Chaotic Hangouts

Chapter 14: Gender Neutral Bathrooms. "Scary"

Date: June 8th, 2023

This chapter is sponsored by the gaydar and Gayrios. They're delicious or functionally completely useless.

It was another day of battling more and more foes in Miitopia. The usual brutality. I can't believe I'm even saying that. The war has gotten even worse since we took back the Villa. And today in the midst of battle, I came face to face with one of the mages who chose to fight on the side of the Freedom Front against us. But before I could show almost no mercy to the mage, they cast a spell literally in an instant. "What the hell?! Damn it! What is that spell? I've never seen it before even in this war up till now!" "It's one that will send you bye bye forever! And with you out of the way, his holiness Pmurt Nedib will have one less thorn in his side!" And I couldn't do a damn thing about the spell. Despite the fact Quantum Leap could get me away from just about anything as long as I'm able to press it or voice command it, that just wasn't good enough. Instead, I tried to get away with it but nothing worked and a vortex opens up to suck me up. And then I lost consciousness before waking up inside of Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. "Really?! They sent me to RCT3 of all places? *I feel a pain from a very specific area* Crap! I gotta piss! This is just fantastic!" I forgot all about how I could use Quantum Leap as I made my way to a bathroom. But the RCT3 park I was now in was full of rides. I stare at a a wooden coaster as it passes right over the pathway I've found myself on as the park's guest clip right through me like it's no big deal. Hell, even a large army of entertainers and the Park Inspector do the exact same thing. It's not harmful but it's very odd. "You know, Wooden Roller Coaster 69 has really good value. I can tell from its layout and design as well as the screaming peeps. But the peeps screaming doesn't really say much, does it? Some will also scream on Bumper Cars 1 over there as well."

With that being said, I end up unsuccessful for a while in the search for the bathroom until I find Information 69. I used my Artist's Eye to create the money I needed to buy a park map and so, I buy one. After I do so, I find out that Toilets 69 is nearby so I immediately head to Toilets 69 after sweat dropping at my blunder. As if that weren't enough, the RCT3 peeps were completely unfazed by my armor. They didn't pay any attention to the fact that I'm a knight at all. Instead, they talked amongst themselves, sometimes ran, occasionally threw up, screamed on the rides, bought things, and had typical RCT guest thoughts among other things. Just how I've known them since 2015 or so. The loudspeakers throughout the park constantly played Funky Disco of all of the game's songs. Why Funky Disco? There's nothing here that fits that song. But still, I made it into Toilets 1 in no time at all. Just like during the universe flattening of RCT3 incident, the bathroom was revealed to be larger inside than the actual game makes it seem like. I go into a toilet stall and do my business as quickly as possible even with all of my armor on. That's when some oddball peeked into my stall from the next stall over. I could tell immediately that they were not a RCT3 peep. Instead, they looked like your average right wing American pundit crossed with the beauty industry and Bandit Keith from the Yugioh DM era. High quality character design like my own character design and all that stuff. They spoke to me: "What is a man like you doing in this bathroom with children and women inside of it?!" "You do realize that bathrooms are gender neutral in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 right?" "Then this game is woke! It should be banned! Children shouldn't be anywhere near it or these bathrooms where disgusting men like you get to come in as you please!"

"So you're a TERF?" "I prefer gender critical. Your gender is what you're born with! And it's a sin and fascist to claim otherwise!" "Really? I don't have any reason to talk to you. A gender neutral bathroom. 'Scary'. You must be fun at parties." I don't hear what they reply with as I soon get out of the toilet stall. I go ahead and wash my hands before putting my gloves back on. Up until I did that, I was able to ignore the clearly transphobic individual who was willing to peek through toilet stalls just to see if there's anyone they don't like in the bathroom. "YOU THERE! DON'T IGNORE ME, ITS THE LAW TO LISTEN TO ME!" "Just leave me alone. You aren't worth my time." I walk out of Toilets 69 and think to myself: "Toilets 69 is really good value." That's when Blaze, Dr. Bonesbane, and Incinerate appear in RCT3 before my very eyes. "Grrr! That mage! I want to rip that foe with my claws!" "That is not always the best way to do things, Incinerate." "Awoo, you should know that better by now." "Alright alright. Sorry, I still have my craving for destruction and.. blood. Even after all these years!" Blaze turns to me and pokes my nose: "There you are, Swiftdrawer!" "So y'all knew I got sent away too huh?" The transphobic person from earlier catches up to us. "Hey, don't you ignore me, unknightly knight who shouldn't exist! The time for you knights is long over! Now let me, a woman speak out against your violation of our spaces by using the same bathroom as me!" "Who in Phil Dye is this person?" "Bonesbane, Blaze, Incinerate. Let's just go. Any of you need to pee?" They all nod and I guide us to Toilets 420 which is on the other side of the park in a horror themed area. We were able to lose that annoying person for now but not forever.

While I waited for them to do their business, that person found me. "Don't ignore me! I deserve to be heard! This is a free country!" Blaze and the others exit the bathroom and are talking amongst themselves. We had all forgotten about the war in Miitopia at this point. We could have returned to fight at anytime but even us, some of the least likely individuals to forget something so important forgot all about the war. We truly did forget all about it. "Swiftdrawer, are all the rides free in this park?" "Blaze, yes they-" "I TOLD YOU, STOP IGNORING ME!" "I calculate that ignoring this woman will be worse than that time Blaze accidentally released antimatter in my lab last year." "I'm still sorry, Bonesbane!" "Enough chatter! I want to tear this person apart! Not literally but metaphorically because that's all I need to do to shut her up!" "Okay then, let's just deal with her already. I'll start since we can't even hangout without being bothered." "Why you weirdos! Eww, why do 3 of you wear those nasty animal costumes?! What's worse is that disgusting flag cape! Non binary doesn't exist! Cease wearing that at once, freak!" The TERF runs at Blaze and first tries to take their head off, thinking their head is a fursuit head. However, she couldn't do a thing. She pulled and she pulled while yelling swear words. Yes, Blaze's cape has changed to be a non binary flag cape. That's canon now. And of course, the wolf is wearing their Clock Guardian gear but this person doesn't care in the slightest. After giving up with a huff, she tries to rip Blaze's cape off. But I catch her hand as she realizes something about Blaze. "Get off my hand! Stooop! No this can't be real! This freak is really a talking animal! And.. and.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" As the TERF continues to scream, AnthrOhio suddenly appears. Well, it's convention space does. She stops screaming. Dr. Bonesbane pales: "Something has transported that convention here.. This can't be good! There's a 0% chance this can be good! 0!" "..WHAT DEMONIC THING HAVE YOU SUMMONED, YOU FREAKS?!"

"That's AnthrOhio! *wags tails excitedly* This is so strange though.." Incinerate is not happy: "That convention should have just been left alone to be in its original dimension. Whoever did this is going to pay up big time!" The woman reacts further as I just stand there, stunned at what's going on now. "AAAAAAAA! I AM KAREN, YOU WILL LET ME SPEAK OR I WILL TALK TO THE MANAGER!" She runs angrily towards the convention. I finally speak again: "So she's also a Karen. What a turn of events. Where's my nonexistent drink when I need it? At any rate, she could do a lot of damage. We better go there into the convention space immediately and hope we don't run into my past self." The 3 nod and we all race after her, passing by my past self who is currently looking around outside the indoor con space as it appears the surrounding parking lot came into RCT3 as well. We were all quick and quiet on our feet not to mention really fast as we got inside without anyone noticing at first. But inside, the matter was completely different. The convention security team were being overpowered by Karen as she was quickly and violently punching. Blaze and I don our Akatsuki cloaks so as to not be noticed by anyone who knows us. It mostly worked. Incinerate and Dr. Bonesbane simply conceal their armors under a ripped outfit and lab coat respectively. "Well crap, we got here too late. Her power level is over 9000. No ordinary person can withstand that for long so we better take care of this as soon as possible." But then, Blaze gets distracted by the lure of the food truck outside. Their nose is so seriously strong I swear. "FRESH FOOOOD! AWOOOOOOOOO!" I gently tug on Blaze's tail: "Blaze, where do you think you're going? You know as well as I do how seriously we have to take this situation." Blaze blushes: "Sorry but I haven't smelled food truck food in so long!"

"Now that you mention it, I really didn't smell anything from that food truck outdoors myself. My past self is about to head back inside to record something so we have to be careful now." "Stop wasting time! We have to metaphorically tear apart this Karen already!" "It is in fact such a urgent matter that the situation is potentially more destructive than pure uranium which isn't good for our fur btw." The 4 of us turn to face the raging Karen who is beating up anyone who tries to stop her rage. I sigh: "So did anyone succeed in acquiring the memory erasing things from a Men In Black facility?" "Oh yeah! I held myself back and got em without setting the alarm! You're welcome for not tearing anyone apart!" "Sorry Swiftdrawer but I'm talking logically this time first. Excellent, Incinerate, it will soon be like this incident never happened for the people here at AnthrOhio." And that's when things got even worse. The Park Inspector walked in and his thoughts were displayed to console so we could all see them as text floating in the air. "Items at Food Truck are too cheap." The 4 of us quietly curse under our breaths as it soon became obvious what was about to happen. It started with a group of RCT3 peep kids. They casually walked in while my past self was just staring at them in complete confusion and shock. I didn't say anything to my past self and was glad we were a good distance away from them. Meanwhile, the Karen was still causing trouble and the 4 of us were too distracted to even notice anymore of that at this point. So we just kind of stood there and watched as things spiraled further out if control. Between Karen yelling and attacking and those kids, the whole public walking space of the convention became silent. A lot of AnthrOhio attendees were just standing there in horror, shock, and/or confusion.

By this point, hotel security had been called from wherever they were since the front of the con appeared to be missing like the hotel lobby just didn't come through dimensions nor did any floor above the first floor. Or so I thought. More on that later. "Should we do something about all of this? What do we even do besides stop Karen there from killing everyone? This is annoying." "What's annoying?" My past self was now staring at me. "Damn it." "Damn it." "Do I need to explain this to you? I don't think I do." "I'm amazed that all this stuff is real. The whole other body thing and whatnot." "Yeah and don't forget the raging Karen over there." "Oh yeah. Her. I was just trying to record a video of me reading my submission for Iron Author." "I know that." "Oh so you're me in the other body from the future, don't tell me anything. I don't need to know yet." "Hello! Swiftdrawers! We got raging Karen over there! Can we metaphorically tear her apart yet or not?!" "The absurdity of this situation is just something else." "Yes." And then, things got even worse. So, the RCT3 peep children had made it into the convention space and were now constantly cheering and screaming. Status walked out of a room nearby I think and yelled: "I so need a drink because Im Diet Alkali!" before backing away slowly from the situation and adding: "Im going to get the con chair and everyone else now.. I can't deal with this f-" "PG-13!" "I can't deal with this crap alone!" And then, the stampeeped happened.. Suddenly, hundreds of RCT3 guests were running towards the convention space excitedly. "So future me, is that what I think it is?" "Oh yeah, we're in danger." "*chuckles* We're in danger." "And I'll also take we're in danger for 69." Dr. Bonesbane widens his eyes in a uncharacteristic expression of pure shock and horror.

"Great Phil Dye!" Even Incinerate didn't have anything to say. As the guests started to get closer, more things began happening. A random team of people show up as a ceiling tile was starting to leak above them. One of them utters: "It's coming from the 5th floor.." My past self and I look at each other and then look at them and then each other again and again. We utter in unison along with Blaze: "I THOUGHT THIS HOTEL NO LONGER HAD A 5TH FLOOR!" Incinerate sighs. Dr. Bonesbane looks ready to scream and throw gadgets everywhere. And that's when the loud voice of Alkali yells: "I REPEAT, THE OATMEAL HAS BEEN SPILLED!" Oh but that wasn't all that happened as the peeps got closer and closer to the convention. We started hearing some really loud singing. It was the iFC furries and frat boys drinking song. And someone showed up and started punching anything that was producing light. I say words that Blaze, Bonesbane, and Incinerate as well as myself would probably never forget: "This is the convention horror story of convention horror stories.." As I said those words, that ceiling tile falls, letting in rain and bathwater start rushing in. Karen was still raging until the RCT3 peep kids got to her and screamed so loud, she lost consciousness before those little kids started running around again while screaming and cheering very loudly. "My behavioral evaluations conclude to me the hypothesis that these kids think this convention is a intense dark ride." And then, another kid started going around, harassing fursuiters as most people just stood around in pure fright, confusion, something else, or all of the above. In fact, I even saw a few people start t-posing for absolutely no reason.

And a big text appears in our POVs: me, past me, Incinerate, Blaze, and Bonesbane. It reads in Minecraft font: "Quest objective: survive AnthrOhio in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3." That was very ominous and I don't like it. A mix of Jumanji and SAO Integral Factor floor boss music starts playing. I also didn't like that. And then came the RCT3 peeps. At the same time, someone started a fire in the convention space. I think it was a sim as sims ended up showing up too before vanishing into thin air. And some people were now dancing and singing "We Didn't Start The Fire". Okay, the peeps weren't here yet but they were getting very very close. Meanwhile, something weird happened with the Karen. She woke up and split into 2 people: herself and a man I know from watching reaction videos on him. Or at least I thought it was him. But the person was differently named. He spoke loudly despite all the chaos: "I'm Watt Malsh and today, I'm at what appears to be some kind of furry convention where groomers dress in animal costumes.." The woman screams: "Aaaaaa! This bathroom! This bathroom! It's so big and it has so many men among children! Noooo! This is the worst! I'm speaking to the manager! This is unacceptable! AAAAAAAAAAA! THIS SO CALLED GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM! WHY IS IT SO BIG?!" "Now Karen, there's no need to be angry. Save your answer for when we eliminate transgenderism entirely. Because we must destroy it and stop groomers from transing our children." Watt pulls a smug smile. Typical grifter behavior. And that's when the RCT3 peeps finally made it to the convention space while running. They screamed and yelled incredibly excitedly as they burst through doors and windows and walls alike to get inside the convention space. And they stampeeped everyone. Even I was knocked down with the flood of RCT3 peeps that just made things 10 times worse than they already were. And in the middle of all of that, Watt Malsh continued to commentate before the peeps knocked him and Karen down too.

Meanwhile, the fire continued to spread as the water really began flooding the entire space. In fact, the fire spread so much that the water somehow started catching on fire too. I hear someone yell: "IS THIS HELL?!" before being trampled too. It wasn't long until the RCT3 peeps had knocked everyone and every wall down. The damage was truly enormous and I couldn't even get up as the RCT3 peeps just started standing in place due to being in water and the fact that there was a RCT3 lion that jumped into the convention space. So now the peeps think this convention is a pool. Wonderful. As if all of this pure insanity weren't enough, more RCT3 chaos began to happen. Roller coaster cars flew into the convention space from outside before exploding and sending people flying and what not. And then the nightmare wave of entertainers came to make things worse than they already were. They were now so focused on entertaining people that there was no escape for really anyone at this point. They blocked all ways to get out with their costumes as they continuously tried to entertain everyone even if some of them were to start being burned by the part of the water that's now on fire for some reason. Then there was the dune buggy. It zoomed into the con space, over the heads of the entertainers and started plowing people down. However, no one was injured or killed because of bs theme park simulation powers or something. Or maybe it was a mix of that and plot armor. I'm not sure. What I'm sure about is that I knew things could only get even worse from here. You wouldn't think it is possible but oh boy was it possible. A guy name Jason fell into AnthrOhio from the space where that ceiling tile used to be and then, some fursuiters revealed themselves as something other than fursuiters. Jason yelled: "If AnthrOhio is real, is Ohio real too?!" He weeped as some of the fursuiters surrounded him and shouted: "Extended warranty! Extended warranty! Extended warranty!"

That's right. We were now witnessing insurance scammers in fursuits too. And that guy named Jason wasn't just any Jason. He was the killer Jason from that horror movie. But he still wept anyway. Karen soon started going wild as soon as she somehow got some frozen in fear peeps out of her way. She pulled a Broly and gained a green aura and transformation. "Damn it! Her power level is over 420,000 now!" And then, a crackpot team of superheroes break through the ceiling above Karen's current location. Her location is what was until just about now the video gaming room. Everyone who could overcome the peeps like me and stand up could now see everything now that all the walls had been destroyed. The super heroes introduced themselves: "I'm Fast Food Man!" "Can't." "That woman right there is Can't Finish Sentences! And it is I, Toilet Paper Man!" "And I'm his sidekick, Sandpaper Girl! What seems to be the problem?" "Karen." "I'm so getting some Culver's or something after this." "Don't forget toilet paper when you go there!" "Focus." "We need to stop Karen!" "Im toilet paper but it's pretty obvious that we have some other problems as well." "Oooo, that fire would be nice to make my fast food extra crispy!" "Stop." "Let's sandpaper Karen!" "No, you can sandpaper her on your own, Sandpaper Girl. I'm going to put out that fire with my toilet paper." "Dry." "Okay, that means I'll use fast food to clear up the crowd." And so, the 4 incredibly cheesy superheroes go try to solve all the pressing problems. Unfortunately, only Sandpaper Girl succeeded by sandpapering Karen so hard that he was sent flying and landed in Toilets 69 as two of us would later find out when we went there to use the bathroom again. She did also defeat the dune buggy too randomly. Toilet Paper Man nearly got burnt to a crisp so he retreated with Sandpaper Girl. Can't Finish Sentences kept saying single words as she tried to use napkins to stop the water and get rid of the water that had already flooded in. It really wasn't that successful.

When there were no more napkins to be found anywhere, she also retreated. That left Fast Food Man. He tried to eat a bunch of fast food to be able to force all the peeps to move but he just kept clipping right through them so he had to give up and retreat as well. Not even Blaze felt like laughing anymore. We were completely dumbfounded at the situation at hand as we were among the few who actually had the strength to get ourselves back up by getting some of the peeps off of our bodies which were on the floor. I pulled my past self up too after I got myself back on my feet. I tell them: "Just so you know, your memory of all of this is going to get erased and things will be restored once we resolve these issues so that it's like none of this ever happened and you had a chill final hour or so at AnthrOhio like what I remember happening up to now." "I know. I figured as much. I'm not supposed to be able to really remember all the interdimensional adventures in this body anyway." "Well, that's a relief. That's one thing at least settled. Now how exactly do we resolve the remaining problems." Dr. Bonesbane is just done: "I'm just going to get lunch. You all can stay here if you want, just tell me what you want and I'll order it from all the RCT3 stalls. I'll pay for them all." Because the sheer insanity of everything left us much more prone to making poor life choices for the time being, we all ended up agreeing with that plan. Dr. Bonesbane departs on a jetpack he built and soon comes back with a lot of food based on what we all wanted. All the food and stuff was low resolution but it was still tasty and very much edible. I've never had such blurry pizza before. There's a first time for everything. We just stood there in the convention space as a lion just stood around and kept the RCT3 peeps from moving even as the water was now above my metal boots.

Oh and the fire was a lot worse now but there was no smoke and it wasn't burning anyone or anything even though it nearly burnt Toilet Paper Man to a crisp. There were also more insurance scammers in fursuits now and the entire board of AnthrOhio were just staring at the chaos with no ideas on what to do or how to respond to what was going on. Meanwhile, me, Blaze, Incinerate, and Bonesbane were just eating lunch. My past self was not because that would mess with how things are meant to happen even further. I thought to myself several things: "Pizzeria 1 is really good value. Drinks 68 is really good value." My thoughts were more than just those 2 but all my thoughts for a minute or so were just RCT3 style as a joke to myself and you readers who get it. Beyond that, we really just kept eating and drinking stuff until what Dr. Bonesbane bought was all gone while just chilling and conversing despite everything. My past self wasn't surprised in the least. "Awoo! Should we do something about everything now?" "I predict that there's a 96% chance of the universe just fixing all of this on its own." And so, we just stood there and talked to each other for a solid 15 minutes to pass the time until the water level was getting close to my knees in the destroyed convention space. "This is really boring. I guess we do have to solve this problem after all on our own. Not even Toilet Paper Man was able to help. Let's get serious and do this already." Dr. Bonesbane sighs and pulls out a super sponge. He throws it on the ground and it immediately absorbs all of the water from throughout the convention space, even the water dripping from the roof. Blaze uses time magic to reverse the fire's expansion until there's no fire to speak of anymore. Incinerate runs toward the lion: "You lion have to leave or else I'll tear you apart!" The lion looks horrified and jumps out of the convention space before running away at top speed.

Watt Malsh is being stared at by Jason who has escaped the insurance scammers in fursuits. I send them all back to wherever they came from with Quantum Leap before they could continue to be a huge problem and pain to deal with. I say to my past self: "You know, I'm surprised us being by each other didn't cause us to fall unconscious or destroy the universe. I guess it's a good thing that we're in 2 different bodies, huh?" "I suppose so." And then, Jason and Watt Malsh just vanish without a trace. Blaze looks excited: "Does that just leave all these peeps from the game to deal with?" "I don't even need to look or use advanced trigonometry. They're all leaving now because this convention is now a broken ride in their perspective." "Lucky us. That just leaves the whole cleaning up and reversing crap left to do. Blaze, can you reverse the actions of everyone except the 4 of us while we help repair all of the damage and erase their memories of this incident?" "Awoo! I'll be happy to! Sorry, past Swiftdrawer!" "It's okay, Blaze. I get it. Do what needs to be done. It's going to be fun when something like this happens again in I think 2024?" "Yep. 2024 I think too. It's going to be confusing and insane. Apocalypse 2025." "And your speech patterns tell me that that's going to be a future story of yours about an adventure that is yet to come!" "How many times are we going to rip the 4th wall apart today?!" "As many as we want at this rate. Why not?" "..." And so, we all work together while my past self just watches before they start moving and behaving backwards along with pretty much everyone else now that the RCT3 peeps have all left the convention space. Blaze had to use all of their strength to make that happen so it was obvious they would need a rest before we could return to Miitopia to continue fighting in the brutal battle we were taken away from by force.

In the meantime, Dr. Bonesbane used a device designed based on Dominic's reality altering powers to repair all of the damage that's been done. Even destroyed food and bottles were restored and all injuries dealt to anyone were undone so it's like no one ever got hurt. While that went on, Incinerate and I went around, using some of those memory erasing devices that Incinerate took from the Men In Black. Of course, they were reversed engineered so we could make our own and the werewolf then put them back like they were never stolen in the first place. I forgot to mention that earlier. I also forgot to mention we might have gotten our hands on those memory erasing devices in the past. If so, we definitely somehow lost them but now, we definitely have some at our disposal. That is a good thing of course. Anyway, we were all done in just 10 minutes and got out of the convention space just as the action reversal done by Blaze was complete. Now we were outside, beyond the parking lot where the food truck is. We all like interdimensional problem solving professionals nodded to each other and pointed our Quantum Leap bands towards the convention space for AnthrOhio 2023: The Fur Flung Regions Of Space. In unison, we shouted: "Quantum Leap, return all that does not belong in this world to Earth!" Seconds later, the convention space and surrounding area was returned to my timeline. Dr. Bonesbane decides to perform a memory test on me just in case. "Swiftdrawer. You need to do a memory test. Blaze, you need to listen carefully for us as you are now immune to the effects of altering time due to being a Clock Guardian." The both of us nod as he speaks again: "Good good. Swiftdrawer, here's the test. Blaze, only you can confirm what they answer with has been affected by the incident we just solved or not. It's a simple question. In your AnthrOhio 2023 writing, what kind of things did you write about regarding the last 2 hours or so of being at the convention before you had to go home."

"It was really chill. I bought stuff from the con store, got a gift for my brother at the Dealers Den, used the bathroom, picked up something amazing I commissioned from an artist at the Artist's Alley, recorded myself reading, and all that." "Okay. Blaze, is all of this in line with what you remember because time alterations don't affect your memory?" "That's what I remember alright because we're connected!" "Awesome! Everything went back to normal." Blaze then looked completely exhausted after all the time stuff. Dr. Bonesbane speaks first: "Swiftdrawer, you take care of Blaze here. We'll go on ahead back into battle in Miitopia. Someone needs to help Blaze recover after all and you're the strongest of us 4 physically." "I'm okay with this plan. Go on you two, fight hard for us!" "I will not let you down with even an atom of my body!" "I'll tear apart all foes who stand in our way to freeing Miitopia and especially those who will not change!" Dr. Bonesbane and Incinerate teleport to Miitopia. I then pick up Blaze: "It's too bad we all ran out of recovery items and can't get more right now. Huh, Blaze?" "Yeah.. I'm so tired.." "That's why I'm carrying you until we find an empty park bench." And we could not find an empty park bench in the RCT3 park no matter where we looked. "Horror area my foot! I thought peeps might be too scared to sit on the benches here after earlier! Looks like I was wrong!" "This is making me more tired.. I'm aching.." "Oh come on! You'd think there'd be plenty of open benches around here with all the kiddie rides! Next area!" "I'm completely exhausted!" "I know! That's why I won't stop carrying you, my fursona!" "Oh damn it! Not here too! This sci fi area is full of benches! How is this park not crashing or lagging from all of these peeps inside of it?!" "Maybe we're somehow helping stabilize it.. Awoo.." "I doubt it but anything is possible after everything we've seen."

"*making up lyrics to Funky Disco while in the western area.* I-I don't see any open benches around here. *pausing for the beat to restart* Why am I being reminded of bland oranges? Oh well, everyone's sitting or dancing in this western area. It's a western area but it's disco right now. That makes sense." "Blaze, do you see any treasure? This treasure map is useless to finding all that treasure!" "Haha.. *slowly wags tails* You're calling the benches treasure.. I wish I could be laughing outloud right now. I don't see any treasure." "Darn! This only leaves the generic area! I'm sure it's so generic that it has to have more benches than anywhere else! Probably a good thing this park doesn't have more themed areas. It's big and filled up enough as it is." Several minutes later.. "And nothing." "That's a metaphor for something.. Awoo.." That left only 2 options. Riding rides to rest every so often or the bathroom. "There ain't no way in hell we're waiting in line for rides just so you can rest enough for battle." "Blehhhhhhh.. I really gotta piss n crap.." "To the toilets we go. Stop being just like me in mood. Apparently the toilets are the only motionless places available to sit on left in this park." Toilets 69 was the closest bathroom by our position so I continued carrying Blaze with ease until I see the nearest empty stall inside Toilets 69. I put Blaze down and help the get on the toilet by supporting their chest and what not. "Easy does it. I'm so glad the RCT3 peeps are so careless most of the time. Means we can just focus on this instead of being distracted by judgmental statements." After 20 seconds, Blaze is on the toilet and okay to go do their business. I leave the stall and they lock it behind me as I go to the stall next door as it so happened to be unoccupied. That was very fortunate. I don't want more Fluffy Afro like bathroom incidents. We have had enough of those for a lifetime.

But then, there was someone very familiar on the toilet on the other side of the one I was now doing my business on. Karen. It was easy to tell from the hole in the roof above and the strong smell of excessively applied perfume. I guess I really must have a strong smell of blood and sweat or something at the moment because she reacts to me immediately. "YOOOOOOOOU! HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME! HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU!" "Can you stop already? Can't you see what kind of hatred you're letting rot your heart? You are letting all of this irrational hatred cloud your judgement. You do realize that the layout of bathrooms isn't that ideal for committing what you fear is being committed inside of them, right? I'm not a man or a woman, Karen. I'm just simply a human being." "THAT CANT BE! YOUR *-" "I know what you were just trying to say and you can really give it a rest. Why should gender be set to only 2? Don't you think only having 2 genders kind of sucks? Like what's the point of having only 2 genders when so many people are too different to fit in either one or they fit in both or one and something else. You never know. Karen, just let people be themselves even if it's a little bit dumb to do so. I guarantee you that if you do, you will become a happier person at the end of the day. A focus on hatred is not healthy for anyone. You need to enjoy your life so that you can have the sanity to survive through it all. And hating on other people for being different just ain't it. Predators and other creeps don't need bathrooms to abuse people. They can do it at home, at church, or hell, even school. Predators tend to be extremely rash or smart from what I've seen."

"HAVING MEN IN THE SAME TOILETS AS WOMEN IS BAD!" "So you're saying that you'd call my friend Status a trans man a woman and me a non binary person a man and freak out knowing that we were in the same bathroom at the same time?" "AAAAAAAAA! THATS SO HORRIBLE!" "Relax. We were in a gender neutral bathroom just as that one is. It's okay. There's no need to be angry over who uses the bathroom and where they use it. The bathroom is supposed to be a private, quiet, and safe space where people simply go to take care of their business most of the time. Besides, some men can abuse women in public and not face consequences for something so vile and horrible. I am against all forms of abuse." "THATS NOT POSSIBLE! SINGLE SEX SPACES MUST BE A THING!" "You're like an exaggerated character of the entire TERF movement which shouldn't even be possible because the loudest TERFs already feel like hatred exaggerated. Please cease your needless rage. It's holding you back, it's making you suffer." "NO, YOU LISTEN TO ME! I-" "THATS IT. I've had enough of you. You are a total dbag who needs to run along home and get a life. If you can't listen to reason, you can't hope to ever understand why anyone would dare use the same bathroom as someone with different reproductive systems than them. There are trans people. There are gender neutral bathrooms. If you want to prevent abuse, destroy toxic masculinity and get into self defense. If you insist on acting like a complete fool, I will not let you off with just a warning. I promise to make you a non problem for now on one day or another." "WHY YOU! YOU DISGUSTING-" "I will say something like this again one day if not more times before that day but. If I'm so disgusting, then I might as well wear a garbage bag around." "..." I walk out of the stall after finishing my business before washing my hands. Karen does the same before trying to punch me. I smirk: "Hardly anyone, not even you can hope to hurt me. *I grab her hand* Now then, I'm going to put a stop to you."

I very lightly flick her in the face which is enough to do enough damage to where it's as if I punched her in the face really hard. I sigh and walk away to be by Blaze's stall as I say out loud: "Sometimes, violence is necessary to teach bullies a lesson. An unfortunate and painful truth but an important one to learn nonetheless. To defeat bullies, you can't just be passive and kind. You gotta outsmart them or use violence or make sure their words go ignored by everyone so that their following never grows large enough to be a threat. Most societies as far as I'm aware are full of bullies. CEOs, landlords, bosses, school shooters, police officers, corrupt politicians, you name it. Fight the bullies of society. Do something to resist them. You can use rhetoric as well as the pundits can so you can always at least do that. This goes to any and all who hear me now or read my words as text on a page!" Then, Blaze flushes the toilet while Karen just stands around, completely shocked and broken inside. She is a dangerous threat but not dangerous enough to kill. I turn her into a card before helping Blaze get off the toilet. They're able to go on to walk towards the sink and wash their paws before their legs give out. However, I was behind them the entire time and picked them up again with a hug. I remark as I resume carrying Blaze again: "You know, you're just about as heavy as my armor is. Probably even more so. I don't know. Well, at least that Karen will not be a problem anytime soon. I could have sent her to a tropical island but realistically, I seriously doubt that would have changed her in the slightest. I can use Ki sense now and her Ki was pretty nasty." "I'm just glad we don't have to worry about her for now." "Ha! For now. We both know she's going to return as part of The Plot's forces despite her being sealed in a card at the moment."

"I'm so exhausted still.." "Duh! Of course I know that! Why else would I be carrying you?!" "This is so gay." "Well we're two non binary gays so I guess it is. Me carrying you feels so full of tropes because we're both wearing armor with capes. Okay, I want to commission artwork of this scene now." "Hehe! I knew you would want to.." "Oh yeah, the whole reestablished connection thing. How fun. Anyway. You need to rest still and I will take care of you until you are fully rested, Blaze. From a knight to a Clock Guardian, I promise that I will make sure you're okay to battle again. Fighting is important but so is making sure everyone's well taken care of so we have the physical condition, motivation, and sanity to face what we have to face in the war. Let's go to Twisted Land. Should have taken you there to rest to begin with." I teleport us to Twisted Land with Quantum Leap or more specifically, the park's hotel. I also get us both a snack to eat and wait until Blaze has recovered to rejoin the battle with them. We were only gone 2 hours in the midst of all of this stuff. We returned on the frontlines and resumed facing our foes together with our comrades. "Arrr! It's my 2 favorite knightly friends! Welcome back! You've missed a lot! Come now! Draw your swords! Let's plunder these bastards together!" "Hell yeah fellas! Let's blow them up and stuff! Now we're really talking now that everyone's all here again, fighting! In celebration, I'm using to try my newest plasma cannon right now! They ain't gonna know what hits them till it hits them!" "This may be war but we have to have fun in the battles at least sometimes. Blaze. *I draw my sword* Let's pick up on our own slack." Blaze draws their sword too: "Let's do this!" "*unison* HAAAAAAAAAA!"