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What's all this then? It's pretty unexpected, I have to say. If this is what I've been missing out on, I'll have to start sneaking out of the Palace again.

[he looks around idly, seeming pretty calm and unmoved by it all. He's just chill and almost pleasantly so]

Still, as nice as the scenery is, pulling people into Machines isn't something to be taken lightly. Grand experiments like this without the consent of the test subjects aren't something I can condone. I might have to talk to some people. Hopefully there aren’t any idiots I know getting themselves mixed up in anything they shouldn't be. It would be a hassle to have to clean up someone else's mess again.

[a sigh that's somewhere between annoyed and unamused. He crosses his arms over his chest, and if there was a throne somewhere he'd take a seat. Oh well, he'll just look around expectantly]

So how about someone come out and tell me how to get out of this place? While the look of the place and the new surroundings are great, being trapped too long in one place would be annoying.

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You're way too predictable. I know by now it's too much to expect my most valued Colonel to give that kind of information. One day if I'm lucky I'll figure out what it is you do all day.

[and he pushes himself off of Jade, ~~foiling Jade once again~~]

I guess for now I'll have to find something else to tell me what's going on since you're so useless.

[and he heads off in some direction to try to find a place with written information]

[Mainly because he's still wary from October, Jade does keep up with his Emperor, hands in his pockets, possibly disappointed in not being able to trip Peony up. But there will be other opportunities.]

It's the place that says 'Information.' But if you require it, I'd be happy to read it out for Your Majesty. I understand how difficult longer words can be for you.

Hey, that's a pretty good idea. How unexpected. Go read it out for me. It's almost cute when you try to be helpful. My cute Jade will have to watch out for you.

[Just for that, Jade is going to pick the one narrated by a certain Jason Kane.]

My, my, it seems it will save me the trouble of expending unnecessary energy on such an emperor as yourself.

As lazy as ever. I can't be surprised about that.

[and Peony leans on Jade's shoulder again. He is highly amused by Nathan's brochure and Jason's narration]

Hey, that's pretty good. This place might be fun.

[Jade takes advantage of the situation by disappearing and reappearing on Peony's other side.]

Please print a copy of the Naismith brochure for His Majesty.

[Peony can read that one. But you have to get the Jason Kane narration of the Explosion brochure. It's just fun.]

[and Peony stumbles and falls. Damn you, uncute Jade. But eh, as long as he's down, he might as well sit, so he crosses one leg, and then bends the other leg over it, using his knee to prop up his arm and his hand to prop up his chin]

So I finally get to hear Jade read something out loud. All right.

[Peony isn't going to read that one, not after Jade offered earlier.]

[Jade drops the pamphlet in Peony's lap]

Tear is here. As are Luke and Asch.

[And people say Jade can't be direct. But then, the reason he wanted Peony to read the second one was for its mention of meetings between times and universes. He really doesn't want to discuss this with his Emperor at all.]

[he doesn't care about the pamphlet right now]

Luke and Asch?

[That surprise and suspicion is all Jade needs to know if Peony is from a different time.]

This place brings people from different universes together. It also can take people from different points in history. Luke and Tear have recently been taken aboard the Tartarus. Asch has returned to the Outer Lands after Akzeriuth's fall.

[Jade crouches down and takes off his glasses, so that he can meet Peony's eyes with the red irises that Jade rejects as symbols of his sins. They are more like warnings of what he is capable of doing, a reminder of what he has done.]

Fate cannot be changed, and you cannot revive the dead. Troublesome children like Asch don't know that yet.

[It would be nice if Peony trusted Jade. But Jade accepts that it is difficult to earn back trust once it is lost.]

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[Jade making that statement is enough for now, and he's going to trust Jade's motives for the time being.]

[he sighs though, because idiots are exhausting] What's that Asch guy up to?

Asch would prefer not to see Akzeriuth fall. If he gives Luke or Tear the right kind of information, he may succeed in saving those lives. I'm not sure if telling him that we've been freed of the Score would be enough to convince him that he can't make another path to that freedom.

Or he might be the kind of guy that has to screw up enough before he realizes what he's doing is wrong. You know him better than I do, do you think he's smart enough to get the right idea without making a mess first?

[a pause, and he puts his glasses back on]

He and Luke had more in common than Asch might want to admit.

[Fomicry: it works better than you'd think]

So he's like that.

[Peony starts looking through Broderick's brochure]

If he changed their past, would that change our present or does it all splinter off after that into different histories?

Different universes obey different rules. I've asked Asch and Tear to do a simple experiment to test how the universes might affect each other.

Oh yeah. How did that turn out? [he's acting non-chalant, but a simple experiment never feels like a simple one with Jade]

I haven't had a chance to look at the results yet. The hosts of this experiment trapped us on the Plane for a month.

[a slightly worrying smile touches his face] But don't worry, Your Majesty. I stayed quiet and hid myself from the monsters.

[he only seems amused by that worrying smile] More like the monsters stayed quiet and hid themselves from you.

[more seriously] So what kind of experiment did you ask Tear and Asch to do for you?

[crouching is tiring, so Jade's going to just sit properly]

I've asked each of them to leave a message somewhere. If Asch can find Tear's message, her actions affect his present. If I can find Asch's and Tear's, their actions affect our present. Asch left his in Daath, so I'll have to take a trip to find it.

[If you can trust Jade with one thing, it's his faith in the scientific method.]

Let's hope you don't find anything.

[he hugs his one knee as he props his chin up on top of it]

Why not just ask our Tear if she ever remembers meeting you in space?

I made an inquiry, but I don't believe she remembers it. [seriously] It's possible that our worlds will affect each other even if this doesn't come through. Some of the texts noted that if a change didn't have enough weight, history could return to its former form, as it is with the planet's memory. Even if I don't find the messages, a large change like altering the fate of Akzeriuth might come through.

Is there a way to prevent Asch from making that kind of change without effecting his place in the future?

None that I'm aware of, short of separating him from Luke and Tear permanently.

I've compiled a report on all the possible repercussions that may come from changing history. If Asch won't change his mind, I intend on having Tear and Luke read the report as well.

Give me a summary of the report with all the important information. You can get me a copy of it to look over again when we get home.