Lunar Antics Chapter 44 – Treasure Dungeon Pt.1
It was the hottest day In months for Wingdom, and as a continent located high in the sky, when it was a cloudless sunny day it absolutely burned – doubly so for the Guildroom of Lunar which hung even higher in the air a couple of kilometres higher than the rest of Wingdom.
"OUUURRGGHHH!" moaned Laurie who lay on the floor, his voice literally falling out of his body "The sun is searing my flesh!"
"Yes, that's very nice.." droned Kazeru who was sweating profusely in his black suit
"I'm serious!" bellowed Laurie "My back is literally sizzling on the metal guildroom floor!"
"Stop lying down then!" cried Zexter throwing his Pirate Hat In Laurie's direction which he had been using as a fan to cool himself down. "and stop complaining while you're at it!"
"I'm dying…" came the sorrowfull voice of Susanoo who was curled up under an active shower and fully clothed "even the water from the shower on full cold doesn't come out cold."
"How about we go to the beach or something?" said Kazeru trying to be helpful
"We can't…" grumbled Zexter who was beginning to sweat and regretting that he threw his Pirate Hat away "Look around you, why is the Guild Room so empty? It's because Gillman took a load of people and hasn't come back."
"He'll come back…" groaned Susanoo from under the shower "He has to…"
"NOPE." Burst Laurie holding his phone up into the air above his head "Enjoying a nice day at the beach, water's great! #lovinglife, #lunarforever! What an asshole!" With a violent throw Laurie's phone flew across the guildroom and hit Susanoo, who with a spark and a sizzle was electrocuted in the shower. "He's not even a Lunar member, he serves ALL guilds!" continued Laurie in a fit of anger.
"WAIT A MINUTE!" Kazeru had jumped up suddenly, full of energy and enthusiasm "Aren't there like, cold dark caverns underneath Wingdom..?" Zexter looked over curiously, completely forgetting about his Pirate Hat. Laurie sat up, his deliciously grilled back glistening in the sunlight.
"Oh my Manteppp, you're right Kaz!" he said ecstatically "We can just chill out down there instead of up here! Worst that could happen would be one or two mosquitos or a weak as goblin!"
"Well what are we waiting for!" cried Susanoo who had recovered from his shock "Let's head on down to the cavern's below Wingdom!"
As the four approached the massive stone pillars on either side of the corridor and into the dungeon, a cool isolated breeze wisped past them. Although the cave was dark and ammonous the temperature was extremally refreshing and perfect for prolonging the life of cooked leftovers such as Laurie's grilled back.
"I knew you were come eventually!" came a victorious cry. The four spun around to see none other than the pipsqueak Dr. Diaper with his oversized pacifier and white coat five sizes too large for him.
"Dr. Diaper!" burst Laurie wide-eyed and confused "What are you doing here?!"
"Escaping the heat?" asked Susanoo condescendingly and leaning against one of the stone pillars "You do know you could just take that coat off to cool down, oh but if you took it off you wouldn't be a doctor anymore or something, right? Pfft, think you're so smart-WHOA" Susanoo nearly fell over by sliding down against the smooth stone of the pillar
"Why's he being so mean…?" whispered Kazeru to Zexter.
"He's just being salty, don't worry about it."
"Not salty!" snapped Susanoo who attempted to reposition himself against the pillar "We never got to the beach, remember?"
"No…Not that kind of salt." Replied Zexter blankly.
"I've been waiting here for weekth!" continued Dr. Diaper to Laurie, his lisp through the pacifier as prominent as ever "MONTHTH even! Theven monthth to be prothith!"
"Can scarcely make out what he's saying" whispered Kazeru to Zexter once more
"Get use to it…" sighed Zexter
"You promithed that we would ekthplore the dungeon together!" All eyes were on Laurie now; shocked, angry, betrayed.
"Umm, yeah I guess I did after all…" Kazeru's vice-like fingers locked on to Laurie's shoulder with the force of a thousand torture-tools
"Laurie," he said bitterly through gritted teeth "Is this true…"Laurie without fully understanding the tone or implication in Kazeru's voice shrugged slightly
"Well, Dr. Diaper actually saved Pip from a life or death situation – he ate chocolate ice cream, remember? Dogs can't eat that they have a miniscule tolerance. So I kinda owe him one…WE kinda owe him." (See Chapter 17)
Zexter and Susanoo solemnly nodded in agreement as they understood the severity of the situation that day and how reliant they were on Dr. Diaper's help, but Kazeru's blade-like fingers cut even deeper
"I don't owe him shit," he spat uncharacteristically "There's no way I'm going deeper into that dungeon."
"I gueth Laurie didn't mention you can keep anything you find." Said Dr. Diaper pointing toward their Guild Leader. Kazeru's eyes lit up slightly, but he discreetly hid his excitement
"This…This is adequate" he said as his fingers finally unrelinquished and blood flooded out of Laurie's shoulder.
"On one condition," continued Diaper "That I get one thing of my choothing, No quethtionth!"
"You remember you saying that…" said Laurie suspiciously
"What's the one thing that you want, then?" said Susanoo sceptically causing Dr. Diaper to rush towards him agressively.
"NO QUETHTIONTH!" he repeated while spitting in the process.
"I just didn't understand what he said…" whimpered Susanoo to Zexter
"What I said to Kazeru; get use to it." Repeated Zexter with a grin.
"Now come along! You guyth are meant to be my bodyguardth!" The four gawped at one another as Dr Diaper progressed dangerously on his lonesome. As he fanished from eyeshot the four quickly realised the seriousness of the situation and quickly armed themselves with their favourite accessories and dashed off after Diaper.
