Contact.
*huff* Engaging.

Diamond walked over one to the right and got into position.
Both System Bots fired their respective elemental shots at the Joe.

You remember the plan, right?
Secure EXP to increase chances of success.
Correct.
Spade moves up three. Spade picks up the inconspicuous bolt.
Heart, I'm sending you this. Scan it for any hazardous material.
You can count on me.
Diamond moves up two and one right. Diamond exhausts mist.

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00C: Honestly should of gone Freeze for Diamond. That's what grinding for I suppose.

Commander Air, come back!
A very disgruntled Air walks away from Balto, almost squashing a Jazz Droid in the process.
I just word tha we just lost our main way of travel, meaning that our forces are scattered.
Wait!
And that none of those forces are on Earth, meaning that the one planet I signed up for will never change.
Will you just-
And the BEST part is that we willingly let this happen. We let that Halberd into our base and destroy our greatest ally.
We did it because-
Because Kilroy was feeling bad about making a deal with the devil. Well let me tell you something. I quit.
Quit!?
You heard me. I mean...how stupid do you have to be to not realize that if we are going to throw away our main way of travel through those Grey Matter mirrors that we wold need a backup? Sure we have ships, but they'll be here in months if not years!
You know that if that you're being serious that we'll have to *teleport sound* decommission you...
And he teleported away. Why didn't I see that coming...

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Papa Betas

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C.Air depowers into his base form and throws away a strange looking chip. Instead, he pulls out a helium canister.
Welp. Time to drown my sorrows in helium and pizza.
With a burp, Air stumbles into the pizzera.

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UKR Bunker, Workbench Area 03

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They can't just expect us to know how to make a FTL engine with no schematics! And even if we could, what fuel would it be? What parts would be required? How would we get these to all those ships!?
...Maybe if-
And they gave us a deadline of 5 days!?! That will take us past our lifetimes.
...Maybe if-
And only with crew of 2 and a half?!! We build robots, not star stations!
2 and a half?! Hey! Just because he's short doesn't mean that he's not apart of our team.
...
Look. We'll reach the deadline. I'm busy looking through these fascinating blueprints by that one guy named Null and-
You found one yet for a FTL machine? Or a teleporter that reaches the stars?
Well no but-
Then what's the point?
Walnut slumps behind a pole.
I guess we were over our heads, huh Emon.
Maybe.
Maybe? They're going to fire us and quite possibly kill us in 5 days.

Stache silently stands in the shadows snickering to himself.

Pop Star

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Try again.
There's nothing there. No trace of Grey Matter whatsoever. None I can detect. Face it; we've lost.
...What do we do now?
We run. Until we find a way to revive our vessel and ensure it doesn't get lost and corrupted again, we run.
Without much of a goodbye, the grey matter on Pop Star as well as many other planets...vanish.

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Parallel Dimension, Corrupted Terrain

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We need to talk. Now.
But *sniff* *sniff* Null...
Tears? ...Don't try to fool me. I know that no Grey Matter willingly absorbs despair unless they chose to. And unless you have willpower to, that's suicide.

Quin starts to cry, causing the Bladesmatter to facepalm. Meanwhile the Stellar files out of the scarab to take a closer look at Quin.

Hmm...
Let's try...this!
Stop!

Stellar falls onto Quin in a slow manner, resting on his lap. Quin simply looks at the blade before crying again. Bladesmatter pushes Quin away and retrieves the blade.
What were you thinking!
Can't you see? If he really was faking, then he would of asorbed my feelings!
...That might be true, but what if it failed!?
Stellar simply flashes a shade of blue before Bladesmatter looks back to Quin.


Okay...so you must clearly have a higher willpower than I expected. That changes nothing. You are going to call every single Grey Matter to this location so I can exterminate them all. Now.
I..*sniffle*.I can't.
You will unless you want to lose an eye. Now...
Bladesmatter grabs Quin by the collar.
Call them here now. Now d** it!
Their...their all gone...

The Bladesmatter drops both Quin and Stellar.
Uh, hey! What's the-
Gone? Their...gone? All of them?
Every single one I can *sniffle* talk to is gone...And it's all my fault!

Quin starts bawling while Bladesmatter looks in shock.

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Time for a little lore dump that I may not be able to explain otherwise: Grey Matter communicate via hearts. As they use them as a sixth sense, when destroyed, they cause the user immense pain. Since a large majority of these hearts were transported into the Den of Loneliness, there is not enough hearts to communicate from the Parallel Dimension to the CZ, hence why both sides believe that each other has disappeared.

As Dubstep Devil was shocked, his theme changed from before to a more corrupted version before distorting completely.

Dubstep DEVAEGBC CEASED TO BE!

WE WERE LIED T0. THE END IS N0T IN SIGHT. STAGNATION IS ALL THAT AWAITS. {wilneratisnfoidm}
I WILL PUT Y0U 0UT OF Y0UR MISERY. {weif9sdaontu}

Analogous Entity NBEHFDHSUJ forth! Run for cover!


Analogous Entity floats towards Devious Devil.

Analogous Entity Theme

Due to Dubstep Devil's Dubstep Aura, each of the missiles that Rotom Devil didn't reflect explode prematurely.

Dubstep Devil seems lost in the music!

Suddenly loud-behind music starts to play, causing what's left of Thomas to crash into an conveniently placed gas station.
Holding the trout!
Level 667 Dubstep Devil appeared!

Caution!


Dubstep Devil Theme

@TheHighTower: I think he's trying to get you to update the story that has Ninten and Soren in it. This isn't meant to be rude, but if you don't want the roleplay dead, then one thing that could be done is to update your stories on your end. You have alot, and I mean alot, of great ideas that feel just dead in the water (At least on my observation.).

Thank you for the suggestion. I wanted to make Diamond a support character that could heal her allies AND take damage, but I realize that there might not be all that many abilities that heal allies.

Updated to Shadow. Everything else is up to code, correct?

Yeah well let me tell you something.
Vangus picks up Rider.
If I honestly cared what other's would think, I would still stand by what I said. The fact still remains though that there are far too many people out there that are too focused on things that in the grand scheme of things won't matter.

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So Quin. How did your invasion go?
...Why didn't you help?
What do you-?
WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP! YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO CRASH AND CORRUPT THE PARALLEL DIMENSION, DIDN'T YOU?
...
They're all gone. ALL OF THEM. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ME! IF YOU AND THAT CPU OF YOURS WAS THERE, THINGS WOULD OF GONE DIFFERENTLY.
All I do is make things worse.
NOTHING IS WORSE THAN THE FEELING THAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW. I HAD YOUR BACK, NULL! WE WOULD OF MADE THINGS BETTER. REGARDLESS OF IF THIS OUTCOME IS BETTER, YOU SHOULD OF BEEN THERE. YOU HATE ME, DON'T YOU?
Don't you...
...

...
No words I can ever say can fix this. But can you please understand...
I'm sorry. Sorry for two reasons. For one, I should of been there. You're absolutely right. I wasted time ignoring my problems instead of facing them head on. And when I did, I let you do things alone. And that's not something that a friend should do. And yet...
You're my best friend. My only friend. It wasn't that I didn't help because I hated you.
Then why! Why d-

There is another reason. Everything I touch, both directly and indirectly, always seems to meet a terrible fate. All I am is a danger to everyone. To other reapers's creations, to them, and to you. By my simple knowledge of the terminals, you managed to erase your own kind. Can't you see?
I am evil in its most basic form: Unknowing. I know not what consequences I will bring through my actions, but I do know it will only bring pain.
What? That doesn't-

Quin freezes as Null pulls out a black chain from out of nowhere.

Null...don't do this.
Farewell. Chances are that this chain will take me to a dead universe. Fate won't let me escape and I always run away from it. There's nothing saying that you can't strike a compromise.
That doesn't make any sense! None of this makes sense!
Null! Don't leave me alone! We can find another way. Please! NULL!

Null pierces himself with the chain. With the sound of a grinding gear, Null is tugged into a black portal. As Quin rushes forwards to try and save him, another portal of a bluish hue opens up. Quin rolls to get out of the way only for a pair of hands to grab him and force him into the blue portal.

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??? City

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You okay there?

Name: Spade
Icon: SYS:Spade Online. Ready to Engage.

HP: 4
WE: 3
ATK: 8
DEF: 4
SPD: 6

Core: Shadow
Sub-core: Cutter
Weakness: Cutter
Resistance: Neutral

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Name: Diamond
Icon: SYS:Diamond Online. Ready to Support.

HP: 5
WE: 4
ATK: 3(+)
DEF: 6(-)
SPD: 7

Core: Neutral
Sub-core: Laser
Weakness: Impact
Resistance: Shadow

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Project Numinous has come online. May the system guide us.

Location: Wintry Courtyard.
Warping you there now. Good luck.
...We're going to need it.

Yeah. You're done here.

Vangus explodes into a black hole, sucking everyone into it and sending them into different places...before appearing before the one asking for an cancelling.

An cancelling? Of what? Explain.

In order to do this write the following:
[robot]{insert robot you want here. Make to add "-" when adding the man. Next use this: _alt(Insert number for different alt)}
Example
[robot]{bubble-man_alt}
equals:


Example 2

[robot]{heat-man_alt3}
Equals:

So does that mean that we have to stick to Canon Mega Man characters?

Vangus raises a knife at Mighty.

And that right there is the problem! You fools retreat to these forums instead of facing reality!
There aren't heroes in the real world! No Supermans, no X-Men, and no Mega Mans. No one will save you when it comes crashing down. The sun could explode at any minute of any day of any hour, and you spend what could be your last moments behind a screen!

Wait, Mega Man's not real?
And yet despite that, there was supposed to be a lesson, a reason behind this pointless fable. This has been nothing but a waste of time for everyone and for myself!
And I have only so long...

GammaGhost lowers his blade.
What a hypocrite I must be...Choosing to waste my time on fighting you.
Also...Cosmic Flash!

In a seizure-inducing flash, every non-fourth wall breaker forgets this conversation.
There. Just saved you a page of explaining how everything's fake and thus wasting more time. And I know what I just said.
Cosmic Flash!

...
Quin starts to think back to before this moment, before Null, before...

Vangus at this point begins exhausting smoke.
NO! This is all wrong!
Vangus begins to rip pages out of a book.
There was supposed to be a big fight at the end. There was supposed to be more to this story than a cliche "the villain turns good and everyone lived happily ever after!" That's not how real life works!

A weak laughter erupts from behind Vangus.
Null?
This must be suffering for a reaper, huh GammaGhost?
Vangus stops exhuming smoke.
[]{shadow_} You had everything set up. The UKR, myself, Quin, everyone. And then? GammaGuardian appeared and you found yourself without the ability to direct. It must drove you mad. Mad enough to actually wear that stupid helmet, huh?
With a sniker, Vangus looks back.
This is rich. You know that? At least with this "stupid helmet" i'm not just another reaper.

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S. Jack hesitates before putting his rifle away.
So you're finally awake. Hmph. I thought my technique was getting rusty. Do you know what city this is?

OOC: Amazing. I've been using the wrong character. It's supposed to be the C Drive, or C:. I got that and terminals confused.

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C:

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!
...
I don't understand. You slayed Dark Mind, the one we were birthed from. Why? Why are you doing this!

Vangus looks to the distance in discomfort.

Parallel Dimension, *CORRUPTED DATA*
What is this stuff? And where's everyone?
I wanted to fight!
PMK cuts at a tree, which wobbles.
What!
As a now depowered Parallel Meta Knight stares in confusion at the wobbly tree, something shines in the distance. Instinctively, he walks towards it, though not before a hand reaches out from the ground to grab his foot.
Please...don't leave me here.*
PMK kicks away the hand and continues to walk towards the light.

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...
But we did the right thing...No emotions equals no pain. And since we absorb the opposite of emotions, we would drain them of their pain. I mean...my master here...he's felt nothing but shame for something he's yet to do. So...doesn't everyone feel this way?
Vangus simply stands, waiting for the final blow.

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Skeleton Jack turns around and draws his sniper rifle, though out of caution if anything.

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Despite his appearance, he's not necessary Grey Matter anymore persay.