Pop Star

But what about the people!?
There's not enough time! (And probably not enough room on the Halberd.) Just gather as many people as you can and let's get out of here!

Grabbing as many Dreamlanders and unfrozen UKR Soldiers as they can (with Orchestra seemingly focused on only the Dreamlanders), Jazz's group and Kirby quickly makes their way onto the Halberd, urging Meta Knight and the others to do the same. The non-Mark-X Jazz Droids attempt to do the same, but only 4 of them make it onto the ship.

...Wait... Where's Shadow Mewtwo?

Jazz's group looks around for Shadow Mewtwo...

That snake...! He just slipped away while we weren't looking!
We'll worry about him- and whatever he's up to- later. For now, we need to focus on getting out of here!

Bladesmatter meanwhile starts to panic as a thought comes to him.
They must of followed me...how else could they have known we were here?
You couldn't of known-
You mean like how I led HIM to Paintra because I was foolish enough to think he would choose a "friend" over his job?
Obviously Meta Knight...wasn't a good influence. The puffball was clearly insane! I mean, who's crazy enough to talk to their axe?
Bladesmatter glances down to Stellar with an unamused expression.
Hey, at least I talk back.
You certainly do.
What's that supposed to-
Hey...that expression. What do you plan on-
Bladesmatter sheathes his blade, effectively muting the blade. He then looks to Jazz and company.
I'm going to set things right. Even if it kills me.
Bladesmatter looks to an set of yet frozen tree and cuts them up to form a basket large enough to carry a thing of boulders.

Meanwhile the ice continues to spread...Snowflakes begin to fall.

As the Squeaks retreat to their airship, Bandanna Dee grabs the Love-Love Stick, and he and Meta Knight rush back onto the Halberd, with R.O.B. following while carrying Diplomat Martin!!

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Hearing the bubbling, Fang grows worried and impatient.Still able to move for the turn, Fang yanks the key from Biocut's hand, unlocks the door, and hands the key back to Biocut as he pushes the door open!!

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The group is healing themselves after the battle, Sanae especially. In the meantime, they discuss the events leading up to the encounter.Daiyousei sprints in from the guest room, confused and worried.Dedede and Volt Man notice a sphere of darkness in the corner of the control room.As Volt Man walks up to the shadow, he realizes nothing's in it.

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As Rumia wanders the abandoned hatch, she notices a small piece of purple energy...Suddenly, the purple energy pulses, and Rumia finds herself in a vast space, with a white screen in front of her just dim enough not to pierce her personal darkness bubble.
The screen begins to react to her presence, and rows of words and images fill the screen...information all about her.
‡Rumia gently places her hand on the screen, and the lines of details move, some leading to whole new pieces of information. After pressing the screen a few more times, something catches the darkness youkai's interest...
‡Rumia's eyes (figuratively) light up.

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*Reference: The effects when unaltered "Doppler Limited" combines with Evil Energy, Anti-Omni Energy, or both
†See Page 215, Post #7.
‡ Screenshots of the Touhou Wiki.

...Your sacrifice will be strongly remembered.
However, neither shall we forget the minimal time we have until the Halberd itself freezes over due to this ice and leave us to die, so... Later.

Missingno. urges Meta Knight to start the ship as Jazz urges Mighty to get on quickly. And all the while, Orchestra... Says nothing. Does nothing. And feels nothing.

Nothing... But hate.

As R.O.B. carries Diplomat Martin, he looks at him with glassy eyes.
They'll all dead...And their blood and oil is on my hands...
R.O.B.'s infected arm starts to sway for a second but remains steady.

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Bio Star Labs

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Thanks. I don't know why that took so long.
Rushing into the room with both characters in tow, he finds the room...empty?
...
Biocut simply sits down near a wall and becomes lifeless.

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Smithingstone Arena

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A loud buzzer goes off, stunning everyone, including Pierce. As he's sent flying into a wall, Dr. Walnut appears. In a second flat, a UKR soldier appears.
If you don't get that robot under control, then the position's going to her.
Pierce! Come here at once. I think you need...
a TIME OUT.






Pierce falls into a trance.

As Stache looks on, he hears an annoying buzzing sound ringing in his sensor. As he focuses more on it, he realizes that it's coming from behind.
Hey! Aren't you listening!
The buzzing stops as he realizes it's just Clover.
Oh. Sorry, I was just-
That. Was. Amazing!
...Pardon?
Look at yourself! You're golden! Shiny golden at that! And the way you made that shield that fast!
Man, I've got to get a hold of your creator to ask how they managed to pull a fast one on me with this hidden feature they put... in...
The entire arena is in an awkward silence.
I just said that I didn't build you out loud, didn't I?
You sure did.

Mighty is once again speechless, until...
Pop Star is one of the only pure places left in this damned universe(no offense CZ)* and I will not stand for this.
Mighty snaps his fingers, as every single thing on Popstar, including what's frozen over and the planet itself, is teleported 3 months down the planet's regular orbit around its sun. He then returns to he ice that's left floating in space and banishes it to his Gray Realm.

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*Referring to the now sentient roleplay itself.

00C: I'm assuming you altered time?

ooc: nope, straight up teleported the planet
Speaking of, now that the ice is gone, Mighty puts Pop Star back where it should be.

As Mighty stands in space, he starts to hear whispers.
Congratulations. You've bought them time. With that said, the ice has already infected the core. A simple teleport trick can't solve that.

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No. We need doctors, not mechanics that pass on other's work as their own.
Speaking of which, where did she go?
Sure enough, Clover's nowhere to be seen.
As Clover runs out the stadium, she bumps into...U.Air, sending her tumbling down.

So Blues, have learned any new fighting skills?
U.Air doesn't even seem to notice her.

Mighty literally destroys the planet's core, but somehow not the rest of it, and creates a new one.
Any more dinky failsafes I have to brush off?

Well...I learned how to turn my propeller the other way.
Hey what's the big idea!
Huh?
Never mind. It's not even worth it.
Clover then turns to Stache and Shaker.
Come on guys, let's go home.
Hold up.
Huh?
Stache looks over to U.Air and gets an idea.

So you made these two fighting bots?
Well n-
Yes. Built us from the ground up.
Clover looks over to Stache with a look of confusion.
Really?
Really. We even made to to the finals.
That must mean that you two are strong, right?
We most certainly are. All thanks to our doctor here.
Well in that case, come with me! Oh! Hey Blues, I got some business here. Want to come with me?

Clover then pulls Stache over to the side.
Are you trying to make me a laughing stock?
You already are though.
!
...That might be true, but you didn't have to say it like that.
Let's just follow and find out what's he up to.
...
...Fine.

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Outer Space

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...
Who are you?

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Ninten's location

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Honestly no clue. Where are we exactly...

OOC:Anyone else having issues with Imgur?

Blues: Ok, I'm just as confused as you three are at this point... Gotcha U.A! Imma comin! He then followed U.A and Clovers team...just as confused as they are...

Fang looks around the room, settling his eyes on the catatonic Biocut.

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It takes little time for the rest of the Brash Crew to find Rumia's location on the radar.As Shadow Digital tries to grab the device in question, he notices it's not where he usually stores it in his cape. He continues patting himself down to no avail.

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Having returned to the Bunker in just a couple of minutes, despite what seemed like hours learning about herself, Rumia is already attempting her first new technique.Despite the bold description, her efforts provide merely a sweep of harmless darkness.Rumia pushes the bunker trapdoor open, and flies...straight into Shadow Digital.

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*Reference: Touhou Rekkaden (a fangame featuring "EX Rumia")

This has all been for nothing. I didn't want to scan those other piles of scraps because some part of me hoped they would be fine. But if there's not here, then that means...I'm sorry for wasting your time; the only soldier we found was killed by that creat-
A drop of acid lands on Biocut. Though it doesn't affect him, he looks up to see a large hole. Biocut's hands start to twitch before becoming fists.
This is the first time in a long time that I've felt anything. Sure it's rage but...
It's still something.
Biocut cuts some pieces of metal off of the wall to form a ladder.
It's your call, but I'm going get that "thing" before it gets anyone else.

City Docks

Looking for help, hm? Well, you've come to the right place!

A figure approaches the three.

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Betalix Mannen, but you can call me Betalix. Just Beta works fine, too.

Betalix Mannen
The Mega Adventurer

Beta Man of Universe MMRPG-SJ-1

O̸͟r̛b̧ ̀C̵͜͡i̵̴͜t̸͟y̵͢͝ So, do you guys mind explaining to me why I found you guys in my closet?
Okay so before you end up cancelling me on all my social media, I don't have any ulterior motives. I'm just trying to find a way to hide from Triton Bubble.
And I'm essentially his sidekick so I kinda have to follow him.
Adorable. But that's no valid excuse.
Like it or not, you and him share history together. You'll have to confront him at some point.
Confront who?
Ugghhhhh. Great. Now I have to find a whole new hiding pla--
BOOM!
...The heck was that?
Aw, bloody bumpkins, I thought it would take more time than that. Delta, go find Scale. I'll deal with him myself.
Wha--
I'll explain later. Go inside and count to googolplex.
You wish. Not until you tell me what's going o--

Soul pushes Pop into a Black Orb which brings her back into her house.

Oh, sure. Leave him alone during his stupid sequel and this is the reward?

Soul flies into the direction of the origin of the explosion... A̷͢ ̴fù͞t̸͠i̷͟l͝e̛ ̧a͘͘c̛t̵̡i̶͘ǫ́͡n͘.̸