EOI: The Countdown Arc Prologue.mp3

*Kage and Melody are on the balcony of Maske Castle looking at a nice view*
Melody: Pretty nice out.
Kage: Yeah, it felt like a good time to take a look at a very nice view. Although, I feel like something is about to go wrong.
Melody: What do you mean?
Kage: I don't know, but I'm getting a bad feeling.

*Chip is there too, trying to decode a tablet he found in an ancient Shadow ruins the four explored recently*
Chip: "I'm seeing some carvings here about the Redeye Shadow, and a picture of the Shadows building the first ever spaceship of their kind."

Nagabiku: Are you saying they're aliens or something?

Chip: "No, it seems like they originated on Planet Imgflip, but they just ended up colonizing other planets."

Nagabiku: So, basically they're invasive species?

Kessho: "No, think of them like how the British on Earth colonized the Americas. They're not invasive species, you can think of them like colonists from other countries."

Nagabiku: Oh so you mean like?
*He makes some impressions of how the British came to colonized the Americas*

*Kessho sees something*
Kessho: "What is that..?"
*It's IBlook*
IBlook: "Hello... Oh. IT'S YOU. You look like the contractor for my f**king kitchen!"
Chip: "Say that again. I dare you."

Nagabiku: Not this again.
*Stealth wakes up*
Stealth: Hey, can you keep it down. I'm taking a nap on mom's head.
Nagabiku: Wha? But I'm a dude?
Stealth: You were?
Nagabiku: Yeah.
Stealth: Oh, then you must be my dad.

*Chip is holding IBlook's heart*

Nagabiku: Did you already just... off screen?

Chip: "He's dead"

Nagabiku: Well, I can see that. Where did he come from though?

Chip: "Idk"

*Kage comes to the others with Melody*
Nagabiku: Oh, hey there lovebirds.
Kage: I was thinking you'd say that. Also do you guys ever get a weird feeling that something bad might happen?
Melody: Yeah, I can see what he means now. I can feel it too.

*There's a spaceship coming down*

*Stealth notices the spaceship*
Stealth: Hey, isn't that a spaceship up there?

*Suddenly, the 6 of them shift into an alternate timeline. One that's much worse. They see that no other residents of Maske Castle are here, and the castle has crumbled. They see a Despicleave nearby.*

Kage: What happened here?

Despicleave: "In this timeline, Kessho and Melody were killed long ago."

Kage: ... Huh?
Melody: Wait? I died here?
Nagabiku: What's with females dying in alternative timelines?
Stealth: Honestly, I have no idea. This one is probably my first one.
Nagabiku: You mean your first adventure?
Stealth: Pretty much.

Despicleave: "Well... it's HIM."
*He points at Horror Mario (more like Abhorrent Mario)*

Kage: You have some nerve coming here!
*Melody stays behind Kage*
Stealth: Who is that?
Nagabiku: Idk, but I'm scared.

*Despicleave knocks his cleaver away*

*Kage uses Force Palm on Horror Mario*

*Negai comes by and uses Doom Desire on Horror Mario*

Nagabiku: Uhh, what do I do?
Stealth: Idk, use your abilities.
Nagabiku: Can't you do it?
Stealth: Idk my own strength yet.
Nagabiku: Oh.

Kessho: "I put XP candies in your breakfast btw. You're at about level 59."

Stealth: Who me?