Rick And Morty --39-link--39- -

"Yeah. Get in the ship, Morty. If we're going out, we're going out loud ."

The kitchen chair whimpers softly.

The kitchen lights flicker. Outside, the sky turns the color of a forgotten error message.

"That's math, Morty. Don't get emotional about integers." He pulls a lever. The room stretches like taffy. Rick And Morty --39-LINK--39-

"No time for your 'about tos.' The Cosmic Index just ticked over to 39. You know what that means?"

pauses. He looks almost somber.

(looks up): "Is that why Dad's chair keeps moaning?" The kitchen lights flicker

The ship flying directly into a pink void, Morty screaming, Rick laughing, and the number 39 burning like a brand on the moon behind them.

"Is that bad? Thirty-nine sounds like a nice number. It's, like, three times thirteen. That's lucky, right? Three times lucky?"

"That's… that's really dark, Rick."

"Oh, jeez."

They land in an identical kitchen. The chair is silent. The cereal is still.

"See? The 39th causal loop is collapsing. Every dimension that branched off from the 38th iteration is getting deleted . Folded back into the main trunk. And guess whose garage is the pressure valve?" Don't get emotional about integers