A new but probably familiar to some arrival

[youngnotstupid]

Well... This was interesting. Forte had been out exploring on her own in armor again, not that she could get very far with the wall blocking their home. Well, not usually.

But today was different. Today she'd found an opening. A gap. And she was planning to make the most of it. She'd missed the alternates, but there was no way of knowing if they were still around. Or if they're even around anymore. But the sign was familiar.

But she doesn't really have a question. Just curiosity and the urge to explore. Her Gospel was tagging along at her heels.

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[youngnotstupid]

Gospel lets out a happy yip at seeing her male alternate. She missed him...

Forte frowns at that. "A wall formed. We could get to the universe we came from, but not to the Nexus. I kept looking. The others had nearly given up. I finally found a hole in the wall. Not a big one, but big enough for us to get through." She probably shouldn't have done this, considering the wall could separate her from the others any time, but she hadn't considered.

[forte_wily]

Gospel just happily nuzzles and checks on his alt. He'd missed her too! And he's still mostly ignoring Techno.

Techno, for his part, makes sure that none of his scritching comes anywhere near the male Gospel, well aware of those sharp teeth.

"Huh. On our end it looked like your whole place had just vanished. We couldn't find it and there were some weird scanner readings." The possibility occurs to him, since he's heard about Harpuia and Fafnir's close call once in that respect. "Are you sure you'll be able to get back?"

[youngnotstupid]

Gospel is doing quite well. She's been well taken care of, even if some of the others fear her.

Forte couldn't help frowning at that question. Yea, that was something she should have considered more carefully. "I hope so."

[forte_wily]

Anna makes a curious whine. She wants to know more aboutt the female Gospel, but they were told to stay. She darts a look at the male Forte to see if maybe she can get away with moving now...

Forte frowns a bit and nods. "I like having you back, but your brothers will throw fits if you're stuck."

[youngnotstupid]

Forte smiles at her alternate. "You can't ever be sure you'll be able to get home. I know how to take care of myself now."

[forte_wily]

Anna decides to try creeping closer, curious about the other Gospel and Forte, and wondering just how they fit into the pack structure.

"Still got a back-up PINpoint?" Forte asks. As precautions went, it might work and it might not, but better than nothing.

[youngnotstupid]

Forte frowns at her alternate. She'd forgotten how protective he is... But he has his reasons. They all do. She's not allowed to forget that. She pulls out a small device. "I have one. Coordinates include home and our universe, just in case."

She looks at the kid, confused. "Who is that?"

[mosaic_archive]

Oh, busted? Anna looks back at the younger Forte with a curious tilt to her head.

"Anna," Forte gives the pup-girl a look.

Anna just sits where she is and tries to look like she wasn't up to anything

"That's right, you wouldn't have met any of them. The rest are Ivan, Andy, and Toby." Forte will point them out, though it's only half-needed as saying their names easily gets their attention. Well, except for Toby, who has decided to take a nap.

[youngnotstupid]

Forte waves to them. "Hi. Where'd they come from?" She's a little puzzled at her alternate having the human kids, but she's not too upset.

[forte_wily]

"A few different places," Forte says with a bit of a shrug. "I don't know if you remember when the Nexus was being used to gather stuff up for the Mars Colony... Heh, it's still being used for supplies. But they're a side effect of that."

[youngnotstupid]

Forte's trying to remember it. "I think I remember some. But it feels like it's been such a long time, Forte. There was all of the bad things that happened... And the others keep trying to protect me still."

[forte_wily]

Forte nods. "Yeah, we've been through World War Four since I saw you last..."

Really sorry this took so long. Between getting a job and illness...

[youngnotstupid]

That was worrying for Forte to be hearing. Especially as she knew her brothers would be concerned too. "Things have been that bad? Is everyone okay?"

[forte_wily]

"I think everyone you'd know is still in one piece," Forte says. "Earth's population fits in two cities, though."

[youngnotstupid]

"I'm glad to hear everyone is okay... But what happened to the humans?" Forte is a touch confused at the idea.

[forte_wily]

"Bioweapons, mostly, released by some nutjob named Weil who made old man Wily look sane by comparison." He's a bit peeved he missed out on that last fight, but he'd been busy on the front lines. There'd been plenty of fighting to go around, at the end. "For all the crap we can say about the Doc, at least he never tried to kill everyone on the planet, just take it over and kill anyone in the way."

[youngnotstupid]

Forte frowned. "Why would he kill everyone? I don't understand the point of that... Besides, some humans aren't so bad."

[forte_wily]

"Because he went nuts in a way that made Wily look like the picture of sanity," Forte says. "Or maybe 'possessed' is a better word than nuts."

He snerks. "It's not even that easy to tell who's human and who isn't any more. Things have changed..."