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Early morning, rain is dripping. Airy got up, while his guest was still testing the comfort of reed bed.

Today was an important day, the one where season two ends. Host was watching his contestants, how they interact, they also probably talk, but he was too far from the speaker to hear, soon he will start last challenge, not to eliminate anyone, but just to feel that it's over.

Airy clicked on one of his shortcuts, rewriting some details and a few seconds later everyone was in their self-made shack.

Contestants were so tired, any hope or dream looked so out of reach that they gave up trying. That cable was their last hope, last protest to god-like creature, which trapped them here, pulling cable out had possibility to do anything, but even Plane exploding seemed like better fate than nothing, that they got in the end.

—Guys, don't go out. I'll prep the challenge, — He quietly said before starting to draw with sand on surface of the planet. It was fascinating, because Plane had its own physics and even when host started to pour sand on downside of the planet it was still sticking. 

And now it was time for another challenge, something else that this sadist came out with just to watch them suffer. Even though teleporting them in the shack was new, everyone was too tired to analyze it, until they heard the sound of running sand and could see walls appear out of colourful rocks. Contestants who were facing exit due to teleport watched how it unfolded and in five minutes a voice from the sky started to speak again: —Alright… The final challenge will be to find berries in this labyrinth —Airy fell silent for a while, then continued —This challenge isn't for elimination, everyone just needs to finish. Three, two, one, go!

—What do you mean just finish?! — Bryce, who had at least some energy to argue, screamed —Now you wouldn't even eliminate anyone?! I can't believe how utterly stupi-

—No. — Airy interrupted Sodabottle from shouting —After this challenge you all get a wish, I will uh…fulfill it and everyone gets sent home.

—Hooray! — Atom exclaimed 

—I can't believe it…— Amelia immediately started to cry, it was unclear if it was tears of joy of fear…

—Hey! Why do you change rules so suddenly? — Moldy's head showed from the shack, staring in the sky with raised eyebrows — Is it just a trick to make us want to do the challenge?! I wouldn't believe you just decided that on the spot!

—Yes, I didn't. — Host admitted — I got a good deal for that, so I'm changing it up a little. — Airy smiled, imagining how he would listen to his cassettes again on a daily basis, how he would be able to sing along again, accompanied by pleasant voices in his routine. He missed it, sounds of nature are good, but lack of music dulled his days and so when he got one of a kind opportunity to take this privilege back - he did, in long run it will pay off, even if for now it could be seen as unfair exchange.

—Long time no see, guys! I actually found Airy — Liam's disembodied voice said, showing that he is here. Airy shuddered, but did nothing about Liam's presence. Liam couldn't hear them from a distance, but he could see some gestures: Bryce's whole body showed something like "Told you he'll get it!", Subway Seat and Whippy Creamy investigated if they could see Liam anywhere, turning in every direction and everyone else was more or less expecting him to start doing something, 

 —I will control that he is going to send you all home, right, Airy?

—There is last challenge. I…wanted to make it while you're asleep — Airy admitted.

—You promised to let them back today! —Liam resent, gesturing with hands and clearly not enjoying that his friends need to do one more stupid challenge.

—Challenge takes…less than a day.

—That doesn't mean that you can have fun until dawn! 

—Why not…?

Backpack was pissed by how oblivious Airy was, he fell silent for a moment, feeling how anger multiplied in his whole being. —MAYBE BECAUSE YOU TORTURED THEM-

—Backpack, you're too loud!!! We'll do stupid challenge, it's okay!

Liam stopped to shout realising that he probably could deafen contestants if he continued and they totally didn't deserve that. He took a deep breath, trying to calm down. Not like he could do it fully when he knew that even though he is here he still can't do much and just hope that Airy will do what Liam orders.

Arguing wasn't going to do anything, except letting Liam to vent his anger for everything Airy done to him, which wasn't a bad opportunity, but it wasn't the right time, so Plecak bit his lip and sat on the floor, just waiting for it to be over. Noticing a shift in Liam's position Airy moved planet so that Backpack could see the show too.

Liam started to glance at the tiny planet, seeing how everyone was going by one route so if they find finish they wouldn't need to wait for anyone. The road wasn't easy, Charlotte's energy was yet again drained by the mold, not completely, but enough that she needed assistance of Tray and Whippy Creamy, Subway Seat used his hands to walk, Atom was really small to keep pace and Amelia… she looked like she was lost in time and space, slightly behind the group. Backpack wasn't willing to see this for hours, so he turned in Airy's direction —Can you give me the mic? 

Lamp slowly reached for the microphone and carefully, with a smile, gave it to Liam. This expression creeped Liam out, not because it was exactly scary; smile was small, almost imperceptible, but knowing that he was smiling when looking at people he tortured and isolated from the rest of the world…

Liam took the mic trying to not look back at Airy and then he carefully started to lead contestants. They looked slightly happier with directions from their friend, moving a bit faster because now they clearly have the best route. 

Not even ten minutes later they finished, passing the final turn and seeing… berries the size of the house, not less.

Something about huge berries made it irrationally funny to Airy, so he keeped them that way for competition. Seeing how dumbfounded contestants looked finding it made him soundlessly chuckle, definitely was worth it. The berries weren't even that big when he got them, they were young, just grown berries that he specifically enlarged for it. This challenge wasn't prepared in advance, he thought about it this evening and was excited to see it unfold ever since.

After calming himself down, Airy focused on Liam, who was watching him with unpleasant expression on his face. Airy showed that he needed a microphone. Liam stood up and held it out to him, and Airy, grabbing it, started his speech:

—Thank you guys, for competing in my competition, you all did great!— he paused a little, trying to sound better than usual — I'm grateful to have contestants like you, you all made me incredibly happy for these few months we were together, so now I want to ask…

What will be your wish?

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After this cheerful monologue nobody tried to speak for a minute or two. Everyone wished to just move on from the Plane, which already will happen without a wish, so they needed to find something else. It was a hard task, after all this time expecting someone to desire anything more complex than just this was… optimistic.

First to break the silence was Whippy Creamy with a simple request —I still would like some cool glasses though.

—Maybe some cake to celebrate? — Atom suggested, interested to see what this "cake" was looking like, knowing about it only from other object's dialogues.

—Getting rid of it all would be great, — Charlotte added, pointing at her body and looking at the dead weight that mold was for her all this time.

—Please consider that the wish is…un…one for y'all, —Airy said, breaking everyone's thought process. This clarification provoked some dissatisfaction, but soon enough they started to think what could be their prize.

Liam wanted to say something about not giving everyone their individual wish, but then he remembered that it's Airy and it's a miracle he wasn't lying about it like he did with viewers and will actually grant even one wish. Plecak switched his attention to the group's dialogue, waiting interested in what his friends will come up with and how exactly Airy is going to do it.

For a while they discussed this topic, thinking what would be best to wish for or how to squeeze all of their requests into one wish, because sadly wishing for more wishes doesn't look like something Airy would actually sign for.

Brainstorming session got interrupted when Tray asked: —What about eliminated contestants? Maybe we should wish for something that they could appreciate too?

—That's a good idea! But what can we do? —Amelia answers a question with a question. With this additional idea of what to wish for started to take more practical form, being quite abstract, to be more suitable for everyone. Liam and Airy listened to how it transformed to the state it was in now.

—Airy, we are ready to tell you our wish! — With permission of everyone else Subway Seat proclaimed, looking at the sky.

—I'm listening, —Host monotonously responded, leaning a bit to the speaker.

—Our wish for you is to make sure, possibly without stealing everyone again, that every contestant of ONE is living in good conditions after the competition and, if not, it's your obligation to help them with improving it!

It was a hard task, but backing away after asking was too late for Airy, not even mentioning Liam who was still there…Host started to deeply think about how to do it and what possibly can be the conditions he'll need to help with.

Slow, but surely annoyed tapping on his lid brought him out of his thoughts. It was Liam, who gave up on waiting for Airy to answer to contestants. —You heard the wish? 

—Yeah, I'm just…thinking about it, — he said, trying to go away from the thought process.

—Well, I think I have an idea what we can do, — seeing attention from the host he continued —With contestant's permission you can bring Stone and we can ask him for universe coordinates. Go to the waiting room- it's a place where everyone go when they die, you probably saw it and…

Seeing that Airy started to stare at the floor again and possibly not listen to him, Liam tapped once more. It was surprisingly effective, sending unpleasant vibrations through Airy's head piece. He shuddered, stopped vibrations by putting his hand on the lid and then he stared at Liam once again, now looking a little lost.

—In the waiting room we will enter coordinates and go to needed dimensions to make sure about everyone's well being! How about it? — Liam ended his suggestion, it wasn't an easy task and he never wanted it to be this way. He wanted to see how Airy will help everyone whose life he was worsening all of this time…maybe he will feel some guilt for his actions after all. Besides, this way Liam could take Airy to earth and send him to a mental hospital or something along these lines, but more importantly this way Airy physically couldn't continue ONE, about what Liam thought a few times before and just the idea of it sent chills down his spine and made his heart beat faster, so, yes, definitely a good idea to not make that happen.

—Okay, — for the lack of a better plan than this one Airy agreed. It wouldn't be that long before he will do all of this stuff and come back here anyway. Just a little adventure wouldn't hurt, right?

—Guys, is it okay if we bring Stone here? When we checked his dimension with Bryce there were only inanimate rocks on the ground and I can assume we wouldn't distract him from something important. 

—Sounds legit, but why would you need him there for, Liam? — Bryce asked, curious about what exactly his friend wanted to achieve.

Liam explained his genius idea once again, getting another question from Bryce —So you want to go with him?

Covering the microphone with his hand, Liam whispered —Only to make sure he will actually do it, I don't trust him. And I also don't want to leave him here alone so that he could start another season.

After a bit of thinking about it everyone agreed that they are okay with this idea. Getting permission from Backpack Airy activated code he entered while this conversation lasted.

Stone appeared mid-jump, in the same pose everyone saw him last time. He landed on the ground and waved to the rest of the contestants, appearing happier and less worried than last time. After this he looked in the sky, making eye contact with backpack.

Liam saw that Stone probably was already prepared to help them, but felt the need to ask him regardless:—Stone, can you please give us coordinates of dimensions where eliminated contestants are?

Stone jumped and showed thumbs up, so that it would be obvious that he is okay with it. 

—Thank you! We are indebted to y-… Where are you going?— Liam changed topic, looking at Stone who started to run into depths of the labyrinth. Plecak made a few steps around the plane and sat down near it, to see where Stone was. Interested to see what was happening, Airy followed.

Small precognitor climbed up one of the walls and stood on it carefully so as not to fall off. He started to point in the direction of a smaller, blue planet that he couldn't see, but clearly knew it was exactly here.

—What's up with this planet? —Liam curiously asked, as if Stone could actually answer him…

Stone pointed at himself, then he showed a strange gesture: he put his hands together, forming something like an imaginary ball and spread his arms showing how this ball…exploded? Liam was puzzled by that, what does it mean?

Airy wasn't nearly as disoriented as his "co-host" —Oh, you want us to take you on this planet and make you bigger?

Stone made another thumbs up, nodding this time instead of jumping. Liam was even more confused —How did you know?! It was that obvious?

—Dunno, just guessed, —Airy said shortly, while taking a small planet in his hands and bringing it closer to Stone.

Watching as a planet just a few times bigger than himself was getting closer, Stone prepared, and when it was in his range, he immediately jumped and held onto it tight: its gravity wasn't that strong to hold him on the surface.

Airy carefully moved miniature planet and, making sure that it will be afloat with Stone on it, he mumbled "Okay", and got cable from the Plane to nameless blue planet, almost dropping Stone off the planet from impact. Liam gasped and sharply put his hands under the planet. 

—What's wrong with you! You almost dropped him! — Liam half shouted at Airy for an act of clumsiness that could potentially kill another object. He stared at the planet and into nothing at the same time. Was it THAT easy for Airy to kill someone…? Just…clumsiness…?

—Uh…Sorry, — Lamp mumbled leaning to the microphone, like nothing special happened, — I will now enlarge you, be ready.

Not waiting even a second he pressed "enter" and prewritten code started to work, making fake Uranus and Stone bigger. Planet grew larger and larger. Before they knew it Stone jumped to the table right in the moment it stopped. He looked tired, but walked to the keyboard, moving Airy's hand away from it. 

—I can enter it again, so you uh…wouldn't be that small.

 >Wouldn't work i ll help you with a wish wait — Stone typed in, walking on keyboard to reach certain letters, he was too small to do it otherwise, so Airy's worries weren't really pointless.

Stone began to type in more and more code, he was doing it really fast, Airy could only wonder how much experience this little coder had and Liam was watching him, becoming somewhat peaceful for the first time in a while. Seeing someone finally helping his friends, while clearly knowing what they are doing - it was really calming knowledge for a backpack.

Around ten minutes he was entering the code, after some time, a friend sized helper stopped to do it with his hands, probably getting tired of going all around the keyboard to press certain buttons and started something that looked like a dance. Bigger objects watched him in amusement, as he jumped, walked, turned around, two times even rolled on the keyboard, amusingly entering right code all of this time!

After his amazing show Stone simply dropped himself on the table and slowly clapped a few times. Airy clapped back at him, while Liam looked shifted his attention to the screen. It contained a lot of code, and a short note near it. 

>Put plug in the plane, activate the code.

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Contestants with interest watched Stone, before he ran in depth of the labyrinth, after that they could only wonder what happened by dialogue between two detached voices. Sadly dialogue didn't last that long but enough for everyone to realise that they would probably be teleported home, but what was "home" for them now? Most of them were forgotten, replaced, considered dead and even if everyone will be sent back it won't be the same anymore. Contestants started to talk it out, trying to reassure each other with varying success. The future is unpredictable at the moment, but sooner or later it will be okay.

Speaking about the unpredictable! Suddenly out of thin air materialised a green backpack that gently dropped on the ground seemingly from nowhere. It reminded contestants about Liam, but soon experts in inanimate properties of objects, Whippy and Subway, concluded that it's not Backpack by simply asking and getting response from the sky and started investigating the insides of it. The first thing they found inside was a blue note "This is "Back to home starter pack", all that is necessary for the first week is here. Unpack when you're in Bridgeport. Also pick me up at the spawn place tomorrow, 11:31, please. —Stone". 

Moldy, wasn't participating in conversation and simply laid on the ground, resting after this tiring day. She stared at two stiff looking clouds floating in the sky, when suddenly her vision felt better. She wasn't sure what happened and how it momentarily improved, before she touched her unworking eye. It wasn't in any mold! Surface around it felt familiar and finally not damaged! She energetically sat down, not believing it; her limbs were fine, she felt lighter and pain was gone! 

Amelia and Bryce gave the rest a better look at the bag by turning away when they saw Charlotte, good as new. "Cheers!" — Sodabottle proclaimed, raising his hand in the sky. "Glad you're bette-" "It finally happened! You can't understand how much I needed it!" — with the most emotion in her voice that everyone here has possibly ever heard, Moldy, or better say now Bread-y, pulled candle into a tight hug and swirled with her around a little, before putting a shorter object on the ground. Tears of joy came to her eyes, this moment was a miracle Charlotte desired all the time she spended here.

After his little rest Stone scrolled the note down and revealed more text. He snapped fingers and jumped down from the table. Liam, who wanted to stop Stone from going away, considered reading the note first. "You have 5 min. to say bye, mic is on". Liam grabbed the microphone, unsure what to say, but time wasn't on his side, so he bringed forward his goodbye.

Airy, feeling less uncomfortable with Stone than with Liam, followed the tiny object, not asking any "where's'' or "why's". Stone approached a stack of firewood and picked up a stick he could barely grab. Dragging it along the ground, he reached the lake.

"Throw me in water." —Stone wrote on the sand with their finger.

Airy squatted down to read text. Seeing what was the request he immediately refused —Uh…no? — Airy had no even remote reason to throw this tiny guy, knowing that he probably wouldn't swim well in the lake.

"Then pull me out with it." — Stone completed another sentence and handed Airy the stick, looking confidently into lamp's face.

—You're sure… it's a good idea?..— Airy said while unconsciously taking the stick. He wasn't willing to drown anyone and he couldn't understand what was the reason to request something like this.

Stone nodded and gave third thumbs up for today. He looked very confident in his idea and gently sat down on Airy's hand.

—...Fine…be careful… — Ex-host mumbled, tightening his grip on a smaller object. It felt strange, last time Airy had physical contact with another object was when Liam violently threw him off the chair and this time the reason for contact wasn't any better…Anyway, Airy tried to believe in whatever Stone's plan was and threw him. Immediately after that he put the stick and most of his arm in the water, granting a way up.

Stone swam to the bottom, already seeing what he wanted to take. A lost charger. He grabbed it and, pushing off the bottom, started swimming up, which wasn't that easy but not like he had other options now. Halfway through he reached the stick and grabbed it, moments later he was pulled out of the water.

Airy was curious about how this wire got into the lake and why he hadn't seen it earlier. Was it in the lake all along? Was it something Backpack bringed here? Well, he wouldn't get an answer, at least not a written one, because Stone already headed back to the cave and lamp didn't even ask what he wanted yet.

—I hope you guys will have a great time in Bridgeport and soon enough I will be able to catch you up. — Liam said quietly, with sadness in his voice.

—Don't linger there, we also want to see you with us! — Bryce responded to him, trying to cheer up his friend.

—And this cheap copy doesn't count as seeing you, — Charlotte jokingly added, pointing at the backpack Stone gave them.

Liam smiled at them, his eyes shined from forming tears. —Hah, thanks, I'll try my best to be here as soon as… possible, — In one blink of an eye everyone was gone and Plane is an empty planet again, as it was before ONE.

Liam sighed and turned away from it, deep down he felt regret that he agreed to go with Airy on this mission, he already felt lonely and he will need to be with this freak for who knows how long before they are done. 

However, it was deep feelings and Plecak wasn't prepared to deal with it, instead his sadness quickly twisted to anger when he saw Airy coming in, Stone in one hand and computer charger in another. Liam frowned, but remained on his spot near the desk. In the moment he couldn't find anything that Airy did wrong and so he waited to ambush in the first given moment. 

However, Airy did nothing, just watching Stone, who after being put on the desk immediately started typing something other than code this time. A message to them. He looked quite nervous doing it. Liam shifted his attention to the message.

>I have very limited awake time

Tomorrow ill carve all needed info on Airys back plate, find somthing sharp

No it wouldnt workotherwaysseeya

Stone started to look like something was draining his energy while typing all of this. His movements looked less coordinated, his eyes barely stayed open, it was looking almost depressing, for the last few words he was barely standing. And when the last letter for his message was pressed he dropped on the keyboard, drifting off to his well deserved sleep. Liam looked at the poor guy and removed him from the keyboard. 

Being left alone with Airy, Liam took cable and went away to find a good place to dry it off, because apparently water wasn't causing irreversible damage for this type of electronics. 

Airy on the other hand figured out that he is the one to find something sharp enough to be cutted with(no matter how weird it sounded) and so he started to think what could possibly do that.

When a place to dry Texty's life supply was found, Liam wasn't given a lot of options on what to do for the rest of the day, while his only companion couldn't be charged yet, so he decided to see what this place could offer.

Almost untouched nature stretched out for miles. This place was so big, but so empty. There were no birds or animals, not to mention any intelligent life forms… It was completely overgrown, unlike the spruce forest near the cabin.

Backpacks' long walk was coming to an end when he finally heard something. The sound of waves. Sea, or even ocean was there, crashing on rocks down below. There was absolutely nothing on the horizon. Airy's world seemed even more isolated now.

After exploring the shore for some time and finding absolutely nothing Liam went back to check the charger. Sadly, it was still wet and he tried to go explore in another direction this time.

Bypassing the cave he found something interesting. Tiny house, bottom half made out of rocks, with what looked like a chimney and… a door! Nothing else in this place had a real door so that looked like something worth sneaking in. 

…Well, maybe I exaggerated about the "real door", as it had to be opened by lifting up the whole thing, thing lacked any hinges. Liam was unprepared for that and almost dropped it, but managed in the last moment to catch and set it aside.

Plecak entered the place and saw that it was as cramped as it looked from the outside. There he could see a handmade stone fireplace, it wasn't looking that great, but the fact that house was still here meant it worked. 

Next to it was a shelf that occupied an entire wall. It was filled with carved figures. With more examination Liam noticed that bottom shelves contained roughly looking objects, animals and a bit of architecture, whereas top ones looked more polished, but were abstract and mythical, distant from the real world.

Moving on there was a wooden armchair and stack of something Backpack firstly considered firewood, until he noticed handwriting on it. That wasn't easy to read, so Liam started with understanding headlines: "To-do list", "Reminder","Betty's adventures". Last one didn't seem as mundane as others, so backpack tried to decipher it first, until he heard footsteps. He frantically put wooden disks back on their place but before Liam could hide or escape Airy was already there.

"You aren't supposed to be here" was everything Airy said with his usual blank expression. Liam knew that it wasn't the best decision in his life, but it definitely helped him pass the time, so without anything to say he moved on.

After Liam came out Airy closed the door without much struggle and waited for Backpack to walk away. 

Rest of the day was quiet, Liam didn't know what to do and simply stayed near the lake. Airy in his turn was walking all over the place, listening to his cassette player that he actually restored. He was in slight disbelief that he would leave this world and needed time to accept this change.

The sun had gone below the horizon long ago, but only now Liam checked and found out that the cable was finally dry. He took it and laptop into the cave and used one of the ports. It was finally charging! Relieved, Plecak went back into the cabin to try his best at resting. Airy was already sleeping, his lid hung out of bed and glass head was resting on reeds. On the table was Stone sleeping in cutted across cattail. One of those wooden disks, a knife and some charcoal were next to him. Liam didn't question all of it too much and focused on morally and physically preparing for tomorrow.

Only in the morning Stone woke up again, having almost a 24 hour sleep. For someone else it could be very odd and even dangerous, but for someone who could sleep eternally before they were given limbs it was okay, a small few years' nap couldn't do anything if nothing changes when you wake up. Inability to eat for gaining energy couldn't benefit Stone's situation either…

Anyway, time is limited. First of all, small object woke Liam up and, remembering yesterday's note, backpack searched for Airy and brought him to the cabin.

Lamp still wasn't that confident with the idea of what will come next, but it's not like he had a lot of options, Stone knew a lot as it seemed and maybe it's really the best choice they had right now?

Ex-host sat on the ground, opened his back plate and waited for what would come next. A few moments later Airy felt pain from marks that were left on him. Heavy breathing was heard and sudden gasps when the knife was scratching too deep, but besides this everything was fine. Not even half an hour passed before Stone finally finished. Small object turned around, looking at Liam, who held him the whole time.

—Um…you want to say it's done? — Liam said, confused.

Stone put knife down and started to write with charcoal.

"Yes. No code for Basy, they live their best, no need to check.

You'll also get into other universes where someone needs your help. If you aren't dead after 5 minutes it's the one you need. Help everyone you can, do everything you can and it will lead you in the right direction. 

Let's go to Texty, I will give you valuable commands." 

In the cave Stone did as he said, typing in Texty's laptop some codes and explanations why they would be needed and short text in the end: "I'm done, send me to Bridgeport, please"

Moving away from the keyboard, Stone sat on the table's edge. He didn't have any other plans for helping these two and simply waited. 

Airy typed in code and after a few goodbye's Stone was sent to Bridgeport, where the whole group of contestants waited for him, but that's another story.

—So…We'll need to die soon? — Airy broke the silence that formed after Stone's departure.

—Mhhhm, — Liam hummed unintelligibly in response.

Airy asked more questions, but Liam ignored him completely, being focused on chatting with Texty and typing in his sentence about the commands. He needed to be sure that everything was ready.

Liam switched his attention to real world when he heard something flying around the cave and hitting the wall.

—That actually was a phobia my entire life and…it still is, — Airy said, like he was telling a funny fact, while climbing his handmade chair. 

Liam, not being able to understand what scared a lamp in that cave, asked: —What do you mean bY THA-*CRASH*

Airy proceeded to purposefully fall backwards, his arms stretching out like he wanted heavens to take him. Only then Liam noticed that "something flying around the cave" was Airy's metallic lid that he took off probably only for this and didn't know where to put it.

>unalived lol —Texty typed in, being excited that Airy died right in front of their eyes.

—That's bad, what if he'll go in depths of the waiting room! —Liam said with worry while quickly stuffing the charger and then Texty inside of himself. 

>well, you shouldn't agreed for him to kill himself that way if you weren't ready

Liam sighed with agreement, looking at the table and making sure he didn't forget anything. —Okay, I think i'm ready, let's go, — he said, giving a final glance to this room. Hopefully it's the last time he needs to see it…

Seconds later he was already in the waiting room and in front of him was Airy, looking slightly excited (aka thrilled to his very core on Airy's measures) probably because his injuries were completely gone. He was checking depth perception bringing his hand closer and further away, after all this time it must feel somewhat magical to have it again.

—Phew, you're still here…For the future, we don't have to kill ourselves next time, Texty has a code to get us into the waiting room without it. —Liam said with nervous smile and got a blank stare from Airy in return. Plecak felt uneasy, this situation was awkward.

—...Okay…— after what felt like ages Airy stopped to drill into the backpack's soul for not telling that he didn't have to die in this stupid way and responded, turning to the radio, —Who are we going to visit first?

—Let me see, — Liam said, hinting for Airy to show his back. Airy opened it and Liam could now see all these incomplete codes. Remembering how long he and Bryce needed to search for with all the numbers…these codes looked like russian roulette with one safe spot over hundreds of bullet chambers. 

—First one will be Folder, — He said, raising the antenna in hope that it will work.

After Liam pulled an imaginary trigger, waiting room was once again lifeless, but who knows if this was a lucky shot?