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GPF Archive: Thursday, October 3, 2002 [[Todd and Old Trudy are opposing each other in an empty area.]] / Old Trudy:<> / [[Todd reaches for remote control in Old Trudy's hand.]] / <> / [[Todd cannot grab the control, as he is becoming immaterial.]] / Old Trudy: Aw . . . You don't seem to be all here, Todd. Why, I can see right through you . . . Heh. / [[Todd gapes at his translucent hands.]] / Old Trudy: I never play fair, nor will I stand around and wait to die. Time has run out for you, Todd, but I have all the time in the world. . . / [[Old Trudy disappears in a flash as Todd gestures angrily.]] / Old Trudy: <> / [[Todd disappears completely.]]
GPF Archive: Friday, October 4, 2002 [[Fooker takes Nick's hand and is helped up]] / [[Dexter stands by while an unknown UGA agent is holding a CRUDE trooper prisoner as helicopters land]] / [[Trent, Maddie, Amadeus, and Sharon get out of a vehicle.]] / [[Professor Wisebottom, holding the molds, Dwayne, Ki, Fooker, and Nick are going down some stairs]]
GPF Archive: Saturday, October 5, 2002 [[Trent, Dexter, Sharon, Fooker, Dwayne with his hand on Nick's shoulder, Nick, Ki, Professor Wisebottom with Fred and Persephone, Maddie, and Amadeus are standing from left to right]] / Nick: So... What's with the black pajamas? / {{End Chapter Eight}}
GPF Archive: Sunday, October 6, 2002: Surreptitious Machinations: Chapter Nine: Loosening Up Tied Ends [[Focus is on coffeemaker, coffee cup, and television.]] / Coffee cup: U.G.A. "You don't know me." / Renata Fayre: [[On television, WPET]] New York slowly returns to normal in the wake of the mysterious C.R.U.D.E. attack. As more and more evidence surfaces... / [[Hand comes into view]] / Renata Fayre: [[On television, WPET]] Still unanswered is the question of who the enigmatic "Men In Black" were that opposed the equally mysterious C.R.U.D.E... / <> / Fooker: And hopefully it will stay that way. / [[Focus on Ki and Fooker, standing next to T.V.]] / Ki: So that's it. Trudy and C.R.U.D.E. have been defeated, and everyone goes home safe, albeit confused. / Fooker: Yup. / Ki: Seems kinds of... I don't know... anticlimactic. As if there are still questions left purposely unanswered. / Fooker: About par for the course 'round here. / [[Focus on Ki, Fooker, and Patrick Stewart/Amadeus.]] / Ki: Our lives have gotten so much more complicated. C.R.U.D.E., the U.G.A., Trudy . . . I don't know how I'm going to sleep at night... / Fooker: Don't worry... / [[Focus on Fooker and Patrick Stewart/Amadeus.]] / Fooker: Once we erase those memories, you'll sleep like an innocent, ignorant baby...
GPF Archive: Monday, October 7, 2002 Ki: What?! You're going to erase my memories again?! / Fooker: No, but I want my boss to think I am. Shh! / Fooker: I'm not going to erase yours, Nick's, Dwayne's, or Sharon's. I don't think it's fair, and I don't like doing it, especially after all we've been through... / Ki: And Trent and Dexter? / Fooker: Already wiped, so don't talk to them about it. They don't remember a thing. / Sharon: Fooker! Why doesn't Dexter remember we ever dated?! / Fooker: Crap. Now I have to wipe him again... / Dexter: Do I know you?
 
GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 Sharon: So now what becomes of us? / Fooker: I'm not sure yet. At one point, there was talk of making you all permanent U.G.A. agents... / Ki: Oh, no you don't. I've had my fill of secret agent work for now... / Fooker: And that's why we aren't. / Fooker: I heard rumors that evidence clearing Dwayne made it to the press, so maybe he can rebuild GPF. / Ki: That would be Todd's doing. / Fooker: So, if you don't tell anyone of what happened here, your lives should return to normal... / Sharon: //Why didn't he say "our lives?"//
GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 9, 2002 [[Ki and Sharon are looking at Fooker, who is sitting with his leg in the crash]] / Ki: How's your leg? / Fooker: Broke my femur in the crash, but I'll be okay. Just going to take some time. / Sharon: Um, Ki... Can I talk with Fooker, please? / Ki: Sure, Sharon. Where's Nick? / Fooker: In the back. / [[Ki peers into a back room]] / Ki: Nick? / [[Nick is sitting on a bed, tears running down his face]]
GPF Archive: Thursday, October 10, 2002 Nick: I can understand if you don't want to talk to me. / Ki: Then why would I seek you out? / Nick: I'm such a fool, Ki. I can't see the forest for the trees. How could I be so blind? So... naive? / Nick: I betrayed the trust of my closest friends for blind faith in a person who I thought was something else. What's wrong with me? / Ki: Nothing. There was good in Trudy, and you found it. Your only fault was you couldn't help her find it sooner.
GPF Archive: Friday, October 11, 2002 Nick: I could blame so much on Trudy... she used me and manipulated me. Yet why do I blame myself? Why do I feel like it's my fault I didn't stop her sooner? / Ki: It's not your fault. Trudy made her own path, and now she must face the consequences. And you've learned a valuable lesson, that while your trust can be an asset, it can also be a liability. / Nick: Ya know, you have every right to be angry with me. I ignored your warnings. We argued. I can understand if you don't want to be around me anymore... / Ki: No. You see, I've also learned a valuable lesson from someone very important to me. And that's infinite patience and forgiveness.
GPF Archive: Saturday, October 12, 2002 [[Nick and Ki sit together in a room, Ki takes something from Nick's pocket]] / Ki: What's this? / Nick: It's the card Trudy gave me when we first met. / [[Ki reads the card]] / Ki: So... you really do forgive her? After all she's done? / Nick: Yes. I can't help it, Ki. It's part of who I am. / [[Nick takes the card back from Ki]] / Nick: I forgive her, but I can't help her. Like you said, she's made her own path, and hopefully learned her own lessons. She's on her own now, and so are we. / Ki: ? / [[Nick throws the card into a bin]] / Nick: I just hope the lessons she learns don't come at too high of a price...
 
GPF Archive: Sunday, October 13, 2002 [[Nick and Dwayne are talking, Dwayne is in the bathroom shaving]] / Nick: Hey, Dwayne. You're looking quite chipper... / Dwayne: And why shouldn't I be? / [[Closeup of Dwayne]] / Dwayne: Fooker spoke at length with his superiors about clearing my name. With the evidence out there, it will be a cinch. We just have to go through the legal motions. / [[Dwaynes back is to the reader, looking into a mirror, Nick is standing to his left]] / Dwayne: Once that's done, they'll help with the insurance company. We'll be rebuilding GPF in no time! / Nick: I suppose having a secret agent for a friend has benefits. / [[Ki enters the bathroom]] / Dwayne: Best of all, they're flying us home soon. I can't wait to see Nicole and Sydney. I miss my two favorite women in the world! / Ki: Which explains the shave... / [[Nick points to his moustache]] / Dwayne: Heh... I can get away with it in prison, but not when I finally get home. Nicole hates facial hair... / Nick: Ya know, I might just keep my mustache. I think it makes-- / Dwayne, Ki: No. / Nick: And it was unanimous, too...
GPF Archive: Monday, October 14, 2002 [[Ki comes in. Persephone is sitting on a counter]] / Ki: Hi, Persephone. Where's Fred? / Persephone: I'm not sure. I think he went looking for moldy food in the kitchen. / Persephone: Wow... all this has been so exciting! And we no longer have to worry about Trudy! / Ki: I wouldn't say that. She's still out there, somewhere... / [[Ki is picking up something that looks like a magazine or Trudy's card to Nick]] / Persephone: Is that why you seem worried? Everyone else is happy, but you seem burdened, almost like Todd did when he first-- / [[Ki covers her face and cries. Persephone looks worried]] / Persephone: OH.
GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 Persephone: So... there's been no word from Todd? / Ki: No one's seen him since the fight began. / Ki: He came to his past, planning to change it, with no idea what would happen to him in the process. He was fully prepared to die to save all of us. I wish I knew if he did... or didn't. / Persephone: Oh... That temporal paradox thing Fred told me about. Maybe he went back to his own time, to find all had been set right. / Ki: I don't think so, Perseph. And it hurts deep inside to think what the alternatives might be...
GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 Ki: It's hard eough to lose someone, but a child... your child, and one you never knew you had... that turned out like him... / Persephone: Have you asked the others? Maybe they saw him... / Ki: None of them know Todd was my son. They had enough hard things to deal with. No one has seen him. / Persephone: And Nick? / Ki: I can't tell him. Not yet. Someday, maybe. But he has enough to sort through as it is, and he needs me to help him. / Persephone: Then I'll be here to help you, Ki. I know slime molds aren't very cuddly, but you could use a hug. / Ki: Yes. Yes, I can.
GPF Archive: Thursday, October 17, 2002 [[Nick and Wiesbottom are looking at Project Velociraptor]] / Nick: Uncle Wise? / Wisebottom: Oh, Nick! Just admiring your handiwork. / [[Nick looks stern, and his untied tie hangs around his neck]] / Wisebottom: Our secret agent friends confiscated your "Velociraptor" device. / Nick: Don't mess with it. I plan to destroy it and the plans. / [[Wisebottom looks shocked]] / Wisebottom: Destroy it? What will your employers at JCN say about that? / Nick: I'm quitting JCN. This is too dangerous for any person or group to have. / Wisebottom: Can you at least tell me how it works? One scientist to another? / Nick: Sorry, Unk... but frankly, I don't have a clue...
 
GPF Archive: Friday, October 18, 2002 Wisebottom: You don't know how it works?! / Nick: It's some sort of free energy device. It shouldn't work, but it does. / Wisebottom: Free energy? Yes, that's impossible. Perhaps it draws energy from another universe. How did you build it? / Nick: The inventor's gene. An idea hit me, and before I knew it, it was done. / Wisebottom: That doesn't matter, my boy. Together, we can reverse engineer it! Perhaps we can solve the world energy crisis! / Nick: No! Don't you understand? / Nick: Do you think you will be able to sleep at night, knowing your machine time machine caused these horrible events? / Wisebottom: Er, point taken.
GPF Archive: Saturday, October 19, 2002 [[Sharon looks shocked as she continues a conversation with Fooker]] / Sharon: You're going to _what_?! / Fooker: Sharon, I _told_ you! It's not like I have much of a choice? / Sharon: But all that evidence out there to _clear_ you! / Fooker: My cover's been blown! What good is an undercover agent with no cover? / [[Sharon looks angry and has a tear running from one eye]] / Sharon: So that's it? You're just going to _leave_?! / Fooker: For a while. I'm being reassigned overseas. Once the fervor dies down, I'll find a way to come back. / [[Sharon pounds her fists on Fooker's cast, and Fooker adopts a pained expression]] / Sharon: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE DOING THIS TO ME! / Fooker: YEOW! I can say the same thing!
GPF Archive: Sunday, October 20, 2002 [[Sharon tears up]] / Sharon: I can't believe I was about to forgive you for your petty "UNIX rules, Macs drool" stunt... / Fooker: I told you I thought Mac OS X was kewl... / Sharon: And now you pull a stunt like this. "Reassigned overseas!" You, sir, have a fear of commitment! / Fooker: A what?! Where did that come from? / Sharon: Next you'll probably tell me you can't say where, because it's a matter of national security! / Fooker: Well, it is! / [[Sharon glares at Fooker]] / Sharon: And that you won't be able to contact me because you don't want the bad guys to come after me to get to you! / Fooker: Actually... / [[Sharon walks into the next room]] / Sharon: Fine. Have it your way. / Fooker: Don't go into the next room and pout! You know I can't walk in there!
GPF Archive: Monday, October 21, 2002 [[Fooker pulls at an angry, crying Sharon's arm with his crutch]] / Fooker: Sharon, please... just listen for a moment... / [[Fooker holds Sharon by her arms.]] / Fooker: I'm sorry. I don't want to go away. I want to stay here with you and my friends, but _I can't_. Not while C.R.U.D.E. is on the loose and I'll put you in jeopardy. / [[Fooker is now holding a glass]] / Sharon: How do I know you're telling the truth? / Fooker: Because I accidentallly drank this truth serum instead of my Mountain Dew. / [[Fooker gestures with his finger]] / Sharon: All right. Where are you being reassigned? / Fooker: I can't tell you. / Sharon: But the truth serum... / Fooker: But I didn't lie.
GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 [[Fooker looks sad and Sharon looks more receptive.]] / Fooker: I love you, Sharon. I was stupid once and I learned my lesson. I _never_ want to lose you again. / Fooker: You're strong and independent, and I know you can take care of yourself, but there are some things in this world bigger than both of us, and it's my job to fight them. / [[Fooker takes Sharon's hand; Sharon looks sad]] / Fooker: I swear to you I'll come back, but only if you're waiting for me. If not, I'll stay away and never return, but my heart will always be here. / [[Sharon falls into Fooker's arms and embraces him]] / Sharon: Come back to me in one piece, you big, dumb, OS bigot.
 
GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 [[Fooker is on his crutches. Nick, Sharon, Ki, and one of the slime molds are getting into the van. Dwayne and Wisebottom are seated inside the van. Everyone has changed into civilian clothing except for Nick, who is wearing the same clothing as before]] / Fooker: Hurry up. This van will take you to the airport. / Nick: Thanks. Um, Fooker... are you sure about this? / [[Sharon has a sad smile on her face. Fooker and Nick shake hands]] / Sharon: He's sure. He knows what he's doing. / Nick: We're going to miss you, big guy. / Fooker: Take care of the molds for me! / [[Nick, Ki, and Sharon wave goodbye in the back of the van]] / Fooker: Smell ya later, gang! / [[The van pulls out of the UGA garage, and Fooker looks sad]]
GPF Archive: Thursday, October 24, 2002 Dwayne: I'm sorry, Sharon. / Sharon: It's okay, Mr. Duncan. He knows how I feel... / Nick: You okay? / Ki: Yeah... / Nick: Do... Do we need to talk? / Ki: No.. Just hold me. / Dwayne: With Fooker gone, I don't know how GPF can rebuild. He was the best sysadmin I ever had. / Sharon: Well.. I haven't had time to type up a resume... / Sharon: But I'd be honored to work for you, sir. / Dwayne: Well, it was one heck of a job interview, but after today, you're hired.
GPF Archive: Friday, October 25, 2002 [[Later, at the airport...]] / Nick: Hey. We're boarding in a few minutes... / Nick: You sure you're okay? / Ki: Yeah. Just have a lot to... think about. / Nick: Anything you want to share? / Ki: Not yet, if that's okay. I'll tell you later. Right now, I just want to make up for lost "us" time. / Ki: What do you think of the name "Todd"? / Nick: Todd? Er...It's okay, I guess. Why? / Ki: Just...wondering...
GPF Archive: Saturday, October 26, 2002 [[Scene: An airport. Nick and Ki sit on a couch facing a window, cuddling.]] / Nick: Hey... You're not asking about "Todd" as a baby name, are you? / Ki: Heh. Guess it's a bit early for that, huh? We're not even engaged... / Nick: Yeah. Hypothetically, what do you think you'd say if I asked you to marry me? / Ki: That's awful sudden... / Nick: I know. Just wondering. / Ki: Hypothetically, I'd probably say "yes". / Nick: Ah. Okay. / Nick: Todd, huh? I think I like that...
GPF Archive: Sunday, October 27, 2002 {{Epilogue: You knew there had to be a "but"...}} / [[Extradimensional space. The Gamester hunches over a large pink sphere, as Mischief cheers behind him.]] / Mischief: WOOHOO! THEY DID IT! WE WON! WIIGII! / [[Mischief gives a "thumbs up" while touching her hip with her other hand]] / Mischief: BOOYAH! WHO'S THE EXTRADIMENSIONAL ENTITIES? WE ARE! WE ARE HOT! PSSSS! / [[Mischief imitates the Arsenio Hall "bark"]] / Mischief: HUZZAH! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! / [[Gamester glares over Mischief as she stops in mid-woof]] / Mischief: Woo-- / Gamester: Are you quite finished? / Mischief: Do I get fired if I answer anything other than "yes?"
GPF Archive: Sunday, October 27, 2002 {{Epilogue: You knew there had to be a "but"...}} / [[Extradimensional space. The Gamester hunches over a large pink sphere, as Mischief cheers behind him.]] / Mischief: WOOHOO! THEY DID IT! WE WON! WIIGII! / [[Mischief gives a "thumbs up" while touching her hip with her other hand]] / Mischief: BOOYAH! WHO'S THE EXTRADIMENSIONAL ENTITIES? WE ARE! WE ARE HOT! PSSSS! / [[Mischief imitates the Arsenio Hall "bark"]] / Mischief: HUZZAH! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! / [[Gamester glares over Mischief as she stops in mid-woof]] / Mischief: Woo-- / Gamester: Are you quite finished? / Mischief: Do I get fired if I answer anything other than "yes?"
 
GPF Archive: Monday, October 28, 2002 {{Part of the Surreptitious Machinations story arc.}} / Mischief: Aw, c'mon, boss! They fixed the time line! The danger has passed! It's time to par-tay! / The Gamester: Hardly, Mischief. / The Gamester: The empress' cycle has been broken, yes. The time line has been restored within acceptable parameters. But the danger is far from over... / Mischief: I don't get it. Todd goes back, gets Ki to talk to Nick, Nick denies Trudy, cycle ends. We patch the paradox and everyone goes home happy! / Mischief: Right? / The Gamester (holding up an orb): You seem to be forgetting a few loose ends...
GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 {{Part of the Surreptitious Machinations story arc.}} / [[The Gamester is holding an orb with Empress Trudy's image in it.]] / Mischief (startled): Oh. You mean...? / The Gamester: Precisely. / The Gamester: The immediate battle has passed. But the war is not yet finished. Now that this universe has been stabilized, we can concentrate on the remaining mysteries. / The Gamester: First is the source of the paradox. The "empress" could never have begun her cycle without help. Our task shall be to find that culprit. / [[The Gamester tosses the orb over his shoulder to Mischief.]] / The Gamester: As for her... / Mischief: Oooh... I forgot about that...
GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Mischief: So... what exactly DID happen to her? / Gamester: I'm not certain yet. It all depends on when she made her time jump. / Gamester: A second too early, and she will simply materialize somwhen else and vanish there. A second too late, and she vanishes before the jump takes effect. / Mischief: And if she hit it right on the nose...? / Gamester: Then she becomes separated from the time stream and becomes a rogue element. A radical variable in the temporal mechanics. / Mischief: That's a bad thing, right? / Gamester: As you would say, "Correct-a-mundo."
GPF Archive: Thursday, October 31, 2002 Gamester: We must locate the Empress, assuming she still exists... / Mischief: Is that because she still poses a threat to the flow of time? / Gamester: So you DID pay attention in temporal mechanics class. Yes, to a degree, we must find her to preserve temporal completeness. / Gamester: But she also holds the key to finding the culprit who caused the paradox in the first place. She may not consciously know, but the first iteration's imprint should still be readable. / Gamester: Whoever tampered with this universe's time stream is highly dangerous. Time is of the essence... so to speak...
GPF Archive: Friday, November 1, 2002 Mischief: So... Once we find her and whoever helped her, we're done with this universe? / Gamester: Not likely. / Gamester: If our intruder has designs on this universe, he or she is likely to strike again, and this world offers AMPLE opportunities for meddling. / Mischief: Oh... like that wise guy's time machine! / Gamester: Actually, THIS is the one I fear most. His time line is riddled with possible infractions. / [[Nick appears in the crystal ball]] / Gamester: We must keep a close eye on him. I suspect he may be more trouble than he's worth.
 

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