Like Tears in Rain

[Zanreo]

Missingno then...

>also checks unclaimed rooms

[MadameButterflyKnife]

> Try to clear your nostrils of the smoke smell

[MadameButterflyKnife]

why do i keep doing this

> Try to clear your nostrils of the smoke smell

You grab some perfume in a nearby room and use it to get the smoky smell out of your nostrils.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

>Anything else out of place in the storage room other than the weird sci-fi gun?

You notice a few weird shreds of latex on the floor, but nothing else.

>also checks unclaimed rooms

You search really well! You even search the holodeck and-

Oh god. Why is the holodeck displaying images of Charis and Sericle. Why is the hologram of Charis so bloody. Why is Sericle being dragged away by some blurry beast. Why are there yet more gruesome images, of you and everyone trapped with you having the life drained out of your eyes, erased from reality, your homeworld falling apart. The island you call home erupting, sending the world into ash and nothingness. Why is it showing images of timeline collapse why why why-

Oh, apologies. I use the holodeck room sometimes for planning future strategies.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Examine the latex

[MadameButterflyKnife]

> Examine the latex

The latex is blue, and thin. The type you would see in disposable gloves, or anything of that caliber. Seems to have been shredded; the cuts are way too neat for someone to have ripped it apart.

[Dookie]

>Anything else out of place in the storage room other than the weird sci-fi gun?

You notice a few weird shreds of latex on the floor, but nothing else.

>also checks unclaimed rooms

You search really well! You even search the holodeck and-

Oh god. Why is the holodeck displaying images of Charis and Sericle. Why is the hologram of Charis so bloody. Why is Sericle being dragged away by some blurry beast. Why are there yet more gruesome images, of you and everyone trapped with you having the life drained out of your eyes, erased from reality, your homeworld falling apart. The island you call home erupting, sending the world into ash and nothingness. Why is it showing images of timeline collapse why why why-

Oh, apologies. I use the holodeck room sometimes for planning future strategies.

"...And what strategies are those?"

[PointMaid]

...Strategies for preventing these things from happening. Obviously.

So you say.

It's nothing you need concern yourself with. Or have the calculating ability to comprehend.

[Risdio51]

"I apologize for my silence, but I see with the hologram that perhaps I should be keeping it for a bit longer, as I cannot think of any possible way to respond to that."

[Kennifer]

"..."

"...Okay, shredded latex, I guess whoever tried to get me really wanted to cover their tracks or something?"

[Risdio51]

>check the holograms for any mention/records of Kaworu

[PointMaid]

>check the holograms for any mention/records of Kaworu

You find... a lot. Alternate timelines where he lives a thousand years. Alternate timelines where he dies way earlier. Timelines where he was never on Earth. Alternate timelines where he never even met Shinji. Ones where he singlehandedly started a war. Ones where he singlehandedly ended one.

[Risdio51]

"Oh my…I was aware of the cycles, I've been through at least three that I can remember, but…not meeting Shinji. That I cannot imagine being true."

[Kennifer]

Amy, feeling she very well may regret this, is gonna check her holograms too. She has a feeling that "never started watching Seinfeld won't be one of the worst outcomes...

[PointMaid]

Meanwhile, BOB-B comes into the hall with a... skeleton? A skeleton.

MORI-RT have corrected our previous calculations. Say hello to Skelebob Bones. He's a lawyer. Or was.

[TenOfSwords13]

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have arrived! Skelebob Bones, attorney at law, at your services.

Yep, it's a skeleton.

[PointMaid]

> Amy, feeling she very well may regret this, is gonna check her holograms too. She has a feeling that "never started watching Seinfeld won't be one of the worst outcomes...

She's correct. There are many outcomes where she winks out of existence. Many.. There are outcomes where she is trapped on that hiking trip, nothing happens except everybody annoys each other, and doesn't make it out until the Spring. There are outcomes where Seinfeld was never produced at all and she becomes obessed with... Friends.

[Kennifer]

"...I shouldn't have looked, good lord..."

Amy then notices the newcomer. A... skeleton? Okay, that's kinda cool.

"Hey. My name's Amy, and... sorry, weird morning." Okay, that was an understatement.

[TenOfSwords13]

How weird a morning could be, indeed, yet I did not witness it. Do testify as to the weirdness of this morning.

[Kennifer]

"Well, I found out I'd be dead had I not won an immunity challenge the day before, and now I'm about to have an existential crisis over seeing a bunch of timelines where I just... stopped existing. Oh, and my very good friend just... left. Alive, fortunately, but hearing that she wasn't integral to the timelines was kind of a punch too."

Amy paused.

"I... So yeah, weird morning."

[TenOfSwords13]

So, there are killers in these strange times. And the people here are supposed to be integral to timelines? This is very interesting, thank you for your testimony.

[Risdio51]

"Friends…you have my sympathy, Amy."

[Kennifer]

"Thank you. I... shouldn't have let myself be curious there."

[TenOfSwords13]

I think I shall indulge my own timeline-based curiosity, and I shall explore... this is where the time travel is, correct?

>Go to the portal room

[PointMaid]

You are correct. These portals allow you to travel to the different timelines from whence you came. ...We do urge caution due to this.

(There are portals for everyone who has been and is currently in the game, leading to specific places in their timelines. No need to actionize moving to a new room. If you would like to go through a portal, however, please do actionize it.)