Oh hi.
CRIT! Dark Kracko became blinded!
...
The Iron Ring became electrified, shocking Suwako!
More hands began to appear and start forming a tower.

As the Eyes Not In The Sky get damaged, lasers start to shoot out in response.

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Greetings! We've heard reports of an unregulated facility around these parts. Do you have any intel you care to share?

Blackreach Forest

Root swings down his cross onto a Despair Pod. As it goes down, it notices that Mighty has the paintbrush. Before it can rush Mighty down, it crashes into S.D.013, knocking the star out of his hands.

The paintbrush started to glow before levitating out of Mighty's hands. It starts to grow, twist, and contort into a strange shape.
...Where...

As the hands fall into the grey matter, it starts to evaporate at a slow rate.

Dark Kracko became desperate and fired lightning everywhere!
Thousands of eyes began to appear in the grey matter and begin staring at everyone.

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Doppler Labs
KNOCK KNOCK

Dedicated to the bitter end. A true Starman.
Hmm. Seems like he was forced to obey. After all, he imitated the feeling of fear.
And you're different?
!
You don't have a reason to fear me because I don't have a reason to fear you.
Now come on, I've got a copy of E.T. to watch.
Clover walks out of the room.
Are humans always this insensitive?

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The multi-colored object is revealed to be...a paintbrush? It shines brightly.
Lightning strikes Mighty, knocking the holy water out of his hands.

The presence of holy water enrages the grey matter! More hands shot up, knocking Mighty and R.O.B. around! As Root tries to cut some of the hands, a group of hands form around him to entrap him.

You will break before raw, unfiltered misery. The Dark Matter will consume you and your hope.

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00C: I'll be gone all day today.

Stache looked at his former comrade and picks up its body.
As it walks out the door, it turns back and gives Ninten a look of both rage and pain before exiting.

...

I'm sorry.
Stache makes a grave in an unmarked location and sets the Ghost in it before warping off back to the lab.

...

ZZZ
Shaker. I need you to-
WHHHHHHAAAAAA!!
Oh! It's you Clover!
...I need to use your disk drive.
Sure thing boss!
It's Doctor.
Sure thing Doctor!
As Shaker opens up his disk drive, Clover puts in the Ghost data. A hologram pops out, revealing any memories it may of possessed.

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Blackreach Forest

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Some of the raindrops collide with the upwards ones, resulting in miniature explosions. Lightning barely misses R.O.B. as a rain-cloud starts to form in the sky...
The multicolored object flies upwards and collides with Mighty.

Well...I've seen enough to make an accurate creation.
Clover pulls out a disc and inserts it into the Ghost.
Here. It's not much but it was what I was going to pay you anyways.
Ninten received 500 Zenny!
Welp...so long.
Clover walked out the door, disc in hand as Stache stared at his fallen comrade's corpse.

...

I assure you I didn't stand before you nor against you on my behalf.

Hmm.
Clover walked over to the corpse and began attaching wires to it.

42-1
42
42+1
44

Interesting. And as for this Starman Blue, I guarantee it should...should be under my control. Sure the technology's unlike anything I've ever seen, but a bot's a bot.

...

So...the reason I asked is because I'm trying to make a robot capable of psychic control. However, I need a test subject to make some accurate readings and to act as a base.

As the Despair Pods struggle to keep themselves from folding, the R.O.B. laser pierces a hole through one of them.

As the Dying Grasps get blasted into the ground, a rainbow-shaded object briefly shines through the growing grey mass.
Heh, Guess you didn't need-

The ground starts shooting droplets upwards, hitting everyone. The other pod contorts into a vine and tries to crush R.O.B. while under the effects of the Space Starforce.

Root Influx!

A giant cross forms in the hands of Root and he starts batting away some of the droplets.

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Sorry. Sometimes I get lost in thought...
As Clover and the Starman walk in, Clover pulls out a clipboard.
So based upon what this...what did I call you? Stache? Stache has told me-
Starman Blue, Model 214 is my name.
Got it. So, as I was saying, Stache was telling me that...
*Stache looks at Clover with malicious intent for a second before returning to its basic stance.*
You both seem to have...powers. Neither one of you are robots, correct?

More hands appear out of the ground along with pods. The trees start to bend, serving as obstacles.

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5x Dying Grasps rose from the ground!
2x Despair Pods appeared!

Despair Pod: Don't let them obtain the Remnant Paintbrush.

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ATTACK PHASE

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4 Dying Grasps threw shadow spheres at the Chordroids, each dealing 20 damage.
The Despair Pods fired purple beams of light at Mighty and R.O.B. in rapid succession.

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Yo. Need a hand?

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Earth

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I heard that you possessed a rare form of energy known as PSI. Is this true?
A robot teleport behind her.
Doctor. Your name.
Hmm? Oh yea.
As Clover introduces herself, the robot gives Soren and Ninten dirty looks.

Suddenly, another knock comes from Ninten's door.

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Sit back...this might be a long one.

Kilroy was apparently a soldier from WW2 that had his soul trapped within a drawing. He watched humanity's progress and thinks that the newer the generation is, the lazier they are. As such, he wishes to make society go back to the 50s. He refuses to work with companies that didn't originate from the 30s or before because he thinks their morals were *ahem* corrupted beyond belief. Furthermore, he thinks that heroes are nothing more than reckless vigilantes if they don't serve a country or a group. Note that all of this that I'm talking about was written down by Kilroy himself.

In a nutshell, he thinks that by wiping the slate clean, while it be through guiding society to a better future or by destroying and starting anew, he can revive the world he so fought for all those years ago. Course...for as much power as a drawing could possess, he didn't have an army. And so...he made a deal. To him...making a deal with the devil was a more moral choice than with Hades or any other company.

While I've yet to figure out exactly who the leader of the other party is, I can say this: In exchange for being forced to somewhat preach their religion and have at least a 5% of the army under their control, Kilroy's little battalion became an army. Those Despair Squad members are just one of their many "special forces". While I've yet to find what species they are, their cult goes by the name...

[{shadow_empty} The Missing Eye.
[{shadow_empty} Any other questions?

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Blackreach Forest

As R.O.B. looks down, a hand reaches out from the ground and tries to pull him into a formed mouth.

Sys-system bots?
...
Breaking in and out of there wouldn't be that hard. Just a matter of finding the place. There's also the possibility of a trap or them finding a way to track me or-
Oh! Sorry. Just thinking out loud. Alright...for my end of the deal...

What would you like to know?

Simple: Knowledge. I'm not the kind of machine to make an unfair trade after all.

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R.O.B. feels like he's being watched from below...(I'm assuming he's in flight mode)

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Two things. One required, the other optional. The required part is whereabouts of a fr- comrade of mine. Goes by the name Quin. Last I read he was in Papa Beta's Pizzeria. I'd talk to them, but I doubt they'd be willing to respond for the same reason you're suspicious. Also, forgiven.

(00C: Let's say that the soldier was picked up by one of the EMTs.)

Hey! I read that you need help involving info about the Despair Squad and by extension Kilroy. For a simple fee(not cash of course), I'm more than willing to be of assistance. If you're interested, just send me a reply. Better yet, if ROB joins, we can make it a group chat!

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UKR BUNKER ***

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Are they gone?
Who?
Nazis...those *REGGAE* space nazis. Gave up my life to take them down you know. How dare they come back. And with anime on their side no less...

The assistant looks around the room.

I don't see any...
Balto...I want you to do something for me.
Yeah?
Kilroy reaches out from the wall to give Balto a slight knock on the head.
Use that brain of yours. Just because you come from this generation doesn't mean you have an excuse to act stupid.

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EARTH

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Wait for a second.
A lone figure seems to be slowly approaching Soren and Ninten!

AQUA MAN

Simply equip Elec Man with a Sponge Circut. The enemy will use Energy Break. Use this oppuntunity to power up your attack stat, but do not kill Aqua Man until your attack is maxed. If another target enters while your low, best to use Thunder Beam to one-shot them and not have to risk them killing you. When at critical health, use Electric Overdrive. This strat will earn you a A. (To get an S, I think you need to get it 5 turns or less).

(Recommended: Elec Overdrive, Attack Boost, Thunder Beam, Buster Charge, Elec Shot(mainly to be used to save a turn when the opportunity comes)


(only double posting for the sake of others finding this post quicker. Figured it would be easier to locate which post you're looking for. If not, I can merge them if desired.)

The Despair soldiers disappear into ash.

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Through his limited omniscience, he detects traces of...
NAZIS! IN SPACE?!?!
The zeppelin suddenly explodes in a fiery ball of...fire. The explosion blasts CrashNazi and some of his crew into the building.

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As Mighty analyzes the Despair Squad, a message pops up.

(He wasen't tryin to kill the Chordroid, but the Despair Squad member).

The Despair Eye stares at the Chordroid, dealing psychic damage.

The picture was nothing more than a face of Kilroy.

Instead of going to the news however, it instead pans to an annoyed Air.

You know what? Don't do what I say. Don't fight for what's right. Do let your fathers suffer from silence. Do let your friends turn to foes.
But you what you should listen to? My story.
I was built by a man named Doctor Wily for the purpose of taking over the world. And once I failed, I was rebuilt, sent out into the wild, infected with some accursed virus, and sent to Neptune. The whole time, people stared at me with contempt in their eyes, even after I pleaded them to give me another chance. And who was to blame? My father. The man was a genius and an idiot. He could of saved the world with his know-how and instead built me. Instead spent who knows how many years trying to kill Mega Man... And want to know what the funny part was? The man sent not a single birthday card, not a single cake, nothing. One time, he simply called me Air and left out the Man part for the sake of belittling me. Of showing that I'm lesser than a man despite housing the same feelings. And so, I hated humanity because I realized that in a sense, they were all like this. And you know how that happened? It was their father's teachings and their mother's soft words, or in some cases...they lack of it.

Viewing children as nothing more than tools or to look good socially. Can you not see that we were destined for better things? Selfies, memes, justifying laziness, sin, all of these things are why I stand with Kilroy. Why I stand with his goal of making the universe a better place by removing these things. That is the true purpose of the UKR. Not oppression of the masses as they wish for you to believe, but regression. I want the universe to go back to the times when it was "family first", not corporations or social standings, none of that. We live in a society that has become rotten to the core, and by looking to the past, we will find the cure!

*END TRANSMISSION*

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Blackreach Forest, Earth
Despair Squad started chanting, causing the field to be enveloped in a sea of grey. (Not like an actual sea, but the ground is black and white.)

As the trooper stood up, he pointed his rifle at Chordroid and fired.
The shot rang past the Chordroid and struck a DS trooper right behind.

AAAHHH
Ashes started to fly off of the trooper's face as it recoiled back, hands covering it.

Why...why do I feel so cold?
A laser beam strikes the trooper in the arm. As he goes down, he tries to give an expression of fear, but can't feel anything.
You're next.
The Despair Eye attacked the Chordroid!

Despair Squad started to grow heavier and started to dog-pile onto Proteus.

As the news station gets flooded with calls, the news anchor awakardly talks to the camera.

Well you heard it here first! While we have no idea what a Proteus is, we can say-

The camera cuts to a live screening of...somewhere.

Eh hem. Is this thing on?
Alright good.

Greetings Neo-Graks! While my name doesn't matter, what I have to say does. As many of you heard, your capitals were under attack. However, I am pleased to report that, as that droid stated, this was all fabricated.

The camera pans out to a table with toys on it.

See, just toys.
However, what's not fabricated is the possibility of this occuring. How? Simple.
C. Air pulls from his pocket a miniture IC chip.
This. This right here is an Intellenge Chip, or IC for short. Any robot with an advanced processor knows this. You might wonder why I'm showing you this right now. It's simple.
C. Air then attaches it to one of the toys. It begins moving around.
Harmless, right? Wrong.
C. Air pulls out a keyboard and hits a single button. In an instant, the toy begins firing lasers.
This right here is a prime example of a problem that no one till now has managed to fix; hacking. As a fellow machine with experience, nothing brings about more fear than the possibility of your freedom being taken away. And to you organics, I imagine nothing brings about more fear than the ones supposed to protect you being the cause of your demise.

The fact is ANYONE with a chip like this could become a monster with the flip of a switch.
By following this bit of logic, it all becomes clear as to why there needs to be some form of control, something we aim to provide.

(This was my plan from the getgo. The Chorodroid signal will be explained at a later date.)

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Blackreach Forest, Earth

The troop cast aside earlier blankly stares and blinks at Chordroid f as it passes by, mustering enough strength to reach out a hand. The feeling of hope, however bleak it may seem, ends up enraging the Despair Squad. They made multiple slashes at Proteus with increasing speed. One of them steps back and looks for the source...