Part 33: They're an Item

Update 33: They're an Item





: ...
: Derek's in the study. We told him all about us.
: Again. From the very beginning.

*Examine: Study door*
: Uncle Derek... (Kori's gone. I messed with Mary's past, so the past of 35 years ago must have changed again. And so did Kori's situation... ...Kori...Uncle Derek...)



The sound of footsteps.

: Tim told me everything, Ethan. You're trying to save Kori, right?
: Uh-huh.
: But how...?
: By pulling her through--again?
: Uh-huh...but that's not a real, permanent solution.
: Oh...you're right.



: (I've got to think this all over one more time.)



*Answer: Skyrocketing debts*
: (First I've heard of it.)

*Answer: An Onegin-Kairos feud*
: (Two families, both with the Hollow Pen...but I've never heard of any feud between us.)

*Answer: Irving's obsession with Kori*
: (Actually...she DID say something about that... If I erased the rooftop incident, Irving would find another way to kill Kori...)



*Answer: Pull Irving through to this side*
: (I haven't had any flashbacks of pulling Irving through...)

*Answer: Pull Mary through to this side*
: (From 19 years ago...? That won't work. She's closed the Hole from the far side.)

*Answer: Keep Irving away from Kori*
: (...If there were a good way to keep Irving from killing Kori...)



*Answer: Irving and Kori will become friends*
: (...Yeah, right.)

*Answer: Irving will grow up spoiled*
: (At least he won't hold a grudge if his mother isn't killed...)

*Answer: Irving will leave the Kairos family alone*
: (Irving wouldn't be "avenging his mother's murder". Which means he'd stop going after Mom and Dad.)



: ......!

{Soundtrack: Silence}

: (If we do away with Irving's reason for his vendetta against Dad... ...Mom and Dad won't get caught up in that gas explosion.)
: (Mom and Dad--the ones here now--must be living in the past...!)



: So that's it...Irving... If I can put a stop to him...
: Irving...
: I have to get Irving to have completely given up on Kori.
: What--forever?
: From the very beginning.
: And if I do... If Irving doesn't kill Kori, his mother won't kill herself.
: And if Irving's mother doesn't kill her past self... In other words, if that bus accident never happens...
: Yes. He went after Mom and Dad out of bad blood over that bus accident. So if we remove the reason for his grudge...
: Irving...won't try to kill you and mom!
: !
: You mean...
: I can settle all of this. If Irving will never again go after Kori...
: I'll do it.
: ?
: All I have to do is keep Kori safe the whole time, right? Send me beyond the Hole. I'll protect her.
: ...But...
: That'll put everything back where it belongs, right?
: Yes--absolutely.
: Ethan...
: Send me.
: ...... (Uncle Derek...)





: ...All right.
: Then let's get to it. To the Hole!

Some travelling later...







: Prepare yourself--you'll be hanging in mid-air in a moment.
: No problem. Leave it to me!
: So, Ethan...



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Just to show you the new 'items' we temporarily have access to. By the way, if we try and pick anyone else, Ethan simply goes "...".



: Okay.











Ethan: (Uncle Derek... ...Kori...)



Ethan: Uh-huh. (Time to end this...!)

{Soundtrack: Silence}



Timothy: No! It can't be!
Ethan: !!



Man, he's absurdly tenacious. Even falling off a cliff didn't really stop him.



Ethan: Jack! (H-how is he still alive!?)



Jack: Shut up, you!!
Pamela: Stop it! Watch out!
Jack: I won't let you change the past any old way you like...!





Pamela: Timothy!
Ethan: Dad!!



Ethan: Dad!
Timothy: ...Close it...and this pain...will go away...
Ethan: Hang in there--I'm closing it now!
Jack: Not so fast!



Timothy: It's...okay...we'll meet...again...

And we close the Hole.



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{Video: The Fall}

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Ethan: ............



Pamela: What is it?





That's not a very nice thing to say to your mother, Ethan.

Pamela: Eh?
Ethan: You too, Dad...ha ha ha...
Timothy: ...Ethan... So you're back from, er, "far far away"...?
Ethan: Yeah...finally. ......







: (Finally... They're finally back...!)