Multiversal Escape The Night Season 1

The intro begins to play, with a shot of the moon before panning to Ro screaming, stuck on the Ferris wheel.

It cuts to The Spy, Lucy, and Solar Flare tied to the carousel. High Tower and Sally Slaughter are shown about to slam their weapons into them and a man rides on a motorcycle in the background.

Next, Waluigi is shown tied to a wonder wheel and the lead clown throws a knife at him, narrowly missing.

On the streets, Mike, Gwen, and Harley try to escape from the chains around their neck held by The Carnival Master. The Demon Dog jumps in joy at their futile attempts.

In the graveyard, a zombie bites a townsperson in the neck. Gloria stands outside the demon arch with a bloody spear.

Jax stands about to be chomped by the Funhouse entrance as Loki and Izuku runs away, terrified.

Finally, Charlie stands in front of the town entrance, horrified at the chaos surrounding her.

Escape The Night

She slammed the button that controlled the merry-go-round and the group started to spin. They spun faster and faster and everyone screamed. The clowns began to laugh and Luke rolled the dice.

He leaned in to look at the number rolled, "8." The clowns laughed and pointed at their target, the man in the hot pink.

Jax: So we're spinning round and round and round, and they're all pointing at me to be killed. And I'm thinking, "Of course, they're gonna kill the best one there."

"You're all gonna die!" Sally Slaughter yelled out at the group. A motorcycle revved and drove to the clown group. They took out their pistol and shot the lead clown in the hand.

In the chaos, a certain red clad Frenchman popped out of a barrel. They took out their butterfly knife and stabbed a clown minion in the back. The motorcyclist drove into a bar and parked.

Loki: I think Mortimer's definitely a good guy now.

Mortimer exited the bar, threw his helmet at the clowns and started shooting them. The Spy slashed another in the arm and Calliope ran out throwing fireballs.

Harley: Mortimer appears. And he comes and unties me... and everyone else, but me mostly.

Mortimer, Calliope, and The Spy ran to the group and untied each of them. As they were untied, the group hugged each other, thankful for their lives continuing.

Rosanna: I'm making a run for it. I look down. I see these dice. I'm like, "I better take these. These could be something."

"Get inside. Get inside," Charlie called out to the group, still ushering everyone inside before entering herself.

Charlie: I might have had my doubts about Mortimer and Calliope, but those have been abandoned now.

The two helpers closed and boarded the doors and Charlie looked around. "Okay, we're good? Everyone's good?" she asked to the nodding group. Mortimer turned to Calliope and smirked.

"So, it looks like we're in this together, huh?" he said. She turned and deadpanned, "Sure looks like it, pretty boy." The man smiled and walked off.

Gloria: Sae, efter a' the madness o' bein' tied tae the carousel, at least noo we kinda ken whit we hae tae dae tae rid o' thae clowns.

Izuku: Apparently, in order to defeat the clowns and make them go away, we have to cleanse their artifact. Which is the jack-in-the-box.

Loki: So we've got a key, a journal, and the dice the clowns had. How do we put these together to help us figure out what to do next?

"Okay, what do we do?" Solar Flare asked as Mike grabbed the dice. "These go where?" he asked as Charlie opened a mini-fridge, "Celery?" she said.

Mike: So inside of the journal from this "Carnival Master" guy, is a map of the room.

Lucy: We start searching the back wall, and behind the corkboard that let us get the gear, is a locked vault thing.

"There's a secret chest... vault... thing," Lucy said making Gloria gasp. "The key! Aye, that’s whit the key’s fur!" she exclaimed.

Izuku nodded and pulled the key from a pocket. He placed it in the lock and opened it, finding two square holes.

Waluigi: We knew that the two dice that Ro picked up had to go in there.

Gwen placed the two dice in the square holes, causing a sign above the mini-fridge to turn on. Spy opened the mini-fridge's door, revealing a tunnel to a secret lounge room.

Rosanna: We open the fridge-- boom! Secret passageway, secret door to, like, our own hidden lounge.

The group clamored around, smiling at the room. "This is much better. I love this room," Gwen said, as Waluigi nodded.

Charlie: So this room is so magical. It's so beautiful, so big.

Jax: This place is too peaceful, where are the clowns?

Gloria: If ah had tae describe this lounge in four words, it’d be "Brady Bunch Saxe Dungeon."

Harley smiled and said saying, "The furniture's so cute!" Everyone continued to speak over each other until Izuku spoke over them. "Gosh, it's like the ultimate swinger pad!"

The Spy: We start looking around the room for anything to help us. We find a map on the wall.

"That's the town," Mike said, pointing at the map. "Toon o' Everlock," Gloria read the top of the map in her Scottish accent. The group surrounded the map as Charlie pointed at the back of the arcade, "We're here."

Izuku: Every time an artifact get cleansed, more of the map is revealed. Seems like we got to get cleansing some artifacts.

Charlie: So I spot the symbol from the knapsack my inviters gave me.

Solar Flare: On the back of the map, there is an entire story. Like, beginning, middle, and end.

"Just lay it flat," Solar Flare said to Lucy, who placed the map on the table. Everyone sat around on the couch before she began to read.

We were too late. Even with all of our society's knowledge we didn't understand The Carnival Master's dark plan. To save Everlock, we froze it in time to give us a chance to stop him, but we were no match for his wrath.

Realizing all was lost, I used the last of my life magic to encase him in an amber prison. But the spell has reached its end. At sunrise, The Carnival Master will be released from his prison and will consume all life in Everlock.

There are 8 corrupted artifacts which The Carnival Master draws power from. If they can be gathered an cleansed of evil, The Carnival Master will be weakened and can be slain.

However, the artifacts are protected, and whenever touched, their evil guardian appears. The final act to cleanse each artifact will require voting on two who must undertake a horrifying challenge that only one will survive.

By sunrise, if the artifacts have not been cleansed and The Carnival Master slain, everyone in town, including you, will be destroyed.

"Okay, I thought I was gonna have fun in a town, but now, we gotta save a town and ourselves?" Ro asked. "Yes," Loki said, "I mean, hopefully," Solar Flare added.

Gloria: Thare's 8 aurtifacts that this Carnival Mas'r draws his po'er frae.

Solar Flare: Each artifact has a guardian, so were gonna have to deal with plenty of minions.

Izuku: In order to cleanse each artifact, two of us are gonna be put up for elimination and one of us is gonna die.

Gwen: And if we don't figure this out by sunrise, we're all gonna die.

The Spy rose from his seat and pointed his knife at Charlie's throat. You said we were gonna have a 'night of fun' in this town," The Spy said to Charlie.

"I didn't know about this! The people who invited me didn't mention this part!" She pulled out the invitation from her coat for proof. The Spy grabbed it from her hands and read it aloud.

Dear Charlie Morningstar,

We know you do not know us, but we know you. We cordially invite you to a night of fun in the town of Everlock.

The town is locked in the 1970s, and will require you to perform a ritual to get in. In two days we will open a portal to your location.

If you enter the portal, you accept the invitation and must bring others. If you enter alone we will give you a list of people from across the multiverse to invite.

On Friday the 13th, you will be brought to our clothing room to select your outfit. Once finished, you will be brought to the clearing of Everlock.

You will be given the materials for the ritual and will perform it with your invites. Hope you accept this night of fun.

With regards,

                        The Society Against Evil

The Spy handed her back the invite, "Indeed, she did not know. Nothing in the letter mentioned death or danger." He closed his knife and sat back down as the group backed off from the subject.

Rosanna: So, in order to cleanse this artifact, we've already got the gear, but we have to replace the spring and the song with all new things, and then... we're fine.

Charlie found two notes under something, reading her name and Jax. "Okay, I'll read mine," she said handing Jax his note.

The jack needs a pleasant song so he's not so angry all the time. The clowns have one you can use, but they've taken it to their disco party where they're guarding it. Proper attire is behind the yellow couch.

Waluigi: There's a disco party, guess I have to come.

Jax opened his and read, after rolling his eyes to show how little he cares for helping them, because he had to show it.

The spring on the jack has been corrupted with evil and must be replaced. The clowns have hidden it in their giant tent. You'll have to rip the stuffing out to find it.

Rosanna: To get this done quickly, because we only have until sunrise or else we all die, we split up. Half of us go to the disco, and the other half go to a creepy clown tent.

Disco Group: Loki, Charlie, Jax, Waluigi, Spy, Mike

Tent Group: Gwen, Izuku, Solar Flare, Ro, Gloria, Harley, Lucy

"Okay, put on the noses and gloves," Charlie instructed. "This is not gonna work," Jax said before complying. Spy, for one of the rare few times during his time as a spy, took off his mask.

Charlie: So we found out we had to wear red noses and gloves to disguise ourselves into the clown disco.

Loki: If these clowns fall for it, they're idiots.

"Hey, wait, real quick," Mortimer walked over, showing a bottle of pills. "Just in case you need to, uh, get something to somebody, this is a strong sedative." Jax took the bottle and smiled at the idea.

Mortimer continued, "It'll knock somebody out in a couple minutes, alright?" Spy looked at Jax and took the bottle, "I've been a spy for many years, I'll be the one to use it."

The group walked to the entrance as Mortimer wished them good luck. The bouncer let them inside as everyone, except for Jax who hated this and Loki and Spy who were better than it, said they were just clowns.

Mike: I've never been to a disco in my life, and I also can't dance, so I'm worried I'll get caught.

Clowns danced everywhere and some of the group blended in well, read Waluigi and Charlie. Others in the group didn't dance so well, read Mike.

Waluigi: There's clowns everywhere, dancing, roller staking. They're having a fun time, and I am about this. So I start dancing, but at the same time, I'm looking for clues.

The group walked around the disco, talking to clowns, and trying to find anything. Charlie saw, in the corner of her eye, a giant, muscular clown.

"It looks like they're guarding something important," Mike said, startling Charlie a bit. After composing herself, she pointed out that the big clown has a briefcase.

Charlie: So we realize that the briefcase is locked to her wrist, so that has to be where the song is.

"So, we need to put the sedative in her drink," Mike said, to which Charlie nodded. They got the group together and walked to her.

Mike: And she has a drink in her hands, so that's good.

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The tent group, including Calliope, snuck inside the tent, looking around for clowns. Once they knew they were clear, they went further in, seeing a pile of plushes.

Gloria: Sae, the first clue oan oor note wis tae tear the stuffing oot. An as soon as we spied stuffed beasts, ah was like, "Awrite, let's rip 'em open, an see whit’s inside."

The group ripped apart every plush they could find, Ro even apologized to one before ripping off the limbs. Izuku dug through his stuffing, "Guys, I found a silver coin!"

Rosanna: We're ripping apart the stuffed animals. We're looking for a spring, but then we find a coin.

"I have a coin too," Ro said after ripping her plush apart. Harley admitted she found one too when a piercing laughed entered their vicinity. Everyone found a place to hide as Sally Slaughter entered.

"I just wanna BASH your head in!" she said, hitting a bench for emphasis. She cackled again before continuing to walk through the tent. "Where are you, you little shits!" she yelled out.

Harley: I think I see why people get scared of me.

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Spy looked at the group before choosing Loki to go with him. Loki approached High Tower and talked with her, "Hey, can we have a bit of your drink?" he asked, she nodded and handed him the bottle.

He sipped and turned to give it to Spy, who slipped the sedative in as he pretended to sip. He handed High Tower the bottle back before they walked away, thanking her for sharing.

The group walked away, meeting the lead clown, "Where are you from?" she asked. "A small town named Clownronto," Charlie improv'd, getting the clown away.

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"Come out you sons of bitches!" Sally yelled before smashing her bat into a bench. "DAMMIT!" she screamed, scaring some of the group.

Harley: Yep, totally seeing why people are scared of me.

"I'm coming to find you!" she promised, "Mama's coming!" She cackled before leaving the tent, letting the group continue.

Solar Flare: We rip apart almost every single stuffed animal and found 4 coins.

Gwen: We found all the coins, we're wondering what we do next, and we find this box with four, suspiciously coin shaped holes.

Izuku, Ro, Harley, and Solar Flare hover over the box and place their coins. The box opens, revealing a comic strip, a note, and a bunch of empty balloons in different colors.

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High Tower took a sip of her drink and almost instantly felt the effects. Waluigi and Charlie feigned concern for her and led her outside. "Just need... some fresh air," the clown slurred their words.

Jax: So we decide to bring outside and let her knock herself out, literally.

The group left the disco and the clown fell onto the wood porch. Jax looks at the briefcase, finding a code lock and a bunch of stickers. One showed a podium with a bunch of pink polka dots and had a message.

Watch the clowns dance from high to low.

"Okay," Mike leaned to the message, "I think this is telling us to count dots on these podiums in there." He pointed to the disco entrance as some of the group groaned at having to go back in.

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Lucy read the note to the group, "Find Zero-G Man and solve his dilemma." Gloria grabbed the comic strip as the group thought about the note.

Izuku: So inside this box is a bunch of empty balloons and a comic strip about Zero-G Man, who is sad because he lost his ability to fly. I feel him.

"Oh, we need to blow these up and make Zero-G Man fly," Solar Flare connected the pieces. Gloria read the comic strip as no one could find Zero-G Man.

She saw that at the end, the crowd all call out Zero-G Man thrice. "Do we have to do it together?" Ro asked and Gloria nodded. "Awright, are ye set? 1, 2, 3," she called out before the group called 

"Zero-G Man!

Zero-G Man!

Zero-G Man!"

Afterward, the box at the opposite end of the tent opened, revealing Zero-G Man. "Okay, divide and conquer. You guys fill up the balloons- There's helium tanks right there," Izuku pointed.

Rosanna: We learned we needed to fill up the balloons, and I think, "Great! I have had lots of experience planning parties. I have worked a helium tank. I know how it works. This is gonna be easy." But...

Ro turned the nozzle, helium filling the balloon and noise filling the tent. "Oh, my God! That is so loud," Gwen said next to her.

Gwen: Here we all are, whicpering to each other, trying not to signal Ol' Crazy Sally over there.

Izuku: And then all of a sudden, the helium tank's like... (whooshing) Ugh, I need to be super loud as you fill the balloons! (whooshing)

Ro continued filling a balloon when she accidentally filled it up to much and it popped. "Oh, God! Hide! Hide!" Izuku cried out, grabbing Ro and dipping behind some crates.

Lucy: We're all hide near each other and the clown comes back.

"Come out and play, little chickadees," Sally walked around the tent, some of the group repositioning as she got closer. "Knock, knock..." she creepily smiled as she knocked on a bench.

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Jax: So, we have to go back in the disco, 'cause f*ck us, and look around for different things.

The group, headed by Mike and Charlie, entered the disco again. Loki looked at a clown dancing on a platform and saw pink dots on the top and bottom.

Loki: So, we notice the platforms that the clowns are dancing on have polka dots on them.

Mike: There's four platforms, a six number code, two of these have double digits, and we have to be inconspicuous about this. Great. Wonderful.

"Okay, there's two on this side," Loki began, him and Mike counting the dots. The lead clown walked over, "Hey, what are you guys doing?" she asked. Waluigi jumped onto the block and started dancing.

"We were just dancing," Mike said as the group joined Waluigi in dancing. "No, I don't think you were-" the clown was cut off by everyone continuing to dance, ignoring her in their cheers.

Waluigi: Oh no, our cover is blown, so I jump on the platform and dance my life away. It wasn't my best moment, but I was trying to save us from death.

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"Hello?!" Sally called out, "Come out and play!" she added. She walks over to a stack of boxes with Harley behind them.

Harley: So she walks over to the boxes I'm behind, and I'm walking around the box, trying to keep out of her sight.

"I just gotta go tell her they're not here!" she yelled out before skipping to the tent entrance. "They're not here," she said in a sing-songy voice before everyone left their hiding spots.

Gloria: So, efter aw the kerfuffle wi’ the balloons goin’ pop, an' the racket, an' the helium tank bein' sae noisy, we finally hooked up enough balloons tae Zero-G Man fur him tae soar.

Because she was bored, Harley began whisper-chanting, "Zero-G. Zero-G." Izuku joined her and they kinda made it a song.

"Zero-G. Zero-G."

"Let's go."

"Zero-G."

"Come on."

"Zero-G."

"Come on."

"Zero-G."

Lucy: At this point, this is a very collaborative effort.

Solar Flare got the idea to lift Zero-G Man into the air and let him fly. As she let go, he floated down and the group whisper-cheered.

Izuku: He was more of a hover than soaring gracefully, but it'll do.

Izuku blowed on Zero-G Man to keep him in the air when a box opened. The group left Zero-G Man and ran to the box, opening it more.

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Jax: I guess I was distracting, I just didn't want to be near the rest of them. I was with this lady trio, it was really weird, I hated it, never gonna do it again.

"If we count the polka dots, that would only leave us with 4 numbers. The lock needs 6," Charlie pointed out as Mike counted from a small distance.

"No, 2 of them will be double digits," he said. He continued counting before reaching the conclusion that the last two numbers made 11, 1 and 1.

Mike: It's all a math equation. Now,  I'm not good at math, but I know my numbers, I can do this.

"Hey, let's go!" Mike said before he gathered the rest of the group to leave the disco and go back to the briefcase.

Mike: I feel like we were stumped a little bit, but I think I pulled my weight.

"Mike, how'd you figure that out?" Waluigi asked as Mike chanted the numbers to himself. "4-10-5-11," he marched over to the briefcase and inputted the numbers, getting it to open.

Waluigi: I'm really proud of JC, but I also am disappointed in myself, cause I thought that was my challenge to win.

Charlie: So, we open the briefcase, and we find this weird cylindrical contraption, and that must be the song.

Jax: So we gotta get back to the arcade, put this in the jack-in-the-box, and 'hope' that everyone else is alive.

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The group looked inside and saw the spring and a note. Lucy grabbed the note and started reading, "The artifact requires one more piece to be replaced-"

She was interrupted by Sally cackling and entering the tent. The group ran off as Sally continued, "Having a party without me?! You little bitches!"

They ran to the arcade and entered the lounge, where everyone else was. Gloria held up and spring and gave it to Charlie who put it in the jack-in-the-box.

The Spy: We put the new pieces in the jack-in-the-box when we learned something.

Everyone talked over each other when Lucy called out, "We got a note!" Everyone looked at her and she read the note.

The artifact requires one more piece to be replaced to be fully restored. A new jack. Two must be selected by vote to undertake a deadly challenge to recover it. Choose wisely. One of you will not make it out alive. For this unique trial, the two selected must choose a partner to fight for them.

Lucy: I'm thinking, "There were 5 hours between us arriving and Charlie arriving. Was she told about this by the society?"

Jax stood up and ranted, "So, basically, this whole 'have a night of fun in this town' bullshit is a big suicide mission that you brought-" he breathed. "Why? Why us?"

"I didn't know any of this would happen!" Charlie defended herself as the group devolved into an arguing mess. Some defended Charlie, some accused her, some were in the middle, and Loki...

Loki: I'm the god of lies, so I know Charlie isn't lying, but this is creating chaos, and I'm the god of that too, so...

Gwen cut through the chaos and brought the group back to the challenge. "So, in this, if the fighter loses, the person who chose them dies?" she asked. "That is what the note said," Harley said.

"So how are we supposed to do this?" Waluigi asked, before Mike said something. "Let's just say, are there any volunteers?" everyone looked at him in stunned silence before Harley replied, "Bitch?"

Izuku: Well, we talk amongst ourselves, trying to get a handle on who did the most for the team, who was a weak link, who wasn't jiving with the rest of the group.

"So, who has been the weakest," Charlie asked Walugi. "Honestly, before this, I may have said Mike. But after the disco, he has proven himself. I kinda have to go with Jax."

Waluigi: He's been an ass, didn't help us in any way, he's just out for himself.

Mike: I feel like I'm safe as I did a lot in the disco.

Gloria: Aye, I dinnae feel like I should be in this challenge. I've been tryin' tae sort the clues, been tryin' tae keep us on the right track.

Waluigi: I get Harley and Mike, and I'm like, "Hey, we should vote in Jax. He hasn't been helping us, he's out for himself. He needs to go.

Izuku walked from behind the three and walked to Jax, "Hey, I've been hearing your name passed around a bunch." Jax smirked and waved him off.

Jax: Keep it coming. I can take these clown f*cks.

After everything, the group sat back on the couch as Calliope went to a small table. "It is now time to vote," she said.

"Grab the ticket with the face of the person you would like to enter into the challenge. I will shuffle and draw two."

Waluigi: She just so happens to have cards with our names on it, in the event we have to vote each other to die.

Charlie: I thought this was gonna be hard, but Jax has just been trouble, and I can't deny that he should go.

Jax: When it came time to cast my vote, I went with Rosanna, I wanna ruffle some feathers.

Loki: I voted for Harley, I can't remember anything you did.

Rosanna: This was a hard choice, I didn't want any bad blood.

Charlie: Jax

Jax: Ro

Lucy: Lucy

Izuku: Izuku

Solar Flare: Solar Flare

Rosanna: Ro

Gloria: Harley

Loki: Harley

Walugi: Jax

The Spy: Solar Flare

Harley: Jax

Mike: Jax

Gwen: Jax

"I will now shuffle and draw two," Calliope started shuffling the cards. The group stared, it seeming to draw on forever. She stopped and drew one, looked at it, and flipped.

"The Record Producer."

The group gasped, most everyone agreed that she was just a cinnamon roll. She was new to a human body, she was a child. If course she may not have been that useful, she had no idea what was happening.

Calliope ignored the group and shuffled more after removing the other Record Producer card. She drew the second card, looked at it, and flipped.

"The Daredevil."

Harley: Well, I saw this coming. I know I could have done more.

"Please select a partner for you," Calliope announced. Solar Flare looked across the group and make a possibly stupid decision. "Jax." His eyebrows raised as Harley looked at the rest, "Izuku."

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Second Person: Jax POV

Jax was fully prepared to not do anything, but he saw the group's reaction to the flower getting voted in, so he begrudgingly decided to try his best. It's not like anything will actually happen.

He and the other 5 walked toward a big top tent, where the clowns were inside with multiple games in front of two wonder wheels. The leader, who held multiple knives in each hand laughed.

"I'm so jazzed you decided to show up!" Greenie started to get awkward as the clown continued. "I love this goddamn game. Gets me all wet inside!"

Jax was no stranger to sex jokes but that... just... ew. She continued, "The first person through the four challenges wins."

Izuku: Even though the challenges don't look that easy, I'm thinking maybe Jax and I are on a little bit more even footing then I thought they would be.

Jax: They take Flow-Pow and Clownie and tie them to those wonder wheels where you throw knives.

"Don't tie her too tight," Greenie pointed at Clownie, "She's coming with me." The lead clown chuckled, "Oh, look at that. Mr. Hero over there." The flower turned to Jax and pleaded, "Please save me."

Izuku: So the first station is a 'guess which cup the ball is in' game.

"Begin," Playboy hesitantly said, the clown in front of Jax placed the ball in the middle cup. At a quick speed, the clown shuffled the cups before stopping. Jax lost track a bit ago and guessed the left cup.

The clown lifted the cup, revealing nothing. As penence, Jax got a pie smashed in his face. He looked over to see Greenie had guessed correctly and moved on.

Izuku: Easy. No problem. Second one though, eh... a bit harder.

Jax looked back and focused on the cup with the ball. He tapped the right cup, revealing the ball inside. He was allowed to move to the next station

Jax: You had to eat 5 hot dogs. Without any water. And the hot dogs were vegan.

Jax grabbed his first hot dog and bit into it, but it was so dry. But then he realized something, they gave him ketchup and mustard. He squeezed a bit of ketchup in his mouth and it got better.

Solar Flare: I am so impressed by Jax.

Harley: So, Izuku has the upper hand, but Jax is attacking the hot dogs.

Greenie was doing they same, they were neck and neck. Jax tuned out the cheering of Flow-Pow and Clownie to focus on his stomach. He hadn't eaten real food since he entered the circus, and it was a problem now.

"Hey, CarJax, what hot dog are you on, number 1?" the lead clown taunted. He held up his hand, "3, actually." Greenie continued going through as Jax chewed on his fourth hot dog.

He began gagging and the clowns chnated for him to throw up. He threw up the hot dog in his mouth and throat before continuing. Greenie was ahead of him by a couple seconds.

Harley: I think I got this challenge in the bag.

The next challenge was to shoot the chicken into aa bucket. Greenie was cacutlating the angle by muttering to himself while Jax decide, 'screw it.' He placed the chicken on the ramp and slammed his foot.

The chicken flew over the bucket, making him get it back. As Greenie finished doing nerd shit, Jax got his chicken back. They flung them at the same time and both chickens landed in the buckets.

Both ran over to the last station, where they had to knock the bottles down. Greenie was throwing balls at the bottles and hitting on the second or third try.

Izuku: I'm not usually good at this game, but my pracice earlier is helping.

Jax was on the last bottle when Greenie hit the last bottle. "We have a winner!" Izuku ran to the box with the jack head, was handed the jack-in-the-box by Playboy and aggressivly turn the crank.

"And! Better yet! A LOSER!" the leader yelled out as Izuku continued turning the crank. Flow-Pow screamed as the clown ran over and stabbed six times before dissappearing in smoke.

All the clowns dissappeared, Jax turned to Greenie who had swapped the heads. He was on his knees tearing up. Jax wondered why, clearly this was just a prank, he was just playing along earlier.

He'd turned around and Flow-Pow would be awake and laugh at how fooled they were. He turned and saw the blood ooze out of her stomach. Red blood. REAL blood.

No confetti. No respawns. No Caine to appear and bring her back. He finally realized the consequences. She was dead. Really, REALLY dead. He remembered how Izuku told him his name was tossed around.

He blinked and saw himself, limp on the wheel, blood and guts oozing from his torso. No one to care. No one to mourn. His knees began to wobble and he fell to the floor.

He didn't even register Greenie, Playboy, Witch, and Clownie, who was untied earlier he guesses, running over and picking him up, carrying him to the lounge.

He could be as much of a dick as he wanted in the circus because there was no repercussions. Here, this is no game, no prank. She truly was dead and he failed her.

What has he done...

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Inside the lounge, the 9 remaining people sat around waiting for the others to return. Suddenly, a back door opened and Mortimer came out, along with Izuku, Calliope and Harley, who were all carrying Jax.

They laid Jax on the floor as he continuously muttered, "What have I done," to himself. But that meant- "What happened to Solar Flare?" The second girl voted in looked down, "She died."

Izuku, who held the artifact sat on the ground and wiped away tears that still came back, "I couldn't save her."

Ro ran toward the two non-challengers and brought them to the couch. Jax stayed quiet, looking down as Calliope trashed Solar Flare's tarot cards and placed one in a box.

Ro: This is terrifying. Solar was a kid. She didn't know anything and now she's dead.

Harley grabbed the jack-in-the-box and placed it on a shelf with 8 cubbies. She came back as everyone looked to Jax. "I'm sorry..." he muttered out.