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Vincence Kingdom: Peargame (Part 6)

Osernan: Exactly.

Mathuvan Union: So... Back To The Future's a bunch of bullsh*t?

Kirby: [Turning to Terra Nova] Alright, Terra Nova. We're going in 3... 2... 1!

[A helmet similar to Hobbes-Man's but white and more visible face pops on Terra Nova's head, and he goes quantum. Terra Nova flies through the quantum realm and into an opening. He grows back to normal size, but he's at a different place, and seemingly, time.]

[Terra Nova look around his family home, which unlike at the start of the movie, looks a lot more alive. The helmet pops off of Terra Nova's head, and he looks around bewildered. He sees a baseball glove on the ground, presumably belonging to one of his sons, and picks it up. We hear a noise from inside the house, someone who Terra Nova hasn't seen for five years.]

Terra Nova’s Daughter: [offscreen] Hey? Where are my headphones?

Terra Nova: [murmuring] Daughter? [The device on his hand starts beeping, signalling the end of this visit] Daughter! [He dives for the door, but only manages to open it before he shrinks back to go back to the future.]

[We hear footsteps coming towards where Terra Nova has just disappeared, and we see his daughter coming down the stairs in Avril Lavigne-like clothing, looking around, puzzled]

Terra Nova’s Daughter: Yeah, Dad? [She looks around] Dad?

[She goes back upstairs, deciding that it was just nothing]

[Cut to the Star Avenging League Compound, we see Terra Nova rematerialise on the glass platform, breathing heavily and sitting on the platform.]

T-34s: Hey, hey. Look at me. You okay?

Terra Nova: [Holding up the baseball glove and throw it to Plus Nova] Yeah, it worked. It worked.

[Scene cuts to the Star Avenging League in a room with some hologram displays, showcasing each of the six Infinity Fruits, sitting around a table. Plus Nova, Haruhi and Kirby are pacing at the front, clearly leading the planning of the mission.]

Haruhi: Okay, so the "how" works. Now we gotta figure out the when and the where. Almost all of us has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Fruits.

Plus Nova: Well I'd substitute the word encounter for d*mn well near been murdered by one of the six Infinity Fruits.

Mathuvan Union: I haven't, I don't even know what the heck you're all talking about.

Kirby: Regardless, we only have enough Calvin Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history.

Plus Nova: Our history. So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in.

Terra Nova: Which means we have to pick our targets.

Plus Nova: Correct.

Haruhi: Let's start with the Reality Fruit. Barrow Cove, what do you know?

[We see Barrow Cove sitting on a chair with his sunglasses on. It is impossible to tell whether he is awake or asleep.]

T-34s: Is he asleep?

Bio Spark: No, I'm pretty sure he's dead.

[Barrow Cove wakes up]

Barrow Cove: Where to start? Umm... The Aether, first, is not a Fruit, someone called it a Fruit before. It's more of a... an angry sludge thing, so... someones gonna need to amend that. Here's an interesting story though, many years ago... My grandfather had to hide the Fruits from the Dark Elves... [He wiggles his fingers to imitate a spooky ghost] Wooooh, scary beings. So Jane, [An image of Jane Foster pops up on the screen] Oh, there she is. That's Jane... She's... an old flame of mine... She... she stuck her hand inside a rock this one time... and then the Aether stuck itself inside her... And, she became very, very sick. So I had to take her to the Tavern, which is where I'm from. And we had to try and fix her. We were dating at the time, you see. I got to introduce her to my Mother... who's dead, [Barrow Cove starts to look broken, and seems on the verge of tears] and oh you know, Jane and I aren't even dating anymore, these things happen though you know, nothing last forever, [Plus Nova starts to push him back to his chair] I'm not done yet, the only thing permanent in life is impermanence.

Plus Nova: Awesome. Eggs? Breakfast?

Barrow Cove: I'd like a Bloody Mary, thank you.

[Cut to the Star Avenging League sitting around a table, eating a meal, and CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON is pacing on the table in front of everyone.]

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Hresvelg said he stole the Power Fruit from Just Relax.

Mathuvan Union: Is that a person?

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Just Relax's a planet. Hresvelg was a person.

Mathuvan Union: A planet? Like in outer space?

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Oh, look. It's like a little puppy, all happy and everything. [Imitating talking to a puppy] Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space, puppy? I'll get you to space.

[Cut to everyone facing Osernan in the planning room, and T-34s writing notes for their plan.]

Osernan: Baloo found the Soul Fruit on the World of the Frozen Flames.

T-34s: [In a business-like tone] What is the World of the Frozen Flames?

Osernan: A dominion of death, at the very center of Celestial existence. It's where... Baloo murdered my sister.

[T-34s looks up, and an awkward silence falls upon the room. She writes what Osernan has just said, and MU makes to break the awkward moment.]

Mathuvan Union: Not it.

[We see Plus Nova and T-34s lying on a table surrounded by papers, and Kirby lying down on the floor. The Time Fruit pops up on the display.]

T-34s: That Time Fruit guy...

Kirby: Dominioan.

T-34s: Yeah, what kind of doctor was he?

Plus Nova: Ear-nose-throat meets rabbit from a hat.

Kirby: Nice place in the village, though.

Plus Nova: Yeah. Sullivan Street.

Kirby: Hmm... Bleecker.

T-34s: Wait, he lived in the Vincence Kingdom?

Plus Nova: No. He lived in Toronto.

T-34s: Guys, if you pick the right year, there are three Fruits in the New York.

Kirby: [Sitting up in surprise] Shut the front door.

[Shot cuts to the holograms displaying the different location, the Soul and Power Fruits in space in 2014. the Reality Fruits in the Tavern, 2013; and the Space, Mind, and Time Fruiits in New York City, 2012]

Haruhi: All right. We have a plan. Six Fruits, three teams. One shot.

[He and the other Star Avenging League members walk up and look at the screens determinedly.]

[The shot cuts to the Star Avengers walking in a file to the Quantum Time machine, wearing the Quantum Suits, albeit with some minor differences for different people. Bio Spark has a bulkier repaint of the his armour. ]

Haruhi: Five years ago, we lost. All of us. We lost friends... We lost family... We lost a part of ourselves. Today, we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams, you know your missions. Get the Fruits, get them back. One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. But it doesn't mean we should know what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives. And we're gonna win. [Plus Nova gives Haruhi a look] Whatever it takes. Good luck.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: [Refers to Haruhi's speaking] He's pretty good at that.

Mathuvan Union: Right? [Looks very excited]

Plus Nova: All right. You heard the man. Stroke those keys, jolly pink.

Kirby: Tractors engaged.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: [Addressing the shrunk Benatar in Terra Nova's hand] You promise to bring that back in one piece, right?

Terra Nova: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I'll do my best.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: As promises go, that was pretty lame.

T-34s: [Smiling excitedly] See you in a minute.

[They all shrink and enter the Quantum Realm, and they all split at different intervals, going to a different place at a different time in history.]

[The First Group which has Plus Nova, Haruhi, Kirby, & MU; travels to New York in 2012. A previous stock shot of the Balooites snarling and the iconic circle take around our six Original Star Avenging League assembling before panning over to a side street where MU, Haruhi, Kirby and Plus Nova materialise.]

Haruhi: All right, we all have our assignments. Two Fruits uptown, one Fruit, down. Stay low. Keep an eye on the clock.

[2012 Kirby passes by them, smashing everything in his way. Kirby puts his hand on his face, embarrassed.]

Haruhi: Feel free to smash a few things along the way.

Kirby: I think it's gratuitous, but whatever.

[Present Kirby pretends to smash things in a sarcastic way. He tears his shirt off, and walks over to a car. He lightly punches the car, making a small dent, all the while making growling noises. He picks up a motorbike and throws it at a wall, wincing as it hits the wall.]

[Shot cuts to the Roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum where 2012 Vando0sa protects it. Kirby tries to enter through the roof before noticing her.]

Vando0sa (2012): I'd be careful going that way. We just had the floors waxed.

Kirby: Ma'am, I'm looking for Dominioan.

Vando0sa (2012): You're about... five years too early. Dominioan is currently performing surgery about twenty blocks that way. What do you want from him?

Kirby: That, actually.

[He points towards the Eye of Jojo References where the Time Fruit is kept. Vando0sa (2012) looks at it]

Vando0sa (2012): Ah! I'm afraid not.

Kirby: Sorry, but I wasn't asking.

Vando0sa (2012): You don't wanna do this.

Kirby: Ah, you're right, I don't. [He makes a grab at the Eye of Jojo References] But I need that Fruit, and I don't have time to beat it-

[Vando0sa (2012) pushes Kirby' astral form out of his body. Kirby who's is now in astral form looks at Vando0sa horrified.]

Vando0sa (2012): Let's start over, shall we?

[Cut to an aerial shot of the Tavern in 2013. Then to the prison in the Tavern, where we see the Tweeby, sitting in his cell. Without him noticing, CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON and Barrow Cove creep by, past the cell. They stop at a pillar a few metres away room of where Jane is]

Barrow Cove: That's Jane.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: All right. Here's the deal, Tubby: You're gonna charm her and I'm gonna poke her with this thing, [He holds up a device.] and extract the Reality Fruit and get gone, lickety-split.

Barrow Cove: I'll be right back, okay? There's a wine cellar, that's just down there. My father used to fish huge barrel of ale. I'll see if the cellar has a couple of...

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Hey! Hey! Aren't you drunk enough already?

[A door opens, Barrow Cove and CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON both try to hide. We then see ladies along with his mother walking. Barrow Cove sees his mother.]

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Who's the fancy broad?

Barrow Cove: It's my Mother. She dies today.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Oh. That's today?

Barrow Cove: I can't do this. I can't do this. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't have come. This was a bad idea.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Come here. [Standing in front of him]

Barrow Cove: No, no, no. I think I'm having...I'm having a panic attack. I shouldn't be here...this is...this is a bad-

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Come here. Right here.

[CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON slaps Barrow Cove in the face.]

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: You think you're the only one who lost people? What do you think we're doing here? I lost the only family I ever had. Hresvelg, Bod-chen-po, Mongo, the chick with the antenna, all gone. Now, I get you miss your Mom. But she's gone. Really gone. And there are plenty of people who are only kinda gone. But you can help them. So is it too much to ask that you brush the crumbs outta your beard, make schmoopy talk to Pretty Pants, and when she's not looking, suck out the Infinity Fruit and help me get my family back?

Barrow Cove: Okay.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Are you crying?

Barrow Cove: No...Yes!

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Get it together! You can do this. You can do this. All right?

Barrow Cove: Yes, I can.

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Good.

Barrow Cove: I can do this. I can do it, I can't do this.

[Barrow Cove runs away.]

CALLMEDADDYSTRATTON: Alright, Heartbreaker. She's alone. This is our shot. [He turns back to where Barrow Cove was moments ago] Barrow Cove? Barrow Cove! Aaagh!!!

[Cut to Just Relax in 2014, where we see Bio Spark getting off the Benatar as it lands.]

Bio Spark: Alright. Bring it down low. Right on that line. That's it. Down, down.

Terra Nova: Hey, can we hurry it up?

T-34s: Guys, chop-chop. Come on. We're on a clock.

[Osernan walks out of the ship, apparently having directed it to its next destination.]

Bio Spark: All that, is really helpful. [Hugging T-34s] Take care, okay?

T-34s: Yeah.

Bio Spark: Take that Fruit and come back. No messing around.

Terra Nova: [To Bio Spark] Hey. You got this.

Bio Spark: Let's get it done. Yes, sir.

T-34s: [Walking with Terra Nova back into the ship] See you back.

Bio Spark: You guys watch each other's six.

[Terra Nova and T-34s look back and just smile.]

Terra Nova: Yeah.

[They walk back into the ship, and the hatch closes. The ship takes off and speeds out of the atmosphere of Just Relax.]

Osernan: The coordinates for the World of the Frozen Flames are laid in. All they have to do is not fall out.

[In the Benatar, Terra Nova and T-34s are sitting at the front of the ship. The ship takes a jump through space and speeds up tremendously. T-34s and Terra Nova look at each other.]

Terra Nova: It's a long way from the Tavern.

[T-34s just laughs.]

[Back to Just Relax, where Bio Spark and Osernan are standing where we left them.]

Bio Spark: Okay, so, uhh... We just wait around for this Hresvelg guy to show up and then he leads us to the Power Fruit, is that it?

Osernan: [Looking around] Let's take cover. We're not the only ones in 2014 looking for the Fruits.

Bio Spark: Wait a minute, what are you talking about right now? Who else is looking for these Fruits?

Osernan: My father, my sister... and me.

Bio Spark: And you? Where are you right now?

[Cuts to a scene of Spanglisha (2014) and Osernan (2014) fighting some West Pacifican soldiers.]

Spanglisha (2014): [Helping Osernan up] You're welcome.

Osernan (2014): I didn't ask for your help.

Spanglisha (2014): And yet, you always need it. [Osernan (2014) laughs and Spanglisha hand.] Get up. Father wants us back on the ship.

Osernan (2014): Why?

Spanglisha (2014): He's found an Infinity Fruit.

Osernan (2014): Where?

Spanglisha (2014): On a planet called Just Relax.

Osernan (2014): Father's plan is finally in motion.

Spanglisha (2014): One Fruit isn't six, Osernan.

Osernan (2014): It’s a start.

Spanglisha (2014): If he gets all of them...

[Baloo (2014) arrives, honking badass double-bladed sword in tow and healthy coating blood of his armour.]

Baloo (2014): Wooloo's located the Power Fruit. I'm dispatching you to his ship.

Spanglisha (2014): He won't like that.

Baloo (2014): His alternative is death, then. [Baloo wipes his double-bladed sword] Wooloo's obsession clouds his judgement.

Osernan (2014): We will not fail you, Father.

[Spanglisha (2014) rolls her eyes]

Baloo (2014): No, you won't.

Osernan (2014): I swear...I will make you proud.

[Osernan (2014) is suddenly in pain and opens up future Osernan's memories.]

Bio Spark (Memory): We just, wait around for this Hresvelg guy to show up, and then he leads us to the Power Fruit, is that it?

Osernan (Memory): Let's take cover. We're not the only ones in 2014 looking for the Fruits.

[Osernan (2014) shuts off the memory]

Spanglisha (2014): Who was that?

Osernan (2014): I don't know...My head is splitting...I don't know...

Spanglisha (2014): Her synaptic drive was probably damaged in battle.

[Baloo walks towards Osernan and brings his blade to her throat.]

Baloo (2014): Shhh... (pointing to Osernan) Bring her to my ship.

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