A/N:

Hey all! Just wanted to make a quick announcement, given the current climate and rumors surrounding FFNet. To my knowledge, this is all entirely speculation, rumor, and hearsay, but word through the grapevine is that FFNet is having issues with their site and stories. I know that for me, personally, my viewer traffic hasn't worked properly in over a week. Apart from the reviews you all have been posting (thanks for that, by the way!) I have no way of knowing just how many people are reading my story right now.

I will 100% continue posting Unyielding chapters on FFN for as long as I can all the way up until this story finishes, but in the however unlikely event that FFN experiences any more issues or, God forbid, it shuts down, I want to let you all know that I also crosspost on AO3.

By all means, feel free to continue reading Unyielding on FFN if that suits your fancy, but I wanted to let you all know that if things go pear-shaped, there exists an alternative.

Anyhoo, now that I've perpetuated what is probably a baseless rumor and possibly caused undue stress and panic…

On with the show!

His brethren go to bedsides, battlefronts, and crumbling ridges. When they come, they come alone, tap a shoulder, then are gone. Yet he, ever vigilant and never irate, instead is sworn to guard the gate.

Solving the riddle was the easy part.

In under a week, many had already come to the conclusion that the entity Kayaba was talking about was some sort of grim reaper. It certainly seemed to line up with the various interpretations of the grim reaper in stories and mythology. An entity whose sole task was to find those who were dying and claim their souls to bring them to the afterlife, underworld, heaven, what have you. In any case, that part of the riddle lined up nicely.

It was the task of finding the right grim reaper, Kirito mused, that turned out to be far more difficult. Hell, they were approaching the second month without any notable progress on that front. The DDA had already given up the search and had started clearing Floor 91. The KoB, on the other hand, were camping known reaper mob spawn points in the hopes that the clue would come as a rare drop.

Predictably, there'd been no progress on that front either.

He leaned back in the guild bath-slash-sauna-slash-therapy-house (They really needed a name for it…) in deep thought, letting his mind wander in reflection of the confusion of the past couple of months.

The problem here was that Aincrad was massive. Ninety entire floors had been covered, and to be honest there was still a fair amount of space that hadn't been fully explored just yet. Not every floor had a grim reaper monster on it, but the number of floors that did fit that bill was a significant non-zero sum. There were at least a dozen that could feasibly house a grim reaper creature, and nearly all of them had been exhausted at this point. Sure, groups like the KoB were relentless in their search for a rare drop that might answer their troubles, but Kirito suspected there might be something more that they were missing.

"Cor for yer thoughts, Kii-bou?"

Kirito looked up and saw that his musings had attracted the attention of his bathmates. Aside from Argo – who'd latched onto the idea of public baths ever since hearing of its popularity with the Renegades – he was joined by Asuna, Klein, Liz, Ducker, Lokuss, and Yui. Everyone else was otherwise preoccupied, either directly supporting the KoB's reaper-farming efforts or looking into potential leads.

He gave a soft hum before starting. "Just thinking about Kayaba's riddle."

"We know it's a reaper, sweetie." Asuna said.

"If it isn't, Alice and Eugeo are gonna be real mad!" Ducker joked.

"No, no, I know that." Kirito sighed, leaning forward. "I don't know, I just think we're missing something here."

"You're sure you don't know anything about what Kayaba's planning, Yui?" Liz asked, a pleading look on her face.

Yui shook her head as she drifted in the bath face-up, towel carefully wrapped to protect her modesty. There was something funny about the serious expression on her face juxtaposed against the careless way she drifted across the warm waters. "No. I have no knowledge of what this "Legacy" project of his is. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, Auntie."

Liz reached over and patted the top of Yui's head as the girl drifted on by. "Eh, don't worry too much about it. Figured it was worth a shot, though."

"So what exactly do ya think we're missin, Kii-bou?" Argo asked as she casually rested an arm on the rim of the bath.

"It's the last part of the riddle, honestly." Kirito shook his head. "That and the way the first part is phrased leads me to believe that this is a different reaper. Not like "its brethren.""

""Sworn to guard the gate."" Lokuss pondered, his gaze intense yet unfocused as he absent-mindedly stroked Gryd's fur, who was lounging on the edge of the bath. "That sounds like a specific reaper. Not your average reaper mob you'd find out in the field. A named mob."

"Exactly." Kirito said. "Now, there aren't that many specific reaper-like monsters that aren't your generic cookie-cutter mobs."

"Mmm…" Argo hummed, having already opened up her notes. "Normally I'd charge ya for this info, but it's all written in my guide anyway. Not to mention I'm actually curious myself…"

A beat of silence, during which everyone stared at the info broker.

"...What?" Argo asked, now noticing the curious stares she was on the receiving end of.

"Well?" Asuna prompted.

"I'm lookin'! Geez!" Argo snapped, though Kirito could tell there was no venom to it. "Gimme a sec', 'kay? There's 90 fuckin' floors I gotta parse through."

"Argo, language." Asuna scolded.

"I've heard worse, Mama." Yui giggled.

"That may be true, young lady, but that doesn't mean it's okay for you to keep hearing it." Asuna reprimanded.

"Well shit." Argo cursed, ignoring the ensuing cry of indignation from Asuna about swearing again. "The only floors with named reaper mobs are 11, 27, 33, 57, 69, and 88."

"What's the catch?" Kirito asked.

"They've all been checked out by the KoB. Assuming it's not a rare drop we're lookin' for, they aren't the answer."

Something about that seemed off. That couldn't be all there was. Ninety entire floors with six of them having named reaper monsters, yet nothing had been found yet?

"Were any of them guarding anything?" Lokuss asked.

"Mmm… not really." Argo frowned, her eyes darting back and forth through her notes. "They tend to wander through an area, actually. None of those areas have gates, or at least none that they're actively guardin'."

That was something many weren't actively considering. A reaper that guarded something…

"Wait a second." Kirito interjected, his thousand-yard stare fading as he looked at his friends. "There's a reaper we haven't considered."

"Kirito?" Asuna asked, prompting him to continue.

"It almost killed us at the time, but we're probably strong enough now." He grimaced.

Lokuss gasped. "Fuck, you're right!"

"Language!" Asuna scolded before her own metaphorical light bulb went off. "Oh shit! You mean – !"

"Mama!" Yui cried out, looking simultaneously scandalized and incredibly amused.

Kirito looked at his wife with the utmost incredulity. Way to live up to your own standards. "Yep. The reaper we fought in that dungeon on the first floor. ((The Fatal Scythe))."

Well, this wasn't the army he was looking for to undertake this particular endeavor.

Kirito looked around at the people who'd enlisted to finally kill the boss whose existence ultimately revealed Yui as an A.I. The Resolute Renegades – all 24 active combatants, that is – volunteered to help with this mission, and they were joined by Argo and Lux, the former of which was present if only to get more information and witness the unveiling of this "Legacy" project of Kayaba's.

The DDA was unconvinced that this was the correct course of action, choosing instead to focus their efforts on clearing the remaining nine floors. Kirito couldn't really fault them; it was generally unwise to dedicate so many resources on a hunch.

Alice and Eugeo, to their shock, were present with a small team of KoB knights, numbering about a half dozen in total. Since the DDA needed the extra assistance for clearing the remaining floors, most of the KoB was on Floor 91 assisting with the clearing effort. Any concerns Kirito might have had were headed off by the explanation that Godfree and the other KoB admins were handling leadership on the front line. Therefore, Alice and Eugeo's absences wouldn't be too detrimental in the short term.

Much to everyone's surprise, Kibaou and Thinker diverted some of their forces to support the DDA and KoB on the front line, this time under a much more conservative gaze than, say, someone like Korbatz. The reception was less than stellar, but much better than Kirito thought. Some praised the Army for stepping up to the plate, while others cited what happened the last time the Army decided to get involved. It was polarizing, but ultimately an action that was needed.

Yuuki and the Sleeping Knights were here as well, much to Asuna's evident joy. The second holder of ((Dual Blades)) seemed to vibrate with anticipation. "I had a feeling it'd be here!"

"Wait, what?" Nezha looked baffled. "How could you know it'd be here?"

"I don't know, call it a hunch!" Yuuki chirped, bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Every time I visited this floor, I felt like there was something here. Like it was calling to me, y'know?"

"No, I really don't." Nezha deadpanned.

"It's like there's a part of me that's calling out to me…?" Yuuki attempted to clarify.

"Nope. That didn't help at all." Nezha said. "In fact, now I'm even more confused."

"Ah, whatever!" Yuuki beamed. "Let's go kick its ass!"

That seemed to be a good enough rallying cry, and soon enough the hodgepodge raid group was stalking through the 1st floor catacombs. Kirito and Asuna took point, as the unofficial leaders of this operation and the duo who were among those who knew this labyrinth the best.

As expected, nothing inside stood a chance. Anything that Kirito and Asuna didn't immediately kill was subsequently disintegrated by a volley of arrows, chakrams, and other various weapons of choice if it reached the backline. Everyone had been briefed on what to expect from the ((Fatal Scythe)), so everyone was in "ready mode", so to speak.

No one was messing around.

"So what do you think this Legacy thing is that Kayaba's talking about?" Yuuki asked as she casually dispatched a couple of toad monsters. She'd decided to join Kirito and Asuna near the front as part of the unofficial vanguard of the raid group.

Kirito shrugged after bisecting a toad of his own. "No idea. I doubt it's going to be anything like the other floors, otherwise why would he make whatever this is separate?"

No one seemed to have an answer to that, so the next half hour was spent walking in either complete silence or in idle chatter. Somehow, even after knowing (and living with) each other for years at this point, they never ran out of things to talk about. Whether it was talk about the game itself or trying to navigate the rumor mill – which Argo was keen to participate in but never confirm – spending time around these people was like spending time with friends in real life.

Or, at least Kirito imagined it to be this way. He really didn't have many IRL friends. Hopefully that would change when they beat the game.

"Here we are." Asuna declared as they approached a familiar intersection. While the ((Fatal Scythe)) was not visible – likely hiding in the adjoining hallways – he couldn't help but notice something different. Where once was a stark white room on the other side of the intersection with what Yui had described as an administrator's console, now rested a pair of rather ominous stone doors with a set of rather intricate engravings. It was hard to tell at this distance, but it looked like there were depictions of almost godly or divine looking figures, like what you'd find on the walls of a cathedral.

Well, those weren't there before.

"Everybody ready?" Kirito called out, and he was met with the ring of unsheathing steel for an answer as everybody readied themselves for a fight. He jogged forward, while the tanks in the group overtook them and they charged in to meet the as-of-yet hidden ((Fatal Scythe)).

"Let's go!"

Time for a little payback.

Before, fighting ((The Fatal Scythe)) was a nightmare.

"Shit!" Kirito cursed, deflecting the massive blade that served as this boss's namesake. The curved edge slammed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of black dust; Kirito was unwilling to stick around in an area that was clearly obscured for fear of sudden and brutal retaliation.

Now, almost 20 floors worth of experience and equipment later it was still a nightmare.

A manageable nightmare, but a nightmare nonetheless.

Once the cloud cleared, Kirito squinted to see Liten doing her best impression of a training dummy as the ((Fatal Scythe)) slammed its massive scythe into her tower shield over and over again. Again and again the blade crashed into her shield, and again and again she held firm. They might not have had Heathcliff anymore, but damn if Liten wasn't doing a hell of a job replacing him.

Kirito launched himself back into the fray as several others joined him, flanking the reaper from all sides. Its attention was solidly on Liten, so Kirito let loose. The flash of sword skills was probably blinding for her, but she stayed strong like a champion.

"Keep going!" Kirito roared as he jumped and let loose a ((Howling Octave)) on the reaper's shoulder. Each swing of his sword carved a rich crimson into the mangled cloth of the monster's robe, which was a welcome change to their first tussle with the mini-boss.

As he jumped away to retreat and reposition, he noted just how much his guildmates were unleashing on the boss. Asuna was zipping around the room, her trajectory constantly changing as she crashed into the reaper from multiple angles. Tiese and Ronye were playing a little closer to the vest, alternating their strikes as they dipped in and out. Sachi's absolutely ridiculous reach was on full display as she poked holes in the boss with her absurdly long spear. Fourinkazan (plus Kuroi) were attacking as a single unit, each member taking a swing before allowing the next person to rotate in and attack. Leonn's heavy swings occasionally smacked into the boss's scythe, causing it to miss entirely, while Lokuss had his grapple wrapped around the reaper's wrist, which had the same effect.

It was sheer pandemonium, and Kirito loved every second of it.

"He's almost down!" Argo cried out. "Kick his ass!"

The info broker was hanging back – as was her apprentice – and was content to hurl throwing picks from a distance. Argo was a capable fighter, but with so much action in melee range and how inexperienced she was with high-level bosses, her playing it safe was probably for the best.

A glowing arrow and chakram came screeching in from the side, staggering the reaper back from the momentary loss of balance… which was odd, given that the thing had no legs to speak of. Damn thing floated.

Deciding not to dwell too much on the physics of floating grim reapers of death, Kirito ran forward and launched himself upward after using Leonn's back as a springboard – much to his indignation – before he twisted his body to the side. In a crude approximation of his ((Meteor Fall)), Kirito's began to spin rapidly, and his dual blades formed a mimicry of a buzz saw. He gave a battle cry as he fell and tore through the reaper boss on his way down.

Landing on his feet, thankfully, Kirito paused for a moment, hoping that his timing was right. Based on how much health was left, compounded with the critical strike to the head, it should be…

[Congratulations!]

Ah. There it was.

"Leave some for the rest of us, man!" Klein snarked. "I swear, you get like half of the L.A. bonuses every time we fight a boss!"

Kirito stood up straight and grinned at Klein. "Just gotta get faster."

Klein gaped at him. "Are you telling me to get good, Kirito?"

"Yep."

"Ass." Klein fired back, though there was no heat to the retort. He did land a punch to Kirito's shoulder, though.

"Ow."

"That didn't hurt."

Kirito blinked before looking down at his shoulder in amazement. The sensation was almost foreign to him, really. He hadn't felt anything like it in 3 years, after all.

Pain.

"It did…" Kirito muttered, eyes wide with shock.

"What? Stop jokin' around, man." Klein scoffed.

"I'm not." Kirito shook his head before pinching Klein's forearm.

"Ow, hey!" Klein yelped before he, too, looked gobsmacked. He reached down and pinched himself, letting out another startled shout. "Wait, what the hell?!"

A rapid-fire sequence of shouts, yelps, and screams rang out in the dungeon as everyone saw fit to test the theory themselves. The lengths they were going to were a bit extreme, though. Kunimittz decided to deck Dale with a sucker punch, while Lokuss decided to slap himself in the face. More than a few of those slaps went around, and if Leonn's sudden yelp and playful glare at Liz was any indicator, people were starting to get a little handsy. In hindsight, it was hilarious watching a group of 30+ members of the Assault Team poking, pinching, and prodding each other. It was still concerning, though.

"We can feel pain now…?" Asuna was stunned. Not that anyone could blame her, really.

"Was this Kayaba's project?!" Ducker shouted. "This was his "Legacy"?! What a load of shit!"

"Argo, is it just us?" Sinon asked, stowing her bow on her back.

Argo shrugged. "Can't tell. No messages in or out while we're in here, remember?"

Kirito looked towards the stone doors, which were now wide open. A cool breeze that smelled of… a forest? Pine trees? It was startlingly refreshing, honestly, and wholly out of place in this dark, dank dungeon. Based on the twitching noses around him, he was not the only one to realize the alluring scents wafting out of the newly opened doors. It looked like there was a flight of stairs going down just inside, though he couldn't tell where they led to.

"Okay, now I'm curious." Keita admitted, looking towards the new passageway.

"You weren't already?" Ducker quipped. A light punch to the shoulder was Keita's retort, and Ducker let out a startled shout. "Hey, watch it! We can feel pain now, remember?!"

"Shall we?" Asuna asked, and Kirito nodded before waving for everyone to follow.

The assembled raid group carefully, cautiously descended the stairs. The scent of a pine forest only grew stronger the lower and lower they descended. Not only that, the ambient temperature was slowly rising. Not uncomfortably, no. Where the dungeon was cold and unforgiving, this heat was… soothing. A nice temperate climate.

"What the…?" Nautilus tilted his head as if he was listening intently for something. "Is that… running water?"

"What, like a faucet?" Dynamm asked.

Nautilus shook his head. "No, like a river or a stream. Everyone stop and listen."

The raid group came to a slow stop. Not a word was spoken as everyone listened, their gazes unfocused and turned downward in concentration. Sure enough, the faint sound of a stream echoed up the passageway.

"Pine trees… warmer temperatures… running water?" Lux thought aloud. "Is there a floor under the 1st Floor?"

"Are we in hell?" Lokuss mumbled.

"Impossible!" Silica cried out before looking around uncertainly. "...that's impossible, right?"

The collective shrug was enough to dissuade that particular argument.

A burst of… sunlight?... blinded them as they exited the passageway. Before Kirito's eyesight returned, he felt the ground beneath him give way from stone to grass, the faint squish of earth yielding to his black boots. Blearily, he opened his eyes to see that they had emerged in a forest. What was perhaps the strangest was that, despite the fact that they clearly descended into this forest from up above, the small rock face they'd emerged from didn't extend upwards past the height of the doorway. Spatially, it was impossible. The small rock face they'd emerged from wasn't tall enough or large enough to fit a massive staircase that led to the 1st Floor.

Just where the hell were they?

"Did we just get TARDIS'd?" Lokuss asked, pacing back and forth and studying the rock face they'd come out from. "Or maybe it's more like Starbug…?"

"What?" Alice questioned.

"Y'know, bigger on the inside? Spatial folding? Maybe even a wormhole…" Lokuss mused.

"Lok, we're in a video game." Sinon reminded him. "Not a sci-fi movie."

"Yes, apparently one that defies the laws of physics!" The loremaster pressed. He gestured wildly at the open sky above them past the treeline. "This makes no sense!"

"Lok, I have a teleporting chakram, Silica has two pet dragons, Leonn can bench press giants, and Asuna literally crackles with electricity when she fights." Nezha remarked. "None of this makes sense."

Lokuss opened his mouth for rebuttal, but paused with a thoughtful look. "...Fair point."

"Map's blank." Argo said. "Think we found a new floor."

"What does that make this, Floor 0?" Agil joked.

"Never mind that, where do we go from here?" Liz asked, looking around. Nothing but forest as far as the eye could see.

"We need a higher vantage point." Kirito said, looking at the tops of the trees nearby. "Can someone – ?"

"Allow me, Milord." Kuroi interrupted, jumping up into the nearest tree and swiftly climbing its trunk. The rustling of leaves echoed in the clearing as they waited for the ninja to return.

A rather awkward minute passed as they waited, no one daring to speak up or make any noise and possibly interrupt Kuroi's scouting. At one point, Ducker began whistling – off-tune, it should be noted – before he was summarily silenced by more than a dozen piercing stares.

Kirito turned to his left just in time for Kuroi to appear at his side. He'd gotten pretty good at knowing when she'd pop out of nowhere. "There appears to be a small town to the north, Milord. We appear to be in some sort of valley, and the presence of hills and mountain ranges in the distance suggests that there may be more beyond. I do not see any spires leading to the floor above."

"No spires?" Kirito asked. That meant there was no way back up to the 1st Floor apart from this entryway. No way visible, at least.

Kuroi shook her head. "I am afraid not, Milord. The sky is clear and free of obstructions. If I did not know any better, I would say that there is no floor above us."

"Someone mark this place on their map." Alice commanded. One of the members of her KoB entourage, a spindly looking man with a spear, stowed his weapon and began the process of marking a waypoint on his map. "We need to be able to return to the 1st Floor if necessary."

After some deliberation – during which the overall consensus was to head north to the nearby town – the raid group departed. The forest was dense like an ordinary pine forest, and Kirito could barely make out the tip of a rather large pine above the canopy. Perhaps that massive tree could be used as a landmark as they explored.

About 15 minutes later, they emerged from the forest and broke through the tree line. Ahead of them lay a small township that seemed to be situated on a small hill. Even from here, Kirito could tell that the settlement was fairly well off, with solid stone walls encircling its perimeter, and a steady stream of water flowing in. The houses and buildings, from what he could see, were well built and there were plenty of trees and foliage within. Overall, it looked like a fairly quaint little town that likely housed anywhere from 500 to 1,000 NPCs within, if he had to guess.

"Well, that's promising." Sachi remarked. "I wonder if there's a teleport plaza inside."

Kirito certainly hoped so.

As they approached, though, he could see a pair of guards standing at the entrance suddenly snap to attention and brandish their swords at the raid group. They looked… rather underwhelming, if he was being honest. He couldn't gauge their levels – which was strange in and of itself – but the gear they were wearing looked pathetic. Not in poor shape, necessarily, but it looked like lower-level equipment one might find on Floor 12.

"H-halt!" The guard on the left shouted, trying his best to look intimidating with his shaking sword.

Kirito quirked an eyebrow. That was strange. NPC guards never did anything like that before. He really didn't feel like getting in trouble with the town guard, though. He (and Alice, he realized) rose a hand up to signal for everyone to stand down. He slowed down to a stop before taking a few steps forward.

"I said halt!" The guard insisted.

"Sorry." Kirito apologized, hoping that this was the line of dialogue the NPC was looking for. "We… uhh… mean no harm?"

"Wait… your armor and weapons…" The guard gulped. "Are you Elite Swordsmen? Maybe even Knights?"

He exchanged a confused glance with Alice, who merely shrugged and motioned for him to take the lead. Wonderful. NPCs with advanced dialogue and he was the one given the wheel.

"I guess you could call us that?" Kirito chuckled awkwardly. "We're a little lost. Could you tell us where we are?"

"Lost?" The other guardsman asked before a look of realization dawned on his face. Wow, the emotive subroutines in these NPCs were pretty advanced as well. He'd be impressed with Kayaba if he weren't too busy wanting to skewer the man alive. "Are you Lost Children of Vecta?."

"Lost Children of Vecta?" Kirito parroted. "What's a Vecta?"

"You know, when someone disappears from a village and then suddenly turns up in a forest or field?" The guard tried to explain. He could practically hear Lokuss scribbling away in his notes about new lore on this floor. "Children of Vecta. The Dark God Vecta likes to prank humans by snatching them up, stealing their memories, and plopping them down somewhere far from home."

"Ohh." Kirito tapped his chin. Definitely flavor text for this floor. Oh well, he'd play along. "That must have been what happened to us, then."

"Definitely strange for so many Children of Vecta to be in one place before, and so well equipped." The first guard mused. Kirito couldn't help but notice how natural the responses were for this NPC. The guard sheathed his sword, as did his compatriot.

"Well, in that case… we don't have many inns in town, but I'm sure we could speak with Sister Azalia. Perhaps she has some room to house travelers. In any case…" The guard gave a slight bow in greeting.

"Welcome to Rulid."

A/N:

Many of you guessed Hollow Fragment would be the next story arc; good guess, but ultimately not what this is. I've never actually played HF, so I didn't want to butcher any storylines or touch something I wasn't familiar with. If there are any similarities you spot going forward, they're entirely unintentional. Sorry if you were a little disappointed. However, some of you keener-eyed readers might recognize the name of the village, as well as the reference to Vecta.

That's right, welcome to the Underworld, baby!

"But Ikell, Project Alicization was run by Kikuoka, not Kayaba! ALO and GGO haven't even been addressed yet! This doesn't make any sense!"

Before you start questioning everything and brandishing your pitchforks because I've smashed the Aincrad and Underworld story arcs together, let me explain.

The Underworld story arc is, in my opinion, one of the best story arcs in SAO, for the world building if nothing else. The inclusion of Alice, Eugeo, Tiese, Ronye, and Sortiliena should have already hinted at how much I like that arc and its characters. However, with the way current events are going and have gone, a closer-to-canon UW story won't be possible for a number of reasons.

– The Laughing Coffin gang is either dead or imprisoned, and upon their release you better believe they're going to be incarcerated since their misdeeds were broadcast to the public. Ultimately, this means that Kirito never runs into Johnny Black IRL, never has to defend Asuna, doesn't get injected with no-no juice, and doesn't go into a coma. Strike One.

– Assuming Johnny Black was somehow able to get out and hunt Kirito down, if Kirito dives into Alicization, and assuming that Eugeo and Alice were fluctlights and not real people… events are going to play out more or less identically to canon. He'd be the only member of the cast in the Underworld all the way up to the War for Underworld, and no one wants a rehashing of canon. Strike Two.

– Alice and Eugeo are already here. Kind of hard to keep to a canon Alicization arc when 2 or the 3 major players aren't fluctlights, but real people. Strike Three.

All this is to say that we're going to see a similar, yet noticeably different Alicization-ish arc here in Unyielding. I'm giving it my own twist.

Still confused? More details will be revealed in due time, but this is Project Legacy. Why is it called Project Legacy?

Guess you'll have to find out, won't you?

'Til next time!