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The Bandwagon
Kai: Alright we lost the Scythe of Quakes but we finally used Spinjutsu.
Kai: @Kaffe Brun your advice… somehow worked.
Kai: But now the gig is up so-
@Kai added users @Cole, @Zane, @Jay, and @Sensei Wu
Sensei Wu: ... Kai. What in the name of my father is this?
Jay: its a phone, have u not seen one?
Zane: The probabilities of Sensei Wu not having used a phone ever in his life is most likely 80%
Kai: See there’s a reason why you’re my favourite.
Cole: Yeah of course because it’s not like you lost the Scythe of Quakes
Kai: Thing is Cole, I saw that the dragon picked it up and knowing that if you ask politely the dragon will give it back I was going to go back. Except someone decided dragon is too much danger compared to a skelly army.
Jesse: Do not underestimate the Skeletons.
Axel: absolutely do hecking not underestimate the Skeletons
Olivia: Yeah please don’t.
Sensei Wu: It appears that I need to make a lesson on facing your fears.
Cole: Oh crap.
Sensei Wu: Language. It is not befitting to curse unnecessarily.
Cole: You didn’t correct Axel?
Jay: context matters ig
Jay: also idk how old Axel is.
Kaffe Brun: Ehm. Right how old are we all? Not everyone revealed their ages last week.
Kaffe Brun: @All
Kai: I’m 16.
Sensei Wu: I am a sensei, I am old enough to handle myself
Zane: I am six years old chronologically.
Kai: You what.
Cole: We can never tell if he’s having a gag or if he’s serious. He’s 13 according to his documents, though that’s also an estimate. I’m 14.
Jay: & im 13.
Kai: ...You all are younger than me?
Kai: Oh no, no wonder you all can’t cook for shit.
Cole: As if you can cook.
Kai: Young orphan who raised his younger sister here.
Cole: ... Oh.
Jay: i wanna taste ur cooking now.
Sensei Wu: Indeed. It would be enjoyable to share a relaxing task as cooking a meal for friends and family with someone else.
Kai: What’s your spice tolerance?
Jay: not gud, but its trainable.
Zane: Why would you harm yourself with higher capsacin levels than you can handle?
Sense Wu: Bring on the most tasteful dishes you know is all I ask for.
Jesse: Olivia, Axel and I are all 17. But Axel is soon 18.
Captain Cori: I’m 36.
Maja: Lasse and I are 14
Mabel: I am 12!
Roland Crane: It appears I have been deaged to... 24?
Aranella: I’m 30, Evan’s 13.
Roland Crane: Please tell me you would have been regent or chief advisor.
Aranella: I would have been regent, and Evan’s father willed it that Mausinger be chief advisor...
Aranella: Something is wrong. The will was never released.
Roland Crane: Something... larger than Mausinger.
Monastery of Spinjutsu
Kai was cooking some spicy curry, a little treat for his new team. Sensei Wu next to him, the twoin a lapse of silence, though it was by no means awkward. While he stirred the curry, Sensei Wu initiated a small conversation
“That... ‘chat’ has done well to allow you to let out your frustrations in a harmless way.”
“Yeah, still doesn’t stop me from being worried about everything going on.”
“I have not expected you to so quickly get a grasp of your powers though. What was the teaching used.”
“Oh, uh- Yeah Kaffe talked about some weird stuff. Chi and natural energies. Said to imagine my body as a lantern and my soul the flame, and to take that flame and put it in the physical realm.”
“... That is the worst explanation for elemental powers that I am rather annoyed that it actually worked.”
Kai laughed at that, Sensei Wu wasn’t wrong in that. Kaffe Brun can be many things, but someone who understands anything magical Kaffe is not.
“Yeah well he admitted that his advice is stuff he skimmed off from his world’s encyclopedias on spirituality and stuff.” said Kai. “Magic doesn’t exist in his world apart from the once a year eldritch incursion.”
“Ah, he’s from one of those worlds. It makes one feel small when you find yourself as part of a much larger collective of worlds... ones much larger than those I already know of.” Sensei Wu stated, stroking his beard in silent though. “Though I wonder if there are certain parallels.”
“You mean like how you might have a twin from another world?”
“Exactly. I have reason to believe that this Roland Crane is one with Captain Cori, or if Captain Cori is one with yourself.”
As Sensei Wu poured some tea in preparation a portal opened behind Kai. Sensei Wu turned, eyes widening as he saw Kai get pulled in. He made a futile attempt to catch Kai, but it was too late. A resounding crash hit the floor as the teapot left Sensei Wu's hand.
Road to EnderCon
Jesse, Olivia, Axel, and Reuben were walking down to Endercon. They’ve won the competition, and with their tickets they would have the chance to meet Gabriel the Warrior himself.
“Oh my gosh we’re actually going to see Gabriel!” exclaimed Olivia
“Heck yeah! This is gonna be awesome!”
Jesse simply smiles, carrying Reuben in his arms. The road from the competition site to EnderCon itself is long and packed with people, so the group decided to take an off-road. That's when the trouble started. Walking in the night in the wilderness is tantamount to suicide, unless you're stubborn. Or Petra.
... Now that Jesse thought about it, stubborn and Petra is not mutually exclusive of one another. Good news is that they're all equipped with iron armour and shields, which means that most monsters are a piece of cake. Bad news, CREEPER.
"Hey hey, you guys need some help?" Speak of the devil, that's Petra.
"Man is it good to see you." yelled Jesse. The group and Petra then made work of the hostile monsters in a matter of seconds, but not before an Enderman ambushes Jesse and a creeper manages to blow up, launching Jesse off the nearby cliff.
[Death Message: Press the buttons before the timer runs out.]
"JESSE!" shouted the entire group, while Reuben squealed in shock and grief.
Ubuyashiki Mansion
Tanjiro was in cuffs and was dropped on the floor unceremoniously. Nezuko's stared blankly at the Hashiras, wondering what rash idiots managed to become Hashira. In the background Giyu Tomioka is palming his face, while Sanemi is glaring hatefully at Nezuko and Tanjiro.
"YOU FUCKING TRAITOR OF THE DEMON SLAYER IDEALS." shouted Sanemi,
"Mmh," mumbled Nezuko, turning her head to stare unimpressed at Sanemi's attempts to unclasp her muzzle.
"You... do realize that not even I got the key?" Tanjiro momentarily stopped struggling,
"THE FUCK YOU MEAN? THIS IS YOUR DEMON PET IS IT NOT TRAITOR?"
"How unflamboyant." And that was the Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui, though who he directed that to manages to be ambiguous. Giyu can only shake is head in half agreement.
"Unlike you all, I talked with Tanjiro. The only one with the key is Nezuko herself." answered Giyu.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD A DEMON SLAYER LET THE ACTUAL FUCKING DEMON KEEP THE KEYS TO ITS MUZZLE?"
"A reasonable question, though I have the feeling that... Ubuyashiki-sama why do I feel embarrassed when the demon is staring at us in the most disappointed flat-expression?"
"Mmf." grunted Nezuko, non-verbally calling the Hashiras idiots.
"AAAARGH! DAMNIT IF YA DON'T HAVE THE KEYS I'LL BE THE FUCKING KEY." shouted Sanemi, swinging his nichirin blade at Nezuko's muzzle. The swung blade and muzzle impacted, creating a resounding gong sound as the nichirin impacted the Vibranium-Uru alloy. The energy of the Wind Breathing, Nezuko's inactive Blood Demon Art and the 3 metals impacting created an unprecedented reaction, opening a demonic portal that threatened to drag Sanemi and Nezuko in.
"SANEMI THAT WAS EXTREMELY UNFLAMBOYANT WHAT THE FUCK?!" screamed Tengen. As Tengen and the other admonished Sanemi while simultaneously getting him out of the portal range, Tanjiro released himself from the restraints and noticed Nezuko barely holding on from being dragged in. Making a quick, self-sacrificial decision, Tanjiro leapt into action. Literally.
"MMPHF!" mumble-shouted Nezuko as she was pushed away by Tanjiro, who only smiled as the portal took him away and closed. A moment of extremely awkward silence set into place as Nezuko glared at the Hashira with tear-filled eyes. Ubuyashiki could only let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Sanemi... We need to have a seminar on rational behaviour. Preferably now."
Valleby
Maja was looking at her new auto-updating notebook. Was given as a multiversal gift from a 'patron', and while she's tentative on where it came from she couldn't deny that it made keeping track of details a lot easier. They weren't any closer to finding the thief though, with hints like 'JORDNÖTTER' and 'KVINNA'. Lasse was off interviewing some of the other attendees, but Maja honestly felt done for the day and decided to go to bed.
Flipping between pages, Maja considered the suspects. The Ringmaster, the Monkey Trainer, the Acrobat or the Strongman... maybe even the Manager. But all this was for nought, as when Maja turned a corner the floor gave way, leading to Maja blacking out as she fell.
Manglewood
See, if there was one thing Sackboy was good at, it was creatively getting himself to so-called unreachable places. And right now he wanted out of Manglewood. Marlon Random was nice and all, but the stench is getting to him and Sackboy was no closer to freeing OddSock. So using the Pumpinator that he kept from Newton's airship, Sackboy decided to have a fly by abusing the suction mechanics. It was not meant to be considering how heavy Sackboy surprisingly is and how weak the Pumpinator is. And so, Sackboy fell into a crack that no Bunkumer had ever heard of before. Whoops.
Land of Munchmore
Captain Cori was honestly tired of leaping around. She managed to find Chuck's location, and his Piña-Piston would really come in handy with the Sundaesauruses that are irritating. Now if only she could warp back to "base" and she would be gold.
Parkouring around Munchmore, she found the cage controls with Chuck in the cage directly behind it.
"Oh hey Cori! Nice to see a familiar face," said Chuck. Captain Cori chuckled, it was good seeing someone she recognized. Approaching the controls, she noticed that there were two switches. A chain dangling from the ceiling, and a lever on the ground.
"Fucking hell was it the chain lever or the floor lever?" muttered Captain Cori.
"When they put me here the cage closed down on me with the lever, but it sounded like it locked with the chain."
"... Shit Radley Madish probably set it to fool us." said Captain Cori, approaching the floor lever. "This is probably the actual locker..."
Pulling the lever, Captain Cori raised an eyebrow as nothing happened. But Chuck's jaw dropped as a portal coin activated behind her, but instead of the typical gold or blue it was purple and wrong. Captain Cori noticed this and jumped for the chain, freeing Chuck but making her dangerously close to be pulled in.
"I'M GETTING A FUCKTON OF DEJAVU HERE!" hollered Captain Cori, irritated at the repeat experience
"Hold on Cori I'll find the off-switch!" shouted Chuck, running to some other room frantically finding the button to deactivate the trap. A couple minutes later the chain snapped and just as Chuck pressed the deactivation button, Captain Cori was pulled in. He fell to his knees in shock.
"No... not again..."
Gravity Falls
"Now kiddos, listen here. Do NOT jump into the bottomless hole. It actually is bottomless, I asked some seismologist guy to test it out and the answer came at a resounding infinity. We never got back that sonar from the hole either, so I don't want to find out what happens if people fell in."
"Alright Grunkle!" exclaimed Mabel and Dipper, although only one was really paying attention. Mabel lost track the moment Grunkle Stan said sizemocavernogi-whateva.
"I got a walkie talkie, maybe I'll find the bottom?" asked Mabel. Dipper only looked at Mabel with a doneness of someone who has grown up with her antics, but his eyes widened when he realized that Mabel was serious.
"SEE YOU DIPPER!" and so jumped Mabel.
"WAIT MABEL NO!"
Ding Dong Dell Catacombs
Roland Crane, Aranella and Evan Pettiwhiskers Tildrum were running through the catacombs, dodging known patrol routes and killing the errant slimes inhabiting the seldom-used tunnels.
"We must hurry. There is no knowing how far Mausinger's soldiers are from us." said Aranella.
"Why would Mausinger betray my father's memory like that though? Father wanted to improve the lives of Mousekind and I see no reason not to do the same," questioned Evan.
"When you're the highest representative of a long-marginalized group, it's easy to feel pressure to make big decisions." answered Roland, using his political know-how. "Revolting and staging a coup-de-tat is unfortunately one of the quickest ways to enact any big decision."
The group continues, and ended up in a large cave. Aranella kept watch, and Roland readied his sword. Evan nervously walked in between the two, when a the ground rumbled.
"W- What's going on?!" exclaimed Evan in shock.
"The Black Knight," said Aranella, face setting in a grimace. "Mausinger's right-hand, closest friend, and enforcer. Prepare for a tough battle."
Roland nods, and the three start battling. Roland went at the front, occupying the Black Knight's blade with his own, while Evan hung back and provided healing support. Aranella using magic weaved in and out of the Black Knight's reach, casting flame spells to disorient to Mousekin warrior. The dual-attack soon tired the Black Knight, who leapt away in irritation.
"We've weakened him but watch out." grunted Aranella, feeling the toll on her mana.
"Tsk. Stubborn you lot." sounded the hollow voice of the Black Knight. "Hoped not to use this but... Mausinger wants results."
With a grunt and a roar, corrupted mana surrounded the Mousekin. The Black Knight's armour broke off from his head, arms, and legs as his body bulked to thrice its original size. His legs took a tauric form, and his sword enlarged to become a massive spear.
"Count your blessings Tildrum... Mausingers rule can not be cemented without you gone." growled the Black Knight. Roland sighed, and nodded to Aranella. Raising his pistol, Roland focused whatever mana he had, while Evan and Aranella cast support spells on the gun itself. When he pulled the trigger, a massive bullet surrounded by an aura of flame. The attack landed, and pushed the Black Knight off balance in front of the chasm. A second salvo of bullets and spells were shot, but not before the Black Knight cast his own spell of corrupted mana. Having been caught off-guard by this desperate last shot, Roland could only brace himself as the attack seemingly vaporized him.
Kaffe's POV
I just came back from dumpster diving. Somehow found a Reliant Robin in it and managed to lug it to my penthouse by some cartoon logic. Now? I'm in the closet and moderating chat. ??? (I'm just gonna call him Paul, him being some multiversal deity be damned I fight against one every halloween) has now opened the 'chat shop', but because I would be called out for haxx in my world for getting stuff no one else can get I'm barred from the store.
And now a portal has opened underneath my chair. Joy.
Quest to Nightmare Moon
Twilight Sparkle was trying to map out the area but it was a difficult task. With Pinkie Pie's chaos, Applejack's brutal honesty, and Rainbow Dash's inability to stay still, she found it hard to focus. At least Fluttershy is relatively calm and knowledgeable, while Rarity can be quiet and good at organizing
Then a series of crashes outside the tent was heard, along with a lot of groaning and screams of surprise.
"A MEN, VAFAN HÄNDER?"
"Ingen svordom Kaffe."
"My back..."
"ARGH- BY THE GODS DAMN YE WHY AGAIN?"
"Looks like I'm not in Bunkum anymore..."
"WHO THE HOOF ARE YOU LOT?" And Applejack asked the million bits question, but in the back of Twilight Sparkle's mind she knew who they were. But then... how are they all here? Why are they all here?
"Oh Celestia how are you all here?"
"Paul's actions no doubt." said a white colt. He's got a coffee mug cutie mark, brown hair, brown eyes, and was staring with one of the flattest expressions she has seen on an equine. Most likely Kaffe Brun
"Who is Paul?" asked a red pony with auburn hair, black eyes and a fire cutie mark, a scar visible under his eye. Probably Kai?
"I AM 80% SURE KAFFE MEANS ???, THE MYSTERIOUS CREATOR" shouted a pink pony, one with a rainbow shooting star cutie mark (a quiet gasp of indignation from Rainbow Dash was heard when that detail was noticed), brown hair, and... braces? Must be Mabel, no other person would make any sense.
"I hate that I could hear each quotation mark somehow get pronounced." muttered Kaffe Brun. The group then disentangled from each other and the spread is weird. Kaffe stood to the side with his hair covering one eye, Mabel jumped excitedly around the now-expanded troupe, a mare wearing a sailor's cap glared at the sky, a blue pony muttered under his breath, and Kai tested out his unicorn powers.
"As... Kai said a few hours earlier, the gig is up. Everyone, meet the 9 people from an entirely different universe. They kept me sane for the beginning of this trip, though by measure of them sometimes being more insane." said Twilight Sparkle. "I can't name all of them, since their forms are very different than from the photos they shared before."
"Ja, vad hon säger... jag vet inte varför vi är hästar nu..." muttered Kaffe Brun.
"Sooooooo- What happens now?" asked Kai.
"Paul probably saw fit to send us here... which means that whatever knowledge I have that could help you is probably useless."
"Why... are most of your manes different shades of brown? It's like you all synchronized," pondered Rarity
"I'm fluffy what." Twilight blinked at that, turning to see that yes, one pony was fluffy like he had a winter coat year-round.
"... You all need pony names!" admonished Pinkie Pie.
"Oh noes," chorused pretty much everyone.
"YES", apart from Mabel. Of course.