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[microbrobotics]

[ Finally, finally, here's someone on the network taking credit for this mess. Spoiler alert: it's Hiro. Again. The camera shows him in front of a badly damaged machine, with one arm in a sling (but mostly healed thanks to his brother). He look ... frazzled. To say the least. ]

Okay - okay. I messed up really badly. And I need some help. Trust me, this wasn't what I was trying to do. I think. I can't remember either ...

I really need some help fixing this machine. And - more importantly, I need help keeping Callaghan away from it. He doesn't know where it is yet, but I know he's gonna find out and come after it any time now. And if he breaks it again, none of us are getting back to normal.

(( OOC: OOC signups to help! Or, y'know, screw things up more. ))

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[ursawhiner]

[This is exactly the kind of thing great uncle Ford would be perfect for. Except... he's 12. And not really in a position to help out. Something else catches Dipper's attention.]

Wait... we'd-- Me and Mabel would go back?

[microbrobotics]

[ It takes Hiro a minute to focus. God, he's got such a headache from all this double vision. Stupid porter accident thing. ]

... Go back? No, I don't think - it's not sending people home, just fixing things.

[ursawhiner]

Well I mean... me and Mabel kind of came back from the future. Or something. But I thought we were just Ported out.

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[amadaman]

[Ken doesn't hesitate to answer this, his expression not grim but serious. Hiro needs help.]

I'll help guard.

[microbrobotics]

[ Once again Hiro is struck by that strange double vision. He knows this guy ... right? ]

... Are you sure? It's gonna be dangerous.

[amadaman]

[Oh, dear. Ken blinks, then hides a grimace. So Hiro's affected, too. And from the sound of it, now that he thinks on it, he doesn't remember the last time.

He pushes a grin onto his face.]

Oh, yeah. I'm definitely sure. I won't let him get past us.

And we'll help you do what you need to, the right way.

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[112ounces]

What happened?

[ Did Callaghan get brainwashed again? ]

[microbrobotics]

... I don't know. I think Callaghan sabotaged the porter we were building.

[112ounces]

[ They were building a porter? ]

Why would he do that?

What is he doing now?

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[imfired]

Wait, what?

Are you okay kid, or...?

[microbrobotics]

[ Whoa. Hang on. This guy looks suspiciously like someone from Hiro's favorite movies. ]

... Not really. No.

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[learntofly]

[Why do boys always just turn up like this!!]

What—Where are you? What's that got to do with anyone being normal again? What happened to your arm?!

[microbrobotics]

I ... um ... This is sort of my fault. I think. Not the arm.

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[hypnotherapy]

Somehow, this seems awfully familiar...

I'll help, naturally. I admit I'm not very good with mechanisms, but I can certainly tighten up security...my time is at your service.

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[microbrobotics]

... Thanks. I think I'm gonna need all the help I can get.

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[whathawksdo]

So that's what was doing it. Some... other thing! [ Meaning not the porter. ] If you can fix that, then consider my help guaranteed. What do you need from us? A distraction? Someone to go set Callaghan on fire?

[microbrobotics]

I built it, so of course I can fix it. I just ... need time.

Setting Callaghan on fire will definitely help with that.

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[liverletdie]

Why bother locking it if he's going to stop it?

Hell, you could just leave it.

[microbrobotics]

... Boss? What's wrong with you?

[ Something is very wrong here. ]

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[regenereight]

[ have a man in Edwardian clothes just sort of give the camera a small nod and smile. ]

You have my help. As lovely as this place is, I'm sure a few people here are missing my future self terribly.

[microbrobotics]

... Future self? How far in the future?

[ He squints a bit at this newcomer. ]

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[resoundingpledge]

What kind of machine is it?

[microbrobotics]

It's basically another porter. I think ... I think I was trying to send my brother home safely.

[resipiscent]

[Here's a Riku who's actually about the same age as you, Hiro.]

Does 'getting back to normal' include 'going back to our own universes'? Because I kind of have business to attend to.

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[superposition]

[Qubit watches the short video a couple of times trying to figure out exactly what that machine used to be... it looks suspiciously like an attempt at a Porter. A few of the responses confirm it, too. Suddenly all the pieces are clicking into place. Temporal displacements caused remotely, a uniform quantum signature associated with all the victims, a single event in the vicinity of De Chima... He guessed days ago that it was accidental, but beyond that...]

I can help, teleportals are my specialty. Just PM me the coordinates.

What's going on with Callaghan?