What if Tick's Chi'Karda reacted to his crush on Sato?
canon divergence, they have phones w chi'karda as its signal, Tick/Sato, set after the trip to Reginalds factory,
After what happened in the 4th reality Tick was promptly homeschooled by a worried, apparently ex-realitant, mom and Dr. Chu.
He was given a lot of books on Quantum Physics and whatnot.
Usually he would be stoked to be learning about science, especially one that could act like magic in his hands. Unfortunately he was still thinking about his friends.
Realizing he could just text them, he reached out to his Karmunicator and turned it on. The Karmunicator, karnicator in short is basically a smaller more efficient laptop that you can carry anywhere. You usually need a hotspot of Chi'karda to send a message but since Tick is full of it he can send messages anytime and anywhere.
MasterTick: Hey guys, is anyone on their karnicator?
Tick sent one message to see if his friends are online. After a good 10 minutes he concluded that nobody was on their karnicator.
Resting his head on the table, he stared at the small computer in his hands. Tick was ready to put it away and actually email them on the family computer before he got interrupted by a message in the group chat.
Yamakun: hello.
Ticks heart pounded uncontrollably seeing that message, he immediately sat upright.
Even though Sato isn't that close with Paul and especially Sophia, Tick convinced them to add him anyways because they were a team. Which to his surprise the others agreed and then subsequentially added him.
The brown haired boy briefly wonders how Sato is able to message him but remembered he was staying at the headquarters, where theres a lot of Chi'Karda
MasterTick: hI sato!!
MasterTick: Whatt are you doing right now ?
Seeing the typing mistakes he made on his messages, Tick felt like throwing his communicator through his window like Rutger did with that rock.
Screaming internally he waited patiently for the next message.
Yamakun: Realitant paperwork, something about the 3rd reality's nuclear power plant and how to transfer or copy the technology to other reality's.
Tick read the message in fascination, Sato really does work hard and complicated stuff. Unlike Tick whos just goes on adventures and mess everything up.
MasterTick: That sounds fun..
It isn't.
MasterTick:I hope you get to finish it soon.
When Tick sent that last message he felt something nudge at his arm. Curious and confused he looked to his right, only to see his books- in fact all of his trinkets in his room is now floating five centimetres off their respective places.
The room was misty with a slight orange tint to it if you squint and Tick coughed out of embarrassment before focusing on bringing them down.
After he calmed down he checked the karnicator and found that Paul had gotten online and started rambling about a problem he was dealing with in his family.
SurferBoyz: seriously i dont get why my big sister is so hung up about this
SurferBoyz: .
SurferBoyz: was i interrupting the conversation? my bad
Yamakun: I think it was partially your fault but the way she handled it was pretty explosive.
SurferBoyz: thats what im saying!!
Tick sighed and planted his forehead on his table.
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Tick was getting taken care of by Sato again in the medical wing after a mission that left him badly injured. Sato had been studying under Hillenstat for awhile now and when he's busy with other patients, the Japanese boy helps as much as he can.
Right now he's helping by treating Tick personally.
Tick is sitting upright with bandages all over him as he silently watches Sato change his bandages.
"So, did you get anymore new missions?" Tick asked, trying to start a conversation.
"Well, I've been off the field ever since the plague incident... Mothball made sure of that," Sato hummed. He was done with Ticks arm and is putting away his medical tools.
Tick remembered the scars of what was the aftermath of his containment. He wasn't there when Sato was still infected but Paul and Sophia was, safe to say they didn't want to talk about it. Tick could only guess through leftover scars and haunted eyes that it wasn't a pretty sight.
"That must've been horrible.." Tick murmured. His eyes traced along the long scar from his hand up to Sato's forearm and his heart ached to see how he was in pain at that time. That scar solidified his hatred for Reginald Chu, the evil corporate scientist Reginald.
Sato put his hands on the edge of the bed and leaned in, he was slightly smiling which was dangerous for Ticks heart.
"It's okay, you cured me remember?" Sato's smile widened and Tick's heart momentarily stopped as he froze at the sight.
He can't help but think about how beautiful Sato's smile is.
Suddenly, his vision was clouded with leaves and petals in flying in his face. Both of the boys blinked, Sato leaned back for a bit, Tick mourned the loss of closeness.
Sato looked around for the source of the sudden greenery but Tick catched on early, because there were flowers and branches growing on Sato's head. Which Sato can't really see unless he has a mirror.
The brunette boy stuttered and immediately apologized, when asked by the black haired boy as to why, Tick grabbed a mirror from the bedside table and pointed it at Sato.
The Japanese boy blinked and Tick profusely apologized then with both of his hands started ruffling Sato's hair, hoping it would get rid of it.
He can't help but notice that Sato's hair is soft.
It removed large chunks of the flowers but it also messed up Sato's hair, Tick stared at the unusual hairstyle on Sato. It made him look softer and a tad bit cuter.
Then more flowers popped up on the Japanese boy's head.
Sato laughed, feeling the weight of the sudden influx of flowers and Tick was panicking.
Eventually Sato had to go to a realitant meeting and was chastised by Master George on his unusual unkempt appearance, Mothball tamed his hair a bit but ultimately it was too messy to tidy up.
It literally looked like a birds nest. If it was filled to the brim with flower petals.
Back in the medical wing, Tick is covering his face with his hands trying not to think too hard about it.
Paul: wow.. shes like watching you... shes watching you like a hawk, too ah?
Sofia: I guess but my nanny is just doing that because shes paid to care
Paul: How old is she anyways? like, 6-7 or 68 years old🫴🏾🫴🏾
Sofia: shes 70 years old
Tick: oohhh my GOD Paul shut up
Paul: what?! im just asking!
Sofia: [annoyed] is there some American thing im missing here
damn.. i would rlly like for the pacing of the books to be more slower.. but i understand its for 12 yr olds n the action packed scenes hold their attention better than like filler with a bunch of words..
but as a fan i would rllly like it if between the Barrier wand, darkin, and void arcs they have filler where the trio (maybe sato is also there) goes to different realities to help w their impending doom in each of them.
like, example: 8th reality is on the verge of world wide war between the countries that could potentially make that reality a wasteland which would cause a lot of branching realities and entropy which the realitants do not want.. then they could go there, help the realitants prevent this and go home..
the potential to know more characters from that reality, know about the reality itself, and build the main protags personality.. (spoilers up ahead)
i just feel like the fact that tick went through all that shit in the end to go back n be happy w his family only for him to become a god and??? potentially never coming back??? like hello??
the ending could be good but it just feels sooo rushed and the build up in book 3 n 4 feels sloppy, in my personal opinion the god transformation should happen when tick is 17-19 it could be a sign of him fully maturing and understanding himself fully..
but idk maybe James had a deadline and he could only fit so much.. i just wished we had more content.. stares at maze runner in envy
