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ENTER from Fisk Towers


Sholeh made her way into X’s realm through her beam of light. She dusted herself off again once she materialized, then glanced up to find X. He sat on his energy like throne, head resting on his arm as if he were bored…flicking stones into the hole in the middle of the ‘floor’ in front of him.

Sholeh stared at him a moment or two before making her way towards him. ”Um…hi.” she said as she approached him. ”Um…any particular reason why there are asteroids just bouncing off the force field around that small base on the moon?”

”It‘s something to do…” X replied simply.

Sholeh stared at him a moment, then turned her head and watched the rocks fall into the hole. Ok…he has seriously in need of finding a hobby.

”I heard that…” X said, not looking away from what he was doing.

Sholeh shook her head a second. Right…this was his place, nothing happened here without him knowing it. ”Well it‘s just that it‘s kind of a pointless thing, isn‘t it? Nothing‘s happening. You might be wierding a few people out but that‘s it.”

”Not really much to see on Earth…and you were wanting me to keep it around a bit longer, so…”

”AH! Um, yeah, that‘s right! I really kind of like this place and would like to keep it around for a while. But yeah, there‘s nothing interesting going on at the moment, so I guess you‘re right, it is something to do. Hey, why don‘t we both play? See how many hits that thing can take before it wears out. Or maybe you could make some special rocks that will phase through the shield! That‘ll cause a bit of a stir, huh? What do you say? Ten points for damaging something, twenty points for blowing something up. One who destroys the thing wins hands down?” Sholeh rambled, remembering that him paying attention to Earth was a bit of a bad idea at the moment. And she tried hard not to think about that since he’d probably know.

X paused and glanced down at her briefly. She never rambled like that unless she was trying to hide something. A few seconds of helping himself to her thoughts later, he discovered why. Unintentionally, he crushed the small rock he’d been holding in his fingers. ”Or perhaps I could just send the moon reeling into the Earth and see what all I hit” he said in a tense tone.

Sholeh’s smile fell and she gave him a nearly pleading look. Just great… ”Oh, come on…it‘s not that…”

”Or why don‘t I just light that city on fire and watch it burn to the ground. Then I can lift the ocean on top of it and put it all out. There are enough buildings there, I could even pretend they‘re all those simple dominos things. They all like horror movies right? How about a real life zombie hunt. Turn the entire city against them.” he continued, the tenseness in his voice increasing.

”Alright, cool it! She‘s doing this to get on your nerves. Heck, she‘s not even doing anything. She made the comment that this is the only time you notice her. Either give her some more attention, or just ignore her. You’ve made your mind up and you‘re going to blow the place up in the end anyway, right? So just let it be for a while. It‘s not like she‘s going to actually do anything. She never does.”

”Oh yes she has…” he growled. ”And it was when I ignored her.”

”Ok…alright…but she still comes back to you right? She‘s just bored and this is just what she does. Just like you do your little world thing. They‘re just…flings. She‘s just messing with them. Just like you like to mess around with people before you eventually….I‘m not helping at all…am I?” she asked.

X didn’t answer, simply continued to stare at her.

She thought a moment, then a bright flash enveloped her right hand, and a small bag of orange marshmallow peanuts appeared. ”Look what I got…” she said in a near sing-song voice. ”You want them? They‘ll make you feel better! I know you want them…” she said as she tossed the bag into the air, waiting for X to catch it.

X’s angry gaze did not move and his expression did not change…at all. The bag hit the ground on the other side of him with a plop.

Sholeh sighed and dropped her hand to her side. ”Alright, You know what? I give up. Just let me check on everything I need down there safely, then you can rain fire and brimstone or whatever it is you feel like doing. And you know what, there‘s really enough going on down there at the moment…heck, you still have a storm going on in that one city. Bad guys are kind of making everyone run around. Maybe you could just wait a while until things settle down, then pull something really big or something. Just hold off for a while. See if you cool down.”

She said as she disappeared in her beam of light. Well now she knew she needed to find her other things and find Mugin if this kind of crap was going to keep up.

X watched her leave, then turned back and glared at the hole in the middle of the floor. This sorcerer was starting to piss him off. After a moment or two, the bag of peanuts rose off the ground and into his hand. He let out a sigh that sounded more like a growl and opened the bag, soon biting down on one of the large orange peanuts.



EXIT Sholeh to Unknown

X had already eaten half of his bag of marshmellow peanuts, and was still stewing over some of the events happening on Earth when someone suddenly entered his realm. He starred across the room a moment, half a peanut still sticking out of his mouth, and any thoughts he had a few moments ago suddenly shot out of his mind.
No one had the ability to enter any of his realms unless he had already given them access to. It was virtually impossible to do so.

"What the..." was all X could get out.

(( It's better this way; Strange would have to actually defend himself, but the Universe won't let the Stranger die. The Wrath of God couldn't kill the Stranger. True story. He tried. ))

The man in blue's eyes locked on to X's. "You have desecrated the barrier separating various Universes, threatening the existence of all. Why?"

The Stranger, his face as expressionless as his voice, replied, "I walked. Answer my question. Why have you done this?"

The Phantom Stranger sighed almost breathlessly, and said, "I am one of the most powerful magical beings in my Universe, and many consider me THE most powerful magical being. Very little is outside of my power. Your meagerly defended realm was less protected than some of the dwellings I've entered, from my own Universe as well as the other. However, I am restrained as to some of the things I can do. I cannot kill you, nor do I wish to. Your fate, and punishment, shall be seen to by one much less restrained than I." The Stranger's eyes began to glow white a little. Even though his eyes always appear white to begin with, the actual glow was the first hint of emotion that he'd given X so far. "I clarified, and now so shall you, according to your own words. Why have you defaced the barrier separating the Multiverse's component Universes?"

(( I'd hoped that would press his buttons, just as I hope this will, too... twisted ))

The Stranger, his face a mask of expressionlessness, replied with, "You act as judge, jury, and executioner to entire worlds." A voice then from behind X spoke out; coming from a magical replica of the Stranger, saying, "Punishment for such acts are severe in my Universe, and the Lord of the Deliverer of Vengeance is always watching, always present yet never seen. Before the end, Vengeance shall find you."

Just as suddenly as the first replica had appeared, two more simply existed from nowhere, one on either side of X. They all said in unison, "That is not your decision to make, X."