Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27344811-20180121203955/@comment-26892768-20180123155748

Elsewhere, in another universe, a certain master of dimensions teleports into an office. "Delivery!"

The other occupant of the office - a man in a red kimono and wearing glasses - looks up. "Ah...I didn't expect you to come back so soon, Dimentio."

"Well, I do pride myself on being a quick and efficent business partner." Dimentio snaps his fingers. Three black, identical devices that look similar to Gashats, but significantly shorter, appear in mid-air. "As you requested, the Gashatrophies of the Hurricane Ninja minigames, as they would've been if you hadn't made a deal with me."

The man grins. He snatches the Gashatrophies from the air and absorbs them into his body, his eyes glowing yellow and his body being engulfed in dark red energy for a moment before it dissipates. "Yes...this deal is turning out rather splendid, Dimentio! You've done well!"

"Thank you, Mr. Maxima. Now, before I go, there's one other thing I picked up that you might be interested in..." Dimentio snaps his fingers again. A bright blue Gashat appears in his hands.

Maxima looks at the Gashat. "What is that?"

"A little something called Ganbarizing." Dimentio answers. "In the universe I picked this up from, Emu had to fight off a doctor who took on the identity of Pac-Man and his associates with the help of several other Riders that were completely unfamiliar to him. And after that event, Kuroto naturally was intrigued as to the origin of those other Riders. So he did some extensive research. Very extensive research. I'm sure you know how good the man is with technology, right?"

Dimentio activates the Gashat.

"GANBARIZING!"

A Game Area spreads outward from it, and with the Game Area comes duplicates of Ex-Aid, Fourze, Double, and several others...

"So it's safe to assume that these duplicates are very accurate to the originals." Dimentio continues. "Now...you already know about the alternate Cronus, right? Now, considering that he has a few upgrades from the Cronus you knew, I was just thinking...perhaps, if you ran into him, it would be a good idea to have something to even the odds a bit? Like, say, a duplicate of the one designed to beat him? Or several fighters on your side that he has no idea how to deal with?"

Maxima looks up at Dimentio. "...What's the catch?"

"Ah, like a cheetah cleaning relish off a window, you see through me so well, Mr. Maxima...alas, I am not a saint. But don't worry! This won't require much that you aren't going to be doing already." Dimentio reassures.

"What do you need me to do?" Maxima asks.

Dimentio grins. "Well, Johnny, you're the game developer, right? I'm sure you've heard of the term 'red herring'..."

Elsewhere, in yet another universe, the Hyperforce pauses for a moment to listen. Then they hear Valeena crying a bit more clearly.

"Yeah, someone's definitely stuck down here." Sparx turns around. "Alright, let's split up real quick - I'll go get whoever's down here, you guys go ahead and-"

"Hey, I'm coming with you!" Nova goes over to Sparx, fists at the ready. "Someone needs to be there to break her out, right?"

"...Good point..." Sparx mutters. Then the two look at Chiro.

"Sounds good to me!" Chiro grins. "We'll call if we need you, alright?"

"Alright kid...make sure you leave some of that mole monster thing for us!" Sparx chuckles, and then he and Nova head off, running towards the sound of crying.

The rest of the team heads forward.

Gibson pulls out a device. "Hmmmm...let's see here...the strange seismic activity would seem to indicate an insectoid creature...and we should be getting rather close soon-"

Then he's cut off as he suddenly starts to hover, the rest of the team hovering with him and struggling as an odd force keeps a tight grip on the Hyperforce.

The figure responsible steps out of the shadows. With a thought, the communicators short-circuit. He waves a hand, expanding the field of silence he had put around himself earlier, and speaks. ''"I'm afraid you're a bit off." ''Zakaku states.

In yet another universe, someone is inside a library in a tree - more specifically, the basement of the library.

Opposition!Twilight is currently reading through a book, scanning the pages for any information that might be useful to her.

And in - surprise surprise - another universe, this one a bit more closely related to the previous, a certain subconcious force has happened to notice that something's broken around Anon. More specifically, the odd field that kept portals from opening around him.

Hmmmmmm...

And in the current base of operations in Sinnoh - still another universe - the Enchantress and the Fifth walk in.

"She's new..." The Enchantress notes, looking at Zarita.

Elsewhere, in a ship in another universe - no, not the heroes' ship - Matrisse walks into Sari's room. She looks around for a moment, before spotting a pile of blueprints.

''"Ah, here we are." '' Matrisse grabs the blueprints and walks out.

Sari is a bit too busy eavesdropping to pay much mind.

In an entirely different ship in an entirely different universe = closer to the heroes ship, but not quite there yet - Emily looks at Blurr, then at her amulet.

Hmmm.

And finally, on the Hero Planet, most of my heroes get on the ship.

"Let's get this party started!" Nimona cheers.

The Doctor Riders look at the ship.

"...how likely is it that they'll listen to us out here?" Kiriya asks.

"Probably not likely." Genm L states.

"Of course they'll listen! They have to listen to KUROTO DAN DEUS!" Genm R cries.

Kiriya looks between Genm L and R. "...For once, I actually feel conflicted on which one of you I should listen to."