The group turned to see Mim walking toward them. His messy hair messier than usual was tied back in a loose ponytail, and he was holding a coffee cup with the words, “Life’s a mess, but at least I have coffee.”
His tired eyes flicked between them, and he raised an eyebrow. “Did I miss something important, Whos that?"
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“Oh hey mim.. What's up with you today?..” remy said concerned
“Oh nothing! Definitely not that i was left alone to write the investigation report yesterday and stayed awake all night holding back the urge to sleep and got stuck on the part trying to write about that weird ass yellow ore and had to do a lot of research which left me sleepless, That's for sure!”
mim replied with a sarcastic tone hiding his irritated face
Remy replied, acting surprised; “Oh no! What a nightmare.. Poor you..” also with a sarcastic tone.
“Hey Remy, I got a good idea.” mim said.
“What is it..”
“ Now that you have an extra person that will give you great help in solar's investigation, I can turn back and relax, but you can continue the investigation with them, but I'll write the reports, how about that?”
Remy looked mim irritated;
“Oh yeah.. That's fine! I mean, who cares if you lose a few 20 thousands from your monthly salary, not a bad idea no?”
Mim paused.
Remy continued; “ Oh, and your report will clearly show that you didn’t actually do any investigating. And if you try to fake it... I can always rat you out.”
Mim gives remy a dirty stare, “ You little b-” Liz interrupts;
“Alright how about we just get this over with?! I mean you did say that with me around the investigation wouldn't take that long, right?”
Remy looks at mim annoyed and turns back to Liz reassured; " Okay you’re right.. Let's cooperate at this time- “
Mim sighed; “ sure.. But please at least give me some time to regain my energy.. I seriously haven't slept at night. I kept rewriting that report a lot of times because of how much I fell asleep and drooled all over it.”
Remy laughed lightly, “sure, when are we going again?”
“ I don't know, first check on the situation with these two right now I guess”
Mim replied as he looked at solar and liz.
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“How about you come along so you can make the final verdict quickly?”
Mim gave Remy an annoyed sigh saying ; “ Fine. Let’s just get this over with... After this crappy investigation, I swear, I’m quitting and getting a job at Ellie Marketing.”
Remy froze and gave mim a dirty look; “ You mean that weird company that sells low budget knockoff apple products..? YOU.. want to work there..?”
“What? It's still a good company..”
Remy looked at mim dumbfounded and walked away without a word with solar and liz following.
They enter an empty unused meeting room, with a long table and a bunch of chairs.
“Why bring us here if we are only 4 people..” mim asked curiously.
Remy replies cheekily “I wanna feel like I'm in a real meeting.”
Mim let out a deep, disappointed sigh but didn’t argue. They each took a seat, spreading out unnecessarily far from one another, as if personal space was a priority today.
Mim got up, grabbed some files and pens from a nearby cabinet, and dropped them onto the table. “Alright, let’s trace our thoughts first,” he said, flipping open a folder. “Remy, do the honors.”
Remy tapped his fingers on the table, thinking for a second. “Okay, so far, we know that Solar popped up out of nowhere with zero memories, but Liz recognizes his halo and wants to help figure things out.”
Liz nodded. “Right. But I’ve been away from the place he might’ve come from for a long time, so my knowledge is kinda… outdated.”
Mim jotted something down, then turned to Solar. “And you still don’t remember anything?”
Solar shook his head. “Nope. Nothing before waking up here… It’s like I just suddenly existed.”
Mim absentmindedly tapped his pen against the table. “Weird.”
Solar let out a small sigh, giving an awkward smile. He glanced at the papers Mim pulled out, but the letters blurred when he tried to focus. A strange, cold shiver ran down his spine, and his head felt oddly light.
The air around him seemed to change.
Solar blinked. The room felt… different. Everyone’s voices sounded slightly distant, as if they weren’t really there.
Solar realised, gripping the edge of the table. “Uh… guys?”
Nobody reacted.
“Hello? Can you hear me..?”
….
His breathing slowed down. The meeting room, the SJA team–everything looked the same, but something was off. Everything started going faint. The light felt colder.
Then—
Paradox: Rewritten. Specific events here continue in that story, and I’ll be updating them side by side. One story won’t progress without the other, so make sure to check out both!
Paradox: Rewritten will match the ones in this story.
For example, if a chapter here is titled Displaced (Part 1), its continuation in the other story will be Displaced (Part 2), and so on. This way, you wont get lost (like me.)
