Bladesmatter meanwhile starts to panic as a thought comes to him.
They must of followed me...how else could they have known we were here?
You couldn't of known-
You mean like how I led HIM to Paintra because I was foolish enough to think he would choose a "friend" over his job?
Obviously Meta Knight...wasn't a good influence. The puffball was clearly insane! I mean, who's crazy enough to talk to their axe?
Bladesmatter glances down to Stellar with an unamused expression.
Hey, at least I talk back.
You certainly do.
What's that supposed to-
Hey...that expression. What do you plan on-
Bladesmatter sheathes his blade, effectively muting the blade. He then looks to Jazz and company.
I'm going to set things right. Even if it kills me.
Bladesmatter looks to an set of yet frozen tree and cuts them up to form a basket large enough to carry a thing of boulders.

Meanwhile the ice continues to spread...Snowflakes begin to fall.

Bio Star Labs

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The shots bounce off of the creature. Before anyone one could be fired, the creature already retreated into the vent.
Hold on tight you two.
Biocut Man grabs Bass Dok and Fang's hands and rushes to the door in a flash. As Biocut reaches for the knob, he realizes that it has a padlock in the shape of a bottle.
Where's the key...
Biocut reaches under a floor mat and tries to unlock the door, but is unable to as he used up his movement spaces for this turn. All the while, a sound similar to bubbling can be heard coming from above.

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Pop Star

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The ice seems to be unaffected by Mighty and continues to spread, freezing the nearby trees and even select pockets of grey matter still left over.
Without warning, the barrier breaks as a literal flood of grey matter comes down. The soldiers try to run, but many of them slip due to the ice and turn to statues.
As Bladesmatter breaks out of the ice, his eye starts to dilate at the frozen flood.
We can't stay here! That ice will freeze this planet over!

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Space, The Final Frontier

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As Root flies throughout the cosmos while looking for Null's whereabouts, he hears a strange beeping sound. Curious, he investigates.

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Ninten's location

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A name...ah! You can call me Pea! I say that because if I find my body, then I would be called Peabody! Get it? Pea-body
Crickets chirp as Scaraten looks around, expecting a laugh.
In all seriousness, you can call me Scaraten.

Possessing everyone? You think I'm that grey goop over-?
Gaaah!
Meta Brigand is dealt critical damage from the thrust, hurtling him into the mud. As he tries to stand, Bladesmatter appears from behind.
This is for Paintra.
A whirlwind of flame erupts from Bladesmatter's sword as he slashes in rapid succession, searing MB with every strike. However, instead of kneeling, he slowly rises and looks him right in the eye.
I remember you. The one that wanted to follow in my footsteps only to chicken out the moment it wasn't about attacking your own kind. Why do you show your face before me?
To protect everyone and this planet from my kind. And if you stand in their way, then you stand in my way.
This sends Meta Brigand into a rage, encasing Bladesmatter in ice cold enough to put out the fire. He then turns to Mighty.
I am Meta Brigand! Son of the strong! Wielder of Antares! It's time you see why my enemies regard me as an heavenly king of the cold!*
Each of the ghosts flew around him in a circle. Along with the ghosts, Meta Brigand raises up his axe and chants a spell ending with-
Frosty Fut-!**
MB is sent flying into the dome from Kirby's Star Stick combo, breaking the dome in the process, and can be seen flying into the stratosphere. As a lone soldier cheers before quieting down, a small speck of ice can be seen from Meta Brigand's former position. It starts to grow, quickly freezing everything nearby it.

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* In Japan, Each of the Parallel bosses from Kirby Star Allies are referred to as heavenly kings.
**Frosty Future

Lost a friend?...
This, combined with Mighty's parry and Meta Knight's slash, causes him to kneel as his mask breaks. However, it strangely stays on.
Oh father...You poor, poor fool.
Power, raw power is what brings about change. Allow me to show you.
The entire planet is covered in a bright light for a second before it's revealed that the grey matter has stopped falling from the sky. However, it starts to form together in a swirl similar to a tornado before residing above the barrier.

As everyone's vison comes to, a red knight stands before them, looking incredibly enraged.

Meta Brigand, Lost To Pride

Meta Brigand holds his axe up to the air, causing ghostlike lookalikes of him to appear. He then looks at Meta Knight and starts striking at him.

Their laziness is rubbing off on you. Slowing you down.
P. Meta Brigand enters a state of fury and begins hacking and slashing at Meta Knight.
The only friends we have are ourselves! The ones we protect only see us as guardians. They would stand against us if we tried to better their way of life! Our kings, the ones we sworn our lives to, only use us for protection, nothing more! Face it!
With a sickening thwack, Meta Knight is sent tumbling into the Squeaks.
WE ARE ALONE.

As the PK Ground unearthed the skeleton, it flew in the air before landing on its chin.
Ow. Thank you. I would of escaped sooner but...

I have nobody to help me out.

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Pop Star

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P. Meta Knight lunges for Mighty while the others attack the Chordroid barrier and the Jazz Droids. Due to the sheer amount of clones, they seem to be destroying faster than they can be produced.

The clones pass out before exploding into a ball of shadow. P.Meta Knight slowly walks towards Mighty as more and more clones appear behind him. Mighty's suit began to slow him down as ice crystals started to form.
00C: Done for the night. To the people reading this; hope your night/day goes well. Till next time.

The combination of the Drill Rush, Spear Copter, and AirN flinches P.Meta Knight long enough to get punched by Mighty's atomic punch.
Enough.
Suddenly the entire field is covered in ice. P.Meta Knight then warps before Meta Knight.
It's disappointing you know. I was born from your bonding with a Jameba Heart* and took what I consider your more admirable aspects. Out of these was the pride in your own strength. No special blades, no friends, just pure power and skill. When I was defeated by you and the others, I trained night and day to match and surpass you. You though?
P.Meta Knight Drill Rushes straight into Meta Knight.
You've only grown weak Father**.
P.Meta Knight then spawn 3 more clones to fight.

Some of the UKR soldiers start firing on the clones. While the shots do connect, the clones seem unphased. Lightining began to light the night sky, revealing a thousand eyes in the distance.

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The ground beneath Soren and Ninten began to unearth as a...skeleton began to pop out?
Hello comrades? Could you give me a hand here?

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* Based on a description about how a Jameba Heart shard somehow managed to enter the Another Dimension and took on the appreance of MK. (Star Allies)
** Since P.MK was created from MK and a Jameba Heart, it wouldn't be that unreasonable to see that P.Meta Knight wouldn't see him as a father of sorts.

Sorry about that. I wasn't trying to badmouth your scenario; far from it. That was just the name that popped up and admittedly I should of chose a different incident. It's not really you I was talking about, but rather the idea of a villain having no aftermath. It's just go on from one villain to the next. Dragonball actually presents an example of what I mean. After defeating Cell, Hercules is seen as the hero and his tale of defeating him appears later on. That sense of continuity is something I kinda enjoy. Meanwhile, take Buu. The entire world was destroyed and no one cared. Also, please don't think I'm trying to generalize yours nor anyone's arc.

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I guess it would be the second one. I haven't seen the likes of you before, only those that Kirby likely has encount-.
P.Meta Knight dimension capes down to ignore the Crystal Eyes and strikes Jazz, sending him flying back. He feels chilled to his soul.
Ugh!
Bladesmatter is caught off guard, allowing P.Meta Knight to catch him in a Mach Tornado that chills the inside of the dome, freezing the Chordroids solid. Due to how cold their are, they can't be thawed easily.
As the rain continues to fall and pool up around the dome+shield, the ground below starts to rumble.

00C: I feel like the issue with Regulus was that he powerful but had no lasting effect. He destroyed the universe only to have it reversed by Will Smith then roundhoused by Chuck Norris. If I do go the Regulus route, I want it to try and create a seemly unstoppable force that is only defeated by the combined efforts of everyone without the fight going on for too long(not saying that you did that RedBomber.).

That's a good question...Hmm...I'd imagine it would be more than Pop Star but not necessarily having the same set pieces of this Universe. For example, that cave my wielder was trapped in was called the Cave of Bravery. In the Parallel, it was a high-tech prison built on flat land. As such, it could very well be that it's a corrupted version of this dimension.

P. Meta Knight tanks all of the attacks and opens his cape, revealing a hailstorm! The hail started to damage the Chordroids due to the sheer power of the storm! P. Meta Knight then rushes at full speed at Bandana Waddle Dee, kicking him to the dome. The rain started to cause some of the Chordroids to malfunction!

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Neo Yggrisdal, Absurd Roleplay Remnants

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As Null continues to daydream, his thoughts turn from the puddle to...

Hey, come check this out!
*bubble noise*
The two arrive at a strange mirror.
What do you suppose it is?
*gurgling*
Strange...it doesn't show our reflections, but that of a computer sc-
Did you see that? It moved! The cursor I mean.
*bubble noise*
It's moving again! What if this is the real world?
As Proto Man DS? tries to reach his hand into the mirror, it simply rests on the glass.

So close, yet so far... Still. Proof that this place does indeed exist.
Hmm...seems that the user's clicked on a document. Legacy: Head Count? Wonder what it's-
...That's me? What the *Insert REGGAE face here*. Er...sorry about that.
Is this...my user? If I can just hack this...it's not made of code. This mirror I mean. How can that be?



Null...I like that name. Still, what's a defender? Or a System for that matter.



...What? But it also says I'm Null. Everyone dies because of me? But...
No. That can't be right. Just because I come from a profile of the same name doesn't mean that I'm controlled by them. My code's far too broken for that.
*bubble pop noise*
And yet, these other entries...



It makes sense why their gone. Why I see where they are yet I can't bring them back here. It would also explain why I managed to break out of the game in the first place. And it would also explain-
*bubble pop noise*
Oh God. I really am a puppet.

A tentacle reaches out from the pond and begins to absorb Proto Man D.S.'s emotions. It contorts and expands, yet by the end of the procedure, D.S. is still as shocked and upset as ever.

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Pop Star

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The turret explodes, sending ones and zeroes everywhere.
Bladesmatter looks up to the mirror then back to Meta Knight.
You see that mirror up there, right? You...my reality's version of you was waiting to strike you. Do you see the-
Bladesmatter is interrupted as the mirror emits a large light blue cloud before shards starts to fall.
Prepare yourself.
RAID BOSS ENCOUNTERED!
PARRAEL META KNIGHT, Heavenly King of Frost

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Smithingstone Arena

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Pierce...went beserk?
How do you know that? Come, let's take a look.

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Mad Jack wants to know what flavor this pie is. But Mad Jack can't taste. Can't feel. Can't love. Can't hate. Only laugh. Laugh at the foolishness that is life. That is death. So tell me...
Is this pie lemon or lime?
As MJ throws the pie, a force field erupts from behind Clover. As the pie hits the barrier, Clover simply looks in fear.
Shaker. Let's just walk back. Slowly.
No.
Stache?
Clover looks back to see a golden figure standing before her.
I didn't install this. How did you-
Stache pushes Clover out of the way using his mind before firing a laser bolt at Mad Jack Pierce. As MJ Pierce steps back, Stache teleports in front of him and slashes at him with a blade, causing Pierce to take another step. Pierce simply laughs before headbutting him. However, he bounces off of a newly created shield instead.

Seeing this strange quirk, the turret fires directly at the generator. As the droids continue to spawn, the pool shoots out microscopic pellets, destroying them instantly.

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Smithingstone Arena

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Come on Stache! Why don't you use that shield wall generator gadget I installed in you!
Stache however chooses not to do so and instead appears once more in the sky. As the water slides off of him from the sprinkler above, he begins to glow blue. Mad Jack Pierce responds by rising upwards with a balloon to drop kick Stache into the arena. As the smoke clears, a bright blue light radiates from Stache's chest.
!
Stache, I'm coming!
As Clover runs into the arena, she ignores the disqualification buzzer and pulls out a micro toolbox. As Mad Jack Pierce looks at Clover, he starts to twitch rapidly and pulls out a pie, laughing all the more manically.

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Remarkable! A machine able to copy body parts! Imagine your ability to hover, Gel's invisability, and Giant's bulkiness put together! We might not even need a bot capsule if we can find a way to copy his schematics down!
Walnut's speech is interrupted as the disqualification buzzer goes off.
Have...have we lost?

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Near Smithingstone Arena...

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This should be the place. He better uphold his promise of a spar after this or so help me...

Before you exit the system a strange dark green pixel appears on the ACT button. You think nothing of it.

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As the blobs falls from Meta Knight's direction, Bladesmatter cuts them in half before they reach the ground. Bladesmatter then notices mist coming from the mirror. Without warning, Meta Knight is held down by Bladesmatter, sending them both plummeting to the ground.

As the slimes get absolutely annihilated, some of the Jazz Droids left in the rain begin to malfunction, firing lasers every which way. One of them hits a umbrella, setting it on fire. As the soldier under it tries to put it out, he stalls before firing his gun on another umbrella. More and more slimes fall, each carrying either a one or a zero. As the corpses rise, some of them start to form a turret, firing grey matter onto various machines, infecting them in the process.

You mean the guy that sells apples or the guy that sells clothes?

As Bladesmatter watches Meta Knight fly around the mirror, he spots that blobs of grey start to stick to Meta Knight's coat. Sword help upwards, he flies to warn Meta Knight.
As the rains continues to fall, some of the soldiers begin to equip umbrellas and use them to shield those nearby. From Diplomat Martin's perspective under one of these umbrellas, he sees an abnormally large drop crash into the ground without exploding. Recognizing it from a previous experience, a pistol, he fires at it, sending it flying backs.
Incoming Slimes!
Various more piles of the stuff fall, trying to jump into everyone.

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Smithingstone Arena

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Why aren't you helping Stache like that one guy is?
What, like tell him where to go?
Exactly!
Well it's quite simple; this is a battle between two robots, not two doctors. If he's helping his bot, it's proof that I have the superior robot.
You mean friendship.
What?
Stache is willing to risk life and limb for you. And isn't that what friends do?
That's also what obedient robots do. Have you not noticed how Stache looks and acts towards me?
Clearly with love and kindness, right?
...
As Clover and Shaker look back to the arena, they notice that Walnut has disappeared.

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Outside of Smithingstone Arena

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Now Geo, what did you wanted to show me?

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Back in Smithingstone Arena...

Where did he go?
He has that much faith in his robot to where he's willing to leave early like this match is no big deal? That crosses the line!
Stache! Get that stupid pie off of your face using the sprinkler system up above, then start slamming him about like those balls he throws!

Stache uses one hand to try and fend off the punches from Pierce and uses his other to break the sprinklers, causing a torrent of water to erupt from the ceiling. As a UKR soldier looks over to the judge, he holds a thumbs up to show that it's legal. As the pie slides off of his face, he sees a punch from Pierce coming his way. He stops it just shy of his visor using his PSI before throwing him upwards into the ceiling before slamming him down. During all of this, Pierce looks around to find that his doctor has disappeared. Pierce stops mid air and fixes his head before landing downwards, now sporting a sinister grin.

Now that the doctor's gone away...
Mad Jack can come out to play!

Mad Jack Pierce starts throws balls like crazy, and while Stache keeps teleporting, the balls still manage to connect. While they deal little damage, they start to add up.

Barely hanging on, each of the Despair soldiers raise their left arm to the sky. A glowing ball forms from each of their hands. As the diplomat orders his troops to open fire on the impostors, each of the balls shoot into the sky. With the final attack, each of the soldiers melt into a puddle of a particular shape before coming together to form a...mirror?

As the Bladesmatter floats out of the Halberd, a look of terror radiates from his face as he sees the mirror rise to the sky. Whispers fill the air as the sky begins to turn a murky greenish grey.

Min Min was a spirit and got in.

But can you do a bubble in a bubble?

As the diplomat considers each offer, another blade comes crashing down. In the ensuing silence, four troopers hop out of the transport, their boots leaving prints onto the grassy surface. With one look, Bladesmatter retreats from the window of the Halberd as the radar starts beeping like crazy.

Kilroy wants to call off the negotiations.
What? But I'm almost done.
Kilroy doesn't care. Tell your soldiers to ready their weapons. We've been order to initiate plan B.
But I'm in charge of this operati-
We are now taking charge. Either report back to base or risk PUNISHMENT.
I want to hear it from Kilroy himself. Besides, your uniform's unlike any I've seen. How do I know your-

The diplomat's face goes pale as the red soldier slowly peels away his face, revealing a protruding green eye. You could swear that the eye is smirking.
With a bang, one of the red troopers fires off a shotgun immune to the sabotage, striking the diplomat in the chest. As he slides down, the nearby soldiers look on in horror.
The unmasked soldier suddenly pulls out a detonator and activates it. As he starts to laugh in a monotone voice, the ship above explodes in a orange flash, causing debris to slowly rain down onto the field. While everyone's distracted, the area around Kirby's house is covered in a grey substance, preventing any means of entrance nor escape.

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Bio Star Factory

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The corks bounce off of the arms, sending two of them flying back. Biocut manages to cut one but misses the other. The creature seems to have retreated from whence it came.