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Where...Am I? The ground was hard, crumpled, and virtually lifeless. Her soft breaths of new-found consciousness were met with a stinging toxicity, a fact that made her someone nauseous. With eyes opened to slits she could barely take in her surroundings. Then again, her head ached to the point in which she questioned the desire to fully wake up. The only thought she could process at the moment was that where ever she was, she certainly wasn't home. But how did she get here in the first place? Memories of moments past flashed back to her as she tried to piece them together in  what seemed like haphazard nonsense. Her home land... The portal... An Intense light... A scream... Slowly the chronology came together. She was unwillingly taken from her land and into this own, whereever it may be. But why? With a disgruntled grumble she made the executive decision to sit up. Scarlet pupils scanned the area that seemed like an infinite melancholy. So she was somewhere that was both not home and horrendously drab. Great, just great. Bewilderment swelled inside of her, infused with the impatience of the desire for answers. If anything, her world was connected to the beautiful land of Hyrule. But... This wasn't Hyrule... Right? Confusion led to concern as she fully got to her feet. But before she could stomp off on a quest to search for a way out, she realized that she felt... Smaller. Her eyes scanned the massive rocks that created a circumference around her. Either they were proportionally huge, or she was... Small. Before she could convince herself the former she peered down at her hands. No. Ohnonononono. A contaminated puddle filled with stagnant 'water' that lay just a few feet away was going to have to serve as her mirror. In a flurried rush of limbs, which gravitated into full on levitating, she rushed over to the puddle to get a look at herself. Tiny hands traced across her imp-like face as her yellow eyes widened in absolute terror. Her bare head brightened by a shock of fire-hued hair was traced with her now shaky palms. Slowly, she reached out to tap the puddle to confirm it was her who had morphed into... This. And, the resulting seconds afterwards involved a shrill, defeated screech.

MADE BY TOASTY OF GANGNAM STYLE!

[Cielmira]

She hated the air here, all thick with the infectious virus. Thick both figuratively and, at times, literally. Today though the glide was fairly light as her wings cut through the skies high above the terrain below. It wasn't that great a sight either. Oh how she missed the carefree days performing elegant acrobatics in the air with Spyro, no cares in the world. If only it had lasted forever. Her heart leapt at any sparkle of purple that entered her vision causing her to dive in for a better look until it became obvious it was not what she was hoping to find. One day that could get her into trouble she knew.

Cynder, rather enjoying the trek for once, brought herself back to the task at hand by glancing down below at her assigned ally for this mission. The dragon hadn't ever been on a mission with him before, but knew quite well of his achievements and listened to stories from others beside passing him on the streets at a distance. He was a funny fellow, and not in the good or amusing sort of way. The strange two dimensional black man was stubborn and annoying, and kind of reminded her a bit of Sparx. For a brief moment at the beginning of this she had considered offering him a ride so they could get to the crater swiftly. But her sanity returned when the glory hound sounded one of his signature noises. The meaning of which she was never able to even guess at and frankly couldn't help but assuming it was something offensive. Though that might just have to do with their jarring nature.

Still, this being was her partner and there were more important things than getting riled about something so petty. Thus why she kept her distance but in a way that she wasn't fully separated from him. If anything came up she could be there in moments, diving to the ground to avoid something attacking her or to aid in staving off something grounded. Plus, it helped having an aerial view so she had an excuse to be in the sky beyond her actual reasoning. The crater made searching even easier, with everything dipping away in an ever increasing descent as if a meteor had landed. Cynder only momentarily considered how this place must have looked given stories of this Hyrule, however she could only ever imagine it like her own valley of Avalar and doubted it was a true representation.

After a ways into the depth of the crater a shriek cut through the air, echoing mildly in the vast rounded area making pinpointing the actual origin take a bit longer to register than it should. Alert, Cynder began scanning the visible horizon around the area to try and spot anything. Unfortunately there wasn't anything glaring that stood out and so she made into a quick decent to her two dimensional ally. She landed in a run beside him, the first time since they left the sphere that she was within five feet of him.

"That was just east of us, from what I could tell a good few minute run. I didn't see any abnormal infected activity, but there are plenty nearby and its unlikely they didn't hear that," she informed Game & Watch. She was planning on taking back to the air shortly and hesitated before speaking again, "It would be faster to fly..." The words came reluctantly, but it was an offer none-the-less.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

As the dragon took to the air, Game & Watch stuck to the ground. It wasn’t like he had much of a choice anyway, it was either he walked or he rode the beast to wherever their destination was. Given how sharp and jagged the female dragon was, she did not make for the best mode of transportation and besides he couldn’t possibly trust the winged beast to provide a gentle journey, his pixelated walk cycle was much preferred.

The more that G&W ventured into the infected planet’s outdoor décor, the more the place revolted him. Why were so many interested in winning this planet from the infected, it was just a mismatched mess of what once was and could never return to be. The Hyrule crater showed the best example of this, a once mighty kingdom now in ruins and just scenery that couldn’t possibly be rebuilt. It was a waste hole of a planet and should be shunned and tossed to the side like a horrifically stained white shirt. Why did so many disagree with Sonic on his plan, he seemed the most sensible in actions.

Anyway, the task at hand. Right. Yet another had stumbled upon their world and they were sent to find whoever it was. If the thing couldn’t make it back to the Life Sphere on its own like so many others then what use could it possibly have? Oh, yes, it could only boost Game & Watch’s fame even more. The only reason he had signed on to the mission in the first place was because his staying power was dwindling, this mission seemed straight forward enough and it could easily push him back into the main spotlight once more.

His attention was quickly taken by his dragoness partner when she dropped out of the sky to negotiate a plan of action with him after the shrill scream had rung throughout the land. He wasn’t quite sure why she tried, he couldn’t really communicate back. The 2-D warrior wandered over to his partner and gripped one of her legs and beeped while pointing back up to the sky. It was easy to figure out that he was suggesting to take to the skies once more with him in tow. If his ally were to agree and take off with him she probably wouldn’t be surprised by his incredible light weightiness. A faster course of action would be preferable to both the person in danger and G&W’s patience.

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Being late was something Knight Man did not approve of but it happened to everyone from time to time. He had not been out into the dreaded disease but twice and it still had boggled his mind. At least the place he was going to would be be not as infected. Would it?



The place called 'Hyrule' sounded like a interesting place to visit one day. Unfortunately, it was nothing but a gaping hole now.  Crushed by the impact of everything.  A shame, truly.  Even the knight felt something by it.  He continued on his way through the disease ridden land until he heard a shriek ring through the air. "Trouble..." he said under his breath.  As he picked up the pace and put it into high gear.

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From her leaning position towards the pond she levitated up towards the air once more, shaking her head sorrowfully. Was she just in some sick nightmare? It had to be… But the sickened and sporadic cough emanating from her toxin-filled lungs told her otherwise. This was all too real, and that was what terrified her the most. After the initial shock she had forced herself to calm herself down. There was no sense screaming and flailing about, for that would solve nothing. There had to be a way out of here, and there had to be a reason all of this was happening. Before she could plunder through her thoughts any longer she saw from the corner of her eye a familiar grey helm. In hesitance she wandered over, clasping her small hands over the object. The well known runes that adorned it were traced by her finger, which once more began to tremble. Just as she managed to keep her calm for thirty seconds, her former sense of sadness morphed into swelling rage. Of course that was the only thing to follow her over. Of course! This had to be some sort of cruel punishment. But for what? What did she do to deserve this? Angrily she threw the helm down, and it rolled down cracked dead earth. But her hopes for an answer may not be impossible in the seemingly barren wasteland. From a small distance away, she heard the sound of people conversing… Or at least, what she assumed was people. But were they a threat? Were they the ones to trap her here? She backed up defensively, hugging herself to the corner of the crater. ”Don’t come any closer!” She yelled with conviction. ”You don’t know who you’re messing with!” Paranoia was getting the best of her, and the wild look she gave off could only communicate that she was going to do something drastically stupid.

MADE BY TOASTY OF GANGNAM STYLE!

[Cielmira]

And there it was, another of those annoying shrills that were his only communication besides body language; though even that could be hard to discern at times she imagined, considering his inherit flatness. After taking a second to indulge in an unwarranted annoyance toward the 2D individual she turned her head around to him at the feeling of his slight touch. It was like being wrapped in a bizarre parchment.

The hint didn't take much to interpret and so she extended her leathery wings. "Might be a bit bumpy," she warned with a grin moments before lowering in preparation for a jump. As she couldn't begin with a run at risk of dislodging her passenger Cynder sprung into the air and began flapping the skin stretched appendages, then swiftly pushed for forward motion during continued ascension.

Barely into the flight a lumbering robotic could be seen hastening his pace toward what seemed to be a similar destination. He was rather easy to pick out among the dotted forms of starvia infected creatures roaming the area, of who some groups had taken a turn toward their target. When they neared the location Cynder assumed the scream had originated the dragoness began lowering them slowly and scanned the zone. Eventually a small figure caught her eye. It was alone and the only thing not moving, making for the best possibility of who they were sent to recover.
"Now if only our return could be so easy," the dragon commented. More to herself than anything, not expecting anything from her near weightless passenger. Beginning a quick descent she glanced back to see how the paper man was taking the flight as she imagined him flapping in the moving air.

The dragon set down a good twenty feet away from the individual laced in glowing green designs wearing some sort of ruined helmet that looked as if it should be causing the small figure to topple over with any head movement. The edge of the small crater was but a few steps away, however with the shout Cynder declined stepping over the ridge.
"Woah," she called back with a bit more surprise than she intended. "I doubt you know either," the dragon finished her reply in a sharp but amused tone. She had not much time to do much else other than fold in her wings before her comrade acted.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Perhaps dangling off the leg of such a winged beast wasn’t the best mode of transportation, but it was either that or saddle up on her back like some kind of steed. While it would be an assuming image of G&W riding a dragon into battle everything else worked against him in terms of that. Besides it was only for a short distance how bad could it be?

While Game & Watch wasn’t quite flapping in the wind as though someone was trying to be rid of dirt from their rug, he wasn’t having the greatest time in keeping his grip to the other being. His body was as, if not, stronger than steel and the science behind whatever compound or element his structure was made of was scientifically baffling in many different ways. He kept to the female dragon fairly well, but her speed threatened him losing his grip more than once.

As he soared through the air like a paper airplane, he too noticed another on the ground that was headed toward his prize. There always had to be more than necessary, more people he’d have to spilt the spotlight with or compete for it. Whoever the tin canned knight was, he wasn’t going to let him in on the prize. He had to get there first.

As the horned reptile made a sudden descent toward the area the sounds had arose from, Game & Watch purposefully let his hand go of her leg and he went into freefall. A psychotic series of beep-like laughs followed as his body plummeted toward the ground. Before he reached the halfway mark to slamming against the rocky floor below, he pulled his parachute to ensure a much safer descend. Given that it looked no different from his own body and seemed to show no actual wind resistance it too was baffling to any physicist, but G&W was never interested in science so he never questioned it. He aimed his landing directly beside the crater that his partner had grounded herself at.

A perfect landing later, Game & Watch’s chute disappeared the same way it had appeared. His blocky feet impacted on the chalky dead earth. His demeanor was as stoic as a strangely cartoonish silhouette could possibly be as his fists locked to his waistline. He didn’t catch much of what the impish creature said since the sound of wind concurred his ears during the time. He was more so expecting the creature to have a grateful speech for saving its life, but nothing of such seemed to be leaving its mouth.

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And now they were nearing. The imp gasped under her breath as she saw a streak in the air flash by. It had gone too quick for her to see it, therefore her defensive manner only piqued. She hadn’t readied an attack yet on the account of her hesitance to hint that she was already prepared, as she was one for sudden rather than planned strikes. Still, she couldn’t take any chances. After all, what was the probability that someone with good intentions would inhabit such a foreboding place? Fortunately for her, the probability was much greater than she had anticipated, though this hadn’t dawned upon her yet. The stranger finally approached while she bared her pointed teeth. Though with unrequited anxiety came a new sense of curiosity. It appeared to be a dragon-like creature of sorts… But in no way she had ever seen. Well, if anything was certain it was that she was nowhere close to home. Great. On any case the stranger didn’t seem to have quite the eagerness to harm her as she had initially believed. Her tense shoulders relaxed some, though a look of slight unease came to her face. She had to be ready for anything this dragon might do. With a more authoritative presence she stood up straight and tried to brush off any insecurity. She looked dead-set at the dragon and smiled a rather faint smile. ”At this point, no, I don’t. I pretty much don’t know anything.” The stranger’s potential was still in question. Better not make any assumptions about the dragon, which presumably was female. ”But I guess it would be smart to try to begin figuring out. So who are you and why am I here? I need an answer.” Though initially snarky, her tone had rapidly changed to a mixture of demanding and concerned. The latter feeling only grew once the dragon appeared not to be alone. Her line of concentration faltered when a black and silver image fled in and out of vision. One moment there appeared to be something or someone there, the next a mere line in the sky. Discreetly she shook her head before the creature turned to look at her; a surprised stumble her immediate response. From where she was standing, the… ‘man’ only appeared to partially be in sight. But if she pivoted on her heels, it was invisible. Her semi relaxed demeanor shattered as she looked bewildered by what exactly that creature was. ”…What is that…?” She mused to herself beneath her breath, though most likely her voice was audible. Sure, a dragon had its potential threats, but at least it was a creature she could recognize. But whatever that thing was… It sure wasn’t anything she could judge properly. ”Do you see that too…?” Midna asked the dragon, though she had a feeling her trust in opinion shouldn’t be given up so quickly.

MADE BY TOASTY OF GANGNAM STYLE!

[Cielmira]

A broad smirk grew across the dragoness' face with Midna's response to the heroic stance taken by her 2D friend. A playfulness rose within her, "What this guy?" she questioned the newcomer with indication from her bladed tail to Game & Watch. Cynder took a few steps forward to stand next to her ally at the edge of Midna's crater all the while considering what sort of thing she would amuse herself with. "This guy here is going to be your hero," chirped the dragon as she brought her tail back to sway lightly behind her. "Not another around who's staved off as many infected as him, though he may not look like much."

Cynder then unfurled her left wing behind Game & Watch as if it was a flag background, "May I introduce the illustrious Game & Watch and myself, Cynder." She raised a hand to her chest when she spoke her own name and proceeded to retract her outstretched wing. The dark dragon waited for any response from the impish creature below before taking a couple moments to glance about the area. Creatures were visibly beginning to show form in the distance, though none quite so that she could distinguish specific features as of yet. But soon that would change; especially with any airborne specs.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Game and Watch had expected nothing short of praise when he revealed himself to the frail little creature, but what he got wasn’t exactly what he wanted. The female imp’s first response to seeing his superior two dimensional body was ominous like he was some kind of spook or phantom. It wasn’t like he hadn’t gotten such reactions in the past, he was just insulted that Cynder had the better treatment in terms of greetings. He’d prefer threats of violence over blatant confusion from the helpless victims. Although her sense of awe did play well into his God-like sensibilities, so he let her off the hook for that one.

The ego boost that Cynder held for him did also help him forgive and forget. She didn’t quite say the magic word he was so fond of, but being known as the one who’s slain the most infected was an equally uplifting title. It was completely false since he didn’t venture out of the Life Sphere that often, but there was no official record and out of the three of them G&W was the only one who knew it wasn’t true so even if he wanted to let them know that he couldn’t. Game & Watch went off like a rogue alarm clock after his name was mentioned as he rubbed his chest with his fist.

No infected creatures seemed to have taken interest in them yet, so G&W fell under the false hope that perhaps this was going to be one of those simple fetch quest missions. It sure felt like it. All he had to do now was escort the impish woman back to safety and he could probably open up another autograph stall, the citizens ate that stuff up. With a throw of his hand into the opposite direction and a low toned beep, he signaled them to follow as he began his pixelated walk cycle.

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He sighed as he had got somewhat lost. "I should have asked someone for directions or something." He said as he began to just off straight ahead until something looked different.

Fortuneatly, he reached the edge of the crater and he peered over it. "Wow ..." he said in quiet and astonished tone. He had never thought that such a thing could befall on such a place. Moving his gaze from the hole, he looked around to see if he could find anyone or hear anything. He felt a bit bad about being absent from his the group. The consequences of being late though, he thought.

Now that he focused a bit, he did think he heard something. Some sort of chatter. Faint, but still there. He wasent sure of what it may be, but he was willing to take the risk and provoke it. Slowly, he made his way towards the source of the noise in hopes of finding someone.

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A slight look of distaste came to the imp’s face as the little paper-man was referred to as her ‘hero’. She wasn’t the loner type, but she would rather not trust someone too quickly with her hatred towards getting screwed over. On any case, the guy looked pretty harmless. But why make assumptions? Her new company seemed friendly enough, but there still was no room for getting terribly comfortable. Unfortunately, whether she wanted to or not, she had to trust these creatures for the time being. She would be a goner out here otherwise. Especially with that side comment about the infected. What was that all about anyway? She forced herself to shake her head due to not wanting to overload herself with information just so quickly. Just one step at a time. ”Game and Watch and Cynder… Huh.” They were an odd duo, no doubt about it. Of course, she didn’t want to see the two in action against her. Cynder looked like a force to be reckoned with, and Midna just couldn’t afford to look for trouble. ”Well, I guess this odd duo is about to become a trio. Call me Midna.” Midna began to levitate from her cornered position to about three feet in the air, hovering to side her new ‘allies’. She adjusted the fused shadow upon her head and looked around her surroundings, and back to both the stick man and dragon, the former beginning to lead them ahead. He didn’t talk much, did he? Oh well. ”This place is a dump…” She mumbled to herself as she followed the two. In a louder voice, she asked ”Do you guys actually live here? Where is ‘here’, anyway?”. There were a lot of questions that ran through her mind, and none of which she wanted to bother the two with. With a pessimistic mindset she knew she was doomed here, and couldn’t destroy that ominous thought. Sighing to herself she looked to the ground, half irritated and half depressed. ”This better be just a dumb dream…”

MADE BY TOASTY OF GANGNAM STYLE!

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Now he had definietly heard something. A female talking to someone else. Most likely the person he was sent to help and the other people in the group. Treking his way towards them, he stopped when they were within clear sight.

While standing a fair distance away and remaining motionless, trying not to draw attention, he could spot out a dragon, a small impish like being, and what look like a animated piece of black paper. Being where he was from, his mind was baffled by what he saw. He could recognize the dragon but the other two just puzzled him. Nonetheless, he remained on guard unsure if they were indeed the group or just some wandering foes.

Making an effort to find out whether they were friendly or not, he walk over to them and tryed his best to appear hospitable. "You two wouldn't have happen to be the part of the rescue crew, would you?" He said towards the dragon and odd black figure.

[Cielmira]

Despite her preparation the dragoness couldn't help but cringe at the obnoxiously loud ringing and buzzing tones that Game & Watch let loose at his introduction. At least she didn't have sharp hearing or perhaps she would be deaf for the remainder of this mission. Before she settled her wing upon bring it back from her flat ally Cynder lightly rubbed the flat of the iron claw across the side of her head a couple times as if scratching something. It then resumed a resting position at her side.

"Live here?" the dragon retorted as if accused of having mudded scales. She released a short half chuckle before resuming a reply to the second round of questions from the floating imp, "This crater's all that's left of some Kingdom... High-something... rilia?" There was a slight pause and phallus of her head before the four-legged beast brushed past it. "Whatever it was it isn't a nice place to be now. Any of those darkish specs you see everywhere is not something you want to meet. Best we find a safer place to give you the details." Cynder assumed a swaying motion with her tail, the weight of the iron blade weaving smoothly through the air.

It was when Game & Watch signaled to march onward back home that a large approaching shape caught Cynder's attention in her peripheral view. It was the large knight-like being they had seen when flying over though he seemed wary of their presence. She was wondering when he would arrive.
"Well, not many take their scenic walks this far but here we are," the dragoness replied with a smirk. "You're just in time for a Game & Watch escort home," added Cynder with a nod toward the 2D figure.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The impish creature, Midna or something along those lines, was quick to question the new world that she was thrown into. It was a common occurrence of course considering the bleak and grimness of the world compared to most universes, but it was quickly becoming an inquiry that Game & Watch was getting tired of hearing since he was often the one who first encountered them and he was a citizen of the Life Sphere for quite a long time now. Luckily no one spoke his language so just like currently, he didn’t have to answer her questions.

He continued to waddle forward, leading the other two in a direction that he felt would lead them straight back to their home. He wasn’t sure which way was the way back since his sense of direction was completely jumbled by the flight they took to get to Midna, but he had a good feeling that he was in the right direction. Maybe. Another reason why he really hated three dimensional universes, they had more directions than two. He began to reminisce about Flat Zone, it was a much simpler place of being. No infected creatures to deal with, everyone else had an intelligence level of a cob of corn, what a magnificent paradise.

His day dreams were interrupted though by the sudden appearance of what seemed to be his ally in arms that decided to hoof it instead of riding with the dragon lady. Well, at least that was a sign that he was heading in the right direction. Perfect now he didn’t need to think up an excuse for when they got lost, not that he could defend himself anyway. G&W greeted the renaissance robot with a special ring that didn’t quite mean ‘hello’ in his language but he could get away with saying just about anything and no one would be the wiser. That is until someone learns the language of Flat Zoners, but as far as he knew there weren’t any books based around it and even if there was there was a chance no one could read it anyways.

He still continued to move forward and basically attributed nothing.