After the stunt Tommy has pulled in an effort to save his friend's life, he fully expected to die. After all, he was on the ground looking into the face of a very angry elite githkin, he was physically frail and had never fought anything more threatening than a household pest, and to top it all off, Oliver and him were outnumbered. The collision with the ground had opened new wounds in his knees, which spread fresh blood onto the floor of the tunnel. Even worse, he couldn't muster the energy to get up at this point, as the sprint and dive had taken all the energy he could muster for the moment.
Tommy gave Oliver one last little smile, the sort of knowing smile that meant he knew what was coming next, and he was fine with it. It really was all fine though! all living things die eventually right? Besides, ditching the mortal coil for whatever awaited beyond would make sure he would never be hungry again... Closing his eyes, Tommy waited for the end.
And somehow, as Tommy awaited the pain that would eventually be followed by death, he felt nothing... there was a flash of light that he could see even through his closed eyes, and... nothing. Was this death? It felt a lot like life, and he was still hungry which was probably the biggest disappointment to come out of the whole ordeal. But as he heard the voice of (ERROR: FILE NOT FOUND), he knew that for the moment he had avoided death.
Looking around the room, he could see that there were four other people in roughly the same predicament he was, and luckily Oliver was one of them! If Tommy had had any time to worry during the last few moments of his life, that would certainly have been a weight off of his mind. And with all of these observations he hadn't even gotten to the room! There was a lot of advanced machinery, that given the proper time and training, he could probably learn how to operate, and maybe even construct. Oooooh, nothing more exciting than learning new things! Well, except perhaps for the prospect of saving the world, which he had just learned about now.
Suddenly, Tommy jumped up from his previously lying position and inspected everything in the room. "That looks like it might... transport particles?! How exciting, that's how we got here!" He exclaimed, looking at the displacer. "And these are... no idea actually, but they're color coded and look pretty neat." He said looking at the morphers. Speaking at roughly the speed of a supersonic jet, Tommy began to bombard the room in general with questions."How does all this work? Can I learn to build it? I'm Tommy, who's who here?" He continued, wearing the biggest grin on his face.
"Oh, sorry." He said turning to (ERROR: FILE NOT FOUND). "I never answered your question... ugh, yes, that sounds rather good at the moment. Also, does anyone have any food?"