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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: Ok, so I have a Dexpid fic and a Kittystair fic both in the same universe right now. In light of the new arc of my Kittystair fic… I'm writing a new ship to further explain it. I'd read up to Prompt 45 of my Kittystair fic to understand what I'm shipping. Anyway, the ship is Neb/Lizzie. Neb is an OC, and if you still haven't figured out who he is (I think I flat out told you at this point) then look back over the clues one more time.
This fic takes place before 101 Kitty and Alistair Are Adorbs and Sins Of Love. It takes place before the Wonderland curse, even. Now, to fit the timeline I've created, Lizzie's fourteen. She'll be sixteen in the canon universe present time. Make sense? Good!
Also, this is loosely based off of Person of Interest. It's not a crossover because, let's face it, I'm cheap like that. All you need to know is the basics of the Machine. And I explain that in here, so don't worry about it. I hope you enjoy it!
Prologue: Neb's Machine
Neb always pinned himself as a good author. Not only did he manage to become popular on a website called FanFiction, but he always managed to save character's lives. Plots were plots, but Neb knew when plots were perilous and fatal toward beloved characters. So, thus, he created the Machine.
At first, Neb intended it to scan the internet, to find alternate universes that endangered a certain character. An enhanced digital code would spring up. Neb would decipher the code, find the character who was about to be killed, and hijack the universe.
He had done this several times. Once a universe was hijacked, he would simply enter into the universe (while simultaneously recording it) and save the character whose number had come up. Once the character was saved, he typically died and reincarnated back into his author form.
Until her number rolled around.
Neb had always been one to keep his opinions to himself. If he found a character to be attractive in his eyes, he didn't tell anyone. If he entered into a particular universe, he tended to become more sarcastic and negative. Not that he minded. It prevented him from getting close to people. They were only characters, after all. Not live people.
One day, while watching an Ever After High episode, his Machine started to beep. Neb did nothing for a good while until a piece of paper had printed from the machine. Neb grabbed the paper and scanned the number into the Machine's memory.
After a few moments, a web link and picture of the person needing saving appeared on a Word document. Neb looked at the picture without a second thought. He knew the basics of her character. She wasn't anyone he really cared for, really. Just a side character.
"Side character or not, I'm inclined to save whoever this is," Neb sighed. Neb clicked the link and disappeared. This left his computer unmonitored, accessible to anyone.
A man entered the room, briskly walking over to the computer. He was wearing a rainbow suit and had rainbow hair. He looked at the computer with an evil smile. "Oh Neb. My dear, dear Neb," he said. "Sometimes, the numbers signal a threat… that hasn't even arrived yet. I'm coming for you Lizzie Hearts." And with that, he clicked the link, making him vanish.
BN: It was a short prologue, but it was meant to be short. This was just to introduce you to what Neb does and the main antagonist. I also want to point something out. In this universe, the curse of Wonderland hasn't happened yet. Good, we got that in our heads? Good. Now then, I don't know how long I want this fic so… we'll improvise, mmkay?
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