Wikihood/arc/44

Summary

Guess.

Transcript

{Cut: A sketchbook lies on the ground. Yensid picks it up, curiously.}

YENSID: Hrm? Who originally made this sketch?

{Yensid picks it up, to read the word "Namine" aloud. He shrugs with indifference.}

YENSID: I can tell where this is going.

{Yensid discards the sketchbook into an incinerator, where it gets burnt to a crisp. He sits down, drawing.}

YENSID: A Nobody, having the same hobby as me and enjoying it? Poppycock.

{Yensid begins drawing and sits at his front porch. Later, Noxigar arrives via dimensional warping}

NOXIGAR: Ah, you must be Yensid, right?

{Yensid gets up}

YENSID: Why am I waking up with another of you on the front porch?

NOXIGAR: Pardon? I have a name, you know.

YENSID: And I, for one, don't care.

{Noxigar takes out a bottle of venom and hits the chair Yensid is sitting on. He recoils in pain, while Noxigar takes another bottle and throws it at the door, melting it.}

NOXIGAR: I destroy worlds unworthy. The Kingdom Hearts universe has stopped being worthy a long time ago. I also killed Scott Pilgrim, as well as destroyed several other worlds from really buggery places, the primary worlds being those of M. Night Shamalan's directing. If you'd like, I can delay your demise for a few seconds if you'll tell me why I should spare THIS world.

YENSID: ...if a Heartless is destroyed before the Nobody, the Nobody returns.

{Noxigar laughs, taking out a green morningstar.}

NOXIGAR: I expect not to be foolishly told old people's tales from the simulated town.

{Noxigar severely bludgeons Yensid over the head with the morningstar, applying a poison to his exposed brain.}

NOXIGAR: Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some unfinished business with a spiky blonde twerp and some unfortunate souls for which to turn into energy crystals.

{Noxigar leaves Yensid's front porch, dropping several vials of gas clouds which tear away at the universe as their owner departs via the corridor of darkness}

{A polite knock is at the door. Chaos then bursts through the wall¹.}

CHAOS: What in the hell are you doing?

{Noxigar stops midway through the corridor.}

NOXIGAR: The universe I helped create is dismantling itself. So I decided to accelerate the process with this here gas, which will eat away at the rotting decay you see before you {points at Yensid, the only remaining article to identify him being his hat. Noxigar steals the hat.} I'm a Nobody, so I don't have to worry about running out of gas if I can find a proper energy source. Surprisingly, useless Magic the Gathering cards make wondrous chemical compounds when you imbue them with other items.

{He continues through the corridor.}

CHAOS: Noxigar, do you realize what you've done?

{The portal closes too quickly.}

CHAOS: Ugh, I HATE that damn bile-spewing, loudmouthed, world-destroying Nobody! He just made the biggest mistake possible!

{Cut to a shot of just Namine's Sketchpad.}

CHAOS: That little book contained actual, factual people being projected through reality through a series of temporal screw-ups. They weren't in there of their own will, but they had every right to leave.

{Fires now surround and consume the sketchpad.}

CHAOS: But then he evicted Namine and them and GASSED the universe, containing everyone else, including me. Then these fires basically tore fabrics in the universe. Sephiroth was the first to go, he didn't even have a chance. He was just minding his own business...

{Cut to Sephiroth, who's lying down on his bed, listening to music through his MP3 player}

SEPHIROTH: {Singing} He's just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit.. HE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOING ANYWHEREEEEEEEEEEE...

{Suddenly, the gas sweeps through his window and annihilates him in seconds without him even knowing, leaving only a pair of headphones. Fire erupts around the skeleton. Cut back.}

CHAOS: I even lost out to the gas. But of course, my heritage gives me a few mulligans in regards to temporal deaths and paradoxes. But everyone else, I don't even know if they COULD'VE survived it. Noxigar potentially killed everyone else in that universe.

{Cut back to Noxigar, with a sketchpad of his own inside The Darkness.}

NOXIGAR: Namine... I did not wish to bring disaster on your world. I had to evacuate you and DiZ to a different universe, as well as other worthies. Not one reeking of fail. I will make up for this eviction, and we shall unite together like old times.

{He turns to a first page. The page contains a blue heart-shaped crystal, with Chaos, Joseph, Namine, DiZ, Homsar, and Noxigar himself near it.}

NOXIGAR: Now I must find the other worlds of which to destroy. That crappy Cartoon Network channel of which was never good will be one example of paving the way for better worlds. Universes I have found worthy, like Homestar Runner's, have been subdued by my Nobodies in terms of government while the universe retains its quality autonomy.

{Noxigar proceeds to the Cartoon Network channel building. He throws a vial of gas which disintegrates the studio, making all of the television programs vulnerable.}

NOXIGAR: Now for Phase 2 of my plan...

{Noxigar warps to each television show, effortlessly killing off characters and universes from varying Cartoon Network universes with various toxins and affliction-based abilities. He returns to what appears to be a floating castle in an unknown galaxy.}

NOXIGAR: There, one multiverse destroyed so many superior universes replace it. Now to dominate the Super Smash Brothers multiverse... and access a gateway to other universes therethrough.

{Cut to the giant heart-shaped crystal, floating in the middle of the field, in the Homestar Runner universe. Joseph's eyes open, the crystal shakes violently, and explodes. Everyone contained inside is freed and bits of crystal lie everywhere.}

JOSEPH: Oh, my head. What happened?

NAMINE: ...he's done it. He's destroyed the Kingdom Hearts universe and evacuated us to a "better one" as he claims it.

HOMSAR: [Homsar's Language]My universe is intact? Surely something is awry here aside from all these shards being here.[/Homsar's Language]

JOSEPH: This doesn't make any sense. We were watching it fine. How did he even get control of the books like that? I thought only you could do that.

NAMINE: Someone must've carelessly found a sketchbook of mine and thrown it in an incinerator. Noxigar would've eventually found out and find revenge. This revenge of his seems to be getting out of hand. I can almost feel less universes existing.

DiZ: Revenge? Isn't that a feeling? Nobodies can't feel if I recall...

{Cut back to Noxigar}

NOXIGAR: I love it when people just arrogantly judge Nobodies by some encyclopedia of failure. Now, which universe to subdue? How about Halloween Town? Surely their inhabitants will be easy to manipulate. It is a good Tim Burton movie, of which is rare nowadays.

{Noxigar creates a corridor of darkness and proceeds to find the Tim Burton universe, on the Halloween Town world.}

{Without a cutback, as Noxigar lands, the conversation here continues.}

JOSEPH: So, he's just going to go through all the pointless universes and cut them out of the fabric of existence?

{Homestar can be seen touring some Dusks to the Stick.}

HOMESTAR: This hewe is a pwotected landmawk with suwpwisingly clean westwooms.

{Namine looks at Homestar oddly as he isn't attacking or being attacked by the Dusks.}

NAMINE: This universe didn't get destroyed, but it appears someone has been influencing it. Probably to keep us in place so we don't drift off to our otherwise-Oxygen-deprived deaths. That, or because he likes this universe.

JOSEPH: None of this even makes sense. It's like we can't even fight back.

{Homestar is only five feet away from Joseph and Namine, therefore enabling a disc scratch sound.}

HOMESTAR: Fight? Why do that? These Nobodies just want to be whole again. They have a leadew who wuns all these guys and othew Nobodies who befwiended Stwong Sad. Accowding to Stwong Sad, the leadew does not like cigaws, and his codename is as such.

{The Dusks eye Namine with a small glare.}

HOMSAR: [Homsar Language]Surely these Dusk don't mean any harm.[/Homsar Language]

JOSEPH: {points to the Dusk} Don't touch the girl or I'll teach you how to fly.

HOMSAR: All these crystals make me easier to understand for people. Perhaps I can talk to the Dusks.

{Homsar approaches them. The Dusks slowly back away}

HOMESTAR: Pewhaps you should see Stwong Sad. He's been appointed official univewse dictatow. Sadly it's led to Stwong Bad being tied to a chair and Swtongbadia being Stwongsadia now.

{Homestar escorts the Dusks and the cast to the House of the Brothers Strong.}

HOMESTAR: Hewe is whewe the Stwongsadian dictatow lives. Stwong Bad is cuwwently being scwyed to see if he has a Nobody wowth using in ouw glowious campaign against the othew univewses that happen to infect the Nintendo Wii we live in. If we can, the No Mowe Hewoes univewse can be conquewed and we can weach mutual agweements and constitutional stuff like that.

JOSEPH: This is insane. Nobodies took over Homestar Runner. We have to put a stop. If not to Noxigar, then to these Nobodies at the least.

{Strong Sad arrives.}

STRONG SAD: Pardon? You wish to stop what seems to be improving our economic and ecological stability? It appears you guys are new to this universe as it has been improved. I am now the new King, and I've imprisoned Strong Bad and the King of Town in my padlocked basement for trying to overthrow my new regime.

JOSEPH: I hope you realize what you're getting this universe into.

STRONG SAD: Yeah, yeah. I read Noxigar's contract before signing. I have to help colonize other worlds to eventually allow for expansion of plot. Or something to that effect. Noxigar tends to ramble a lot. I'm almost done with the plan of destroying the Bonus Stage universe with one of my doomsday inventions, but I need an energy source. Do you mind collecting those crystal shards to work as a temporary energy source?

{Cut: Noxigar enters the Metal Gear Solid universe, investigating it thoroughly. Looking at his surroundings, he notices that he's in an old military base.}

NOXIGAR: Hmm.. It looks like this place hasn't been touched for years. Where is this place, anyway?

{A figure comes behind Noxigar, having been waiting in that area for him.}

????: The place you're in? That, my friend.. would be the Shadow Moses Facility. It's been abandoned since 2005, however.

{Noxigar turns around to face the man}

NOXIGAR: Right... Who are you, anyway? And how did you know of the exact time of my arrival?

????: My name is Psycho Mantis. You may have heard of me. I used to be one of the elite members of FOXHOUND. Or if you want to be specific, I was actually part of the terrorist group that took over FOXHOUND. Their name was "The Sons of Big Boss". ...And how did I know of your arrival? Ha! You see, I'm gifted with a very special power. The power of Telekinesis.

NOXIGAR: Telekinesis? Sounds interesting.

PSYCHO MANTIS: That's right. The ability to manipulate objects.. And people, mind you, with the power of the mind. With this very special gift, I was also able to look into the future. It was from that which I was able to foretell your inevitable arrival. But of course, I also knew that if events went on as they were planned, I was sure to die.

NOXIGAR: Why's that?

PSYCHO MANTIS: You see, just after I received that premonition, I had received a report from the boss that we were going to have a break-in by an unwanted visitor. I don't even have to tell you who he was. You know already, right?

NOXIGAR: ...Solid Snake? I sort of remember a plot synopsis of the Metal Gear Solid series, just not too much of it.

PSYCHO MANTIS: Exactly. The very same. Anyway, not long after he broke in, we had received news that one of our members had already died. While it was not by the hand of Snake, it was still significant enough to create some foreshadowing on our own fates. I didn't really care for the bosses objective as I did my life, so I decided to take an unofficial leave. By the time that Snake was ready to face me, I was gone. Being the nice person I am, I decided to keep the passageway to the next area of the facility open, just for him.

NOXIGAR: So I indirectly changed the whole of reality in this universe, just by my presence? This reminds me of the first Kingdom Hearts and its "world order" poppycock.

PSYCHO MANTIS: Heh, I guess you could say that. Not too much, surprisingly.

NOXIGAR: Not too much, eh? Well then, no worries about it. Still, enlighten me with my initial impact, as I know little of it.

PSYCHO MANTIS: Before I left, my job was to keep the soldiers in the facility brainwashed. You see, most of them didn't support the revolt, so I was instructed to keep them all under my control. But now that I had vanished, the brainwashing did as well, and many members of the facility had escaped. But that was to happen anyway, as my death would have had the same effect. So in reality, the entire timeline remained fairly unchanged.. Just the event of my death being replaced with the event of my disappearance. But enough about me, I already know what you're here for. You're planning on committing mass-universal genocide, are you not?

NOXIGAR: I wouldn't really call it "genocide" as such... It's more "Sparing The Universes That I Deem Worthy." And I'll be glad to tell you that this universe is one of the ones that I do intend to spare. This policy was derivative of the fact that my initial homeworld was a gateway for a majority of other universes to pop up for no apparent reason, some of which proved unhelpful. I still see much potential in this one. But... what of you? What have you come here for?

PSYCHO MANTIS: I've come here to join you.

NOXIGAR: You want to join me? I can always use a magical assistant, what with my recent breakup with Namine over the fact I was dismantling her universe of Twilight Town and Destiny Islands except for her, DiZ, and a few others who were there by mistake.

PSYCHO MANTIS: Yes. Throughout my life, I've always had a certain distaste for human life. Humankind really has no purpose in reality. In all truthfulness, all humans are just fated to bring each other pain and misery. It's disgusting. I have no real goal in life.. I just want to kill as much people as I can. So please, let me join you. Let me aid you in your quest.. After all, by doing so, I'll be fulfilling my own.

NOXIGAR: I'll accept you. Welcome to the team, Mantis.

PSYCHO MANTIS: So.. where are we going first, Noxigar?

NOXIGAR: You read my mind? Well, at least I know some of your abilities without having to try. Just, heh, let's use them on the enemy, shall we?

PSYCHO MANTIS: My apologies.

NOXIGAR: No problem. Anyway, I've been setting my eye on the Grand Theft Auto universe. I doubt anyone will miss that one, what with raving lunatics using it as a sorry excuse to try and censor video games in general.

{Noxigar opens up a darkness portal and goes through. Mantis follows him. Both arrive at this universe.}

NOXIGAR: The first step is to take advantage of what we know of the GTA environment. Free-roaming, hell-raising stupidity is to be seen. What potential lies in the storyline is utterly slammed by the usual universe's gameplay of just making the cops look bad. So, all I have to do, in demonstration, is throw a gas vial at the bridge. The gas molecules will dismantle the bridge and any inhabitant stupid enough to go through it, which hopefully ends up being the protagonist at the time along with any foolhardy pursuers, usually drug lords or anybody with a mainstream vice.

{Noxigar points at the bridge, notices some cars and a huge lightpole, tears them to make a catapult, launches the gas vial which hits the edge of the bridge, breaking the vial while the gas does its usual breakdown of other molecules.}

NOXIGAR: Close, AND a cigar. Too bad I don't smoke, though. Do you smoke, Mantis?

{Cut back.}

JOSEPH: You're feeding right into his little plot. If you don't watch yourself, then he's going to pull the ground from right underneath you. You'll have nothing, and you'll regret it. Dearly.

STRONG SAD: Little plot? You sound like the King of Town when he tried to tell me of Noxigar. And pull what ground? This universe already bends reality. Now, I ask again. Would you mind extracting some of the crystals in the field for me to consume as an energy source so I can destroy the Bonus Stage universe? I'm not made of excess energy, or else I'd do it myself.

HOMSAR: The Dusks seem rather lenient on the townspeople, Joseph. Something strange is afoot, I agree.

{Two Beserker Nobodies take out their claymores.}

STRONG SAD: Your refusal to cooperate will result in pain, handed out by some minions of mine.

JOSEPH: Pfft, I've fought bigger. You don't know what I do, do you?

STRONG SAD: Of course. That's why I'm scrying Strong Bad for his Nobody, so you fight it instead. It's all part of a huge plan.

{Strong Sad pulls a lever which takes Strong Bad, tied to a chair, from the basement, and lifts him up two floors to Strong Sad's room}

STRONG SAD: Watch as I destroy his Compe.

{Strong Sad whistles, and the two Beserkers bring Strong Bad's Compe. Meanwhile, Strong Sad takes out a huge battleaxe and slashes Strong Bad's computer to bits. Meanwhile, Strong Bad writhes in rage, trying to squirm from his rope. Strong Bad glows purple, and he turns into a Heartless with dragon scales, humanoid armour thereof, and yellow spots similar to the Cheat's. The Heartless roars, burning Strong Sad's ceiling.}

STRONG SAD: The process is finished. Now... will you cooperate? Or shall I leave you to this monstrous creation, while I wonder where Strong Bad's Nobody will spawn?

STRONG SAD: I give you, an ultimatum.

JOSEPH: Pfft, I make bigger things than this after I wake up. If you want a fight, you've got one.

{Joseph pulls out his two stylized broadswords and clashes them together}.

JOSEPH: If you don't want me to make a mess of this thing, then I would call it off, now.

STRONG SAD: Very well. Just know that Strong Bad's Heartless, Cheat-Slash, will last for as long as Strong Bad continues to struggle, until he no longer struggles.

{The Cheat-Slash stops struggling, and remains as the Heartless}

STRONG SAD: Or until the Heartless completely consumes its owner.

{Cheat Slash punches Joseph in the face. Joseph recovers on the ground.}

JOSEPH: Could be worse. I've fought worse.

{Joseph proceeds to jump into the air and trade legendary blows with Cheat-Slash. Cheat-Slash slashes at Joseph, aiming for the heart. Meanwhile, Strong Sad leaves, with DiZ, Homsar, and Namine chasing after him.}

NAMINE: Get back here! We have to know Noxigar's next destination so we can stop him from his spree!

{Cut: Noxigar and Psycho Mantis in the corridor of darkness, headed for the Pokemon Universe.}

NOXIGAR: I can't tell if this is the games, anime, manga, or otherwise universe. If it's the games, then we're going to spare this one, as it needs no governmental shift. If it's the anime, then we're going to destroy this, as it lacks substantive decency.

{OOC: It's the games universe}

NOXIGAR: I can't really tell, so I'll leave this one as a placeholder universe for others, in a similar fashion to the Homestar Runner Universe minus the governmental takeover.

{Noxigar and Psycho Mantis head over to the corridor of darkness, and proceed to the No More Heroes universe}

PSYCHO MANTIS: No More Heroes? You mean the land of blood, gore, and anime figurines? Ooh, this is going to be fun.

NOXIGAR: Yep. I might want to take it over. Some will attempt to resist. And maybe we can sell the anime figurines for a massive profit. Still, where am I going to get Nobodies to aid me at this point in time? I left a majority of my current army back in the Homestar Runner universe to keep a close eye on Joseph and company. They're serious business, and they'll do something wrong if we don't keep them in check.

PSYCHO MANTIS: That's going to be a bit of a problem, then.

NOXIGAR: Hmm... I just need to find a worthy beginning, and then work from there. How about...

{Noxigar looks around, then remembers the video store.}

NOXIGAR: The video store that Travis Touchdown still owes money from! We can pretend we're one of the Assassins from that con artist's crew and then wipe the floor with Travis using my poison abilities and your telekinetic genius!

PSYCHO MANTIS: Sounds good to me. My apologies if I'm not saying much right now.. I've never played No More Heroes.. In all honesty, I'm really not even a video game person. However, I do see that you're rather fond of the Mega Man series.

NOXIGAR: There are some universes I don't like. I destroyed the Kingdom Hearts universe I created from as revenge to all who let the other Organization XIII members die, and I loathe Scott Pilgrim. His universe is next on my list only to spare the Evil Exes from their otherwise-imminent demise as I destroy THAT universe.

{Noxigar enters the video store, while Mantis shrugs and follows him. Noxigar then approaches the counter, smashing the skull of the clerk in there with the green morningstar.}

NOXIGAR: Now we put this tiny vial of Heartless juice and she will be the first to have a Heartless.

{Noxigar slips the clerk the Heartless juice and watches as she turns into a Neoshadow. Noxigar immediately dismantles it.}

NOXIGAR: Her Nobody will be the first among many of this universe to aid in our takeover.

PSYCHO MANTIS: Whoa. ...Say, couldn't you do the same for this "Travis Touchdown" character that you talked about? I'm sure that he'd make a good Nobody.

NOXIGAR: That's why we're luring him to us. He's got enough rage to fuel an entire army of Heartless for a decade, so it won't be hard to get a Heartless from him if we just piss him off plenty.

{Noxigar finds a phone and dials Travis' number.}

PSYCHO MANTIS: Ah, I see your point. Judging from your description, he does sound like he could make a good nobody.

TRAVIS: {audibly} This is Travis, leave a message or hang the {beep} up.

NOXIGAR: Yo, it's the Garden of Madness. We've got two Assassins debating your status in the Assassins Association that wish to challenge you. Meet them at the video store, bring all those videos back or wait outside!

{Noxigar hangs up}

NOXIGAR: That ought to lure him. Now I just need to find the right poison for him... paralysis is key because he has a huge lightsaber.

PSYCHO MANTIS: I'm going to assume that you've got this one all under control.. So I'm just going to sit out and watch by the sidelines. Don't worry, if you need me, I will be there. After all, I can read your every thought. {Laughs as he disappears from plain sight.}

{Noxigar shrugs, then walks out of the video store.}

NOXIGAR: Alright then. We shall turn Travis into a Nobody.

{Travis arrives.}

TRAVIS: Me? A Nobody? You're about to be nothing if you don't start making sense. Where's your boyfriend or whoever you had who also wanted to defeat me?

NOXIGAR: Eh, my companion decided to read my thoughts to see if he needed to be here.

TRAVIS: A telepath? Smart move, I guess. Too bad he left you behind.

NOXIGAR: That's just part of a plan.

{Travis lunges at Noxigar, who takes the hit, drinks a vial, and blinds Travis with Acid Breath. Then, Noxigar swings his Morningstar at Travis, being parried by the huge size of Travis' lightsaber a few times while also hitting. Then, Noxigar jams a vial of Heartless juice down Travis' throat while he's on the ground. No Heartless can be seen, but Travis does turn into a Viking Nobody.}

NOXIGAR: Ah, the Viking. You used to work for Lexaeus. And now you won't have to anymore. Instead, I am your liege.

{The Viking Nobody bows down. He and Noxigar run off to fight other people.}

{Cut back to the Homestar Universe. Joseph and Cheat Slash look fairly beaten up.}

JOSEPH: Come on, rag doll! Why slow down now! You'll never pull yourself free from your old being if you can't even beat me.

{Cheat-Slash roars, breathing fire around Joseph, trying to say something but the words not coming forth. Cut: Noxigar at the floating castle, known as Glagitar.}

NOXIGAR: Hmm... I wonder where Psycho Mantis went. I needed to tell him of my triumph in the No More Heroes universe. With the Viking Nobodies re-asserting their power, I have to leave some in defense while I bring a main force to the next universe...of Mantis' choosing.

{Psycho Mantis phases in, next to Noxigar.}

PSYCHO MANTIS: I've been here all the time. I've just been under camouflage. A skill I advise you to learn for multiple reasons. Anyway, I advise we take over the Mario universe next. After all, Bowser looks like he could make an excellent Nobody, while his minions.. Well, I wouldn't mind having my own personal army to be honest.

{All of a sudden, the air grows cold. The noise of running water can be heard. Noxigar and Psycho Mantis turn around to find blood oozing out of the wall. The blood forms tangible letters, and reads "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO. TURN ON A COMPUTER."}

PSYCHO MANTIS: ...Neat. {Walks up to a nearby computer and switches it on.}

{The computer acts normally for all of a few seconds, until it is interrupted and turns to abrupt static. A silhouette is visible through all of the static, though it's still hard to make out. It then turns into a chat log.}

{OOC:The rest of this will be a regular conversation, but it'll all be showing up on the computer. You can either talk or type back to it.}

???: I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO

???: AND I NOW KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WILL TRANSPIRE BECAUSE OF IT_

{Psycho Mantis sits down and starts typing himself.}

PSYCHO MANTIS: Really now? Please enlighten us._

???: WHAT YOU'RE DOING WILL GET AT LEAST ONE OF YOU KILLED

???: AND IT WILL HAVE GRAVE IMPLICATIONS ON THE FUTURE

???: WELL, IT'S NOW-TIME FOR ME BUT THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT

???: WITHIN 3 MONTHS, NOXIGAR WILL BE DEAD UNLESS HE STOPS THIS IDIOTIC MULTI-UNIVERSAL RAMPAGE_

PSYCHO MANTIS: Cause and effect, right?_

???: NOT IN THE LEAST BIT

???: I'VE CHECKED EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE TIMELINE THAT STEMMED FROM WHAT NOXIGAR DID

???: AND IT AIN'T PRETTY

???: THE ONLY ONE THAT'S STILL ALIVE IS THE ONE WHERE HE SUCCEEDS

???: AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I PICKED UP ON HOW

???: I'D BE WILLING TO TELL YOU FOR SOMETHING IN RETURN_

PSYCHO MANTIS: And that is?_

???: I'M BEING "HELD CAPTIVE" IN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE

???: I WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION NOW IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL BREAK ME OUT

???: BUT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS SPRAYING GAS AROUND HERE_

PSYCHO MANTIS: Could we possibly use a different mode of contact for this?_

???: I CAN POSSESS SOMEBODY AND TALK THROUGH THEM OR POSSIBLY MAKE MORE BLOOD ON THE WALL

???: LOOK ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DESTROY THE PRISON HOLDING ME

???: IT'S JUST ONE CELL_

{Psycho Mantis sighs and puts his hand on his palm. He then continues typing, as Noxigar is completely oblivious over what's going on.}

PSYCHO MANTIS: What's the location?

???: IT'S A LOVELY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE CENTER OF THE OMNIVERSE

???: IT'S NOT BIG AND MINE IS THE ONLY HOLDING CELL IN THE AREA

???: IT'S CALLED THE VOID_

PSYCHO MANTIS: The Void?_

???: THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSE EVER

???: HOME TO NIGHTMARES THAT MAKE THE BOOGEY MAN WANT TO KILL HIMSELF

???: I GOT STUCK HERE IN THE FUTURE TIMELINE BUT THE TIME FLOW IS SCREWED HERE

???: SO I CAN TALK BETWEEN ANY INSTANCE OF TIME IN ALMOST ANY UNIVERSE THAT ALLOWS ME TO

???: THAT'S THE ONLY BENEFIT FOR BEING HERE THOUGH_

PSYCHO MANTIS: And what's in it for me?_

???: OH YOU NEED MORE THAN VALUABLE INFORMATION

???: FINE

???: I CAN GIVE YOU POWER THAT'LL MAKE JUST ABOUT ANY MORTAL

???: BOW TO YOU IN SHEER TERROR_

{Noxigar wakes up}

NOXIGAR: Hmm... I must've dozed off. Anyway... yeah, let's go ahead and subdue the Mario universe. We'll need Nobodies for later travels. I do get the feeling that I need to replace the universes I destroyed with better ones right now. Any ideas other than a rainforest world with a Rainforest Cafe?

???: EVEN NOXIGAR_

NOXIGAR: Even me? What about Odd me?

???: EVEN YOU WANT TO FREE ME FROM MY PRISON

???: AFTER ALL

???: I CAN FREE YOU FROM YOUR OTHERWISE INESCAPABLE FATE_

NOXIGAR: I don't mind freeing you. I mean, it'll help me subdue universes or otherwise replace them with better. I mean, it isn't too hard to make a Rainforest Cafe-based universe. Unless you prefer a different rainforest-themed idea to go with this rainforest planet I have in mind to replace the Kingdom Hearts universe.

???: PERFECT

???: NOW ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU WHAT EXACTLY YOU'RE DOING WRONG_

NOXIGAR: Wrong? Wait, what? I'm sorry, but I thought making other universes to replace destroyed ones was a good idea. I watched it in a movie adaptation of a book. It was called Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

???: THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG

???: THE ALTERNATE TIMELINE NOXIGAR THAT'S STILL ALIVE DID A BAIT AND SWITCH TECHNIQUE

???: HE USED TEMPORAL CLONES ARMED WITH POISONS AND THE LIKE TO APPREHEND REBELS AND CONQUER UNIVERSES MORE EASILY

???: BECAUSE JUST DESTROYING THEM

???: EVEN IF HE DID REPLACE THEM

???: WAS NOT ENOUGH

???: THE REBELS WILL SHORTLY GAIN THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE YOUR EXACT LOCATION BASED OFF OF THINGS LIKE THAT

???: BUT WITH THE CLONES THEY CANNOT PICK UP ON THE RIGHT SIGNAL AND THEN GET BLOWN TO THE FARTHEST RING AND BACK BY FAKES

???: THE TIME-WRINKLED PLANE OF THE VOID WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO JUST THAT SHOULD YOU USE IT RIGHT_

NOXIGAR: My subduing universes actually was intended for colonization, to make them helpful to the rest of the Wikihood crew. However, it would appear than an alternate version of me is more malefic than that, by the looks of what your saying. Also... rebels, huh? I got me some bad lemons when I was making that lemonade I guess. Wait, one of the destroyed Cartoon Network planets can be a lemonade factory instead! Or maybe a hospital-like universe. Or I can apply a hospital or several to the rainforest planet I had as my first universe. Hmm... so many good ideas!

{Noxigar draws in a rainforest-themed universe with hospitals and wildlife relevant, albeit they are also growing crops of their own, and eating said crops.}

NOXIGAR: The wildlife will have more sentience here, and thus not attack unless provoked.

???: YEAH SURE YOU'RE A GENIUS

???: JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN AMPLE DISTRACTION OR A WAY TO THROW THEM ALL OFF YOUR TRAIL

???: BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR RESPECTIVE ASS WILL MOST CERTAINLY DEGRADE INTO GRASS

???: NOW UH

???: GET ME OUT OF HERE_

NOXIGAR: Them all? Trail? Oh, you mean the hypothetical rebels. I guess it's time to go to the Void.

{Noxigar opens a corridor of darkness. Psycho Mantis looks at Noxigar for a few seconds, with a concerned look on his face.}

PSYCHO MANTIS: Say.. Can you rephrase your whole entire plan again, please? Make sure you include the thing about a "Rainforest Cafe Universe".

???: I'LL BE WAITING_

PSYCHO MANTIS: I'm still wildly confused about what Noxigar just said. A lemonade factory planet? ..Say, is he even evil in the first place?

???: GIVE HIM 3 MONTHS

???: THE ANSWER WILL SHOW ITSELF_

{Noxigar goes through the corridor}

PSYCHO MANTIS: I.. I.. I don't believe it.. Was he serious? He can't be serious.. Of all the things you can do with broken universe fragments, and he wants to do this‽

???: IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH

???: FREE ME AND THERE WILL BE NO UNIVERSE FRAGMENTS TO BUILD WITH

???: NOW GO AND HELP HIM_

'PSYCHO MANTIS: But.. do I really want him to survive? After hearing all of this? Wouldn't things be better if fate remained unchanged?

{OOC: Yeah, let's make Noxi unaware of this little exchange, okay guys? It'll make Mantis's betrayal so much sweeter.}

{OOC: I think he caught on the idea.}

???: I'M NOT GIVING YOU LIMITLESS POWER FOR NO REASON

???: I EXPECT TO SEE YOU CRUSH HIM UNDER YOUR HEEL WITH IT

???: BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TO YOU UNTIL I HAVE BEEN FREED_

PSYCHO MANTIS: ...I see now. I'll do it. Unlike most people of my nature, I don't desire power.. But if that's what I need to stop this man, then I'll accept it. Heh.. Who knew that I'd be playing the role of a hero as well as a villain? It's a strange feeling.

???: FEELINGS ARE KIND OF OVERRATED

???: THE ONLY TWO I NEED ARE PAIN AND FEAR_

PSYCHO MANTIS: I'm not much different.. Well, that's what I thought. The only emotion I really felt was that of Sorrow. But right now, I am feeling something quite different. A feeling of Joy, you could say. But I can't let this temporary boost of mood change my objectives. {He looks at the portal, which is still open} After all, I've got a job to do.

{END SODE}