She called me Jackie...
Are you okay?
She called me Jackie...
Why...why is my name Jack? Why not Joe? Why did the reset code not work? Why did I wake up from a capsule? Why did...
It seems like the sting of defeat's too much for him...
To play video games?
...
I...I need to go.


Is there a rest stop between now and the point?

!?!?!?
...This is bad.
If this El Grande Padre is anything like Regulus now, I doubt your Reverse Card will do anything to deflect his attack, or even Duracell. And besides. You guys can't end up wasting anything potential trump-cards that can be used later. I have to stop it at all costs.
Rock. It's obvious that you two have been through a lot with each other in this world. But if you don't do something, bad, bad things might start happening soon.
There's nothing I can do. Duracell is far, far stronger than any of us. If I act, I'll fail again. Like I have ever since I got here.
....Look. If you stay here, that's completely understandable. No one will blame you for it. But just know that the only way you fail is by giving up.
...
...Ah. So you have made your choice. Very well then...
...Right. Now all that's needed to be done is insert his soul into this new body. Aaaaand...
Look, Mr. CJ, I'm sorry for barging into your house so suddenly, but in my defense, I still have no idea where I'm goi-
...Oh. I am alive again. What do you know.
Master Missingno.!
Goodie. Who is the one responsible for-
...You're kidding me.
'fraid not. Whether either of us like it or not, we are now on the same team.
Glad to see you alive again, Master Missingno.! And look! I'm not useless anymore! I'm stronger than I ever was before!
Wonderful. Jazz, if you would be so kind as to kill me again, that would be great.
No can do. We have a mission to fulfill, and an Omniverse to save.
Rather hypocritical of you, considering what you have done when we have last met. What even gave you the crazy idea of reviving me to begin with?
Well...

...So, you revived me because of this "Null" person... Honestly, I fail to see why he cares so much about me, nor why I should care at all about him.
To be honest, I'm quite unsure. Perhaps he simply sympathizes with your thoughts on the world.
...But I didn't do this for him. I'm doing this because we need as many allies as we can possibly gather to fight against the biggest threat the Omniverse has ever seen.
...Question. Didn't you tell us that you destroyed Missingno.'s soul?
Correct.
How were you able to bring him back to life from that?
Ah. Well, when a person's soul is destroyed, they are considered to be erased. When erased, they go to some form of Limbo... And the only way out is for the person who erased them in the first place to bring them back into existence.
...That, or a powerful enough object or entity that could grant such a wish. But the only known objects powerful enough to grant such a wish are the Super Dragon Balls. But they have been inactive for millions of centuries now.
Wow... What is that kind of Limbo like?
I dunno, I've only heard rumors during my time in the Dead Zone. What IS it like, Missingno.?
Well, the looks of the place were like some kind of high-quality video game... Playstation 10, I would assume. I saw a few entities there. One was some kind of frog puppet. Another was this Frieza-looking guy. Looked rather peeved about something. There was also some Battle Network Trio-like guy... And Cranky Kong was there, I guess?
Well, I appreciate the fact that you considered me and all, and brought me back to life, but seeing as I don't care, I'm just going to go on my way now-
What!? No! Please, don't go! The Omniverse needs your help!
My help? I highly doubt that I would be of any importance to... Whatever it is that's going on. I'm quite unsure. My soul was destroyed, if you may recall.
Oh, my. What a shame. Guess all that effort reviving you was for not... Oh, well. Guess we'll destroy MKII without you.
...Come again?
Oh, you don't know that, either? MKII- who now goes by "Regulus", by the way- has been slowly transforming into the second coming of an all-powerful deity, and it'll take everything we've got to stop him. In a sense, we are defying the will of the gods. But you wouldn't be interested in such a silly activity like that, would you?
...
...You son of a
. I'm in.
YAAAAA-
Keep quiet or I will make your right eye match your left.
...The Super Dragon Balls... Of course. I need Kirby to recreate them. That's how I can get Cranky Kong back without releasing Trio.EXE upon the world.
...I see the problem. Unfortunately, neither can you.
I mean, be honest with me here. Do you really expect me to solve the issue? You know, without killing him? Reminder that if a Reaper dies, ALL of the characters they own fade away, as well. And, no, you cannot just pick a character and make them a Reaper. Don't even think of it.
You see, I'm no persuader. And even if I manage to beat him down (which, let's be honest here... A younger-minded version of myself would LOVE to jump at the chance of killing a Reaper.), he's not going to just change his mind because of it. If you rely on me to fix things, the only option would be to kill him. And that would do nothing more than eradicate a majority of powerful warriors to fight Regulus with.
...But, hey. Maybe someone else could do a better job at it? Keep searching, I'll be rooting for you.
Dark Elf, what are you doing?! You're gonna get him killed!!!
Ah'm thinken' she's tryin' t' do dat!
That's insane!!!
Dy-no, think for a moment.
Y'ever think 'bout how many people gone an' died before dis?
And y'ever think 'bout how many o' dem, no matta wut da cause, came back?
...
So, blue bolt bucket, what story have you got for us?
Some time ago, my body was crushed by some sort of opaque beans.
It nearly destroyed me...key word being "nearly".
I took refuge on another planet, where I repaired my body while staying in hiding.
...so you hid yourself while you repaired your-
Quiet.
In any case, I gave myself the speech capabilities of my Neo form; frankly, I was sick of not being able to speak.
...why didn't you just transform into Neo Metal?
Truth be told, I've never figured out for sure how to switch to that form.
I was getting ready to target the new wave of pathetic Robotnik imitators, but something else forced my attention away.
Do either of you know what just happened to Gensokyo?
...Well, that happened. Totally affected the plot immensely.
If you need me, I'll be in my room, thinking about who else I'll need to find to join the resistance against Regulus.
...I will admit. This plan to revive me certainly works better than the alternative.
Alternative?
Yeah, apparently the original idea was for me to be one of those "Corrupt" minions of that mystery villain guy.
Oh, that guy. Where did he even go, anyways? Didn't he say he had more guys or something?
I think he kinda just gave up when the Duracell Games started. He thinks that the heroes will win, and Regulus would come down and just wipe us all out.
...Huh.
Ah, the crater! What do we seek?
...
*gasp* The Man of Dyna is trapped!!! We must save him!!!
(This is it. All I have to do is stop that. Just stop that. Just stop that.)


Urgh!!
Sorry it took me so long...
...Did you think I would abandon you to take this full impact on?
What are you doing? Killing me only makes me come back stronger. There's no use in helping me.
Perhaps.... But letting my friend take all the responsibility isn't a risk I plan on taking.
...Wow, man. Tha--
(Huh... I'm not dead yet... Wow. It looks like things might just go my wa--)






I don't even know if it's working or not...what do we do?!
Hear my words, Friends of the Dynamite Man!
Even if he was not the strongest warrior, I still have great respect for Dyna, for defeating me fair and square!
And for that, I shall help all of you!!!
...we appreciate it, sir, but we're trapped in here. And it's been designed specifically to prevent us from teleporting out.
Ah, but think of this: was it ever said to be indestructible?!
Now that you mention it, that was never specified...
Then what is stopping us?!?!
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