Charlotte(suddenly appears)
I'm here.
Haruki:
How did you—?
Charlotte: I got help from a friend.
Charlotte: Why did you leave me there?
Charlotte: …I don't know what happened.
[A moment of stunned silence.]
Aunt Lucy:(wide-eyed)Oh my God… it's Charlotte!
Aunt Lucy :Can I have your autograph?
Charlotte :No.
Aunt Lucy:(cheering)Yay—wait, what?
Charlotte: I said no.
Aunt Lucy :Why, Charlotte? Don't you love your number 1 fan ?
Charlotte: It's cause I don't wanna.
Charlotte:(firmly)Now—on to more important matters.
They all sit and discuss
Aunt Lucy:(turns to Haruki) Haruki, you said a strange link gave you powers, right?
Haruki: Yeah…
Aunt Lucy:(whispers) And you give Charlotte butterflies.
Haruki :No.
Amirion :May I explain?
Charlotte: Amirion, please do.
Amirion:
Alright. So Haruki clicked a weird link—
Boom. Powers.
He gets teleported to this random place where someone's in danger. He helps them—saves them, actually.
Then True North shows up, thinks Haruki's the villain—
They fight.
It gets intense.
Charlotte shows up, pulls Haruki out of there.
Then… an explosion from an abandoned house u crashed on from flying without any knowledge.
Then Haruki teleports to this place meeting us.
Aunt Lucy in shock
Charlotte:(quietly) Yeah. That's when everything changed.
Aunt Lucy : U know Amirion ?
Charlotte ? Know Him ?He is my bfl(best friend for life) could be my boyfriend...
Amirion : No
Charlotte : Fine ( I will make you mine you just wait)
Aunt Lucy: Alright, alright, enough. Let's all breathe for a second. Haruki, I know you're overwhelmed. We all are. But you need to understand something, okay?
Haruki:(nodding slowly, still processing)
What exactly? What's going on, Aunt Lucy?
Charlotte:
There's a bigger game happening here than just powers or links. Something's pulling strings from behind the scenes, and we're all just caught up in it.
Amirion:
She's right. You're not the only one who's been changed, Haruki. News has it that the villain count since last week has increased rapidly than any other year.
[Haruki glances between them, looking unconvinced.]
Haruki:
But it was my link. My power that got me here. If it weren't for that strange user whatever it was, I wouldn't be here right now.
Aunt Lucy:
None of us would be here. That link was more than just a random event. It's a trigger. It chose you for a reason.
Can I have an autograph now ?
Charlotte : No!!Your Aunt is relentless
Haruki:(quietly)
I don't feel chosen. I feel like… I'm being dragged along, like a pawn in a game I don't even understand.
Amirion:
Exactly. A pawn. But here's the thing whether you want it or not, Haruki, you are in this game now. The rules aren't set by us but by the system.
Charlotte:
Amirion's right. The powers we got weren't just about helping people or stopping bad guys. They're part of something bigger. Something that even True North doesn't fully understand.
Aunt Lucy: Wait True North? That guy? The number 1 hero?
Haruki:(gritting his teeth) Yeah. The same one. The one who thinks I'm a villain.
Aunt Lucy : Why did you not get his autograph ?
Charlotte:
He has a lot of questions too. But his approach which is violence , it only complicates things.
Haruki :I was beaten .Do you want me to get beaten again ?
Amirion:
That's an understatement.
Charlotte:
Right, because just throwing punches isn't going to solve anything. If anything, it only makes things worse. Haruki didn't know what he was walking into. None of us did.
Aunt Lucy:(laughing nervously)
Yeah, but seriously, that explosion was insane. What even happened?
Amirion:
You don't understand. That explosion wasn't just a result of Haruki's powers it was a sign. There was something in the air that time.. Something unstable .It was not cookies(obviously)Haruki you said you have a variant ?
Haruki : Yeah That's what the unknown user said by hero I guess
Amirion : What is this variant ?
Haruki stands in silence