Reincarnation wars.

[ArlEammon]

"Well whatever you decide. . . I guess. Are you sure you want to go back? I just want to do whatever I'm supposed to do and just get it over with."

[DoctorFaust]

"Yes, I'm sure. If Rob ever comes round from his trance, or whatever he's doing when he gets that faraway look on his face, tell him that I left my mind open a little, and that he has my permission to enter my mind to check on the situation." Daniel reaches up and scratches his head. "Least I think he has the power to view peoples minds across dimensions. If anyone of us was that powerful, my money would be on him, you, or James."

[ArlEammon]

"Well um. . . ahem. . . I guess that I'll do just that. I feel strange just waiting here though. . .' Oh well, Jake thought. He decided he didn't want to argue. "I don't want to argue, let's just go".

[DoctorFaust]

"Alright, cool. But you don't have to come back with me if you don't want to, you know. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."

[ArlEammon]

"Alright. . . " Jake attempted to send him back. "Orochi says he is having trouble focusing on just one target. . . "

[DoctorFaust]

"Uh, alright then, I guess you aren't quite as powerful as I thought you were. Could you not just take all of us back, and then you and Rob back again?"

[ArlEammon]

"Uh, I can try. . . I don't know if I could pull off another such spell if I sent us both back though. It's your call, but I"d need to rest if I brought us both back."

[DoctorFaust]

"Uh, okay. I mean, if Pain isn't here, I guess you probably won't need to come back..."

[Sen isSaqqara]

Well that's a new thought. Rob detaches a partition of his mind, and sends it off to find whoever put such thoughts in his head. He's fairly sure it couldn't be him: not only has he been through enough pain to be dulled to the prospects of it, but he actually somewhat enjoys it. Such fear, such weakness, is not part of him. Feh... Bad idea, my a**.

[3SecondCultist]

"The pleasure is mine, believe me." Alexander smiles openly, with no agenda behind his gaze. There is no point trying to keep secrets from Knowledge. It already knows his plan. What comes next is simply a courtesy.

"I am currently on a quest of discovery. Namely, I am trying to uncover why it is that the Powers have become sentient as they have. I need to know. Slaughter has given me a patchwork account of what he remembers. I would ask you do grant me the same boon, and to help me find other Powers that can complete the tale. I believe that the very foundations of the omniverse are at risk, and that only through coming to understand how everything ties together will I be able to do anything about it. Despite what you may already know of me, of my character and the atrocities that I have committed, I enjoy living too much to simply let everything slide into oblivion." As he speaks, Alexander feels an idea begin to crystallize within him. It is a simple notion, and yet he cannot shake it from his mind.

If he can't fix everything, oblivion sounds like a perfectly fine alternative.