"It came to laugh at our naive existences"

April 27th, 2017

2:45 P.M.

"Lloyd! Are you sure about this?! It's ridiculous!" Cecile was remarking on the invention Lloyd was currently working on…again. "Shouldn't you be worrying about the stolen original?!"

Lloyd's back was to Cecile, so he was able to roll his eyes at her comment. "Really Miss Cecile, do you honestly think I would endanger my own life so easily?!" He stopped tinkering with the machine to hear her answer…which 'surprise surprise' was no answer. "I believe I'll take that as a yes. Honestly, you hurt me sometimes." He turned around and clasped his hands under his chin, trying in his best ability to accomplish the 'puppy-dog-eye' look. "You really think I would want to hurt little 'ole me?" Cecile returned the look with a flat stare of her own.

"Yes."

"Humph!" Lloyd frowned as turned back to his task. "Those blasted Black Knights took my invention! And I thought I made it clear I was with no side in this spat going on!" Cecile sat down in a nearby chair and looked incredulously at Lloyd. "Honestly, there's a WAR going on. It's not a mere diplomatic disagreement. Sides play dirty, it only makes sense they would have stolen your newest invention, considering what it does."

Lloyd merely grunted in response. "They're still idiots to even think of taking my precious creations. I bet Lakshata was behind this…She always wants my ideas." This time it was Cecile's turn to roll her eyes. "You can't blame everything on her you know."

"Oh, but I can! It is a WAR going on right? You said sides play dirty, so I am. I therefore put all the blame on her for anything that goes wrong!" Cecile placed her head on her hand. She felt a headache coming on, which wasn't surprising since it always happened when she tried to 'educate' Lloyd on current events…

"Oh, and Cecile, I need you to go make me some pudding."

Make that 'educating' Lloyd on anything life-related.

2:49 P.M.

"Lloyd, just tell me something. Why are you making another one of these? Won't it increase the chance of it getting stolen again? And you know once Britannica and the general public finds out you created a machine that can travel through-!" Cecile felt a hand over her mouth. "Mmyd! Mmt mu mumng!"

"Sorry Miss Cecile…Can't have you broadcasting to the world what my invention does." Lloyd gave her that smile he always gave people when he tried to play off his idiocy as being a good favor.

Cecile pulled Lloyd's arm away, and freed her mouth. "Lloyd! Keep your hands to yourself! It's rude!" Cecile stopped in mid-thought however, realizing what she probably had brought on. Another 'educating lesson'. She lowered her head on the desk. Oh God…

"Why is it rude Cecile?" She banged her head softly on the desk. "Because it just is Lloyd." "But why?" "It's just a rule you have to follow." She braced herself for a back-and-forth match lasting at least an hour.

"Ok then…" She lifted her head in surprise. "That's it? No more?" "Well, I have to finish this Cecile, so my plan gets put into action." Her smiled faltered. "What plan Lloyd…?" He smirked, if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise now would it?" She placed her head back on the desk.

Lloyd continued working however, knowing he had to finish it. Funny, how I feel like I actually have to finish something. If this was anything normal, I would've had at least 5 pudding breaks y now… Lloyd stopped working and smiled dreamily. Pudding is good…NO! I have to finish! His face grew serious, knowing he had to finish this before time was up. He glanced at the clock.

2: 53 P.M.

Ugh...Almost out of time. Lloyd quickly began resetting the programs on the object. "Don't worry Miss Cecile. If this goes right, the original would never have been stolen!" Cecile observed the hard at work Lloyd. To her it was funny, since she never saw Lloyd acting serious for more than 5 minutes. "Say Lloyd, why feel you have to finish this?"

"Because it was in a dream I had."

She raised her eyebrows. "And…This dream said you needed to build another one of your…creation?"

"No silly-goose! It said that the only hope to save the world from destruction due to this WAR in a short amount of time would be found in a different time and dimension, therefore I had to build another one to rescue this so-called-hope from a painful and fiery death, that was a result of the Black Knights stealing the original of my invention, since Zero thinks destroying this so-called-hope would help with his vision and NOT destroy the world, so in effect of course I had to make another of my invention so I could stop this foolish vision from coming true, and prevent the death of the so-called-hope due to a bomb the Black Knights would plant in the Academy the so-called-hope attended."

Lloyd sat back in his chair, happy he finished this creation as he explained the exact reason why he must do this, which Cecile would of course understand. "That's why Miss Cecile."

As Lloyd turned back to look at Cecile he began to smile. "I take the look on your face is of understanding…yes?"

Cecile's head was now spinning. "L-Lloyd…you didn't eat warm pudding before you went to bed right? You know what it does to you…" Lloyd's hopes faltered. "You don't understand what I just said do you?" Cecile nodded her head. Lloyd threw his hands in the air exasperated. "Fine! Act like you have no idea of what I just said!"

"B-But Lloyd-." "No! You'll just have to see what's going to unfold, because it should have by now happened in the other world." "Other w-world…?" "I have to go now Cecile. A plan this important could only be carried out by me!" "Wait…What?! Lloyd, where are you going!?" "SHHHH! I'm trying to act dramatic!" "Lloyd, where are you going?!"

2:55 P.M.

Lloyd approached his machine. It was a glass cylinder 7ft. tall, with a platform underneath. It began to glow a faint blue, highlighting the design on the floor, the Camelot lab logo. Lloyd slid the door open and eagerly jumped inside. "I do have to say, it's been a while since I've been able to try out any of my inventions." His thoughts briefly flashed to the last time he tried to ride one of his Knightmares…which didn't go as well as he expected. "Yes, it's been awhile." Lloyd typed in the data in the keyboard inside the machine.

Cecile ran to Lloyd. "Lloyd! What are you doing?!!! You can't do actions like this out of the blue and all because you dreamed it!!" Lloyd couldn't hear Cecile well inside the machine, but he grinned and gave her thumbs up nevertheless. He also raised his voice so she could hear. "Remember Miss Cecile, when was the last time any of my hunches were wrong?" Cecile was about to quarrel back, when she hear Lloyd's statement.

Damn him and the valid point he had. Cecile knew first hand the capabilities Lloyd had with his intuition. He never was wrong when it came right down to it. He could even will something to happen, and who would've guessed, it happened. I had to be assigned to the psychic mad scientist…

Lloyd took Cecile thinking over his sentence as a victory, and began the process. "Bye Cecile! I'll only be gone for a little bit! Make sure you have pudding when I come back…"

"Lloyd! At least tell me where you're going in that…contraption!"

Lloyd gave Cecile the look he always gave someone that made them feel stupid. "It's not a contraption Miss Cecile…It's a…" Lloyd tried to think of a name as it began to glow brightly in the chamber. "I'll call it…" An idea then hit him suddenly, and he threw his arms in the air in victory. "It's a Riariti!"

Cecile had to look away as the light grew brighter. "A Riariti…Wait, isn't that 'Reality' in Japanese?" She then remembered her previous question. "Dammit Lloyd! Where are you going?!" Lloyd tskkd at her as the setting around him began to drift away. This is going to be sooo interesting….

"Lloyd?!"

"What language Miss Cecile, but if you must know I'm going ten years back." She stepped back in confusion. "2007…why? And where?!" "A different reality if you want to be technical…" Cecile was ready to bash that thing…Riariti…in pieces, with Lloyd in it.

Lloyd's voice was getting fainter, so he knew speech wouldn't help. He merely pointed out to his desk, as the light flashed quickly.

Cecile closed her eyes as the light flashed, then opened them. Lloyd wasn't in there. "Lloyd…honestly. Are you crazy?!!!" She felt her headache quickly becoming a migraine. She went to the desk he pointed at however, and saw a paper. She picked it up, noticing Lloyd's near illegible writing. She could make out a time and place however, out of the scribbled paragraph, most likely what Lloyd wrote down after he had his 'dream vision.' You better be sure about this Lloyd…

She glanced at the clock, and gasped, dropping the paper to the floor. The time...he was right down to the second…But the name I don't know, and I doubt he does either… She sat down, amazed and terrified, while the paper slowly fell to the floor. She knew the time, but the name escaped her.

Ouran Academy

2:57 P.M.

The Riariti behind her began to hum.