After spending some time in the sky before blowing it all to bits, the Muessolocs gang was ready to return to their beloved home in Downtown Colos-Seum. However, the warp pad didnât seem to be working. After numerous attempts to open the portal, they enlisted the help of an old friend – Matt – in order to return home. As hard as he triedâlooking up tutorials, tinkering with every node and knob, even rebooting the systemânothing seemed to work. On the verge of calling it quits, surprisingly, the portal opened as smooth as butter on his final reboot attempt. Ecstatically, everyone hopped in, only to be greeted by what could only be described as amorphous blobs with missing textures. Thinking on his feet, Matt told everyone to grab some essential equipment and head for the boxcars. They obliged, hastily suiting up and making a mad dash for the boxcars whilst Geoff (the leader), Jack, and Matt fended off the blobs. In an ambush, Geoff is grabbed by one of them, but is quickly rescued by his companions. One by one, they each piled on and fled the cityâtheir once bustling and beloved home. During their journey, they each looked back on fond memories of Colos-Seum to lighten the mood of the situation they were currently in. As much as Geoff tried to look at this in a positive light, he couldnât help but feel as if he could never speak of his former home ever again. He blamed Matt and numerous botched repair jobs for whatever seemed to happen to Colos-Seum. Late one night, whilst the other Muessolocs were asleep, Matt found himself awake, pondering the events that transpired. Unable to render himself unconscious, he pulled out a blank book and quill that he had saved prior to their escape, and began to write. Geoff stirred from his slumber and asked Matt what he was doing. As Matt explained his findings about potential antidotes for the corruption that plagued Colos-Seum, Geoff stopped him mid-sentence and became infuriated that heâd even try to discuss the downfall of the city and âpotential fixesâ. His anger seemed to have woken the others, all wondering what couldâve possibly made Geoff that angry so late at night. Geoff ordered Matt to toss the book into a nearby lava pit and not to return until he had done so. Matt obliged, or so he made Geoff believe, and wandered off to find a lava pit while the others attempted to calm Geoffâs nerves. Matt never destroyed the book, but instead stowed it under his robe in a way that remained hidden and secured while travelling. He returned to their small camp, where everyone was wide awake and ready to begin travelling again. They made their way to a new town known as Warwick, a small town of about 300 people. During their time travelling to and living in this new town, Matt worked on finding cures for the corruption late in the night so as not to disturb anyone, even going so far as to return to the edge of the desolate cityâs limits to secure samples of the land for further experimentation. Though not much is known about what happened to Matt since then, one thing is for sure – Geoff never forgave him, despite doing all he could to help.
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