[IC] Return to the Multiverse

[Zero Hex]

Ajax completely ignored the hat which had come from nowhere and been promptly swatted away by Ganondorf. He couldn't bring himself to care at the moment. He might tear it apart if he saw it again in a similar situation, but at the moment he was just beyond caring about it. The fight was over, he wasn't the one. Ajax shook his head. "You are strong, but that thing in your hand is what lets you fight me, and taking that shortcut means you cannot beat me". As Ganondorf charged for his final, almost certainly futile attempt at triumph, Ajax envied him somewhat. He missed that feeling, that glorious defiance in the face of defeat, that desperate attempt to overcome the odds and attain glory. He could disable his adversary in a simple, effortless manner now. He could spend the bare minimum energy needed to subdue him, humiliate him and crush his spirit like that. But Ajax wasn't that kind of man. As Ganondorf charged towards him he stood still, measuring the distance between them and their respective reach. He was going to respond in kind. When the time was right, he pushed off his back foot and twisted his hips to add more power to his punch, launching a brutal right straight aimed directly at the tyrant's own fist, which seemed to hold the very source of his powers. He did not scream out, the time for words was past. All that was left was the end.

[IncredibleBee]

The haymaker connected with Ganon's fist, and created a blinding light, engulfing the entire mountain and breaking the rest of it from the sheer force. Even miles away, it would be visible. Even if it could not be viewed, the power of the two clashing could be felt. Somewhere in Kakariko town, a baby gasped in awe as it sensed their primordial might. It would grow to be an amazing fighter some day. "YOU WON'T... SEE THE LAST.... OF MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-" Ganon shouted as the light grew brighter, and brighter.... the warlock's body seemed to dissolve as Ajax's attack forced its way through his being, dissolving his material form.

[Kalamadea]

When the light dissolved, Ajax, being the one to administer the final blow that sent Ganondorf spiraling into the depths of the Sacred Realm, found himself in a place that felt much more peaceful than the broken Hyrule he was just in. Water poured from underneath the platform on which he stood, upon which the Triforce was embossed. Despite bypassing all the temples, all six Sages stood before the Herculean boxer, freed when Ajax sealed Ganondorf through sheer brute force. "We know what it is you seek. While we know you did not come here to save Hyrule, we are grateful you and your allies have done so. What you seek is here in the Temple of Light." From the water below, a glowing orb made from a golden material rose, energy coursing over its surface. It was quite a large object, as big as Ajax's fist. So it became obvious that whoever asked for Kalama's help had nothing to be concerned about, for the intact Crucible of Worlds hovered in front of Ajax. When Ajax no doubt grabbed ahold of the Crucible, every avatar saw the world freeze. The shadow rushing towards Rawk in the Shadow Temple froze, the magma dragon matriarch about to attack Samus and Alpha froze, Twinrova froze, and then everything dissolved into binary code streams, leaving them within the Cyber Realm. Kalama appeared surprised when the avatars returned, but not because of the time taken. They were there a good while, but he was surprised to see the entire Crucible there. "So the Crucible never shattered." Reaching out a foreclaw, the Crucible moved towards the dragon and into his grip. With a slight movement, the avatars felt new energy flow into their bodies, and any nonfatal injuries they might have sustained were healed. They also felt new power waiting to be given purpose. Just after this power flowed into them, however, a dark streak moved past them and snatched the Crucible. When they looked in the direction it went, Dark Samus stood holding the Crucible. Before Kalama could react and retrieve it again, she left the Cyber Realm to who knows where. "I had thought her dead with Phaaze destroyed. It's likely she's left this universe. You'll be sent to the crossroads for all universes in a moment, once the Mind realizes what's happened. I will see you there, once you arrive." The dragon then dissolved into fire, which dissipated as he left Cyberspace. After a moment, they themselves were pulled into a portal and ejected from Cyberspace. They found themselves on a street in a city of some kind. They didn't get long to get their bearings before a voice rang out, "Clear that sector, now!" They'd then notice that the space they were in felt thin, as though it weren't entirely there. When (or if) they moved to a spot that felt more solid, if they looked back they'd see the entire section of the city simply disappear before being replaced by an entirely different location, a beach front of some kind, with ocean stretching into the distance. "New to the place?" Anyone that turned to face the voice would see a rough looking man in an old military uniform, with a dark blue cape on his back. A sword sat on his hip and a pistol sat in a holster on the opposite side.

[IncredibleBee]

"....What the fuck just happened?" Bee asked, looking around like a panicked cat. "The fuck is this? The fuck are you?" he continued. "This ain't the Emerald Coast... Look, if we're gonna go to the beach, at least warn me ahead of time. I hate sand in my shoes." he swore, tugging off his jacket before sitting down and yanking his shoes off.

[Professor_Wyvern]

Rattlesnake Jack was shuffling cards when he noticed, something odd was happening. Green just, froze. "OH NOT AGAIN." Rattlesnake Jack hissed out, remembering how he had no fun when the guards froze. He wasn't about to let Green freeze the same way. He quickly returned the cards back to his jacket, as he slapped Green. "Don'tcha freeze on me! Yer part of the posse! I ain't lettin' ya stay frozen-like!" Rattlesnake Jack's eyes shone with, horror as he saw Green's gloves fade away into a weird stream of things. "OH NO YOU DON'T. YOU AIN'T GOIN' OUT, NOT LIKE THIS!" He hissed out, seething with fury about the world dissolving away from him. Rattlesnake Jack wasn't about to let his new-found associate disappear, into nothingness as if his life didn't matter. While he surely couldn't save all the people here, or the loot, he could at least save the one man who joined the posse. He quickly grabbed a hold of Green by his elongated snout. "Yer, comin' with. Wherever this shithole goes an' takes me, yer comin' with." Feeling a surge through him, he glanced at Green as, seemingly he wasn't being devoured by the weird Blue Menance. But alas, as Rattlesnake Jack tried to save him, Green appeared to continue to fade away. "NO! NOT YOU GREEN! NOT YOU, YOU WERE PART OF THE POSSE!" Rattlesnake Jack clenched his teeth and his right hand as he shook it, "I, you aren't going down so easily you bastard!" Rattlesnake Jack shed a single tear, as his compatriot didn't come with him and slipped through his hands into the blue purgatory. Rattlesnake Jack glared as the dragon was dealing with a rock, and others were summoned around him. He didn't care where he was. All he wanted was his companion Green back, so he could loot with his posse. Then some new power flowed in him, and he knew, he was getting Green back. With this, oh he was absolutely sure, Green would be waiting for him. Green would be fine, Green, would be fine. Rattlesnake Jack just needed to wait, to get his companion back. Though he'd probably be a bit unnerved about the things that happened to him "Tch." Rattlesnake Jack said annoyed, "Dang ol rock found just to be stolen again. 'Course." He then ignored the lengthy monologue, "Wonder where some good peyote is..." He mused to himself as he was taken to, the next in the line of shit-holes. Hopefully it had a bank, or a train station, and a few decent sized ranches. But, unfortunately to Rattlesnake Jack's tastes, he saw water. "...Greaaat... No Bank, No Train Station, No Ranch, just too much water. Tch." Rattlesnake Jack kicked a bit of the sand with his boots.

[JonxlatheLion]

Deadpool shows up facing away from the group, a trench coat and fedora hiding his features. He feels different, like he was... normal. He puts his hands to his face, and feels perfectly healthy skin. His hands weren't scarred, his face felt ordinary. "This... this is..." He was speechless as he looked around. "I... I don't know what to say. I'm not scarred anymore. I'm perfectly fine, perfectly... human..." He gasps, and falls to the ground. Wade Wilson has officially fainted. Maxwell shows up with a loud BANG! He immeidiately starts pacing back and forth. "no no NO NO NO!" He almost roars and hands of shadow start ripping the beach up, slinging sand everywhere. "this is all WRONG! My plans, RUINED!" His eyes looked as though they might catch on fire. He flusters and slams down a man made of wood and steel. This man was eight feet tall and his wooden arms were as thick as Cirno was wide. The man glares at John Gaunt, tilting his head. The puppet starts to lumber towards John, and it definitely didn't look like it wanted to hug him. "I'll have to find some other way to exploit you sorry shits." He storms off towards the city. He was sure he could tempt some thugs with the promise of power.

[IncredibleBee]

Bee stood ankle deep in the water, pant legs rolled up. His vest and tie were removed, and the top few buttons of his shirt were undone. The man stared at the ocean, letting the sea breeze fill his nostrils. "Guys, we should build a sand castle while we're here" he said, walking back to the group. Nonchalantly, he swung Korbo out, bisecting the puppet headed towards it friends. For a brief moment, holding it felt different, as if he were holding someone's hand. It was probably his imagination. "We might not get to come back soon anyways, so we should enjoy it now." he said, smiling.

[Prostagma]

"HEY!", Cirno shouted indignantly as the witches faded from existence, "NO FAIR, TURNING INTO NUMBERS IS CHEATING!" With a cry of, "No, no, no, no, no!", Cirno found herself kicking, screaming, and spraying icicles indescriminately on some sort of beach- but also not really a beach somehow? She drooped, frustrated and angry that her turn had been taken away from her and she couldn't do anything about it. It was probably that stupid, ugly man in the bad suit's fault, the one who was currently also throwing a temper tantrum. Looking around and finding inadequate space to sulk, Cirno conjured an igloo and huddled inside, pouting.

[Earnest Evans]

Cuban Pete, still in his pod and still firing lasers, was teleported just a few yards above the street. A searing-hot laser shot forward and struck Deadpool's still form, reducing him to a rapidly-cooling cloud of carbon and protein and showering the others with chunks of molten glass. Pete, drunk as a skunk and staring through a debris-clouded windshield, didn't even notice the sudden change of location until his lasers had bored a crater fifteen feet deep in the sand. With an unsteady flick of his finger, Pete shut off his weapons and thrusters. With a loud 'CLUNK', the pod fell to the floor and landed on its underside. Disappointed that he didn't manage to destroy the castle before he was forced to leave, Pete left his pod and stared blearily at the crowd of Avatars around him. Through a haze of crystallizing alcohol, Pete barely recognized Bee and Ajax as the people he thought had been killed in Hyrule.

[IncredibleBee]

Bee had walked over just in time to see Cirno throw a fit and hide inside an igloo. "Oi." he called inside. He yanked out a block of the packed snow, and stuck his face through, loking at the crouched figure inside. "Something bothering you? Can I help?" he asked.

[Professor_Wyvern]

Rattlesnake Jack continued grumbling as he noticed something, horrifying. The small child, who made an igloo was, being disturbed by a man who unbuttoned a few of his shirt buttons and removed his vest. He had to act. Rattlesnake Jack quickly got up towards Bee as he grabbed him by the shoulder, "Pardner, if'n I may ask... Whatcha doin?" He said, lacing the last few words with an incredibly bitter and accusatory sentiment.

[IncredibleBee]

"That Cirno girl seemed upset, so I was gonna try and cheer her up." Bee explained, pointing a thumb towards the igloo. "It's no fun to hear a girl cry, right? We should do something about it."

[Professor_Wyvern]

"Slick, I'll do it. Ya'll scooch on outta here. Go, build that sandcastle or whatever you were yammerin' 'bout earlier." Rattlesnake Jack said in a rather authoritative tone. No way am I leaving this sonuva bitch alone with a kid. If'n he don't choose the wise move and leave,... gotta keep an eye on this guy. Can't trust 'im. He thought to himself. "Ya'll just go on, and look around this 'ere place." he said as he waved his hand a bit towards Bee.

[IncredibleBee]

"Don't worry man, I got it." Bee smiled, giving the cowboy a wave. "I'm pretty good with kids, so cheering her up should be pretty easy. Thanks for the offer, though." he explained, leaning on the igloo.

[Professor_Wyvern]

Rattlesnake Jack grabbed back onto Bee's shoulder. "Pardner, I don't think ya get what I'm try-" Behind his bandana he gritted his teeth as Bee said he was 'good with kids'. Oh you just sealed it ya sonuva bitch. "What. I'm trying to say." He said, keeping a smoldering bit of anger to his voice. Rattlesnake Jack lowered his left hand closer to his holster. No way, you are not going to stay alone near that kid. He thought to himself. "Ya ain't gonna be near that kid, if'n I can't see ya. Geddit slick? Ya understand now slick? Or am, I'mma need to explain it again?"

[Prostagma]

"I din't get to fight a granny.", Cirno huffed, crossing her arms, "This never happens in Gensokyo; the grannies always stick around an' then I hit them with ice and they hit me with stuff an-an' one time I even won an' I was really happy and I thought I was gonna win that time cuz I was really givin' it to those grannies an' then they turned into numbers cuz they're cheaters an' I bet is was that smelly guy who did it cuz he's a jerk an' it's not fair cuz I'm the strongest but everyone says I'm an idiot but I'm not an idiot cuz I'm way smarter than the other fairies an' I can read an' write an' everything."

[IncredibleBee]

"Oh, I see." Bee told Cirno, before turning to Jack. "This is good, she told us the problem. It's a confidence thing." he explained, smiling. "Cirno, if fighting is such a big deal... I'll spar with you." he offered.

[Professor_Wyvern]

Rattlesnake Jack just, gave a nod as he heard Cirno talk. Then, Bee talked about 'sparring'. "Hold off on that slick...I'mma need to learn a few more things..." He said as he narrowed his eyes as he glared at Bee. "Grannies? And ya hit them with ice 'n such?" he inquired of Cirno. "Shootin or some such?" Rattlesnake Jack remarked. I have to get this kid away from him. For her own safety. I can't let this son of a bitch... "Anyhow, ain't no problem that can't be fixed. Sure you'll find another granny, ta mess with."

[Earnest Evans]

Pete stepped out of the pod, sipping his half-full beaker of rotgut. Looking around, he saw Bee and Jack! Pete dropped his beaker in surprise, where it shattered on the floor and began sizzling ominously. Moving at something close to a sprint and a joyous skip, Pete ran forward to Cirno's igloo and gave a spectacular flying hug to Jack. Clearly, Pete thought, through a rapidly-diminishing haze of drunkenness, this was a new chance. I'll get my chance to take these guys out yet! Pete squeezed Jack as he gleefully clung to Jack's back in gargle-blasted bliss.

[Professor_Wyvern]

Rattlesnake Jack was so focused on keeping Bee in check, he did not notice the Clown rushing towards him. He felt his a mighty bear hug grip at him. Rattlesnake Jack turned his head to glance backwards, when he saw the culprit behind the rather tight hug. It was his friend Cuban Pete! The clown was alive! And he was giving him a hug in friendship as he was clinging hard to his back! "CLOWN!" Rattlesnake Jack eagerly declared, "YOU'RE ALIVE!" Rattlesnake Jack began chuckling a bit, "Hoooo weeee! Glad yer still up and up pardner!" He paused for a moment, as he pondered on the tightness of this hug of friendship. "Pardner, mind if I ask, why the hug from behind? AH WHO AM I KIDDING! YOU ARE STILL ALIVE! How've ya been pardner? Where were you? We need to do something together." He paused for a moment, before barely speaking in a light whisper to his clown associate. "Pardner, got a bad vibe from... slick o'er there." He said as he cocked his head to glance towards Bee, hoping that he'd get the message. That guy was up to no good, unlike the Honest Clown.