"Imprison them again?" Life suggested. "That won"t work. The seals in the Astral Temple are all destroyed and even if we fix them keeping them locked up forever is not a feasible option." What Archia said was true. The seals took up too much energy and when they were replaced by their successors, they could not maintain them. And if they were released in the future, it would cause a bigger mess. Better to deal with them now and find them a place where they can"t cause trouble.
"We also have to consider the position of their replacements," Life added. After they were sealed away, someone else had to do their tasks so the the of them selected replace mental.
"Luckily there are only 4 that were replaced so far," Time commented.
"So how about the rest just take up their old posts?" Archia suggested.
"But..." Life began but was cut off by Archia.
"With a new Almighty and the war ended, they have no reason to cause trouble. They might want revenge, but Atiri"s smart. She won"t let them go overboard. Besides they have experience and will not mess up."
Clearly not happy, Life could only sit there and complain to himself.
Ignoring him, Archia turn to Time. "I still can"t accept that you replaced Atiri so quickly."
"I had no choice!" Time defended, "The role she played was too important. Heaven would not have functioned normally without her and her power." The room became silent. "If I could have one her position open, I would have, " he whispered. The silence reigned once again.
Archia, unwilling to say anything, stayed silent. After a while, Life could no longer deal with the gloomy atmosphere and decided to put an end to the matter.
Standing up, he pointed at them accusingly and reprimanded, "If you want her to have the position, then make it happen!"
"I can"t just make it happen!" Knowledge says, sneering.
"Why not!?" Life argues.
"Why not!? Way not!? Had you taken even a second to think over the situation you would know why!"
Seeing the situation getting out of hand, Time interrupts with, "Calm down. There is no need to fight. We"ll just settle this matter at a later date."
"Absolutely not!" Life yells. "The both of you keep will keep pushing back the decision! So let"s decide things now!"
"There"s no need to yell we can hear you perfectly fine, " Time comments.
However, that only serves to make him angrier. "So we will let them take up their old positions. As for the four whose positions are occupied, we-"
"Will do nothing before considering any and all factors, " Knowledge interrupts.
"What! Did you not hear what I said?! We must come to a decision now!"
"We can"t act rashly! Chrono agrees with me, right?" She looks at time expectantly.
Furrowing his brows, he says, "I don"t really want to get involved in this but the 4 can stay at my place until we come to a decision later."
"And when is this later exactly?!"
"Quit shouting for goodness sake. You"re giving me a headache." Times leans back in his chair and closes his eyes.
"You"re all so useless! This is why we can"t get anything done around here!"
"We can"t get anything done?! Who is it that stares at sc.r.a.pes of metal all day?!" Archia refutes.
"At least I did not secluded myself for 10 thousand years!"
"You-"
"Let"s not squabble over such silly things," Time says, trying to mend the situation.
"As if you"re any better! You only started to diligently do your work now since Atiri is no longer there to cover for you!" With those words, Knowledge got up and walked towards the door. "I will go and tell them what we have decided so far. You can do whatever you want."
After she left, Time got up as well. "It"s time for my afternoon nap, have a horrible day," he said with a polite smile.
He walked out the door leaving Life there to silently grit his teeth in anger. "Don"t ever become like them, Levi," he says patting his dagger and going out of the room himself.