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Max looked around at the world. A shroud of grey was draped over it, and it looked vaguely frozen. What had happened to her? What had this Ancient One done?

"You can rewind time, too?"

So many questions flowed through her mind, but most of them pertained to herself. Could this Ancient One give her answers about how her rewind worked? Where did it come from? Could she train her, so that Max wouldn't hurt anyone else with her decisions?

The Ancient One nodded. "Something like that. I could help you master your power, if you wish. I could teach you how to bend time and how to rejoin timelines, among your other gifts."

Max nodded. "If you need my help - and I do believe you - then yeah, I'm not great at this. Believe me, a lot of stuff took me by surprise, like the photo stuff. So... could you help me, if I help you?"

"Certainly. Time mastery doesn't always come easily."

"Then I'll come with you."

The Ancient One made some more gestures, and Max returned to her body. She sat up on the ground, gasping.

The future looked interesting. Uncertain, but interesting. And life couldn't always be perfect.

The bald lady spun her hand around and opened up a glittering gold portal.

"W-wait," said Max. "Can I tell my friends where I'm going first?"

"I can arrange that you will return back to this moment when we finish. No time will have passed in this multiverse at all. Now, come along."

The Ancient One reached her hand out. Max took it and was pulled off the ground, into the portal.


CREDITS

Story: meowloudly15

Characters: Dontnod and SquareEnix

Other Characters: Stan Lee and the MCU People

Choices: You

Initial Testing and Feedback: JamesSunderlandsPillow, SesquipedalianNumeral, Noemi-Artistries

How Much of This Was Made Up On the Spot: Half

Am I Going to Write More Chapters?: Nope

Memes: Of Course

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