[RL with Zechs, Tyki and Rufus]

[clockmaster]

Hakuba shivered, the weather wasn't any better now than when he left Gaia a few days ago. He nearly killed himself driving the iced road, he still needs more driving lessons. The detective couldn't use the flying broom, he gave it to that demon woman, Trish, anticipating that Elphaba would not mind. He imagined that the witch would symphatize with another woman who was being hunted like her, and, after all, the broom will fly back to it's original owner if something goes wrong. If not, he would just have to deal with another psychopathic friend.

The boy realy hoped that all was going well on the Ark...Tyki was really alive, and he remembered Zechs and the community. Such a relief. Hakuba was still worried and a bit scared, but damn him if he was going to left that kind of emotions to take control. Hakuba was in front of Zechs's door now, he had the keys of the apartmen, but he hesitated. Zechs was less than joyful when he prevented him to go to his lover's side for the second time. Knowing that trying to trying to delay the inevitable was useless, he opened the door carefully.

"Zechs?"

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Perhaps the ZERO system detected the doorway opening, but it all happened fast enough that neither man had a chance to react to the large black rectangle that suddenly appeared against the wall. Always before the doorway had been white, composed of hexagons, but this was an impenetrable black.

Different Ark, different doorway.

Tyki stepped through just in time to see Hakuba destroy his hand and a perfectly good computer.

"What the fuck is going on here?"

Tyki's voice was an exhausted rasp, but it was perfectly understandable. He stepped through the doorway and it disappeared, which was a good thing because he immediately leaned agaiant the nearest wall for support. His face was drawn with pain after walking all that way alone, but his eyes were bright and lucid.

He no longer had the scars on his forehead, but his skin was still dark, and his eyes golden. He was dressed in a black nightgown of Victorian design, all lace at the collar and cuffs, and falling in a shimmer of silk down to his feet.