It was a beautiful day on the WBO. Especially in the Your Creations part of the WBO forums, where everyone was teeming with creativity and fun. The area itself was rather large, like a university campus, with multiple buildings where you could find fanfictions, artworks, etc.; meet up with friends and share/write stories; or simply sit around to chat. There were many large trees and benches for you to sit at, too. Unlike a normal university environment, the area had flocks of younger users.
ZionandBirddo (unimpressed): Why are we here, again?
Cindercast (shrugs): Lucy, remember? We have to find her. Though, our problem is that this place is also full of WBO users’ original characters.
The two of them look around. All over the campus-like place, there were OCs walking and talking alongside their creators. These OCs were relatively harmless, being friendly and sentient and typically not going outside Your Creations.
ZionandBirddo: Not a huge fan of this. I hardly come to this place unless I am trying to read Sands’ WBO Anime! Fanfic. Or someone else’s nice fanfiction -- Delta’s works are super good! tenma’s art is amazing too.
Cindercast: Can’t blame you.
ZionandBirddo: Not to mention many bad fanfictions on here with really bad Beyblade names and systems.
GhostFox (walks by and hears Zion): Hey, that’s not very nice to say. I’m sure people worked their hardest to make creations here.
Cindercast (turns aside and mutters): Oh hey, Ghost. (Composes himself) I mean, Zion isn’t wrong. People don’t even try their best on fanfictions!
GhostFox: Now you’re just bullying, man.
Cindercast (grabs onto Zion’s arms and starts to walk away): Have you seen A? A is like, straight-up terror and bullying. Criticizing fanfictions is the least of anyone’s concern...
ZionandBirddo (stares at Cinder): I mean, you’re not wrong but —
GhostFox (shakes head speaks to self): Man.
Cindercast (looks at Zion): Yeah, don’t worry about Ghost. They’re kind of overreacting.
ZionandBirddo: I mean, there’s only a few stories that are actually good on the WBO. Like the ones from Cheeto or Delta or Sands or something.
??? (sounds like Sands): Knock it off.
The two of them turn their heads towards a large tree. Coming from behind the tree was Lucifer The End. Unlike her usual formal attire, this time she was wearing a black hoodie and checkered pajama pants.
Lucifer (normal voice): Okay, but in all seriousness, just knock it off. Criticism is normal but I really did not ask to hear WBO users mocking each others’ works.
Cindercast (lets go of Zion and straightens himself): Okay, fine. Just because I don’t want to get vaporized by a super tall lady Beyblade avatar.
Lucifer (raises an eyebrow): ...You really think I can vaporize you? I’m telling you -- Sands did not program vaporizing powers into me. (Sarcastically) Thank you for your concern.
ZionandBirddo: Cinder would totally want to get vaporized by you.
Cinder elbows Zion. Zion did not lurch one bit -- hidden power, much?
Lucifer: Actually, I would if you two keep it up with your negativity. There are senior users returning here too, and they would really hate to see what the WBO is like.
She changes her voice to a masculine one, pretending to be a user named Jdog757.
Lucifer: “Dang, the WBO became a little weirder.” (Back to normal) His exact words, thanks a lot. Some of the negativity is kind of deterring certain users too, like reshiwum I think. And DreamBlade. And Sands, although she’s really just busy.
Cindercast: Who’s reshiwum?
ZionandBirddo (facepalms): ...tenma. New username.
Cindercast: Oh.
Lucifer (lowers her voice and beckons the two to get closer): Anyways, all of that negativity leads to here…
In the back, hidden by the number of benches, were three users snooping again. They were Jonathan53332, BusyBlader, and ShiningShout.
BusyBlader: Another quest?
Jonathan53332: Don’t tell me you’re going to try to be a hero again, huh. One Bit for saving the WBO was enough!
ShiningShout: I don’t even know why I’m tuning in at all.
BusyBlader (makes a “shh!” noise): Come on, guys. We need to see what is happening now. What if A returns?
And back to Lucifer and the two humans…
Lucifer: Ever read the WBO fanfic, Beyblade: The Girl of Hope?
ZionandBirddo: Uh, not that I know of.
Cindercast: I tried to. (Frowns) But it was kind of cringey and the main character is not even that good, to be honest. And the story was constantly advertised everywhere, too! Just a dumb story about a Blader who could talk with her Beyblade’s avatar, yikes. Yu-Gi-OH vibes but worse.
Lucifer: Well, yeah. It was a frequently read fanfiction and advertised to death. A while back, the creator decided to leave the site and abandon the fanfiction. He felt as if his fanfiction and character sucked so much. He did not wish his creation, the main character named Quartz Radiant Light O’Darkness —
ZionandBirddo (stares): Excuse me? What IS that name?
Cindercast: See? I was not even confident that this was a Beyblade fanfiction!
Lucifer (hisses): Stop getting distracted! The original character, Quartz, never received a goodbye from her creator. And in case you could not tell, uncontrolled OCs could do anything on the WBO when no one stops them.
Cindercast: … Didn’t Sands leave you? She mostly pays attention to her school’s student council now. And not to mention, the council said you were furry fanart.
Lucifer: Look, I’m morally good. I don’t care what people call me and Sands said she would come back. (Glares at Cinder) Unlike some characters who easily get resentful and evil. We are talking about a character abandoned for being cringey, okay? We need to find the creator and unite them!
ZionandBirddo (facepalms): Okay, but why is Quartz a threat? She only has the power to effectively communicate with her Beyblade. What is wrong, Lucy?
Lucifer: I’m really intuitive so believe me when I feel like there’s negativity here. Quartz seems really unhappy to have been abandoned by her creator, on top of being clowned on for being a bad character.
Cindercast: That’s it?? Seriously?
Lucifer: Stop reacting like that and let me explain —
???: ...Hi.
The three of them nervously look to the side.
Standing there was a being somewhat shorter than Lucy, probably around seven feet tall. She wore a blue-and-white striped sweater and baggy pants, with Converses for shoes. She had pearly white skin with large, yellow eyes. Her hair was short and untidy, being a pale blue color and with tiny purple horns poking on top (ZionandBirddo: Oh, someone made a Lucy knockoff.)
??? (in a sweet voice): Hi, uh, I’m Quartz. I never saw you two here before (Points at Zion and Cinder) so I thought I should come around and say hi, that’s all. (Smiles at Lucy)