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Um, Rex?...He didn't need any help suffocating, thanks. As though Lucky was perfectly okay, Rex just sealed him in a bubble, and, for bonus points, told everyone not to worry about him. He was too weak to stand up inside the bubble! "Haha, yes, this is it!" He could feel his head fall lighter, and lighter, as the stuffing worked the last of its magic. He rolled over to face Rex, smiled, would have given him a thumbs up if he had thumbs, and then passed out.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mindscape time!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, lassie!" Lucky skipped up to his rat friend, who stared at him crossly.

"Seriously? You're really gonna let yourself die? You didn't even ask Odessa to give the paw back..." Granted, she was mostly fretting because she probably wouldn't exist anymore, but also a bit because this was just plain extreme from where she stood.

"Yeah! This way, I don't have to shoot Lana, or Rex, or anyone!" Lucky explained happily. "I know what you're thinkin', 'Now nobody can stop Toffee!' Well, as soon as I'm dead, I can just come out of my body and possess him into killing himself." He made himself a cozy chair out of rubble, and plopped himself onto it, closing his eyes with a relaxed sigh.

Lupe couldn't even believe she had to say this. "...You do remember that you condemned your soul to Hell, right? You even dreamed about it when you went to the future."

Lucky's eyes shot open, while his nostrils flared, and his fur stood on end.

"Yeah, you didn't think of that, did you?" Lupe snarked, folding her arms. "If you die and go to Hell, the only way you'll get revenge on Toffee is if the Ghost of Christmas Future visits him or something."

"H-Holy shit, you're right!...But maybe Van will allow me. I mean, this is a mission to kill someone, and he loved it when people killed each other..."

"What if you're not dealing with Van? What if you end up dealing with the big S himself?" Now Lupe was bristling.

"Th-then..." Even still, Lucky was keeping himself cozy. "Well, maybe Satan will let me become a demon with enough testing."

"Everyone will be dead by then, Lucky. What happened to killing Toffee before he kills anyone?"

Lucky groaned worriedly, staring at the sky. Unless someone revived him, then all he could do was wait and see...

"Rex, why didn't you just let me kill you..."

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Luffy snapped for a minute as he heard Lucky saying weird things. "You what!? Is that supposed to be a sarcastic comment or something or am I going nuts?" He asked.

"Um, Rex, I think you might want to give him some support if you know what I mean..." He said in concern despite his naivety.

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“Hey Lucky. Lucky? Lucky! D’oh.. stupid! Can anyone help? ANYONE?” “Rex. I can help.” Sora points the keyblade at Lucky and proceeds to use the “Cure” spell, saving Lucky’s life. “Heal!”

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To ease both their anxieties, Lucky put on one of his favorite songs from kithood. He felt it would be fitting, too; The duo was hard at work, mapping a way out of Hell. The consensus was...well, he couldn't escape going to Hell, unfortunately. But he could escape staying in Hell. He did it once, but that was during his physical life, granted. It would probably require extra steps as a wandering soul.

"Okay. Step one: Die." Lucky gazed around at his mindscape. The world around them became faded, and the undead husks of his friends were slowly losing their energy. As was Lupe, but she was designed to pull through. "Step two: Tell Satan over the phone that angels are vandalizing his property. Step three: While he's distracted, we swipe his magic thing. Step four: Escape before Satan realizes that it was a prank call. Step five: Give Satan's boxed lunch to Cerberus, so he is also distracted. Step six: Use the magic thing to hop dimensions. Step seven: Use me newly acquired demon powers to possess Toffee before he can call for anyone's excecution! You realize it'll be easier as a demon than a plain ol' ghost." Lucky chirped confidently.

"Yeah, sure. Just see if you can maybe spawn me a physical body while you're at it." The dizzy Lupe suggested. "If I wasn't dying along with this mind, then I would be more on board with this..." She could barely see the map straight, and her body felt like it was chipping away all over.

"Sure! You're the only one I don't have to work against. I know what it looks like, but I wouldn't let ya disappear, lassie." Lucky nodded at her, but then grew worried. "Hey...Your face is getting its color back."

As Lucky spoke, coincidentally, Lupe felt her strength come back in waves. "Yeah, you're-GAAAAAH!" Suddenly, Lana's shambling, snoutless corpse rose over them, screaming. They both responded by hurling hunks of concrete at her. All the while, the world around them returned to normal.

"Oh, no...Rex must've saved me! Damn it, just when I had something together!" Lucky growled, as he started to float. His wrestling in midair proved fruitless. Midway out of his subconscious, he suddenly pulled a neutral expression, and shrugged. "Guess I'll shoot everyone."

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"H-huh?!" Lucky could feel the stuffing dissipating in his throat, and who else would be above him when his vision cleared but Rex, Luffy, and Sora. "...Thanks? It's not like I was plannin' to use me death to our advantage or anything..." He shrugged his shoulders, his tone wavering between sarcastic and genuine. "Okay, so if I can't kill anyone, and I can't die, then enlighten me. WHAT DOES ANYONE SUGGEST WE DO TO ESCAPE OUR COMING DEATHS?!" He shouted to nobody in particular. If he couldn't become a demon ghost and just possess the homicidal tendencies out of Toffee, then somebody better have had a damn good replacement idea, because all he could see was them being escorted to the firing squad in single file with guards on either side. "Or can I at least have me scrap paper and writing utensil? Or me Paw o' Death?" He glared at Odessa.

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“You’re welcome!” Replied Sora in a sarcastic tone. “And if you’re done shouting in people’s ears and stop shooting at everyone, maybe we would actually come up with a plan to escape our ‘deaths.’ “ “What Sora said. Like I said before, if it needs be, I’ll help you take him out. But since you want a plan.. gather up you two.”

Before Rex can tell the two about his new plan, he brings Sora up to date, even him telling Lucky about the Cape and anyone else who may need a home. “That’s awesome Rex, but what about the plan?” “I’m about to get into it: First; we all clam down, and pretend this whole event never happened. Two; once we get back to the Cape, we’ll tell anyone about helping with Toffee and see if they’re interested. Once we’ve done that, we can head out to take big green and scaly down and finally give Lucky some peace. Not to mention it’ll be a breeze since we’ve got our powers back. anyone in?” “I’m in. If Lucky’s troubled by Toffee or whoever, I’ll help too.” “Great to hear.” The two then look at Lucky waiting for his answer. “So?”

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"Laddies, look..." Lucky's ears fell. "You know I support any plan that entails Toffee's demise, but the problem is, we'll be shot dead by whoever will be there to meet us when this plane touches down. Even if it's not Toffee, we probably pissed off somebody else by doing all that timejumping shit! I saw it in a movie. Two bonehead kids tried to jump forward in time, and then the Time Police locked them up for three weeks, and then gave them the death penalty!" He whimpered as he stared at his beloved Paw, tucked away in Odessa's pocket. "So what if you have your powers back? If these people have the power to take 'em away, then they have more than enough power to absorb their strength, or make 'em backfire and kill us anyway, something stupid and magical." Did they see the weapon that spaceman had? Imagine if he was deliberately aiming at them, not the ground!

Suddenly, the rabbit's chest began to pound, as a realization froze his eyes wide. In a voice loud enough to be heard by anyone and everyone on the plane, he fretted, "Suppose the return of powers and weapons means that we've outlived our usefulness? What if these people wanted to protect us from Toffee or something? We could have been lab rats this whole time, and I don't think they do very nice things to lab rats once the experiment's over!" He made a slashing motion across his throat.

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"You're honestly way too afraid of things", the Operator replied to the rabbit as he sat atop one of the chairs and had his arms crossed. The young boy had been observing the whole situation of Lucky being isolated and then resurrected at his attempt to end himself. Surely this guy can take a breather, right? This entire time from beginning to end he's been so extreme on things, good AND bad.

As he hopped off of his seat and made his way to Sora, Rex, and Lucky, he shook his head once again. "Look over there", he speaks as he points a finger over to the breach team, "If we can break that open and find out, perhaps we stand a chance at cutting the strings on this play thing and be over it." He crosses his arms again, "Besides, we aren't fighting gods, believe me, I've killed some self appointed ones, me and Umbra I meant."

He gives Lucky another pat on the head, "Look buddy, I know you mean well with how you think of the situation, really, ending the suffering. But perhaps it might be better to overlook the situation, try to give a few moments."

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"I'm not afraid!" Lucky snapped, showing teeth. "I am reasonably worried! We've failed escaping this shit every single fuckin' time! They have us cornered!" He followed the Operator's finger to the door, and shook his head unwillingly. "Don't you think he would've shown his face by now, if he were friendly? And, despite not seein' me, he knew I was a rabbit. Doesn't that strike you as omnipresent? Maybe you know how to swim out of deep shit, but I don't, and I don't want to spend me life on the lam from two weird, stalking psychos! Besides, somebody has me weapons..." He growled at Odessa, who guarded both his paw and his pistol. His talent with stealth wouldn't save them this time. "We could be makin' the same mistake I did, talkin' about one-upping him almost to his face. When I threatened others with violence before bein' drafted to this death trap, I at least knew what I was up against: People I could actually face and come away from alive!" Paw o' Death, no Paw o' Death...these people knew what he could do. Same with everyone else. They knew damn well what their powers were. There was no sense in trying to one-up people they couldn't surprise.

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"Yeah I'm gonna miss you guys to, especially you Vitan. You're the first person I remember truly caring about me, thanks for that."
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"I hope we get to see each other again some day."

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"Omnipotent might not even be the word for it", The Operator replies, tone unchanged. "This could all just be one elaborate dream, some story for others to watch and play in. I'm not truly here, but I can witness it, does that make me omnipotent?", he asks with a joking smile.

"In reality, I'm just a specter that's able to take physical form through my mind and Umbra is my channeling catalyst. Truly I'm asleep somewhere.", he talks with a bit of a joking shrug, "Like what I actually go through, this could just be some elaborate second dream, we're all just players in some game."

"Maybe we all just need to find a way to wake up, but death can't be the best option of it."

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”Um. I’m pretty sure this is a safe plan ride. Also that’s just in the movies, Lucky. It’s not real. At least I don’t think they are.... and if someone tries to hurt us again, we’ll more prepared next time. All they have are firearms.” “And we’re not lab rats either, we were just taken in by some idiots who thought we could turn the tide for a war. The guy with the sword is right, about you being afraid. But that’s why I’m here to help you out.” The boys then hear the Operator’s comment about how this could all be a dream. “Buddy I wish this was a dream. But at least we’re going home now”

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Lucky tilted his head. "...Was that theory supposed to comfort me, Laddie? Because I think it just did the opposite." Imagine being turned into someone's new toys for no real reason. Brrrrr. Right before he could pee himself, Rex cut back in. "Turn the tides? Heh. We fucking destroyed this war. Those boys are back to square one." Any enthusiasm Lucky may have had saying that was gone, knowing that they would just be pulled back into this shit to help fix it. "Laddie, do you really think we're going home? Think about it. Are they just gonna shove us off this plane when we fly over where each of us came from? At best, we're just going to be told to fix what we broke." These powers and weapons were going to replaced by brooms and dustpans, he could just taste it coming. "And if we're players, then when the hell do we stop? Do we just commit suicide and respawn until we get kicked or something?!" How was he supposed to know, he had avoided those stupid online games like the plague! He didn't know how they worked!

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Lealan turns to Lucky. "I think team killing is faster." She says offhandidly to the 'Its All A Game Theory'. "But we all know how that went for you. Honestly it's only a problem for ssssome of us. Ssssseeing as I can get back to my sssship just fine on my own, I'm ssssure I'm not the only one. I'm ssssticking around to see how this pans out, and to ssssee if any you decide to come with me." She smiles to Lucky.
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"Well, Lassie, I..." Lucky huffed, cocking his head towards Rex. It would probably be risky to tell her about the Cape...But, depending on what was really going on, would she need their protection? "I don't know who to come with. If I live to leave here with anyone at all, that is." He finally spat out, looking at the floor. "In fact, I'm wonderin' if it's safest for me to just float to a random place on me own. Just me and Lupe." He spoke of her as though she was always living in his head.

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"Well, it's the only theory that could be plausible", the operator replies with another shrug as he gestures to Michael with a thumb, "He was dead, and look, he's here." The operator looks to Rex and Sora, "This entire adventure as well as majority of my life IS a dream." "It's fun being in a cryopod, helps keep THIS in check", he replies with a joking tone, bowing as he implies his seeming of "age."

He let's out a sigh, "Well, in any case, if you think killing everyone is the answer, then go ahead, try, we'll probably be in the same situation as Michael, trapped in death and return limbo." He also moves a hand to his chin, "Come to think of it, I might be from a whole other dimension or time itself, from where I'm from, all of this type of machinery is desolate and gone. As well as Umbra being the perfect example of where tech is."

"Point being", he shakes his hands dismissively, "You can kill me if you really want, but Umbra won't let it happen. And even then, if I die here or Umbra does, I'll wake up home and Umbra will practically disintegrate and be rebuilt where I'm from as well, memories and all."

"Our only best option is to see what's in the cockpit for the time being."

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The two looked the operator with this, weird look as he kept going on about how his life is a dream and how he’s allowing Lucky to kill him. “This is weirding me out.” “You too? How long is plane gonna get home anyways?”

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Lucky's head drooped pathetically. "Didn't you notice me hesitatin' to kill Lana? Even though I know it's the best course of action, for your sake, I can't." Once could notice the tiniest tears forming in his eyes. "You idiots imprinted on me, don't you get it?" His uttering of "idiots" was very, very soft. "I don't want you to pay the price for a crime I committed, I don't want to think of you lot bein' tortured to an inch of your lives over something you didn't do. But I don't want to take your lives meself, either. I can't bear lookin' in your lifeless eyes." He glanced towards Lana, then back to the quartet. "You've put me in this place of...of likin' ya, okay!? I'll say it. And I can't stand it. By all accounts, I should have reduced you all to brain matter and been done with it. It felt like it was gonna be so easy before. Now, I wonder how I'm gonna live on when we're all separated." Another look around the plane commenced.

Rex and his Cape seemed like the safest option, but Lealan sounded like she would want a new, live crewmate. Megumin wanted him to be her Chomusuke II, but Luffy had gotten so attached to him in just a short span of time. Above all, even if he pulled an Abraham and lived to be one hundred and seventy five years, he would never forget how vividly he pictured himself walking home by Lana's side. Just wait, Umbra and Operator were gonna give him a reason to go with them, too. So many choices, and he was just one rabbit. Just because his heart was fractured didn't mean it could be divided evenly. ''Whoever I go with, I'll still be leaving everyone else I've ever been even remotely kind to behind, presumably forever. Once upon a time, I was a proud island. Now, I can't bring meself to watch the ocean covering up the land bridges between us."

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“Lucky..” Rex didn’t say anything, all he did was watch, no matter many times he would say it’s not Lucky’s fault, he wouldn’t believe it. “While I appreciate the help, you don’t know what’s best for everyone. And trying to kill us isn’t going to make things better Lucky, you would just be doing Toffee‘s job for him, who else is gonna stop him?” Sora spoke up. “I know you don’t know where to go or who to go with right now, but the best advice I can give is; do what feels right to you. And say if you did do a crime, that doesn’t mean you can’t try and fix it.”

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"There! That! That!" Lucky smiled a little, pointing at Sora. "That's what I want. I wronged you all, and I just want to redeem meself and be rid of this weight. I was hoping to kill everyone so Toffee wouldn't have the satsfaction. Didn't anyone hear what I was saying? I said I would avenge you. Even if I succeeded in ending your lives, I would have killed Toffee in your names." Though, Sora had a point...He would be spiting Toffee by doing exactly what he was hoping for. This was all Toffee's prophecy, wasn't it? "I just don't feel safe leaving anyone behind, with Toffee still out there. Especially if he's in cahoots with whoever's behind that door. Yet, all I've done was cause danger. It's all I'm good at." He laid down inside the bubble, folding his arms.

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Lealan lets out a breath. There it was, the emotional payoff, and acceptance. "Hey, dont be ssssad. I'm ssssure we'll meet again. And even if we don't. We have our memories to keep us together. Besides, if I can sssssurvive planetary destruction, what hope does Toffee have of stopping us?"
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With those words, the Operator smirked slightly, turning into a genuine smile. "So it seems the rough and tough guy grew a heart huh?" He let's out a sigh with a shake of the head, "Ya know, despite being a bit of a mean old grump, being honest is a good thing to do for the lot of things ya know." He quietly jerks a thumb at Falcon, "Besides, might not be healthy for you to go get an ego like this guy."

"Truly though in all seriousness", the Operator looks up to the sky, well, through the window to it, "Despite meeting the lot of you, me and Umbra can't wait to go home, Saving the galaxy from tyranny and freeing the slaves of Fortuna on Venus, Rescuing the Defectors and prisoners of the Grineer, and waking up and finding more of my own kind as we explore the galaxy.." "Despite where I'm from being very dark and grim, I miss seeing the stars, me and Umbra would just sit and spend hours watching the stars pass on our Orbiter's, or uh, starship's in simpler terms, cockpit."

He looks at his hands, before turning to Lucky and the rest of them, "Despite being seemingly real, I wish I could ACTUALLY be here, though Umbra can't talk I enjoyed seeing and meeting people different than a world ruled by tyrants and want to be gods. I do hope the rest of you return home and where you're from in one piece."

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"Memories aren't enough." Lucky moaned. "Memories just lead to thinkin', 'what if I did this instead', or 'why didn't I say that'. Memories just have you wishin', 'wow, do I wish I could make more memories with that person', and then they have you thinkin', 'what if that person died in that time we were apart?'" His mother, his siblings, those countless rabbits he'd rescued from the fate his family shared...What if he showed himself to them? Why didn't he say that he needed their help to bandage his wounds? Wow, did he wish he continued to roam with them. What if they were simply recaptured after he ran away from them?

He gazed at Operator resentfully. "I did not 'grow a heart'. I helplessly watched as the wall I was so proud of crumbled before me nubs, leavin' the soft interior vulnerable to all you softies and your softiness. Do you have any idea how much work it is to isolate yourself? And how much strain it's gonna be to rebuild it, with all of you in mind?" Hardening his heart was the one concrete solution, but he could feel the new stone chipping away with every word these people spoke. "Around this time, I would be sittin' in me recliner, watchin' Duck Dynasty. It was all I did when I wasn't angry. I've lost that. And not just because of the above. There's no way everything I worked for hasn't burned away by now." A third time did he turn his head towards Odessa, staring hungrily at his metallic paw. "That weapon is all I have left. It's the very last piece of me. The original me."

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Lealan sits down on the metallic floor, a frown crossing her face. "I don't need you to tell me that, Ssssilly Rabbit. Memories are all ssssome of us have left." She then hears what he says about his Metal Paw.
"That I can understand though." She summons her Astro Sabre DX from her inventory and sits it in her lap. "Ssssometimes things are close enough... ssssometimes." She looks into the rainbow blade fornlornly.
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