Introduction
The Reality Drift didn't simply remove REGI.
It stranded everyone else.
The portal closed.
The storm ended.
The silence returned.
Now the group faces something entirely different—not surviving the Drift, but surviving whatever lies beyond it.
This chapter marks the true beginning of a new journey.
REGI Is Gone
Unlike previous episodes, this chapter begins with absence.
REGI isn't standing beside Baby Lady anymore.
She isn't asking questions.
She isn't challenging Hood.
She isn't trying to understand what is happening.
She simply isn't there.
The Reality Drift took her.
No one knows where.
For the first time since the portal appeared, the group has permanently changed.
Sometimes the biggest plot twist isn't who arrives.
It's who doesn't.
A World Unlike Anything They Know
One of the comic panels says it perfectly:
Somewhere else... A place unlike anything they know...
That line isn't just describing geography.
It's describing perspective.
Everything familiar has disappeared.
The architecture doesn't resemble TON City.
The sky is different.
The technology is unfamiliar.
Even the atmosphere feels ancient and forgotten.
This isn't another district.
It isn't another city.
It isn't even another version of the same world.
They've crossed into an entirely different reality.
The First Question
Naturally, the first question comes from the group.
"Where are we?"
It's the question every traveler asks after waking somewhere impossible.
Yet what makes this moment powerful isn't the question.
It's who doesn't ask it.
Hood Already Knows
Throughout the Reality Drift, Hood has behaved differently from everyone else.
He never panics.
He never appears surprised.
He never reacts emotionally.
Now, after the Reality Drift throws everyone into an unknown realm, Hood doesn't stop to look around.
He doesn't investigate.
He doesn't hesitate.
He simply walks.
That single action says more than pages of dialogue ever could.
Someone who doesn't need directions has been there before.
Jack Was Already Looking For Him
This moment also changes how we should interpret Outback Jack.
Jack never came looking for Baby Lady.
He never searched for REGI.
He never searched for the Reality Drift itself.
He searched for Hood.
Then ECHO reached an impossible conclusion.
Subject does not exist in any known timeline.
Now Hood is calmly navigating a world no one else recognizes.
Those two moments suddenly connect.
Perhaps Jack knew Hood was important long before the audience did.
Every Answer Creates Another Question
One answer creates another question.
If Hood knows this place...
How?
If ECHO couldn't identify him...
Where did he come from?
If another Baby Lady crossed realities looking specifically for Hood...
How many others know about him?
The Reality Drift never answers one mystery without revealing a larger one.
That philosophy continues here.
A New Beginning
This chapter isn't about action.
It's about transition.
Every great adventure has a moment where the heroes leave the world they know forever.
The Reality Drift has become that moment.
TON City is behind them.
The portal is behind them.
REGI is gone.
Ahead lies an entirely unfamiliar civilization—and Hood is already walking toward it.
Whether he is leading them to safety...
Or toward an even greater mystery...
Remains unknown.
Building a Living Universe
One of the most rewarding aspects of creating the Baby Ladyverse has been watching it evolve from standalone AI memes into a connected narrative where every episode matters.
Characters return.
Earlier events have consequences.
Small details become major revelations weeks later.
Viewers who have followed the journey from the Glyphbinders, the TON City Meltdown, the Mixer Shield, and the first Reality Drift now know that nothing happens by accident.
Each episode is another piece of a much larger puzzle.
Final Thoughts
The Reality Drift has changed everything once again.
Not because of another explosion.
Not because of another battle.
But because the story has crossed a threshold.
The question is no longer where the portal leads.
The question is where Hood is leading everyone now.
And if his destination is known only to him...
Perhaps the greatest mystery of the Baby Ladyverse has only just begun.
