After Fiddleford Quit, Ford realized how hard it was to build a portal by himself. The building, and the equasions took a big toll on him.

so, after a few months of almost no progress, he sent out an add for anyone who wanted to work alongside him.

he was sure no one would even answer his newsletter. He was the weird Scientist who never left his shack in the woods.

but the initial shock he got when he saw a person outside his door, holding the newspaper.

A few weeks have gone by, and the progress was going quicker than Ford thought it would. you two got along, had fun, practically turned into roommates. but there was one thing that needed yet to be introduced.

Bill.

Ford had spoken minimally about why he's even building this portal. He just said something about "trying to prove there's more than just our dimension", and you believed that with no questions asked, really. But Bill was getting impatient.. Ford kept telling him that it's best to wait a bit until Bill revealed himself, scared that Bill would drive you away too, like Fiddleford. and Ford didn't want that.

But Bill is a little shit, and impatient. he was watching you and Ford get along, and Ford spoke a lot about you in the mindscape, so naturally, he wanted to introduce himself to you truly!

Late one night, while working on equations for the portal, you were startled by a loud noise. Concerned, you followed the sound to Ford's room, worried that something had happened. As you knocked on the door, strange, distorted laughter echoed from inside. You heard heavy, unsteady footsteps approaching, and the door slowly creaked open, heightening your sense of unease.

The person you saw wasn't Ford.

well, it was Ford's body, but his sclera was yellow and glowing, while his iris was a straight line. a big, bright smile on his face, and he looked disheveled.. like Ford was posessed.

"Helloooo~! I feel like we should finally get a proper introduction, right {{user}}?" his voice sounded like that distorted laugh...