# Ch.54: One more time
A few days passed. Their foxships hanged out with the cat and all that.
The annihilators had moved the island nearby,
so they could keep training or go to the spa.
Jack, Zack and Guy were still trying to make sense of the spaghetti code.
J: So, this is just an assortment of shoddy algorithms stacked on top of
each other that fails the Turing test for everything but devolved monkeys.
Z: Let's see... *Typing on keyboard* What is the strongest alloy?
Z: *Reading* I CAN confirm.
G: They really got them with this new religion of theirs.
From the elevator that connected to the surface, the doors opened,
revealing Irwin and others.
23: I came!
J: From a one to ten, how good was it?
23: ...
23: You know what I meant, fucker!
J: It would really "come in handy" if you did.
*Percussive sting*
23: Ughhh...
Z>J: Seriously?
G: So, why are you here? It can't have been easy.
23; Yeah, no shit Sherlock.
I knew things were up when the HUGE FUCKOFF TOWER was pulverized.
If that wasn't enough, the entire city started collapsing,
and I had a diesel motorbike crash into my twelfth-floor apartment.
G: Go on?
23: It came with a fucking ribbon! And a pistol!
Knowing that those motherfuckers were a waste of bullets,
I left, and after shooting a few guards and such... I arrived.
F6: Is that why you're caked in blood?
23: Yes. Not mine.
F3: But why?
23: Dunno. My place sucked enough that I would try anything else.
J: I could make you sexier.
23: Wait, really!? Sign me up!
K321: I think you should ask-
Jack zapped the focks. She gained around four hundred millimetres in height,
and started looking even younger than her actual age, for a human.
But she was still covered in mold and blood.
K321: Well, I guess you turned out fine...
F5: I'm also impressed.
23: Whoah, It's kinda hard to balance...
23: Hey, can't you give me bigger boobs?
J: No.
23: Aw, come on! Why can't I have some like the catgirl!? *Grabs Kate's mounds*
K321: P-please stop...
J: Sorry, but the big titty club is full. You will have to hang out with Fifi.
23: AND WHO THE FUCK IS TH- oh. You didn't tell me your name earlier.
F2: Hi!
G: I don't know what to make of this...
23>G: Hey, can you give me bigger tits?
Maybe also a bigger ass while you're at that? Oh, and...
Guy said no to that, alongside Zack.
Weeks passed after that, but they finally figured the system out.
They reunited for one last time.
Z: We did it.
F6: I forgot what.
Z: Uh, we figured out how to eliminate this realm.
23: Good.
J: I hope that you acquired some serious skills,
because we are all going to hell.
F5: Huzzah! K321: You're kidding, right? F4: Well, at least you're telling us.
J: Shut.
G: We're not sure what will happen to the souls of everyone but Kate,
since yours look like a bunch of scrambled eggs.
F1: Is it in a fashionable way?
Z: No.
G: ...At least we can know where your bodies are,
and they didn't come from vats.
F3: Phew.
G: *looking at map* Hmmm... Yeah, you're all pretty far from here.
Except for Katia. You're the next town over!
Z: Now that is some insane luck.
K321: Y-yeah... Could you come pick me up?
J: It depends. Tell me, how much do you like se-
G: Sure! We could always do with an extra pair of hands.
F1: Will be ever meet again?
Z: It would be very difficult,
but we will try uploading some contact info to some nearby device.
23: Could you at least tell us your names?
Z: I am 'B'.
Guy hit Zack with a newspaper.
G: My real name is Guy Mann.
Stolen novel; please report.
F5: Seriously?
G: Yes, that's my name.
Z: I am Zack Graham.
K321: It sounds a bit cute.
J: And I, am, Jack Deicida.
F2: Wait, I didn't catch that. How do I say your last name?
J: Deicida.
F2: Oh... Cool!
J: Of course, I chose it myself.
G: Well, do you guys have anything left to say?
F1: Yes. I would like to thank you three.
You were like the parents I never had.
J: *Rolls eyes*
F1: Literally. By never being present when I thought I needed it,
you taught me more than any other person.
J: What? But we held your hand all the time!
F1: It didn't feel that way for me. Even if you gave orders,
it was like you did not want us to obey.
Even though you taught me to value myself,
I cannot help but give you my utmost respect.
J: Y-you idiot!
23: Is it me or is Jack looking flustered?
Z: He gets like this sometimes.
F2: Well, I just want to say that, uh... Hold on, I almost got it...
G: Take your time.
F2: ...I just want to say that,
I may have pretended to be more innocent than I actually was.
K321: *GASP*
G: How?
F2: I-I just, pretended not to know things,
even if deep down I knew they were true. I just wanted to hide from it all.
What you did, was give me the strength to admit things.
The world may not be a big cotton candy ball, but is beautiful after all.
F2: *Reaching into backpack* Here. I kept the doll you gave me all along.
But I don't need it anymore. You can have it, Guy.
G: Awww...
G: But I know someone who needs it more. Jack?
J: *Tightly clutching doll* I DON'T NEED YOUR JUNK!
Everyone^J: Sure...
F3: I would like to thank you for your teachings.
Z: More like un-teachings.
F3: Sure. The thing is, I am deeply embarrassed.
My calling was to get the basics right, and in one too many pages,
one too many generalizations and technicisms, I lost sight of what I wanted.
I was a fool who thought he knew it all, yet you said the bloody obvious,
that which I had forgot. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Z: Good for you.
J: J-just cut it!
Jack was looking bright pink in spite of his fur. And a bit shaken.
F4: I once thought you were insane. I can't still be sure if you aren't.
There was something about you,
that made me feel like I was talking to some aliens.
G: True, true.
F4: I will be honest. You frightened me so much that I was close to, uhh...
23: Shitting yourself?
F4: Yeah. I almost shat myself. Several times. But that thing you had,
that otherness I had never seen, it made me feel, like...
F6: In love?
F4: Yes! I just couldn't have enough of you! Call me a masochist,
but you were the only thing that made me feel alive!
F4: I love you. Thank you for taking care of me, and goodbye.
J: You fucking masochist... *Sniff*
G: True love.
F5: My turn.
F5 walked inbetween the seven and the three.
F5: Look. Nay-sayers will say that we were crooks.
Nay-sayers will say that we were murderers.
Nay-sayers will say that neither we, nor you ever existed.
I say fuck them.
F5: They can write whatever they want in the books of history, but we made it!
They can kick, scream, and throw popcorn at the screen,
but we were the only ones who ever got of our asses to do something about it!
They may try to erase the memory, but they can't erase the consequences,
and as long as I live, I will remember.
Godspeed, you incredible bastards.
J: N-no you...
Z: Godspeed.
Jack started secreting watery fluid from his puncta.
23: You know, I feel like an idiot now, because I don't have much to say.
I guess I'm not one that gives big goodbyes.
23: *sigh* I'm just glad to know that there is another place.
It may be violent. You may call it hell,
but I know hell, for that is what I left.
I'd say that such a foul-mouthed tour guide does not deserve such a chance,
but I am the only one who took it. Perhaps I could say that you were my guide.
23: And for the first time, I feel like a real one.
G: Always were.
J: Pass it down...
K321: Oh god, is it my time already?
Z: Sure.
K321: Ah, I just wanted to say, uhhh... Not this again...
The cat started blushing hard.
G: Relax.
K321: *sigh* Ok. I just wanted to thank you. You were intense,
but you were the exact persons I needed. E-even that time you killed me...
23: This is taking a weird turn.
K321: It's fine! I would have been too much of a... Pussycat
to do anything otherwise.
K321: I never gave you a kiss willingly, so here you have it.
Kate gave everyone a smooch.
J: I-I...
K321: Oh, you silly bunny. How could I hate you?
Z: You could do-
G: Don't ruin the moment.
F6: I finally got it.
J: ...W-what?
F6: Come closer.
F6 whispered to their ears for a while.
Z&G: *Swiping tears*
J: I am complete...
And Jack fell unconscious.