Mark found himself outside of Allyssa back in his own world. He took a moment to reorient himself as being suddenly sent back to his own body had rattled his senses. Once Mark was comfortable moving his real body again which was weird thing to have to wait to do. He made his way to his kitchen fixing himself a late dinner and eating it swiftly before changing his clothes before proceeding to bed.
Mark didn't really check if he was going to bed early or late he was just going to bed regardless of time as he was so mentally drained from the siege of Carthax and so was going to bed regardless of the time. He slept deeply so deep in fact that would have taken mortars to wake him up luckily for him he appeared to have gone to bed early as he got up early which allowed him to get to work on time. So Mark got up and went through his usual morning routine.
He even made his usual breakfast of pancakes and eggs with lemon juice to drink. He began eating and drinking rapidly before he got in his old junk car and getting on the interstate to make it to work. He turned the radio on to hear what was going and if they were finally talking about anything besides the usual kill or not killing of the mad patients. luckily for him they were talking about something else on the radio.
" This is the greatest movie I've ever seen and honestly I don't know if the effects artist need a raise or to be sent to a mental institution." The man on the radio said confusing Mark about what exactly was being talked about making him start to think he had missed some new trending movie that had just came out. Though as the conversation went on it became clear that wasn't what they were talking about about in fact they were talking about the video game Allyssa.
It seemed several people had put together their game footage into videos and with the game being so realistic they had been mistaken for movies. Which explained the comment he had heard at the start about effects as several of the monster they had fought were rather disturbing and you would probably question the sanity of the guy working to make such realistic depictions of such horrors. Though he didn't know what to say about the fact game footage had gotten big enough to be mistaken on radio for a movie but not big enough for anyone to correct the record on the radio.
Mark was pretty sure that said something what he wasn't entirely sure. So Mark spent the rest of his drive to work flipping through different radio stations listing to people's different takes and misunderstandings about the game that was Allyssa while practicing the use of his powers creating the different three dimensional barriers. He got a real good chuckle out of a couple of the takes if he was being honest. Though eventually the fun had to end as he pulled into his work place's parking lot. He got out of his car and walked through the front door and made his way towards the front the desk.
" Hi Sharon lovely morning we're having." Mark said to the front desk lady filled with enthusiasm for the day as he didn't have to listen to the ever ongoing discussion about how the mad should be dealt with by society. Not only that but he had impressed people at the siege of Carthax and it felt good to know he still had some skills at combat that qualified him to be a hero despite his long absence from the regular battles of good and evil that went on in the world as he watched over the Asylum.
" It's a good morning indeed Mark I watched that new movie that came out! The siege of Carthax was a proper thriller though how they got the effects so realistic I'll never know." Sharon said with a happy smile on her face as she usual did as she Sharon was a well of positivity for the Asylum both for the
Visitors and her fellow Asylum workers.
" Good to hear Sharon I'll be heading on to the patients. So I'll be seeing you in a bit." Mark said with a smile and wave to Sharon before heading deeper into the Asylum to perform his duties and help those that needed him. Meanwhile in another part of the city at a tower called the great light that belong to team of super heroes the leader of this super hero team was looking over the News for the siege of Carthax.
The hero in question being the Gold King one of the most famous heroes in the world and the most powerful in the city. He was sitting at his desk in his personal quarters wearing his costume which was consisted of a red robe with golden armor that covered his body as well as a gold mask to cover his face to go along with said mask was a crown. The Gold King at this moment was sitting in his room trying to figure out what exactly was going on with this supposed movie the siege of Carthax.
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The movie has triggered his paranoia because as a hero who had fought many horrors over the years he could tell the movements of the monsters on display in the movie were no were no special effect as there momevents were far too detailed to be something someone had designed. So that left him with a movie were people were fighting real monsters with plant based weapons and he had to figure it out why that was because if he didn't it could led to something far more dangerous than a new hit movie on the Internet.
So the Gold King spent some time digging through anything he could find on the movie trying to figure out where it came from and how exactly it was made considering a few people disappeared in a flash of light during the movie which could mean something sinister such as them dying and their bodies being moved before the viewer could see the corpse and realize the death they had just witnessed.
So after much searching he found out where the movie originated from which was from game footage of a online game called the world of Allyssa a very advanced video game as far as anyone could tell. The Gold King suspected their was something more to the game then just advanced video game programming. No, the Gold King felt there was something more going on and he would get to the bottom of it.
But before the Gold King could purchase the game and delve deeply into it to gain its secrets to certain what type of threat he was dealing with he was interrupted by his base the great light as it informed him of a villain causing damage and destruction near a red area. Sadily he was too far away and the villain needed to be stopped now before he reached the red zone luckily a hero was stationed to watch this particular red zone. So Gold King sent out the emergency message having the hero stationed at the danger zone intercept the villain before he could get there.
Mark had just finished his rounds with his regular patients and was going around to the ones he was truly here to watch which were the mad ones at that particular moment he was spending time with the Cut and was watching cartoons with the Cut watching him as he cheered on the usual cartoon heroes. Just as Mark was about to cheer along with him his wrist watch began to ring for the first time in a long time.
Mark stared at it shocked for a moment before he collected himself and spoke to the cut. " Sorry I got to go cheer on the hero for me." Mark said quickly to which the Cut just nodded happily and proceed to do just that while Mark headed to the men's restroom to take his wrist watch message. Once their he sat down and popped open his wrist watch to see the message and looked down in shock to see that he was being called to fight the villain Roodini before he reached the Asylum.
Mark sat there in shock for a moment wondering if he was ready for this after being out of the action for so long. Then he remembered all the battles he had fought in Allyssa all the times he stood his ground against terrifying monstrosities and he knew he was ready for this. The only real question was if he could remember where the hell he hid his hero suit at the Asylum.
"While it looks our numbers are doing good just not as good as we expected." Simon said to a morose Robert. He was trying to be positive for Robert but Robert wasn't having it and responded with the cold hard truth.
" A movie! Everyone thinks it's a movie at this rate it'll be years before my expansions see the light of day." Robert yelled clearly depressed at the fact the people of the wonders and the mad had misunderstandstood which had caused such a huge setback and made all the hard work and time he'd spent making sure the expansions were ready for the expected boost in numbers redunted.
" While come on your getting your name out there and they'll set the record straight eventually!" Simon said keeping his positivy mostly because whether people saw Allyssa as a game or movie his rating stayed the same and since they were going up he was more than okay with the current movie misunderstanding.
Robert realizing this gave him the stink eye though Simon was only there audibly not physical he still felt the stink eye. So Simon decided it was best to cheer up Robert. " How about this Robert we take a break from watching Allyssa and it's reaction from potential customers will instead focus on the world of wonders and the mad watch a few super fights to improve your mood." Simon said hoping to appease Robert who just nodded morosely and turned to the many TV screens in his workshops that then began to show the world of wonders and the mad.