Right, here’s how things are gonna go: I’m gonna go down and talk to that Renga guy, while you, Piplup, shall go and deal with that Metall over there.

Darkrai moves 3 spaces down, a space left, and another space down before interacting with Block Man.

I-
Skip the dialogue and give us the candy. It’s not even Halloween anymore, and Beta Shadow doesn’t even remember what your costume was supposed to even be, anyways.
Alright, sheesh. You don’t have to be such a jerk about it...

Nightmare Force receives Candy Corn x2!

Hmm. Aside from the Halloween NPCs, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot to this floor... Should make this a cakewalk.

Maybe. Only one way to see, right?

...Actually, I always found that “slow and steady wins the race” was not the lesson to be learned in that story; In the tale, the Torterra only ever beat the Lopunny because the latter was overconfident. If the Lopunny were to actually finish the race instead of taking a NAP, then the Lopunny would’ve won the race five times over before the Torterra could even get halfway across.

Don’t you mean Tortoise and the Hare?
It’s even wrong if you take into consideration the official Pokemon Tortoise and Hare Nursery Rhyme.*

The POINT is, the TRUE moral of the story is to NEVER let your guard down, and NEVER underestimate your opponent. NOT “slow and steady wins the race”. If anything, the fact that it took this long to GET to the first story mission when it took you a simple matter of days the last time only PROVES that you have grown lackluster as a Roleplayer.

Oh, yeah, sure. And tell me, how often do you FOLLOW that moral of “never be overconfident”?

...My confidence in my ability is not at fault for my past failures. That FREAK of a Rotom holds more power than a lowlife like him has ANY right to bear. You know this as well as I do, seeing as you, too, have been a victim of his annual “holiday cheer”.

To be fair, I haven’t really seen a lot of that in the past few years... Or anything of him at ALL since that fight against Beta Diablo in Joyous Tower. Maybe he’s decided to retire?
Someone as stubborn as Rotom? I sincerely doubt it.

Now, if we can stop talking about insignificant GNATS for a moment, I’d like to point out that I have just reached the stairs.



Oh, right. So, what’s the plan? Are you going to join the others for the story mission?

Hmm, a tempting offer. On the one hand, I could possibly gain more EXP from the story mission, but on the other...
...Say, Piplup. How close are we, exactly, to that Outlaw we’re after?
The mission log says that the outlaw Picket Man is on the 4th floor. We are currently on the 2nd, with the 3rd floor right within your reach.
I see... In that case...
...We shall proceed as we were. We’ve already made the halfway mark, so I see no reason for us to abandon the objective now. And whether those other two decide to follow me to the end, or to leave for the story event, that’s their choice.

Well, off we go, then. (If Lushkk or idk prefers to stay in the dungeon then Beta Shadow will edit that in later)

*No, seriously. It’s a real thing.

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Neutral Expert boosts the power of Enayrk’s attack!
Enayrk uses Buster Shot on Cut Man!Enayrk earns 131 EXP!
Mondegreen earns 65 EXP!
The held Xtreme Module was dropped!

Enayrk is now Level 4!

Crystal Expert boosts the power of Mondegreen’s attack!
Mondegreen uses Swift Shot on Ice Man!

...Some new rules, hm? ...Truthfully, I always wondered when he’d realize that the old rules were... Shall I say, unrefined?
...Not that that’s important right now. Piplup, go ahead and speak with that Bright Man, won’t you? I’ll just keep heading for the stairs and leave these other two for the other teams, seeing as this time of year puts me in such a good mood and all.

Darkrai moves four spaces left while Piplup moves a space down to talk to Bright Man.

* (I understand being a Time robot and all, but why do I have to be this... green gremlin!? I don’t even LIKE the character... Especially since he doesn’t understand that freezing time is NOT A PSYCHIC POWER-)
Am I interrupting something?
Ah, right, sorry. Let’s see, what am I supposed to do here... Ah, yes, of course.

TRICK!

Bright Man places an Attack curse! All members of Nightmare Force receive an Attack debuff!

Well, now if you excuse me... I’m going to find new friends with better taste in group costumes.

Bright Man disappears...

...Well, that was a waste. At least there are no enemies around here.

That figures. Just spawn whatever, I’m just going to go to the next floor anyways.



*Placeholder until I upload the actual mug.

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Neutral Expert boosts the power of Enayrk’s attack!
Enayrk fires a Speed Buster at Cut Man!
Swift Shot is NOT fired at Fuse Man because Fuse Man is actually an NPC.
He could be an enemy, though.
Butt out.
1 Damage dealt!
1 Damage dealt!
The third attack missed...
4 Damage dealt!
The second attack missed...
The third attack missed...

Ah, today is such a joyous day! And I’m not simply referring to our return once again to this domain of Robots and Dungeons.
The month of October has always been my favorite... The nights get longer as the winds grow cold. Shadows loom, and evil lurks in the air... I simply cannot stop myself from smiling. This is as close as it gets to my ideal world of darkness.
...And for once, I have a friend that I am able to share this with. Sure, beforehand, I had that ghost and my old Nightmare Force as companions... But they simply do not share the vision I hold. They couldn’t possibly see things the way I see them.
...Alas, it is not their fault that it is this way... Still, I have my own company to celebrate this time of year, now. Perhaps I should look forward to-

Are you going to make your turn, or...?

Ah, right, of course. I’ll carry on, then.

Darkrai moves 4 spaces up.

Shadow Expert boosts the power of Darkrai’s attack!
Darkrai uses Shadow Shot on Oil Man!Darkrai earns 9 EXP!
Piplup earns 5 EXP!
The held (AU) Chilled Body was dropped!

Darkrai picks up the Fortune Module!
Piplup moves a space right and 2 spaces up.

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Moved and busters charged.
Mondegreen takes 1 Damage!
Another hit! 1 Damage!
The third hit missed...

Darkrai moves 4 spaces up. Piplup moves 3 up.

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...Oh, I’m doing this one, too? Ok.

Feels good to be back... Hopefully Beta Shadow doesn’t go on yet another hiatus anytime soon.

Darkrai looks over to Piplup.

I would hope that you won’t be rusty, but our opponent doesn’t appear to be any much of a threat.
Hey! You’d better watch yourself, slick, ‘cuz one slip-up and you’re done for!
That, we shall see.

...So, you bothered to show your face after all.
Of course. I cannot sign ourselves up if I am not present, no?
”Ourselves”? So you say you actually managed to get a partner... Forgive me when I say that I find that hard to believe. I doubt that you found someone willing enough to partake in your little scheme.
Scheme? Personally, I am insulted you’d assume so quickly that this is at all any part of a bigger plan. I will admit, my bigger goals are... far less than innocent. But, really. What would some little forum game where I parade around rescuing people and fighting criminals get me in said scheme?
I can probably name a few things. Proto MKII managed to do a whole lot with it, after all.
And that’s just what it all boils down to in the end, isn’t it? MKII’s reign of terror in the previous run... Which, may I remind you, is also YOUR fault for enabling him in the first place.
...That was a DIFFERENT me. One who was foolish, naive, and blind to who he REALLY was.
And yet, it was still you all the same. So, really, who is to blame here? The loaded gun... Or the one who pulled the trigger to begin with?
...
Ah, what an excellent expression of silent anger in your face. Perhaps it is because you know fully well that it is tru-
Just reveal that partner of yours before I reject you completely.
Right, right. Apologies, that was off-topic. I shall present to you...

Team Name: Nightmare Force

Name: Darkrai
Icon:
HP: 4
WE: 5
ATK: 6(+)
DEF: 2(-)
SPD: 8

Core: Shadow
Subcore: Space
Weakness: Crystal
Resistance: Shadow

Name:Piplup
Icon:
HP: 6
WE: 4
ATK: 5
DEF: 6
SPD: 4

Core: Water
Subcore: Freeze
Weakness: Nature
Resistance: Flame

Where did you get this Piplup robot from?
Made her myself. I picked up a thing or two from watching Ninja Ghost.
...”Her”? But isn’t the gender ratio of Piplups-
Before you finish that sentence and get us canceled, remind me: How strong, exactly, is our female representation?
...I shall retract my statement. But of all Pokemon... why Piplup?
I have my reasons... Now, if you excuse us, I believe we shall heading for Gentle Countryside.
You’re not going there to pester the Skull Men, are you?
Oh, please. If I wanted to spend my time pondering on the going-ons of those two skeleton-bots, I’d be continuing my presence in the RP Practice thread. I’m just going there for the EXP until the next story mission begins.
*Sigh* Suit yourself... But the update has already passed for it, so I’ll have to squeeze you in for the next one.
That is quite fine. I’ll just wait in the town square until then.

Alright, the distortion's gone and everything it has destroyed has been fixed. ...Guess it's finally time, now.
...I wonder. We've already been through one year of Part I... When's this part's anniversary exac-



...Huh.
...Well, maybe this next part'll last longer than a year.

...Welp. Here goes nothing...

INITIATING SERVER MIGRATION...

...See you guys on the other side.

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END OF PART II

It's been wild, guys. Part I had a demonic doppelganger, a... ghost? have we ever established what worship even was? outside of a reaper's potential, i mean., a classic series-esque takeover gone wrong, people coming back from the dead, killer robots that resembled hedgehogs, some other guy who appeared alongside the killer 'hogs, an overstayed party, an overbearing deity, and a bunch of grey blobs who possess robots.

And Part II had the same demonic doppelganger, a robotic monarch, a chaos god... And that's it.

...Ok, so maybe this one didn't have as much going on as Part I if we placed it in simple turns, but that's fine... Maybe.

Regardless, I think it goes without saying that Chaos Zone may be one of the most influential parts of this community; I doubt there's really anywhere else- at least in places we all frequent- where Kirby and Zalgo from Creepypasta works together with a bunch of other characters to fight a demon version of Mario from a mobile game bootleg and Trio as a Battle Network OC. (And that's probably not even the weirdest thing!)

I'll be honest, too: I think that a good amount of Chaos Zone's growth and popularity came from when it came out; The Absurd Roleplay had just about the exact same concept, and yet, it only ever had ~2/15 of the comments CZ had (NP's unofficial continuation included!). And I think it has... at least a little bit of when it came out: Not only during the year of 2020 (let's face it, a chaotic roleplay like this one is befitting of such a chaotic year), but it was also during a time when roleplays were beginning to boom once again (thanks, Retro!).

But despite all that, what really makes this roleplay so prominent in the community is you guys. It's because of all of you that this roleplay thrives, and I am truly thankful for that.

Thanks for your participation. See you guys in Part III.

Jazz finally manages to connect to the roleplay's code.

Ok, I'm finally in. Good. Now, before I do the server migration, I should probably repair those planets lost by the distortions...

Jazz gets to work on just that.

What the...?

Jazz attempts to revert the distortions spreading across the universe...

ACCESS DENIED

Jazz once again attempts to revert the distortions...

ACCESS DENIED

Jazz tries to override the denial of access...

OVERRIDE DENIED

Jazz suddenly finds himself disconnected to the roleplay's code, and tries to reconnect...

ACCESS DENIED

Uh, Missingno...?

Jazz looks around for Missingno, only to find he has left.

(Dammit, why did he have to leave now...?)

As Beta X charges at Beta Devil, the latter smirks. He then jumps out of the way at the last moment, causing Beta X to crash on the floor!

Cute.

As Beta X gets up, he is immediately kicked in the gut by Devil, knocking him away!

Alright, I think I've had about enough of this.

Suddenly, Beta X's aura skyrockets as he charges at Beta Devil, his Vengeance ring emitting a powerful glow!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

Beta Devil watches the attack coming for him... Then smirks. A completely different aura overtakes him as time- or, rather, his perception of it- is slowed to a complete and utter crawl. Beta Devil takes this moment to find wherever he threw Awakened Zero and carry him right in front of Beta X. Beta Devil then moves out of the way and watches as his perception of time returns to normal, with Beta X punching Absolute Zero directly with Payback!

Oh, dear. It appears I made you hit your little friend instead... How awfully treacherous of me.
...I... I don't follow. Was that a joke?
...Because I'm using treachery?
Oh. ...Really?
...Do you even know what Treachery is? Or it's counterpart, Chivalry?*
I know what it is. I've just never seen it before.
Much like how I don't see the point of you learning all this. Dou... Treachery... Surely they're not truly stronger than your Berserk Instinct, right? So why did you waste your time plotting just to learn two measly forms- no, not even full-fledged transformations, but simple techniques?
...Ah, what the hell. I've got what I wanted and played around with you two long enough, anyways... Let's bring it on home, shall we?

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Suddenly, a small, insignificant distortion can be felt for exactly 5 milliseconds. Nothing appears wrong to the untrained eye, but if one was to look closely, they may see that the position of the stars in the area are about .15 nanometers off...**

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Payback - (Explode/Damage) Powered by Beta X's Vengeance Ring, Beta X unleashes an attack equivalent to the accumulative damage dealt to him for the duration of an entire fight. Ignores all forms of damage alterations, including defense, weakness, and resistance.

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*Introduced by HighTower back in The Chaos Zone, Part I (Page 169, Posts #10 & 12 )
**Just for clarity, I will say that this has nothing to do with Beta Devil or any other ongoing plot.

Oh, I wouldn't doubt it.

Suddenly, Beta Shadow appears at the entrance.




Eh, I can practice martial arts at any time I want.
Besides, apparently Theta was real adamant about me helping to protect this... "Shadow Orb" thing. So, I figured I'd drop by here first to see what all is going down.

Meanwhile, Kool-Aid Man approaches Trill before conjuring an empty glass.

Alright, what flavor would you like?

...Ok...?

...By the way, you're in the location of the wrong Crystal Eye.

What!? How long were you going to wait to tell us that!?

I was waiting for Null to leave.

*Sigh* So where's the real Crystal Eye?



...Actually, Mighty broke it. It is now a flowerpot. (Or at least I think that's what that post implied.)

Mighty broke the-
...Wait, Mighty broke the Crystal Eye? ...Huh. Good on him, actually.
I have no idea what the air is talking about, but if you have no reason to be here anymore, I think it's high time the both of you get out of here, too.
What, did you predict us leaving, too?
I don't need to be a psychic to know that you two annoy me.
Then a word of advice before we go: Go find Psi Foretell. I'm sure he can give you some pointers on how to be a REAL fortune teller.

Eta creates a portal of which the both of them enters, leaving the scene with the portal closing behind them.

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Here, I'll get it! I'll get it!



Moto soon realizes that Reggae isn't heading for the cash register or the kitchen.




HEY, KOOL-AID! KOOL-AID, SQUAWK!

A rumbling sound is heard... Then, suddenly, from the nearby wall-

OH YEAH!!!

Ninja Yokai simply converts temporarily into a ghost-like state to avoid Rhys' attack!

Please. Thanks to the Anti-Omni Corruption, I am capable of becoming incorporeal without having to leave my own body. In fact, I could use ALL my tricks as a Data Ghost.

Suddenly, Ninja Yokai is struck in the back by a Phantom Katana!

And yet, you've forgotten an important detail...
Ghosts like I can still harm other ghosts.
"Ghosts like I"? Don't compare myself to you. You are a betrayal of your true self.

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[ Beta Diablo has freed me from such a fate. [u]And now, I have become who I truly am!]{swift_flame}
...Have you? Think about it: What even was the reason we were evil? What even was our endgoal?
We were only evil for the sake of being so. We had no motive. So even if I AM good, at least I'm still myself, unlike YOU.

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Phantom Katana - (Empty/Cutter) Ninja Phantom's version of the Ninja Katana. It's longer, and... Well, that's really the only difference.

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*References: [DATA INVALID], Legacy: The Day the Universe Split in Two (Page 5, Posts #7-8 and Page 7, Post #6, Robot Master Mystery Dungeon (Page 26, Post #19, Page 34, Posts #14-15, Page 37, Posts #7 and #17. Page 38, Posts #1 and #7, and Chaos Zone Part 1 (Thread Post)

HahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh! Oh, boy. You are both just adorable.

...Listen. Team Mecha.

This isn't your roleplay. Nor does it belong to golden boy. This roleplay. Is of MY design. And I am not afraid to-

*Suddenly, Team Mecha loses all of their powers gained from the HEX Adaptors onwards. Brash Buster is also fully healed, revived if need be. Team Mecha is then left at the mercy of Libra.*

*A note appears on Team Mecha's head as everything Beta Devil has done is also reversed:*

Don't screw with Ninja Phantom.

Oh yeah, this guy... He was meant to be the Jazz of the original Discorded Adventures, right?
Yes, he was... But since there was already a Jazz in that universe*, I had to give him a new name...
...Computer. Activate Project: Synth.

PROJECT SYNTH: ONLINE.

Synth
Servant of the Discorded

...Good evening, Master Phantom.
...Huh. For a robot meant to be a successor to Jazz, I didn't think he'd be so... Polite.
Well, I did convert him into more of a service robot back when Legacy was a thing.
...Don't let such a factor fool you, though; Due to how... busy we became since then, I was never able to remove his combat features. He's still a capable fighter.
Capable of taking on Beta Devil?
...
...I don't know. But I'm willing to give it a shot.

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*In the original Discorded Adventures roleplay (within Copyie's Roleplay server), Joey created a character who was also named Jazz. To avoid confusion, Ninja Ghost/Phantom had to give this particular version of the Jazz we know a different name.

The Void

...So, any particular reason for why we're back in the Void?
Because if you really think about it, the Void's the perfect training spot. Lots of sparring room, quiet and empty... And since there's no perception of time in here- in addition to expanding across all space and time- we basically have all the time we need to train here.
Oh, cool! Should we share this spot with anyone else?
HA! Letting others use this plane of non-existence to train! What a thought, ha ha ha!
Ha... No. Their minds would eventually snap like twigs. Only beings like us can handle being in the Void for extensive periods of time.
Huh. Explains why Orchestra didn't come... Where is he going to train, though?
Oh, he's smart enough to figure that out on his own.
Ah, by the way, I decided to invite some old friends of mine to join us.
Old friends? Who do you mean by-

Master Missingno.! We came as per your request!

Moon Jump
The First Glitch*

Oh, yeah. Those guys. I was wondering where they were, actually.
...Actually, what happened to them when you died?**
Beats the hell outta me.

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Ninja Phantom's Retirement Home in Space (Legacy)***

...So, wait. What exactly are we doing here?
...With Beta Devil gaining this new form of his... We'll need to make sure we have all cards on the table. And because of that... I need a certain something from here.

Ninja Phantom pushes a few buttons on a control pad located on a desk. Suddenly, a large, glass containment unit is revealed, showcasing a maroon robot...

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*Missingno. made his MMRPG Forums debut in RMMD (Robot Master Mystery Dungeon), where he and Techno did some... less that Protagonistic things. One of these activities is corrupting a few characters from the game (which would join his team, named Error Log) with what is known as Data Glitching (at least, that's what I'm going to call it now, since I don't know what I initially called it, if anything at all). Moon Jump is the first among these characters, the others referred to as Time Trial (a Clock Man) and Datamine (a Picket Man). (Fun fact: Missingno.'s run was actually meant to be an attempt at a Nuzlocke run for RMMD.)
**Reference: Page 61, Post #8
***Reference: Back in Page 5, Post #7 of Legacy: The Day the Universe Split In Two, it is revealed that Ninja Phantom made a retirement home within that universe's outer space.

...I suppose that means that my little trick won't actually work, and that you can, in fact, survive without him. Why am I not surprised.
...I suppose I'll have to go with Plan B then.

Jazz MK-X holds his hand out in front of Worship...

...
...Will of the Rotten.

Suddenly, a red glow wraps around Worship, rendering him unable to control his own body!

...I'll be honest. I didn't expect to reveal this fact so suddenly... But it appears you have forced me to be without a choice.
You see... I have lied about what comes after death. If you have a strong enough of a will... You can turn into a ghost. ...But if you have just a slight amount of will below the required amount to become a ghost, you get to keep one thing when you die... And you become alone with them for all of eternity. Your thoughts.
...So, since the moment that ghost destroyed my I.C. Chip and left my severed body scattered across a universe unrelated to this thread... I've done the only thing I could do at the time. I thought.
I thought about my failures... Wondered how it was that I have failed... And then... I thought long and hard about what it was I was truly after.
Was it revenge? To prove a point? To prove... Myself? ...Was it all because I refuse to admit to being weak?
...And that's when it appeared. The small amount of power that remained from the Anti-Omni Meme.
It sensed my will to survive... To return. ...And it granted me the slight amount of will to live that I needed. The power I needed to cheat DEATH. ...And what's more... It gave me power. Power that grew, more and more stronger, the more negativity and destruction there is in the universe.
...I owe it all to you, honestly. Not only have you given me a brand new vessel to call my own... You releasing these MKII clones across the universe was EXACTLY what I needed to take one of them over in the first place... And much, much MORE.
...And, furthermore... being alive once more... Made me realize what I truly wanted all along. I never wanted revenge. I never wanted to simply prove a point...

Suddenly, Worship's body is being forced to return itself to Walter's!

...I wanted CONTROL. I have lived my entire life serving for two failures who fail to treat me as anything more than a simple TOOL. But now I will be the master. AND THE ENTIRE OMNIVERSE WILL BE MY TOOLBOX.
...Worry not. I will not return you to a life of serving that dimwit's wishes... For I have placed something INSIDE of Walter himself. A more modified version of the MKII Virus... One that increases the amount of the Experimental Virus that is within it... Tenfold. But even THAT pales in comparison to how much of the THIRD ingredient I added to it: Essence of the Anti-Omni Corruption. Enough to make even REAPERS bend to its will. MY will. And once I work on it a little more... Even Matt HIMSELF will be under my power.
...I hope both you and Walter had enjoyed your fair share of free will... Because you'll never enjoy it again.