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[nooneintheshadows]

... okay. I need to know this... I think we all need to agree on this now, before things get too far.

The blank point should be starting soon. If you guys still want to stick to this, then I won't stop any of you.

... but if any of you decide to go home instead, and stay home, I think this is the best time for you.

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[likesand_inaglass]

Of course I'm staying. Don't really have much reason to do anything else, now.

[nooneintheshadows]

... Have you been doing okay?

[likesand_inaglass]

Been about as fine as I'm going to be at this point, you realize.

[nooneintheshadows]

Right, unmm...

... I'll try to see if there's something I can do, at least...

[likesand_inaglass]

I appreciate the sentiment, Lucius, but you already told me it'd take years to program a way to fix this. Just focus on what's ahead for right now.

Ugh, if only he'd stop being so stubborn...

[nooneintheshadows]

... he has been kinda dodging us, hasn't he.

But... if you say so...

[crystaline]

Things have gone smoothly so far, right?

At least I've been managing the gradual transfer of funds, like I intended... though I keep getting requests now about who the "mysterious benefactor" is.

[nooneintheshadows]

Expected. Least your plan's been working...

[crystaline]

At least, though even if things get unstable, I'm not sure how to reveal to them the truth of this.

Which I might be better off not doing so.

[nooneintheshadows]

Probably. Not a lot of people take this whole business well...

[lightningglittersgold]

Stay. Go. Whatever. I'll stay, someone needs to make sure you and Landsy and the rest don't get hurt.

We should probably leave some letters or notes for our families and any other friends in case anything happens, though.

[nooneintheshadows]

... thanks, Mithra.

I... agree, probably. Least you should, tomorrow.

[lightningglittersgold]

I will.

And drop off what I've managed to save for Mom and Dad.

Probably tell them I'm moving out of town.

You take care of yourself, though, sweetie.

[nooneintheshadows]

... thanks, you too.

[lightningglittersgold]

I'm a grown girl, I'll be fine.

... I really hope nothing actually does break though. I know none of the rest of you are hyper great with your families.

But, I will admit, I don't want mine to end up in a world without me.

[nooneintheshadows]

Well... we don't know what'll happen.

History is weird around here... so I don't know if it's because something was hidden or not. Or if something happened to make it necessary...

Whatever the case is, I'm asking all of this as a precaution... because I don't want us to be unprepared if something does happen... which it might not.

[lightningglittersgold]

Anything I should try bringing with me this time, if anything?

You're smarter than me at this time travel and physics stuff.

[nooneintheshadows]

... Bring anything you might miss, if something does happen.

I'll be updating this so we won't need to go back for a while.

[lightningglittersgold]

That'll work perfectly for the whole "Moving" thing.

Alright.

And we should probably get some really permanent residence potentially in case anything does happen.

[nooneintheshadows]

... if something happens, I have a back-up I'm working on for that.

Don't worry.

[lightningglittersgold]

Back up?

[nooneintheshadows]

To help us, um...

Get stable in case something does happen.

[lightningglittersgold]

Gotcha.

But don't be afraid to ask for any help.

[windsbygone]

I still don't entirely get why you guys felt I needed to come along with this.

... But it hasn't really been bad so far. Even if I feel like I might've potentially broken something by now.

[nooneintheshadows]

Stuff's still been stable when we go back... so I don't think anything is "broken" yet.

... if you feel forced, you can go back. You don't... need to stay for any of us.

[windsbygone]

No, no, I'm staying. I can manage this. Besides, anything happening is a worst-case scenario, right? I'd regret it more if I bailed now.

[nooneintheshadows]

... if you're sure.

You... won't miss your mom and dad though?

[windsbygone]

... sure I'll miss them. If something goes wrong, that is.

But I have family here too that I guess I... never really would've gotten the chance to meet, either. Right?

Besides, again. That's only if something really goes wrong.