I see, so you’ll be changing something here to affect the alpha timeline? Not that I doubt you, but should you really be making this many changes? With enough of these changes you’ll make the alpha timeline look like it was made up on the spot! You know your “clock” isn’t a magic cure-all for all your problems. No matter how many times you rewind it, it isn’t going to suddenly make everything all better at once, much less due to the new alpha condition. You intend to roll with it nonetheless?
FURUYA: Yes, any further fundamental changes like that would ruin the branch beyond repair.
FURUYA: I’m not about to hit the nuclear option again.
FURUYA: They would be so... critical of my actions.
FURUYA: And yet, even after nuking the timeline like that, it’s not like the core issue went away.
It’s not something so easily overwritten, after all it was integral to your original Alpha Condition. You pulled some strings to get it to this state, and now it doesn’t even benefit you anymore. Rather sloppy don’t you think?
FURUYA: I’m trying my best! It’s just so much to think about, TOO much to think about!
FURUYA: They all become friends... how the ████ does that make any sense? Like, are you kidding me?
FURUYA: Yet, I’m supposed to just deal with that... that THING running around and causing chaos wherever it goes?
FURUYA: What in the ████ am I supposed to do about it?!
FURUYA: T-IND-HK...
That form the Hat Kid takes in a dire moment... it used to be a trump card in the original Alpha Condition, allowing her to easily defeat all of her enemies. An █████-class threat that easily handles any and all threats thrown at it. It was the form you bestowed upon Hat Kid back in the 2nd session. A form that allowed her to remain victorious, even despite the impossible odds and unintended total power of V-IND-ALM, and while it didn’t fully manifest during their fight... just your influence was enough. You just had to pull a few strings to reach the intended outcome.
FURUYA: And yet, I’m here considering pulling this one’s strings as well, in order to appease that new condition.
FURUYA: It’s bizarre... I don’t know how it happened, the only explanation is that someone used this terminal.
There’s no way for anyone to access your space, Furuya. Not physically anyways... nor would any being be able to handle the full extent of a Terminal. No species could handle it, at least not in this tree.
FURUYA: Yeah! And it’s not like they could even get the hardware required to run something like that...
FURUYA: Ohhh... it makes me so confused... so angry!
FURUYA: I’ll kill whoever did this.
FURUYA: It’s an act of deliberate sabotage, to make it so much worse for me!
FURUYA: This... this… meddler...
Relax! It’s okay! No need to get all heated over something you have no control over. Seems like a lot to handle by yourself, have you ever considered asking for an assistant?
FURUYA: ...i don't work well with other people ;c
Then don't worry about it! It's out of your control, nothing you can do about it!
FURUYA: I’m SUPPOSED to have control over it!
FURUYA: If I don’t have control over it, I’m failing at my job!
FURUYA: I can’t... I can’t fail. I just can’t.
FURUYA: I-I need to take control of the situation. I need to.