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As the Over Bros reach the top of the stairs, they find the majority of the helicopters have already taken off. Suddenly, a battered Hammer Joe appears behind them and lifts them up onto one of the larger helicopters. As the bladed birds take off, the snow falls over the citadel, failing to put out the flames but still creating a spectacular site nevertheless.

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Qu...quick?
...
Mount looks at the grasshopper with confusion.
...Who...who are you?

2 of 2.

You...you dare! I'-
Tasting grey silver, Mount realizes that he has crashed into the wall. Without missing a beat, X backflips over Nic before choking him with the curved blade.
Gha!
The ever increasing number of bots stab X in the back over and over with knives in an vain attempt to make him let go of their prince.
...I want to *gha* thank you.
...
With the data we've *gha* received from you, this power you possess will live on past your existence through us. You've doomed everything you ever fought for because you refused to lay down and d-*gha*

The prince falls to the ground as X before tossing his head aside and switches to Flash Stopper. Slower and slower the enraged bots strike X. In the meanwhile, Mount finishes charging a spell and just as he finishes it, the effects take place, causing the spell to stick to his hand like a radiating mitt.

Though time has stopped for them all, they see realtime as the dark machine slowly approaches one of them, his neutral expression slowly turning into a grin before letting out a cry. A thousand laser beams erupt from every synthetic pore of his body, destroying the entire room and piercing the surrounding rooms. One of the beams spins past Cheat Man while another rips past CX's room, revealing the outside world to have a mixture of concrete and a dark green skyline.

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Quick Quick! Hide!
A system bot gets thrown just above Quick's head and lands next to CX. A blast from X? stops the bot from altering his friends that CX and the others are awakening.
As X continues to eviscerate everything that comes before its path, 714 appears alongside a new system bot.
This is the monster you cried about!? He looks like a level 10 bandit!
Your prince demands your skill! Without the arguing like last time.
Without making a sound, the hefty knight grabs X and throws him out of the room. As he hits the wall, X switches to Metal Blade and throws a dozen spinning discs at him. Rolling under them, the knight pulls out his sword and tries to plunge it into X. Easily dodging it, he slams his fist into a system bot, destroying him on impact.
Mount! I've made it to where your vengeance blade can be used at have the chargeup. You know what to do.
Mount nods before defending himself from a metal blade thrown from X by slashing at them. As X tries to use the position of the blade to uppercut him, he instead hits a system bot that jumped in the way, exploding him into particles.
The hallway begins to shake as Mount closes his eyes and begins to draw the particles of the dead around his blade. X tires desperately to move but seems to be stopped by some strange power.
This place is hardly fitting of a hero, huh?
I mean, with how much dust is in the air and how much Nic pleaded with me, you would think this would be a grand ol battle near a castle or on an field...but instead its in a single room. If you thought we were strong, imagine what would happen once you leave this room.
...
Course, as the hero of this story *heh*, you won't even get past the door. Observe.

A audible ding plays as Mount takes a step before jumping in the air.
Slashing with the ferocity of a lion, the blade collides with X's arm. Taken aback, he tries again and again, going faster and faster but still the attacks fail to strike anywhere but his arms.

Im-imppossible! How is he keeping up with my strikes!
What do you have to gain from this? We clearly are endless!
Impossible. Even with the world at his command, Wily can't hope to make enough machines to stop me.
What?
You are mistaken then. The Wily you know is nothing more than a mirage, a false narrative. As are you.
If you believe those words, then you're crazier than your doctor himself!
The sword strikes continue to get quicker and quicker as X moves his arms to defend himself. Grabbing X from behind, Nic pushes him towards Mount, freeing him from the spell, but allowing him to get a slash at X's neck. Metal comes flying off, revealing what appears to be an old scar. X's eyes flash with rage before grabbing the sword and bends it to a curve.

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As U.Air looks around high and low for the little lost Rashorse, an alarm goes off in Air's head.

I need some more oil. You continue to do you.

U.Air turns around before shaking his head at him, still upset about having to find a talking horse pet.
Air gets up from his gamer chair and unplugs the PET from the television before walking out the door and down the hall. Just before opening the front door, a set of footsteps alert him of-

Yougi! Are you leaving without saying goodbye to your grandma?
...Of course not! Goodbye!
Wait! Take this with you before you go!
Air shakes his head(?) before turning around and is surprised by the fact that Grandma is right behind him, hiding in her hands.
What's this?
It's...
Grandma places the object in Air's palm, revealing it to be...
an pendent I made just for you!
Air holds the stone-looking pendent in the air. It seems unnaturally heavy.
...
Wow, er...Thanks grandma!
I added a little something to it on the back.
Oh?
Air flips the pendent over to find the words:

TO MY LITTLE YOUGI, GRANDMA, YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN


have been carved into an wooden circle on the back.

My eyes may not be what they used to be, but you can't deny I'm still the best when it comes to carving.
...yup, you got that right!
As Air stares at the back of the pendent, Grandma gives Air a hug. Air, still not used to it, awkwardly gives her a one handed hug without crushing her.
...
Bye grandson!
...Bye grandma!
...
Awwwwwwwww...
Shut it.
...
Ah people these days and their costumes.
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A duo of Crumbleweeds floats in the winds, slowly nearing Soren Infinite.

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SheepMan.Exe has received one new piece of e-mail, although from a provider he has never heard of before.

@Beta Shadow : Thank you. Also, the idea of the x1 multiplier is that it increases in value when a Law Enforcement unit is brought to the front line. For balance sake, its a x1 because it goes 3x max despite it only being a one star. I added a few more entries when you're able to look at them. Fake Man, Red is the main foucs of my worry in terms of power.

Also also, this might be abit of a meh, but what if there was battles against "CPUs" as well as players? If you win, you gain 5Z like normal. As for player battles, it got me thinking about how long battles might take and thus what is the loser gained 5Z and the winner gained 10z? That way the losing player won't fall too far behind while still awarding the winner.

Also also also, I did not click the link above.
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SIKE!

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Seeing what can only be the lab in the distance, Cross finds himself before a river.

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The two cops look to one another before one of them respond.
Inco Cop 15: Sure thing.
One of the cops enter the building while the other stands in front of the doors, pushing buttons on a strange device.
Acorn hops out of the car and opens the door for the others.

A strange static sound can be heard coming from one of the broken Ball Mets near Scottish Brute.

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The entire truck is in panic mode with constant swerving and swearing. One of the gyro attacks cuts through the back of the truck, getting stuck in a wooden beam next to Ark.

Consider me a fellow Light Deck member!

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Here's some concepts for an Enforcement police style deck. It may not follow the guidelines in place, but that can be changed.
Enforcement Set
Also one more question. Lets say I take out a robot and another robot fills that position. Is it to where the player can place another robot in that slot or is it to where there will only be 8 robots during the entire game?

I'll be back!!!!!!!!!!
*DING*
Ow.
Lying defeated, they each press a button on the back of their hats, causing them to explode into dark particles.
Meanwhile the Devilized Acorn looks around before attempting to flee the scene.

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By now hundreds upon hundreds of system bots have appeared as the lone fighter continues to slaughter them all.
Data collection is-
*SLASH*
Grabbing the tablet from the system bot's remains, the second one reads it off.
Were 75% there until we ca-
*BLAST*
Don't bother firing your weapons men. Just keep dodging his attacks. Our data collection of him will be more than well worth it.
*SLASH*
...heh. Aren't you a-
The machine grabs Nic by the head and crushes it before tackling another one to the ground.
CX, frozen in fear and fog, slowly comes to and sees in the room a machine he wished was nothing more than a bad dream...
...
X?*

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*I'm aware X has already been taken.

Excuse me what?
Tedd is suddenly interrupted by a Acorn performing a drop kick, while the other drops a brick from above.

One of the Acorns hit the invisible missile (not the huge rocket), causing the both of them to explode while the second falls apart after hitting Coco. Yet another two appear.
Eh, it's not one of the worst ways to go, but it's a start.
DSA 3 and 4 fling themselves across the battlefield at Tedd while a final...? one comes into play. This one is only twice as small as Mighty.
Oi! You! Yeah, I'm talking to you!
DS Acorn Number 5 pulls out a rocket launcher of his own and bashes it over Mighty's head in an attempt to daze him. Meanwhile, a sixth Acorn appears.
...
The sixth Acorn is very, very confused by how it got here despite clearly being the wrong faction and dead, but it, along with the other DS troops, are hit by machine gun fire.

Hey! Hey you!
Down below, a angry looking acorn shakes his fist below.
Why don't you come down here and fight like a man little man?!
DS Acorn 1 uses his extendo arms to grab and plunge Mighty into the mud while another DS Acorn arrives via teleporting.

Martin:...I heard a little bit about your seige. Fairly impressive.
Martin gives Tedd a handshake while thinking to himself about the comments on them being an personal militia. The explosion shakes Martin out of his thought process. Rushing to a nearby window, he pulls out a pair of binoculars.
M:What the?

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A burst of machine gun fire erupts from the lower windows of the fort, pelting the bandicoot monster with bullets. Her skin catches on fire.
M:Incinderary rounds? ...Since when did we have enough of those to spare for machine gun fire?

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Nuru slashes the longsword around in a large arc, hitting everyone in his path.

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If only this place had a map.
Yeah you said it.
Hmm...if I was a commander, I would be...here!
Martin looks around the corner to find...Mighty and crew! Both the soldiers and Martin are surprised by his random guess.

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RW looks over to the monitor and gives a thumbs up. The image also gives a thumbs up before returning to normal.
After getting out of the line, RW stares into the air, seemly reading something with a hastily equipped monocle.
Ah I see...
Thank you for the heads up Purple Text Man.

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Come on everyone! Double time!
Clang, smash. Clang, smash. Clang, smash.
Through the night, the banging and crashing of hammers can be heard through the factory. With the moon serving as the only source of light for the workers, one might think it would be nigh impossible to create the complex parts for the even more complex weapons the facility creates. However, the process of the task had been burned into their minds long ago even before being worked to the bone.
A loud horn blares, starling some of the workers. Sure it happened every night at the same time, but to some it never stopped serving as the bearer of bad news or being the giver of a much needed-
BREAK TIME!
The maws of the workers clattered as they left the building in search of the mess hall. However, one worker stayed behind.
Yes?
...
Well? Have you forgotten something?
Come one Bombert, get it together...
...I...I wish to sp-sp-speak to the b-b-boss. It's about-
The sound of a wrench falling on the ground causes the Bob-omb to turn around. The few workers that have yet to leave are now staring at him with fear. The Muggler coughs before hitting a button, forcing the floor beneath Bombert to open wide. His cry is quickly quieted by the closing of the trapdoor. Before the Muggler can yell at the Monty Bone to pick up the wrench, the skeleton, already with the same wrench in hand, has left.

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The two bots spin around dizzily as they try to strike the two OVER robots but hit themselves instead, destroying them in time for the barrier to be brought down, allowing the dark shots to destroy the final bot. A thick smog radiates from all three of the bots before they disappear.

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I actually wondered that myself. But here's my theory.
To begin, there was a reaper named GammaGhost, or nowadays known as Vangus. Supposedly, when Guardian came into the picture, it kicked Ghost out of the role of reaper, though how exactly I can't say. Anyways, until recently I guess Guardian was the reaper in control of the account I come from.
During this, four reaperlike entities would appear, each with, oddly enough, their origin points being akin to Guardian's current location at the time of creation. These entities were Accursed Flame, Radiated Wraith, and two strange entities called Usurp and Usurp-x respectably.
Out of these, it appears that Radiated Wraith has taken over the role of reaper over the others if Guardian's text is anything to note. For the two Usurps and Accursed Flame, I have no clue on their motives, origins, or appearance, though I can say that they must have some significance if they were reapers at one point, right? There was also GammaGhoul from when Ghost was still in command, though that might be a simple name change.

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Two of the bombs bonk the bots before exploding with the third one bouncing off of the barrier and back at OVER-F. Quickly getting back up, the Reinforcer and other system bot fire off a string of bullets at OVER-F.

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The black needles once again form together, although this time make a blade.
Without warning Nuru appears behind the girl and yells out
I can hear you you know!
before driving the blade into her. The mere closeness of the blade, regardless of if it hits her or not, causes the girl, King II, and the Chimera to be silenced for 1 turn.*
A group of Brownies stay clear of the madness and skip to the gate.

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Seeing the fires from Page 191, Post 7, Cloud ascends into the air and raises his pointer finger...causing lightning to strike the forest, causing more fires.
...
Cloud tries again, but this time raising both hands. Raindrops slowly fall from the sky before the nearby fires are quickly put out by the ever-increasing shower of water.
*yawn* Guess that means I did it.
Cloud goes over to a extinguished tree and places the sleeping racoon on it gently.
*yawn* Well that's enough work for one month. Just gonna
Feeling the heat before seeing the fireball, Cloud moves to the right and on instinct grabs the racoon before looking down at the source, finding a grey figure surrounded by flames.
Hey! Do you mind? I get off my couch for the first time in weeks and I'm having to put out a literal forest fire which, judging from your glowing smile...
Heh heh heh.
...and your laughter likely means that you did this...well...I'll uh, let you do you...while I just...uh, do me you know? You am I to stand in the-
Heh heh ha ha ha!
Yup...so long!
Cloud slowly flies backwards before launching himself in the opposite direction of the burning man.

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Radiated Wraith settles on a peace sign for the photo before filling out the paper.

Name: Radiated Wraith the Great the Greater the Greatest the
Planet: Radiated Wraith Is The Koolest. Seriously, look it up, it's a real planet as I discovered it. The Martians kame into the picture later. Don't let them tell you otherwise.
Reason: I think it would be fun.

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Dark Crystal Blade: A blade made out of dark data. Can be influenced to have a single debuff known to the user upon creation. Further modification of it requires a high skill in tempering or enchanting.

Radiated Wraith waits next in line, thinking to himself what the best pose for his shot would be.

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As Null waits for a response, he starts to text on his phone...

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Sir: Hey! Just a heads up that I'm gonna need the Nullified Numbers ready for combat! We're going to investigate the old Shrine.
Me: No problem. Your men will be at the ready.

All Nullified Numbers to the code injector.
Finally.
Wonder where we're headed. Hopefully somewhere hot.
I thought you hated the heat?
True, but with summer coming to an end, it should give me the inspiration to make one last song.
Righhhhhhhht.
The four Nullified Numbers stand on numbered platforms as the Met approaches the console.

DESTINATION: Komolo Island
DELAY: INDEFFINATE UNTIL COMMAND PROMPT GIVEN
CONFRIM:
|!|YES|!| NO

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The shots break apart of his head and nearly takes the rest off, causing him to fly back...but never hit the ground, instead being surrounded by a barrier. The bot turns to hazily an Reinforcer and another regular bot has appeared.
Enough of the showboasting. Just kill him already.
R-r-Right.
The first system bot, still covered by the barrier, tries to bump into OVER-O while the second one charges a buster shot.
...
...
...
OVER-Ф could swear he saw a grey and black figure as he ran down the hall...but instead encounters the three bots and OVER-O. It seems they haven't spotted him yet.

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Where...where is everybody?
Looking through the eye of the eleventh, he spots a giant rotom unmoving.
There he is! Let's get him!
Uh...Blade?
Spinning around, he notes that the entire cockpit and Blade have been covered in absolute darkness.
Oh...that can't be good.
Almost instantly the fog vanishes. Panels and overhead lights shine through the disappearing darkness as Quin looks around, stunned by it all.
How...how is this happening?
...
Hmm...he’s still covered in darkness...oh! I know!
Quin pokes an eject button, causing the Eleventh to crack open like an egg, shooting the three into the sky, only to come crashing down.
O...ow. That hurt alot more than I thought it would.
Struggling to get up, Quin crawls over to find Bladesmatter still out of commission.
Blade?

Come on, speak to me!

...
What if he’s dead? What if I’m dead? What if we failed? What if-
Hold on Quin, just remember what Null told you to do: access the situation.
Quin gathers his strength to stand and looks around at the nothingness...no wind, no trees, just brown outlines making up the floor. Kind of sickening to look at.
...
...
Quin suddenly turns around...but nothing.
Well...now what?
Quin, faced with no other solution, just walks forwards, failing to notice that his footprints seem to have color to them...

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Nuru extends his hand, causing a swarm of homing needles to fly out, aimed straight at the girl. Meanwhile, the black needles form a shield resembling black crystals, which crashes into his left arm. Still doing the same circular motion with his right arm, he creates more black needles around him.

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The system bot gives OVER-O a strange glance before moving in for the kill.
fSYS-325:A shame your reaper HighTower didn't care enough for you to even finish the fight. But...such is life.

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As OVER-Ф continues the barrage of lasers, many of the CD have had their eye weaknesses taken advantage of, shutting down 8 out of the 12, with one of his lasers scoring a lucky hit on his eye, resulting in only 2 to be active. Seeing this...they jump off the rooftops.
Hah! Look at them run comrades!
*gurgle*
A burst of gunfire erupts from the clouds, causing one of the Cockroach Dozens to explode in a ball of flame. Into focus comes a swarm of helicopters colored onyx black and gold.
And that boys is our ticket out of here. Get any wounded loaded onto the copter before yourselves men!
Some of the MEGAs jump down onto lower rooftops in search of injured comrades.

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Some of the soldiers, led by Martin, search for Mighty while Mackra's forces slowly fix together the remains of the old castle to serve as a BOO, assuming it's still there.

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Null puts down his newspaper before looking through the mirror.
Hmm...nah I'm good. I read the message through the good ol forums and didn't even know that Radiated Wraith had taken over. Hmm...
The changing in reapership could pose a problem, but with GammaGuardian's choice to not do anything...at all...that would include whatever he had planned for me. As for RW, since he's been established to be somewhere, talking to him should be fairly easy as all it would take would be a simple teleport. Before I can do so, there are still a few...countermeasures that I need to take before I can convince him not to make me into a weapon of massive destruction, assuming that he's sticking to GG's plans.
Oh! Sorry...talking to myself. Well first off...I just want to thank you guys for being cooperative about all this. Hmm...how to return the favor...ah! If you all have any questions or knowledge that you're looking to receive, just hit me up on the ol mirror thing you guys got here.
You guys got any questions about anything before I go? The meaning of life, is the earth a trapezoid, good ice cream recipes. I might not know the answer...but that's what research is for.

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Glass slowly walks in, streching his arms, before looking at the guys in the circle, all of them just standing still. He then, without turning, talks to Moto.
Uh...hey green spirit, what are they doing? Getting together for a group cheer or...?

You know...I'm gonna be honest when I say that I don't remember doing that.
Maybe because you were blinded with rage?
Like he is now?
That wasn't cool Diamond.
What do you mean Diamond?...!
Heart!
Come on! Anyone could of seen that coming.
Spade quietly snickers to herself.
I didn't mean it like that.
Spade turns to DS.
Well...sorry about blinding ya if I did. Here, I'll just finish ya of-
Wait!
Huh?
His DEF's off the charts!
...*sighs*
You could try firing off Cutter Shots in hope that a critical could damage him enough.
Proto, you may not be Null, but you're annoying like him.
Don't worry. Just do your thing. I just remembered something.
...?
Diamond casts Resonating Diamond on Spade, moving to Spade if necessary before Spade fires a series of Cutter Shots at Proto Man DS.

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Nuru cries out in pain as bits and pieces fly off, revealing grey metal.
...
The needles that surrounded Nuru, now broken, shatter on the floor as Nuru takes a knee.
That was good...real good...
Nuru suddenly fires a buster shot, using up the last of the Utsusemi.
I really felt that.
So...it's only fair I return it to you in kind.
Black needles begin to surround Nuru as he moves his palms in a circular manner, all the while causing the chimera, king, and the girl to feel more and more confident.

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Using his skill [Inactive Striker], he fires another shot into OVER-O.

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Inactive Striker : When enough time has passed, the user can perform another action, regardless of if the target has performed any actions before.

I...we...we did it!
Glass struggles to but eagerly gets up before standing in front of a defeated Cold Man.
You see that Hanon! That's the first victory in a long line of many to come!
Woo!!!!!!!!Yea-WOAH!
Glass, caught in a rush of pride and adreline, trips on the ice still covering the field.