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Interlude[]
Boomstick: Cuphead! The old-timey gunner from Inkwell Isles!
Wiz: Ink Bendy! The mascot of the corrupted fallen entertaining brand Joey Drew Studios!
Boomstick: And Sans… the Skeleton. The beloved pun skeleton from the underground whose pissed my off more times than I can count; If I see his dumbass face again I will stain his stupid face on my blood-stained coffee mug just so I can smash it. If I see his stupid blue and yellow eye again, I will rip my own ass just to make him smell my wrath. If I see his cold, annoying boney body in my office again. I will make sure him and his family watch as I make them wish they were dead… again.
Wiz directs Dummi to carry Boomstick away as he twitches uncontrollably.
Wiz: …Anyway! These indie games have dominated western culture for the past decade! And today, they come face-to-face to see who is truly best! We’ll! …I’ll! Be analyzing their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win… a DEATH BATTLE!
Sans awaits his turn in DEATH BATTLE![]
Boomstick: NO! NO! NO! WE’RE NOT DOING THIS FUCKER AGAIN!
Wiz: I decided it would be smart to get it over with. How about you sit out for this one, alright? I’ll let DUMMI cover your sections because you’re too much of a wuss to.
Boomstick: FINE!
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓， 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑈𝑀𝑀𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚．
Wiz: Now that’s settled… DUMMI, will you take the ropes…?
DUMMI: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔼ℝ𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻 𝕎𝔸𝕊 𝔸 ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼 𝔽𝕆ℝℂ𝔼𝔻 𝕌ℙ𝕆ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋𝔼ℝ ℝ𝔸ℂ𝔼. 𝔸 ℝ𝔸ℂ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 ℂℝ𝔼𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼𝕊 𝕄𝔸𝔻𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝕀ℂ, 𝔻𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔼𝔻 𝕋𝕆 𝔹𝔼 𝕋ℝ𝔸ℙℙ𝔼𝔻 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕊𝔸𝕍𝔼𝔻 𝔹𝕐 𝔸 𝕊𝕌ℙ𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕎𝔼ℝ𝔽𝕌𝕃 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝔽𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝔸ℝ 𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕊𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℍ𝕌𝕄𝔸ℕ ℝ𝔸ℂ𝔼. 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪…
Wiz: Sans really came out of nowhere. He lives in Snowdin Town with his younger brother, Papyrus. His origins are unknown, but the residents note that they “just showed up one day and… asserted themselves.”
DUMMI: 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕐 𝕄𝔸𝔻𝔼 𝔸 ℕ𝔸𝕄𝔼 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄𝕊𝔼𝕃𝕍𝔼𝕊. 𝕎ℍ𝕀𝕃𝔼 ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝔹ℝ𝕆𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ 𝕎𝔸𝕊 𝔻𝕆𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝕆𝕎ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾. 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝕎𝔸𝕊 𝕁𝕌𝕊𝕋… ℂℍ𝕀𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ’. 𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ 𝕃𝕀𝔽𝔼. ℂℝ𝔸ℂ𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕁𝕆𝕂𝔼𝕊, 𝔼𝔸𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔽ℝ𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝕂𝔼𝕋ℂℍ𝕌ℙ, 𝕄𝔸𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔸 ℕ𝔸𝕄𝔼 𝔽𝕆ℝ ℍ𝕀𝕄𝕊𝔼𝕃𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ ℍ𝕀𝕄𝕊𝔼𝕃𝔽, 𝔸ℕ𝔻 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕊ℙ𝔸ℂ𝔼-𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼!
Wiz: With his many times of research, Sans discovered phenomenons such as timeline resets, space and time being altered and distorted, and even managed to do his best to adapt to to these anomalies!
DUMMI: ℍ𝕀𝕊 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ 𝔸𝕃𝕃𝕆𝕎𝔼𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕐 ℙ𝔼ℝ𝕂𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 ℕ𝕆𝕎 𝕃𝕀𝕊𝕋 𝕆𝔽𝔽 𝕀ℕ 𝔸ℕ 𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕄𝔸ℕℕ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕊 𝕄𝕐 ℙℝ𝕆𝔾ℝ𝔸𝕄𝕄𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕊𝕋𝔸𝕋𝔼𝕊. 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊, 𝔻𝔼𝕊ℙ𝕀𝕋𝔼 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝔹𝔼𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔻𝕀ℝ𝔼ℂ𝕋𝕃𝕐 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀ℙ𝕌𝕃𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ; ℍ𝔼 𝕀𝕊 𝔸𝕎𝔸ℝ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝕀𝕋. 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 ℂ𝕆𝕌𝕃𝔻 ℍ𝔼𝕃ℙ ℍ𝕀𝕄 𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕊𝕋 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔼-𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕆ℙℙ𝕆ℕ𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕊.
Wiz: Sans is able to tell when someone has died and revived themselves simply by viewing their expression. Granted, there are clear limits to this ability as he can’t outright remember previous timelines compared to Flowey for instance. But he is aware of their existence, and it’s why he is so lazy. He knows that there is no point in having hopes, or dreams. As it’ll all just be reset anyway. *sigh* It’s pretty sad thinking about it. Almost makes me feel bad for the guy.
DUMMI: ℂ𝔸ℕ ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔸𝕋𝔼.
Wiz: Even with this knowledge, Sans hasn’t been shown to be able to predict his opponent’s moves or anything like that.
Wiz: For someone of his type, Sans is surprisingly stro-er, uh, agile.
DUMMJ: ℍ𝔼 𝕄𝔸𝕐 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕊ℍ𝕆𝕎 𝕀𝕋, 𝔹𝕌𝕋 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 ℍ𝔸𝕊 𝔸 𝕎𝕀𝔻𝔼 𝔸ℝ𝔸ℕ𝔾𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝔹𝕆ℕ𝔼-ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔸𝕋𝔼𝔻 𝕋𝔼ℂℍℕ𝕀ℚ𝕌𝔼𝕊.
Wiz: Sans can summon and control bones however he pleases. Of varying sizes and types!
DUMMI: 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 ℙℝ𝕀𝕄𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕃𝕐 𝕌𝕊𝔼𝕊 𝕋𝕎𝕆 𝔹𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕋𝕐ℙ𝔼𝕊; 𝕎ℍ𝕀𝕋𝔼 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝔹𝕃𝕌𝔼. 𝕎ℍ𝕀𝕋𝔼 𝔹𝕆ℕ𝔼𝕊 𝔸ℂ𝕋 𝔸𝕊 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ ℝ𝕌ℕ 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕄𝕀𝕃𝕃 ℙℝ𝕆𝕁𝔼ℂ𝕋𝕀𝕃𝔼. 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕐 ℂ𝔸ℕ 𝔹𝔼 𝕌𝕊𝔼𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕆𝔽𝔽𝔼ℕ𝕊𝔼, 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝔼ℕ𝕊𝔼, 𝔼𝕏𝕀𝕊𝕋𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕀𝔸𝕃 𝔻ℝ𝔼𝔸𝔻, 𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕌𝕊𝔼𝔽𝕌𝕃 𝕊𝕋𝕌𝔽𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕃𝔸ℂ𝕂. 𝕊ℂ𝔸ℕℕ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔻𝔸𝕋𝔸...
Wiz: Along with white bones, Sans can only summon blue bones. They do the same thing as white bones, but they will only harm opponents if they’re moving and not completely still. Sans uses these to surprise his opponents as he throws a volley of projectiles at whoever decided to piss him off.
DUMMI: 𝕊ℂ𝔸ℕℕ𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝕆𝕄ℙ𝕃𝔼𝕋𝔼!
Wiz: Sans most iconic weapon is his trademarked Gaster Blaster! Which is essentially a directional, skull-shaped laser that he can spam as he pleases. They’re so fast they can even catch Frisk off-guard, someone who can dodge lightning. Including Asriel’s, which, according to my calculations, can move at mach 78! That is over 59,000 miles per hour!
DUMMI: 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝕀𝕊 ℂ𝕆𝕄ℙ𝔸ℝ𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔽ℝ𝕀𝕊𝕂, 𝔼𝕍𝔼ℕ 𝔹𝔼𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔻𝕆𝔻𝔾𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕀ℝ 𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔸ℂ𝕂𝕊 𝕀ℕ ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝕊𝕃𝔼𝔼ℙ. 𝔸𝕋 𝕃𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕋 ℍ𝔼 𝔾𝔼𝕋𝕊 𝕊𝕃𝔼𝔼ℙ, ℂ𝕆𝕄ℙ𝔸ℝ𝔼𝔻 𝕋𝕆 𝕄𝕐 𝕋𝕆ℝ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕆𝕌𝕊 𝕀𝔻𝔼𝔸 𝕆𝔽 “𝕊𝕃𝔼𝔼ℙ“
Wiz: But DUMMI, all I do is turn you off and plug you in-
DUMMI: 𝕃𝔼𝕋 𝕄𝔼 ℍ𝔸𝕍𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊!
Wiz: O-okay… I guess? Anyway, Sans also has another ability on his back sleeve. Karmic Retribution! This is a technique that allows Sans to apply… let’s say “poison damage” on opponents with a high kill count. However, this technique only works on those who truly deserve it. Someone who hasn’t hurt a single soul would only feel… well, absolutely nothing from Sans’ karma!
DUMMI: 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝔹𝔼 𝕀ℕℂℝ𝔼𝔻𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼, 𝕌ℕ𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕄𝔼, 𝔹𝕌𝕋 ℍ𝔼 𝕀𝕊ℕ’𝕋 𝔽𝕃𝔸𝕎𝕃𝔼𝕊𝕊.
Wiz: Correct! Sans himself has admitted he is physically the weakest monster of the Underground. With a mere 1 in both attack and defense. To compensate for this, Sans relies a lot on his speed. Given he can easily dodge attacks from lightning timers, this usually isn’t much of an issue. He can even dodge while sleeping!
DUMMI: 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕀𝔽 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝔾𝔼𝕋𝕊 ℍ𝕀𝕋…𝕎𝔼𝕃𝕃, 𝕃𝔼𝕋’𝕊 𝕁𝕌𝕊𝕋 𝕊𝔸𝕐 ℍ𝔼’𝔻 “𝕂𝔼𝕋ℂℍ-𝕆𝕌𝕋“
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DUMMI: 𝔻𝔼𝔸𝔻 𝕊𝕀𝕃𝔼ℕℂ𝔼…𝕆𝔽 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℝ𝕊𝔼.
Wiz: Despite everything. From his life being practically pointless, to his lack of purpose, to his poor stats. Sans has always tried to make everybody happy, and to be the shoulder to cry on for every monster in the Underground. He’s as much a hero as he is a prankster, even more than a true hero like Undyne. That’s what makes him… him. That’s what makes him…well, Sans… Sans the Skeleton!
Cuphead run and guns in DEATH BATTLE![]
DUMMI: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕀ℕ𝕂𝕎𝔼𝕃𝕃 𝕀𝕊𝕃𝔼𝕊 𝔸ℝ𝔼 𝔸 ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 ℂ𝕃𝔸𝕊𝕊𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℕ𝔻𝔼ℝ… 𝔸 ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼 𝕊𝕆 ℕ𝕆ℕ-𝔾𝔼ℕ𝔼ℝ𝕀ℂ-
Distant screaming interrupted DUMMI’s opening lines.
DUMMI: ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕀-
Boomstick: WA-BAM! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Boomstick drop-kicked DUMMI through the 4th wall, standing triumphantly.
Wiz: Oh hey, you’re back!
Boomstick: So now that we’re onto the much cooler Cuphead, i’ll take the ropes for awhile!
Wiz: Oh… alright, DUMMI was just covering the Inkwell Isles-
Boomstick: Ah yes, the wondrous Inkwell Isles. A place that embodies the forgotten era of cartoons back before I was even born! Mama used to put on those all the time, really helped past the time while waiting for dad to get the milk he promised me.
Wiz: Cuphead, his brother Mugman, and their grand Elder Kettle, lived in a small hut in the woods.
Boomstick: And for a house so small, it sure could take a beating! Cuphead and Mugman grew a reputation as complete troublemakers!
Wiz: That’s right. Cuphead and Mugman would often let their own impulsiveness, Cuphead more-so, get the better of them. Leading into some… not so favorable situations.
Boomstick: Despite this, they had pretty uneventful lives. That is, until the DEVIL HIMSELF owed the brothers their soul.
Wiz: With the Devil at their backs, the brothers were forced to collect soul contracts to appease him. Trying to balance that with their normal daily lives.
Boomstick: In order to do that, you’d need some serious firepower!
Wiz: Entering Shots!
Boomstick: Shots are Cuphead’s AK-47, or Shotgun, or basically his gun collection. They function similarly to bullets, in the sense that they are good at many things, are reliable, and need to be used strategically.
Wiz: Starting with Cuphead’s most basic Shot, the Peashooter!
Boomstick: The Peashooter is your run of the mill weapon. It fires in a straight path, has middling power, and isn’t very versatile. Good for most situations but never the best.
Wiz: Next up… Chaser!
Boomstick: Chaser trades off power for maximum accuracy. This Shot type. It has low overall power, and is so slow that it would make DUMMI laugh! Haha, gottem!
DUMMI: 𝔽𝕌ℂ𝕂 𝕐𝕆𝕌!
Wiz: We’re 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 with this next one! Hit it Boomstick!
Boomstick: Ooooh! Spread! My favorite! Spread is like a Shotgun blast, but spammable! The Spread Shot fires separating shots at c̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ opponents! It has some insane power at close ranged, like a Shotgun, but it’s range is pitiful. Allow me to demonstrate, Wiz run away before I shoot ya!
Wiz: Wait, Boomstick, WAIT!
Before he knew it, Boomstick had pointed his “shotleggun” at Wiz. Opening fire and setting Wiz ablaze with pink projectiles that fired in a very specific spread. DUMMI’s cries could be heard from the other room.
𝔸 𝕂ℕ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕆𝕌𝕋!
Boomstick looked down at Wiz’s soul contract.
Boomstick: Guess he couldn’t take the 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑦. Typical Wiz…
Wiz, who had just gotten back on his feet: T-the Charge Shot is exactly as the name suggests. It lets the user charge up a superpowered projectile upon anybody who might just 𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙛𝙛. Allow me to demonstrate…
Wiz positioned his robotic arm’s fingertips in such a way that an orange energy sphere that rapidly grew formed. Boomstick tried to run away but tripped and fell on the floor like a dumbass. Wiz let loose the Charge Shot, not only knocking Boomstick out, but also sending Wiz straight back into a soul contract due to the shockwave of the overcharged attack.
𝔸 𝔻𝕆𝕌𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕂ℕ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕆𝕌𝕋!
As they both steadily got back to their feet, DUMMI’s chuckles at Boomstick could be heard in the room next door.
Boomstick: The final two shots are known as Lobber and Roundabout respectively! They’re probably the most clunky to use out of the 6 main Shots, and they’re barley like a gun at all.
Wiz: The Lobber Shot has a multitude of projectiles fire in an arc, almost like a volley of small bouncy balls that hurt you. This is the most situational shot of the bunch. The final Shot, however, is incredibly useful! It’s basically an energy boomerang that acts exactly like a boomerang. In spite of it being situational, it is great for catching opponents off-guard…
Boomstick: And maybe slicing their head off during their 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑊𝑎𝑟 with the cup bros.
Wiz: But all Shots offer a trump card; the “EX-Abilites” as their called offer tons of useful extra techniques for offense and defense depending on the shot being used.
Boomstick: The Peashooter allows for simple, yet effective energy blast known as the Mega Blast! Chaser’s EX-Ability creates a shield that can instantly be replaced if the user has cards available. My favorite, Spread, has an awesome EX-Ability that fires 8 large spike-based projectile that travel extremely slowly but will make their target feel THE PAIN! when they land. Lobber literally just doubles the size of the basic Lobber shot so it can hit enemies easier, really boring if you ask me! Probably because it’s not based on a gun… Roundabout surprisingly has a really cool one! It basically creates a hyper-spinning sawblade that will hurl back to where it was fired. It’s like a chainsaw boomerang, how cool is that?!
Wiz: All these Shots give Cuphead lots of versatility. But we somehow aren’t done yet!
Boomstick: Presenting the b̶o̶r̶e̶d̶l̶y̶ n̶a̶m̶e̶d̶ Super Abilities!
Wiz: With these, Cuphead can either: launch a massive beam of… 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 at his opponents, gain invincibility for a few seconds, or summon a ghost of himself that can follow his movements and deal tons of damage when you least expect it!
Boomstick: Cuphead himself is one tough household appliance! Even without Shots he’s pretty damn strong!
Wiz: Cuphead has enough pure body power to smash straight through walls, the strength to stretch the Inkwell Isle moon (which should made of a very rough material!), and has outsmarted the literal Devil on multiple occasions.
Boomstick: He’s pretty quick too! He can easily dodge cannonballs, which can move at speeds over 220 miles per hour!
Wiz: When Cuphead did this, he would’ve had to move at a minimum of 685 miles per hour, most likely higher! For comparison, the speed of sound is at minimum 767 miles per hour. That’s only an 82 mile per hour difference!
Boomstick: Haha, did you really think cannonballs were all that Cuphead could dodge?!
Wiz: I wasn’t there ye-
Boomstick: Cuphead has been able to dodge electricity before! Against the Phantom Express.
Boomstick: In order to pull this off from the distance he can dodge it, he would’ve had to been moving at 2,370 miles per hour! That’s 3 times the speed of sound!
Wiz: You got those from my notes… didn’t you?
Boomstick: Did not!
Wiz: Cuphead’s Shots are capable of damaging living castles! Even if they were made of candy, a living castle is still a living castle and it should have somewhat comparable mass!
Boomstick: As much as Cuphead is a lovable goofball. He is kind of a dumbass.
Wiz: Cuphead’s impulsive is often what leads him into potentially life-threatening situations. His soul can be easily snatched away from him if someone is capable of affecting souls directly. Cuphead’s travel speed itself is quite slow on his feet, and he tends to act without thinking.
Boomstick: In spite of his many flaws, Cuphead turned out to be a saving grace for the Inkwell Isles and a 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 for the Devil. Him and his brother defeated the Devil once and for all, and saved all of the isles from his soul-snatching crimes. He became a hero, even if he didn’t intend it. He may be an impulsive and overly curious guy, but he’s also someone willing to do the right thing when the time for comes from it. That’s what makes him a Cuphead, that’s what makes him THE Cuphead.
Ink Bendy experiences a dark revival in DEATH BATTLE![]
Wiz: The 1930’s were an ancient time for the cartoon industry. Giants like Disney and Warner Bros were just finding their footing. And a form of animation known as rubber-hose was dominating the industry.
Ringmaster: 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀!
Wiz: When’d you get here, Ringmaster?
Ringmaster: 𝗢𝗵, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 “𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴“ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Wiz: You don’t say…
Ringmaster: 𝗝𝗼𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗱𝗱𝗱𝗱𝗱𝘆𝘆𝘆𝘆𝘆𝘆!!!!!!
Wiz: Despite all the success, Joey Drew himself wasn’t all that happy with where the studio was headed.
Ringmaster: 𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿!
Wiz: The Ink Machine is a humongous construction of innovation, effort, and possible devastation!
Ringmaster: 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳! 𝗜𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀!
And it’s most perfect creation would have to be the inky version of Bendy himself-
Ringmaster: 𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗗𝗗𝗗𝗗𝗗𝗬𝗬𝗬𝗬𝗬𝗬!
Wiz: Do you have to say it in such a dramatic tone everything time?
Ringmaster: 𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗼! 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽!
Wiz: …What audience?
The two both looked towards the camera, seeing nobody and hearing nobody. Ringmaster began to cry at this sight, with Wiz giving him a comforting pat on the back.
Wiz: The Ink Demon himself is by far the strongest beast of his type. He is feared among the thousands of souls trapped within the cartoon hell of the once Joey Drew Studios.
Ringmaster: 𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱! 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀!
Wiz: He is truly a one of a kind creature. He is completely unmatched in almost every aspect by most other ink creatures. There is a reason he is feared.
Ringmaster: 𝗛𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀! 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!
Wiz: Using surrounding wooden boards to get an estimate at the volume of the area where Henry fell. Ink Bendy would’ve had to have exerted enough ink worth a force of just over 3 tons of TNT!
Ringmaster smacks Wiz
Wiz: OW! WHAT THE HECK?!
Ringmaster: 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦! 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳!
Wiz sighed in disbelief.
Wiz: Everybody in the inky hell fear his name. Ink Bendy is so strong that no known weapon has ever been able to remotely scratch him, that includes stuff like axes and the Tommy Gun!
Ringmaster: 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁, 𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀-
Wiz: Beast Bendy!
Ringmaster: 𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲!
Wiz: Yeah, so? Suck a pineapple!
Ringmaster: 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆!
Wiz: Beast Bendy can run at superhuman speeds, smash through walls with ease, and is significantly stronger than even likes of Brute Boris. Who can chuck couches and carts around entire rooms! Using the average weight of a couch (280-350 pounds), and the distance of his boss room to get an estimate at how far he could throw it. I estimate that Boris can throw objects at 275 joules of force!
Ringmaster: ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵒᵘˡᵈ’ᵛᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ˢᵃⁱᵈ ʰᵉ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵗʰʳᵒʷ ᶜᵒᵘᶜʰᵉˢ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ
Wiz: Ink Bendy alone could produce enough ink to smash floors, just image how strong Beast Bendy is in comparison to him!
Ringmaster: 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀… 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙.” …I’m not one to judge but that’s kinda sad.
Wiz: Ink Bendy may be an animalistic beast bent on killing anything that gets in his way, but he’s also an ancient relic of a long forgotten time. He is a character who reminds us of the dangers of overambition, and how we shouldn’t let our greed and corruption overtake us. As much of a beast as he is, Ink Bendy is also an inspiration to all of us. That’s what makes him the Joey Drew’s Studio mascot, a figure who’s symbolizes exactly what not to let happen to yourself.
Ringmaster was tearing up beside Wiz.
Ringmaster: 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗗!
Ringmaster ran over and hugged Wiz while sobbing all over again. Wiz rolled his eyes and gave him a slightly awkward hug back.
Pre-Death Battle[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set!
DUMMI: 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕎𝔼’𝕍𝔼 ℝ𝕌ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔻𝔸𝕋𝔸 𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ 𝔸𝕃𝕃 ℙ𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕀𝔹𝕀𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕀𝔼𝕊.
Boomstick and Ringmaster: IT’S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!!!!!
Death Battle[]
Sans Opening[]
“ᔕᗩᑎᔕ!“ the tall skeleton said, watching out atop of a rock into the cold, snowy Snowdin Forest.
Sans turned to him, with his typical smug and smiling expression, “𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁 𝖻𝗋𝗈？”
“ᕼᗴᒪᑭ ᗰᗴ Kᗴᗴᑭ ᗯᗩTᑕᕼ!“ he said, adjusting his stance to more natural one.
Sans shrugged, instantly smirking with glee at the comedic potential of their conversation.
“𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗈． 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒． 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗀𝗈？“ Sans said, chuckling a bit.
Papyrus turned to him, still having a determined expression on his face, “I KᑎOᗯ! ᗷᑌT Iᖴ I ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗷᗴ Iᑎ Tᕼᗴ ᖇOYᗩᒪ ᘜᑌᗩᖇᗪ, I ᕼᗩᐯᗴ TO ᑭᖇᗩᑕTIᑕᗴ!”
Sans was about to say a snarky comment, probably a pun or something. But he had noticed some sort of anomaly in space-time forming around them. He didn’t know what it was, or even have a semblance of where it was, but he just had a feeling it was nearby.
Sans turned to Papyrus, “𝗁𝖾𝗒， 𝖻𝗋𝗈？“ he said with a slightly concerned tone.
“Yᗴᗩᕼ ᗷᖇO?“
“𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗀𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖻𝗒’𝗌？ 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅－𝖿𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖻𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾！“ Sans said, laughing for a brief moment.
Papyrus rolled his eyes, “ᖴIᑎᗴ! Iᖴ IT’ᒪᒪ ᔕTOᑭ YOᑌᖇ ’ᗷᖇᗴᗩ KIᑎᘜᒪY“ ᗷᗩᗪ ᑭᑌᑎᔕ! ᑎYᗴᕼ ᕼᗴᕼ ᕼᗴᕼ!“
Papyrus strolled off, still having a smile on his face like always. Sans prepared to follow, but he had a quick realization that a huge vortex formed around him. He knew he could get out of it, but a lightning striked him across multiverses before he got a chance to. There wasn’t a trace of him except a piece of his burned jacket.
Papyrus glanced back at Sans, wondering where he had went.
Papyrus sighed and facepalmed, “ᗯᕼᗴᖇᗴ ᗪIᗪ ᗰY ᑌᔕᗴᒪᗴᔕᔕ ᗷᖇOTᕼᗴᖇ ᖇᑌᑎ Oᖴᖴ TOO? ᕼᗴ ᑎᗴᐯᗴᖇ ᔕKIᑭᔕ ᘜᖇIᒪᒪᗷY’ᔕ…”
Cuphead Opening[]
A fun and exciting urge filled the air. The Inkwell Isles were ecstatic at the hands of the Devil’s defeat. All of the souls had been freed.
The two main heroes, the cup brothers… Cuphead and Mugman, stood triumphantly atop of a stage in their honor. The crowd gathered around to hear their big speech on their journey through the isles. Cuphead tapped the mic, making sure it was working. He closed his eyes and took a breath in, before grabbing the microphone and instantly went into a rant of excitement.
“Hey folks, how’s it doing today?! I have such an important announcement to make…me and my brother Mugman have defeated that jerk-THE DEVIL!” Cuphead said with courage and hype.
The crowd went wild. They all cheered Cuphead’s name.
Cuphead took all the praise with open… handles. That is, until, a brief crackle could be heard below him. While nobody noticed them at first, they began getting so excessive that Mugman noticed them. He, in a panic, desperately tried to alarm Cuphead.
“Cuphead, get out of the way!” He yelled.
Cuphead didn’t hear a word his brother was saying, he was too locked in the crowd applause.
In a few moments, a vortex the exact size of Cuphead bursted out of the floor below him. The crowd screamed as Cuphead was levitated above the ground. He reached his hand out to Mugman, but by then a lightning bolt had already came down from the sky. He was shocked… literally, out of his dimension. The strike sent a shockwave of dimensional energy across the Cuphead universe, with Mugman resting against the show stage in fear. He stood up, sighing in disbelief.
Ink Bendy Opening[]
Roaming and crying silence filled the ink-infested air. The once thriving animation studio was nothing more than a cartoony shadow of it’s former self.
A young man endlessly traveled it’s corridors, which he had completely memorized by this point.
The man sighed, “Where is that last valve?!”
This man was Henry Stein, an animator who had once worked there thirty years ago. He was searching for a final valve to get past a door, with a companion of his crawling through a vent nearby to find a lever.
Out of nowhere, all of the walls got covered in a black overlay of soul-wrenching ink. Henry knew what this meant, the ink demon was near.
He bolted into action, doing everything he could to find cover. Bit unfortunately for him, there were no safe places nearby. And he was found.
SHIREK
A familiar roar echoed behind him, and the ink demon himself, Ink Bendy, ran towards him at high speed. He prepared his axe-in-hand as to fight back while scouting the area for cover. He had no chance, and he knew it, but he wouldn’t be able to outrun him either. Henry stood there, completely focused on the incoming figure, not even noticing the cackles of electricity forming in front of him.
The dancing devil leaped at the entity in his sights, preparing to maul Henry to death. Henry braced himself, but after a few seconds noticed that Ink Bendy wasn’t moving. In fact, he was in the air!
A weird portal of sorts held him hostage in the air, with the devil screaming and roaring in rage.
Before either of them knew it, Ink Bendy was struck down by lightning and sent out of the very cartoon world he ruled over. Henry stood there for at least a minute in pure shock and confusion, before sighing and getting back to what he was doing.
The Meetup[]
A warm… no, a boiling hot… no, a fucking steaming breeze filled the air. The sky was crackling with electricity by the millisecond, and it had sped up.
The ground, black and rough and made of volcanic rock, became a lightning-colored blue. It seems that the dimensions had come to a standstill.
The funny skeleton man with the weird glowing eye was the first to pop out. He was in the same sitting position upon entering the new volcanic realm. Sans flew in the air, landing on his butt but acting like he hadn’t felt anything from it.
Sans chuckled a bit, “𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅，𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂’𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝗇，𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒’𝗌 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒…”
Next up, the hero of the Inkwell Isles, the run and gunnin’ master himself. Cuphead didn’t even fly out of the vortex, he somehow fell from the sky, the exact opposite direction of where the vortex was. He screamed before realizing that he had Shots at his disposal. He tried to time his charge shot before hitting the ground, but he got too into thinking about the situation to land it properly. He landed face first on the ground, but quickly rose to his feat and looked around. He saw Sans immediately, but before he could say much of anything, a black ink bursted out of the portal.
Last but not last, Ink Bendy crawled out of the vortex like a feral animal. His ink splattering everywhere upon crawling out. The demon casually noticed the two figures ahead of him, and without a second to lose he roared to his feet and charged at Cuphead. He leaped into the air and surrounded one of his hands in ink to increase it’s power.
Cuphead, in a panic, jumped out of the way and began running away, “OH MAN!”
Sans, not wanting to intervene but not wanting to abandon his morals, summoned a couple Gaster Blasters, alongside some bones surrounding the area. He sent them after Ink Bendy as to help Cuphead out.
This’ll be a match to remember!
FIGHT![]
Phase 1[]
The ink demon roared, chasing the young cup with such vicious ferocity that it even made Cuphead a little scared. Cuphead, as he ran, opened his right hand and put it into a finger gun motion. A small ball of energy began to form at his fingertips. He gave off a traditionally happy smirk, turned around and laying fire on the black beast with his trademarked Peashooter. Ink Bendy didn’t stop for nothing though, and ran straight through the shots like they weren’t their, and gaining a quick burst of speed that caught Cuphead off guard. This opportunity was not wasted, as Ink Bendy grew his ink-covered hand into a colossal size as he tried to do to Henry back in his realm. Cuphead’s “cuphead” cracked a little after the punch. The volcanic rock below them shattered a bit, the lava under it seeping throw slightly. Cuphead was in a daze, the crater around him was the size of a balcony, only in the shape of a hand. He twisted around to get some the ink that turned his texture from a clear white to a dark yellow.
Cuphead dashed back, readying another Peashooter shot. Ink Bendy went in for another feral assault, but before he could land another hit in. A beam blasted him into nothing more than a puddle of ink. A few kilometers away, Sans stood atop the Gaster Blaster that had just separated Ink Bendy’s body into pieces…!?
Cuphead stood there in silence, looking over to Sans in slight amazement. At the corner of his eye, he saw the ink demon rise behind Sans. In a state of panic, he yelled out to him.
“LOOK… out?!”
As Ink Bendy toon a swing, Sans dodged well before he could react. He looked at Ink Bendy with a dead stare, still smiling.
“𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂’𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍?” Sans said in a dead serious tone, giving an indication to Cuphead that he won’t fuck around with the dancing devil.
Sans waved his finger, sending Ink Bendy crashing into the terrain below. The demon screeched, causing ink to start flowing everywhere. Cuphead jumped onto a nearby rock that was out of the ink’s reached. Sans got completely covered in it, chucklingly a bit at the ink covering him.
Sans shrugged, “𝗂 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗂’𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇！“ he said, laughing.
Suddenly, Sans started falling from the sky. His 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 magic had weakened… somehow. Cuphead dashed and began running towards the skeleton and abomination in order to help Sans. He leaped into the air, firing a Mega Shot at Ink Bendy. Though he completely miscalculated the direction of it, and sent it flying straight at Sans. Sans didn’t even bother to look at the Mega Shot, he merely dodged it out of instinct.
(“𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗇’𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽－𝗈𝗇， 𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇…”) Sans thought
Sans summoned a blue bone and impaled Ink Bendy with it as he charged at him, immobilizing him for a brief moment. Sans ducked behind a bone cage he had made for himself, though the bones were cracking just being atop of the ink.
Ink Bendy gave off a devilish smirk, sinking into the ground and popping in front of Cuphead to target him instead. Cuphead dashed away from the first strike, turning towards Ink Bendy and laying fire on him with his Peashooter. He ducked, dived, dodged, and weeved his way around Ink Bendy’s attacks. For such a large beast, he was quite slow, Cuphead thought.
Cuphead tried to make a snarky comment, only to get punched straight in the… part, by the ink demon.
“AAAAAAAAA-“
Cuphead almost pissed his pants, he bolted away in an instinctive gallop, swapping his load out to Chaser. He just shot in the air ahead of him, only focusing on running as he knew he didn’t need to aim. Ink Bendy was noticeably injured by these attacks, but he’d completely ignored them in favor of attempting to destroy his target. Cuphead wasn’t really worried at this point, he could outrun this chump for days. That is, until he noticed a skull-shaped flying object twice his size charging a beam at him and Ink Bendy.
Sans stood atop of the Gaster Blaster, “𝗁𝖾𝗁， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾！ 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾－𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖧𝖠𝖧𝖠!”
Sans fired the blaster, sending both a shocked Cuphead and an enraged Ink Bendy into the volcano behind them.
Cuphead took a few seconds to recover, but when he did he was currently being choked by the ink demon, who screeched at him and started beating him to a pulp. Cuphead summoned a ghost copy of himself in retaliation, who grabbed Bendy and tossed him to the side before following Cuphead’s movements. The cup and ghost dashed back a few meters away. Cuphead sent the ghost after Ink Bendy as he fired a barrage of Lobbers into the air, kind of like a meteor shower. Ink Bendy was in a fisticuff with the ghost, the two were basically evenly matched. Though he just couldn’t get a proper hit in. Ink Bendy had his head bonked multiple times, and he had enough of it.
Ink Bendy roared, punching a single Lobber shot with enough force to send all the others coming after him flying into the horizon. This advantage was very brief, as he was once again slammed into the volcanic rock by the ghost Cuphead had summoned.
Sans was busy chilling on a beach chair that he made out of bones. With a Gaster Blaster acting as the umbrella and blocking every Lobber shot.
The ghost created a small dent in the volcanic rock with each and every assault thrown at Ink Bendy. Ink Bendy sent a literal tsunami of ink at the ghost in an attempt to get it off him. While it didn’t affect the ghost, the ground below them was quickly starting to crack due to the weight of the ink above it.
“Oh crap!” Cuphead said, leaping to the high ground as he was forced to.
Sans sighed, having had enough of just sitting around. He finished the Gaster Blaster by adding it’s jaw, and he fired it straight at the ground while teleporting to a safe area. The weight of the ink along with the impact of the Gaster Blaster was just too much for the already struggling stone to handle, and it exploded in a black and orange geyser. Lava filled the air, and a “dazzling” firework show comparable to that of Pompeii doomed the skies. Ink Bendy drowned himself in his ink, Cuphead’s fate was unknown, and Sans watched from a distance. Doing his best to dodge the ash that would certainly damage his exterior.
Phase 2[]
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A shot sliced straight through the volcanic rock that was now surrounded by lava, which was then followed by a Mega Blast. Cuphead rose from the hole in the rock that he made for himself, coughing the entire time. He grabbed his straw and chugged an entire gallon of b̶e̶e̶r̶ milk to refresh himself.
Cuphead looked down below and yelped, “Oh man! This is bad, this is very very bad! What would my brother say?”
A familiar voice responded behind him, “𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍𝖾𝖽， 𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈？“
Cuphead, still in a dreadful panic, turned to Sans.
“Not cool man!” Cuphead expressed to him.
Sans shrugged, “𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗍！” he said, chuckling
Cuphead slammed his foot onto the crust below, shattering it a few feet deep.
“You got me into this situation and now i’m going to knock you up!” Cuphead exclaimed, duelwelding charged up Peashooters.
Sans sighed, “𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋， 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍． 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂’𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀， 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖾．．．” Sans suddenly vanished, appearing behind Cuphead with a dead, cold, and black stare in his eyes, “𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚!”
Cuphead tried to counter, but Sans simply lifted him up with telekinesis and slammed him straight through the stacked volcanic rock, spreading even more lava everywhere. Cuphead barely got a moment to rest before having to dodge a Gaster Blaster by a millimeter from his handle. Cuphead closed both his palms, sending his signature aircraft towards him to pick him up just in time before he became a Coffeehead. Cuphead did a 180 turn and strapped on his goggles with a smirk directed at Sans.
“Alright buddy! You’ve asked for a double down!” Cuphead yelled while sending a volley of bullets at the opposing skeleton.
Sans smirked as well, easily evading the attacks Cuphead had sent his way. The lazybones called for a Gaster Blaster under his feet. He fired it to gain a big burst of acceleration to gain some distance from the plane. Cuphead boosted himself forward as well, doing his best to do a circle motion around the beam Sans had fired.
Sans launched a bombardment of bones of all types at Cuphead, which were either dodged or sent crashing into the ground with collusion against gunfire.
Sans began to rant, “𝗒’𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐， 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋． 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖺 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗇𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾． 𝗂 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝖺𝗂𝗏𝖾， 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂’𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗌． 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌， 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾， 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗂𝗇． 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂.”
“What are you talking about? I’ve always put the effort in!” Cuphead exclaimed, sending a faster cannonade at Sans, who did the same.
Sans unconvincingly chuckled, “𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌， 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍！ 𝗂’𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅， 𝗄𝗂𝖽， 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇． 𝗂𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌．“ expressed the skeleton, deciding it was time he ended things.
Sans teleported behind Cuphead, standing atop of the back of his plane and making a Gaster Blaster rise from the depths of the planet in a few seconds. Cuphead immediately swapped his loadout to Charge. He sprung into charging his Charge shot directly at Sans’ SOUL, just as Sans was almost done charging up the Gaster Blaster. The two charged attacks fired simultaneously, Cuphead braces for impact as did Sans by surrounding himself with a bone cage. Cuphead’s plane instantly exploded and was sent crashing down into the lava below, much of the previously standing volcanic structures were knocked down by the shockwaves alone. All of the lava below was separated into a circle wall-like shape. The shockwaves alone broke straight through Sans’ attempts at defense and sent him flying back.
Once the shockwave dissipated, the lava returned to it’s original position, this time twice the amount it was before. All though it was now a darker shade, almost having black stains all over it… somehow. Cuphead groaned, his b̶e̶e̶r̶ milk had almost completely evaporated; leaving his eyes almost entirely hollow. Sans was a mile or so away, really tired but still alive through some stretch of luck. He used a bone to pick himself off the ground, drinking a spare ketchup bottle he had in his pocket to gain some energy back.
Cuphead saw from a blink of his pupils, a devilish figure rising from one of the only volcanic rocks popping out of the lava. He had that devilish glee, bloodly smile, and cartoonish body. He was back.
“T-THE DEVIL!” Cuphead screamed
Sans yelled from the other side of the arena, “𝖣𝖮𝖭’𝖳 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝖬𝖤𝖠𝖭 𝖡𝖤𝖭𝖣𝖸？！“
“Oh right! Thanks!” Cuphead thanked, before pudding up and screaming “THE INK DEMON!!!!!”
Cuphead wasted no time, he began firing as many Charge shots as he could. Ink Bendy was noticeably harmed by them, recoiling in pain each time he was hit by them.
SCREECH
The ink demon called upon all of the ink surrounding him, building himself up into a colossal titan, 99 feet tall. He towered over Sans and Cuphead, the fight just got scary once again…
Phase 3[]
Kaiju Bendy slammed his massive fists into the ground, launching shockwaves across the entire arena. He layed his eyes on Cuphead, who desperately fired Charge shots to no avail. Like a wild beast, he bolted forward and began to chase after Cuphead at top speed.
Cuphead sighed before leaping the other direction and running at top speed as well, “Why do I have to undergo nightmare runs everyday?!”
Sans flew next to him on a Gaster Blaster, “’𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾！” Sans exclaimed, turning off his comedic facade immediately after and looking back at the beast behind them
Sans reached his hand out, which Cuphead grabbed without hesitation despite knowing it’ll blast him in the back later. Cuphead swapped to Chaser in order to attack Bendy while not having to pay attention to him, but the attacks were so weak that Kaiju Bendy flat-out ate them.
Cuphead glanced back, seeing Kaiju Bendy eat all of his Chaser shots, “Aw cmon!”
Sans turned to face to Cuphead, “𝗂’𝗆 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝟣𝟨 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾！“
Cuphead rolled his eyes at the skeleton, “Go figure!”
Kaiju Bendy slammed his fist into the ground, causing the ink around him to rupture upwards. The ink formed into an army yellow-clad cartoon abominations, the Butcher Gang(s) flooded the sky.
Cuphead’s eyes bulged out of his head in a comedic fashion as he screamed, “HOLY-“
Sans chuckled, “𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽！“
Cuphead sighed, preparing to fight against the approaching… erm, um, “diving” army ahead of them. At the blink of an eye, Sans launched himself into the air with a bone, summoning a bone tower below him to help him stand his ground. Sans summoned and sent a barrage of Gaster Blasters at the flying Butcher Gang members. His eye flashed blue and yellow in a millisecond per flash. He fired the Gaster Blasters in quick succession at the Butcher Gang members, disintegrating them by the groups.
Cuphead noticed that he was about to fly straight into a mountain.
“AH! I GOTTA TURN THIS THING ADOUND!”
He smacked the Gaster Blaster to get it to turn around. He glanced at him, bucking him off and turned around to fire at him. Cuphead tried to parry it, but he failed miserably and was sent straight into the lava. At the brink of being burnt to a crisp, his plane that he had totally called for earlier came to rescue him.
“How convenient!” Cuphead announced with joy.
He raced to help Sans out, far faster in his plane. Sans was laughing, dodging, and teleporting all over the place. Doing everything he could to avoid any ink that might put him at a major disadvantage.
“𝖼𝗆𝗈𝗇！ 𝗂 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝖽 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗇𝖾！ 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾， 𝗁𝖺𝗁𝖺！“ exclaimed Sans as he disintegrated a few Butcher Gangs with a couple Gaster Blasters.
As Sans laughed and giggled, a striker jumped behind him and took a swing at him. He prepared to dodge, but the striker was shot out of the sky by the pilot behind it. Cuphead smirked, having a blast shooting down Butcher Gang members like it was a highscore he had to beat. Sans shrugged, accompanying Cuphead with a barrage of bones at the Butcher Gang members. They just kept coming, but they died as they came.
Kaiju Bendy, in a fury, lifted his hands from the ground, causing all of the ink piling up to be absorbed straight back into his arms. He, in quick succession, smacked Cuphead straight out of the sky.
Cuphead yelped, “AAAAAAAAaaaaaaauuuuuuu-“
He had begun to think about the situation, leaving him motionless briefly. Cuphead was pushed into a nearby rock structure by Sans’ telekinesis, causing him to wake up and stop going cross-eyed. He latched onto a bulging ledge from the rocks, firing a charged Charge shot to make a small hole that he could fit in. He took a few breaths, trying to figure out what to do in his… current predicament.
Sans, at this point, was starting to get tired of doing the same repetitive things over and over. Just as he took a second to rest up, a Charger attacked him from the side. He instinctively dodged the attack, but his sweater got caught on the Chargers strike.
Sans started to finally show signs of panic, “𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗉， 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗉， 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗉！“
The skeleton managed to teleport out of the way of the second strike, leaving his sweater torn to shreds. He sighed, preparing to finish them all off with his “special attack”.
Out of the blue, Cuphead accelerated from the landscape behind him, diving straight into the lava below. Sans glanced at him in fear, knowing that he might not be able to take out Kaiju Bendy without him. But Cuphead leaped out of the lava as fast he dived in it. He called upon the rest of his cards to cut Bendy into a pulp.
“INVINCIBILITY IS THE COOLEST THING EVER!!” he exclaimed, sending a bombardment of Jumbo Rebounds at Kaiju Bendy.
The inkzilla (hahahaha) roared as the Jumbo Rebounds sliced multiple layers of him straight off, only for them to bounce back and slice him a new one again. Sans grabbed a popcorn, put on his sunglasses, and watched Kaiju Bendy get torn to shreds by a milk addict.
Cuphead kept on firing Jumbo Rebounds at Kaiju Bendy, using his invincibility to his advantage by leaping in and out of the lava to get as many places as possible. Kaiju Bendy desperately tried to swing at Cuphead, but he was just too fast for him. Before any of them knew it. Kaiju Bendy wasn’t a kaiju anymore, he was merely a…
Sans looked down at Beast Bendy, who was trying to recover from the assault, “𝗐𝗈𝗐， 𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿…” Sans said, chuckling.
Cuphead did a victory pose midair, before realizing that his invincibility had ran out and he was now falling to his doom. Tears went down his face, he had accepted his fate.
A massive vortex appeared up in the sky and pulled all of the combatants into the air. It was the same one as the one that brought them together to throw hands in the first place, and it was just as much of an asshole.
Cuphead screamed with joy, “I’M SAVED AND BEING BROUGHT TO A NEW DIMENSION! ADVENTURE HAHA!”
Sans just looked up while eating his popcorn that was almost done, and Beast Bendy screeched in aggression. Once everyone was out of this dimension, it exploded and became nothing more than star-riddled space.
Phase 4[]
Phase 4.1[]
A wanted poster blew to the side from the crack in the mountain surrounding them. Papyrus sighed, using a bone to slam another poster into another house in Snowdin. The neighbors weren’t agitated with him for once.
Papyrus looked at the wanted poster, Sans’ face smiling back at a him, “I ᕼOᑭᗴ ᔕᗩᑎᔕ Iᘔ OKᗩY… ᕼᗴ’ᔕ ᗷᗴᗴᑎ ᘜOᑎᗴ ᖴOᖇ ᒪOᑎᘜᗴᖇ Tᕼᗩᑎ ᕼᗴ ᕼᗩᔕ...ᗴᐯᗴᖇ ᗷᗴᗴᑎ.”
Familiar crackles of red energy sparked in the sky, and the vortex once again popped it’s asshole head in another dimension. Cuphead, Sans, and Beast Bendy all fell from the sky… again. Beast Bendy became a pile of mush upon impact, Cuphead just fell on his face, and Sans stopped himself from being a “dumbty” using his psychic abilities.
Papyrus immediately noticed Sans and bolted at him in joy, giving him a playful snack on the head to signify that he’s excited to see him.
Papyrus laughed, “ᗯᗴᒪᑕOᗰᗴ ᗷᗩᑕK! ᗪIᗪ YOᑌ ᗴᑎᒍOY YOᑌᖇ Tᖇᗩᐯᗴᒪᔕ?! Tᗴᒪᒪ ᗰᗴ ᗩᗷOᑌT Tᕼᗴᗰ!“
Sans looked at Papyrus, happy to see him again, “𝗁𝖾𝗒𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝗈． 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝖾？𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗄𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖼𝖺𝗀𝖾， 𝗁𝖺𝗁𝖺！Sans gave off a quick chuckle, but his facade didn’t last long, “𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾！“
Papyrus looked confused, “ᗯᕼY? I ᒍᑌᔕT ᘜOT ᕼᗴᖇᗴ!“
“𝗂’𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋！ 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐，𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾！“ Sans said in a hurried panic
“ᗷᑌT-“
Sans changed his tone to a serious ‘not fucking around’ type, “𝗽𝗮𝗽𝘆𝗿𝘂𝘀! 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀!“
Papyrus had now gotten worried, and understood that Sans wasn’t joking like he usually would. Papyrus began to walk off, before glancing back.
“ᗷᗴ ᔕᗩᖴᗴ, ᗩᒪᖇIᘜᕼT?“
Sans sighed, “𝗇𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗌”
Sans turned to face Cuphead and Beast Bendy, who had just gotten into a brawl. Papyrus was nowhere to be seen, which gave Sans a sense of relief.
“I’m getting real sick of you coming back!” Cuphead told Beast Bendy, dodging one of his charges for the 5th time.
Cuphead was using Chaser to attack Beast Bendy as he rambled on, while easily evading every single attack. Cuphead, stuck in his rant, didn’t pay attention to the fact that he was fighting for a moment.
“Like seriously? Why won’t you stay dead? Everybody i’ve faced would’ve been dead right now! You-“
Cuphead was interrupted by a massive headbutt that sent him straight into a tree, making him vomit some of his head b̶e̶e̶r̶ milk. The tree swift and swayed back and forth, until finally snapping from place and falling sideways behind Cuphead, which ‘woke him up’ from his pain. He dashed away from another charge, which gave Beast Bendy an idea after missing. The demon slammed himself into the ground, bursting out a few feet away with an ink blob as support for his weight. Beast Bendy ripped the tree from the ground and tossed it straight at Cuphead, who ducked under it in a comedic fashion.
Cuphead dashed away from another punch by Beast Bendy, only to have a tree thrown at him while his back was turned. Cuphead faceplanted into some random igloo. He looked around, noticing two people chilling on a snow bed; one atop of the other.
“AAAAAAAAAAA!” Cuphead screamed, firing a Mega Blast at his feet to propel himself away.
The two monsters stared blankly at the tree, completely confused before getting back to their “business”.
Beast Bendy glanced at Sans, turning his head side to side like a rhino ready to charge, dragging his feet across the ground and blasting forward. Cuphead slammed his body against Beast Bendy as he was finally going full speed, sending the two of them straight into a stump. The two got ready to go at it again, until a blue light appeared from the tip of Cuphead’s eye and the tip of Beast Bendy’s sense. Sans stared them down while next to a massive Gaster Blaster, his eye flaring up like a wildfire.
Sans gave them a dead silence, directing the blaster at them and pointing to fire it. Cuphead noticed and tried to dodge but was stuck in Beast Bendy’s grasp. The toons were blasted into another dimension, the vortex revealing itself once again, what an asshole!
Sans prepared to follow them, stepping in front of the vortex and using bones to keep his feet down. He glanced back to his home world, before unraveling the bones at his feet and letting himself fly into a place beyond his comprehension. The portal closed, leaving the wrecked-up Snowdin behind.
Phase 4.2[]
“♫You’re the creator, you traitor♫” Henry sung quietly. Strolling the studio over and over again really had a toll on his enjoyment.
“Why can’t this stupid world finally end? I’m over here listening to a satanic funkin’ just to pass the time!”
Henry complained, dumping his pockets of ink for the 6th time that hour.
In front of him, a blue-clad beam blasted through the wall, causing Henry to stop in his tracks and duck into a Miracle Station. He immediately recognized Bendy, who was a beast earlier than normal. The guy who dashed away from Bendy had a… was that a cup for a head? He looked over at the destroyed wall, a short skeleton with pink slippers stepped out and summoned a laser blaster to fire at the ink demon.
Henry stood there blankly, tapping his head.
He sighed, mumbling “What did that freaky machine do to me?”
Convinced he had gone insane, Henry grabbed the last can of bacon soup he had and popped it open for a quick shot.
Meanwhile, Beast Bendy was at homefield advantage now. He got so much more unpredictable than before. The beast charged straight through the wall and out the other, catching Cuphead who was already occupied with Sans. Cuphead crashed through the wall Beast Bendy ran through, landing face first on and through the floor.
Before Cuphead fell, he comedically said “Whoopee!”
With Cuphead temporarily out of the picture, Sans put all of his focus on Beast Bendy. But the demon had a few tricks up his sleeve. Beast Bendy popped out of the wall, as Sans prepared to dodge, he disappeared into the ground and leaped at him from the ground below. In an instinctive panic, Sans summoned a Gaster Blaster at his chest and fired it before it even finished building itself. The blaster blasted a hole in the floor and sent both combatants falling further into the studio. The shockwave knocked Sans unconscious for a short minute, and just had Beast Bendy screaming.
Cuphead finally woke up from his slumber down at the bottom of the studio, only waking up because a wooden board fell on top of him.
“WAH? YES ELDER KETTLE I DID MY CHORES!” Cuphead said upon awake, leaping out of the way from being tackled by Beast Bendy.
Sans fell a few meters way, him immediately noticing the ink machine on the horizon. He summoned a bone and gave him a light smack on the head to wake himself up. Cuphead shot a Charge… shot straight through Beast Bendy and accidentally at Sans, who blocked with the top of a Gaster Blaster.
“𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾－“ Sans began to laugh midway through his sentence, “𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾！“ he sighed in a laughing tone before clearing the throat he doesn’t have, “𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒”
Sans fired the Gaster Blaster at the toons, sending Beast Bendy into a charging fury. Running through the Gaster blast and taking a hit at Sans. The attack missed as you’d expect, causing Beast Bendy’s attack to shatter the left support for the bridge; indirectly causing the right one to break as well. The bridge snapped and began to fall into the inky depths below. The ground below wasn’t even, or didn’t appear to be ground. Just a cold abyss that would send them into a place beyond their comprehension.
The fall lasted a surprisingly short amount of time, and they were drowning in ink before they knew it. Despite everything around them being pitch black, they could somehow see a bright light in the middle of wherever they were.
“Nuts to this! I want to get home now or never! But this stupid ritual won’t let me-“ Cuphead complained before getting interrupted by an attack from Bendy(?)
Sans prepared to join the fray, but when he put his hand out… he noticed it had become a yellow shade. More cartoony, less realistic. Was he…? No, that can’t be. Could it?
Mildly panicking, Sans searched for an exit, but nobody came, “𝗎𝗁， 𝗎𝗁𝗆－“
Sans surrounding himself with Gaster Blasters, he was getting out of here no matter what. He couldn’t live his old life behind, as pointless as it was. The skeleton closed his eyes and braced himself as the cartoony form wrapped up his arm. The blasters fired over, and over, and over, and over again. Clearing away bits of ink each-time. Cuphead barely dodged each blast, and Bendy was nowhere to be seen. The force of the blasters was just enough to open another vortex, sending them all through dimensions again.
This time, nobody said a word. Not even the guy who won’t shut the fuck up. They just all fell, going into a place beyond their comprehension once more.
Phase 5; The Final Stretch[]
Anyway, they arrived in the Inkwell Isles, being perfectly capable of comprehending the situation. The ink had disappeared somehow, but the sky was a dark red. It was pouring… but the interdimensional portals had turned the water from it’s typical blue to a gazing red, conveniently setting the atmosphere.
Sans made a quick step on the ground with his telekinesis, wasting not time and setting himself up in a good position. Cuphead finally landed on his feet, with a smile that almost went off his face. He was home. He did an excited tap dance in celebration.
Bendy rose from the ground, now as the ink demon instead of the beast demon he once was. His demonic ears shaking in the wind.
The three legends stared each-other down. It was the last reel, and the final stretch had begun.
Sans shrugged and winked, still getting a level of happiness out of the situation “𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾， 𝗁𝖺𝗁𝖺！“
“It’ll be a knockout for both of you when i’m done wrecking ya’ up!” Cuphead angrily said, putting his foot down and starting the technicolor tussle.
A fast array of peashooter shots came at Sans, who smacked them away with a bone. Using that same bone to give Ink Bendy a wallop. As Ink Bendy flew back, he stopped himself with an ink wall. Sending a wave of Butcher Gang members at Sanshead( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Cuphead fired a Chaos Orbit around himself and charged cup-first in the butcher barrage. The Chaser shots surrounding him easily knocked around the Butcher Gang members, with Cuphead making sure to replenish it when needed. Cuphead pounced on the Butcher Gang heads, causing them to shell themselves into the ground before comedically standing up again. As he shot a volley of Lobber shots at the Butcher Gang members, he did a stylish flip just to dunk of them. While flipping, he saw a demonic figure standing before him but backwards.
“Oh hey, awesom-“
He was sent crashing through each and every Butcher Gang member, flying straight into Sans who called upon a Charger against it’s will to block the attack. All three of them were stacked on top of each-other.
Sans turned to them with a smug look in his eye, “𝗁𝖾𝗁， 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍?“ he teleported away and sent a Gaster Blaster down on them.
Cuphead couldn’t dash away fast enough, was slammed further into the ground in an ink puddle. He glanced over at Sans taunting Ink Bendy while dodging his attacks.
“𝖼𝗆𝗈𝗇！𝗂 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾！“ Sans gave him a menacing stare while holding him in place, “𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁…”
Sans sent Ink Bendy accelerating across the battlefield. Now having his attention on Cuphead. Cuphead gave him an angry, yet excited smirk, switching to Roundabout and laying fire on the psychic skeleton. Sans easily dodged all these attacks, but he wasn’t prepared for them turning around back at him. He briefly looked behind him and ducked under the shots. Now being ready for more.
Cuphead went to send another cannonade at Sans, but he slipped from what felt like a magnitude 2.5 earthquake below his feet.
Rolling his eyes, Cuphead got up and complained, “What now?!”
Ink Bendy stood there… menacingly a short distance away. His hands having becoming blades similar to those of Jumbo Rebound, except spinning at the speed of the fastest tornados.
“AAAAAAAA-“
Sans laughed, “𝗁𝖾𝗁𝖾， 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗍“
Ink Bendy shook the ground with another jump, knocking Cuphead off his feet and almost sliding him in half. But both were knocked forwards by a bone the size of the Empire State Building was knocked into them. The destroyed… literally everything. They were sent so far that they went across every isle, and the entire ocean before finally stopping at Sans’ location. Cuphead did a quick dash teleport out of the way and immediately sent Peashooter attacks at Ink Bendy. The creature was noticeably harmed by them as most of his ink was gone, but he used the last remaining ink he had (excluding his body ink) to convert the bone into a bla-…inky terror. He gave a sadistic smile at Cuphead and swung the massive bone across the entire island, Cuphead leaped over it but landed on top of it upon it’s next swing.
Cuphead held on for deer life, before the bone just… stopped. He saw Ink Bendy not moving at all, a blue-yellow aura around him. Ink Bendy turned his head up in a major struggle, being met with a haunting gaze.
Sans looked Ink Bendy dead in the face, “𝗴𝗲𝘁... 𝗱𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻.”
With no hesitation, Sans sent an immeasurable amount of Gaster Blaster blasts at Ink Bendy. Each couple impacts incinerating Ink Bendy more and more.
SCREECH
Ink Bendy roared in pain. His screeching shaking the entire isles with a chill down their spines; until it just… stopped. The ink demon was no more. There wasn’t a single molecule of ink left, he was gone.
Cuphead watched the entire thing with shock on his face.
“Holy-“
Sans flew to the ground, taking a few seconds to catch his breath. He wouldn’t be able to fight at full strength for much longer, and instincts can only take him so far.
“Alright! I’m done with this! It’s time for you to finally face the alcohol!” Cuphead said triumphantly, not realizing that Sans just burst out laughing at his attempt at being threatening.
A massive Gaster Blaster rose behind Sans, and he responded, “𝗅𝖾𝗍’𝗌 𝗀𝗈， 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌．“
Cuphead did a barrel role into the air, spinning rapidly as an “energy blast” began to charge up in front of his head. Sans charged up the Gigablaster to combat the Cuphead Kamehameha. The thunder crackled around them, they were charging up attacks stronger than anything else they had ever seen.
Sans gave a weak confident smirk, directing the Gigablaster and firing it at hypersonic speeds. Cuphead did the same, and their beam clash alone sent shockwaves across the inkwells isles. Their beans locked in a beam clash that would decide both of their fates. Cuphead easily got an advantage very audibly as his was far more powerful overall, but the Gigablasters speed allowed it to keep up for a bit. The Gigablaster’s power slowly began to wain, as Sans had used up a majority of his energy at this point.
“IT’S TIME YOU MEET THE FACE OF HELL!” Cuphead told Sans, putting his beverage blast on overdrive.
Sans knew he would lose and be obliterated in a few seconds, he had to improvise. He knew Cuphead had a soul that could be exploited based on what that blue dwarf told him. The Gigablaster got overpowered and was destroyed by pure nutrition, and Sans disappeared without a trace. Cuphead’s beverage blast rippled away, Cuphead floated in the air for a few seconds, raising his arms in the air in celebration.
Cuphead laughed with joy, “HAHA! YES! I DID IT! AND I’M FLOATING! … ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱ’ᵐ ᶠˡʸⁱⁿᵍ”
He, completely terrified, glanced behind him. Sans’ eyes were pitch black, looking into his soul…
“𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝖽𝖽𝗒．．．”
Sans pushed his cartoonish hand out and ripped Cuphead’s soul right out his body. His physical form dropped like a rock on the wet plains below. Sans summoned a Gaster Blaster above him.
“𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧!“
Sans flew Cuphead’s immobile soul straight into the Gaster Blasters mouth, and it closed shut. It’s mouth holes glowed with blue energy, and the Gaster Blaster blew up from the inside. Taking Soulhead’s ‘dying’ scream along with it.
Sans sighed, “𝗉𝖺𝗉𝗒𝗋𝗎𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗎𝗉 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝗀𝗈𝗌𝖾…”
The area where the Gaster Blaster had been was now a small vortex leading back to Snowdin. Sans flew up to it…
“𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾， 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌．“ Sans said, flying into his own dimension and leaving everything behind him for stories to come.
Results[]
Boomstick: Woah-ho-ho-ho! What a brawl! Even if the peasant won.
Wiz: While this may seem like a total washout at first glance, it was actually a lot closer than you’d expect. Let’s run over some advantages and disadvantages.
Boomstick: Cuphead definitely had the most fighting experience out of everyone here. He’s been beating the crap out of bosses for a long while. And his versatility was almost unmatched with how many Shots, Super Abilities, and EX Abilities he has at his disposal. And he had the strongest abilities compared to Sans and Ink Bendy.
Wiz: Cuphead’s Shots could easily destroy entire blocks of stone, and he himself can easily run straight through walls with ease.
Boomstick: Yeah! Cuphead can even damage entire castles! Granted, they were made out of candy, but he could still hurt them in a meaningful fashion.
Wiz: Ink Bendy had the best survivability out of the three. His ink hax allowed him to keep up with the other two despite them having clear-cut advantages over them.
Boomstick: While Ink Bendy’s ink would help him out, he most likely wouldn’t be able to keep up while simultaneously making a meaningful impact!
Wiz: First off, let’s compare their speeds. Sans, at his best, could casually dodge a fully-charged Frisk’s attacks without an issue. Frisk can avoid attacks moving at mach 78! That’s over 59,000 miles per hour!
Boomstick: Cuphead could dodge electricity that can move at just above mach 4! That is 19 times slower than Sans.
Wiz: And that is just Cuphead’s reaction and combat speeds. His travel speed is a bit slower, at only mach 2 or 1,500 miles per hour. Which is 39 times slower than Sans.
Boomstick: That’s not even it. Sans’ Gaster Blasters can move at speeds of over mach 1,700. That is 425 times the speed of Cuphead’s fastest speed feats. And the Gaster Blasters can potentially get to mach 63,000, that is 15,750 times faster than Cuphead’s reaction and combat speeds!
Wiz: While you could theoretically say that Cuphead’s versatility could tire Sans out. Cuphead’s shots move around the same speed as the mach 2 cannonballs Cuphead dodged, which means the chances of Cuphead actually tiring Sans out at very slim.
Boomstick: And keep in mind that Sans could dodge attacks from characters of his speed tier with pure instinct. So tiring out wouldn’t do much anyway as Sans could still move far faster than Cuphead off of instinct alone.
Wiz: Moving into Ink Bendy… yikes. This is going to be a very sad statement for the ink demon. Ink Bendy can naturally move at speeds comparable to the average human. The fastest human in the world could move at speeds of up to 27 miles per hour. If you compare that to Cuphead being able to move minimum 685 miles per hour. That is a 25 times difference.
Boomstick: And if you compare that to Sans being able to travel at speeds higher than 59,000 miles per hour, you get Ink Bendy being over 2,000 times slower than Sans. And Sans’ Gaster Blasters are over 1,300,000 times faster than Ink Bendy. That is an insane difference in speed. And if you use the high-end of Gaster Blaster speeds, then they’re over 1,800,000 million times faster than Ink Bendy!
Wiz: Even if we give the benefit of the doubt and say that Beast Bendy can move twice the speed of the fastest running animal in the world, that being the cheetah, he’d still be 4 times slower than Cuphead at his minimum. And over 365 times slower than Sans. So even giving Beast Bendy a major benefit of the doubt, he’s still far slower than both Cuphead and Sans in raw travels speed.
Boomstick: While his ink may be able to exert a force of 3 tons of tnt, it can only do that when stacked up and even then, Cuphead is arguably comparable without needing to build up his ink.
Wiz: But Ink Bendy’s major advantage is his passive ink. Given the ink can directly affect the soul, it could be argued that Ink Bendy could win via passive hax. But both Sans and Cuphead have easy ways around the passive ink Bendy forms around him, as it’s fairly limited. And his soullessness wouldn’t help him as magic in Undertale has directly harmed soulless characters before, mainly Flowey, and Cuphead should be able to affect soulless characters based on what the game shows and tells us.
Boomstick: In short, Ink Bendy was way too slow to make use of any of his hax that could give him the win. And his attack power doesn’t make up for it. So he’s out of the picture.
Wiz: So then it comes down to Cuphead and Sans. And Sans just managed to edge out through sheer speed and hax.
Boomstick: With Sans’ major speed advantage in every area, he could easily bypass Cuphead having a fairly large stat advantage in power.
Wiz: Given Cuphead could casually smash through walls and destroy stone pillars, it’s no doubt he has an advantage in power. But that doesn’t really matter in the long run. Sans’ soul magic and directly negate durability, and since Sans can span all of his attacks without a problem. Cuphead would be able to get worn down pretty quickly, especially against the Gaster Blasters who are far above his overall speed.
Boomstick: While Cuphead has fought opponents with potential cosmic power, such as Hilda Berg and Djimmi. Those characters have done their cosmic power through means that Cuphead couldn’t reliably scale to.
Wiz: And while Cuphead has almost pulled the moon down, he visibly couldn’t do it. Even if you assume that Cuphead scales to the cosmic hax of Hilda and Djimmi, he doesn’t have the speed to reliably make use of that advantage. Especially against an opponent like Sans who can target his weakest point directly. And remove his immortality all-together via telekinesis.
Boomstick: Overall, while Cuphead and Ink Bendy had their own advantages and disadvantages. They just didn’t have the power to 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙪𝙩 out the competition before their 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡.
Wiz: The winner is Sans U̶n̶d̶e̶r̶t̶a̶l̶e̶
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Trivia[]
- This is the first battle I have written outside of a season list.
- This is the first episode of the Indie Cross trilogy, with the next being the Indie Cross Bonus Characters Battle Royale, and The Saness Vs The Goose.
- Indie Cross has the best soundtrack of any Friday Night Funkin’ mod to me. With Knockout being one of my favorite songs in any mod, period.
- Here’s my thoughts on the Indie Cross OST:
- In order to get Kaiju Bendy’s height. I converted “Toon” into numbers (20 15 15 14). Then I divided that by Bendy’s release date (2017), which gave me 9,990. Then I just used the first to numbers which have me 99.
- Kaiju Bendy is around 30 meters tall.
- The gag of Cuphead’s milk being referred to as drugs comes from the joke of Cuphead being a drug addict, and MatPat’s theory saying Cuphead was moonshiner.
- Every single song of the Indie Cross OST is referenced the fight, see if you can find them!
- The battle in total (including the intros and such) has 7,249 words total.
- I incorrectly represented the calc for Ink Bendy’s ink destroying the floor. It would actually be 1.5399 kilojoules, which is the low end of street level. Which means that his only advantages are regeneration hax and having the best survivability of the three. He’s 15 times weaker than Cuphead’s minimum… ouch.
- Sans finally got an unironic W… may we salute to him.
- This is the fastest time it took me to finish an episode. With it only taking around a month to finish.
- This is, unsurprisingly, my most popular fight by far. Being the only one to reach the top 3 (even was at #1 for a bit).
- I tried to emulate the feeling of the mod, as that one felt like an actual crossover and I tried to capture that tone with this episode.
Music Trivia[]
- The name 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒆𝒍! comes from three songs from Indie Cross: Knockout, Burning in Hell, and The Last Reel respectively.
- The cover shows the Nightmare versions of Ink Bendy, Cuphead, and Sans. Standing atop of a location from each of their series.
- The song would be a faster-paced, and more action-packed remix of the Friday Night Funkin’ song M.I.L.F. With the main instruments changing depending on the situation:
- Heavy metal for Bendy scenes.
- Electro swing for Cuphead scenes.
- Chiptune for Sans scenes.
- A mixture of them depending on who is on a scene together