Chapter 56- A Random Circus

Missingno flips through a script. "So, if you aren't a girl, than who are you? And why are you hiding your face? And why isn't this giving me any answers?!" He throws the script on the ground.

Cause spoilers.

Missingno jabs a finger at the ninja. "Who are you?!"

The ninja puts up his arms to ready a battle stance. "Why do I have to tell you? Shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

He starts to fume. "I'm Missingno! That's Cassandra! Now, WHO ARE YOU?!"

The ninja doesn't back down. "My name is Koja. That's all you're getting."

Missingno's breath finally starts to calm down, although his face still wrinkles in irritation. "What? Why? Everyone else has easily given up their whole life story so far."

Koja's eyes narrow. "That makes no sense. Why would they?"

"Because we are the protagonists. Because that's how the rules go…. And I glitched them to do so."

Cassandra glares at him. "What do you mean? You force everyone to tell you what you want to know?"

"Yes… and no…. More yes than no."

Then why won't Koja?

"Wait, even you don't know? What is going on?"

Maybe he is important to the plot?

"We have one of those!?"

As Missingno continues to converse with the Narrator, Koja slowly lowers his arms. He looks over at Cassandra.

"What is going on?"

"Good question. He often talks into space like that. I've never understood."

"And yet, you still are together?"

"Yeah, he may be crazy, but he can do anything and fix any and all problems, so it is worth listening to him speak nonsense."

Missingno twists back towards them. "SPEAK nonsense? I AM nonsense!" With a snap, a circus tent materializes around them. As circus music plays, many Missingnos in varying costumes act and dance the stereotypical circus activities.

Koja jumps back into his battle stance. "What is this?!" His gaze darts around.

Cassandra shrugs. "As I said, he can do anything. He has a real habit of showing off, though." She leers at a Missingno lion tamer, who has a lion chewing on his head.

"Ouch! This is terrible!" He rubs his heart as he whispers. "I think my Defence lowered…"

Koja watches as Missingno sucks the entire circus into his palm, transforming it into a small, red rubber ball.

Koja places his thumb and forefinger on his eyes for a bit, then looks up at Missingno. "Fine. I still don't trust you all that much, but if you can do anything, then you might be able to help with my problem." He hesitates, but continues. "I… Koja… son of… Koga... ask for your help. Please." Koja bows to them.

Cassandra raises an eyebrow. "Problem? What problem?"

"Obviously, whatever glitch turned Koja into Koga's son."

"Wait! Koga doesn't have a son?!"

"A son? No. I worry about you, sometimes." He laughs.

She glares at him. "Yeah, I'm the one who we need to worry about."

Koja clears his throat as he tightens the scarf around his head. "So, will you help me?"

Missingno smiles at him. "Of course. Lead the way!"

Koja leads the protagonists to the beautiful gym, built with a back to a rock wall. The shine of the well-kept gym is almost glaring.

...Or, that is how the gym used to be. Now, the front wall has a huge hole in it, and pieces of wood lie all around outside. From the hole, you can see invisible walls twisting around inside from the dirt and debris clinging to them. Purple goop plasters parts of the gym, and stains cover most of the rest. Fortunately, the houses alongside the gym are mostly untouched.

Cassandra stands there, not even blinking. "What happened?!"

Koja shrugs. "When I woke up, I saw a huge purple form moving away before disappearing. I'm guessing that it did this."

Missingno looks at him. "So, you weren't Koja when it happened?"

"No, I have memories of being raised as Koga's son, but that is not who I really am. All I know is that Koga is missing, and no one understands that the gym is destroyed."

Cassandra perks up. "Then that must be part of the glitch!"

Missingno thinks for a second. "You said that the glitch disappeared suddenly?"

Koja shrugs. "Maybe. My head was hurting from all these sudden memories. It could have just ran away while I was distracted."

"No." Missingno grins. "I know exactly where the glitch is."

"..."

Missingno waits, but Cassandra just leers at him.

"Ouch."

Koja narrows his eyes. "So… where is it?"

Missingno chuckles. "As I said, I know EXACTLY where it is." He puts on a pair of sunglasses.

Cassandra sighs. "Wherever is it, Missingno?" She speaks in monotone.

"We are going to the city." He whips off his glasses.

"Glitch City."