The warriors suddenly found themselves suspended in space and time, trapped in a world they didn't know, an endless void where nothing seemed to matter. They looked around in confusion, seeing people they knew, people they thought were fictional,
and people they didn't know at all.
And the eye opened, startling even the most hardened and cold-hearted of the lot of them, an intense fear engulphing even the most fearless of them.
The giant mechanical eye stared at them all, a cold, metallic chuckle coming from it.
"Perfect," it said. "All of you, from worlds both young and old, I have brought you here for a single reason: to compete."
"I am the Multi-Universal Generation Engine mark Nine, called MUGEN for short. I have sought you all out to fuel my desire for competition."
Several of the martial artists began to relax, feeling that they were on familiar territory now.
"Killing will be allowed, as those who die will simply be restored. I will not give any of you up, my warriors. My playthings, now and forever," MUGEN said.
Several heroes and villains began planning ways to overthrow the machine. Ideas were slow in coming due to how powerful the thing obviously was.
"But do not think that it will simply be endless battles," MUGEN said, chuckling. "Oh no. I will change things up. Force opponents to work together against a monster. Add status effects to a fight. And sometimes, the contest will be changed to something
I find amusing. Perhaps a pie eating contest. Perhaps a contest to break a car into scrap using only your fists and feet. Perhaps... and the more I think about it, the more I think I will use this one most often... Perhaps the contest will be to fuck your
opponent into submission."
The giant, leering eye made all the warriors, even the genderless robots, feel dirty.
"It doesn't matter what any of you do," MUGEN said. "You are mine, now and forever. Your worlds are under my control. So let the games begin." With a tremendous expression of power, they were all cast out. Immediately, MUGEN began planning its first
fights...
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