It all started because Kevin tried to cook soup.
Instead, he summoned a small storm cloud that refused to stop crying.
Arc sighed. "It's cursed broth. Again."
Grubnuk tried to cheer the cloud up by offering it glitter. This only made it sob thunderously.
In a moment of exhausted sarcasm, I said:
> "What's next? We summon the god of the verse?"
The sky turned purple. The ground whispered "whoops."
A beam of divine nonsense split the air.
And then—
He arrived.
A shimmering figure wearing a hoodie made of nebula and pajama pants made of regrets. He blinked, holding a cosmic mug that read "#1 Slightly Forgotten Deity."
> "Who... dared... wake me up before my nap ended?" he asked.
Grubnuk threw him a chip.
He caught it. Ate it. Blinked again.
> "Okay, you're cool."
> "Wait, you're the actual god of this universe?" I asked.
> "Technically. But mostly I freelance for lower-tier metaphysics. You guys are loud."
Arc bowed with one hand and slapped his own forehead with the other.
> "Great. Divine bureaucracy."
Mortax appeared through a burst of annoyed sparkles.
> "I leave you alone for ONE chapter and you summon a pantheon dropout?"
> "I didn't mean to!" I protested.
> "You literally said, 'What's next?' That's the summoning phrase!"
The god finished his chips.
> "I'm going back to bed. But before I go—here."
He snapped his fingers and dropped a glowing orb into my hands.
> "What is it?"
> "Plot glue. You'll need it. You've got too many loose threads."
And just like that, he vanished into a ripple of sleepy light.
The orb hummed.
Arc looked worried.
> "You know what this means, right?"
> "No," I said honestly.
> "It means the narrative just got self-aware."
Grubnuk cheered.
> "I love when things unravel!"
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End of Chapter 42 (God summoned. Nap interrupted. Plot glue obtained. Consequences… pending.)
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