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[hungry_moth]

One of the more battered old Nexus Couches has been dragged over to a wall, leaving a small gap between the two. Someone is hiding behind the couch. They may have been there for a while, just listening to the Nexus and occasionally risking a peek. Finally, they seem to decide that whatever it is they're hiding from hasn't managed to follow them

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[allthestrings]

"I'd make sure the couch wasn't alive first," comments a creature from another couch. His skin is white, his armour is white, his eyes are white- you get the idea.

[hungry_moth]

"Alive?" For just a moment the edges of some very large wings might be seen poking out from behind the couch. "Couches can't be alive.. can they?"

[allthestrings]

"Anything's possible."

[hungry_moth]

"I don't want to eat something alive."

[allthestrings]

"What do you normally eat?"

[hungry_moth]

"Almost anything. Empty cans, broken pieces of plastic, damaged storage media, scrap metal..." As he speaks, Morph Moth risks peeking out from behind the couch to see who he's talking to. He doesn't actually recognize them, but knows the armor means they're another Reploid - or so he thinks. Look how fast he ducks back behind that couch!

[allthestrings]

"Hey, what's the matter?"

[hungry_moth]

"You're not a Maverick Hunter, are you?" comes the slightly shaky reply. Chill Penguin and Storm Eagle had been after him, but Morph Moth thought he'd lost them when he'd ended up here.

[allthestrings]

"Not anymore, Morph. It's fine. I couldn't hurt you here anyway."

[hungry_moth]

Not anymore? That puzzles him. But at least he's peeking back out now. "How do you know my name? Who are you?"

".. and what do you mean you can't hurt me here? Where is here?"

[allthestrings]

"My name's X. I" killed "knew you in my universe."

"This is the Nexus of all realities. I'm going to have to explain a lot, aren't I?"

[hungry_moth]

Given the way he's blinking and looking very confused, that's likely a 'yes'. But he's a bit more out from behind the couch now, too confused to be scared.

And there's a nod to confirm it. "I don't understand any of this. Two of the Hunters were chasing me, and then someone threw this at me," he holds up the PINPoint again, "and it brought me here. What do you mean 'your universe'?"

[allthestrings]

X folds a leg over the other.

"There are endless universes. Some are closer to others, some are similar. That's a teleporter, there."

[hungry_moth]

"I thought it might be, but the design is different." He wonders, briefly, what the PINPoint tastes like. Then he pokes at the couch a few times, not sure how to make sure it's not alive.

"Alternate realities? I think I read about that in a science fiction book I" ate "saw once."

[allthestrings]

"They're often speculated about before they're realised," X says, watching with mild, harmless amusement!

[hungry_moth]

"Could the Hunters find me here?" Food, food, must find food... Oh, hey, is that a wastebasket? Yes! And someone missed it earlier with a soda can! Morph scoops it up and nibbles it like a kid with a cookie. Yum! Aluminum!