WoK, Moore, Echo, WD, and Death all in one post! http://forums.megatokyo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB8&Number=627842#Post627842 Tue Jul 09 2002 02:45 AM [!--OOC: J.Random here. Finally. ^_^; Yes, this is a long post. Kitty and I co-wrote it over IM (which was quite an experience), so that's probably why. Now Kitty says she has something to say. *hands the microphone over to Kitty, who bounces happily onto the screen.* Be warned, it's very long, and if you complain, I see an anvil in your future ^_^ *back to J.Random* And now, on with the story... ^^; --] The world was dark and warm. Kitty was lying in something soft. "I must be asleep" she thought. "But if I was asleep, would I be able to realize it like this? Oh great, now I'm asleep *and* confuzzled." She opened her eyes, only to find that it wasn't worth the trouble, because the world was still dark. Now she wasn't so sure if she was asleep or not. "Is anyone there?" she called into the darkness. "I'm here! Who's there?" Moore yelled out. "Echo!" another voice hollered. Though somehow different, it still sounded like it belonged to the Sony 'bot. "Echo, echo, echo..." he added with a chuckle. "Gee, that WAS funny." Kitty said with a sarcastic remark. "Well, WoK is here!" "Anybody got a light?" Moore asked. "Uhh. Let me try my magic." WoK tried to create a fireball in her hand but it didn't appear. "Hmm. I know there was supposed to be something wrong with this..." she tried again and then she remembered. "Oh yeah! I forgot that I don't have magic. ^^;" "Use j00r b0t p0w44z, that's what it's there for Echo!" Moore yelled as a mini star wars joke. "I... I can't!" His voice was disquieting, coming out of the dark in a soft, confused gasp. "I should be able to send BIOS command 3B33-A711 and turn on my headlamps. But I can't!" "Eek. That doesn't sound good." WoK said, walking around and bumping into a tree. Then she got an idea, which created a light bulb above her head. Unfortunately, it quickly burned out. "Dang. Well, Moore-kun, do you have any matches?" A series of rustling noises came from Moore's direction, and a dim glow lit up the area. "Found my backpack," Moore smiled. The only thing that the others could see in the tiny glow was a thick mass of leaves and branches "What are we doing HERE?" Echo asked, "it looks like a jungle..." "I don't know. I'm confuzzled again." WoK said. Moore raised the tiny light a little higher, and they could now all see that WoK was entangled in many vines. "@_@" Moore chuckled and then tried to break off a branch of a tree to use as a small torch. Smokey the bear appeared and grabbed Moore's arm. "Tsk tsk! You know that you're not supposed to start forest fires!" "AAAAH! CHEEZY BEAR MASCOTS! MY WORST FEAR!" Moore cried. The bear disappeared as suddenly as it had come. Moore stood frozen, eyes darting around frantically. "Worst fear..." Echo mulled. "Didn't WolfDead say something about making us deal with our worst fears?" "...? I don't remember that, and I also forgot to tell you guys about WolfDead, but...hehe ^^;" WoK replied, lightly bonking herself on the head. "NOW WILL SOMEONE GET ME DOWN???" "Erk, sorry Kitty!" Moore called, startled out of his haze. He moved toward the girl as best as he could through the tangled growth of the jungle, only to have his match go out on him. "Oh 5h!+. Whoops, sorry WoK. Say, Echo, could you get her down? I've got another match." "Sure. Never mind that I SHOULD be able to see in the dark. Ack." Echo made his way over to where Kitty was hanging as Moore lit another match and looked about nervously for more bears. The 'bot pulled carefully at the vines, both so he wouldn't hurt Kitty and because he was afraid to test his strength right now, until she was free. "Arigato Echo-kun. ^_^" she smiled as he helped her down to the forest floor. "So, now that we found each other, why do you think we're all in the same reality?" Moore asked. "I don't know. I'm always confuzzled. @_@" WoK mumbled. "I don't suppose any of your biggest fears involve big brother figures, do they, Kitty?" Echo chuckled. "Er...No. I'm not afraid of big brothers, although I do like poking them!" WoK smiled and poked Echo in the shoulder. ^_^ "*ack*." "Tee hee! But I think I'm more afraid of meanies than of big brothers. And I don't think you guys are meanies, are you?" WoK asked. "Nah, I'm too sensible a guy, and I haven't picked on anyone yet." Moore mumbled. "Then how about you Echo?" A quiet "0h 5h!+" was the only answer Kitty got. "What's wrong, Echo-kun?" she asked. "I can't see in the dark. I can't use my headlights. I just tried to open one of my access panels, and it wasn't there. And my control stick is gone, too!" the troubled 'bot replied. "WolfDead... must've turned me into a... oh boy." WoK felt her stomach rumble lightly and she poked Echo. "Do you still have any skittles with you?" The bizarre quality and possible significance of Echo's transformation was either lost on Kitty, or she wisely chose to ignore it. So he absentmindedly felt around in his many pockets, thankful for the distraction that the question provided. "Here you are." He handed her a bright red packet. As Kitty took it, something caught her eye, and she peered at the wrapper closely. "Hey, the skittle pictures printed on the front say "WD" on them, not "S". And..... EEEEEEWWW!!! This bag is MOVING!!!!" WoK threw the bag at Moore and it burst open in a shower of bugs. "AIEE!! BUGS!!! I'M AFRAID OF BUGS!!" WoK screamed while trying to run away. She didn't get very far. When she looked around in a panic to see why, she saw that Echo had snuck up behind her and firmly clamped his hands around her arms. "EEEEK, LEGGO, ECHO! Bugs are coming towards us, we gotta RUN!" She struggled against his iron grip. "THIS IS NO TIME TO BE PLAYING MEAN BIG BROTHER!!!" she yelled. Moore ran over to Echo and WoK. The girl put on her sad puppy eyes act for Moore and asked him "Please!! I'm afraid of bugs!!! Tell Echo to let me go!!" "Ah, put a sock in it!" Moore stuffed a sock into WoK's mouth, through which she now made muffled yelling noises. Something else was coming out of the skittle bag besides bugs, now. Smoke. It billowed out in a great ball and slowly shaped itself into a figure. A giant wolf figure, with half of his skull showing. "Greetings, Little Girl," WolfDead grinned, "and welcome to your nightmare! You won't be glomping *ME* any time soon," he smirked at her, remembering her hug-o-death from last time. Kitty glared up at him with narrowed eyes. "...@#$%&)$%&)$*@#!!!" WoK mumbled with the sock in her mouth. It was getting annoying trying to talk, so instead she had to just yell random things like baka, meanie, and f00 j00. "How amusing," WolfDead was doing a lot of evil grinning. "You're having fun, no? Your friends sure are. You have something to say, Echo?" The giant were waved his hand and Echo's head, which had been bowed, snapped up beside Kitty's shoulder. "DAMN YOU, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" the un-bot cried. His face began to twitch and contort violently, though his grip on Kitty's arms stayed firm. WoK yelled "STOP IT, MEANIE!" but it was still muffled. Bugs started crawling up her legs and she tried to scream. They were all ugly, until a butterfly passed by her face. "Ooth! A buffer-y! ^_^" WolfDead found himself no longer floating in the air, but instead with his muzzle planted in the dirt in an involuntary facefault. "Enough of this!" Anger burned brightly in his eyes, but Kitty didn't have time to notice. Because as he spoke he gave the bugs a silent command, and they swarmed over her. The sock fell out, and she screamed. " ^_^ " said WolfDead triumphantly. WolfDead moved closer to WoK to taunt her, but she was too busy screaming. She started to kick around and accidentally caught WolfDead in the stomach. Echo's hold on her arms broke, and she found herself free again. WoK walked over to Echo with an annoyed face. "Meanie. *poke*." She wasn't aware, however, that she used her finishing move, the Poke-O-Death, on Echo. Then she dashed over to WolfDead and Moore and chased them with her pole. She didn't see Echo crumple to the ground. "Baka!" *clang* "Baka!" *clang* "Baka!" *clang* "Baka!" *clang*. Being chased by his prey, running alongside one of his other toys and being whacked with a metal pole. This *wasn't* going how WolfDead had hoped. He spun around and lifted his pursuer into the air with a gesture. "Just because you don't know what's going on, doesn't mean you can escape! [b]I[/b] own reality here! And I will not stand for confuzzled ignorance of MY reality!" WolfDead smiled his most brutal smile yet. "Look at Echo and see what your ignorance has done!" "...What's ignorance? I'm confuzzled...@_@" "Just look over there!" A frustrated finger pointed toward a body on the ground. "Damn it all girl, you ruined the moment AGAIN!" "But...you cursed! Shame on you!! Ruining the minds of young children like myself! Baka." An anvil fell from the sky and landed on WD's head. "Oro..." the stunned wolf moaned. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Hey, wait a minute. YOU'RE supposed to be the one in pain. LOOK AT YOUR FRIEND ALREADY!!!! HE'S [b]DEAD[/b], DON'T YOU SEE?!?" "...Nani?" WoK asked. Dead, that word didn't click in at first. She tried to turn and look, but she was still held in the air by WolfDead. "j0! Get me down! Or at least let me be able to turn! Your stupid powers are keeping me from moving, baka." WolfDead released his ethereal hold on the girl and she fell to the ground in a heap. "You'll cry yet, bakamusume, I'll see to that!" "...Ow. That hurt you meanie." WoK mumbled and another anvil landed on WolfDead. She stood up and looked around. "...Where's Echo again?" From underneath the rather large anvil, all WolfDead could do was point a finger, trembling with pain, at the would-be robot lying in a heap. "Arigato, WolfDead-baka!" WoK turned around and skipped in the direction that WolfDead pointed to. Then, [b]*THUD*[/b] WoK tripped over the poor bot's body. "@_@ ow..." WoK sat up and looked at Echo. To her, he seemed just like his normal self when he was around WoK, either dizzy, which would make his face look like this: @_@, or unconscious, in which case his face would look like this: X_x. WoK poked Echo once, twice, thrice, and not a sandwich between them, and she realized that it was more than a regular swirly-eyed Echo. "Echo-kun? *poke* Anyone home?" WolfDead grinned in anticipation. It was only a matter of time before she realized and broke down crying. At which point he would force Moore to kill her, because crying got on his nerves. Kitty lifted up Echo's head. "Echo? Hey, lazy!" "HE'S DEAD, YOU ABSOLUTE AND UTTER IDIOT!!!" "...You sure that he's not just sleeping?" "YES I'M SURE!!" "Well...Ok! I guess I'll have to go into angsty mode or something like that..." "WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!" But Kitty was already distracted. She scrunched up her face and made little grunting "effort" noises, as though she were trying to force something inside her mind. Whatever it was went *POP*, and a wave of dark new emotions flooded into her heart and mind. Her kawaiily scrunched face fell, because she knew what had happened. She lifted her right hand up to her face, stretching out her pointer finger to stare at it wistfully. "I... I used the Poke-o-Death on him, didn't I? G--gomen nasai, Echo-kun!" She slumped over his prone form, and drops began to fall onto his face from hers. As she quietly wept, a soft glow began to shine down from above, illuminating the two. Petals from the flowering vines that wound around all the nearby trees began to fall, becoming a blizzard of pink and scarlet and orange hues. WolfDead stood nearby, wearing a malicious grin. Finally, the payoff for all his hard work, her spirit was broken. He enjoyed it for just a moment more. Moore, who had until this point been largely ignored by both the characters and authors, floated nearby, held motionless by the unbreakable grip of WolfDead's reality. His power had proven able to restrain even a mighty Tekno-sayian. As it was though, Moore was doing all he could just to hold back his own tears, and it wasn't working very well. Kitty-chan was so sad, and there wasn't anything he could DO about it! "All right, that's far too much 'cute' sadness for one night." laughed WolfDead. "Kill her, Moore." "WHAT?!? I WOULD NEVER HARM HER!" "Oh, I think you might." WolfDead waggled his fingers like an evil puppeteer, and Moore suddenly found that his limbs were moving again. He danced forth, a deadly marionette, drawing his katana. "NO! KITTY, RUN!" The air seemed to ignore Moore as he flew toward the girl, because despite the speed he was moving at, there was no wind rushing in his ears in these moments before the kill. Only silence. A *POP* echoed in the void. WoK looked up after being all angsty and saw Moore come running at her with long, pointy stick. "Na??" she managed to mumble before they started fighting. A giant dust cloud formed as they clashed. "Moore-kun, why *block* are *block* you *block* doin-OW! OK! THAT HURT, MOORE-KUN!!!" WoK went offensive and started throwing punches, but punches from a weak little girl wouldn't affect such a strong man, so strategy was implied. She grabbed a vine from a nearby tree and quickly cornered Moore to another tree. She ran skittle-fueled circles around both, wrapping Moore up. WolfDead expected to see WoK down, dead after being severely beaten by Moore. But when the dust disappeared, WoK was left brushing her hands off and Moore was tied to the tree. ^_^ "WHAT? Why you little--AAAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT?!?" WoK had pulled out the crystal that she had looted earlier. It was annoying her too much, poking her in the leg. [!--OOC: J.Random here with a warning. Things going to start getting a *little* bit surreal, hereabouts. Just keep in mind that there are *two* Reality Crystals in use. And that one of them is being used by Kitty. That alone should be enough to clue you in that things are gonna be weird. (In fact, Kitty has been using her crystal without realizing it for some time now. How else do you think she was able to anvil WolfDead twice? ^_^; ). Additionally, I'm trying my best to imitate the writing style of Terry Pratchett, without ever having read one of his books (which seems like an appropriately silly thing to do). Yes, things are getting trippy indeed. --] "What does this thing do?" WoK shook the crystal. "Maybe if I make a wish with it, it'll work!" She closed her eyes, concentrating on the crystal, and the area surrounding her illuminated as she tried to wish reality back to it's normal self. *SHAAAAAAAAAAA* "AAAAAAAAGH!" A loud sound like rain, accompanied by a cry from WolfDead, distracted Kitty and broke her concentration. She looked up to see the were buried up to his neck in a large pile of skittles. And more kept falling on his head, spilling all over the dark forest. "Stop it stop it stop it!!! I HATE skittles!" cried WolfDead in terror. "He he. Not what I wanted, but this is fun! ^_^" Kitty grinned. "How do you like your own medicine, meanie?!? Skittles, wai~!" She grabbed a handful that hadn't touched the ground yet and stuffed them in her mouth. AHEM. EXCUSE ME! A deep, chilling voice like dropping the anchor on an ocean liner caused Kitty to spin around. "FEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!" she screamed, spewing half-chewed skittles all over. A giant figure was looming over the fallen Echo, shrouded in an immense, flapping black cloak. And although it was more than ten feet tall, the figure was all angles and long, thin bones. The effect, while still managing to be menacing, was remarkably like a flagpole, or laundry hung out to dry on a windy day. "UWHEEE! What are you doing here??" WoK asked. The big freaky guy reminded her of that dark dude from that Grim and Evil Show. I AM *NOT* FROM THE GRIM AND EVIL SHOW. His tongue (or what passed for one in his skeleton head) stepped carefully around the "not" and it's accompanying asterisks. When you already spoke in all caps, it was harder than it should be to give extra emphasis to words. "*Ack*, how did you...?" PEOPLE ASK ALL THE TIME, the figure said. It gave a small sigh that sounded like the deflating of a child's balloon. It was so convincing, in fact, that Kitty looked around expecting some little kid to start bawling. "...So why are you here?" She asked. "Oh, and by the way...*poke*" The magical girl smiled, as another one has been added to the Poked list. *ACK* CUT IT OUT, it scowled. I AM DEATH. THE *REAL* ONE. The figure would've cocked an eyebrow at the girl, if he had any. AND I'VE GOT A WORK ORDER HERE FOR... he paused to study the piece of paper in his hand... ONE "ECHO". I ASSUME THIS IS HIM? he indicated the former robot that lay in a heap at his feet. "Him? He's Echo? Wow..." WoK paused for a moment, and another, and another couple moments. "Oh wait, you mean THAT Echo! Yeah! He's Echo! But he isn't a human! He's a bot! Bots cant die, they get shut downed!" HE'S NOT... UHH... the tall character stuck his long, thin finger a good way into one of Echo's ears, almost as though he wasn't solid, and felt around for a couple moments. OH SHOOT. HE DOESN'T HAVE A SOUL... BUT HE'S HUMAN... *SIGH* Kitty winced, expecting another little kid to start crying. THE JOBS IN MEGATOKYO ARE *NEVER* EASY. WHAT CAN I DO WITH A SOULLESS HUMAN, AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ABOMINATION LIKE THIS? Until this point, WolfDead had been standing somewhat slack-jawed. HE didn't remember inviting anyone like this "DEATH" character to the party. But he was recovering his composure. "Just WHAT are you doing in my world? This is MY place to play, and the only death we need here is ME. Leave before I'm forced to use THIS!" He waved his crystal menacingly, causing it to glow a bright, sickly yellow light. "Hey meanie! You know how to work one of these thingies?" WoK held her crystal up toward WolfDead. It was nearly identical to the one that hung around the Wolf's neck. "So do you have the instruction manual? WoK wants to know how to use it!" Moore had no choice but to watch the entire scene, still tied to the tree and with several anime sweat drops on his forehead. It seemed like... WoK could probably handle the fight even with him on the sidelines. If he DID try and break free, WolfDead would use him against Kitty for sure. It was better that he didn't draw *too* much attention to himself. He watched her do something else silly. Ok, so maybe he should risk saying *something*, just to keep things on track. "...Hey Kitty! Stop trying to make them facefault!" he called. "But...It's fun! WoK likes seeing people face fault! ^_^" "Well, at least make sure WolfDead gets defeated! Ok?" "Okie dokie smokey pokey..." "AHEM!" Moore coughed when he saw that Kitty was about to go off on one of her rhyming sprees. "Oh yeah...uhh right." The pair stopped arguing and turned back around to face WolfDead and DEATH. Only to find that they both indeed *did* have their noses planted in the dirt. Again. [i]That girl really *is* changing my reality with that crystal,[i] WolfDead thought as he pulled his snout out of the ground. [i]No way I'd be having this much trouble if I was the only one in control. I'd better get it away from her.[/i] He dove at Kitty, snarling, only to hit his head on a scythe and bounce back onto his rear. LEAVE HER ALONE UNTIL I GET MY ANSWERS, the tall, gaunt figure commanded, also having picked himself out of the dirt. He waved his scythe in the wolf's face menacingly. WHY IS THERE A SOULLESS HUMAN WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE A ROBOT JUST LYING AROUND *DEAD*, AND *WHAT* ARE YOU TWO CHILDREN DOING PLAYING WITH THE FABRIC OF REALITY, ANYWAY? "...Umm, that guy screwed it all up! He made him human and I can't use magic either! He's a meanie, and the apparent heroes of this story are suppose to kill him or something close to that. So I guess you could wait until we kill that bad wolf off. Okie?" WoK pointed the blame on WolfDead. Of course he wasn't really a scapegoat... but dealing with Mr. Death? That's bad. ...AND WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TALK LIKE THIS ANYWAY? WoK asked. "It hurts the throat @_@" Before Death had a chance to answer, however, WolfDead reached up and grabbed the scythe in front of his nose. "This is MY reality," he snarled, "and I want *you* out of it!" YOU FOOL, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE---ERK! WolfDead yanked the scythe, along with Death, towards him, winding up for a (super)strong left hook in the process. Possessing a powerful weapon like a Reality Crystal brings a sort of mad overconfidence in combat, and WolfDead was going full-tilt madness right now. His blow caught Death right in the jawbone, sending his skull spinning around madly and winding up the hood of his cloak. A blind swing of the massive scythe sent WolfDead flying back a few steps, during which time Death's tangled hood tore loose from the rest of the cloak, floated around to right itself, and reattached of it's own accord. Death's snarl was like a whistling November wind shaking the last dry leaves of the season from their branches. He launched himself at the were, scythe arcing inwards in a great stroke. *KATANG* The blow was stopped by a long black katana, clutched in WolfDead's own bone hand. "I am reality," he grinned. WE'LL SEE said the other through the death-grin permanently plastered on his face. He spun suddenly to take another stroke, and the battle was on. It looked strangely like Kitty's earlier battle with Moore. Though no one will probably ever know just where so much dry, powdery dust came from in the middle of the jungle, the cloud that the fighters produced obscured everything. This continued for about a minute. HHHAAAAA! The force of Death's cry, along with the force of the accompanying blow, swept away the dust. It revealed the two fighters frozen, facing each other. Death had just finished a sweeping cut with his scythe, and WolfDead was still in a blocking position. WolfDead's sword broke in two. LET NONE QUESTION MY AUTHORITY. WolfDead also broke in two. His torso slid off and fell to the ground while his legs remained locked, upright. Death leaned his giant blade against his shoulder and cracked his knuckles as he walked back over to Kitty. *crick crack* NOW, ABOUT YOUR WOULD-BE-HUMAN FRIEND THERE... *crick crack* WoK paused in untying Moore from the tree to give Death's knuckle cracking a hearty "o.O ..." Upon collecting herself again, she said "would-be-human friend? He's a bot." YES INDEED. *crick crack* WE'VE BEEN OVER THAT PART. *crick crack* (being a skeleton, he had a lot of knuckles to crack. "Ack, stop it, that's gross!" Death unlaced his fingers in sudden surprise. OH, THIS? SORRY, HABIT. BUT ANYWAY, WHAT TO DO ABOUT HIM? I CAN'T BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE (NOT MY DEPARTMENT). BUT I CAN'T LEAVE A DEAD BODY LYING AROUND EITHER, NOT WHILE THERE'S AN OPEN WORK ORDER FOR THE COLLECTION OF HIS NON-EXISTANT SOUL... Death pulled the rolled up paper he had been holding earlier out of his cloak and shook it in frustration. THIS IS A CLASS-A ABOMINATION OF NATURE! A coughing fit from WolfDead's direction interrupted them. "I think I can help you out!" WolfDead's torso crawled out of a lingering dust cloud, leering madly. "You can't defeat what you don't control, bone boy. I'm gonna use you for a chew toy!" He dragged himself over to his still-standing lower torso and tried to claw his way back on top. He was partway up when he fell back to the ground with a *thud*. "Erk, gimmie a minute here. Get down here, you stupid legs!" WolfDead pounded on his own calves. [!--OOC: ok, in case you hadn't noticed, Kitty's unwitting influence on reality is starting to get *really* strong--] For a bleached, bare skull with no facial features, Death managed to look pretty put out. He turned to Kitty. He pointed a thumb toward WolfDead. YOU WANT A CHANCE AT HIM? "Most defiantly!" WoK told Death. Almost a split second afterwards, two anvils fell down upon the lower and upper part of WolfDead. "Haha! You deserved it!" She did the traditional :P face to WolfDead. HERE, TRY THIS. Death pulled a small booklet out of his cloak and tossed it to Kitty. "Reality Crystal Instruction Booklet?" she asked, peering at the title. Death grinned. Not that he could help it. LIFTED IT OFF OF WOLFIE OVER THERE WHILE WE WERE FIGHTING. WoK looked at the book and started flipping pages, speed reading, trying to get the vaguest idea on how to make the funky crystal work. "Ok, so I pretty much just think up something...like 'Echo's back to being a brother like bot' and it should work!" Soon, Echo was glowing a pale golden color and seemed to be back 'online.' The glow died away from around Echo's prone form, and he slowly sat up. "Ohhhhhh... My stomach hurts..." he clutched at his midsection. "Jeez Kitty, what kinda poke did you *use* on me? Oh... Wait, no, never mind. It doesn't hurt, it's just a bit signal again! Wah ha ha ha!!" He leapt to his feet and danced a little jig with Kitty, then Moore, and then with Death. His eyes lit up like flashlights. "My headlights are back! Woo hoo!". Inadvertently shining his "headlights" on Death's face, he figured out exactly who he was dancing a jig *with*. "Yeep!" He scrambled backwards. "...It's okie Echo-kun! Tis' Mr. Death, he helped us get rid of that meanie WolfDead." "O-oh... Whew. Not l-like a Robot has anything to fear from DEATH, right? RUST maybe, but not DEATH... ^^;;; A-arigato, um, 'Mr. Death'." WELCOME. "Sooo, how do we get back to the real reality?" Moore asked. He was rather unimpressed with this "DEATH", having had more close brushes with it than anyone had a right to. "I dunno, but the first thing I'm wishing back is my magic!" WoK said. The crystal flashed again and she glowed her usual rainbowey colors. "Yay ^_^ I can be a magical girl again ^^ WAI!" Echo and Death watched the girl rejoice when one of her fears was taken away. WELL, I BETTER GO BACK TO WORK. I'VE ALREADY STAYED A LITTLE TOO LONG, AND I NEED TO GO COLLECT SOME OTHER SOULS. The skeleton peered at about a dozen more rolled pieces of paper that had somehow appeared in his robe while they were speaking. LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT NEW WORK ORDERS AROUND THIS AREA... MUST BE A LOT OF ZOMBIES AND FIGHTING PEOPLE. And so Death left this thread and ended up in the Zombie RP instead, where random people were killing lots of zombies and ugly cosplayers. He definitely had is work cut out for him. "...Ok, so we're still stuck here..." Moore said. "Yup, that's about it. I guess nothing else could go wrong," Echo replied. But something did go wrong, the sky began to break. Like plate glass under a spray of bullets, cracks spider-webbed across the sky. Then the ground beneath WoK followed suit. "AIEE!!" WoK screamed as she fell into the darkness. Moore tried to grab her but he couldn't. Then the cracks spread beneath Moore's feet and he fell in too. Last but not least, Echo fell into the darkness of an unknown destination.