Coral, Proteus and Helen are thrown wide from the world itself. They fall between the edges of fractured code. Proteus has corruption shooting up his arm.









Coral lands back into the world.

Coral
* Ghh!





Helen clambers out of their amoured disguise behind her. They're out in the open again, on some kind of rocky outcropping among the treetops trees.

—Helen—
What the heck...!

Coral
* What... what just...




The pair of them look up to see what's in front of them. It's not a pretty sight.





They're just outside Proteus' castle. It has a massive glitchy gash through it that extends upward through the air. It looks metaphysically unstable, misshapen by corruption. Clumps of the world float impossibly around it.



Coral
* No...

—Helen—
What the heck!!?
This-- this can't be-- what even happened down there!?
Did Proteus-- he's gotta be okay, right!?
I mean-- there's no way he'd get taken out that easily. Right???

Coral
* Ahah
* Ha ha

—Helen—
And the castle, it's-- what the heck is HAPPENING!?
Is-- is this what Dad was on about, the whole world falling apart?!
This can't be happening, this-- this isn't--

Coral
* Ha ha ha HA hahaha haa HAAA HAAA HAAA!!

Coral doubles over.

Coral
* Haa haa HAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!
* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!
* Hhhhhaaaaaaghhh....
* Haaah... haah....

—Helen—
Coral...
Are you...?

Coral
* I'll fix it.
* I'll fix it.
* I'll fix it.

Coral looks back at Helen. She's weeping and she's smiling..

Coral
* I can fix it.
* I just need to fix it.