Chaotic Hangouts

Chapter 22: KI Winterfest Chaos

Date: December 3rd, 2023

I found myself teleported suddenly from the ruins of RobixCorp which was destroyed in the battle to save the Cubix universe back to Mii World. We had just saved that universe, I didn't even get to hear any of the cheering. The enemy villains who weren't killed off for good left and we stopped the corrupting power of the fake numbers. As soon as I found myself back in the base, Carlos ran to me. He went on a different mission to save another universe that finished hours ago. "Swiftdrawer! I wanna go to your universe for Winterfest at Kings Island!" Blood is still dripping from my body. "Carlos, I'm still bleeding. And are you nuts? There's no way we're visiting my universe to go to Winterfest. I'm going to find some harming potions to heal myself with. It won't be long until someone has to help completely replenish my blood supply." "Hehehe! I'm still going to your universe with or without you!" As I start walking away, I say: "Okay, I'm going then because you insist on going. You are a ball of chaos. But since you're leaving me no choice, we're going to bring a few others including Yappa Yappa and not tell anyone else because we don't need a repeat of what happened when we went to Kings Island in another universe. I don't want to just practically jump around from chaotic situation to chaotic situation again. Also, we're going to have to be careful. I don't want to run into my past self who is with my brother there. Though I guess if we run into them, it will be a good test on the whole 'universe can't be affected by outside influences now' thing. You are such a handful."

I go find some harming potions in the new magical items room that was installed next to the library recently. It wasn't hard to find them since the room is well organized. Random but one of the only good things about a capitalist system is the level of item organization it requires. Thats just about the only credit it deserves because it is evil and exploitative. As I drink the potions of harming, Herbsalvin happens to come in. They see me and say: "Tough fight and sudden teleportation?" "Yeah." "That's what I thought. Oh and I spoke to Carlos. Have fun and be safe at Kings Island! I have to go on another mission." "Damn, that sucks. But oh well. I love you, Herbsalvin. See ya when we're both not busy in different places." "I love you too." I end up part of a motley group for the trip to Kings Island: myself, Yappa Yappa, Carlos, Pinkie Pie, Llenn, Pitohui, the RCT3 Park Inspector, and Tetsuya Watarigani from Beyblade. Tetsuya has long dark brown hair, light skin, a dark red hooded cape like thing, dark blue pants, a brown shirt with a purple one above it that's kind of nice, and purple and light blue shoes. His clothing is all partially shredded. I'm not even sure how he's in BRAINS given his reputation of being a cheater obsessed with crabs. I sigh upon seeing all of them together: "Carlos, this is your handiwork, isn't it? I was gone from this spot for just a few minutes." Pinkie Pie giggles: "Hehehe! It so was his doing!" Carlos does an impression of me before saying: "And now you get to deal with all of us together!" Tetsuya smiles: "Knight crab, this is going to be so much fun! I hope we can all be very crabby today! Crabby, crabby, crabby, crabby!" The Park Inspector writes down something on their clipboard: "As long as no one dies, it's okay."

Before long, we're inside Kings Island. I'm mildly excited but the others are very excited. Pinkie Pie cheers as we exit the park entrance building: "Oh my gosh! It's so festive! It's just as great as Ponyville during Hearth's Warming Eve!" Certain music plays from Tomodachi Life as Carlos suddenly stands still and says in the iconic tone of voice known in that game: "I'm hungry." I reply: "Well, it's a good thing it's going to be 2 hours until my past self and brother show up and that I wanted to start with eating somewhere anyway. Let's go to Skyline. Yappa Yappa, you just have to try Skyline. It's something I grew up on. Chili and spaghetti with cheese on top." Tetsuya chimes in: "Chili?! Why not crabs?! Crabs are good on everything!" Llenn sighs: "This guy is so weird." Pito laughs: "Wouldn't you say it's weirder that we're DHIs and our GGO avatars at the same time?" The Park Inspector speaks up: "This is going to be a night." I'm gonna abbreviate their name to PI for now on. "Let's just go to Skyline." Carlos points to the left as we walk further in: "Isn't the Skyline right over there?!" "No, Carlos. They only have the other Skyline in here now. Now, Grain and Grille is in there. They must have thought it was a really good investment considering the fact the Skyline that was there was just renovated a few years ago. I think my mom would have liked Grain and Grille though." We end up having Skyline together and the reactions were quite interesting. Yappa Yappa laughs: "This is so much better than what I normally ate!" "..What did you eat?" "Swiftdrawer, I ate my enemies!" "No comment." "This stuff is crabtastic! You crabs sure know where to find good food!"

Things were going well. Next, we went over to Everest the elf aka the grumpy ogre during Halloween Haunt. He goes on his minute long comedy routine. I didn't laugh but Yappa Yappa and the others except PI were incredibly amused. But after that, things took a turn for the chaotic. We went in line for the 12 Days Of Christmas train, a sped up and decorated version of the normal train ride in the park complete with lights and festive music. The line wasn't very long but Tetsuya wasn't happy. "Crabby crabby crabby! Will this line ever move faster?! Come on, you crabs! Move it!" Someone turns around and replies: "You got a problem, sir?" "Yes, I do, crab! This line is taking too long!" "Too bad! You have to wait just like everyone else. Besides, it won't be very long now! Be patient!" "Don't tell me what to do, you're no king crab! If that's how you're going to be.. 3 2 1.. Shoot! Go get em, Mad Gasher!" He launches his bey and gets ready to attack the person. Carlos and Yappa Yappa are having a kick out of the situation. I sigh: "Carlos, how long has Tetsuya been a BRAINS member?" "A couple months!" "That explains a lot. Tetsuya, please withdraw Mad Gasher." "Stay out of it, knight crab!" "I won't stay out of it. Do you want us to have to tangle with security who so happen to be modern American police officers? I have no desire to deal with them. This is my universe but that still is how I feel. And if that isn't enough for you, I'll personally make sure you get a taste of a RCT3 vomit comet coaster."

"What kind of coaster is that, knight crab?! Mad Gasher, get ready to attack!" "Oh, nothing much. Just a roller coaster that goes thousands of kilometers an hour and far exceeds safe g force levels. You have never been trained to handle such intensity to ensure you can survive it." "I don't believe you!" "Why? Because I'm known to never kill needlessly or maybe you really think I'm making it up? News flash: I wouldn't actually make you go on one. However, you won't like what I could do to you if I bothered to do something." "Lalalalala! Not listening!" I give a kind stare at the person he's trying to attack, effortlessly stop Mad Gasher's spinning, and pick up the bey before any harm could be done. Tetsuya gasps: "What?! How is this possible?! Let go of Mad Gasher!" I give the bey to him before grabbing his right arm: "Don't try me. I don't like telling other people to do but this is a warning to you. If you try to hurt anyone needlessly, you will find that the price for doing so won't be cheap nor will it come from the 'long arm of the law'." Tetsuya proceeds to try to argue with me, earning a lot of attention from around us. Not to mention the fact that all of us are wearing our respective normal attire. Me with my armor, you name it. "No, Tetsuya. If you think you can outplay me in an argument, you are mistaken." Carlos suddenly ends it a couple minutes later but pulling the toy taser trick from the Sims 4 on Tetsuya. It was hilarious watching Tetsuya get electrocuted. "C-c-rab! Crabby! Crabby! Crabby! Crab! Stop it! Crabby! I'll stop! Crabby! Crabby! Crabby! Crabby!" "Say uncle!" "Crabby! Fine! Uncle!" Things quiet down and everyone around us pretends that didn't just happen.

Pitohui says: "Hey, why isn't anyone pressing about what just happened?" I reply: "Just about any white person born and raised in America ends up being wired to be like this. It's part of why I'm a stoic. Hate to admit it but it's true. A baby cries in a grocery store. Someone hears the crying. They look over but stop doing so seconds later or whenever the baby's cries stop or sound less loud. Then they move on as if the baby isn't crying. A school shooting claims the lives of 5 students. People and the media talk about it for a day as something tragic and unfortunate but carry on as if it never happened the next day. Covid among the top 5 leading causes of death almost 4 years after it started becoming a global problem with international media attention. Silence. That's how it works. Most people don't care about anything other than things that directly affect them." We end up getting on the train with no problems despite that situation. As soon as we start moving, 12 Days Of Christmas begins playing. Carlos sings along in a silly voice: "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.." I ended up joining in. Pinkie Pie giggles: "Even you're getting into that spirit, Swiftdrawer! Oh! I'm so joining in too!" We passed underneath Diamondback and saw the first displays set up for Winterfest. Pito and Tetsuya joined in. After we passed by White Water Canyon's station, Llenn joined in too. The PI preferred to hum along. Yappa Yappa was unsure what to do besides laugh at the silliness. We just kept singing throughout the entire ride even as the song shifted into other songs. And a lot of people joined in. The sound of bad singing just filled the air. The employee struggled to say when the train came to a temporary stop near the part where it goes underneath Mystic Timbers just before Rivertown station: "The train has come to a temporary stop. We will be moving again in just a few moments."

They were so amused that we could hear the laughter in their voice as they spoke. When the music started again, we resumed singing badly. After the train returned to the station and we dismounted, Pinkie Pie exclaims: "That was the best! Can we decorate cookies now?!" I chuckle mischievously: "Not just yet. Let's save that for later tonight. After all, there's other things we can do. It's all part of my plan.." Llenn stares at me: "Uhh.. You have a mischievous side? I had no idea!" "Let's just say I don't let it out to play very often. But when I decorate cookies here at Kings Island, I unleash it. It's a shame that I recently decorated 4 here by myself and they weren't nearly as good as the cookies from last year. I'm sorry but bland shortbread and basic but good icing doesn't hold up to cookies that taste like the ones from Servatti bakery." Pitohui smiles sadistically: "I know where we can go next! The bumper cars! I'm going to crush all of you in them!" "Pito! This isn't a game! You can't die from bumper cars!" "You sure about that, Llenn?!" "You're scary when you get like this! Pito! Stop!" Tetsuya laughs: "Bumper cars? Why not bumper crabs?! *silence* Aww.. Will any crab ever truly understand me? Crabby crabby.." "Must be fun to be the comic relief after I set you straight. I'm the technical isekai protagonist, Pito's the high stakes lover, Yappa Yappa's the formerly bloodthirsty ruthless killer, and so on. Anyway.. *evil voice* CHAOS!" We end up going to Dodgems. It didn't take long to be able to get on the ride. I ride in a car with Yappa Yappa. I let him be in the driver's seat. He'll drive more chaotically than I would and he needs to experience other forms of chaos that don't involve torturing individuals he's dead set on killing very slowly. "Yappa Yappa, you know how to use the wheel and pedal, right?" "What are those?" "I should have known. *explains* It's really simple." "Oh! I can't wait to kill some cars with this!" "You can't kill other bumper cars with an ordinary bumper car. Unless you're Beerus."

"Even if that's what you think, I still want to kill some cars!" "What? ..Okay, now you're very chaotic. You know what. Screw it, I, going to enjoy every moment of this. After all, I did let you drive for several reasons, not just one." A couple minutes later, the ride starts. As Yappa Yappa drives as chaotically as possible, bumping into other cars and sometimes the boundaries, the dialogue we have is hilarious. "Weeeee! Bump bump bump! Isn't this just so much fun?! I've never experienced this much fun on a bumper cars before!" "Hehehe! Wait.. Why can't I kill these cars?!" "I told you you can't kill these cars!" We bump into a boundary and he struggles to maneuver away from it. "Why is it so hard to turn this thing away from the boundaries?! But at the same time, I love how difficult it is! The agony! The chaos!" "If this were a ride full of bumper cars that move like normal cars, you could actually kill the other cars!" "Awww! No fair!" After the ride comes to an end, it was time to decide where to go next. Carlos teases me: "Swiftdrawer, don't you want to ride the ride fit for a knight like yourself?!" "Normally, I would say yes but I want chaos. And the Grand Carousel is not a chaotic ride in any way!" Tetsuya adds: "I saw that one earlier! It doesn't have crabs! It'd be so much better if it had crabs instead of horses!" Llenn snaps: "Of course you saw it earlier! It's right over there!"

Pinkie Pie sees the Scrambler on the other side of Skyline Chili and says: "Oooooo! The Scrambler looks fun! Let's do that next!" I reply: "Absolutely not. I'm not riding it. There's only so much of its intense force I'm willing to bear. I used to nickname it The Smoosher for a reason. It's not exactly great value." PI speaks: "But it does seem to be popular. It shouldn't be that bad. I've been on many just like it in RCT3." Yappa Yappa stares at it and exclaims: "I want to ride it now! Because you can't tolerate it, Swiftdrawer: that must mean it's able to kill some people!" "Fine fine. Let's go on it. But you might not exactly completely enjoy it. Yeah, it's a fun classic ride that originally operated at Coney Island Cincinnati for a few years before being moved here in time for park grand opening in 1972. But it forces you to be forced towards one end of the seat." We ride it and to be honest, I should have expected my strength to be great enough to resist that force easily along with the weight of my armor causing the ride experience to be more intense. As we rode it, Yappa Yappa and the others acted silly so I ended up joining them by introducing a ride game my brother and I love to do together sometimes. When the ride moves towards a tree, I say: "Tree!" When it moves towards the exit gate, I say: "Exit!" Everyone else does the same thing. It's a good thing all of us can resist the force of the ride or else, it would have been a very uncomfortable experience. Of course, we got a lot of looks and comments from other guests but that was inevitable given our identities.

A bunch of supposedly fictional characters and an isekaied dual resident of Mii World and this Earth. Pito eyes The Monster which is across from The Scrambler. I speak before she can: "Physics are a thing to be abided by in this universe. I should know. We're not doing The Monster. Between the weight of my armor and all the gear we're secretly carrying around, it just isn't a good idea. I was surprised that the rides we've done so far can handle the weight of my armor. When my armor gets fitted with futuristic stuff, it'll get even heavier. Without the magic that helped make the last trip to this park semi successful, it really is a bad idea to ride The Monster." We ended up going to the antique cars instead. We managed to all fit in a total of just 2 cars. Yappa Yappa was allowed to drive one of them. The one I also got into. Essentially, funny things were said as Yappa Yappa drove as chaotically as you possibly can without slowing the cars behind you on an antique cars ride. "Crabby! Crabby! So many crabs! But wouldn't it be great if these cars were crabs?! I say it would be crabulous!" Not much worth noting besides stuff involving the chaotic driving. "Wee! Wee! Can I kill THIS car?! Let's find out!" "You drive like an ogre or something. Honestly, I'm enjoying the noises the car and track are making." "Crabby! Crabby! This driving is driving me crabs!" "Oooooo! This is so much fun! Twilight would not enjoy this at all! Or maybe she would! I don't know anymore!" Lots of laughter ensues. It's all good vibes in a way. After that, it was time to decide where to go next again. Pinkie Pie speaks: "Let's go to that sweets place things! I want sugar!" Carlos adds: "I wonder what they have now! Gimme chocolate and everything else!" I sigh: "You two.. Alright, let's go there next. You'll want everything that's there so I don't think there's any point in telling you what's there for a limited time." So we go there and chat amongst ourselves along the way. We did that between everything else too. I forgot to mention that sooner.

Now that I was still in the chaotic spirit, I joked along with the others. Carlos teases me again: "I hear there's these things called nutcrackers. And you keep saying swords are everywhere, Swiftdrawer. With your sword, you'd make a great nutcracker!" "..Oh yeah? In that case, you'd make a great addition as a mischievous Christmas spirit in a play." Pito says: "What about me?!" "You'd honestly be a perfect Tiny Tim for What The Dickens except there's no way the performers would pick you to play the part." We arrive to Sweet Spot in no time. Inside, it smells like gingerbread. "Oh the sweet smell of gingerbread.." "Gingerbread?! Is that bread where you stuff-" "Don't say it. That's too morbid. Now have fun and buy whatever you want. *creates preloaded debit cards with Artist's Eye* They don't accept cash anymore so you'll have to use these. I'm just going to watch you clear the entire bakery section in amusement. Really revel in that chaos." True to my word, I watch as everyone except for PI and Llenn buys out the entire bakery's stock of sweets. Giant gingerbread men, fudgy brownies, you name it. They had it all and closed the bakery temporarily in the process. They devoured all of it right outside Sweet Spot. I just silently observed and smiled at the chaos. Once they were done, Tetsuya complains: "I feel so crabby! Too much sugar! Not enough crab!" He still gets up along with the rest of us only to start walking very slowly crab style. I sigh: "Why are you walking like that?" "I gotta use the crab!" "If you want to use the toilet, that's how you delay getting to it. I'm not even amused by this."

And then, I check the time as my phone is currently synched with the local time. "It's close to 6. We should check out What The Dickens and The Mistletones now. I don't want to run into my past self. They'll go to those starting around an hour from now. But first, the bathroom. Luckily, there's bathrooms not far from here or What The Dickens. Speed up, Tetsuya. If you keep walking like that, we won't make it in time to see the start of What The Dickens." "Crabby! Crab! Okay, I'll start scuttling faster!" After we all used the bathroom, I checked the time again. "5:59. Come on, let's floor it!" Carlos starts singing as we speed walk to What The Dickens: "This is the speed walking song. The speed walking song. The speed walking song. This is the speed walking song. Speed walking. Hahahaha. Speed walking." I join in: "This song is very short. We're already almost there. The speed walking song is pointless. It's very pointless but it's fun. So maybe there's a point to it after all." When we enter the building housing What The Dickens where Carnevil once was until 2017, we continue the song as we find a place to sit but in whispers. Right as we sit down, the Christmas music they had playing stops as the performers appear on the stage. The shows goes as it normally does. I quietly chuckle mischievously and whisper: "Hey, does anyone know transformation magic? We could get Yappa Yappa to be cast as Scrooge with it. After all, they always pick a middle aged white man to play the part so if he can be transformed into that appearance.." Carlos replies: "Or maybe you could play the part! You look older in that armor of yours!" "Seriously? You really had to say that? Jeez. That's not how it works. I think anyone can tell I'm not middle aged even with my armor on."

Pinkie Pie chuckles: "Twilight taught me transformation magic! I begged her to!" "Can you just do it?" "Sure!" Yappa Yappa now looks like a coat wearing middle aged white man. Apparently, the performers of What The Dickens never use the level of comedic spirit required to cast people who aren't that specific kind of individuals for the role of Scrooge. I get that the entire show is a scripted show with some room for improvised lines when whoever gets to be Scrooge messes up or whatever but it still has the feel of stand up comedy. The performers literally play multiple roles each and everything. When one of the performers goes around to pick someone for Scrooge, an unexpected twist occurs. They stop at me, speak to me, I pretend that I'm not surprised, and they finally say: "What's your name?" "Swiftdrawer." "*completely ignores my knightly appearance* That's an unusual name but.. Give it up for Swiftdrawer!" I get on stage. My comrades all give me funny looks from the audience. The performers then run through the whole thing about what to say when Scrooge is interacted with. I'm prompted to practice saying the line. Feeling a little chaotic even now, I speak in an evil voice: "Bah, humbug." The audience is in stitches. "Very good!" And the show goes on from there. I keep doing that until the part about the ghosts starts. The Bob Marley joke occurs and the whole Six Flags being a place of eternal suffering joke is run through as well. All according to the script. I should also mention I was given a couple costume pieces to play the part of Scrooge with. Seeing them on my armor amused much of the audience.

The show soon ends after a few more minutes with Tetsuya of all people being cast as Tiny Tim. "And as Tiny Tetsuya who has recently undergone a massive growth spurt observed.." Tetsuya delivers the iconic line with a crabby twist. The performers just laugh and take it. Oh yeah and I was given a 10 gift card to Starbucks. I sent it away without anyone noticing. I ain't drinking Starbucks. Never have. Never will. I remark as we leave the building: "Hey fun fact that might deflate the entire vibe we have going on. Christmas is the most commercialized holiday ever. It's only so popular because of that. Coca-Cola is why Santa is always depicted the way he is. Japan has Christmas because of KFC. And now, for the best part. Christmas was a Christian holiday until commercialization. But before that, Christmas was a Pagan holiday called Yule. There's a reason I pushed for Workersmas last year. That's it. Christmas is the biggest example of cultural appropriation in my universe. Christians who lived centuries ago stole Yule. Like that's a surprise. Ironically, the commercialization has serious cut down on the general religious undertones of the holiday to the point that so many non Christians celebrate it with no problem. Thus, it has technically become a somewhat secular holiday." Yappa Yappa laughs: "That only makes me enjoy being here more! CHAOS!" Pinkie Pie smiles: "Now I really want to party!"

"Well, we have about 10 minutes to kill before we should start heading to the Mistletones to hear them sing." Pito grins: "I saw on the map something that sounds so dangerous! The tubing thing! I bet it's a great way to risk your life!" "For the average park guest, it's actually amongst the most mild rides in operation even during this time of year. It's fun but personally, it's not my favorite. I do really enjoy it and want to go on it again especially after it gave me a good spin and made me expect something to go wrong briefly. I'm the nerdiest person here so let me be the logical one. All of us are packing some mass due to the gear we're carrying and/or wearing. A greater force is exerted when acceleration OR mass increases. *we start walking towards the tube ride* On that ride which we are absolutely going to now, there are 2 forces the increase the acceleration of the tube. The force applied to get the tube to move with a rider in it and the force of gravity as the riders slide down on the tubes. Because it's sloped and the height above ground is probably 20-25 feet at most, the acceleration only goes so high." Pito grins: "Then it will be so unsafe when we go on it!" "The employees wouldn't let someone like me on it given my armor. But.. *uses Artist's Eye to conjure a knightly coat over my armor as well as knightly long pants* That shouldn't be a problem now." We reach the tube ride in under 2 minutes(Yappa Yappa's appearance has already returned to normal). Once there, we're each given tubes, go through the line which has portions of Congo Falls and Drop Tower's lines as part of it(which is interesting when considering Cornered uses a different portion of the log flume's line), go up the stairs to the top, get directed forward and told to do some things, and get into the tubes when they're safely placed for us.

Soon, we're allowed to go. I gotta say, the experience was really something else. At first, it was hard to push the tube but when I used enough of my actual strength, it was easy. The applied force was quite a large one. I had a wild time of about 15-20 seconds going down the slope and eventually coming to a stop as the kinetic energy turned into potential, heat, and sound energy. All of us except the PI laughed as we went down. Several of the tubes almost went AWOL but it turned out okay. Once we were done and returned the tubes, the PI wrote notes onto their clipboard and said: "That was very intense for you all." "I'm just surprised that the tubes were able to handle my weight with how fricking heavy my armor is. That was a lot of fun." With that said, it was onto the Mistletones. It was a piece of cake to go all the way from the tubes to the Mistletones stage aka one of the games during the rest of the operating season. The one that's next to the antique cars. Yappa Yappa laughs: "Look! It's the antique cars! I'm so sad I couldn't kill any of the cars!" Tetsuya says: "Crab, you're so crabby! Oh well! I just hope this show is crablightful!" Llenn smiles: "It's going to be perfectly wholesome. *looks chaotic* And there's no possible way it's going to be anyway other than that!" "I'm just glad we haven't run into my past self or my brother. They should be in line for the train or on the way to it right now." Then I see them walking towards the train out of the corner of my eye. I sweatdrop: "Right as I say it. There they are. Can we please move so we can avoid the awkward situation? I don't want to deal with the possible encounter. They're coming this way because this is the way they're going in order to reach the train. Wait.. I don't actually see them. I thought I did. I guess we're good."

Tetsuya suddenly says: "Crabby! I have to go to the crab again but this time, it's not as crabby!" Llenn sweatdrops herself: "Seriously? I have to go too." "Wait.. It feels like we never went earlier. Is that thing that prevents my universe from being interfered with by outside influences really that powerful? You have got to be kidding me. Do any of you feel full from eating all those sweets earlier?" Carlos replies: "No but sweets never make me full!" "Yeah. Sure." Before anyone else could say anything, the Mistletones get on stage and start performing. As soon as they begin singing the first of multiple songs for a minute or so, Pinkie Pie naturally sings along. Carlos pokes me as he joins in. Their singing is extremely chaotic but between the training the Mistletones got and the volume of their performance through the speaker on the stage(which is normally set up with a game instead), their singing doesn't get everyone's attention even as the rest of us join in. That's also partially because I encouraged the others to quiet down a bit. The show ended at 6:45. I remark: "Okay, this is starting to feel too calm and wholesome to be considered a chaotic hangout at the moment." That's when another unexpected twist happened. The Mistletones stage spontaneously burst into flames after the performers left it. I sigh: "At least we didn't start the fire." The universe's soundtrack becomes audible.. "It was always burning, as the world was turning." Pinkie Pie cheer: "Oooo a sing-a-long! Let's join in!" "Aren't we going to put out this fire? I don't recall this fire happening. It must have something to do with us." "Nah! Let's just sing-a-long!" "I'm not singing along. This is the kind of chaos I choose not to partake in. I'm just going to try to put it out."

As I try to extinguish it myself, the others except the PI sing along to "We Didn't Start The Fire". My attempts were unsuccessful but the fire still went out right as the song ended. I just walk silently after pointing in the direction of Dodgems. After some time, I finally speak as the others follow me: "Tinker's Toy Factory. That's where I want to go. You don't have to follow me. It's a fun show though." Yappa Yappa replies: "Hey, where's your chaotic side?!" "Inactive because that stage spontaneously set on fire. That just isn't supposed to happen. It'll be back later when we decorate the cookies." We go to the Kings Island Theater where Tinker's Toy Factory is performed now after several years of being performed in the Festhaus. As we walk inside, Yappa Yappa exclaims: "The air in here feels good! So good that it's perfect to kill in!" "I can't really feel it." Carlos teases me again: "That's what you get, metal butt!" "If there's a roasting competition, you need to enter it." We sit down in one of the closest rows to the stage. Soon, the show begins. It made me feel some good emotions. But when it got to the part where audience participation is asked of with chanting and all that.. The others join in very chaotically. We sat in the section that was asked to chant: "Hohoho." Unnoticed by most everyone, they didn't chant that. "DIE DIE DIE DIE!" "PARTY PARTY PARTY PARTY!" "CRABBY! CRABBY! CRABBY!" "CANDY! CANDY! CANDY! CANDY!" "P CHAN! P CHAN! P CHAN! P CHAN!" "HA! HA! HA! HA!" The PI didn't say anything. Neither did I. But after the show was over, all of us were in good spirits.

Pito exclaims: "That was fun! What else is there to do?!" "I'm the lifelong KI fan here. There's Mystic Timbers and Flight Of Fear. No way am I doing either of those without you know what. The same reason I refused to go on The Monster earlier. And there's the other rides that are open like Viking Fury. And the trolley which looks like something straight out of the Magic Kingdom." "Viking Fury?! Do we get to kill vikings on there?!" "No, Yappa Yappa. It's a swinging ship ride. Actually, it's perfect for our group because people love to have sort of a scream off on there. Or at least, they used to." "A scream off?! You don't get to experience something like that in GGO! Sounds fun! Let's scream to our hearts content!" "Well as long as Pito can't risk her life riding it.." "It's a safe ride." We end up going on Viking Fury and ignite the flames of an unspoken scream off. One side swings much higher than the other when that side peaks. That's when that side screams. That's how it's been for years. It was no exception when we went on it and became the reason it even happened. It was a lot of fun especially as some of the others shouted out random and hilarious things. After Viking Fury, we went to the trolley. There was no wait at all. We hopped on and it was actually just chill as all of us were captivated by all of the lights and decorations we saw in Coney Mall as the trolley drove us around. Interestingly, most of them are centered around the area that's known as the Coney Maul scare zone during Halloween Haunt. Even Yappa Yappa looked actually sane for once. Once we get off, I say: "2 things. The Winterfest parade will start soon. Two, it's ironic that an event that wouldn't happen if it weren't profitable that's themed to the most commercialized holiday is helping you look and act a little more sane, Yappa Yappa." After some time, we end up going to the parade's starting area. Carlos says: "Hey Swiftdrawer, I bet you saw this parade today already!"

"Yes I did and my past self will be watching it." "I knew it! They must be nearby!" "Don't get any ideas. I'm not telling you where they are. But what's the point of even saying that when you can move so fast? Carlos, fine. Go ahead. Do what you want. But I'm staying here. You could call in Beerus to erase the entire planet from existence. It won't matter because something like that won't affect the timeline. It's like a digital art document on a device disconnected from the internet. You can mess it up all you want but none of the changes you make will be saved." Carlos chuckles as he runs off to presumably shock the hell out of my past self and my brother. The others and I end up dancing along with the performers of the parade after it starts and they come to a stop to invite audience participation. My past self won't be dancing because they're dead set on recording the parade. Even if Carlos messes with them, it won't matter because that's what will happen in the timeline no matter what: a recording of the parade by me in my original body(considering my memories of what happened originally at Winterfest didn't include Carlos in them, I know we did nothing that messed with the timeline). After Santa's float passes by us, I say as Carlos returns with a satisfied look on his face while dragging along my past self and my brother at the same time: "Carlos, put them down. I won't make you a cookie decorating kit with Artist's Eye if you don't do that." He reluctantly does so. We end up walking to the outdoor eating area behind Skyline where we happened to eat earlier for it is now time to decorate some cookies. And with most of the attention being on the parade, now's the perfect time for me to work my magic. "Please be quiet, everyone. I need to concentrate." My left eye turns pink as I activate Artist's Eye once again.

I focus and I focus, creating several boxes of the cookie decorating kits from last year when the cookies and icing were way better. And to finish, I create a sample decorated cookie based on the chaotic ones I made this year. With that all done, I say: "I want all of you to try that lone cookie. Take a bite and see what you think." Pinkie Pie laughs: "That cookie looks hilarious! It's so funny!" "I wonder how long you will be laughing. The outer portions of the cookie don't have any icing so please, take pieces big enough off to contain areas with and without icing." After they each try the cookie, they give their opinions. "This tastes more bland than skin!" "Skin? Don't explain. Please don't." "SHINC would not enjoy this cookie that much! As for me, I think it's alright." "If this cookie were a life or death situation instead, I would not be satisfied!" "*writes on clipboard* This cookie is not very good value." "Crabby! Even if I ignore the lack of crabs, this cookie is NOT crabtacular!" "The only thing this cookie is good for is a prank!" "As a professional party pony, I would NOT bake this cookie for any party! It's so bland! If it weren't for all the icing, I would have not been able to enjoy any of the cookie at all!" "Yeah, the excessive icing is what saved the cookies I decorated. Now then, each of us will decorate 4 cookies that are just like the ones they had here in years past."

And so, we embark on a pretty long quest to decorate 4 cookies each. "Forget trying to make them look pretty! The icing is pretty thick." "Not as thick as your muscles!" "Carlos.. Anyway, my beautiful plan is now in motion! Revel in the chaos!" "P Chan cookies! P Chan cookies!" "Oh yeah! I'm going to make these cookies look like players I killed in GGO!" "Oh, good idea! I'm going to kill these cookies and make them look like some of the individuals I've slowly and painfully killed!" "I assess all of this before I start decorating." "Witness the beginning of my crabby crab cookie army!" "My cookies are going to be just the cutest little things in the multiverse!" "I'm gonna pull a Swiftdrawer!" "Hey." "Sorry not sorry!" As time passes, our cookies begin to take shape. I cackle mischievously every so often. Just like with the cookies I had decorated in my original body mere days ago, I disregarded whatever shapes the cookies were and put dumb faces on them amongst other things like too many sprinkles. I applied the icing chaotically even after using my strength to force the icing to go where I wanted it to go. Almost broke my cookies doing that but fortunately did not actually break any of them. "Smash! Die cookies! Die!" "At least you're killing cookies instead of people. But my creations are coming along beautifully even as you do that. In battle, I'm a knight who is hard to destroy. But when it comes to decorating cookies, it's like In just a little kid all over again!" We continue on with the cookie decorating and attract a small crowd. Looking back, I would love to draw the scene of us all decorating cookies someday because it must have been a treat for those people to observe it as it happened. An hour later, we're all finally finished. Because I created the cookies and decorating items in the first place, nothing weird will happen like them vanishing from site or our bodies if we eat them after we leave my universe.

So our cookies.. They were quite the sight. None of us other than Pinkie Pie did well when it comes to high quality cookie design. But we all laughed. Even the PI who noted: "My cookies didn't turn out as I envisioned. But I'm not disappointed. It's rare I get to do something like this." "Look at my cookies! You'd think a child decorated them instead of me: a knight! This is why you shouldn't let me decorate cookies!" "Hehehe! Looks like you're finally becoming one with the spirit of the chaotic hangouts!" "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Whatever! Your cookies are even nuttier than mine. Like WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Instead of eating my cookies, I said: "Hey, I don't care who eats my cookies but it's not going to be me. I want to quit sweets after all." When it's time to leave, all of the cookies have been consumed but not before pictures were taken of them. I stare at Carlos before saying: "No, I'm not doing a knight's exit thing. Let's just teleport back now. Or at least, that's what I'm doing. The energy supply for the collective is starting to rapidly recovery so there should be no issue doing that. Sorry but I'm back to being my typical stoic but chill and knightly self." I teleport back and the others do so not long after me. I have to say. That wasn't as chaotic as I thought it would be. It was so much fun though. I hope to ensure Yappa Yappa is involved in more experiences like this. Now to go on an important mission. A portion of the Disney multiverse has been completely liberated even as our enemies reconquered almost everywhere else they previously conquered since the battle over the Kingdom Keepers universe. I'm to help establish ties with that portion of that multiverse.