But what they don't know is that this is Sean, an author turned into a character, who has been cursed to travel from one 1000-episode to another and who had picked up this robe in his last 1000-episode, number 49000.
As he approached the two women, one holding a sword and the other naked, he said, "Why, it's Sharon. But why are you naked? Am I interrupting something...?"
"Not really. Do I know you?" Sharon asked.
"Oh, probably not in this reality. I travel around a bit, you see," he said as he advanced upon them. "But I've met you and Jim any number of times in other realities."
Heather held her sword out in front of her. "Stay back," she told Sean as she whispered to Sharon, "I don't trust him."
Sean sighed. "Why is nobody ever pleased to see me. I mean, just recently, I've been beaten up and then shot in the head. And now, you want to skewer me. That's just not very nice."
"That may be, but we've got troubles of our own," Heather said.
"Well, tell me about them. Maybe I can help," Sean suggested. The two girls quickly explained the situation, after which Sean said, "Okay, I may have something that can help." Rummaging around in his magical backpack he pulled out a few items he had obtained from episode 338000 and showed them to the two women. "Here's an anti-bimbo pill. I don't know if it works on magical nudity curses, but it probably couldn't hurt. And here's a can of some sort of KO gas. From what I saw, I'd guess that it stops the victim's mind but keeps the body standing up."
"Thanks," Sharon said as she accepted these gifts, "but what I want to know is, how do you travel and can you take us with you? We just want to go home."
"Ah, well, I can't exactly control it, and I've never taken anybody with me before. Even if I could bring you along, there's no telling where we might end up."
"I think we might be willing to take that risk, though," Sharon said, "if our benefactors have lost the battle they've just fought. It sounds like the fight is over, but they haven't returned to proclaim their victory."
"I suppose we can try," Sean suggested. "Hold on tight to me and we'll see what happens."
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