WARNING: Queens 1062 is about to begin. For best results, Get Equipped with Vampire Killer.
Greetings, programs! I am called Naoto. Though I might as well be called Super Procrastinator Man because I haven't updated in ages. But all that's going to change, starting with this. It's a very ambitious project between me and Metal Sonic EX, and it's going to be a good one. Take ten characters from the Mega Man franchise, all six good guys from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, and two OCs. Mix them together with a dash of various hijinks and you get the general idea of Queens 1062.
LEGAL STATEMENT OF DOOM: I own Isaac Aaron. MSX owns Gizmo Byrdmann. Any characters of which their names are recognizable don't belong to us. They belong to either Keiji Inafune or IGA.
Let's do it to it!
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INAN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE... SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 20XX
4057 Helix Street. The address of a house in Queens, New York. Inside that house lived ten residents, the most of which are androids. I think we know where I'm going with this.
(Title Sequence: Main Menu – Eternal Champions CD)
Naoto Aeron Presents...
A joint fic with Metal Sonic EX...
Queens 1062
Starring: Ten characters from the Mega Man franchise
Also featuring: Six characters from Dawn of Sorrow
And Introducing: Isaac Aaron and Gizmo Byrdmann.
Produced by Naoto Aeron
Written by Naoto Aeron and Metal Sonic EX
Story by Alon S. and Michael K. ©2007
Published by Naoto Aeron, all rights reserved.
All characters belong to their respective entities
(Title Sequence ends)
Yes, it was a good day. Flowers bloomed, grass shined, and the Communist government was nowhere to be seen. Oh wait. This is Queens. Flowers don't bloom in Queens, and grass certainly doesn't shine here either. But the Soviet Union is no longer operational. That's good.
Anyway, 'Twas a good day. Until...
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RINGRINGRINGRING...
Blues Light, more commonly known as Protoman, woke up due to the alarm clock. His alarm clock, which was shaped like an egg timer, read 7:25 AM. He got up, threw on his clothes (Which, for the record, consists of a black jacket, a white t-shirt, and black pants. Oh, and his trademark yellow scarf) and went out the door.
The living room of the Helix house wasn't too big of a room, but when you house ten people, it can get a bit crowded. Not so this early in the morning. Right now, Rocky1 Voulnutt, Bass Omega, and Iris Cummings were the only ones up at this time. (well, not counting Blues, of course) Rocky and Bass were playing a game on their PS2 called The Red Star and Iris was just staring at her coffee. Blues, being the rather cool person he is, said "Morning, guys." The other three greeted Blues in unison. Blues went over to the table and asked Iris, "What's up? You look kind of down." Iris responded, "I lost my job at the office last night. All because of a petty argument with my employer that could've easily been avoided if he hadn't started it." "Well, I can't help you there."
--Pilot Episode Part 1 – Iris the Pizza Girl--
A few hours later, when everyone was awake, Blues called for a meeting in the conference room. Why there would be a conference room in a house, I don't know. Why it couldn't have been called the dining room in the first place, I don't know that either. But anyway, Blues called for a meeting.
As Blues grabbed the mic, he tested it to see if it worked (which it did), and then told the other nine residents of the Helix house:
"Ladies and gentlemen, you're probably wondering why I called you all here to our makeshift conference room. Well, Iris lost her job last night and we need ideas to help her find a new job. Any suggestions?"
The first one was brought up by the last to come to the Helix house, Dr. Ciel Jones. "A medical doctor?" Iris didn't have the heart to perform surgery, so she nodded no.
The next suggestion was brought up by the most gentlemanly of the ten, Xavier "X" Hikari. "Hm... maybe Iris should ask for her job back?" Iris responded to that with "Uh, my boss fired me. Asking for my job back is going to make it worse."
Third time's a charm, and the third suggestion was brought up by Zachary "Zero" Omega. "Pizza delivery girl?" If you can tell, Zero likes pizza. But surprisingly, everyone thought that was a good idea. Everyone, including Iris, agreed to that.
"So, pizza delivery girl it is.", Blues concluded. "I guess this meeting is adjourned."
So now, Iris Cummings was now a pizza delivery girl. But then, it hit her. There were a lot of pizza places in Queens, and none of them were very friendly towards a robotic employee, especially the franchise-owned chains. Zero tried applying for a job at one of them, but to no avail. So what Iris decided to do was to open up her own pizza place. But she didn't have any employees, nor any place to set up shop. That caused a dilemma. Then Zero pointed out a vacant building conveniently near the Helix house. When Iris entered the building, she received a shock, for it was perfect to set up base.
"This place is great! Thanks for pointing it out to me, Zero!" Iris exclaimed. But Zero was already gone. "Uh, Zero?"
A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS...
Roll C. and Roll L. (Roll C. shall be henceforth referred to as Ryan2, so as to not confuse her with Roll Light.) were in the vacant building trying to make Iris a special outfit to wear whilst at work. Within moments, they were done. What they had come up with was a red leotard that looked similar to a certain street fighter's outfit, except they sewed a tail onto it.. So now, all that was left was to find Iris, ask her if she liked it, and then leave.
So when they approached Iris with the outfit, Iris mentioned that she always wanted to wear a leotard to work. So she put it on. To their surprise, she collapsed right after she put it on. "We should've made sure it wasn't heavy." Ryan mentioned. Roll concurred, but then added, "Juuust wait. I played a little trick on her."
"Now, what kind of trick did you play on Iris?"
"You'll see."
A few hours later, Iris came to. She realized she had just collapsed with that leotard on. Iris stood up and brushed some inviso-dust off of the sleeves. And then she tried to take it off using the zip on the neckline, but to her surprise, the zipper wasn't there anymore. Perhaps it's on the back. That's how I put this thing on in the first place..., Iris thought. She felt around. No zipper. Oh no. Iris panicked. There was no way to get the leotard off! She decided to go after the only other girls in the Helix house. After picking up her dress that she took off in order to put on her new outfit, she went after Roll Light and Roll "Ryan" Caskett.
When Iris confronted Roll and Ryan, she asked: "Did you guys do something to my outfit? Because I can't take it off." Roll gave a hearty laugh at this and said "Nope. Never touched it after we gave it to you." Iris was discouraged, but she quickly regained her status and said "Oh, well. This thing is very comfortable anyway. Thanks, girls." And then Iris gave the two Rolls a hug. They didn't like that as much as the compliment.
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BEFORE AND DURING THE EVENTS OF PART ONE...
Picture this: three moving trucks. (Think: U-Haul.) One driven by vampire hunter Julius Belmont and ferrying ex-military man-turned-vendor Hammer. Another driven by a government agent named Genya Arikado, with a modern witch (Yoko Belnades) by his side. The last driven by sixteen year-old Soma Cruz (AKA The reborn lord of darkness) with his polite girlfriend Mina Hakuba mummified in the back. (luckily her face was still showing. She appeared to be asleep, though, and lying in an open coffin of some sort.) All three trucks bore one symbol on the sides: A stylized catholic cross with bat wings. They were collectively known as "Paranomaly Inc.". (They couldn't come up with a better name for their little night creature hunting team. Or at least, I couldn't. - N.A.) All three trucks were heading towards Queens, New York. Oh dear.
--Pilot Episode Part 2 – School's Out! Go Get A Job, Soma Cruz!--
When the moving trucks arrived at their destination, The three groups of two met for the first time since they left Hakuba Shrine in the land of the rising sun. As Soma left his van, he carried the still-asleep Mina in his arms. The rest of the crew went out of their vans carrying boxes. Lucky git, that Soma Cruz.
The house on the corner of Paranormal Lane and Anomaly Court, conveniently, wasn't too far away from the Helix house mentioned in Part 1. It was a gloomy house, quite the opposite of the cheery Helix house. But that's sort of what you'd expect from Paranomaly Inc. After all: They have been to scarier places before (Namely: Castlevania) and this didn't faze them in the least. Hammer opened the door, but allowed Yoko to go first, then followed by Soma & Mina, and then Julius came in, with Arikado following after. And then Hammer went inside. Soma laid his girlfriend down on the floor, and then ran back outside to get a couch for Mina to lay on. Then he realized something. He forgot that all the souls he abosrbed into his being were set free following the death of Celia Fortner last month. And that Golem soul would've really come in handy. But oh well. "Hey, Julius! Think you can lend me a hand over here?", Soma called out to he-who-was-of-Belmont-blood. Julius did so, and helped Soma put the couch in the house.
So after putting Mina on the couch, Soma, Genya, and Julius discussed just what the hell they were doing in New York in the first place. Soma was the first to speak up by saying, "So, what are we doing here in New York, anyway? I know we didn't just come here for vacation." Arikado replied to that with "Soma's right. This can't be another Church thing, right Julius?" Julius (or Jay, as he was known to his friends) answered "I figure, as long as we were in Japan, Soma's dark side would take him over quicker than usual, what with being near the Hakuba Shrine and all. Secondly, the bad guys would never think to look in a semi-large city near Manhattan. Lastly, I was told that this is Hammer's hometown, so I suspect he's feeling pretty good about being back home." ("DAMN STRAIGHT!" was heard in the background.)
Soma got the picture. They were never going back to Japan as long as there was still evil chasing after him and his identity. He had to say this, though: "Should we tell Mina that she's never going to see the Shrine again?" Julius thought about that, then said "Nah. She's already got too much on her mind right now. The last thing we need is for her to worry about her shrine."
Soma then realized something: he was no longer registered as a student at Kukeiha High. "So does this mean that me and Mina will have to go through the annoying process of registering for another school?", he said. Julius replied, "Not so. With all the stuff you've been going through, I think going to another high school and getting loads of homework is just going to drive you crazy. So I think that you and Mina won't be needing an education for the time being. You guys are pretty smart as it is." Soma was about to jump for joy, but Arikado explained, "School may be out for you two, but you're still going to have to get a career going. In other words..." Arikado then did a Phoenix Wright and exclaimed, "GO GET A JOB, SOMA CRUZ!!!" (lightning struck in the background in this anime-style pose)
Soma merely said, "meep..."
[end of part two
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And that's the end of the Pilot.
It's Metal Sonic EX's turn as he deals with Paranomaly Inc. Watch as Soma Cruz tries different jobs before ending up at a certain Pizza place owned by a certain girl reploid... Oops! I've said too much! Don't want to give away the ending, you know.
Next Time: Queens in Danger! Soma As A... Pizza Chef?!?
Don't Sleep on It.
[naoto