@NiceIce :
...Nevermind.

Beta proceeds to talk to the moose while Rotom is doing his murder spree thing.

Alright, it dropped the coin! You can do that "killing" thing you do, and I'll go grab the co-
Aaaand Nice took off with the coin.
... *Sigh* Change of plans, we're going to have to find something else to give to the moose because some guy in a blue coat took the coin.

(I should probably help him out there... I AM here to help him get his key and all.)
Ok, nice move there.
Now it's my turn.

Beta Serif launches a Bone Attack at SOL-001.

Bone Attack Description
Bone Attack is obviously an attack that launches bones at the opponent. Like all (or at the least most) robots, Beta is capable of using a buster. However, when fighting, he prefers his standard Bone Attacks. It can also inflict KARMA, a poison-like magic, on whoever hits them ONLY if he's mad. ...Which he is not.

Sadly, Beta can't talk to SSJ3 just yet. As stated by the anonymous voice that none of the, as you may call them, "Player Characters" can hear, Beta needs something valuable to trade for it. Fortunately, he now knows that SSJ3 most likely has a key... And he also has an idea.

So, Rotom. You happen to have anything valuable that you think might be worth giving up, or a place to find such a thing? We might need it to persuade the moose to hand over the key.

I think Rotom and Beta became like a team now or something.
Probably not though, but who knows?
...Let's just hope it's not ruined by Rotom attacking Beta out of the blue with his Aggressive Play style. (Though he's probably not really planning on attacking the Player Characters unless he himself is to be attacked. Let's hope that's the case.)

@RotomSlashBlast :
I see...
Well, thanks anyways. I'll make sure to talk to that moose about this key of yours as soon as I can.

After that, Beta returns to thinking up a way to make a good trade-off for this key Rotom mentioned... That is, if the moose still has it.

Apparently Beta was called again.
That or Rotom found his way to where he's at.
Idk, I kinda glossed over the fact that he did it last time.

Relax, you got nothing to worry about. I'll go talk to that moose about that key of yours when I can.
Trust me. All I need to do is to find some sort of... motivation... to hand it over, if he haven't lost it somehow.
Also, just so you know, I guess I'm OK with your killing things.
Just make sure not to kill any of my friends.
Otherwise...
Heh...
You're gonna have a bad time.
...Warnings aside, who are you, anyways?

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Inspired by Rotom's PMD Mugshots, I decided to make some Mugshots for Beta Serif. Plus, it's a good way to separate him from the actual Beta. What're your thoughts on them so far? Personally, my least favorite of the ones I made is the confused sprite, and the position of some of the parts (like his wink) kinda looks weird to me. Overall, these sprites are a "meh" to me. But hey, that's my opinion, and I'm not exactly the best spriter around here.

@HeadlessCatsMan :
A Guardian, huh? Sounds like something I should probably be prepared for. But yeah, I'll keep an eye out for something like that. Thanks.

However, before Beta can do any preparations, he wants to talk to that moose (SSJ3) about this key that the robot that somehow got his communicator number (Rotom) was talking about.

If I'm going to increase my chances of getting that key for that other guy, or at least find out what happened, I'm going to need something to give to him in exchange...

Beta thinks about his options on how he would manage to do this.

@RedGhostBuster : I honestly had no plans to include alternate forms of the Prototypers.
Then again, I didn't even consider making a plan for Onion-San.
So eh.

P.S. Before you say anything, Cyro Man and Guard Man are not alternate forms of Crash, they are his characters. I consider "alternate forms" of the Prototypers to be old/alternate usernames/personas (I guess) that were previously/sometimes/rarely used, like Nice Ice and Mettaur Man. Scratch that, this is practically obvious.

@DaCrashBomber : I want to point out 2 things.
1. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE FOR THE OTHERS. Ah, but whatever.
2. I actually wanted Team Crash to be a big trio thing to replace RG 01 and RG 02. I also wanted to EXCLUDE So Sorry and Glyde because they were optional bosses. But since this is the way YOU want this to go, I'll try to include those fights when I can in the pastebin variation.

Here are my thoughts:

Held Items
Hey, Mega, mind holding this for me? *Gives Shadow Core* Thanks. Like Ender, SSN, and probably a whole lot of others, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. I'm sure people will find a way to be strategic with them, but as for myself... You get a core, you get a core, EVERYONE GETS A CORE! (Lol I'm bad at strategies :P)

Starforce Changes
Sorry, Starforce. Maybe your TRUE power can be used in Roleplays. (Though perhaps without stacking to become all-powerful or whatever.) All of the changes are interesting... In a way. I'm a bit disappointed that it hasn't changed my current spot on the leaderboard, but at the same time, something tells me it wasn't MEANT to do that. Either way, I'm sure Mikey will be glad to hear of this when he learns.

Ballade's Transformation
That's cool and all, but there's not really much to say here.

Locks on Unlockable RMs
I already unlocked all the Robot Masters, so this doesn't really affect me too much. Other then that, it's a nice touch.

Changes to Robot Positions
...I don't think I'll FULLY know the difference, so this is another thing that doesn't affect me much. Scratch that, while I was making this post, I was also playing the Prototype itself, and I noticed a difference. Still, doesn't really affect me, it just feels... weird. But new things do that anyways, right?

"Changes" to Busters
...Pardon? I was pretty sure you could already unlock those busters "alongside their respective doctors". Unless there used to be a moment when it didn't before this, I'm pretty sure this isn't a change. Also, tweaks and text fixes don't affect me much, but I'm interested in what these "functionality optimizations" are. (Quite honestly, though, I probably don't fully know what it means. :P)

Field and Fusion Stars in Community
Oh, Starforce made it fully to the community. Not sure if anyone will use it, though, all the roleplay posts have been all dialogue and mugshots and no items/weapons/scenes. But, it should be good for a bit of pizzazz in posts and profiles.

New Items
...Honestly, to me, they just seem... There. I'm not sure if I'll fully understand how they work, but until then, let me get rekt by the users that use the stat boosters just because I can't strategise for anything. :P

New Abilities
I GUESS this is another thing I've been waiting for? Quite frankly, I'm just a robot/weapon/field/starforce collector. ...Huh? Item collecting? What's the point of that if I'm probably not going to use them? ...Alts? Ok, MAYBE if I wanted to buy an alt for a profile image on a holiday or special event, but that's as likely as Bubble Man defeating Mega Man in the game's canon. But I'm getting off-hand here. I don't think I'll actually use Buster Charge and Buster Relay, but who knows?

Search Man
This was to be expected. After all, I DID see him in the MMRPG World development website (or whatever it's called.) It's always good to see a new robot in the prototype.

Overall, I like this update, and I shall patiently wait for the next, whenever that may be.

I have a question about other players' interactions. If we're NOT being an employee, are the non-employees just going to sit around, drink coffee (or an E-Tank or whatever they would sell to robots) and chat with each other?

@HeadlessCatsMan :
Mikey, huh? Funny, I know of someone by the same name. He's the royal scientist where I come from. By the way, that thing you showed me kinda reminds me of an old human toy or something. I found something like it in a dump before. But the Mikey YOU speak of... Any ideas on where I might find him?

@RotomSlashBlast

...That voice thing is... Concerning. But it's not as bad as my nightmares, I guess. But I'd rather not bore you with that tale. By the way, I'm about to talk to someone else, so I hope you don't mind waiting for at least an hour before calling back. Or perhaps we could meet up later on down the road? Thanks a million, I'll see you later.

Beta hangs up and walks up to the disgruntled Electric Fox.

Sorry, someone was talking to me on my communicator. Not sure who, though, but anyways... I'm looking for someone that ruined the day of one of your fellow foxes while it was in a place called "Cat Village". Tell me, do you guys happen to have any enemies, or have any ideas on who or what might do this?

@RotomSlashBlast

...You were eavesdropping on us? Wow. How rude. But look. I'm not looking for portals to other worlds in order to take them over or whatever. If I happen to run into that moose again, though, I might just talk to him about this key of yours. Oh, and of course your refrigerator wasn't going to go anywhere. It's an inanimate object. But thanks for telling me about it's condition, though. But one more thing: how do you know who I am?

@RotomSlashBlast
Before Beta had the chance to ask the Electric Fox something, he was interrupted by a message from someone who claims to know him. How odd. How did this robot get his Communicator Number? Despite this, he responds.

...You must've gotten the wrong number. I don't know about this whole key-stealing thing or taking over worlds stuff, but I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of this. Oh, by the way, is your refrigerator running?

@Retro Pikachu : You asked for it. (Even though I'M the one getting destroyed at the moment.)

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Skull Man uses Skull Grenade! 10 Damage!

Skull Man
20/100
Status: RIP Skull Man Wait, Skull Man is practically a skeleton already. Ah, nevermind, just roll with it.