Oh! Um, sorry, they told me at the gate I could hang around as long as I didn't go into restricted areas - did I do that on accident? I was just trying to get a nice view of the area...
Come on, sugar! I know you can try better than that!
As a matter of fact...
(I got it! Let's just hope this works...!)
Oh, dear-
...
...Hah! Nice try, little petromyini*! But my shield is far more durable than one lousy min-
Ack! Stop it, you mammalian pest!
Why don't you fight me yourself and make me!
Grr...!
Still think you're meant for flying, huh, freak?
You know, you all can hurl insults all you want, but I've learned to be proud of what I am!
Aww, that's just adorable, thinking I'd care how "proud" you are! You're still a second-rate flier!
Son, what are you doing!? Wily gave you a buster, so use it!
Very well, father...
...But only because that mutant wants to play dirty.
...Well, I'll give the cat credit; He's actually putting up a decent fight.
Though, given the kind of roleplay this is... I should've easily expected something like Super Tom.
...
Should've expected this, too-
...Sometimes I hate how nonsensical this roleplay can be.
...Alright... Good news is, nobody seems to be around back here.
The bad news... No back entrance. Not even a window or something I can crawl my way into...
...This seems to me like a sign. Telling me that I should just walk away, and nobody would even know I was sneaking around here.
Almost a shame that I don't like being told what to do.
...Well, this must be it... He certainly picked a nice place to live.
...
(I... I'm not sure if...)
(No. I've come too far to get cold feet about it now. He has a right to know.)
...Is that a Christmas tree?
It's probably just some marketing thing; Let's not worry about it.
Okay... But why doesn't it have a star...?
Excuse me, but have you seen a blue hedgehog around lately? Really small, dots for eyes, looking like he came straight out of a meme or parody?***
WAKA-WAKA!? (What the--!?)
That being said... I suppose it's easier to simply show you, than to tell you what it is. Actions often speak louder than words, and I'm at a point where I can handle it well enough.
Y'know, it's pretty weird how we just forgot about this thing once it was all said and done.
What "thing" might you be referring to?
What else? The Dark Mirror. Vaati used it to create mayhem and madness all over the place. And later it was reinherited by Butlertype.
Ah! Indeed, it was somewhat of a troublesome tool, albeit also underutilized... it could have lead to far greater threats if used to its fullest by both....
....Why exactly are we searching for it?
I have a hunch it'll be handy for later. What for, I couldn't tell you. But I think we're safe trusting my gut here. After we find it, we'll rendevouz back at the Flux and flex our new power on John and Will.
Hai!*
Perfect.
You try not to cause any trouble. I'll talk to him myself.
Hey, I don't go out looking for trouble; It's trouble that usually comes out of its way to find ME.
Alright, little guy...
Let's have a little "chat".
〈Right. He is extremely fast. Got it.〉
〈(Ok... So, he's too fast to plan around. I guess I have no other choice but to wing it.〉
And ponders what the NEW GUY wants with him, because I sincerely hope you aren't about to put me in some plotline, seeing as I want to leave this place as quickly as possible.
Maybe. But I'm sure as hell not going to try and go through that Hydrone just to get there. Not that HT seems to want to control that Hydrone anymore, otherwise I'd still be stuck with Xi.
By the way, just so nobody gets any ideas about coming out of the Inn or Grillby's to meet me, I should state for the record that I already used the shortcut to get to the other side of town, and I'm already entering the forest.
So unless you're just here to check up on my journey out of here, tell me what you want, then leave me alone.
Yes...?
...They're fighting right now, aren't they.
And BF stands absolutely NO chance against Hyper because Hyper forms are invincible to normal attacks and all of his previous wins against the EXEs were mostly out of luck.
And you want me to tell you what my plan originally was for him to at least have a chance against Fleetway so we can continue this pointless plotpoint with no real connection to anything actually important.
*Long, deep sigh*
Alright... Here's what I'm going to need you to do.
Trust me, thy plan to fight many more battles until the gods have no choice but to come down from their thrones and beg to be spared!
Poipoppi!
!....
Rambo-san!.. I believe I found the magical mirror in question.
You did? Well, that was a cakewalk.
That's her, alright.... I remember something along the lines of this being used.
Indeed.... Somari, Delta, and several others were all duplicated. Though I don't quite understand how it works...
Well, it's something like this: The Dark Mirror peers into the souls of those who reflect within it. They then gather all the evil within someone, manifesting them into a complete mirror counterpart equal to that of the original.
What about those who are pure of heart? If they simply are not evil, then they wouldn't have anything to take from them. Is that not correct?
"Pure of heart" is an entirely different thing from being lacking in evil. You can be a bad guy and pure...
...But in that case, I suppose the mirror would simply use it's own magic to help replicate that process. Even if... let's say Kirby wasn't evil. It would still make an evil copy of Kirby.
Hmm. I see.... that could be troublesome. Then we should be quite careful not to let anything stupid happe--
YOU FIGHT WITH THE SKILL OF A SEASONED WARRIOR. IT ALMOST HIDES THE TRUTH.
Oh, uh, Chord, sir, I didn't know that they-
I'm sorry, excuse me for a moment.
...
...as I was saying, by "nothing" I meant it's because as far as the world's concerned, I am nothing.
I'll get it.
Oh. Uh...hey, Ashura.
You mean, you try to get recognized for something you did? Or you can't find your place in the world? Well... I can imagine that's not pleasant. But if you ask me it's worse if you are something to the wrong people, 'cause that way you get caught up in all these grandiose corporate dealings where they act all friendly just to use you to take down a common enemy, then
they inevitably want to keep you in their web forever, and on top of all that some random orb you've never met before knows your name-- I may have to talk to him about that when he comes back--
But, anyway.
It's a nice day and I'm trying to unwind.
Coffee?
Agh! What the hell wazzat!?
I've been through far too much just getting to this point* to fall for some random trick. Now, tell m-
...Now, tell me: What do you know about what happened to BF after he "died"?
Hm... It would seem that I may have overdone it just a little bit.
Oh, well. I didn't come here for too much.
I'll just take this, some of these... Oh, I could have some fun with these...
(Wait... How am I going to tell him about this without him freaking out?)
Hey, Digit! Uh... Do you have a moment to talk?
WAKA-WAKA... WAKA-WAKA-WAKA (Man... just what is he up too no--)
.....
Oop!
!
Ah. Pardon my clumsiness. I could have slipped and destroyed this mirror.
It can't be destroyed so easily, Segata. I'm not sure if it can be at all. That's why we have to take it for safe keepi--
Oh, damn.
Sega Satan, Shiro!
As Wiru-san would say, I appear to have "dun goofed".
Ossu!
Damn.
How the hell did this get so out of hand so quickly!?
This is the ability I'm referring to, and it is my secret weapon.
Excuse me...Do you know about the Rat problem under the floorboards?....They stole my Stars....I would like them back please
〈(Man, this is just unfair...! How am I even going to hurt the guy!? And what's worse is that he's not even fighting back!)〉
WHY is he just GOOFING OFF!? He could've killed that little pipsqueak 1,000 times by now!
So could you, if you were just a little more competent.
...I’ll deal with you in a moment.
This runt... He managed to beat Lord X, and yet he can’t even land a scratch on Hyper Fleetway. I’m starting to think all of his victories really WERE just flukes!
...Even Lord X...? Fascinating. Perhaps I should take a swing at him at some point.
Hah! If Fleetway doesn’t decide to stop messing around, you can be my gues-
...What in my name...?
Oh, so you do still have that complex.
Oh, put one of your poisonous shrooms in it!
(Why do people still think we’re the same entity?**)
〈(Huh? What are these things...?)〉
〈(...These rings seem to have some kind of power... Which gives me an idea.)〉
〈Hey! You walking seizure-inducer!〉
〈How about we fight for REAL this time!〉
i did the thing.
Great. You may go back to the Realm of Non-Existence now.
heck yeah boi.
...Why was he so happy about that, anyways?
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