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[center][i]Several years later...[/i][/center]
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[b]Pucci:[/b] So, if I'm understanding you correctly, you're an alternate version of my universes Dio?

*Pucci casts a glance at Dio (Prime) who gives him the slightest of nods*

[right]*Nods*

Indeed I am.[/right]

[b]Pucci:[/b] *Steeples his fingers beneath his chin, expression one of deep contemplation* And in your universe we achieved heaven?

[right]*Nods, smiling slightly*[/right]

[b]Pucci:[/b] *Pauses a moment, as though contemplating something, before continuing* Yet you say there are levels higher than that?

[right]I believe so yes. It has taken me a while, but I think I've finally found a way to reach them at long last.

*Pauses, leaning forward in my chair*

It will not be easy however.[/right]

[b]DIO (Prime):[/b] So what's your plan?

[right]*Smiles as I stand, hands clasped behind my back, and begin pacing about the room*

My plan is simple in premise, yet difficult in execution due to the seemingly fated nature of our existence. I propose, however, that we reach an even higher level of existence through a repetition of the original ritual, only bigger. First we will get thirty-six versions of ourselves, each of whom will have reached heaven through our aid, and then merge so our souls become as one.

*Smirks as I lean against a nearby wall*

With that accomplished, we shall finally become the most powerful being in [i]any[/i] existence.[/right]

[b]Pucci:[/b] *Chuckles lightly* If it were anyone else I would have called you insane. Yet if you really are who you say you are, then I have faith the two of you shall succeed...