"So, who's up next on our regularly scheduled house of slaughter?" Pietro asked sarcastically (And impatiently, for those of you wondering.).
Tifa looked at the screen, "It looks like a gal from that new Overwatch world."
Yang was also in the room, chatting with Sonya. She looked up at her friend, "You are going to have to be more specific Tifa. There are dozens of gals from that world."
"Oh, right!" Tifa exclaimed, still uncomfortable with Yang's drastic personality shift, "She's one of the good guys."
"Still doesn't narrow it down much." Sonya noted.
"She's foreign."
"So is every fighter from our world," Chun Li said, gesturing towards herself and Cammy, "It's not that special."
"She sounds like Scarlet." Tifa deadpanned.
"We all have a 'Scarlet' in our worlds, Lockhart." Sonya deadpanned just as equally.
"Yeah," Pietro added, "Is it your Scarlet," He gestured towards the bartender, "Her Skarlet." He went over to Sonya to emphasize his point, "This one's Scarlet," He motioned towards Yang, "Or my Scarlet?"
"Yang's Scarle- It's Tracer. Okay?" Tifa grumbled out.
"Little early and suspicious to use her this early, huh?" Sonya asked rhetorically.
"Like the use of that stupid Test Your Might thing wasn't?" Chun Li asked harshly.
Cammy placed a hand on her friend's shoulder, "Easy there, Chun Li. They let me have that car breaker, and the survival of Balrog's punches."
"And to be fair, you can't dodge forever." Pietro added.
"Like Bayonetta?" Yang deadpanned.
"Burn!"
"So…" Tifa started, "Possible opponents?"
"Scout, from that Team Fortress 2 world." Pietro called, "Fast-paced fighters are always fun to watch. At least then it doesn't feel like it drags on forever."
"Mellka from that Battleborn Eldrid place. Having two fighters with similar weaponry isn't uncommon." Cammy stated.
"That Saki girl from Sin and Punishment could make a good opponent." Yang said.
Tifa raised an eyebrow "Uh, Saki is a boy, Yang."
"Oh." Yang realized, "You learn something new every day…" She muttered.
"What about that Kim Possible gal?" Chun Li asked, "Both are agile, and have an ambiguous lesbian-like relationship with an odd-colored girl on the opposing side." She rattled off.
Tifa scoffed, "If having an ambiguous lesbian-like relationship with an enemy is what it takes, then we should add Yang's sister, and that Piper girl from the Storm Hawks universe. They would be just as good." She joked.
Everyone laughed or chuckled, until a certain blonde registered what Tifa had said.
"Wait, what was that about Ruby?" Yang asked.
Nobody was in the mood to tell Yang about the dreaded 'Fallen Petals' ship that had sailed a while ago. And while that was mostly due to the fact that the majority of the room prefered the insane 'Cinder is Ruby's mother' theory over having them be romantically involved, it was also due to the fact that the only time Tifa had seen Yang act like her old self was when some idiot (Likely Wade) said that Ruby would get stomped by Maka from that Soul Eater universe.
"It was nothing Yang." Tifa assured, "Totally nothing…"
"Y-yeah! We were talking about…" Cammy trailed off, still recovering from the phantom pains of the fight she was in had slowed her reaction time a little bit.
"How she and that Weiss girl got off on the wrong foot!" Pietro interrupted.
"Yes. That is what we were referring to." Sonya lied. (Hey, if the girl can crush the arm of a mech with little effort, then she has a right to be afraid.)
Yang simply got up, backed out of the room, and did the 'I'm watching you' gesture with her hand.
"Whew! That was close" Chun Li stated after there was considerable distance between the room and Yang.
"Agreed"
"Well, these message boards are encouraging."
Bayonetta nodded, "You got that right, Dante. But to be fair, they do have a point."
Cloud looked towards the Umbra Witch, "How so?"
"I lost. Ivy lost. And even Cammy lost. Us british gals can't catch a break."
"Well to be fair," Cloud offered, "Who expects the woman with only one non-rematch win under her belt to beat the champion of a fighting tournament?"
"He has a point there," Dante noted, "It's like expecting Vega to beat Liu Kang- It's not going to happen."
"Okay, I'll concede that one." Bayonetta admitted, "But it's still discouraging to see that sort of stuff happen."
"What about Ryu's fans?" Cloud asked, "His universe hasn't produced a winner since Akuma."
Dante raised an eyebrow, "What, does Blanka not exist anymore?"
Cloud slapped his forehead, "Totally forgot about him. Thanks for reminding me."
"Someone has to make sure your brain doesn't fall out. And considering that Tifa is too busy trying to get her girlfriend to cheer up, it's clearly not going to be her."
Once Dante's words registered, everyone covered their ears, expecting the usual scream of defiance that would come from one of them.
Cliffhanger, bitches!
Deadpool: So, how's your cyborg-nose?
Pretty good. It keeps me calm in certain situations, and lets me block certain smells if I need it to.
Alexis: Tweet tweet tweet?
No. No the disclaimer is still being rented out. Maybe Gigi's using it for whatever project she's working on. Then again, she never really tells me anything.
Deadpool: At the rate you reference the guy, I'd be surprised if you didn't marry Layman.
Shut up Wade.
