By the time he showed up, I had come up with a plan. I had found a way to defeat all the Zims in that void and making it so that they couldn't cause havoc in any other timeline or universe anymore. And that would include my other self's, since he had not defeated his version of Zim yet.
I've told Varian that I want to build a portal here so that I can finish my goal to really defeat Zim for good no matter what universe he exists in to destroy, and keep a promise I made to help the other version of me.
But... well, I didn't tell Varian this part exactly to be honest, but the two of us had gotten into an argument about the situation. He thought that I was... that I was the one who had changed too much to even be seen as "Dib" anymore because of everything I experienced in comparison to what he hasn't had happen for him. Likely cause of all the stuff I had to do while I was in that place.
So we, uh... didn't exactly part on good terms from what I can recall, as the next thing I can remember really soon after, I was here.
[Fern takes a few minutes to read through all of this. Twice, because it's a lot to take in. It's become abundantly clear why Varian directed Zib to him, and oh. Oh boy, this is not something he expected to have to deal with today. Or... ever, really. How many people do you come across who have dealt with the multiverse, and multiversal evils, and alternate selves, and not getting along with alternate selves?
There are not many of those kinds of people out there. Also, there are now portals in the mix, and Fern remembers very clearly just how bad his and Varian's portal plans had gone in Deerington.]
dude uh ok man i don't even know where to start
even though that other version of you said all that you want to help the guy? let's start with that
Well... I guess you could call it a spite thing too, since if I do help him, he'll have to acknowledge that I was right all along in that argument we had, if that makes sense?
I was told that there was some kind of demon that was supposed to have been helping, but then they backstabbed everyone. And that the guardians of the dream layers got angry too and forced it to be shut down.
Then... I'll have to consider it a lost cause getting through to him.
But I still need to finish my goal of defeating Zim, no matter what timeline he is in, so as long as that is accomplished, then it's fine. That's what I want more, anyway.
[He knows he shouldn't be prodding this much, but he's been through all the feelings of spite and frustration and anger towards a variant of himself. Maybe Zib is just better than he is, but if he were in his shoes he'd absolutely want vengeance or something.]
alright dude that's a legit goal to have there might be an easier way to do it, though
[To be fair, the "proving his alternate right" method he has in mind can arguably be seen as a form of vengeance depending on how you look at it, but... he is trying not to give that away.]
well it didn't work for me, but apparently my wish wasn't great but i know a guy who grants wishes he's kind of my brother now, i guess? but anyways his name is Prismo and he's a wishmaster if you can get to his room he'll grant you one wish, whatever you want so all you'd have to do is make a portal to his room, then boom you make one very carefully worded wish to get rid of every Zim across every universe and you're done
[Zib sits back here, not responding for a moment to think the offer over.
Having someone who could do something like that rather than painstakingly going through every single universe in existence looking for Zim would be rather convenient. Still...]
[Fern is a little worried this might not be the best idea, but surely a trip to Prismo is safer as long as the wish is worded the right way?]
uh so i don't remember it because of weird space time stuff but i guess i wished for the Lich to have never existed that wound up creating a whole new universe with an alternate Finn uh, alternate me but stuff still got all donked up there so you gotta be really careful
... Given that I was in a void with thousands of copies of the most evil person I knew before I got here, I can only imagine just how much more worse the Lich could possibly be in comparison to Zim.
Well, I guess that is at least the tiniest point in Zim's favor, in that while he can and will say that the Irken Empire he is part of will destroy planets, I don't think they would intentionally try to wipe out all life in the universe since they do care about their own existence in the grand scheme of things.
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I've told Varian that I want to build a portal here so that I can finish my goal to really defeat Zim for good no matter what universe he exists in to destroy, and keep a promise I made to help the other version of me.
But... well, I didn't tell Varian this part exactly to be honest, but the two of us had gotten into an argument about the situation. He thought that I was... that I was the one who had changed too much to even be seen as "Dib" anymore because of everything I experienced in comparison to what he hasn't had happen for him. Likely cause of all the stuff I had to do while I was in that place.
So we, uh... didn't exactly part on good terms from what I can recall, as the next thing I can remember really soon after, I was here.
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There are not many of those kinds of people out there. Also, there are now portals in the mix, and Fern remembers very clearly just how bad his and Varian's portal plans had gone in Deerington.]
dude
uh ok
man i don't even know where to start
even though that other version of you said all that you want to help the guy?
let's start with that
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Kind of?
I mean... he's still me. And the idea of a version of me being out there still having a Zim to deal with doesn't sit well with me.
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[Or maybe that's just Fern. He really need to learn to not to project his own issues onto other people.]
did Varian tell you what happened last time we tried making interdimensional portals?
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I was told that there was some kind of demon that was supposed to have been helping, but then they backstabbed everyone. And that the guardians of the dream layers got angry too and forced it to be shut down.
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that makes sense
[He gets spite. Spite is a very powerful force.]
what would you do if he didn't acknowledge you were right?
ok good just checking
portals are always dicey, no matter what world you're in
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Then... I'll have to consider it a lost cause getting through to him.
But I still need to finish my goal of defeating Zim, no matter what timeline he is in, so as long as that is accomplished, then it's fine. That's what I want more, anyway.
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[He knows he shouldn't be prodding this much, but he's been through all the feelings of spite and frustration and anger towards a variant of himself. Maybe Zib is just better than he is, but if he were in his shoes he'd absolutely want vengeance or something.]
alright dude
that's a legit goal to have
there might be an easier way to do it, though
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Really? Like what?
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it didn't work for me, but apparently my wish wasn't great
but i know a guy who grants wishes
he's kind of my brother now, i guess?
but anyways his name is Prismo and he's a wishmaster
if you can get to his room he'll grant you one wish, whatever you want
so all you'd have to do is make a portal to his room, then boom
you make one very carefully worded wish to get rid of every Zim across every universe and you're done
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[Zib sits back here, not responding for a moment to think the offer over.
Having someone who could do something like that rather than painstakingly going through every single universe in existence looking for Zim would be rather convenient. Still...]
What was the wish you had tried to make?
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uh so i don't remember it because of weird space time stuff
but i guess i wished for the Lich to have never existed
that wound up creating a whole new universe with an alternate Finn
uh, alternate me
but stuff still got all donked up there
so you gotta be really careful
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[At least, that's Zib's guess on that matter.]
And it was done for... a "Lich"? Isn't that a type of undead creature?
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all i know is apparently i made the wish, and it only made things worse until my brother made another wish and fixed everything
yeah but he isn't just A Lich
he's THE Lich
big difference
you don't want to run into the guy
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just think of the most evil person ever and times that jerk by a thousand
and you MIGHT start getting close to the Lich
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all he wants is for life everywhere, in every universe, and outside of every universe, to end
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Well, I guess that is at least the tiniest point in Zim's favor, in that while he can and will say that the Irken Empire he is part of will destroy planets, I don't think they would intentionally try to wipe out all life in the universe since they do care about their own existence in the grand scheme of things.
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but yeah, that's the Lich
point is he's a huge donk and Prismo might be able to help you
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Thanks for your advice, Fern. It's given me something to think about going forward here.
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if you ever need to talk to someone about stuff don't hesitate to hit me up, ok?