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*vibrates* I am very normal about Nico Robin

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Prologue: The Fucked Timeline

It had to have been hours. Although it had felt like days. It seemed like it had been day before, the fight with Joseph had been strange and long and now it was night again. Max was battered and tired. He floated in the water just offshore. He had dived maybe 14 times now. It was beginning to feel like and obsession. He rolled in the water to stare down at it again. That machine. An egg of mechanical splendor and death, a red light blinking up at him as he held his breath mocking his efforts. He rolled again into a backstroke. His muscles ached as he treaded water back to the shore. He could still feel the heat from it all, and as he looked around pulling himself out of the water he saw bliss and fire. As far as the eye could see the Earth was scorched. Nothing for anyone here. The smell of burning flesh still tinged the air. Each time he walked past the now enflamed church Joseph was so proud of, each time he purposely kicked Joseph's smiling dead face as he walked past his corpse, and each time he reached the edge of the drive wondering where he could even go in the burning land beyond, he died a little more inside. "Push it into the water I said. It'll shut off I said." Max grunted to himself holding back tears as he turned back to face the river. The bodies of his friends floating within. Seeing once again that faint red light still blinking beneath the waters surface. "I couldn't shut it off. It was all so fast." Max had been talking to himself for hours. He had dived and then surfaced again and again obsessing over how he could've stopped this from happening. Nothing he did brought any relief. He couldn't pry the machine open before it was sunk and now at the bottom of the River what hope did he have of willing what strength he had left to breach it now. Nonetheless he ran back to the waters edge and dove again. He swam down toward it. Anger engulfing his every movement as he lurched down toward it. Where was he even going to go? He was lucky to be alive and the world burned around him. He reached the metal shell feeling it again as he had before, but this time he gave up a bit sooner than before. And this time around something strange happened. As he floated back up facing down a strange light appeared. Blue and white and swirling in the water. He thought himself hallucinating obviously. Must be more bliss in the river he thought. He was content to give in to this illusion if only just to be rid of self loathing for a moment. And the whirlpool took him. He closed his eyes and turned over in the water. Something was different though. He reached the top of the river eyes closed and breached the surface again. He breathed in the air but didn't smell the scent of crackling fire, and death. He opened his eyes to be blinded by sun. He jerked in the water sinking slightly before leveling himself out. He turned towards the shore and saw a familiar group of people wearing familiar outfits, and sporting a familiar symbol. And as they approached the shore he saw them pulling a cart holding a familiar metal egg. One of mechanical splendor and death.

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The real question is does Deirdre prefer her soon to be ex-husband grilled, fried, or barbequed. He's already a fifth of the way there.

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How it started. We're getting ready to give an update on how it's going (or about to go) @snake-in-the-garden

My fiance suggested that I include his deputy oc who's from an alternative universe where the Collapse happened and killed everyone into my fic's story. His deputy's ultimate goal is to murder the Seed bois, mainly John. His deputy forms a bond with Deirdre who divorces Jacob because he's an emotionally neglectful asshole. Haven't figured out a name yet. His faceclaim is either going to be Jesse Williams or Franz Drameh.

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Tagged by @adelaidedrubman​​ and @aceghosts​​ to use this picrew.

Ramona Belmont (FC5)//Deirdre Monroe (FC5)//Simone Fiore (FCND)//Deputy Max Stewart (FC5)

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