\u201cEXPLOSIVE?!\u201d yelped Rouge as she stopped playing dead. Bashoon helped her up on account of the bat\u2019s boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t panic!\u201d said Bashoon. \u201cScorpainia\u2019s an expert!\u201d Scorpainia had transferred the imaginary explosive material to her hands and kept molding it like a snowball. Verdutha looked concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cScorpainia, isn\u2019t that a bit much for our purposes?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI believe that\u2019s the correct amount,\u201d replied Scorpainia. Verdutha simply backed off. Scorpainia turned to Bashoon. \u201cCaptain Barmek, are you ready?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAye aye!\u201d replied Bashoon as she assumed a catcher\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would not want you to drop it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo fear.\u201d At Bashoon\u2019s reassurance, Scorpainia threw the imaginary explosive underhanded and Bashoon tracked it\u2026then mimed fumbling it. Her team cried out variations of \u201cWatch it!\u201d, \u201cLook out!\u201d, or \u201cCareful!\u201d. Bashoon then caught it and smirked. She then carefully set it onto the floor and held her hand out. \u201cDetonator,\u201d she said. Fitri slapped her hand and Bashoon mimed adding a detonator to the explosive. \u201cFuse.\u201d Another hand slap and more setting up the explosive. \u201cPrimer.\u201d Another hand slap, another setup. Bashoon then stood up. \u201cMatchstick.\u201d She was given the imaginary matchstick, then she held it like it was a golf club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is\u2026no explosive!\u201d protested the lead robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo? Observe!\u201d challenged Verdutha. Everyone then called out \u201cFORE!\u201d before Bashoon swung her imaginary club and they all acted like they were caught in the blast! Various robots shut down except the lead robot. \u201cYou okay?!\u201d asked Verdutha. She then snapped her fingers near the other robots. They didn\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut\u2026there was\u2026no explosion!\u201d said the lead robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI lied,\u201d replied Bashoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe lied,\u201d said Verdutha. \u201cEverything she says is a lie. Remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow listen carefully. Verdutha has spoken truthfully.\u201d The robot started smoking at trying to work Bashoon\u2019s statement out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou say Verdutha has spoken truthfully,\u201d it said, \u201cbut she said that everything you say is a lie, thus you tell the truth, but then that would mean that you are making a liar out of Verdutha, but she tells the truth about everything you say being a lie but you say she speaks truth but you\u2026she\u2026the truth is a lie is the truth is a lie is the truth\u2026Illogical! Illogical! Explain! You are non-robots! Only non-robots can explain! PLEASE EXPLAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not programmed to respond in that area!\u201d taunted Verdutha. This time there really WAS an explosion as the lead robot detonated. The women took cover quickly, then peaked out to examine the wreckage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat a dated hunk of junk!\u201d complained Bashoon. \u201cEven the dumbest robots of my world could handle paradoxes like that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere\u2019s why,\u201d muttered Verdutha as she pulled a diamond out of the robot\u2019s chest. \u201cThis thing was used as a sort of brain. It\u2019s absolutely terrible in circuitry. It\u2019d be better suited to be on display in a museum. I mean, in many a universe, this would be about twice the worth of the Eye of Chizara, the most priceless jewel in the multi-!\u201d Verdutha didn\u2019t get very far as a certain bat swiped it. \u201cRouge, give that back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo!\u201d Rouge then hid the diamond\u2026well\u2026you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You actually put a diamond in your cleavage,\u201d remarked Verdutha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, I have,\u201d replied Rouge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026How comfortable is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Not comfortable at all. But it\u2019s not coming out until I put this thing in me and Knucky\u2019s vault.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Well, as I\u2019m not willing to stick my hand between a woman\u2019s breasts unless it\u2019s a woman I\u2019m sharing a bed with,\u201d said Verdutha, \u201call I can really say is that the ball is in Emily\u2019s court now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a long way to the Throne Room, but Emily made it. The robot maid opened the door and Emily went inside. After shutting the door, Emily curtsied, and the maid announced her presence. \u201cPresenting Dame Emily Williams of the Feudal Nerd Society,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome forward,\u201d directed Lurazzi. Emily walked forward, then got to her knees. \u201cWhat is your desire?\u201d asked Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour Majesty, an ecological report managed to worm its way into a call I was granted to Verdutha,\u201d explained Emily. \u201cI only request that it be returned to you.\u201d She presented a metal disc with a holographic emitter in the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet us see this report,\u201d said Lurazzi. \u201cWe thank you for returning our property to us. It seems to be an honest mistake and no punishment is needed.\u201d Emily handed the disc to Lurazzi. Lurazzi then activated it and the conversation played between Emily and Verdutha. Only, this time, it was decoded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmily, I just discovered some very disturbing news about this ecological disaster the Adrexians are going through,\u201d said Verdutha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s going on, Verdutha?\u201d replied Holo-Emily. \u201cWhen did this all start?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is this?!\u201d hissed Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour Majesty, I beg you,\u201d said Emily, \u201clisten to the whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe disaster happened by artificial means,\u201d explained Verdutha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Man-made?\u201d asked Holo-Emily. \u201cFor what reason?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAuriella became too enamored with a single social structure and came to the conclusion that only an unchanging hierarchy would make the Adrexians better than anyone else in the multiverse and would make them ready to join Shocker Umbra.\u201d Holo-Emily rolled her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause, of course, my cousin\u2019s wife would want that! So, Umbra\u2019s had this universe in their grasp for 800,000 years, local timescale. That\u2019s only 20 years by Beyond City\u2019s timescale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt gets worse. Auriella uses these robots to quell any ideas of resistance. Though, according to the logs I stumbled upon, the robots can\u2019t handle paradoxes.\u201d Holo-Emily blinked at Verdutha\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026The robots aren\u2019t THAT dumb, right?\u201d she asked. \u201cI mean, there\u2019s no way they can get stuck on paradoxes like we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, they can. Listen, I have Auriella\u2019s logs encoded in this message as proof, but someone in authority needs to hear this! The Adrexians are stagnating, and they NEED to reclaim Adrexia Prime!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAuriella\u2019s logs?\u201d Holo-Emily grinned. \u201cI know how to get them to Lurazzi. You take care of the robots, I\u2019ll deal with Lurazzi. The Adrexians will go home today!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere\u2019s hoping. Good luck, Emily.\u201d The decoded call then ended. Lurazzi sat there, trying to process it all. Just before Emily spoke, the robot maid that accompanied her grabbed her shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Uh oh,\u201d gulped Emily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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