"Hey…" Grif started.

"… Yeah?" Simmons asked.

"Do you ever wonder… What would have happened if those guys didn't go missing?"

"She's mine!" Tifa pulled on Yang.

"I saw her first!" Blake pulled back.

"You also left her first!"

"So, as I was saying, Crona's a good kid. But… Wait, is it 'they'? Right, it's them. Gods, with how many people are here, it's hard to keep track. Just remember to respect their boundaries, and to pay attention. Crona's probably used to Maka's interests though, so maybe try talking about books. Not the gruesome kind, I'm pretty sure they're tired of that kind of stuff."

"Okay, mom. Do you uh… Do you need help with that?"

"No…" Yang was jerked to the other side, "I'll deal with it."

*CRASH!*

"I swear, if that's Hanzo and Sanji fighting over the cooking pot again…"

"So… You're technically me?"

"Well, sort of." Caboose explained as best he could, "See, this Church is technically the memories of you, so he's not really you. But at the same time he is you, because he's technically a part of you. But at the same time not you, since he's only the memories of you. Kinda like how Tex really isn't Tex, but is just the memories of the girl that the director, who you're based off of, liked but ended up dying."

"Yeah, I followed none of that." Alpha Church said, "So me two-point-oh, what's the deal?"

"Hey! I've been here longer. So if anything, you're me two-point-oh!"

"Here longer- That doesn't make any sense! I'm the original Church!"

"Technically, you're the copy of the original Church. The director. He's a complicated person."

"Complicated?- He tortured me!"

"Yeah, but he was really only torturing himself." Caboose pointed out.

"Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. He's dead."

"Oh really? And who put the bullet in his head?"

"He did." Caboose said bluntly.

"Oh." Alpha Church trailed off, "Wow. That's… That's kinda dark."

"Yeah…" Caboose trailed off, "Hey! Wanna see me drink this lemonade?"

"Wait Caboose! That's gasoline!"

"Woo! Imma be a dragon!"

*POW!*

"So… How long have these two been at it?"

"In about a few minutes, it will have been about an hour."

"My grandfather's been at this for over an hour? With how hard Shotokan boy here beat me, I would've thought that this would have been done by now."

"I do not appreciate the nickname." Ryu said, "Are you positive about this, Iron Fist?"

"Unless my watch is off, this would be about the fifty-five minute mark. Do you suppose that Akuma is holding back?"

"Likely. He is rather similar to Vegeta and Goku in that regard." Ryu pointed out, "Speaking of, where is the Saiyan Prince?"

"Whining about how it's unfair that Goku gave Broly and his companions explicit permission to call him 'Kakarot' when Vegeta feels like that's his right." Jin deadpanned.

"And Barry and Wally are busy getting Widowmaker some therapy so that she doesn't have to be a coldblooded killer anymore." Danny pointed out, "Is that normal for them? I forget."

"From what I have heard, this is actually rather typical of them." Ryu said, "It's rather admirable actually. It's rare that you have someone who tries to talk down their opponents instead of punch them."

"You two come from fighting games. I doubt that either of you try to talk down your opponents before throwing a punch." Danny snarked.

"Okay… I'm stuffed. You win." Po grumbled.

"Woah… I almost burned out there…" Naruto said as he put his chopsticks down, "Gotta say that you're one heckuva eater!"

"Hah! You should see me in the kitchen!"

"Not without a full-body hairnet!" Hanzo and Sanji said at the same time as they went about giving everyone their food.

Shadow, meanwhile, was busy speaking with Ryuko about something.

"So… You have what I want?"

"Yeah… You have what I want?"

"One fresh iron, with all the latest gadgets in it." Shadow said as he pushed the bag that was just below the table towards her.

"And one autographed picture of me." She said, sliding the item in question across the table, "Still weird how you're one of my fans, but whatever."

"Either way, I was never here, and you never saw me."

"Can we hurry this up, Ryuko? I don't get to get ironed very often."

"You're welcome to shut up." The girl muttered.

"No puedo reparar el dispositivo. Está de ese modo indefinidamente."

"Uh, can someone translate for me?" Carolina asked, "I have no idea what he's saying."

"Something something, he can't repair my voice modulator. So I'm stuck sounding like this."

"Great. Well, this is going to make for some awkward birthdays."

Tex stared for a moment, "You do realize that I'm mostly an A.I representation of your mother from your grief-stricken father, right?"

"Yeah, I still don't get that. But you're still the closest I'm ever going to get."

"I'm surprised," Tex mentioned, "Back in the freelancer days, you always wanted to beat me."

"Hey, as far as our world's concerned, you're dead, and I'm alive, so I'm pretty sure that I've won out in that area." Carolina said, her smirk apparent even through the helmet.

"We'll see about that in the training arena."

"Zero."

"Damn. Gwen's tearing it up. That's what?- Five wins in a row?" Peter asked.

"Four, actually. The other one got disrupted because Miles called Uno before she could and won that round." Barbara pointed out.

"There are no friendships in UNO, Gwen." Miles stated.

"Either way, that puts team Spiders at a three point lead." Nightwing pointed out, "Yo! Jason, you sure you don't wanna play? I'm pretty sure that I could convince Matt to join in."

"Nah. I'm good. I gotta give Crona advice on their date with Lucy."

"It's not a date!" Crona blushed.

"Sure it isn't." Jason smirked, "Now you have to remember that she's got her own issues, so you gotta know her talking about dogs. She likes dogs. And animals in general. But not about them dying. She apparently doesn't take well to that."

"Okay. Um, are you sure that you don't want to join in on that game? They seem like they're having fun."

"I'm sure. Now go get 'em, kid! You're gonna do great!"

"Oh come on man, that's totally unrealistic!" Grif pointed out, "If any of the spiders would get a five game win streak in UNO-"

"Four game win streak. Seriously Grif, pay attention." Simmons replied.

"Whatever. The point is that it would be that Miguel dude. Not Gwen."

"Oh come on! That guy barely even knows what UNO is. Gwen's the more realistic option to get that win streak!"

"Please, you're an idiot."

"Hey, you're the one who asked. So who's the real idiot?"

"The moron who thinks that Miguel couldn't get a win streak in UNO."

"What about Miles?" Caboose asked out of nowhere.

"Eh, I kinda see him as being more into Go Fish if anything."

"What are you doing here anyways?"

"Oh that Barabara lady asked me to check if you tested those vaccination things."

"Wait, is that why we're out here? I thought this was just standard patrol!" Simmons realized.

"Wait, how am I supposed to make those work with my Grifshot?"

"They don't look like they'd work with my weapons either." Simmons pointed out as he hefted his primary weapon of choice, "Wait! Don't these things only work once we remove the armor? Where's the Virus?!"

"SKRAAAHHHH!"

"Uh oh…"

Dude: This is what I get for being out of practice with Lucario.

Wade: What are you talking about?- You won!

Pinkie: Based on Pokémon logic, I should have won. Charizard is a Fire/Flying type!

Wade: I was using Ness. Who is explicitly stated to be a psychic. Damn that tactic of tanking the PK Thunder. I coulda had it!

Dude: Star KO saved my hide by a second. Man, that was rough. Also Pinkie, isn't Ivysaur part Poison-type?

Pinkie: Oh yeah…