Ace stood in awe of the man in solid gold armour, easily dwarfing him. Granted he wasn't exactly the tallest boy, well, he had been back in year 3 when he had been held back in school, it wasn't easy being the tallest boy in his class by a clear foot. But, all in all, he had been better off for it. The ridiculing had forced him to fight back and he had been fighting back ever since. He took a cigar from his jacket and lit it with his zippo lighter with a Union Jack on one side and the words "Smoke me a Kipper, i'll be back for Breakfast." on the other. He sat down on the plinth of one of the pillars and smoked it as he listened to Nova tell him of what had been going on. He interupted as Nova told him of the pull the universe had "That explains a lot, I'm all fine and dandy with dimension jumping, my crate is designed to do just that, break the speed of reality and jump from universe to universe. I've seen quite my share of different realities. I've been to one where the primordial ooze decided to just sit around and watch TV rather than getting on with its life. I've been to a universe where everything runs in reverse... The most horrifying universe was the one where I met myself as a lowly, cowardly, maggot. The epitome of neuroses and lowest ball of slime I've ever had the misfortune to come across." He then listened to the rest of the Emperor's explanation of what was happening. He took a moment to process what he had been told, before getting off the plinth and walking towards Nova.

"Alright, so, come to a new world, beat the bad guys and establish a Utopian society? All I need is a princess and it'd be just another day at the office." he smiled. He took a second Cigar from his jacket and offered it to Nova. He always gave everyone a nickname, it was a habit of his, this Emperor had long flowing, black hair, almost as gorgeous as his own, a suit of solid gold armour and he seemed to have eyes of fire... Ace decided to break the tension and give him something playful, yet respectful. "Alright, Sparkles, what's the plan?"