...Well, our work here is done.
Actually, it isn't. Those three mechas are still on the loose.
So what? They lost their medallions. And even if they find more, who cares? We'll just beat them again. How much more powerful can they get?
...Ah, what another fine day... A little surprising that nothing has attacked Angel Island during all the chaos down there... But at least the Master Emerald is safe.
What the-!? HEY! YOU!
...Stay away from the Master Emerald!
Look, if someone wanted to come after us for having a stupid medallion, they would have did it a page ago. I'm pretty sure nothing we do for the time being will have any consequence.
True. But after everything that happened, what with that Jazz guy and Anthem and his cronies, I think we could go without a conflict.
...You're probably right. Maybe we should move to a private area-
*ahem*
...And now we're too late. No going back from here.
..Alright, what do you waaaaaaaaaa-
Aaaaaaaaaaaw, crap, it's one of them.
One of what?
Remember the Council of Quint
holes that are obsessed with me that I told you about? Yeah. He's probably one of them.
"Alterock", was it? Nice to meet you. I'm Q-4827. I've been sent by the Co-
Where'd they go?
H-hey! Wait a second!
Look, you can't be here! Your very existence here could lead to catastrophic effects!
Would you believe me if I told you we've seen worse?
Have you?
....
......Great. They sent a total rookie after me. Hold on a minute, let me take care of this.
Look, we don't have to solve this with some arbitrary fight! Let's just talk this o-
Well, this has been a total waste of time... Not only have I found no heroes, but the problem just solved itself without me...
...Hang on, what on earth is tha-
Oh sh-
...You have 10 seconds to start explaining yourself.
Just a few more patches...
That should do it!
...bros?
Oh, thank heavens!
So glad to have you back, bro!
Thanks!
...erm, where was I, exactly?
Whoops! Uh... I'm really sorry about crashing into you! I was just trying to talk to a friend... associate..? Er...
H-him. I was talking to him on behalf of what the Council of Quints ordered me to do, but it seems like he doesn't really take kindly to the futuristic type.
The Council of Quints...? (Why does that sound familiar... Hang on... I think that my Quint has actually mentioned it before...)
(Yeah... I think he offered to convince them to grant me a spot, too... I declined, though... I don't exactly belong with the lot of them.)
Well, if you're a Quint, then you're a friend to me. I am ASN-001, Beta Man... Though people nowadays refer to me as Epsilon.
...So, what's it like, being a character of a non-bootleg game, anyways?
Peachy, I guess. (Whatever that nonsense means.)
Cool, cool. ...So, uh... Do you think Capcom is hiring?
Unlikely.
Really? Well, that's a shame.
...Say. What are you even trying to do, anyways?
What do you think I'm doing? I'm trying to catch the next plane back home.
...Aren't you one of those "Robotic Masters"?
...I am a Robot Master, yes.
Can't you just teleport back to your hometown?
...
...
...And this is the hole I was sent through, right?
Yep. I'm unsure how such a hole straight through the Earth was created, but...
...Wait, why do you a-
...
You know, pushing that guy in particular down that hole is oddly satisfying for me.
Nice to meet you!
Now, what was I supposed to be doing again?
...Oh yeah! I can't let Alter cause anything bad to happen in the-
Aaaand he's already gone.
So. What now?
Wait a minute. I just realized something.
What?
With this medallion, I could help stop global warming!
Will you?
No.
...and THEN, to take the shot!!
How do you not know?! It's a menace to the Omniverse, and it's returned after a million years! The Life Virus!!!
Y'know, the records of the Life Virus in my time looked a little more yellow...and a lot bigger...and more sentient, and...
...that's not the Life Virus, is it?
It's a living computer virus in the corporeal world! It could be anywhere, even if it's already somewhere else!
It just...isn't there, that's all!
Urgh, laying low is so boring!
Yes, because it's so much fun being literally scarred for life.
...Say. Other people probably have more of these medallion thingies, right? Whaddya think'll happen if we have all of them?
...No.
I say we look for 'em, so we can nab them ourselves!
No!
Hush, both of you. The items you speak of are being sought out by others. It would be most wise of you to give yourselves an advantage by playing off of that and preparing in the meantime. As we already now, hiding and running headfirst into action are surefire ways to become scrap metal.
...Or that.
I can abide by that. Just not trying to be evaporated into pure nothingness like before.
Trust me, I'd do it all over again if it would actually accomplish any. But aside from the fact that I have lost all that power completely...
Hello again. I see that you two are doing well, despite having been scarred and obliterated...
*sigh*
Fine. Just don't say I didn't warn you that we're at the mercy of the Prince and-
...the Songstress!!!
Goodness...this "Black Hiver" is hitting a little too close to home for-
YOUR TIME HAS COME TO AN END, SONGSTRESS!!!
...again with this?
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