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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 24, 2011 23:14:47 GMT -5
Jaron's shout was what woke up Alex from his trance. Looking around, he found Anabelle to be spitting out more of these little eggs around the cave, and from them miniature versions of the beast splattered out of them looking quite hungry.
These things were going to over-run the place faster then the mother... No...
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You was NOT going to allow that.
> Alex: Be the Thief of Void
SQUASH!!!! SQUISH!! SMASH!! SPLURK!!!
Faster then Jaron or even Zero could credit the you to, you pull out what appeared to be a big thick baseball bat with the word 'KO!' on the side and proceeded to smash the smaller beasties into a thick gooey paste on the floor. When more of the little ones showed up...
Well... You just smile.
"Void capture... PORTAL OPEN!"
At that very instant, you toss your weapon into the air and... Everyone watches in awe as the hundreds of beasts vanished into an inky black abyss similar to the moat of void just right outside the temple, as it suddenly appeared all around you, never to be seen again. Answering to your call, the void shrinks into a tiny sphere, circles around you, and lands into your hand.... You promptly squish the ball of void, destroying everything inside the pocket. Another void appeared in front of you, and your reach inside of it, to pull out another Baseball bat like weapon...
This one however looked like it was made out of pure crystal or even diamond. Tossing it up into the air, you quickly catch the baseball bat as it came back down and smash more mini-beasts, and then catch the crystal rod in your other hand, dual-wielding the two staves.
The group watched as Alex grinned at the beast.
"Void Portal... Paradox basher!!"
He clapped the two Staves together, and just like that Annabelle crashed into the far off wall.
In the place she once stood, it looked like the energy of something and nothing had suddenly and quite violently warped, forming an energy powerful enough to send the beast flying.
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Shantotto grinned at this show and laughed haughtily.
"Most impressive! A master of the void we have here it seems! Do continue to fight! I wish to learn about the Void and it's seams!"
Appearing to ignore the praise, Alex charged at Annabelle, his hood billowing in the momentum of his run.
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 24, 2011 23:40:42 GMT -5
Jaron's jaw dropped upon seeing Alex's beatdown of Annabelle. "Wow."
Annabelle didn't share the sentiment. She righted herself and immediately fired a large strand of webbing at the approaching Alex.
"MOVE!"
Just before the strand made contact, Jaron jumped and shoved Alex out of the way, causing the strand to miss them both by mere inches.
"HEY INSECT!"
Zero, having taken advantage of this opportunity, had jumped onto Annabelle's back and stabbed down Soul Edge into her flesh.
The resulting screech nearly ruptured his eardrums, but he didn't care. "I am going to--"
Annabelle bucked wildly, sending Zero flying.
Meanwhile, Jaron helped Alex up. "You all right?" he asked.
Zero landed on his feet and aimed his Gear at Annabelle. He gave Shantotto a split-second glance and yelled, "Don't just float there, attack the damn thing!"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 25, 2011 1:17:02 GMT -5
Alex had been caught off guard by Jaron tackling him aside, thankfully however, his hood remained covering his face.
But really... Why did he care about it so much?
Maybe it was because he wanted to have a sense of a secret identity in case he wanted to walk around without his hood. Zero saw what he looked like without his hood, but that wouldn't matter since he planned on doing something about him...
He didn't want anyone else seeing his face. Not if he wanted to walk around the island.
"I'm fine. Thank you."
Though he said that gratefully enough, he pushed Jaron off of him and quickly recollected his staves.
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With Zero and Shantotto, Shantotto laughed at Zero's suggestion.
"I was merely enjoying the show, so many things to enjoy and partake,
TORNADO, FREEZE, FLARE!!!!"
All three spells hit Anabelle with massive force, Tornado succeeding in slamming the beast with wind damage, Freeze following suite by freezing the beast solid, and Flare thawing the beast out and landing enough damage to cause what could make rather severe third degree burns on a normal person.
"After all, it is not often you see a beast like this. I was studying for the world's sake!"
Alex and Jaron quickly rejoined the two as Anabelle regained her balance. "That was a powerful volley of attacks... What is it going to take to put this thing down?"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 25, 2011 1:34:45 GMT -5
Jaron glanced at the sword shard in his hand. "End of..." He turned to Alex. "Stand back, I'll take care of this."
Zero was more than ready to snap her neck if it weren't for the problem at hand. "Lady, just blast the monster and be done with it!"
"YAH!"
Zero stepped aside as Jaron ran past, the sword shard in his hands. "What the hell are you--"
"END OF--"
There was a loud smacking noise as Jaron was tossed aside, landing at Zero's feet. Zero stared at him, sweatdropping. "You're not very good at this, are you?"
Jaron sat up, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Uh...don't suppose you could keep it busy while I finish it off?"
Zero continued to give him his exasperated stare. "...Why the hell are you even helping? You should've ran, you idiot, you'll just get yourself killed."
Jaron stood up and brushed himself off. "And leave you and the others to fend for yourselves? No way! That's not how I like to do things. Besides, Gantz and the others wouldn't like it if I ran like a coward."
Any comment that Zero would've made in response was interrupted as Annabelle's shriek caused them to look up to see that the monster had crawled up the wall and had started to knit something using its webbing at needle-like legs. "The hell is it--" Zero started. "Wait. Oh, shit."
"What?" Jaron asked, getting up. "What's it doing--"
Zero ignored Jaron had jumped back, firing several Cross Cannons at Annabelle, each impact creating a dust cloud.
There was silence for a moment...
And then Annabelle screeched as two figures burst out of the cloud, one of them tackling Jaron. "AUGH!"
The figure flew Jaron all the way up to the ceiling of the room, holding him by the collar. Jaron responded by kicking the figure, causing him to get dropped. "WHOAAAAAAAAAA!"
Zero, meanwhile, had ducked when the other figure had attempted to tackle him. He stood up and fired another CC at it, breaking out into a sweat upon seeing it. "F*ck, f*ck, f*ck..."
The figure appeared to be a short, armored echidna, completely colored grey due to the fact that it was made out of thread. The echidna didn't say a word as it raised a hand and fired a green beam of energy at Zero.
Jaron, on the other hand, had managed to break his fall by landing on the other fake Enerjak, crushing the delicate copy easily. "Oops..."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 25, 2011 23:25:37 GMT -5
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Alex turned to the second Enerjak copy with a wide grin. "You guys focus on the monster, I got this." A factor he quickly proved as he proceeded to swing his staves around, forcing the mannequin to dodge around wildly. Alex may have been swinging wildly, but he might as well have been swinging them masterfully since the creature would have shattered like cheap glass if he connected ONCE.
With Zero and Shantotto, they continued their challenging of Anabelle, Shantotto launching out powerful spells left and right with such powerful force that Anabelle was forced to dodge each and every one. Many however found their mark with a powerful hit.
"HOHOHOHOHOHO! You called this a challenge, I fail to see that as the case! Watch how I make such sport of this monster, using force enough to ace!"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 26, 2011 1:01:06 GMT -5
Zero jumped out of Alex's way--he was more than happy to let the God-Tier deal with Enerjak. Just seeing the fake nearly made his heart palpitate in terror.
He landed next to Shantotto and fired another CC at Annabelle. "For f*ck's sake quit the rhyming already!"
"You have not requested my assistance very much in this battle. May I?"
Zero didn't answer him, only retrieving him from his side and charging at Annabelle, jumping to slice at her. "HERE'S A PRESENT YOU--"
The Enerjak clone was doing a pretty good job of dodging Alex's strikes. It floated backwards and started charging up green energy.
"Ahem."
The clone turned, only for Jaron to slice it in half, causing it to dissipate. He smiled at Alex. "Two down!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
As luck would have it, Zero had been caught in Annabelle's webbing. He was now wrapped up in a silk cocoon with only his upper torso exposed, the cocoon hanging from the ceiling by a thread. "FOR GOD'S SAKE THIS ISN'T FUNNY!!!"
Annabelle hadn't been this annoying LAST time. He was beginning to think that these monsters were getting smarter.
Annabelle flew over and attached herself to the wall, her wings glowing. Zero's eyes widened. "Oh, HELL no--"
> Jaron: Cut the thread.
From what you could see, Annabelle was ready to obliterate the red stranger while he dangled helplessly.
You can't have that, now can you?
SLICE!
With some slight effort, you jump up and slice the thread, causing the man to drop in his cocoon while the energy stream passed overhead harmlessly.
You land beside the red man, who is busy attempting to break out of his prison.
"You all right?" you ask, kneeling to cut him out of the cocoon. "Hold on, I'll get you out of there."
The man just regards you in puzzlement as you cut him free. "Why are you helping me?"
You weren't really expecting this question. "Do I need a reason?" you ask in return, confused.
The man simply ignores you as he stands up, picking up Soul Edge in the process.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 28, 2011 2:58:24 GMT -5
Alex watched as Jaron freed Zero, before he and the others stared down Annabelle. The monster itself was muttering it's gibberish as it stared down the gang with a look of pure unrivaled malice. Alex held his staves at the ready. "We need to end this and we need to end this now, before someone gets hurt!"
"A fine proposal you do set up and proclaim But do tell me, how do we reach this aim? This beast is a total loser to absolutely say the very least. But a lot of damage left to deal before it becomes deceased."
Alex took in Shantotto's statement, as she readied more magic. "Well..." He said with growl... Suddenly his mind went back to what had happened earlier.... WAIT a second... "Hey!" Alex quickly turned to Zero, looking to him. "You fought this thing right? How did you beat it before?"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 28, 2011 22:18:44 GMT -5
Jaron was getting tired. This thing was more difficult to deal with than Jonathan. I could hit it with that limit break thing or whatever it was I used before, but I need to make sure it doesn't stop me...
He briefly considered whether they should just run. Zero promptly guessed what he was thinking and shook his head, jamming his thumb towards the doors.
Which were, predictably, blocked off by a barrier. "That happens every time I run into these bastards."
And then Alex asked his question. Jaron looked at Zero intently. "He's right, how'd you manage it?"
Zero raised his arm. "Extracted the hell out of it."
"Huh?"
"Duck. NOVA WING!"
Several gold blades dug into Annabelle's flesh. Zero ran forward and jumped, landing on top of the beast. He raised Soul Edge and drove it into her back again, this time not bothering to pull it out. He jumped off and landed in front of it, aiming his Gear at it.
"Smile."
WHAM!!!!!!!
Zero was flung backwards, slamming into the wall and leaving a crater.
Jaron turned and made to run to him, only to see a gray fist swinging at his head. He ducked and turned to the fake, wondering when the heck the monster had the time to make another clone.
And THIS one looked different from the Enerjaks.
> Jaron: Examine clone.
The thing was gray like the others, but more humanoid. Had these odd...things on its head that looked like mouse ears.
And at the moment, it is attempting to roundhouse kick you in the side.
> Jaron: Aggress.
You move to intercept the blow OH OW PAIN.
(Moving out of Homestuck font.)
Another newly created Enerjak clone had punched Jaron in the back.
And these things have SPIKES on their fists.
> Zero: Recover.
You cast a quick Curaga as you get back on your feet. Looks like that kid in the jacket's getting his ass handed to him. Annabelle's trying to reach for the sword stuck in her back.
You have no doubt that Edge is going to rant at you afterwards for leaving him there.
> Zero: Ignore the kid and the others and lay the smackdown on that b*tch.
> Shantotto: Dance.
Shantotto cannot do a dance because you cannot command her, idiot!
Besides, Shantotto is uncommandable. She is that cunning.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Dec 1, 2011 23:50:39 GMT -5
==> Shantotto: Laugh at meager attempts of control You will not laugh. There are other things that need to be done first! "Well if that's the case, then it's time to get serious! I have more things to do then play with with the mysterious!" Shantotto wasted no time in keeping to her word on that as well. She charged forward. After all this proved the ample oppurtunity. Perhaps she could kill 'Two birds' with one stone. "FLARE!!! FLOOD!!! BURST!!!" The three spells hit their mark, sending Anabelle crashing into the ground from the three powerful hits. ==> Be Alex .... You honestly can't belive your eyes... The imitation before you, mouse-ear like horns, a skinny physique... She looked just like... No-no that was ridiculous. You'd never seen the girl yourself... You'd like to though. But even then, this thing wasn't her... Just an imitation. ==> (Alex picks up his staves.) ==> (Charges forward.) ==> (And smashes through the doppleganger.) .... That was somehow more depressing then you thought it would be... ==> Alex: Change focus! Look out behind you! You had pretty much already known that odd Echidna like creature was coming... And frankly? You was DONE with this. (S)==> Be a warrior of the Void (Since this works like a flash I'll just describe the action... To appropriate music! XDD) (.... ) (I advise if your going to have Zero remove Soul Edge, it better be BEFORE what's coming next.) ------------------------------------------- The figure with the hood was seen gritting his teeth in an enraged fashion... Almost immediately, everyone could feel the powerful aura of nothingness stinking up the room, and plenty more of it filled the room as the void flew in from elsewhere and entered him. By the time all was done, the hood billowed from all of the energy and the young man's entire form was a glob of black... And only a pair of white eyes was seen on the figure at all. Everyone watched in awe, as the Thief of Void quickly descended on the imitation that had struck Jaron and slammed an open palm into it, a sphere of void visible on it... The imitation crumpled like a paper bag, and vanished into the void sphere. With that done, he turned to the other imitations and saw them coming fast. They never had a chance. The God-tier uses his void to send his staves flying, zooming between portal to rapidly appearing and disappearing portal. So fast did they fly, that the imitations were reduced to swiss cheese before they shattered like cheap glass. Turning his attention to Annabelle, his white eyes narrowed. The beast likely created more imitations but it didn't matter. They all ran up to him, not realizing just how utterly screwed they were. Though they likely come to realize it when a sphere of sheer black nothing blasted out of the man, enveloping them and sucking them in. Into the void where they would float forever... At least until the sphere collapsed on itself, the piece of the void destroyed along with everything in it. ... I'll just say this if a D.E.V.A. being could feel fear; Annabelle would likely be drop dead horrified of the look the being gave her. She was suddenly enveloped in a sphere of void, to which the god-tier kid flew into the air, bent his arms and flung them together as if to clap with the full force of his hands and arms. Some weird force appeared to stop him, but he forced past and squished it... PRESSING AND COLLAPSING THE VOID ANNABELLE WAS IN all the while. Though it quickly regained shape. And he did this again... And again... And again... And again and again and again... Fully aware that in the rift, Annabelle, no-one else, could likely hear a weird song floating in from the furthest and most derelect regions of the void... [End song here... And cue this...] [glow=Purple,2,300]"Let's all be Tangle Buddies... Let's all be Tangle Buddies...[/glow]-------------------------------------------------------------------------- With one more smash, Alex snapped his fingers... And Annabelle flew out as the portion of void behind her let out a powerful burst of otherworldly purple flames... And just like that, the void portal Annabelle flew out of collapsed on itself. Annabelle lay on the floor stinking with void... And yet she still tried to make more imitations. A ray of purple black energy stopped her fast... And she was suddenly aware of her arms growing heavier... Her powers growing weaker and weaker and weaker.... The Thief of Void continued glaring at the beast before him, giving her more and more void, nulling out her powers, making physical movements impossible, blanking out the mind... When suddenly- "Huh?" The black of the Thief of Void ebbed away, revealing the figure it was before. Even the stink of the void that was once there was gone. As if he was back to normal... But back to normal from WHAT no-one could say. "What happened? Where am I?" [The personality the group has been dealing with earlier was Alex's voided personality, deprived on emotion. This guy however is Alex's original personality now that he's given Anabelle his void.]
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Post by doctorzero on Dec 2, 2011 1:34:58 GMT -5
> Zero: Retrieve Soul Edge.
You proceed to utilize the fire-the-cross-cannon-at-the-ground-to-propel-you-into-the-air maneuver. You land on the beast's back and grab the hilt of the evil weapon.
"I am still waiting for my respect!"
He's not going to get any. You rip the blade out of Annabelle's flesh, causing yet ANOTHER scream of pain. Seriously, what are these monsters made out of?
You jump off of the monster, wondering if now's the time to Extract the living sh*t out of it--
> Jaron: Duck.
You roll out of the way as the boy in the hood deals with the two copies. He certainly doesn't waste time, does he?
As he runs past you to attack the unknown clone, you get a slight glimpse of his face. Your eyes widen in shock.
That face looks REALLY familiar to you.
And then the trash hit the fan.
Zero regarded Alex with suspicion as he laid the royal smackdown on Annabelle. Okay, I REALLY need to keep an eye on this guy,
Jaron was getting rather unnerved by what Alex was doing. Who WAS this guy?
And then the black around him dispersed, leaving a rather confused Thief of Void. Jaron took a step forward. "...Gantz?"
Zero, meanwhile, kept his attention on Annabelle, which was twitching and writhing on the floor with all of the void that Alex had lashed onto her.
"I think you're done."
He aimed his Demon Gear at her as the blades began to extend, glowing with energy. "Now do me a favor and STAY DEAD!"
There was a massive burst of sound as the energy blast fired and made contact with Annabelle.
YOU ARE NOT MEANT TO--
The scream was cut off as the monster began to explode into orange bursts of energy, slowly shrinking until Zero turned of his gear and let his arm hang loosely at his side. Annabelle writhed and screeched, slowly glowing brighter and brighter until--
You are not meant to disobey.
Zero gave it a rude hand gesture and turned his back on it. "Get over it, you lunatic."
There was a burst of light, and Annabelle was gone. In its place was the doll, which hung in place for a second before falling to the ground.
> Jaron: Boggle vacantly at these shenanigans.
What you saw had to have been THE strangest thing today.
As the doll falls to the ground, you run over and pick it up. It had been dirty and torn before, now it looked clean and brand new, as if it had just been taken off of the store shelf.
You're not sure what to make of this.
A cough from one of the others reminds you of present company.
Jaron turned to the others. "You guys all right--"
Zero was gone. "Huh? Where'd he go?!"
Zero drew his cloak around himself as he made his way up the tunnel. > Zero: Contemplate those strangers.
The one in the hood certainly got on your nerves. You think it's better not to run into him again, though, what with his 'sinister dark powers'.
The imp--oh, she was DEFINITELY annoying. If you see her again you are going to KICK her.
As for the third--he seemed relatively harmless next to the others. Still, something seemed off about him, but it didn't matter to you at the moment.
You put these thoughts aside. You have an airship to raid.
"No time to stop and converse with them, I suppose?"
"No point," Zero replied. "And the more time I waste the more that key gets farther and farther out of my reach.
"I'm curious," Soul Edge murmured, "What exactly was that beast?"
"Don't know, and don't care. I see it again and I'll tear it apart. This has to be the second time I've dealt with it."
Zero stopped. He had ran into Adrian and Annabelle. What if...he shook his head wildly. No, he won't think about that.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing," he snapped. "Now shut up."
> Jaron: Put thoughts of the red guy aside and attend to the Professor and the other kid.
You're confused about the other guy, but that can wait. The others might be injured.
You approach the guy in the hood. He's certainly confused, looking as if he has no idea what's going on.
"Hey, uh," Jaron started. "Are you all right? Nothing hurt? What about you, professor, are--"
They all jumped as Alex's HOLOGRAPHIC COMPUTER KEYBOARD beeped, indicating that someone was, yes, contacting him on Pesterchum.
...
Despite the fact that the thing was, in fact, completely turned off.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Dec 2, 2011 1:46:29 GMT -5
(Okay, we're dropping the homestuck format now.)
Alex jumped in surprise as his HOLOGRAPHIC KEYBOARD COMPUTER let out that oh so familiar pesterchum chime. Memories barely started to return to the young man as he took out the computer from his VOID MODUS and proceeded to turn on the screen... Somehow the computer systems had been turned on previously. "Hold on please." He said politely to the man that addressed him as Gantz. Perhaps he knew him from Pesterchum? He'd have to be sure to ask for his chumhandle after this.
Shantotto looked at the advanced technology with a chortle. She had seen far more advanced stuff around the island, but the fact that this kid was carrying around something like this was pretty impressive since his robes suggested a rather low lifestyle...
For a moment, Alex looked at the screen he pulled up and was confused at the fact that there was no text....
A second later, a few more memories returned and he groaned before highlighting it.
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Post by doctorzero on Dec 2, 2011 1:51:12 GMT -5
Jaron couldn't help but regard the computer with some slight fascination. Amnesia or not, he wasn't exactly what you would call computer savvy. The message was short and to the point.
began pestering gantzGun[GG] at ??:?? Give the computer to Jaron. The guy to your left. I need a word with him. Now.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Dec 2, 2011 2:01:00 GMT -5
To be fair, Alex looked less then pleased to be asked to give his computer to somebody he was fairly sure he didn't know...
But still... This text eerily reminded you of... A certain Scratch Doctor...
With a sigh, he pushes the hovering keyboard to Jaron, to which he catches it. "I want that back when you get done." A few more seconds, and a few more memories pop up... And he suddenly realized his hood was down. And he was reminded of a need to keep that hood pulled over his face and remain unrecognizable... Was it even necessary now since they saw your face?
..... You decide to pull the hood back over your head regardless.
"Ohohohohohohoho! A most impressive and invigorating show you put on, young man; All of the control, the void bending to your will, weaking the mysterious, win you proved you can!"
.... What?
Suddenly his memories appeared flash-forward... As he remembered it all, one could see his expression paling in shock and disbelief... ..... And even fear.
A fear of himself...
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Post by doctorzero on Dec 2, 2011 2:14:45 GMT -5
Jaron stumbled as he caught the odd device. "Oh, um...thanks? I think?" He looked at the screen, seeing that the text was still highlighted. Who was this guy? And how did he know him? He sat down, oblivious to Shantotto and Alex's conversation, and stared at the keyboard. ... He was suddenly unsure that he had EVER used a computer. Give the computer to Jaron. The guy to your left. I need a word with him. Now.GG: um, hi/? Who is this?Well, at least you don't waste time.GG: Who are you?No one important.GG: Doesn't matter. Let's cut to the chase.GG: How do you know my name?I have ears.GG: whats that supposd to mean?Quit it with the questions already and let me talk. OH MY GOD I HAVE POCKETS!! #^@!#!^yheqhh2444444444GG: uhSorry about that. Idiot next door doesn't know when to shut up.GG: Im so confused.Get used to it. Now, I'm going to be brief, and I won't repeat myself, so shut up and listen, all right?
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Post by gantzgun74 on Dec 4, 2011 22:03:22 GMT -5
As their chat went on, Alex looked more and more unsure. He was capable of feeling the void encroaching around him, as if trying to envelope him once more. He quickly swiped away any darkness in vain, his mind wandering one thing...
How long had he been in Void Mode THIS time?
His memories returned even more...
Oh... Oh god... That's right...
His session got scratched... His game was over.
Then... where was he- Oh that's right... That person described it as Dimensional Island... But... What exactly WAS Dimensional Island?
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