*The puffball can't help but sigh...*

*Yeah, his Pop Star counterpart did tell him a bit about the many faces he's fought against, one of them being this guy...*

*And yet, he still waves... he'll take ANYONE on this team at this rate...*

*Oh... no he probably can tell seeing that there's blood all over the fridge....*

*He's just so half-awake, he can't care less, getting a noodle cup and just... eating it, cup and all... it tasted... like uncooked noodles, but hey... he's not in a great headspace...*

*The puffball is... still not in the best mood from yesterday... but hey, at least today probably won't be as chaotic...*

*Shadow Kirby seems to have returned to base safe and sound... but it's clear he felt bad about all that was going on...*

*He sighs... looking up and remembering... right, Marx did say Nova would stay up there...*

*Not the best thing to see in the evening...*

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"Now, chop chop, time marches on... and you have some friends to get back to...."

"̴̼̘̓.̸̭͕͓̏͝.̶͚͎͔̋̀͛.̶̧̣̪͗̀B̵̧̫̿͌͜ę̴̟̠̐͊ş̵͕̠̂ť̵̯ ̴̖̐̀n̸̗̆o̵̟͕̐t̸̨̝̋͐ ̸̯͓͚̍͂ẅ̴̢̼̜̀à̴̝̿s̵̠͠t̴̨̧̮̂̀͠e̸̪̝͓͆̉ ̵̩̌t̴͚͕͠ḧ̸̯̹̤̄͝é̸̝i̴̛̙̭͆̋ŕ̷̬̥̃ ̷̛͚̗̯͐t̶̺̘̋͗̊͜i̶̗̘͇͗̚͠m̵̡̀̈́̚è̶̫̥.̵̛̖̆.̴̤̈.̶̢̪̉̚͝"̴̧̬̀

*Marx suddenly vanished... and with that... the shadow-y puffball would choose to return to base... emerald still in hand...*

"...Not asking again... Let... Marx... Go..."

*S. Kirby didn't seem like he was gonna take no for an answer... And when I meant he wasn't taking no for an answer, well.... he seemed quite ready to fight back... even asking something fully...*

"Please... ...Is this what Ciel would've wanted?"

"Leave him..."

*The puffball looks to Rock with a stern face as he spoke.*

"Cyn is priority, not Marx."

*He then suddenly pointed the mirror wand at Rock... normally he wouldn't let an enemy like this go but... he understood that Marx in this case didn't have any part in Ciel's -

*And among the stopped time... was a certain puffball... moving freely with his warp star... but... how?*

*Of course, the obvious answer would've been the emerald Tron gave him... but truthfully, he seemed to use one of his evolved copy abilities...*

"...Time Crash..."

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*The puffball looked into the starry night sky... in the distance, was that...*

*...It was the Nova of his own dimension.*

*But why was it here? and... why did he sense something was going down over there...*

*...He can't let anyone else get involved... and he needs answers...*

"Warp Star!!!"

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*He shook his head, perhaps Zero knew but... he didn't even know if he was back yet.... and even then there was one thing on the puffball's mind...*

*He desperately wanted revenge...*

*The puffball can't help but sob... it was... a horrific sight... to say the least...*

"...Ciel...."

*Just... noticing Ciel like that....*

*....The puffball can't help but feel.... afraid....*

*What... happened.... how COULD this have happened? WHY her!?*

*And all he could do... since most of the folks were quite unaware....*

*Was scream... in total fear... as it all echoes across the halls...*

*Cue the shadow-y puffball knocking on the door to @resistanceciel.bsky.social's room...*

*Wait no, was the door locked? ugh! doors are complicated, he thought!*

*Screw it, he's just gonna barge in by breaking the door down with...*

"Beetle!"

*Oh but he probably shouldn't have done that...*

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[nc]

*Unfortunately the puffball can indeed confirm, she's dying...*

"..."

*Well, he would confirm if he isn't probably about to scream in absolute horror at what he's about to witness...*

*The puffball... just out of wanting to talk to a friend, is making his way to Ciel's room...*

*...Chat he doesn't know, he doesn't fucking know...*

*Strawberry shortcake? please!*

*Shadow Kirby only partakes in the finest of dining...*

*..Like Chocolate Lava Cakes...*

*He can fist pump to that...*

"Right!"

*He nods, though it's obvious that wasn't even EVERYTHING the puffball can do... and he'd always be honored to prove that...*

"...Rematch, sometime?"

"Hm."

*He at the very least, offered a hand to help his friend up...*

"Good... fight..."

*S. Kirby is struggling to go back to sleep....*

*But at least, unlike Marx, he's not complaining about it...*

*Well shoot! he didn't mean for it to hurt that much! the puffball reverts to normal, rushing over to see if his mirror pal is alright.*

"You... okay?"

"Agreed..."

*The puffball felt like it was about time to try and end this fight, after all, it was almost dinnertime!*

*But which ability would be quick enough to swat this angel out of the air? perhaps....*

"Laser!"

*From a visor on his eyes now, he fired a quick, long ranged laser -

*The emerald in the puffball's hand seems to be weakly reacting.... and up in the sky... was this....*

*...It had to be...*

"...Chaos... Control..."

*Nooot on this puffball's watch... he holds his pal in place, sighing*

"Later.... later..."

*Somehow... with how the emerald he had started to react a bit... he knew what the two might try up there...*

*And he knew... it would be alright... hopefully...*

*Ah! that's gotta hurt as he falls to the ground on his feet...*

*But hey, since he's on the ground, and Dark Pit's in the air.... he suddenly fuses two bomb abilities together and swallows it, gaining the Power Combo of...*

"Double Bomb!"

*He suddenly opens his mouth and...*

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