Chaotic Hangouts
Chapter 16: Knighthood Ceremony Mayhem
Date: August 19th, 2023
The original plan for the latest Miitopian knighthood ceremony was to have it take place after we killed Pmurt Nedib. However, we didn't account for the fact that we would all need some time to recover. I may be a zombie now but even I need time to recover from what has happened. The energy I collected through unsavory means from the Nightmare Realm is what is allowing my body to act like a normal body. That being said, I can't bleed anymore and my heart no longer beats. What most of us didn't expect was the chaos that was about to unfold at the knighthood ceremony. The first ever one after the war and it just didn't really go to plan. Let me explain by reflecting on what happened. The afternoon of August 19th, myself and many other BRAINS members were standing around, mingling, or helping out with the knighthood ceremony. We were going to be honoring several warriors who have passed the trials to becoming a knight. Since I became a knight, they have changed. Well, the first one stayed the same. But the other two. That was a different story. In the 2nd trial, aspiring knights don't have to overcome ridiculous odds like I did. They just have to show off their technique, resilience, and so on in a one on one fight with one of the strongest knights in Miitopia. If they actually managed to miraculously win, they didn't have to do the 3rd trial because that's no small feat. The final trial involves undergoing a simulated boss battle now that the monsters of Miitopia get along with everyone. It's basically like my final trial but without the risk of real injury or death. All that is simulated as well. The simulation is all thanks to Dominic, Robert, Dr. Bonesbane, and other scientists working together to make it into reality. Recruitment for the knights has also changed to be done through many more means than traditional mail.
With that all explained, here's what I was doing. I was helping with the decorations when the first moment of chaos took place. Pinkie Pie who was also helping somehow got trapped in a banner. I was helping give the dining room of the knights a new coat of paint when this happened. I'm still not that used to paint rollers so it was a surprise I didn't cause an accident first. That's when I heard her scream: "Aaaaaa! Somecreature help me! I'm stuck!" I put the paint roller down and ran to her once I saw her situation. "Pinkie Pie! What did you do this time?" I reach her and start trying to pull her out. "Swiftdrawer! Thank goodness you're here! I was just trying to put up this banner up! That's all! I accidentally stepped on it and my hooves started sinking into it!" Discord shows up: "Oh my! Oh my! Looks like Pinkie Pie fell for my little prank!" "DISCORD! Wait.. HAHAHAHAHA!" "I'm not even surprised. Good one, Discord." I start laughing too. Discord joins in. "It's about time you laughed, Swiftdrawer!" "Did you really have to rub in the fact that it's harder for me to laugh nowadays? Well then, we better finish decorating as the ceremony was a good excuse to renovate this base. Sorry to move on like that but we only have a few hours and I'm still kind of recovering so no Artist's Eye today." Some time later, all the decorations are finished. That's when Barla comes to me: "Hey ya! Are you ready for the ceremony? It's going to be awesome! Hell yeah!" "Aye. Of course I am! With you and Dominic among those playing a part in it this time, it's really going to be something special. A blend of tradition and unconventional. Such a fusion cannot be simply captured by art."
A sudden loud crash is heard. I look over and see Carlos on the floor with a furious Madeline and serious Dominic staring down at him. "What the hell did Carlos do this time?" "That's what I want to know." "It's a nap causation except it actually isn't. Carlos had one of his candy moments again." "How is that even possible? There's no candy here." "CARLOS, YOU DON'T GO TO ANOTHER UNIVERSE JUST TO GET CANDY!" "..I'm just going to step back and let you two handle things. There's still a few things to do before the ceremony starts. My armor and sword still need care and maintenance. Been too busy recovering and taking on responsibilities to take care of that. I'm also going to write down what I know that I haven't yet about the next conflicts and share the information in the group chat for the entire collective." I walk away quickly before anyone says anything. I head to the training area within the Knights of Miitopia base to take care of my sword and armor. Once there, I sit down on a bench right by where the resources to take care of swords, guns, daggers, and armor are within arms reach. I take my cape off and set it next to me. After that, I take my armor off piece by piece and remove my sword from its scabbard. After taking care of my sword and armor, I put everything back on and slide my sword back into its scabbard. As I leave the room, I inadvertently crash into a running Beerus. "Watch it, mortal!" "Sorry Beerus! I didn't see you running." "NEXT TIME, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE TO SEE ME RUNNING! IM ON THE HUNT FOR DELICIOUS CUISINE!" "Okay then. I'm not surprised. If you find any food that's just lying around for some reason, I'm certainly not going to care. But be careful- Oh, nevermind. You're a God of Destruction. Simple germs really can't do much to you, can they? Anyway, I'm going to the room where the ceremony's taking place."
"Hmph." Beerus then runs off and I walk to the room where the ceremony's happening. I couldn't remember if it happened to be the dining room or not due to being distracted by the literal run in with Beerus. When I got to it, I once again knew that it was also the dining room. Oops. Nothing too eventful happened around me as I awaited the new knights to walk into the room together. As I waited, I just talked with others, exchanged a few jokes, share some stories, that sort of thing. And then, the moment came. Mel's protégé Rol with the other new knights whose names I couldn't recall at the time. The 5 of them walked in together with Akatsuki members behind them to ensure no surprise attacks would happen. Miitopia may be almost completely cleansed of fascists now but fascism still affects the thinking of many and we could be under attack by adversaries from another dimension at any time. The doors opened to announce their arrival. Many of us cheered. I myself gave a simple cheer. I didn't want to be excessive or anything. And of course, Carlos is now eating candy despite earlier. Before anyone could really say anything or Dominic could turn on this 4D projector he brought to add some flair, something happened. A ghostly image of 2 people getting run over by Truck-kun appears. I smirk: "So, I was right all along. My creative foresight was correct. This is going to be fun. Well, I better get some popcorn. Actually, I already have some popcorn." I get out a bucket of popcorn from my ender pouch and start eating some. Paladin Fran says: "Swiftdrawer! Why are you eating popcorn?" "Shh.. This ceremony is going to be a little chaotic. I'm enjoying some popcorn in preparation for what's about to happen. Truck-kun is sending us some new friends." I crack up and almost choke on a handful of popcorn. I stop laughing and just stay perfectly still as I fight to get the popcorn down.
Right as I defeat the stuck popcorn, something else happens. Ballister Boldheart and Nimona fall onto the dining room table Jumanji style. Portal and sound effects included. Dominic sighs: "I'll fix the table after they get up. Nap causation." Nimona, unfazed by falling immediately stands up on top of the broken table and grins. She/he/they have fingerless gauntlets, a brown, black, and gray outfit, brown shoes and leggings, pink hair, tan skin, and pink and a similar color wings and tail. Ballister has brown eyes, dark brown skin, black hair, a mustache, and black armor. His right arm is prosthetic. He also wears gloves and has a nice sword on his person. Nimona cheers: "I don't know where we are but I love it! Come on, boss! Adventure!" "Nimona! Why are you so excited?! We don't even know where we are or who any of these people are! What is this place?!" "Don't you have more faith in me than that, boss? Come on, it's fine!" Shikamaru stands up from where he was seated and speaks: "It's a pain but.. You're in Miitopia." "Who in the world are you?!" "Yay! New friend! Hi!" "I'm Shikamaru Nara of the Nara clan and skilled tactician of the village of Konoha in the Land of Fire. And for the record, I'm not the only one here." "I've never heard of such places. This is all too much to me. First, Nimona shows up at my doorstep and then, we get hit by a truck with a face on it. And then, we fall through a portal to here." I get up too and walk to where they're still collecting themselves. Ballister looks over at me: "A knight? This place has knights too? Who are you?" "Did you say knight? That's so cool!" "Swiftdrawer, I'll let you take the explaining from here." "Right. Okay, let's sum this up because we're trying to celebrate some new knights in this world. I'm Swiftdrawer. Everyone you see around here is united under the same cause despite from being from many different worlds. This world has knights. That's the gist."
"What?! Other worlds?!" "Ooooo! So you're saying we're in a completely different world! Boss, this is going to be one heck of an adventure." And then, Sonic comes running in with a chili dog in his hand. He looks: "Hey! What's happening? Did I miss something? That's not like me at all! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!" I sweat drop as do Shikamaru and a bunch of others. Athena speaks: "While it is important to explain everything to these newcomers, let us first go on with the knight ceremony. I believe watching the ceremony will help them understand what this world is like." Tsunade nods: "Yes. I agree completely." Naruto chimes in: "Absolutely! We got plenty of places to sit even now!" "What a pain and total drag. At least the room has been magically expanded. Can we just start the ceremony already?" I speak up: "Well, I'm ready when the new knights are. I'm going to make my way to where I'm supposed to be standing for this thing." I walk there and sweat drop as more banter is exchanged. But then, Dominic, Barla, and others who will also be helping with this part of the ceremony stand up and go where I went too. Barla pulls out a rpg and blasts parts of the ceiling with it. The room falls silent. Dominic wordlessly fixes the new hole in the wall and tries to keep a calm face on as do I but it's hard. Mel clears her throat and begins: "Now that things have settled-" "I'm a shark!" Nimona has turned into a shark. "Nimona! Keep it down! You can show that off later!" "If you say so, boss." Dominic fixes the table and Mel speaks again: "As I was saying. Now that things have settled-" "MY CURRY IS READY!" Romin runs into the room carrying 2 buckets of differently colored curry.
Beerus yells: "Keep that horrible curry away from me!" Wait, when did Beerus try her curry? "What a nap causation! The mixing of those curry creates a highly potent and instantly reactive explosive!" "Curry is served! Please take as much of my curry as you want!" Zenblock yells: "Nobody mix those curries together! KEVIN, DON'T YOU DARE!" "Did someone say mix my curry? Yay! That's a great idea! I'm going to do it now!" Gakuto screams: "NOOOO! ROMIN! YOU MUST NOT DO THAT! AS STUDENT PRESIDENT OF GOHA #7 ELEMENTARY, I ORDER YOU TO STOP!" It was too late. Before anyone could stop her, Romin mixed her curry. The explosion was large and a lot of us got covered in the curry. I wasn't one of them but it was a sight to say that least. Much of the table was gone and so many of our comrades were now sprawled out on the ground. As if to make matters worse, a Death Note appears from a different portal. I abandon my position and run for it: "Don't write in that thing!" But I was too late. Someone else got to it before I could. My left eye twitches as I say: "Chuckles. We're in danger." Orochimaru was the one who got it. He reads outloud: "The person whose name is written in this notebook will die. Interesting, it would be fascinating to use this in my research. Oh, what's this? A creature in front of me?" I say: "Research on the Death Note will now be rendered pointless because I can tell you everything about it. Now, hand it over, Orochimaru. I believe I can better secure it." "If you say so, Swiftdrawer." He hands it over and Ryuk the dark blue haired shinigami with black bones and some accessories appears to me. "My my, the humans and other mortals in this world are sure quite interesting. *laughs* This will be entertaining!"
"Ryuk, I know you but right now, I have no time for you. Quantum Leap, send this Death Note to the space station. The power of the Death Note must be avoided at all costs. I hope you enjoy the space station, Ryuk. Sorry but there's too much going on right now. See ya I guess." Ryuk just keeps laughing as he is teleported along with the Death Note. Orochimaru chuckles. I decide not to say anything and return to the place I was meant to stand during the ceremony. By this point, the curry chaos had been completely sorted out and cleaned up. And just when things were getting calm again, the door to the base is blasted open by Bakugo: "YOU EXTRAS! HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT INVITING ME!" Bulma speaks in a no nonsense voice: "Well, it isn't anyone's fault that you got here late. I don't know why you're late but you can't just blame any of us!" "SHUT THE HELL UP!" Ballister looks at this situation nervously: ".." Nimona grins: "He's so grumpy! I love him!" "HEY, IM NOT GRUMPY, LITTLE GIRL!" "I AM NO LITTLE GIRL! I AM NIMONA!" "LIKE HELL I CARE WHO YOU ARE!" "I AM NIMONA!" "I DON'T CARE!" Madeline yells: "BE QUIET! WE'RE TRYING TO DO A CEREMONY! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" "STAY OUT OF THIS, YOU GOLDEN HAG!" "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!" The intense furious music from Tomodachi Life starts playing as anger manifests into flames that start lighting the air on fire. Athena says firmly: "That is enough! Stop it, all of you. There is no need to fight." Twilight adds: "Indeed. Let's work things out peacefully. As the Princess of Friendship, I will help make sure this friendship problem is resolved!" "DON'T YOU BUTT IN, PONY!" Nimona and Madeline actually calm down.
Beerus groans and stands up while pointing a Haikai at Bakugo: "Mortal, if you don't calm the hell down, I will destroy you. This may not be any of our planets or universes but we must respect the ways here in Miitopia." Goku laughs nervously: "Hey now, let's not get that far!" "YOU SHUT THE HELL UP TOO! DIE! DIE! DIE! GO TO HELL!" "Ugger, Root Reach!" "You got it, Edyn!" Bakugo is wrapped up by the dream creature's technique. And he can't get out. Master Wu drinks tea as I stand around while eating more of my popcorn. He then speaks: "Now, Bakugo. I was told that you had been calmed down in your overall attitude. It seems that the information wasn't completely true. You must calm yourself for patience is an important virtue not just for ninja but for any hero. That includes you." "STAY OUT OF THIS!" Konan appears next to Bakugo and stares at him while making paper clones of herself: "Master Wu is correct. The path to peace and a multiverse without meaningless suffering includes being patient with those who are different from you." "Tch.. Fine, I'll calm down. Just let me go." Edyn lets Ugger let Bakugo go. Bulma smiles: "With that resolved, it's okay to finally begin the ceremony. I'm so curious to see how it will go. I'm afraid that I don't know much about knightly ceremonies. Back in Universe 7, we just don't have that many stories of knights."
Everything is back in order and Nimona's antics have been calmed by anticipation for the knight ceremony. Mel speaks up again: "Welcome to this knighthood ceremony. Let's begins. Dominic, you're up." He nods and presses a button. However, an unexpected twist occurs. Instead of setting off what he brought with him, the room around us distorts away and we find ourselves in a colorful dimension full of memes. Roboppi cheers: "Yay! Look at all those fun people dancing around!" Ino says: "Where are we?" "What a drag." "What a nap causation. This wasn't supposed to happen. Did someone tamper with my stuff?" The troll face meme appears and starts singing: "Trollolololololol IIIII trolllllled your stuff. And nooooow you're here. Lololololololololol." I don't say anything. Ghost Gal however does. "Why would you do such a thing? And how? This is far stranger than anything I have ever seen. Not even what I heard about the fake Cyberse compares to this." Sakura performs hand signs: "Release." And just like that, we're back in Miitopia. Pirate Blaster exclaims: "Arr! We got tricked by genjitsu! Whoever did this will be made to walk the plank of the trusty ship I share with my fellow swabs!" We ended up not finding out who did that. All I knew was that we'd probably find out someday but now was not the time to do so. A silence falls over the room. Mel speaks up again: "Dominic, try it again." "Of course. Stuff, just activate." And now, there's a bunch of light projections of knights in battle. Now we're talking. I speak: "It's finally my turn to speak. As one of the newest knights, I would rank towards the bottom if the knights had seniority crap. It doesn't. We're equals. With that said, I am proud of these fellow warriors for overcoming the obstacles in their way as well as helping during the war. We all.. *cough* *voice gets hoarse* We all are.. Damn it, my voice is dying. Give me a moment." I pull out a water bottle from my enter pouch and drink some.
"Sorry about that but now I can speak properly. We are all here today to honor the trials they have overcome. Nathan has summoned the ritual circle that was also used when I became a knight. Okay, good. Anyway, I welcome these warriors as fellow knights who are already comrades in arms. They have come so far. Right now, they're the main characters. This is their night. I was about to make a knight pun but I couldn't think of anything. Oh well. I want to thank everyone for coming to see this ceremony. It is a reflect of our victories over Pmurt Nedib, finally bringing an end to his reign of terror. Let us celebrate these new knights in anyway we see fit. I believe a demonstration of swords is in order. We had that planned for when I stopped talking so let's do that. Through the demonstration, these new knights will get to show you all what they can do. Furthermore, you will see a blend of progress and tradition through the various styles of swordplay that you will see. After all, society must move forward but it also must always remember its roots. We cannot reject progress or tradition. Both must be embraced." Myself, Rol, Mel, and the other knights draw our swords. Right as we're about to begin the demonstration, all of the blades of our swords suddenly snap and fall to the ground. "I have no words. I cast Repair." I fix my sword. Once all of the swords are back to normal, we begin. And then a giant foot falls onto us. I gasp out: "Can't breathe. Foot so smelly.. Why is this happening?" Beerus erases the foot from existence with support from Dominic and others. We knights get up. I say: "Well, forget the demonstration. Let's just do the heart sword thing." Nimona yells: "Yay! You're going to stab them!" Mel and I sweat drop. "No, we are not going to stab the new knights." Instead, all of us Miitopian knights tap the parts of the armor being worn by the new knights above their hearts with the flat edge of our swords. Nathan says: "Observe as their hearts are indirectly touched by the swords of their comrades."
"Arr! Because screw doing things the old fashioned way all the time! We be seeing new ways to old traditions!" "Squawk! New ways! Squawk!" And then, Ultimate Shaggy just appears out of nowhere. Nearly all of us point weapons(or fists) at him. Ultimate Shaggy chuckles: "Like chill out, dudes and dudettes, both and neither. The Plot can't contain me forever. Besides, all I really care about is fighting strong opponents in the end. They forgot about that despite me pulling this same stunt many times over. They want to destroy everything but if everything's destroyed, I will have no one fun to fight. Gotta go now though but I'll be back. Like see ya. Stay groovy." And he vanishes. Ballister speaks: "Who was that?" Those of us who have notably said "not now" in our respective universes do so at the same time, leading to more sweat drops but also some facepalms. I then say: "This knighthood ceremony is taking so long." And then, a chaotic montage song plays as time suddenly accelerates. We are caught inside a montage of mayhem and chaos. I just eat popcorn while all sorts of things happen. Goku gets trapped in a revived Jiraya's hair. Jiraya himself gets stuck to random gum on the floor that has a skeletal hand in it for some reason. Eggman appears and immediately gets hit by a bunch of parts of Ovenzilla. We all get trapped in a cheese ball only for it to fizzle out like a monster does when destroyed in the Yugioh Zexal timeline's dueling system. Once the montage is over, we're all somehow tangled up and it took forever for us to get untangled. I sigh in relief once everything's back in order. However, it becomes clear that it's past midnight now and we're all getting hungry and sleepy. Okay, not so much sleepy when it comes to me since I'm dead but ya know. The Wacky Clowns all pull out their dangerous weapons before using magic to transform them into instruments. They can do that? With the transformed weapons, they start playing some rock style tune.
Fluffy Afro takes a microphone excreted impulsively by Scar Basiltomato and starts singing: "I don't know what to sing. Why are we performing? Why are we performing? I want to know why this is happening." Pickle Rick Not An Alien sings: "That's because I'm not Pickle Rick and definitely not an alien. Just kidding. We might as well just end this knighthood ceremony with some rock and roll." I put my sword in its scabbard as I had pulled it out to find comfort in its familiar feeling after getting untangled. I pull out my guitar and start strumming Death Metal style while singing high pitched: "We are warriors. Warriors of the multiverse. Forget the formalities. We are BRAINS. BRAINS Collective members. Can't you see that we just have to end this ceremony on a high note? Someone please go get the things that are meant to be given to the new knights." Dominic sings: "It's a nap causation but it's time for a tapestry of melodies to collide as we end this ceremony in a way that's never been done before. Tapestry is such an unnecessary word in these circumstances. I'm getting tired and gaining a headache from just thinking about that fact." "The chaos of all of this feels like the randomness that somewhat occurs when I write. Oh crap, I just remembered why the randomness is a thing. I want to facepalm right now at myself. It's because it so happens that my struggles writing sometimes corresponds with the sheer random chaos we sometimes go through. Does that even make sense? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know. All that matters is that we're singing to end this ceremony in a different way. We're hungry and we're tired. Someone please make a feast. It's getting hard not to do anything besides thinking about hunger. I see so many yawns happening. It has to end sometime."
"Arr! Wasn't this situation universally decided to satirize something?" "Please stop breaking the 4th wall. Your question honestly sounds like nonsense. But when you think about it, the fate that shapes us and we also shape is definitely trying to satirize a lot of things today." "What a nap causation. We're getting off topic." "I am Fluffy Afro!" "Yeah yeah. Can we get back to things? We're supposed to be concluding the knighthood ceremony, not ponder over our very existence and why all this chaotic crap is happening to us. We're here gathered to celebrate these new knights. I'll raise my sword to express what words cannot say about their achievements." "Not a nap causation. They've proven themselves to us all. They've worked so hard and now, they're knights. Knights of Miitopia." We keep singing for several minutes. When all is said and done, Mel speaks: "I announce-" "Hold on, Mel! Let's just do the rest of the ceremony like we were supposed to first! It'll be awesome! Hell yeah!" But before Mel could respond, Truck-kun appears in super size by breaking through the walls of the room we're in. Carlos screams: "WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE ISEKIED! RUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNN!" Vegeta scoffs: "No, it's fine. It's power level is just over 9000." I add: "It's also over 69,000. Nice. And I mean that in a PG-13 family friendly way. I think I know where 69 comes from but at this point, I just generally think it's a funny number for the sake of being funny. Oh and I don't think I want to write about another of these chaotic hangouts. I'm just going to write about this one and that will be it. Actually, I already wrote about this in my world 18 days ago. Normally, that would make no sense but as long as you know what my circumstances are, it does end up making sense to you. It's weird but it's true. But still, I'm taking a break from writing these chaotic hangouts. I might stop altogether. I don't know."
Bulma speaks up: "Actually, I think Truck-kun's power level is over infinity." "ITS OVER INFINITY?! RIDICULOUS! NOT EVEN I AS THE PRINCE OF SAIYANS HAS REACHED THAT LEVEL!" Athena, Abstractoa, Beerus, and the other gods try to stop the super sized Truck-kun but nothing they do works. Everything went black. And then, I found myself in my bedroom in my original world. I look around confused: "Did I just get technically reverse isekied? What the hell? This is my room alright. There's the sword wrapped in a blanket I sleep with. Thank goodness my past or future self in my other body isn't here right now. Wait.. I think I can vaguely hear my brother. Damn it. I don't want to explain my form to him. I have to teleport out of here. Quantum Leap, take me to the close famous market a few miles away." And so, I'm teleported to the market only to find absolute chaos. My comrades as well as Ballister and Nimona are there already. I didn't know what to say or do to stop the chaos. It was so much that it's like my mind just broke at that moment. It was not good at all. And then, Ballister audibly yells: "For the last time, where are we?" I run to him and reply: "Welcome to my world. This is my hometown. This is a famous market." "Finally. Thank you for telling me. Swiftdrawer is your name, right?" "Well, it's an alias but I way prefer it over my given name. So yes, I'm Swiftdrawer." I then hear someone call out for a person named Adam. I take a deep breath: "I'm not falling for it again. I had a little embarrassing incident where I went to someone calling out for someone named that. Adam is my given name. But I really don't identify with it. I went to that person thinking they were just some family member I don't remember. Nowadays, I see how I screwed up."
"That's quite the story." "Yes it is and it's only recently that I started finishing letting it go. Anyway, all this chaos just has to stop. It seems like everyone managed to forget we can just teleport back to Miitopia from here." "What?! Teleportation?!" "All will be explained in time. The bigger concern right now is returning to Miitopia, finishing the ceremony, eating, and getting some rest. If you and Nimona are okay with it, you can stay in Miitopia for a few days as we explain everything to you before sending you back to your world. Damn Truck-kun getting in the way of things. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for that truck." "I don't know what to do or think anymore." "That's okay. I'm sure Nimona can help you with that. Now please let me yell out something for a moment. It will be quick." "Okay?" I then yell at the top of my lungs: "EVERYONE, WE CAN TELEPORT BACK TO MIITOPIA!" All the chaos began to stop gradually until silence fell as all of us began teleporting back to Miitopia. When I went back to Miitopia, I made sure to teleport Nimona and Ballister with me. After a few minutes once all of us had returned, it was now time to finish the knighthood ceremony. Living After Midnight by Judas Priest randomly plays. I say: "Well, I guess we're really living after midnight today. The song that is probably just this universe's current background music for some reason really captures that." My comment got a lot of laughter. Once the laughter died down, Mel speaks while working with myself, Barla, Pirate Blaster, and others to hand out items for the new knights: "We present to you these gifts to help you in future adventures. May your swings be full of heart, hope, and endurance. May your will be strengthened by your duties as knights."
I add: "We are all here for each other even throughout unexpected interruptions and other such things. You now have greater responsibilities but you have proven yourselves ready to take them head on. Now, the next stage of your journey begins." Others speak as well and when we're all done, Nathan gifts the new knights same boosts I was given by Bray when I was becoming a knight. He says: "May my mentor's legacy live on. I have done what she said for Swiftdrawer. Your full potentials have been further unlocked. No matter where we all come from, we are united as one. We are heroes of the multiverse." And then, myself, Mel, Barla, Dominic, and more shout in unison alongside Nathan: "Welcome to the Knights of Miitopia!" That's all Carlos needed to hear to literally dive into a giant cake that was just set out. I'm the first to sweat drop. Pinkie Pie dives into the same cake. The room is now far larger than it normally is through more expansion spells than before. The greatly increased size of the dining table reflects this. As does the presence of many other tables and so many chairs and other places to sit. We're technically in a temporary pocket dimension at this point. The walls and doors that were damaged or destroyed earlier have been repaired. There's no worries on that front. I end up sweat dropping again. I then take a seat at the dining table and start eating a authentic cheese pizza with a savory sauce and tomatoes. A healthier option than the pizzas I normally eat. After all, I no longer desire as much to just eat my favorite foods over and over again in excess. Sure, I need to eat a lot due to my training and all that but I've been eating healthier even in this body. Okay, much more so in this body if I'm being honest.
I was too focused on the pizza to care about what happened to the cake for much longer than I did. Once everyone has sat down, the food started "disappearing" very quickly. As I finished the pizza, I shrugged upon seeing another pizza: "I might as well eat this one too. This is meant to be a feast. I can't believe we're still doing this feast despite it being after midnight now. We should have had faster meals and just scattered to our various universes to sleep. Oh well. I'll allow myself to eat more than usual this time. After all, I'm going to push myself to the limits with my training after I drink a sleep replacement potion. An entire day devoted to training. It's been forever since I've had one of those days." Pirate Blaster who is sitting next to me replies: "Arr. I know you were talking to yourself but I can't help but speak up. I'm going to do the same as you. Even the training." "*sigh* I wish we could have it this nice in my world. July 2023 was the hottest month in over 100,000 years. Things feel like they're only getting socially better. It's basically getting worse in other ways." "Many landlubbers in your world have been completely fooled by those who most deserve to walk the plank." "Yes. At least I know that if I die there, I will still have this body. No matter what happens there, my story will live on through this body. Even if all of my stories documenting all these adventures are wiped from my world's internet and I die, that's still true."
"Arr. Wish we could help your world." "Yeah.. The only ways you can help my world are through me in my other body. After all, the chaos in my world earlier has been written off like it never happened." Dominic chimes in: "I would say it's a nap causation but in this case, it isn't. My quick analysis of your timeline shows that our chaos earlier has had no effect on it. No one remembers it. It's like it never happened. Even if we were to travel to the moment where the chaos escalated to a peak, we would find no trace of it." "Damn it. I wish I were stronger in my other body. I'm getting stronger but still. There's only so much I can do as a person and I feel like I'm not doing nearly enough to help give humanity a chance to survive beyond the next few generations in my world." "It's a nap causation but while we can't help you there physically, we are still there for you even there. Remember that." "Arr. Don't forget what you said either. Use our characters to help bring about change." "I'll try. But I can't promise anything much right now beyond writing about these adventures where we have to tackle issues like the effects of climate change, fascism, moral implications of killing, and so on. We're all cursed because we have the power to kill. We will always be cursed as long as we have the means to kill somebody. No matter how righteous our actions may be. But there's still hope and lots of it for my world because the future is uncertain. Thank you for this talk, both of you. Let's resume enjoying this feast before it's all gone."
The two of them nod. And so, we get to eating. After I finished eating and used the bathroom, I drink a sleep replacement potion and make my way to one of the training rooms in the Miitopia BRAINS base. There, I unexpectedly find Nimona and Ballister. It's fortunate that when I left the feast, I had actually stuck around long enough to see nearly everyone else depart before I went to the bathroom. I should have mentioned that a few sentences before. Oh well. I look at them: "What are you two doing here? I get that it'll still be a minute until you both need to sleep since it was morning before Truck-kun got you in your world. But why are you? What reasons do you have for being here?" Ballister replies: "We convinced someone in a lab coat to take us here with them. Then we found out what you were planning to do." "So now we're here!" "Okay but why have you come to meet me specifically? What did I do to capture your attention so much?" "Boss, tell 'em!" "Nimona! I thought you were going to do it!" "Alright, if you say I was supposed to.. *transforms into dragon* Then I will! Boss here was intrigued by everything you told him!" "You two could have sought out a different knight or another formidable fighter but you chose me. I still don't entirely get why you wanted to see me." "Well, something about you feels weird and I'm so curious! That's the other reason!" "Oh yeah, of course something about me feels weird to you. I'm just going to say it bluntly. I'm dead." "You're what?!" "Oooo! You're a zombie! That's super awesome!" "Yes, I'm dead. I'm effectively a zombie. That's why I feel off to you. After all, I can't bleed anymore and my heart doesn't beat any longer. My situation is complicated to say the least. It's actually very complicated. I'll tell you more another time if you choose to stay here for a few days. So what's the main idea of you seeking me out anyway?"
"Your armor is so imposing.." "It's so cool and evil looking! Except for the boots though." "There's no way that's it." "Your eye.." "My eye? What do you mean? Correction: which eye?" "Your left eye.." "Oh. now I notice that my Artist's Eye has been active for a while. I didn't even notice. I also get the feeling you noticed my power level to an extent as well as my sword and the shield on my back that's covered by my cape whenever I bother having it back there. Oh and yes, I'm unfazed by Nimona's transformation and your disbelief, Ballister." "You know our names?!" "*sigh* It's another long story. My job in my world is mundane. Here, my job if you could even call it one is far more exciting and heroic and dangerous. Okay but seriously, is there anything else you want? I can tell you didn't just come here to talk." "Duel me." "You want to spar? Alright. Ready your sword, Ballister. I'm not sure if I should go easy on you or not. I didn't exactly get to see your sword skills in full. I'll explain that tidbit later too. I must warn you that while you may have spent more years with a sword, I have seen war and worse and faced it with the swords I have wielded at one time or another. I have experience. I have undergone intense training and my body has evolved to break beyond normal human limits through various things. That and I was gifted my initial sword skills by a god. My current sword's name is Graceful Protector. It took me a while before I came up with the name." "You were gifted by a god?!" "Compose yourself, Ballister. I'll tell later. As you know, a knight must not get distracted in the heat of battle. We'll spar until you're ready to call it off. Get ready." "Okay, don't hold back on me. I want to see how I do. It's been a long time since I've had a real sword fight." "That's the spirit, boss! Go get 'em!"
"Nimona is an inspiration, that's for sure. I'll give you a quick hint about how I know about both of you. In my world, Nimona is like a symbol of diversity and difference. Their transformations to people feel like they're an analogy to the transgender experiences." "You have to tell us everything. I will not hold back either." And so, our spar begins. Ballister and I have different advantages. He's been using the sword since he was a little kid. I only started using swords 5 years ago outside of my universe and less than a year in mine. The spar was good spar despite the difference in our power levels. He's had more training but mine's been more intense as of the past year and some months. We definitely learned from each other. The following 2 days as well as that day would be days of responsibilities, training, and getting to know Ballister and Nimona for me. I would continue my reluctant governance over Greenhorne Castle as well as keep refining my skills. I'm perfectly prepared for the convergence of virtual gaming worlds. And I also knew that it was going to be a while before anymore chaotic hangouts happened. We at BRAINS have been diligently working to prevent more random things that could spark more chaotic hangouts. No more random isekei.
Our efforts alone immediately caused a 80% decline of incidents within a single day (August 22nd) compared to the day average of the week prior. I never expected all these situations I wrote down as story chapters for Chaotic Hangouts to get pushed back so far. I have no idea when or if any of them will ever occur. I guess the only way to find out is to keep living. We have a long way to go until any of us could ever claim to live in true peace. This is not the end of Chaotic Hangouts. This is but a start to a reprieve, a long pause in them. Or at least a pause in the random ones caused by external factors that I would end up getting dragged into. At any rate, I'm both dreading and looking forward to the future. I must not give up. We all gotta keep moving forward. As long as we're making a real effort to change our societies, then life will be worth getting through. Spread the word. Thank you readers. I believe that the chaotic hangouts will be on pause until I finish documenting the convergence of virtual worlds.