A Sweet Escape

[Essent Rose Allison]

A few days later...

"EEEETHHHAAANNNNNNN...."

"Yeah?" Ethan's voice exclaimed from the kitchen on the other side of the third floor.

"I DUNNO WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOO." Essent flopped her body onto the couch in the living room. She was freaking BORED.

"We can try opening the lab and find people willing to work with our science methods."

"Nooottttt yeeeeeetttttt...." The young scientist hero groaned. "We don't know anybody! I barely met any other primes besides two, which were Tearen and Issac Clarke! I don't know what happened to Tearen and I dropped Issac off at one of the other gates in the Nexus! And I'm sure Issac has a bad relationship with science. Along with that, I seem to like adrenaline surges now! Roller coasters, sparring, the like! I guess that stupid True War tournament got to me. I can see why other Fist Users like to fight! It gets their adrenaline going!"

Essent sighed and plopped her face into a pillow. Her voice became muffled.

"Why is my content life so boring?!"

Ethan came from the kitchen with cereal (with milk) in a bowl in one hand and a metal spoon in the other. He placed his breakfast on the coffee table and patted Essent's back.

She turned her body upright to face the ceiling.

"I used to be so excited about science! My whole family ran on it! But now it's all just... Meh. Why did that Sunny do this to me?! Now I'm craving action! I don't want that! I like the thrills but I hate having the violence I do in video games appear in my real world! What do I do?!"

"Well, the best you can do is to, you know, meet others. Getting to know them will spice up your day, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"And maybe, now that your here in this new world, you can go on adventures with them."

"True..."

"You don't always have to stick with me. I know you've had feelings for me for a while now but I can't always be your main focus."

"I know..."

"You managed to get through that whole tournament without having to think about me, right?"

"Only once. And that was before I sacrificed myself."

"None the less, you still made it through. And were you happy that you survived? That you won?"

"Yeah... Yeah. I was."

"So with this newfound courage, you can do more than what you used to do. Science my be your job but all work-"

"-and no play makes Essent a dull girl. You're right."

Essent got up in a confident stance.

"I'm gonna go explore."

She began to run down, grabbed her signature lab coat and badge, put it on, and made her way to the exit of the building. Ethan followed behind her.

"I'll keep an eye on the place while you're gone!"

"Wish me luck- Oh! Before I go!"

She began to focus... She envisioned a device that could serve as a return beacon. A place for her to teleport to once she's done exploring that way she can come back without having to walk... It took her time but she managed to create it. Success!

[RECALL STATION CREATED]

Essent went to the device and put in her ID and signature to let it know who she is. Once she was ready she went to Ethan and gave him a hug.

"I'll see you soon."

Letting go from the embrace, she left the building to explore the Omniverse.