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|Row 1 title = Species<br />
|Row 1 info = [[Terugan]]<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown, at least 50<br />
|Row 3 title = Alignment<br />
|Row 3 info = Lawful Neutral<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = None<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = Her crew,<br>[[The Dong Squad]],<br>[[Ade's Meme Team]]<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = The [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]]<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = Jit {{C|Father}}<br>Ter {{C|Mother}}<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = Terugan Space Systems (formerly)<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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'''Ade Jitter''' is the captain of the [[TSS Jet-Ball II]] and an ally of [[Yon's Dong Squad]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Ade was chosen from a list of skilled [[Terugan]] space pilots to command the Jet-Ball II when it was first commissioned. Unlike the captain of the [[TSS Bouncy-Ball|Bouncy-Ball]], Ade chose to have her ship and crew stationed on [[Teruga Prime]], so that they would be ready to counter-attack invasion attempts by any hostile extraterrestrial forces. This obviously failed because the ZFT later invaded and occupied Teruga Prime, including the Jet-Ball II. Despite this, Ade was kept on due to her skill, with the addition of most of her crew.<br />
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When Yon's Dong Squad was evacuated from [[Teruga Prime|Ipomal]] during its destruction several years later, the ZFT sent several ships to pursue [[Lord Zrintch]]'s fleet. The Jet-Ball II was one of these ships, and it incessantly hampered Zrintch's flagship, causing complications for the Squad. This prompted [[Yon]] and [[The Hand]] to be magicked onto the Jet-Ball II with the help of Merasmus. Yon fought his way to the bridge and met Ade. He convinced her to help Zrintch and the rest of the Dong Squad escape, because they would be important in saving the multiverse. After seeing the evidence with her own eye, Ade agreed, and helped Yon take out another wave of ZFT soldiers once they arrived at the bridge. Ade's navigator suggested to her that they could take out the rest of the ZFT ships by dumping and then detonating their warp core, and she stated that it would result in their deaths. Yon telepathically contacted [[No Image Guy]], who was on Zrintch's ship, and asked him if he could steer the Jet-Ball II to safety after the explosion, and he said that he could try. No Image Guy then materialized next to Ade, and Yon explained his plan to her. Ade nodded, and confirmed to the computer that she would like to eject the warp core. Once it was ejected, she observed No Image Guy enter the ship's computer while Yon fired an optic beam at the core from the open shuttle bay. It exploded and No Image Guy flew them to safety. The ship docked with Zrintch's flagship, and Yon promised Ade that they would drop her and her crew off at a safe location. Ade thanked him and shook the hand of one of the [[Ayy-Lmaliums]], thanking them for all they had done for her world.<br />
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When the pilots of Zrintch's ship lost control of it upon entering the atmosphere of Meme World, the Jet-Ball II was ejected from the hangar in an effort to lessen the weight of the ship. Although the Jet-Ball II landed safely on a cushion-like surface, Ade was thrown out of one of the ship's windows and landed on hard ground, breaking her leg in the process. She was carried to the wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin on a stretcher by the survivors of that crash.<br />
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== Abilities & Traits ==<br />
Ade is a white-skinned, short-haired female Terugan with cybernetic arms. She is a stubborn captain, fiercely dedicated to completing whatever mission she chooses to go on. The only reason she stayed in her position as captain during the ZFT occupation is because of her relationship with her crew. <br />
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[[Category:Characters controlled by Kon]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7334The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-21T09:40:07Z<p>Zykx: /* Serious characters */</p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]], and [[IG-88]]), and [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Observers|September]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* [[The Heckumvirate]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The [[Stardust Crusaders]]<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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|Row 1 title = Species<br />
|Row 1 info = Stardust's race<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 3 title = Alignment<br />
|Row 3 info = True Neutral<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = None<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = Other [[Stardust Crusaders]]<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = [[The Heckler]],<br>[[The Heller]],<br>[[The Heckumvirate]]<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = None<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = The Stardust Crusaders<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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'''Stardust''' was an alien vigilante and one of the [[Stardust Crusaders]]. His body was destroyed by [[The Heckumvirate]], but his mind lives on inside the star that birthed his species.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Most of Stardust's history is unknown, but he was born in the supergiant red star that also birthed the rest of his kind and became one of the [[Stardust Crusaders]]. Stardust spent an unknown amount of time bringing justice to criminals across the universe, using his powers to create extremely ironic punishments for them. One day, he was attracted to the chaos being caused by [[The Heller]] on [[Meme World]] and began to punish him. Stardust used a ray of obedience to render The Heller unable to swear, and which restricted his movements to Meme World. He then tried to inspect [[The Heckler]], but found that The Heckler could not be analysed by his rays. After the Heckler insulted him, Stardust began attacking him by using rays to affect his environment. After fighting for a while, The Heckler merged with The Heller to form [[The Heckumvirate]]. The Heckumvirate trapped Stardust inside an energy sphere and crushed his physical form.<br />
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However, the plasma that made up Stardust's body survived, and it travelled back to his birthplace. The Stardust Crusaders recycled Stardust's plasma to make new members of his species, but Stardust's mind was kept within the star. Stardust told the crusaders that they must stop [[Mazkertis]].<br />
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== Abilities & Powers ==<br />
* '''Infinity rays''' - Stardust and the rest of his species can manipulate matter from stars, using it to change reality to their whim, enabling the usage of an almost infinite number of powers. Stardust usually uses these powers through rays, which take the form of yellow lightning bolts. Known powers he has demonstrated include:<br />
** '''Air compression''' - Stardust can compress air into "bullets" which he can then fire at targets.<br />
** '''Molecule rays''' - Stardust is able to fire beams of energy capable of completely obliterating matter.<br />
** '''Obedience rays''' - Stardust can fire rays that forces his targets to follow his commands.<br />
** '''Secret rays''' - Stardust's secret rays reminds targets of the wrongs they have committed over the years, much like Ghost Rider's '''Penance Stare'''.<br />
** '''Silence rays''' - Stardust can dampen sound with silence rays that he emits from his hands.<br />
** '''Growth rays''' - Stardust can enlarge objects with growth rays.<br />
** '''Anti-gravity rays''' - Stardust can fire anti-gravity rays at an area to make it unaffected by gravity.<br />
** '''Reversing rays''' - Stardust can reverse the actions and movements of people and objects with reversing rays.<br />
** '''Suspending rays''' - Stardust can use suspending rays to grab objects in mid-air and move them with his mind. This bears similarity to '''Telekinesis'''.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_the_Super_Wizard Stardust the Super Wizard on Wikipedia]<br />
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]], and [[IG-88]]), and [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* [[The Heckumvirate]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The [[Stardust Crusaders]]<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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|Row 2 info = True Neutral<br />
|Row 3 title = Allies<br />
|Row 3 info = None<br />
|Row 4 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 4 info = [[Mazkertis]]<br />
|Row 5 title = Current Members<br />
|Row 5 info = [[Stardust]] (formerly),<br>Hundreds of others<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Active<br />
|Row 7 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 7 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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The '''Stardust Crusaders''' is an ancient intergalactic peacekeeping faction comprised of members of [[Stardust]]'s species. Stardust himself was one of them until his body was destroyed by [[The Heckumvirate]]. <br />
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The Crusaders' base of operations is the supergiant red star that they were born in. Each of them naturally resemble five-pointed stars, but often shapeshift into forms closer resembling the species that they govern.<br />
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After hearing news of Stardust's death, the Crusaders returned to their birthplace to hear what he had to say. Stardust told them that they must destroy [[Mazkertis]] before he ends the universe. Five Stardust Crusaders teleported to the meeting place of [[The Cooperative]] to ask for their help in defeating Mazkertis and his allies. [[Lord Zrintch]] told them that The Cooperative would help them, since they shared the same goals.<br />
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|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
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|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = None<br />
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|Row 8 info = The Stardust Crusaders<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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'''Stardust''' is an alien vigilante and one of the [[Stardust Crusaders]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
Most of Stardust's history is unknown, but he was born in the supergiant red star that also birthed the rest of his kind and became one of the [[Stardust Crusaders]]. Stardust spent an unknown amount of time bringing justice to criminals across the universe, using his powers to create extremely ironic punishments for them. One day, he was attracted to the chaos being caused by [[The Heller]] on [[Meme World]] and began to punish him. Stardust used a ray of obedience to render The Heller unable to swear, and which restricted his movements to Meme World. He then tried to inspect [[The Heckler]], but found that The Heckler could not be analysed by his rays. After the Heckler insulted him, Stardust began attacking him by using rays to affect his environment. After fighting for a while, The Heckler merged with The Heller to form [[The Heckumvirate]]. The Heckumvirate trapped Stardust inside an energy sphere and crushed his physical form.<br />
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However, the plasma that made up Stardust's body survived, and it travelled back to his birthplace. The Stardust Crusaders recycled Stardust's plasma to make new members of his species, but Stardust's mind was kept within the star. Stardust told the crusaders that they must stop [[Mazkertis]].<br />
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== Abilities & Powers ==<br />
* '''Infinity rays''' - Stardust and the rest of his species can manipulate matter from stars, using it to change reality to their whim, enabling the usage of an almost infinite number of powers. Stardust usually uses these powers through rays, which take the form of yellow lightning bolts. Known powers he has demonstrated include:<br />
** '''Air compression''' - Stardust can compress air into "bullets" which he can then fire at targets.<br />
** '''Molecule rays''' - Stardust is able to fire beams of energy capable of completely obliterating matter.<br />
** '''Obedience rays''' - Stardust can fire rays that forces his targets to follow his commands.<br />
** '''Secret rays''' - Stardust's secret rays reminds targets of the wrongs they have committed over the years, much like Ghost Rider's '''Penance Stare'''.<br />
** '''Silence rays''' - Stardust can dampen sound with silence rays that he emits from his hands.<br />
** '''Growth rays''' - Stardust can enlarge objects with growth rays.<br />
** '''Anti-gravity rays''' - Stardust can fire anti-gravity rays at an area to make it unaffected by gravity.<br />
** '''Reversing rays''' - Stardust can reverse the actions and movements of people and objects with reversing rays.<br />
** '''Suspending rays''' - Stardust can use suspending rays to grab objects in mid-air and move them with his mind. This bears similarity to '''Telekinesis'''.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_the_Super_Wizard Stardust the Super Wizard on Wikipedia]<br />
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|Row 1 info = Magical Construct<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 3 title = Power Rating<br />
|Row 3 info = 8/10<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = Lightning bolts<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = [[The YONBOTS]]<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = [[:Category:Characters controlled by Zev|Anime characters]]<br>[[Moonman]]<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = None<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = The YONBOTS<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
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'''Boltman''' is a mysterious yellow and blue entity, supposedly a combination of man, machine and [[HahaJ'UsT-Seying energy]]. He's got but one goal: to rid the universe of anime.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Boltman's history is not clear, but there are several rumours surrounding it. Some say that he was created by an anime-loathing scientist, inspired by the existence of [[the YONBOTS]]. Others say that he had existed long before the YONBOTS. Some people even believe that Boltman is the very same creature who served as the mascot for the San Diego Chargers many years ago. One thing is for sure: he was put into cryonic sleep before his anime purge could truly begin.<br />
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In [[Original BZPB Multiverse#Timeline|150,084 CMT]], Boltman was awoken by the YONBOTS' presence nearby. He burst out of his prison and flew into space to join them. Once they had formed their alliance, they destroyed the ''[[Good Ship Sugarboat]]'' together. From there, they flew to the nearest inhabited planet, [[Dekan]], and scanned it for anime. While nothing showed up on Boltman's radar, he did come across a time-locked swamp that contained a vessel belonging to two ''Skullgirls'' characters, "Peacock" and "Double". Boltman destroyed the time lock so that he could scan the interior of the ship (in case the time lock was interfering with his scanner), but was challenged by the newly-unfrozen Peacock. Boltman swiftly executed her, and, with the help of his YONBOTS, killed what became of Double. Boltman armed his army with the arsenal of weapons found inside the vessel, and destroyed it. He briefly met Wal Wal of the [[We'd Warriors]] and accepted his thanks for destroying Peacock and Double before leaving the planet.<br />
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One week later, one of Boltman's signature bolt weapons was found embedded in the back of the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]].<br />
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== Abilities & Powers ==<br />
* '''Flight''' - Boltman has demonstrated the ability to fly short distances in his solid form, though he needs to transform into a lightning bolt to travel at faster speeds.<br />
* '''Electronic Communication''' - Boltman can send and receive electronic signals of varying nature within a certain distance. He uses this ability to silently command his YONBOTS.<br />
* '''Lightning Mimicry''' - One of Boltman's most fearsome powers is being able to transform his whole body into lightning. In this form, he can fly at lightning speed and is impervious to physical harm.<br />
* '''Lightning Projection''' - Boltman's favoured attack is to create stylized lightning bolts in his hands, which he then "throws" at enemies. Once they leave his hands, said bolts stop being "solid" and immediately convert into electricity, which travel towards their targets thousands of times faster than they otherwise would have.<br />
* '''Heat Vision''' - When his sunglasses are tilted up, Boltman can emit concentrated laser beams from his eyes, which are bright orange in colour.<br />
* '''Steel Constructs''' - In close quarters combat, Boltman creates stylized and uber-sharp lightning bolts to use as melee weapons to fight with. These bolts are formed from steel generated inside his chest. How he does this is currently unknown. These steel lightning bolts almost always carry an electrical charge, which is why it is inadvisable to go up against him with a conductive weapon. Boltman sometimes marks the corpses of his victims by leaving one of these bolts embedded in them.<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
* Boltman's name and appearance are taken directly from the mascot of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers San Diego Chargers], an American football team. However, his robotic voice and hatred of anime was inspired by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rJYSEAaZI a YouTube video]. He was brought into the RPG in response to the overwhelming number of anime or anime-looking characters brought in [[:Category:Characters controlled by Full Frontal|by]] [[:Category:Characters controlled by Zev|some]] [[:Category:Characters controlled by Malygos|people]]. <br />
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[[Category:Joke Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Characters controlled by Klak]]<br />
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]], and [[IG-88]]), and [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* [[The Heckumvirate]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7327The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-21T07:08:59Z<p>Zykx: /* Joke/minor characters */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]], and [[IG-88]]), [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* [[The Heckumvirate]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]], and [[IG-88]]), [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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'''Long summary:'''<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7325The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-21T05:38:40Z<p>Zykx: /* Chapter Summaries */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]]), and [[IG-88]]), [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7324The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-21T05:37:34Z<p>Zykx: /* Chapter Summaries */</p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] arrives at the meeting of the dignitaries and leaves with [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] to find [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]]. [[Captain Eurobeat]] shows [[Strika]] that [[HYDRA]] has betrayed her. Groups of HYDRA ([[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio]], [[Eos]], [[Hassan (Dominion service)|Hassan]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]], and a footsoldier), [[Great Beings]] ([[TPK (OU)|TPK]], [[Black Phantom]], [[Straxus]]), and [[IG-88]]), [[Knights of the Keruvim]] ([[Axalara]], [[Perseus]], [[Coro]], [[Spotter]], and [[Moe]]) allied forces to go [[Shinar-Karana]] to retrieve the [[Keruvim]]. Predictably, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed. Lalli Cain also reveals himself as Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and he and the survivors leave the planet. Meanwhile, [[Raziel]] allies himself with [[Mazkertis]], and [[Howard|President Howard]] is assassinated.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7323The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-21T03:54:02Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]]. The leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]], and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters on Meme World to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and also leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], including the head of the [[Galactic Government]], [[Kong]]. Elsewhere, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] is reunited with [[Caiaphus]] and the two forge an alliance. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] and [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] warn [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] and the [[Conquistadors]] of [[Mazkertis]]. [[Huriel]] and [[Orion Pax]] go to break [[Angonce]] out of his prison with [[Black Phantom]] in tow, but Phantom detonates an explosive that kills them all. [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] merge into [[The Heckumvirate]] to combat [[Stardust]]. One week later, Mazkertis forms the [[Kindred of Dawn]] on [[Kalta Thaea]], an alliance of villains he has bribed to aid him with the promise of increased power in the new timeline he wishes to create. <br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7322The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-20T17:08:45Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]] and the leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]] and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
|-<br />
| {{Incomplete}}<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman (OU)|The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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<div>'''Vexull Vyntoc''' was a [[Time Guardian]] and friend of [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]]. He, Quolas and some other Time Guardians often met in a café in [[Earth#Nauru|Nauru]] to discuss the time stream and the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]].<br />
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Shortly after [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] stole the [[Fruit of Life]], Vexull appeared to him with two others and warned him that the taking of the fruit would lead to the destruction of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] timeline. Ascheron ignored him and cut them down one by one with various [[Prominence Powers|Prominence]] techniques. Vexull was torn to shreds by his attack, and the energy within him dissipated.<br />
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Vexull had dark green robes with a lighter green skin, and commanded the element of air. It was later revealed that the Living Star he was loyal to was [[Vrentus]].<br />
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<div>'''The Heckumvirate''' is the gold-skinned fusion of [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] who was formed to combat [[Stardust]]. He attempted to turn Stardust's attention to [[Mazkertis]], but Stardust decided to slap the Heckumvirate around instead. He then fired molecular rays at the Heckumvirate, but they simply bounced off his golden skin. The Heckumvirate ended the battle by crushing Stardust's physical form into plasma inside an energy orb. Having won the battle, the Heckumvirate began to wander the void in search of a heck to give.<br />
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|caption = <br>'''"Mazkertis and I, we're gonna have a hell of a time!"'''<br />
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|Row 1 title = Species<br />
|Row 1 info = Human<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Late 40s<br />
|Row 3 title = Power Rating<br />
|Row 3 info = 5/10<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = Retractable blades<br>Knockout gas<br>Pumpkin bombs<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = [[Kindred of Dawn]] members<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = Spider-Man<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = [[Kindred of Dawn]]<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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The '''Green Goblin''' is a green-suited absolute madman and member of the [[Kindred of Dawn]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
What is the hammy main villain of the 2002 film adaptation of ''Spider-Man'' doing in BZPB? We don't know, but we find it's better not to fight it, else we go ''"back to formula!"''. <br />
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Gobby first appeared during [[Kartouche]]'s concert on [[Tybion]], catching a fist swung by a [[Ta'har]], and yelling "IMPRESSIVE!". Unfortunately for him, he was immediately clonked by a falling [[banhammer]] and banned from appearing again in BZPB. However, this was not to last. When [[Nosmilo]] arrived in the present day and used an unidentified piece of technology to restore the planet of [[Tievie]] back to its original form, all banned inhabitants of the planet were also restored, Gobby included. Gobby announced his return to [[User Kon]] and [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] by sending them a voice message of himself screaming "OUT, AM I?". User MK dared him to finish it, a statement that Gobby might have taken a bit too seriously, as he proceeded to ally himself with [[Mazkertis|a time-shifting wizard]] who plans to destroy the universe.<br />
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Gobby's first assignment was to investigate the [[Eclipse Spiral]] space station with [[Blue]] and [[Raziel]]. When Gobby accessed the space station's computer, he recognized it as being the work of [[The Users]], but decided not to tell the others. When he went to where his comrades were on the storage deck, he saw them being threatened by [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], so he grabbed a metal pipe and whacked the [[Great Being]] in the face. With the help of his allies, Gobby used his enhanced strength and reflexes to overpower the Great Being and make him swear loyalty to the [[Kindred of Dawn]].<br />
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== Abilities & Powers ==<br />
* '''Enhanced Strength''' - Thanks to the Goblin formula, Gobby possesses strength greater than that of normal human beings.<br />
* '''Enhanced Reflexes''' - Thanks to the Goblin formula, Gobby possesses reflexes greater than that of normal human beings.<br />
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<div>'''The Heckumvirate''' is the gold-skinned fusion of [[The Heckler]] and [[The Heller]] who was formed to combat [[Stardust]]. He attempted to turn Stardust's attention to [[Mazkertis]], but Stardust decided to slap the Heckumvirate around instead. He then fired molecular rays at the Heckumvirate, but they simply bounced off his golden skin. The Heckumvirate ended the battle by crushing Stardust's physical form into plasma inside an energy orb. Having won the battle, the Heckumvirate began to wander the void in search of a heck to give.<br />
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[[Category:Characters controlled by Niflheim]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Kindred_of_Dawn&diff=7317Kindred of Dawn2015-11-20T14:56:56Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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|image = <br />
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|Row 1 title = Formation Date<br />
|Row 1 info = 150,084 CMT<br />
|Row 2 title = Alignment<br />
|Row 2 info = Lawful Evil<br />
|Row 3 title = Allies<br />
|Row 3 info = The [[Republic of Luria]],<br>The [[Kra'lythe Sect]],<br>[[Moonman]],<br>[[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
|Row 4 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 4 info = [[Claws of the Phoenix]]<br />
|Row 5 title = Current Members<br />
|Row 5 info = [[Mazkertis]] (founder and leader),<br>[[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]],<br>[[Blue]],<br>[[Eclipse]],<br>[[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]],<br>[[Green Goblin]],<br>[[Mink]],<br>[[Raziel]]<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Active<br />
|Row 7 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 7 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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The '''Kindred of Dawn''' is the name given to a group of villains formed by [[Mazkertis]] on [[Kalta Thaea]]. The Kindred were formed to aid Mazkertis in his plans to rewrite the timelines of both the Dark Mirror Universe and the [[Original Universe]].<br />
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[[Category:Teams]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User_Nif&diff=7316User Nif2015-11-20T14:53:14Z<p>Zykx: Created page with "'''User Nif''' is a User who either has a greater understanding of the universe than most, or is more open with his idea of it. Unlike the other Users, Nif is ve..."</p>
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<div>'''User Nif''' is a [[The Users|User]] who either has a greater understanding of the universe than most, or is more open with his idea of it. Unlike the other Users, Nif is very liberal with the usage of his powers, probably because he doesn't give a heck haha<br />
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He first appeared in a crystal palace on the bottom of the [[Saskana|Saskanan]] ocean, where he was reading a book until he summoned [[Niflheim]]. After introducing himself to his self-insert, he began a long speech filled with meta-commentary about BZPB, and he and Niflheim's role to play in it. He then told Niflheim that his new purpose is to organize an opposing force against [[Mazkertis]] and destroy the [[Kindred of Dawn]]. User Nif also gave him [[Levi]], an awesome lifeform with the ability to amplify Niflheim's power of mimicking evolutionary traits from marine life. He then sent them both away with a click of his fingers, and began "artificial gratification" with a group of catgirls.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
Nif is around 6’2”, or 188 cm, tall. He has ruffled, long dark brown hair, that has some strange fade of blue to it with different light reflections. He has a small beard and mustache connected to his sideburns, which is also an abyssal blue color. His eyes are a medium blue with white slits for pupils. His skin is tanned white, with a reddish hue. On the side of his neck are a set of three gills - one on each side totaling six. His clothing is nothing more than an underwater camouflage themed robe over boxers.<br />
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[[Category:Characters controlled by Niflheim]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7314The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-20T14:29:44Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]] and the leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]] and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' A [[The Cooperative|Cooperative]] ship lifts the [[We'd Warriors]] off [[Dekan]] while the [[Tiger Youth]] establish a temporary leadership on [[Rhadan]]. The [[Dong Squad]] go to steal [[the Keruvim]] from [[Vizima]], and engage in a fierce battle with [[Knights of the Keruvim|its protectors]]. [[The Heckumvirate]] defeats [[Stardust]], who returns to his birthplace and summons the [[Stardust Crusaders]] to stop [[Mazkertis]]. The Stardust Crusaders ally themselves with [[Lord Zrintch]], who, unknown to them, is actually an ally of Mazkertis himself. Lastly, [[Niflheim]] meets [[User Nif]], who sends him with [[Levi]] to rally the forces of the universe against Mazkertis. <br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]] and the leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]] and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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<div>'''Spanha''' is a female, yellow-skinned [[quasimorph]] who was at some point arrested and detained within [[Supermax 282]]. <br />
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When [[Seran Dol-Abi]] was sent to the same prison, he was put in the cell next to her. While he discussed strategies on how to escape with Doug Walker and the other critics he'd been sent there with, Spanha volunteered to help in exchange for her own freedom. She participated in their escape attempt, helping to hold off the guards while Seran and the Heavy Weapons Guy figured out how to open the secret door in the kitchen that led to the prison's docking bay. During the battle, she projectile-vomited a rubbery substance that stuck a guard's feet to the floor, rendering him immobile. When the ragtag team of escapees reached the garbage truck they intended to escape in, Spanha helped out by furiously eating the trash inside to make room for the others to sit. Among the trash was a chocolate bar that JC Denton had his eye on, so he zapped her with his electro-prod and she coughed it up. She got her revenge by eating his shoe.<br />
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When the part of the garbage truck they were all sitting in was disconnected from the rest of the ship by [[Koranis]], Spanha and the others were rescued by Malcolm, a friend of Doug's. He dropped them off at [[Kråvenhold]], which is where a friend of his was being held hostage by Bring the Pain Barry. After helping defeat Barry, Spanha was abducted by [[Monarch (DU)|DU Monarch]] and placed with [[the UG]]. However, she was later freed by [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]]. Spanha boarded a ship with [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]] and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and was dropped off at an unknown location.<br />
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
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|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Duke Nukem]] leaves [[Atuar Sadiares]] and the leaders of [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], [[HYDRA]], [[The Dominion]], the [[Order of the Great Beings]] and the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] agree that the [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]]-[[Mazkertis]] alliance is a threat.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Mazkertis]] puts [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]] in a coma and fights [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]], [[John Shepard]], [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]] and [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] cement their alliance.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Dukamu]] confronts [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] in the [[the UG|UG]] pocket dimension to turn him against the Users. [[User Kon]] teleports Kakamu back to the [[OU]] before he can.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[Kakamu (SMU)|SM Kakamu]] decides that it is time for the remnants of his invasion force to return [[Shattered Mirror Universe|home]]. He severs allegiances with the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] and activates a portal to the SMU with a group of SMU natives.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The most disturbed joke characters are arrested and sent to [[Earth]] for psychiatric treatment. Sheev attempts to overthrow [[Leviathan]] but is killed. [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] is offered a job as a Great Spirit Robot pilot for the [[Great Beings]]. [[The Users|Users]] [[User Kon|Kon]] and [[User MK|MK]] free [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Spanha]], [[Micros]], and [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] from the [[the UG|UG]], and then send the pocket dimension several years into the future.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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| '''Short summary:''' The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] finish making repairs to the [[Dong Squad]] and [[Wang Gang]]'s ship and leave [[Meme World]]. [[Ade]] forms [[Ade's Meme Team|her own team]] of joke characters to end the [[Terugan Civil War]] back home and leaves the planet with them. Several more characters fall victim to [[Boltman]] and the [[YONBOTs]], [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] revives [[Eclipse]], and [[Moonman]] prepares for battle.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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| '''Short summary:''' [[The Chousin]] discover what caused the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]: they began an [[BZPB Omniverse|omniversal]] quest to absorb other versions of themselves to increase their power for what is to come. [[Tokimi]] tells [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] what she has learned. Meanwhile, [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] discovers the location of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]], so [[Mazkertis]] goes to fight [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] once again. Mazkertis learns of the Chousin from Tokimi's mind, and also the existence of someone that can negate their powers; a "Counter-Actor". Quolas cuts Mazkertis's hand off, causing him to flee to the location of the Counter-Actor. The Counter-Actor is revealed to be [[Misaki Raregroove]], who Mazkertis mentally tortures until the Counter-Actor is released. Meanwhile, [[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] recruit [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] into the [[Kindred of Dawn]], and September the [[Observers|Observer]] prepares his report.<br />
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'''Long summary:''' The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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|Box title = Claws of the Phoenix<br />
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|Row 1 title = Formation Date<br />
|Row 1 info = 150,084 CMT<br />
|Row 2 title = Alignment<br />
|Row 2 info = Lawful Good<br />
|Row 3 title = Allies<br />
|Row 3 info = [[Anzu]],<br>[[The Chousin]],<br>The [[Matoran in White Suits]],<br>The [[Sha'lythe Sect]]<br />
|Row 4 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 4 info = [[Mazkertis]]<br />
|Row 5 title = Current Members<br />
|Row 5 info = [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] (founder and leader),<br>[[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] (deputy),<br>[[Bob (OU)|Bob]],<br>[[Etende (OU)|Etende]],<br>[[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]],<br>[[Micros]],<br>[[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]],<br>[[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]]<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Active<br />
|Row 7 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 7 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Claws of the Phoenix''' is an organization founded by [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] on [[Lotcas]] in response to rising threats like HYDRA, [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], and [[Mazkertis]]. It contains a select few heroes of various worlds, each with their own range of powers or abilities.<br />
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The first thing they did was lure Mazkertis to [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]]'s fortress using an ancient artefact with the intention of stopping him before he could damage the time stream. Despite their best efforts, they failed, and the wizard escaped to fight another day. At least they managed to ally themselves with the [[Matoran in White Suits]], though, eh?<br />
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== Alternate Universes ==<br />
* In the [[Dark Universe]], the Claws of the Phoenix was founded much earlier and grew into a large organization over time. Its purpose was unknown, but it was likely not an attempt at keeping the peace. [[Strike Destiny]] was a high-ranking member, and took over the Claws after Klak's apparent death.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*[[Seran Dol-Abi]] was considered for a role in the Claws, but [[User:Zykx|Kon]] decided to leave him out because it had too many of his own characters in it already.<br />
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|Box title = <font color=B40404><font size=4>Original BZPB Multiverse</font></font><br><gallery mode="packed" captionalign="center" orientation="portrait" spacing="large" widths="300" heights="300" position="center">File:108_thumbnail.png|link=File:BZPB_108_map.png</gallery><br><font size=2>An approximate map of the most important locations in the OU</font><br />
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|caption = <br />
|Row 1 title = Designation<br />
|Row 1 info = <br />
|Row 2 title = Type<br />
|Row 2 info = Multiverse<br />
|Row 3 title = Notable Locations<br />
|Row 3 info = Matoran Universe<br>[[Malchior IV]]<br>[[Mordor]]<br>[[Dominaria]]<br>[[Liquid-Metallicon]]<br>[[Teruga Prime]]<br>[[Centrum]]<br>[[Kyras]]<br />
|Row 4 title = Appearances<br />
|Row 4 info = ''[[BZPB (RPG)|BZPB]]''<br>''[[Subnixus - The Changing Planet]]''<br>''[[Mysteries Unlimited]]''<br>''[[FROG]]''<br>''[[Beyond Insanity]]'' {{C|Intro only}}<br>''[[Malignant]]''<br />
}}<br />
{{disambig2|the universe often called the "BZPB Multiverse"|the omniverse that houses all of BZPB canon|BZPB Omniverse}}<br />
The '''Original BZPB Multiverse''', also referred to as the '''Original Universe''' for simplicity, was where most of the original [[BZPB]] RPG was set. It was created by [[The Users]] in [[Timeline#Year 0|Year 0 CMT]], who formed it out of hundreds of different universes, including both copyrighted universes and worlds that they had previously created themselves. Due to its complex nature, it was named the "BZPB Multiverse". It was a chaotic place to live in, but remained the favoured universe of the Users until [[the Reckoning]] came about.<br />
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Once the OU was created, science did its job in creating a large number of alternate universes that stem off from the OU, some of which can be found in the template below. However, it may in fact be a splinter universe itself...<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
=== Year 0 ===<br />
*[[User Sarge]] arrives a few minutes before the beginning of the BZPB multiverse, and witnesses something horrifying. <br />
*[[The Architect]] and [[The Users|the other Users]] create the multiverse from many pre-existing universes for a then-unknown purpose. (It later turned out that it was meant to be a giant virtual game).<br />
<br />
=== Year 75 ===<br />
*[[Blackout (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Blackout]] creates the [[Ta'har]] race in his image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 200 ===<br />
* The "Riders" unify their planet and begin setting out to conquer the stars.<br />
<br />
=== Year 344 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire reaches its zenith.<br />
*The Council of the Great Beings first decision to intervene in an affair outside of its purview is made: namely, to slowly decrease the strength of the Rider Empire.<br />
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=== Year 500 ===<br />
*The First Vrai-Rider War begins. <br />
<br />
=== Year 520 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire is severely weakened by the war, and withdraws its forces to its home galaxy. It spends the next 20,000 years restructuring itself and attempting to conquer its galactic cluster.<br />
<br />
=== Year 610 ===<br />
*Years of tensions between the [[Vrai]] and the Great Beings come to a head when the Vrai attack several Great Being outposts. The [[Vrai War]] is declared.<br />
<br />
=== Year 625 ===<br />
*Attempting to break the stalemate the war had become, the Vrai invade the Matoran Universe, resulting in the Great Beings creating the [[Elite Makuta]]: [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Starscream (OU)|Starscream]], [[Barricade (OU)|Barricade]], [[Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (OU)|Bonecrusher]] to fight off the invaders.<br />
*[[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]] is exiled from the Matoran Universe for his illegal activities, and failure to defeat the Vrai. He flees to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]].<br />
*[[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta]] is created, and manages to escape the confines of the MU to establish a base on another planet. It becomes a rogue sect, completely isolated from the main Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
<br />
=== Year 627 ===<br />
*The [[Elite Makuta]] drive the Vrai out of the Matoran Universe, but not before they can release [[Vrai mutation virus|a virus]] on Stelt, which begins to slowly turn the inhabitants into Vrai.<br />
*With the MU campaign lost, the Vrai agree to a ceasefire, and the Great Beings and the Vrai sign a peace treaty officially ending the war. In the treaty, the two species agree to abandon any territories they had annexed, and create a demilitarised zone 100 light-years wide along their borders to be administered by a neutral party.<br />
*Starscream, Barricade, Brawl and Bonecrusher are placed in stasis pods. Blackout escapes this fate by joining the Brotherhood of Makuta. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky predict Blackout's future treachery, and make an unsuccessful attempt on his life.<br />
<br />
=== Year 5023 ===<br />
*[[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]] and his original Toa Team is created from scratch by the Great Beings for an unknown purpose.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,520 ===<br />
*The "Riders" finish the conquest of their cluster, and are once more powerful enough to take on the universe. They begin to slowly conquer Vrai and non-Vrai territories in space. The Second "Rider" Empire is born.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,576 ===<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] is naturally created by the Great Beings as one of the Matoran of Metru Nui. He is a Ta-Matoran welder.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,580 ===<br />
* The Matoran Civil War occurs, which Kakamu is drafted into on the side of the Ta-Matoran. One day while fighting in Ga-Metru, the protodermis banks are flooded and he is swept out to sea, somehow transforming into a Toa before washing up on Daxia. Disorientated and with no wish to return to the war, he joins the Order of Mata Nui. <br />
*The Second "Rider"-Vrai War is officially declared. No clear victor will be in sight for the next 13,000 years as much of the universe burns.<br />
<br />
=== Year 30,075 ===<br />
*[[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]] commits an unknown crime against the nobles of the world, and is placed in the Pit by [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]].<br />
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=== Year 33,075 ===<br />
*Blackout finds a [[Order database|secret database created by the Order of Mata Nui]]. He spends his spare time researching it, and eventually discovers the existence of the Users. He is enraged by this discovery, and plans revenge.<br />
*Blackout begins recruiting an army of minions to help fulfil his plan.<br />
*The Architect enlists the Great Being [[Okk]] to create the Shattered Mirror in response to Blackout's gained knowledge.<br />
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=== Year 33,105 ===<br />
*Blackout gathers a group of Rahkshi and leads an attack on the Pit, the location of which he previously learnt from the Order database he discovered 30 years earlier, kills the jailer, and escapes with several prisoners, including Malygos.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,110 ===<br />
*An [[Sequar|Order of Mata Nui operative]] discovers who broke Malygos out of the Pit, and attempts to inform his superiors. Before he can do this, however, he is killed by Blackout.<br />
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=== Year 33,580 ===<br />
*The [[Arcturus core]] technology is invented by Makuta [[Treyiah]]. Two prototypes are placed on [[Treyiah's ship]] in order to power it. They eventually aid in his demise, and are much later used to power the [[Thunder Arrow]], [[Nemesis]], [[Airship One]], and eventually [[Darkmount]].<br />
*The Vrai, with aid from the Great Beings and other forces, are able to gain the upper hand against the Second "Rider" Empire.<br />
<br />
=== Year 34,080 ===<br />
*Blackout finds out that Treyiah has been attempting to discover information about his plan, and kills him by tossing him into one of the Arcturus cores on board his ship.<br />
*The Second "Rider" Empire is extinguished, and many planets are liberated. They either align themselves with the Great Beings, become subjects of the Vrai, or form their own governments.<br />
<br />
=== Year 40,080 ===<br />
*Kakamu joins the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The events of BZPower Battles: Peace for our time take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 41,080 ===<br />
*The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is formed, and declares war on the [[Vrai]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 50,080 ===<br />
*The [[Makuta Anima]] are sent to map the newly discovered island of [[Shinobi-Nui]], and encounter the [[Toa Idiotas]]. The BZPower epic "Tales of the Makuta Anima", written by Master of the Anima: Ynot, takes place around this time.<br />
<br />
=== Year 68,060 ===<br />
*[[Maelstrom]] is captured by [[Liquid Ocelot]], and is mutated into a bizarre Vortixx-robot hybrid.<br />
<br />
=== Year 90,080 ===<br />
*Blackout becomes [[Teridax (OU)|Teridax]]'s second-in-command.<br />
*Makuta [[Katawa]] begins his illegal experiments, and creates the [[Bount]]. Teridax orders Blackout to execute him, but in reality, Blackout simply drives the scientist to the point of near-death, and uses him as a source of energy for his secret lab.<br />
*The Bount are exiled to [[Earth]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 98,580 ===<br />
*[[Ynot (OU)|Makuta Ynot]] becomes the first known Makuta to leave Aqua Magna single-handedly. He spends the next one thousand years in [[Knowledge Dimension|another dimension]], studying the universe. While there, he discovers many things.<br />
*Coincidentally, Caiaphus arrives at the same dimension in this year. He brutally murders a guard, and discovers the truth about his past and his destiny.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,080 ===<br />
*Blackout first encounters Zev Raregroove.<br />
*Blackout discovers the [[Master Sword]]. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky are assassinated by Blackout.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,580 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his travels around the universe, just in time to help [[Blackout]] fight Zev.<br />
*[[Uterio Di Armechio (OU)|Uterio Di Armechio]] is named leader of the Knights of the Great Beings by Angonce.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,060 ===<br />
*Malygos exiles Teridax to another dimension, allowing Blackout to take his place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,079 ===<br />
(Note: The events of these six months were erased due to Blackout's use of the [[Vahi Cube]].)<br />
*Icarax is assassinated at Blackout's order.<br />
*The [[Five Kings Treaty]] is signed, dividing up the universe between Blackout, Malygos, [[Duke Hydraxis]], and two other kings, and preventing Blackout from proceeding any further with his plan.<br />
*The human scientist [[Monarch]] attempts to create an army to conquer the universe by kidnapping super-powered beings. When he captures Kakamu, Blackout hunts him down and kills him.<br />
*Blackout hires the ex-Dark Hunter Voporak to steal the Kanohi Vahi, Mask of Time. Kakamu, unaware of the identity of Voporak's employer, tries to stop him, but is stopped by Blackout revealing himself. Blackout creates the Vahi Cube.<br />
*The [[Icarus]] satellite weapon is created. Malygos immediately attempts to sabotage it.<br />
*[[The Fallen]] tries to free himself from his dimensional prison with the help of fellow Heralds of Unicron [[Xintun]] and [[Xaaron]]. He succeeds in doing so, but Ynot destroys his body soon thereafter.<br />
*The Toa-Skakdi war is instigated by Kakamu, at Malygos' request.<br />
*Blackout uses the Vahi Cube to rewind time by six months.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,080 ===<br />
*Blackout swiftly takes over the Matoran Universe, and brainwashes the Matoran into building [[Darkmount]].<br />
*Blackout contacts [[Le Chiffre (OU)|Le Chiffre]]'s tribe of Agori and Glatorian, and offers to help them get revenge for their persecution at the hands of the other Bara Magna tribes.<br />
*Le Chiffre, having obtained weapons from Blackout and [[Minuteman]], begins to prepare for war.<br />
*The Icarus satellite weapon is rebuilt.<br />
*Earth and Bara Magna are destroyed using [[Hadrium|unstable hadrium]], and two and a half billion people on [[Coridan VI]] are killed when Darkmount attacks it.<br />
*The few remaining Makuta remaining loyal to Icarax are eliminated, leaving Blackout as the undisputed leader of the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The [[Battle of Impel Down]] occurs, and Blackout and his entire fleet are trapped in the Muta-Gaath Nebula by a Goa'uld [[Core bomb|core bomb]].<br />
*Caiaphus kills SM Klak, and is chased by SM Tahar'ok for 40,000 years, then returns to the main universe to Krustallos, where he reunites with Nadle and his Shadow Toa army.<br />
*Ynot leaves the [[Makuta Anima]] and spends [[BZPB epics|50,000 years afloat]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,454 ===<br />
*The Krustallos colony is destroyed, and Jorten is tormented. Caiaphus's body is destroyed by Tahar'ok, and the Apprentices of Caiaphus form, spending the next 626 years training.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,780 ===<br />
*The Apprentices attack a Blackout loyalist base. Their numbers are decimated, leaving a select few. Reformation, and Caiaphus's physical return follow.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,882 ===<br />
*The events of Subnixus - The Changing Planet take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,917 ===<br />
*[[Yon]] is born to his parents on [[Teruga Prime]]. Strangely, he is an only child.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,980 ===<br />
* The [[Agrippa]] form an alliance with the [[Vassila]]. The Agrippa give the Vassila desperately needed food, and in return they give them drones to help build their houses.<br />
* [[Kensa (OU)|Kensa]], [[Jarvis (OU)|Jarvis]] and [[Etende (OU)|Etende]] appear in the middle of their home planet's desert as a result of a teleportation accident. From there, they begin a journey with [[Jubei]] that would change them forever.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,003 ===<br />
* Human forces ravage the planet of [[Archon-7]] with nuclear bombs, clearing the landscape with the intention of repopulating the planet in their own image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,033 ===<br />
* "[[Mazkertis|Subject 08]]" is taken prisoner by the Knights of the Great Beings.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,064 ===<br />
* Possessed by a [[YOURMUM]] parasite, [[Steven Pinker]] attacks some alien dignitaries and is subsequently imprisoned in [[Supermax F███ B█████]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,070 ===<br />
* The [[TSS Bouncy-Ball]] is launched to explore the Milky Way galaxy. It would continue its mission for fourteen years before returning to Teruga Prime.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,080 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his isolation<br />
*The Galactic Federation has been formed.<br />
*The Matoran species has colonized Impel Down and renamed it Mata Nui II, in honour of the Great Spirit.<br />
*The seal placed on the Muta-Gaath Nebula 50,000 years earlier shatters, freeing Blackout and his army.<br />
*Klak meets Zev, and later, TMV, and approaches Caiaphus's temple, becoming part of the Apprentices<br />
*Much later, he leaves the group, and begins to fight with them in many conflicts, including the [[Battle of Conquistadores v. Apprentices of Caiaphus]].<br />
*Blackout goes on a massive rampage throughout the universe, eventually ending in the activation of the [[Pandorica]] and the slow destruction of the BZPB universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,081 ===<br />
*Blackout and his armies cross over into the BZPower universe, destroying a lot of stuff, heavily wounding the Architect, and running away from [[Unicron]].<br />
*[[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] have a huge fight. <br />
*Apprentices of Caiaphus have dwindled to minuscule numbers, Caiaphus feared dead. Original AoC is later disbanded.<br />
*Blackout activates the [[Chamber of Secrets]], and uses it to destroy Unicron and drain his powers.<br />
*[[F-Klak]] reveals himself to Klak at some point in this year.<br />
*Using his new Unicron powers and a gigantic body built from Darkmount parts, Blackout attempts yet again to destroy the Architect and lay claim to the Keruvim, but is stopped when Kakamu sacrifices himself to destroy his new body.<br />
*Uterio Di Armechio convinces Angonce and most of the Council of the Great Beings to declare [[Uterio War|war]] on the universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,082 ===<br />
*The Uterio War rages across the BZPB multiverse, and is eventually brought to an end at the [[Battle of Mordor]]. <br />
*Osseron, previous Uterio War veteran, joins ZFT in the latter period of the war.<br />
*[[TPK (OU)|TPK]] takes over the Council of Great Beings, and violently suppresses opposition to his rule.<br />
*The [[Battle of the BZP Staff HQ]] occurs, leading to the overthrow of [[Black Six]]. Without a compliant ruler, the Great Beings lose influence over BZPower.<br />
*The New World Order Arc begins, showing the rise of [[Ultron]], the [[ZFT (organisation)|ZFT]], [[MECH]], HYDRA, and the return of Caiaphus and [[Rahn]].<br />
*User Sarge messes with his powers and goes back in time. He then returns to his own time, and begins his adventures around the multiverse, discovering more about the history behind BZPB.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,083 ===<br />
*The ZFT attacks [[Cold Ground]]. During the battle, Blackout is possessed by an unknown force, which leads him to surrender to Malchiorian forces before going dormant. <br />
*Blackout is imprisoned on Malchior IV. Brotherhood forces attack the prison and free him, but are then forced to merge into a monolithic titan under TPK's control. The titan attempts to kill Blackout, but is destroyed. The overlord disappears, and the Makuta are imprisoned on an asteroid near Malchior. <br />
*[[The Platinum Lantern Corp]] is formed.<br />
*[[Ragnarok]] occurs. Caiaphus, Ultron, and F-Klak all perish, but so do most of Klak's friends. Klak himself is narrowly saved by a time-travelling Ynot.<br />
*Malygos attends the [[Mad Scientist Convention]], marking his first appearance in many years.<br />
*Blackout teams up with [[Ra]], frees his forces from the asteroid prison, and retreats to Ailyb-Gypte. <br />
<br />
=== Year 150,084 ===<br />
*A crack team of mercenaries breaks into [[Supermax 429]] and manage to escape with two of its prisoners. [[Fourteen]] flies [[Tiff Ramson]] to [[Liquid-Metallicon]], but [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]] betrays the group and kills Ramson before flying away with a jetpack. [[Aluren]] delivers [[Iris]] to Malygos on Dominaria.<br />
*Yon's [[Dong Squad]] is formed. On their first mission, they enter Ipomal, Teruga Prime's capital city, via an abandoned cave entrance under the sea. They then storm the city's prison and [[No Image Guy]] murders [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] while controlling the armour of [[Jeff|a ZFT soldier]]. As it appears that the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]] killed the last important [[Terugan]] authority figure, a civil war breaks out on Teruga Prime between the Terugan people and the ZFT.<br />
*The last surviving members of the Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta are awoken, and they team up with a recently resurrected Caiaphus. They also take Vultraz from the Mata Nui II and use him to create two new Makuta consciousnesses: [[Kivalon]] and [[Xikella]]. However, he and [[Kuli]] are killed by Parasitic Fluff shortly after.<br />
*Malygos briefly absorbs all of the magical energy in the multiverse, but his plan of universal conquest is foiled by User interference and his powers reverted.<br />
*[[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] frees [[Mazkertis]] from his prison, and the wizard begins to exact his revenge upon the prime universe. The recently formed [[Claws of the Phoenix]] attempt to stop his rampage, but he escapes from their trap unharmed.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,099 ===<br />
*(2029 AD in this particular Earth) Rainn Sulrai retires to Task City, Arkansas, US. He eventually decides to start a private detective agency on his own, but realizes that he'll need all the help he can get. He places an ad out, and attracts the attention of several eccentric characters. The events of [[Mysteries Unlimited]] take place.<br />
<br />
== Notable Inhabitants ==<br />
''For the full list of OU natives, see the [[:Category:Original Universe natives|category]].''<br />
* [[The Users]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Osseron]]<br />
* [[Shroom (OU)|Shroom]]<br />
* [[Raigen (OU)|Raigen]]<br />
* [[TMV (OU)|TMV]]<br />
* [[Yon (OU)|Yon]]<br />
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== States/Empires ==<br />
* [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT/Axis]]<br />
* [[The Dominion]]<br />
* The [[Takemikazuchi Empire (OU)|Takemikazuchi Empire]]<br />
* The [[Republic of Luria]]<br />
* The [[Fall of Cluster Empire]]<br />
* [[Malchior IV]]<br />
* [[Neo Ta'har|The Neo Ta'har Empire]]<br />
* [[Jurai|Juraian Empire]]<br />
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|Row 3 info = Matoran Universe<br>[[Malchior IV]]<br>[[Mordor]]<br>[[Dominaria]]<br>[[Liquid-Metallicon]]<br>[[Teruga Prime]]<br>[[Centrum]]<br>[[Kyras]]<br />
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|Row 4 info = ''[[BZPB (RPG)|BZPB]]''<br>''[[Subnixus - The Changing Planet]]''<br>''[[Mysteries Unlimited]]''<br>''[[FROG]]''<br>''[[Beyond Insanity]]'' {{C|Intro only}}<br>[[Malignant]]<br />
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{{disambig2|the universe often called the "BZPB Multiverse"|the omniverse that houses all of BZPB canon|BZPB Omniverse}}<br />
The '''Original BZPB Multiverse''', also referred to as the '''Original Universe''' for simplicity, was where most of the original [[BZPB]] RPG was set. It was created by [[The Users]] in [[Timeline#Year 0|Year 0 CMT]], who formed it out of hundreds of different universes, including both copyrighted universes and worlds that they had previously created themselves. Due to its complex nature, it was named the "BZPB Multiverse". It was a chaotic place to live in, but remained the favoured universe of the Users until [[the Reckoning]] came about.<br />
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Once the OU was created, science did its job in creating a large number of alternate universes that stem off from the OU, some of which can be found in the template below. However, it may in fact be a splinter universe itself...<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
=== Year 0 ===<br />
*[[User Sarge]] arrives a few minutes before the beginning of the BZPB multiverse, and witnesses something horrifying. <br />
*[[The Architect]] and [[The Users|the other Users]] create the multiverse from many pre-existing universes for a then-unknown purpose. (It later turned out that it was meant to be a giant virtual game).<br />
<br />
=== Year 75 ===<br />
*[[Blackout (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Blackout]] creates the [[Ta'har]] race in his image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 200 ===<br />
* The "Riders" unify their planet and begin setting out to conquer the stars.<br />
<br />
=== Year 344 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire reaches its zenith.<br />
*The Council of the Great Beings first decision to intervene in an affair outside of its purview is made: namely, to slowly decrease the strength of the Rider Empire.<br />
<br />
=== Year 500 ===<br />
*The First Vrai-Rider War begins. <br />
<br />
=== Year 520 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire is severely weakened by the war, and withdraws its forces to its home galaxy. It spends the next 20,000 years restructuring itself and attempting to conquer its galactic cluster.<br />
<br />
=== Year 610 ===<br />
*Years of tensions between the [[Vrai]] and the Great Beings come to a head when the Vrai attack several Great Being outposts. The [[Vrai War]] is declared.<br />
<br />
=== Year 625 ===<br />
*Attempting to break the stalemate the war had become, the Vrai invade the Matoran Universe, resulting in the Great Beings creating the [[Elite Makuta]]: [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Starscream (OU)|Starscream]], [[Barricade (OU)|Barricade]], [[Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (OU)|Bonecrusher]] to fight off the invaders.<br />
*[[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]] is exiled from the Matoran Universe for his illegal activities, and failure to defeat the Vrai. He flees to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]].<br />
*[[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta]] is created, and manages to escape the confines of the MU to establish a base on another planet. It becomes a rogue sect, completely isolated from the main Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
<br />
=== Year 627 ===<br />
*The [[Elite Makuta]] drive the Vrai out of the Matoran Universe, but not before they can release [[Vrai mutation virus|a virus]] on Stelt, which begins to slowly turn the inhabitants into Vrai.<br />
*With the MU campaign lost, the Vrai agree to a ceasefire, and the Great Beings and the Vrai sign a peace treaty officially ending the war. In the treaty, the two species agree to abandon any territories they had annexed, and create a demilitarised zone 100 light-years wide along their borders to be administered by a neutral party.<br />
*Starscream, Barricade, Brawl and Bonecrusher are placed in stasis pods. Blackout escapes this fate by joining the Brotherhood of Makuta. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky predict Blackout's future treachery, and make an unsuccessful attempt on his life.<br />
<br />
=== Year 5023 ===<br />
*[[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]] and his original Toa Team is created from scratch by the Great Beings for an unknown purpose.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,520 ===<br />
*The "Riders" finish the conquest of their cluster, and are once more powerful enough to take on the universe. They begin to slowly conquer Vrai and non-Vrai territories in space. The Second "Rider" Empire is born.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,576 ===<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] is naturally created by the Great Beings as one of the Matoran of Metru Nui. He is a Ta-Matoran welder.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,580 ===<br />
* The Matoran Civil War occurs, which Kakamu is drafted into on the side of the Ta-Matoran. One day while fighting in Ga-Metru, the protodermis banks are flooded and he is swept out to sea, somehow transforming into a Toa before washing up on Daxia. Disorientated and with no wish to return to the war, he joins the Order of Mata Nui. <br />
*The Second "Rider"-Vrai War is officially declared. No clear victor will be in sight for the next 13,000 years as much of the universe burns.<br />
<br />
=== Year 30,075 ===<br />
*[[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]] commits an unknown crime against the nobles of the world, and is placed in the Pit by [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,075 ===<br />
*Blackout finds a [[Order database|secret database created by the Order of Mata Nui]]. He spends his spare time researching it, and eventually discovers the existence of the Users. He is enraged by this discovery, and plans revenge.<br />
*Blackout begins recruiting an army of minions to help fulfil his plan.<br />
*The Architect enlists the Great Being [[Okk]] to create the Shattered Mirror in response to Blackout's gained knowledge.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,105 ===<br />
*Blackout gathers a group of Rahkshi and leads an attack on the Pit, the location of which he previously learnt from the Order database he discovered 30 years earlier, kills the jailer, and escapes with several prisoners, including Malygos.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,110 ===<br />
*An [[Sequar|Order of Mata Nui operative]] discovers who broke Malygos out of the Pit, and attempts to inform his superiors. Before he can do this, however, he is killed by Blackout.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,580 ===<br />
*The [[Arcturus core]] technology is invented by Makuta [[Treyiah]]. Two prototypes are placed on [[Treyiah's ship]] in order to power it. They eventually aid in his demise, and are much later used to power the [[Thunder Arrow]], [[Nemesis]], [[Airship One]], and eventually [[Darkmount]].<br />
*The Vrai, with aid from the Great Beings and other forces, are able to gain the upper hand against the Second "Rider" Empire.<br />
<br />
=== Year 34,080 ===<br />
*Blackout finds out that Treyiah has been attempting to discover information about his plan, and kills him by tossing him into one of the Arcturus cores on board his ship.<br />
*The Second "Rider" Empire is extinguished, and many planets are liberated. They either align themselves with the Great Beings, become subjects of the Vrai, or form their own governments.<br />
<br />
=== Year 40,080 ===<br />
*Kakamu joins the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The events of BZPower Battles: Peace for our time take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 41,080 ===<br />
*The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is formed, and declares war on the [[Vrai]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 50,080 ===<br />
*The [[Makuta Anima]] are sent to map the newly discovered island of [[Shinobi-Nui]], and encounter the [[Toa Idiotas]]. The BZPower epic "Tales of the Makuta Anima", written by Master of the Anima: Ynot, takes place around this time.<br />
<br />
=== Year 68,060 ===<br />
*[[Maelstrom]] is captured by [[Liquid Ocelot]], and is mutated into a bizarre Vortixx-robot hybrid.<br />
<br />
=== Year 90,080 ===<br />
*Blackout becomes [[Teridax (OU)|Teridax]]'s second-in-command.<br />
*Makuta [[Katawa]] begins his illegal experiments, and creates the [[Bount]]. Teridax orders Blackout to execute him, but in reality, Blackout simply drives the scientist to the point of near-death, and uses him as a source of energy for his secret lab.<br />
*The Bount are exiled to [[Earth]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 98,580 ===<br />
*[[Ynot (OU)|Makuta Ynot]] becomes the first known Makuta to leave Aqua Magna single-handedly. He spends the next one thousand years in [[Knowledge Dimension|another dimension]], studying the universe. While there, he discovers many things.<br />
*Coincidentally, Caiaphus arrives at the same dimension in this year. He brutally murders a guard, and discovers the truth about his past and his destiny.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,080 ===<br />
*Blackout first encounters Zev Raregroove.<br />
*Blackout discovers the [[Master Sword]]. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky are assassinated by Blackout.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,580 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his travels around the universe, just in time to help [[Blackout]] fight Zev.<br />
*[[Uterio Di Armechio (OU)|Uterio Di Armechio]] is named leader of the Knights of the Great Beings by Angonce.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,060 ===<br />
*Malygos exiles Teridax to another dimension, allowing Blackout to take his place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,079 ===<br />
(Note: The events of these six months were erased due to Blackout's use of the [[Vahi Cube]].)<br />
*Icarax is assassinated at Blackout's order.<br />
*The [[Five Kings Treaty]] is signed, dividing up the universe between Blackout, Malygos, [[Duke Hydraxis]], and two other kings, and preventing Blackout from proceeding any further with his plan.<br />
*The human scientist [[Monarch]] attempts to create an army to conquer the universe by kidnapping super-powered beings. When he captures Kakamu, Blackout hunts him down and kills him.<br />
*Blackout hires the ex-Dark Hunter Voporak to steal the Kanohi Vahi, Mask of Time. Kakamu, unaware of the identity of Voporak's employer, tries to stop him, but is stopped by Blackout revealing himself. Blackout creates the Vahi Cube.<br />
*The [[Icarus]] satellite weapon is created. Malygos immediately attempts to sabotage it.<br />
*[[The Fallen]] tries to free himself from his dimensional prison with the help of fellow Heralds of Unicron [[Xintun]] and [[Xaaron]]. He succeeds in doing so, but Ynot destroys his body soon thereafter.<br />
*The Toa-Skakdi war is instigated by Kakamu, at Malygos' request.<br />
*Blackout uses the Vahi Cube to rewind time by six months.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,080 ===<br />
*Blackout swiftly takes over the Matoran Universe, and brainwashes the Matoran into building [[Darkmount]].<br />
*Blackout contacts [[Le Chiffre (OU)|Le Chiffre]]'s tribe of Agori and Glatorian, and offers to help them get revenge for their persecution at the hands of the other Bara Magna tribes.<br />
*Le Chiffre, having obtained weapons from Blackout and [[Minuteman]], begins to prepare for war.<br />
*The Icarus satellite weapon is rebuilt.<br />
*Earth and Bara Magna are destroyed using [[Hadrium|unstable hadrium]], and two and a half billion people on [[Coridan VI]] are killed when Darkmount attacks it.<br />
*The few remaining Makuta remaining loyal to Icarax are eliminated, leaving Blackout as the undisputed leader of the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The [[Battle of Impel Down]] occurs, and Blackout and his entire fleet are trapped in the Muta-Gaath Nebula by a Goa'uld [[Core bomb|core bomb]].<br />
*Caiaphus kills SM Klak, and is chased by SM Tahar'ok for 40,000 years, then returns to the main universe to Krustallos, where he reunites with Nadle and his Shadow Toa army.<br />
*Ynot leaves the [[Makuta Anima]] and spends [[BZPB epics|50,000 years afloat]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,454 ===<br />
*The Krustallos colony is destroyed, and Jorten is tormented. Caiaphus's body is destroyed by Tahar'ok, and the Apprentices of Caiaphus form, spending the next 626 years training.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,780 ===<br />
*The Apprentices attack a Blackout loyalist base. Their numbers are decimated, leaving a select few. Reformation, and Caiaphus's physical return follow.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,882 ===<br />
*The events of Subnixus - The Changing Planet take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,917 ===<br />
*[[Yon]] is born to his parents on [[Teruga Prime]]. Strangely, he is an only child.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,980 ===<br />
* The [[Agrippa]] form an alliance with the [[Vassila]]. The Agrippa give the Vassila desperately needed food, and in return they give them drones to help build their houses.<br />
* [[Kensa (OU)|Kensa]], [[Jarvis (OU)|Jarvis]] and [[Etende (OU)|Etende]] appear in the middle of their home planet's desert as a result of a teleportation accident. From there, they begin a journey with [[Jubei]] that would change them forever.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,003 ===<br />
* Human forces ravage the planet of [[Archon-7]] with nuclear bombs, clearing the landscape with the intention of repopulating the planet in their own image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,033 ===<br />
* "[[Mazkertis|Subject 08]]" is taken prisoner by the Knights of the Great Beings.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,064 ===<br />
* Possessed by a [[YOURMUM]] parasite, [[Steven Pinker]] attacks some alien dignitaries and is subsequently imprisoned in [[Supermax F███ B█████]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,070 ===<br />
* The [[TSS Bouncy-Ball]] is launched to explore the Milky Way galaxy. It would continue its mission for fourteen years before returning to Teruga Prime.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,080 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his isolation<br />
*The Galactic Federation has been formed.<br />
*The Matoran species has colonized Impel Down and renamed it Mata Nui II, in honour of the Great Spirit.<br />
*The seal placed on the Muta-Gaath Nebula 50,000 years earlier shatters, freeing Blackout and his army.<br />
*Klak meets Zev, and later, TMV, and approaches Caiaphus's temple, becoming part of the Apprentices<br />
*Much later, he leaves the group, and begins to fight with them in many conflicts, including the [[Battle of Conquistadores v. Apprentices of Caiaphus]].<br />
*Blackout goes on a massive rampage throughout the universe, eventually ending in the activation of the [[Pandorica]] and the slow destruction of the BZPB universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,081 ===<br />
*Blackout and his armies cross over into the BZPower universe, destroying a lot of stuff, heavily wounding the Architect, and running away from [[Unicron]].<br />
*[[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] have a huge fight. <br />
*Apprentices of Caiaphus have dwindled to minuscule numbers, Caiaphus feared dead. Original AoC is later disbanded.<br />
*Blackout activates the [[Chamber of Secrets]], and uses it to destroy Unicron and drain his powers.<br />
*[[F-Klak]] reveals himself to Klak at some point in this year.<br />
*Using his new Unicron powers and a gigantic body built from Darkmount parts, Blackout attempts yet again to destroy the Architect and lay claim to the Keruvim, but is stopped when Kakamu sacrifices himself to destroy his new body.<br />
*Uterio Di Armechio convinces Angonce and most of the Council of the Great Beings to declare [[Uterio War|war]] on the universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,082 ===<br />
*The Uterio War rages across the BZPB multiverse, and is eventually brought to an end at the [[Battle of Mordor]]. <br />
*Osseron, previous Uterio War veteran, joins ZFT in the latter period of the war.<br />
*[[TPK (OU)|TPK]] takes over the Council of Great Beings, and violently suppresses opposition to his rule.<br />
*The [[Battle of the BZP Staff HQ]] occurs, leading to the overthrow of [[Black Six]]. Without a compliant ruler, the Great Beings lose influence over BZPower.<br />
*The New World Order Arc begins, showing the rise of [[Ultron]], the [[ZFT (organisation)|ZFT]], [[MECH]], HYDRA, and the return of Caiaphus and [[Rahn]].<br />
*User Sarge messes with his powers and goes back in time. He then returns to his own time, and begins his adventures around the multiverse, discovering more about the history behind BZPB.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,083 ===<br />
*The ZFT attacks [[Cold Ground]]. During the battle, Blackout is possessed by an unknown force, which leads him to surrender to Malchiorian forces before going dormant. <br />
*Blackout is imprisoned on Malchior IV. Brotherhood forces attack the prison and free him, but are then forced to merge into a monolithic titan under TPK's control. The titan attempts to kill Blackout, but is destroyed. The overlord disappears, and the Makuta are imprisoned on an asteroid near Malchior. <br />
*[[The Platinum Lantern Corp]] is formed.<br />
*[[Ragnarok]] occurs. Caiaphus, Ultron, and F-Klak all perish, but so do most of Klak's friends. Klak himself is narrowly saved by a time-travelling Ynot.<br />
*Malygos attends the [[Mad Scientist Convention]], marking his first appearance in many years.<br />
*Blackout teams up with [[Ra]], frees his forces from the asteroid prison, and retreats to Ailyb-Gypte. <br />
<br />
=== Year 150,084 ===<br />
*A crack team of mercenaries breaks into [[Supermax 429]] and manage to escape with two of its prisoners. [[Fourteen]] flies [[Tiff Ramson]] to [[Liquid-Metallicon]], but [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]] betrays the group and kills Ramson before flying away with a jetpack. [[Aluren]] delivers [[Iris]] to Malygos on Dominaria.<br />
*Yon's [[Dong Squad]] is formed. On their first mission, they enter Ipomal, Teruga Prime's capital city, via an abandoned cave entrance under the sea. They then storm the city's prison and [[No Image Guy]] murders [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] while controlling the armour of [[Jeff|a ZFT soldier]]. As it appears that the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]] killed the last important [[Terugan]] authority figure, a civil war breaks out on Teruga Prime between the Terugan people and the ZFT.<br />
*The last surviving members of the Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta are awoken, and they team up with a recently resurrected Caiaphus. They also take Vultraz from the Mata Nui II and use him to create two new Makuta consciousnesses: [[Kivalon]] and [[Xikella]]. However, he and [[Kuli]] are killed by Parasitic Fluff shortly after.<br />
*Malygos briefly absorbs all of the magical energy in the multiverse, but his plan of universal conquest is foiled by User interference and his powers reverted.<br />
*[[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] frees [[Mazkertis]] from his prison, and the wizard begins to exact his revenge upon the prime universe. The recently formed [[Claws of the Phoenix]] attempt to stop his rampage, but he escapes from their trap unharmed.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,099 ===<br />
*(2029 AD in this particular Earth) Rainn Sulrai retires to Task City, Arkansas, US. He eventually decides to start a private detective agency on his own, but realizes that he'll need all the help he can get. He places an ad out, and attracts the attention of several eccentric characters. The events of [[Mysteries Unlimited]] take place.<br />
<br />
== Notable Inhabitants ==<br />
''For the full list of OU natives, see the [[:Category:Original Universe natives|category]].''<br />
* [[The Users]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Osseron]]<br />
* [[Shroom (OU)|Shroom]]<br />
* [[Raigen (OU)|Raigen]]<br />
* [[TMV (OU)|TMV]]<br />
* [[Yon (OU)|Yon]]<br />
<br />
== States/Empires ==<br />
* [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT/Axis]]<br />
* [[The Dominion]]<br />
* The [[Takemikazuchi Empire (OU)|Takemikazuchi Empire]]<br />
* The [[Republic of Luria]]<br />
* The [[Fall of Cluster Empire]]<br />
* [[Malchior IV]]<br />
* [[Neo Ta'har|The Neo Ta'har Empire]]<br />
* [[Jurai|Juraian Empire]]<br />
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|Row 2 title = Type<br />
|Row 2 info = Multiverse<br />
|Row 3 title = Notable Locations<br />
|Row 3 info = Matoran Universe<br>[[Malchior IV]]<br>[[Mordor]]<br>[[Dominaria]]<br>[[Liquid-Metallicon]]<br>[[Teruga Prime]]<br>[[Centrum]]<br>[[Kyras]]<br />
|Row 4 title = Appearances<br />
|Row 4 info = ''[[BZPB (RPG)|BZPB]]''<br>''[[Subnixus - The Changing Planet]]''<br>''[[Mysteries Unlimited]]''<br>''[[FROG]]''<br>''[[Beyond Insanity]]'' {{C|Intro only}}<br />
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{{disambig2|the universe often called the "BZPB Multiverse"|the omniverse that houses all of BZPB canon|BZPB Omniverse}}<br />
The '''Original BZPB Multiverse''', also referred to as the '''Original Universe''' for simplicity, was where most of the original [[BZPB]] RPG was set. It was created by [[The Users]] in [[Timeline#Year 0|Year 0 CMT]], who formed it out of hundreds of different universes, including both copyrighted universes and worlds that they had previously created themselves. Due to its complex nature, it was named the "BZPB Multiverse". It was a chaotic place to live in, but remained the favoured universe of the Users until [[the Reckoning]] came about.<br />
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Once the OU was created, science did its job in creating a large number of alternate universes that stem off from the OU, some of which can be found in the template below. However, it may in fact be a splinter universe itself...<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
=== Year 0 ===<br />
*[[User Sarge]] arrives a few minutes before the beginning of the BZPB multiverse, and witnesses something horrifying. <br />
*[[The Architect]] and [[The Users|the other Users]] create the multiverse from many pre-existing universes for a then-unknown purpose. (It later turned out that it was meant to be a giant virtual game).<br />
<br />
=== Year 75 ===<br />
*[[Blackout (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Blackout]] creates the [[Ta'har]] race in his image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 200 ===<br />
* The "Riders" unify their planet and begin setting out to conquer the stars.<br />
<br />
=== Year 344 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire reaches its zenith.<br />
*The Council of the Great Beings first decision to intervene in an affair outside of its purview is made: namely, to slowly decrease the strength of the Rider Empire.<br />
<br />
=== Year 500 ===<br />
*The First Vrai-Rider War begins. <br />
<br />
=== Year 520 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire is severely weakened by the war, and withdraws its forces to its home galaxy. It spends the next 20,000 years restructuring itself and attempting to conquer its galactic cluster.<br />
<br />
=== Year 610 ===<br />
*Years of tensions between the [[Vrai]] and the Great Beings come to a head when the Vrai attack several Great Being outposts. The [[Vrai War]] is declared.<br />
<br />
=== Year 625 ===<br />
*Attempting to break the stalemate the war had become, the Vrai invade the Matoran Universe, resulting in the Great Beings creating the [[Elite Makuta]]: [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Starscream (OU)|Starscream]], [[Barricade (OU)|Barricade]], [[Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (OU)|Bonecrusher]] to fight off the invaders.<br />
*[[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]] is exiled from the Matoran Universe for his illegal activities, and failure to defeat the Vrai. He flees to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]].<br />
*[[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta]] is created, and manages to escape the confines of the MU to establish a base on another planet. It becomes a rogue sect, completely isolated from the main Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
<br />
=== Year 627 ===<br />
*The [[Elite Makuta]] drive the Vrai out of the Matoran Universe, but not before they can release [[Vrai mutation virus|a virus]] on Stelt, which begins to slowly turn the inhabitants into Vrai.<br />
*With the MU campaign lost, the Vrai agree to a ceasefire, and the Great Beings and the Vrai sign a peace treaty officially ending the war. In the treaty, the two species agree to abandon any territories they had annexed, and create a demilitarised zone 100 light-years wide along their borders to be administered by a neutral party.<br />
*Starscream, Barricade, Brawl and Bonecrusher are placed in stasis pods. Blackout escapes this fate by joining the Brotherhood of Makuta. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky predict Blackout's future treachery, and make an unsuccessful attempt on his life.<br />
<br />
=== Year 5023 ===<br />
*[[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]] and his original Toa Team is created from scratch by the Great Beings for an unknown purpose.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,520 ===<br />
*The "Riders" finish the conquest of their cluster, and are once more powerful enough to take on the universe. They begin to slowly conquer Vrai and non-Vrai territories in space. The Second "Rider" Empire is born.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,576 ===<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] is naturally created by the Great Beings as one of the Matoran of Metru Nui. He is a Ta-Matoran welder.<br />
<br />
=== Year 20,580 ===<br />
* The Matoran Civil War occurs, which Kakamu is drafted into on the side of the Ta-Matoran. One day while fighting in Ga-Metru, the protodermis banks are flooded and he is swept out to sea, somehow transforming into a Toa before washing up on Daxia. Disorientated and with no wish to return to the war, he joins the Order of Mata Nui. <br />
*The Second "Rider"-Vrai War is officially declared. No clear victor will be in sight for the next 13,000 years as much of the universe burns.<br />
<br />
=== Year 30,075 ===<br />
*[[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]] commits an unknown crime against the nobles of the world, and is placed in the Pit by [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,075 ===<br />
*Blackout finds a [[Order database|secret database created by the Order of Mata Nui]]. He spends his spare time researching it, and eventually discovers the existence of the Users. He is enraged by this discovery, and plans revenge.<br />
*Blackout begins recruiting an army of minions to help fulfil his plan.<br />
*The Architect enlists the Great Being [[Okk]] to create the Shattered Mirror in response to Blackout's gained knowledge.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,105 ===<br />
*Blackout gathers a group of Rahkshi and leads an attack on the Pit, the location of which he previously learnt from the Order database he discovered 30 years earlier, kills the jailer, and escapes with several prisoners, including Malygos.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,110 ===<br />
*An [[Sequar|Order of Mata Nui operative]] discovers who broke Malygos out of the Pit, and attempts to inform his superiors. Before he can do this, however, he is killed by Blackout.<br />
<br />
=== Year 33,580 ===<br />
*The [[Arcturus core]] technology is invented by Makuta [[Treyiah]]. Two prototypes are placed on [[Treyiah's ship]] in order to power it. They eventually aid in his demise, and are much later used to power the [[Thunder Arrow]], [[Nemesis]], [[Airship One]], and eventually [[Darkmount]].<br />
*The Vrai, with aid from the Great Beings and other forces, are able to gain the upper hand against the Second "Rider" Empire.<br />
<br />
=== Year 34,080 ===<br />
*Blackout finds out that Treyiah has been attempting to discover information about his plan, and kills him by tossing him into one of the Arcturus cores on board his ship.<br />
*The Second "Rider" Empire is extinguished, and many planets are liberated. They either align themselves with the Great Beings, become subjects of the Vrai, or form their own governments.<br />
<br />
=== Year 40,080 ===<br />
*Kakamu joins the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The events of BZPower Battles: Peace for our time take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 41,080 ===<br />
*The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is formed, and declares war on the [[Vrai]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 50,080 ===<br />
*The [[Makuta Anima]] are sent to map the newly discovered island of [[Shinobi-Nui]], and encounter the [[Toa Idiotas]]. The BZPower epic "Tales of the Makuta Anima", written by Master of the Anima: Ynot, takes place around this time.<br />
<br />
=== Year 68,060 ===<br />
*[[Maelstrom]] is captured by [[Liquid Ocelot]], and is mutated into a bizarre Vortixx-robot hybrid.<br />
<br />
=== Year 90,080 ===<br />
*Blackout becomes [[Teridax (OU)|Teridax]]'s second-in-command.<br />
*Makuta [[Katawa]] begins his illegal experiments, and creates the [[Bount]]. Teridax orders Blackout to execute him, but in reality, Blackout simply drives the scientist to the point of near-death, and uses him as a source of energy for his secret lab.<br />
*The Bount are exiled to [[Earth]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 98,580 ===<br />
*[[Ynot (OU)|Makuta Ynot]] becomes the first known Makuta to leave Aqua Magna single-handedly. He spends the next one thousand years in [[Knowledge Dimension|another dimension]], studying the universe. While there, he discovers many things.<br />
*Coincidentally, Caiaphus arrives at the same dimension in this year. He brutally murders a guard, and discovers the truth about his past and his destiny.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,080 ===<br />
*Blackout first encounters Zev Raregroove.<br />
*Blackout discovers the [[Master Sword]]. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky are assassinated by Blackout.<br />
<br />
=== Year 99,580 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his travels around the universe, just in time to help [[Blackout]] fight Zev.<br />
*[[Uterio Di Armechio (OU)|Uterio Di Armechio]] is named leader of the Knights of the Great Beings by Angonce.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,060 ===<br />
*Malygos exiles Teridax to another dimension, allowing Blackout to take his place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,079 ===<br />
(Note: The events of these six months were erased due to Blackout's use of the [[Vahi Cube]].)<br />
*Icarax is assassinated at Blackout's order.<br />
*The [[Five Kings Treaty]] is signed, dividing up the universe between Blackout, Malygos, [[Duke Hydraxis]], and two other kings, and preventing Blackout from proceeding any further with his plan.<br />
*The human scientist [[Monarch]] attempts to create an army to conquer the universe by kidnapping super-powered beings. When he captures Kakamu, Blackout hunts him down and kills him.<br />
*Blackout hires the ex-Dark Hunter Voporak to steal the Kanohi Vahi, Mask of Time. Kakamu, unaware of the identity of Voporak's employer, tries to stop him, but is stopped by Blackout revealing himself. Blackout creates the Vahi Cube.<br />
*The [[Icarus]] satellite weapon is created. Malygos immediately attempts to sabotage it.<br />
*[[The Fallen]] tries to free himself from his dimensional prison with the help of fellow Heralds of Unicron [[Xintun]] and [[Xaaron]]. He succeeds in doing so, but Ynot destroys his body soon thereafter.<br />
*The Toa-Skakdi war is instigated by Kakamu, at Malygos' request.<br />
*Blackout uses the Vahi Cube to rewind time by six months.<br />
<br />
=== Year 100,080 ===<br />
*Blackout swiftly takes over the Matoran Universe, and brainwashes the Matoran into building [[Darkmount]].<br />
*Blackout contacts [[Le Chiffre (OU)|Le Chiffre]]'s tribe of Agori and Glatorian, and offers to help them get revenge for their persecution at the hands of the other Bara Magna tribes.<br />
*Le Chiffre, having obtained weapons from Blackout and [[Minuteman]], begins to prepare for war.<br />
*The Icarus satellite weapon is rebuilt.<br />
*Earth and Bara Magna are destroyed using [[Hadrium|unstable hadrium]], and two and a half billion people on [[Coridan VI]] are killed when Darkmount attacks it.<br />
*The few remaining Makuta remaining loyal to Icarax are eliminated, leaving Blackout as the undisputed leader of the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The [[Battle of Impel Down]] occurs, and Blackout and his entire fleet are trapped in the Muta-Gaath Nebula by a Goa'uld [[Core bomb|core bomb]].<br />
*Caiaphus kills SM Klak, and is chased by SM Tahar'ok for 40,000 years, then returns to the main universe to Krustallos, where he reunites with Nadle and his Shadow Toa army.<br />
*Ynot leaves the [[Makuta Anima]] and spends [[BZPB epics|50,000 years afloat]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,454 ===<br />
*The Krustallos colony is destroyed, and Jorten is tormented. Caiaphus's body is destroyed by Tahar'ok, and the Apprentices of Caiaphus form, spending the next 626 years training.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,780 ===<br />
*The Apprentices attack a Blackout loyalist base. Their numbers are decimated, leaving a select few. Reformation, and Caiaphus's physical return follow.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,882 ===<br />
*The events of Subnixus - The Changing Planet take place.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,917 ===<br />
*[[Yon]] is born to his parents on [[Teruga Prime]]. Strangely, he is an only child.<br />
<br />
=== Year 149,980 ===<br />
* The [[Agrippa]] form an alliance with the [[Vassila]]. The Agrippa give the Vassila desperately needed food, and in return they give them drones to help build their houses.<br />
* [[Kensa (OU)|Kensa]], [[Jarvis (OU)|Jarvis]] and [[Etende (OU)|Etende]] appear in the middle of their home planet's desert as a result of a teleportation accident. From there, they begin a journey with [[Jubei]] that would change them forever.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,003 ===<br />
* Human forces ravage the planet of [[Archon-7]] with nuclear bombs, clearing the landscape with the intention of repopulating the planet in their own image.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,033 ===<br />
* "[[Mazkertis|Subject 08]]" is taken prisoner by the Knights of the Great Beings.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,064 ===<br />
* Possessed by a [[YOURMUM]] parasite, [[Steven Pinker]] attacks some alien dignitaries and is subsequently imprisoned in [[Supermax F███ B█████]].<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,070 ===<br />
* The [[TSS Bouncy-Ball]] is launched to explore the Milky Way galaxy. It would continue its mission for fourteen years before returning to Teruga Prime.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,080 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his isolation<br />
*The Galactic Federation has been formed.<br />
*The Matoran species has colonized Impel Down and renamed it Mata Nui II, in honour of the Great Spirit.<br />
*The seal placed on the Muta-Gaath Nebula 50,000 years earlier shatters, freeing Blackout and his army.<br />
*Klak meets Zev, and later, TMV, and approaches Caiaphus's temple, becoming part of the Apprentices<br />
*Much later, he leaves the group, and begins to fight with them in many conflicts, including the [[Battle of Conquistadores v. Apprentices of Caiaphus]].<br />
*Blackout goes on a massive rampage throughout the universe, eventually ending in the activation of the [[Pandorica]] and the slow destruction of the BZPB universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,081 ===<br />
*Blackout and his armies cross over into the BZPower universe, destroying a lot of stuff, heavily wounding the Architect, and running away from [[Unicron]].<br />
*[[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] have a huge fight. <br />
*Apprentices of Caiaphus have dwindled to minuscule numbers, Caiaphus feared dead. Original AoC is later disbanded.<br />
*Blackout activates the [[Chamber of Secrets]], and uses it to destroy Unicron and drain his powers.<br />
*[[F-Klak]] reveals himself to Klak at some point in this year.<br />
*Using his new Unicron powers and a gigantic body built from Darkmount parts, Blackout attempts yet again to destroy the Architect and lay claim to the Keruvim, but is stopped when Kakamu sacrifices himself to destroy his new body.<br />
*Uterio Di Armechio convinces Angonce and most of the Council of the Great Beings to declare [[Uterio War|war]] on the universe.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,082 ===<br />
*The Uterio War rages across the BZPB multiverse, and is eventually brought to an end at the [[Battle of Mordor]]. <br />
*Osseron, previous Uterio War veteran, joins ZFT in the latter period of the war.<br />
*[[TPK (OU)|TPK]] takes over the Council of Great Beings, and violently suppresses opposition to his rule.<br />
*The [[Battle of the BZP Staff HQ]] occurs, leading to the overthrow of [[Black Six]]. Without a compliant ruler, the Great Beings lose influence over BZPower.<br />
*The New World Order Arc begins, showing the rise of [[Ultron]], the [[ZFT (organisation)|ZFT]], [[MECH]], HYDRA, and the return of Caiaphus and [[Rahn]].<br />
*User Sarge messes with his powers and goes back in time. He then returns to his own time, and begins his adventures around the multiverse, discovering more about the history behind BZPB.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,083 ===<br />
*The ZFT attacks [[Cold Ground]]. During the battle, Blackout is possessed by an unknown force, which leads him to surrender to Malchiorian forces before going dormant. <br />
*Blackout is imprisoned on Malchior IV. Brotherhood forces attack the prison and free him, but are then forced to merge into a monolithic titan under TPK's control. The titan attempts to kill Blackout, but is destroyed. The overlord disappears, and the Makuta are imprisoned on an asteroid near Malchior. <br />
*[[The Platinum Lantern Corp]] is formed.<br />
*[[Ragnarok]] occurs. Caiaphus, Ultron, and F-Klak all perish, but so do most of Klak's friends. Klak himself is narrowly saved by a time-travelling Ynot.<br />
*Malygos attends the [[Mad Scientist Convention]], marking his first appearance in many years.<br />
*Blackout teams up with [[Ra]], frees his forces from the asteroid prison, and retreats to Ailyb-Gypte. <br />
<br />
=== Year 150,084 ===<br />
*A crack team of mercenaries breaks into [[Supermax 429]] and manage to escape with two of its prisoners. [[Fourteen]] flies [[Tiff Ramson]] to [[Liquid-Metallicon]], but [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]] betrays the group and kills Ramson before flying away with a jetpack. [[Aluren]] delivers [[Iris]] to Malygos on Dominaria.<br />
*Yon's [[Dong Squad]] is formed. On their first mission, they enter Ipomal, Teruga Prime's capital city, via an abandoned cave entrance under the sea. They then storm the city's prison and [[No Image Guy]] murders [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] while controlling the armour of [[Jeff|a ZFT soldier]]. As it appears that the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]] killed the last important [[Terugan]] authority figure, a civil war breaks out on Teruga Prime between the Terugan people and the ZFT.<br />
*The last surviving members of the Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta are awoken, and they team up with a recently resurrected Caiaphus. They also take Vultraz from the Mata Nui II and use him to create two new Makuta consciousnesses: [[Kivalon]] and [[Xikella]]. However, he and [[Kuli]] are killed by Parasitic Fluff shortly after.<br />
*Malygos briefly absorbs all of the magical energy in the multiverse, but his plan of universal conquest is foiled by User interference and his powers reverted.<br />
*[[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] frees [[Mazkertis]] from his prison, and the wizard begins to exact his revenge upon the prime universe. The recently formed [[Claws of the Phoenix]] attempt to stop his rampage, but he escapes from their trap unharmed.<br />
<br />
=== Year 150,099 ===<br />
*(2029 AD in this particular Earth) Rainn Sulrai retires to Task City, Arkansas, US. He eventually decides to start a private detective agency on his own, but realizes that he'll need all the help he can get. He places an ad out, and attracts the attention of several eccentric characters. The events of [[Mysteries Unlimited]] take place.<br />
<br />
== Notable Inhabitants ==<br />
''For the full list of OU natives, see the [[:Category:Original Universe natives|category]].''<br />
* [[The Users]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Osseron]]<br />
* [[Shroom (OU)|Shroom]]<br />
* [[Raigen (OU)|Raigen]]<br />
* [[TMV (OU)|TMV]]<br />
* [[Yon (OU)|Yon]]<br />
<br />
== States/Empires ==<br />
* [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT/Axis]]<br />
* [[The Dominion]]<br />
* The [[Takemikazuchi Empire (OU)|Takemikazuchi Empire]]<br />
* The [[Republic of Luria]]<br />
* The [[Fall of Cluster Empire]]<br />
* [[Malchior IV]]<br />
* [[Neo Ta'har|The Neo Ta'har Empire]]<br />
* [[Jurai|Juraian Empire]]<br />
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{{Universes}}<br />
[[Category:BZPB]]<br />
[[Category:Universes]]<br />
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|Row 3 info = Matoran Universe<br>[[Malchior IV (OU)|Malchior IV]]<br>[[Mordor]]<br>[[Dominaria]]<br>[[Liquid Metallicon (OU)|Liquid Metallicon]]<br>[[Teruga Prime (OU)|Teruga Prime]]<br>[[Centrum]]<br>[[Kyras (OU)|Kyras]]<br />
|Row 4 title = Appearances<br />
|Row 4 info = ''[[BZPB]]''<br>''[[Subnixus: The Changing Planet]]''<br>''[[Mysteries Unlimited]]''<br>''[[FROG]]''<br>''[[Beyond Insanity]]'' {{C|Intro only}}<br />
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{{disambig2|the universe often called the "BZPB Multiverse"|the omniverse that houses all of BZPB canon|BZPB Omniverse}}<br />
The '''Original BZPB Multiverse''', also referred to as the '''Original Universe''' for simplicity, was where most of the original [[BZPB]] RPG was set. It was created by [[The Users]] in [[Timeline#Year 0|Year 0 CMT]], who formed it out of hundreds of different universes, including both copyrighted universes and worlds that they had previously created themselves. Due to its complex nature, it was named the "BZPB Multiverse". It was a chaotic place to live in, but remained the favoured universe of the Users until [[the Reckoning]] came about.<br />
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Once the OU was created, science did its job in creating a large number of alternate universes that stem off from the OU, some of which can be found in the template below. However, it may in fact be a splinter universe itself...<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
=== Year 0 ===<br />
*[[User Sarge]] arrives a few minutes before the beginning of the BZPB multiverse, and witnesses something horrifying. <br />
*[[The Architect]] and [[The Users|the other Users]] create the multiverse from many pre-existing universes for a then-unknown purpose. (It later turned out that it was meant to be a giant virtual game).<br />
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=== Year 75 ===<br />
*[[Blackout (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Blackout]] creates the [[Ta'har]] race in his image.<br />
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=== Year 200 ===<br />
* The "Riders" unify their planet and begin setting out to conquer the stars.<br />
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=== Year 344 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire reaches its zenith.<br />
*The Council of the Great Beings first decision to intervene in an affair outside of its purview is made: namely, to slowly decrease the strength of the Rider Empire.<br />
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=== Year 500 ===<br />
*The First Vrai-Rider War begins. <br />
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=== Year 520 ===<br />
*The First "Rider" Empire is severely weakened by the war, and withdraws its forces to its home galaxy. It spends the next 20,000 years restructuring itself and attempting to conquer its galactic cluster.<br />
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=== Year 610 ===<br />
*Years of tensions between the [[Vrai]] and the Great Beings come to a head when the Vrai attack several Great Being outposts. The [[Vrai War]] is declared.<br />
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=== Year 625 ===<br />
*Attempting to break the stalemate the war had become, the Vrai invade the Matoran Universe, resulting in the Great Beings creating the [[Elite Makuta]]: [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Starscream (OU)|Starscream]], [[Barricade (OU)|Barricade]], [[Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (OU)|Bonecrusher]] to fight off the invaders.<br />
*[[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]] is exiled from the Matoran Universe for his illegal activities, and failure to defeat the Vrai. He flees to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]].<br />
*[[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta]] is created, and manages to escape the confines of the MU to establish a base on another planet. It becomes a rogue sect, completely isolated from the main Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
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=== Year 627 ===<br />
*The [[Elite Makuta]] drive the Vrai out of the Matoran Universe, but not before they can release [[Vrai mutation virus|a virus]] on Stelt, which begins to slowly turn the inhabitants into Vrai.<br />
*With the MU campaign lost, the Vrai agree to a ceasefire, and the Great Beings and the Vrai sign a peace treaty officially ending the war. In the treaty, the two species agree to abandon any territories they had annexed, and create a demilitarised zone 100 light-years wide along their borders to be administered by a neutral party.<br />
*Starscream, Barricade, Brawl and Bonecrusher are placed in stasis pods. Blackout escapes this fate by joining the Brotherhood of Makuta. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky predict Blackout's future treachery, and make an unsuccessful attempt on his life.<br />
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=== Year 5023 ===<br />
*[[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]] and his original Toa Team is created from scratch by the Great Beings for an unknown purpose.<br />
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=== Year 20,520 ===<br />
*The "Riders" finish the conquest of their cluster, and are once more powerful enough to take on the universe. They begin to slowly conquer Vrai and non-Vrai territories in space. The Second "Rider" Empire is born.<br />
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=== Year 20,576 ===<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] is naturally created by the Great Beings as one of the Matoran of Metru Nui. He is a Ta-Matoran welder.<br />
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=== Year 20,580 ===<br />
* The Matoran Civil War occurs, which Kakamu is drafted into on the side of the Ta-Matoran. One day while fighting in Ga-Metru, the protodermis banks are flooded and he is swept out to sea, somehow transforming into a Toa before washing up on Daxia. Disorientated and with no wish to return to the war, he joins the Order of Mata Nui. <br />
*The Second "Rider"-Vrai War is officially declared. No clear victor will be in sight for the next 13,000 years as much of the universe burns.<br />
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=== Year 30,075 ===<br />
*[[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]] commits an unknown crime against the nobles of the world, and is placed in the Pit by [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]].<br />
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=== Year 33,075 ===<br />
*Blackout finds a [[Order database|secret database created by the Order of Mata Nui]]. He spends his spare time researching it, and eventually discovers the existence of the Users. He is enraged by this discovery, and plans revenge.<br />
*Blackout begins recruiting an army of minions to help fulfil his plan.<br />
*The Architect enlists the Great Being [[Okk]] to create the Shattered Mirror in response to Blackout's gained knowledge.<br />
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=== Year 33,105 ===<br />
*Blackout gathers a group of Rahkshi and leads an attack on the Pit, the location of which he previously learnt from the Order database he discovered 30 years earlier, kills the jailer, and escapes with several prisoners, including Malygos.<br />
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=== Year 33,110 ===<br />
*An [[Sequar|Order of Mata Nui operative]] discovers who broke Malygos out of the Pit, and attempts to inform his superiors. Before he can do this, however, he is killed by Blackout.<br />
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=== Year 33,580 ===<br />
*The [[Arcturus core]] technology is invented by Makuta [[Treyiah]]. Two prototypes are placed on [[Treyiah's ship]] in order to power it. They eventually aid in his demise, and are much later used to power the [[Thunder Arrow]], [[Nemesis]], [[Airship One]], and eventually [[Darkmount]].<br />
*The Vrai, with aid from the Great Beings and other forces, are able to gain the upper hand against the Second "Rider" Empire.<br />
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=== Year 34,080 ===<br />
*Blackout finds out that Treyiah has been attempting to discover information about his plan, and kills him by tossing him into one of the Arcturus cores on board his ship.<br />
*The Second "Rider" Empire is extinguished, and many planets are liberated. They either align themselves with the Great Beings, become subjects of the Vrai, or form their own governments.<br />
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=== Year 40,080 ===<br />
*Kakamu joins the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The events of BZPower Battles: Peace for our time take place.<br />
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=== Year 41,080 ===<br />
*The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is formed, and declares war on the [[Vrai]].<br />
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=== Year 50,080 ===<br />
*The [[Makuta Anima]] are sent to map the newly discovered island of [[Shinobi-Nui]], and encounter the [[Toa Idiotas]]. The BZPower epic "Tales of the Makuta Anima", written by Master of the Anima: Ynot, takes place around this time.<br />
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=== Year 68,060 ===<br />
*[[Maelstrom]] is captured by [[Liquid Ocelot]], and is mutated into a bizarre Vortixx-robot hybrid.<br />
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=== Year 90,080 ===<br />
*Blackout becomes [[Teridax (OU)|Teridax]]'s second-in-command.<br />
*Makuta [[Katawa]] begins his illegal experiments, and creates the [[Bount]]. Teridax orders Blackout to execute him, but in reality, Blackout simply drives the scientist to the point of near-death, and uses him as a source of energy for his secret lab.<br />
*The Bount are exiled to [[Earth]].<br />
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=== Year 98,580 ===<br />
*[[Ynot (OU)|Makuta Ynot]] becomes the first known Makuta to leave Aqua Magna single-handedly. He spends the next one thousand years in [[Knowledge Dimension|another dimension]], studying the universe. While there, he discovers many things.<br />
*Coincidentally, Caiaphus arrives at the same dimension in this year. He brutally murders a guard, and discovers the truth about his past and his destiny.<br />
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=== Year 99,080 ===<br />
*Blackout first encounters Zev Raregroove.<br />
*Blackout discovers the [[Master Sword]]. <br />
*The Knights of the Blue Sky are assassinated by Blackout.<br />
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=== Year 99,580 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his travels around the universe, just in time to help [[Blackout]] fight Zev.<br />
*[[Uterio Di Armechio (OU)|Uterio Di Armechio]] is named leader of the Knights of the Great Beings by Angonce.<br />
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=== Year 100,060 ===<br />
*Malygos exiles Teridax to another dimension, allowing Blackout to take his place.<br />
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=== Year 100,079 ===<br />
(Note: The events of these six months were erased due to Blackout's use of the [[Vahi Cube]].)<br />
*Icarax is assassinated at Blackout's order.<br />
*The [[Five Kings Treaty]] is signed, dividing up the universe between Blackout, Malygos, [[Duke Hydraxis]], and two other kings, and preventing Blackout from proceeding any further with his plan.<br />
*The human scientist [[Monarch]] attempts to create an army to conquer the universe by kidnapping super-powered beings. When he captures Kakamu, Blackout hunts him down and kills him.<br />
*Blackout hires the ex-Dark Hunter Voporak to steal the Kanohi Vahi, Mask of Time. Kakamu, unaware of the identity of Voporak's employer, tries to stop him, but is stopped by Blackout revealing himself. Blackout creates the Vahi Cube.<br />
*The [[Icarus]] satellite weapon is created. Malygos immediately attempts to sabotage it.<br />
*[[The Fallen]] tries to free himself from his dimensional prison with the help of fellow Heralds of Unicron [[Xintun]] and [[Xaaron]]. He succeeds in doing so, but Ynot destroys his body soon thereafter.<br />
*The Toa-Skakdi war is instigated by Kakamu, at Malygos' request.<br />
*Blackout uses the Vahi Cube to rewind time by six months.<br />
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=== Year 100,080 ===<br />
*Blackout swiftly takes over the Matoran Universe, and brainwashes the Matoran into building [[Darkmount]].<br />
*Blackout contacts [[Le Chiffre (OU)|Le Chiffre]]'s tribe of Agori and Glatorian, and offers to help them get revenge for their persecution at the hands of the other Bara Magna tribes.<br />
*Le Chiffre, having obtained weapons from Blackout and [[Minuteman]], begins to prepare for war.<br />
*The Icarus satellite weapon is rebuilt.<br />
*Earth and Bara Magna are destroyed using [[Hadrium|unstable hadrium]], and two and a half billion people on [[Coridan VI]] are killed when Darkmount attacks it.<br />
*The few remaining Makuta remaining loyal to Icarax are eliminated, leaving Blackout as the undisputed leader of the Brotherhood of Makuta.<br />
*The [[Battle of Impel Down]] occurs, and Blackout and his entire fleet are trapped in the Muta-Gaath Nebula by a Goa'uld [[Core bomb|core bomb]].<br />
*Caiaphus kills SM Klak, and is chased by SM Tahar'ok for 40,000 years, then returns to the main universe to Krustallos, where he reunites with Nadle and his Shadow Toa army.<br />
*Ynot leaves the [[Makuta Anima]] and spends [[BZPB epics|50,000 years afloat]].<br />
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=== Year 149,454 ===<br />
*The Krustallos colony is destroyed, and Jorten is tormented. Caiaphus's body is destroyed by Tahar'ok, and the Apprentices of Caiaphus form, spending the next 626 years training.<br />
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=== Year 149,780 ===<br />
*The Apprentices attack a Blackout loyalist base. Their numbers are decimated, leaving a select few. Reformation, and Caiaphus's physical return follow.<br />
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=== Year 149,882 ===<br />
*The events of Subnixus - The Changing Planet take place.<br />
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=== Year 149,917 ===<br />
*[[Yon]] is born to his parents on [[Teruga Prime]]. Strangely, he is an only child.<br />
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=== Year 149,980 ===<br />
* The [[Agrippa]] form an alliance with the [[Vassila]]. The Agrippa give the Vassila desperately needed food, and in return they give them drones to help build their houses.<br />
* [[Kensa (OU)|Kensa]], [[Jarvis (OU)|Jarvis]] and [[Etende (OU)|Etende]] appear in the middle of their home planet's desert as a result of a teleportation accident. From there, they begin a journey with [[Jubei]] that would change them forever.<br />
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=== Year 150,003 ===<br />
* Human forces ravage the planet of [[Archon-7]] with nuclear bombs, clearing the landscape with the intention of repopulating the planet in their own image.<br />
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=== Year 150,033 ===<br />
* "[[Mazkertis|Subject 08]]" is taken prisoner by the Knights of the Great Beings.<br />
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=== Year 150,064 ===<br />
* Possessed by a [[YOURMUM]] parasite, [[Steven Pinker]] attacks some alien dignitaries and is subsequently imprisoned in [[Supermax F███ B█████]].<br />
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=== Year 150,070 ===<br />
* The [[TSS Bouncy-Ball]] is launched to explore the Milky Way galaxy. It would continue its mission for fourteen years before returning to Teruga Prime.<br />
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=== Year 150,080 ===<br />
*Ynot returns from his isolation<br />
*The Galactic Federation has been formed.<br />
*The Matoran species has colonized Impel Down and renamed it Mata Nui II, in honour of the Great Spirit.<br />
*The seal placed on the Muta-Gaath Nebula 50,000 years earlier shatters, freeing Blackout and his army.<br />
*Klak meets Zev, and later, TMV, and approaches Caiaphus's temple, becoming part of the Apprentices<br />
*Much later, he leaves the group, and begins to fight with them in many conflicts, including the [[Battle of Conquistadores v. Apprentices of Caiaphus]].<br />
*Blackout goes on a massive rampage throughout the universe, eventually ending in the activation of the [[Pandorica]] and the slow destruction of the BZPB universe.<br />
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=== Year 150,081 ===<br />
*Blackout and his armies cross over into the BZPower universe, destroying a lot of stuff, heavily wounding the Architect, and running away from [[Unicron]].<br />
*[[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] have a huge fight. <br />
*Apprentices of Caiaphus have dwindled to minuscule numbers, Caiaphus feared dead. Original AoC is later disbanded.<br />
*Blackout activates the [[Chamber of Secrets]], and uses it to destroy Unicron and drain his powers.<br />
*[[F-Klak]] reveals himself to Klak at some point in this year.<br />
*Using his new Unicron powers and a gigantic body built from Darkmount parts, Blackout attempts yet again to destroy the Architect and lay claim to the Keruvim, but is stopped when Kakamu sacrifices himself to destroy his new body.<br />
*Uterio Di Armechio convinces Angonce and most of the Council of the Great Beings to declare [[Uterio War|war]] on the universe.<br />
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=== Year 150,082 ===<br />
*The Uterio War rages across the BZPB multiverse, and is eventually brought to an end at the [[Battle of Mordor]]. <br />
*Osseron, previous Uterio War veteran, joins ZFT in the latter period of the war.<br />
*[[TPK (OU)|TPK]] takes over the Council of Great Beings, and violently suppresses opposition to his rule.<br />
*The [[Battle of the BZP Staff HQ]] occurs, leading to the overthrow of [[Black Six]]. Without a compliant ruler, the Great Beings lose influence over BZPower.<br />
*The New World Order Arc begins, showing the rise of [[Ultron]], the [[ZFT (organisation)|ZFT]], [[MECH]], HYDRA, and the return of Caiaphus and [[Rahn]].<br />
*User Sarge messes with his powers and goes back in time. He then returns to his own time, and begins his adventures around the multiverse, discovering more about the history behind BZPB.<br />
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=== Year 150,083 ===<br />
*The ZFT attacks [[Cold Ground]]. During the battle, Blackout is possessed by an unknown force, which leads him to surrender to Malchiorian forces before going dormant. <br />
*Blackout is imprisoned on Malchior IV. Brotherhood forces attack the prison and free him, but are then forced to merge into a monolithic titan under TPK's control. The titan attempts to kill Blackout, but is destroyed. The overlord disappears, and the Makuta are imprisoned on an asteroid near Malchior. <br />
*[[The Platinum Lantern Corp]] is formed.<br />
*[[Ragnarok]] occurs. Caiaphus, Ultron, and F-Klak all perish, but so do most of Klak's friends. Klak himself is narrowly saved by a time-travelling Ynot.<br />
*Malygos attends the [[Mad Scientist Convention]], marking his first appearance in many years.<br />
*Blackout teams up with [[Ra]], frees his forces from the asteroid prison, and retreats to Ailyb-Gypte. <br />
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=== Year 150,084 ===<br />
*A crack team of mercenaries breaks into [[Supermax 429]] and manage to escape with two of its prisoners. [[Fourteen]] flies [[Tiff Ramson]] to [[Liquid-Metallicon]], but [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]] betrays the group and kills Ramson before flying away with a jetpack. [[Aluren]] delivers [[Iris]] to Malygos on Dominaria.<br />
*Yon's [[Dong Squad]] is formed. On their first mission, they enter Ipomal, Teruga Prime's capital city, via an abandoned cave entrance under the sea. They then storm the city's prison and [[No Image Guy]] murders [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] while controlling the armour of [[Jeff|a ZFT soldier]]. As it appears that the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]] killed the last important [[Terugan]] authority figure, a civil war breaks out on Teruga Prime between the Terugan people and the ZFT.<br />
*The last surviving members of the Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta are awoken, and they team up with a recently resurrected Caiaphus. They also take Vultraz from the Mata Nui II and use him to create two new Makuta consciousnesses: [[Kivalon]] and [[Xikella]]. However, he and [[Kuli]] are killed by Parasitic Fluff shortly after.<br />
*Malygos briefly absorbs all of the magical energy in the multiverse, but his plan of universal conquest is foiled by User interference and his powers reverted.<br />
*[[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] frees [[Mazkertis]] from his prison, and the wizard begins to exact his revenge upon the prime universe. The recently formed [[Claws of the Phoenix]] attempt to stop his rampage, but he escapes from their trap unharmed.<br />
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=== Year 150,099 ===<br />
*(2029 AD in this particular Earth) Rainn Sulrai retires to Task City, Arkansas, US. He eventually decides to start a private detective agency on his own, but realizes that he'll need all the help he can get. He places an ad out, and attracts the attention of several eccentric characters. The events of [[Mysteries Unlimited]] take place.<br />
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== Notable Inhabitants ==<br />
''For the full list of OU natives, see the [[:Category:Original Universe natives|category]].''<br />
* [[The Users]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus (OU)|Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Osseron]]<br />
* [[Shroom (OU)|Shroom]]<br />
* [[Raigen (OU)|Raigen]]<br />
* [[TMV (OU)|TMV]]<br />
* [[Yon (OU)|Yon]]<br />
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== States/Empires ==<br />
* [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT/Axis]]<br />
* [[The Dominion]]<br />
* The [[Takemikazuchi Empire (OU)|Takemikazuchi Empire]]<br />
* The [[Republic of Luria]]<br />
* The [[Fall of Cluster Empire]]<br />
* [[Malchior IV]]<br />
* [[Neo Ta'har|The Neo Ta'har Empire]]<br />
* [[Jurai|Juraian Empire]]<br />
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[[Category:Life, the Universe, and Everything]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7301The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-19T06:19:25Z<p>Zykx: /* Serious characters */</p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
|-<br />
| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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|}<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7300The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-18T06:25:04Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
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| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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! Chapter 9: ...Is not my Friend.<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the same energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7299The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-18T06:18:48Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
|-<br />
| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
|-<br />
| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy her curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7298The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-18T06:17:16Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces herself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy their curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
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| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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! Chapter 8: The Enemy of my Enemy...<br />
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! Chapter 10: As Time Goes By / The Secret Within<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces himself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy their curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Mazkertis_Paradox_(story)&diff=7295The Mazkertis Paradox (story)2015-11-18T06:14:06Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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! Chapter 2: Calm<br />
|-<br />
| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
|-<br />
| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
|-<br />
| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
|-<br />
| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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! Chapter 6: Maskirovka<br />
|-<br />
| {{Incomplete}}<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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! Chapter 7: Zugunruhe<br />
|-<br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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The tenth chapter is split into two parts due to it being too long to send at once.<br />
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Part one, '''As Time Goes By''', opens with [[The Chousin]] gathered in the [[Aleph point]] of the [[Original Universe]]. Using a [[memory tablet]], Tsunami shows her sisters what she discovered about the disappearance of the [[Living Stars]]. It is revealed that, two years ago, the [[Kra'lythe]] gained access to the [[Knowledge Dimension]] and discovered how to access the [[Forest of Lights]] from there. [[Eclipse]] followed his acolytes inside the dimension and discovered how to increase his power by absorbing other Living Stars. Led by Eclipse, the Kra'lythe breach the Forest of Lights and attack its inhabitants, slaying some and wounding others. Eclipse absorbs [[Sun]], the oldest Living Star in existence, before disappearing. [[Vrentus]] telepathically interrogates [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] to discover the Kra'lythe's plan of travelling to different universes to make themselves more powerful. The Living Stars decide to do the same.<br />
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Back in the present day, Tokimi decides to venture into the OU to tell [[Quolas (OU)|Quolas]] and the other abandoned [[Sha'lythe]] what really happened to their brethren. Washu teleports Tokimi to the [[Malchior IV]] countryside, where she enters a church and meets [[The Norman]]. The Norman decides to give Tokimi the benefit of the doubt and tells her that Quolas is on his way back from [[Dominaria]]. Meanwhile, Washu and Tsunami go to the Aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension and try to find what universe the Living Stars are now in.<br />
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When Quolas returns in the [[Claws of the Phoenix]]'s ship, Tokimi introduces himself and takes him inside the church to deliver the news. Unknown to them both, Quolas was followed by a [[Republic of Luria|Lurian]] spy drone, which had been programmed to follow and observe vehicles bearing energy signatures similar to that of the Claws' ship. The drone transmits its findings back to the Galactic Reconnaissance Division on [[Kyras]]. Lord [[Remarkable Silver]], who is overseeing the spy drone operation, realizes that they have found the Claws' ship. Moments later, a second drone returns its findings, reporting that it has discovered a [[Eclipse Spiral|space station]] at the edge of the galaxy which shares the energy signature. Lord Silver calls [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]] to tell him the news. Ascheron himself takes [[Assault Shadow|his ship]] to the [[Kindred of Dawn]]'s base on [[Kalta Thaea]] to inform [[Mazkertis]] of the Claws' location and the existence of the space station.<br />
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Part two, '''The Secret Within''', picks up inside the Kindred of Dawn's base on Kalta Thaea. Ascheron tells Mazkertis the news, and the wizard decides to go to Malchior IV to exact revenge upon the Claws himself. Meanwhile in the church, Tokimi breaks the news about the Living Stars to Quolas, and invites him to join the Chousin. Quolas declines her offer, saying that he is part of the Claws now. Suddenly, Mazkertis arrives and engages Quolas in battle. Tokimi uses her balancing powers to even the odds between them, but Quolas is thrown out of the church and locked out. Mazkertis telepathically attacks Tokimi in a bid to gain information, such as her identity and allegiances. He discovers the existence of the Chousin, and also the location of an opposite, but dormant force, who can counteract the Chousin's powers if set loose. Mazkertis's telepathic intrusion is interrupted when [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] arrives to let Quolas back in the church, and the latter cuts off Mazkertis's hand. Mazkertis escapes through a portal to the location of the Counter-Actor, much to Klak's dismay.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Blue]] teleports herself, [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]] onto the mysterious space station. They discover that it is overlooking a time-locked galaxy, the [[Five Empires Galaxy]], and that it is deserted. Once their presence is detected by the station's computer, a message displays on the monitors reading "We are on the storage deck. Free us". Blue and Raziel take the elevator down to the storage deck to investigate. Once there, Blue discovers a row of stasis pods, each containing a strange character. She opens one of them to satisfy their curiosity. Its occupant is [[Ludwig von Todesfal]], who has been trapped on the station since before the [[Uterio War]] began. He uses his powers of silence to dampen the voices of Blue and Raziel, and demands that they take him off the station. Interpreting this as a hostile act, the Green Goblin sneaks up on Ludwig and attacks him. The other two Kindred aid their ally in the fight against Ludwig, and eventually emerge triumphant. Ludwig begs them to spare his life because he could be of use to them. When Gobby asks him what use he has, he tells them that he is a member of the [[Great Beings|Council of Great Beings]]. Blue teleports the four of them back to Kalta Thaea so Mazkertis can meet Ludwig and decide what to do with him.<br />
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Mazkertis himself lands on [[Jurai]] immediately after escaping the church. After emerging from a corn field, he finds a house matching the description of the one he saw in Tokimi's mind. He makes a makeshift bandage for the stump of his hand and removes his mask to make him seem less threatening. When he knocks on the house's door, [[Misaki Raregroove]] answers and ushers him inside so that she can attend to his injury. During their conversation, Mazkertis discovers that she is the mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], one of the men who crippled him in the Dark Mirror Universe. Once she finishes tending to his injury, he accidentally projects a murderous thought into her head, causing her to grab a knife and hold it against him. Mazkertis begins telepathically attacking her, hoping to trigger her transformation into the Counter-Actor. He is successful and the Counter-Actor emerges, nearly killing him. Mazkertis escapes seconds before the Counter-Actor destroys much of her former home and shoots into the sky.<br />
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Outside, at the edge of the corn field, September the [[Observers|Observer]] observes the Counter-Actor's escape, and wonders what would have happened if the Living Stars had kept to their oath of protecting time. He walks into a portal and disappears.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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|Row 1 title = Species<br />
|Row 1 info = [[Living Star]]<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 3 title = Alignment<br />
|Row 3 info = Lawful Neutral<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = None<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = Other Living Stars,<br>The [[Sha'lythe Sect]] (esp. [[Cithus]])<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = [[Eclipse]],<br>The [[Kra'lythe Sect]]<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = The [[Living Stars]]<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [[Original Universe]]<br />
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:(''Not to be confused with the [[Ventrus]], an alien species native to [[Conpiom]]'')<br />
'''Vrentus''' is a green-coloured [[Living Star]] who is a close ally of [[TBS]] and a trainer of [[Time Guardians]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
When TBS wished to recruit [[Xigneo]] into the Time Guardians, he took the adventurer to the [[Forest of Lights]] to meet Vrentus. Upon handing him over to the green Living Star, Vrentus gave Xigneo the Living Star salute and explained to him why the Living Stars could not burn him at a distance, and why he could float freely in their realm. Afterwards, he took him to Oblivion to test his skills, as there were Daedra in that dimension who needed to be erased from time. Upon arriving there, they were met with [[Praepositus]], who confused Vrentus with TBS. Vrentus demanded to know how the human knew the name of their "prince", and lit up his fist with fire, ready to strike Praepositus down. Praepositus responded that it was TBS who enchanted his sword [[Uredinum]], and that Vrentus's distrust of him was dishonourable. This accusation of dishonour enraged Vrentus, who was about to crush the human commander into a fine mist before spotting the legion of approaching Daedra warriors on the horizon, led by [http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Mehrunes_Dagon their commander]. Distracted with his mission to destroy the army and their dimension of Oblivion, he flew off into the army, smiting the Daedra soldiers around him and slaying their leader. When he was satisfied, he used the full extent of his power to destroy the dimension, teleporting himself and Xigneo back to the Forest of Lights and to safety. Luckily for Praepositus, he escaped along with [[Rahksha]] and [[Praepediti]] by being sucked through a dimensional rip accidentally caused by Vrentus, which led them to [[Darkmount]].<br />
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Later, Vrentus met with TBS and approached [[Sun]], to warn him of a shared prophecy that they had. The prophecy involved one of the Living Stars dying and their realm being breached by an unknown individual. Sun ignored the prophecy, believing it to be false and ridiculous, as Vrentus had already made sure that their realm was well-hidden and defended. Just in case, TBS introduced Vrentus to [[Flare]], another Living Star warrior who had been encased in [[Parasitic Fluff]] in combat, and had mastered control over it. Vrentus expressed his amazement at this feat, and went off to rest.<br />
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Vrentus's prophecy was fulfilled one day as the Forest of Lights was breached by [[Eclipse]] and the [[Kra'lythe]]. Vrentus used his telepathic powers to determine how they breached it and where they were headed.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
* ''"This abomination will destroy everything you have known and loved, half-breed! I did no such thing. No code of honour? I have more honour that you, your father, <br>and all the offspring you will never live to have combined!"'' - Vrentus resenting the accusation of him having no honour.<br />
* ''"While I am saving all of humanity, you as scum fight with one of the most powerful beings in time, but I have purpose. Uterio wants you to be his puppet, his drone. I will not kill you,<br> but I assure your death will be caused by one not affiliated with The Blue Sun."'' - Vrentus mocking Praepositus and Rahksha's life choices.<br />
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<div>'''Sun''' was said to be one of the oldest [[Living Stars]] in existence, and possibly the first as [[TBS]] called him his father. Unlike the other Living Stars, Sun was seemingly not capable of speech, instead expressing himself through screams and roars.<br />
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He resided in his home domain, the [[Forest of Lights]], and has never been seen leaving it. One day, TBS and [[Vrentus]] shared a prophetic vision in which the Forest of Lights was breached and one of the Living Stars were killed. They went to Sun to discuss the prophecy, but the ancient yellow being dismissed it in his usual manner.<br />
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Later, when Vrentus approached Sun about the prophecy again, he and his translators dismissed it. Two hours later, the Forest of Lights was breached by [[Eclipse]] and the [[Kra'lythe Sect]], and Sun was absorbed by Eclipse. He didn't survive.<br />
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59266<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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! Chapter 3: Freedom<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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! Chapter 4: Homeward Bound<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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! Chapter 5: Power Play<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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<div>The '''Eclipse Spiral''' is [[Ouandis]]' personal space station, which sits atop the [[Five Empires Galaxy]]. It is used as both a leisure suite and a parliamentary building by the galaxy's [[Chosen Ones of the Five Empires Galaxy|Chosen Ones]].<br />
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According to Ouandis he also uses the station for "inventing, observing, and interrogating".<br />
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One day, Ouandis was there with [[Endless Sea]], [[Togariku]], [[Alaki]], [[Alton]], [[Gapyriad the Executor]] and [[Ludwig von Todesfal]] when he decided to have a little fun by bringing [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] aboard via [[plothole]]. This turned out to be a very bad idea when Vok arrived, as he managed to steal the Spiral's only ship on board, destroying their plothole creation technology in the process. While he was escaping, he also put the station in lockdown and blasted their communications array, leaving the group trapped there. When they started to run out of supplies, they decided to put themselves in stasis.<br />
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Two years later, three [[Kindred of Dawn]] members ([[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]]) arrived on the Eclipse Spiral to investigate its strange energy signature. The Goblin discovered that the space station was discovered by the Users while Blue freed Ludwig from stasis. The Kindred together defeated Ludwig and made him swear loyalty to them. Once he had done so, they teleported him away.<br />
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<div>'''Ludwig von Todesfal''' is a [[Great Beings|Great Being]]. He was present in the GB Council when [[Uterio di Armechio (OU)|Uterio di Armechio]] held a vote as to whether or not the GBs should go to war against the rest of the [[Original Universe|OU]]. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
In the Council, Ludwig scoffed at Uterio's suggestion, saying that investigating the recent class-W reality quake ([[Endless Sea]] creating the [[Five Empires Galaxy]]) was a much more important matter at hand. He threatened that whatever the vote's outcome, he would investigate the reality shift like [[Ouandis]], taking the Death Vanguard with him on his expedition. He was gonna say more stuff, but he was then attacked by an energy sphere firing bolts of lightning around like a few other Great Beings present. However he was lucky enough to block the attack in time by forming a shield out of shadow energy, and used the same to retaliate against the sphere. When the chaos had subsided, he left with Ouandis through a [[plothole]] for the [[Eclipse Spiral]] with the intent on allying with him to investigate the reality quake... but when they arrived at the Spiral, it was revealed to be a trap. Endless and his minions were already there, with the intent of interrogating Ludwig. However, due to Endless's silly decision to bring [[Vok (OU)|Vok]] on board, the [[Terugans|Terugan]] destroyed their plothole creation technology and escaped in a ship, leaving Ludwig trapped on the Spiral.<br />
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Two years later, three [[Kindred of Dawn]] members ([[Blue]], [[Raziel]], and the [[Green Goblin]]) boarded the Eclipse Spiral to investigate its strange energy signature. Blue discovered Ludwig and the others in stasis, and freed him. The Kindred engaged Ludwig in battle and defeated him, sparing his life in exchange for his service to the Kindred of Dawn.<br />
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = ''The Mazkertis Paradox''<br />
|Row 1 title = Authors<br />
|Row 1 info = [[User:Klak|Klak]] (1, 2, 6, 8)<br>[[User:Zykx|Kon]] (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)<br>Nif (9)<br />
|Row 2 title = Format<br />
|Row 2 info = Epic<br />
|Row 3 title = Chapters<br />
|Row 3 info = 10 currently<br />
|Row 4 title = Word Count<br />
|Row 4 info = 59259<br />
|Row 5 title = Setting<br />
|Row 5 info = The Hyperdimension<br>The [[Knowledge Dimension]]<br>[[Original Universe]]{{Si}}[[Alaine]]{{Si}}[[Atuar Sadiares]]{{Si}}Cooperative space{{Si}}[[Dekan]]{{Si}}[[Earth]]{{Si}}The [[Eclipse Spiral]]{{Si}}The [[Forest of Lights]]{{Si}}[[Hei Fon 4]]{{Si}}[[Jurai]]{{Si}}[[Kalta Thaea]]{{Si}}[[Kyras]]{{Si}}[[Linkit]]{{Si}}[[Liquid-Metallicon]]{{Si}}[[Malchior IV]]{{Si}}[[Meme World]]{{Si}}[[Neo Z'Traa]]{{Si}}[[Rhadan]]{{Si}}[[Saskana]]{{Si}}[[Shinar-Karana]]{{Si}}[[Stelta-Stal]]{{Si}}The [[Stouttish Islands]]{{Si}}The [[BZPower|User World]]{{Si}}[[Vizima]]{{Si}}[[XTR-686]]<br>[[The UG]]<br>The Void<br />
|Row 6 title = Status<br />
|Row 6 info = Ongoing<br />
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'''The Mazkertis Paradox''' is an ongoing epic written by BZPB members [[User:Klak|Klak]], [[User:Zykx|Kon]] and Nif. Picking up where the [[The Mazkertis Paradox (Arc)|story arc of the same name]] left off, it aims to conclude the arc and its numerous sub-plots in an exciting and dramatic way.<br />
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== Chapter Summaries ==<br />
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! Chapter 1: Harmony, Disharmony<br />
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| The first chapter opens with a band on [[Atuar Sadiares]] practising for a fundraising event which would help repair the damage to the station following the [[Battle of Atuar Sadiares]]. However, the lead singer finds that they suffer from a lack of harmony, and forces them to begin again. Across the street, [[Duke Nukem]] climbs into a shuttle about to leave the space station, having previously escaped his containment pod offscreen.<br />
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Meanwhile on [[Saskana]], [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]'s ship docks with [[the Cabana]], and the remnants of the [[Claws of the Phoenix]] meet with [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]. [[Klak (OU)|Klak]] berates Ynot for putting [[D-Klak]] in harm's way, but backs down after the Makuta snaps at him, and seeing the injured [[Axalara]] being tended to by [[Perseus]]. Cain meets [[Moe]] for the first time, and the two D-Klaks from different time periods also meet face-to-face.<br />
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Elsewhere on Saskana, a meeting takes place on the ''[[Divine Providence]]'' between [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)|Figlio di Armechio]] and [[Rokubungi Gendo]]. Malygos expresses his disapproval of Figlio's presence, but the Rider cements his position there by showing the group a hologram of a [[HYDRA]] member stealing the [[Keruvim]]. He then reminds the group of [[Mazkertis]]'s plans, and suggests that the Saskanan people should choose HYDRA to protect them, because they have the Keruvim and the Brotherhood and the Dominion have already failed attempting to do the same thing. Gendo reminds them of the [[Republic of Luria|Lurians]]' allegiance with Mazkertis, and Malygos volunteers to deal with them, but Blackout suspects that this is so he can take [[Kyras]], Saskana and Mazkertis' magic for himself.<br />
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Back on the Cabana, [[TPK (OU)|TPK]] receives a message from [[Black Phantom]], who tells him that he has detected Figlio's life signs on a ship nearby. [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]] suggests they go after him, so they split up. Klak, Ynot, [[Kurenitsu]], Perseus, TPK and one of the D-Klaks return to Cain's ship, where they take off and request to board the ''Divine Providence'', leaving Nadle, [[Spotter]] and [[Trixitin]] to look after Axalara and [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]. While this is happening, Sasuken has a nightmare of a spectral Kraahkan that tells him to betray Ynot in order to rid him of [[Hollow Ynot|his Hollow]]. When he resists, his is attacked by several shades, and is cut down by one resembling HY. He wakes up screaming.<br />
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Cain's ship is granted permission to dock, and TPK immediately takes a swing at Figlio upon seeing him, but is stopped by Gendo. Klak and Ynot accuse Figlio of causing numerous crimes, but Cain steps forward to back him up, revealing himself as a traitor who has been on HYDRA's payroll ever since they first met. Several arguments erupt in the room, but are silenced by Klak slamming his fist on the table and restating just how major a threat the Mazkertis and [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Ascheron]] alliance is, and that they all need to work together to stop them, else the universe would be destroyed. The delegates in the room reluctantly agree, and split into teams to search for Mazkertis.<br />
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Back on Atuar Sadiares, the band finally perfect their medley, and they play in the town square. The sound reverberates throughout the space station, enrapturing the hearts of its listeners.<br />
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| The second chapter opens with Mazkertis storming into [[Sachiel]]'s medical office on [[Liquid-Metallicon]], taking pills and healing his wounds himself. While running over rooftops above, Fourteen falls through the roof of the office and is injured. Mazkertis grabs him by the neck and telepathically attacks him. Fourteen attempts to fight back with his own powers, but this resistance only tears his mind to shreds. [[Cassius Calm (OU)|Cassius Calm]] enters the office moments too late, but engages Mazkertis nonetheless. Mazkertis uses his time-warping powers to turn Calm's own attacks against him, but the monk still manages to blast the wizard through the wall into an alleyway. Sachiel joins the battle and attempts to drown Mazkertis with his powers, but he absorbs all the magic within the water, thus freeing the water of his control. Before Mazkertis can kill the medic, a bullet pierces his robes and he looks up to see [[John Shepard]] holding the [[P90]] that fired it. Shepard orders him to surrender, but Mazkertis refuses. A siren rings through the city, signifying that it has come under attack.<br />
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[[Akzer]] wakes up in another part of the city, having previously been put to sleep by [[Ophelia Valentine (OU)|Ophelia Valentine]]. Upon hearing the siren, he hops on a speeder bike and drives away.<br />
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Valentine and her employer [[Cassandra Thorne]] make their way to the slums, having sensed an unsettling power in that area. They find Mazkertis, and a mighty battle ensues between him and everyone else there, which prompts Thorne to immobilize him with her power of bloodbending after her initial attacks fail. Unfortunately the wizard escapes her hold by using his powers, and quickly dispatches everyone around him but Calm, who begins to summon his Stand. However, Mazkertis realizes his rapid power usage has taken a toll on him, and disappears through a portal before Calm can finish summoning [[Noble Eightfold Path]]. A skiff carrying Akzer and [[Ozar]] arrives at the scene to join the battle, but they find that Mazkertis has already fled. Calm helps tend to the injured, and swears that justice will find Mazkertis while Ozar weeps for Fourteen.<br />
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A portal opens in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, and Mazkertis steps out. Ascheron rages at Mazkertis for abandoning him on Saskana, but the wizard pacifies him with flattery, stating that he thought he could handle himself. Mazkertis reaffirms that their allegiance will ensure revenge against their enemies, and finishes his speech with the Lurian salute. Ascheron purses his lips, and returns the salute with "Sieg Luria".<br />
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| The third chapter is set almost entirely in [[the UG]]. [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]] finds himself in a control station, forced to wait for the arrival of [[Monarch (Dark Universe)|his captor]]'s "master". <br />
Not wanting to do that, Kakamu attacks Monarch from behind, intending to damage his suit with shattering power, but finds that he has been stripped of his powers. Monarch responds to the punch by elbowing Kakamu across the room and reminding him to stay down. Kakamu defies him again, running up to him and climbing onto the back of his suit. He manages to remove his helmet by digging his fingers beneath the neck, and sees that Monarch is actually human, like the last Monarch that abducted him thousands of years ago. Monarch chokes and dies due to the absence of air in the room, which irritates Kakamu, because he had hoped to get information out of him before letting him die. Because of this, he begins meditating, focusing his thoughts on his first kidnapping by a man named Monarch and seeing if there was anything in the past that could explain his present situation. However, his meditation is interrupted by a voice entering his head, coupled with a trail of black smoke slithering towards him from an open door. Kakamu converses with the voice via his own thoughts, as a physical conversation between the two entities would be impossible due to the absence of air in the room. The voice reveals itself to be [[Dukamu]], who lectures Kakamu on several things, such as the curse of immortality (after which Monarch's power brings him back to life) and why it encourages suffering (Monarch suffocates again). When Kakamu asks why he is there, Dukamu says that he is bait for a higher power. When he asks what that higher power is, Dukamu shows him a telepathic image of [[User Kon]].<br />
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Before Dukamu can reveal too much to his counterpart, User Kon appears in the control room to silence him. Kakamu witnesses the beginning of their battle, but is teleported back to the Claws camp on [[Malchior IV]] by User Kon. Kakamu takes a moment to process what just happened, and comes to the conclusion that the multiverse must be saved due to it being favoured by the Users, but they are too busy holding back a larger threat to save it themselves. Running across the beautiful fields of Malchior, Kakamu absorbs the air around him to enable him to fly, and the light from the sun for his battle with Mazkertis. He takes off into the sky, hoping to be reunited with the Claws of the Phoenix on Saskana.<br />
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| The fourth chapter opens with [[Kakamu (SMU)|Shattered Mirror Kakamu]] touching down next to the portal he helped build with Dukamu on [[XTR-686]]. To his surprise, he finds the corpses of two warriors there, [[Marlon (EU)|Marlon]] and [[Luux (EU)|Luux]], neither of which bear any similarities to previously encountered [[Dark Universe]] warriors. This leads SMK to believe that they had come through from a universe other than the Dark Universe, which meant that the portal could possibly be configured to lead to the [[Shattered Mirror Universe]]. He reflects on the ill-fated attempt to conquer the [[Original BZPB Multiverse|OU]] that he orchestrated several years ago, and decides that his people should be allowed to return home instead of hiding among the people of OU, because they were only trying to preserve their culture by coming into OU and making room for themselves. However, he realizes has has no way to contact the people of his universe, so he spends a while thinking of a way forward. Eventually, he remembers the thought-projection technology that he detected upon entering the [[The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta|TrSBoM]] base underneath [[Stelta-Stal]]. He teleports there, hoping that it had been left alone by Blackout's forces following his attack.<br />
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When he appears on Stelta-Stal, he is instantly attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by [[Xikella]], as it sees him as a deserter. SMK manages to destroy one of its arms, but [[Kivalon]] commands it to stop before it crushes SMK's armour with its other one. Kivalon is also annoyed by SMK's desertion, but gives him a chance to explain himself. Upon learning that SMK has a number of powerful warriors loyal to him, and that the portal on XTR-686 can be calibrated to go to another universe, Kivalon suggests that they go to the UG and kill Dukamu's army "in their sleep". SMK is horrified by this idea, and suspects that Dukamu's evil is starting to rub off on his brother, which is the reason Kivalon fled to OU in the first place. Not believing he can stop Dukamu with or without his army, SMK pushes past Kivalon to get to the thought transmitter, making it clear that he would lead his people back home and leave him to fight Dukamu alone. Enraged, Kivalon tries to stop him but SMK blasts him with chain lightning and shoves him in a stasis pod. He then uses the thought transmitter to contact every Shattered Mirror native, and tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days.<br />
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At the end of the chapter, SMK buries Marlon and Luux and waits for the first of his kin to arrive. A ship lands nearby and five figures in spacesuits walk down the ramp... their leader being [[Shroom (SMU)|Shroom]].<br />
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| The fifth chapter opens on the [[Stouttish Islands]], which is in the process of being swept by a police force from [[Earth]]. The Tourettes Guy is nearly arrested for trying to escape police inspection, but is narrowly saved by Chris-Chan. Chris pulls Danny into the shadows of a nearby alleyway, where he tells him that the only Stouttish island safe from the sweep is Pen Island. Danny curses, and the two observe a Moonbase Alpha astronaut run down the street, away from another approaching police car. The astronaut collapses due to exhaustion and is handcuffed. Danny makes a rude comment about his mannerisms, which causes Chris to clap his hand over his mouth, but due to its unwashed state Danny rips it off and swears even louder. The policemen nearby are alerted to their position, so they chase, subdue and arrest them. All three mentally unstable men are put into the back of the car, and the policemen drive them through the skyward portal to New York, where they hope the joke characters will get the treatment they so desperately need.<br />
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Meanwhile, a mostly-unharmed Sheev Palpatine emerges from the wreckage of his shuttle and finds himself on [[Linkit]]. When he climbs up the hill next to the crater he's in, he finds himself overlooking a gathering of [[Agrippa]] and [[Sahagin]] beside a lake with an ancient portal underneath it. [[Leviathan]] emerges from the portal, and is welcomed to Linkit by an appointed Sahagin. Sensing the fear of the Agrippa with his Force powers, Sheev concludes that Leviathan rules by fear, meaning that his armies would be willing to accept a new leader if deposed. He creates a Force Storm with his powers, causing the lake to be struck by lightning and Leviathan electrocuted. The monster crawls out of the lake enraged and in pain, and Sheev reveals himself to them by causing more lightning bolts to illuminate his position on the hill. He projects his voice to the Agrippa and Sahagin, saying that he will free them from the tyranny of Leviathan, and prepares to electrocute the monster again. However, before he can do so, Leviathan splashes water in the air, and uses his power of water manipulation to drown Sheev with it.<br />
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[[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]] wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on [[Mordor]]. He is greeted by the [[Great Beings|Great Being]] [[Viruel]]. Koranis demands to know what he is doing there, to which Viruel replies that she wished to show him something. When she shuffles out of his line of sight, Koranis sees a mostly-complete redesign of a Great Spirit Robot being operated on in the canyon beyond. Viruel says that she would like to repay Koranis for his troubles by making him the co-pilot of this new robot, which would serve as a way for the Great Beings to retake worlds lost during the [[Uterio War]]. He accepts after some consideration.<br />
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In the UG, User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. At the [[BZPower|User HQ]], [[MakutaKlak|User MK]] receives Kon's message and opens a program that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. MK extracts [[Etende (OU)|Etende]], [[Micros]], [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]] and [[Spanha]], who disappear from their stasis pods in the UG and appear in the room behind him. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him of these missing persons. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ. Monarch obeys, and teleports behind MK, where he threatens to freeze him in carbonite. [[MakutaYnot|User MY]] teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon teleports next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that Dukamu would not interfere with his plots again any time soon. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of [[Conpiom]]. Having a better idea, Kon locates Monarch, strips him of his suit and buries him alive.<br />
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After these events, Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and summons a ship to take them to rendezvous with the other Claws of the Phoenix. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers. Kon wonders what he will do next, and if [[the Architect]] will ever find out that he met his own characters.<br />
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The sixth chapter opens on [[Neo Z'Traa]], where [[Caiaphus]] and [[Ricochet]] are dragging the body of the mutated scorpion that terrorized [[Max-Eli]]'s village to the village, in the hopes of gaining the allegiance of the rest of the [[Vrai]] there. Suddenly, a portal opens in front of them, and the two Makuta hide behind the scorpion's carcass. Mazkertis emerges from the portal with the intention of recharging his powers by absorbing the life forces of more living things, but leaves disappointed when he finds that the scorpion is dead. <br />
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The sixth chapter is set almost entirely on [[Meme World]], where the [[Dong Squad]] have been stranded because their ship's engine has been drained of all power. The [[Ayy-Lmaliums]] are in the process of building a new ship onto the side of the Dongers' ship to carry the [[Wang Gang]] off the planet, which, once completed, will be able to separate from the Dongers' ship and reattach whenever necessary. The wreckage of [[Hungry-man]]'s log cabin has been turned into a makeshift campsite, and the engine-less ''[[TSS Jet-Ball II]]'' is also resting nearby with its [[Terugan]] crew helping extend the campsite with some defeated [[Ta'har]]. Characters such as Hassan-ill-Sabbah and Space Ryan Gosling remain at the camp site, while the Dongers wait inside their ship for repairs to be completed.<br />
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After a fight with Pumkin, Randolph storms out of the Dongers' ship and witnesses Snoo, the Reddit mascot, regurgitate memes into [[Sasha]]'s mouth. Witnessing this transfer of memes gives Randolph an idea. He asks Snoo if it can connect to the internet, and, after confirming that it can, he uses Snoo to contact one of [[Lord Zrintch]]'s associates on /r/grinchmeetups. Zrintch's associate in turn contacts Zrintch, and receives a reply soon after. Zrintch informs Randolph that he has sent a mobile workstation to Meme World to help them build a new engine for the Dongers' ship, despite them needing a power source more than raw materials. Randolph tells the Dongers this just before the Wangers arrive, and the two teams intermingle. Soon after, the mobile workstation arrives and its pilot introduces himself as Kevin Douglas, the ex-vice-warden of [[Supermax 429]] who used to run the prison with [[Jesse Ventura]]. It is revealed that Douglas fled after Subject 06, "Crack Jag", caused the deaths of countless personnel when Douglas was supposed to be on duty, leaving Ventura to clean up the mess. Douglas then started a new life as part of [[the Cooperative]], and became an asset of Lord Zrintch. Douglas parks the mobile workstation next to the Dongers' ship, and the Ayy-Lmaliums make use of its materials and tools.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Ade]], the captain of the engine-less ''Jet-Ball II'', learns that [[Kartouche]] has claimed the matter converter that used to be a part of Hungry-man's log cabin. Ade's engineers tell her that, if they had the matter converter, they could reprogram it to serve as a replacement engine for the ''Jet-Ball II''. Kartouche demands more than Ade can afford, and tells his Ta'har slaves through his bodyguards to carry the matter converter back to the camp site.<br />
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That night, Ventura (Dong Squad team leader), Hungry-man (Wang Gang team leader), BONES (consultant to Zrintch) and Douglas (asset of Zrintch) sit around the new and improved communications array that the Ayy-Lmaliums have built into the Dongers' ship. They discover that, while it works, the signals it transmits will take a very long time to reach Cooperative space. Ventura asks Douglas how he got to Meme World so quickly, and he replies that, while the ship he arrived in travels by teleportation, it cannot carry more than two people at a time and that Zrintch has insisted that the Dongers' ship be fixed. Out of options, Hungry-man suggests powering up the ship with the Dedotated Wam, a trophy gained by the Dongers during their previous quest. The Dedotated Wam is shapeless and volatile, but Ventura decides to go ahead with Hungry-man's idea and cram it into the ship's power core. Miraculously, it works, and the message they tried to send to Zrintch earlier reaches its destination. They receive a reply from Zrintch soon afterwards, who tells them that the next mission will include both the Dongers and Wangers going to the planet of [[Vizima]] and obtaining an artefact known as the [[Keruvim]].<br />
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The next morning, Kevin Douglas climbs back into his mobile workstation and leaves. Ventura is approached by Ade, who persuades him to write a cheque out to Kartouche to buy the matter converter for her. Kartouche accepts the cheque, and orders his enslaved Ta'har to carry the matter converter into the ''Jet-Ball II''. The ship's technicians succeed in reprogramming the converter to serve as an infinite power source, and successfully install it into the ship. Before they leave Meme World for [[Teruga Prime]], Ade offers the characters at the camp site the opportunity to come and fight with her in the civil war against the [[ZFT (organization)|ZFT]], since it will be their last chance to leave the planet. Hassan-ill-Sabah, Space Ryan Gosling, Buttman, Full-man, [[Caged Gorilla]], [[Caged Pills]], the TF2 Sniper, a [[HYDRA]] devotee, Confused Man, Kartouche and his bodyguards and Bane and his men board the ''Jet-Ball II'', while Mr. Blobby, Pootisman, Dolan, James, the Happy People and [[Dennis]] decide to stay. The Dongers and Wangers leave in their ship for Vizima, and the ''Jet-Ball II'' leaves for Teruga Prime.<br />
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In deep space far away from Meme World, [[Boltman]] and his [[YONBOTS]] scan the planet [[Dekan]] for anime. They find nothing, but Boltman commands them to land on the planet just to make sure. Next to where he lands, Boltman notices what appears to be a ship trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the device maintaining the time lock, causing the inhabitants of the ship (a cyborg girl named Peacock and a nun named Double), to become unfrozen and challenge Boltman to a fight. Boltman responds by blowing Peacock's head off with a bolt of lightning, causing Double to retaliate by transforming into a floating mass of flesh and limbs. Boltman engages in battle with Double, but his YONBOTS are unable to help him because it seems to them as if Double has one eye. When Boltman tears off part of Double's clothing, revealing a mass of eyes on her midsection, the YONBOTS spring to life and slay Double with their eyebeams. Boltman congratulates his minions on their victory and equips them with the weapons he raids from Double and Peacock's ship. Once finished, they leave the planet, and the ship explodes behind them.<br />
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Elsewhere in space, [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]] emerges from a portal next to the hibernating [[Eclipse]] and awakens him, saying that they are needed again.<br />
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One week after the previous events, [[Kong|Commander-in-Chief Kong]] of the [[Galactic Government]] is found dead in his office, with one of Boltman's steel lightning bolts embedded in his back. The news report of Kong's death is watched by Moonman, who recognizes the bolt as belonging to his old friend-turned-enemy. Moonman picks up his M4A1 assault rifle and loads it.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== Serious characters ===<br />
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* [[Ade]]<br />
* [[Akzer]]<br />
* [[Angonce]]<br />
* [[Axalara]]<br />
* [[Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg]]<br />
* [[Black Phantom]]<br />
* [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]]<br />
* [[Blue]]<br />
* [[Boltman]]<br />
* [[Caiaphus]]<br />
* [[Captain Eurobeat]]<br />
* [[Cassandra Thorne (OU)|Cassandra Thorne]]<br />
* [[Cassius Calm]]<br />
* [[The Chousin]] ([[Tokimi]], [[Tsunami]] and [[Washu]])<br />
* [[Coro]]<br />
* [[D-Klak]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Double Double]<br />
* [[Dukamu]]<br />
* [[Eclipse]]<br />
* [[Eos]]<br />
* [[Etende (OU)|Etende]]<br />
* [[Figlio di Armechio]]<br />
* [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]]<br />
* [[Gabriel Ascheron (OU)|Gabriel Ascheron]]<br />
* [[Genetoes (OU)|Genetoes]]<br />
* [[Hassan (Dominion service)]]<br />
* [[Howard]]<br />
* [[Huriel]]<br />
* [[IG-88]]<br />
* [[K'theenya]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (OU)|Kakamu]]<br />
* [[Kakamu (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Kivalon]]<br />
* [[Klak (OU)|Klak]]<br />
* [[Komerak (OU)|Komerak]]<br />
* [[Kong]]<br />
* [[Koranis (OU)|Koranis]]<br />
* [[Kurenitsu]]<br />
* [[Lalli Cain (OU)|Lalli Cain]]<br />
* [[Levi]]<br />
* [[Leviathan (OU)|Leviathan]]<br />
* [[Lord Zrintch]]<br />
* [[Ludwig von Todesfal]]<br />
* [[Malygos (OU)|Malygos]]<br />
* [[Masaharu (OU)|Masaharu]]<br />
* [[Max-Eli]]<br />
* [[Mazkertis]]<br />
* [[Micros]]<br />
* [[Mink]]<br />
* [[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
* [[Mistgun]]<br />
* [[Moe]]<br />
* [[Monarch (Dark Universe)]]<br />
* [[Nadle (OU)|Nadle]]<br />
* [[Namah (OU)|Namah]]<br />
* [[Niflheim]]<br />
* [[The Norman]]<br />
* [[Nu|Nu-13]]<br />
* [[Ophelia Valentine]]<br />
* [[Orion Pax]]<br />
* [[Osseron Tyrok]]<br />
* [[Ozar (OU)|Ozar]]<br />
* [http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Peacock Peacock]<br />
* [[Perseus]]<br />
* [[Prudence]]<br />
* [[Raziel]]<br />
* [[Remarkable Silver]]<br />
* [[Ricochet]]<br />
* [[Rokubungi Gendo]]<br />
* [[Sasuken (OU)|Sasuken]]<br />
* [[Shroom (SMU)]]<br />
* [[Spanha]]<br />
* [[Spotter]]<br />
* [[Straxus]]<br />
* [[Strika]]<br />
* [[Sun]]<br />
* [[TBS (OU)|TBS]]<br />
* The [[Tiger Youth]]<br />
* [[TPK (OU)|TPK]]<br />
* [[Trixitin (OU)|Trixitin]]<br />
* [[User Kon]]<br />
* [[MakutaKlak|User MK]]<br />
* [[MakutaYnot|User MY]]<br />
* [[User Nif]]<br />
* [[Vi]]<br />
* [[Viruel]]<br />
* [[Vrentus]]<br />
* [[Ynot (OU)|Ynot]]<br />
* [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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=== Joke/minor characters ===<br />
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* [[18-LA]]<br />
* [[Aye]]<br />
* [[A. LeMao]]<br />
* [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]<br />
* Buttman<br />
* [[Caged Gorilla]]<br />
* [[Caged Pills]]<br />
* Chris<br />
* [[Cithus]]<br />
* [[Drepp]]<br />
* [http://tourettes-guy.wikia.com/wiki/Danny Danny]<br />
* [[Dennis]]<br />
* Dolan<br />
* The [[Dong Squad]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn)<br />
* Gub C.G. Giy<br />
* [[Ike]]<br />
* The Indian President<br />
* James<br />
* Full-man<br />
* [[Kartouche]]<br />
* Kevin Douglas<br />
* [http://zeldawiki.org/King_Harkinian#Philips_CD-i_Games King Harkinian]<br />
* [[Hassan-ill-Sabbah]]<br />
* [[The Heckler]]<br />
* [[The Heller]]<br />
* Neil Matheson (reporter)<br />
* Matt (Kartouche's bodyguard)<br />
* Moonbase Alpha Astronaut<br />
* [[Moonman (OU)|Moonman]]<br />
* Mr. Blobby<br />
* Pootisman<br />
* Racist Poison Rabbit Entity Cat<br />
* Sasha<br />
* Sheev's clone<br />
* [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sniper Sniper]<br />
* Snoo (Reddit mascot)<br />
* Space Ryan Gosling<br />
* [[Stardust]]<br />
* The Stardust Crusaders<br />
* The [[Wang Gang]]<br />
* The [[We'd Warriors]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://bzpb.net/t688-the-mazkertis-paradox Read The Mazkertis Paradox on bzpb.net]<br />
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[[Category:Stories]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Misaki_Raregroove_(OU)&diff=7288Misaki Raregroove (OU)2015-11-17T13:04:02Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>'''[[File:Misaki_Masaki_Jurai.jpg|thumb|295px|Misaki Masaki Jurai and Tenchi Muyo! are Property of Pioneer AIC.]]'''<br />
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'''Misaki Masaki Raregroove, Empress of Jurai''' is also mother of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev Raregroove]], [[Tamao Glory]], and by adoption, [[Anna Raregroove]] - And she seems to be orders of magnitudes more focused on mothering her children than having anything to do with governing [[Jurai]] ''or'' its empire. Misaki is possessed of incredible physical strength, and seems to elicit some fear from Zev.<br />
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==Personality==<br />
Misaki Raregroove is just about the most happy-go-lucky, positive, loving person you'll ever meet. Everyone she interacts with, she likes to act as a mother-figure/sister-figure to them. On your usual given day, Misaki simply radiates sugar, ''no'' spice, and everything nice. Despite her predominately airheaded personality, she has a deep understanding of other people and is an expert in psychology. She is also quite protective of [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|her baby boy]].<br />
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However, her happiness and love aren't her only extreme emotions: Her rage can be downright terrifying, and when she becomes distressed (Which is what will usually happen if she trips and falls), she's likely to start openly bawling. Tears of joy, also common. Finally, do not imply in any way, shape or form that she is 'old' -- One dumbass mentions a wrinkle and we've got the sky cracking again. In the event you ignore this warning, these words will save you:<br />
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''"I'm so sorry that I offended you, pretty young lady."''<br />
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==Abilities==<br />
'''Incredible Strength:''' Misaki is possessed of ridiculous strength, even compared to others in BZPB. She is so strong that, even with [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|her son's]] incredibly strong body, a bearhug from her rendered him temporarily unable to stand up.<br />
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'''Incredible Speed:''' While it hasn't been fully seen, she seems to have great speed -- Moving about four meters after an enemy she had struck ([[Anzu]]) at such high speeds that it almost seemed like teleportation.<br />
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'''Forest Generation:''' One of Misaki's abilities seems to be producing large amounts of trees, roots, and vines from seemingly nowhere. She can also manipulate the plant matter freely.<br />
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'''Shikigami:''' Misaki has displayed the ability to summon and control massive numbers of weak shikigami, which are essentially [[Shamanism#Familiar-Type|Familiar-Type Spirits]].<br />
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*'''Shikigami Kooni:''' Tiny sprites formed around leaves, they have the advantage in that, since they require little energy input, they can be summoned and controlled en masse.<br />
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==The Counter-Actor==<br />
The full situation has not been explained, but when [[The Architect]] was critically injured, Misaki went completely berserk and gained some kind of transformation: Her clothes were obliterated, but replaced by what looked to be crimson dark matter in a form that resembled a strapless dress and elbow-height gloves. Also, the twin green marks on her forehead became an angry, dark red patch. As the Counter-Actor, Misaki was easily able to fight off two of the [[The Chousin|Chousin]] - Only [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev's]] presence seems to be able to calm this form's rage.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Apparently, one of Misaki's specialities to cook is bacon-wrapped hotdogs.<br />
*In a terrifying turn of events, Misaki has beaten the Soja's training simulations in around nine minutes -- When Zev himself was unable to beat the last two settings. Apparently, craters were made in the training room.<br />
*[[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]], Misaki's son, has revealed in passing that his [[Jurai#The Royal Trees|Royal Tree]] is named Misaki; in honor of his mother.<br />
*Misaki's [[Dying Will Flames|Dying Will Flame]] appears to be the Rain Flame.<br />
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<div>{{WIP|Klak}}<br />
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{{Template:Infobox<br />
|Box title = <font color=088A08>Mazkertis</font><br />
|Row 1 title = Species<br />
|Row 1 info = Human<br />
|Row 2 title = Age<br />
|Row 2 info = Somewhere in his 70s-80s<br />
|Row 3 title = Power Rating<br />
|Row 3 info = Extremely high, but unclear.<br />
|Row 4 title = Weapons<br />
|Row 4 info = Magic<br>His staff<br>His mind.<br />
|Row 5 title = Allies<br />
|Row 5 info = [[Kindred of Dawn]] members<br />
|Row 6 title = Enemies<br />
|Row 6 info = [[D-Klak]], [[Klak (OU)]] (and all other [[Klak]]s) [[Zev Raregroove (OU)| Zev Raregroove]], [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)| Figlio di Armechio]] [[Claws of the Phoenix]], [[Malygos]], [[Blackout (OU)|Blackout]], [[Ynot]], [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]]<br />
|Row 7 title = Family<br />
|Row 7 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 8 title = Faction<br />
|Row 8 info = [[Kindred of Dawn]]<br />
|Row 9 title = Home Reality<br />
|Row 9 info = [http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Toa_Empire_Alternate_Universe Dark Mirror Universe]<br />
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'''Mazkertis''', also known as '''Subject 08''', is a human wizard from the Dark Mirror Universe and the primary antagonist of [[The Mazkertis Paradox]] (also known as TMP). He appears as a crimson-eyed man wearing a black cowl and cloak that cover his whole body, a white skull-like mask with an emblem in it center, dark gloves with runic inscriptions on them, and onyx boots. Mazkertis fought against [[D-Klak]], [[Zev Raregroove (OU)| Zev Raregroove]], and several heroes over the [[Keruvim]] in Year 150,032, resulting in his imprisonment at the hand of the [[Order of the Great Beings]] a year later. He spent the following five decades being tortured and experimented upon (as seen in the story "[http://bzpb.forumotion.co.uk/t608-subject-08 Subject 08]"). This drove him insane, and increased his desire for revenge against D-Klak. He was released by [[Figlio di Armechio (OU)| Figlio di Armechio]], and set off to absorb the life force of hundreds of people to power a spell that would rewrite the history of both his home universe, and the main BZPB universe. <br />
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==History==<br />
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The puzzle that is Mazkertis' past is largely classified, but it known that he was born in a human-inhabited planet in the Dark Mirror Universe. At some point in his adolescent and adult life, Mazkertis had accrued significant amounts of knowledge and training in magic, martial arts, and chronal manipulation. He turned to a life of crime and used his powers for such purposes, claiming that he was "righting wrongs." At some point, Mazkertis ran into D-Klak, and the two became nemeses. <br />
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Fifty years before TMP, he hatched a plot to steal [[The Keruvim]] and use it to power a spell that would rewrite history for a cryptic purpose. Recognizing the danger of this, the [[Knights of the Keruvim]] and Knights of the Great Beings tasked D-Klak with stopping him. The Kestora united a group of warriors from both his home universe and other realities, one of which was Zev Raregroove, to take on Mazkertis and safeguard the Keruvim. <br />
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The battle was vicious despite the heroes' strength in numbers. Many of the participants were wounded, including Mazkertis himself, who lost his vocal cords thanks to D-Klak's hook blades. The warlock was captured and brought to a tribunal formed by the Great Beings, where he was labelled a Class-X Offender (one who is extremely dangerous and attempts to change reality), and sentenced to imprisonment in a nether cell in the interdimensional space between the Original BZPB Multiverse and the Dark Mirror Universe. <br />
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===Subject 08===<br />
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{{cquote2|quotetext=Subject 08 has killed about 4 guards since Log 001. This shows that he is twice as violent as he was before his arraignment. Dr. Lascovitz keeps saying that the inter-dimensional housing has torn his psyche apart.|personquoted=Figlio di Armechio|quotesource=''Subject 08''|quotewidth=##px|quoteheight=##px}}<br />
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A year later, he was placed under psychiatric rehabilitation (pursuant of Protocol 3B, under Council Law GB-312). Figlio di Armechio secretly presided over this project, coaxing Dr. Earl Lascovitz into conducting psychological evaluations of Mazkertis. The Rider also put in place several cruel interrogation methods and twisted scientific experiments. Some of these were meant to discover his true intent behind rewriting history, and others were for Figlio's own fascination with pain. At the behest of Commander Slate, leader of the prison guards (many of who had been killed in Mazkertis' frequent outbursts), the experiments and studies continued. At some point, however, they ceased.<br />
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Despite these inhumane conditions, Mazkertis was allowed to bathe, eat, drink, etc. at frequent intervals (though some did not occur in his nether cell). <br />
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===Prelude to the Paradox===<br />
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After nearly 5 decades had passed, Mazkertis was transferred to Supermax 429 as his prison was being cleared out. A group of mercenaries sent by Pirate Lord [[Ozar]] and led by [[Fourteen]] had passed by the wizard's prison cell, but decided not to tamper with something that was clearly dangerous. Some time later, a [[Blackwatch]] frigate transferred Mazkertis to the frigid world of Coryza, where several Knights of the Great Beings were waiting to put him back in his nether cell. This transfer would end up being for naught, as Figlio di Armechio himself would end up freeing the wizard to wreak havoc across the galaxy while HYDRA continued to grow in size and influence.<br />
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===The Mazkertis Paradox===<br />
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==Abilities & Powers==<br />
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*'''Telepathy:''' Mazkertis uses telepathy to communicate due to being unable to speak with his damaged vocal chords. He can also rip memories from victims' subconsciousness and bring them to the forefront of their minds. He is proficient enough with this power to trap [[Fourteen (OU)|Fourteen]], another experienced telepath, in a coma. <br />
*'''Super-strength and agility:''' Due to years of training and magical enhancements, Mazkertis has become an agile and strong warrior, making him a threat even in old age.<br />
*'''Magical Expertise:''' Mazkertis has accrued significant amounts of knowledge of magic over time, and it has primarily manifested itself in two ways: <br />
**'''''Offensive Magic''''': Mazkertis employs the use of energy blasts, fireballs, shadow bolts, and other attacks to directly attack his foes.<br />
**'''''Chronal Magic''''': The human wizard, with enough energy, is able to somewhat manipulate aspects of time itself. In the past, he has used this to either temporarily reverse time to prevent the attacks of his foes, or to heal himself from any wounds that cannot be healed by normal "cure" spells. However, upon accumulating enough energy, Mazkertis will gain the ability to travel backwards and forwards in time, allowing him to change certain (but not all) events in history. All of these abilities have catastrophic effects on the timestreams in which they are employed.<br />
*'''Energy/Mana Absorption/Life Absorption''': Such tremendous magical power comes at a cost. Unlike other wizards who gain all of their power from ambient magic, Mazkertis must absorb it from other individuals. Should he touch a victim, he will either absorb their mana/energy (as seen when he nearly erased one of Kakamu's powers), or their life force (killing them). The wizard may also conjure a green, maleficent storm to drain the life force out of innocents.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Persons of Mass Destruction]]<br />
[[Category:Characters controlled by Klak]]</div>Zykxhttps://bzpb.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Jurai_(OU)&diff=7286Jurai (OU)2015-11-17T06:34:59Z<p>Zykx: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = Jurai<br />
|image = File:JuraiFlag.png<br />
|imagewidth = 300px<br />
|Row 1 title = Leader<br />
|Row 1 info = [[Misaki Raregroove]] (Empress)<br />
|Row 2 title = Capital<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 3 title = Ethnic Groups <br />
|Row 3 info = Juraians (majority population),<br>Royal Trees<br />
|Row 4 title = Denonym<br />
|Row 4 info = ''Juraian''<br />
|Row 5 title = Government<br />
|Row 5 info = Monarchy<br />
|Row 6 title = Area<br />
|Row 6 info = Juraian System (Undisputed)<br />
|Row 7 title = Population<br />
|Row 7 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 8 title = Worlds<br />
|Row 8 info = Jurai<br />
|Row 9 title = Space Colonies<br />
|Row 9 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 10 title = Currency<br />
|Row 10 info = Unknown<br />
}}<br />
'''Jurai''' is the seat of one of the known universe's very mightiest empires. It is ruled by the Glory-Raregroove Family, with [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] being the First Prince and heir to the throne.<br />
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==The Royal Trees==<br />
Jurai's presence in the universe would have been impossible without the Royal Trees. Specifically, these trees kickstarted Jurai's grow in power thanks to studies by [[Misaki Raregroove]] - sister to Sunshine Raregroove, the originator of the Raregroove bloodline and First Emperor alongside Rayleigh Glory, originator of the Glory bloodline. It was known to all Juraians that the trees were sentient and contained great power.<br />
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However, Misaki discovered that the trees had a natural tendency to harmonize with other organic beings; improving and prolonging their vitality. While Jurai already existed separate from the universe's main timestream, once a tree found a Juraian "worthy" of bonding, their life would be prolonged indefinitely; just as the trees were constantly sustained by an unknown property of Jurai's environment.<br />
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It was at Jurai's first major industrial revolution that they truly began their ascension to empire status. Still alive and kicking, Misaki Raregroove's continued tinkering with the Royal Trees led to another discovery: When combined with special Tree Ships, spacefaring vessels were created with the ability to produce [[Lighthawk Wings]] far more easily and effectively than a mortal alone. As the Lighthawk Wings allowed Jurai's Tree Ships to safely and quickly traverse Subspace, it was millennia before other ships came into existence that could even ''hope'' to match this travelling speed.<br />
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As the Lighthawk Wings quickly showed unheard-of defensive properties to boot, Jurai's Tree Ships became feared and respected across an ever-growing number of galaxies: At the time of this particular discovery, a single competent Juraian Royal working in concert with their partnered Tree and Tree Ship could decimate an average fleet of spaceships.<br />
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For reasons yet-unexplained, Royal Trees contain a distinct sentience and immense power. Each Tree is entirely self-aware, capable of reasoning and compassion, and are well-known for only obeying their Juraian partners while the Juraian code of honor and self-appointed responsibility to help the weak is obeyed.<br />
==Royal Family==<br />
'''<u>Emperor</u> -''' ???<br />
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'''<u>Empress</u> - '''[[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
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'''<u>First Prince</u> -''' [[Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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'''<u>First Princess</u> -''' [[Tamao Glory]]<br />
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'''<u>Second Princess</u> -''' [[Anna Raregroove]]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Jurai has an SS-Class political presence. It was designated as a Type-III empire (Spacefaring) by the [[Galactic Government]].<br />
*Jurai is the latest in a long list of incorporated plot elements from ''Tenchi Muyo!''. For more information on the original Jurai, [http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Jurai read this].<br />
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<div>{{Infobox<br />
|Box title = Jurai<br />
|image = File:JuraiFlag.png<br />
|imagewidth = 300px<br />
|Row 1 title = Leader<br />
|Row 1 info = [[Misaki Raregroove]] (Empress)<br />
|Row 2 title = Capital<br />
|Row 2 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 3 title = Ethnic Groups <br />
|Row 3 info = Juraians (majority population)<br />
|Row 4 title = Denonym<br />
|Row 4 info = ''Juraian''<br />
|Row 5 title = Government<br />
|Row 5 info = Monarchy<br />
|Row 6 title = Area<br />
|Row 6 info = Juraian System (Undisputed)<br />
|Row 7 title = Population<br />
|Row 7 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 8 title = Worlds<br />
|Row 8 info = Jurai<br />
|Row 9 title = Space Colonies<br />
|Row 9 info = Unknown<br />
|Row 10 title = Currency<br />
|Row 10 info = Unknown<br />
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'''Jurai''' is the seat of one of the known universe's very mightiest empires. It is ruled by the Glory-Raregroove Family, with [[Zev Raregroove (OU)|Zev]] being the First Prince and heir to the throne.<br />
<br />
==The Royal Trees==<br />
Jurai's presence in the universe would have been impossible without the Royal Trees. Specifically, these trees kickstarted Jurai's grow in power thanks to studies by [[Misaki Raregroove]] - sister to Sunshine Raregroove, the originator of the Raregroove bloodline and First Emperor alongside Rayleigh Glory, originator of the Glory bloodline. It was known to all Juraians that the trees were sentient and contained great power.<br />
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However, Misaki discovered that the trees had a natural tendency to harmonize with other organic beings; improving and prolonging their vitality. While Jurai already existed separate from the universe's main timestream, once a tree found a Juraian "worthy" of bonding, their life would be prolonged indefinitely; just as the trees were constantly sustained by an unknown property of Jurai's environment.<br />
<br />
It was at Jurai's first major industrial revolution that they truly began their ascension to empire status. Still alive and kicking, Misaki Raregroove's continued tinkering with the Royal Trees led to another discovery: When combined with special Tree Ships, spacefaring vessels were created with the ability to produce [[Lighthawk Wings]] far more easily and effectively than a mortal alone. As the Lighthawk Wings allowed Jurai's Tree Ships to safely and quickly traverse Subspace, it was millennia before other ships came into existence that could even ''hope'' to match this travelling speed.<br />
<br />
As the Lighthawk Wings quickly showed unheard-of defensive properties to boot, Jurai's Tree Ships became feared and respected across an ever-growing number of galaxies: At the time of this particular discovery, a single competent Juraian Royal working in concert with their partnered Tree and Tree Ship could decimate an average fleet of spaceships.<br />
<br />
For reasons yet-unexplained, Royal Trees contain a distinct sentience and immense power. Each Tree is entirely self-aware, capable of reasoning and compassion, and are well-known for only obeying their Juraian partners while the Juraian code of honor and self-appointed responsibility to help the weak is obeyed.<br />
==Royal Family==<br />
'''<u>Emperor</u> -''' ???<br />
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'''<u>Empress</u> - '''[[Misaki Raregroove]]<br />
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'''<u>First Prince</u> -''' [[Zev Raregroove]]<br />
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'''<u>First Princess</u> -''' [[Tamao Glory]]<br />
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'''<u>Second Princess</u> -''' [[Anna Raregroove]]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Jurai has an SS-Class political presence. It was designated as a Type-III empire (Spacefaring) by the [[Galactic Government]].<br />
*Jurai is the latest in a long list of incorporated plot elements from ''Tenchi Muyo!''. For more information on the original Jurai, [http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Jurai read this].<br />
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'''Main Version'''<br><br />
[[Original Universe]]<br><br />
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The '''Takemikazuchi Empire''' is a powerful empire led by [[Sefer Yetzirah (OU)|Sefer Yetzirah]].<br />
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