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"Vivid, huh?" Burnet asked with a smile. Once she was content Monique was awake and in a decent state she went back over to her computer to make a few notes and resume her work. She would speak to Monique as she typed. "I believe we have a general idea of your sisters location, at least what direction to look in. However that's the only good news I have." Burnet admitted, frowning as she turned to face Monique. "Without a way to navigate Ultra Space we're dead in the water. What good are directions if you can't even follow them?" The woman said as she stood up.

"I can probably open a wormhole, done it on a small scale already, and I can protect your from Ultra radiation with one of my suits, but I can't guide you through Ultra Space. I'd be sending you into the endless expanse rudderless. So unless you have any ideas on how to navigate the sea of reality I'm afraid we're at a dead end." Burnet explained, though why would she take it this far if she knew they'd meet such a brick wall if they were successful in the Dream World? Did she not expect to get this far?

Burnet smiled as Monique mentioned someone in Snagem, the look of a person who already knew this information, just wanted someone else to revealing it willingly. "I do have coordinates, at least to what I hope is the location of your sister. Perhaps this person in your team would be able to make better sense of them than I can with my limited knowledge." The professor admitted. "As for Kaimana we will simply do the same thing as we did to, hopefully, pin point the location of Kasumi. That is if everything goes as I'm envisioning it does." She said, standing up from her computer and stretching a bit. "So, shall we call your friend?"

An answer would come after a small bit of time, voice only at the moment. "Moshi moshi," she'd respond, sounding groggy, "what can we do for you?"

There'd be silence on Crystal's end as she both read and was explained the situation. Finally, after a bit more silence, the lioness spoke up again. "Light blind me, you're asking me to take you through Ultra Space now," she asked, sounding a bit more awake and maybe concerned or annoyed. "Light, by this point, we're going to be a taxi for Snagem. And how do we know that whatever Wormhole we open for this won't cause another cascading ripple effect that'll cause chaos for the others? Because I'll have you know, I opened that Light-blinded Wormhole at the Altar of the Sunne over there, away from HQ. So, the fact that you all still got hit with more Ultra Space craziness and got sent to Hisui despite precautions I thought I had taken makes me more than hesitant on doing this all over again." A heavy sigh would then come through the call, followed by a groan. "I'd really like to not be the cause of more misfortune to Snagem. Are we sure nothing's going to happen if we go through with this?"

A deep breath could be heard on the other end, followed by a longer silence, presumably as she thought it over some more. Monique would have no way of knowing, but this was hitting closer to home than she was expecting, as she reflecting on her own journey to get back. She, at the very least, had the capabilities to travel on her own and survive Ultra Space, and the longevity to see it though while going blind. Monique or this sister of hers didn't have some or any of those luxuries granted to Crystal in this form, and that's something that pulled at her.

Finally, Crystal's voice could be heard again, a bit calmer than last time. "Honestly, anything happening to us within Ultra Space isn't my biggest worry. More of the ripple effects of opening yet another wormhole so soon after the most recent one. However... You know exactly where we're going within Ultra Space," she'd ask, wanting to hear it in voice instead of words. She wanted to hear how sure they were of this before agreeing. If anything happened again and she was going to be chewed out, she wanted to have the least amount of responsibility for it as possible. Or at least have results again.

"...Alright. If Au- If Professor Burnet's working with you on this, too, things should be fine. I'll be over there soon, and we can talk things out further there." The line would click off soon after farewell greetings were sent, though even then, she didn't sound the most enthusiastic about it. Less hesitant, maybe, but not excited.

It would be about an hour or so until Crystal arrived at the lab, looking around until she saw Monique and the Professor. She'd wave as she walked towards them. "Alola, everyone." She tilted her head for a second, appearing to think about something, before she shrugged and held out her hand. "Sorry, I can't remember if we've met at all in this reality here, but we'll introduce myself either way. Pleasure to meet you here, Professor, you can call me- right, I'm actually in my home reality. My name's Crystal. So, what's the full game plan?"

Crystal’s star studded eyebrow raised slightly as Burnet reacted as she did to the introduction. Almost… Maybe as if she was supposed to know her? Lillie acted similarly in the Galar tournament, too… Did they meet in Alola while she was an Espeon hybrid? Normally, she was in other realities when she got that reaction, interacting with some other Snagems, but the assumption on her end was that she reminded them of their Crystal, if she was with the team. That stayed par for the course here as well, before the conclusion that yes, she was home, so she just reminded them of herself. Just in a new, crystal candy-coated shell. Here in Alola, though…

The galactic hybrid would be brought back to Earth as the Professor explained everything, nodding along. “So, I’m to be escorting Monique to a poison infused reality, where her sister should be located, make sure she stays safe, and then bring them both back? “ She tilted her head, thinking. “Or make sure Monique at the very least comes back safe.” Her eyes would dart around, though not looking at anything in particular, as if she was looking at thoughts in her head. “We’ll admit, I’m not the greatest fan of this still,” she finally admitted, the memories of the expedition with Reno and Aden running to the forefront. “At the very least, I’d like to set some ground rules before I take anyone else again, considering how very nearly disastrous the previous one went.

“First off, we get information on the reality before we go seriously interacting with people. Especially…” She’d let out a heavy sigh, shaking her head. “Well, let’s avoid any Snagems unless absolutely necessary.” Better to avoid naming any sort of names to the greater team and public in general. Crystal wanted to believe that fates weren’t set in stone here, but after the trio’s excursion, there was a small thought about Blizz in her head. With a hand wave intended to shake those thoughts away, she continued. “Secondly… I’d prefer to be called Sundaria outside of this reality. I look nothing like any other Crystals I’ve encountered, but they always find something familiar about me, and I’d rather have as few people as possible outside of this reality know that there’s a reality hopping version of Crystal Tanzanaki out there. You know? I’d like to influence things as little as possible in other timelines.”

With another deep breath, Crystal would turn to the professor. “As long as we have the protective equipment for Monique and maybe something to read coordinates in Ultra Space, I’m ready to go. Just on whether you and Monique are ready.”

"Splendid! If we're all in agreement then..." Burnet said as she exited the room, remaining gone for several minutes before she returned with a full body suit hanging from a coat hanger. It was largely black with some blue, green, and orange trim and by the looks of what Burnet was carrying in her other hand it came with a full head helmet, the idea to protect every inch of a person exposed to Ultra Space. To Crystal it looked very similar to the suit the most recent 'Burnet' she had ran into made, the Burnet that had complimented Reno's own Ultra Space suits. Looks like Burnets across many realities were not only drawn to Ultra Space but came up with similar ideas, not too surprising for the reality traveler though who knew good and well that often times similar situations and events took place across Ultra Space.

"Here you go! I actually made this to fit myself but it should fit you just perfectly, maybe a little tight considering you're more gifted than I am." Burnet laughed aloud as she handed Monique the suit and helmet. "This thing will protect you from extreme temperatures, high and low, contact and airborne toxins, radiation of which most important Ultra Energy. It is also highly resistant to damage and elastic. The helmet is built in with two way communication features, built in early warning and alert systems, and provides enough oxygen to last you for three hours without recharging, more in the case of emergency but it can compromise the suit. You can swim in the deepest oceans or journey into an active volcano with this puppy!" The professor went on, gushing over he invention.

"There is a bathroom just over there, go put it on." She said, pointing to the door of said bathroom.

Crystal tilted her head slightly when she saw the suit, once again recalling her trip. While she certainly knew that all of the Burnets she came across were of similar minds and thought processes, it still made her think about the similarities. She wasn’t sure if she had come across a single one who hadn’t studied various extradimensional areas and Ultra Space, as well as at least having a theoretical plan to make an Ultra Space safe suit. Her mind raced through those thoughts, not paying attention as Monique walked off to put on the suit. The woman would finally come back to reality as the Zoroark hybrid asked about the suit showing through her Illusion, blinking as she took a good once over look at her. “Huh? Oh, uh, no, it doesn’t appear to be.”

Shaking her head again, she’d turn back to the Professor. “Right, so, leaving. Are we to leave through the Altar of the Sunne again, or have you manufactured another way to open a Wormhole free from the Cosmog line?”