(Historical Notes: Okay, I don’t blame Past Me for getting bored with putting disclaimer text on top of EVERY page, but dropping the act completely isn’t a good idea either.  This is NOT a continuation of the previous scene, even though it does still involve a bunch of mad sciencey characters.  Rather, this bit was originally going to be a bit of a denouement after the conclusion of Black Outs & Magical Boys.  I’m not entirely sure why I cut this bit, possibly because I thought it was more important to establish stuff on the ship returning to normal than to shift focus entirely to some side characters?  Gee, if only these characters were actually ON the ship with everybody else, then this wouldn’t be a problem!)