"Alright everyone! We're ready to lea-"

"Hey lady! What about me?" Li Li called to the woman.

Nova's eyes widened, as she had forgotten about the child.

"Oh! Li Li! That's right! My bad, kid. But I think it would be best if you stayed here instead of going on the Penelope hunt with us."

"But whyyyyy?" Li Li whined.

Nova kneeled in front of the child, and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You're just a kid. I don't particularly like to see kids hurt. Plus, you can't take a lot of damage. And what about Chen? What if he shows up here, and you're not here to reunite with him?"

Li Li's eyebrows, or what looked like eyebrows on her fur, turned in an angry direction. "But you'll need healers! Those things can't get hit without someone burning them to death or shooting them in the face!"

"We'll be fine." Nova said, before giving her a reassuring smile.

"If you say so." Li Li muttered, before plopping herself on the couch and grabbing the T.V remote.

Nova could still hear her muttering, and heard her mutter a particularly nasty cuss.

"I'll be telling your uncle you said that!" Nova called to her.

"Wow, this place is…" Nova began.

They were standing at the large, wooden door for the castle just outside of Dragon Shire, where the Nobles would stand and watch the Heroes relentlessly beat each other to death.

"Friend Nova, Brightwing thinks this place is pretty!" Brightwing said.

"I don't think pretty is a good enough word. More like stunning."

The castle was painted a soft pink, with cherry red rooftops. The top windows alone were taller than anyone in the group, and two suits of armor were placed next to the wooden door.

Pushing it open had been easy. Inside the castle, it was obvious that the nobles that watched the games lived here. The walls were pure gold, and the floors silver.

"I bet you people break their arms on that floor more times than countable." Nova joked to her friend.

"What are we even here for, Friend Nova?" Brightwing said.

"Penelope is a leader, right? Don't leaders hang around castles?"

"I guess so, Friend Nov-"

Brightwing stopped speaking.

"What is it?" Nova whispered.

"Brightwing hears someone." Brightwing replied. Brightwing looked around, before spotting a nearby table. She grabbed the Ghost by her ponytail and dragged her under it.

"Brightwing, wha-"

"Shhh…."

Nova listened closely. She heard footsteps approaching, walking down stairs.

"Lord Sephiroth-" A voice said.

"What did I say about that name?! It's Mince, you bumbling idiot!" The voice of Mince rang out.

"I apologize, M'lord."

Nova peeked out from under the table. Mince's helmet was off, and he was wearing black and silver robes. His hair was so white it looked bleached. It was sloppily chopped in a Justin Beiber-esque haircut. Even though he was supposed to be biologically 18, he was very short, and had a baby face. The person, a woman, who was speaking to him, was, simply put, lovely. Her blonde hair was in two pigtails, in such a way that it looked like it had been ripped from the head of Hatsune Miku. Her outfit was a simple grass green dress, with a white vest. Her lipstick was a sharp orange, and her eyes were blue. She had a nametag on, and it read "Lo". She looked about 14, so only about 4 days since her creation.

"Lo, do you know why you have the name I gave you?" Mince asked her.

Lo looked down at her feet. "No, sir." she replied.

"Because you are low on the social food chain, and I wanted to give you a name that fit that. But I didn't want it to be too direct. You are a gift from Penelope. Unless you want me regifting you to an executioner, you should learn my name." Mince smirked as he said the last part.

"Y-yes, sir."

"Friend Nova, we have to help her!"

"Keep quiet!"

The footsteps slowly faded away, leaving them in the dark silence. Nova held Brightwings hand as they crawled out from under the feast table.

"I think I know who to get info out from, now." Nova said.

Skull: Thanks! I just said all that because i'm actually really scared of offending people.

And what would Nexus Hell even be like? I'm guessing the Game Masters themselves come out to constantly beat you to death with nerf bats. Poor Mingy.

Lucario: Woah. You really did your research, holy crap. Assassination seems ok, but Ego? Oh yeah, baby. Mingy has quite the Ego. Also monologuing, as someone who played Diablo 3 as her, sweet Mother Teresa is she a talker.

Consort: Attaching rails to it...Actually seems pretty smart! But unless they give it the strength of a freight, it don't think it'd get far. Rails are heavy, and having large, non-human creatures in them would slow it down by a lot.

No, he's not going to die in that way. But, if he was, it would probably happen if he was: A. Pyroblasting a whole lot, and not paying attention to his surroundings (Or his teammates telling him to "RUN, F*CKING RUN"), or B: He's trying to save someone and ends up sacrificing himself to get them to safety. Or an earthquake, if the Nexus has those.