Emollient

Chapter 0: What's Inside the Watch

It was all white, there's no structure whatsoever. Something human called emptiness. No one lives there, only powers without bodies.

That is, until the three of them got their second tier.

It's not their first time to have a body. Afterall, they will take their master's look when summoned, but it will all gone once they're inside the watch. This is the first time the opposite has occurred.

"Also... I can summon some object."

A note with a pen appeared on Tanah's right hand after a glow disappeared. When asked when and how did he find out about this, Tanah just shrug and said "earlier".

"Can I- can you do that outside the watch?"

"I've tried that but nothing happened, so guess not."

"I want to try that too! Can I summon a bed? I mean I think we will have this body even here, right? So I definitely need a bed."

"I never think about that... Just try it!"

"I might try it as well. That aside, why do you summon a note and a pen?"

"This? I just wanted to record the changes happening around us, it might come handy."
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December 18th, 20xx

I finally got my second tier just like Petir and Angin did! :D
We also able to keep our form inside here too, we look exactly like master. Our consciousness improved too, I think.
We know that we're a power turned sentient. Well, at least I know, not sure about the other.
There are lots of things we still need to figure out, so I can't wait to do that soon!

- Tanah :)

The boy with unzipped jacket put his hand above his notes and pen, and then unsummoned them. He didn't know exactly how it happened or the logic behind it, he just assumed the light from his hand functioned like a tool box.

As he looked up, that place was full with color. Many random things appeared out of nowhere, a lot that can't be described. A wreck ship, one might say.

Guess they haven't find out about the unsummoned function.

Right that instance, the blank canvas gained drops of new color. Laughter and tears was audible for the first time that day.

They concluded that the place they lived in had no end. Every path they took will end where they started. So the three of them agreed to stay there, trying to live like "human", despite rarely felt any desire like hunger or drowsiness.

Every daytime they will play around if Boboiboy didn't call and every night time they will summoned their bed–a futon–and put it in a tiny circle and went to sleep.
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January 19th, 20xx

Something major happened. Beside the appearance of Air, that is.
Our home- this watch changed. And so do we.

Just like Tanah's explanation on his note, the watch shifted its look. The blank white nothingness became a house, almost the same as Tok Aba's.

It has two floors. The first floor contains living room and dining room combined into one and a kitchen separated by a door frame with orange curtains. Next to the stairs is the toilet.

The second floor has three rooms with a bathroom inside each room. Somehow, name's already attached to the door of the rooms. Well, not name exactly, logos.

To assume from the logo attached and the aesthetic of inside the room, Petir, Angin, and Tanah, were assigned in the same room, their room is also the biggest. Api and Air were assigned together.

And there's an empty room with an unknown symbols on the door.

Their ability to summon things disappeared. All of them were worried about their belongings in different degrees.

"What about my beloved Chiky?!"

"Chiky?"

"His chicken plushies."

"That's what worries you?"

"How lame."

They tried to find clues about that inside the house, but none was found. Until someone pointed out to look outside.

Surprisingly, there's actually something outside the house. It looks exactly like the real world where Boboiboy lives. And that's how they find out about the shed in the backyard.

Every items they summoned back then was found inside the shed. The first one Tanah pick was his note and pen while Api's obviously his Chiky. They tidied up the place a bit and now it's functioning as it should.

They explored the place and found out there was other people too somehow. People they can interact with and anything. Meanwhile for the outside world seems to be limited to places Boboiboy recognizes (Rintis Island).

The house provided the four of them with food, money, and anything necessary to live, but they can also buy anything they want. Those things–house, people, environment–were later named as "System" by Cahaya.

"Maybe... It's because he sees us as something more than a power?" Air theorized with hesitation. The silence told him to continue. "I mean we are a power and our previous master treats us like so, right? But this boy is different."

"You mean... Because he treats us like humans, for some reason, the watch mimics that?" Tanah responded. "How is that even possible?"

"I don't think we'd ever know how and what other things this watch is capable of," Petir joined. "But Air's explanation seems logical enough to answer the why."
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March 3rd, 20xx

Our fight with Bora Ra is finally ended. What a jerk, I hate that guy. He endangered our master AND his friends. I'm glad he died. On the more positive note...
We got new members! :D
Duri and Solar was their name. They're an interesting elemental, I hope we can talk more tomorrow. Today is really tiring, so we decided to rest (sleep) early.

- Tanah (Gempa)

March 4th, 20xx

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The empty room turned out to be for Duri (Daun) and Solar (Cahaya). The seven of them went to their designated room to rest after a mini welcome celebration for their new members.

No one would suspect that among seven, four will be gone.

The fight with Bora Ra caused the watch to take a full blown damage due to the jump of second tier.

Little did they know, the watch needs to contain the elemental first before it gains the second tier. If Boboiboy uses his second tier BEFORE having the first one, the watch will break.

From that day on, they made an agreement. If something major happens, for example they just take down a very powerful villain, they will sleep on the living room together. This way, when something happen to one of them, they can handle it together.

And that's how it goes inside the watch. Really weird, but comfortable.