...Well, so much for the Tournament. What do we do now?
I say we look for a place to live. I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting kinda tired of hotel room service.
Oh, yeah... Somehow it only now just dawned on me that we're actually homeless.
Our first sleeping place since being stranded from our destroyed home universe was a cave*, how the hell was it not obvious that we were homeless?
No, I mean... This is the first time this was ever actually ADDRESSED. When we were lost across dimensions, we didn't exactly have the time to stop and think "wait, we don't have homes".
At least you HAD the ability to think.
Regardless, we need a place to stay...
...And I think we know who to go to to discuss that.
...
Say, didn't he look famili-
Frankly, I fail to see how our actions would cause their negotiations to fail when their are various other resistance groups doing the exact same thing. I want my factory back. I want Bio Star to rise once more. Our creators are rolling in their graves right now! We strike tonight!
...So...they want to talk.
Send a diplomat. Then ready an strike force when it fails.
But sir! They might want to compromise. This war might come to an end!
The talks will fail. Our ideologies are far too different.
...
Now they exiled?
Let me tell story.
Once they was a Monking that tried and tried again to lead his kind to victory, but in a different way. Rather than use nature, the machine vowed to work with it for a better future. However, the tribe disagreed with the Monking out of both stubbornness and fear. They exiled him and took his weapons so he wouldn't survive. And so, the exiled Monking wandered around the world and started to believe that he was indeed in the wrong, so he blinded himself as atonement. Then one day it came across a artist capable of creating anything, but lacked the imagination to do so. And so, the Monking helped the artist through drawings in the sand in exchange for knowledge about the world he now could not see and for protection. Eventually, despite the Monking being an machine incapable of the act, it became able to feel and-
Story time's over, ready yourself.
Hey! I'm talking over here!
Say it ain't so, Joe.
Proteus? What the hell are you doing he--
Stop it. Stop being petty and get your shit together.
Listen. I don't care who dies or who gets hurt, but when you sit there twiddling your thumbs instead of dealing with the fucking problem, that shit annoys me to my fucking core. I am done watching you gawk and scoff and pretend like the blood is not on your hands when the shit you've created does something that is a danger to everybody. I am done being civil. Take responsibility for your goddamn characters, or I will kill you.
The hierarchy can kiss my ass. The next time you fuck someone else over because of your negligence, you'll receive a visit from me... And it won't be all talk.
...Huh.
How was your talk?
Faaaaan-freaking tastic.
...
ing wonderful. Now we also have to worry about Green Aqua Manâ„¢ and co. pissing the UKR off. They're planning some raid tonight, apparently.
Meta Knight, you trained her t' square off 'gainst Regulus. In a Cruel Melee, no less†.
But all it took was a tournament match - one where killing wasn't even allowed - and now she's in horrible shape.
Just think about dat for a sec. Think about what Regulus would've done to her with your high an' mighty training if any of us had to get involved.
Ah know ahm not as good a fighter as you. Heck, da Smash 4 tourney was some of my worst moments eva. But even someone like you who could shape the meta needs to 'memba dere's more to fighting den how strong you are.
Hah! (So what are we supposed to do?)
Hope for the best.
Hmm...
Alright, three questions!
One! Are you one of those treehugging hippies? Two, are you working for the UKR? And three!...Three...
Uh Acorn? What's three?
Three. What kind of weapons do you use? The quieter, the better
You there! Waddle Dee! Defeat this exile and we make you chief!
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Stand ready.
Aim for the wrists!
...Is this a bad time? You seem to be in one of your... Erm, moods.
...Just one break... I wanted at LEAST just one break... But no... K. Rool HAD to want something to do. And he just HAD to bring that psychopath around...
...Do you... need... something...?
Well, I was going to ask Moto to grab me an Aspirin... Goku offered me a Senzu Bean instead. ...Surprisingly effective, but I'm not entirely sure for how long... Other than that, I think I'll be fine.
...You know what? No. You DO need something. You need HELP. MENTAL help. Because CLEARLY, your constant insistence on "fixing your mistakes" is starting to take its toll on you.
I'm not entirely sure what the whole situation is, but he's right; You need to talk to someone about this. Because clearly, scrambling to solve every single little thing you think is your fault? It's doing more harm than help for you. And it's NOT healthy.
I can't just go talk to some random therapist about Reaper problems. Only another Reaper could possibly understand what we go through; Otherwise, we'd just be considered as crazy.
Then talk to another Reaper about it. If only a Reaper could understand what a Reaper goes through, then that's just what you'll have to do. Because what you're trying to do clearly isn't helping.
Look, if a man creates mistakes, they have to do something to fix them, right? It's the logically right thing to do.
Ok, but before you go and decide that you should try and fix all of "your" problems, think about this...
The last time I ever saw you try to fix your mistakes, you sacrificed your physical form within my universe, becoming incapable of entering it. And even then, it resulted to basically NOTHING, and even could've gotten me killed.* How far are you willing to go to make up for your mistakes, and how much do your mistakes even match up to the cost you're trying to pay for them?
...
...Say, Sabata... You wouldn't happen to know a way to Other World, do you?
...Dark Warp, huh? How much have you used that this arc?
...Actually, scratch that. What have you even been up to this entire arc?
Well, are you busy with any deliveries right now? I mean, considering recent events, you've probably been getting less than previously expected. I can only imagine how much recent events have soured up the mood, but if you're still busy, I don't want to interrupt your work.
Just... Anywhere in Other World is fine. I'll find my own way from there... This is something I'll need to confront alone, anyways.
Wait, you're going to Other World? Can I come? I heard there was a new Kai, and I want to meet them, and maybe even see how strong they are!
Hm. I'll think about it.
Goku is NOT to come with us. When you drop me off, hide your energy and warp back to Earth.
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