"I can't believe that mom and dad wanted me to babysit Lily on today, of all days! Oh, great. And now there are cosmic entities observing us. Lincoln told us all about you and Lola told you about how great she is, in typical Lola fashion. But hey, she did admit to you that she's a mischievous little brat, didn't she? I bet you all think everything would all fall apart when I move to Great Lakes City for college and [DATA REDACTED]. Well, you'd be right."

I stop my train of thought and begin strolling Lily around the town. Ketcham Park was my first choice but it seems like everyone else had the same idea. I should be having an 18-hour conversation with my precious Bobby Boo Boo Bear! Well, at least there is one upside to this. Lily won't have to be around Lisa. Lincoln told us about her plan to electrocute Lily for science. Lily would have gotten a lollypop if she's still alive.

"Cosmic entities, you might want to find something else to do. There's nothing interesting here."


As I continue wandering aimlessly, a crack in the sky emerges, the iridescent glow emanating from within mesmerizes Lily as it bathes us in a dazzling rainbow aura. A small white crystal falls from the crack. I pick it up. An immense burning sensation is felt within my palms. I drop the crystal in pain.

"Oh, you shouldn't touch that crystal. Polytrope utilizes the power of thermodynamics to twist ionic space plasma and catalyzes it, using it as an energy source!"

I don't understand science-speak. I think only Lisa can explain that to us.

"Of course, why would I expect anyone else but Lisa to understand? In layman's terms, it uses plasma as a power source and uses it to create wormholes. It is one of the five Infinity Crystals. Now, can you give it back? My friend needs it to finish his narrative."

"Sure, you can have it back."

"Great."

A humanoid entity emerges from the crack. It creates string like protrusions and uses them to capture the Polytrope crystal.

"What are you?"

"Not that it is important to this metanarrative, but if I must. My name is Nice Try, and that is all you need to know. Anyways, I need to deliver this to dimension A-113."

"Oh, is that the Pixar dimension?"

"No, it's the dimension where my friend got kicked in the nuts. It was kind of funny."

"Is it?"

"Well, he wrote for that to happen to himself; So, it's not like he didn't see it coming. I am from dimension EXTS-411. I don't know why the narrative would use this version of me, it's trash! They should have used the EXTS-COR-DR-522 version! They are way cooler! Anyways, thanks for recovering it, now he can finish his story."

The entity leaves through the crack. It seems that these are dimensional gateways. The crack seals itself back up once they leave, as if the sky never cracked in the first place. Could there be others like it?


I see a man singing about…some soulful blues song about Virginia. I listen to the lyrics.

Carry me back to old Virginny.
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go.

There's where I labored so hard for old Massa,
Day after day in the field of yellow corn;
No place on earth do I love more sincerely
Than old Virginny, the state where I was born.

Carry me back to old Virginny.
There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow;
There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go.

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There let me live till I wither and decay.
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
There's where this old darkey's life will pass away.

Massa and Missis have long gone before me,
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
There's where we'll meet and we'll never part no more.

"That's a beautiful song. Where did you learn it from?"

"Well, lil Ms., it's the anthem of the great southern state of Virginia."

"Ah, so what brings you to Royal Woods?"

"I'm just passing through. I'm heading up toward Minnesota to try something called Putin. It's some cheese fries with gravy that you can only get in Canada. I heard from word of mouth that it's apparently really good. There's no way that gravy cheese fries can be that good, so I'm trying them for myself."

"Are you from Virginia?"

"Yep, Dawsonville. Just 7 minutes away from Ruckersville."


At that moment when he mentioned that town, something strange happened. I saw a Fallout terminal within the town. The sky swirls in an ominous fashion. My siblings and I, along with two people I do not know stand in defiance of four super powerful entities. The center figure appears to command the others. It looks like a man? Woman? Ze? Humanoid abomination?

Where did it all go wrong? I'm here at Ruckersville, Virginia and it appears we are finally here. We never believed the madman, but he was right. The dimensions of C-197 and E-1218 as well as all others are beginning the process of Singularity, where all dimensions will become one. As you can see, several brave heroes from across all dimensions are standing up to the Tyrant Goddess and her Archons of Destruction. This isn't about just the destruction of Ruckersville, Virginia, The US, or even the Earth itself. All will cease to exist if she succeeds! Go now, heroes! Save all of our dimensions! If they fail, it has been an honor following these sagas. Last Terminal Network, from the last terminal, signing out for the last time. Goodbye.

The vision ends. What was that? Ruckersville is going to become a post-apocalyptic hellhole?

"Well, it's been nice talking you, goodbye."

The tourist leaves and I start to head back home. What was that about…it seems like something horrible will happen to Virginia sometime. Why did I have a vision like that? It's like that Xenoblade character that Lincoln saw on Emilie Rosales' YouTube channel. I wonder if we're going to have to kill a god, just like in the game? I need to learn how to control this ability.