Previously in "The Relics!"

It's been awhile since the last update, so I thought I should include a brief summary to refresh your memory in case you don't want to re-read the last two chapters.

Previously in The Relics—

While working on a janky version of the Loman machine, Harmony and Bryan got trapped in a tachyonic field and ended up kind of bonding.

Joshua thought they were lost for good and kind of flipped out, but his work was not for nought, and soon the two were home.

Harmony was more eager to finish the project than ever, while Joshua was convinced that it had become too dangerous to continue. He reluctantly conceded that the information needed to finish the machine was contained in Loman scrolls in the possession of Roberto Alvarado, a former colleague with whom he was no longer on speaking terms.

That night, Harmony and Bryan talked about their experience in the tachyon void and realized their strengthened attraction to one another. They started to make out, but Bryan balked at going any further in his childhood friend Rachel's bed.

Harmony suggested they instead continue in the void.

The next day, Bryan and Harmony went to Roberto's house on a goofy pretext, and Harmony attempted to coax Roberto into turning over the scrolls.

After telling her a perplexing Loman myth and giving a cryptic warning, he handed over the complete translated set.

And now...

Chapter 10!