CHAPTER 2: "The Note of Forbidden Truths"
[Scene opens: Cosmic Organization HQ – Dormitories]
Jiwoo is sitting cross-legged on his bed, flipping through the aged, glowing note they retrieved after the black hole incident. Kayden is pacing, arms crossed, visibly annoyed.
Kayden:
(annoyed)
"You've been staring at that paper for hours now. Either it's got a recipe for ramen, or you're planning to summon a cosmic demon."
Jiwoo:
(grinning)
"Neither. It's information... about them. The Pillars."
Kayden:
(stops)
"Wait. The Pillars? As in, those godlike things that hold reality together?"
Jiwoo:
(reading aloud)
"'There are Four Pillars of the World. Each boundless. Each with dominion over infinite multiverses, realms, and domains. They are beyond time. Beyond thought.'"
Kayden sits down next to Jiwoo, suddenly serious.
Kayden:
(quietly)
"So this is why the black hole didn't even flinch when we threw everything at it. Even my eyes couldn't see through it... It was connected to them somehow, wasn't it?"
Jiwoo:
(nods, still reading)
"It says here the first is named Kaizo, the Barrier of Reality. Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent… and the literal force of all kinds of force. He prevents existence from erasing itself."
Kayden:
(smirk)
"Sounds like someone who needs a vacation."
Jiwoo:
(grins)