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813,694. 813,695. 813,696....
I've been training my mind and body nonstop, only taking breaks so as to not damage myself.... and my work is slowly, but surely paying off. With enough time, I'll be able to maintain Stage Two... but, that will leave an even further amount of questions....
...How long will I be able to rely on that technique before it breaks both my mind and body? It's power is grand, but without perfect control, I could end up losing myself... especially in Stage Two.
And... *grunt* ... I heard about the legend of the Super Kong. For all I know, I could be working towards an inferior power.
813,724... I would talk to father about it, but... I'm not so sure how exactly to consult him. I hope he received that Father's Day card I sent.
...And come to think of it... I've never actually met with my brother since my return to the Island....
...Regardless... I won't get any answers I need by pondering... and I still have 186,250 push ups to go...
Well, that's one way to solve a potential problem, I suppose.
...
...So...
...Is there... Anything you like to do for fun? Just curious.
I see...
...Well, normally, I'd try to reassure you... But, truth be told, it's probably safer for you to keep out for the rest of this.
I know how that sounds, seeing as you just want to help your friend... But, truth be told, there's a slight bit of an ulterior motive to me telling you this.
You see, that "Beta Devil" guy... The energy he uses in battle is one that can be quite dangerous around Limited.*
...And with the sort of threat we're about to be facing... It may be dangerous of you to be fighting alongside him, for ALL parties involved.
...Of course, I'm not asking you to straight-up abandon Cyber Lucina. I would never suggest such a thing.
...But if I may make a suggestion... Perhaps, you could leave Cyber Lucina in our care? We do want to find a way to keep both her and Lucina alive, too, after all.
I promise, we will do everything we can to help, and to make sure nothing bad happens. You can trust me on that. Helping others is what I like to do best...
...It's what I was made for.**
Well, the safest place I could think to go is Beta's Pizzeria, but I doubt they'll let me in there anytime soon. Same could probably be said for any other "hero" I could think of.
Well, where would you usually go?
Believe me, it's not a place any of you would want to be.
Well, our base should be safe, so maybe there?
Actually, I got a message from J-H earlier saying that he just had to deal with an Agony creature, so maybe not.
...J-H?
Oh, yeah... Apparently, that Mark-X droid we had around became the "rebirth of Jazz Hands" or something. Goes by "J-H Reborn" now.
...Right... Well, THAT'S something I'll have to look into later.
...Hm...
Is there any place you can think of?
〈Nothing really comes to mi-〉
WE'RE NOT DONE YET, YOU LITTLE
!
...What are you staring at?
...No.
Hey, it would be safe from the prying eyes of that demon... I would think.
WHAT are you talking about?
...
...I have heard about some sort of "energy". I have a friend who gave me something that...well, all she said first was that it'd help me "stay together", but she said later that it'd help stop that kind of thing*...
I don't know if someone could take if off, or if he could do something else...
...like that darker-looking energy...
...but I'll be honest, something about how he acts...
...
...I don't want to lose her, but if staying away means she doesn't lose me, either, I trust you.
...Agony... what? What kind of nonsense are you going on about!?
The only source of "agony"* around here that I'm aware of is THIS little annoyance.
...Yeah, no, he has NOTHING to do with all this "Agony" stuff. But I still don't think we should ask him for any favors, though. If ONLY because he's just an annoying tryhard that's too edgy to be considered a horror character.
OH, so we're going THERE, are we!? Because if we're talking about "edgy tryhards", why not try a little less red and black, and a little more of an actually ORIGINAL color!?
Oh my god...
You're one to talk about "original", pal! The only people who would EVER take you seriously are children on the playground!
At least they KNOW me. I find it very unlikely that ANYONE ever even HEARD of you before.
Hey, can we just not-
Actually, as a matter of fact... Ever heard of the Red Death Incident**?
So why don't you go crawl back to your land of CHEAP-
JUMPSCARES and HYPER REALISTIC BLOOD, whatever the hell THAT means.
OH, I AM GONNA-
Would both of you kindly SHUT UP!?
Thank you. Now then, Mr. Sonic.EXE, if you would be so kind, we would like to borrow your pocket dimension for a while.
And why exactly would I do THAT?
Poyo, poy poyoyo poyo, poyo poy. Poy poyo, poyoyo poyo. Poy poyo poyo, poyo... Poyo?〈Look, if you let us stay for a while, then we'll try to make it quick. And even so, we won't impede on anything. But your place is the best we can think of right now to discuss what we're going to do about the Agony Demon. So... please?〉
...Sorry, you lost me at "Poyo poyo".
) ...FINE. I'll let you stick around my realm for as long as you need to, and nothing more. But on ONE condition...
HE gets to stay with ME. I have unfinished business with him.
〈What, still not tired of seeing me humiliate your friends?〉
Do NOT make me change my mind.
eh, my only real passtime is attacking beating up agony creatures and murdering the agony posessing them with weaponized remnant. only reason that one in partular stayed intact was because my attack wasn't enough to do the trick.
plus, the agony's been growing more resilient as of late. you got any idea why?
Okay, guess that got you seriously nettled, now it's time for some of this!
Nah. I don't really care all that much for what's going on with all of this to know the "why" of anything. I was just told to keep watch around here, and the only reason I do it is because I'm not really doing anything else with my time.
Anyways, it's not my problem anymore, so if you wanna go and follow it or chase after some other creature, be my guest. I'm going back inside to play one of Missingno.'s physical Rom Hack ports.
(
it... None of my attacks have done ANYTHING to him! ...And to make matters worse, he hasn't done a SINGLE thing to react. Could his signature technique truly be unstoppable...?)
...
...Oh, to hell with this.
Renough. Rhere is ro reed to overexert rourself over a rimple rharring match.
...
...I suppose it's for the best. I would've screamed my head off if that last attack ended up not working.
...HEY. Snap back to reality, Green Bean. You've won.
...Hm? Oh! Did I win?
I... LITERALLY just said you did.
Wahoo! That's another win for Luigi!
Hah! That'll be, like, 10 Scooby Snacks, Scoobs!
...
It's like I told you, man; My top student will, like, always top yours!
...Rhee hee hee... Rat reast rhy rhudent ractually rearned RWO ransformations. Rours rannot reven ruse Rultra Rinstinct rho far.
Like, maybe not now... But I'm sure he will someday, man. Even if it's in his own... Like, unique way.
Koopenstein... what did you do!?
Nothing too important, my arrogant Adventurer. I only thought Yoshles might get lonely looking for anything significant in the process. After all, companionship is quite important... wouldn't you say that after your quest to defeat Shake King?
I promise you, Koopenstein... should he or anyone's life is at stake for this, you WILL be held accountable.
No. You're the ones that came looking for me, why should I be at fault for what happens to that gullible dinosaur? You reap what you sow.
What!?
This is beginning to become a farce. You have questions, I'm sure.
Where have I been all this time? Mostly just chilling. It's true that at one point, my ambitions were as clear as day... before I realized I was playing into your hands again... in which case, I dismissed the alliance I made.
You took the-a-coward's way out. Classy.
Don't talk to me about cowardice when the last time we were face to face, Somatic turned you into a bagel. Without your counterpart animal friends to cop you out, that would have been your end.
Besides. This formula is overplayed.
Formula...? What on-a-earth are you talking about?
Don't tell me even you haven't figured it out like your moron friends, Tailigee. Deep down, don't you have a strange sense of "it'll be alright in the end", regardless of how many times I or others threaten the world's well-being?
...!!
That's called-a-confidence, Einstein. And rightfully placed, at that.
Allow me to elaborate.... I have reason to believe that there's an... for a lack of a better term, let's call it an algorithm-- that allows conflict resolution for the side of "Good", to be a constant.
So now you're blaming all your losses on fate. Pathetic.
I don't believe in fate. It's literal science.


The data I possess on all of these events and more is supportive... But. If you yourself are destined to be defeated... then why deliberately lure those with the role of "Good" into this place? It contradicts the principles you claim to exist.
....Good question. People like them, against people like me? That's simply asking for diasaster.
...Precisely why I made sure you would tag along with the four of them.
What.
Has anyone found Jet Man yet?
Don't rush us, we're finding him as fast as we possibly can!
Quit goofing around, Comet Woman! We got some serious business on our hands!
Come on! i'm not goofing around, i'm not like those hooligans who goof around when they're supposed to work!
QUIT ARGUING, YOU ROBO-DODOHEADS!!!


Sorry.
...So, like, where is-
Why, out of all the places in the universe, did it have to be here? Do you have ANY idea how far this place is from the Earth?
Robbie, we're gods. Distance is, like, not an issue to us, man!
But now that you're finally here, I suppose we can, like, get started on-
...Say, Robbie? Like, where is King K. Rool?
K. Rool? Why would I know anything about what that crocodile is up to?
Weren't rou raining rim rat rome roint?
Oh, please. Why would I want anything to do with that washed-up waste of a villain? Especially since he got Berserk Instinct from a mere shortcut, only to have LOST it?*
Ri ron't row, Ri rhink rou round rike rhe rype ro rake rhortruts.
...You know, I'd take offense to that if I could understand what you're even saying half the time.
So, like, who is your top student right now, then?
...
...Like, don't tell me: You haven't been training ANYONE since Sabata**, have you?
...And what does it matter, anyways? It's not like we're going to die of old age or anything, and it's not like good and evil has been in scarcity any recently.
...Look, Robbie. It's, like, not about the good and evil, man. We're not the representations of the two alignments; We represent the BALANCE of these two. Without one or the other, the world falls apart. And our training is, like, meant to help teach the importance of this balance to the mortals.
...Oh, whatever. If you've only called me up here to rag on me, then I'll be going home.
...Huh? Like, what do you mean?
You were the one who invited us here, aren't you?
What? No, I was under the impression that Scoobs invited us.
Ruh-uh. Ri rought rou ralled us rere, Rhaggy.
Well, it most certainly wasn't me.
...But, if it wasn't you two... Then, who did?
Yes, I wonder... Just who is this cunning and handsome individual that brought us all together?
(That voice...!)
Well, well, well... It's been a long time, hasn't it?
Right this way.
Oh, and one last thing, first...
You HONESTLY didn't think you could fool a GOD, now did you?
And THERE it is! He said the thing, everyone: He is GOD. And everyone thinks that I'M pretentious-
SOCK IN IT.
Why are you so apalled? You came here with the intent to kill me-- and should the opportunity arise-- Somari or one of his friends.
I knew it. We should have turned on that rust bucket when we had the chance!
Gh...!
Yeah.... in hindsight, this-a-makes a lot of sense...
How dare you.... you knew my intents all along, and toyed with me still? Did... have you been leading me by the nose this entire time!? For how long!?
.....
....I planned your first "defection" as a bid to buy time as soon as I realized there was a chance Sonic and his friends could have beaten you.
That's...!! No! I felt my interface's limitations shatter... free will was mine! I was in control of my own power for the very first time!
Even if-a-what you say is true-- there's no point in telling us this! You're outnumbered... and besides, Yoshles has-a-the Chaos Coins! He'll be fine!
Really? If it were that simple, then you would think he'd be back by now. Funny how that works.
Shadwari.
Hmph.
I don't-a-know why you're doing this... but it's-a-not too late to walk away.
"Walk away"....?
"Walk away"? You all came here of your own volition aware of the risks, but ignored them. Act surprised once you realize this isn't your run-of-the-mill scenario. And you have the gull to ask me to "walk away"?
(...Nuts... Seriously powerful. I can't let up for a second, or I'll be pulverized in the blink of an eye.)
(I'll bet Koopenstein really is around, and that this is a trap.... I've gotta take him down and warn Somari and the others before it's too late!)
Uoorgh...
1 minute 12! Heh, that's my best time all day!
Still wonder how Dids makes it through here in under a minute, but hey, he probably knows the place better than me. I'm in it for the workout, anyway.
Probably good to call it there for the day, too, or Elf's gonna give me that look again...
Wonder if I should try jogging here again tomorrow or see what it's like running through Millstone Mayhe...
(Wait...that guy was here when I was doing my first run-around this morning. Has he been here all day, or...?)
Hey, you doing okay over there?
...*Sigh* Fine.
But only because I really couldn't care less about any of this.
Let's go, you little runt.
〈I CAN walk, you know.〉
That's something I plan to change.
(Hopefully, Lord X will have HIM ready by now. At the end of it all, I WILL have this blue-haired twerp's soul... Even if I have to dig it up from his ashes.)
Dastardly.
Oh, please, no need to be so formal, Scooby. You may call me-
We're rot riends, Dastardly.
...Oh, very well; You were never able to get it right, anyways.
Like, what do you want this time, man?
Isn't it obvious? I want my REVENGE!
You two... I could've gotten away with my scheme if it weren't for you meddling kids!* You and that dog of yours ruined everything, up to the final moment!
And you... You never DESERVED your role in the Trio of Origin! While I excelled in every aspect of Matt's training, you were lazy, and did nothing more than the bare minimum!
And now look what happened with you two in charge. EVERYTHING that has happened in this BLASTED universe is nothing more than a prime example of your failures as gods! You both have done NOTHING to upkeep the balance of the Multi-Omniverse!
If you had TRULY cared about balance in the Omniverse, you would've erased that MKII from existence the MOMENT he stepped foot from his own dimension. You would've stopped the Dr. Wily of Universe Prime from travelling to the future and creating Rockman Shadow and Quint.
You would be out there RIGHT NOW and stopping all that Agony madness. You would have stopped Trio from destroying the Omniverse the FIRST time with Omni-Holes!
Matter of fact, if you actually cared about balance in the Omniverse, this entire "Chaos Zone" would have NEVER existed in the first place, nor would that Absurd Roleplay universe that led to the first time the Omniverse was destroyed to begin with!
And, like, what would you know about balance, man?
...Hmph. Clearly, a lot more than YOU two. If I were in charge, everyone would be as evil as they wanted to be WITHOUT having to resort to such blasphemy, such... CHAOS.
...That's ALL that there is now. What we've allowed it to become... And not just THIS Omniverse, either.
Social Media. The Dark Web. NFTs. This Multi-Omniverse that we have called "the Internet" has become nothing more than a cesspool of chaos. And for that, the failing gods must be replaced, so that balance and order may be ENFORCED.
Ron't go retending rhat rou're doing rhis ror balance. We ALL row rou're doing rhis ror rourself.
True. But that doesn't mean we can simply ignore the obvious problem that lies in front of all of us. If anything else, this only JUSTIFIES that it should be me instead of that good-for-nothing couch potato. And once I have bested ALL of you, only THEN will Matt and Cranky begin to see things MY way!
I've heard about ENOUGH of this.
Omega, rait...!
...Ah, but of course. I had you invite your little students as well, haven't I? Indeed, unlike Rotten, I've actually took the time to offer my teachings to someone else. And I have every intention of showing THEIR superiority, as well.
Isn't that right, Thomas?
...
...Well, then. I guess we're doing THIS, then.
Indeed! My body must be as equally honed as my mind and spirit for all three to work in harmony.
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