Parallel

My mind quakes from disbelief and wrath
The clan leads to nothing but tightness and pain
Those criminals left me in a cold bloodbath
My mind quakes from disbelief and wrath -
Long ago I met them on the Red Mesa path
And then at a museum where there was much to lose and gain
My mind quakes from disbelief and wrath
Joining the clan leads to nothing but tightness and pain.

The clan was my home -
I thought I could trust you, O Fathers;
I helped you and you just... left me to roam.
The clan was my home...
But your back stabs morphed into a syndrome.
...Why did I join? Why did I help with the plot? What were the bothers?
The clan was my home.
I thought I could trust you, O Fathers!

But I won't give in or give up -
Sweet vengeance will be mine.
This will be a wild roundup,
But I won't give in or give up.
I hope you bring plenty of backup -
Your lives and my own are on the line.
But I won't give in or give up -
Sweet vengeance will be mine.

Pair of Siblings?

Two people shared the last name Rose,
And outsiders thought it safe to suppose:
Brother and sister were they?
But to others' surprise or delay -
No, they never even met or got close!

A Parting and a Promotion

The government's been given the ax?
All that funding and training gone to wax...
Welp, time to send a fax -
To the Toppats, to the max!

Prison Meeting

There was once an officer named Dave-
Action and arresting was all he could crave.
With pride he booked his first crook,
And smirked as he did things by the book
But assured him with a friendly wave.

A/N: Had to write these after watching Puffballs' live stream on the game. He revealed some interesting information regarding certain characters, and so all of that inspired these quick poems. I originally wanted to post them yesterday, but things happened so here they are!

The name of this chapter is a reference to the 1946 film, "It's a Wonderful Life". Within that film, Zuzu Bailey, the youngest daughter of George Bailey (the main star played by Jimmy Stewart) brought a flower home from school. She was upset that a few petals had fallen off and so George pretended to reattach them back to the flower, but secretly pocketed them away. And after George wondered and wished what the world would be like if he had never been born, granted by his guardian angel, he is given a second chance at life and notices that changes that had occurred if he didn't exist were returned - like the petals in his pocket.

The petals here all represent aspects from the tidbits of information that Puffballs dropped about what could have been, confirmations about facts or what I interpreted from the discussion. I might do another session of 'Zuzu's Petals' if I learn more information on the games, but please take of this what you will.

'Parallel' - originally Ellie was supposed to have her own spin-off story! She was supposed to be a Toppat, meet Reginald and Right Hand Man in prison, do a heist at the museum where they involve the mayor in their plan and she was left behind by them before being captured by the Wall. I believe this story had to be cut because of conflicting plot points. Reginald, I wouldn't keep on calling the kettle black if the pot itself isn't looking too good on the stove. Stop betraying others, will ya? These triolets sum up Ellie's feelings and history with the clan, and they also mirror her hunger for vengeance in the same ruthless way as Henry does in 'Revenged'.

'Pair of Siblings?' - According to this statement from Puffballs, Ellie and Jacob Rose are not siblings or related in some familial line. Please don't shoot the messenger - I'm just a delivery gal. This limerick was made to see what would happen if the two did hear this assumption about them.

'A Parting and a Promotion' - This doesn't come from anything said by the creator, but according to a YouTube video collaboration, someone came across the code for the game and found some unused content for a Toppat!Charles bio. This one (and this poem is an epigram by the way) is a little hard to decipher in fact - when this was brought to Puffballs' attention, he didn't really elaborate or confirm this fact. In fact he sounded confused. But according to the bio, this character, and I quote, 'betrayed the government and joined the Toppats due to a government shutdown'. Now this bio's name could very well be a placeholder title for Burt for all we know, but it's still fascinating to learn this point of fact. And who knows? Maybe it gives a little backstory to either/or character haha!

'Prison Meeting' - This might have been said so casually, but Dave was supposedly the one who arrested Henry in the original Flash version of 'Breaking the Bank'. Puffballs, at one point, was asked on why Dave would go with Henry in the events of Toppat Civil Warfare. His response was, to paraphrase, 'Dave is a nice guy underneath it all.' I'm inclined to agree with him on that! In any case, this limerick was written up to showcase Dave's kindness right at the start even if he had to arrest Henry.

Also fun fact about Dave's last name - apparently it came from the Henry Stickmin wikia back in the day and it was some surname someone made up. Puffballs liked it and so added it to Dave's name.

Oof, this is a lot to write. But these poems were great fun to write and I got a lot of practice out of it. Enjoy! :)