Bottled Time

[MadameButterflyKnife]

MADELYN, RIGHT? FLORAN NOTICED SSOME OTHER PEOPLE WITH PARROTS IN THE BLUE RIFT. MAYBE AFTER WE DEAL WITH THISS ISSSUE, YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR PARROT OVER THERE SSOME FRIENDSS!

[SapphireStarblazer]

Roxy, upon seeing Madelyn and Jefferey, immediately looked over to the pair, a bundle of incense sticks in her maw, and asked, "What's a Coliseum?"

[Kennifer]

Kennifer nods.

"Well, I've survived a couple of situations like this. I mean, not exactly like this one of course since there wasn't any weird time shit. At least I don't think there was..." She's... Not explaining why she was in 1983 when she looks like she was born several years after that. "But situations where there are... traitors, killers, whatever who have to be stopped. Yeah." She does a sort of half-smile. "Like I said though, I... kinda got my memories erased after them so I can't provide more details."

[PointMaid]

That's... somewhat fascinating, actually. We've gone through our share of trouble, things blowing up on us. Occasionally that's literal.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Whatever the case...

Reisen makes a gun hand gesture with their left hand...

We can't let our guard down.

[SapphireStarblazer]

Roxy, after shaking her head, noticing distress in the group, and listening for a few moments, made her finally realize that she was in an uninformed majority versus informed minority conflict.
"...Oh, no," she said before she looked over to Sendri and walked over next to them, sitting down by their side.
"I trust Sendri," states Roxy.

[Kennifer]

"I'd... tell you more, if I remembered it. Which I don't."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Cool Sendri's about to pet Roxy when they stop themselves. HEY, DUDETTE DOG. ISS IT ALRIGHT IF FLORAN PETS YOU?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Well, that's okay. If you can't remember, you can't remember.

[SapphireStarblazer]

Roxy, again, began wagging her tail, nodding.  "Yes please!!"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

DOPE! CONSSENT IS FUCKING RADICAL, KIDSS. Cool Sendri begins petting Roxy.

[Dookie]

“Hey, weed man, aren't you that guy from that PSA...”

[Oggy123]

"But we will survive all this, right?"
Flash walks up to Nikei.
"...Sir, are you okay?"

[Dookie]

"So...um...if there are spies among us, why? What do they want?"

[PointMaid]

Food pellets! And hugs, and little strokes along your tail. That's what I'd want. Pinky is hugging his tail tight like it was a pillow.

Brain just face-palms.

[Kennifer]

"...didn't he already tell us? They want to kill everyone. Or at least kill the good Time Cops and... Okay I don't want to think about what they'll do after that but I'm sure it's horrible timeline-destroying bullshit or something. Ugh, I need a drink..."

[Dookie]

"...didn't he already tell us? They want to kill everyone. Or at least kill the good Time Cops and... Okay I don't want to think about what they'll do after that but I'm sure it's horrible timeline-destroying bullshit or something. Ugh, I need a drink..."

"But why do they want to kill everybody? What's their purpose?"

[Kennifer]

"That I can't answer."

[PointMaid]

I'm not sure either, but I have to assume if they're targeting Time Police they want to make an alteration to the timeline that wouldn't be allowed to stand if the rest of us caught them. Which sounds like... any alteration, really. The higher-ups do sound strict about that sort of thing. If only we knew what they were trying to alter...

[wingedcatgirl]

"Kronos..." Eri muses. "They reject a 'natural order' for the timeline and believe everyone should be free to change history as they so choose. ... I read about them in training," they add after a brief awkward silence.

[Kennifer]

"Sounds like that could mess up a lot of stuff..."

Probably the understatement of the ages.

[Oggy123]

"But we will be able to defeat the, right?"

[PointMaid]

We will, little program, we will. Right, Brain?

If there are only three, we certainly outnumber them, Pinky. We have a good chance. Keep your wits about you, people. [*Brain turns to see Pinky 'flossing' his ears with his tail, looking goofily and trustingly at Brain. Brain rolls his eyes.*]

[Kennifer]

"I mean I'm... apparently good enough at this to survive a couple of similar situations. Maybe it'll start coming back to me as this... progresses. Right?"

Kennifer tries to smile despite... well, the whole sucky situation.

[PointMaid]

Yeah, yeah. Me and Brain have gotten out of a million bad situations. We'll get through this. Right?

Pinky walks up to the vampire that's trying to smile, and starts hugging her shoe.