Back at the commissary...

...and then we sent Mirai and Macceles back as well. That's just about it.

Hmmm, alrighty. So, what you're saying is, what you look like now is a future form of yourself, but not as far in the future as the Mirai Macc form.

Yup.

So then... if you changed into a future form this way, would you have even had this future form if it wasn't for Joutei? Or was there some other way you were supposed to transform?

Errr...

And how about that Mirai form? How do you know that this hasn't caused history to be irrevocably altered so that now you'll never become him anymore?

...I hate time travel.

Better watch it, you always run into a ton of plot holes when dealing with time travel.

Ah, Zero, you're back!

And so am I. So, did we miss anything?

Not much. Some visitors from alternate universes came by, I got upgraded to a slightly future version of me, and oh yeah, there's some new insanely powerful villain on the loose who managed to get past Mr. T.

Ah, the usual, huh?

Y'know, Macc... there's just one thing I've been wondering about. If all those other visitors were all some alternate form of you, where does that Mac with one c fit in?

Mac? You mean that wuss I destroyed in Mega Man X3?

Um... I'm sure that was just a coincidence. Must've been just because of the similarity in the name, or something.

This is some of that not-so-subtle foreshadowing, isn't it?

...Merlin, don't you have a roof to fix?

...gee, thanks for reminding me. *grumbles, and walks off*

Heh... ahem. ...poker?

Sure.

Only if Cats isn't playing.

Don't worry, he's not. Rampage?

Heck, why not.

Cid?

Well...

Cid! It mailbag time!

...meh, don't feel like it. You do it.

I woulds, but it time for Cats speech lesson.

Grammar of perfect will mine be soon!

*sigh* Alright then. Later guys. *leaves*

Okay, I guess it's just the four of us then. I wonder where Orakio and Drak went, anyway?

Meanwhile, somewhere on the stairway...

*falls down the stairs* Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

Geez, Orak... you weren't kidding when you said you were really bad with stairs.

Climbing stairs is easy enough... it's the getting down part I always have trouble with. Remind me to ask Macc to fix that damn elevator of his.

Eheh... will do.

Back at the commissary...

Hey, Macc. Aren't we, like, forgetting something?

Hm? Like what?

Well... I don't think we ever actually did the show, did we?

...so we didn't. Ah well. I'm sure Vegeta'll think of something else to air that'll get good ratings.

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