Danganronpa x Marvel Comics
Gundam Tanaka, Doctor Steven Strange
Dr. Strange, what was the weirdest thing that Gundam used his magic for?
Stephen Strange did not answer immediately.
Wong, standing beside him, slowly closed his book.
“Oh,” Wong said. “This one.”
Stephen sighed heavily. “The weirdest thing Gundam Tanaka used magic for?”
“He created an extradimensional throne room for his hamsters.”
“For his hamsters,” Stephen repeated. “Not for meditation. Not for training. Not for storing artifacts. Not for emergency evacuation. He used beginner-level spatial magic, three protective wards, two illusion seals, and a minor pocket dimension ritual to create what he called—”
“—The Abyssal Dominion of the Four Dark Devas.”
From across the Sanctum, Gundam Tanaka dramatically turned, his scarf whipping around him like he had been waiting for this exact moment.
“Correction, Sorcerer Supreme,” Gundam declared, raising one bandaged hand. “It is the Abyssal Dominion of the Four Dark Devas of Destruction, eternal fortress of shadow, sanctuary of forbidden beasts, and throne-world of those who gnaw upon destiny itself!”
One of the hamsters poked its head out of his scarf and squeaked.
Stephen pointed at it. “That one had a floating obsidian throne.”
Gundam’s eyes narrowed. “Jum-P earned that throne through conquest.”
“He rolled a grape off a table.”
“A victory over gravity itself.”
Wong nodded thoughtfully. “The grape did fall with great purpose.”
Stephen slowly turned to him. “Do not encourage him.”
“A magical hamster palace with defensive wards strong enough to repel low-tier demons,” Stephen continued. “It had banners. It had a tiny drawbridge. It had weather.”
Gundam smiled proudly. “The heavens trembled before their tiny wrath.”
Stephen rubbed his temples. “He programmed the dimension to thunder whenever one of them entered the room.”
Another hamster squeaked.
A tiny rumble of thunder echoed from somewhere inside Gundam’s coat.
“You still have it active?”
Gundam placed a hand over his chest. “A kingdom does not vanish simply because lesser minds fail to comprehend its glory.”
“That ‘kingdom’ nearly trapped Spider-Man for forty minutes because he tried to pet one of them.”
“A necessary test of the arachnid warrior’s worth.”
“He thought it was adorable.”
“And therefore, he underestimated them.”
Stephen opened his mouth, stopped, then exhaled.
“That,” he said, “is why it was the weirdest thing. Not because it was useless. Because somehow, against every rule of logic and magical priority, it worked.”
“The darkness favors those with vision.”
Stephen looked flatly at him.
“You made a hamster castle.”
Gundam raised both arms dramatically.
“And to be fair,” Wong added, “the wards were excellent.”
“Then my reign has only begun.”