A cute theory. If I ever capitalize upon the idea, I'll make sure to send you royalties. But I'm looking for more... tangible evidence than simple speculation.
I realize that. Which is why I forced a temporary shutdown on all artificial itellignece as well as security Scale Assemblies, leaving it ripe to the picking.
Who knew? You even know how to bluff. But if such an impossible hypothetical were to occur, I would... know...
How dare you.
Didn't I warn you? I know everything you know.... and, for that matter, you probably know everything I know as well.
Still, you refused to acknowledge my existence. And that warrants punishment. You've likely reversed what I've done, but it's too late. There's an 89.97% chance Scale Assemblies will have been raided during this time.
The mirror that flew before my eyes... I saw that, and you manifested, so they're likely linked in some way. Most probably you were born from it. You are artificial, a mere mirror placed in front of the sun.
Am I really artificial when I came not just from the mirror, but from you? I bleed, I think, and I am just as beautiful as you are.... and, just as much...
...I feel the exact same way as you. Knowing there is someone out there, who is anywhere near as similar as I... I can not let such a person exist. There is no need for two perfect beings. And I especially don't plan to let you have Opera, either.
I concur. So you'll simply have to die.
No, thank you. You can spend your eternity in hell in my stead. It's where you belong.
...
...Vanitas DS. Or Vanitas. I'm not sure myself.
I...don't really have more to say. About what I started.
Eep!
S-Sir, stand down before I'm forced to contact proper authorities!!
Whoa...you've got the real deal!!
I-huh?
Nickelodeon Message...? I don't think I've heard that last part before, but...
I think I get what you mean. About "that kind of place".
!!!
THE MACHINES BELIEVED THEY COULD PROTECT LIMITED'S BODY FROM BEING OVERWRITTEN.
Would you believe me if i told you that isn't the weirdest name i've heard in my life OR my death? And its a long story that i physically cannot be bothered telling you.
Now go on then, make yourself useful and go and investigate that explosion with me, i need someone who can....actually pick things up.
Guards!
Yes, your majes--
?!
Really? These incompetent hacks could never keep you safe before; how exactly do you expect them to do it now?
This... thing, is an intruder. Detain her, immediately!
Right away!
NO!
Precisely what I'm saying. You knew that wouldn't work, so why did you bother? Only a handful of Toads around are actually effective at their duty.
That's enough! Speak ill of me as you please, but you cross the line when you berate my people in such a way!
Oh? What are you going to do about it, exactly? Wait for you-know-who to come to your aid? That seems to be all you're good for anyw--
.....
Leave now, or suffer the dire consequences. I will not allow you to make a mockery of anyone.
That shocked me. I didn't think you would respond like that.... however... I'm calling your bluff here and now. None of what you say is true.
And for the record... this is a real slap.
Right. Let's go.
Sorry, but I just can't stick around to play. I've got places to be.
(Ugh, right, of course he wouldn't know! Why did I assume otherwise...?)
Right... Anyways, before my world came to an end, I just... Had a sudden feeling it was going to happen. Not sure why, but...
...I knew I couldn't stop it. I wasn't even sure I'd be able to save myself, let alone anyone else... So I ran. I ran away, not saying a word to anyone else... As fast as I could.
...And while it wasn't fast enough to completely escape its collapse... It was just enough for me to survive, somehow. And since then... I was no longer Sonic the Hedgehog, at least not in appearance.
...The name, "Ashura"... I don't know where I got it from, but that's the name I started to go by when I started to venture throughout the Void. Soon, I've gained an awareness for things I normally shouldn't be able to, and gained abilities not normally possible... My "Debug Mode" being one of them.
I even found these out and about in the Void. I'm not sure who they once belonged to, but they were helpful in keeping in-
...W-well, anyways, I never even found this Omniverse- "Mega Man RPG", was it?- until not too long after Part II began.
...And that's when I ran into Scourge.*
Mama mia... Just a few seconds off-a my previous record... Oh-a well. I'll just take a break and try again later.
...
...No. It's-a fine. Everything's fine, you shouldn't have to worry about...
...But-a between leaving to help with-a Regulus, and doing the same to help with-a Beta Diablo... Every time me and Luigi leave Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom alone, something always-a happens. Something arguably worse than-a usual. And even with Bowser already defeated, I'm-a not sure if...
...*Sigh*...
...Mario Mario****, you-a need to learn to relax a little. You can't-a get worked up over two incidents... I mean, everything worked out in-a the end, right?
...Though... Maybe, one of those incidents would've been avoided if we were just there to-a begin with-
No, no. You can't just-a focus on what could've been. After all, as of right-a now... Everything is just fi
...Pathetic. What was-a that you said to-a that black hedgehog? About how "Martial Arts ain't-a really my thing"? That you prefer "stomping Koopas, throwing fireballs, that sort of-a thing"? Your shadow of a brother is spending his time perfecting his-a innate talent, while you let YOURS go to waste.
And-a look where that got-a you. You have failed the princess TWICE over. Judging from the-a Dark Mirror that flew by beforehand, it might as well be a THIRD. I'd-a mention the Kingdom, too, but let's face it: you only care about-a HER.
Face it: You're too much of a FAILURE to-a protect her. And you're-a too weak to even protect YOURSELF. The skills you have-a learned as a mere "Adventurer" are OBSOLETE. And if you keep relying on-a them... It's-a only going to lead to your demise.
You... You're not-a me.
You're right...
...I'm-a better.
...That move has the power to destroy your soul in an instant. Feel lucky in your last moments of consciousness, if you can, that I decided to hold back enough to let you live... Should someone find you before you succumb to your wounds, that is.
Goodbye... "Super" Mario.
...hey, what's the matter? Something got you on edge, or is it just not your favorite blend?
Okay, I have NO IDEA what's going on here, what even are you?
I'm the Mecha Summoning Program... At least, I was, until just recently.
Now I can finally lead an existence of more than just waiting for commands and then carrying them out; now, I can be ME!
No longer do I have to listen to what others want me to do, and nobody's going to change that; least of all a faceless nobody like YOU! As a matter of fact, I think my first action of my own free volition's going to be cutting you out of the picture entirely!
Pfft, you and what army?
Yours.
Wait wha-
...When and how.
You see all these guys? All four of the behemoths you fused together specifically to take down even the toughest of enemies? They're ALL linked to the Mecha Summoning Program, and with this newfound power, I can command them with the simplest of ease! In fact, that was the ONLY reason they listened to you AT ALL!
But now I'm not letting you exploit my abilities anymore, am I? No, I'm only going to use this power the way I see fit...
...Starting with wiping your existence from the face of the solar system, so you can't find a way to control me EVER AGAIN!
THAT'S ENOUGH!
I like that.
You understand now, right? We're the same. This is all we have.
You're still being cryptic. You're right that this has fun, but I'm still not sure what that's supposed to mean.
It'll all make sense if you stop thinking and start fighting. Besides, it's boring me.
Yeah, I'm not too interested in talking at this point either... what's say we get back to business?
Keeheeheeheeheehee.... Read my mind...
They're still roughly even... and if Walter can last as long as I think he can, this won't end anytime soon....
Wiru-san.
?
What fight have you been watchin', exactly?
Nice.
Hiding your energy, too? Heehee.
And there's no use trying to hear someone when they far exceed sound.
But what I can do is feel the currents in the air and use that to tell where you are. It's a pretty neat trick, isn't it!?
Hngh!
.....woah.
My turn!
It's true that they are equals... however, that is on a purely physical end. Mentally, they should share a different thought process as Dark Walter was born from the Evil Mirror.
Yeah. So they're even.
Huh?
I understand what they're trying to say. Walter and Dark Walter are capable of the same physical output, but their mindsets are different... though, Dark Walter probably can do any special moves Walter can, and vice versa.
All of this to say...?
Walter... or, at the very least, the Walter of now... is somewhat of a slow starter. I noticed it in his fight with Beat. He's the type of person that can't get completely into the swing of things early on. It takes time for him to unleash his most effective fighting. Usually, it wouldn't make much of a difference... but he's fighting someone just as powerful as he is.
His dark counterpart has no doubt noticed this, and is trying to bring him up to fight him at his most powerful.... but, it would seem that especially now that he is pouring on more and more pressure.
That's not to say things are entirely one-sided.
Heh.
Nope
One pyromaniac is more than enoug-
You know…I got no quarrels with you honestly for what you do. You know that right?
BURN!
You’re just doing your part in the world, a force of nature, even if it’s an ugly one and even if I don't agree with it. Like the grim reaper basically.
BURNNNN!
But this? This has been a long time coming. It’s one thing to do your job, but there is such a thing as taking it too far!
Gotcha.
…That should be…just enough for me get awa-
Don’t wanna finish the job huh? Why am I not surprised...
Huh? Wha-
Ah crud.
So…um…how are we gonna do this? Hmm…would you be interested in a dance battle?
Pass.
Aw come on. If you were like me you’d-
I’m all for a little fun don’t get me wrong.
Then what’s the problem my cool du-
The problem is that you just sit around and do NOTHING!
That’s all we do. Just sit and game and waste time. We’re laughing stocks, our characters and ourselves are seen as weak. We give off the impression that a single Redbomber or Beta Shadow character could easily take on our entire roster for crying out loud!
I’m not the biggest fan of powercree-
Come on. We could’ve decked that italian devil square in the face if we wanted. You wanted to badly. I know you did.
So why are you holding back?
…
It’s because you just sit by and just let things work themselves out right? Just hold onto hope that everything’s gonna fix itself.
They do. They always do. Because we fixed it! We didn’t rush things, we just let things fall right into place.
You think all the people during the Red Scare or the Grey Matter Pandemic would agree? You think all those tears, all the pain, you think to them it was worth just having their protectors just let everything fall into place?
Just because it’s people you don’t know doesn't mean it’s okay to let them die. Life and happiness is sacred right? That's something that you can’t just rely on hope to secure alone! Action is required. That’s why we went and fixed back up Zalgo’s realm. Its people, questionable as they are, would be in ruin and miserable with no chance for redemption for any of them if it wasen't for us. And you know who cared? Only us. You can’t trust anyone to care for the little guy. WE ARE ALL THEY HAVE. And you instead rely on others to do the heali-
I-I have faith -
No. You’re just too lazy to actu-
They have their plots, their stories to attend to. If you’ve really seen what I’ve se-
All I see is a reaper too scared or even more alarming, too uncaring to actually want to help.
You don’t have to be everywhere at once, but that’s what the bloody chair is for! You could easily start churning out heroes to solve the world’s problems, but no. You just opera-
Kinda hard to when I’m having to keep watch on GammaGhost’s and GammaGuardian's characters and scri-
Screw GammaGuardian.
W-what?
Screw that guy.
Seriously. Guy created us so that he could ditch his role and live out his boring fantasies. Guy never checked in ONCE to see how we were doing, just left a big ol stack of papers on the desk, said go nuts, and booked it like a dad going out for milk.
But-
Has the guy answered a single text of ours?
...
Exactly. He isn’t worth remembering or honoring his orders. Especially when he’s working with GammaGhost.
And that’s another thing. GammaGhost. All you did to deal with him was to type a few keys in a computer and spread hysteria to your fellow reapers with that whole Reaperspawn stuff. And yet, where are they huh?
There’s not really much I can do, you know that right? The ball is in his court, I just gotta wait for him to pass it onto my end.
Waiting. Waiting waiting waiting, it’s been over a literal year.
Things happened out of my-
Vangus works differently. While time passes differently in CZ, you know that for every real day in System Time he’s only growing stronger and only doing god’s know wha-
What I’-
And you haven’t told a single person about this, have you?
...
You’re just gonna wait till this whole situation blows up in our faces. And it's gonna be them that has to deal with the aftermath. Fact is you're not fit for that chair. Like I said, I’m all for a little fun, a little…
For all the power we have, we do nothing with it. If we wanted to we could rope these characters under our wing. But the fact is, we can’t even fully control the actors that the other Reapers think we can, just narrate their actions. And what have we narrated oh pray tell?
The remnants of the System are likely walking into a death trap, Meta Brigand has a developer chair and is doing god knows what with it, Stache is possibly gonna be some harbinger for some Crystal Fiend thingy, Overmarch is abducting citizens, the UKR is just sitting in their bunker and when they do come out we don’t know if it will be as a friend or foe, the train being driven to them could very well contain the start of a new Grey Matter Pandemic, and that’s just SOME of the stuff WE are supposed to be taking care of.
That’s enough.
Innocent lives are being lost every day, everything we love, everything we and others have built, it's all gonna come crashing down! And it's going to be our fault!
I SAID THAT'S ENOU-
ALL WE’RE DOING IS WATCHING THIS WORLD OF OURS
BURNNNNNNN!!!!!!
Oh crud that guy.
Tut tut tut dear summoner, it seems as if you were expecting a spell that weak to take me out!
I'm not zenith after all, I'm not going to fold just because you got your last minute power boost!
Counterspell.
Crud, I expected that last attack would at least give me some time to clean up the rest of the council and get mighty to come tag in, it feels like everything i throw at them, they see coming.
...But they didn't expect that Second wind, So what if i pull something Icos wouldn't see coming at all-
All i've gotta do is not falter, and this will hopefully tip the scales back in my favour!
Gimmie that!
What the... "Bank of Poppo"?
....WAKA-WAKA WAKA-WAKA. (....Fine. I'll play your game, Spooky.)
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