So since present-day Abyssal making it through the Clock Break was most likely due to the whole abyss code thing (I'm assuming), it stands to reason that Whirlpool is also somewhere and somewhen.

So my suggestion is that it shows up to one of Ozzy and Leto's clashes back in their prime, unlocks another form like when it turned into Shadow...

and puts the fear of Hooty into them.

(best part is they wouldn't have any context for what that thing is since their prime was most likely around the mid-to-late 2000s based on what I've pieced together of the AU's timeline, so well before The Owl House debuted)

So, yes! It is the abyss code that let Abyssal (and anyone else with abyss code) made it through the Clock Break.

What if Ozymandias is kind of short in his maneuver form? Not super short like Meggy and the plumbers but like, somewhere around Tari's height. Root had to get it from somewhere after all.

Meanwhile Leto, in true Siren fashion, is freakin' huge, even when she's at human-passing size like she usually is in that form.

When she eventually takes a break from beating herself against the brick wall that is getting the Nerima Wrecking Crew to actually listen to someone and actually explores the server she's invested herself in things are going to get very messy very quickly. I mean we've seen what she's like when something catches her interest so imagine it with something that actually fits her elemental affinity. And can't talk back.

*stares in horror*

Ozzy's picked Vendor Quest!, a game made by CCC about an RPG shopkeeper named Rosin who ends up having to take the Hero's place and save the world when they die in the first dungeon, while also maintaining and expanding her shop. He actually finds playing it rather relaxing.

Leto, meanwhile, decided to go the Easy Route and use a non-video-game piece of media instead. In this case she went with Ranma 1/2 (yes I do in fact have a plan for the Ranma that Francis made that ties into this mess).

Of course, being who she is she feels the need to take total control of the world she's using. As you can probably guess she hasn't done her research and has no idea how futile trying to control anyone in Nerima will be. And by the time she realizes it she'll be too stubborn to give up.

So while they're waiting for the time to strike Ozzy will be having a wonderful time and Leto will be trapped by her pride and hubris in a hell of her own design.

See, in order for Stockman to actually be useful he needs a lab to do his mad scientist stuff, preferably somewhere the group can lay low, so they looked around and found an abandoned server styled as a laboratory that may or may not have been one of Worm's old hideouts, not that any of them have any idea about that of course. They've also managed to cobble together a technically functional body for him that mostly just consists of a big jar and some spindly metal limbs. Crude, but it'll work well enough for now.

Disc comes into the picture when a burning, mangled, vaguely humanoid mass of code stumbles through a portal into one of the server's common areas. Initially they see it as a security threat, but when he utterly fails to do anything but sit there and look like an on-fire corpse they calm down, and Leto notices the unusual mix of different codes and the fact that his soul is barely clinging to it (dude finally got his wish and Cheated Death, unfortunately for him), decides he's Interesting, and asks Stockman to see if he can make anything out of the mess.

And so Disc slowly comes to on a hard metal table in a strange room, still in pain but in a very...different way from before he passed out, "Wh...where?" his voice sounds foreign to him, though he can't put his finger on why.

"Ah, so there is still a mind in there. My condolences."

As you might expect, Disc is pretty damn shocked and confused about waking up in what looks like some kind of nightmare hospital staffed by a disembodied brain, and Stockman's explanation alleviates some of the confusion but not really any of the shock, especially when he finds out what Stockman had to do to him to make the death-cheating actually stick. Basically, he had to stitch together whatever was left of his original code and his Damien disguise's code into a functional vessel, somehow using the code of Vitality's firefox flames to thread the conflicting codes together and fill in the many, many gaps. The result is a hulking werecoyote/zombie/lava monster thing with Disc's mind and a terrible hollow feeling where his source code used to be.

"Not a pretty sight, I'm afraid."

Disc-or whoever he is now-simply shrugs, "Hey, anything's better than dying."

Stockman lets out a cross between a huff and a chuckle, "Oh, to still be so naive."

Disc eyes the brain in confusion.

"Take it from someone with experience; getting ripped from the jaws of death may seem like a blessing the first few times, but after a dozen or so the pieces left behind start to wear on you." he stares forlornly at lone of his jar's claws where a human hand should be, though it's a bit hard to tell given the single lidless eyeball.

Disc isn't sure how to take that, and so just looks over himself some more, doing his best to get used to his new body, "what am I supposed to be, anyway?"

"Well, where I'm from you'd likely be considered a mutant, though it somewhat depends on the continuity."

"Wait, you're that Stockman? Aren't you supposed to be a fly?"

"Again, depends on the continuity. I personally am one hundred percent human...well, genetically at least."

"Huh."

"...You know, there's... well, I'm not sure if it qualifies as a tradition or just a pattern, but mutated sapients in my franchise often take up pseudonyms when they turn. Not as much a thing in my version since our mutegen worked differently, but still. I've got some ideas if you're interested."

"...Sure, why not. It'll probably keep the Admins off my back at least."

----

And so Leto and Lumi are introduced to the newest member of their little team; Rahzar.

(yes I know TMNT '03 technically had a Rahzar in Turtles Forever but he only showed up in like two scenes as a random Foot Mook and I can't remember if he was even namedropped.)

(and yes, Disc is still too much of his usual dumbass self to realize that being bound to an unrecognizable lifeless shell of himself and owing his survival to a madman and the worst Program on the 'net is probably going to be a fate worse than death. Even when warned by said madman who's been dealing with nearly that exact fate for most of the show he's from.)

The same is probably true for Firewalls since they're specifically designed as defense systems, though obviously to a much lesser degree.

Ooooo!! I like that a lot.

Umbra gets back to the Adminspace and reports on what he saw, leading the other Admins to put two-and-two together, and everyone is understandably wondering what the hell they can do.

Eventually, a plan is formed, and they manage to get in, probably by Abyssal using her Abyss Code. The plan basically is to distract Leto enough that she's forced to drop her disguise, reveal it to Root, and then do their best to maybe trap Leto. (It's not like they have any other choice, considering they literally can't hurt Leto.)

The CAL group decides to deal with Bio-Lumi, with hopes that maybe they'll help her see reason. I'll say it now. It doesn't end well.

Meanwhile, the main plan goes.. smooth enough. They enter when Wave-Mania is closed and confront Leto, getting het heated enough to where she drops her disguise and attempts to kill them then and there. While Root, who was wondering what the fuck was happening, is witness to this and is shocked and horrified.

During the entire fight, Leto opens some portals occasionally, with some of her attacks going through them. (Yes, this is important.) Root manages to get several hits on her too, displaying that new rage and anger of hers.

Leto eventually ends up fleeing with Bio-Lumi after a while, with Root just absolutely destroyed. She apologizes over and over, and she just can't believe how stupid she was. She ends up self isolating because.. well.. *looks at the Confrontation* She's definitely going to need a while before she's even in the right mental state to start apologizing to everyone else.

Meanwhile, Ozymandias is continuing to plan with Garyboy in his prison before there's a sudden sound of something tearing away at the wall. They go to investigate, and lo and behold..

There's one of Leto's attacks slowly fading and a very sizable hole in the wall. What a lucky day.