Miitopian Civil War

Chapter 1: Attempted Murder

Date: October 24th, 2022

It's the week before Halloween and those of us who decided to keep their houses in Galados Isle have decided to come back to them to use them for a terrifying and long haunted house experience. However, we wouldn't even get to start it. The fragile peace in Miitopia was about to crack a little bit, a peace built on tension, deception, and lies. Behind the peace that is all over Miitopia are rich and powerful miis causing immense suffering on one side. On another side, there are the monsters that still have faces on them. The 3rd side is Miitopia BRAINS and a number of anti-state revolutionaries who have established an underground movement. But there are 2 other sides: the neutral side of the miis who are clueless and complicit and the undecided side of the Miitopian guilds such as The Knights Of Miitopia. This world I call my 2nd home has been through so many conflicts: UMC's brief but failed invasion, the defeated Tomapieian invasion, the SDL's conquest of it, Gorganan's tampering with its past, Dark Lord Melvin's troublemaking, and more. But this one would be the most bloody of them all. Tensions started to burst on this day, 7 days before Halloween. Let me explain to you why that is. We were lucky to not be short-handed in the entire collective so we took the chance to create a terrifyingly awesome haunted house that day. It all started with one of my own thoughts. It was breakfast time and for once in a while, all of us Miitopia BRAINS members were together, eating a fresh high quality breakfast made from our own resources. I had the best pancakes I've ever had in my life. Back on Earth, I have had mixed experiences with pancakes, most kinds I've had weren't very good but some were great.

As I ate those pancakes, I thought to myself about different things until Fluffy excitedly blurted out: "Just one week until Halloween! Let's hope I don't burn to death from my hair catching on fire!" Most of us sweat drop and an awkward silence befell the room. However, Fluffy's mention of Halloween made me come up with an idea: "Uh, I don't know how to feel about your joke, Fluffy. Anyway, you gave me an idea. We don't use our houses in Galados Isle for anything. We haven't really been around them either. Our neighbors there want them sold or torn down. This is our fault. We should have gone back and actually spent some time in our houses. But naturally, we have been far too busy to do so anyway. What if we turned all of our houses into a haunted house for Halloween?" Carlos blurts out: "That's a great idea! I'm gonna scare so many hehehe. And I'm going to snack down on all the candy they all drop!" "I'm sure you will, Carlos. We should head there now. Ya know, the early bird gets the worm? Nevermind, none of us are birds or have bird familiars or known bird counterparts. I did have a phoenix but that was quite long ago. I'm getting a big sheet of paper and some mechanical pencils from our art studio room thing. I will be back." 20 minutes later, myself, Fluffy, Austin, Carlos, Bray, Madison, Lauren, Dominic, The Wacky Clowns, Julia, and Madeline go to our houses in Galados Isle. Meanwhile, the others in Miitopia BRAINS actually go off to other worlds on missions or to help for example, Dr. Bonesbane with decorating for Halloween. I'm not sure I could have trusted him and Blaze to do it without starting a fire or opening a dimension rift to be honest. It's only 7 days now, it's going to be so much fun. Anyway, I find a tree stump leftover from a dead coconut tree and place the paper on it. The others come over and together, we design the haunted house with our houses in mind.

However, the peace in Miitopia would get it's biggest crack thus far. For when the time came to where we were about to start building, a loud gunshot echos throughout the whole entire area. And before we knew it, 5 more as well. At first it didn't register who it hit but after looking for where the gunfire hit, I gasped in horror: "Bray! Julia! Madeline! Oh no!" Dominic exclaims: "No! They've critically injured all of your arms! Now you can't heal anybody or yourselves. And some of your magic is leaking out of your wounds." What we saw was a bloody mess. It just wouldn't stop coming out. The 3 are trembling in pain. I will never forget the expressions on their faces. And if you thought it couldn't get any worse, you'd be wrong. Dead wrong. More gunfire is heard but this time, it's aimed at me: "Damn it! The fascists are trying to kill us! And shit, they jammed all possible energy and wave signals. We're on our own! No help is coming! I just requested help from Acheron but nothing! These bastards are going to get it!" The bullets are sent hurtling towards me but I see it coming and draw my sword: "I will slice your bullets to pieces! You're next, fascists!" I easily slice through the bullets. Austin says: "Does anyone have emergency supplies? They're losing a lot of blood fast!" I reply: "No and no hp or mp treats either. Crap, this is really bad. How about you all?" The others quickly shake their heads and I sigh, taking off my cape: "I knew bringing my weapon and armor was a good idea. I had no idea how right I was. There's no choice." I rip off parts of my cape: "Everyone, we need to use parts of my cape as artificial tourniquets. Stopping the bleeding is our first priority. Luckily, our friends aren't having trouble breathin-" They start having trouble to breathe. Austin, being the loudest in our group yells: "Are you 3 okay?" There was no response. I yell: "Quickly! They aren't responding! We need as many hands on deck as possible! Our teleportation devices won't work due to electromagnetic interference. And my duel disk is displaying an error message. Everyone, there needs to be 3 of us by each of them! 1 of them has to start CPR, they're losing consciousness! The other 2 must use parts of my cape as makeshift tourniquets! This is exactly why we undergo CPR training every 3 months, this is exactly why."

Myself, Austin, and Madison tend to Bray. Julia is aided by Dominic, Pickle Rick Not An Alien, and Lauren. Madeline gets help from Fluffy, Banana Rick Not An Alien, and Pickle Pants. Carlos and Banana Pants watch out for more trouble and protect us during this moment. More bullets rain down but Carlos easily intercepts and dodges every single one of them. I say to Austin and Madison: "Please stop the bleeding! I'm going to begin CPR! As soon as you're done, please wait on standby until I'm too tired to continue CPR. We need to be focused and take this entirely seriously." They nod. I feel for where Bray's heartbeat is strongest and take off my gloves. After that, I move my hands down from there a bit, close to the midsection in the middle of her upper chest. Once I get my hands in the right spot, I begin chest compressions. 120 a minute, that's the rate even in Miitopia one has to do. Push, push, push in a repetitive pattern. Give 30 chest compressions and stop. Give chest a chance to raise back into normal position. Repeat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20.. I count out loud to help me out, being careful not to apply too much force. Austin and Madison yell they have done what I asked so they get on standby. I keep my shoulders straight and posture still to apply the chest compressions. If only we had airbags and AEDs here. But most of Miitopia isn't as technologically developed as New Lumos or Nimbus. I eventually wear out, my heavy armor and lack of adjustment to this kind of posture takes its toll. Austin takes over from there. A few minutes later, our hurt friends are conscious but weak. Dominic says: "That was too close! Who would do such a thing? This is not a causation to want a nap. This is an emergency. Are you okay now?" Bray replies: "Yes but I'm so weak. It'll be some time before I fully recover. Get help, I know where the ones who tried to kill us are. I can't cast spells but there are some things that don't require my staff or spells. I shall locate our enemies. It's intriguing how well they set this up. My body hurts but I am grateful to still be alive. The exploits of all of you saved myself, Madeline, and Julia in time."

Madeline adds: "I feel the same way. Adam, thank you. We all know how much you value your cape. You sacrificed most of it to save us in a time where we lost all communications and there were no other options." "I'm just glad you're okay. Damn it, my heart is still racing after that. The image of all of you bleeding is burned in my mind. Those bastards aren't just going to get away with this. We'll find them and figure out who sent them. But hey, what are friends for? Capes are supposed to show a sign of strength and grandeur and to reassure those who are in danger that everything is going to be okay. That someone is coming to save them. That they will live to see another day. I didn't just keep going with the cape because it's my aesthetic. There's more to a cape than how cool it is. It is an extension to the honorable duties I carry out on my own will. The sword is the weapon I have an affinity towards. My sword is another extension to the actions I do and the honor I have. There's no way some boring centrist did this. It's the work of fascists. They hurt you first I think, Bray. This wasn't just some random attack." Dominic says: "As an expert in many fields who is not feeling laid back right now, my senses are sharper than usual. I can confirm that Bray was the first successfully hit target. Carlos, our comrade and friend, please keep holding off the bullets. We need to split up. Some of us need to protect our friends while the others chase after the would be killers and restore our electronic devices." We split up into groups. Carlos stays with our friends with Lauren and Banana Pants. Dominic, Austin, and Madison go investigate whatever's jamming everything somehow. The rest of us go after the assholes.

We were unprepared but lucky things weren't even worse. Our time away from most of Miitopia has caused our enemies to underestimate our strength, intel, and resolve. These fools won't be able to try something like this ever again. They want the streets to run with the blood of those who actively don't want this world to descend into a lifeless dystopia. We of Miitopia BRAINS want what's truly best for Miitopia. Anyone who stands in our way will be given no mercy unless they show a desire and effort towards changing for the better. We can't play nice. Those days are over. Peace is a front to hide the atrocities committed by those in power. Before we split up, Bray gave all of us details about where the enemy is in case of chance encounters. They won't get us now. We'll find them and we'll make them experience a fraction of the pain they have inflicted. If compassion, logic, and pain cannot get through to someone, what can besides blind faith in something? Anyway, my target is the furtherest killer from our houses. There are a total of 4. I run and I run, using my black cloak and shade to avoid being spotted. The operation to kill us all was well executed, it's a good thing it mostly failed. If our friends had died, I would have lost it. Gofast would have been lucky to not suffer a worse death at my hands at that point. I have no intention to kill my target, I want them alive for answers. Besides, they failed to kill anybody, the failure is pretty punishing on its own. I hate having to punish any creature but unfortunately, there are times where it's the only way to stop somebody from hurting others. I'd rather not have to dish out the lesson of pain but some are so close minded.

After about 20 minutes, my target stops running and lowers their guard. I may be a warrior with heavy and strong armor but I can still suppress the clanking of my gear, that even holds true with my sword. The fascists who rule most of Miitopia now know that we won't back down from their horrific schemes to gain even more power. Now is the time. In seconds, I have them on the ground with my sword right up against their throat: "Listen to me. Tell me what I want to know and I will spare you from further misery. I'll just make you survive on a deserted island all by yourself. This is me going easy on an enemy who is unwilling to change to become more kind and truly logical. I suggest you take this opportunity as the best as you can get. If you have friends coming to help you, I will defeat them all and leave them sprawled in the ground. This is no time for jokes. I will do everything to crush that maniacal dystopia you call a utopia for so called freedom. I see you have a emblem for Miitopia's largest fascist organization. I'm not kind to fascists like you. You don't deserve respect or kindness." "I refuse to talk! I'm not telling you anything." "Do you really want to be like that? My friends and I just wanted to make a fun haunted house experience for others to enjoy. We would have made miis laugh, cry, scream, and more. But naturally, you wouldn't allow that. You wanted to kill us because just by being queer, we are somehow a threat to the people of this world even though being queer doesn't hurt anybody. I know how you people operate. You are driven by greed and so much hatred. You seek to hurt anybody who doesn't fit in with your pathetic and exclusive perfect society. You disgust me. *I move my sword closer to their throat* I can give you hell easily. By now, I could have ripped you apart. But I don't kill every enemy in sight. Not just because most of them won't die easily. But because I only kill when it's the only way. And even then, I don't like doing it. Now, please give me answers and you won't suffer nightmares from our encounter today. I'm holding back so much pent up anger."

They give up on not giving in: "Fine! I will tell you everything! But the whole militia is coming. We will make Miitopia great again and purge it of all deviants, freaks, and sinners like you." "I see you have dressed up in all black so as to not expose your real identity. Admirable but you aren't the only one who can do that. But you have a lot to answer for. For one, you just tried to kill Miitopia's current Great Sage. She's trans and one of my best friends. You hurt her, you're lucky that I'm reasonable enough to not end you right now. Your militia will not succeed. Not today. Now, talk. Or do you somehow enjoy having adrenaline keeping your heart rate as high as your stress is? Why did you try to kill us?" "We've been monitoring your homes for months. When we saw all of you together, we finished planning our plan. With all of you gone, we'd have the next Great Sage in our ranks, he's the perfect candidate. And without all of you, there's no way the other freaks or stateless lowlifes could survive for long. By killing you, we would have demoralized so much of the world but you ruined it! We even partnered up with a company called the United Mining Company! They made sure our plan was perfect and that no one could come to help! They also gave us money and weapons!" "Damn it. Not them. But that explains a lot. Now that you've told me that, you better tell me what else you plan to do. If not, I won't hesitate to make you ride something guaranteed to make you lose your breakfast, lunch, and dinner." "Next week, we're going to take control of every Miitopian government with our allies and supporters. We will create one supreme alliance to destroy filth like you. These elections will be the end of your resistance! You leftists will fall and it's partly thanks to those clueless centrists! We reject Guardian, we embrace our lord and savior, Power! On November 15th, we will raid and destroy any resistance left. We will find wherever you've been hiding out and destroy it. Mark my words!"

"I think you have said enough. I almost want to turn you into a card. As horrible as that is. Oh good, technology is working once again. Before I send you off to a deserted island, I will make you feel true fear! *activates duel disk* I will create a collage of nightmares! I set the Pendulum scale with scale 13 Artistic Armageddon Warrior and scale 3 Master Horror Artist Scream. With the scale set, the time of any of your confidence comes to an end. I will use this scale to bring out a gallery of artists who want to make you and your friends scream or at least just exist! This is not for fun or a show. I now summon to make you tremble in fear: Digital Artist Sandra, Comedy Horror Artist Twisted Clown, and Horror Artist Michael! Witness as the sky darkens and the ambience slows to a creep. Something is coming from beyond this universe to get you. Sandra's effect activates, making all monsters I control the same level. I choose level 12. He's coming. I open the most creative version of a portal to another dimension! That means I build a most artistic overlay network! Now then, these 3 will come together for I overlay my 3 level 12 comrades! Now, I Xyz summon! Appear! A artist who scares to entertain the innocent and horrify the cruel. From the depths of the most twisted and demented minds and dimensions to exist comes this artist! Number 916: Master Horror Artist Lord Regnes! Give our foe a nice and frightening gift, the scare of a life time! Now, Regnes. Demonstrate what you can do just in this base form of yours." Several minutes later, the fascist is trembling in fear as I send them away and deactivate my duel disk. With that done, I return to the others. However, they are vastly overwhelmed by armed Nazis from Miitopia's largest fascist organization, the Freedom Front because freedom involves killing innocent and marginalized people. With Bray, Julia, and Madeline unable to properly use their magic, we are outmatched.

Lauren's culinary based healing abilities aren't enough. And there's no time to get backup, ask for help, get more supplies, or anything. One wrong move and I'm as good as dead. We have to be very careful about this delicate situation. Fluffy exclaims upon seeing my return: "Finally! You must have gone all in with what you do to enemies!" "Not all in, I didn't behead or stab them right through the heart. Compared to these bastards, that guy was an under-equipped fool. They may have us completely outmatched but I refuse to give up. Of us, I am best for tanking damage and attacking at close range. *I pull out my sword again* Not to mention blocking. These despicable foes think they have won but we refuse to give in. I have no time for taking it slow. Not when the tourniquet style treatment is supposed to be temporary." Dominic adds: "BLACK HOLE! That's right, the skin tissue will begin to undergo necrosis if we don't take care of the injuries properly. The makeshift tourniquets are blocking most blood flow to the hands of our friends. This is bad. They planned this out perfectly!" "In that case, let's obliterate these assholes and capture all of them. Get behind me, everyone! I will protect you from their bullets and whatever else have. Proud Protector!" I put on my Swiftdrawer mask and tank all of their attacks with it, my sword and my armor: "What are you doing, you can't take them all on by yourself and survive!l "Dominic, I'm doing what needs to be done to get them and make sure you're able to keep fighting. There will be no escape for them. Let's finish this quickly so we can finally get some help." I begin preparing my strongest attack. Carlos yells: "Don't do it, Adam! We can't afford to lose you!" "But what choice do we have? These guys must have reinforcements coming. This is the only way to finish this quickly. Haaaaaaa! Witness the power of our bonds! Great Infernal Tornado Slash! Take thiiiiiiiiis! Haaaaaaa!" The Nazis don't see it coming until it's too late. I can feel everything break inside of me again. I'm dead now. As I watch while accepting my fate the Nazis get all swept up and burned by the tornado before falling to the ground greatly injured, I hear Austin scream into his phone: "SOMEBODY ANYBODY, GET HERE NOW!" The others also request urgent assistance here. After that, they split up to be with me or the other 3. As my vision goes black, I hear some of my friends call out my name. But this wasn't the end of anything, it was one of the last conflicts that was the last straw that sparked all out war.

I woke up in a hospital bed. There's a doctor in the room who smiles when I wake up: "Aaa you're finally awake! I thought you wouldn't wake up until next week." I notice that my sword and armor aren't with me: "Where's my sword? How am I here? What happened?" "Take it slowly. All of your gear is being cleaned and repaired for you. After you passed out, your body lost a lot of blood. Luckily, some knights from the Knights Of Miitopia managed to reach you and your friends in time. Your enemies had reinforcements but since you single handedly defeated all the ones who came before the reinforcements, they didn't stand a chance. After that, they were all captured by the Fab Fairies who also managed to come too. After that, the knights escorted you and your friends here but left to investigate what happened. Bray, Madeline, and Julia lost a lot of blood too, all 4 of you are so lucky. Now that you're awake, I can tell you about how your body is doing. Don't try moving, it will hurt a lot if you do. The knights were able to do some things even I don't understand to keep you alive. A few hours ago, you came here in horrible shape. But after some high tech procedures, most of your injuries were reversed. A blood transfusion was even done to save you. Your friend Dominic has the same blood type as you do. Very fortunate. Even better, you'll be able to move again in 2 days unless some healers can heal you. We weren't able to find anyone who could fully heal you, I'm afraid." "The Knights Of Miitopia? This is a lot to take in. Thank you, doctor. You helped save me. My actions were kinda reckless but there was no other choice." "Of course. After all, as a physician at Peculia's Institute Of Health, it is my job to help you out. This hospital is the only hospital in Miitopia that has free healthcare. We have many generous donors who fund our work here. Btw, I'm Doctor Gerben Alfa. It's nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you. But please don't hurt yourself like that again."

"I can't make that promise. After all, I mostly do that only when there's someone around who can save my life. In this case, I was willing to do anything even though we thought no help was coming." "That makes sense. I'm going to let your friends in now. They've been worried sick about you, just don't let them hug you too tight. That would hurt your ribs a lot. I will be back to check on you later." He leaves and opens the door before locking it in place. Just Dominic comes in: "I thought he said friends, not friend." "The others just got bored and decided to investigate too. I'm so relieved you're okay after all of that! That was a serious ordeal! I can't even act like my usual self today." "This is why I keep saying why I value having others in my life. Apart, we are far weaker and more vulnerable. I'm an introvert but at the same time, I greatly value all of my friends like you. And let's not forget the part of my family that doesn't make me want to be confused or pull out my hair in frustration not to mention my amazing boyfriend, Raven!" "I'm so glad to see you trying to be in high spirits. But you're ignoring your pain and frustrations again." "What choice do I have? If I focus on my agony and negative emotions, I will destroy myself and the US back in my world will then gain more power over me. My convictions mustn't waver. We have to stop the fascists. That and growing stronger, saving people, defeating our enemies, and having fun are what I'm most focused on." "I get it. Why did today have to be such a drain? I was looking forward to a nice nap right about now. I've been so busy fighting and in the lab lately."

"It looks like you're back to your usual self. But we can't just daddle here. Nazis just tried to kill us. We need to take that seriously first. I'm going to share the intel I managed to get. *does so* We have to be more careful moving forward. I don't think it's a good idea to celebrate Halloween here in Miitopia." "We talked about that earlier. Now I'm worried for once. I ran some calculations of what place is safest for us using all information we know. Obviously, our bases are at the top but Twisted Land is high up on the rankings too. Considering it was your idea to make sure everyone involved with it is capable in combat, this didn't surprise me. Instead, it saved me from falling asleep of boredom! I was so relieved to see it up there. I'll share the intel you got with the others. We should go to Twisted Land for Halloween. Ugh I just want a break and a nap now. But we have to start preparing for war." "I agree. Those fascists aren't going to stop there. They're not going to try to outright kill us through a covert operation, they're going to crush us with sheer numbers next time after they raid any places opposed to them. They hold the majority of the political power in Miitopia now. Good thing Carlos and some others have gone on spy missions from time to time. That's why we know as much as we do. We've known about their rise for a long time. At first, they were a few SDL supporters but then, they found like-minded individuals during the liberation of Miitopia from the SDL. When we founded a government for Galados Isle, they easily slipped in into it. Back then, we didn't have a fully fledged intelligence network. We've been so occupied with other issues that combined with the fact there are a lot of gullible Miitopians, it's no wonder they are about to hold nearly all political power here."

"Exactly. Oh btw, Bray, Madeline, and Julia are recovering just fine. Your cape is currently being repaired but more importantly, it really did help save their lives. Now that communications and everything are working again, help with the investigation will be coming. Once they arrive, getting you fully recovered and out of here is going to be easy. But we must be careful just as you said. I guess all we can do now is wait. Teleportation with a injured body like yours? Absolutely unthinkable! I teleported crash test dummies designed to be like living beings but injured in many trials. Every time, it didn't go well. Broken bones, exposed wounds, and so on don't teleport well. It was tiring to keep seeing the same thing happen. That's why we always try our best to treat injuries on site. I'm just glad no one was foolish enough to transport an injured comrade through the Quantum Leap bands. Also, the Fab Fairies have requested a meeting with all of us at Citrus Cave to plan our next move. The two of us can't plan it on our own. There is too much to consider for that to be possible. Would you like something to eat or drink? I can go get you something. While I'm at it, would you like a book as well? It's so tiring that you can't move much on your own without so much pain." "I think I'm good for now. I'd rather just talk to you until we can get out of here. Im sure the fairies could make something for me. I've tried some interesting food from their domain. I'm so glad they're on our side, we need more comrades here to overcome what's coming." "Fine by me. I'm too tired to care. What do you want to talk about?" "Besides the fact that we think a lot when it comes to a chill attitude, I can't think of much. But wait, can you get my stuff for me? I have an idea." "I will. Be back soon, I'm so tired that I just want to get everything over with so I'm motivated! Don't worry, you're going to get it back soon!"

He speed walks out of the room with the sudden vigor I have come to expect of him. This hospital is far from any government buildings in Peculia. This land is a strange place so it's population is small. There aren't many Nazis around here. Miitopia is a large region, there is a lot to explore here. I reflect on the day as I wait for him to return. When my mind gets occupied, boredom is much harder to have manifest. After a little time, the scientist returns with all of my stuff in my backpack: "Why do you want your stuff? You can't even move much." "Yeah, not in this realm anyway. I challenge you, my friend to a duel in Link VRAINS. Are you ready to link in? Please get out my duel disk if you are." He does so and activates it for me while activating his: "You're on! Maybe this is what I need to keep myself from falling asleep. Just the thought of being so tired is such a causation to want a nap." He puts my disk on my lap so I can touch it with my right hand. We shout: "It's time to link into the VRAINS!" at the same time. In seconds, we are logged into that virtual world and spawn in at the hub for Link VRAINS. We quickly summon our duel boards and speed off from there. Dominic says: "Let's make this more interesting. With my power, I generate a data storm! Next, I activate the Action Field, Crossover Acceleration!" "I accept these modifications. We'll play by normal speed duel rules combined with action cards. You make the first move since I challenged you."

"Gladly. I set the Pendulum scale with scale 3 Revolutionary Intellectual Physicist Atomic Oto and scale 9 Revolutionary Intellectual String Theorist Quantum Quinton! With my formula set into motion, I can calculate the answer that will somewhat likely lead to my potential victory! The calculations will be simple. By using these 2 to Pendulum summon, there are as many answers to solve the enigma of my strategies as there are monster zones in my field! With that in mind, I summon these 2 as the answers to solve my enigma! Revolutionary Intellectual Coder Cornin and Revolutionary Intellectual Archeologist Tomben! Next, I activate my skill to use these answers in another equation more effectively! It allows me to perform as many summoning methods as I'd like with the 2 comrades on my field! In exchange, they will be removed from play and I must send the top 2 cards in my deck to the graveyard every time I do this. To begin, I use my knowledge to call forth a portal to another reality! By doing so, I have invented my very own overlay network! With it, the equation for something beyond is calculated! I overlay my 2 comrades to Xyz summon. Appear now, Number 342: Revolutionary Intellectual Life Studier Lianna! But that's not all, I solve the mysteries of the digital world. And by doing so, I have found the means to link together my comrades to create the ultimate invention. Granting authorization to the link markers or whatever you want to call them. It doesn't matter for names are labels and labels do not truly describe what they're describing. To Link summon, I need to add 2 Revolutionary Intellectual monsters into the formula. Therefore, I set these 2 into where you think they go. Link summon! Link 2! Revolutionary Intellectual Examiner Of Social Behavior, Formulaic Frank! Before I end my turn, let's do this again. When 2 atoms become one, they become greater than the sum of their parts. Let me demonstrate my point by doing the same to my 2 monster comrades! What happens to atoms must have even greater results with 2 complex life forms! Watch as I reveal the fruits of my research to turn 2 into 1! I fusion summon! Rise from the merging of two into one. Show us the results of the experiences of 2 combining into something bigger! Revolutionary Intellectual Emergency Surgeon Stafris! That ends my scientific ramble. Your move, my friend!"

As much as I would have liked to recounted the rest of the duel, I don't have time to document it. Besides, we were pretty quick with our moves and managed to tie in a clash between chaos numbers. Action cards dragged the duel out so that was nice. Both of us felt a lot better and it killed a lot of time. We log out of Link VRAINS and return to our physical bodies. Once we get back, the others are waiting for us. Bray, Madeline, and Julia are standing up, physically seemingly unharmed. Bray greets us: "Finally! We've been waiting 15 minutes for you to finish your duel. Now that we're fully recovered, I shall heal up you as well, Adam. That duel must have been intriguing, we're well aware that you were at it for a while. The Fab Fairies are waiting for us in Citrus Cave. Let's not keep them waiting any longer. Giga Cure!" The rest of my injuries are healed instantly and to prove it, I pick up my duel disk, get out of bed, rip my bandages off, get my gear out of my backpack, and put my regular clothes and armor back on before drawing my sword and strapping my duel disk to my arm. I looked like a mummy with all the bandages on me. And the bed was like my sarcophagus. But now, I stand proudly with my sword in my right hand: "Thank you so much, Bray! I'm ready now, are we all ready? No foe will get us again today. They will fall to my sword." The others nod. The one who fixed up Bray, Julia, and Madeline was Lauren after Alexandra, one of the pop stars on our team came to relay intel to and from us and deliver an MP Candy to the drained chef. That was enough for her cooking to in fact heal our friends effectively after her magic was restored by eating it. We teleport to Citrus Cave together and walk pretty far into it.

It doesn't take long for the Fab Fairies to spot us. The youngest of them, Akiza stomps her left foot: "Took you long enough! I hate when people are late!" Grace, the oldest pats her in the back: "Calm down and relax, Akiza. Our friends are here now, that's what matters." "Hmph! Fine! But only because you said so!" Violet, the 2nd oldest expresses sadly: "I get where Akiza is coming from but anger won't help us right now. We're all in danger. They want to hurt all of us and everything we care about. It's so sad." "We won't let them! I hate it even more when people try to hurt my friends! They cross them, they also cross me! I will do anything to protect all of you even though you were late to this meeting! I'll show those Nazis what for, I will make them cry!" Bray speaks: "I think we've had enough passion for now. Have you gotten any information we don't know out of all the Nazis you managed to capture?" Grace replies: "I'm afraid we have learned nothing new. They keep screaming at us for being ourselves. It's even wearing a little bit on my patience. And I don't lose my patience." I state: "We must treat this as a lucky catch. We won't be able to overwhelm them like that so easily next time. They weren't expecting such a strong resistance. And since we know that the United Mining Company was involved, things are even worse than we feared. They finally have the corporate backing they need to institute fascist dictatorships in all of Miitopia. Under them, individuals like us will be hunted, rounded up, and killed. It'll be genocide. Worryingly, this reflects the trends where I come from. The star striped Nazis tried to murder somebody and are calling it off as something to joke about. I don't like who they tried to kill but it's still vile. We can't really help there but here, we can crush these lunatics and destroy their dreams of a genocidal and exploitative fascist dystopia."

Dominic replies: "That's right. They have already begun to cause a lot of trouble. The furry convention we helped found in this world is receiving harassment and death threats. Libraries are being looted and they are trying to shut them down. We need to begin preparing in earnest immediately. After my duel with Adam, I have no current interest in taking a nap. It's not even crossing my mind. So, what do we do now? How will we start preparing?" That's when I reveal a secret I've been keeping: "I don't know how many of you have ended up learning this but I got a letter from the Knights Of Miitopia in July. They want me to meet with them and consider joining them. And they just saved us back there. If we could get them to officially ally with us, we'll have a much better chance of winning the incoming war. I am interested in joining their ranks and achieving knighthood but under some conditions which I will discuss with them." "You got invited to join them? I got invited to join the League Of Minds, the scientist guild based in Nimbus." "In that case, I shall inform you that the Miitopian Mages Community invited me. It's intriguing. We might be able to get all of the major guilds on our side." After that, we discuss more and have treats baked by the Fab Fairies themselves. In the end, we decide to put up more defenses wherever we roam and to begin recruiting people to our cause, the defeat and destruction of Miitopian fascism. To help this along, I spent the rest of the day after we got back to design and print out posters and such to speak out against fascism and encourage miis and others to join our side.

Dominic and Bray in the meanwhile began contacting anarchist groups that already exist in Miitopia. The Fab Fairies informed us they were going to train the elves from the Elven Village to help fight and that we were welcome to help them at any time. They also said they would begin turning the Realm Of Fey into Miitopia's first ever communal living based anarchist commune. It's going to take some time though. But it will help a lot. The accursed system that keeps Miitopia from true liberation and peace must fall. Peaceful means won't work, the fascist takeover is too far in for that to happen. We even heard rumors that the Kingdom of Greenhorne hired some coppers from the city of New Lumos to control their population better with. We also started gathering up resources and informed the rest of the collective about what's happening. The United Mining Company and it's CEO Pmurt Nedib must pay for what they have helped escalate. Just a couple more conflicts and the war will begin. And it won't be pretty, we're going to lose a lot of comrades. The Nazis will fight to kill us all brutally. But we won't offer them mercy, we will do everything in our power to pulverize their numbers. This isn't a drill. The genocide has already begun with the reckless handling of a disease that is spreading like wildfire here, it's not Covid. Miitopian Covid was wiped out some time ago. It's something just as bad as Covid is now back on Earth. They won't catch us off guard again. We will fight them with everything.

Outro: As the seeds of hatred and fascism in America have grown into something monstrous and vile, I have had no choice but to accept the Nazis want me eventually silenced. This story serves as yet another warning as to what has already been set into motion. The self proclaimed freedom lovers, the Republicans are making things worse by the day and the Democrats are just sitting there idly by. We are all in danger with the global rise in fascism. In order to survive, one must be a conformist who so happens to not be viewed as inferior by the Nazis or be a revolutionary who can endure and hopefully, defend themselves too. Bans on trans people have been passed in many states. In the UK, transphobia is also restricting people. It's happening everywhere. Fascists control America, the UK, Italy, Russia, and more. Doing nothing about it is the way to have a 100% chance of another Holocaust like genocide. And if you think the Holocaust is a hoax, you're a fool. Who benefits from making up a genocide where millions died? Who benefits? In order to gain power, the thing to do is to deny the genocide happened, not make it up! Get ready to defend yourself. They want blood and destruction. We must think for ourselves and resist. Unite and fight. The resistance never quits. I will leave it at that, stay safe and whatever you do, don't fall for the lies the media, government, and corporations are feeding you to keep you angry at the wrong people and/or pacified.