Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

"Free? Really?", Sunny asks, clearly surprised judging by his expression actually visibly changing. He listens to everything she has to say and seems contemplative.

"... thank you, miss Eve. I think I'll stay here for a while then. Um... I'm good at doing chores, so I can help with that if you ever need help."

A small pause.

"... actually... can I help with chores even if you don't need help? I spent a long time not doing much of anything and I want to have things to do so that I can't relapse."

With fangs like his, Bailey goes through pizza slices at an awe-inspiring speed. It's honestly a mystery how he doesn't burn the roof of his mouth considering the pizza is still hot.

Regardless, soon enough the pizza is gone, and Bailey's already grabbing Gwen's wrist as he gets up to prompt her to do the same.

"Let's go!", he eagerly says, clearly having fun despite the earlier run-in with Glamrock Mr. Hippo.

Hubcen

"A smaller Thor?" Flandre hummed, picturing in her mind a literally smaller and stupider version of the Thor she met. It made her chuckle a little. "Anyway I don't really associate with churches. All I got was some pamphlet since this was where I happened to first arrive to the Arena."

"And don't worry I can be discrete." she huffed.

Eve blinks and briefly ponder. It couldn't hurt, right? It'd give him a sort of way to settle into the place. Could take his mind off things too.

And maybe he'd try to use that to sneak in things but... how could he? He was delivered alone with only the clothes on his back. Plus, with how paranoid her security was.

That'd be much appreciated! I'd offer to give you a uniform but I wouldn't want people to think I'm making you work for me!

Practically leaping off her chair once she and Bailey have finished their pizza, Gwen takes her sidekick's hand in her own as she offers him a grin.

"Alright, alright, I'm coming!" she replies.

She starts running off to the daycare in question, knowing Bailey wouldn't have a difficult time keeping pace with her.

The goblins Cecil fed all glanced up at eachother, suspecting the other of being the one to infiltrate their mouths…before deciding that all of them were at fault, and leaping up onto the table and skirmishing. Dirks and daggers flashed as steel rended flesh, and screams echoed across the hall. A few humans looked on at the bloodbath in utter horror, but the other goblins and even their warboss himself didn’t bat an eye. Eventually, only one goblin remained, his armor and weapon coated in crimson. Panting, he returned to his seat, sat down, and ate not just his meals, but those of the others’ as well. Finally, Grom looked up from his own glutton-fuel, and considered promoting this lone winner to a Big Boss for a moment…before the goblin finally succumbed to his wounds. He flopped dead onto the food in front of him. The warboss shrugged and went back to filling himself.

A few minutes of feasting passed before the next stage. Grom slammed a fist into the table again, leaving a crater of splinters, and waved his axe in the air. "ITZ TIME! GROTZ, BRING ME MY FOOD!" He roared, and various lesser goblins scrambled to the kitchen, running out with a wheeled tray that came to a stop next to Grom, upon which were several dozen covered platters. A grot reached to lift the lid of the first one for his warboss, but his courtesy was rejected by that very same boss. Grom slapped the tiny creature’s arm away, stewed on what he’d done for a moment, and decided that it was not an adequate punishment; so shortly after, he wrapped a fist around the goblin’s skull and crushed it.

With a hand dripping blood, he lifted the domed lid on his own and plunged his fingers into the first meal: a Rathalos tail cooked well-done, with various breads and cheeses surrounding it.    "You know,"    Baratheon chuckled,    "that one sort of looks like the one I made."    He tore chunks of the meat from the tail, gripped the cheese and gobbled it, and ignored the bread entirely. He got about halfway through the meal before halting suddenly, half his hand still dipped into the monstrous monster steak.

"WHOZ WUZ THIS?" He roared out, and the hall fell quiet.

"Mine, Mr. Paunch!" Luin answered with a raise of her hand. Grom waved her over, and the rumble of her chair on the wood floor echoed across the silent hall as she stood. The woman seemed equal parts excited and nervous as she crossed the room towards the biggest goblin in Gobbotown, uncertain of whether he was about to praise her or punch her.

"Yoo made dis?" He asked in a low voice once she was before him, yet very audible with no other sound to challenge it. Luin nodded. "Yoo put dis meal in fronta me? Yoo expected me to EAT DIS? DIS WUZ YOO?" It was around this point that Luin had gotten a hint towards how he felt about her offering and began to back away, but it was much too late by that point. Grom reared his arm back and swung, his fist shooting Luin backwards through several waiters and then a wall. She dropped from the somehow-smoking crater in the wood and slumped against the wall, motionless as blood pooled beneath her dripping nose. A goblin stole the gold from her pouch and dashed away, sniggering wildly.

Baratheon cleared his throat and excused himself from the table.

Talion snarled and reached for his blade, but Anna’s hand fell upon his arm and stopped it. "Don’t," She whispered, not just to him but the other members of their party. "We need his horde to destroy Grimgor’s—if his is allowed to grow…" The woman trailed off. "He may be awful, but at least we can negotiate with him. That’s more than can be said about nearly every other Warboss in the Arena—keeping him in power is the best option to deal with the greenskins as a whole."

Grom laughed at Luin’s pain, slapping his knee as ripples ran across his rotundity. He grabbed the tail and flung it at the still woman, before reaching for the next platter and slamming it before him. He threw off the lid and barely spared Arnoldo & Co.’s soup a glance before immediately shoving his fingers into it, the redness staining his green hands melting off into the liquid and giving it an added coppery taste. He barely even noticed the broth, instead gripping the solid edibles in his hands and shoving them into his mouth. When he was finished, he slapped the bowl aside, scalding soup spilling onto a poor grot server who happened to be passing by at the time.

"IZ ALROIGHT." He commented, before indulging himself in the next meal: Yammark’s platter. The bulkmaxxing goblin looked with a sense of barely-masked disappointment at the meager gains set before him, not nearly enough to satisfy a growing boy such as himself. He lifted the plate to his maw and tilted it, all of the wraps sliding down its surface and into his gullet. He didn’t even bother to chew. "YA KNOW," Grom declared after a moment of silent contemplation. "IONNO WHO MADE DAT…I WUZ GONNA KILL YA THOUGH, FOR GIVIN’ ME SUMFING SO SMALL, BUT IT TASTED GOOD ENUFF THAT I THINK IM NOT GONNA KILLS YA. JUS’ WISH DER WUZ MORE OV IT."

Next up was Ivory’s. He seemed to enjoy the mushrooms as he tore into the meal, as well as the meats, but disregarded the stews. He dug his hands into the lava cake, lifting a chunk of blazing magma and stuffing his face with it. Billows of smoke and flamed poured from between his teeth, though the greenskin seemed hardly able to notice it as he chewed. "BIT SPOISEE," He commented afterward. "TOO SPOISEE FOR ME LOIKIN’. BUT UVVA DAN DAT, NOT BAD! NEXT!"

The next platter to be laid before him was Yuki’s. Upon noticing the troll meat, he gave a great, jolly laugh and pounded the table. "ZOGGIN’—HA! YA KNOW ME WELL, WHOEVA MADE DIS WUN!" Grom gorged himself almost immediately upon the meal, and in a matter of mere seconds, nothing remained upon the silver dish. "DA JOOSHES, DA SPOISES, PERFECT! I LOIK MY MEAT WHEN ITZ RAW, BUT YA DID A GOOD JOB ANYWEZ NOT OVACOOKIN’ IT! DAT WUZ GOOD—DAT WUZ ZOGGIN’ GOOD!"

Next to come to him was Cecil’s. He devoured it just as quickly as he had the others, leaving a clean plate in his wake. "YESS, DIS IZ—DIS IZ GOOD!" Grom laughed, juices dribbling from his lips. He sucked his fingers clean—finally relieving them of the second grot’s blood—and leaned back in his seat with a placid sigh. "I fink…I fink I’m ready t—"

"Ah, boss, der’s wun mor—"

"DID I ASK YA ANY ZOGGIN’ FING, GROT!" Grom howled, reaching for his axe. The goblin leapt to his feet and skittered under the table and the big’un lifted his weapon over the wood under which his dissenter hid…only to let it clatter to the ground. Cecil’s meal had been good enough to placate the savage greenskin, it seemed. He turned his head to the wheeled tray and seemed almost surprised to find that there was, in fact, one more dish left. "Lez geddit ova with, den." He grunted, dropping the meal with a clatter onto the table and brushing the lid off. "Da zog iz dis?" Grom hissed, glaring at the gorgon-reminiscent platter in front of him. Begrudgingly, he splat a hesitant hand into the middle of the meal, lifted a chunk of food, and took a bite. Surprise flashed in his eyes. He took another bite. Then another, then another, and another…

And like an furnace roaring to life, he had started slow yet ended almost as a blur, shoving morsel after morsel of Corrin’s food into his face. Even before he finished he looked to be in heaven, perhaps not solely from the young man’s prepared dish, but from a mix between it and all the others before it allowing the warmongering greenskin to finally achieve nirvana. He staggered to his short, stubby legs and leaned forwards. Tears welled in his eyes.

"Dat wuz…zoggin’ beautiful…alluv it…da wrapz…an’ da cake…da soop…da troll meat…da chicken, an’…an’…DA LAS’ THREE! C…COME UP HERE…IN FRONT UV DA BIGGEST, BADDEST, MEANEST BOSS IN DA ‘RENA, AN’…GET YA…YA…YA R-R-REWAAAAAAAH HAH HAH HAHHHHH" Now, Grom had begun to sob. It started slow at first but quickly grew into a violent fit of waterworks, tears running down his face and mixing with the grease and blood. Meanwhile, Anna only looked on with shock. She had never—never—seen any greenskin act this way, much less in the presence of humans. They must have touched the goblin greatly for him to make a display such as this. Everything was coming together perfectly. She’d be able to forge an alliance with him, get him to fight her enemies, keep him in charge instead of—

A woman’s laugh cut across the hall, and ended Grom’s sobbing instantly. The giant goblin’s head seemed to audibly creak as it twisted upon his neck, his gaze inching slowly towards the sword: Luin.

"Ya…got sumfin’ t’ say…girl?" His tone was dangerously calm and measured as he spoke, slowly picking his axe up and turning the rest of his nearly spherical form to face the woman against the wall, her face still pointed at the ground, still dripping with blood.

"I do. Oh, Gog, I do." She answered, once her cackling laugh had died down enough to speak. "Biggest, baddest, meanest…well, you’re definitely the biggest. But baddest? I’d say you got some pretty stiff competition…"

"Whuddya sayin’ girl..?" Grom growled, taking a step towards her. The dishes on the table rattled menacingly. "I’d pick ya nex’ few words carefully, if I wuz yoo."

"Oh, I’ve already picked them. You’re not the baddest, nor the meanest or the greenest. You’re not him. You’ll never be him. You’ll…" There was a wavering in the woman’s voice. She seemed almost frightened of what her next words may bring, but she spoke them nonetheless. Anna’s eyes widened, as though she knew what was coming. Luin’s face finally rose, hateful green eyes amidst a dark red face locking onto Grom’s.

"You’ll never be Grimgor Ironhide."

That actually gets him to smile a little.

"That's okay. Thanks. I can start whenever-"

growl

"... I should probably eat first.", he says, expression the same as always again, but from his body language it seems he's a little embarrassed at how loudly his stomach growled just now.

She's right in that. However, whenever Bailey falls behind a little he just leaps forward to pass by her rapidly. He might as well be wearing his superhero costume because he's not being subtle at all.

Though in a place this packed, who would really be paying attention to a pair of energetic kids?

After reaching and taking the escalator, Bailey opens the double doors that lead to the hallway before the Daycare. He slows down a bit now to just run besides Gwen as he looks at the wide and open area, the only things here taking up space being some benches, a robot charging station and a fancy fountain.

Once they enter through the next door, the two will find themselves in the entrance room to the daycare. Bailey stops to look at the large statues◊ in front of them.

"Guess we now know what the robot looks like.", he says, though then tilts his head.

"Hey, there's two statues. But from what I heard there's only one robot."

Eve laughs, preparing to head out. We'll move you to the other wing but you can stay here to have a meal beforehand. Anything you want, I can get going your way! Just not... too much sugary stuff. Erm, no, you can, special circumstances and all. Eve says, fumbling over herself a bit.

Regardless, if you need me, just ask in your thoughts, hm? I'll be there. I'll always be there if someone need it.

Eve nods and, after getting his "order", depart from the room.

Grom

Well... That was a brutal scene. Yuki blinked at the goblins turning on each other. She had no idea why they did that, not having noticed Cecil do his thing. She decided to try and tune that out for now.

Then Grom started dish rating. And he liked hers a lot!

"Oh! That one was mine!" she said eagerly after he reviewed her troll meat, bouncing in her seat and having forgotten the bloody display. She got up to get ready to get her reward when...

Oh. Luin just said the one thing they were specifically told not to say. Being wiser than she looked, she slowly scooted out of the way so if Grom turned murderous she wouldn't be in his immediate warpath.

As soon as she and Bailey have arrived at the daycare's entrance, the statues of Sun and Moon immediately catch Gwen's attention.

"Maybe it's because they share the same body. You remember that weird robot we ran into, Bailey? The one who wanted that creepy doll?" she asks.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 16th 2024 at 8:03:54 AM

"... hold on, yeah. That statue looks just like it!"

He quickly walks around it to take a look at the one in the back.

"And this one's the creepy one. That thing really takes care of kids?"

He looks around a bit. There's a long stretch that'll lead them to escalators going downwards and into a room that seems to lead to the Daycare's entrance...

But behind him is a slide that looks like it just straight-up leads to the other side of the Daycare. Bailey grins.

"I dunno about you, but I'm going with this one."

He immediately hops into the slide, going all the way down and ending up in the ballpit.

Sunny nods, seeming relieved. After asking if they have steak (preferably not microwaved, he remembers how that went for him), he watches Eve leave and lies back down on his bed, waiting. He closes his eyes, though doesn't fall asleep.

"I wonder if mom misses me. I hope she's not too worried. ... oh, and Basil... he's gonna get nervous if I don't answer his calls."

He hums thoughtfully. Basil is getting therapy too. Maybe it'll be fine?

Gwen shakes her head, wearing a goodnatured smirk on her face. Somehow, she wasn't the least bit surprised Bailey had opted for the slide.

"Oh, what the hell? Wait up, Bailey!"

Diving into the slide after her sidekick, she goes the whole way down before winding up in the ballpit along with him.

The Daycare

Bailey emerges from the ballpit, still half submerged even when standing.

"Pretty deep considering this is a place for little kids.", he notes. He then looks around.

"It's so bright and colorful it almost makes my eyes hurt.", he says while chuckling once Gwen has also emerged.

"Now let's see where to-"

He pauses, suddenly looking alarmed. Gwen will realize why not long after: her Spider-Sense is going off. Given that Bailey mentioned his comes in the form of visions, he must've seen something worrying just now.

Gwen surfaces from the ballpit as well, laughing along with Bailey. Of course, she immediately stops laughing once her Spider-Sense goes off. Given that the Map Bots hasn't triggered it on account of them just being a nuisance, whatever was in the daycare with them had to be very dangerous indeed.

"Bailey... what did your visions show you just now?"

Wading through the ballpit to reach his side, she fishes her webshooters out of her jacket pocket before slipping them onto her wrists.

Bailey looks nervous.

"Some kinda... creature. I dunno what it was, it looked really weird. It looked somewhat like a ghostly ra-"

Suddenly there's a pair of hands on Bailey's shoulders, making him freeze up. He slowly looks behind him at the one those hands belong to.

Staring back at him and Gwen is something that looks like the robot they met before, but it's clearly not the sun one or the moon one, looking more like some kind of fusion between both◊.

The robot then picks Bailey up. Gwen may almost be tempted to act, but if she waits for a moment, she'll find that her Spider-Sense isn't going off for this thing, which means...

"Hello, hello! Little boy, you can't be standing here, it's dangerous. If you stand in front of the slide, someone may slide into you and hurt you by accident."

He suddenly hops up, pretty much flying with Bailey in his hands. The boy is too confused to really do anything about this, and the robot puts him back down right outside the ballpit. It then ruffles his hair a bit.

"There we go, that's better. Now I'll go get your friend, alright?"

The robot hops back up and starts flying towards Gwen, intending on grabbing her and bringing her to a safe spot right next to Bailey.

Speaking of Bailey, he just looks perplexed. Not only does this robot somehow look like both forms of that robot while also looking like neither of them, but even his voice seems to be a fusion. It has the kindness of the Sun robot, but it's not nearly as loud and energetic, closer to the chill of the Moon robot (but without the creep factor).

If Gwen allows the robot to pick her up, it'll indeed put her down next to Bailey.

Before Gwen can ask about this ghostly thing Bailey saw in his vision, something places its hands on his shoulders. She immediately wheels around with her webshooters at the ready, only to realize that this strange fusion of Sun and Moon hadn't triggered her Spider-Sense.

"...Wait, what?"

She's so nonplussed that she doesn't object to Eclipse(?) carrying her over to Bailey.

"I have so many questions right now..."

"Much, much better. Now you can join the other kids without any worries." , the robot says. But then it looks at Gwen.

"Questions? Are you curious about something? Ask away, I'll do my best to help."

"Uhhhh... so, like... are you the sun or the moon robot? Because I really can't tell.", Bailey asks, confused.

"My name is Eclipse. I'm the Daycare Attendant. I look after all the children that stay and play here." , he says while gesturing to the jungle gyms, which do indeed have some kids playing in them.

"And it's been busy, busy, that's for sure! Normally some of the kids stay in the atrium to watch Freddy and the gang perform, but they're not back yet, so I've been looking after a few more than usual. But that's okay, everyone is welcome here!"

"... so what happened to the sun or moon robot then?"

"I'm not sure what you mean. The only sun/moon robot in the Pizzaplex was running the theater, putting on classical shows where they would switch between hero and villain as the story required! And when I was created, I was put in charge of the Daycare."

He pauses.

"I... do not remember much else after that. But when I checked earlier this week, it seemed they were no longer there."

"But their statues are outside the Daycare!"

"Really? What an odd place to put them. Perhaps it's a simple mistake. Oh, but it may confuse the children. I shall contact the staff immediately."

Eclipse goes limp for a bit, the only sign that he's still active being his faint glow. Bailey looks at Gwen in confusion.

"Do you think this really is a different robot?", he whispers.

"Error. Error." , Eclipse says, slightly startling Bailey.

"It seems the staff can't be contacted at this time. Perhaps they are on vacation? I will try again tomorrow. In the meantime, you can go join the other kids. Or perhaps you have some more questions for me?" , he asks, crouching a bit and putting his hands on his knees to get more on their eye level, as well as to show interest in their questions.

Sunny's House

A boy with blond hair◊ looks around the room in concern.

"I still don't understand how he could just disappear overnight.", a girl with pink hair◊ says as she enters the room. "The door was locked and this is the third floor of the building."

"I don't know either, but something definitely doesn't feel right.", the boy says. They pause when they hear a distant knocking, then hear Sunny's mom welcoming someone in.

Not long after, two◊ brown-haired boys◊ walk in.

"Hey hey!", one of the two greets the others.

"Well, Kel's here, there goes the peace and quiet.", the girl snarks, though without venom in her voice. The blond boy waves at Kel, but looks more uncertain with the other boy.

"H-Hero, hello."

Hero looks at him. He shows a smile, but it's a tired one.

"Hey, Basil."

"Are you doing alright? You look tired."

"I'm fine Aubrey, but thanks... just been busy at college. I'd be working on my thesis right now if we hadn't gotten that call."

"Have you guys found anything yet?", Kel asks, now looking concerned.

"Nothing out of the ordinary. He couldn't have gone out of the door or window, and there's no signs of a struggle so it's not like he was kidnapped. His mom also confirmed he was here that night. It's like he just vanished into thin air."

"Sunny's pretty quiet, but he's never been the type you'd lose sight of. This is super weird."

As Kel and Aubrey talk, Hero and Basil are more quiet, even somewhat awkward around each other, to the point that Basil keeps his eyes averted.

"..."

"..."

"... have..."

Basil looks at him now.

"Hm?"

"Have you been doing well?"

"O-oh, uh, yeah. I've been keeping up with therapy, it's been pretty helpful."

"That's good, that's good."

Beat

"... and... you?"

"The same, mostly. I haven't had a lot of times for appointments though. ... to be honest, if it weren't for my friends at college forcing me to go, I'm not sure I'd have the motivation to do it."

"It seems you've made some good friends if they look out for you like that."

"Yeah.", Hero says, managing a little smile. Basil counts that as a win. Out of everyone here and Sunny, Hero was the one he had the least contact with these days. He's still surprised that Hero even wanted to keep in touch after everything. Though it had taken a few months before the first call.

Basil's well aware that it's not all good between them yet. No, not even close. But the fact that they were all willing to try feels like more than he deserv-

"Basil?"

He snaps out of his thoughts, seeing a concerned Kel in front of him.

"O-oh, was I..."

"Drifting off into uncomfortable thoughts? Yeah.", Aubrey says.

"Sorry."

"Don't apologize for that! ... hey, we're not finding much, and I'm starving. How about we go get some fries."

"Fries? At a time like this?"

"You're hungry too, aren'tcha Hero? I don't wanna miss any potential clues, and it's easier to look for things when you're not being distracted by an empty stomach."

"Kel does have a point..."

"I saw a stand a street away from here, where Basil and I got off of the bus. We can quickly go grab some and come back right after."

"... Yeah, maybe that's for the best.", Hero relents. The four of them walk out of the room, first of course to tell Sunny's mom that they'll be out for a bit.

"Oh, wait, I forgot my bag.", Basil says right outside of the bedroom door. He quickly walks back inside to grab it, and once he does...

Seeing something glowing, Basil looks to his right and comes face to face with a portal, floating there above the foot of Sunny's bed.

"... u-uh... g-guys? Guys!?", Basil calls out in fear. Not only because what the hell is going on, but also because he's afraid he's seeing things again.

However, Aubrey's, Kel's and Hero's looks of shock as they enter the room again confirm that, no, Basil is not seeing things.

"What the actual fu-"

Suddenly, the portal expands.

Still looking understandably perplexed through the conversation with Eclipse, Gwen answers Bailey's question about the animatronic with a shrug.

"Beats me," she replies.

Eclipse then comes back online after a brief shutdown, causing her to blink in surprise.

"Okay... anyway, Bailey here thought he might've seen something before you showed up," she says, figuring she might as well learn what had set off their Spider-Senses. "Wanna tell him what you saw?"

KiriK

Save

• Come ON!

The sudden horde of enemies sure throws both "Pyra" and Agent 8 off guard. Quick! We need to change modes!

• Interaction Mode
• > Combat Mode
• Trope Mode

UI transforms itself into 6 multicoloured blocks circling "Pyra", with the blocks saying "Jump", "Stab", "Hand", "Items", "Hint" and a greyed out "Flee". "Pyra" can also hear a Mario And Luigi Battle Medley playing.

Let's check the Items inventory, as it tends to change between Modes.

Items

• Small Solo Heal x9
• Medium Solo Heal x25
• Large Solo Heal x16
• Small All Heal x6
• Medium All Heal x17
• Large All Heal x12
• Revive x13
• Max Revive x5
• Status Heal x9
• Flashbang x18
• Smokescreen x10
• Surprise! x7

That should be more than enough healing to deal with this horde of foes.

"Pyra" is ready.

Jax

After teleporting Jax laughs a bit, thinking Evan was joking when he said he had a lamp for fighting. Gregory immediately answers Evan's question, but Jax takes the opportunity to be eccentric.

"Who knows, maybe that robot wrote it in a jiffy just before we got here!"

His unending jovial attitude may prove tiresome, but Jax doesn't care much for approval. The Grandmaster at Arms waltzes up to the shop door and thrusts it open with a single hand, narrowing his eyes at the emptiness.

"If we weren't strapped for time I'd say go behind the counter!"

He jokes, closing the door gently and stepping back to the group.

"Alright, which way?"

Edited by KrampusTheTherapist on Mar 17th 2024 at 5:42:57 AM

Centralis

Oh, Flandre's here. Icarus awkwardly waves. "...hi?"

She was probably mad at him for vanishing without a trace.

"Anyways, the Church. Of Gor. Oh god, yes! I've had my suspicions about them already back when... EV had a presence and an office here in the Arena."

The robot awkwardly looks over at Flandre, then carries on.

"Heard stories from EV folks in customer support. A long time ago, there was a massive raid on Centralis - not the most recent one with Ana - and EV was heavily involved, rescuing civilians and fighting monsters with voiding rays mounted on our brand of fighter jets. We did see some involvement from the Church, harboring civilians and fighting off attackers in front, but afterwards, I believe people remembered them as having a... much bigger involvement than they actually had? Like, for example, some people from the church don't even remember the voiding ray fighters flying about, they remember the monsters getting shot out of the air by Meteorika's magic projectiles. And that's not the only example of a wildly inconsistent story between Gor's followers and non-Gor followers. There's some memory fuckery going on there, I swear." He sighs. "If this turns out to be true, then not only is it shitty of them to alter people's memories, but also that they're taking credit for other people's work."

Hub Centralis

"Someone say magic?"

Emma's voice suddenly appears behind Icarus and Artemis and that fine lady Captain Lucas toured the base to that one time.... It only took that one word for her, and she suddenly knows so much about the Church of Gor!

"They're nasty and utterly revolting to me! Never seen these Gor folk before but Churches are usually places those damn mages like to gather! Friends tell me they can be used for sites of good, but I don't buy it, especially in a place like this!

Wait, Icarus and Artemis in the same space? She's confused on how to conduct herself now, so she only conducted herself the only way she knows how.

...And the irony of saying this in earshot of Artemis is lost on her.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Mar 17th 2024 at 9:23:36 PM

Grom nom

This is the moment of truth: Grom will taste each dish and declare the winner.

Eating a soup with his bare hands? How unclassy! That's an insult for my cuisine!

And then...

"Alright"? HOW DO YOU DARE TO-

Both Francis and Margarita hold Arnoldo with their arms, avoiding him go into a fit of rage.

The Italian chef couldn't help but feeling envious after watching Grom's Ratatouille moment.

But, when Luin said her thoughts, the three of them were left with a fell jaw. Even the proud Arnoldo.

No way...!

She said the forbidden word...

Gor reunion

Bely shows fashionably late for the reunion.

Sorry for being late, but I couldn't find a sitter for my children... What I missed?

Edited by BombonBombin on Mar 17th 2024 at 8:56:02 AM

Someone's walking into the area from the bridge. A guy with bleach-white hair, green eyes, and an outfit best described as a type of business casual put together by someone who doesn't know what businesses find acceptable, dragging a somewhat rusty metal container several times his size behind him with one hand. It has wheels to avoid damaging the ground, but besides that it looks way too big for one person to be lugging around like that. He pauses for a moment at the end of the bridge, contemplatively eyeing the buildings in the distance.

"Huh. The other me was right. Better hope I don't get involved in anything major before I'm properly settled in."

He then wanders into the area proper, continuing to observe while dragging his comically large travel case behind him. At some points, the wheels on the case get caught in the ground, barely slowing the man down but causing him to occasionally leave noticeably-large gouges in the ground. It's also making a bit of a racket as whatever's in that container gets jostled around, clattering against each other and the inner walls - give him enough time to freeroam and he's bound to attract some attention eventually.

EXCELSUS

The leg exploded upon being severed from the main body — seems the entire length of the leg is heavily armored yet the Maser Vibration Sword managed to simply ignore that fact for a short moment. A groan that ensued and the main head serving itself for Kado to go wild on came next. The debris that flew from the office crashed against the head of the Metal Gear to chip in on the damage the severed leg dealt.

Before it could even move, EXCELSUS was hit by the GIGA DRILL BREAAAKEEERRR. It staggered by quite a lot with each rotation of the drill. After enough hits, it hops into the air — and if Vincent isn't careful would be knocked off — and slams into the ground to get Croque away from it.

It would then extends its blades forward, cleaving the top part of the building that Kado is in to make him visible from a birds eye view. The fact he's still reeling from pain made him dodge the entire slash in an act of fate.

MG EXCELSUS 59.4%

Edited by BoniniBanana on Mar 17th 2024 at 11:53:32 PM

Commander Yammark - Da Green'all

Acknowledging her loss, Commander Yammark admits, "Basic meals gonn't aina cut it around around here. I'm not exactly a great chef, you know..."