Chapter 10

"Alright, first thing first, we need to establish our goal here."

As I stand in front of the chalkboard that takes up most of the space on the wall, I write down the word "goal'. Terri sits back in on the chairs lining the long desk, watching me as I detail my plan.

"We need to establish exactly what we need to do to achieve that goal. If we go about this with a set path, we could end up in falling into the trappings of some slice of life story that never seems to end. We need to establish that we have a plan, that this story is going somewhere and it's clear to see how much progress has been made. Our goal is to break reality; to put so much pressure on its logic that it shatters. We can't just go straight to that though. This world has a very strong foundation that makes it very flexible; that's why your powers don't immediately do the job. We need to destroy that foundation to open it to damage. This is where the steps of our plan come in. It is my belief that the foundation is of reality, what controls what can and cannot happen, logic and science, up and down, it's made up of basic forces."

"GRAVITY", "ENERGY", "LIGHT", "LIFE" are now added to the board.

"What kind of list even is that? When is life a force? Also, define energy."

"I'm getting to all that. These are all fundamental rules of our world that cannot be broken. No matter how long humans have wanted to fly, gravity keeps us on the ground. Sure, we can make planes, but those exist with the rules of gravity. I'll never be able to get my powers of flight if gravity isn't broken. For energy, I'm talking more thermodynamics."

"And what do you know about thermodynamics?"

"About the same thing that anyone who reads a science fiction manga knows. But that's the point. The more we don't understand, the easier it is to do this. I think the way we think makes a big impact on the world; so if we don't truly understand how this stuff really works, we won't be concerned with how impossible it really is. Now, what I think we can do with energy is break the most well known law of thermodynamics; energy cannot be created or destroyed. Perpetual motion machines were a really big craze for a long time, and there's still morons who believe they exist. We just need to create energy from nothing to break that force. Next is light. Now, I'm mostly talking about the speed of light here; I think everyone has heard that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. It is literally the backbone of our universe, so it's fundamental that we destroy it. Finally, we have life. Basically I'm just talking about how it's supposed to work. So far, we've never managed to resurrect a dead person. Well, we have brought back people who are clinically dead, but I'm talking, like buried in the ground dead. Like, dead dead. To me, those are super fundamental rules of the universe. Gravity, energy, and light are actual forces that make up everything, and then we got life for the spiritual side as well to make sure we really get a good shot at doing this."

"So that's it? You just want to defy gravity, create energy from nothing, break the speed of light, and then resurrect the dead? Is that all we have to do or do we have to kill God as well?

"Eh, when we do break the universe, that might actually be something to worry about. But, no, not right now. Look, this is pretty simple. We just have to clearly define when we've broken each one. Once they're all broken, you're gonna send it all home with some big over the top stunt that strikes a direct hit on this world."

"And that stunt would be?"

"We'll figure it out when we get there. Right now, let's focus on the easiest force to break. We're gonna make us some free energy."