Polyta and Zabelle investigate a hole in the world in Helen's shop —Zabelle— It's just like Helen said... like a hole in the world... —Polyta— You think it's Proteus' doing? —Zabelle— ...No. —Zabelle— I don't sense his influence on this at all... no traces of his magic signature... —Polyta— Agh. I suppose I can take solace in knowing he hasn't pierced our defenses yet. But it also means we're dealing with two existential threats instead of one. And we have no idea what's causing the second... —Zabelle— It's funny... it looks just like... —Polyta— ...The world Nix came from. —Zabelle— Oh... I was going to say Jiro's videogame... Coral appears behind them. Coral * You guys have videogames?? —Zabelle— Obviously... what would be the point of having magic if you can't even be a gamer... —Polyta— Coral! I didn't see you arrive. whaddaya need mate Coral * aw yknow just lookin for my good mate sunny —Polyta— fuuuuuck girlypop i dont know how to tell you this but she's all fucked up. Coral * fuuuuuuuck. Coral frets over her friend. —Polyta— she's stuck in... basically another world. it's wild, nix told me it's inside her video game. Coral * whaaaaat? Coral considers the situation here. There's her world. And then she's playing a game, which is Love Bomb. And then Jiro plays a game which is Nix's world. And then NIX plays a game which is another world still... Coral * so, nix was playing a game, and that's where sunny is. but nix herself is from jiro's game. and then... With horror, a possibility dawns on her. Is she even the top layer? Is there another one above her? Coral begins to sweat. Coral * ???????? —Polyta— hey don't worry!!! sunny is very resourceful. she'll pull through, i'm sure of it. [maybe mention specifics of how she's doing, lying her way to victory.] Coral * i appreciate it polyta, but goddddd everything is so fucked up now * i wish shit could be chill for once. home is fucked, sunny is fucked, even hollidae is fucked now... —Polyta— heyyyyyy girly its cooool. look at us! we've got guns. we've got shield walls. we're holding fast. maybe a lot of things are tough, but at the very least you dont need to worry about us. we're going to be-- The Goddess turns up. She looks around at all the sawblades and shit. (Casandra and Helen?) try to calm her down —Goddess of Love— MY FUCKAGN ISLAND —Helen— goddess no!!!! —Casandra— its alllllllllllllll g!!!!!! —Goddess of Love— THIS SUCKS SO BAD The Goddess wells up. Rain begins to sprinkle. —Goddess of Love— IM GONNA CRY Coral suddenly looks very serious... And then just as immediately she's giving the Goddess a hug, a great big smile on her face. Coral * heyyyy cmon girl! this is good actually! * why dont we just... talk this through? [Do we have a DEBATE START graphic here? Is this a debate?]