19 parts Complete Instead of immediately blowing himself up, Quiz makes the questionable choice to try and talk Diz out of doomsday. Things go very differently from there. In the wake of the project's destruction, Phil is left to wrestle with the aftermath of his greatest adventure, and the aliens struggle to live with each other.
- A look at the 'why' of project V.I.Z.ion, the psyches of three violent extraterrestrials, and revisiting childhood trauma that was really really fun at the time. Who are we without the things we live for? (aka 'Seriousifying Riddle School: The Fic'.)
Blanket content warnings for complicated relationships, descriptions of violence, death, surgery, and critical injury.
This story meant a lot to me, so I finished it. Against sense, reason, and the will of god.