand forward and focusing on the same sensation as before.
'BZZZZZZ'
'Boom'
"Haha, it worked!" Infinity exclaimed, looking at the rift in the dimension.
"Alright, let's go," said Infinity.
"Okay," Void replied.
.............
-Meanwhile-
-In another dimension-
[Omniverse]
'BZZZZZZ'
'Boom'
"What was that?" Dimension asked himself.
"An explosion," he said.
"It felt similar to the one I caused, but at the same time different," he added uncertainly.
"It came from over there!" he said, quickly moving to the source of the explosion.
.............
"What is this?" he said, looking at the rift, unsure of what was happening. But moments later, he saw figures emerging from it.
"Who are you?" Dimension asked, surprised.
"Who are you?" Void and Infinity asked back, startled to find someone present during their absence.
"I'm Dimension," he replied.
"And you?" he asked.
"I'm Infinity, and this is Void," Infinity answered.
"How did you get here?" Void asked.
"…I don't know," Dimension replied.
"I just woke up," he added.
"And you?" he asked.
"We did too," Void answered.
"He was first," Void said, looking at Infinity.
Dimension turned his gaze to Infinity, curious, and asked, "Who are we?"
"I don't know. I was first, but I don't know anything," Infinity replied, questioning himself as well.
"........"
"Never mind that. Did you cause that explosion a day ago?" Infinity asked.
"Yes, I did," Dimension replied confidently.
"How did you cause it?" Void asked, curious about the answer.
"I don't know… I think it happened when I understood my name," he replied, unsure if that was the exact reason.
"So, I was right," Infinity said, now certain of his earlier theory.
"But why didn't an explosion happen when I understood?" he asked himself.
"Are the explosions connected to understanding one's name?" Dimension asked.
"Probably," Void replied.
"But it didn't happen to him. He didn't tell me about anything like that," Void said, wondering why Infinity didn't cause an explosion.
"Maybe he didn't fully understand? Or perhaps he only grasped his name but not the rest?" Dimension suggested.
"But then why did an explosion happen when Void didn't understand everything?" Infinity asked Dimension.
"I don't know. Maybe it's tied to the place where you were?" Dimension speculated, continuing, "Maybe that location caused the explosion."
"Maybe you're right. Void said he felt connected to it. And he even opened a rift to that place," Infinity said, pondering.
"But what is that place?" Dimension asked.
"It's another dimension—Void," Infinity said.
"A dimension?" Dimension asked.
"Yes, it's connected to Void and even shares his name," Infinity explained.
"But why can't I sense it if it's a dimension?" Dimension asked.
"This one can be sensed, but that one… It's as if it doesn't exist at all," Dimension said, puzzled.
"I don't know, but Void is a dimension where you feel restricted unless you have the key," Void explained to Dimension.
"And apparently, that key is me," Void said.
"Maybe it's because there's almost nothing there, unlike here. Here, you can feel everything… even that energy," Infinity said, uncertain of his answer.
"Energy? What's that?" Dimension and Void asked.
"I don't know what it is myself," Infinity said.