Chapter 2: Mimiga Town
"Hand over the key!"
"No! I won't!"
"Are you trying to protect that Sue girl? She's a stranger! She's not one of us!"
"Sue's a good person. I won't betray her!"
"Toroko... When the doctor comes, you know someone else will be taken away. If Sue isn't turned in, it might be you he takes instead."
"But... But..."
"Just hand over the key!"
Not noticing at all, our hero ends up falling right in between the two. "Ugh, that fall was long. Where am I now?" After looking around, he saw someone on the ground.
"... What? You're not an enemy? I thought for sure it was them... I'm King. I'm the number one in this village. Though I say number one, it doesn't mean much. There are only six of us left in the village. Well... seven counting Sue. She's an outsider that came into our village." King explains.
"Why are there only 7 of them left in the village? It doesn't make sense... Well, I better talk to the other 6 that King mentioned. Also, I've never seen this type of race before; I'm starting to wonder... I'll ask later I guess" I started to leave and explore the village.
Heading up, I found a passage that lead to a sign saying: "Yamashita Farm" "A farm in a cave? I'm wondering how they managed to pull this off." Instead of wondering, he decided to go in. In the farm, there was a hill and growing on it, were some colored flowers. I didn't want to go stepping near them in case I would've killed the flowers, so I looked up and saw some kind of balcony thing. Heading up I found someone who looked like King.
"This is our farm where we grow flowers. My job is to watch and protect this farm. We Mimigas depend on these flowers as a source of food. Red flowers, though, are bad news. I heard that if we eat a red flower, your blood pressure skyrockets and soon you'll fall over dead! God thing we don't grow those vile flowers." "Well, I found out what this race is. They are rabbit-humans called Mimigas and depend on flowers for food. However, red flowers will end up killing them." Taking note of this, I started to head back. "Oh by the way, I saw something in the water at the far end of the farm earlier. Can you do me a favor and go see what it is?" I nod and start to traverse the flower fields. Luckily there weren't too many flowers and in the water, I found another box with a capsule in it. Knowing pretty much what the effects of it do, I felt confident and started to head back. Going to the under hang of the farm. I found a house that was the Assembly Hall, and another Mimiga.
"The name's Jack, the number-two in this village. Beyond here is the Mimiga Cemetery. There, our hero Arthur rests eternally in peace." Jack told our hero.
"That's great, but why are you standing in front of the passage?" I asked.
"Well, mushrooms have been springing up in there, so I'm keeping watch to make sure they don't get out." Jack replied. "I don't know who Arthur is, but if it's their hero, He must've been a good guy. I don't know where to go. I did see some kind of passage by King when I fell, so I think I'm going to look in that passage." After deciding where to go, I started to head back. After a little hill, there was a large lake with some platforms built. It wasn't built like a dock, but the platforms were being supported by the ceiling. I got a running start and was able to make the first jump. The second jump wasn't too hard, and I found a Mimiga fishing.
"Sue? Yeah, I know her. That cute girl who always stays cooped up in Arthur's house, right? She recently came to the Mimiga Village. We found her washed up right here in the reservoir. She doesn't seem to like us much... It seems like she hates everyone in the village, but she's a Mimiga just like us." "Hm... I wonder why. King did say she was an outsider that recently came to the village. Well I don't know what to do." I went to the other side of the fishing Mimiga and saw something shining in the dirt, which I dove for.
Obtained the *Silver Locket* A silver locket in the shape of a fish. By the looks of it, it looks like it's been treasured for years.
"I wonder who owned the locket... Well, I think I should ask someone else." As I started to leave, I found Toroko near me and King blocking the way out.
"Hand over the key!" King demanded.
"Never!" Toroko snapped back. She then ran forward and avoided being caught by King's grip.
"Wow, why does King really need that key? Shouldn't there be an extra copy of it somewhere? Well, I did see Toroko flee to the bottom part of the village. Maybe she ran into her house?" I jumped down to the bottom part and found Arthur's house. "I think Toroko must be Arthur's younger sister. That would explain a lot." I checked the doorknob and it was locked. "She can't be here. Is there another building down here?" I kept going and found another building. I ended up going inside and noticing nothing. I turned to leave when the door wouldn't open. "Well, crap, how am I supposed to get out?" I turned around when...
"You jerk!" Toroko came out and tried to tackle me. I ended up turning around and firing a warning shot that hit her by accident. "Well, crap..." "Waaaaaa! Save me, save me!" Toroko screamed after getting hit, which I don't blame. "Easy now, I'm not going to hurt you. I meant to miss, but didn't aim right."
"You're... you're not with the Doctor? Sorry about that then. The Doctor's such a mean and evil guy. Popping up in our village and taking us away, sometimes even killing. The Doctor- he killed my older brother. Ah! That locket! You found it for me? Sue gave it to me. I don't really want it anymore since King gets bent out of shape when he sees Sue and me getting along. You can have it.
Suddenly, there's some loud pounding at the door. After a couple more tries, the door breaks down and jumps in someone.
"Huzzah! I found you! It's no use hiding from me. I've got the nose of a (bloodhound/clever Harrier)!"
"Indeed you do. The nose and I dare say the brain as well." Misery added as she teleported onto the scene.
"Misery! I found her first!" Balrog replied.
"You two! You guys are with the Doctor, aren't you!" Toroko throws in between Balrog and Misery bickering.
"Ah, so you must be Sue. The Doctor has called for you, come along now." Misery replies.
"Wh-what? I'm not Sue!" Toroko states, trying to avoid being taken to the Doctor. Misery on the other hand, doesn't believe this and fires a bubble shot at Toroko, which engulfs her and starts to move her away from the storehouse. "Eyaah!"
"Balrog, I leave the rest up to you." Misery says as she starts to leave with her captive. "Wait! You've got the wrong-!" Toroko tries to clarify, but doesn't have enough time. "Not AGAIN! I always have to clean up! And here, I found her FIRST!"
...
"So what's your deal? Are you going to fight me with that little pea shooter?
"Man, that sounds like a challenge, and I'm mad at this guy, so..." "You bet!"
I knew it!
The battle started with Balrog advancing toward our hero. Our hero ends up jumping over him while shooting downwards to hit the grounded Balrog. Balrog turned around and starts to charge in that direction. After landing, our hero jumps back over Balrog and starts to fire at him again. He found out that his gun was upgraded from the chip things he picked up, so he thought it was a good idea to stock pile on them. Also with his upgraded gun, he was able to finish up the fight before Balrog could try and charge him again. Having enough, Balrog decided to leave the situation for it got out of hand. As he was leaving though, he shot a message to our hero. "Just you wait!"
Fought off Balrog!
Having Balrog left, I felt accomplished in myself; however, I wasn't able to save Toroko... I think I should tell someone. Probably Jack since I don't know how King will take the news. Before leaving the storehouse, Balrog did drop some upgrade chips. After picking those up, I started to head back.
End of Chapter 2
