A few minutes earlier, downstairs...

"What are we even doing, Selz?" Pry kicked over a random piece of junk.

"Getting demotivated all of a sudden?" Selz snorted, "Who's the one moping about now?"

"Not funny, man. I wanna help make everyone happy, but if we kept our godhood we would've been done ages ago." Pry groaned, "Face it, you're doing this for yourself."

A sudden argument burst forth between the Two. They have already spent an entire day as humans, realizing the flaws of the very beings they have created. Going from nigh infinite possibilities and powers to only a fraction of what they once were truly did hit them hard, and it seems to have made Prylos second-guess this entire operation.

"I never said I was doing it for you." Selz rolled his Eyes, picking up a four-winged owl pin, "I merely wanted to try and study what was so good about being Gods."

"You're still hung up on finding Ouroboras? He's down there, we're up here. Leave that task to Allucius, man!"

Allucius, the Goddess of Water, vowed to search for and find Ouroboras' human reincarnation. The God of Sun chose to throw away his godhood in search of something they could not even comprehend, and that made her furious most of all. Ouroboras was more than a mere fellow God to her—he was a lover. And for that reason she promised to spend countless days and nights until she could locate him and kill him, thus forcefully returning him to Godhood. Yet Selzion wished to accomplish this same result in a different way...

"If we became humans ourselves for a time, I assume we will come to understand why it was that he did it first." Selz explained, "If we know the reason, we will know where to find him. Of course, finding a valid reason to knowingly set aside your perfection still eludes me, but I will not waver."

"You're dodging the question." Pry glared, "Why did you have to drag me into your stupid experiment as well, then?"

"Doubling the samples doubles the chances of success, no?" Selz looked around calmly, "He would have done the same if he was in my shoes."

Ouroboras was an unforgiving God, but he was wise to reason. He was ruthless to sinners, but showed remarkable kindness and mercy to those who deserved it. Whereas the other Four Gods saw humans as their subjects, he saw them as equals. Among all of the Gods of this world, Ouroboras was the only one to actively seek advice from his followers when he required it. Actively setting aside his pride to resolve the issue was a trait only he possessed.

"No he wouldn't!" Pry shot back, "He'd make sure to torture you as a human before killing you just so you wouldn't get such a stupid idea again! Need I remind you that he governed Hell before we decommissioned it?"

"As if more ludicrous ideas never crossed him before..." Selz scoffed, "Why, he would destroy everything and start over just to retrieve one of us if he... hm?"

Left on a disambiguous table beneath countless layers of clothes and other useless junk was a single framed photo. With a vertical, robust frame, one could easily assume it meant a lot to Migu's soul. Picking it up, Selz clutched the frame until the glass cracked.

"What is this..." He muttered through gritted teeth.

"What did you find?" Pry peeked over his shoulder, "Oh, what in the...?"

Yet another family portrait, albeit on a smaller scale to the one Migu and the others found before. Unlike that one, this picture only contained 5 individuals. Two middle-aged men, both with long rugged beards, with the one on the left sporting a stylish Eyepatch and hair a dirty orange, whilst his friend's was that of a pure White tint. A young couple and what appeared to be their child sat below them posing on the central chair. The mother's short ginger hair exuded grace, very much unlike the scruffy-looking father. Most particular about this image was the daughter sat on the chair, for her hair flowed a light lavender Purple.

"What are they doing here?" Selz asked, his veins popping and his teeth all but cracking from the pressure, "Ouroboras, Allucius... What are you doing in this picture together?"

As to be expected, the two most unusual looking people were the ones these Gods singled out. The White haired man and the Purple haired child both bore extreme similarities to the Sun God and Water Goddess respectively, which only made this picture more dubious.

"But Allucius said she'd kill him the moment she figured out who he was." Prylos furrowed his brows, "So why are they just posing happily for this picture? When was it taken?"

Quickly, Selzion broke open the frame the rest of the way, hastily turning the photo over to check if a date was printed on the back. Alas, only a single message was inscribed in ink.

"To dad, thank you for giving me this life to live. I spend every day, hoping you see us—see our happy ending."

"...Tch." Selz ripped the photo before tossing it away, "Scaring us for no reason like that..."

"Whoa, why'd you do that!?" Pry reflexively snapped his fingers to try and put it back together, though this power was since long lost, "What's the meaning of this!? That message, it's...!"

"It's not Allucius." Selz explained with a long sigh, "The child pictured within the photo is Migu. They merely share physical similarities."

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"Oh..." Pry looked down after handing the torn photo to him, "B-But then what about Ouroboras?"

"Don't you get it?" Selz took a lighter from nearby and put the photo over the open flame, "A God like Ouroboras wouldn't reincarnate with the same physical appearance as his Godly counterpart. This man isn't him either. It's all just a coincidence."

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"Migu, Migu, come quick!" Sheep called out to us from the closet, "Hurry!"

"Sheep!" I ran out waving my brand new flip phone around, "Look what I... found?"

"Good news!" He turned around, all smiles as he showed me it, "I was rummaging through the closet when I happened upon a random box! I went to open it just out of curiosity, and I found a bunch of these cool devices in it!"

"No offense, but those look like explosives." Energy said warily.

"No, no, 'cause look!" Sheep tossed me one.

Energy screamed with all his might when he did this. He was genuinely convinced these things were explosives, but in reality it's something much worse...

"Gyahh! We're all gonna die!" Energy cried out.

"Woot, woot! Can you hear me?" Sheep talked into his device, yet his voice was forwarded through the one in my hands, "This is what we're looking for, right? A device for communicating with everyone, a phone!"

This isn't a phone. In fact, it might even be better than a phone, because verbal communication is much easier to establish and doesn't require even a bar of signal to work. That's right, what Sheep just found was in fact a whole box of walkie-talkies.

"This is a phone..." I weakly brandished my flip phone.

"Whoaaa~! That looks so cool!" He smiled before realizing, "Ah, but now that we have these, there really isn't a reason for you to have that, right?"

Uuu~, and just when I thought I could finally carry a snazzy flip phone to complete my outfit~! Darn you, Sheep, you'll rue the day you messed up my day... which is today! You'll rue today, you hear me?!

"Put the box inside with Vastoria." I whimpered, "Come on, let's just go look for Elegy already..."

"Migu, you look sad." Energy considerately thought to ask.

"I'm just bummed I did all that searching for nothing."

"Mn."

Ah-!? What the Hell does "Mn" mean!? Bastard, you were supposed to comfort me, or say something along the lines of "You can still carry the flip phone on you for style points"! Why even ask if all you're gonna reply with is the bare minimum required to pass as subtle acknowledgment of my problem!?

"Y'know, you-" Sheep stated.

"You're so right!" I hugged him, "I CAN keep the phone, after all!"

"What? That's not what I-?" He felt me squeezing him harder, "U-Urk... Happy to help!"

As we walked down the stairs, we happened to come across the two Gods taking a leisurely break on my living room couch. They didn't speak, they didn't blink. It was only when we approached them up close did we realize why this was.

"Ah." Sheep said, "They're asleep."

"Wake up, they're eating your brains!" Energy shouted at the top of his lun-... at the top of his brain?

"Bwaarghhhh!" Pry shot up from his seat, clutching his stomach, "Don't eat my brains! I only have three of them!"

"Would you stop panicking?" Selz squinted his Eyes open, not at all fazed by the scare attempt, "Your brain is in your head, not your stomach, you reprobate."

"Ehh? My bad..." Pry quickly moved his hands to his scalp instead, "I must've gotten those confused with something else. Refresh my memory real quick, what do humans only have three of?"

"Nothing, they're humans."

They seem to be having a fun time, it seems. I guess I can't blame them too much for slacking though, since being a human naturally means they're weak to staying up for too long.

"Sniff, sniff..." Energy felt something waft through the air.

"Wasn't me." Pry immediately raised his hand.

"No, not that. Is something burning?" He asked.

"Oh yeah, I smell it too." I noticed, "Did you guys leave the stove on or something!?"

"Relax, it is nothing to be worried about." Selz assured us, "Rather, shouldn't we be leaving?"

"How'd you know we found the devices?" Sheep tilted his wings.

"Why else would you all be circled around us." He retorted, "What did you find?"

"A bunch of walkie-talkies, all in working order and set up to be on the same frequency." I explained.

"That's a relief. Everyone grab one for yourselves." Selz immediately commanded, "Migu and Energy, you two can share since you're always together."

"That's fair." We nodded.

"Sheep, go look for Sab and give him one as well." Selz continued, "Meet back up with us once you're done."

"On it!" He blipped for a split second before returning in a somewhat nervous state.

"What happened? Did you find him?" I asked.

"I-I did."

"And did you hand him the walkie-talkie?" Pry inquired.

"So what's got you so pale?" Energy yelled.

He wanted to explain it, but he didn't know where to start. It took him a moment to catch his breath, but when he finally calmed down enough, he opted to pull out his walkie-talkie and press the button with one of his many wings, signalling for Sab to come through.

"Yo, this thing on? Over." Sab's distorted voice echoed from the device.

"Sab!" I talked to him through my own device, "Thank goodness we can talk to you whenever now!"

"You're supposed to say over every time you're finished speaking." He corrected my radio-communicative manners, "Over."

"Is that so? Over." Sheep chimed in, "I didn't know. Over. Hey, could you tell everyone what you told me just now? Over."

"You don't have to say over every time you finish a sentence. Over." He elaborated, "And yeah, I can. You guys are gonna be pretty hyped to hear this, but I think I find Nerys' hiding spot. Over."

"Wait, really!?" Energy jolted, "How can you be sure? Over."

"It's just a few blocks down in the direction I went after you last saw me." He explained, "Trust me, you can't miss it."

That's incredible. So much for not wanting to help, this guy already gave us our next lead! Getting Nerys on board will be a huge help, and with these walkie-talkies now, we'll be able to report back the moment something pops up. But more importantly.

"Sab, you forgot to say over at the end there." I snickered.

"Gah! It's too cumbersome to keep repeating over and over again!" He yelped before monotonously saying after the fact, "Over."

"Let's just agree to all talk normally when using these." Selz sighed.

"Agreed." We nodded, "Over."