Reality's Bane (IC/Open)

by **Aeternabilis** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:08 pm

OOC

The Multiverse is home to an infinite number of universes, worlds, and beings. Some of these beings have incredible powers and abilities, and use these to either help or hinder their civilizations. Others have no powers, but are extraordinary all the same. However, there is one being in particular, as old as time itself, who would see all of that destroyed. This bane of reality is supported and opposed by many, including one his equal, but ultimately the fight is in deadlock. You have been chosen to help defend reality from the ultimate threat; alternatively, you have been selected to assist in Armageddon.

Rapporan
Asteraoth laughed wildly as he broke free of his last binding. The nigh-omnipotent Lord of Evil had been imprisoned in this miserable realm for what felt like eternity (in reality it was only a few hundred trillion years) and was finally free to again wreak havoc on reality. Asteraoth's laugh died as he gazed on Rapporan again; even after all this time, it was painful to look at. The place was enchanted to look like the viewer's worst possible hell, after all. Shaking off the pain, he quickly got to work setting his plan for revenge into motion. It would not be long until his counterpart on the opposite end of everything realized what had happened.

A small time later, Asteraoth stood before many of his fellow celestials that had been imprisoned with him all that time ago. Now that his main supporters had been freed, he launched into a small speech that had been prepared for eons.

"My friends and fellow inmates, we are free! Now is the time, after many thousands of eons of imprisonment on this hell, to take our revenge on Zarall and every other being who has ever opposed us! As we speak a plan is coming into action that, when executed correctly, will result in the complete destruction of every last universe and the deaths of all of our former brothers and sisters who have forsaken us! Then, after reality lay empty, we shall rule Aebrenata and live forever in paradise!"

After the cheering had died down and the crowd dispersed to tend to their assigned duties, Asteraoth's most trusted lieutenant approached her Lord. "Ah, Bivtris. You have definitely earned your title as Goddess of Logic with this plan. Have you prepared the portal?"
"I have, my lord. It is ready to begin scooping up every being you have deemed worthy to assist us."
"Excellent. I await the first arrival."

Somewhere in the multiverse, a blood red portal opened and sucked in the first villain...

Aebrenata
Zarall, the nigh-omnipotent Lord of Good, sat upon his throne inside his castle at the center of Aebrenata. This realm, his constructed and chosen home, was indescribable- its divine properties made it different to every viewer. The only thing that was consistent between every person who looked upon it was that what they saw was their perfect heaven in physical form. Zarall was in deep focus, trying to sense the bonds that kept his greatest enemy contained. Suddenly, it hit him what happened- Asteraoth must have finally broken free. Immediately, Zarall stood from his throne and teleported from his castle to the home of his second in command- Xeltos, the God of Wisdom.

"Ah, hello my lord. How do you do?
"Not good at all, Xeltos. Asteraoth has escaped."
"That... that is very not good. I suppose it is time for the contingency plan?"
"Yes. Get the portal ready."
"Right away."

Minutes later, a forest green portal was opened in the castle courtyard- this one intended to gather the multiverse's greatest heroes...

Beta Trolls
Twelve of whom where still playing the universe's most dangerous game. All twelve trolls had managed to achieve godhood, but were struggling in figuring out how to create the new universe after their sprites had been killed and Prospit destroyed in a surprise attack by Dersite forces. They had destroyed Derse in revenge, but now they had no way of figuring out how to proceed in the game. Karkat Vantas, the Knight of Blood, had called his eleven friends to the Land of Pulse and Haze to discuss strategy.

"Okay, it's been a week so time for another one of these fucking strategy meetings. Does anybody have any good news of any goddamn kind to report?"
"I managed to persuade Echidna to speak to me again, if only for a short while. She mentioned something about grist rigs, but sent me away before I could ask anything else," Kanaya Maryam replied.
"Well, that's something I guess. Anybody els... what the hell is that?"

Karkat trailed off, befuddled by the sudden appearance of a forest green portal above the group. The other trolls stared at it in confusion, until the anomaly sucked them up and deposited them at the other side.

Clay Procyon
Clay Procyon, the Seer of Time, was enjoying his day so far. He was currently surrounded by strange aliens on a strange planet, telling people's fortunes for them in exchange for a little praise and cash. He liked to do this occasionally, since it got very boring sometimes on the planet the leader of his Sburb team had selected for them to live on forever. As he finished up with another worshiper who he had predicted fame and fortune for, a dark green portal opened in the sky above him. The portal itself wasn't very surprising- they had alchemised several items that could open portals during Sburb- but the very fact that it was there was. Clay had not seen this possible future, out of every single timeline that could have occurred. Absentmindedly leaving the crowd behind on the ground, he drifted upwards to inspect the strange thing when it suddenly sucked him in.

Aebrenata
The portal in castle courtyard spat out twelve beings in multicolored robes, one of which immediately got up and started screaming profanities. A few seconds later a singular being was deposited, this one wearing a red outfit similar in color to one of the twelve and similar in design to another. This one was obviously very, very confused, and looked between the trolls, Zarall, and the landscape in awe. In order to calm these beings, Zarall spoke.

"Please, do not be alarmed. I am Zarall, the Lord of Good. I have gathered you for a very good reason- I need your help to save reality."

by **Atzera** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:18 pm

Hanzo Hattori leapt into the air,dodging the dark energy ball cast at him by his sworn nemesis Kotahura Fuma,The Chaos Ninja.
He landed smooth,but leapt into the air again,dodging yet another blast launched by Kotahura Fuma.He landed atop a tree.They were in the forests of Sekigahara,Hanzo had tracked Fuma here and had been ambushed by him,now they were fighting it out.
Gums leapt toward the tree,extending his claws from his gauntlets,he swiped at Hanzo,Hanzo easily blocked the strike with his scythes then leapt down to the ground.
Duma followed behind,he landed before Hanzo and began savagely striking at him,slicing with his claws.
Hanzo's scythes twirled and flicked in his hands,sparks flew as he blocked every strike.
The surrounding wildlife had all fled or quitened down,watching the fateful duel.
Fuma kicked Hanzo in the chest knocking him into the air.
Hanson flipped backward and flung his spiked chain at Fuma which hooked into his chest armor.
Hanzo jerked hard and lifted Fuma from the ground,Fuma grabbed the chain and pulled,jerking Hanzo into the skies with him.
Hanzo dodged a swipe by Fuma and kicked him from behind,sending him and the chain spike flying into the trees nearby with a crash.
As Hanzo flew down toward the ground a massive hole-like anomale opened in the ground.
Hamza tried to change directions but the strange portal sucked him in,then squeezed shut.
Kotahura Fuma erupted from the trees with a snarl.The black clad ninja looked around.His nemesis nowhere to be seen.
"Hanzo you weasel of a man,show yourself and be a man.Face me!"Fuma hissed aloud.

Hanzo exited the amomaly and landed softly on the ground.He stood and looked around at the strange surroundings around him.
"What is this strange place?"He asked aloud.

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:50 pm

Windhelm, Skyrim
In the early hours of the morning at the large house of Hjerim, a man slept peacefully in bed with his wife, the two oblivious to what was to come. A knock woke them up and the man whom we shall now call Ulrik opened the door to see his Housecarl and close friend Lydia standing there "My Thane, there is something you need to see." Ulrik sighed "Is it a dragon? A vampire? Maybe an Imperial or a cultist. Oh, I know, it's an Imperial Vampire Dragon Cultist......... I'm way off on that. It's too early in the morning for this shit." Lydia said "Just get dressed and come out here, it's hard to describe." Ulrik and his wife Brelyna quickly got their normal adventuring clothes on and went to investigate what was so important. Downstair in their dining room was a green portal, Heimskr was also there investigating the anomaly. Brelyna studied it and said "Hmm, I wonder where it leads?" then the portal began sucking the four in, Ulrik called out "Be careful what you wish for, honey, because it looks like we're about to find out." and the four were pulled into the portal.

Gravity Falls, Oregon
"Meeting everyone! Meeting!" was heard throughout the Mystery Shack as Stanford called everyone to the living room. The Eight people slowly filled into the room, Stanley said "What's so important now, poindexter?" Stanford stepped to the side revealing a green portal "This portal recently appeared here, I've been studying it for a while but I have no idea where exactly it came from or why it's here." he studied it some more and noticed that his coat tails were being pulled towards it "Hmm, it appears to have a slight pull to it. Wait, what's happening? The pull seems to be getting stronger!" he was the sucked in by the portal and soon the other 7 were also pulled in.

Alpha and Beta Kids
At the Land of Frost and Frogs the eight kids all gathered around to discuss their next course of action, it had been weeks since they had seen the trolls and it seemed that they were gone somehow "It had to have been the Batterwitch that took them." Dirk nodded "Yeah, what other evil fucker is there who would want to kidnap the shit out of them? The Empress did have an interest in reviving her race so I'm guessing she's using those dudes to make more trolls or some shit like that." then Jake said "Guys? Look at this." they looked over to see a portal "I wonder why the hell this portal is here? Who the fuck would just leave a portal laying around for anyone to use?" the portal then began to suck them all into it "Well this looks bad." they tried to fly away but were all dragged in.

Aebrenata
Out of the portal came three more groups of people, four people in various armors fell out, out next were eight ordinary people, and finally eight more people in weird robes fell out, Ulrik looked around in awe at the place then saw all the robed people "Alright, where are we and why are there so many people in multicolored robes." Dipper stood up and said "Wha- Where are we, who are these people?"

Cybertron
Shockwave stood over a computer, dialing in code as he started up his new Spacebridge when he heard a noise and turned around to see a portal "Hmm, strange, I haven't started any Spacebridge testing yet. This is most illogical." the portal then seemingly grabbed him and began pulling him in "This is most certainly illogical. It seems to have some sort of gravitatio-" and he was pulled in.

Nightmare Realm
Bill Cipher floated over a small orb, trying to find a new puppet in the town of Gravity Falls when a blood red portal appeared and said "Well, well, well looks like someone's expecting me." he then flew through the portal.

Rapporan
Shockwave fell out and dropped to the floor "-nal pull." he got up and looked around just as Bill flew out and saw Asteraoth "Hey, aren't you a sight for sore eye. How's it been, Aster? What's with the summons and all?"

by **Satellite Five** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:16 pm

Apocrypha

"Soon, I shall return to Solstheim and take back my kingdom!" Miraak yelled to the dragons circling him, before looking at one, "Gol Hah Dov!"

His words changed into energy, pulsing forward through the air directly at the dragon. Miraak smirked under his mask as the dragon landed, his will broken by Miraak's Thu'um. He was quite proud of this shout, and was thankful to the Daedric Lord who had taught it too him. Now, he would use it to once again rule Solstheim. Glancing behind him, he noticed a blood-red portal, a strange magic pulling him towards it.

"What is this?" he asked himself, and before another word could be said, he was sucked into the portal.

Pallet Town

Red smiled as he and his Pokemon wrestled and played together in the grass behind his home. They would only be visiting for a little while before traveling to Unova, and Red wanted to spend as much time with his friends as possible. Raichu, Jolteon and Growlithe all tumbled around with him, playfully gnawing at his hands as they rolled over and over. Soon, they were tired, he wrestled with Lucario as the three small Pokemon rested before playing with each other. Charizard, Red's oldest companion, just smiled as he looked over the group. His eyes landed on Mewtwo, who was leaning against the house.

"Ghrahh." Charizard said.
"I don't play." Mewtwo replied, matter-of-factly.

The two went on for a moment when a green portal appeared.

"What the-?" Red asked, as he walked towards it, "Everyone, return to your Pokeballs."

All of his Pokemon returned to the Pokeballs, converted into data energy and essentially sent to their own little paradise. He placed them in his pockets and looked at the green portal, confused and somewhat worried. He could feel it's pull, getting stronger every second. Soon, Red was pulled into the forest green portal, his Pokemon in tow.

by **Cybraxia** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:36 pm

Aebrenata:

Another portal opened, and an angelic entity appeared from it. "Zarall. You summoned me. What is it you want?" he asked plainly.

Rapporan:

Several portals opened, and several figures popped out. One of them, an aged human with a "W" tattooed on his face looked around incredulously. "What is the meaning of this?"

Another, this one a tall, royal looking troll, spoke as well. "Whoever did this better have a damn good reason, or else they getting stabbed." She clutched her trident tightly.

The third one, a hunched figure in a robe, simply looked around. The fourth one, a large robotic life form also looked around. "Shockwave. I see you're here too."

The fifth one, was larger than all of them. He grimaced a bit as he looked around and then turned his attention to the others.

by **Petrokovia** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:52 am

Death Valley, California, United States of America

Tadayoshi and Marguerite were riding in a J-8 Jeep covered in water and fuel tanks, responding to an assignment about a possible illegal weapons dealer having gone into hiding in the desert. Tadayoshi was the one driving, despite Marguerite being better at it.
"Ugh, this is intolerable." complained Marguerite. "We're supposed to be on our vacation!"
"This is more important than our vacation. Plus, they're giving us another week of paid leave for the trouble." responded Tadayoshi.
"But why not send out some people from the Western Coast Base?"
"No idea, but it's not that much of a hassle."
"It's 42 degrees!-" she caught herself for a moment.
Merde, Amérique...
"It's 106 degrees! And how are you wearing a trench coat still?"
"You still underestimate just how much heat and cold tolerance I have, since the Project Operations..."
"Either way, we should be at the beaches. Who is this guy, that they have to send amplificata?"
"Here's the file. Can't read and drive, it's dangerous."
"We're in the desert. What would we hit?"
"A cactus." Tadayoshi quipped.
There was a brief moment of silence, then Marguerite opened the file. It would be better if they had been briefed more thoroughly before being sent out, but no such luck. The guy in charge of the California base was kind of a dick.
"Wow. This guy has had twelve nations looking for him..."
"Yeah, not the best..." Tadayoshi trailed off, as they came up on a large green portal.
"It didn't say anything about the portal fabricator..."
Tadayoshi stopped the jeep and got out, letting his scanners take in the scene.
"Yeah, that's weird..."
After the scan of the portal was complete, the A.I. in Tadayoshi's scanners spoke.
"This portal is not structured in the same way as the portals produced by the MPF."
"Hmm..."
Tadayoshi stood for a second, thinking. Dust started moving towards the portal, then small bits of rock and dirt, then larger bits.
"The portal's going to suck us in!" warned Marguerite.
Tadayoshi ran to the jeep, but by the time he reached it, it too was starting to be dragged into the portal. Soon, Tadayoshi and Marguerite were sucked into the portal, followed by their jeep.

Abrenata

The portal opened up once more, and spat out Marguerite, followed by Tadayoshi, and finally their jeep, which landed almost perfectly on its wheels (albeit landing very hard on them), not too far away. Tadayoshi got to his feet, and helped Marguerite up.
"Where are we?"
"And what's with the rainbow army?" Tadayoshi said, looking at the many people in colorful robes.
I hope the jeep still works... Tadayoshi thought to himself.

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:39 am

Abrenata
Ulrik shouted "Shit!! Duck!" and barely ducked beneath Tadayoshi's jeep as it flew out of the portal. Stanford, who also ducked, got up and adjusted his glasses "It appears we've been transported to another dimension, but why?" Dave looked around at everyone "Well I don't really know, but am the only one who notices he fucking trolls right here?" Ulrik said Trolls? Where? All I see are a bunch of weirdos with grey skin and horns, another Tirdas for me." Brelyna looked at the trolls and said "Hmm, they don't look quite like anything I've ever seen, like Dremora with colorful horns and robes." Heimskr said "What's this about Dremora? I was occupied looking in awe of this realm."

Rapporan
Shockwave saw Megatron and said "Yes, my lord. I was finishing the final stages of my Spacebridge when I was pulled in by a mysterious portal." Bill flew in and looked over at all of them "Greetings, mortals! Name's Bill Cipher, and your name is Dr Wily, and yours is Meenah Peixes otherwise known as Her Imperious Condescension, you're Emperor Palpatine, Dark Lord of the Sith, you are Ugh-Zan III Tah-Um's lieutenant, you are Megatron leader of the Decepticons and you are Shockwave, Megatron's top scientist. You've all been gathered here for an as of right now unknown reason." Shockwave said "This being, he knows things, lots of things. How do you know our names?" Bill said "Oh, I know much, and only tell some."

by **Satellite Five** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:03 am

Abrenata

The green portal reopened, throwing Red out onto the ground. Pulling out his Pokeballs, he released his Pokemon. Raichu took his place on Red's right shoulder, Jolteon on his left. Growlithe stood by his feet, ready to fight if needed. Lucario stood at Red's right side, surveying everything while Mewtwo stood at his left, arms crossed, back turned and looking over his shoulder at the others that were in this place. Charizard stood behind Red, looking over the trainer.

"Well, this just got interesting." Red said, looking at the others who had arrived.

Rapporan

Miraak quickly fell out of the portal on the other side, confused as to how he arrived in this place, and more importantly confused as to WHY he arrived in this place. He quickly drew his staff, sending a dark liquid at the ground between him and the other beings here. Large tentacles spewed from the good, forming a barrier.

by **Aeternabilis** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:33 am

Aebrenata
"How the fuck do you know what we are? What the hell are you people? Where the hell are we????????" Vriska Serket yelled, directing the last question at the forbearing being who had welcomed them here.

"All questions will be answered in time." Zarall said, spreading his arms. "First, as to the 'where'. You are all on the planetoid known as Aebrenata, a paradise that exists outside all universes and serves as home to me and most of my fellow Celestials. For 'who', I am Zarall, the Lord of Good, night-omnipotent Celestial and the second being sprung from Chaos at the beginning of reality. Now the 'why'... I'm afraid the situation is dire. My greatest foe, the Lord of Evil Asteraoth, has escaped his prison and intends to destroy literally everything."

There was a moment of silence as the heroes took this all in. Eventually someone spoke up- Terezi Pyrope, the Seer of Mind. "Ok, that sounds pretty shitty and all, but why do you need us for this? Just use your super amazing omnipotence and kick his ass or something."

"Believe me, I would much rather fight him head-on than risk the lives of many who have never even heard of us. Unfortunately, that is completely impossible. You see, Asteraoth is just as powerful as I am. The last time we fought, all those hundreds of trillions of years ago, millions of universes were caught in the crossfire and destroyed. Many more were irreparably damaged, even for the nigh-omnipotent. If we were to fight again... I do not want to think of the carnage that will be wrought."

"That sounds... like a very, very bad situation. I happen to like my universe," Clay said. "But... if he's that powerful, how will we change literally anything in the fight? None of us here look like more omnipotents."

"I'm glad you asked. Me and my second in command Xeltos have come up with a plan that will hopefully weaken Asteraoth enough that a fight is actually viable. You see, when Asteraoth and I emerged at the beginning of everything, we projected some of our immense power on chosen artifacts within universes so as to not burn ourselves out. Those artifacts are now what lend us our power- and if there were destroyed, we would be immensely weakened. I want you to go to those artifacts chosen by Asteraoth and destroy them. And before you ask, there is a reason I can't do this personally. Asteraoth would sense me immediately upon my arrival even in the same universe as his relic, and engage me in battle. You all are... I apologize, but weak enough so as to not trip his senses, and you could carry out the demolitions without too much intervention. If you want no part in this, I understand, but just know that all of your universes are at risk."

Rapporan
"Bill Cipher, I am not the same Asteraoth that you have possibly met, as I have been imprisoned on this hell for thousands of times longer than your universe has existed with no visitors. You almost definitely met one of my astral projections, used to gauge a being's worth of helping me. You see, I have a proposition for all of you."

Asteraoth explained the situation (after he casually vanished Miraak's barrier with the wave of a hand)- the old war, this realm and its horrors, his intense desire to break reality, the plan to weaken Zarall by destroying his relics, and why he couldn't do it personally because Zarall would sense him, beat him, and imprison him again.

"You see, I require your help. In return, I will grant you all immortal life on Zarall's realm of Aebrenata- the properties of which means that I'm essentially offering you eternity in your own personal heaven. What say you all?"

by **Satellite Five** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:45 am

Aeternabilis wrote:Aebrenata
"How the fuck do you know what we are? What the hell are you people? Where the hell are we????????" Vriska Serket yelled, directing the last question at the forbearing being who had welcomed them here.

"All questions will be answered in time." Zarall said, spreading his arms. "First, as to the 'where'. You are all on the planetoid known as Aebrenata, a paradise that exists outside all universes and serves as home to me and most of my fellow Celestials. For 'who', I am Zarall, the Lord of Good, night-omnipotent Celestial and the second being sprung from Chaos at the beginning of reality. Now the 'why'... I'm afraid the situation is dire. My greatest foe, the Lord of Evil Asteraoth, has escaped his prison and intends to destroy literally everything."

There was a moment of silence as the heroes took this all in. Eventually someone spoke up- Terezi Pyrope, the Seer of Mind. "Ok, that sounds pretty shitty and all, but why do you need us for this? Just use your super amazing omnipotence and kick his ass or something."

"Believe me, I would much rather fight him head-on than risk the lives of many who have never even heard of us. Unfortunately, that is completely impossible. You see, Asteraoth is just as powerful as I am. The last time we fought, all those hundreds of trillions of years ago, millions of universes were caught in the crossfire and destroyed. Many more were irreparably damaged, even for the nigh-omnipotent. If we were to fight again... I do not want to think of the carnage that will be wrought."

"That sounds... like a very, very bad situation. I happen to like my universe," Clay said. "But... if he's that powerful, how will we change literally anything in the fight? None of us here look like more omnipotents."

"I'm glad you asked. Me and my second in command Xeltos have come up with a plan that will hopefully weaken Asteraoth enough that a fight is actually viable. You see, when Asteraoth and I emerged at the beginning of everything, we projected some of our immense power on chosen artifacts within universes so as to not burn ourselves out. Those artifacts are now what lend us our power- and if there were destroyed, we would be immensely weakened. I want you to go to those artifacts chosen by Asteraoth and destroy them. And before you ask, there is a reason I can't do this personally. Asteraoth would sense me immediately upon my arrival even in the same universe as his relic, and engage me in battle. You all are... I apologize, but weak enough so as to not trip his senses, and you could carry out the demolitions without too much intervention. If you want no part in this, I understand, but just know that all of your universes are at risk."

Rapporan
"Bill Cipher, I am not the same Asteraoth that you have possibly met, as I have been imprisoned on this hell for thousands of times longer than your universe has existed with no visitors. You almost definitely met one of my projects, used to gauge a being's worth of helping me. You see, I have a proposition for all of you."

Asteraoth explained the situation (after he casually vanished Miraak's barrier with the wave of a hand)- the old war, this realm and its horrors, his intense desire to break reality, the plan to weaken Zarall by destroying his relics, and why he couldn't do it personally because Zarall would sense him, beat him, and imprison him again.

"You see, I require your help. In return, I will grant you all immortal life on Zarall's realm of Aebrenata- the properties of which means that I'm essentially offering you eternity in your own personal heaven. What say you all?"

"If we don't, then all the universes could possibly be destroyed, and if we do, we could possibly die?" Red asked, before looking at his Pokemon, "Needs of the many?"

Lucario nodded and the three smaller Pokemon all yipped. Charizard roared his approval. Red looked at Mewtwo, who had turned to look at the deity-esque being head on. Red could tell he was deep in thought. In Mewtwo's mind, he was going back to his very creation. He felt that this was what his entire life had been striving for.

"Mewtwo?" Red prodded.
"I think we should help save everything." Mewtwo replied, looking at his trainer.

Red smiled and looked at Zarall.

"We're in." Red said, his Pokemon all nodding.

Rapporan

Miraak couldn't help but love this idea, for he knew his personal heaven was ruling over the dragons of Tamriel. He was sure this "Asteraoth" was able to do as much, since he had so easily removed Miraak's barrier. The First Dragonborn smiled, nodding to himself. If the others accepted the proposal, then so would he, at least that was his original plan. After a moment, he volunteered happily.

"For a chance to rule over the Dov, I will happily help you." Miraak said.

by **Cybraxia** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:04 pm

Aeternabilis wrote:Aebrenata
"How the fuck do you know what we are? What the hell are you people? Where the hell are we????????" Vriska Serket yelled, directing the last question at the forbearing being who had welcomed them here.

"All questions will be answered in time." Zarall said, spreading his arms. "First, as to the 'where'. You are all on the planetoid known as Aebrenata, a paradise that exists outside all universes and serves as home to me and most of my fellow Celestials. For 'who', I am Zarall, the Lord of Good, night-omnipotent Celestial and the second being sprung from Chaos at the beginning of reality. Now the 'why'... I'm afraid the situation is dire. My greatest foe, the Lord of Evil Asteraoth, has escaped his prison and intends to destroy literally everything."

There was a moment of silence as the heroes took this all in. Eventually someone spoke up- Terezi Pyrope, the Seer of Mind. "Ok, that sounds pretty shitty and all, but why do you need us for this? Just use your super amazing omnipotence and kick his ass or something."

"Believe me, I would much rather fight him head-on than risk the lives of many who have never even heard of us. Unfortunately, that is completely impossible. You see, Asteraoth is just as powerful as I am. The last time we fought, all those hundreds of trillions of years ago, millions of universes were caught in the crossfire and destroyed. Many more were irreparably damaged, even for the nigh-omnipotent. If we were to fight again... I do not want to think of the carnage that will be wrought."

"That sounds... like a very, very bad situation. I happen to like my universe," Clay said. "But... if he's that powerful, how will we change literally anything in the fight? None of us here look like more omnipotents."

"I'm glad you asked. Me and my second in command Xeltos have come up with a plan that will hopefully weaken Asteraoth enough that a fight is actually viable. You see, when Asteraoth and I emerged at the beginning of everything, we projected some of our immense power on chosen artifacts within universes so as to not burn ourselves out. Those artifacts are now what lend us our power- and if there were destroyed, we would be immensely weakened. I want you to go to those artifacts chosen by Asteraoth and destroy them. And before you ask, there is a reason I can't do this personally. Asteraoth would sense me immediately upon my arrival even in the same universe as his relic, and engage me in battle. You all are... I apologize, but weak enough so as to not trip his senses, and you could carry out the demolitions without too much intervention. If you want no part in this, I understand, but just know that all of your universes are at risk."

Rapporan
"Bill Cipher, I am not the same Asteraoth that you have possibly met, as I have been imprisoned on this hell for thousands of times longer than your universe has existed with no visitors. You almost definitely met one of my astral projections, used to gauge a being's worth of helping me. You see, I have a proposition for all of you."

Asteraoth explained the situation (after he casually vanished Miraak's barrier with the wave of a hand)- the old war, this realm and its horrors, his intense desire to break reality, the plan to weaken Zarall by destroying his relics, and why he couldn't do it personally because Zarall would sense him, beat him, and imprison him again.

"You see, I require your help. In return, I will grant you all immortal life on Zarall's realm of Aebrenata- the properties of which means that I'm essentially offering you eternity in your own personal heaven. What say you all?"

Abrenata

"You already know that I am required to protect existence."

At that moment two starships appeared from another portal. Both landed, and two robed and hooded figures climbed out. "Hmm, I don't recognize this place. Do you?"

"No, I don't. Strange. I almost feel at peace here... Obviously the Force wanted us here."

Rapporan

"And why should we trust you?" Megatron asked.

Doctor Wily nodded. "I agree. How do you expect us to work with you if we don't even know who you are, not to mention each other?"

Ugh-Zan simply retrieved an item from his belt and dropped it. As it fell, it opened and a screen appeared, displaying a red sigil upon the black screen. From it, a deep voice asked. "And why should I follow you? I have enough forces to decimate the galaxy a thousand times over. Immortal life is something worthless to me, I am already a god. I have existed from the beginning of time, and will exist long after it begins again. I have caused the destruction of planets and of civilizations. So I ask again. Why should I follow you?"

At this, all of the others just stared at the screen.

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:40 pm

Abrenata "
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon would arrive just in time to hear Ulrik shout "Again!? I know I'm the Last Dragonborn and all but why can't reality stop being in peril for a bit? I had to save my world a total of three times, almost in a row! In retrospect I guess that's exactly why you want me here. But I digress." Stanford looked at all the people gathered, two ships, one jeep, 21 multicolored robed people and 14 non-humans "So we're the only things standing between the God of Evil and total annihilation of everything? " Stanley said "Well I just lost all hope for the multiverse."

Rapporan
Bill said "You've got yourself a deal, Asty!" he then turned to the villains and said "Now now now. Don't get too ahead of yourselves, if you side with us you'll be given your own personal heaven to live in for eternity and if you don't then you DIE WITH EVERYONE ELSE!! Do we have a deal?" Shockwave thought for a second "I accept your terms and now begin my service for Asteraoth, it is only logical."

by **Aeternabilis** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:03 pm

Aebrenata
"I'm in too," Clay said. "I just helped make a universe. I'm not about to let some OP asshole break it."
"Well, we're out." Karkat said bluntly, and he crossed his arms. "I'm not going to let us get killed by and for some douchebags we don't even know."
"But Karkat!" Nepeta Leijon yelled. "We can't let craploads of innocent people die!"
"Plus we kind of live in reality. I'd rather not be destroyed because of your idiot decision!" Vriska added.
After some more yelling at Karkat by various trolls, Karkat relented. "Oh my god, fine, we'll help. But if we get killed, don't come crying to me."

"Excellent." Zarall said with a smile, happy for the help regardless of Karkat's bitching. He looked over at the roped humans who had just shown up in a spaceship. "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Over here, if you please."

Rapporan
"Thank you, gentlemen." Asteraoth said, directed at Bill, Miraak, and Shockwave. Now he looked at the villains who questioned him- Megatron, Doctor Wiley, and Mental.

"Why should you follow me?" he growled. "Because if you don't, you will die with the rest. Your legacy, civilization, galaxy, and universe will be completely wiped from existence, with no indication you were ever there in the first place. You are nothing compared to my power. However, if you do, you get eternity in paradise. It's really quite simple. And I have already told you who I am- I am Asteraoth, the first being sprung from Chaos at the beginning of everything, and the Lord of Evil."

Asteraoth paused as he looked about the group. "And if you wish to know each other, then so be it." He waved his hand, and the heads of each villain seemed to glow with golden energy for a brief moment. "There. You all know of each other as much as you know of yourselves. Any more stupid questions?"

by **Cybraxia** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:25 pm

Aeternabilis wrote:Aebrenata
"I'm in too," Clay said. "I just helped make a universe. I'm not about to let some OP asshole break it."
"Well, we're out." Karkat said bluntly, and he crossed his arms. "I'm not going to let us get killed by and for some douchebags we don't even know."
"But Karkat!" Nepeta Leijon yelled. "We can't let craploads of innocent people die!"
"Plus we kind of live in reality. I'd rather not be destroyed because of your idiot decision!" Vriska added.
After some more yelling at Karkat by various trolls, Karkat relented. "Oh my god, fine, we'll help. But if we get killed, don't come crying to me."

"Excellent." Zarall said with a smile, happy for the help regardless of Karkat's bitching. He looked over at the roped humans who had just shown up in a spaceship. "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Over here, if you please."

Rapporan
"Thank you, gentlemen." Asteraoth said, directed at Bill, Miraak, and Shockwave. Now he looked at the villains who questioned him- Megatron, Doctor Wiley, and Mental.

"Why should you follow me?" he growled. "Because if you don't, you will die with the rest. Your legacy, civilization, galaxy, and universe will be completely wiped from existence, with no indication you were ever there in the first place. You are nothing compared to my power. However, if you do, you get eternity in paradise. It's really quite simple. And I have already told you who I am- I am Asteraoth, the first being sprung from Chaos at the beginning of everything, and the Lord of Evil."

Asteraoth paused as he looked about the group. "And if you wish to know each other, then so be it." He waved his hand, and the heads of each villain seemed to glow with golden energy for a brief moment. "There. You all know of each other as much as you know of yourselves. Any more stupid questions?"

Aebrenata:

The two Jedi walked over to Zarall. "You know our names, but we do not know yours. Would you mind introducing yourself to us, and telling us why we are here?" Qui-Gon asked.

Rapporan

"Plenty have tried to kill me, and none have come close. However... I am intrigued. Instead of wiping out all sentient life in my own galaxy... I could do it for all galaxies... I suppose you have my support then... for the time being."

Wily and the Empress conferred with each other for a moment, and both nodded their heads. Palpatine finally spoke. "All shall face the power of the dark, and all shall know its strength. My services are yours."

Megatron grumbled. "I suppose if Shockwave joins you, I should too."

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:14 pm

Aebrenata
John looked at Zarall and said "I'll fight for you." and one by one the other 7 kids joined with him. Dipper looked at everyone there and said "I guess I'll help, but I don't really have a choice, do I?" Grenda then said "I want to go and beat up some bad guys! I'm in!" and the others soon agreed "I'm guessing we're all on the same page? I'd say some introductions are in order. Basically, who the hell are you people?"

Rapporan
Bill looked over all of the villains and said "Yeah, I have a question. What's our first job?" Shockwave scanned the mysterious triangle demon "Hmm, strange, the triangle being known as Bill seems to be made of pure energy. He doesn't seem to be from our normal plane of existence."

by **Satellite Five** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:51 pm

The Intergalactic Russian Empire wrote:Aebrenata
John looked at Zarall and said "I'll fight for you." and one by one the other 7 kids joined with him. Dipper looked at everyone there and said "I guess I'll help, but I don't really have a choice, do I?" Grenda then said "I want to go and beat up some bad guys! I'm in!" and the others soon agreed "I'm guessing we're all on the same page? I'd say some introductions are in order. Basically, who the hell are you people?"

Rapporan
Bill looked over all of the villains and said "Yeah, I have a question. What's our first job?" Shockwave scanned the mysterious triangle demon "Hmm, strange, the triangle being known as Bill seems to be made of pure energy. He doesn't seem to be from our normal plane of existence."

Aebrenata

Red looked at the kids who had just agreed to fight alongside them in this war for reality. They reminded him of himself at a younger age, although without the Pokemon. He walked over, his team following him.

"You're right, we should know who we will be fighting alongside." Red said, then to the group made mostly of kids, "I'm Red."

He was about to introduce his Pokemon when Jolteon, Raichu and Growlithe all ran over Mabel, wanting to play with her. Red couldn't help stifling a chuckle, Charizard and Lucario smiling and looking at each other. Mewtwo simply placed his forehead in the palm of his hand, shaking his head disapprovingly.

by **Aeternabilis** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:30 pm

Aebrenata
Zarall nodded at the Jedi. "Of course. I am Zarall, the Lord of Good. I have summoned you here to Aebrenata, my realm, so as to request your services. Reality is under threat, and I need all the help I can get." He explained about the situation with Asteraoth and the plan to weaken him by destroying the relics. After that, he looked upon all the gathered heroes.

"Now, I believe Ulrik makes a valid point. There's no reason you should fight with each other without knowing each other. Mr. Procyon, would you like to continue formal introductions?"
"What? Oh, um, okay. Hello everyone, I'm Clay Procyon. I'm kind of a god, I think, and I can see the future. I can see the past too, but that's not really as impressive."

"And I am Xeltos," a voice that belonged to none of the heroes said. "I am the God of Wisdom, Zarall's second in command, and partly the reason why you are all here right now. Zarall, I would advise that we send them all to the first relic as soon as introductions are over. It would be unwise to wait any longer than we have to."

Rapporan
Asteraoth grinned. "Excellent. Now that we're all on the same page, it is time for you to attack the first target." "If I might interject, my lord," Bivtris, who had been watching silently until now, said. "Napphion's agent on Aebrenata says that Zarall has gathered an army as well, and they intend to attack one of your relics. It would be much more advisable to send these to intercept those forces and destroy them, so as to minimize the risk to your power."
"Hmm. You make a good point. Okay, people, change of plans. Instead of attacking, you will be playing defense. I will open a portal that will take you to the relic, you kill all these 'heroes', and then report back to me. Any questions? "

by **Petrokovia** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:08 am

Aebrenata
"My name is Daniel Petit, but most just call me Tadayoshi. I am an engineered human called an amplificata. I underwent genetic surgeries when I was 18, as part of a world security protocol called Project X, in which I am a commander."
"And I am Marguerite Sohpie Diorè, a first lieutenant in Project X. I am not an amplificata, just a normal human. I work closely with Dan, though."
"We were going to go on vacation in California, but this takes precedence."

Tokyo, Japan
The bountyhunter was walking down the streets of Tokyo, Japan, with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Another amplificata? I'm starting to think my employer is racist..."
He walked down an alleyway, so he could have a smoke. However, before he could pull out his cigarettes, a large green portal formed, sucking him in, and spitting him out at...

Aebrenata
The bountyhunter fell out of the portal, confused.
"Where the hell-"
"Ugh. Late arrivals... Reality is in danger, you've been summoned by some god to help... Wait, you seem familiar."
"Yeah, hold on."
Tadayoshi's scanners beeped for a moment.
"Identity, Chase Quinton Tyrane. Wanted by Project X for the murder of 10 Project X scientists, 4 amplificata, 12 Project X agents, 52 guards, 13 civilians, unintentional manslaughter of 67 civilians and 23 members of the United States Military, damages up to five million dollars, and escape from a maximum security prison on 3 separate occasions."
"Oh yeah, this is the guy who tried to take that crystal! His middle name is Quinton?"

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:11 pm

Abrenata
Ulrik said "Hello, everyone, as the immortal omniscient god said I am Ulrik. Ulrik Stormblade to be exact. I have the power to devour the souls of dragons and murder people by shouting at them, I'm also a skilled archer, sword fighter, mage, thief and alchemist. Until any of you prove me wrong I'm just going to assume that I'm the best fighter here seeing as I've killed a Dragon God of Destruction and prevented the apocalypse three times." Brelyna then said "Um, hi, I'm Brelyna, a master mage and scholar. There isn't much else to say."
Lydia stepped up "I'm Lydia, Ulrik's sworn bodyguard."
Heimskr then said "I am Heimskr, Talos' chosen defender of justice and freedom!"

Then the eight other people introduced themselves

And so on (I'm not typing out intros for all of them, I've already spent hours on this)

Rapporan
Bill turned away from everyone else "You go on without me, there are some..... complications that prevent me from engaging in direct combat. I'll be playing my own game and while you go and fight the heroes directly I'll be busy trying to find a suitable pawn amongst the heroes ranks." Shockwave said "It's logical that we depart as soon as possible to set up our defenses in preparation for their assault."

by **Videssos** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:38 pm

Rapporan

A new arrival contemplated the situation he had unexpectedly found himself in. A gateway had somewhat unceremoniously transported the Sumerian vampire lord to another realm of existence, it seemed. As was his want, he lurked in the shadows, not interjecting as Asteraoth and the other spoke. Even though he had arrived mere moments ago, he did not let himself flounder, or waste time dwelling in confusion. The gateway through which he had arrived here, crackled with eldritch, crimson energy, snapping shut and flickering into oblivion as quickly as it had appeared, its purpose completed.

The figure seemed to be in early adolescence, though there were many features that seemed unusual. Perhaps it was the long, dark purple hair that seemed to cascade beyond the feminine-appearing figure's bare feet, whilst bangs of the aforementioned hair obscured his left eye. Perhaps it was the glowing ruby eyes, the pointed ears and fangs, or perhaps the golden horns, the colour of which was mirrored by the headband formed of two parralel golden strips, that lay upon his head. Even by vampire standards, he would seem unusual. Indeed, he was not merely just a vampire.

Enmerkar stepped forward, smiling faintly. His movements were both seemingly carefree and light, yet at the same time, in an odd manner, feral and calculating. He was clad in a sleeveless open-back dress, with a collar covering his throat. Apart from the black chestpiece, the rest of it was white,and the gown was split open at his outer thighs, and whilst somewhat revealing, ensured he had greater capacity for movement. Separate from the gown, also, were black sleeves that went from the mid-upper area of his arms, to his middle fingers, with each sleeve being attached to a ring, both of which were covered in ancient Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions. Assessing the situation at hand, he took several steps forward, seemingly unmindful of his lack of footwear.

by **Aeternabilis** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:13 pm

Aebrenata
Zarall and Xeltos waited patiently for the heroes to complete introduction, partly because it'd be rude not to and partly because it's just common sense to know your allies. Once that was done, Zarall said, "Now, I believe it is time for you all to depart. I shall open a portal that will instantly take you to your destination, and will serve as a quick exit."
Clay raised his hand. "Um, what exactly is our destination? I don't think you've mentioned it."
"Ah, of course. Thank you for reminding me. You will be sent to destroy what is known locally as Installation 00, or The Ark. It is a massive platform in space that was designed to destroy all sentient life in the local galaxy- naturally, Asteraoth chose it immediately. Other than some local resistance, which I doubt you will have any problems with, there should be little to stop you from destroying it. Its guardian was imprisoned with Asteraoth, and preliminary reports from one of our agents say that he has not gotten around to reinstating the guard."
"Well that's good. With this fucking many of us, that space-shithole is as good as destroyed."
"Mhm. With any luck, we'll get the jump on him here and make future missions much easier. Now, it's time for you to get going."
With that, Zarall turned to a large open area and waved his hand. A semi-transparent portal with the view of a complex in the desert through it appeared, and Clay was the first to walk through followed by the trolls.
"Xeltos and I shall remain here, and direct any more heroes that come through the summoning portal to the Ark to assist you. Good luck."

Rapporan
"Ah, Enmerkar, so nice of you to leave the shadows. I do hope you heard everything, because I'm not explaining it again. Now, as for where you are all going. The relic under threat is Installation 00, a delightful little place with the capability to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy at once. Drive away all of Zarall's forces, and above all do not let the Installation be destroyed. There might be some local forces in play, but I expect you all to be able to handle a few grunts and automatons. Bivtris will also be coming along for support and to keep an eye on you, so I expect nothing less than total domination."
Asteraoth then hurled a rock into a nearby pool of lava, splashing the molten rock up and making a portal from the fire. In the portal was a view of a complex in a frozen-over area. As Bivtris led the way through, Asteraoth had one last thing to say. "Oh, and by the way. Once you drive off their forces, feel free to fire the weapon."

by **Arngeir** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:32 pm

Aeternabilis wrote:Aebrenata
Zarall and Xeltos waited patiently for the heroes to complete introduction, partly because it'd be rude not to and partly because it's just common sense to know your allies. Once that was done, Zarall said, "Now, I believe it is time for you all to depart. I shall open a portal that will instantly take you to your destination, and will serve as a quick exit."
Clay raised his hand. "Um, what exactly is our destination? I don't think you've mentioned it."
"Ah, of course. Thank you for reminding me. You will be sent to destroy what is known locally as Installation 00, or The Ark. It is a massive platform in space that was designed to destroy all sentient life in the local galaxy- naturally, Asteraoth chose it immediately. Other than some local resistance, which I doubt you will have any problems with, there should be little to stop you from destroying it. Its guardian was imprisoned with Asteraoth, and preliminary reports from one of our agents say that he has not gotten around to reinstating the guard."
"Well that's good. With this fucking many of us, that space-shithole is as good as destroyed."
"Mhm. With any luck, we'll get the jump on him here and make future missions much easier. Now, it's time for you to get going."
With that, Zarall turned to a large open area and waved his hand. A semi-transparent portal with the view of a complex in the desert through it appeared, and Clay was the first to walk through followed by the trolls.
"Xeltos and I shall remain here, and direct any more heroes that come through the summoning portal to the Ark to assist you. Good luck."

Rapporan
"Ah, Enmerkar, so nice of you to leave the shadows. I do hope you heard everything, because I'm not explaining it again. Now, as for where you are all going. The relic under threat is Installation 00, a delightful little place with the capability to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy at once. Drive away all of Zarall's forces, and above all do not let the Installation be destroyed. There might be some local forces in play, but I expect you all to be able to handle a few grunts and automatons. Bivtris will also be coming along for support and to keep an eye on you, so I expect nothing less than total domination."
Asteraoth then hurled a rock into a nearby pool of lava, splashing the molten rock up and making a portal from the fire. In the portal was a view of a complex in a frozen-over area. As Bivtris led the way through, Asteraoth had one last thing to say. "Oh, and by the way. Once you drive off their forces, feel free to fire the weapon."

Aebrenata

Red glanced at the portal before returning his attention to his Pokemon. Raichu, Growlithe and Jolteon had returned to him, and the other three were waiting on his orders. Red returned all but Mewtwo back to their Pokeballs, putting them on his belt. The trainer looked at Mewtwo, pulling him aside.

"Okay, so what do you think?" he asked.
"I think we had better work together with these 'heroes' to save the universe," Mewtwo replied, "Don't you?"
"Yes, I suppose." Red said, "Look, your a capable trainer yourself. It may come to us splitting up. If so, I want you to take Growlithe and Raichu, and keep them and yourself safe."
"Understood." Mewtwo said, "Now then, I think it's time I returned to my Pokeball."

Red nodded and called him back before looking at the portal again.

"Well, guys, I guess it's now or never." Red said as he stepped through the portal.

Rapporan

"Let us go and devour the souls of our enemies." Miraak said simply, smirking under his mask as he walked towards the portal.

by **The Intergalactic Russian Empire** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:39 pm

Aebrenata
Ulrik shouted "There's no time to waste! There are some unkicked assess out there and it's our duly appointed job to kick them! Who's with me?" then did a front flip through the portal, Brelyna sighed and said "Come on, let's follow the chosen one." then the three adventurers followed Ulrik suite. The eight kids then ran through followed by the Pines and friends.

Rapporan
Shockwave exclemated "Allies, we must not squander any more precious time. We are the duly appointed harbingers of doom and destruction and locigally we must herald the destruction of all life in this galaxy. then followed Bivtris through the portal. Bill looked around and said "Well it looks like I must be leaving now. If you need me I'll be in the Nightmare Realm. I'll be finding a pawn for us, ta ta!!" he teleported away in a ball of light.

by **Petrokovia** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:48 pm

Tadayoshi turned to the diety.
"Hey, My Jeep is safe here with you, right? It's not actually mine, and if it gets totaled, part of the replacement cost might come out of my salary."
Marguerite and the Bountyhunter silently went through the portal.

by **Cybraxia** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:07 pm

The Intergalactic Russian Empire wrote:Aebrenata
Ulrik shouted "There's no time to waste! There are some unkicked assess out there and it's our duly appointed job to kick them! Who's with me?" then did a front flip through the portal, Brelyna sighed and said "Come on, let's follow the chosen one." then the three adventurers followed Ulrik suite. The eight kids then ran through followed by the Pines and friends.

Rapporan
Shockwave exclemated "Allies, we must not squander any more precious time. We are the duly appointed harbingers of doom and destruction and locigally we must herald the destruction of all life in this galaxy. then followed Bivtris through the portal. Bill looked around and said "Well it looks like I must be leaving now. If you need me I'll be in the Nightmare Realm. I'll be finding a pawn for us, ta ta!!" he teleported away in a ball of light.

Aebrenata
The Angel flew through the portal, while the two jedi simply walked through.

Rapporan:

All five of the others followed through the portal as well.

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