Mountain drift

Rainbow Dash and Lelouch pulled to the lip of the volcanic chamber at long last (it was pretty tall). Blink and the others awaited them. As soon as they crossed over the threshold and pulled out of the hole, it slowly shrank in size until it disappeared entirely. The exposed dirt was quickly covered up with a thicket of weeds and dandelions. Against all logic, they had stumbled out into yet more grassland, this time with a range of snowy mountains in the distance. Strange lights flickered across their surfaces, as if to bellow *Heroes! Something relevant to your journey can be acquired here!*

*So, my assumption is that the mountain is the location of the next trial?* Mewtwo asked. It was practically to himself, considering that he wasn't yet allowing any of the new team members to hear his thoughts. Lelouch decided to repeat it out loud, just for the benefit of the others.

"Guess Phane is lighting the way," Polnareff said. Panty was still rather close to him. "Well, Blink, you can just teleport us over there, right?"

"No need." Spider-man jabbed a thumb in the direction of the mountains. "Take a closer look."

Lelouch squinted into the distance. Something was subtly wrong about the perspective. A subtle alteration in the space around the mountains, and how it lined up with the horizon. The disparity slowly increased, and the mountains grew slightly bigger, almost as if...

"Looks like the mountains are coming to us."

(...)

"Anyway! Everybody, let's get started on the journey towards the mountains!" Polnareff pointed dramatically towards the mountain range. "I'm sure we'll make it there in a day or so!"

"Pol, just look," Panty said.

He looked. The mountains were there. Phane's space-time shenanigans had allowed their destination to slowly drift towards them until it was only a couple dozen meters away. And even though he was dead, it didn't look like that effect was going away any time soon.

"Oh."

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Round 7a, Season 6, Cleverly_Clearly