AN: Want to see a different side of the Epic Universe where Azrael is from? Then check out "The Epic Journey of Alex" by Logan Jindrak X, an adjacent story to the Magical World saga!

Also, there's still time to vote for which Disney Musical our main characters will be performing in!

She's More Than a Toy…

"Attention all passengers: due to the stormy weather outside, we advise that everyone remain off the main deck until the weather clears up," the ship's captain announced over the intercom. "In the meanwhile, we do have plenty of indoor activities for you to enjoy here in the Disney Wish. Please continue to enjoy your cruise vacation here with us!"

"Stormy weather…" Azrael hummed, looking out the window.

"Yeah, I don't like it that much either," Morgana nodded, the cat sitting at the table with the wolf.

"It's more the fact that I feel something is off right now," Azrael hummed. "Like something bad will happen soon…"

"Please don't put those kinds of ideas in my head," Ray sighed. "I really don't want to jinx this vacation." He looked around in confusion. "Hey, have any of you guys seen Gabriel… or any of our other friends, for that matter?"
"Now that you mention it, no I haven't," Morgana replied. The three of them were currently in the game room of the ship, where guests were gathered around tables playing games with each other.

"Hey, hey, hey! Is that Azzy I see!?" said a jovial voice. Azrael looked towards it, seeing a dark blue Foo Dog with a white mane wearing a green sleeveless kung fu outfit. "Wow, I did not expect to meet the Scion of Death here on this cruise!"

Azrael raised an eyebrow. "First of all, only Porsha is allowed to call me "Azzy". Second of all, who are you?"

"Seriously? You don't recognize me?" the Foo Dog questioned. He pulled out a jade orb and posed with it. "I'm Bao Ding, monster capturer and guardian of the Epic Universe, member of the Legendary Truth. Surely you've heard of me?"

The wolf looked at Bao, then gave a big sigh, covering his eyes in annoyance. "Oh, right, I have heard of a Bao Ding before. Mei Ling told me about you."

Bao suddenly looked nervous. "Hopefully all good things."

"You used a fire spell to help her defeat some bandits, and set half of her entire village on fire in the process," Azrael growled.

"Heh-heh, rookie mistake," Bao said sheepishly. "I'm totally way more refined now! Totally!"

"You know saying "totally" twice doesn't give us much confidence," Ray sighed. "And what was this "Legendary Truth" you were talking about?"

"The Legendary Truth is an organization that investigates evil in the Epic Universe," Azrael explained. "They're the ones that gather all the information about Halloween Horror Nights each year so we can keep better track of what monsters are going to appear for the holiday. So then, Bao Ding, what's your reason for being on this cruise."

"On record, I'm here as part of a rehabilitation program for a particular character I was put in charge of," Bao replied. "Off record… This entire mission is a total cakewalk, so I'm just enjoying my vacation."

"Mei Ling also mentioned a Bao Ding that was extremely lazy," Azrael muttered.

"Hey, it's not "lazy" it's "unmotivated". There's a difference," Bao defended.

"Not really," Morgana shook his head. "If you're giving a job to do, you have to put your all into it, or else something back could happen."

"Look, I'm just supposed to look after a robot girl, that's all," Bao said with a shrug.

Azrael suddenly looked horrified. "Which robot girl, Bao Ding?"

"Uh… the one with the uncanny valley looking face?" Bao replied, starting to sweat.

The wolf growled, pulling out his khopesh and hooking it around the Foo Dog's neck. "So, let me get this straight: you've been shirking your duties as a guardian by taking unearned vacation hours and neglecting the murderous android girl that you were put in charge of making sure didn't go back to her killing ways?"

"I mean, when you put it like that…" Bao laughed in a nervous tone, sweating furiously.

"Bao Ding, let me ask you this: where is M3GAN?" Azrael said in a low voice.

"Wait, M3GAN, from that one horror movie?" Ray asked in shock. "Dude, you let a psycho killer robot loose on a cruise ship!?"

"Hey, she only kills people that harm her perceived family unit, and we took all that programming out of her!" Bao exclaimed.

"Even if you did that, there's no telling what kind of damage she could do if she decides someone else in a threat," Azrael said, dropping the Foo Dog and sheathing his blade. "We're going to go find M3GAN, and you're going to help us."

"Fine, fine…" Bao sighed.

The four of them left to go investigate the ship, the storm outside getting darker as they searched around. The ship was eerily quiet, and the usual sounds of guests was nowhere to be heard. Coming to Gabriel's room, the group found that the door was wide open, and inside a grisly scene. Furniture was knocked over, food was spilt on the floor, and worst of all was the sight of Gabriel, laid out on the couch with blue liquid dripping from his beak.

"Gabriel? You okay?" Azrael called. He went over to the raven and put a hand on his body, before recoiling in shock. "He's… dead…" The wolf whipped around and pointed his sword at Bao Ding. "You fool! The dimensional cruise isn't in any one world, meaning there's a very real possibility of death on this ship!"

"H-Hey, let's not be too hasty…" Bao slowly backed up.

"Azrael, calm down," Ray said. "There is a chance that we can fix this."

"How so? I might be the Scion of Death, but I can't resurrect dead people," Azrael said.

"I can always use my Recarm spell to bring him back to life," Morgana offered.

"But that won't give us any clues on where M3GAN went," Ray pointed out. "Before coming on this cruise I picked up a new ability that can both make sure Gabriel doesn't die and give us some clues for our investigation."

"Oh yeah, you have mentioned an ability like that to me before," Morgana replied. "Okay then, let's try it."

Ray nodded, before putting a hand to his chest. The world flashed red around him as within his chest appeared a blue flame, his soul. Ray's soul left his body, moving over to Gabriel's body and connecting to his soul. Within Gabriel's mind, Ray watched as the raven's soul manifested a spirit projection.

"Woah, what happened?" Gabriel asked in confusion.

"You died to a murder robot, apparently," Ray said bluntly.

"Huh, I always thought I'd pass on in my sleep, not get murdered," Gabriel said.

"You're taking this pretty well for a dead guy," Ray mused.

Gabriel shrugged. "I mean, if we're talking in my soul right now, I can assume that you have a way of fixing my death."

Ray nodded. "Yep, we're going to go back in time to four minutes before your death. From there we're going to alter fate so that you don't parish."

"Huh, that power sounds familiar to me... Let's do it, then!" Gabriel cheered.

Ray focused his powers, the world turning backwards in time as the two of them arrived in the past, four minutes before Gabriel died.

Four Minutes Before Death…

Gabriel hummed to himself as he worked at the counter, mixing together various food items into a blender. "It was nice of Sisu to recommend this recipe to me," the raven said, putting the lid on the blender. He looked at his phone as the blender did its thing. "Hm, I wonder where everyone else is. Surely the storm means we can't do much today…"

There was a crack of thunder outside, making Gabriel flinch. "Yesh, it's getting bad out there." The raven pulled out a cup and turned off the blender, pouring some smoothie for himself. It was then that Gabriel heard a knocking on his door. "Coming!" he called.

Opening up the door, Gabriel looked down to see a little human girl, or at least, what he thought was a human girl. There was something… off about her face that he could quite place at the moment. "Oh hello there! What's up?" Gabriel asked.

"The ceiling," M3GAN replied.

Gabriel laughed. "Hah, you got me there. I don't think I've seen you before. Want some of my smoothie?"

M3GAN blinked at the beverage. "I do not require food to sustain myself."

"Eh, your loss," Gabriel shrugged, taking a swig of the drink. The raven's eyes suddenly went wide as he started gagging stumbling backwards and knocking over various objects in the room. Gabriel let out one last gasp before collapsing on the couch, his drink spilling on the floor as he felt unconscious.

M3GAN blinked at the scene, before casually walking off, leaving the room's door wide open.

End of Recap

Ray and Gabriel both blinked at what they had just witness. "Woah, okay then. I don't know if there's a more embarrassing way to die than choking on a smoothie," the raven said.

"What's up with that?" Ray asked.

"I think there was something in the smoothie that my body did not agree with," Gabriel shrugged.

"Either way, it looks like all we have to do is make sure you don't drink the smoothie and you should be good. Let's get started," Ray said. The two entered the flashback, finding their soul resting on the couch while past-Gabriel hummed away at the counter. "Right, first we need to get our soul over to the blender." Ray's soul jumped from the couch over to a nearby lamp. "Let's see if one of my Ghost Tricks can help us out here…"

With this power of Ray's, he manipulated the lamp to suddenly turn on, getting past-Gabriel's attention. "Huh? Why's that on right now?" he wondered, going over to turn the lamp off. As soon as past-Gabriel got close. Ray's soul jumped into the raven's phone, riding it back over to the counter where past-Gabriel set it down on the far end away from the blender.

"Now we just have to get over to the blender," Ray said, hopping from the phone to a scroll. "Huh, what's this?"

"Oh, it's the recipe that Sisu gave me," Gabriel noted. "Here you can see all of the ingredients I used to make the smoothie."

"Hm… Ah, I see what happened now," Ray realized as he read the scroll. "Looks like this recipe is only really consumable by dragons. There's a particular ingredient that, if not prepared correctly, can cause major inflammation of the throat. Dragons have a natural immunity to the ingredient, however."

"This is why you make sure to thoroughly read the instructions before making something. Darn it, past me!" Gabriel sighed. The two used a Trick to roll up the scroll, moving them close enough to the blender to hop in and possess it. "Okay, we're in the blender. Now what?"

"We just have to make a mess and ruin the smoothie," Ray stated. Using another Trick, the blender started spinning even faster, the force of which made the container lid pop off, sending smoothie all over the room.

"What!? Oh no!" Past-Gabriel exclaimed, moving in a panic to turn off the machine. The raven looked around to see the room covered in smoothie and sighed. "Well, looks like I know what I'll be doing all day now…"

"All right, that should have averted your fate," Ray said with a smile. "All we have to do now is go back to the present and see the new reality we've created."

"Can we not mention to the others how I died? That'd be embarrassing…" Gabriel mumbled.

"Don't worry, the only person that'll know about this is me. I'll even erase your memory so you don't remember dying," Ray said, putting a hand to Gabriel's forehead. "You don't want to have that trauma of knowing how you died like Azrael does, trust me."

"Heh, thanks," Gabriel said as they returned to the present. Back in the proper time, the room was a lot more orderly, with Gabriel wiping off the countertop as he blinked back into his own body. "Huh… That was weird," he mused.

"I take it your trick worked," Azrael asked Ray.

"Yep! Though we didn't get any clues as to where M3GAN went. She just appeared at is door, watched him die, and left," Ray stated.

"How did you die anyways, Gabriel?" Morgana asked.

The raven scratched his head. "You know, I can't really recall. The fact that I even died is fuzzy to me…"

"Well that timeline is a hundred percent erased now, so there's no need to worry about it," Ray said. "Now then, where's M3GAN?"

As if on cue, a flash of lightning struck outside, revealing the robot girl watching them from the window. "Yikes!" Morgana screeched, jumping up and latching onto Azrael's head. "Why is she doing that!?"

"Because horror movie antagonist," Azrael said, pulling the cat from his head. He grabbed Bao by the scruff of his neck and dragging him out the door. "Ray, help Gabriel clean this place up. We'll deal with the killer robot."

The wolf ran down the hallways, bursting out into the raging storm with righteous fury. He pulled out his khopesh with his free hand and dragged it along the ground, sending out pink fire that quickly surrounded them and M3GAN in a circle of flames. "Okay, M3GAN, you got nowhere to run now! I know you're the reason we haven't seen anyone else outside of the game cabin all day, and you indirectly assisted in Gabriel's temporary death. Prepare to face our fury."

"Yeah, you tell her, Azrael!" Bao cheered.

The wolf looked down at the Foo Dog, before tossing him to the ground. "And you're going to help me with that."

"What!? No way, I stand no chance against her!" Bao fretted.

"Aren't you part of that monster capturing society?" Morgana raised an eyebrow.

Bao suddenly started crying. "Look, I just took the job because I'm a Foo Dog, a guardian protector, but I don't want to deal with all the fighting and stuff! The only reason I accepted this task is because I got a free cruise out of it, but now look at what's happened!"

"Please, crying isn't going to do anything," Azrael rolled his eyes. "Just get that orb ready on my signal, got it? Morgana, with me!"

The wolf gave a howl as she rushed at M3GAN. The robot girl was agile, dodging Azrael's first few swings, but he had other plans. Th wolf ducked down and let Morgana hop off his back, the cat turning into his Phantom Thief form and slashing at M3GAN's back with his cutlass. "Zorro!" Morgana called, summoning his Persona to cut away at the robot with his wind powers.

"Burning Claw!" Azrael shouted, his paw becoming covered in pink fire as he plunged his fist into M3GAN's chest.

"That won't work," M3GAN said, unphased as she grabbed a hold of Azrael's arm and tried to push her body off of it.

"I know. I just needed to hold you down for a second," Azrael grinned wolfishly. He jumped high up into the air before shouting, "Bao Ding, now!"

The Foo Dog held up his jade orb, the object glowing with red energy. "Fire!" he called, the orb sending out a massive pillar of flames that consumed both Azrael and M3GAN. The flames burned so high that it reached the clouds, the heat causing the storm above to disburse and bring about blue skies over the ship. Once the spell was done with, Azrael landed on the deck of the ship, unaffected by the flames and he let the melted body of M3GAN fall to his side.

"Woah, that was intense," Morgana said. "Do you have flame immunity as one of your powers?"

"I'm a reincarnated soul given form by the literal embodiment of Death. While I can get winded and feel some pain, I heal so quickly that my body cannot be injured by any means, save by those with the blessing of Death," Azrael explained. "Being immune to fire is really just a bonus on top of being immortal."

"I did it…? I did it!" Bao cheered, raising both his fists in the air. "Yes! Bao Ding, baby! Saving the cruise ship like a hero!"

"You're also the reason we got into this situation in the first place," Morgana pointed out. "Now we just have to figure out where everyone else went?"

"Azrael! There you are!" Porsha called, coming out into the deck with Gabriel, Ray, and the rest of their friends.

"Where were you all?" Morgana asked.

"We all got invitations from a little girl to a secret party on the other side of the ship," Chomper explained.

"I saw a large pillar of flames, darlings. The heat was almost on my level when I go Primal," Mym said.

"Yeah, that was me!" Bao boasted.

"We had to fight a killer robot- that this guy brought, by the way- and Ray changed the future by making sure Gabriel didn't die," Azrael explained.

"You almost what!?" Jasiri shouted, grabbing onto her boyfriend's shoulders.

"Yeah, that happened, I think…" Gabriel said, giving Jasiri a comforting hug. "But Ray used his Ghost Tricks to fix that. Also, you really need to make sure you check all the ingredients in your recipes to make sure we can all eat them, Sisu."

The dragon snapped her claws. "Darn it, I knew I forgot to tell you something when I gave you that recipe! It's a family recipe, so only dragons have eaten it before."

"I'd be up for trying this smoothie of yours, Sisu," Mym said.

"Since I'm pactbound to Mym, I'm sure I could try it as well without consequence," Ray said.

"Are you guys forgetting my victory?" Bao asked.

Jasiri glared daggers at the Foo Dog. If looks could kill, Bao Ding would have keeled over right then and there. "You're part of the reason I almost lost Gabriel, so you're on very, very thin ice, mister."

"Wow, I don't think I've seen Jasiri mad at anyone like that… ever," Lop said, shivering a bit.

"Even Janja has gotten off lighter…" Gabriel said.

As the group returned to conversing with each other, Azrael looked at the remains of M3GAN and noticed a glowing disk where her CPU used to be. Picking it up, the wolf pressed a button on the chip, revealing it to be a hologram with a 1930s detective on it. "If you're seeing this, that means that the Legendary Truth agent known as Bao Ding has failed his mission."

"Uh…" Bao looked like he wanted to run away, but Ray and Gabriel made sure that he couldn't as the hologram turned and faced him.

"Ah, there you are. We are very disappointed in your performance, Agent Ding. We have known about your laziness for some time now and after taking up the job to rehabilitate M3GAN on the dimensional cruise… it was the last straw," the detective said. "So we made a setup: give you a dummy M3GAN unit, one that we were in full control of back here in the Epic Universe, and use it to stage a murder mystery that you would have to solve."

Porsha suddenly gasped. "Wait, so when we were giving those invitations, it was actually part of this prank to make it seem like we'd all been kidnapped or worse?" she started laughing a bit. "Wow, your bosses got you pretty good, Bao Ding!"

"Still doesn't help that Gabriel almost died because of it," Jasiri grumbled.

"I am sorry if this prank as you call it caused any undue distress," the detective apologized. "Agent Ding, am I to assume that you've learned a lesson in responsivity due to your neglect and won't stifle your training from now on?"

"S-Sure thing, boss!" Bao said nervously, giving a salute.

The detective nodded. "Good, but for extra measure, we have set you up with a teacher to make sure that you stay on your training. I believe one Agent K will be waiting to join you at the next port, so enjoy the few vacation days you have left."

"Yes sir…" Bao sighed as the message turned off. "You know, maybe this'll do me some good."

"Yes, yes it should," Azrael nodded. "And if you work hard enough, I might even let you join my team when Halloween Horror Nights comes around."

"Really!?" Bao gasped.

Azrael laughed before getting serious. "No."

"Aw…" the Foo Dog groaned, making everyone else laugh.

[***]

The Ballad of the Glam Rock Wolf

"Woah, check this place out," Porsha said as she, Gabriel, and Mineru explored the underbelly of the Disney Wish cruise liner. The two of them were down there investigating an odd noise some of the crew had mentioned, Mineru checking if it was something she could use her technical skills to fix and Porsha just wanting to see the engine room.

"It is rare to get to see the inside of these great machines like this," Mineru nodded. "My fellow Sages told me about great creatures called the Divine Beasts that were used to defeat Calamity Ganon, but I never got to see them… or at least, Ray has yet to take us to that time period of my world yet."

The two suddenly froze as a metallic cry was heard. Porsha's fur bristled, lighting up with Shooting Star magic to give them some more light to work with. "That was creepy," the wolf shuttered.

"Nothing we can't handle," Mineru soothed her ally. Moving towards where the sound came from, the Zonai princess felt her ears twitch as the sounds started to become clearer to her. "That cry from earlier… I believe that it belongs to a person."

"Really? But it sounded so different from a normal voice," Gabriel said.

"That is because it does not belong to a natural creature," Mineru guessed. The two moved forward, the Zonai holding out a hand to stop Porsha as they came to a dead end. At the end of the hallway was where their target was… or at least, what was left of it.

The creature was hunched over in the corner, opening sobbing with their head tucked between their legs. They were clearly a robot of some kind made in the vague appearance of an animal wearing a red and black top with purple and black leggings. The creature's face was in complete shambles, the entire thing looking as if someone had ripped it clean off, with empty holes where the eyes used to be.

"Is the robot crying?" Porsha whispered.

The robot suddenly sprung to their feet. "Who's there!? I can still hear you!" they exclaimed in a gruff female voice.

"It's clear that she cannot see us," Mineru said. As the robot approached them, the Zonai simply held up her hand, using the power of Ultrahand to freeze the machine in place. "There is no need to harm us. We came here to investigate odd noises in the engine room. Was that you?"

"Engine room? Is that where I am?" the robot asked.

"Yeah, how can you not- Oh, wait, you don't have eyes," Porsha said. "I guess you just stumbled onto the boat, huh?" Since the robot couldn't move as long as Mineru used her powers on it, Porsha took the opportunity to get closer. "So, what's your name? Mine's Porsha, by the way."

"Uh… nice to meet you, Porsha," the robot replied. "I'm Roxanne Wolf, though most people call me Roxy."

"Well then, Roxy, can you tell us what happened to you? It seems as if your body has seen better days," Gabriel asked.

"That kid is what happened! He did this to me, driving one of my go-karts right into my face and taking my eyes!" Roxy growled.

"Geez, kids can be so brutal these days," Porsha muttered.

Roxy gave another growl, before sighing. "Not like I blame him, though. The one who did this, Gregory… my friends and I were chasing him all around the Pizzaplex to capture him for some reason. I can't really say why, though, it's all kinda purple and fuzzy…"

"Hm…" Mineru moved closer to Roxy and put a hand to the robot's damaged head. With a bit of maneuvering, she opened up Roxy's motherboard and plucked out an odd purple CPU chip with a cartoon rabbit scribbled on it. "This chip here has a similar corruption to the Gloom of my world. Removing this should clear up any unwanted impulses in your programming." The Zonai crushed the chip in her hand.

Roxy suddenly shuttered, Mineru releasing her from her power. "Woah, my head feels a whole lot less fuzzy now…" The robot then suddenly fell to the ground and let out a scream, much to the other's shock.

"Woah, what's going on!?" Porsha asked in panic.

Roxy was now crying again. "I just remembered… That chip… it made me want to hunt Gregory, to take him down beneath my raceway and…" She made what sounded like a strangled retching noise. "What we were going to do to that kid… is too horrible to say out loud. We- I'm supposed to make kids smile, but instead I… I… I deserved to have this happen to me."

"You didn't deserve this. It's clear that whoever put that chip in you is at fault," Mineru said, kneeling down and putting a hand on Roxy's back.

"I still feel awful about it…" Roxy said. "I mean, look at me. I'm the best, the awesome wolf girl that's always a winner, plays keytar, drives go-karts… Now I'm just a monster, ruined beyond repair."

"No machine is beyond repair," Mineru said. "You just need a bit of fixing… Porsha, Gabriel, help me take Roxy up to my room and I'll see what I can do."

The three soon got Roxy out of the engine room and up to the Dragalia Guild's room on the ship, Mineru calling on Ray to help her with parts. That cat was willing to do so, even pulling up reference photos on his phone to help the Zonai in rebuilding Roxy's body properly.

"Hm… would you be okay with me making adjustments to your design?" Mineru asked.

"What kind of adjustments?" Roxy questioned.

"I was thinking of making your new body closer to that of the concept art," Mineru explained. "I mean this with no offense, but your original body has a certain… uncanny nature about it. I question how kids could not find certain aspects of the explicitly robotic parts of your design to not be creepy in some way."

"To be fair, Roxy here is from a horror game franchise that capitalizes on the fear of animatronics," Ray pointed out. "The choice is up to you, Roxy."

The robot took a moment before answering. "I always want to be the best; it's in my programming. However, every time I looked at the pictures of me in my raceway, it was always the Roxanne Wolf, the cool biker chick with no robotic seams in sight. I felt insecure about myself, wanting to live up to who I was programmed to be. If I could look more like her, then maybe…"

"You could work to overcome those insecurities?" Porsha finished. "Like you'd be in the proper body that you always wanted?"

"Yeah, something like that," Roxy nodded.

"Then I'll make it so," Mineru said. She worked tirelessly through the day fixing up and making Roxy's new body, with Porsha being their every step of the way to keep the robotic wolf calm so Mineru could just focus on her building. By the time evening rolled around Mineru had finished, wiping some sweat from her brow after doing so. "Okay then, Roxy, I just need to soft reboot your systems to make sure your programming is compatible with your new body. You ready?"

Roxy nodded, letting Mineru hit her off switch before turning her back on. Roxy blinked, the sensation of having eyes again registering in her processing unit as she looked at Porsha for the first time. "You're a wolf too?" she said in surprise.

"Oh right, I guess you wouldn't know that since you couldn't look at me before," Porsha giggled. "But take a look at yourself!"
Gabriel brought over a mirror, and Roxy gasped as she saw her new body. She looked like her proper self, with long flowing silver hair with a prominent green streak at the front, her fur a light purple-grey color. It was then that she realized that it was real fur, her hands running over her arms in fascination at the new textures on her body. Roxy could still feel her robotic parts underneath it all, but her body was now closer to that of her posters than ever before.

"Woah… Hey, even my voice sounds more natural," Roxy said, putting a hand to her throat.

"That was just me tweaking your voice box to not have that metallic feedback," Mineru explained.

Roxy smiled, laughing a bit before tears came to her face once more. The robotic wolf lunged at Porsha, pulling her into a hug. "Porsha, Mineru, Gabriel, Ray… thank you for doing this, for fixing me."

"Hey, there's no need to cry," Porsha said.

"They're happy tears, Porsha," Gabriel chuckled. "Now then, how about we show you around the ship so you can have some fun with the rest of us?"

"But what if that glitch comes back? If I hurt someone else?" Roxy asked with worry.

"That chip was destroyed, and if someone tries to possess your body, we'll get rid of that virus as well," Ray said. "If you want… you could even join my guild once we're back in the Gamesphere."

"Really?" Roxy gasped.

"You know… I think a music number could get your confidence back," Porsha mused.

"I was thinking the same thing," Gabriel nodded, using Fantasia to start up some music. Roxy's ear twitched at the melody, before the raven conjured up a keytar into her hands. "Hey, you know how to play this, right? Then follow our lead!"

The robot wolf finally gave a smile, a genuine one. "You guys…" she whispered. It was the first time outside of the Glam Rock Animatronics that Roxy had friends, and with her new body, she finally had a second chance to be her best self.

Author's Note

This chapter ended up being themed around rogue robots, as well as being a bit more spooky than normal!

The first part centered around Bao Ding, an OC of Ben's creator, b-wolf95. Bao isn't a counterpart to Ben, however, he's an entirely separate person! The other main focus was the android M3GAN from the movie of the same name. I've never seen the movie (not a big fan of modern horror flicks) but it was fun getting to do a murder mystery that turned out to be a prank on Bao for being so lazy and neglectful of his duties. Ray also got to show of one of his powers, being the Ghost Trick ability from the game "Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective." It's a fun mystery- puzzle game created by the guy behind the Ace Attorney series, and it just recently got a remaster, so I highly recommend you play it!

Ray's powers came in handy too since Gabriel almost met a grim fate. His strange death was also inspired by some of the more wacky deaths that can happen in "Ghost Trick." Also a rare moment of Jasiri being angry at someone. Bao is lucky he lives in an alternate universe from her, that's for sure…

The second part is about Porsha, Mineru, and Gabriel finding a broken robot in the bowels of the ship, who turns out to be Roxanne Wolf from "Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach". While I wouldn't call myself a fan of the series, the Glam Rock Animatronics have my sympathy since they were shown to have actual feelings before getting possessed by the Glitchtrap virus. Luckily Mineru was able to both remove the virus and repair Roxy's body to an even better state than before. With her joining Ray's team in the future, things are looking up for her. As a bonus, since Universal is making the "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie, Roxy can always hop universes to hang out with Porsha too! I can see them becoming friends, that's for sure.

Next Time: Mym and Azrael get into a fierce sport competition, and pirates invade the Disney Wish!