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Vincent was silent, before sighing heavily as well, and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Right." he said.

"You go do what you need to." he said.

"And yes, the last time we tried, we DID try all of what could work." he then told her.

"However, I've added some new flowers to the greenhouse since then, and one or two MIGHT do something. They have the potential to." he said. "Just need to check on the specifics." he continued.

"But it's best we don't get our hopes up." he finished.

Vincent just sighed.

"I understand." he told her.

"I'll warn you ahead of time." he said.

"..." he was then silent, before looking around.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Maybe one of the blooms here can help you with your barriers." he suggested.

Vincent paused for a moment, and thought about it.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Is there a way I can help?" he asked.

"Or, is there something we can do?" he asked her.

"Any place you can go to try and maintain the barriers?"

".....hm." Vincent mumbled.

"Well, at least she's okay." he said.

"Her wording is a little... off... but that's still her, for sure." he went on.

"She's safe, and that's all that matters." he reasoned.

"I don't need to worry about her. Not right now, anyway."

"Hmmm, indeed." Vincent replied.

"...actually..." he then said.

"On that note, have you seen Vicki?" he asked.

"Or heard from her?" he asked further.

"I haven't spoken to her in a few days." he commented.

"Everything all right with her?" he asked, not wanting to assume the worst right now.

Vincent was silent for a moment, before nodding.

"You're right." he said.

"If she were to find out about this..." he went on, trailing off at the end.

"Well... you know what would happen." he muttered.

"And nobody wants that." he said further.

"But... how could this have happened...?" he then asked aloud, quiet and concerned.

After a few seconds, she saw her father coming towards her, haste in his stride, concern in his eyes.

"Alice? What is it?" he asked.

"What's wrong?" he asked her.

Alice then handed him her phone, and he looked at the feed.

"...hunt? Execution...?" he mumbled.

"Alice, what.... what is this?" he asked her.

"Is this some kind of sick joke on the internet?"

"Hmmmm." Ash mumbled.

"We could ask Kiah." he told her.

"If anyone would know if he destroyed his documents and scrapped his research, it'd be her." he said.

"She IS one of the few that were able to see him work a bit." he shrugged.

"I can try and contact her, see what she says?" he offered.

"But as you said, I think Lindsay would have done it anyway, in blind scared obedience." he reasoned.

Ash was silent as he heard that.

"...maybe Lindsay didn't destroy it after all?" he said.

"His notes, that is." he clarified.

"...but if he didn't, then... oh, I don't know!" he exclaimed.

"Obviously the future isn't what it should be, yeah?" he asked.

"Guess we gotta try and find out why. Maybe there's some clues in THIS part in time." he suggested.

"I dunno." he shrugged.

"But the future just dying doesn't make sense." he told her, before pausing.

"Uh... well.... hm." he then mumbled.

"Wait, don't we live in a multiverse?" he asked.

"Did you meddling with the past create some alternate timeline, and now you can't get back to your future because it's now technically another dimension?" he then asked her.

"...or am I talking out my ass?" he wondered aloud.

"I honestly don't know how this crap works."

Ash stepped inside and waited until the door was closed.

"Indeed." he said.

"Vicki never called me." he told her.

"Didn't text, didn't visit." he went on.

"Certainly didn't return the limiters." he continued.

"Was wondering if something was wrong, so I called and got no answer. So I came here, a bit concerned." he told her further.

"And I return to see... that... you're still here." he then commented.

"What's up with that?" he asked.

Ash was silent, before whirling around.

"Woops." he said.

"My bad." he told her.

"I'll.... I'll just step outside the room." he then said further.

"Let you dry off and get dressed." he went on.

"Because we gotta talk." he finished, making his way to the door, and making sure he didn't look at her.

"..." he was silent as he saw this.

"The hell?" he muttered.

"Yo!" he called out.

"Hey, you in!?" he asked.

'She wouldn't have gone out. Phone's still here.' he thought, going over and grabbing it.

"Hellooo?" he called out again.

"Mmhmm." Ash mumbled.

"I'll wait for it, then." he told her.

A couple of days had passed, and nothing.

No text. No phone call. No visit.

And certainly no return of the limiters.

Ash found that very strange.

"Wonder what's up..." he said, taking out his cell phone and calling Vicki's phone.