*Pop* Fquist found himself inside the War Tavern once more. He blinked, though not with his eyes so much as his entire body.
"Odd..... it's like when you get hurt in Jazz 2." he said musingly. Around him, other rabbits from the journey were popping into existance, also flashing, though not in an offensive way. Looking down, Fquist noticed he was solid again.
"Why am I here?" he asked aloud, expecting no answer. Last thing he had remembered, Ducky had stolen Dethman's sword and run him through.. but now he was here, and without large, obvious gaping holes. The other rabbits were also puzzled, and he guessed they had had similar experiances.
"Hey! Back already? Where's the pie?!" cried a voice from behind him, and Fquist spun around. Hesheit was standing behind the bartender's counter, arm in a splint.
"Not here." said BBoy, plopping into a chair. "We reached the land of Jazz Jackrabbit Tournaments, and I got killed, and ended up here."
"Me too." said Fquist, and there was nodding from the rest of the rabbits. "But I don't think I'm dead...." turning to Hesheit, he asked, "Are you dead?"
"Not that I know of." said Hesheit, then frowned. "I think.. yes.. in some parts of Carrotus and other planets, dieing is not final. You only live more then once. In those spots, when you are killed, you vanish and reappear in the place you came from, or your start pos, to be brief."
"We are indeed fortunate that was one of those spots!" cried Bartman, who had recently reppeared. "With all that fighting, we would surely have lost most of the 'Taverners otherwise!"
"We do, though, in a sense." said Fquist, thoughtfully. "I mean, we don't, but each of us can not assist the rest in the Quest for PIE!"
There was a low moan, and the rabbits declined their heads.
BBoy turned to Hesheit. "Is there any way we can rejoin our comrades?"
"If you set off again, and caught up with the rest, I don't see why not." hesheit said, leaning on the counter. "Unless, of course, you somehow destroyed part of the path behind you."
"Ah, yes." said Cobra, sadly. "We shall not be able to get back over the Error wall, as both list server patches are not reachable for us."
"Uhhh.. yeah, I'd like to say how sorry I am about that." said Tyf, shuffling her feet.
"That's ok." said Fquist, reassuringly. "Assuming some of them survive Jazz Jackrabbit Tournaments, the Pie should still be gained. Drink, anyone?"

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, Rocky, and Unknown looked over the battle scene. Most of the contestants seemed to have inexplicably vanished.
"Aha!" cried BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, suddenly. "I know. We just have to douse them all with cold water."
"That was fairly obvious." said Unknown, scathingly. "We need some way to Get the water, though."
"Fairly obvious indeed!" cried BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, glaring. "You couldn't have thought of it in a million tuesdays!"
"I could outthink you anyday." said Unknown Rabbit, climbing onto a rock so he could look down on BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ better.
"Then let us DUEL to see who is smarter!" cried BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, and the look went over their faces again, and they jumped at eachother madly. Rocky sighed, and heaved the bucket over their heads again.
"There! And that's the last of it, so be careful!" said Rocky, then returned to looking at the battle scene.
"I know." said Unknown, feebly, letting go of BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ. "We need to get Batty's backpack, before he vanishes like most of the 'Taverners."
"Good idea." said Rocky, quickly, before BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ could retort. "Why don't I and BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ go, while you stay here, so you two can't conflict?"
There was an agreement, so BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ and RockyR set out into the slightly shrunken mass of writhing bodies in search of Batty's backpack.

"Pardon me." said BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, as he bumped into Derby, who was rolling on the ground in a mad deathlock with Kovu.
"You'll not get away with bumping me!" screamed Derby, and was about to turn on BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ when Rocky flashed Derb one of his most genial smiles, causing Derby to stop moving for a moment, dazed. Then Kovu got up and punched him in the nose, and the combat began again.
"There he is!" cried Rocky, and the two changed direction towards Batty Buddy and Firesword, who were locked in a most pre-modern duel, quite apart from the rest of the fighters.
"Hi, guys!" said Rocky, happily. "How are things?"
The two duelists stopped fighting, dazed, and looked at Rocky.
"Batty, I need to borrow your backpack for a moment." said Rocky, and the bat numbly handed it over, brain moving slow from Rocky's infectious non-violence.
"Ah, thanks." said Rocky, and turned around to show BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, not noticing Firesword suddenly recover and clove Batty in two before the other could retaliate.
After pulling out a nuclear missile (which one of the maddened 'Taverners saw and tried to grab), a toy submarine and a accurate copy of Beethoven's eighth symphony, they found what they had been looking for, a hose.
It obviously worked, though connected to no source of water, so BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ shrugged and sprayed a constantly stream of water around the battlefield, drenching the particiapants throughly, while Rocky happily played with the toy submarine.

Confused, Kovu let go of Derby, who let go of him. All around, rabbits were staring at each other and putting down either their weapons or their opponents, shamefacedly.
"Right!" said Unknown Rabbit, walking among them. "How many do we have left?"
"Nine." said Derby, after looking around a bit.
"I see ten." said DDay, looking oddly at Derby.
"Firesword, DDay, Kovu, Unkown, BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, Rocky, Speedy, Ducky and Haze. Nine." said the afore mentioned, testily.
"You forgot to add yourself."
"Oh, I did, did I? Say that again and I'll subtract you!"
"Then let us DUEL!" cried DDay, and the two lunged at eachother, but Rocky hosed them off again before any harm could be done.
"Let's get going before anyone else vanishes." said Rock, quickly. "But for saftey's sake, everyone walk at least six feet apart, and all former combatants as far from each other as possible."
After a bit, the afore mentioned setup was reached, and the *ten* rabbits set off in a direction they hoped was to Lori Central, though of course it might not be.