Light Version Battles #9b-12b Light Version Battles #9b-12b: Stars, In Your Multitudes...
Sean, Chris, and Max rush unknowing towards deadly trials and imprisonment, goals altered. Joe battles the false king for his throne, goals reached. Baxter hurries towards his inescapable destiny, goals shattered. Moving through the darkness towards their inevitable futures, points of light battle with the apocalyptic day.




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Light Version Battle #9b - Into the Grasp of Corniness - January 6th, 2002
Battle Quality: 7/10
Location: Dungeon Central (motto: 'feel special while you writhe.')
Player: Prisoner [0-2-0] Last Appearance: Unknown

Back...
They're back...
FOOTSTEPS grew closer!
They're baaaaack...
FOOTSTEPS stopped!
PRISONER woke up in a delirious rage!
nnr...?
DUNGEON DOOR opened!
LEE stepped in!
PRISONER looked up!
PRISONER coughed a few times!
Y-you've... come to rescue me...?! To shatter my shackles and help me overthrow the king...
LEE: ...
KING stepped in!
I see... Et tu...
KING: Hmmm. 'And so the mighty have fallen?' No, you were never a mighty adversary of mine, much less a worthy one. But if anyone has fallen, it is certainly you.
Some have fallen who will rise once more...
And some have risen who will fall soon enough...
KING: Now what do you think you are, an X Mechanas? Hahahahahaha... ha ha... ha...
...
So that's why you've come here? To gloat?
KING: Pretty much.. This shall be our last meeting. By the time I've returned here from squashing a group of real-worlder children, my torturers shall be finished with you.
KING: The children.. they'll be my final enemies.
You said... Did you say... 'real'-world children?!? Hn...
KING: Heh. Does that interest you? Good.
KING: The more hope you still have in you, the more painful your torture shall seem.
You'll see... of all people, you should know that children from another world can change the path of destiny...
KING: I will not allow it! Nothing happens unless I decree it, this is my world.
What a child you really are...
LEE: SILENCE! YOU FOOL!!
LEE used BASH!
pffhuhnn...
PRISONER is in critical condition!
Unngh...
LEE: GRARRH! You have lost your title, your name, and soon you will lose your sanity!! If you want to lose a few limbs first, however, I'd be glad to oblige!!!
KING: ... General. Enough. There is no time for this.
LEE: Yes, king. Don't worry, everything will be perfect.
PRISONER looked up at LEE and KING!
Meow, meow, the kitty-cat calls... who is your master, little kitty-cat?
Why, the dread lord, our lieing king, who lets his precious kitten curl up on his lap!
But from where, then, would the dread lord get milk to keep his little pet content?
LEE blinked!
KING: ... You've knocked out of him what sense he had! You're the fool...
LEE: I-I'm sorry, king!
Oh, perrrrhaps from his dread lady?
KING: I am getting bored. Come, General Lee.
LEE: Yes, king.
Damn you all!
KING and LEE left DUNGEON!
Ha-ha, I scared them off... that'll show them not to mess with-
FENRIR appeared!
EEP.
PRISONER fainted in fright!
FENRIR slammed DUNGEON DOOR shut!

Location: Merketplace
Player: Max [1-1-0] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #7b

MERMERCHANT: You break it, you buy it! Silence, fifty-five clams. Eh, hehe...
SEAN: ...
CHRIS: uh....
Ooooh!
CHRIS walked over to COUNTER!
CHRIS: Excuse me, but have you seen any nor.. humans around here?
MERMERCHANT: Humen? Yes, of courswe! Why, just last wavesday there was that special on The Human Network...
MERMERCHANT: Nice costumes, by the way. You selling?
CHRIS: ... Uh.
CHRIS: .. Thanks, but no.
Hey, look guys! They've got goldfish birthday cakes in the back!
MERMERCHANT: Those are cakes for fish birthdays, not fish-shaped pastries!
OH MY GOD, THEY HAVE MUFFINS!!!
CHRIS: ...
SEAN: You simpleton!... Ooooh! An electronics shelf?!
SEAN swam to other section of STORE!
CHRIS: ...
CHRIS floated over to MAX!
CHRIS: Let's get out of here. We still have Joe to find. I get the feeling there aren't many humans around here...
Aww, but where could we find Joe anyway?
MAX poked the FISHFOOD MUFFINS!
Hee-hee. Spongey.
SEAN put away FREAKY SHRIMP-SHAPED NIGHT-LIGHTS!
SEAN: I got a glimpse of this place before I passed out. It's basically a dome with a buncha giant buildings in the middle!
SEAN: That must be where all the important stuff is. The city's center.
CHRIS eyed MAX!
SEAN: With the bubble exoskeletons and sound-based weapons, they must be very advanced. They'd probably have good knowledge of the world, even if they only live underwater...
SEAN: Hell, they'd probably have enough scientific prowress to find out just about...
SEAN: ... any...
SEAN: ... thing...
SEAN: ...
*drool*
SEAN: !
SEAN: Uh, wait, actually, maybe we should leave. The guy probably couldn't be around here... he's just still looking for the shards somewhere.
CHRIS: No, you were right. He came in the same place, so he probably passed through this place at least at some point. Max! We're leaving!
SEAN: But, how can we even be sure that he did emerge from the s-
*stare*
SEAN: .....
CHRIS: Max, don't eat the...
*chomp*
CHRIS: ...bleg it all.
MERMERCHANT: HEYYY!!! YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!!!!!!!
SEAN facepalmed!
CHRIS: I'm sorry, but we don't have any clams...
MERMERCHANT: You kids!!!
Worry not, it's still intact in my stomach!
MERMERCHANT: That does it!
MERMERCHANT wants to fight!
SEAN used HEAVY FIST!
MERMERCHANT: gwaaaaaaaaaaaah....
MERMERCHANT fainted!
MERMERCHANT: One nose.... eight... een.. clams.
SEAN won!
Mmm, good muffins.
SEAN: What are you, half-fish?!
No.. I don't even like the water, I can't wait until we get out of these itchy bubble clothes..
CHRIS: Yeah, I've had... some bad experiences with water...
SEAN: I'm not the biggest fan of it myself, but do we just leave the merchant floating around bleeding here? Someone could walk in at any minute...
This is really good cake!
CHRIS: This is such a mess... Nice going, Max.
Shut up!! You got us into this!
CHRIS: ...
CHRIS: And how the hell did I do that?
SEAN: Ek!!! Danger!
SHARK drifted by!
SHARK: BLOOD!!!
CHRIS: Eek! Shark!
HUMUS ALPINES ran away.. uh, swam away!
SHARK: Eeek! Blood!
SHARK swooned!
Eeeek! Bad joke!
CHRIS: NARRATOR! GET OVER HERE!
But NARRATOR is SHOPPING! ;.;
POLICE SIRENS gargle nearby!
CHRIS cracks his KNUCKLES!
CHRIS: Narrator, you have amensia, so you don't know what sort of techniques I learned in narrational school.
CHRIS: Allow me to elaborate.
CHRIS: If you don't get over here and keep up with us so you'll be able to send us out of this insane aquarium of a world once we find this world's Shard, I'll force you to come with us!
. . .
Bah, FINE! They don't have anything in my COLOR anyway!
HUMUS ALPINES ran down HALLWAY!
HALLWAY stretches off into DISTANCE, DOORWAYS to SHOPS on one SIDE, ROAD on the OTHER, like an enclosed EXTRA SIDEWALK!
CHRIS: Shut up! You're so loud you'll lead the police right here!
SEAN: Actually, I doubt the police could have found us so fast in such a large place, with few to none as witnesses.
*buuuuurrrp*
SEAN: Even in such an advanced city... They must have been heading somewhere else.
CHRIS: We should still hurry.
SEAN: .... Indeed, it is a bit too risky.
I feel sick...
SKIPPY LONGSOCKS swam speedily by, muttering!
CHRIS: Woah there!
Watch where you're going, you maniac!
HUMUS ALPINES continued down HALLWAY!
SEAN: I just hope we reach the end soon.
CHRIS: I just hope the police aren't waiting for us at the end.
I just hope *urp* that we find out where Joe went soon so we can get outta here... Invading place after place to find the Shards will be bearable with all my normal friends around.
End of HALLWAY appeared!
SEAN: Excellent.
Giant empty STRETCH OF GRASS extends ahead, without any RESIDENCES or wandering MERFOLK!
CHRIS: Woohoo!
At the end of the GRASS is a cluster of SIDE-BY-SIDE BUILDINGS, including a SHRINE, EVENT DIRECTORY, and HOSPITAL! The largest one is the CLAM TREASURY, for matters regarding all things money!
That means exchanging for valid money, finding out if Joe came here, and getting my stomach pumped! *squee*
On the GRASS, between HUMUS ALPINES and CLUSTER, is a giant floating BLACK ANT-MOLLUSK ship!
CHRIS: What the...?!
Crap! Is it too late to add 'not getting killed or painfully injured' to my wishlist?
SEAN: Think we should examine it?
Gigantic SHIP floated down and LANDED in front of HUMUS ALPINES!
N-n-no, I think that's a bad idea...
BUBBLES fly from the ship's BOTTOM as a JET-like shape drops from the BOTTOM, twists ASIDE, then floats forwards!
CHRIS: Run!!
SEAN: Where!?
We're dead!!
The sound of HISSING CRACKLES emit from the JET, accompaned by a VOICE!
KING: That's it. Stop there.
Oh... oh.
No.
DARK SHAPE of KING sits in CHAIR in the small JET-thingie! FENRIR sits next to him!
SEAN: Who are you?! The Narrator says you're the king... the king of this city?
KING: I am... the destruction of your lives...
FENRIR grins, perfectly like a WOLF!
CHRIS: Wait, that...?
It's not possible!
KING stood up!
SHADOWS fell away!
KING was renamed...
Yep... Definetly too late.

Review at the Network Board. NEXT: happy new dictatorship. Vote in this poll with your guess:



Light Version Battle #10b - Full Circle - January 20th, 2002
Battle Quality: 6/10
Location: Northern Dominion Castle
Player: Joe [29 - 6 - 14] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #18b

Keep them away!
Hold them back!
JOE picked out his POKEBALL!
Alright. Guard the doors.
Hold them ALL back!
NARRATOR followed as JOE ran into THRONEROOM!
KING appeared!
KING sits upon THRONE lit by SICKLY YELLOW TORCHES!
KING: What the hel.. who are you?! No peasants may enter the king's presence!
JOE wants to fight!
KING: An ASSASSIN!!!
I'm no petty hireling. I am here to challenge you for your ill-deserved throne!
KING: Very well then, I accept. Guaaaaards!
It's no use squawking like that. You're too late... Your foolish guards lie soundly defeated, and you will soon be just the same.
KING: How dare you!
KING sent out KING!
Hahaaahaahaahahaha!
JOE sent out farthest!
KING: Wh... what is that thing? A Narrator and some sort of demon... you're no ordinary murderer!
KING: What are you, an Eeralane?
farthest used SILVER MISSILES!
KING: Aaaah!
KING is trapped to THRONE in a CAGE!
KING: For this indignity... you'll suffer!
KING pushed BUTTON!
Watch it, farthest...
What?
THRONE is evolving!
THRONE evolved into... KING GUN!
...
That's it? AH-HEH-HEH-HEH.... This is just pathetic!
farthest leaped at KING!
KING: I'm sorry... Am I BORING you?
KING used MASS PINS!
farthest used GUARD WINGS!
WEB of BULLETS shot from KING GUN!
BULLETS drilled into GUARD WINGS... then dropped harmlessly to the GROUND!
farthest used COUNTER!
WINGS smashed into KING GUN, cutting it into THREE PIECES!
KING GUN exploded!
KING is still TRAPPED!
Check.
KING: Wh... what do you want from me?! I've never hurt anyone, I'm just a simple country king...
Don't lie to me, you monster. You make me sick. I'll kill you, then.. rule all your domains! And beyond! The amazons are my allies, your stronghold is ours.
Idiot.
KING: I know you are, but what am I?
Dead meat.
KING: I know you are, but what-
farthest used VENOM CLAWS!
KING is in critical condition!
KING: nyaahg..
You're still ALIVE? What are you wearing, X Mechanas armor?
KING: please... spare... me... take my kingdom but... leave me... be...
farthest breathed IN and OUT slowly!
You look so pathetic. This isn't nearly as interesting as I'd imagined all these months... Hell, sure, I'll leave you alive... I'll also imprison you far beneath the earth, and there you will both lie, never to feel the fresh air of the above on your.. your...
JOE sat DOWN!
....
KING: Huh?
Return, farthest one.
JOE withdrew farthest!
Give me your crown.
KING: Alright.. then... HERE!
JOE recieved CROWN of BONE!
Yeees...
KING used DAGGER THROW!
LEE burst through DOOR!
FENRIR is in critical condition!
JOE is in critical condition!
aagh...
JOE bled! See JOE bleed! Bleed, JOE, bleed!
KING: LEE! What are you doing?!
LEE: KING! This black-hearted villain has betrayed us!
FENRIR: No!
FENRIR: Narrator...
Ah, right! Of course! FENRIR was SUPERCHARGED! There, that's all the REALITY WARP I can MUSTER without any SHARDS...!
KING: LEE! Protect me!
... aahgrr..n...
JOE weakly sent out farthest! FENRIR stood up and used DEATH WREATHE!
Critical hit!
LEE doubled over in PAIN!
farthest used HYPER HEADBASH!
KING: Oh dear-
KING fainted!
FENRIR: HRARRRHHH...
FENRIR stalked towards LEE!
LEE: Yooou won't get away with this, you horror....
FENRIR picked up LEE by the NECK!
FENRIR threw LEE out of the THRONEROOM!
LEE is fully paralyzed!
FENRIR rushed over to JOE!
.. justice.... is served....
FENRIR frowned!
FENRIR plucked DAGGER from JOE'S SIDE!
FENRIR: !heceueoeneU
FENRIR cast MAGIC!
JOE is in good condition!
Ahhh... thank you again, Fenrir..
FENRIR: Of course, my.. king.
JOE looked at CROWN of BONE!
GUARD RESERVES appeared!
JOE grinned!
From horizon... to horizon... to horizon... to.. horizon.
Checkmate, you little pawns.
JOE activated CROWN of BONE!
KING was renamed LORD BORED!
JOE was renamed KING!

Player: King [30 - 6 - 14]

GUARD: ...uh.
GUARD: Dude! I told you the WWF would just be a rerun but noooo, you just had to check despite the emergency alert...
GUARD: It was an honest mistake!
Silence.
GUARD RESERVES... saluted!
It's about time this mess of a dominion gets its act together.
I have big plans for it...

Review at the Network Board. NEXT: a prison by any other name would smell as sweet.



Light Version Battle #11b - Trials of the Trio, Part I of III - January 24th, 2002
Battle Quality: 7/10
Location: Golden City
Player: Chris [7-9-8] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #9b

I can still remember.. Dimly...
From the distant past...
KING was renamed... JOE!
MAX: I knew it! Joe!!!
That voice! Joe?!
SEAN: Uh... yeah, it's... Joe?
JOE: Yes.
JOE: Good ol' Joe. Joe, the wallpaper guard. Book-maggot Joe. But you can just call me King Joe, ruler of the northern dominion!
JOE: And you are all my prisoners!
I don't think he used to act like this.. but he still looks sorta like I remember him, so not too much time has passed here...
But that means...
MAX: Well, he's still a schmuck.
NARRATOR wonders why JOE is acting so STRANGE!
JOE: Impudence.
JOE smiled!
JOE: Fenrir, my advisor?
FENRIR: ~peiilefieemieeT
FENRIR cast MAGIC!
DARKNESS closed around from all DIRECTIONS!
Aaaah! Narrator, help...!
CAN'T!
Something.... draining.... ENERGY..
MAX: Joe, why are you doing this? We came here to save you!
MAX: gwuh.
MAX fainted!
JOE: Hahahahaha... I've waited soooo long for this!
SEAN: Eeaaaaaaaahhh..
Stay with me... Big.. N...
CHRIS fainted!
SEAN: This program has performed a 'wtf' error and will be shutting down. BEEP.
SEAN fainted!
W-who's.. there?
HAHAHAHAHA....
Nooooo! NARRATOR..... myself.... all... of me....
NARRATOR fainted! Painfully. Heeheehee...

Location: Mobile Dungeon Cell

CHRIS woke up in a CELL!
...
CHRIS WOKE UP! IN A CELL!
... alright, bleg you.. alright... just a minute.
CHRIS blinked!
...
DUNGEON continued away from CITY!
...
CHRIS! WAKE UP!
Narrator, what happened there?
NARRATOR doesn't KNOW... but NARRATOR thinks we should LEAVE very QUICKLY!
CHRIS picked himself UP slowly!
Well, the bubble suit seems to have evaporated. Good.
METAL ROOM is FEATURELESS except for a METAL DOOR!
CHRIS tried the DOOR!
... with a CANNON!
Small DENT appeared!
Hmph...
GUARD: What was that noise!?! I'm trying to play Extraordinary Chimp Pyramid out here, you inconsiderate...
CHRIS blew apart DOOR with SPIRAL RUBY BLAST!
GUARD: ... ultra-powerful criminal escapee?
MATERIALIZE!!!!!!
GUARD: AHHHHH!
GUARD ran away!
SLINKY appeared!
CHRIS won!
Works every time.
EXPLOSION resounded from LEFT CORRIDOR!
That doesn't sound good. Could be Sean or Max in trouble...
CHRIS ran towards SMASHING!
CHRIS ran into SEAN!
!!!!!!!
SEAN: Urrh.. Chris?
Sean! How did you escape?
SEAN: ... I, uh, opened the door.
What?! But those doors were practically invincible, I barely opened mine by combining my power with the Narrator's...
SEAN: .. er..
CHRIS ran over to SEAN'S CELL!
DOOR has been THROWN across HALLWAY into other WALL, where it lies on an unconscious GUARD!
SEAN: ... It was a rusty door.
DOOR has been SHATTERED into THOUSANDS of PIECES by being HURLED!
SEAN: ... It was a very rusty door.
Weird. Nevermind that, we have to find Max and get out of here. Obviously Joe doesn't want to be saved..
SEAN: Understood.
CHRIS and SEAN continued running LEFT!
ESCAPE POD BAY appeared!
SEAN: Wrong way.
CHRIS thought for a moment!
SEAN: Uh, we have to go back. For Max. Remember?
Yeah, yeah, I know.
CHRIS sighed!
CHRIS and SEAN ran OTHER WAY, past SEAN'S CELL, then CHRIS'S!
MAX'S CELL appeared!
FIVE GUARDS appeared!
GUARDS are busy ARGUING!
SEAN: Hm. I can get Max.
Whaaat?! You can? Past all those guards?
SEAN: Certainly.
...
Sean, what exactly happened to you in the world you visited?
SEAN: I... I'll explain when we're somewhere safer. It isn't important.
Well, I should still do it. I'd be faster..
NO! NARRATOR doesn't think CHRIS should be using NARRATIONAL POWERS while we're IN HERE anymore!
NARRATOR senses that it could ATTRACT unwanted ATTENTION!
SEAN: Huh? You mean, from Joe?
NARRATOR HOPES it's only JOE!
NARRATOR shivered!
... Okay, if the Narrator is scared of something, maybe you are right. But what can I do to help, then?
SEAN smiled!
SEAN: Just go back and get the escape pods ready. Figure out how to use them. We'll probably need them fast when we both return.
Alright.
The Narrator can stick with you, then, that way if you need my help you can just have the Narrator send me a message!
SEAN: .. Ah, no, that's okay, I can handle it. You could need the Narrator's help....
No time to argue! Just hurry, they look like they're compromising about that 'which console is best' argument!
SEAN: Meh.
CHRIS ran away!

Location: Mobile Dungeon Corridor
Player: Sean [8-3-2] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #9b

SEAN walked over to GUARDS!
GUARD1: Hello!
GUARD2: Oh no! An intruder!
GUARD3: If you wish to pass you must solve the trial of the Guardeners.
GUARD4: zzz...
SEAN used RAPID FIST!
GUARD5: You rescue like a little guard, mister.
GUARDS fainted!
...
Well, SEAN? Aren't you going to FREE MAX?
Yes. Of course.
SEAN growled and unlocked DOOR!
MAX is FREE!
MAX: FWAAAAA!
MAX tackled SEAN!
SEAN just stood there!
...
MAX: ...
MAX climbed off of SEAN!
MAX: Sorry. Didn't know you were going to be Sean when you..
MAX: Uh, sorry.
SEAN stared at MAX darkly!
MAX: What?
SEAN advanced MENACINGLY on MAX!
MAX backed away!
MAX: I said I was sorry!!!
DOOR slammed SHUT behind SEAN!
...
SEAN's EYES widened!
Small ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PULSE BLAST filled the ROOM from the CEILING CORNER!
Dange-GWAA~A~A~A~A~A~A~A~A~A~A~igi49- Not again - 6kfidm,.... floodgethe... maximum... lamprey...
Oh, poop.
SEAN fainted!
DOOR locked!
MAX: Well, that was a pointless rescue effort.
GUARD5: See?
GUARD2: Shut up, Mel.
TV appeared in UPPER-RIGHT CORNER of CELL!
MAX: ...
MAX: Odd, usually a television would be enough to revive Sean. He's been acting weird ever since this stuff started happening. Heck, so have Chris and-
JOE: Hello, Max!
MAX: -YIKES!
JOE's IMAGE flickered on TV!
JOE: Thought you could escape, huh? Not an option, I'm afraid....
JOE: In mere minutes we'll be back at my inescapable fortress, and that other real-worlder you brought will be apprehended by then!!! That was your last chance, and now time's up!
JOE: Hahahahahahahahahaha! Ha!
MAX: You know, you were a lot less annoying when you weren't evil.
JOE fumed!
JOE: Were you really this ridiculously childish? It's hard to remember... it... all...
JOE: I suppose so.
JOE: Doesn't matter. When we reach the fortress, I'll kill you all in one big public execution. For all the whispers behind my back, for all the taunts and derisions, for abandoning me-
MAX: ABANDONING YOU!?
JOE: Hm? I would have thought the 'public execution' part of that would have been the part you'd complain about..
FENRIR appeared!
FENRIR: My king?
MAX: Huh? Hey, it's that person again!
JOE: Yes, I'm coming.
TV screen flickered off!
MAX: ...
MAX sighed and sat DOWN next to SEAN!
SEAN TWITCHED a few TIMES and fell STILL!
NARRATOR gets a BAD FEELING again...

Location: Mobile Dungeon Bridge
Player: Joe [32-6-5] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #9b

There.
If they had any trump cards, they'd have played them by now.
Max is as pathetic as ever, Sean has developed superhuman fighting techniques, and that other guy who must be Chris has some strange special powers - which can only be used by drawing on the Narrator's strength.
Don't you find that interesting...
Narrator?
YES! NARRATOR would LIKE to KNOW why IMPOSTER NARRATOR would SHAME HIMSELF by cooperating WITH, much LESS obeying, a HUMAN!
Tone it down, Narrator.
Yessir.
Welll, I'm curious about it too. Which is why I'll be returning Chris to his cell. Myself.
FENRIR: Are you sure that's wise? You'll have plenty of time when we return to the fortress, my king, and we barely brought any amazons with us in the battle-submarine in case things get tricky...
No! I am a king, not a landlord. I will deal with this interesting nuisance myself.
FENRIR smiled!
LEE: Max could still be a threat, lord.
Fine. Kill him. He's of no interest to me.
JOE left BRIDGE!
FENRIR: You heard him, Lee. Go.
FENRIR laughed!
LEE left BRIDGE!
FENRIR: Hm... You may leave as well, Narrator. Allow neither the boy nor Chris to die.
NARRATOR left BRIDGE!
FENRIR: It doesn't matter anymore. They're all mine!!!

Review at the Network Board. NEXT: better to run away in hell than faint in heaven.



Light Version Battle #12b - Arrival - February 10th, 2002
Battle Quality: 8/10
Location: Vortex Chamber
Player: Baxter [6-2-2] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #20b

CAREBEARUS: HAPPY HAPPY, HAPPY HAPPY!
CAREBEARUS shredded WITCHES and WARLOCKS left and right!
DEMONIC ARMY stormed into the BASE after CAREBEARUS!
Oh crap! Are the coordinates set yet, Friend?
FRIEND: The horror! This is worse than anything imaginable!
Get ahold of yourself already!! Is the portal ready?! CAN WE GO!?!
FRIEND!!!!
FRIEND: It... it... it... it's done, yes, g0.
Narrator!
NARRATOR entered PORTAL!
DISTANCE appeared!
BAXTER appeared!
BAXTER used FALL!
BAXTER landed on GROUND! DISTANCE fainted!
I'm alive! I can't believe it! And we've finally made it to.. somewhere.
Why isn't FRIEND following, BAXTER?! Uh oh!
PORTAL crackled in the AIR!
Enormous HEAD poked THROUGH it!
CAREBEARUS: I want a HUG!
CAREBEARUS snarled and started SQUEEZING through PORTAL!
This is not good! Friend's done for. Narrator, close the portal.
CAREBEARUS'S second HEAD poked through!
NO! FRIEND could still be ALIVE in that HELLHOLE! WAIT!
Don't be a fool! I'm the one who's about to be eaten, you selfish, airheaded, inconsistently capatilizing...
CAREBEARUS's THIRD HEAD poked through!
CAREBEARUS leaped through PORTAL.....
...
Alright!
Goodbye, 1337 FRIEND!
May ANGELS sing you to your DIGESTIVE JUICES of a DEMON PLATOON rest!
PORTAL snapped SHUT!
CAREBEARUS: HUUUG MEEEEEEEEE-
CAREBEARUS broke in two!
CAREBEARUS died, and BLEW AWAY like MIST!
I'm still alive! I can't believe it! But poor Friend... He risked everything to go with us. He so wanted to see our world, and now... It was so quick. This place is merciless.
NARRATOR won't let anything HAPPEN to HOMO SAPIENS, don't WORRY!
BAXTER sighed!
The SHARD is what this has all been FOR!
Obviously. But where is it?
BAXTER looked AROUND!
BAXTER is on a MOUNTAINSIDE! Other large MOUNTAINS stretch off into the HORIZON in a bizarre CHAIN! Beyond the MOUNTAINS on THIS side is a vast WASTELAND!
Okay. If these are the coordinates.. the Ghost Pyramid is on the other side of this mountain.
BAXTER got UP!
Process of elimination, the oldest trick in the book.
Let's get moving, we'll have to hurry, to outrace infinity.

Location: The Wasted Lands
Player: Rahu [3-1-2] Last Appearance: Light Version Battle #28b

NIGHTMARE snorted!
XAP looked around!
XAP: That way!
XAP pointed to MOUNT GRAVE!
I see. Keep up, then.
RAHU used STRETCH!
RAHU'S LEGS stretched, raising RAHU to great heights!
XAP: I will. Night mares don't have much endurance, but they're fast enough.
XAP: We'll be there by froststar.
Good. I will prove how extensive my loyalty to the Third Square is....
And have a great deal of fun in the process, heh heh heh..
XAP: Indeed, but we'll have to hurry, to outrace that kid.
RAHU and XAP closed in on GHOST PYRAMID!

Location: Outside Mount Grave
Player: Baxter

Are we-
FOR THE TEN THOUSANDTH TIME, NO, WE AREN'T THERE YET!
HOLE appeared!
Hmm. What've you found, Narrator...?
BAXTER walked inside!
A tunnel! Interesting, the walls are damp...
TUNNEL goes through MOUNTAIN from ONE side to the OTHER!
All right! Let's go! What could go wrong?
FIVE HOURS LATER...
Are we lost?
NARRATOR can't TELL! NARRATOR can't read MAP in the DARK!
...
BAXTER facefaulted!
Well, if we backtrack then...
NARRATOR sealed off MAZE ENTRANCE so DEMONS couldn't FOLLOW!
... Well we can keep going, then, and-
HOARSE VOICE: ssssssss... yeeess, my preciouss, I see them..
Not good.
HOARSE VOICE: What are you, what are you, why are you here?
Show yourself!! I won't speak to a ghost!
HOARSE VOICE: Very well..
MATCH was LIT!
ZOMBIE appeared!
ZOMBIE is wearing a PINK BOW on his ROTTING FOREHEAD!
. . . .
ZOMBIE: Hiiii! ^o^
. . . .
ZOMBIE: Lost, eh? You must solve my riddle if you want me to lead you out of...
ZOMBIE: ... THE GRAAAAVE CAAAAVE!!
ZOMBIE: I made that name up myself. ^__^
. . . .
ZOMBIE: Plus if you solve the riddle I'll let you keep my preciousss...
ZOMBIE patpats PINK BOW!
I don't want your bow.
It's frightening me even more than that three-headed teddy bear did.
ZOMBIE: Awww, you are hurting its feelings.
Refer to above '. . . .'-ing.
ZOMBIE: Whatever! But you must still answer my riddle or wander here for the rest of your-
That sounds great, but here's a better deal - you get broken into little pieces and scattered throughout this mountain unless you tell us the way to the inside of this mountain ring.
BAXTER patted his POKEBALLS!
ZOMBIE: Oh dear, I do not want to be pieces!
BAXTER only has one POKEMON left, though!
SHUT UP, NARRATOR!!! O_O;;;
ZOMBIE: Yay! No, my preciouss, we will not let them leave if they don't answer the riddle...
No riddles.
ZOMBIE: Darn... How about a joke, then?
Fine. But you have to lead us out of here!
ZOMBIE: Yesss.. but you must visit my home with me first!
No, just lead us out of here.
ZOMBIE: But... Zombie and Zombie's precious get so lonely in mountain. ;.;
Ughh..
ZOMBIE: Besides, much better maps are there!
BAXTER, let's HURRY! NARRATOR'S MAP is useless anyway if we don't ALREADY know where we ARE!
Once we have the DIRECTIONS we can BOLT!
Sounds like a plan.
ZOMBIE: Yay! ^.^
...
ZOMBIE and BAXTER walk towards ZOMBIE'S NICHE!
ZOMBIE: Okay! My joke!
ZOMBIE: Why was the skeleton lonely?
.. um... that's it?
Because it.. uh.. bones.. uh..
BAXTER shrugged!
ZOMBIE: Because it had no body!
ZOMBIE: Nobody! ^_^;;
Heh, yeah.....
ZOMBIE and BAXTER entered ZOMBIE's NICHE!
What's with all the Michael Jackson posters?
ZOMBIE: ... Nothing. So, now that you're here, let's have a tea party! ^^
We're in a hu-
ZOMBIE: Tea party. Now. -_-
BAXTER sat down!
...
ZOMBIE: Tea? ^-^
Yes, KAWAII MINIONS OF THE UNDEAD and DEMONIC RABID TEDDY BEARS are COMMONPLACE in... the LIGHT ZONE!
Um... just tell me, what's the way out of here?!
ZOMBIE: Oh, you were going the right way. Just take a left when you reach the next bend, then in the big room go down the passageway that moves downwards.
ZOMBIE: You should pop up right at the mountain's bottom, if the passages haven't changed since the last time I explored them.
ZOMBIE handed BAXTER a POUCH!
ZOMBIE: This bioluminescent moss should help light the way so you can see where you're going.
o.O
That was helpful enough to be the biggest surprise since the Narrator burst into being. C'mon, then, Narrator.
NARRATOR has a bad FEELING about this suddenly...
Just come on!
BAXTER ran away! NARRATOR ran away!
ZOMBIE: I'm so lonely. u.u
ZOMBIE was blasted into multiple PIECES!
ZOMBIE: Dammit! ...Eh?

Location: Bottom of the Universe
Player: Rahu

NIGHTMARE screeched to a HALT!
XAP: We're here, finally... you don't know what this means to all demonkind, Rahu.
RAHU used SQUISH!
RAHU'S LEGS squished, lowering RAHU!
I doubt we have much time, Xap. Which way?
XAP: We just keep going, the pyramid should become visible when the human finally arrives...
Then you aren't important anymore.
RAHU wants to fight!
XAP leaped back, drawing her WHIP!
XAP: What the Earth?! You're... a traitor! Some petty demon out to steal power!
Don't be silly.
XAP: ...
XAP: Oh, good, for a moment there...
I never said I was a demon.
RAHU used FORMSHIFT!
RAH'S RIGHT ARM turned into a SCYTHE!
XAP: Crap.
XAP wants to fight!
XAP sent out NIGHTMARE!
RAHU used CUTTING EDGE!
NIGHTMOBILES render NIGHTMARE obsolete!
NIGHTMARE used PSIONIC FLAME!
Gwaaaaa...
RAHU fell to one KNEE!
XAP: The Shard will be ours, Rahu! Give it up.
RAHU thrust other LEG forwards!
RAHU used STRETCH!
NIGHTMARE was smashed by STRETCHING LEG!
NIGHTMARE fainted!
RAHU used SQUISH!
RAHU stood back up!
XAP: Grrr...
BAXTER appeared!
... NARRATOR appeared?!
BAXTER: Oh no, they were already here!
XAP: Curse your stalling, Rahu..
Perfect.
NARRATOR saw NARRATOR!
NARRATOR used VACCUUM COIL!
NO! NARRATOR refused to recombine with NARRATOR!!!
NARRATOR ran away!
NARRATOR took over!
BAXTER: It doesn't matter, Narrator, we need the Shard more than the other Narrator...
BAXTER: Interesting that that's where your other piece has been..
BAXTER: No matter. Out of our way, jack-in-the-box!!!
Of course. One moment.
RAHU used MUTILATION NOVA!
XAP: AAAAHHHHHHH..
XAP died, and bl-
RAHU used SHADOW NEEDLE!
XAP'S ESSENCE was bound in place! XAP'S CORPSE dropped to the GROUND!
RAHU wins!
BAXTER: You... you...
There, that one is out of the way... at last.

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