"It's not a literal arena.", Anna chuckles. "But there's still a good bit of fighting going around."
"Our friends in there are a warrior group called the Shepherds, consisting of people from Ylisse, Hoshido and Nohr.", Jake says.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Kiryu nods. "Majima-san has always been good with younger people, to my surprise."
"What can I say? I'm good at embracing my own inner child. And hey, where's all this san talk coming from!?"
Kiryu smiles and starts to drink.
"We shouldn't fight you," Deut answers, showing concern even for Eleven. "You're from a future timeline. But if you think you can beat every Neuff, a word of caution: You'll lose unless you make some friends of your own."
She then kneels to Katre and offers her a hand. "Come on. Time to go."
Katre smacks the hand away, but recalls Slimy to its Premier Ball and stands up to leave with Deut anyway. "Remember what I said. Don't bend to anyone again."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Ken Tahn shows an innocently confused expression. It may impress Majima, because he knows it's fake, but even he would probably be fooled if he didn't.
"Isn't that what you explained you call people you respect?", he asks, tilting his head. He then smiles at Kiryu again.
"So if you're friends, does that mean you'll drop by more often, mister Kiryu?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Like I need your fortune cookie nonsense, it didn't do you... She looks down, pondering deeply. Ok, that was fortune cookie sense.
She looks at Katre and her pokemon with a forlorn look, and also at Troa, and then bawoop away in a pink orb.
...
Hoshi WHAT Nanana's eyes widen like crazy, but she keeps her grin on, though she starts giggling very nervously.
Hahahaha you... you know, Hoshido and Nohr aren't a thing, right? C'mon, stop pulling my leg! I... I heard the former became Chon'sin or something and the latter's, well, it has a complicated name I don't like, so I use Nohr.
She starts to nervously bite on her thumb. C'mon, it's the part where you laugh and say hahahah Nanana, we've got you!
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThe two look at each other before turning back to Nanana.
"I guess you're not from an early point in our world's history.", he gently says. "But those countries did used to exist long ago. And the people in there are from that timeframe."
"This world draws in people from different worlds and points in time. Hey, who knows, you may meet some distant ancestor at some point if you stick around long enough."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Distant... how... distant? I have a very... very odd family tree, you... wll you should probably huh not be surprised, given what yours must look like, no offense.
She's sweating bullets, almost literally, and keeping her smile on is being trouble.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHis ears perking up at the sound of that familiar voice, Pietro immediately wheels around to face Chara and Flowey.
"Well, I'll be damned. I thought someone would've dumped two whole bags of herbicide on you by now," he remarks, his gaze shifting to Chara as he dashes over to the pair. "I'm guessing you're not here for the pizza, though. Call it a hunch."
Meanwhile, Loki
◊ can be seen hanging out near the green room now, looking at Roxy through the window while drumming his fingers against Nightbane's pommel.
"Why the Hel did I come here again? Ah, right, to see if this place's inhabitants would be enough to convince Ninten to finally stop referring to me as a rockstar."
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"Hmmm..." Kiryu looks at Majima with suspicion.
Majima points at the floor. "Gonna set up a karaoke stage in the basement. If business does well enough, we can even build an extension with a big ol' games room." He pulls a matchbox car out of his pocket and points at it. "Eh? Eh?"
Kiryu's stoic eyebrows twitch slightly. Whatever is going on here, it's clear Majima knows how to use it to tempt him. After a Beat, he nods. "In that case, I'll be sure to come back here." He then takes another sip.
Katre, Troa and Deut watch as Eleven leaves.
"... Hurgh, now I'm feeling pride in her. Kill me now before I go too deep."
"Okay."
"NO!"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Ken Tahn looks curious, though in his head he's slightly nervous. He was actually banking on Kiryu either not wanting to bother with the place or only coming in every now and then to keep an eye on Majima. Tahn doesn't know how much of a risk factor Kiryu is, so knowing that he'll come in more often once that extension and that apparent karaoke are built worries him.
"Majima better know what he's doing.", he thinks to himself.
"I'm getting thirsty watching you drink.", he then chuckles as he hops off of the chair. "Mister Majima-san, can I go grab myself a soda? I won't take too long."
"That depends on how far apart your time is from back then.", Jake says. Anna looks a little concerned.
"Are you okay? You look worried about something."
"There isn't enough of that stuff in the world to keep me down.", Flowey smugly teases. Chara just rolls his eyes at Flowey before looking at Pietro.
"We kind of are actually. Alphys has been hard at work and she really needed a break. Then we heard this place appeared here recently and we came to check it out."
"Chara isn't all that hungry though, so the others went to get some food while we're exploring ahead and we'll meet up again in a bit.", Frisk says, smiling excitedly. "This place is massive! It'd probably take an entire day to see it all."
"And it has some pretty kick-ass robots too.", Chara says, looking through the window at Roxy.
—
Loki, meanwhile, may hear someone rocking out on an electric guitar nearby, and if he heads to Glamrock Chica's greenroom, he'll see that it's her who's doing so.
Well, if seeing her doing this wouldn't convince Ninten, nothing would.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.... Hmm yes, huh, I have to ask. Is... Corrin of the Nohrian Royal Family circa the Continental Strife era in the history book and Beruka, a retainer of Camilla, princess of Nohr, amongst them.
She does a very apologetic smile.
I'm their spawn. I'm... Nanana, they, they kinda messed up with the name but I like to think the rest of me is fine!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterKen Tahn goes into the supply closet, and once the door is closed he allows himself to drop the act and look more visually nervous. He whispers to himself so that his voice doesn't carry on through the door.
"Okay, Majima's a weird guy, but from our conversations back at Pseudo's base I got the feeling he gets me. ... well, as much as I'd allow someone to get me. So he wouldn't take decisions that risk me being exposed, right? Maybe I'm thinking too much into things and he just likes having the guy around. If that's so, I really hope having him around isn't a risk."
He glances down at his hand.
"... If he is, I might have to resort to drastic measures, even if that goes against what Majima wants."
He takes a deep breath.
"Okay, now. Focus and keep up the act as usual. It's not hard."
He grabs himself a can of cola (it wouldn't be a good supply closet disguise if it didn't have some drinks in it) and walks back outside.
"Ah, you finished your drink, mister Kiryu. Would you like something else?", he politely asks while opening his can and drinking a bit too.
The cola ends up being warm and he can't help but unintentionally make a funny and childish face of disgust.
"Agh, we should put these in a minifridge."
"They are. I'm surprised you've heard of them.", Anna says. Then she snaps her fingers and smiles when Nanana reveals she's related to them.
"Ooooh, I see! You won't have to worry about anything, I'm sure they'll be thrilled to meet you."
"Miss Beruka may not visually show it, but she'll probably be happy as well.", Jake chuckles.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Nanana doesn't show happiness at all, instead very nervously gritting her teeth. What if she accidentally does something to prevent her existence? Be so annoying that her parents decide not to have a daughter? Get her parents upset about something and split up?
And the thought of meeting them raw like this after so many years just has her on the ropes. She's feeling so emotional that tears promptly gush out of her eyes, having apparently been held at bay for entirely too long.
C-could you turn around? I'm... I'm going to be sick!
She politely leans over the railing, at the grassy ground below, and does as promised.
UUUEERRRRRGGHHHH
Still not done feeling sick, she kind of slump over it. P-please don't! I... I could do so many things to undo my birth! Hm... I... I could deliver you stuff to your clients! I fly high and far and fast!
Edited by Bolded1 on Jan 12th 2022 at 12:03:18 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"You sure about that? I am fast enough to grab every last bag around here, if I wanted to," Pietro retorts with a smirk. "You know, just in case you decided to stop playing nice and start going all evil again."
He then nods to Chara once he explains the reason for the group presence in the Pizzaplex.
"Heh, just when I thought you'd followed me all the way here to surprise me. So, how far along is Alphys? Did she make sure Mettaton wouldn't come back as some empty shell or a pop star version of Ultron?"
—
Loki saunters towards towards Chica's greenroom. He cracks a mischievous grin when he learns that she was the one jamming out on the electric guitar.
"Excellent. Once Ninten returns, I'll never have to worry about him and the other boys using that nickname for me again."
His gaze flickers back to Roxy's greenroom. Out of curiosity, he walks over to the door.
"No. I think I'm good for now." Kiryu hands his payment to Tahn. "And if you are the kind of person I think you are... you're doing what you think is necessary to survive. There's no shame in that."
Majima grins cheekily.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Tahn has a momentary deer-in-headlights stare, which may amuse Majima. He clearly was not expecting Kiryu to see through him.
"I... Iiii... um... t-thanks.", he mutters, unable to come up with a believable save from that in time.
"Oh-oh dear.", Anna says, climbing to where she's leaning and rubbing her back to help her feel better. Jake stops the wagon for a bit to turn to her as well, equally concerned.
"You don't have to worry, Nanana. People meeting their descendants happens sometimes in this world, and it doesn't change anything in the long run."
"You don't have to tell them you're related to them either. Nobody will force you to, and if you want we won't tell anything either."
"Besides, we're... kind of there?"
Looking out through the front will show Nanana that they're very close to Fort Dawnguard right now.
"They don't sell that stuff here. I checked.", Chara jokes. Flowey groans a little.
"Mettaton's body is very close to being finished. Once it is we'll have to store it in our world until the Assassins have been dealt with. Then we can find a way to get Mettaton's soul back and put it in his body.", Frisk says.
"CHARA LOOK I HAVE FOUND THE [Pipis]!", a loud, mechanically glitchy voice suddenly speaks up from nearby. It's one Pietro will have never heard before, but judging by Chara's name being called out it has to be someone his group knows.
Chara and Frisk turns around (and Flowey with them since he's still in the pot), and Pietro will be able to see a strange and tiny man
◊ running up to Chara while carrying a carton of eggs. Alphys and Kris are running after him.
"Wait stop we haven't paid for those yet-"
—
The door is closed. Seems you need a certain security level badge to enter it.
... which makes sense, otherwise people could vandalize the animatronics if they wanted to.
It seems there's no way to really meet the animatronics in person. Not unless they're scheduled for a show.
Or during the night, but there's nothing here that would indicate that they can free-roam during the night.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Kiryu nods. "I should not bother you with my presence any longer. Fare well."
He stands up, pushes his seat in, and takes his leave.
Majima silently watches as Kiryu takes one step after another, opens the door, steps outside, and slowly closes it again.
And then he bursts out laughing.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."M-m-my family history is... I... I mean... I'm a thousand years old! With two hundred years on top of that! I haven't seen them in... I haven't seen mom in... oh...
She calms down slightly, but seeing the approaching Dawnguard prompts Nanana's eyes to widen, and she steps off the wagon entirely to skitter off into the woods in fright, at too great a speed to be tracked.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterPietro opens his mouth to speak, only for Spamton to unexpectedly interrupt him. He whirls on the self-proclaimed Big Shot and gawks at him with a mixture of confusion and bewilderment.
"Any of you wanna introduce me to... whatever the hell I'm looking at? Or am I just losing my mind and imagining this talking robot puppet?"
—
Shrugging, Loki decides to knock on the door, just to see if that might get him anywhere.
Eoc
Cecil waves a goodbye to Kana as he feeds more bread to the eye
"What a funny banana"
Refia
Emma nods with odd confusion after hearing 'demon'.
"What's.... a Demon? Is that what your uh, other thing is called?"
W774
"HAH, IF YOUR THAT WHINNY THEN MAYBE YOUR EGO'S MORE THAN FRAGILE, IT BREAKS ITSELF THE MORE YOU GO ON ABOUT RANDOM BULLSHIT!" Nick shouts to W774, not expecting much to happen.
"OH SHIT-" Nick is blinded by the flare, instinctively raising his arms to shield himself as a wooden arm comes out of a tree to cover for him.
Guess that thing hates me then eh? Noticing W774's plummet, he runs after them alongside a bunch of random inanimate objects with limbs that blend with them following suit.
real"B-bye.", Tahn mutters, staring as Kiryu leaves. He is then jolted out of it when Majima starts to laugh. Tahn turns to him, looking embarrassed enough to start blushing.
"Oh, s-shut up!", he childishly groans before heading back to the supply closet. The bandits suppress their own amusement for their own sake, only letting out some chuckles once Tahn has left.
"A thousand...-"
Anna seems to realize who Nanana is now. However, before she can speak up, Nanana flees.
"O-oh! K-Nanana, wait!", she calls out, but she's gone. She looks at Jake, both of them worried for her.
"Do you think she'll be alright?"
"I hope so. I can't imagine Corrin and Beruka rejecting her once they find out who she is.", Jake says. Seems like he realized it too.
"O-oh, Pietro!", Alphys says once he sees him. She and Kris need a moment to catch their breaths once they get back to the group.
- You tell Pietro that this is-
"H-HEY! I AM SP
"SPAMTON G. SPAMTON! AEHAHEHEHAHEHAEHAEHAEHAEAHEHA!"
Spamton approaches Pietro, now trying to rapidly shake his hand. If he lets him do it, Pietro will find an old business card in his hand afterwards.
"AND FOR YOU, BIG SHOT, I HAVE A VERY [specil deal]! FOR JUST [4.99]! NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO-"
"Knock it off, you looney. This guy's a friend, don't freak him the hell out.", Flowey says. ... which may be surprising for Pietro to hear. It's Flowey, after all.
"WELL SH[chucks]. I GUESS THAT'S THE END OF THAT [transaction]."
He approaches Pietro even more.
"UNLESS YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN ONE OF MY #1 RATED [Cungadero]"
Chara just looks sheepish.
"So... Pietro, meet Spamton. ... he's been helping Alphys with building Mettaton's body."
"He's a little weird, but he's harmless. ... well, mostly.", Frisk says.
—
Nothing seems to happen. Roxy probably isn't supposed to respond to the door unless someone actually enters it.
???
Umezou
◊ and Cara
◊ stand at the edge of a ravine, being overlooked by a gigantic, ghostly being
◊.
The being slowly moves its head to look up at the sky. Hordes of Unown are swirling around there.
"THEY ARE READY.", the ghostly being speaks. Ringing bells are heard accompanying its voice with every syllable. It then looks back down at Cara and Umezou.
"GO AND UNLEASH THEM UPON THAT WORLD."
The two quickly nod, after which they vanish, heading to the Arena. The ghostly being opens up a portal above it through which the Unown fly.
"WITH THESE THOUSAND ARMS, MY PLAN SHALL COME TO FRUITION."
—
Floating Island
Cara and Umezou appear on the edge of the Floating Island, near the rock staircase leading up to it.
"People will be headed here soon once they realize this is the source. You're ready for this, right?", Umezou asks. Cara nods.
"I am. I don't like how we have to go about it, but it's for the greater good."
"As long as you don't hesitate in battle that's fine."
A dimensional rift now opens up above the Floating Island. The Unown fly through and start to circle near the entire island. Emitting a godlike amount of psychic, reality-bending energy together, the ground beneath them starts to turn into a pink crystal.
Said crystal then starts to spread. Eventually it will cover the entire Floating Island, go down the staircase, and then the Arena would be its next target.
Umezou crosses his arms and grins a little. Cara seems a little uncertain, but not enough to make her doubt that this is what has to be done.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 12th 2022 at 2:42:44 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Floating Island
Battle Legend Red scans the island from below with his PokéDex.
Presences detected: Glitch, Divine Force
Update: Forbidden presence detected
Red has a bad feeling about all that. Time to... teleport directly onto the island in an instant.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Nanana goes deeper into the woods, burrows deep into the ground with her power and... stays there for a little while, in a vain attempt at calming down. Well, it gets less vain after enough waiting, but she's still profoundly shaken.
When she leaves her hidey-hole, she plans to leave the place forever and never look back... but then she freezes in place and ponders on her decision. What should she do? It could be a chance at seeing her parents again, but... what'd happen if Anna is wrong?
After some ponderation, she smiles slightly and, after noticing that the guards are gone thanks to her enhanced senses, look around before flying towards the fort. Without really thinking about it, she enters a room through a window, in an effortlessly stealthy manner. She does knock down a wooden chair, but she merely sprouts a tail to stop it from falling and put it back in its original position.
The room seems... nice. There's a large axe in a corner and a lot of pretty portraits. Before Nanana can think about doing anything though, she hears footsteps approaching her location, and hide below the King-sized bed, gagging at the countless socks and articles of clothing discarded below.
Garon, get yourself ready! We may need your strong arms to discharge whatever Anna and Jake are carrying!
Coming, coming. Nanana's eyes widens, and from her spot, she sees the door open to let... a glorious pair of armored man-boots walk in. Looking a little higher, she sees their owner, a dashing and broad-shouldered young man with a pretty face and well-groomed blond hair.
As he begins to apparently change into another armor, Nanana looks down on the ground, still nearly gagging, and sees a discarded shirt close to her. Her eyes narrows.
...
Anna and Jake will be greeted by Takumi, on the way in. He appears to be suspicious, as attested by one of his eyebrows being set high.
Who was that on your wagon? He asks, bluntly. And where they'd scampered off to? I saw it happen, so no need to come up with a lie. I know what I've seen, and I have witnesses on that.
Who was it. Beruka asks, in a unusual twist of fate, dropping down from the battlement. I'll comb the forest for their head.
I see we're already at the "blind violence" phase of the situation... Oh, wait, of course we are! Takumi smack his head. It's the first step of any Nohrian plan, am I right?
The Hoshidan would want us cowering behind our walls not seeking for an intruder? Of course.
Edited by Bolded1 on Jan 12th 2022 at 2:20:04 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterRhino simply hung back, examining the situation and worrying about their current gas problem.
Could…Warframes resist gas? They didn't have any respiratory system, but Arad still wasn't sure…now was a good time to find out for later research, as least.
——
Luin diced off the Rathian's tail with a greatsword slash.
Corrin's deer-dragon-demigod-thing's meteoric headbutt hit the Rathian's skull…maybe a bit too hard. The creature was sent flying a good few fee, going completely limp upon impact with the ground once more, not even bleeding.
——
The Eye allowed Cecil to get close, satisfied by the bread.
It took back into the skies, although only about twenty feet off the ground, not making any sort of hostile move and evil seeming ready to follow the breadwinner around. The Eye of Cthulhu seemed to have been completely passive, and would remain so (hell, it'd even help daboi out), albeit in return for a steady stream of bread.
Waaaaiiiiit-one last thing. The eye gagged for a few moments, before barfing out (despite the lack of a stomach or even a throat ((or at least a visible one))) a filled drawstring bag with an eye emblem upon it.
With great power…you know the rest.

Nanana looks around, a little bit awed, then looks a little more neutral as she fails to see spectators or high walls.
Huh! Well, a curious Arena! I think I saw a Manakete or two along the way...
She gets on her back, then get back up, tired of being on her back. Who are you helping at Fort Dawnguard? If it's for a war, I may have to leave shortly before we get there. I don't like being involved in wars, they're mean and I don't want to help out the evil bad guys! But if they have "Dawn", they're maybe not that bad!
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