Crash Landing

[Dave Strider]

The world spun as Crash dealt the final hit to Dr. Neo Cortex, send him flying across the room to the time controls, smashing them to bits. The whole room shook and it became obvious that it was no longer safe to stay as the time vortex became unstable. Crash and Coco made a break for the exit, Aku Aku right behind them as Neo and Uka Uka struggled to recover. Time ticked away they ran through the halls, seeing the exit just in reach. With a leap they each jumped out, an explosion coming from behind them. Everything glowed bright white as they burst through the doors, and although no harm came to him, Crash felt like something was off.


Crash face planted into the white floor as he slammed down onto it, his beady black nose smashed into his face. It took only a second for him to stand back up, letting his face come back into proportion and looking at his surroundings. Some weird floating guy was in front of him. What did he want? Was he another one of Cortex's creations?

Crash kept his eye on the being as he raised an eyebrow in suspicion, and jumped back a step once the being talked.

“My name is Omni. This is not the world you know. This is the Omniverse. You interest me, so I have made you part of it. The Omniverse is a place that reflects the wishes of those who are part of it. But! There are rules. I will explain them only once, so listen carefully.”

The being held out a small orb, glimmering with every color imaginable.

“This is Omnilium. It’s what ties the Omniverse together. Without it, you are nothing. With it, anything you desire can be yours. But you will need more than this. If you desire it enough, you will find it. You will find that using it comes naturally. Just think of what you desire most.

“You will not be alone in the Omniverse. There are others. Of course, they, too desire Omnilium. Do not fear death. For as long as you interest me, you will be reborn.

“That’s all you need to know right now. You’ll figure out the rest soon enough. I’ll be watching … and waiting.”

Crash stared at the orb, wondering what the guy meant. Anything he desired? He could go for some wumpa fruit, but what if this was a trap? Crash looked up but the white dude was nowhere to be found. All that he could see was a fountain. He seemed to be alone. He held the omnilium in his hand. If only Aku Aku was here to guide him.

"Crash, is that you? Where are we?" Crash turned to see that somehow Aku Aku appeared behind him. His faithful guide was here! He quickly explained to Aku Aku what happened and what the white floating guy said.

"Ahh.. so it seems. I can feel the difference in this world, and I don't think I can help you much as of now, besides helping you follow the right path. Once you have gained enough power, I might be able to help you like I did back home. Crash nodded at his friend's advice and looked around.

"It looks like there are portals in each direction. I don't know which one would be best, so why don't you choose one crash?

Crash looked around, scratching his head as he began trying to make a decision. It was so hard to choose. Which one would be the most awesome? With cool weapons and best places to chill out? Eventually, his mind began to wear, as well as his hunger, and he sat down wishing he had some Wumpa fruit again.

"Well if we are going to stay here a while longer, why don't you try summoning, Crash? If you're hungry, try summoning some wumpa fruit?"

Crash raised an eyebrow. Summon wumpa fruit? Aku Aku must be crazy, but then again, he was pretty hungry. Hungry enough to try. Crash pictured a wumpa fruit in his hands,with its crunchy sweet goodness. His favorite food, if only it were here. He could feel its tough outer texture and rose his hands to take an imaginary bit. To his surprise, he bit into an actual wumpa fruit. How was this even possible? If he could summon wumpa fruit whenever he wanted... then... MAYBE IT COULD RAIN WUMPA FRUIT!

Crash's imagination ran wild as he ran in circles, calling upon the power of the wumpa fruit to fall down on him,. Within a few minutes, the delicious fruit began raining in small amounts fro the sky above. It was a miracle.

"Amazing Crash, now stop and lets get moving to one of the portals."

Crash ignored Aku Aku as he continued to run and spin, chomping down on whatever wumpa fruit were unlucky enough to fall on his head.

"Crash, we must go now."

Still being ignored.

"CRASH WE NEED TO START HEADING TO A PORTAL NOW!

Crash finally heard his friend and stopped, the last few fruit bonking on his head and rolling way on the floor. Yeah, he was right, they probably should start moving, but Crash still didn't know where to go.

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

From his disoriented state of only recently having been woken by the same smirking white figure, Stu now found himself beginning to stand up in the same strange white void, barely able to speak out of shock and confusion. He figured he must be in some weird dream- he even sort of recognised some of the strange beings inhabiting the pale expanse, but then assumed this was his mind playing tricks on him. Once all of his senses gathered, he began to approach two figures, one orange and one brown, to ask for help (well, if they had any clue).
"Hey, can ya help a body out?" he called over.

[Dave Strider]

Crash hurried the fruit away before a stranger came up to them with blue hair. He was an odd looking fellow, but Crash had seen much weirder from Cortex. Crash began a series of body and hand motions to explain his situation, but after nothing but a blank stare from Stuart, he gave up, and Aku Aku took control of the situation.

"Are you from here or are you new like us? We aren't very familiar with this place. Aku Au floated above Crash, who nodded along with Aku Aku's words, giving a bright smile and thumbs up at the end. The orange bandicoot seemed eager to know who this new person was, and was sure that he could help with their direction problems. Crash even took the liberty of snatching a wumpa fruit off the floor and giving it to the blue haired man Besides, he was full anyways.

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

Staring at the mute vermillion marsupial and wooden apparently floating mask-type being, Stu began to speak.
"Hey, you're the- you're- uh, yeah, I just arrived here. How did you know?"
Stu began to personally interrogate the creatures, but soon figured his attempts would just cause a stir, the last thing he wanted.

[Dave Strider]

The blue haired man seemed a bit suspicious, as he looked as if he recognized Crash and Aku Aku. The wooden mask kept his eye on the guy as he replied to his question.

"Just a lucky guess, we just arrived as well, so we hardly know anything. Crash here can't seem to decide on which portal to head to, so we've been at a wall since. Any idea where you are headed?" Crash continued to nod along ,subconsciously biting the fruit that he had offered out of instinct, but he paid no mind.

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

"I-I don't know where there is to go to! Say, Maoi, what's up with Orange Shenzi Marie there?"

[Marcus Wright]

Luger had too many questions on her mind as just viewing the godlike figure named Omni had brought up confusion. Something was telling her not to shoot her submachine gun at him though. Something pulling at her weirdly.

A silence made Luger explore the Nexus, nothing much but a white space full of blank space and.... a fountain? Now that's different... Luger sat on the edge of the fountain as she splashed her face with cold water..

She had to wonder what the Omnium had to do however, just... a test would do. She closed her eyes and thought and a ISA gun fell into her hand "Hey, It worked..."

This was going to be a interesting experience. She looked up for a second and noticed a orange... creature, and blue haired human close by.. perhaps they...would have more information on this place..

Then again, she had been in war for a long time... nobody knows what she'd encounter here.

[Dave Strider]

Before the wooden mask could reply, a woman approached the three from the fountain. She was dressed in an all black suit and it was obvious she was coming to investigate them.

Aku Aku spoke to the blue haired dude, but spoke loud enough for the woman to hear."Crash doesn't speak very well, but I can easily understand him. And we know just as much as you. perhaps we should pick a gate at random and head there. It looks as though we have a new face, however." The mask turned to the woman. "We might as well introduce ourselves. This here is Crash," Aku Aku gestured as the bandicoot waved. " and I am his guide, Aku Aku. It seems that he was brought here by whoever this Omni person is, and in turn, Crash summoned me to aide him."

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

"Woah, hey. You sure choosing a gate at random is, you know, wise? Look, we don't know what any of them lead to!" Stu turned to the suited woman and calmed down.
"I'm Stuart Gillman-Street, by the way. You?" He held his hand out politely.

[Marcus Wright]

Luger stared at the blue haired man and said "Not exactly smart to give out your names to someone who could attack you right away. "She turned her head and frowned "But i'll be nice today, next time you might not be so lucky.." "Luger, Shadow Marshall."

The woman wasn't nice, but these two didn't do anything to her. At least she could give them some info.

"So none of you have ANY idea where these gates even go to? "

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

Stu rubbed the back of his neck as he inhaled sharply through his teeth and sheepishly said,
"Nah, sorry, I wish we could tell you different."

[Dave Strider]

Aku Aku looked at the woman, who seemed to be familiar with hostile environments. "I would agree with you, but at this point, might as well take the risk since we are all in the same situation. As for our current situation, yes, we unfortunately don't know anything about our new environment, so we might as well pick a random destination." The mask looked around at Stuart and the woman, before glancing at each portal. "Take your pick."

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

Stuart's eyes widened slightly as he looked the gates up and down, searching for some kind of clue as to where they'd take them, but unfortunately to no avail.
"Uhhh..." Stu stuttered, before he turned to Luger and asked, just to be polite,
"Do you wanna pick?"

[Marcus Wright]

Luger's eyes wandered back on the blue haired man named Stuart and the floating mask and orange creature? Where would be a ideal place to start?

A word left her mouth "Sure"

She lifted her finger toward a portal leading to Coruscant. "You guys..coming or you going another direction? Either way. She walked toward the portal, slightly looking back at the two before walking toward the portal.

[Dave Strider]

Crash hurried along, with Aku Aku following close behind.

"We shall follow you then."

The two kept close as the began their trwk towards the distant portal. Aku Aku wondered for a moment whether or not they should share their back stories, but was unsure if the woman would be willing to do so, she seemed distant, and distrustful. After all. She was even hesitant to exchange names. Perhaps once they felt more comfortable with each other.

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

"Oh, twice(!) Danger(!)" Stu snakily exclaimed as he followed the sugar-high walking marsupial, his bloody tribal mask friend, and the female equivalent of Mark from Spaced. Nevertheless, Stu felt this day was only going to get progressively weirder, so there was no point in backing down now.

(NB: Fegensulan Slang- twice => hooray)

[Marcus Wright]

Luger found herself the hesitant leader of the group as she walked through the Coruscant portal with Stuart and the orange..creature named Crash and the mask named aku-aku.

[Stuart Gillman-Street]

Stu, on the other hand, felt like the tag-along of the motley crew, being simultaneously the least confident and yet most normal person there. Trying to keep high hopes, Stu didn't once think he'd be stuck forever, although if the thought did cross his mind, he would become a blubbering nervous wreck.