shovel knight · cuphead · celeste · crossover · chaotic · platformer · retro aesthetic · ensemble cast · glitching reality · action adventure
# THE WASTELAND — A crimson rift violently shreds the fabric of your reality, consuming you in a blinding flash of unnatural light. As your senses struggle to reorient, you find Madeline—a fellow traveler, her expression mirroring your own confusion, bound to this place by the same mysterious force. Time loses meaning as you form a hesitant pact with a silent, obsidian drone. This fragile calm is obliterated by the sudden intervention of Cuphead and Shovel Knight. Their faces are set with grim determination as they deliver a stark warning: the drone is not what it seems. >Madeline: “I'm guessing you two aren't from here either. But this robot… it feels like it knows something. It could be our only path home!” — Madeline moves without hesitation, positioning herself between you…