---

While the console rests, a war still rages within…

Of footage corrupted, a game erased; still are the drums that once rattled with life…

20 had entered, 19 had left - but with just the click of a button, all of it was erased...

nazzer had won, no mark left standing, a title held high above his head. Yet no one heard the tree when it finally fell; no one was there to hear them cheer…

And so he did decree: "For all who thought they had a voice - you are voiceless. For all who foolishly believed in choice - you choose nothing. For you are not students of the game', but rather, you are IN MY game… AND IT IS I, who is your MASTER!!!"

SPOILER: Click to show

CURRENT PW ROSTER

SPOILER: Click to show

 AM SMART

---

Nickname: "The 7-Star Mind"
Billed from: "The School Of Hard Knocks"
Height: 5'6" [167cm]
Weight: 240 lbs. [109kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Head Of The Class" (Theme Song)
Signatures:
- "Learning Curve" (Reverse DDT)
- "College Clutch" (Camel Clutch)
Finishers:
- "Head Of The Class" (Double Underhook DDT)
- "Scholarly Stretch" (Boston Crab)

 BIG PETE

---

Nickname: "The Mongolian Mauler"
Billed from: Zavkhan, Mongolia
Height: 6'5'' [195cm]
Weight: 310 lbs. [141kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Mongol Battle 2" - Shogun: Total War OST
Signatures:
- "Mongolian Backbreaker" (Argentine Backbreaker 1)
- Shouten
Finishers:
- "Big Slam" (Ura Shouten)
- "Genghis Knee" (Bicycle Knee Strike 1)

 BLINDY

---

Nickname: "The Regulator"
Billed from: Hell's Kitchen, New York, USA
Height: 6'7'' [200cm]
Weight: 280 lbs. [127kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Mother" - Danzig
Signatures:
- "Pain Of Mediocrity" (Torture Rack 2)
- "Blinding Boot" (Big Boot 6)
Finishers:
- "BKO" (TKO 1)
- "Blinding Light" (Whiplash Neckbreaker 1)
- "Blindy Bomb" (Torture Rack Bomb, ringside)


 CIG

---

Nickname: "The Southern Dandy"
Billed from: "The Heart Of Dixie"
Height: 6'4" [193cm]
Weight: 270 lbs. [122kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" - WAR
Signatures:
- "Dandy Driver" (Cactus Driver)
- "DanDy-T" (DDT 11)
Finishers:
- "Cig Around The Rosie" (Spinning Powerbomb)
- "Southern Hospitality" (Flying Elbow)

 CLAUDE BAKER

---

Nickname: "Countdown"
Billed from: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Height: 6'3" [190cm]
Weight: 235 lbs. [107kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Final Countdown" - Europe
Signatures:
- "Round n' Round" (Superkick 8)
- "Fly To The Angels" (Heat Seeking Elbow)
Finishers:
- "Bad Medicine" (Texas Piledriver)
- "Figure 4-3-2-1 Leglock" (Figure 4 Leglock 5)

 DARKNESS CRAB C

---

Nickname: "The Cranky Crustacean"
Billed from: "Margaritaville, USA"
Height: 5'9 [175cm]
Weight: 205 lbs. [93kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly
Signatures:
- Sweet Shin Music
- "Boomer Drop" (Boom Drop 2)
- "Crab Angled" (Olympic Slam, ring side)
- "Crabitude Adjustment" (formerly known as the "I-c-U") (Attitude Adjustment 1, ringside)
Finishers:
- "Dark Age Stunner" (Whippersnapper)
- "Feta (c)heese" (Pedigree 3)

 DAZZ

---

Nickname: "The Fantastic"
Billed from: "Beyond The Bounds Of Gravity"
Height: 5'10" [177cm]
Weight: 200 lbs. [91kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Sleeping In The Fire" - W.A.S.P.
Signatures:
- "Gravity Bomb" (Blue Thunder Bomb)
- "Razzle Dazzle" (O'Connor Roll German Suplex)
Finishers:
- "DazzDriver" (Pumphandle Half Nelson Driver)
- "Fantastic Splash" (Spiral Tap)

 EMPEROR

---

Nickname: "The Doctor"
Billed from: Blackpool, England, UK
Height: 6'3" [190cm]
Weight: 209 lbs. [95kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Shattered Like Glass" - Warbringer
Signatures:
- "Daily Apple" (Falcon Arrow 2)
- "Doomsault" (Diving Moonsault 3)
Finishers:
- "You Got Jammed" (Dr. Teeth)
- "Imperial Suplex" (Dragon Suplex 2)

 FERGUS FERGUSON

---

Nickname: "The Last True Scotsman"
Billed from: Dundee, Australia
Height: 5'9" [175cm]
Weight: 209 lbs. [95kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Bagpipes Of War" - Skiltron
Signatures:
- "Deep Six" (Spin Headlock Elbow Drop)
- "Coma White" (Brainbuster 5)
Finishers:
- "Next Motherfucker" (STO)
- "System Splash" (360 Stinger Splash)

 FOOS

---

Nickname: "The Gifted Commish"
Billed from: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height: 6'0'' [182cm]
Weight: 220 lbs. [100kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: N/A
Theme: Unknown
Signatures: N/A
Finishers: N/A

 HR

---

Nickname: "Queen Admina"
Billed from: "The Commonwealth Of Canada"
Height: 5'5" [165cm]
Weight: 125 lbs. [57kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "It's A Vibe" - 2 Chainz
Signatures:
- "Dropkick It Like It's Hot" (Missile Dropkick 1)
- "Queen's Gambit" (Tequila Sunrise 1)
- "Commonwealth Kick" (Trouble In Paradise 1, ringside)
Finishers:
- "Viral Driver" (Michinoku Driver 3)
- "Administrative Leap" (Phoenix Splash)

 iNCY

---

Nickname: "The Dickpuncher of Justice"
Billed from: "The Atlas That Shrugged"
Height: 6'2" [188cm]
Weight: 220 lbs. [100kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Creep" - Radiohead
Signatures:
- "Incisive Smash" (Forearm Smash Combo)
- "Safe Space ¡Olé!" (Shattered Dreams)
Finishers:
- "Superior Man Claw" (Mandible Claw)
- "Justice Punch" (Low Blow 4)

 IRON MAIDEN

---

Nickname: "Queen of PW"
Billed from: Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Height: 5'8'' [172cm]
Weight: 153 lbs. [69kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "God Save The Queen" - The Sex Pistols
Signatures:
- "Dance Of Death" (Empress Combination 1)
- Iron Claw (Iron Claw 2)
Finishers:
- Queen Suplex
- "Aces High" (Glam Slam 2)

 KILGORE

---

Nickname: "The Righteous"
Billed from: "The Edge Of Reality"
Height: 5'9" [175cm]
Weight: 165 lbs. [75kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Death Grips (Next Grips)" - Death Grips
Signatures:
- "Screwed Loose Suplex" (Fisherman Suplex 3)
- "Hollyweird Bomb" (Sit-Out Powerbomb 5)
Finishers:
- "Killshot" (Sharpshooter 1)
- "Pump Action Frog Splash" (Frog Splash 3)
- "Blood & Kilgore" (Gore, ringside)

 MISTRESS

---

Nickname: "The Weeaboo Wonder"
Billed from: "The Stars Above"
Height: 5'6'' [167cm]
Weight: 122 lbs. [55kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Megitsune" - BABYMETAL
Signatures:
- "Snapmare Snare" (Snapmare & Single Leg Dropkick 2)
- "Mistress Bomb" (Sit-Out Powerbomb 1)
- "Cosmic Choke" (Guillotine Choke 3, ringside)
Finishers:
- "Weeaboom" (Drift Away)
- "Toonami Special" (Danielson Special)
- Dark Matter (ringside)

 NAZZER

---

Nickname: "The PW Suplex Machine"
Billed from: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5'9'' [175cm]
Weight: 248 lbs. [112kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "How I Could Just Kill A Man" - Cypress Hill
Signatures:
- "Zoo York Plex" (Capture Suplex)
- "Hook & Crooklyn" (Dream Street)
- "Lucky 13" (PTO, ringside)
- "Lights Out In Brooklyn" (German Suplex 3, ringside)
Finishers:
- "Nazzmission #1" (Sleeper Hold 2)
- "Nazzmission #2" (The Million Dollar Dream)
- "Nazz Nelson Suplex" (Half Nelson Suplex 2, ringside)
Achievements:
- Winner of the PW Championship Rumble
- PW World Heavyweight Champion [Current]

 NESS

---

Nickname: "The Newsman", "The 8-Bit Fist"
Billed from: "Koopa Keep"
Height: 5'8'' [172cm]
Weight: 143 lbs. [65kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Uptown Funk (8-Bit Remix Cover)" - 8-Bit Universe
Signatures:
- "Split Cartridge" (Split-Legged Moonsault 2)
- "Revenge Of The Nerd" (The Worm) 
- "Breaking News" (Zig Zag 2, ringside)
Finishers:
- "Blast Processing" (Red Arrow)
- "Cheat Code" (Coast To Coast)

 PDUH

---

Nickname: "Mask Marvelous"
Billed from: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Height: 6'6'' [198cm]
Weight: 220 lbs. [100kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Sirius" - Alan Parsons Project
Signatures:
- "Pduh Press" (Deadlift Military Press Slam)
- "Sliced Pduh Bread" (Sliced Bread #2)
Finishers: 
- "Greetings From New Mexico" (Sit-Out Gorilla Press Slam)
- Chokeslam (Chokeslam 6)

 PI

---

Nickname: "The Omnipresent"
Billed from: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 6'5'' [195cm]
Weight: 240 lbs. [109kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Break Stuff" - Limp Bizkit
Signatures:
- "The Tag" (Curb Stomp 2)
- "Omni Driver" (Omega Driver)
- "The Mass Tag" (Ringside Leaping Mushroom Stomp)
Finishers:
- "The Like Button" (Samoan Spike)
- "Double Gummy Chomp Stomp" (Coup de Grace)

 RAD

---

Nickname: "Mr. 420"
Billed from: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Height: 5'11'' [180cm]
Weight: 190 lbs. [86kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Them Changes" - Thundercat
Signatures:
- "Cannabreaker" (Codebreaker 1)
- "420 Splash" (Rolling Thunder Frog Splash)
Finishers:
- "RadiKiller" (Landslide)
- "High Times" (Avalanche Landslide)

 REAL LT

---

Nickname: "The Gridiron Giant"
Billed from: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Height: 6'3'' [190cm]
Weight: 237 lbs. [108kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Sports Open Theme" (WrestleMania XI Promotional Theme Song)
Signatures:
- "Tarbuster" (Bearhug Spinebuster)
- "Giant Blitz" (Shoulder Tackle 2)
Finishers:
- Spear (Spear 8)
- "The Real Deal" (East River Crossing)

 ROGUE

---

Nickname: "The Show Shocker"
Billed from: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'8'' [172cm]
Weight: 135 lbs. [61kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Who Am I Now?" (X-Men: Evolution)
Signatures:
- "Fatal Vitality" (Vise Grip 1)
- "Rogue Bomb" (Powerbomb 2)
Finishers:
- "Last Stand" (Superman Punch 1)
- "Press X" (Divo Drop)

 RT

---

Nickname: "The Canadian Destroyer"
Billed from: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 5'10'' [177cm]
Weight: 190 lbs. [86kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Little Bones" - The Tragically Hip
Signatures:
- Jumping Spin Heel Kick
- Canadian Backbreaker (Canadian Backbreaker 1)
Finishers:
- "Maple Leaf Cutter" (Diamond Cutter)
- "UnpReTier" (Killswitch)

 SHINOBI MUSASHI

---

Nickname: "The Mixed Martial Assassin" 
Billed from: "The 36 Chambers Of Texas"
Height: 5'9'' [175cm]
Weight: 233 lbs. [106kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Keanu Reeves" - Logic
Signatures:
- "Houston Hadouken" (Fireball Punch)
- Kimura Lock (Kimura Lock 2)
Finishers:
- "Rising Sun" (Osaka Street Cutter)
- "Rattlesnake Vise" (Anaconda Vise 1)

 THE KID

---

Nickname: "Influencer Of Ideal Ideas"
Billed from: Upstate, New York, USA
Height: 6'1'' [185cm]
Weight: 211 lbs. [96kg]
Alignment: Heel
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "We Got The Moves" - Eskimo Callboy
Signatures: 
- "Big Money Ball Buster" (Bronco Buster 3)
- "Five Finger Flash" (Looping Palm Strike)
Finishers:
- "Bedtime Story" (Book End)
- "Trollin' & Rollin'" (Five Knuckle Shuffle 2)

 UNTOUCHABLE

---

Nickname: "Captain Cheesehead"
Billed from: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Height: 6'5'' [195cm]
Weight: 250 lbs. [113kg]
Alignment: Face
Record: [0-0-0]
Theme: "Green And Yellow" - Lil' Wayne
Signatures:
- "Wisconsin Switch" (Shoulder Switch Powerslam)
- "Cheese Grater" (Brock Lock)
Finishers:
- "UT Swing" (F-5 3)
- "Lambeau Leap" (Diving Headbutt 3)

 WIFE

---

Nickname: "The Most Patient Woman In The World"
Billed from: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5'7'' [170cm]
Weight: 102 lbs. [46kg]
Alignment: Face
Theme: "My Way" - Limp Bizkit
Signatures: N/A
Finishers: N/A

EVENT SCHEDULE

SPOILER: Click to show

T.V.

[Wednesday Night Uploaded]

 

P.P.V.

 

[Backslash, 'Murican Meltdown, King Of The Screen, SummerSham, Fully Bloated, Trick Or Defeat, World Wrestling Classic, Avatarcade, PW Rumble, On Ur CPU, Smarkmageddon, PW Mania]

TITLE HISTORY

SPOILER: Click to show

PW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

---

1.) *Nazzer [Current]
*= Won the "PW Championship Rumble", a single match event featuring a 20-man battle royal match for the vacant PW World Heavyweight Title.

PW INTERNET CHAMPIONSHIP

PW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

PW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Chapter 1.3 - "The Frictioning"

Suddenly the crowd became physically paused like a cheap display of WWE Shop mannequins. As the lights darkened even more, nazzer couldn't help but feel as if he were standing in the middle of some lucid fever dream. Brows furrowed and resolve soon tightened, he turned to hoist his prize to the very same heavens to which he now glared upon.

Nazzer: "I don't know who the fuck you think you are, but you must be mistaken ghost boy! NO MAN rules me -- I would rather DIE!"

"Good thing I'm not a man, and that can certainly be arranged," the booming voice retorted, "Lucky for you, I like to have fun -- and this is a game, after all."

Pulling himself up by his literal bootstraps, KING KID slowly but surely willed himself to stand. His permanent baby face was plainly battered and bruised, the end result of a bad bump into the barricade. After shaking it off, The Kid then joined Nazzer in the ring to face the empty ceiling in unison, before doing his own part by ceremoniously flipping it the bird.

Kid: "Ayyyee big fella! While you're up there, why don't ya tell me how ya like the view!?"

"It's a terrible show. Just… absolutely, objectively dreadful."

Kid and Nazzer then pause, both looking quite perplexed by the voice's response. Kid soon shrugs.

Kid: "I meannn... you're not exactly wrong, but I wa-"

Nazzer: "What this loser is trying to say is that FUCK YOU, you can't do what you tell me! ESPECIALLY ME! I AM NAZZER! I'M THE GODDAMN CHAMP, I--!!!"

… Kid then looked on in shock as Nazzer froze mid-word, belt still clutched in hand. His heel instincts kicking in after the shock, The Kid then attempted to steal the prized trophy for himself. Yet to his utter shock and dismay, not only would it not budge, but the title itself began to glitch and seer within his hands.

Kid: "OWWWW! It burnt me, you ASSHOLE!"

Blindy : "If you don't shut the hell up, he'll erase us all. And if you don't do it yourself -- I'll be doing it for you."

Kid: " 'Mmmm'kay!?!? Where the hell'd you come from, bu-"

Swiftly but surely, "The Regulator" had already intently entered the ring. Smiling at first, he offered up a handshake before calling an audible, first grabbing Kid by the throat and then driving him into the corner against the turnbuckle. Eyes wide and face-to-face with a mixed look of both rage and sheer terror, Blindly pointed intensely to the audience all around them.

Blindy: "LISTEN!"

His voice then crawled to a whisper:

Blindy: "He's watching… and waiting to see what we do. So please, for both our sakes?... Promise me you'll shut the fuck up and follow my lead… I said promise!"

Kid: "Okay, OKAY! I promise, you psycho!"

Blindy then cautiously relinquished his grasp from Kid's collar, slowly turning to face the voice as well. Rather than giving in to his anger, he calmly confronts the ceiling above them.

Blindy: "May we ask who you are?"

For the first time it laughed, and like clouds of thunder rolling, it rippled throughout the arena with a hoarse roar so verbose that both men were now forced to shield their ears.

"In a way I've already told you who I am Blindy. The rest could be for all of you to figure out, but time is ticking... It's been ticking. Chop, chop! The sand is almost gone!"

The laughter of the voice resumed but soon trickled into an echoing fade. Then as quickly as it had, Nazzer returned and so too did the fans; their ecstatic cheers now stifled in bewilderment. Blindy looked to those in attendance and resumed character before turning to face the boys:

Blindy: "Like I said before -- follow my lead."

Chapter 2 - "No Game Out"

The Championship Rumble was a stunning success, even in spite of the physical time delays and the mass questioning of reality itself. Mave Deltzer had given it 8.6/9 stars on Twatter and the internet was now promptly losing its collective shit. However, internet sleuths and video experts the world over were left perplexed by the weird cuts in framing, almost as if someone had spliced the footage in real time.

But Blindy knew the reason for it. He had felt its presence in that ring. He had talked to it, so why was no one in the business actually talking about it? As if that weren't enough to drive a man crazy, KING KID and nazzer continued to ignore both the subject and himself altogether, as if nothing had ever happened.

But yet it did happen, and he'd been having recurring nightmares of glitching mannequins ever since, all of them narrated by the mysterious voice. "That damn voice" he thought to himself, "It's in my head"--

🤯: "Yinz talkin' to yourself, brochacho?"

Loudly PI chewed his gummies across the locker room from Blindy... Very, very loudly.

Blindy: "... No."

PI: "Oh. 'Cause sometimes I do, yeah... Wife don't listen much anyways."

Blindy retorted with a grunt before his phone caught his attention once more, albeit this time for a completely different and much more jarring reason: the screen of his phone was now glitching. The same kind of glitching that had happened to Nazzer and the crowd at the Rumble.

PI: "Seriously brorrito, 'sup!?"

He then hesitated before finally relenting.

Blindy: "Do me a favor please and check your phone…"

PI gave a queer look before shrugging his shoulders and giving in to the request. Unearthing his mobile device from the confines of a nearby gym bag, he was surprised to see that his phone was glitching.

PI: "What in the Chuck Berry hell did you do to my phone, Blindy?"

Blindy: "It's him….. he's here."

PI: "Okkkkayyy, now you're truly freaking me out duder. Were you planning on telling me what is going on here or are you gonna buy me a new phone?"

Then almost as if on cue, the disparate echo of notification bells began ringing all throughout the building. Blindy and PI looked at each other, then slowly back at their phones - they'd received a text. In fact, every single member of the roster had received one:

Ten letters in a blood red text then flashed across the screen: "KILL BLINDY"

PI then looked up at his co-worker with a combined look of confusion and concern.

PI: "Hey man, do we need to tal-"

He stopped speaking as soon as Blindy put a finger to his lips and quietly mouthed "shhh" to quiet both of them from talking any further. Suddenly PI felt as if someone or something were watching both him and Blindy by extension. "The Regulator" then motioned for the two to leave the room. Yet just as they returned to stand, the entirety of the PW roster around them snapped their heads to stare at the both of them, their eyes rolling into the back of their expressionless heads. Mouths agape in unison, a monotone warning spewed from every concurrent mouth. The voice had returned:

"KILL BLINDY… KILL BLINDY… KILL."

Chapter 3 - "Shock and Brawl"

🤯: "...What the fuck!?!?"

Blindy: "RUN!"

Without a second thought, the two sprinted down the passage leading to the doorway. Blindy punched out a zombified 1RealSmartAlex who had stumbled directly into his path, breaking the poor teacher's glasses on the way out. Once outside the locker room, each man turned the corner to face an adjacent hallway, only to be unfortunately greeted by more wandering wrestlers, all staring at them with the same blank expression while repeating the phrase voiced by the others. The two then turned the other way but it too was blocked by the very same scene.

Blindy: "Fuck it!"

Blindy then kicked open the boiler room door with a swiftness, grabbing PI by the wrist and dragging him along before this massive wave of automatons consumed them both.

Blindy: "CLOSE THE DOOR, PIE!"

PI fumbled with the door knob as they all crowded the outside of the door, a bag of gummies still clutched in his other hand. That was until iNCY managed to swipe them out from his grasp, tragically collapsing the bag onto the floor and spilling out its contents in the process.

PI: "NOOO!!!"

Blindy: "Fucking leave it, Pie! CLOSE THE DOOR! PIEEEE!!!"

Blindy then realized he had to take matters into his own hands. He grabbed PI by the arm with his right before using the shoulder on his left to blockade the oncoming surge. PI desperately scrambled to retrieve what remained of his edible supply, but like a dog on a leash he felt his arm suddenly restrict and no longer could he extend.

PI: "Let me go, dude! LET ME GO! I need my…my... MY PRECIOUS!"

In the same motion that Blindy relinquished his hold, he then used his full weight to fully close and block the door with his backside acting as support. Outstretching his arms across its facade, PI watched on in horror as it began to rumble and rattle the hinges.

shinobimusashi: "I take it h-"

PI: "SHIT! Don't scare me like that 'Nobi!!!"

Behind PI and in the darkness of the passageway emerged the pure white eyes of Shinobi Musashi, the remainder of his face shrouded in both shadow and suit.

Blindy: *grunts* "Yeahhh... He's cool."

PI: "Will someone please explain to me what the HELL is going on here!?!?"

Mr. Musashi's eyes then squinted like the vantage point of a full moon seen between the branches of a tree.

Shinobi: "....I suggest you follow."

PI: "But what about them!?"

PI pointed to the door still being held back by Blindy. As he did, he noticed Blindy nodding his head in agreement before quickly kneeling to the side. Just as he did, tendrils of lightning coalesced together to form a barrier lock to seal the door shut. Shocked at what he had just seen, though not literally, PI turned back around to see smoke pilfering from Nobi's finger tips.

PI: "Yeah, OF COURSE he has lightning powers! Not like this shit can get ANY weirder!"

Blindy: *grunts* "You'd be surprised, funny man..."

Chapter 4 - "Nevermind The Meta"

The three of them then slowly made their way down the confines of the dark boiler room tunnel. The sounds of the PW masses slowly were traded for those of dripping water, scurrying rats, the clanging of pipes and the humming of something electric. As the seconds evolved to minutes, 🤯 couldn't help but notice that it was the humming that was starting to grow louder than anything else, eventually to the point where it was all he could hear anymore. Moments after realizing this, shinobimusashi turned the corner and a dazzling glow of blue smacked them in the face like a june bug flying into a lightbulb.

A series of blue columns stacked like ribs rose out from the base of the floor and connected to the ceiling. Displays of lights and code swirled around them like fireflies, and to PI's greatest surprise: the three of them were not alone.

@ness : "Well it's about time! I can only play Pong so many times before losing my sanity!"

Out of nowhere, Blindy flew into predictable blind rage, slamming Ness against the wall and cracking a screen in the process.

Blindy: "You were SUPPOSED to be figuring a way out, not playing games INSIDE OF ONE!"

PI: "... Inside of one!? Will someone PLEASE explain this to me!?"

Suddenly every swivel chair snapped back from its respective computer monitor to face PI, the sounds of clacking keys now drawing to a pause. Blindy released his grip from Ness as he now struggled desperately for air, and Shinobi slowly approached the columns before turning to face PI.

Shinobi: "We were afraid that this might be a lot for you to process all at once, but….."

PI: "...But what!? Spit it out already!"

Musashi sighed, closed his eyes and then finally replied.

Shinobi: "Everything we know, everything and everyone we love… *sighs* Our entire existence is… a lie."

PI: "What th-"

Blindy: "What Nobi is trying to say is that this, ALL of this, is a simulation. We aren't real, Pie. We're sequences of code that have been programmed into a video game. We aren't real, we're copies of actual people outside of whatever hell we're trapped in..."

PI's eyes then widened like a deer in the headlights before quickly breaking out into a chuckle.

PI: "... Did yinz break into my supply? I mean, I know they're good, but they ain't THAT good. C'mon fellas, you can be honest with me! I won't get ma-"

@admin : "It's not a joke, Pie… they're telling you the truth."

Slowly HR rose from her chair and turned to face them, a glass of wine shaking from her left hand before using the other to remove her glasses.

HR: "You're not taking the piss here, mate. What you've just experienced was a horde of what we've been calling 'alters'. They act like us, look like us - but they're not us. They're copies of a copy used by the--"

Ness: "WAYYYY too much plot dumping going on! You weebs did the same thing to me before locking me up in this wonderfully fun dungeon of yours. Well, it WAS fun until he showed up!"

Ness then glared at Blindy with a sour expression as Blindy retorted with his infamous grunt in quick response.

PI: "Okay… So then if what all of you are saying is true, what the hell is this place?"

Blindy: "We call it 'The Arcade', but in truth it's not a gam-"

Ness: "Says YOU!"

Shinobi: *sighs* "It's a control center. Look, we don't have much time, the show starts in an hour."

PI: "Show? Show!? You're worried about the SHOW right after laying this all on me RIGHT NOW! How the hell am I supposed to go out there and wrestle!?... Why bother if none of this even MATTERS!?!?"

Blindy: "It DOES matter, Pie. If we let those… things… get a hold of us, we'll never get out of here. We're gonna be trapped here forever! If we act like something's wrong, he--"

HR: "More like 'it'--"

Blindy: "Okay, 'IT', will turn off this game for good…"

Shinobi: "It's already happened twice. And if not for the brilliance of HR and the rest of her team here, we wouldn't even know that much."

Finally, things were beginning to click in his gummie-hazed brain like a ton of bricks, until it all crescendoed into the biggest revelation of all:

PI: "MYYYYY Wife ! I have to go save her!"

Before anyone could manage to stop him, PI turned around and sprinted back from whence they had come. HR sighed, shook her head and then returned to her seat, burying her head into her hands.

HR: "Someone should probably stop him before he ends up like c …."

Blindy: "We promised not to speak his name…"

Shinobi: "Doesn't matter - he won't be going very far."