Something new

(Crossposted on two other sites, being Fanfiction.net and ao3)

Apparently, one completely loses the memory of their own death when it happens.
No big deal for teenager Paul Jackson...
...except for the part where an otherworldly AXOLOTL from a children's cartoon personally requests a private audience.

Now, with a collapsing timeline and reality itself starting to glitch at the seams, someone's got to pull off a miracle-level course correction.
And when the universe's rules start breaking apart? You fight fire with fire... and a big, green grin.

Let's just say things are about to get a little SMOKIN'!

(Cover for the story was drawn by F4ARTz, or m_ferdy_s, on X. All credits to them!)