Chapter 69: Connection
Upon entering the fun house, Rei quickly looked around to see that the place looked cleaned and ordinary. Lights were on and there were staff members around tending to other participants. One of them came to her and informed what was inside.
"Just make sure to turn right instead of left after the first hallway," the attendant said.
After nodding and going in that direction, Ayanami kept looking back to see if the clones had entered. Her answer came when silhouettes were seen on the other side of the entrance doors. Making it into the hallway, she saw an intersection up ahead. People in front of her turned to the right just as the attendant stated. By the time she reached the spot, letters started forming on the wall.
[GO…THIS…WAY…]
"…?" she replied blinking.
Seeing an arrow form, it pointed to the left instead of the right. About to question it, she heard the familiar voices coming. Deciding to not think about it, she headed to the left to go into another hallway. Walking briskly, she saw that the soft pulsating dark magenta glow was down the hall a bit. It was coming out of the last door on the right.
"Looks like it splits," Shonj stated down the other hall.
Hearing his voice made Rei flinch. Jogging quickly, she reached the last door. The light continue to pulsate through its narrow gap openings. She opened it and entered through silently as possible. The male voices reached the intersection and looked both ways.
"As long as she doesn't leave this facility, we will catch her. Split up," Shinzin said.
'…a dressing room…' Ayanami thought looking around the space.
There were lockers, benches, mirrors, desks, and makeup accessories on tables. Blinking from seeing something stick out in the corner of her eye, the pulsating light came from a different source. It was now coming out of the last locker on the back wall. Moving forward quietly, there were staff members sitting, changing, and chatting amongst each other. Quickly looking for a pathway to not be seen, she maneuvered around.
Able to get to the last locker without being noticed, she tried opening the waist high compartment. Slowly pulling the door open, the hinges did not squeak. Blinking, she looked inside to find a dark hole on the bottom. When her eyes adjusted a little, it looked like it was a roughly opened recently. It seemed big enough for her to drop into if she squeezed herself through. Suddenly, the room door opened up causing her to flinch and react quickly.
"Hmm…the staff looks like they haven't seen anyone odd come in," Shoji stated glancing around the room.
"It does look that way," Shonj stated not noticing anything out of the ordinary.
Both became quiet seeing a locker on the back wall open by itself. Seeing how the occupants in the room haven't reacted, they went to them. Without warning or mercy, both pulled out firearms with suppressors and killed all of them quickly. Once finished, they moved to the back wall. Looking at the locker that opened by itself, there was nothing inside of it.
"Looks like a regular locker to me," Shonj commented. Suddenly, the dressing room door burst open. Blinking and looking behind them, they saw Shinzin with an irritated face.
"It is meddling with this realm again," he stated. Pulling out a grenade, he headed toward the locker they were at.
Placing it on the inside locker bottom, he pulled the pin. The three went to the opposite end of the room and turned over tables. Once covered behind the furniture, the back wall exploded. The eruption rocked all the windows and other lockers nearby. Debris and pieces of the room shot far and wide hitting everything. When the dust cleared, the three stood up. They saw a manhole underneath where the lockers use to be.
"…" the sliver-eye voice said narrowing his eyes. "Follow her."
Feeling the rush of wind going through her hair, Ayanami went down the dark slide just like when she entered this realm. Everything was in darkness except feeling that she was going down in a tube. As she continued, the darkness slowly became lit until she came out to an opening. A little blinded from the light, she fell into a pool of some kind. Blinking and getting use to the array of lights, she saw that she was half submerged in a small pit of plastic balls.
"…?" the female pilot reacted.
Slowly getting up, she looked around. Music was playing in the background along with different sounds and colored lights. Hearing a variety of children playing nearby, she got out of the pool. Standing on a padded floor mat and taking another view from standing, she was in the play room. Distracted from seeing something new, she flinched from hearing a distant explosion and rumble.
Remembering who was following her, a mixture of young and adult voices was echoing from the slide opening. Quickly seeing an exit to her right, she rushed to the door. Strangely, her legs were not restricted as before. Glancing down her kimono, there was a cut that went from the bottom up to between her legs. It stopped at her mid thigh. Despite feeling better to move around, it gave her goosebumps on not remembering when or how it happened.
Going through the doorway up ahead, the pulsating light was seen nearby. Running toward it, it led to another hallway. Seeing a series of intersections ahead, the dark magenta was fading in and out of the one on the far right. Going toward it, the light retreated into the passageway. Turning around the corner, Ayanami immediately fell into another manhole. Gasping out loud, she went into darkness as she felt being on another slide.
"I heard her!" Shonj stated and madly sprinted to the end of the hallway. Turning the corner, he suddenly skidded on his shoes to a screeching stop. The green-eye voice came around only to slow down to a halt.
"Why did you stop?" Shoji asked smelling the burnt friction of the other's shoes. Looking down the hallway both were in, it looked normal.
"Strange…I could have sworn I heard Rei," the blue-eye voice stated scratching his head confused. Feeling a tap on his shoulder, he turned toward Shoji.
"What?"
"…" the adult voice answered by pointing at something through the window. When Shonj got to the window, both saw a blue haired teen in a blue kimono slide out of the funhouse. Running footsteps were heard down the hallway from both sides. The three remaining voices joined the two.
"I haven't seen your girl at all," Sno mentioned. He crossed his arms over his chest only to have a hand turn his head to the window.
"Whoa…how did she get outside?" Shino stated. Looking through the window to see her, she was looking around and seemed very confused.
"That doesn't matter right now," Shinzin said with frustration. "She is near the Neo-Seed fence."
"What?!"
"No way!"
"How is that possible?!"
"There is no fence to that abandon place," Shonj stated with shock. "Our area and that one are separated by empty space!"
"As much as I want an explanation, there is no time for that! MOVE!" the silver eyed clone stated and pulled out a shotgun. Unloading a rapid burst of shells, the windows in front of them burst outward. The voices then climbed to the windows and jumped out.
Lost in his thoughts, the Third Child walked forward unaware of his surroundings. All of his senses were dulled as two emotions battled with one another. Hatred felt immense and deep rooted. It was something that he could relate to based on his past experiences. There were also the younger years that seemed to cause that emotion to manifest intensely as well.
What kept him from bending toward the harsh emotion was hopefulness. A part of him wanted to hold on to hope due from a few individuals that interacted with him. They gave him a sense of belonging and being a part of something. After collecting his thoughts and emotions, he felt able to break away from self-analyzing. Focusing on the current surroundings, he looked around.
Seeing that Rana was not around, he had walk to a different area of the abandon amusement park. Seeing familiar features around him, he realized what this place was. Turning to his right, there was an observation deck. Heading toward it, there were binocular viewing stands. Reaching it, he remembered that it allowed viewers to see the forest that was a ways from the park. However, there was only the dark void that engulfed anything outside of the carnival.
'Last moment of being myself,' he thought reaching into his apron to pull out some change.
Putting some coins into the stand, the machine made a sound indicating that it was ready. He was about to look through them when he recollected what happen when he did that. His eyes suddenly felt stingy. Remembering, the sisters had laced the lens with an acidic solution. They came out of hiding and laughed at him as he struggled to not react to his eyes burning and becoming irritated.
"…" Shinji said blinking and looking at the binocular stand. Instead of looking through them, he reached into his apron. Grabbing the item he looked for, he pulled it out and pointed it at the viewing feature.
"No," he said cocking the hammer and pulled the trigger. A thunderous blast was heard as the sound echoed far and wide around him. The binocular stand rattled violently as a chunk of it now had a gaping hole in it. Firing his pistol again, the viewing feature obliterated from being shot point blank with .50 cal.
"…y…E…s… $%*#$…G…o…O…d," the evil voice said with a satisfying chuckle. "YyooooouuuuuUUU…ArEgEtTiNg-g-g-g-g-g…ACCLIMATED!"
"Toward what sir?" the male pilot asked not looking away from the destroyed binocular stand.
Blinking, there was a small black-red tentacle that snaked out slowly from the broken viewing fixture. Not flinching or moving out of the way, the appendage extended itself slowly to the male pilot's chest. The tip morphed into a clean syringe with a small cartridge. Inside of it had a liquid of black, dark magenta, and red colors. The needle inserted into his chest and felt it insert into his heart.
"…t…o…m…e…my seed," the dark clone cooed as it pushed the liquid into the Third Child's heart. "AcCliMaTeDtOmE…heeeeeeeeeeeeeee! #$ $*&"
"…?" the male pilot said blinking and tilting his head.
Feeling no sense of pain from the shot, he watched as the tentacle pull the syringe out and snake back the way it came. It felt odd that there wasn't a vile or malicious aura from the time it appeared. When he couldn't see the appendage anymore, many moans were heard from behind. Blinking and turning around, Shinji started shooting without hesitation. Ghoul body parts burst and exploded upon impact. Seeing a good number of them go down, there was one dead man crawling near him. Looking at him, its lower half was blown off. Intestines and other innards were falling out of him as it tried to reach the teen boy.
"…" the Third Child replied. Blinking, he headed toward the ghoul. Getting in front of it, he murderously stomped on its head causing the noggin to cave in. Hearing more groans ahead of him, he walked forward and reloaded his handgun.
'Shinji!' Rana thought hearing the gun shots.
Slashing the throat of another ghoul, she shoved a blade into the back of its skull. Pulling it out and pushing the dead person to the ground, she jogged down in the direction she heard the blasts. Strangely, a soft pulsating purple light with red shades started emitting some distance away. Avoiding a group of dead men to her left, the firing started to sound louder as she got closer. Seeing an open area come up, more ghouls were standing and heading toward the sound of the firing. Continuing, she saw a large explosion from a firearm.
"Shinji!" she shouted causing a couple of the walking dead to turn around.
Seeing one about to come at her, Rana slashed a tanto through its head. Doing an upward diagonal cut caused part of the whole head to slide off to the ground. Internals of the throat, mouth, and brain were seen as it slumped to the ground with a bloody splat. Continuing to jog forward and making quick stabs at ghouls' heads passing by, there seemed to be more and more appearing up ahead. Getting closer, she saw a large group of the undead converging at one point.
Loud gunshots went off that sounded like a small cannon. It blew apart a line of ghouls. The power behind each shot would blow large holes in three dead people at a time. Seeing the person firing, Rana saw Shinji blast the rest of them into bursting pieces. Gunpowder, blood, and singed decaying flesh scented the air. Continuing toward him, she jumped onto a ghoul's back. Taking it down to the ground, she rammed both tantos into its head. Quickly getting up, she ripped them out forward. Grey matter, bone, and skin spilled onto the ground.
"…!" Rana said seeing one too many ghouls around her.
About to slash at them, the explosive shots came. The walking dead were falling around her. Quickly evading and killing the one behind her, she looked back to see the Third Child walking toward her with a stoic expression. A ghoul to his right lunged at him. Dodging and whacking its head to the ground, the Third Child jumped and stomped the ghoul's head. A sickening scrunch and pop were heard.
'…that's smarts,' she thought then snapped out of her daze.
Quickly dashing to where he was standing, she stopped and turned around. Being back to back to each other, both took out the immediate large group of undead converging on them. A couple of minutes went by as all the sounds heard was loud gunfire, blades cutting through skin and bone, and undead moaning and groaning in hunger. When all was done, a land of decapitated and blown apart bodies was on the ground. Rana bent a little forward and rested her hands on her knees.
"Looks like…none will be…standing up for…a bit," she said breathing hard and sweating a bit. Bending down to a half blown apart ghoul, she wiped her bloody tantos on its clothes. Once mostly clean, the blades faded away.
"Does appear that way," he said reloading his handgun then putting it in his apron. "Do you care for some refreshments Miss Rana?"
"Really?" Rana asked standing up. "That sounds…good…ummm…"
"...?" Shinji asked seeing that she froze and looked tense. "Is there something wrong Miss Rana?"
"…umm…no," she said feeling a cold shudder go through her looking at his face. "Not…really."
His eyes had changed a little. The color of the irises was glowing with an intensifying hue. His sclera darkened from being white to having a darker off-white color. From where the Third Child stood, the red moon eclipse was behind him. However, the moon changed its shape as well as the sky around it. The floating rock morphed into a black-red eye and was staring at them. Blood veins pulsated and stretched throughout the black sky around it.
Coming out of the slide, Rei found herself outside of the funhouse. Dusting herself a little, she looked around slowly. From where she was, there was an open plane of earth with mild vegetation. Surrounding her on the sides was a black chain-linked fence with not much illumination. Only the red haze of the eclipse showed what was ahead. Following the fence, it converged to form a pathway to a dark area. Looking in that direction, she could see the dark magenta light in the distance fading in and out.
"…!" she said startled from hearing shotgun blasts and windows bursting from above.
Looking up, the clones were climbing through the window. Not waiting to see what would happen, she ran towards the pulsating light. As she ran, the atmosphere of the mega carnival slowly faded away. Her surroundings became darker, murkier, and dreadful. Slowly, another amusement park was coming up; however, there were no lights, no music, and no sign of life. The chain-linked fence bowed outward till it sharply converged at an old-rotting out gate of a carnival entrance.
"…!?" Ayanami said after looking behind her. All the clones were chasing her and getting closer and closer.
'DON'T GO IN THERE!'
'YOU'LL GET KILLED!'
'HE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE!'
'YOU WILL BE TORTURED TO DEATH!'
'STOP REI! STOP!'
Shaking off the eerie feelings, the First Child ignored them and continued. Passing through the rotting old gate, it slammed shut brutishly. The impact caused the entire length of the fence to rattle like it was mockingly laughing. Rei slowed down to a stop taking quick deep breathes. Turning around, she saw them near the fence still trying to convince her to come back. Suddenly, all of them heard a loudspeaker click on with a piercing buzz. A voice came on making her flinch.
[ #$% #…well…WeLl… $%^WELL! L-l-l-l-l-l-llllllllloooookkkkkkk-WhO dAsHeD-sPrInTeD-fLeD-RAN!-…i…n…t…o…OuRsIdEoF… #%#$ !FUN!] the dark clone said over the line.
"…" Ayanami said feeling its presence somewhere nearby. Seeing a beaten up loudspeaker on a corner post, it generated much white noise and cracks.
"Rei! It isn't too late. If you come back and climb the fence, you will be safe!" Shonj stated with anxiety.
"…y…e…s…Go-BaCk-To-ThE-rEjEcTs…heeheeheeeeaaarRRGGGHHHH!IF-YOU-ARE-SCARED… #$^ #$%"
"…" she said looking back nervously at the group of clones.
"HE-HE-HE-HE-HEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…i…S…h…E…r…E…w…A…s…'…N…t…that-ThAt-tHaT-tha-ThaT!#$^%#$THATYOURPURPOSE!"
"…" Rei said feeling herself starting to shake a little. Either side was foreboding to proceed through; however, the reason for entering this realm was in the abandon and dark carnival. Turning her back to the clones, she forced herself to give a stoic expression.
"hehhehheh…hahahaha…HEEHEHHAAHAHAHA…GOOO #$% #$ #$^ #DDD!" the evil voiced screamed in mirth causing the loudspeaker to rattle and lights to flicker on. However, they dully illuminated the surroundings with a couple of them flickering randomly. It didn't alleviate the murkiness of the place.
"…rejects?…What do you mean?" Rei mustered enough will to ask a question.
"HmMmMmmmmmmmmmmm…YOUWANTTO…k…n…o…w…YoUr mi-MI-m…i…n…d…MIND i…s…cUrIoUs?#$^ #$ITISBECKONINGYOUFORANSWERS!"
Ayanami's eyes widened a little and blinked that the dark clone answered in various tones. Each repeat of a word it did was either deep or high in pitch with either softness or malice. A sense of chaos and disorder emitted from the loudspeaker itself.
"Don't You know-KnOw-KNOW…cUrIoSiTy…k…i…l…l…s-MURDERS-SlAuGhTeRs…WHOM-WHO-THEY-IT-WHOEVER…b…E…a…R…s…it-it-it-itititititititittttttttttttttttttttttttttttt…WiLlYoUbEaBlEtOuNdErStAnDiTsGrAvItY-GRAVITY-GRAVITY!GRRRRAAAVVVIII#%! #$%-!"
Its last statement caused the loudspeaker to explode into a great ball of fire to light the surroundings. Rattled a little, she didn't hear anything behind her. The fence wasn't shaking and the clones weren't shouting. Looking back, her eyes widened and took a step back. The gate was there, but anything beyond it was gone. Nothing but a dark void was seen. The hairs on the back of neck stood on end as the familiar vile and grotesque presence was appearing there.
Something was oozing its way through from the darkness and going slowly through the gates. Not waiting to see what it was, Rei turned around and started running again. Following the pulsating light ahead, she ran pass abandoned and empty booths. All the stands, rides, structures, buildings, and vegetation seemed eradicated of life. Static noise and audio cracks were heard as more loudspeakers came on. Maniacal giggles at various pitches were heard from them.
The pathway ahead had a T-intersection. Seeing darkness dancing to the right path, she decided to go left. About to turn into that path, a chorus of moans was heard. Slowing down to a stop, cold sweat from fear started developing over the perspiration from running. A group of walking dead people was heading in her direction. Taking a step back and blinking, more materialized and surrounded her. Feeling herself starting to panic, she tried to wake herself up. Trying again and again, she couldn't stir herself awake.
"…" the First Child stated. Backing up to get distance, the ghouls continued to converge toward her. The combination of the lunatic giggles in the background and the continuous groans from the undead pushed her over her limit. Standing in fright, she felt an array of emotions overpowering her.
"I…I can't…go on," Ayanami whispered. She felt tears coming down her face as the ghouls got within her personal space. Unable to bear with it, she fell to her knees from exhaustion and held her head.
"Ikari…please…help me," she wished quietly.
Flinching hard from the sudden explosive sound of gunfire, Rei looked up to see ghouls in front of her explode. More around her were being blown apart rapidly as decaying and dead gore was sent everywhere. As quickly as it came, there was dead silence. Unable to see from the moisture in her eyes, she moved her hands to rub her eyes. A warm soft cloth got there first and was patting the tears away.
"Is that Ayan-!?" Rana said heading toward them when the ground below her opened up. A deformed and distorted hand as big as an adult human quickly reached out and captured her. About to yell out, it's thumb pressed against her mouth. Feeling clammy from the touch of its morbid flesh, multiple mouths merged out around the thumb.
"Shhhh…shhShhhh…shh-Shh-sh-Sh-SSSSSSh-h-sssssh-hhssshhhhssshhhhh!" the multiple lips said before changing into toothy grins.
Groaning and trying to make a sound louder than humming or grunting, it didn't work. The large hand dragged her through the hole. The open ground closed up afterwards with a sinister chuckle sounding from the loudspeakers. Ayanami waited until the patting stopped before opening her eyes. She saw the Third Child putting both the cloth and his pistol in his apron. He continued to kneel to be at her level.
"Greetings Miss Ayanami. Are you alright?" Shinji said with a small bow.
"…Ikari?" Rei asked and reached out her hands. She slowly touched his torso, a sudden relief from her mind and shoulders came. It was almost as if an anvil of emotional stress suddenly vanished along with the large amount of fear that had developed.
"Miss Ayanami?" he began to ask when she fell forward.
Catching her, her arms dangled down and her head rested on his right shoulder. Pulling her back a little, he saw that she had passed out. Feeling something off, he looked around. All the ghouls, Rana, and the dark clone were nowhere to be seen or felt. Even the sky had returned to being a dark overcast with a New Moon.
'Strange,' the male pilot thought tilting his head. Looking back at the First Child, he wondered what he was supposed to do. Waiting for a voice to tell him, none did. He also noticed that his body tremors were not being produced again from physical contact. Feeling uneasy again, he tried focusing on where a safer place would be to put Ayanami in.
'The small cabin near the pier,' he thought. Turning her around and putting his arms behind her back and under her knees, he stood up to carry her. Seeing that he was facing the opposite direction, he slowly did a 180 and stopped.
"…?" Shinji said blinking and tilting his head again.
The space in front of him was near the pier. Looking up, he was at the carnival entrance that he first entered. Not comprehending how or why, he walked forward. While carrying her, he felt the female pilot unconsciously gripped his jacket. Not feeling anything from the added contact, the Third Child continued.
Reaching the pier after a short walk, the male pilot slowly looked around his surroundings twice. There still were no voices or presences of anyone. It was just him and her. Feeling paranoid, he slowly walked to the cabin door. Keeping a stoic face, he listened for anything different. He anticipated something suddenly coming out of nowhere. Bumping the door softly, nothing happened.
"…" he said hearing himself breathing a little deeper than the First Child in his arms.
Trying the door, it was unlocked. Opening it slowly, the door swung open without a sound. Despite seeing half of the inside covered in darkness, Shinji entered the cabin cautiously. Closing the door, he gave a small sigh of relief from hearing the door lock with a sickening snap of bone and flesh. Knowing the corrupted voice was still around, he looked around the room to see if it has any other materials.
Strangely enough, none of the equipment or furniture were battered or broken to match what was in the abandoned carnival area. Seeing a small pile of large wooden boxes with a tarp over it, he headed over there. Stopping, the Third Child laid Ayanami down slowly. Sitting next to her, he decided to stand up and explore the room more; however, something prevented him from moving from his spot.
"…" the blue haired teen said turning a little and gripped his hand.
"…" Shinji said blinking. Opening his mouth to say something, he waited for something to happen. Not getting the surprises or alteration of his vision, the Third Child closed his mouth. After waiting for a minute or two, he decided to act on his own accord.
"…Miss Ayanami…"
"…"
"Miss Ayanami. Are you awake?"
"…"
"…" he said slowly putting a finger on her cheek. Feeling her facial muscles move a little, he pulled his finger away. Keeping a stoic face, the male pilot watched her steer slowly awake while continuing to hold his hand.
"…" Rei said slowly opening and blinking her eyes. Feeling that she was lying down, she looked down to see Shinji sitting next to her with a neutral expression.
"…Ikari?"
"Yes Miss Ayanami," he said reaching behind her and slowly helping her sit up. "Are you feeling better?"
"…I…believe so," she stated holding her head with her other hand feeling a mild headache. Looking down, she saw that her other hand was holding on his hand. The sight made her headache go away and an urge to surface.
"That is good to hear," he said seeing her turn her head toward him.
"I…I have been looking for you Ikari," the First Child stated feeling herself relax.
"Looking for me?" he asked with a blink. "I have been in the same patient bed since the underground lab incident."
"Yes…but…I wanted to talk to you…again," she said feeling a mild content from holding his hand. It made her feel better seeing that he didn't tremor or pull away from her.
"You have been talking to me in my comatose state."
"Yes…but it doesn't feel the same. Not like talking in the classroom…or at the Major's apartment…or at NERV," she said feeling the corners of her mouth turn a little. The smile she gave felt natural to her without having to force herself.
"I prefer this kind of communication and contact."
"…" he said blinking and looking down at their hands. He still was trying to comprehend why he was not reacting normally. So caught up with the new oddity and uncertainty, there were thoughts and feelings that were overshadowed. Pushing all of it aside, he looked up at her and tried to think of a correct response.
"I…see," he said and squeezed her hand a little. "My apologizes for having caused you…concern-"
"…!?" Rei said seeing a sharp tentacle shoot through a blackened window and impale the male pilot violently. Before she could call his name, the Third Child was viciously pulled back through the window.
"Ika-!" she said then froze. Black-red eyes littered throughout the window. Slowly looking around her, all the windows had eyes staring at her. Numerous deep sinister chuckles were heard as darkness slowly seeped into cabin. About to call out to him again, a blinding light engulfed her.
" $#^#$^heeeeeeee #$^ %^HAHAHA#$ #$%^…A…l…M…o…S…t…DON'TYOUAGREEMYSEED!" it cackled in the cabin before removing all the blackness in it.
Outside of the storage house and on the pier, the dark clone absorbed all of itself. Once done, it slowly morphed into an a copy clone of the male pilot. Looking down at his feet, Shinji was lying on his back with his eyes closed. Grinning inhumanly wide, it turned its sights to the night sky. Disappearing and reappearing as the red moon, he uncontrollably giggled and laughed. On the satellite's surface, it began to rumble and buckle a little.
As the demented voice's mirth grew in volume, a severe fissure opened up running for several miles. Once it stopped, a waterfall of translucent fluids started falling and infecting the memory's realm. Slowly, all the inhabitants and beings in it were succumbing to sleep. Watching the entire space become half transparent, it looked down at the pier. Seeing that the Third Child's eyes opened and was slowly sitting up, the dark clone let loose blood-lurching screams. Each word caused the moon to have massive earthquakes, explosions, and black, red, and clear fluids to be flung everywhere.
"HOWAMUSING!…TO-THINK-TTTTTHHHIIINNKKKKK-SUCH A SINFUL $^ #$^CRIME…W…O…U…L…D…B…E…COMMITTED-BY-A-CREATOR! …HEHEHEEE…HAHAHAHAHA…MAGNIFICANT! COMEMYSEED!LETUSSEEKTHEREDPANDEMONIUM!"