Pseudo's Base
Colonel steps up to Helryx as she approaches, but Defense calls him off.
Defense: "He was indeed alive before he acted, but I wouldn't quite say he did it willingly. He would have teleported with or without his sacrifice."
He taps his head.
Defense: "I managed to get a reading of the wavelength coming off of those portals, but it was unstable and of a wavelength that I haven't read before, and I've been around the block quite a bit."
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Alley
Talking about people at the alley...
A girl is looking around those streets for something. Along with her, there are a fairly common Labrador dog, and a not-so-common frog.
Hmmm... A materials merchant. Do she will have that stone...? We must recover it.
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Three freaking ghosts!Anna similarly springs right into a battle stance, unfolding her Gunlance under one arm.
When she realizes Gol D. is a prospective customer, she quickly puts it away again. "Ah, ahem! My name is Anna. I deal in materials and blueprints for weapons and armor."
Her eyes literally sparkle while looking at the treasure. "Whoaaaaa... Hm... What kind of sword were you thinking? Lightweight, long, or gigantic?"
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Hahaha, you're both quite reactive! He compliments, unfazed by the weapons. Hm? Oh... Of course! Here! Roger pulls out a broken sword, that looks like an average cutlass, and hand it over. It's been snapped in half.
Broken swords happen pretty often around those parts! But I know the guy. He's sensitive about it. He'd want the sword repaired or similar to the old one, and those Marines weapons just didn't do it! I get it though, a sword is a companion like any others! Hoy! Rayleigh, wouldn't you agree?!
You can't drink booze with a sword. Laughs Rayleigh. While Roger waves to the other lady with the Labrador, Rayleigh totally brush her off. ... You did hear her out though, right? She sell blueprints and materials. We may need to repair it ourselves.
Well that's good, we'll fetch us a strong metal worth all that gold then! Rayleigh smiles resignedly.
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHelryx glances at Thor for a moment, then looks back at Wanda and Defense.
"Then it had nothing to do with Wanda's illusion.", she suddenly says before turning around.
"And Botar is not dead either."
"How... could you possibly know?", Pseudo asks, confused.
"What it sounds like to me is that whoever struck him, I am assuming Mara, hit him hard enough to damage his head to the point he lost control over his powers. Botar's species' warping powers are similar to mask powers, but they don't work quite the same. They work based on the user's focus, and require no mask to use. The only mask that can replicate their raw potential is the Kanohi Olmak, the Mask of Dimensional Gates. The mask Brutaka wears, and the mask that allowed Vezon to open portals. Yet even then, that mask could only allow warping through portals, not as varied and powerful as the powers Botar's species possess. There is no limitation to what their warping was able to do, and I presume that was why this man was unable to get any clear readings on his unfocused portals."
"The fact that Botar lost control over those powers is a serious deal.", Axonn then says, seemingly getting what Helryx is trying to say. "And there is no doubt that Botar himself realized that he had lost control, and he knew the fate that would await him in such a scenario."
Helryx turns her head to look back at everyone.
"What happened was simple. Without control over his powers, Botar's unlimited powers will forcefully warp him through dimensions again and again, with him unable to stop himself and unable to choose whichever dimensions he goes through. Botar knew this would happen, and as such he tried to help us by taking Mara down with him. Mara would not be able to kill him either. The process of going through multiple dimensions every second is something so severe that it would take the strongest of wills to even move a single muscle for a fraction of a second. This is why even regular warping, in general, requires the user to stand still during the action. Performing any sort of attack will be next to impossible, even for Mara. I understand why you feel guilty, but you aren't to blame for anything that happened, Wanda Maximoff. This was Botar's own choice, and it is a choice he would not have made if he had not considered you all allies worth saving."
"But... if he's still alive... we can help him... can't we?", Pilly asks, worried. Helryx goes quiet for a bit, making Pilly look more unsure.
"Botar is continuously warping against his own will. Tracking his location is practically impossible if it changes multiple times a second. Unless there is a way to both continuously get updated on his locations in real time, as well as a way to stop him from warping-"
"The Nen gauntlet.", Pseudo then says, getting the Order's attention.
"We must acquire a way to somehow create a multidimensional tracker, be able to predict when and where he will warp here again, then find a way to both plant the tracker on him and strike him with the gauntlet. The Nen will activate no matter how far away the target is, so it will build up power based on Botar's power until it eventually takes it all away, disabling his warping and stranding him in a single dimension."
"Then we find him with the tracker, bring him back and find a way to help him get his powers back under control!", Pilly says, smiling excitedly.
"Exactly."
"While such a plan may be our only real way of doing this, how would we get about doing any of those things? Creating such a tracker, predicting if he'll warp back here-"
"When. Eventually, he will warp through this nexus again. It's only logical."
"Maybe so, but who knows when that will happen. It might take centuries. And we'd need people fast enough to both plant a tracker and land a hit on him in a fraction of a second. You do understand how impossible this all sounds, right?"
"I agree that pretty much every part of this plan is vague, complex and nigh-impossible. I'll need time to really get a solid, detailed way to put this all into action. But I am willing to put that time into it. I refuse to abandon him to this fate, not after everything he has done for us, especially not after what he did for us just now. In a nexus such as this one, there have to be possibilities, and I will find them! No matter how long it takes."
Helryx looks impressed by his resolve.
"... you are back, aren't you?", she asks, crossing her arms.
"I'm still not okay, if that is what you mean.", Pseudo says. "But after everything that just happened, I came to fully realize that this world isn't going to slow down just because I'm not at my best. I will take up leadership again, I will resume leading us as I did once before, I will lead us to victory against the Assassins, and I will find a way to rescue Botar."
"... Thank you.", Helryx says, nodding in gratitude. Pseudo smiles and nods back, then turns to Wanda and Pietro.
"Wanda. As Helryx says, you don't need to blame yourself. If you still believe you are responsible for this, then once we have Botar back, which I promise we will, ask him yourself. Pietro, once you have some free time, I would like to run some tests on just how fast you can be. Perhaps you can be of aid with this plan."
Then he looks at everyone.
"As for you all, let us return to the base for now. You're all welcome to stay and rest if you need it.", he says, the latter half to the Maximoffs, Odinsons, Colonel and Defense. "In the meantime, the rest of us will begin reparations."
"Sounds like a good idea to me.", Helryx says. Umbra then stops her before she can start walking.
"Hold on a minute."
"What, Umbra?"
"... Tuyet is gone."
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In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Fliqpy roars and lunges at Pancho head-on... only to get splattered into gore by the cowboy's punch!
Shaggy, meanwhile, gets slammed into the ground by Grog but doesn't get reduced to Ludicrous Gibs. He attempts to wriggle free and slip out of the Super Mutant's grasp.
"Yeah, I think it's better if I just sell you the materials to repair it yourself."
Anna takes a Bag of Holding off her back and starts laying out stuff. She takes out a purple metal ore, a strange-looking crystal, a pink metal ore, a glimmering blue metal ore, and a bright shining-white crystal.
"Carbalite Ore, Earth Crystal, Fucium Ore, Gracium, and Novacrystal. This isn't a 'take your pick' situation - you'll want all of 'em."
She looks up at Gebura. "Let me know if you change your mind... or if you wanna spar."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Grog is confused by Shaggy's survival, and the latter escape. Enraged, Grog bash the ground and get up.
... GROG IS YOUR FATHER!! Having weakened Shaggy's resolve via The Reveal, Grog swing his fist at him.
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Defense scratches his chin.
Defense: "We already have multidimensional surveillance... a tracker should be pretty easy to produce."
The greasy little gears in his brain begin turning, him turning to Pseudo.
Defense: "Mind if I drop in for a bit while you run these little tests? I've got a bit of an idea."
Colonel, meanwhile, is still tapped in to the conversation, and is mildly concerned despite not knowing who Tuyet is, moving over to that part of the convo.
Colonel: "Where could they have gone?"
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"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Hjaalmarch Stormcloak
Pancho looks at the splattered gibs on the floor.
Goddammit! The fur got ruined and unusable! I knew wasn't a good idea to drink that extra cup o' Choco-Milk™ this morning...
He looks now at Grog. Hmmm... It's skin looks nice for a new jacket... Then, he finally grabs his lasso, and tries to trap his legs in it.
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The girl waves back, and draws closer to look at the materials showing.
Hmmmm... Those stones looks nice, but they aren't what I'm looking for... Soqui, the photo.
The frog takes out from his pouch (?) a photo, while the girl asks the merchant: I'm looking for a stone like this. Have you seen it?
The photo shows a golden, glittering stone that looks more like a small meteor. It looks as is was composed from 3 smaller stones, and it has the shape of an irregular star. The girl knows the stone has a huge power, but she don't want more people searching for it...
Three freaking ghosts!Gebura lights a cigar, before saying "If you want to fight, I can't guarantee that things won't get lethal. But, you've got other business to attend to, it seems, for the moment." She leans back, saying to anna "After you're done with your business, we could probably find somewhere better than an alleyway for a spar."
After taking a few deep breaths, Wanda looks up and wipes her eyes.
"...If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. It's the least I can do for Botar," she says. "I still think Mara wouldn't have attacked ferociously enough for him to intervene if I hadn't put her in that illusion. But at least I can try making things up to him."
Pietro flashes a smirk at Pseudo.
"Psuedo, you've seen me in action plenty of times. I think I'll be fast enough to help you pull off this crazy plan," he says. "Still, I guess a few tests wouldn't hurt."
Thor and Loki look around the area.
"She what?"
"She's going to try drowning this realm again, isn't she?"
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I'LL BUY IT ALL! Here, pick the gold!
We want to repair the sword, I think we could do it with lesser maerial.
Hahaha! But he'd like it if it's brought back even better than before, wouldn't he?!
Rayleight apparently concede, and offers the chest to Anna.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Into the water no doubt.", Tobduk says to Colonel. "She is a Toa of Water, she'd be in her element."
"... as much as I hate to say this, forget about Tuyet.", Helryx then says, then turning to Loki and Thor as well to reassure them. "We have bigger things to worry about. Without a Nui Stone, she's not really a threat to us anyway. She is not anymore powerful than a regular Toa now. We'll deal with her once we've saved Botar so that he can simply jail her again."
They then hear Defense's idea.
"I was about to propose Artakha as an option, considering he also managed to make a tracker for Ken Tahn.", Axonn says in response.
"I see why, but I don't like the thought of exposing the Mask of Creation to this realm, especially not after what happened with Vezon.", Helryx says. Axonn nods, agreeing with her standpoint after hearing it.
"Perhaps we can talk about the specifics of such a tracker later then.", Helryx says to Defense, nodding.
Pseudo looks at Wanda and nods.
"I won't hesitate for a second to ask if you can help us out. That, too, is a promise.", Pseudo says. Pilly tries to carefully grab Wanda's arm and cutely smile up at her, attempting to cheer her up a little.
Pseudo then looks at Pietro.
"I have seen your speed, but what I am interested in discovering is your max speed. It may be necessary to know in order to plan out the details."
He looks thoughtful for a moment.
"Considering that we need to accomplish two things at once in a fraction of a moment, I should probably also consider the possibility of finding a second person with speed like yours. I'll have to look around for those."
Then he looks at Defense.
"You wish to see them? Why?", he asks, curious.
"... I've just realized, I don't believe we've been properly introduced yet. You know who I am, but what is your name?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Shaggy blinks briefly in surprise at Grog's 'revelation', before dodging out of the way of his punch, as well as Tricky's grab attempt.
"Yeah, well like, guess what, Dad! You sucked, man!"
He tries to get Grog open for Pancho's lasso to restrain him.
Anna looks at the picture of a stone and shakes her head. "Most of what I deal in isn't one-of-a-kind. That looks special. Sorry, kids."
She then scoops about half the treasure into her bag before sliding the rest back to the pirates. "I have plenty now, thank you. The ores aren't worth all of this."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Grog looks genuinely shocked.
NOOOO SOOONNNNNN Grog falls down in his confusion... but that cause him to snap out of it, and he pulls his legs back, meaning to rip Poncho off the ground by virtue of sheer strength.
Getting up, he then grab the rope and swing it around, hopefully with Poncho at the end of it, as a flail to hit everyone else with.
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterPseudo's Base
Defense walks over to Pseudo.
Defense: "The name's Defense. I represent the Travelers, and I've beeneaning to get in contact for a while now."
Defense holds his hand out to shake.
Defense: "We've got some property on this island, and additionally the resources on said plot of land may be of use now or in the future."
Colonel nods.
Colonel: "Understandable... we can use our resources to see if she surfaces again before we can move to capture."
Hjaalmarch Stormcloak Camp
Tricky blocks the incoming Poncho before retaliating at Grog, slashing upwards at him with the sign.
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"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"ASL Labs, Tropique
Addison wanders into the lab. "Phew. Things have been really hectic in the surrounding area. Finally, I can stop keeping lookout for-"
They stop, as they are greeted by the sight of Monika attempting to do the Jack-O' pose.
"addison help"
"Monika what the fuck?"
"This one Internet meme
said I could pull it off."
"And can you?"
"N-no, I'm stuck. I can't lower my butt or I'll fall into the splits."
Addison sighs. Detecting the non-zero possibility that this is a bait to try and get them in a pornographic posture, they instead use their Move tool to lift Monika into the air, forcing her upright before setting her back down on her feet.
"Phew, thanks," she says with genuine relief. "For a second I was worried I was gonna end up in a hentai."
"shut fuck"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Hjaalmarch Stormcloak Camp
Pancho is ragdolling around, unable to do anything because Grog's strenght is bigger than his! Unbelievable!
Heeeelp!
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Humm... Thanks.
She is in silence by a moment.
That stone is very special in our world. I was guarding it, but was stolen right before my eyes... And the thief let this in its place.
Soqui the frog takes out from his pouch a purple sock.
If you happen to see that thief, catch him, please.
She smiles. By the way, my name is Mery. Nice to meet you.
Three freaking ghosts!Shaggy grabs onto the lasso and crawls towards the end of it while it's swinging, attempting to free Pancho before digging his own feet into the ground to stop Grog's rampage. Surprisingly, Grog cannot fling him around so easily.
"Like, finish him quick, man!"
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Grog is slashed and fall to the ground... only to get up, enraged and still quite willing and able to keep fighting.
.... hrngh? The spicy food wears off. Grog go mad? He go sit in corner. Grog quietly walk into a corner and sit there, facing the wall. He remains there for the remainder of the fight and beyond.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHjaalmarch Stormcloak Camp
X pops in, grabbing Tricky by one of his rather big tufts of hair.
X: "As entertaining as this is, me letting you continue would be bad for me."
He looks over to Shaggy with a look of intentionality before warping out with Tricky.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Ocean Man? Punishing humanity? What the hell is the squid girl talking about? Eh, questions for another time. Josie simply shrugs and says "Regardless of what he is, be it Stand or ghost, it doesn't look like he is leaving anytime soon... Do you need an exorcist or something?"
Something something Arena.

Gebura sighs, before saying "First of all, I'm fine with the gear I have. I've got armour and weapons pretty much sorted out. Second of all, I don't know how much a zenny is worth. And third, I'm no workshop ga-"
The Sudden interruption causes Gebura to grab for her blade, scraping it along the ground somewhat as she gets in a position where she can snap into combat at a moment's notice. "How many people are in this alleyway?"