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Chapter 39 - POV Jormy

"Oh boy I haven't been here in a while. Hey everyone!" I walk through the massive debris of the road leading up to the survivor's half of new London. Scorch marks cover at least half of the broken ground. I got this beautiful new fur coat from a tiger kaiju and I just needed to show it off! Oh I'm just bouncing with excitement! Of course it's not like anyone's happy I'm here. This is the half of the city that Louhi froze. Most of the population has moved to the non frozen side for obvious reasons. They've been doing surprisingly well for themselves with losing a third of their population, even repelling kaiju attacks. They wouldn't last a second if we actually tried but antagonising Lancelot isn't the best move right now. But why do I have to stay and watch this place?! It's not fair! Everyone else gets to go and finish the plan and I'm stuck doing the same thing everyday! Look around for important stuff! Make sure the survivors aren't getting too uppity! Fight off any mechs sent in! Patrol the wasteland! Who cares?! I straight up have a bunch of tornadoes circling the border at this point. Because if anything gets through then I know it's worth my time. But in the meantime I've taken up an interest in fashion. I know it'll probably be meaningless soon but I saw this beautiful dress in a shop that was surprisingly untouched and couldn't resist.

"Piss off!" And while these guys aren't the best audience they're also the only audience I have. But I really wish they would STOP SHOOTING AT ME! Theres this one Ryuji guy who somehow got an anti Kaiju rifle. And every time I come this way I have to block or catch the bullet and it always ruins my shoes! Yes I could dodge it but that's not the point! It's the principle!

"How many of these do you have?" I try and make some light conversation while passing a bullet the size of my legs from hand to hand.

"More than enough you damn land lubber!" This time I kick the incoming building into the sky, absolutely obliterating these new heels because apparently I can't have anything nice.

"I'm way less of a land lubber compared to you!" I yell at the man as he reloads behind a banged up car. Artemis told me that humans react violently to those trying to help them. She didn't keep that sentiment after… anyways!

"Who cares?!" A shoddily put together mech descends from the sky, creating a small crater when it lands. It's like a jigsaw puzzle of different coloured jets held together with nothing but wires and a dream. A very sad dream. But that Derek guy keeps sending it in anyways, and I beat it up every time. I won't pretend like I know how military protocol is supposed to work but a crazy podcaster probably isn't who's supposed to take over right? I like this Dolores lady though. She pilots it's surprisingly well for a novice. "Why bother coming here if your not going to do anything?!" It stumbles over and tries to step on me, but a flick of my wrists is enough to push it back. I'm one of the chosen that could destroy a planet. I overcame the weapons of the old world long ago. I don't use any of my weather when I come here, there's no point in collateral damage at this stage. Plus I'd get scolded and that sucks! The most I do is a slash of air to cut off one of the mechs legs.

"Because you guys are the only ones who can see my new outfits! It's not my fault you keep trying to shoot me!" Another bullet kicked.

"You destroyed our home!" A surprisingly fast punch actually sends me flying. Not bad for a hunk of junk. I crash through a few skyscrapers before stopping. And now my outfit is completely ruined. That's probably the most damage they've ever done to me. That embarrassing. But from this high up I can even see a screen with that Derek guy giving a speech.

"I know this seems like an impossible situation. But I can assure you all that it could be so much worse. At least Kaiju boy isn't here anymore!" Even from here I can hear the cheering. It honestly makes me feel bad for the guy. It's not like he's here to defend himself against the slander. Although from what I've seen of him he probably wouldn't do a good job anyway. But fine, I can see when I'm not wanted. I just thought it might be nice to be appreciated. Or yelled at. Anything really, any reaction would be good. But it's fine really. The kaiju are great company. And I have tons of friends back home. They're just… busy. Yeah that's it. Busy. Creating a new world is important, it's what I've been working towards my entire life. Ive literally been raised to do this one thing. And once the last hero is here maybe I can see everyone again. And that's when it hits me. It's hits everything really but I'm the one who can actually sense it. He actually did it. He finally transformed! Oh I can feel my heart pounding in my chest! I can already feel the atmosphere change, the earths core is growing colder, impossible plants are growing from the ground! On my gosh we actually did it! Louhis plan worked! Now Artemis can finally feel again! A whole new world is taking shape and we get to see it! Years and years have been leading to this it almost doesn't feel real! But it is! That's the amazing part! This is the happiest moment of my life! It's all I've ever wanted… I think. I mean, what else could it be? I don't think there's anything else I'd want, otherwise what am I still doing here?

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