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[ SO IS EVERYONE HYPE TO GET AWAY FROM HORRIBLE BUG THINGS??? Because that is what is happening at the end of all this. The portal leads back to an island in the middle of the bay, but from there it's a quick helicopter ride (thanks Fred) back to San Fransokyo proper.

Bad news: Jerry-rigging the portal was supposed to be temporary, so actually getting everyone back to THEIR worlds is gonna take time.

Good news: The Hamadas have an insanely rich (and nerdy) friend with a mansion who is hype for having all these weirdos stay until the Hamadas can get the portal calibrated properly.

More good news: San Fransokyo is pretty awesome and Aunt Cass is surprisingly game about a crowd of people showing up in the middle of the night. There's wings with sauce hot enough to melt your face and also ramen.

Ghost news???: So ... what happened to those dead people anyway?

Whatever, let's have a party. There's plenty of food and a warm restaurant and an adorable aunt who is very happy to see both her nephews and all their weird new friends. ]

(( ENDGAME PARTY POST let's goof off and has threads to unwind after the big battle. ))

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[ Hiro in particular is going to go ditch his armor in the garage before he goes back to the restaurant part of the Hamada home - anyone want a tour of all their high tech toys? ]

[Clover does!! She's following him in so she can put away these ridiculous knee pads, too, except she's too busy gaping at everything to find out where those are supposed to go.]

Coooooool...

Yeah? Nice, isn't it?

Yeah! What's it all for?

Building awesome things, what else?

Did you guys see those bombs?!

[Apparently Clover has decided that sitting still is for nerds, because she keeps bouncing out of her seat, sitting back down to chomp on a hot wing, waving her hands around, bouncing around in her seat some more, and jumping right out of it again; repeat ad infinitum. Being alive is SO EXCITING, you guys!!!] That was so cool! We were all awesome out there!

[HAND OUT, LEANING OVER THE TABLE FOR A HIGH-FIVE, DON'T LEAVE HER HANGING]

Like flying robots and weird universe portals?

Heck yes! I mean we didn't build the portal, but we did improve on the design!

[So does Cassius!]

This stuff is incredible...

...but are you sure this city is called San Fransokyo?

[ lookit all these robot drawings and 3D printers ]

... Uh, yeah? What else would it be called?

[Half-absorbed in checking them out even as he gripes.]

Anything. Seriously, anything. Literally anything less stupid-sounding than that.

[Returns a proper high-five this time! A greasy hot-wing-fingers high-five.]

Kicking thorax and taking names!

Dude, that's just its name. I didn't make it up.

You and your brother, right? That's totally amazing! So next step is just improving it enough to get everyone else back home, too. But that can wait a bit.

Yeeeahhh that's gonna take more time. Getting back to bugworld was easy 'cause we'd just come from there. But we'll figure it out eventually.

I mean, for the ones who can't just take a bus or a plane home.

[Any other time she'd try to wipe the grease on him but she'll accept hot wing grease in exchange for a high-five that doesn't involve nearly plummeting to the ground.]

Yessss! Being put on bug-squishing duty has never been so satisfying!

Eventually? How long's "eventually"? [SAN FRANSOKYO'S NOT A THING SHE CAN'T BUS BACK HOME]

Name a few more cities for me.

I dunno? Depends? Fred'll let everyone stay in his mansion until we manage it, so it's not like you have to get an apartment or something...

Los Japangeles? Fukuoakland? Kurain isn't too far from here, but that's more of a tiny village...

[Just. Lowers his face into his hands. We have gone full-on Picard mode over here.]

... Uh, you okay there?

Ugh, could you be less specific? I'm not even worried about that! I just—after all this, it'd be nice to see my family.

[Whatever, we're all a little hot-wing-greasy right now.]

So, Clover! You've just blown up a big, bad bug! What are you doing to do next?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. I'll get used to it over time.

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