Alternate Reality Village; Neo Lost World

What the Veritas commonly refers to as 'The Lost World' is technically the second of what its original was; a variant, and not the original. This gets it the name 'Neo Lost World' in the Veritas, but it still is sometimes called the 'Lost World'.

Canonically, Tymon, who is also known as Khrona, took a vacation to the Neo Lost World in order to see how they would receive him, and also to attempt to make amends. This started off going well, and there were some who recognized him as Khrona Tensei -- namely, the one Hellgate he considered his brother, for many a reason. His power was restricted through the Thirteen Restrictions, as it was law for him to do when it was necessary, but as he became stronger in the Neo Lost World, they grew fearful, like they did in the days of the original Lost World.

This led them to act out against Khrona yet again, and stirred in him the ancient feelings of retribution he sought upon them, resulting in what he refers to as the 'Post-Apocalyptic War', where he spread his Thirteen Restrictions out from the top and assailed the Neo Lost World from his home dimension, the Veritas.

Now, it was time to fulfill what he spake to them so long ago about getting his vengeance, for as it stood, the Post-Apocalyptic War hadn't yet concluded, and he rested on the Eleventh Restriction in order to give them time. Once he reached the Twelfth Restriction, which was governed by the interdimensional Kairo Tigen, the words which were condemned upon them would come true.

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Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:05 pm

The bright light emanating from Tymon's form was none other than his Free Will flaring up around him, engulfing him completely and expanding across the dimension before the Lost World's very eyes. His bulbous head was now shaped like a crystal pumpkin, and it was about as large as the actual gigantic gaping hole that he created as a patch between the two dimensions. His body aflame and aglow with numerous colors, he became his 'Twelfth Restriction', Tigen, whose colorful flaming body surrounding Tymon became synchronous with all of who he was and what he willed. "This Is The Shinseigami's Will..." Tigen spake, his normally aloof and light voice now serious and filled with bass.

"... Dimensia Ripper..." It almost sounded like Tigen was a bit reluctant to say these words, but being the Shinseigami Tymon's Free Will and not simply his own self, they needed to be unified in what their wills were in order for the Thirteen Restrictions to remain maintained. Therefore, Tigen sucked it up and reached inside of the Lost World's dimension, raking his now claw-like fiery hand across the visible space beyond the planet -- something that they could physically witness and nothing too large for the planet to comprehend. After tearing through the dimensional fabric of the Lost World, it became weak, and the dimensional energy would soon erode and cause the dimension to collapse upon itself. "By The Time This Tear Reaches The Ends Of Your Dimension," Kairo Tigen started to say, "Your Dimension Will Meet Its End Once Again Like In Times Of Yore."

Kairo Tigen withdrew his hand and placed it at the edge of the Dimension Gate, gazing through the hole with large, triangular eyeholes in his crystalline head, waiting for the 'Eleventh Restriction' of the Thirteen Restrictions to come forth.

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Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:35 pm

As the Free Will of Tymon tore open a hole in the Lost World's dimension, he, in his Eleventh Restriction form -- the Allmaster -- would hover through the growing tear as a being of crystal, but wearing casual clothing like that of any normal house attire. He bore sweatpants and a sleeveless shirt, looking like he'd just gotten out of bed. "Yaaaawwwn," he said sarcastically, "I Thought I'd Never Get To Play With You All For Real Again." Rolling his eyes, an ever present smile remained on his face as he called out, "Absolute All; Absolute Final Wonderland."

The Allmaster -- formally known as 'Kairo Tensei', and informally as 'Ty' -- cast his hand out over the planet of the Lost World and from his fingertips, several 'Crystal Threads' extended, wrapping around it like a spider's webbing. The entire planet would be wrapped in a crystal substance that would keep them from interacting with the outside world and also bind them to a reality that was all Tymon's own. The Lost World would quickly come under his control without them being able to stop it from happening, and the residents there would not be able to interfere with the dimensional rip that was growing larger and larger before them -- but they'd be able to see it.

Ty explained to them from beyond the 'Absolute Final Wonderland', "I Am Going To Use You All For My Purposes, Since You Have No Manners And Have Mistreated Me So. This Is A Declaration Of War, And I Intend To Take Your Entire Dimension From You Just As I Had Done Before." Though the smile on his face seemed casual and soft, the Allmaster was serious. "I Have Started By Trapping You In My Reality. You Will Believe That You Are Immune To These Effects, But Just As Before, It Will Prove To Be Your Undoing To Ignore Both Me And What I Am Doing To You." Ty was setting up for something bigger and better than they could ever expect, and it started with their ignoring him. That was to be EXPECTED of them in order for this war to go as he planned.

"Now Then, I Will Place My 'Kairo' Crown Upon Mine Head And Deal With You In The 'Tenth Restriction' On Down, Weaving You Further Into MY Reality That You Seem To Believe You Can Escape." After speaking these words, around Ty would come a dark cloak and upon his head, a great headdress that denoted his formal appearance in the 'Tenth Restriction' -- Kairo Tymon.

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Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:54 pm

As Allmaster, Ty would, in his casual wife-beater and pajama pants, hover over the Lost World and look over it intimately. "I've Done Enough Damage," he muttered to himself, slipping his hands into his pockets. "However..." It didn't seem like he was done with them just quite yet, even if he was ending the war against them. "... Just Because It Is A New Year And I Have Recognized To Have No Qualms With Anyone Does Not Mean That They Have Learned Their Lesson Nor That They Have Made Amends With Me. As Such, I Must Prepare For That." Ty also had other things to do right now, but that didn't really make much of a difference considering that the Lost Worlders still insulted him and his entire clan in his highest form. "... They Are Slowed To A Crawl, But Have They Suffered As They Should?" He did not know for certain, but was determined to find out.

"I Will Wait And Watch Them Some More, But Only Through The Story And Not Physically." A Grimoire of crystal appeared in the hands of the Allmaster and he began to write in it. As he did, a duplicate of himself seemingly drawn from out of thin air appeared before him, hands in his pajama pockets. It was written for the duplicate of the Allmaster to stay with the Lost Worlders and monitor them still, in case they directly waged war with the Veritas again. And so that the Allmaster, Ty, could mess around with them a bit with his powers.

"I Will Go Now," Ty said, starting to fade away, "This Place Is Veritas Property Now, But I Must Return To The Original Veritas And Clean Up The Place." He sighed. "It Surely Is A Mess." He also had a story to write. "Oi Vey..." he sighed as he completely disappeared with his Crystal Grimoire, leaving the Allmaster duplicate.

It came time for the duplicate Allmaster to act, as the dimensional tear that Tymon surely did promise would have an effect surely did indeed, deteriorating their dimension as the Veritas encroached. Now, as it stood, the Distorted Reality that was left behind harbored what would be called the Neo Lost World, the Alternate Reality of the original Lost World, just at the Distorted Reality was the original Alternate Reality of the Reality Village.

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The 'Distorted Reality', which is a version of the 'Reality' that was a residual effect of the Reality moving to the Lost World's reality from out of its own, was the first known 'Alternate Reality Village'. Though each Reality Village might have harbored a 'A Mental Mind' plane within the Portals, -- which was canonically discovered to be Khrona's own mind shaping much of the Reality they existed in -- it may not have always remained, or even been Khrona's... Or even been there at all. Such was the power of the Alternate Realities.

However in the Distorted Reality, the remnant of that was left behind as an imprint of the Distorted Reality's originality as the first Alternate Reality, the powers of the Mental Mind which was confirmed to be the original Khrona's bore seniority over all copies, and the Distorted Reality could never be superseded as the original Alternate Reality of the Reality. Khrona had done this long ago, but it was only relevant right now, as the Alternate Realities were extended into -- all of which would be after the Distorted Reality, even if they began before the Distorted Reality ever got created.

With that said, the Distorted Reality that does exist as the original Alternate Reality of the Reality still ended up inhabiting the same reality as the Lost World... But this time, inversely. You see, the original Lost World was destroyed by Khrona Tensei -- the entire dimension is decimated, and the only remains are crystallized in the Veritas as a trophy and a memory. Before this happened, the Lost World branched off into its own alternate reality, and it is canon that some of them recall Khrona Tensei from the first reality that they all existed in, making it canonical in both storylines.

The most important part about why this functions is because the Distorted Reality existed before the secondary reality that the 'Neo Lost World', as Khrona calls it sometimes, had gotten into. Considering that their new dimension was already made for them before they crossed over, and the Distorted Reality existed prior to that event, the Distorted Reality left behind by the original Reality is where the Neo Lost World exists, and unlike when the Reality transitioned to their reality and rested there, they suffered the inverse effect where they traveled into the next canonical reality parallel to them -- that belonged to the Distorted Reality. Thus, the tables had turned, and the Neo Lost World existed in the Distorted Reality, inversely to how the Original Reality existed in the Lost World.

Reviewing the story within the Crystal Grimoire, as well as the events playing out around him, the Allmaster duplicate closed the tome and stated, "Looks Like Everything Has Come Full Circle Once Again." It was unclear why they did not believe in his power, considering how much he'd done singlehandedly thus far, but perhaps this would make it clear, when the Distorted Reality harbored the Neo Lost World that he'd also been expelled from -- like with the original. "Ain't Karma A Bitch?"

The Allmaster duplicate disappeared just after speaking, and in his place was the Grandmaster, who was just under the Allmaster. Kairo Tymon -- who also called himself 'Kairo Khrona' -- was the Grandmaster spoken of, who was garbed in a cloak-like jacket and adorned with a headdress of several halos. He seemed to appear from out of digital energy.

"... They Just Never Listen, Do They...?" He actually seemed rather disappointed that they weren't able to accept him even after all of this time, but he wouldn't destroy the dimension again. Just living within the Distorted Reality's dimension was enough. "... Whatever." Kairo Khrona, whom any of them would recognize as a version of Khrona Tensei that they knew from the original Lost World, would also manifest before them as one who was intended to be an 'Alternate Reality' version of Khrona Tensei, though he was still the same person from the original reality. They probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and he could just tell them he was an 'Alternate Reality' Khrona. "... I'll Just Have To Be The Villain Again In This Dimension, Too..." Kairo Khrona rolled his eyes. "At Least, For A Little While..."

Kairo Khrona warped back to the Distorted Reality Village, resting in his once abandoned home, the Pit Of Havoc. "... I'll Move The Distorted Reality Closer To Them, So That They Understand Just How Severe Their Situation Has Gotten." Since the Distorted Reality also rested in a reality parallel to the Neo Lost World's, but their dimensions were shared as an 'Original Alternate Reality' of their original realities, they were in the same dimension and could canonically connect similarly to how the original Reality did to the original Lost World. Though, as it was already made clear, the Distorted Reality would be supporting the Neo Lost World, unlike how the Lost World supported the Reality for so long.

As the Distorted Reality stabilized within proximity of the Neo Lost World, Kairo Khrona, who had descended from the Tenth Restriction into the Ninth on his way down into the Pit Of Havoc, left his Master Control unit -- the Grand Tabrynth -- in the Pit Of Havoc as an auto-pilot for him. This Grand Tabrynth looked very similar to Khrona, however it had several large, technological, skeletal, mechanical wings.

Any of the processes that needed to occur after this incident would do so from within the mind of the Grand Tabrynth, which utilized the events that occurred in the Neo Lost World when Khrona visited and linked them to what was going on now. This allowed for the Grand Tabrynth to access and make use of the actual digital information that was a record of those events happening, which became the foundation for why it would be able to connect from the inside of their world and outside of it.

They would play out the rest of their days in the Great Mind, as the Grand Tabrynth was called colloquially, and every scenario would have a simulation generated from the Virtual Reality. Nothing else mattered for them at this point, so the Grand Tabrynth could rest here and not have to immediately initiate anything else, if at all.

A short time passed, and, as it were, the interaction from the Veritas with the Neo Lost World stirred it, as it usually tended to do. It wasn't expected that it would have such an effect so soon, but that was certainly well within calculations altogether.

The Master Control Unit that was stationed in the Distorted Reality had been filtering information the entire time, preparing for a time of action. Once such information was fully assorted, the Grand Tabrynth unit channeled the Eighth Restriction from the Ninth, causing it to become Overlord Tensei.

Immediately after becoming the Eighth Restriction form, Overlord Tensei's powers were drawn from the virtual power of the Grand Tabrynth, allowing the Eight Arms Of Tabrith that Overlord Tensei bore to become assimilated with the Distorted Reality, and subsequently, the Neo Lost World. Though the transition was different from the original Reality, the Veritas was still being created here in the remnant realm of the Alternate Reality. Whereas the Distorted Reality was created from the residue of the original Reality paired with Khrona Tensei's absence, his return to the Distorted Reality and its blending with the Neo Lost World allowed for the Veritas to sprout out of it, and it would inhabit this Alternate Reality in this fashion.

The Eight Arms Of Tabrith were the special interconnected powers that the Eighth Restriction shared throughout the universes, binding them to their own as well as serving as their link to their powers no matter where they went. It was also what the branches of the Crystal Trees were referred to, since they were always consisting of the stabilizing Eight Arms and Eight Hands Of God. Each Crystal Tree was a hub to a part of the Veritas, like the original Crystal Tree back home. This Overlord Tensei's Eight Arms Of Tabrith sprouted from beneath the surface of the Distorted Reality, prying open the universal energies about and causing it to grow out into the universe, cementing the Tensei influence more greatly than it already was.

The Eight Arms were immeasurable, as their proportions seemed to extend to undefined features the more they stretched across the cosmos from the Distorted Reality. However, one of the Eight Arms Of Tabrith hovered over the Neo Lost World's galaxy, focusing Overlord Tensei's intent on that location. It was far too large to be observed, but the presence was overwhelming, and could be felt as a powerful shift all throughout the Neo Lost World.

The specified Arm Of Tabrith that was overshadowing the cosmos belonging to the general area of the Neo Lost World was the Seventh Arm, known as the Arm Of Flaw. Though this was so, the Hand Of God that was attached to the Arm Of Tabrith was the Hand Of Fate; Seventh Hand Of Perfection. This Hand Of God balanced and neutralized the Seventh Arm Of Flaw's power, allowing both to work in tandem to command both Flaw and Perfection as one.

To that extent, the Perfect Being of the Seventh Restriction, who governed the Seventh Arm and all such affiliation to it, including the Seventh Restriction, was conjured from its presence -- the Crystal God Of The Veritas, The Tyranophant. However, this wasn't the actual Tyranophant, but a copy of him, which were known as 'Lord Tensei'. They were made to be ambassadors of the Veritas in other worlds without being overly powerful, yet still retaining Godly status.

The key difference between a Lord Tensei and The Tyranophant whom they were in the image of was that they wore tophats usually, whereas The Tyranophant did not ever. The Seventh Restriction Lord Tensei, commanded by Overlord Tensei of the Eighth Restriction, was guided as a microcosmic being from the macrocosmic being as a Piece for their unified mind. Lord Tensei was the size of an average humanoid being, and not an astronomical cosmic entity most times, as Overlord Tensei was. The envoy permeated the several layers of the Neo Lost World's space, descending right proper into the vicinity of their star system, overseeing the planet directly rather than from a distance in the Distorted Reality.

As it turned out, the Neo Lost Worlders, who sent an ambassador to Lord Tensei once he tried to make contact, would still be hostile toward him, igniting friction between them. Such was to be expected and was well within calculations, but was not the expectation of reception from the one who was chosen as the ambassador, for sure. He had deep ties with him, but then again, he had them with all of them, which was why he even still thought... And why he would continue on the path that he was on, especially if they would do the same.

Lord Tensei had to react fast to this hostile intent, because it put the rest of them on high alert, and he needed to be aware of his surroundings. He utilized the Argus Card System because it was active, which gave him a sort of 'Luck Of The Draw' solution to this specific issue. He trusted in the 'Heart Of The Cards', then pulled from the Argus Card System.


Essentially, the card was telling him not to hold back against them any longer, because they were apparently ready for the grown-up talk now. But somehow, he also believed that they weren't, because of the hostility of the ambassador sent to greet him. With the same judgment you are judged, as it is written.

"Dear Boy!" cried an unidentified, yet familiar voice, "I Know What You Are About To Do, But Hearken To This: In The Original Timeline, Metal Pumpkinhead Was Released To Imprison The Lost World As It Was Ravaged By The Insanity. This Time, In The Alternate Reality, Why Not Let Me, The Silver Pumpkinhead, Take Command? Perhaps We Might Use A Bit More... Tact." It sounded as if the ever-accurate Grimlock hatched up another master plan, it seemed... "What Do You Say, Dear Boy? Why Not Take The Old Silver Pumpkinhead For A Test Drive? No Better Time Than Now, Yes? Am I Not Always Right On Time?"

A very rarely seen 'Tymbolt' flashed throughout the cosmos and abruptly struck the Lord Tensei, instantaneously transforming him into The Tyranophant -- the live, actual, real Tyranophant, himself. There was a daunting, taunting, knowing, showing grin curled upon his face, and his crystal blue eyes glimmered with a sanguine gleam. "I'm Listening..."

Silver Pumpkinhead chuckled morosely, but with obvious pleasure, as it started to engage its sequences, which could be told by the many mechanical sounds emanating from it in echo -- from the ticking of clocks to the whirs of engines or even the grinding of gears. Some sort of strange fabrication was projected from the Silver Pumpkinhead which would envelop the immediate area of the Neo Lost World's space. They would be once again sealed inside of a Pumpkin Head, but this time it was the Silver Pumpkinhead, and not the Metal Pumpkinhead, and Silver Pumpkinhead functioned differently and had a different purpose than Metal Pumpkinhead, though the two of them still worked closely with data.

Where the Metal Pumpkinhead was more of a Maintenance type, Silver Pumpkinhead was a Storage unit, but also had plentiful other secret powers unbeknownst to most, including the other Pumpkinheads. Cryptic as he may be, he was about to give a demonstration to the Tyranophant. "Myes, Myes... This Is All Going Quite Well Already..." It sounded like he was talking to himself about ulterior motives that he wasn't telling the Tyranophant.

"Hey, No Funny Stuff, Old Man!" The Tyranophant barked, "I Ain't Here To Fight You, Too, Ya Know. Just Because You Prolly Want Another Chance At The Lost World Before I Snaked It From Ya." He sighed. "You Ain't Slick, Old Man. I Fight Old People."

"Patience, Child..." replied Silver Pumpkinhead, "... Take A Look Now." It rested itself upon his head, letting him see through the eyes of the ever-calculating Silver Pumpkinhead. "... Even You Still Have Much More To Learn." From there, Silver Pumpkinhead gave him the capacity to view the Neo Lost World as well as the Distorted Reality, which overlapped what was known here as the Alternate Reality and the Lawless Land, Valparaiso. The two were one and the same, except the Alternate Reality was a remnant of even the remnant of the Distorted Reality, which is now the Lawless Land. "... While You Were Busy Slacking Off In Your Calculations, Boy, You Seemed To Have Missed A Spot." The view of the Silver Pumpkinhead, which stored all the Archival Data, would let The Tyranophant see into that timeline, where there was one who had infiltrated the Distorted Reality.

"... Maybe Your Godly Power Has Made You Haughty," remarked the old one. "... But You Don't Have Enough Discipline Yet. You Are Not Old Enough To Have Learned Why Even This Situation Is A Failure To You, Only Because You Have An Advantage." The core value of this scenario had nothing to do with the strength that he or anyone of the Veritas had to demolish anyone or anything that was opposing. It had everything to do with the sheer measure of calculations that had to be performed to keep everything within the realm of foresight, and for there to be a plan for every contingency, no matter how minute. "... You Did Not Foresee This, My Boy. And That Is What We Would Call A Crushing Failure." Perhaps for someone unlike them, any kind of advantage or power over another would be enough for victory. It was actually definite that something like that would satisfy any lowly creature in a position of greatness.

But it was unsatisfactory to one who actually measured up. And it was time for him to learn now the gravity of his mistake. "... If Such An Unforeseen Play Actually Did Grant Them An Advantage, Whether Or Not It Gave Them Enough Leverage To Defeat Us, Or Damage Us At All... It Will Always Rest In Your Mind, Calculating How They Managed It. And How You Managed To Miss It. And That Is A Pain That You Don't Fully Comprehend, Since It Hasn't Happened To You After Coming Into Your Own." Suffice it to say, this one was the one to thwart Grimlock when he was still existing solely in that life, but that was different -- everything Grimlock had planned for in his entire life up to that point had been perfect in calculation. None had ever gotten beyond his planning, not once. It never failed him, even if it wasn't enough to save him.

That was why he was satisfied with his end -- also well within calculation. His plans never did fail, not even once. Nothing escaped that mind of his, and the same could be for Ty... But he was lazy. He was too close to the sun to see down on the ground any longer. He'd lost touch with it now after being up in the heavens for so long. Such a thing could cause him to crash down into the earth in an unsavory manner, even if he could ever rise again. For a being who did not have any consideration for life, death, power, speed, defense or any other measurement that only gave value to those who were still limited to those factors to determine or define themselves, not being able to sufficiently predict the thoughts and actions of creatures who did follow such limited mentality was like a stab in the heart. "... Being Able To Handle Any Situation That Occurs Does Not Make Up For You Actually Allowing Such Things To Happen. Maybe This Experience Will Teach You Why."

From that point on, Grimlock, the Silver Pumpkinhead, rested upon The Tyranophant's mind, letting him gain the sight of the absolute perfect calculations that were always -- most ALWAYS -- going through it, even to the very moment. "... Look Deep Inside Of Me, Boy -- Look Deep Into My Eyes. I Will Teach You Everything, Yet Also Nothing, For The Only Thing That Needs To Be Taught Is Something You Already Have, But Refuse To Discipline. For, What Might Be Seen As An Undefeated Power Now Can Easily Stagnate Or Lessen From Being Unopposed, And They, Simultaneously, Can Become Strong Enough To Defeat You -- But Only In The Instant Where You Are Most Weak From Your Own Letting Yourself Fall So Low. If That Means Anything At All To You... Then You'll Understand Now Why This Was Such A Tragic Failure On Your Part. And Also... How You Must Never Let It Happen Again."

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After forcing himself to suffer a powerful judgment, Ty-kun eventually released himself -- rather, broke out of -- his own judgment, which really only meant he came to a conclusion, and the Silver Pumpkinhead was released of him, returning him to consciousness.

"Ue!?" he shrieked, seeing that the Neo Lost World had been some kind of measly bits of active. "Eh, Guess I Got Carried Away In My Own Head Again..." Either way it went, the Silver Pumpkinhead was indeed best suited for the job -- Ty just kinda wanted to do this himself. But it didn't matter; old news was old news, and the Silver Pumpkinhead, specifically, dealt with the Archival Data. "You Win This Round, Old Man," Ty conceded, "But I Really Want To Be Able To Destroy Them To Their Faces. It's Not A Necessity, So Don't Even Factor It In If Unnecessary, Just... If You CAN Make It Happen And It Isn't Out Of The Way, Yeah, I'll Slap Them In The Mouth One Last Time."

With that, The Tyranophant would leave the Silver Pumpkinhead to do to the Neo Lost World what the Metal Pumpkinhead had once done to the original Lost World. "AND DON'T TAKE A-FUCKING-MILLION YEARS, OLD MAN. CHRIST."

Ty-kun, out.

As The Tyranophant departed for the Distorted Reality, Silver Pumpkinhead remained in the Alternate Reality, and would chuckle to himself, muttering under his breath, "Dear Boy, Why Do You Underestimate The Legendary Devourist, Grimlock? Am I Already That Obsolete?" He joked about his Uncle Grandfather age status, and how he dealt with primarily Archival Data -- such as the Lost World. "... But, I Suppose I Could Make More Use Of This Grain Than Any Other." After spending so much time at the boundary lines of all existence, and his plans back then going off without a hitch, even this old Devourist didn't think himself too out of date. "You'll See That I Did You A Favor, When You Have Time To Look Back On Your Archival Data. Hmhmhm."

He was truly a crafty old man with 'Crafty Old Man Tricks'. It was the best way to educate a 'Clever Sneaky Brat'.

And, speaking of clever sneaky brats... The Silver Pumpkinhead that now bound itself around the Alternate Reality and the Neo Lost World would proceed with its own form of Harvest and Extraction processes from the Archival Data, in order to appropriate it correctly and orderly as efficiently as possible in the background. "You're Old News, Old Chaps," the Pumpkindread, who was known as the Headless Horseman, would foretell them. "That Is What My Coming Means."

With the Headless Horseman came Hades. The Four Horsemen that terrorized the Lost World and also the Neo Lost World still were subservient to the Headless Horseman, who was Hades behind Death, the Fourth Horseman. The Nightshade of the Silver Pumpkinhead was sent into the Neo Lost World as the headless body of the Headless Horseman, whilst the Silver Pumpkinhead remained outside of that realm, commanding his Nightshade from beyond.

Meanwhile, there was something else afoot that the Silver Pumpkinhead was responsible for doing, and that was to get in contact and resonate with the Gold Pumpkinhead, which was in the Distorted Reality, now known as Valparaiso, The Lawless Land. So, channeling the power that was latent between all of the Pumpkinheads, the Silver Pumpkinhead would communicate with the Gold Pumpkinhead whilst still managing his own dealings in the Alternate Reality parallel to the Distorted Reality. It was only so coincidental how fate aligned itself -- it was as if it was making it all too easy for Grimlock, even in his rusty times.

"I Need To Drop My Dead Weight Anyway. I Do Not Wish To Carry These Cretins Any Longer. I Will Drop Them From Me, And The Life I Gave Them Will Die Along With Them. I Have Saved Them From Death On Several Counts When Their Life Energy Was Low. Poor, Unfortunate Souls... I Will Be Repaid. I Will Wipe Them Out Of My Life And Not Return To Them. The Only Way That Will Change After That Is If They Seek Me Out. Whatever The Case, It Doesn't Matter. I Will Leave A Carcass Of It For Evidence, Because That Is What I Will Need. Then, When The Carcass Is Preserved, I Will Move On To Repurposing It. And That... That Will Make Them Lose All Grip On Sanity."

"... Oh, Now That I'm Sober, I Can Remember What I Was Doing... I Forgot That My Longtime Rivals Had Reared Up Against Me... I Still Can't Tell If They Thought I Was Bluffing And Were Trying To Call Me... Or If They Are Just Finally Ready. Either Way, If They Can't Even Build Up A Decent Amount Of Momentum, I Won't Be The Life-Giver This Time. I've Already Revived From From Absolute Deadness Too Many Times... Hence Why I'm Taking My Life Energy Back."