. This fails and he dies. However, now there are two universes, the second of which is based off of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon universe.
. This fails, and now he shares a body with a guy named Walter. (Worship is currently in control, however, but he's better now. Ish.)
. This fails, but instead of dying, they proceed to lurk in shadows.
. This fails, and he is sealed away.
up again. Meanwhile, so does a robot named Coda, the trio of Badniks from before, and several other villains, making it a callback to (mostly) all above events, which is where we left off.
......Power?
I appreciate your willing to act as bodyguards, Toads.
Don't sweat it! It's the least we can do!
Yeah! Sorry I wasn't there to help out with the Koopalings, though...
Water under the bridge, son. What matters is that you're here now.
Yeah...! Thanks for bringing Mama right over to us!
Why did I let you talk us into going outside, again?
Toadsworth, don't be so rude! Blue and Yellow Toad will protect us!
You've got that right.
Woah, woah! Pump the breaks! Before things get any rougher, I decided to take things a bit easier this time.
What are you talking about? You guys obviously came here to spearhead an assault to kidnap her highness.
That may be true.. But what if I told you there was a to make us back off and leave you alone?
Back... off?
Those idiot plumbers aren't here, but I'll still give you one chance. One of you nominate yourselves for a little one-on-one. If you win, we'll surrender and leave you to your stuff. If I win...
...Well, we'll meet that bridge later. Whad'ya say?
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...I'll... do it.
Dark Spark
Come out, come out, wherever you are...!
Hey, lookie here! My dispenser's back! Not soire if I'm a fan of the lime green, though.
Hey, quit turning my art supplies into tsukumogami, you weightless piece of sh-
Oh please, I was only planning on bringing six back to life.
Hah, you REALLY suck at counting! There's only FOUR of your pals here!
You really shouldn't jump to conclusions.
The lead actor has ARRIVED, gentlemen! Now let's get this show on the road, I say!
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HEY! Just what do you think you're laughing at!?
Heehheh..! You look like a freakin' YARM GOLEM!
Well, I'm ACTUALLY the glorious Fitzroy O. Rubber Band!
Sounds WAY too overcomplicated, I'm just gonna call you Yarnsworth!
Can someone who's supposedly made of yarn star in MULTIPLE high-quality theater presentations?
Oooh, let me guess, their titles are "Yarnman 10", "Yarn Barn '97", "Crazy Desert Yarn", and "Yarn Trucks: Over the Road Knitting", and they all SUCK!
THAT'S IT!
NNRRRGGH!? The hell's this stuff MADE out of!?
RUBBER, obviously!
Whatever, you still suck at acting, and that's still only FIVE peop-
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Good boy, Pascal.
Alright, then. Now, if we're done here... I believe we have business to attend to.
I'm aware neither of you are on good terms, so let's get this out of your systems before an argument breaks out while we're actually doing something important.
...maybe I should have asked where to go after taking the left...
I suppose our plans gave those not busy worrying about that imp a trail to follow. But anyone who knows us should know better anyway.
Perhaps it took some more time to fly overhead...
...but with our next goal, time won't matter to us.
Wha-!? Why, you-
This is hardly the time or place.
Hey, I know you! You're that thief from the Special Stages!
You were also the one who stole one of the emeralds when that fighting tournament* was going on... At the Casino Zone**, right?
Just what is a thief like you doing here of all places?
...
...Call it a hunch, but... I-a think he's-a with THEM.
Huh?
We-a weren't given any sort of-a chance to know each other, but I-a think I remember vaguely seeing him- or, at least, in-a some sort-of fiery form*** when we initially gathered to-a fight Regulu-
Don't. I don't want to ever hear that name again.
...Okay...?
...Well... That fight- or, the preparation of it, I guess- did seem to tone down Metal a bit. Maybe it did wonders for Fang, too.
Not like we haven't had any sort of thieves in our own group.
...Speaking of, since I suppose we might be able to trust these three- which I will say for the record I was earlier ONLY referring to the blue frog and his friends- If it's gemstones they're looking for...
...Hello? ...Oh. What do you want, Shadow?
...Mhm. ...Strangely-shaped Agates? ...No, I haven't seen any of the sort.
...I'm not lying, really!
...*Sigh* Alright, I'll let you know if I find anything...
...I promise I won't try and keep it for myself. ...I'm not! Just who do you TAKE me for!?
...Ok, you have a point there, but- ...*Sigh* Alright, alright. I'll tell you if I find something.
Ugh... I can't believe those boys sometimes. Make a reputation of yourself as a treasure hunter, and suddenly nobody seems to trust you anymore...
PERHAPS PAST INTERACTIONS WITH THE TWO KNOWN AS "KING K. ROOL" AND "MR. KRABS"** SERVED NO PURPOSE IN HELPING WITH THAT FACTOR.
Oh, don't you start! Besides, it's not like they knew about it!
...REGARDLESS OF WHO WITNESSED WHAT... IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT A PARTICULAR EVENT*** HAS DONE NOTHING MORE THAN TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF ONE SOLID FACTOR...
...GREED IS A CORRUPTIVE POWER... ONE THAT ONLY LEADS TO TROUBLE.
Indeed; Fang's actually been with our team for longer than I have.
Actually, he was one of the two I was talking about who found the Marsh Agate. Him and...
Hmmmn- (What did Fang do this ti-)
Whuaaayyy! (Mario! Luigi! Boy, you're a sight for sore eyes...)
hard to keep up the Skull Barrier for Rotom's next turn. These don't last long, you know!
It's-a real good to see you, too, Yoshi!
Boy, the-a things we'll need to catch you up on...
What, the fights you were mostly absent from due to being turned into a bird, and then went and bailed on us for some lousy game of Poker?
Hate to break the happy little reunion with your little dino friend, but we* just picked up some unusual readings on our* radar... And some of you will NOT believe what it is.
...Well, now. How peculiar...
Whatever that "Ashura" did to this forest... It appears to be some form of corruption... Anyone who so much as touches this would get infected. Thankfully, the efforts of Pi Android seemed to have contained it strictly to these woods.
...I think I recognize this from somewhere...
...Ah, yes. I believe this is known as Temporal Leakage.
What!? But I thought-
Yes... Upon first glance, it would appear that Shadow Digital was the only one capable of producing this...
...But at one point, when I was looking into the Combat Data I had for the Brash Crew, I began to ponder... Why? Why IS such a power to corrupt by WEAKENING others gifted- or rather, cursed upon- that particular individual? Why DOES it weaken? And where could it have possibly come from?
...Eventually, I made a theory. What if this power- this curse- wasn't limited only to Shadow Digital... But rather, to those who managed to escape from dying Omniverses?
Wh-what...? But... That would imply-
Indeed. Much like Shadow Digital... Ashura must've also come from a dead Omniverse.
And those Inhibitor Rings? He wasn't using them to control his power... But rather, to control IT. And Scourge- the prideful fool that he was- unknowingly released it upon these woods, and the poor, unfortunate souls within them.
...I see... Well, I believe that we might just be able to clear this ourselves with ease... Shall we clear the woods of this corruption to retrieve-
No. Don't you see? It won't be long now until the Brash Crew takes notice of this. And once they do, they'll come here to clean it up themselves...
...And fall DIRECTLY into our trap.
...Sir... You're not thinking of-
You'd better ready yourself, doctor...
...I thought you liked keeping M out of the ball.
Rumia, shush. I'm not here.
...it would seem that you are, though.
Look, I'm not ready to monologue to Missingno. about why I have 'M FF, okay?!
Hey, don't worry! If Nack isn't angry out there anymore, I don't know why it'd be bad!
Indeed! Perhaps it will be less a struggle than you think!
Guys, wait-
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