== Be April.
== April: Get contacted by someone we know.
I was in my dad's room, looking for a weapon. You're probably wondering why I'm looking here for a weapon. It's because I remember what my dad told me when he got it, two years ago...
"Dad...why'd you get that? What is it?" I asked, pointing at the scythe he was holding.
"It's a scythe. They used to use them hundreds of years ago, to cut down crops. And I'm going to use it to help out here." He replied.
"What?" I asked.
"I'm going to use it to cut the lawn. It doesn't use gasoline or electricity, so it's cheaper. And it's great exercise too. And if we're ever in trouble,
we can use it to protect ourselves." He replied simply.
"I don't know how to use a gun. Never got the chance, the time, or the money. So we'll have this until I do." Dad finished.
I went over to the closet. It was locked...from the inside. I took the hairpin out of my hair and unlocked it easily. I stepped inside and was shocked at what I saw.
There were hundreds and hundreds of pictures of him and mom and me. I didn't know he had any of this...where'd he ge them all? And why not tell me about it?
Mom died when I was 5. I don't remember how, or why. "It was an accident" Dad said whenever I asked him about it. Recently though, I began to believe that she had simply left, faking her own death somehow.
I stepped out of the closet and ran downstairs, to the basement, and checked there. I couldn't think about Mom or any of that now. I had to focus on our mission. I found the scythe down there, in the darkness of the basement. I grabbed it and ran back upstairs. If those minions thought they could beat me,
they were in for a rude awakening. I checked my laptop. I had a message.
glorifiedFallen began chatting with lightningRaine.
GF: April we need to talk we have problems.
LR: Hey Zack! Wait, what KIND of problems? Are you having relationship troubles again?
GF: Nooo, but I know someone who is. It's Nick and Evie.
LR: Awww they're a couple now? That's...wait, I'm not sure wether that's sexy or cute. Which do you think it is?
GF: Ugh April we don't have time for this.
LR: Pleeeaseee...?
GF: Ugh fine I think they're cute together or whatever.
LR: I love matchmaking. It's just so fun!
GF: Focus here, please.
LR: Don't you think Davin and Kay would be good together?
GF: Yes yes they would it'd be the sexiest thing ever NOW FOCUS.
LR: Ugh fine what's the problem.
GF: Whatshername, that's the problem.
LR: Who?
GF: SHIT she's using her mind powers to make me forget her name or something idk.
LR: Oh you mean the lime-blood troll.
GF: YES!
LR: yeah well if you stop with the Green Day references and tell me what's wrong I can help. Come on Zackie, don't be an American Idiot.
GF: You just made another reference. To the exact same album. And don't call me Zackie.
LR: Aww but it's such a cute name for you!
GF: Ugh fine I'm Zackie then.
LR: Coolio!
GF: Amirda the annoying troll is trying to fuck up our session.
LR: Ahuh...
GF: She's the Witch of Heart. She can manipulate emotions.
LR: Oh god. I see what you mean. We need to get Keiza.
GF: The fuck is Keiza?
LR: One of the Zothinians.
phantomLurker joined the chat.
PL: April, did you just ask for me or something?
GF: I guess this is Keiza?
PL: LORD KEIZA to you. I'm the heir to the throne of Zoth, ruler of all Zothinians! Bow down before me!
LR: *Politely bows*
GF: *Does what Keiza says to get him to shut up*
PL: Thank you. Now, what is it you needed?
LR: We need you to...persuade...someone to leave us alone.
PL: The troll whore?
LR: Yeah her.
PL: Done. I understand she's trying to help but we Zothinians can- Fuck she's trying to mess with my head again.
GF: Who is this guy again?
LR: Keiza Kairili, the Zothinian Prince, and the Prince of Life in Sburb.
GF: So he's the destroyer of Life?
LR: More or less, yes.
PL: April, I have something to tell you.
LR: Yes?
PL: I got rid of her...for a while. But it's not going to last. Warn everyone, now.
GF: Will do.
phantomLurker left the chat.
GF: So who was that creep again?
LR: He's not a creep he's cute.
GF: You think he's cute?
LR: Yeah. If I was into alien guys he would be my first alien boyfriend ever.
GF: ...cool story I guess. Anyway, moving on...how are we going to stop her?
LR: We warn Evie. Now.
GF: Let's both videochat her now.
LR: Are you on your planet yet?
GF: Yeah. I'm in the Land of Mountains and Fallen Angels. It's very dark here.
LR: I'm on my planet too. Just got here, in fact. The Land of Thunder and Blood. It's like, extremely creepy. Blood is falling from the sky like rain.
GF: That's beyond epic.
LR: Anyway, I want to look around my room a little bit before I videochat her. I'll tell you when, ok?
GF: Ok.
lightningRaine ended the chat.
I went up to my room and looked at all of the drawings on the wall. They were posted everywhere. Most of them were done when I was little-I had stopped drawing recently. It brought back too many memories. I looked at the first drawing on my wall. The oldest one that had still survived.
It was one day when we were really little. All four of us, Nick, Evie, Zackie and I, living in the same neighborhood. We were very young.
Still young enough to love playing pretend. It's a drawing of us, as kids, dressed up like kings and queens. I remember that day clearly. Long story short we all got bored on a rainy day and decided to make a kingdom out of pillows and beds and stuff. Really long time ago.
I had gotten bored and re-drawn it recently. Even though the new one looked much better it didn't have the same feel to it. You know? I messaged Zack and told him I was ready.
glorifiedFallen and lightningRaine began videochatting with sapphirePrincess.
SP: WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU TWO WANT!?
GF: Evie calm down.
LR: We understand-
SP: NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!
GF: EVIE CALM DOWN. She made that crap up, and she's using it against you.
LR: She's trying to ruin our session and our friendship!
SP: FUCK NO SHE'S BEEN A BETTER FRIEND TO ME THAN YOU HAVE!
GF: EVIE CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND SNAP THE FUCK OUT OF IT! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF WOMAN!
SP: I TRIED MESSAGING THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE BUT HE'S LIKE FIGHTING LIZARD OGRES OR WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY ARE.
LR: Evie...don't do anything you'll regret. Please listen to us. She's trying to manipulate you into doing things you don't want to do, with the intention of destroying us, our session, and our friendship. She's the Witch of Heart, remember?
SP: That does make sense...but she has proof, AND YOU DON'T.
GF: What exactly did she say/show you?
SP: I'll send you them.
I watched both videos. The only reason I didn't freak out is because I knew it was from the future, so it might not even happen anyway.
LR: Evie this is from the future. It might not even happen anyway.
SP: Yeah...I guess maybe you guys are right.
GF: Yeah girl. Besides, even if it does happen, I'm sure there's more to it.
phantomLurker joined the chat.
PL: KISSING A DEAD BODY IS A WAY TO BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE YOU IDIOTS!
SP: Oh shit. So that's what that was.
PL: God you all are dumbasses except April aren't you?
SP: Shut up.
GF: So, , what do you have to bother us with this time?
PL: I'm just saying that I managed to shut her up for a while. The troll whore, I mean. And also that you guys need to listen to me.
LR: Go on ahead, Keiza.
PL: How far have you all gotten in your session?
SP: We're all still on our first planets.
PL: How much progress has the Rouge of Space girl made on the frog hunt thing?
GF: Fuck if we know. Go ask her yourself.
PL: I gtg. Talk to you later.
phantomLurker left the chat.
LR: We should probably check up on Sally.
GF: Yeah we've sort of ignored her pretty much since we've started playing, and she's actually really important.
LR: She's the Rouge of Space, of course she's important.
GF: Don't get me wrong, Sally's cool and all, but she sort of freaks me out.
LR: What? Why?
GF: Dude, she is THE definition of Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant.
LR: Zackie, what happened to her was a terrible thing, and that's serious business. Stop being a jerk.
GF: April it's not my fault she-
LR: Zackie, don't mention the fire. That's in the past.
GF: We shouldn't have let her join the session. She's a liability.
LR: Of course you have to pick on the cripple. GF: I'm not trying to be an asshole or anything. It's just that I want us to win, and make it out safe, and alive. And if she gets in the way of that...
LR: FUCK YOU ZACK HOLLY!
LR: FUCK YOU!
lightningRaine blocked glorifiedFallen.
lightningRaine ended the chat.
== April: Be Sally and Show us the beginning of Sally's epic journey that we skipped earlier.
== Sally: Witness a MiRaClE.
I woke up on Prospit and stood up. I loved being on Prospit because I can walk. When I first woke up, after the accident, I started sleeping a lot so I could walk in the golden city. But that was years ago. I understand that the real world is where I live, not here.
I walked over to the window and looked up at the sky. The clouds showed me Prospit and Derse. Nothing seems unusual at first.
But then I notice the figures, rising from the surface of their moons. It didn't take me long to figure out who they were. It was us, in the future. We had gone god tier.
I saw Nick first, rising from Prospit's moon. His orange cape was flapping in the wind, light twinkling in his eyes. He looked...different. In a weird way.
Then I saw Evie, rising from Derse's moon. Her witch's outfit was a dark blue color, and she had her hood on, so I couldn't see her face. Zack was rising alongside her. I saw a large number of dead carapacians on the ground. Blasts of black light came out of Zack's hands, causing a minor explosion near them.
Then when the smoke cleared, I saw they had been returned to life. He smiled. On Prospit, April was right next to Nick. She was looking at something...
something I couldn't see, something she didn't like.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked.
"I don't like my powers...I don't think I can control them." April said simply. I noticed Davin rising from Derse in the background. Why...why isn't he wearing pants?
"Maybe you could talk to The Illemise or Amirda about it. They could help." Nick offered.
"I don't want to them right now. I'll do it later." She said simply. Then I saw...me, rising from Prospit's moon, as the Rouge of Space. I could walk!
I...I could fly! I can't wait until this happens!
The last one I saw was Kay, also rising from Prospit's moon. There were dead carapacians on the ground of Prospit as well. As the Sylph of Life, she ressurected them with ease.
Jack Noir appeared, followed by an army of underlings. God-tier-me teleported to Derse's moon, grabbed Evie, Zack, and Davin, and teleported back. We were probably going to die...but we were going to go down fighting.
I went back to my bed and went to sleep. I needed to get to my planet. The others needed my help.
== Sally: Skip to the present.
I woke up in my bed again, on my planet. I quickly checked my messages. I had one, from Evie.
sapphirePrincess began chatting with mistressRuby.
SP: Hey Sally I got you a weapon. Use this code to alchemize it or whatever.
SP: It's 413t301s. Hope you like it! I thought it would work great with your spacey powers or whatever...
MR: What is it?
SP: Some ninja weapon my bro had. Those little spiked ball things that ninjas drop on the floor. He always used to rant about how well designed they were,
and how they always land with one spike face up no matter how they're thrown or placed. I thought maybe you could teleport them or something.
MR: Oh you mean caltrops.
SP: Yeah I just grabbed like 20 of them and that's the code I got. So hope you enjoy them!
MR: I will! Have you got to your planet yet?
SP: We all have, except for Kay. Course Kay has those annoying teleporting Imps to deal with, so it's understandable.
MR: I'll alchemize them and then go check out my planet. The game gave it a weird name. I can't really see it from my windows either. It's just open sky.
SP: Well what's the name of your planet?
MR: The Land of Floating Islands and Frogs.
SP: Well, maybe the land is made of floating islands and that's why you can't see it?
MR: Probably. I'll talk to your again later.
SP: Okay!
mistressRuby ended the chat.
I got in my wheelchair and started rolling down the hallway. I stopped when I reached the kitchen. There was a HUGE green spider sitting on the counter.
I guessed it was some sort of game enemy and tried to quietly roll back into my room. Naturally, I failed.
It noticed me and pounced, landing in my lap.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, freaking out, trying to squish it. Then I noticed that it wasn't trying to bite me.
TheIllemise messaged mistressRuby.
TI: Spiders are your consorts.
"Get off!" I said. The spider promptly leaped off of me and landed on the ground next to me. It looked at me like a dog would look at it's master.
"Uh...good boy?" I said. The spider looked happy.
"I'm going to name you Peter!" I said, naming him in reference to Peter Parker. He seemed to like that name.
"Now Peter...can you open that door for me so we can go outside?" I asked kindly. Peter walked over to the door and nudged it open. I rolled over and looked outside.
My house was on a floating island. There were hundreds of the floating islands, and all of them had at least one building on them. Most of them had entire cities on top of them. Islands of similar height were connected by bridges made out of spider webs. I was reluctant to go on them, but I didn't really have much of a choice. There were lots of frogs and spiders hopping and crawling around the city streets. Snow was falling from the sky, sticking to the bridges and the cities.
Some of the cities were on fire, but those were cut off from the others completely. I was going to do something. I was going to help those poor creatures,
burning to death on those isolated islands. But, then reality kicked in. I didn't have anything to put the fires out with, I couldn't rescue the consorts,
and even if I could, that isn't my quest anyway. I saw something shiny on an island above me, but I was cut off from it. I looked at Peter and had an idea...
"Hey, could you help me get up there?" I asked him. Peter shot a spider web at the island and used it as a grappling hook to get there, leaving me alone.
"HEY!" I said. Peter and some other spiders built a landing pad out of webs to ensure my safety. He then came back, and I grabbed him. He took me there the same way, but my chair got left behind, and I faceplanted on the landing pad. The game awarded me with an EPIC FAIL. Peter went back to get my chair and helped me get back in it.
Yeah, this is going to be tough. Maybe I should wait for Davin. No, I'm through with waiting for other people to help me. Fuck that. I have all I need right here.
== Sally: End the chapter.