1st Flight | Video

[angelicbadass]

[The feed clicks on to reveal the inside of a temple of sorts. In there stands a lone angel who looks around the room with a mixture of curiosity and worry in his expression. So far, he dosen't seem to realize the video is recording.]

Okay, something is very, very, very wrong here. How did I end up back at the temple? Shouldn't the credits be rolling now that I beat Hades?

[He begins to call out some names.]

Lady Palutena? Viridi? Pittoo?! Phosphora?! Anybody?! ...Hades?! ...wait a minute, I fried you with a giant laser. Why the heck would I wanna talk to you?

[He paces back and forth across the floor trying to think about everything that's happened until his eyes see the journal recording. Pit walks over and picks it up.]

Uh, this thing was recording everything wasn't it? Well, might as well introduce myself. My name's Pit. Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

Comments

[willtolove]

Sure, guess I'll try to help. Well, you've kind of gotten yourself broadcasted to some kind of magic internet community that finds us really interesting for some reason.

[angelicbadass]

[That gets a raised eyebrow from Pit. He knows about the internet, but he doesn't remember it doing things like this.]

So, you're saying the internet is... alive?! That's freaky!

[willtolove]

Sure, I guess? It's kind of weird, really.

[angelicbadass]

Well, what else can it do? [Pit wants to be ready for anything.]

[willtolove]

Well, sometimes it sends us places. I've heard some of the places it sends us aren't the best, but I've only ended up at parties, which are pretty cool.

[mightletyouknowme]

[More than anything, Sena is impressed by the temple.]

What kind of place is that? [Wait...credits.] You fought a final boss?

[angelicbadass]

Oh, hi there! This is the temple of Lady Palutena, the Goddess of Light.

[He gives a triumphant smile at Sena's next question]

Sure did! I beat Hades, the God of the Underworld and the biggest creeper you'll ever meet!

[mightletyouknowme]

A goddess?! [She grins. A real one!] I bet she's beautiful and elegant. I want to meet her.

[So, this guy openly knows he' from a video game.] Are you her knight?

[angelicbadass]

[Oh, you have no idea. He pretty much breaks the fourth wall on a regular basis.]

Yeah, she is. I'd love to let you meet her, but I can't seem to find her!

[As for her other question...]

Sort of. I'm the captain of her Centurion army.

[mightletyouknowme]

You don't look like a Centaur. Aren't you suppose to look like a horse or something?

[She's met enough people on here who know it so it's not like she even blinks an eye at it anymore.]

[ifbymyhands]

So you're lost?

[angelicbadass]

Oh, I'm not lost. I'm just trying to find everyone else.

[ifbymyhands]

I have no idea where you are, why you're there, or what's going on in your world. This is just a community you can connect to other worlds with via magical Internet. It doesn't have anything to do with that other stuff.

[angelicbadass]

Other worlds?! Whoa... So, how can I come visit yours?

[ifbymyhands]

Just use the little thing with the buttons.

[pintsizedpyro]

Credits? The hell are ya even talking about?

[angelicbadass]

You know. You beat the final boss and the credits start rolling. Don't you play video games?

[pintsizedpyro]

No, I don't! That's one a those dumb human things, right? I don't bother with that crap.

[angelicbadass]

Well, I'm not exactly human. I'm an angel, a literal angel.

[dealwithadeva]

...Huh.

[Sorry if you're expecting him to be impressed at all.]

[masked_god]

Hello, Pit. My name is Karakael. Welcome to the community. Be aware that none of us control it, and as a result your life is about to become far more chaotic than you are used to.

[angelicbadass]

Nice to meet you Karakael. Yeah, I pretty much get the general gist. An internet community that draws in people from different worlds. Kinda weird. Just how chaotic can it get?

[masked_god]

Well, there are events called "viruses" that can cause all kinds of chaos. Not everyone is effected by them equally, but they can force you to be drawn into other worlds, lose things precious to you, gain unfortunate side-effects or...well, just about anything.

I've confronted an opposite alter-ego of myself several times, been turned into all manner of strange creatures, been 'gifted' half an orphanage and forgotten most of my friends and personality. And that was over the course of barely a years worth of community time.

[angelicbadass]

[Oh, why does all of that sound so painfully familiar?]

So, theoretically speaking, I could end up being turned into an eggplant or a tempura? That's not fair!

[masked_god]

Indeed. However they do not last long and any damage done to you is erased when it is over.