Chapter 7: I'm done giving every chapter a subtitle

"First things first, we have to set up a base of operations."

"This is your dorm room, right; why not here?"

"That's too simple and plain. We're trying to break the universe, we have to follow certain rules or it won't work."

"What are the rules?"

"Well, if you're trying to break the logic of the universe, you don't go by the rules of that universe, you go by the rules of the universe you want to turn it into. So, for instance, we're trying to make this like a comic book or Anime. In an Anime like this, we would need to have some kind of a base to plan out our ideas for breaking reality. The base needs to be something that's not so crazy that it's unbelievable but also not too plain that the viewer would see it as an everyday thing."

"And what kind of funds are we looking at for the base?"

"Nothing.

It would be boring to have a main character in an anime just have an unlimited supply of money with no explanation. And since I'm not the daughter of the president of some big unnamed company, we have to use the other option. We need to stumble into a base way beyond our current means."

"How do you suppose we do that?"

"Well, lucky for you, I've already put in all the hard work of finding it."

"Oh, really? Where would that be?"

"The old university."

"That dilapidated old building? Didn't they fence that off?"

"Yeah, but I have a way to solve that issue."

After a bit of walking, Terri and I arrive at the gate surrounding the old school building.

"So, what's the deal with this place?"

"I'm not entirely sure. I think this was the building back from when this was a private college. As far as I've seen, no one even checks up on it anymore."

"Well, I'd say that maybe no one is brave enough to actually go near the thing. I mean, just from here, the thing looks like it could come down from a soft wind."

"Nah. It's lasted this long, I doubt two people walking around is gonna stress it out that much."

"And these two people. I assume one is you, but I dunno what dumb moron you think you're gonna convince to go in there, but it sure as hell ain't me."

"Come on. You're literally the best person to go in there. The whole building could fall down and catch on fire and you'd still walk away like nothing happened."

"Why did you have to mention fire?"

"I mean, it is mostly wooden, right? Or this one of those buildings made to look like it's all wooden when it's not? I see a lot of buildings do that with trying to look like they're made out of stone."

"I'm not really excited to find out."

"Come on, where's your sense of adventure."

"In the realm of common sense."

"Well, you left that place far behind when you joined me. Now, I need you to jump the fence and unlock the door from the other side."

"Yuri, the sign says the fence is electrified; if I jump it, I'll get fried."

"And?"

"And it'll hurt."

"And?"

"It'll really really hurt!"

"And?"

"Fine, I'll jump the damn fence."

Terri braces himself for the shock as he presses his hands against the fence; yet nothing happens.

"Damn, what a shame. Well, anyways, I had a feeling it wasn't actually electrified."

"Oh, really? What made you think that?"

Terri begins to climb the fence.

"Oh, well, the building has been sitting here for years; I figured it would kinda be a waste of money to keep the fence electrified for that long. I mean, no one would be crazy enough to come near it. Well, except for me I guess."

"Does that make you crazy?"

"I guess so. I've always wanted to be a little crazy."

"Yuri, you're talking to yourself out loud around other people, of course you're crazy."

"He has a point."

"Oh, would you shut up?"

Terri finally gets to the other side of the fence, then unlocks the gate door to let me in.

"Well, let's go see what we have to work with."