>>6023998>>6024135>>6024167>>6024233You find Etsy in the factory where Last Resort is stored. She's making some last minute adjustment to it, and you can't even begin to describe what that entails. You're pretty sure this thing is so complex by now, even Etsy doesn't fully understand how it works.
"A-Ah, are you okay? D-Don't see you in the factory o-often." She doesn't look angry, but not particularly happy either.
Confused, that's the emotion she has right now. It's also the emotion she first exhibited when you first talked to her on that fateful day.
She frowns. "I-I'm sorry! It's not that I mind! Y-You can do whatever! D-Do you want to hear about what I-I added to Last Resort?"
You nod, and she clasps her hand together happily.
She starts to ramble about new features and technical terms you don't understand. Sure, you may have become better at figuring out her tech stuff, but her knowledge is ever-increasing, and half of her lexicon is made of words she made up herself because she was the first to ever discover certain concepts.
Even so, you listen, because she's really cute when she talks about something she likes, and you can't get enough of her smile.
You're not a huge fan of the new 'divine decree', but it does make conversation with her more enjoyable. She knows you're enjoying yourself, and you know she's having fun too, so there's no reason to stop or for her to go 'sorry, i'm talking too much', those barriers are now gone for good.
"H-Hey! Do you want to see it in a-action? Not against r-real people, of course. J-Just a test run in an empty desert, s-safe as can be!"
You nod again, and she points to the giant cube that you assume is Last Resort. After a few seconds, a small hatch opens, and she motions you to go inside.
It's...surprisingly not as cramped as you expected inside, it's rather comfy if anything. There's even a shower, kitchen and bedroom, which makes it already better than your old apartment.
"I-It's like a mobile n-nuclear vault! If things really go wrong, we can hide h-here! Of course, e-every single piece of furniture here can quickly be r-rearranged at a moment's notice. A-Anyway, we should be in the desert now!"
Wait, already? It's been less than a minute. Did the cube just...jump from Russia to the Sahara or something? Etsy notices your confusion and answers for you.
"It's uhm, T-Tri-matter. It's not quite t-teleportation, just very f-fast without friction. T-Teleportation without the cloning dilemma."
Yup, that makes perfect sense, won't question it at all. Sure enough, when you leave Last Resort, you find yourself in a desert with dunes as far as the eyes can see. It looks like the night is coming, probably because you must be on the other side of the world, so it makes sense that the time of day would be different.
