"Oh, that's all?", Cirno teetered on the edge of the cliff that overlooked Ganon's lava moat and spat into it, a small portion of the magma cooling into igneous rock, which then slowly melted back into the moat, "It's just lava. Can'tcha just fly over it?" As if to demonstrate, Cirno fluttered lazily over the moat, stopping at the giant double-doors and knocking. "**HEY!**", she shouted, "**HEY, ANYONE HOME?**"

((I have taken the opportunity to once again change Ajax, refer to the CS in the Characters tab for details)) After tossing Bee and watching Jack literally rocket away towards the floating castle, Ajax backed away from the edge of the magma moat. He was setting up space for a good running start that'd allow him to clear the moat and land where he'd thrown Bee, bu then something strange happened. When the barrier between Gensokyo and the multiverse broke, and when the space shuttle entered Hyrule from a separate world, something within Ajax began to rumble. He could feel himself changing. "Ooooh nooo...not again...that's twice nooowww" he grunted to no one in particular as he collapsed into a fetal position, away from prying eyes. And as he did so, his entire body underwent a transformation. His clothes changed color, his long hair retracted and became curly and wiry, his do-rag dissapeared and his body became larger. Taller and heavier. He was still Ajax when he opened his eyes, but he felt different. Better, even. Stronger, tougher, wilder. Like he could bench-press that castle if he got a decent grip and the structure held together. Smiling, he returned towards the edge of the magma moat to find Bee with two women, one of them a little child that then flew off towards the castle, and Jack stumbling out from some kind of spaceship escape pod, clearly intoxicated. "So hey, what'd I miss? Who's the newcomers and why is there another little girl here?".

Rattlesnake Jack hiccuped as he stumbled towards Ajax. "Whatch-hatalkin' bout parner?" He turned his head around as he noticed Bee and the girls Ajax talked about. "Explain." He grumbled out, narrowing his eyes at Bee. He maintained the furrow brow for some time as he then began rubbing his temple with his left hand. After a few seconds of that he was back to glancing back at Ajax. "Oh!" Rattlesnake Jack said more eagerly as his brow unknotted from its furrow. He flailed his hand out pointing towards Cuban Pete. "Clown Buddy." Rattlesnake Jack, then glanced back up to the castle. "Anyhow gotta get up yeah?"

"I can help with that. So happens one of my gifts outside of singing,and making a boring day just a little more interesting..is making most forms of fire my bitch." Chaos stated, checking his nails as he looked on from one of the magma pillars he had made earlier.

Cirno continued knocking on the door, unable to detect and herself undetectable by the metaphysical entity known as Chaos due to her aura of idiocy, which prevented the embodiment of insanity, Chaos, from manifesting in her presence. As far as conceptual entities were concerned, the fairy and her fellow Touhou, Okuu, were spherical holes in the noosphere roughly 60 feet in diameter. "Heeeeeey!", Cirno knocked again, "Heeeey, open up! These guys wanna fight you!"

How Cirno was knocking on a door that didn't exist was anyone's guess, but with Chaos's magma bridge formed through raising and solidification of said magma from the pit far below, they were able to enter Ganon's Castle and were greeted by a pair of Beamos that promptly fired their eye lasers at them simultaneously. It likely wouldn't take long to take these weak creatures out, and as they entered the main chamber of the castle, they were greeted by the dark magical barrier guarding the inner region of the castle. As they approached, the Master Sword shone more brightly in the presence of such dark magic as what had created the barrier. Samus searched the room before speaking in response to Link and Rawk's remarks. **"Don't worry yourselves too much. Worlds within Cyberspace only exist in standalone instances, only existing when someone is either playing the game, reading the book, etc. Or while we are in it. Once we leave, this version ceases to exist."** She noted that of the two doors visible, only one was unlocked. Naturally, she made her way to that door and went through it, finding the boss door in the next room and a massive humanoid creature standing before it. Link and Rawk would likely recognize Darunia here. He stared for a moment before shouting, **"I don't know who you are, but you'd better leave. Volvagia's awakened and I plan to defeat her, with or without the legendary hammer."** He turned and went through the boss door, which locked behind him. Samus, however, was not phased, using her grapple beam to swing across the ravine, attaching it to the ceiling of the massive cave. She scanned the door, noting no traces of energy. It was simply a massive locked door. **"Stay back, a power bomb should get us through this door."** She entered Morph Ball and set off a Power Bomb, and the door melted to a pile of molten slag within moments due to the extreme heat, far greater than even that of the Fire Temple.

"Alright, let's see..." Bee thought, ignoring the purple guy trying to ruse him. "Fastball special didn't work last time. I need a better, faster way to skip past the boring puzzle shit, too." he said aloud. Video games always had a way to glitch past parts, less so in older games like this, but Bee felt his team could go beyond such measures. "Got it," he tried to snap his fingers. "You can fly, right Okuu? Can you and Cirno carry me to the upper area and drop me off?"

Rattlesnake Jack glanced at the magma bridge before shaking his head. "...Ain'tgoodide-" Rattlesnake Jack hiccuped as he rubbed his right temple. "...Aight, thiiiink itsh take two then." He stumbled a bit, as he reached back into his duster-coat. Rattlesnake Jack began humming a short tune, as he tapped his right foot. "Aha there we are." He said as he pulled out the M72 Law once more. Holding it in both hands he glanced around, "So, pardners, gotcha way up?"

Okuu stared at the castle across the moat of lava. The hero of justice needed to get over there to defeat Darkdeath Evilman, but she guessed he couldn't somehow. This puzzle would take all her smarts to figure out, as Cirno flew across and a magma bridge appeared out of nowhere. She decided that Cirno's genius was probably infallible, and that the hero should probably fly over there. Why had she not thought of that before? Then she noticed a new person that she had not fallen on, who was also a boy except he looked a lot stronger. _"I've never seen so many boys in one place,"_ thought Okuu, who had only ever seen one before, _"This must be some sort of boyfestival."_ "Hi," she said waving to Ajax, "I'm Okuu. I'm a bird, and I'm new here. The little girl banging on the castle is Cirno, who is an ice fairy and the strongest in the world." Then, to her surprise, even more new people showed up. All boys. This really _was_ one giant boyfestival! "Oh, wow! It's a clown and a... a..." He talked funny, seemed very drunk, and was practically made of black cloth. She knew what this was from her bedtime stories. "A pirate," she exclaimed excitedly, "A real live pirate!" She was unable to process Bee's request at this time, because her brain was being overloaded with so many new things. She simply stood there with a glazed look on her face and a wide, open smile.

Rattlesnake Jack just stared at the winged creature, thing, Okuu for a moment, who just blankly stared with her mouth agape after saying all sorts of things. _Wouldn't be surprised if a fly landed on that eye_ he thought to himself. He blinked for a moment as he spoke, "Ain't a pirate. I'mma cowboy." He quickly said before coughing a bit. He pointed the rocket-launcher down towards the ground, as he cocked his head back as he glanced up to the castle. Rattlesnake Jack hiccuped again. "Ugh..." he grumbled out as he rolled his neck around. "Dangol'ead."

"....Okuu? Okuu, you there?" Bee waved his hand in front of the girl's eyes, and patted her cheek. "Okuu I can't fly. Can you give me a lift? I'll pay you back with something probably." he offered, wondering how much cash he had in his wallet. "I can give you like, a favor later. I cook some good scrambled eggs, if that means anything."

"I'll do it, cuz I'm the strongest!", Cirno shouted as she flew back over the moat, taking hold of Bee's jacket and tugging hard- her tiny prepubescent noodle arms and one-meter frame strained in vain to lift him, "Hurrr_ragh_! Hooo_ouargh_! Strongest powers _GOOOO_!", the fairy grunted. A few minutes later, Cirno was left panting, her face flushed; "I'm just out of practice, okay!? It- it's cause all the lava here, my muscles are all cramped! An-an-and I didn't get to eat breakfast!", she crossed her arms and pouted, "I _am_ the strongest! Really!"

"Aww." Bee smoothed out his coat and turned to face the ice fairy, patting her on the head. "It's okay. If you forgot to eat breakfast, I'll make you eggs, too. When I forget to eat, I get super dizzy, so it's important to eat well, especially when you're growing."

A few more seconds of processing plus a few pats on the cheek and Okuu was back in commission. She narrowed her eyes at the cowboy and, with a knowing smile, replied, "That's exactly what a pirate would say." Okuu may not have been smart or clever, but she was dumb enough to know a pirate when she saw one and this might have been a pirate maybe. She watched Cirno try and carry Bee, nodding when she assured them that she was the strongest. "I understand," said Okuu, "The strongest has no need to lie about being the strongest, so since you're the strongest you must be telling the truth. Plus that metal arm looks pretty heavy. I had a nice breakfast and I like heat, so I'll take it this time. You can get the next one." Okuu grabbed Bee and lifted him up easily, flying across the moat without a problem. "I prefer meat, but we can talk about my present later. For now, I'm still trying to take in all these new things." Okuu wasn't sure what to ask for, but there were probably more than ten possible presents. She would have to choose carefully and not give in to eggy temptation.

Rattlesnake Jack glanced towards Bee, as he quickly narrowed his eyes, upon what he saw. The floating creature behind him, surely... Rattlesnake Jack knew he'd have to keep a close eye on Bee. And that was when the blank-eyed one picked up Bee and flew off. Now was his attempt to inform someone, he knew he could trust. Cuban Pete. "Psssht..." He said in somewhat of a 'hushed whisper.' "Tha' feller, with the sword. Scheems up ta someting. Ican feel it." Rattlesnake Jack glanced back upwards as he stumbled a bit, trying to maintain his pace. Rattlesnake Jack aimed the rocket-launcher, moving it ever so slightly a bit with his hands. "Easy now..." He aimed it straight down as he paused for a moment. He glanced back up to the Evil Castle thing, then glanced towards Ajax. "Seeya up there parner." **Boom**. And so Rattlesnake Jack jumped up as he launched himself back up towards the Castle. Again, the rocket didn't seem to damage anything or anyone around him, just leaving a patch of scorched earth below. Rattlesnake Jack felt something coming up, as he propelled up. _Not now..._ And so began the biggest challenge, not getting up, but rather holding the contents of his stomach down.

Cuban Pete had stayed in the doorway to the escape pod, attempting to relieve himself of much of the shock of such a place. Unfortunately, it availed him not at all. Instead, Cuban Pete nearly fainted, falling out of the pod face-first. Every action this band of colorful lunatics took drove Cuban Pete's worldview spiraling away; truly, this was not Space Station 13. When he got up, he noted the way every other person was doing their damnedest to get into that gigantic fortress just a few yards away. *Well,* he thought, *if it's anything like an away mission, there's going to be a whole treasure trove of goodies... and a gateway home. Best to get going, then. Too bad I don't have a way to flyyyyy... yes, I do!* Grinning vacantly, he sidled back into the escape pod and started it up. Disengaging the landing gears with a loud **thunk**, the pod took off and hovered lazily above the ground. Somehow, by randomly pressing buttons, Cuban Pete controlled the pod as if it was an extension of his own body. Unfortunately, the pod could only move in straight lines. Fortunately, it could turn on a time. After a short series of overshootings and corrections, Cuban Pete and his pod managed to situate themselves just above the fortress. *Alright,* he thought, *Now how do I get inside?*

"Well, while you decide what you want, I gotta take care of the evil overlord thing. I'd say I have... exactly five minutes." Bee looked intensely up at the bird. "Well.... maybe. I don't have a watch. Anywho, time for wizard slaying." Bee gripped the Master Sword in his teeth, and placed both hands on Korbo, where it lay on his hip. With a flash and a SH-SH-SH-SHING, a neat rectangular section of the wall slid down, falling to the lava pits below. "Alright; I'll see you in a bit!" With a 'hup', Bee swung himself out of Okuu's hands and through the hole, thankful to have entered the castle's upper floors, where Ganon would be located, rather than have to deal with like eighty floors of block puzzles and stalfos's. Stalfosi? Stalfosses. The suited man flourished the glowing Master Sword in his hand, and surveyed the room.

Rawk and Link easily followed Samus after the explosion. The two had recognized Darunia easily. Rawk would know that Goron face anywhere. Link would remember that painful Goron hug anywhere. Rawk nodded, promoting his other Pawn to a Knight. "Volvagia. Subterranean Lava Dragon. I presume she'll be tougher to defeat, since we're beyond the graphical limitations of even the 3DS remakes." Rawk muttered. "So... might wanna keep a few Pieces in reserve. Who knows, we might need the speed of the horses. Oh, and can't forget these." Rawk said, drawing his Cyber Swords. "Why do I get this nagging feeling there's something I'm forgetting? And not about the game?" Rawk asked. Link, however, first turned to Samus. **"So, these weird memories of the others messing the order of things up should go away too, right?"** he asked. He really hoped so. The Hyrule his memories were showing him was even more desolate than the Hyrule that one of his ancestors had traversed, where almost everything was barren and lifeless (Zelda I reference).

"I believe I may be able to answer that." Omega stated to link, walking in. "Apologies, couldn't help overhearing. But..anyhow, though I'm by no means possessed of the same knowledge as the primordial that has called us on this task..I am quite familiar with paradoxes and simulations." He stated, stroking his chin as he thought of the wording to use. "Assuming this hyrule is a simulated world as the hunter proposes, removing the main distortion in said simulation will opt in it a reset to it's prior state. If is not, by removing the piece we will at least spare it another target for power hungry fools to reek havoc over. In either case, our action proves a far better option than the alternatives." He stated. "Also, hunter..Samus, please do persuade the dragon to choose an area less likely to balk at a decending celestial body for our next destination. I'm not sure if the cyber realm could accommodate my friend and us at the same time, and quite frankly, I need to ensure that my holdings have not been defiled in my absence."

So, headcount. Swordguy in a suit, currently smashed cowboy, a girl calling herself a bird with a concrete boot and a metal rod for a hand, some kind of blue fairy, a clown in a spaceship, two other guys and himself. Well, this was one of the most entertaining experiences he'd had in a while. Might even find a good man to man fight someplace. Too bad people were so hurried with getting out of the place they just zoomed around with rockets and whatnot. Shrugging, he slightly bent his knees, his pants straining to contain his tensing musculature, then leaped towards the floating castle, around the same area where Bee had cut a hole in the wall. Well, leaped. The correct term would be exploded, really. When his legs kicked him off the ground there was a loud rumbling noise and a sudden burst of dust and ash, and where Ajax had been standing there was now a sizeable crater with the imprint of his boots' soles at the center, while the man himself careened across the air as fast, if not faster, than the rocket-jumping cowboy. What he had in speed, however, he lacked in height. While he wasn't landing at the door he wasn't going as far as the flyer did, because measuring just how much power it'd take to get to that exact height was complicated and he didn't want to overshoot and land on the other end of the moat. So, as he crashed into the castle walls he simply thrust his fingers into the solid rock. It sounds absurd, but he wasn't just clawing for a grip in cracks and crevices, which would've proved difficult given the size of his hands and the smoothness of the castle. No, all 10 of his fingers were buried knuckle deep into the thick, reinforced outer layer of the fortress. And Ajax ascended up the walls like so, without seeking purchase for his feet, scooping out great chunks of stone as he ascended towards the entryway Bee had carved for himself.