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Meanwhile, with Viola
BGM: The Thirteenth Discretion (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Wait, what exactly do you want to do?" Dry Bowser asked as he was chatting with Locus and Felix.
"I want to go into that book that Dimentio's from. Personally, I want to see if I could get my hands on some technology from this… X-Naut Fortress."
"X-Naut?" Emperor Brr wondered. "What exactly are those?"
"Allow me to chime in!" Dimentio smiled. "You see, back in my word, there was a cult that was interested in collecting the Crystal Stars in order to wake up the Shadow Queen. Of course, the Shadow Queen destroyed their leader as far as I know. However, I do not know if there was an X-Naut cult in this world. If there was, then I'm sure there'd be some kind of history. However, they needed a fair lady, so they had kidnapped Princess Peach."
Medusa nodded. "Indeed, and yet, here, I sense no hostility from the Shadow Queen. To make matters worse, the Shadow Queen is on the hero's side." She let out a growl. "In a way, she's on Palutena's side."
"Hmmm…" Dry Bowser folded his arms.
"I could bring some potential allies too~!" Viola smiled.
"Ha. I doubt that you would… but do not do anything that would cause the world inside to become unstable. One slip up and who knows what will happen." Dry Bowser warned.
"Why do you even keep this book around?" Viola asked.
"Oh that? In case if I need a laugh, especially when the Prognosticus books are involved. Heh, the sheer thought of an innocent huntress being possessed by the Chaos Heart just by sheer prophecy is hilarious to me."
"Ah, but it came to pass, did it not~?" Dimentio smiled.
"Yes. Someone would have to be completely stupid to fall for your lies."
"Stupid or desperation to make everything go back to the way it was?" Dimentio mused. "Ruby is anything but a stupid girl… but I used her desperation and depression to my advantage."
"She still fell for it. She's still an idiot in my eyes."
"Ahahahahaha… oh my, I can't believe I'm defending my Ruby. How the tables have turned." Dimentio chuckled. "Still, I put the idea in her head, so it should be my responsibility to escort her."
"Indeed. You two go in there and Medusa and Emperor Brr will use their magic to pull you out as soon as you give the signal."
"Understood." Viola smiled as Dry Bowser delicately opened the book, placing it on the table as Dimentio took her hand. He aimed his hand as the book glowed as they were pulled right into the Paperverse.
"Now why exactly are you sending a mentally unstable woman like her into that world?" Locus asked.
"As unstable as she is, she is an incredible genius and I have a feeling she knows what she is doing." He said. "As such, an escort would help her stay stable."
"...So you sent the clown with her?"
"There is a difference between a clown and a jester. Dimentio is a jester. Ghirahim was a clown. Which one has survived?"
End BGM
In the Paperverse…
BGM: Rogueport (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
Viola and Dimentio appeared in the back alley of Rogueport. "Phew… what's that smell?"
"Mold and grunge." Dimentio said.
"I see." Viola walked out of the alleyway, where she was immediately caught off guard by the sight of the gallows in front of them. "Whoa! This town doesn't mess around…"
"Well, considering this place has a gang war going on, as far as I know, the gallows is the least of our concerns."
Viola sweatdropped. "I see… so where is this teleporter you mentioned?"
"Below us. I could take us down there in an instant."
"No thanks, I want to take my time and see what made this place tic in Myra's day. After all, she came here and met her grandmother."
"Technically in your world, but very well." Dimentio nodded as they wandered around, the former getting distracted by the signboard and walked over to it.
"Huntress Ruby Rose still missing from the Mushroom Kingdom! She is currently wanted for nearly destroying the world in her despair."
Dimentio whistled. "You get out of this world and you miss out on all the fun. Ahahahaha! Ah…" He frowned. "Hmm, why am I feeling sorry for her? Bah! It'll pass on." He waved it off as he curiously looked behind the board.
"I've heard of a couple kissing in a tree, but playing games in a tree? I'll never understand the Ultimate Gamer and her lover… - A bewildered Shy Guy"
Dimentio's eye twitched before sighing deeply. "I can take comfort in knowing that the gamer girl here didn't take my power." He mumbled.
"YACK!"
"OOOOOOPS! SORRY, SUCKE- BLAAAARGH!"
"Hmm?" Dimentio turned around to see someone having already disintegrated and seeing Viola aiming her ray gun at the victim. The witnesses gasped in horror before running away in terror. "Now what did you go and do?"
"A Bandit tried to pickpocket me."
"So you decided to disintegra-... you know what, in this town, that's probably par for the course."
"Let's go." Viola said as they walked toward the eastern side of Rogueport and finding the Warp Pipe, where they both hopped in and went down.
End BGM
BGM: Rogueport Sewers (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
"Waaaah!" Viola yelped as she slid on the ground and getting up. "Ugh, road rash…"
"Oh, I'm sure you can just walk it off." Dimentio smiled as they walked toward the left and found themselves in a ruined city.
"Whoa…" Viola whispered.
"This way now!" Dimentio walked off as Viola approached him, while some residents spotted them.
"Who are they?"
"No idea…"
"They look so weird and three dimensional!"
"Blegh, that girl's giving me the creeps."
Viola turned around. "You paper thin freaks aren't much better, you flat… good for nothings!"
Dimentio pulled her away. "Now now, let's not incite a fight even though I would happily condone it." He said as he opened a door as they found a teleporter. "And this… is where we need to go."
"Oooh…" Viola mused as Dimentio pressed a button as they both went inside, teleporting straight for the X-Naut Fortress.
End BGM
BGM: X-Naut Fortress (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
"Whoa, whooooa…" Viola shook her head, as she looked around. "My technological senses are bursting with happiness here!"
"If you think this is cool, then wait until you see where we are." Dimentio said, teleporting her to the main entrance of the Fortress.
"Huh? Why'd you take me here?"
"Look outside."
Viola looked out the window. "Let's see… dark sky, stars, the surface of the moon, the Milky Way Gal-... HOLY FUCKING SHIT, ARE WE ACTUALLY ON THE FUCKING MOON?!"
"Ahahahaha~! You are correct, my foul unstable friend. We are on the moon."
"We're actually in space… I'm in space… hahahaha! I'm in space… hahaha! I'M IN SPACE! Oh, this is so awesome! I'm gonna have to rub it in Myra's face that I went to the moon before her! OH! This is too good! In your fucking face, Myra! WOOOOOOOO!"
Dimentio smiled. "Now then, shall we take some of this technology and make it our own?"
"Oh yes! This is gonna be absolutely fun~!" She smiled.
The duo set off as they went down the elevator and went into the different rooms. In the first one, she came across the lab room as she pulled out a wrench and proceeded to disassemble the machine, where Dimentio summoned a bag as she pulled it apart and tossed it into the bag.
"Ahahaha! I love bottomless bags." He said as Viola read through the notes.
"Potions that make you invisible, gigantic, small… hmmm… I think I can go ahead and make some newer potions for some extra oomph!" She giggled as she finished pulling apart the machine.
Once she was done, she went into the next room which was the teleporter room. "You need anything here?"
"Personally, I want to learn more of this teleporting technology. While I can teleport myself with my Mega Girl form… imagine if our allies can teleport as well. They could teleport out of harm's way in an instant."
"Oooh, I like the way you think!" Definitely saves me some magic power… Dimentio said as Viola pulled the button out of the machine after prying it off with a crowbar and proceeded to dismantle the machine itself. As Viola was busy tearing it apart and putting it in the bag, Dimentio could have sworn he saw a shadow disappearing outside of the door.
Hmmm… Dimentio narrowed his eyes.
"Alright, next room!"
In the next room was the crane operating game, where they saw some coins and some badges on the table.
"You need the coins?"
"Nah. Though I'm curious what those things are." Viola said as Dimentio teleported and grabbed a hold of the badge, then tossed it to Viola who put it on her chest.
"Feel any different?"
"Eh, I feel fine but that's about it." Viola shrugged as she went ahead and dismantled the machinery while also shooting down the crane, where Dimentio had it drop into the bag.
Once Viola was done dismantling, she turned around and walked to the opposite side of the hallway, where she opened a door and found the locker room.
"Oh… just a locker room? Booooriiiing."
"I feel there could be something significant in this room."
"Like what, dropping from the ceiling and turning into a paper thin freak?"
"Hey. I was a paper thin freak!"
"...You just called yourself a freak."
"What? …Hey!" Dimentio glared as Viola walked away with a smug grin on her face.
They reached the end of the hallway where they came into Grodus' lair. "Whoa… this looks cool. Ooooh, and there's a computer over there~!" She started running toward it.
"Ah, Grodus's lair… huh, I was expecting it to look a bit more… oh, what's the word?"
"Narcissistic?"
"That's the one I was looking for!" Dimentio smiled as he made his way over where Viola examined the buttons.
"Create… Yux? What the heck is a Yux?" She wondered as she pressed the button as a machine came out from the ceiling and fired at the ground, creating a few Yuxes, Z Yuxes and X-Yuxes.
"Ah, those things. I've heard they fire these projectiles on you and they also produce mini versions of them which will create a barrier around them to protect them." Dimentio explained.
Viola's eyes widened. "Dimentio. See if you can bring that machine down. I wish to have some Mini Yuxes on me."
"Ah, I always seem to give you ideas!" Dimentio chuckled, proceeding to throw the Yuxes into the bag and then snapped his fingers at the machine, causing it to explode at the joint and had it fall where Dimentio opened the bag wide enough as it fell in. "There we go!"
He then noticed the same shadow from before as it went back into the door, causing him to narrow his eyes while Viola dismantled the computer right after.
"Hmhmhmhmhm~ Oh, the ideas I'll be getting when I use them for my own purposes~" Viola sang as she quickly dismantled all of it and shoved it into the bag, then made her way into Grodus's office.
"Hmmm…" Dimmentio mused as he looked at some Nibbles swimming around while Viola dug around on a shelf.
"What's with all these floppy disks? Talk about being a dinosaur." Viola said before chuckling. "I'm one to talk though." She chuckled as she found something, pulling out a hard drive. "Hmm, this Grodus guy might not be as much of a dinosaur than I thought… I wonder what's in it." She said as she put it into her pocket.
"You want this computer?" Dimentio asked.
"Oh, what the heck." Viola shrugged as she yanked it off and tossed it into the bag, then threw in the floppy disks into the bag.
"Why those things?"
"Ya never know." Viola shrugged as she pulled out her ray gun and fired at the glass, which broke and flooded the entire room, where she hopped on the desk and examined the Nibbles.
"Want one?" Dimentio asked.
"Eh… nah. They're not robotic enough."
"Alright then!"
They walked out as the Nibbles flopped about aimlessly.
They went down into the next floor as they looked around where nothing seemed to interest Viola, though a cybernetic Thwomp was waiting for them at the end of the hallway.
"Hmm… I could probably create something out of this." Viola said as she approached the Thwomp, putting her hands on it.
"HEY!" The Thwomp opened his eyes.
"Yack!"
"Get your hands off of me! You have the audacity to touch me?"
"I didn't know Thwomps could talk…" Dimentio mused.
"Hmph! How dare you assume… and I would put you in your place via a test, but I've already been beaten."
"Oh yes, how sad… do you have an off switch?"
"How dare you! You dare think I have an-"
Dimentio wrapped a box around the Thwomp and snapped his fingers, causing it to explode.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
The smoke cleared as the cybernetic Thwomp was in pieces.
"Ooops, I added a little too much firepower."
"Well, at least it shut him up."
"You fools think I'm dead! I may be destroyed but-"
"Ah, here's his voice box." Dimentio picked it up and crushed it, muting the Thwomp. "Ah, and here's his motherboard!"
"That's still intact?" Viola asked in surprise.
Dimentio crushed it, causing the lights to go off. "Not anymore."
Viola giggled, picking up the remains. "I'm sure I can create something cybernetic with this." She said, tossing them in the bag.
On the third sublevel, they walked toward the door to the right, opening it up and finding a factory-like area that made Viola's heart flutter and her eyes sparkled. "Oooh baby! My own paradise!" She called out as she quickly proceeded to pull everything apart, shooting the gears down, managing to get the conveyor belt destroyed until everything was completely pulled except for the Warp Pipes.
"I've never seen someone so giddy on pulling apart technology…" Dimentio said as they warped to the door and found the remains of Magnus Von Grapple 2.0.
"Ooooh, scrap metal!" Viola said as she walked over and pulled it apart.
"Hmm, interesting… sword markings on the floor." Dimentio mused as he opened the bag as Viola put Magnus Von Grapple's remains into the bag.
"Alright, now to the last floor." Viola said as she walked out… and nearly fell but Dimentio caught her arm. "Ah, right, I pulled apart the scaffolding." She sweatdropped with a nervous chuckle.
"Perhaps you should have done that after we got out of the room." Dimentio pointed out.
"I got excited…" She sheepishly chuckled.
Once they reached the elevator, they made their way to the final sublevel as they went to the left and opened it up, revealing Peach's room.
"Oh, Boring." Viola said with disappointment.
"A lingering smell of perfume in the air?" Dimentio wondered as Viola went into the next room.
"Nope. Nothing but a bathroom in here." She said as she turned around and walked the other way as she opened up the final door.
End BGM
"Oooooh! Now here's a big computer!" Viola smiled.
"You have come to dismantle me too… have you not?"
"...Who said that?"
"I did."
Suddenly, the lights came up as the computer lit up where they saw a red light on top of the monitor.
"I am TEC-XX. You may call me TEC."
BGM: Goodbye, TEC (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
"A talking computer… now this has gotten interesting~!" Viola's eyes sparkled.
"My my…" Dimentio mused.
"I do not recognize your dimensions, yet I do know who both of you are."
"You do?"
"Viola Silverlung and Dimentio. I know of the latter. The Prognosticus is within my databanks and I have witnessed your aggravating tendencies to get in the heroes' way."
"And how do you know about me?"
"As I am the only one here in the Fortress, one does get bored… so I decided to hack my way into the teleporter and connect to the world's internet from there. There, I was able to keep up with the Mushroom Kingdom's daily lives. I had discovered the Mario Bros, RWBY and their friends get into a conflict with Bowser before they were whisked away by Count Bleck. Some of Bowser's internet got sent to Castle Bleck, so I was able to keep tabs on you. Dimentio, you have corrupted Ruby Rose."
"Eh, she had it coming. It was just a matter of time before I had that wilted rose within my grasp. Ahahaha."
"Indeed…"
"What do you know about me? Is my paper self famous in this dimension?"
"If I were to tell you, your mind would certainly shatter."
"Ah, her mind has been shattered centuries ago! No one knows how it happened, but she's always unstable!" Dimentio said.
"...I see."
"Tell me RIGHT NOW or so help me, I WILL fry your motherboards!"
"Very well. Accessing file of my version of Viola Silverlung."
Viola walked over to the screen, her eyes glued to it.
"I look cute as paper."
"Oh my my my~! Take a look at that!" Dimentio chuckled as Viola took a look, and her eyes widened.
Viola Silverlung
Date of Birth: September 27th
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Status: Deceased
Cause of Death: Myra Shadowheart
"No… no no no no no no no NO NO! That has to be wrong!"
"I am never wrong. I am the world's perfect computer."
"No…" Viola seethed in rage. "HOW DID THIS FUCKING VERSION OF MYRA KILL ME? TELL ME NOW!"
"According to my data banks, you and Myra got into an argument in the Kingdom of Myths, now named The Lost Levels. It was a simple argument, but it got heated over time until you had blurted out that you were just using her and going to turn her into your pet when her back was turned. Needless to say, her heart was broken before she unleashed her wrath on you. You had tried to fight back, but the dark mage had overpowered you and destroyed you. Then she threw your remains into the Zuteregeon before she made her way back to the Mushroom Kingdom. There, she was given the title of Court Mage under Queen Lemony. She lived a happy life before she passed from natural causes and currently lies next to Queen Lemony."
End BGM
BGM: Tension (Persona 5)
Viola clenched her fists, her eyes shaking in disbelief. There was no way she could have been that stupid into telling Myra everything in the heat of the moment during a simple argument.
"Where…" She breathed harshly. "Where… did she end up killing me?"
"The Hoarfrost Highlands, or as it is now called: The Zuteregeon Icelands. That said, Myra warned the Hoarfrostians of the danger and they relocated to a safer place in the Highlands. They are continuing to thrive there with a population of ten thousand and five hundred."
Viola inhaled sharply, sounding like a hiss. She trembled in rage.
"That bitch… THAT BITCH… THAT MOTHERFUCKING BITCH KILLED ME?!"
"Correct."
Viola shook, immediately transforming. "Do you have nukes?"
"No."
"Orbital Death Cannons?"
"No."
"THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE?! I WANT YOU TO FIRE A FUCKING NUKE ON TOP OF THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM AND WIPE IT OFF THE FUCKING MAP JUST SO MYRA DOESN'T REST IN FUCKING PEACE!"
"We have a smoothie machine."
"OH SUUUUUURE! LET'S DROP A SMOOTHIE ON THEM AND FUCKING GIVE THEM A MINOR CASE OF BRAIN FREEZE! AUUUUUUGHHHHH!"
She exhaled, starting to grin madly with a wild look in her eyes.
"Fine then! I'll just have to kill Myra in my world and avenge myself! That way, that bitch won't get in my way where I get rid of Jade Gadd and I become the top scientist in my world!"
Dimentio slowly took a step back. Maaaaybe it was a bad idea to bring her here…
"Hahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oooh, I'm going to ENJOY breaking her to bits…. I'm going to ENJOY watching her squirm… I'm going to bathe in her own blood and just… savor the moment before I end her miserable life!"
"Soooo… um… what was Grodus like? I have a feeling he's no longer with us." Dimentio said.
"Actually, he still is. He is currently in Poshley Heights where he is just a computerized head."
"...Bring him to me. NOW." Viola demanded.
"You two play nice!" Dimentio said as he teleported away.
End BGM
BGM: Poshley Heights (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
Dimentio shuddered. "Hoo! Talk about extreme, even for me." He said as he wandered around.
"Pasta! Get your pasta here! Only fifty coins!"
"I wonder if I can meet Luigi…"
"Excuse me!" Dimentio approached a Bob-omb family. "Excuse me, you colorful explosives you. Yes, you with the golden shine!"
"I have a name, you know. The name's Goldbob."
"Yes yes, do you know where I can find a computerized head?"
"Ah, that odd fellow? He's in that hotel over there."
"Thank you." Dimentio walked off.
"Who was that, dear?"
"A strange three dimensional person…"
Inside the hotel…
"B5." Crump said.
"Rrrrgh… how do you keep blasting down my battleships!"
"Just sheer luck, I suppose."
"Ah, there you are!" Dimentio approached the two. "Instead of sinking ships, perhaps you ought to come with me."
"And who the devil are you?" Grodus asked.
"Just your angel in shining armor!" Dimentio picked up the head.
"Bah! Unhand me!"
"Ciao, my rotund friend!" Dimentio waved and then teleported away.
"...Shoot. I need a new companion for this game…" Crump mumbled. "Unless…"
He walked over to the other seat. "F7."
He walked back to his seat.
"Augh, you sank my battleship, Grodus! Gack hack hack, I finally got your ship. Now I will finally win. Buh huh huh huh! You think so? Our score is still ninety to zero!"
An X-Naut walked in and saw what was going on.
"...Yeah, maybe being in the sauna for that long was a bad idea. I'm hallucinating that Lord Crump is playing with himself and pretending to be Grodus."
End BGM
Back on the moon…
"I'm back! Have you kids behaved yourselves?" Dimentio asked.
"Me? Yes. Viola? Not so much…"
"What are you talking about? I'm just coming up with ways to mutilate Myra!"
"...What has this world come to." Grodus grumbled. "TEC, you miserable machine. You think you can just run things on your own?"
"I managed to put myself back together, with the help of a cosmic space queen of course."
"I have no idea who that is." Grodus mumbled. "But I see this young lady has encountered her counterpart's death, I'm assuming. Must be another Viola Silverlung."
"You got that right!" Viola said, snapping out of her violent intentions and went back to her normal self. "So, you must be Grodus."
"Indeed. I was the leader of the X-Nauts but now I'm just a head."
"What say you that I could… restore your body and work for someone named Dry Bowser? Also known as Emperor Bowser."
"Emperor Bowser? I've had my fair shares of Bowsers…" Grodus grumbled. "But working with someone else that probably won't destroy me will do me some good. Of course, I will need a body."
"And how do we get your magnificent body back?" Dimentio asked.
"Simple. I had created a perfect body replica in case if something were to happen to me." Grodus explained. "I had safely stored it inside of TEC."
"Ah, but you had shut me down when I was helping Peach. There is no way that that was restored."
"TEC, you insignificant computer. I put a hard drive in you and pulled the data from you into it. It is safely in my office… as far as I know."
"You mean this hard drive?" Viola pulled out a hard drive.
"Yes! That is the one!" Grodus nodded.
"Uh oh…" TEC said softly.
Viola plugged in the hard drive and picked up Grodus's head as she placed it inside of a machine where Grodus instructed her to activate on the keyboard, then pressed the enter key as electricity shot into Grodus's head.
Dimentio glanced to the side, seeing a shadow pop in before it moved back outside. Dimentio quickly opened the door and saw the shadow moving away. He snapped his fingers as restraints wrapped around the shadow.
"Reveal yourself to me!" He ordered as the restraints pulled the shadow back as it was yanked into TEC's room, and then a shadow being emerged from the ground.
"Hgrrrk!"
"Beldam! Is that you, you traitorous oaf?" Grodus asked as his body was regenerating.
BGM: Shadow Sirens Theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch)
"Grrr… I don't know how I was spotted so easily."
"I have my ways." Dimentio said. "Though, I was expecting to fish up someone cute. Instead, I get someone plug ugly."
"You watch your tongue, buster! You are speaking to an elder!"
"Oh, am I? I thought you just aged very quickly at a young age."
"Rrrrgh… you…!"
"Beldam, this is a surprise." TEC said. "Why are you here exactly? Up to no good, I presume."
"The opposite. While my sisters are enjoying a siesta, I decided to come here to see if I could find whatever was used to track the Crystal Stars. I thought perhaps I could track Ruby's whereabouts and bring her home to her family."
"Ah, I think that was destroyed by VIola's antics." Dimentio said.
"Viola? As in Viola Silverlung? Ah, the Shadows talk about you!"
"Oh, do they?"
"Yes, they mentioned how stupid you were and how you were easily killed by the more superior Myra Shadowheart. She's quite popular with us shadow fo-"
A blaster nearly hit her in the head.
"Oh goodness!"
"DO NOT MENTION HOW MYRA IS SUPERIOR AND MORE POPULAR THAN I AM IN FRONT OF ME, YOU CRETIN!" She shrieked.
Beldam sweatdropped. "I'm starting to see why she was more popular than you…" She muttered quietly.
"Hmmm… come to think of it, I think you would also be perfect for our cause." Dimentio smiled as he snapped his fingers as a red aura wrapped around Beldam.
"Hnngh! Rrrrgh…! What is this…?!"
"Something I picked up from my friend Nastasia."
"You won't… control… me…!" She grunted.
"Hmm… it worked so well on Ironwood. I must be losing my edge… either that or she's more stronger willed than the ironhead!" Dimentio chuckled as he snapped his fingers again.
"GRAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!" Beldam cried out. "Nnngh… must… resist…!"
"Well, you know what they always say… third times the charm!" Dimentio said, snapping his fingers again.
"Nnnngh…!" Beldam grunted. "Vivian… Marilyn… I'm… sorry…!" She grunted before she slumped… before smirking. "MWEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!"
"GAAAAACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!"
Grodus emerged with a new body and scepter. "I have returned once more!" He aimed his staff at Beldam. "That said, I don't take kindly to traitors. Don't think I'm not aware of your loyalty to the Shadow Queen!"
"Bah, quit your bellyachin', you chip for brains!"
"What was that, you old hag?"
"Compared to you, I'm beautiful!"
"Have you looked in a mirror lately!"
"Girls, girls!" Dimentio got between them. "Both of you are pretty… but we got more matters to attend to." He said. "Medusa! Emperor Brrr! We got what we came for! We got two allies with us too!"
Magic swirled around the four before they disappeared, leaving TEC behind.
End BGM
"...Well. This is not good."
Back on the other side…
The four emerged from the book. "Ah, back to the new world!"
Beldam looked around. "Everything looks so weird here."
"Hmm, fascinating." Grodus mused.
"Ah, so you have actually brought some new allies with us." Dry Bowser approached. "Greetings, I am Emperor Bowser."
"Emperor Bowser? I've heard of you in my universe… quite respectable even though your own undoing was your arrogance."
"Hmm, I can sense arrogance from you as well. Perhaps you ought to keep that in check."
"Hmph. I could say the same to you, my bony friend."
"Perhaps I could give you and this Shadow person a three dimensional make over. I will just have to make sure of what your dimensions should be."
"It is a shame that we don't have the Shadow Queen with us…" Beldam said.
"Please, you'd change sides in an instant the moment my guard is down."
"Actually, we do have A Shadow Queen." Medusa said. "But there's something you two should know."
"And what would that be?"
"The Shadow Queen is with a girl named Myra Shadowheart, and she is with the heroes."
Grodus dropped his staff in disbelief. "...I beg your pardon?"
"You heard right."
"The Shadow Queen is with WHOM?"
"The Shadow Queen has betrayed us…" Beldam said solemnly.
Viola walked outside of her castle, looking off into the sky. A venomous growl escaped her lips.
"I died in that world… but I'm still here. Watch your back, Myra… I'M COMING FOR YOU AND WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL! YOU HEAR ME?! I WILL DESTROY YOU!"
Meanwhile, at JINXY's home…
"Hmm…" Myra hummed, her arms folded.
"You okay?" Xena asked.
"I can't help but wonder if Viola did something incredibly stupid just now."
"Ah, probably to our benefit."
"Or not." Myra shook her head. "I wonder what's keeping Jade and Nyx?"
Meanwhile, with Jade and Nyx…
"Can you at least tell me why you've been so agitated lately?" Jade asked. "I know we'll find a way to get the Emerald Star from Dialga, but… I could tell something's been bothering you ever since I came back from Mobius. Granted, I was having a hell of a relaxation so I didn't bother asking."
"I wanted to make sure you were back to normal before I said something." Nyx said. "You want to know the reason why I've been so agitated?"
"Let me guess, you can't come up with anything Micro games related for Wario?" Jade snickered.
"No… it has to do with you."
"Me? What did I do?"
"No, it's not what you did… it's what could have happened to you if you didn't go to Mobius."
Jade tilted her head. "I still don't get it. Yeah, I'm slowly warming up to Myra but-"
"VIOLACAMEBYANDWANTEDYOUDEAD!" Nyx blurted out.
"Whoa!" Jade jumped. "Slow down, deep breath… what was that just now?"
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
Nyx sighed. "Viola… she… she came by as soon as you had left. She was looking for you but thanks to Myra, the twins and I were able to sus her out. I sent her on her way after I had fought her and then Umber pretty much destroyed her ego. She wanted you dead. She came for you."
"Wh-what…?" Jade asked in surprise. "She wanted me dead?"
"Yes. She doesn't just want Myra gone, she wants you dead because she hates the idea of a Gadd being the top scientist of the world… and a female one at that!"
Jade's eyes widened as she slowly sat in a chair in her lab.
"My gosh… I'm glad I went to Mobius now."
"Although, let's be real, I'm sure you would have knocked her out if you were here."
"Yeah, if I was prepared and all."
"And the reason why I was so agitated…?" Nyx knelt down, taking her hands. "It's because you, the twins and Iris are more than just friends to me. You're my family… my sisters… and if someone tries to come and kill one of them? I will do anything to protect them… hence why I was so eager to get her out of here."
Nyx teared up. "I love you, Jade… I… I hate to see you get killed by that awful woman… I've been trying to distract myself with Xena. Like, I jumped on the idea of heading to Moonview City with Myra to confront Kazuya over some political matters with Peach. But every time… every time that thought comes to me and it just scares the hell out of me. I even had a nightmare where you were killed in front of my eyes and I woke up crying!"
She looked into Jade's eyes. "All that relaxation the past week? That was as much for me as it was for you… I… I needed to make sure you were okay…"
"Nyx…" Jade gently cupped her chin. "I see you as a sister myself, and I appreciate you looking out for all of us." She pulled her in for a hug. "I love you too, Nyx… and don't worry, I'll make sure Viola goes down before she even thinks about shooting me."
Jade caressed Nyx's hair. "And… thank you for all those relaxation trips you took me on. I was starting to wonder why you were so eager to send me to the next beach, but now I know why."
Nyx sniffed. "You would not… believe the relief I felt after pouring out my heart to you…"
Jade smiled. "Come on, sis… let's get some ice cream. I'm sure that'll cheer you up."
"Susie's…?"
"Susie's. Now let's take the whole team and Myra. I'll pay this time." She winked.
Nyx wiped her eyes. "Okay…" She smiled as Jade pulled her up as they hugged once more, but Jade opened her eyes as a soft anger appeared in her eyes.
That bitch made Nyx cry… Unforgivable.
Ibuki: That's... one way to handle a version of you dying, Ibuki supposes...
Deadpool: Thanos watches him dying, he's unbothered. Loki sees himself dying? He's mortified. Viola? Hooooo boy...
Indeed.