[[Much appreciated.]]

Mindworm message to Ozzy

Need any help?

[[I think just me and Andy should be all right. Honestly, at this point, I'm pretty sure I'm walking into a trap of some description. If you guys want to be backup, he sent me an image of where he's hiding.]]

{{We'll be on standby give you a chance to take him down on your own. I know If I didn't need him alive I'd take the first shot at the Builder I could get. Be careful though. He still may have some tricks up his sleeve.}}

{{You need a hand, or are we all on standby?}}

[[Like Jack said, standby. The last lair this guy was in was a real mess. I don't want you guys to see this if you don't have to. LeCarde's basically a mage-flavored Builder, and tends to like to decorate his lairs with blood and entrails.]]

  Her sending was sort of tangy-apple flavored.  {{Oh.  I see what you're worried about.  I lived through the Builder.  I'd be okay.  But we'll be on standby for you.}}

In reply to Ozzy Gysbourne (msg #937):

{{I've seen worse, but its your show. We'll be here if you need us.}}

[[Thanks. This kind of thing tends to be a bit delicate, anyway. Knock over the wrong brazier, make the foe bleed (or bleed yourself) in the wrong spot, and you can end up setting off their spells and make the entire reason you're there moot. He's tried to destroy the world once already, wouldn't be surprised if he had a ritual set up for summoning a bunch of stuff for 'when' he wins. I do have something he'd need to do it with on me, after all. So, yeah, 'radio' check with me every couple of minutes. If I... If I stop responding, come on in and kick his ass. ]]

To the worm net:

[[To those on standby, thanks! LeCarde's been dealt with once and for all. And, Megs? Where are you? Bastard damn near burned my foot off. I also got zapped with a little lightning, but my armor took most of that.]]

  Meg answered {{I'm currently at Lady Psyche's place, but I can get home fairly quickly.  Please give me a bit.}}

[[Oh, I don't wanna interrupt anything important! It's cool. Andy just 'ported me to your place and you weren't there. If you're busy, I'll be okay. It hurts, but I'm not in any immediate danger of, like, bleeding out or anything, so no worries.]]

  {{I'm mostly acting as moral support, so I'm not precisely needed.  I was just here while Vaan Tanaka is meeting her mother . . .}}

[[Awesome! Uh, who's Vaan? New person in town, I guess? Anyway, whatevs. Good job getting them together, Megs! I'm sure Vaan appreciates it. The mother... well, who knows?]]

  {{She says she's from 2045, so she's like Bella, timelost.}}

[[And you took her to meet her future mother?! Oi... PLEASE tell me she's not divulging a crap ton of details about the future. Or possible future. If she's not paradox-proof like Bella is, she's got a really good chance of dying horribly.]]

{{The future she's from is a bad one Ozzy....and its all because of me}}

[[Because of YOU?! Bullshit. What did she say you did in her future?]]

{{{I take over the world Ozzy. I become Paragon.}}

[[Riiiiight. So, in alt-universe future crazyville, you're apparently  a crazy, evil bastard. I bet you're into chicks there, too. 'Cause the whole 'evil' thing is definitely not you, bro. Hell, I could see me doing it, maybe, if it were for the right reasons. But you?! Naaaah.]]

{{Everyone has a dark side Ozzy just some of us keep it buried real deep.....I wonder if I kill any of you...}}

[[Are you... Bill, are you okay? I mean, I know you're sensitive, but... damn, dude. Look, don't worry about it, okay? That was alternate future Bill, not you. Do I need to come slap the emo out of you? Just because LeCarde nearly burned my foot off does not mean I will not do necessary sense-smacking.]]

{{No Ozzy I'm not okay. A person from the future just arrived to tell me my worst nightmare comes true, how would you feel?}}

[[A person from *A* future. I cannot stress that enough. You're a comic book nerd, right? I assume you're familiar with the Infinite Universes model? Nothing is certain, Bill. That's why Bella is stuck here. If things were certain, there would still be a home for her to go back to.]]

{{It doesn't matter Ozzy if its certain or not. The fact that she's existing at all shows that Some Bill Some Excelsior made that decision and if they could do it, then I probably could too. Just the thought of doing those things the possibility of having to fight maybe even kill one of my friends... Its tearing me up.}}