The day was bright and clear. Most days were on Popstar, but that was especially important for today for a certain amusement park-loving magician. Or rather, not so much him, but the businesswoman-slash-engineer that was nearby, and performing a last series of checks on the device she'd assisted in crafting. He glanced over at the individual, who seemed more than stuck on intently monitoring something through a tablet of some sort. "You've been rather nervous, I think. Are we ready over there or not?"

Considering the Star Allies' and their potential need to get to other places in the galaxy rather quickly, Susie had hit upon an idea that he hadn't found entirely objectionable- to use the Lor's dimensional warping technology to form the basis of a slightly lesser device meant for point to point transport. They'd been through months of theory, research (as much as Magolor permitted, anyway- he wasn't keen on giving away all the secrets of the Lor, and he doubted he knew all of them anyway), and conceptual tests. Now was to be the first live test.

Susie had shown an…odd amount of zeal for this, even for her, but Magolor hadn't pried. Now, though, she almost seemed…anxious. "We're fine. All systems seem to be functioning." She was speaking in clipped, terse tones, and that didn't make Magolor feel too great about this. "We do this, and things will be made much easier for everyone. A small step towards..." He could almost hear her muttering something under her breath afterwards, but again, no sense to rock the ship so close to showtime.

The idea was that a system that was more compact, even if stationary, and required less start up and procedure than the Lor Starcutter would be far more preferable than having to call Magolor up and ask for a lift if ever needed for a group; if he was away or otherwise preoccupied, they'd have to rely on Warp Stars if available, and those weren't around everywhere…that wasn't around Kirby, anyway. Strange how that was, really.

Speaking of the pink puff, he'd agreed to volunteer for 'safety duty'; in other words, he and Bandana Dee had agreed to watch over the results and make sure any accidents didn't end up too catastrophic. That had expanded to Meta Knight and even King Dedede as well- while the king hadn't been too fussed about the project initially, he couldn't deny it was an interesting idea, especially when the hypothetical of one being installed at Dedede Resort was floated to him. So he'd given the okay, 'So long as I get to use it first! After testin', anyways.' And thus he'd decided to keep an eye on things personally, just in case.

And so here they were. In the King's courtyard, just in case. Two standing near one platform, complete with a star-shaped hollow construct on it, and two near another a few yards away. Really, it was a kindness, and as much as Magolor appreciated the young lady's technological mind (were he feeling particularly generous one day, he might admit that her engineering knowledge outstripped his own), he certainly wasn't ashamed to say he'd been involved a great deal- after all, he'd graciously granted a few Energy Spheres from the Lor to allow this to work at all! Naturally, if it did, they'd have to find another compatible power source for the long term, but the whole point was seeing if anything positive at all resulted from this. A proof-of-concept, as it were.

"Alright, then?" Magolor half-confirmed, half asked. If she was having second thoughts now, he'd really rather know BEFORE they flipped the big switch.

There was a moment, but she shook her head, and nodded with resolve in her eyes. "Yes. Preparing to engage!" she said loudly so that the two on the other end could hear. Meta Knight and Dedede both gave a wave of confirmation, and then she nodded to Magolor. Taking a deep breath, he finally hit the switch on the small control panel nearby. If all went well, two stable dimensional holes would form and they'd be able to walk between both seamlessly. And as the dimensional hole began to form, both he and Susie looked hopeful as it began to expand. "All readings nominal…now they just have to-"

And that was about when things went wrong.

It started out with a simple 'beep', causing Susie to tap a few things on her tablet. But then more beeps.

Bandana was the first to notice. "Uhhh, is something wrong?"

"No, no," Susie quickly dismissed. "Just some mild power fluctuations, I-"

And then that was went even more beeps happened. Before Magolor or Susie could say anything, something happened at BOTH devices, as something snapped, and the dimensional holes grew to outsize their intended containment and a powerful vacuuming effect began to draw all nearby in. Susie had on her boost pack of course, and Magolor could hold himself with powerful magic. Still, the powerful suction effect, all too similar to their own hero's, had them resisting with all their might.

The four nearest the event horizons weren't so lucky, however. With a yell each, Kirby, Bandana Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede were all quickly sucked through, their receding forms the last thing either magician or mechanic saw before suddenly the dimensional holes destabilized, and shut with a snap.

An eerie quiet settled over the courtyard. Almost as if that just didn't happen. "Oh…oh my."

Really, it was all he could say. It'd been so sudden…

"No…" As Magolor settled himself, it wasn't only him who realized what had just happened. Susie- as long as he'd known her (which admittedly wasn't very long)- wasn't one to despair over much. But this? This was understandable. Her expression of despair matched his own. "Not again…" Again? He was about to ask what she meant by that; however, the moment was fleeting.

She glanced down at her tablet, which she'd surprisingly managed to keep hold of. Then again, the entire incident had taken all of a few seconds, though it felt like ages. "According to this, they've been taken elsewhere!" She almost sounded relieved. "Readings state that it was a dimensional flux much like the Lor's own, if far less stable, but…the exact coordinates will take some time to puzzle out because of that. But- theoretically, logically-"

"We WILL get them back!" Magolor said archly, and he brooked no argument. While once upon a time he might've celebrated their disappearance, true, he'd…well, he'd come to quite appreciate their company. All of the Star Allies, really. And Kirby'd done a lot for him, at least in regards to having faith. It was only right to pay it back. "Come on. We've got some repairs to make, improvements to engineer, and analysis to run!"

Susie froze, but only momentarily, before nodding dertermiendly. "Right. Let's get started." They had a lot of work to do.

As they gathered up the broken parts, Magolor couldn't help but inwardly fret. Hopefully, wherever they'd been taken to, they'd survive for the time being. Then again, they were the founding members of the Star Allies! There was nothing they couldn't handle. Right?

…

…regardless, Magolor hurried his pace. Just a bit.