I mixed in parts from the main roleplay I did and the second roleplay that was meant to be an alternate timeline

The day collector finally found what he was looking for...

The inkstone amulet...

It was in his storage.
He had it the whole time and didn't know.

Eggyhead wanted to duplicate the amulet, so he and the collector could both use inkstone, he knew a duplication spell but unknown to him the copies wouldn't be perfect, any severe damage and they disappear in a puff of smoke. This happens with most duplication spells

The collector wanted to actually make another amulet using information again from the first one, but eggyhead thought this was a bit too slow. He was impatient, he wanted to get his hands on it so he could get it over with

Eggyhead managed to get a small amount of the collectors DNA from his laboratory while he wasn't looking. his DNA is packed with essence of creation, exactly what he needed

(The first change, originally it was a piece of the crystal itself)

He put it into a modified portal gun, after a few more tweaks he managed to get it functional. Then he entered the realm of creation, he cannot enter without the collector opening a portal. He only gives the ability to enter freely to people he trust, and after the amount of timelines he's seen where eggyhead turned into some kind of god killing cannibal he wasn't giving eggyhead the ability to do that any time soon

He luckily was able to portal into the laboratory right where he was storing the crystal

It was all going well... Until...

The collector appeared directly in front of eggyhead, standing between him and the amulet

"I knew you took my DNA, so I've been expecting you to show up for a while.

So I'll give you five seconds to give me the portal gun, I don't care why your here. I don't trust you enough to let you enter here freely. Not after the amount of timelines I've seen where you went rogue"

"5"

Eggyhead was surprised at how far ahead the collector was thinking, but knew he should've expected it from someone like him

"4"

He was evaluating how he could escape or complete his mission, he couldn't see any ways out of this

"3"

...

"2"

Eggyhead: fine!

He threw the portal gun on the ground in front of the collector

Then he began to walk back through the portal

He was about to close the portal but teleported back through and away before the collector could notice in a split second, then it closed

Collector: good, he's gone. Almost thought I'd have to tear the fabric of existence trying to catch him

He went back to his desk looking at the amulet under a microscope and writing down symbols eggyhead couldn't read

He watched and waited, until the collector got a message from Peyton about a weapon he was forging for her, he knew it's better to gain a friend than an enemy so he made it as a peace offering

But then he forgot about it the moment he found the amulet

Eggyhead couldn't fully make out what he sent back but it looked like some lame excuse like "just a few final touches" or something like that

He left the room down a hallway titled "forge"

Now was eggyhead's chance

He grabbed the portal gun and the amulet, he opened a portal to a random location, he didn't know where he was going but he knew it was better than here

But you could say it was just as bad.

He teleported, right to where inkmatas was. She immediately saw he was exiting the realm of creation and quickly knew he stole the amulet

She tried to push him back through the portal but she accidentally hit a button on the portal gun that closed it

Eggyhead tried to fly away but knew inkmatas could match his speed

Inkmatas managed to knock eggyhead out of the sky and he landed in a nearby field

He was surprised but quickly scrambled (pun not intended) to find the amulet in the grass

He tried to escape again but then the worst happened...

The collector... Appeared right in front of him

He immediately grabbed eggyhead by his shirt and raised him into the air, then he snatched the amulet from him and yelled:

"I DO NOT TOLERATE THIEVES!"

Eggyhead replied:

"I'M NOT A THIEF, I'M AN EGG!"

He attempted to grab the amulet from the Collector's other hand, completely contradicting what he just said

Collector threw him to the ground, inkmatas was tempted to step in and stop the conflict but knew she couldn't match the Collector's physical strength so she knew she couldn't stop him, and he had omega alloy meaning inkstone wouldn't do anything to him

Collector continued:

"If you EVER steal from me again I will not hesitate to use my full power and TURN YOU INTO AN OMELETTE"

Inkmatas was surprised at how far the collector would go to keep the amulet, it was farther than she'd ever seen even for the crystal of creation.
However she understood that he'd been looking for the amulet for months and didn't want it to go to waste

Eggyhead tried to talk him down

"I can make another one-"

But the collector wouldn't listen, he was too angry to. Especially to eggyhead.

"How can YOU make another one!? You know nothing of inkstone. I've been researching it for months and I just now got close to finally being able to use it, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT ALL AWAY!"

Eggyhead continued knowing collector would never trust him, especially the technique he planned to use

"I know a duplication spell!!!"

Collector simply scoffed and began walking through a portal, but before he could get all the way through eggyhead jumped behind him and wrapped his arms around his neck

He knew eggyhead didn't have the strength to choke him but was still pulled back, collector threw the amulet through the portal before closing it and threw eggyhead into the sky

There was a flash of blue light

Collector had activated his full power for the first time after fighting beldum

He was able to catch up with eggyhead in the upper atmosphere and grabbed him by the leg, giving eggyhead no time to react

From his perspective he was on the collectors back, then he was just below space

Collector threw eggyhead towards another galaxy, since he was in inkmatas' universe he didn't want to destabilize her solar system

In just a few seconds eggyhead had reached the other galaxy and had gone through several planets and stars

Collector caught up with eggyhead and caught him, changing which direction he was going

Eggyhead had already taken a lot of damage, he was missing several larch pieces of his shell

He was redirected towards a black hole but just barely missed and had a relatively soft landing on an earth-like planet

He attempted to negotiate with the collector again, but this time the collector was willing to listen for a moment

"Just, give me the amulet for a day, I promise I will give it back tomorrow!"

Collector left his one hundred percent form

"I know you just want to help but... Duplication spells suck. The copies don't work for powerful artifacts, and on top of that I can't trust you. I barely trusted you before and guess how little I trust you now."

Before eggyhead had time to reply collector went through a portal and disappeared

He went back to inkmatas to explain what was going on, after that she was willing to trust him

She attempted to enter the realm of creation, collector had given her the ability to do she could visit him since he didn't really have a "home universe"

However something strange happened when she attempted to enter the portal

It wouldn't let her through, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get through

Eggyhead tried as well but to no surprise he got the same results

Inkmatas simply decided to wait it out. Collector was extremely mad so maybe leaving him alone was the best idea

In the meantime she showed eggyhead a few inkstone books she had found while exploring ruined temples, one of them showed how to use inkstone as armor

After a few hours collector finally exited the realm of creation, and he put an amulet on the table in front of eggyhead, it was smaller and had a red gem

"Here. This is what happens when your patient and take the time to learn."

He pulled the crystal of creation out from under his shirt, he had put it into his own amulet

After Collector was done bragging about what patience brings inkmatas asked:

"What about that thing with the realm of creation earlier? I just couldn't get through the portal"

Collector replied: "it was the only way to keep eggyhead out. I had to seal all portals in and out of there. It isn't like that now but if eggyhead is within a small radius of the portal it won't let anyone through unless I'm there"

Eggyhead looked at the Collector nervously

Collector continued: "that's right, you're not getting through any time soon."

The rest of that day was eggyhead and the collector learning some basic inkstone techniques

Collector gave eggyhead the weakest inkstone amulet he could make, it's equivalent to inkmatas when she isn't using any of her stronger forms

Collector likely has the most powerful one, since he used the crystal of creation in his amulet he was able to make inkstone with the power of creation automatically infused into it, meaning it has far greater combat capabilities

Eggyhead was jealous but understood that he likely didn't deserve a calamity amulet after how mad he made the collector

*large

Um, I've been studying Inkstone FOR YEARS by now.

Um actually on behalf of Eggyhead, instead of saying "I'm not a thief I'm an egg!" He says his "I couldn't tolerate your mom last night" joke

*gained

Yep that's Eggyhead, very impatient