Yankee — Roleplayer Guild

The Round Table Discussion I

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”Alright, let's start this off with the important bit, which is where this all started” Bowser declared, before rather predictably, egotistically, stating that it started  ” with me!” and then added more usefully ”and some other people. Like Captain Falcon over there. And Pit. And Ganondorf. A whole buncha other people who’ve been through the whole multiverse meetup thing who didn’t take to kindly to Galeem showing up to try and rule over everything”

”We fought tooth and claw and other stuff, and it just blasted us with big lasers, the same ones that wrecked every other universe though, so we gotta be on the lookout for stuff that can deal with that. Like this big mirror” he thunked the mirror of long lost battles with a fist, that ever so conveniently showed hazy images of that long lost battle.

”Got us all, except this little pink blob of a guy called Kirby. He zoomed away on a star, and then crashed down a bit away from Peach’s castle, and for some reason me, Blazermate, Tora, and a few others were there and tried to smash him. Probably Galeem or something did that, because if it had actually been me and not some puppeteer I’d have smashed ‘im for sure.”

”Instead he beat us up, and then used those friend hearts to free us, and that’s how we got out from under Galeem” Bowser said, putting emphasis on the we for the sake of the lost numbers, and then not being at all subtle at all as he he insisted  ”Which is kinda a big deal”

Tora narrowed one eye as he scratched his chin. “Tora remember we beat up poor pinkypon pretty bad,” he muttered. Come to think of it, though, why didn’t he remember anything before that fight? Try as he might, he couldn’t recall how he got to that knoll to begin with.

”Now, the rest of them are all lost and stuff, but me? I spot Peach's castle and know where to go, so I lead us down there, and we run right into this ‘Master of Masters’ guy, who says he sees all of time at once. Same hood as the Organisation jerks, not related to them though.”

”Sees all of time?” Roxas asked. Despite coming from the same world as the Master, that was definitely a new one on him. He remembered traveling through time being something that was possible, albeit difficult and bogged down with strict rules. But just seeing everything that has happened and will happen?

”So he certainly claimed when he and I had a chat later after we encountered one of their number” Kamek added

”Anyway, he tells us how fusion and stuff works, and then says the reason he knows is because we tell him how it works in the future” Bowser declared confidently, before hammering home his point with ”I haven't met him again to tell him that yet, so if you need any more proof that we’re the big deal winners, then there’s that.”

“After that, we head through mushroomy kingdom,” Tora piped up. “It took while, but eventually we reach Peach-Peach castle, meh. That when giant hand appear from nowhere, alongside scary, evil version of Bowser!” He chose those adjectives in particular as a point of contrast with regular Bowser, earning him an offended ”Hey!” from the turtle in question. “Hand summon brainwashed friends to fight us, including Poppi, but we made of sterner stuff, meh! After friends free, everyone raid Peach-Peach castle and take down evil Bowser. Peach-Peach throw celebrationy feast, and let us spend night.”

Poppi crossed her arms, thinking. “It good long while before we see Organization XIII, actually. If Poppi recall correctly, first one was Gneidxick in Land of Adventure, where he pose as Lumbridge guildmaster. And not see any Consuls at all until…” She furrowed her brow as best an android could. “...Nyakuza Metro?”

“That was after that pirate battle where S showed up, with his big reveal that the Consuls would be coming after us,” Nadia mentioned, sprawled out in her chair. She lifted her head and gave a wry smile. “Kinda funny looking back on it, with how long this’s been going. How many bosses did we wipe out before our evil overlords even noticed?”

"S?" Pit's eyes widened. He had been uncharacteristically quiet since he'd arrived (slightly late), but since he knew that during the first part of the campaign he was still brainwashed in Alcamoth he didn't have much to add, especially since Bowser covered their first encounter with Galeem. But Nadia's comment surprised him. He remembered there being a Consul behind the whole thing, but had it really been S? The remorseful man he'd met downstairs had been the one to set the Seekers against innocent bystanders, leading to death and infighting? Then... was everything at Port O' Panic one of his plans gone wrong, or did he have a change of heart since then? Or... had he lied to Pit?

Sandalphon’s pupils changed from inverted triangles to stress marks. “We’re getting slightly ahead of ourselves. Let’s attempt to keep our accounts chronological.” Then she returned to normal, although the new knowledge revealed by Bowser had already stirred things up a bit.

Although Sandalphon wanted everything laid out according to time, maybe it was better to get something big out of the way - considering that S himself was on the ship with them! "Um, about the Cons—" Pit started, but the conversation moved quickly on.

”When did we go to the Dead Zone full of zombies?” Blazermate asked. ”That was after giant flaming bowser, but wasn’t there something before that? I know that was before the sea and all that.”

Roland laid his back on his chair, getting into a comfortable position. ”I’ve got a feeling this is going to be a long story… Best get comfortable. Anyone got some good coffee?” Roland said, knowing he was in the same position as the lost numbers here. Immediately Sandalphon rose to go fetch him some, since he’d arrived late enough to miss her first go-round.

”I believe it somewhat overlapped with the ocean as well” Kamek said with regard to the Dead Zone adventures ”Quite disconnected narratively you might say, or at least my knowledge of its given that his majesty, the young master, and myself all popped in and out of the area at one point or another via teleporter. In the end we did not even reach the guardian, someone instead blew up the entire area after we left for the second time.”

At the mention of a progressed but unresolved Guardian operation, Sandalphon’s slender fingers tap-tap-tapped away at her screens faster than ever.

”It’s also where Linkle got cursed into being something called a Skullgirl like this little lady” he waved a hand and briefly summoned Marie Korbel, the now former skull girl ”and one of those Organization mooks grabbed her and teleported her away somewhere before we could try and fix that. She’s still out there, somewhere, so keep an eye out alright?” Before Sandalphon could ask for more information about the ‘mook’ in question, another Dead Zone recruit spoke up.

”And this is where I came in. Although at the time I had no idea that this Galeem had hid me away in such a horrible, horrible area full of the living dead. A way to bring beauty to the area perhaps, but not one I agree with.” Sectonia said, giving a side glare to no one in particular, more just disgusted with the whole situation she had just explained. 

”Oh yeah, then I got everyone out of there into the Land of Adventure which we went around. It's a good thing you didn’t see us take out all the zombies at the police station. That's where we found Nadia, but uh, she's kinda a zombie with the whole limb thing, so it kinda makes sense she was there.” Blazermate said, clarifying a bit more but still being a bit disjointed.

“I am nyaat a zombie!” Nadia protested. “This kitty’s one hundred purr-cent alive, thank you very much!”

“Enough,” Sandalphon decreed, her tone harsher than normal. “Every unnecessary word only bloats this meeting and creates mental noise for those present. There will be plenty of time to share personal stories later. For now, please include operative details about our campaign, our foes, and the World of Light itself only.”

”The only important information about the Land of Adventure then is that the guardian, a big black blocky dragon, was defeated and the seeker who absorbed their power has gone on their own. Otherwise that Land still resets every once in a while if I’m remembering things,” Sectonia said, thinking about something she had participated in what felt like a long time ago.

Knowing what he knew now, Pit winced at Sectonia's words. Once a week, every town in that area was wiped out along with the people living in them, reduced to spirits if he had to guess... but only because someone allowed it to happen, knowing full well there was a way to stop it.

“Land of Adventure’s where I joined the Seekers.” Geralt cut in, trying to get the group back on track. “Sectonia’s right, but it’s important to mention that after defeating the Guardian there, we first encountered Alcamoth, which served as our base until its destruction by the Consuls.”

Primrose, who had been patiently listening and awaiting her turn, turned her head sharply towards Geralt. "Did you say destruction?" Nadia’s ears perked up, followed by her eyes getting wide.

Her words piled up uproar from the Troop that more or less boiled down to “when and how?”

”Wait, what? How?” Blazermate said. Tora and Poppi seemed to deflate somewhat, their horror evident on their faces.

Amidst the outrage, Goldlewis inhaled deeply. “Pipe down!” he barked. “I’ll tell ya. While y’all were busy trainin’, I went ‘round and asked the survivors everythin’ they knew. It went down yesterday mornin’ at dawn. Two Consuls invaded the Eryth Sea usin’ giant carrier ships they flew in over the mountains, filled with troops an’ aircraft, and they caught the city unawares. Unable to take it down from outside, the Consuls threw their men at the Mercenaries to whittle ‘em down while infiltrators went after the city’s flight systems. Knowin’ they’d die for nothin’ otherwise, the Mercenaries sent their best after the Consuls to get their attention while the rest escaped, usin’ a teleporter set up by an unknown benefactor. The survivors wound up in the Land of Adventure, a city called Markarth. Another Consul, M, showed up to finish ‘em off, but together with that benefactor they stalled M ‘til the Lost Numbers showed up, and together they finished off M instead.”

Sandalphon’s fingers were tented in front of her mouth as she stared at the geoscape, pupils as empty rings. She’d heard about this before thanks to Kurogane, but right now it stung all the more. “And the final state of Alcamoth itself?”

“Sunk,” Goldlewis reported, his face and tone grim.

“So,” Geralt asked, “The survivors of Alcamoth are in a place that will reset and delete them in less than a week?” A dark look rested on his face, despite the news that one more Consul had been taken down. If Yen is still there, we need to get her and the others out as soon as possible.

"But if M is gone, then we can stop the areas from resetting again!" Pit said. He'd only just learned about these "world anchor" things, and though he barely knew anything about them he had clearly heard that was what had prevented Lumbridge from resetting until recently. Compared to earlier in the meeting, he looked more lively now. "If they don't make another M then we could save all the people there!"

”We would need to be quick however. Although that makes me wonder, are flame clocks involved in this as well or is the Land of Adventure resetting because of some other underlying thing?” Sectonia said. She was fine with saving that land, although she’d be wanting a statue of herself out of the deal.

”The resetting certainly would help fuel the clock, however…” Kamek paused, sighed, and then went on, because it was rather relevant to the masses of dead some of which the others might have known ”... however changing the land around is not necessary to bring in fresh spirits to fuel the clock...”
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