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[guardiano_perduto]

[Ratchet hasn't really been around as much as he knows he should, but when Cambot enters the room, the little Lombax could be found sitting at the edge of his bed, legs curled up to his chest and staring at the wall. Even with the sound of the door opening, he doesn't move much other than a flick of a large ear, giving a soft sigh.

Sure, he should be getting out more. Just because he was stuck here without Clank didn't mean that he had to push himself away from others. It... just seemed to be the case.

He turns toward the floating device, trying to give a small smile and pat Cambot on the head, then turns back to what he was doing. Cambot whirrs and nudges closer, but the Lombax nudges away, in turn.

In an odd, completely backwards sense, he kind of didn't want to have to look at the robot. It reminded him too much of his lost friend, at times.]

Comments

[punsofiron]

[It's probably really intrusive, but with a little focus Liz picks Ratchet up in her mind, and she looks sadly at him.]

Someone on your mind?

[guardiano_perduto]

[The corner of his mouth twists into a frown when he realizes he'd actually been recorded, but the Lombax just sighs again and buries his chin into his arms, speaking quietly.]

What gave it away?

[punsofiron]

I'm psychic now, haven't you heard?

...not that I had to be. I think we all get a little lonely up here sometimes.

[guardiano_perduto]

So what, is this another thing goin' on with the ship then? I mean, what else can you see?

[punsofiron]

[She shrugs] As far as I can tell I just hear passing thoughts.

[guardiano_perduto]

...how much did you hear?

[punsofiron]

Just that you seem to be missing someone.

[guardiano_perduto]

Isn't everyone on this ship? We're not exactly in our home universes right now, yanno. It's not like they can just pop up outta nowhere.

[punsofiron]

Hey, that doesn't mean someone can't be worried about you. We all know how lonely it can be up here.

And hey, you never know what could happen. Maybe your friend will show up. Maybe you'll get zapped right back where you left off.

[guardiano_perduto]

It's... not that easy. Even if I do go back, I'm tryin' to find him to begin with. If he is here, I can know he's safe.

[punsofiron]

Yup, that sounds familiar too.

[guardiano_perduto]

You're lookin' for a pal of yours too, huh?

[punsofiron]

More like I'm not even sure what's left of our universe at this rate.

[And yeah, she misses Linkara. That too.]

[guardiano_perduto]

What's left of your--

What happened?

[punsofiron]

You're some sort of adventurer or something, right? You ever heard of something called the Entity?

[guardiano_perduto]

...no. I can't say that I have.

Liz, what's going on? What's this 'Entity'?

[punsofiron]

Some sort of glitch in the multiverse. At least that's how I've heard it described. All I know is that it sees my universe and probably more than I care to count as an all-you-can-eat galactic buffet. People and things were disappearing, and with time as bendable as it is up here I've heard missed answers as to whether it's even been dealt with.

So for all I know, I could go home to find myself the last human on earth. And I don't even have reading glasses.

[guardiano_perduto]

Let's start at the beginning - how long as this all been goin' on, and do you know who could be responsible for it?

Beat them, and that might set things right again.

[punsofiron]

That's just the thing, none of us really know where it came from. I don't think Linkara even believes it exists. And the only person we know who's been going after it would rather kill us than tag-team it, and we couldn't even kill him.

[guardiano_perduto]

Sounds like this guy needs a little more persuasion, then!

[punsofiron]

[She scoffs.] Good luck with that.

[guardiano_perduto]

Trust me, I've got plenty of persuasion on my side.

[punsofiron]

You got a teleporter to match?

[guardiano_perduto]

You got the supplies?

[punsofiron]

Er...no. That was kind of my point.

[guardiano_perduto]

Eh, I can make do with whatever.

Soon as we're off this ship, I'm helpin' you out. And don't try to tell me otherwise!

[punsofiron]

If you say so. [That's assuming they even get off at the same stop. But she appreciates the offer anyway.]

[cleverkit]

[Either Wilykit has been painfully oblivious, or this is the most depressed she's seen anyone on the satellite. It's pretty jarring, and she's a bit hesitant as she speaks.]

Hey, what's wrong?

[guardiano_perduto]

[Ohh, he hopes this won't become a constant thing because he's not quite sure if he's able to talk about it this freely.]

Ahh, it's kind of silly. Really! Don't worry about me, okay?

[cleverkit]

You sure about that? It doesn't really look like it's over something silly...

[She'll back off if Ratchet insists, since she doesn't really know how to handle this kind of thing. She can't help but be worried, though.]

[guardiano_perduto]

Well...

Do you ever think about your friends? If they think about you or anything when you're not able to be around them?

[cleverkit]

Or wonder how they'd react if they were up here with you in the middle of all this crazy right now?

Yeah, me too.

[guardiano_perduto]

Knowing Clank, he'd probably go off and try to find out how everything's even happening in the first place. Especially if we start changing forms again?