Player vs Player: Ultimate Video Game Mayhem

Spectrum

It was a lot to take in.

Outside the cluttered room, which Mae had referred to as 'the Landing Pad', was a long pathway seemingly hovering in the midst of a huge, open void.

It was like the void of space, only in place of pitch black nothingness was an array of constantly shifting, bright, merging colors. Still nothingness, but more colorful nothingness.

The trio could make out what looked like a massive city crammed into the space of a small town, aglow with colorful lights and connected to the building they had left by the pathway they now walked.

It was like two space stations, floating alone in a vast sea of empty space.

"We call that the Landing Pad cause that's where everything collects. Whatever arrives here, one way or the other, all ends up there." Mae explained as she led the way.

"And all the boxes and stuff?" Sean questioned curiously.

"Just a bunch of junk we couldn't find use for." Mae answered.

If that massive room was nearly full, of just the stuff they couldn't use, just how big was this place?

Mae led them across the walkway, entering the city. The first area they entered was like a town square, a large open area with various tunnels and paths leading into the city.

It was like a fever dream or something. Countless characters and creatures from all over Video Game history just casually strolling about, nearly recreating something resembling Times Square.

"Now I'm convinced I'm dead." TJ commented.

"Dead or alive, keep up." Mae replied, heading into the crowd.

The trio followed her until they reached the other side of the huge area, to a corner that was set up like a sci-fi science lab.

An elevated platform ran about half the length of the area, riddled with large pieces of equipment and counters covered with all kinds of science-y stuff, complete with a huge monitor on one wall.

In the middle of the display of sci-fi madness stood a familiar yellow reptile in a long lab coat.

TJ stopped in his tracks. The other two may not have been super involved in Undertale, but TJ most certainly was. He had played through the game countless times, on all three paths.

Ryan and Sean ushered him up the steps as Mae led them into the make shift laboratory.

"Alphys, look what the cat dragged in." she joked, nodding to the trio.

"More of them appeared?" Alphys questioned, adjusting her glasses as she looked over the three, "And... You brought them here?"

"These guys are different." Mae insisted.

"How so?" Alphys inquired.

"You saw the other guys, they came in, poked around, and left." Mae explained, before motioning to the trio, "Apparently, these guys didn't even know about this place."

"Interesting... How did they come to arrive here if they weren't even aware of our existence?" Alphys questioned.

"That's actually what we were about to ask you." Ryan spoke up.

"We have absolutely no idea what happened." Sean explained, "One minute we're going about our lives, next minute a creature previously thought to be fictional is rampaging through the convention, and the next we find ourselves in some crazy alternate world."

"Mondays, huh?" TJ piped up.

"Long story short, we just want to get home." Ryan summed up the conversation.