@TheHighTower : He was referring to you, not RSB

@TheHighTower : No, but at this point, I decided to let Walter deal with the intrusions himself.

End of Time - Spekkio's Room

...Oh? More visitors? And a heaping load of them, too!
...Well, I believe I know why most of you are here... So, seeing as there are so many of you, let's just cut straight to the chase, shall we?
So, before I can teach you magic, how about we-
*Ahem* I feel like these fine people would benefit more if we don't beat around the bush. Shall we perhaps skip the "run around the whole room" procedure, just this once?*
...Hm, perhaps you could be right...
...Very well, we shall skip directly to the next step: Learning magic. Now... Which three among you would like to go first?

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*Upon watching some gameplay footage of Chrono Trigger, I have found that, when teaching Frog magic, you don't have to repeat the procedure of running 3 laps around the room thinking of magic. Thus, I feel like the said procedure is less of a requirement, and more of perhaps an exercise in channeling the magic spirit.

...I see. ...While I'm not entirely certain how you could've possibly heard of this place, or of the benefits that could be provided... I can lead you right to where you need to go.
This way, please.

Gaspar leads the group to Spekkio's area.

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Outside Peach's Castle

Suddenly, a grey blur grabs both the Hero and Issac, taking off for elsewhere...

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Mushroomy Kingdom*

Issac and the Hero are dropped down into the area.

...APOLOGIES. THIS IS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY ATTENTION.

Pi Android leaves.

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*Reference: World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. The name is that of the stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, of which is based off of World 1-1.

End of Time

Well, well... Isn't this a fine treat?

Gaspar appears amongst the Brash Crew members that have appeared.

You are the most visitors I've had... Well, ever, truth be told. ...But, how is it that you manage to get here? ...And for what reason DID you come here?

Matt Dimension*

...You guys do whatever it is you need to do in here. I'm going to go play some Tennis.**
...Right, so we're in this place again... What is it do you want from me?
Just a simple task...

Beta Shadow goes into his Full Release form.

...Hit me.
Huh!?
You want to be able to face Beta Devil, don't you? Well, that won't happen. Not until you are actually READY to face such a dangerous opponent... And we will not leave this place or rest until you are.
So FIGHT ME. And don't even think about hesitating! And should you manage to land a single hit on me... I'll tell you what it is you wish to know. These are my conditions.
...Oh, I get it now. You're using an incentive, to encourage me to train better.
Well, in THAT case...

Beta Man undergoes his Alpha form!***

...I hope you're ready, because I'm gonna go all out!

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*To recap: The Matt Dimension (introduced in Page 49, Post #7 is a realm created by Matt himself. Only good guys can enter this realm, and even then, only Matt has the power to create the portals to said realm. The only active portal to currently exist is the one in the Backroom of Little Papa Beta's (for training purposes ONLY), which is only granted access to employees of Little Papa Beta's, with some exceptions. Mighty also produces the Chordroids from there.
**Yep. The Matt Dimension is, in fact, Wii Sports.
***Renaming of his All-Star mode from Absurd Roleplay. Re-unlocked during the events of the Dead Zone portals.

(Epsilon Snow. Jewel is the Gamma one.)

(...Well, technically, it was Bolt who was the Gamma one, but when Gamma Jewel decided to steal the Gamma label, his name was changed to Digamma Bolt, based on the archaic letter

Oh. Right... Sorry.
*Sigh* At this point, just what do we do with you...?

Beta Shadow approaches Beta Man.

...Hey, Beta. I've been doing some thinking, and... (*Sigh* Matt, Cranky, even Kirby, PLEASE let this be the right choice...) ...I think it's finally time you receive the answers you've been seeking.
About time.
...BUT. There is something that I'm going to want out of you first.
...Follow me.

Beta Shadow takes Beta Man over to the Employees Only backroom...

(OOC: Whoops. My b.)

...I... That's not... That isn't how banning...
...You know what? Seeing how complicated it would be to rearrange the ownership of HighTower's characters, I'm just going to let this one slide.

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Little Papa Beta's

Ah, yes. You're... *Ahem*. You're that Maestro* guy, correct? Nice to... "Meet" you.

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*Alpha Fire actually knows this is L, but to avoid trying to bring up Absurd Roleplay memories (and the apparently headache-inducing reactions it causes for certain characters), he pretends to-

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Nice to see you again, L-buddy!

...You're SQUAWK! ing kidding.

L? Where have I-

Beta Man gets a sudden headache.

AGH! Seriously!? THIS again!?
...And thus why we don't speak of particular events around these guys. Don't worry... the headache subsides quickly, long as he doesn't try digging through those memories again.

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...Well, regardless, even if we WANTED to intervene with the whole Nuin case- which we actually DON'T, not to mention that there's really no need- that wasn't the point of this. But I feel like a more recent moment covered the actual point a bit more clearer, so perhaps we can just drop the subject there.

...Beta. May I speak with you about something?
Shoot.
...I'm just going to be blunt with you. I think you should just go ahead and tell Beta about the 4th Wall.
No. End of discussio-
Just hear me out. I know you simply don't want Beta to turn insane or something by becoming aware of the 4th wall...
...But with that belief of his that he and his friends deserve to know about the secrets your keeping from him, it's going to be NOT telling him that'll turn him insane.

...

Beta Shadow decides to ponder on this.

Does it matter? If anything, the death of Regulus will alter reality for the better... And even so, I don't think he's actually fighting a PAST Regulus.
...Though, it does raise the question as to where the MKII of recent events came from... But that isn't important. ...What is important, however...

Rider suddenly finds herself pinned to a wall (or, rather, what's left of the wall) by the Phantom Ruby's power.

...Is the fact that the only reason HighTower isn't banned from this Roleplay is the fact that he technically never broken a single rule of this roleplay. Face it: You and all of HighTower's other characters are on extremely thin ice.

Theta lets go of Rider, allowing the Phantom Ruby to focus back on reviving Phi.

...You may run along now. Just stay out of Walter's- or, Worship's, I suppose- killing Regulus plot, alright?

...

Suddenly, using the Phantom Ruby (which causes the revival of Phi to be temporarily halted), Theta Mephisto warps Rider directly to his location!

...You see, GammaGhost? This is why you need some form of filter to keep out unwelcomed guests to your plotline...
...Because a certain someone loves derailing plots... Which leads to the question; What the hell do you think you're doing?

McAfee Industries Ruins

Theta and Gamma arrives on the scene.

...Right. Time to revive Phi.
About time.

Theta pulls out the Phantom Ruby, preparing to bring back Phi Doppelganger.

...By the way, I'm going to revive him without the Limited or the Evil Energy.
...Why...?
Because I'll be ed if I let ourselves catch the attention of those those goodie two-shoes clowns over in Doppler Labs, or anyone else with an interest in Limited or the like.

The Phantom Ruby begins to do its work.

...To quote 1972 Lorax, I see your point, but I wouldn't know the answer. But, be honest here... You still have no intention on letting us go there, do you?

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OOC: Also, for the record, I like to think that Pop Star and its surrounding planets are incredibly far from the Milky Way galaxy Earth resides in. So, it's going to be a long, long time before it gets to Earth. Not that there will be any intention on letting it reach the Earth.

I highly doubt GammaGuardian will even let us-

Before Jazz could finish, Missingno. slaps Sabata in the face.

Do you even know who the hell you're talking about here? It's SQUAWK! ing KIRBY. I don't think I even need to elaborate why Kirby doesn't need our intervention, especially when there are already people there to help him, anyways.

Uh, yes, hi. The SQUAWK! are you even talking about!?

...

...
...You aren't going to give up just like that, are you?
...What else can I do? He trumped over Ultra Instinct like it was nothing... And I couldn't even fight back.
Maybe so. But you were fighting him all on your own, against a form you could never have expected.
But I should've. He went out and reached for this power while I was being completely lazy. If I have just did more than simply sitting around, waiting for the UKR to end... Maybe I would've been able to fight back.
...I would focus more on what that Walter guy said...



...In your hastening to silence Beta Devil during his monologuing, you forgot that you have friends that can back you up. ...Or, perhaps, a reason you wished to do it alone is out of fear of them getting hurt?
...We weren't even able to defeat Regulus.
Maybe so. But this is an entirely different case. He may be powerful... But unlike Regulus, he isn't invincible.
You simply need to-

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Little Papa Beta's

-Wake up! Come on, you aren't dying here!

Beta Shadow comes to.

Urgh... Is it September again? Because I think that migraine's back...
*Sigh* Good... You're still alive.
A factor that might not remain for all of us for too long. Not unless one of us have a plan to close the gap between us and Beta Devil's new form.
...

Beta Shadow stands up, reforming his shades.

...I don't have any plan at all to close the gap between me and Devil. In fact, such a factor is possibly improbable.
...But that's fine. I'm not going to defeat Beta Devil... WE are. Together... As a team.

I suppose it's surprising, really... Despite Quin's actions being on the opposite spectrum than he first appeared to be, he's right about one thing...
...Where Beta Devil is alone, we all stand united against a common threat: him.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Calm down, ALL OF YOU!

Everyone suddenly settles down.

...So, this "Beta Devil" has gotten stronger. Big whoop. That only means that we need to be stronger, too. All of us.
...Moto. Call up that Alpha Fire guy, and tell him to get the others and come down here immediately.



As for the rest of us... We'll need to get ready to train harder than we ever had before in our lives.

This will NOT be another Regulus moment. We WILL win this one.