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Now that more than a month has passed since the Lord
of Terror incident, things have returned to normal.
Keiichi comes home with a bag of ice cream. He finds
Belldandy in a deep sleep normally reserved for when
she uses too much power. Figuring she'll wake up soon,
he briefly ponders kissing her before Skuld wanders
into the room in a daze. She starts eating the ice cream
without noticing him. Seeing that something is wrong,
Keiichi seeks out Urd only to find her plastered on
Sake.
It
takes three days for Belldandy to awaken. When she does,
she explains that with Yggdrasil being out of commission,
their normal way of gaining energy in unavailable. As
a result, the goddesses have to use alternative sources
- sleeping for Belldandy, Sake for Urd, and Ice Cream
for Skuld. She says nothing else as she falls back to
sleep.
The
next day, Skuld and Urd are not happy at having to consume
cheap alcohol and ice cream but do it anyway since Keiichi
has gone to school. At Nekomi Tech, Keiichi confers
with chibi-Belldandy who's hiding in the hood collar
of his jacket. They pass a fortune teller seated at
a table. She attempts to con Keiichi when the Almighty
One possesses her. He relays a message to Keiichi to
seek out moon rocks as a source of power. Keiichi leaves
wondering if it is true which Belldandy confirms.
Returning
home, they discover that Urd and Skuld have changed;
Urd is getting younger and Skuld is getting older. Since
the emblem programs on their foreheads are not working
properly, this trend will continue unless they find
some moon rocks to recharge their power and restore
them to normal. Unfortunately there are no moon rocks
just lying around. Belldandy comments that if she weren't
in a similar condition (stuck in chibi form to conserve
power), she could make moon rocks. This gives Keiichi
an idea and he heads to the Nekomi Tech campus with
Skuld while Belldandy hides in his hood.
Using
a campus lab that contains a multi-ton hydraulic press,
Keiichi combines the compounds used in the makeup of
the moon and mixes them. He turns on the press to leave
it overnight. The following morning, they return to
the lab and remove the thick moon disc from the press.
Skuld takes it and is immediately re-energized. As a
result of being restored to full power, she returns
to her proper size.
Back
at the temple, Urd has reverted to the form of a young
child.
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