The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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In case anyone's forgotten: I'm trying the "post every day, whether or not anyone else has" thing again.

Amethyst began. "Well, one theory I had was - no, wait, that would destroy the dimension we left. Far from ideal while we're in an inhabited one... wait, unless perhaps... no, it's unlikely this world has a compatible astronomical cycle... Er, continue with your work. I should have at least one theory we can test without excessive collateral damage... I just need to remember which one it is."

Eximo continued work on the VC units as Amethyst mentally reviewed her theories. They were interrupted as the conspiracy theorist ran up to them.

"There's at least a dozen police cars out there! And what's this... thing... doing? Is it some kind of alien weapon?"

Eximo turned to the conspiracy theorist. There were some noises as it scanned him.

"Match found in database. 95% chance subject is Jerry de Lint, conspiracy theorist. Although noted as an enemy of Konka Rar, threat level is considered minimal. It is not necessary to attack at this time." Eximo returned to work.

Jerry blinked. "How does it know my name? And... who's Konka Rar? Is that the alien overlord's name or something? It sounds vaguely familiar... and why do I suddenly have this strange urge to keep a huge pile of lint in a safe place?"

Amethyst grew concerned. Aeon had mentioned a doctor who strongly resembled Emily, and now Eximo had apparently encountered someone from its own world. Yet, it seemed these copies lacked the original's memories - or rather, the memories appeared locked away. Jerry was now sputtering incoherently about strange things he suddenly remembered...

"Lint... Cheesehead... SPONGE Force... DTYRUGUD... Nopor Puss... Why do I remember this stuff? What does it all mean? And why does half of it not make any sense at all?"

Jerry's sudden breakdown was interrupted by a voice over a megaphone.

"We know the vacuum cleaner is in there! Surrender quietly!"

There was another voice. "This it, Larry?" "No, it looked different... wait, that one moves, too? My god, there's an army of them!"

Amethyst sighed. One way or another, this was going to be trouble.

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I have a very strange character who's a conspiracy theorist in the world Eximo comes from, and thought it would be fun to work that in with the "copied characters" plot point.

Actually, I have quite a few strange characters in that world - Nopor Puss is from there, too. It's a pretty strange world overall, as you might guess.

Eximo itself was not developed in any way before GB, though. I basically took a totally undeveloped character in that bizarre world and decided to see where I could go with it. The way this round is going, I can actually draw on the world itself a bit; but I'll try not to do that too much, or it'll distract from the main story.