Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25218347-20180604010109/@comment-26892768-20180605145713

"Thank you." Becky gives a nod of thanks, and then enters, GLaDOS following after her.

Ms. Fortune sits down, looking over at Shotaro as he sits down next to her. "So...why did you visit?"

Shotaro sighs. "I needed a place to clear my head, and a friend of mine lives here."

Ms. Fortune looks at Shotaro curiously.

"...big man in a trenchcoat, has a tuba sticking out of his back?" Shotaro looks back at Ms. Fortune. "Big Band?"

Ms. Fortune snaps her fingers. "Oh! I...kinda know who he is? I mean, I don't know the guy personally, but I worked with his old partner one time, so, yeah...also, don't ask why I was working with a detective; that's a yarn I don't feel like unravelling right now."

Shotaro nods, not saying anything else.

There's a few moments of silence. "...so, you need to clear your head because...?"

"Several Gaia Memories have been stolen." Shotaro explains.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Dreambubbles, four dead Skakdi are playing poker. And three of those Skakdi are either groaning or screaming in rage.

"Looks like I win this round." Zaktan pulls in a lot of chips, smirking.

"For the..." Thok looks at a chalkboard, ignoring the screams of rage next to him. "Twenty second time this game, out of thirty seven rounds."

Hakkan is now the only one screaming in rage at this point, with Vezok giving him an odd look, before the four are interrupted by a portal opening up.

"Who would..." Zaktan readies his weapon, as do the other Piraka.

Much to their surprise, it's not anyone they recognize, but some guy in steampunk clothing and a mechanical hand.

"Good evening, gentlemen!" Professor Paradox greets. "How are you all doing?"

"...okay, who are you?" Vezok asks.

"Not anyone you would know, really, considering we never met before you were given a fatal Judgement...and not anyone a lot of people would know considering I've been stuck for so long...but that's not important." Professor Paradox waves a hand to dismiss that. "I come from the future, and I have very limited time to give it to you, considering that at the moment the present version of myself is trapped in limbo and the only reason I'm not causing a collapse in the fabric of reality is by a temporary gift."

Vezok blinks, before scowling. "I said 'who are you;' not for your life story."

"Soon, you will be joined in death, and you will return to your former form." Paradox ignores Vezok. "When you do, look. You will find me trapped by the mechanisms of a reformed omniverse. At that point, your presence will free me, and then you will send me off on my way. That is all."

"...what." Hakkan looks at Paradox, even as he disappears into another portal. "What do you mean!? Who will join us in death? Are we going to come back to life, or are we going to be sea snakes again? There's a lot of ways to interpret that!"