The agents of 1127's TRF, as well as 211's EDG, all sat at a large table within the TRF HQ. On one side of the table were the TRF agents; Andy, Pink, Icy, Violet, 17, Jake and Blue. On the opposite side was EDG; Kelly, Perapin, Hellblade and Gary. In the middle sat Jack, Daphne and Liam, who had just finished explaining the situation.
"We figured we should probably let representatives of both worlds know, before, y'know..." Daphne explained. "Total obliteration."
"So... there's nothing we can do to prevent either from being destroyed?" Icy asked.
"Nothing we know of, no." Jack replied. "Until a few hours ago, we didn't know they existed. Considering they were able to bring us to a location, seemingly outside of all dimensions, they clearly have a lot of power."
"We could try and convince them of something, perhaps an ultimatum?" Perapin suggested. "What if nobody travels dimensions from here on out?"
"Doesn't matter." Liam replied. "According to them, this is the only option. It's out of their control, too, one of the dimensions has to go, or both will be destroyed."
"It can't be that limited." Kelly said. "We've come out of problems like this before, we can find something."
"Perhaps a way to change the trajectory of each dimension?" Perapin added. "A way to stop the dimensions from colliding in the first place."
"If you have any fuckin' ideas, then please, be my guest, old man." Liam said, taking a sip of whiskey. "But considering I don't have any ideas, and I'm the fuckin' smartest one here, I can't imagine your wrinkly ass will find something better."
"No need to be aggressive, Liam." Andy said.
"Speaking of old..." Liam muttered.
"If we work quickly, nobody has to die. Jack and Liam, you have multiple devices that can send people through dimensions." Andy explained to the group. "We could set up a mass teleporting device of some sort at 211, and send all it's residents here."
"Wait, wait, are you implying we just abandon our home?" Hellblade asked, standing up. "Because there is no way in hell, after all the bullshit we went through, that we are just gonna let it get destroyed."
"It's the most logical choice." Andy replied. "Your population is significantly smaller than ours, trying to transport everyone from here to your world would take far more time and resources, something we are very limited in."
"That's some bullshit if I ever heard it." Hellblade barked back.
"Yeah, what the hell?" Kelly said. "We have rules in place to prevent something like this. People aren't allowed to use powers, any and all dimension travel is tracked, and requires permission from EDG. You guys just do whatever the hell you want without consequence, why are we suffering for things you guys do?"
"To be fair, Jack does a solid 50% of the travel between this dimension and yours, blame it on him." Liam replied.
"Yeah, and dimension travel wouldn't even be a thing if not for you guys." Pink added. "You guys came here first, we never went to your world until years after."
"Hey, hey, wait, us travelling here was pure accident and coincidence." Jack replied. "Mess got sent here unwillingly, we thought he had died. He was the one who came back and began opening gateways between the dimensions."
"It doesn't matter who did what first." Andy said. "Fact is, it'll be far easier to transport everyone to this world, rather than to yours. I'm sorry, but it's just logical."
"He has a point, as much as I hate to admit it." Jack said in reply.
"Oh, so now the bucket of bolts is joining their side?" Hellblade asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, bucket of bolts, hey Hellblade, where would you be if you didn't have my technology, huh?" Jack replied. "You'd have half the arms the rest of us have."
"You're sarcastic now, too, good to see G's little experiment is up to code."
"Enough!" Perapin shouted, standing up. "We are all on the same team here. Daphne, Jake and 17, you all possess a great amount of power. I'm sure we can think of something to prevent this collision in the first place."
"Unfortunately, I don't really give a shit." 17 replied. "I could care less if this dimension dies."
"You're not helping our case here, 17." Icy said to him.
"I'm willing to help, but I don't even know where to start." Jake said. "A whole dimension being destroyed isn't something I've ever even considered being an issue."
"Yeah, you're too worried about getting custody of your kid." Liam muttered.
"I'm sittin' right here, y'know." Violet said.
"I'm not about to sit back and let my home be destroyed because of what you guys did." Kelly said. "I'm happy to help bring your people into our world, but we aren't about to come here. This place is chaos and I'm not gonna stand for it."
"Chaos?" Blue asked. "Wasn't your world under control of the literal lord of darkness for months?"
"A problem that we resolved, and we now have strict rules to prevent from happening again."
"Can we all stop bickering and talk like adults?" Andy shouted, banging his metal arm against the table.
Liam leaned back in his seat, making a jerking motion with his hand.
"Mature." Andy said, walking over to the TV that was positioned near the table, typing on his arm.
The TV turned on, showing blueprints for the Dimension Displacer, as well as Liam's portal gun.
"The Dimension Displacer is slower than the portal gun, but is much larger, and can transport more people at a time." Andy explained. "The portal gun, however, is far more quick than the displacer. If we could make a combination of both, and mass produce them, we can easily transport millions of people within a few days."
"Why the fuck do you have the blueprints for my shit?" Liam asked, sitting up in his seat.
"Don't worry about it." Andy replied. "I suggest we split into a few groups. One group will work on setting up the devices for dimensional travel, another will work on trying to stop the dimension collision from happening in the first place."
"I may have an idea or two in mind." Gary added. "A bunch of small rifts over the span of years is, supposedly, what caused these two dimensions to start crashing together. If we could open a rift, a very massive one, from this world to another random dimension, say, Oasis, we could potentially stop the dimensions from colliding."
"Such a rift would require an astronomical amount of power." Jack replied. "Something I'm not sure is even possible."
"Oh, it's possible." Liam replied. "I've seen some strong shit in my travels, I'm sure we can find something."
"Would it even work, though?" Daphne asked. "Even if we do manage to create this massive rift, who's saying it would change the trajectory of the dimensions and stop the collision?"
"It would work, the bald guy's onto something." Liam assured her. "I would get into the science of it, but your monkey brain wouldn't understand that."
"I'm not human..." Daphne replied.
"Oh, right, fuckin vampire or whatever, too many species to keep up with."
"Then, Jack, Daphne and Liam, since you know so much about dimension travel, you three work on trying to find a power source that can change the trajectory." Andy ordered. "Violet, Blue, Icy and Pink, I want you to inform everyone in both dimensions of what's happening."
"That's a lot of colors." Blue muttered.
"Have them pack their things and be ready for the worst." Andy continued. "Kelly, myself and Gary will start developing something to cross dimensions at such a high rate. 17, Perapin, Jake and Hellblade, I want you to try and get into contact with these inter-dimensional beings. Find out what you can, maybe we can see if they can help us."
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End of a World
ActionWhen an inter-dimensional council decides one of two dangerous worlds must be destroyed for the safety of all other worlds, the residents of each world must come to an agreement on which world deserves this fate.
