Issue 02

"Purple Haze" is the second issue of the NEDOverse series, and the first to introduce an antagonist from outside the Nedo Institute. This issue also set a precedent for issues involving students getting abducted or teleported to different locations as the catalyst for the plot.

The Mission
The issue opens on a group of students playing a friendly game of basketball out on the court: The Hawk and his teammates Cambium and Sadatoni from Issue 01, now joined by Daydreamer, Eta Carinae, Wyvern and Chainmail from Dave the Duck's team. Dave and The Murder watch the game. Mid-game, Daydreamer, Eta, Sadatoni, Cambium and the Hawk are suddenly teleported on board a spaceship flying through space. While Cambium believes they are being tested, Daydreamer starts goofing around and the others discuss the possibility that they have been abducted by aliens and are in danger.

The group start exploring the spaceship, as a disembodied voice begins speaking to them, entreating them to play a game. They discover a kitchen with something seemingly cooking on the stove, but in the pot is a kind of key card, apparently the first step to solving some sort of puzzle. The students quickly become frustrated and unwilling to cooperate with this "game" as the voice taunts and eggs them on, and Daydreamer and Cambium proceed to trash the next room they look in.

This prompts Chizbit Grekensen, aka The Chizz, a small purple being and the evident source of the mysterious voice, to appear. They get upset with the students for not playing along. While the students are demanding answers, they are transported back to the basketball court, where it seems like no time has passed. Wyvern and Chainmail attempt to continue the game, but Cambium takes the ball and squeezes it until he pops it with his thorns, then throws it on the ground, much to Chainmail's disappointment.

Aftermath
Reader speaks telepathically to the students who were teleported, telling them that someone breached her security to kidnap them, but she was able to transport them back and reform the psychic shields around the school. She apologises for not realising sooner. According to Reader, the Chizz was able to hitch a ride on Alex's liminal consciousness, and manipulated Toni's powers in order to teleport the students on board their ship.

While Toni feels guilty for her powers putting the others in danger, Reid and John turn on Alex and accuse them of being the reason all this happened. Alex starts crying and Reid immediately feels like a monster, while John seems unfazed.

Later that night, Alex finds a note left in their room by the Chizz, letting them know that if they ever want to, the Chizz can make them able to sleep.