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[zsaber]

[Judging by the background, somebody appears to have wandered over to the Junk Pile. Zero's expression is as calm as ever, but a low electric hum can be heard and faint wisps of smoke occasionally drift into view of the camera.]

X? Shadow? If you guys are out there, respond.

[A long pause.]

Figures. Looks like I'm on my own for a while. [The view whirls around erratically, as if he no longer cares where he's pointing the camera. It briefly points up at the sky, then there's a flash of something glowing bright green, and then finally it points at a robotic green and white dog that's been chopped in half.

The two ends are still glowing red-hot and billowing smoke, so the kill looks fresh.]

So, new question. This belong to anyone?

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[video]

[zsaber]

[Sadly, the pout is not very effective.]

What are you babbling about? It's only been an hour since I left. [And he would know, what with the internal clock and all.]

[video]

[glacius_passio]

[That gets her to shut up long enough to really look at Zero.]

An hour? What's the last thing you remember, then?

[video]

[zsaber]

I was training for a mission. [No, he wasn't going to tell her to where. He didn't trust her yet.] I had just left the simulator, there was a bright flash, and when my eyes refreshed I was standing in some kind of temple.

[video]

[glacius_passio]

[She's quiet for a moment while she processes this.]

Well now I'm really confused. Because the last time I saw you, you were fighting Omega.

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[zsaber]

And there's another name I don't recognize. Are you sure your circuits aren't fried?

[video] Person of the Year award right there, Zero

[glacius_passio]

My circuits are perfect, you jerk.

I was skeptical about the parallel universes theory when I first got here, but I'm starting to think it may have some merit. Because if you don't even recognize the name Omega, then there's definitely something weird going on here.

[Video]

[zsaber]

[Zero gave her a flat look and held it for a while before finally speaking:] Alright, I'll bite. Who's Omega and why should I know who he is?

[Video]

[glacius_passio]

He's a Reploid who completely decimated the planet. He almost managed to wipe out the entire human race and Reploids along with them.

[Video]

[zsaber]

...what, again?

[Seriously, he can't leave you guys alone for a second can he?]

[Video]

[glacius_passio]

[She scowls.]

This isn't the same as the Maverick Uprisings. Final estimations put population loss at sixty percent for humans and ninety percent for Reploids. Nuclear fallout made the majority of the planet completely uninhabitable.