Chapter 57- A Random City

The landscape all around the characters is distorted. Not in the typical, strange way. No, before them, pieces of houses lay next to patches of grass, which is settled between rocks and random waves of sudden water. There are even places that have numbers instead of ground. The landscape is literally twisted together.

This is Glitch City.

Cassandra threw up her hands. "Where are we?! How did we get here?!"

Missingno gave a smile and a soft chuckle. "Dear, Cassandra. I told you that we are going to Glitch City. And do you really not remember what we were just doing to get here?"

"Of course I remember everything, I was being-Oh no." She slowly turns to him. "You aren't going to explain it all again, are you?"

"Of course not!"

She lets out a sigh.

Uh, Missingno? You were to lazy to describe how to do in story style, so no one else knows.

"That's right! I guess I will explain it!"

Cassandra cries out, but he turns away.

"First, we entered the Safari Zone. We then turned right back out. When asked if we wanted to leave, we said no. After saving, we restarted the game, and left again. This time, the people thought that we were entering. We told them we didn't want to enter, so they let us out. BUT! The step counter was still working. So we left the city, and went out to Route 14, where we walked the remaining steps until the counter pinged us back. It teleported us as if leaving the Safari Zone, but because we were originally in Route 14, we came here instead!"

Koja narrows his eyes. "Again, who are you talking to?"

Missingno jumps back. "Holy ninja, Batman! When did you show up?"

"I've been here the whole time."

Did you not notice him because he is a ninja?

"Nah, it's probably because he hasn't been specifically mentioned yet, so I forgot he existed."

But you remember that Driller is still around, right?

He turns to the other side, where Driller is floating around.

"Holy Beedrill!" This time he jumps far to the side…

And into an invisible wall.

Cassandra touches the barrier. It is definitely there, but the only thing around is a bit of grass. "Um, is there any point to ever coming here?"

"None whatsoever!" Missingno jumps up. "The one and only thing you can do here is to brag that you have been here! Well, that and…" He runs up to a piece of a building. He jumps into the side, and starts to swim through it like water. "This!"

"So, are we really going to find the glitch in this… mess?"

Koja nods. "This place looks completely unstable." He walks up to another area, and knocks on another invisible wall. "I'm not even sure how to walk around this place, let alone track something."

Missingno rubs his chin. "We'll need some sort of tracking device." He pulls out a small contraption with dishes and antenna. "Based on my readings, the glitch is that way!"

As he points into the horizon, a screech is heard from the other direction.

"... I mean that way!" He turns around and smiles. "Although I'm pretty sure that my Defence lowered twice just now. I'm getting pretty low."

Cassandra shakes her head. "Whatever, let's just make sure we stick together and-"

"Koja left."

"What?!"

Missingno points to a set of trees. "He found a path and ninja'd his way through."

I don't think that is a word.

"You're not a word!"

… That doesn't make sense.

"You don't make sense!"

… I'm gonna move on.

"You're gonna move on!"

Cassandra smacks him upside the head. "Come on, we have to catch up." She tries to find a path through the invisible walls.

Missingno crosses his arms and pouts. "Fine." He walks through a tree. Not breaking it, he just walks though it.

Cassandra hesitates, but finds that she can do the same thing, so it must be the path. She pulls Driller to the other side, where they see Missingno smashed up against part of a roof.

Missingno mumbles against the wall. "This isn't the path…"

Cassandra rolls her eyes and looks for more breaks in the barrier. She finally finds one, but it is through a patch of water. She tries to see if she can walk around it.

Missingno chuckles. "Cassandra, Cassandra, Cassandra." He walks out onto the water. "When are you going to learn that nothing here is as it seems. The buildings, that tree, this water, those numbers, that charging Muk monster, the gra…" He turns around towards the huge Muk that is rushing at them. He looks back at her, eyes wide open. "Run!"

The three of them rush back through the tree, past the swimmable building, and down another path. As they run, Missingno pulls ahead to get away…

And smashes into another invisible wall. He tries to go left or right, but the building pieces act as real walls this time.

The giant purple monster catches roars as it closes in. It is obviously a Muk, made of flowing, poisonous goop. It lurches forward, then quickly pulls the rest of its body with it.

As the monster raises its one giant hand, Cassandra and Driller ready themselves to take the blow head on.

Missingno suddenly dives to the other side, and he runs into another invisible wall. "Hey!" He rubs his nose as he complains. "Who led us to complete doom in this dead end?!"

The other two leer at him. "That would be you."

"Ouch! My Defense definitely lowered from that!" Missingno grasps at his heart as he comedically writhes in pain.

She sighs, but the monster's roar attacks their attention again. It has raised the hand over its head, and the attack begins to descend towards them.

Missingno shrugs at Cassandra. "Sorry."

They prepare for the descending doom, but at the last moment a ninja appears above them. He cries out as the poison sears through his clothes and into his back.

The girl's eyes widen as she yells out his name. "Koja!"

Missingno throws down a rubber ball, the circus and its music appears all around them.

When the different Missingnos notice the monster in the tent, everything stops.

And they all panic.