Beach City, Wednesday Early Morning, Fandom Time

[studyingfear]

Rufus hadn't bothered to inform anyone that he was leaving the island—for good, as far as he was concerned. Tseng would find out shortly, he surmised. There had been no roommate for him to alert and the other blonde, while he didn't care for her, wasn't entirely incompetent. She could handle the bookstore.

And if she couldn't… well, he didn't particularly care. Rufus had bigger ambitions than that.

His first stop wasn't his world, though. Indeed, at first blush, it looked much like the world he'd left behind. It was early, so there weren't many people out and about for Dark Nation's appearance to cause a stir—that was the one thing he'd been uncertain of—and it took him little time to get to where he wanted to be.

Rufus looked down.

"You," he said, "come with me."

Dark Nation's tail wagged.

[For the bathtubbed one!]

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A drip from the bathtub's faucet hung above her face for a few seconds, and then fell with a soft plip down to hit Peridot's gem.

She cracked open one eye and peered up at Rufus. Pumpkin was already stirring, looking up and barking in excitement that Peridot couldn't entirely muster as the little gourd put its feet up on the edge of the tub, vine waggling behind it.

"Where?"

Peridot managed that, at least?