Spectacular World

New Costumes Same Issues

Long ago, during the war with Lucifer, the villain created a machine. One shaped like a box, which he used to stay far above the planet, an orbiting fortress. In his final battle with Nier and Full Monarch, this ship crashed down to the planet below and shattered.

In the present day, the concept had been recreated by Boy Genius. Every part of the cube's imitation, stretching for miles, was a recreation of that machine Lucifer had made. All layered together. The smell of the sea coated the place in all directions, and it only took a few moments for their ship to land.

It was very strange to walk on the surface. The cube constantly spun and twisted, slowly and deliberately. In one moment, the ocean would be your sky, and in the next, it would rise in front of you like a monolithic wall with the endless sky to your back.

Cinder's legs wobbled, and she held her arms out as she stepped off of the ship. She was already super dizzy. She wasn't the only one who was struggling either. Stars rolled around Snowdawn's head as the teen covered his mouth and did his best not to vomit. Whisper looked like she was drunk—the way she kept nearly tripping.

Myth and Battery stepped off with grace, the two seemingly unaffected by the shifting view. Finally, that just left Paragon. The poor girl's bird was constantly spinning its head around in all directions as the girl slowly inched down the ramp, jumping back when she felt the strange gravity.

Just taking a step was odd enough, as the cube had its own gravitational field. One that kept them rooted in place so they wouldn't go flying or falling off, but the downside meant that moving was sort of like walking through water, as if the air was trying to hold them back.

"Just come down already!" Whisper yelled.

Paragon huffed and then took a step forward, only to instantly faceplant into the floor and slide down the ramp. She laid on the floor face down, not moving. "Actually, it's really not that bad once you don't see the spinning." The girl finally said. "I think I'll stay down here."

She sheepishly helped the girl stand back up. "Maybe leave Destiny behind. He doesn't seem to be happy."

"Yeah, but then I'm blind." Paragon sighed. "And I didn't bring my cane."

"Ooh! This is my chance!" Snowdawn clasped his hands together, and he pulled them apart slowly. "Behold! My all-new ability to use ice constantly! Ice cane! Hell yeah!" As the name suggested, he created a makeshift walking cane out of solid ice. It actually didn't look that bad, and it even had carvings, adorned with a bird-shaped head. He had clearly gotten better.

"That would be way too cold to hold." Paragon pointed out.

"You're wearing gloves."

"Plastic gloves."

"Still gloves!"

"Look," Whisper said, raising her hand. "You can leave Destiny here and just stick close to Cinder, and she'll make sure you don't crash into anything."

"Why do I have to do it?" Cinder asked.

"You brought her along."

"Fair."

Up on the ship, Backup leaned out of a window. "If you want to leave Destiny here, you can. I'm staying behind with Dups, so we can watch him."

Paragon finally sighed in defeat. Watching her bird try to fly was really sad. The poor guy flopped through the air like a fish and eventually managed to land on Backup's shoulder. "Make sure you feed him well."

"Will do!"

"Now that that's done, I believe this gentleman is ready for us." Myth commented. That got their attention. They had made quite the scene with their landing. All around them, dozens of those guards stood. Cinder fidgeted a little and eyed them up. From head to toe, they were covered in thick black armor, the sort of thing that a Mental user might make, and they carried heavy-looking guns. Each one looked like they could have been on the level of Metal Ronin. "Hello." Myth called out awkwardly to the men. "We're team Pantheon. Boy Genius asked us to come here and discuss an issue with a breakout?"