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[There's a horrible screeching sound, like nails on a chalkboard, or a train madly attempting to brake. Pi appears in the Plane with a wide-eyed expression, but that only lasts for a moment as suddenly instead of the form she usually inhabits on the Plane, she turns into a young woman in a very neat business suit, who is promply splattered with a copious amount of blood. She begins to bark orders at people who aren't showing up on the Plane, ordering the area to be blocked off, requesting a biohazard unit...]

[After a few moments, when there may be a break in the activity, she turns as if to address those who may be watching, and simply says]

It seems that time won't stop anymore.

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[Kuhn (back to normal, btw) just so happens to catch this. He goes wide-eyed at the sight of her "real life" - as he knows it - self.]

Pi...? What--

[And then, the blood. He immediately rushes over.] Pi!! What happened?

... I've got Ryo and Tomonari on investigation, but so far the feedback hasn't been good. Haven't heard back from biohazard yet about the...

[She looks up, for a moment distantly, before focusing on him.]

... just a moment, please.

[And then, to him.]

Things seem to be going rapidly downhill, now more than ever.

It... yeah, it looks that way, but... [Dammit. How in the hell can he help in a situation like this...?]

Time isn't stopping over here, and I have to deal with a rather messy cleanup...

[He winces.] Pi... There's got to be something I can do to help, right? Anything? [She shouldn't have to do this on her own...]

Unless you can somehow get yourself over here to help clean up this mess, I'm not sure. No one in that reality seems to have a strong background in dimensional science, and we're at a loss for how to slow the downward slide.

...

[She looks around carefully for a moment.]

Meet me later, after I get off work. I have something to tell you.

I... don't know. I can try? Maybe at the arcade! It was a merger after all, right?

[He looks around as well, then points to himself.] Me? Or uh, were you talking to someone else over there?

... it may be worth an attempt, if nothing else.

You. You're not from this world, so I don't think it's that big of a breach of protocol.

Right. I'll go there right now. And yeah, I'll be back later. Promise. Meet me at the bar?

The bar? [Is that a bemused expression.]

[He isn't sticking his tongue out at her, but you can tell from his tone he'd like to.]

Unless you've got a better meeting spot?

That's fine. It's neutral ground.

[Startled and alarmed, Merlin approaches cautiously, though he's much more concerned about Pi.]

What was that? Just now...are you all right? Do you need help?

... units on standby. Someone needs to alert Iori and Chigusa to this new development...

[And after a moment, she turns to him.]

I'm fine, though I will need a change of clothes. Another suit, down the drain.

Uh, I might be able to get a dress from Gwen or Morgana if you need it....

I should have a backup at headquarters. For now, I have to deal with this... thank you for the consideration.

[Axel is confused by this transformation. He's been out of the loop for a while.]

... Uh. Are you okay? 'Cause you're talking to people who aren't there. Just an FYI.

... the bio-containment unit. Until we know for sure, we can't...

[And after a moment, she turns to him.]

They're here in my reality. Time doesn't stop anymore, and something has come up, you could say.

So wait. Your reality... is bleeding into the Plane?

That's gonna be a problem. Not just for you, but if we start seeing it...

I don't think it's bleeding in. I'm dualling right now. It's just that whatever was keeping time from progressing while I was here is no longer in effect.

Ahh. That's still a bad thing. It's working just fine for the rest of us, so either it's an experiment, or... something really, really wrong is going on where you live that you're not tellin' me.

Might have something to do with all that blood. [He wrinkles his nose.]

We've known that something is wrong with our reality for a while. It's become increasingly unstable.

... the blood was the result of a person exploding as a dimensional breach opened inside of them. It was rather unpleasant.

[ogod]

... yikes. Anything I can do to help?

How strong of a background in dimensional science do you have?

I traveled between worlds using corridors of darkness. Does that count?

Interdimensional travel? Interesting. How much experience do you have with the collapse of dimensions?

When a world collapses, it's because Heartless have found the world's heart and taken it. It falls apart in on itself, and the survivors usually wake up in "between" worlds like Traverse Town.

I don't think that's what you're dealin' with, though.

The world's "heart"... a metaphysical concept, I'm sure.

How does this falling apart take place? Is the world shorn with gateways to other realities?

More physical than meta, I assure you.

Nnn. Not quite. When a world is attacked by the Heartless or otherwise, a way to that world is opened, usually accessible through a Gummi ship or something that can travel corridors of darkness.

Typically the worlds are all closed off from each other and the closest you can get is seeing the stars in the sky, assuming you're even aware that other worlds exist.

Other worlds in my universe aren't necessarily other realities if you mean alternate selves and things like that. It's basically the Astral Plane minus the risk of seeing yourself or the creepy twins, and standing in space means you die.

So it's more a case of worlds becoming interconnected through something similar to outer space rather than being linked dimensionally through "tears" in reality.

Yeah. Superficially it sounds similar...

I wonder if there's something Roxas can do. He's the one who usually goes around repairing worlds and stuff. The Keyblade is pretty powerful.

Edited 2010-06-28 06:09 (UTC)

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