Eureka I got it!
Chapter XI: How it Ended
- Part I -
Just Plain Psycho-ness
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Ocean.
If I did, the Star of the Game would be Mackwell and Misty Lear,
Not Fayt and Sophia.
And our Court Jester would be Roger S. Huxley...
Author's Note: YAY! Last Chapter! How shall I end it? Hmmm... (thinks hard) Anyway, I still have to make up to everyone since I didn't update till like... FOREVER. I'll think of something XD. Anyway, Enjoy the ending and I hope you all had fun reading this fic! Who knows... maybe I'll make another Fanfic dedicated to the Inventors.
Everyone: NO!
Psycho dog: ( > ) Aww, Why not?
Act I: What happened to Leingod
Judgment Day (Why little girls should never watch Gothic movies)
Everyone's favorite hero, Fayt Leingod, woke up. His eyes opening slowly to scan his surroundings... It was very dark, he could barely see anything. Nothing but blackness, and the strange stench of cheese. Old cheese... everyone knows how bad old cheese smells. But as they say, cheese is like wine, the older the better. Too bad it doesn't do the same for the smell. Ignoring the fact that the room smelled of dairy products, he felt somewhat awkward. The blood rushing to his head. It then smacked him hard! He was hanging upside down! Surely enough, he could feel the tight ropes binding him, no escape. He could hear shuffling from below, and a light gurgling noise. He may not be able to see, but he could sense the presence of people.
"Where am I?" Fayt asked, somewhat bewildered. "Is anybody there?"
A light flashed on his face. Almost blinding, The blue haired earthling winced.
"Good morning, Leingod." A voice snickered from the darkness. "I do hope you had a nice sleep..."
"Who's that?" Fayt asked, the voice sounded young. His eyes widened. Despite the fact that he couldn't see the faces of his captors, that voice was way too familiar! "Puffy? Is that you?"
Puffy walked up, her face now visible in the light. She wore a long black, gothic robe. Something the people of a cult would wear. Adorned around her neck was a necklace of bones, and she had black markings under her eyes. "Yes, Leingod it is I! Puffy! The Future ruler of this world!"
"So it is you Puffy? What's going on around here? Why are you dressed like a member of the occult? Puffy, what are-?" Leingod was cut off by the deathglare from the little girl.
"DID I SAY YOU CAN SPEAK, LEINGOD?" Puffy asked. She grabbed a stick and poked him hard in the head.
"Ouch!" Fayt was swinging back and forth attempting to avoid the stick that was aiming for his eyes. "What're you doing that for? Puffy! What is the matter with you? And why am I hanging upside down?"
"Refrain from speaking, hostage!" Puffy yelled swatting him once more. "I am the RULER now! You must call me Master Puffy! Ruler of Worlds!"
"Again with the ruler of the world talk." Fayt sighed, "Why do you keep doing this to me Puffy? What's your grudge, anyway?"
Puffy's face cracked into a wide grin. Her eyes shined evilly as the insane inventor began to cackle with laughter. "Because! I shall prove to everyone that I AM THE BEST! What better way to express this than destroying the main lead?" Puffy sharpened the stick and swatted him in the back. "Once the main lead is gone, I shall rise to the top! And the whole world shall bow down to my brilliance!" Puffy's evil laugh echoed throughout the dark room. Only thing visible was Leingod hanging on the ceiling and Puffy, who was standing on a tall platform.
"You're mad!" Fayt gasped. "Sophia and the others will never let you get away with this!"
"Oh?" Puffy giggled, "I beg to differ!" With a snap of a finger, another light on the other side of the room lit up. Lo! There was Sophia tied up and gagged. The female earthling was frightened, her massive eyes bright. The girl's hands were bounded by chains, and a blue skarf was tied around her mouth. She could only stare helplessly at Fayt and the psycho Puffy. Puffy gave another maniacal laugh, "Y'see Leingod, we took the necessary precautions for this. Never underestimate my brilliance!"
"Let Sophia go!" Fayt yelled. "Puffy, let her go this instant!"
"Never! The Hostage has no to right command me!" Puffy's eyes flashed dangerously, "besides, we worked hard to capture her."
"We?" Fayt asked. "You mean there are others?"
"Yes, Fayt we did it too..." A voice appeared out of the darkness. Fayt stared down in horror as another girl appeared from below. She wore the same black robe and hood that Puffy was wearing, except this girl had short dark hair and nice eyes. Leingod immediately recognized her... the girl who helped him in the Kirlsa training facility... it was... "Mayu...Mayu! You too? But Why?"
"Because, Fayt. You broke my heart." Mayu felt a tear coming down her eye. "You're a big fat jerk, Fayt!" (If you remember from Chapter II)
"Oooh, Shot down by an admirer." Puffy snickered, "Mayu here, was of great help. She helped me organize this entire scheme!"
"I didn't mean to..." Fayt stammered, "It was a misunderstanding! Mayu-! Mayu please listen to me!"
"SILENCE, PRISONER!" Puffy smacked him once more, "This is called REVENGE! Vengeance! You shall suffer in the face of the one you love!" Puffy pointed at Sophia in the corner, "As for her! She shall be held in the chamber of ETERNAL TORTURE! MWAHAHAHAA!"
"Puffy!" Fayt yelled, "DON'T! I BEG OF YOU!"
Puffy once more snapped her fingers. The lights flashed from below Leingod, and his stared wide-eyed at his punishment. Below his head, he has finally discovered what smelled like old cheese! A decent 20 feet below his head was a Boiling pot. The Pot was the size of a massive swimming pool, and the water was boiling hot. Fayt began to sweat as the steam rose up... The liquid was a murky brown, and he could see floating vegetables. It was an oversized cooking pot! Stirring the boiling liquid, was lady Rigel and the Killer Chef, both who were also dressed up as members of the occult. Rigel smiled as she took a sip from the pot.
"Mmhmm... Delicious." Rigel took a deep breath, "Sadly, it needs more meat, wouldn't you agree my little green friend?"
"Hehe..." The Killer chef pulled out two knives, His eyes staring madly at Leingod. "MEAT... Heheh... Nice Tender meat... Chop chop chop..."
Fayt shuddered at the sight. It was sickening... The Killer Chef began to cackle in delight. "Just a few more minutes! Just a few MORE minutes."
"As you can see, Fayt Leingod. Your punishment has already been chosen." Puffy walked down the platform triumphantly, bearing the posture of an Emperor. "We chose to cook you into a nice stew! How does that sound? Now we must find out if you are guilty of these charges! Good thing we have a group of fair judges among us." Another snap of the finger, as 2 hooded, and robed strangers appeared. "Please welcome, Crazy Chilico," Chilico smiled a cute-but-deadly-and-vicious smile.
"How ya doing?" Chilico smiled.
"Notorious Noppin." Puffy pointed at the second man. Noppin, his chin up high bowed.
"Greetings, Leingod boy." He replied in a proper tone.
"And last but not least, Little Mayu herself."
"Sorry, Fayt." Mayu bowed apologetically.
Fayt felt a cold sweat pour down his face... All three of them held a grudge against him for his previous actions. Well, except for maybe Chilico, but we all know how much Chilico ENJOYS playing the cute-but-evil badguy along with Puffy. Puffy cleared her throat, "We had a difficult time to choose the proper punishment. It was hard to choose from, Shall we freeze you in the mountain, like in Airyglyph's Workshop...?"
"That was an accident!" Fayt countered, "I had no idea that curse was real!"
"BOOOOO!" Noppin and Chilico both yelled. Noppin held up a sign, on it was a series of words.
"Leingod, for putting our lives in substantial danger, and not taking the necessary precautions in ADDITION to refusing to take responsibility, you are charged GUILTY!" Noppin read his sign.
Chilico held up her sign, it read in squiggly but readable letters. 'PUFFY YOU ROCK! xD'
"Shall we stuff you with food until you beg for mercy?" Puffy asked, pointing at a series of plates set on a neat dining table. "Be careful! The food is filled with my special Durian stun bomb solution. The results will be... explosive."
"But we were kind enough to give you a nice, painful and positively wonderful punishment. We shall boil you and cook you, to create a most delicious Leingod Stew. As requested by our three chefs." Puffy pointing at the large pot below.
"But I had no idea Mayu would-!" Fayt began to complain, "This is unfair! Sophia and I-! It was an accident, Mayu, please understand! You know I would never..."
Mayu looked away. Puffy only poked Fayt harder with her sharp stick. "You are our human sacrifice, Leingod. Be prepared for the worst! Noppin read the poor fool his rights!"
"Ahem," Noppin cleared his throat, pulling out a large roll of parchment. "Sir Leingod, you are accused of the emotional murder of miss Mayu, the potential danger of killing Inventors, and deemed highly dangerous. THUS, you shall be given this capital punishment as judgment. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do shall be held against you in this cult. Your role lead shall now be passed down to Lady Puffy and to show her great mercy, you are given one final request before your sticky fate."
"Really?" Fayt asked, lightening up. "I get one last final request?"
"Yes." Noppin answered.
"Then I-!"
"No we shall not spare your life." Noppin answered promptly.
"Then can you-!"
"No we shall NOT release Lady Sophia from the Chamber of Eternal Torture."
"Then-!"
"And no, we will not give you another fair trial, let alone a change in punishment, you are not given a temporary postponement or any other delay of this trial. End of Story."
"That's not fair!" Fayt yelled. "You call those fair rights? This is blackmail! You hear me? Black mail!" Puffy then stood up, holding her hands up.
"Farewell, Leingod. I knew thee well... actually no I didn't, but it sounds cool." Piffy snickered. "This is MY TIME to SHINE! Cut the ropes!"
Finally, with a quick snap of the ropes, The Killer chef chopped up the only support. Leingod, hanging upside down, over a boiling pot of stew, fell down to meet his sticky end. Puffy stared down triumphantly, her smirk now twisted to a grin. She pulled the black hood off her head and laughed as Fayt Leingod's legs were dangling. Everyone broke into a giggle, There was Fayt Leingod, dunked head first into the world's largest pile and world's most stickiest of Jellos and dessert.
"So, how long did you say it takes to eat your way out of that stuff?" Puffy asked Mayu.
"4 weeks, tops." Mayu replied with a smile. "Miss Rigel, Killer Chef and I made it personally. Also, below that is the stew... so add an additional 2 weeks."
"Excellent..." Puffy smiled. "My Conquest shall raise the greatest Empire! WORLD DOMINATION! Today, Star Ocean, Tomorrow THE UNIVERSE! MWAHAHAHAHAA!"
The End?
Act II: What happened in Peterny
How it began again...
Peterny City, the city of commerce. The busy streets were bustling with people, the clock struck noon. Though the city was nice and happy, with all its busy people going shopping and doing business; the Peterny workshop was having the time of their life. The Workshop, was thankfully, fully repaired and everyone was returning to their normal lives. Well, ALMOST normal life. Everyone had to admit, this week sure was full of surprises. Even from across the street, Welch and the old Guildmaster could hear the boisterous laughs and shouts of joy from the inside. Twice, was Welch forced to rush in, wondering who started the fire. It was like a party.
"Meryl! You're back!" Vanilla jumped into the young girl's arms. "How was your old man?"
"Ehh, you know him." Meryl laughed, "The guy is always up to something. So did you miss me, little buddy?"
"You bet!" Vanilla snuggled his fuzzy head into the girl's arms.
"Well I missed you too! Boy, Greeton is a real bore now adays..." Meryl shook her head, "See, now if they had regular geniuses like us around, The city would be chock full of new discoveries."
"Hey, now that your back." Vanilla put up a sneaky smile, "How about that Mega flare bomb, neh?"
"My little, fuzzy, cohort." Meryl pat Vanilla in the head as she lifted the brim of her hat, "You're a genius! Revolutionary break through, HERE WE COME!"
"We're geniuses!" Vanilla yelled. Without a moment to spare, the two Engineers rushed up to their work corner and began to furiously construct another bomb. Gears went flying, wrenches were banging, screws were twisted and the sweet sound of success rang across the Workshop. Meryl was gone for 2 whole weeks, they had some serious catching up to do! As the two diligent children were working on another explosive, on the other side of the room was a dark haired man.
Evia sat in the corner, where it was nice and quiet. His daughter, Aqua was across the street with miss Welch and the old Guildmaster. The timid father carefully and skillfully began to use his hands to create more small knick knacks for his daughter. Money was now coming easier to him, as he worked diligently. The young writer, and child prodigy, Mishell sat on the thick sofa beside him. They smiled, one thing they had in common was that both enjoyed nice and quiet places. Evia learned a good lesson... It was ok to share the love of his daughter. It would make him happy, it would make Aqua happy and it certainly made Mishell happy.
Lias and Gusto were tediously working on new weapons and armor. The flames shot out as Gusto hammered the steel into beautiful shapes and designs. Lias sharpened the blades to fine and sturdy edges... It was nice to be back to work. Gusto was enjoying it especially. Ever since their little adventure, the shy smith was now more open and his sad smiles actually revealed signs of life. Even Albel Nox visited earlier that day, accompanied by Cliff Fitter to help out. A smith like Gusto had to admit, that Cliff fellow was incredibly strong and skilled. From time to time they would arm wrestle together... though neither of them were deemed the victor. There was two reasons for this...
A) They seem to have an equal amount of strength. They would wrestle for hours on end and still never force each other down.
B) That Mirage chick would come along and drag Cliff away. If he refused, she would arm wrestle them both and win. Where that women gets her strength, is beyond me. (And yet they have the guts to say they went easy on a woman)
C) Adray comes to visit, 'nuff said.
Gusto wiped the sweat off his brow. The flames were sure hot today. He was about to take a sip from his water bottle when the door opened and in came Miss Stanice. Her face had the same cheery and somewhat clueless expression. That smile never failed to make others smile... Gusto knew this well. His example? Mr. Oh-so-shy-and-quiet Lias. Miss Stanice seemed to have recovered quite well from that small mishap in Airyglyph... in she came as quietly as the wind and as light as a feather. Lias' face immediately turned red as she entered...
"Miss Stanice!" Gusto waved, "How ya doing?"
"Fine and you?" Stanice waved back, gently smiling.
"Oh, you know me! I'm great!" Gusto gave a friendly tap on Lias' shoulder. "Say hi, Lias. Jeez, don't be rude to the lady." The impact made the poor Smith's knees buckle. His pale face was as red as... as red as the flames mixed with strawberry jam. Hey, wait a second? Did he just think about strawberry jam? What in the world...? This was as random as the time Gusto was thinking about squirrels when he was in the bathroom... ehh... that's beside the point. Anyway, back to the story. Gusto gave a sharp nudge to Lias, "Here's your chance! Propose to her!"
"W-wha-what?" Lias stammered, "Propose? What are you talking about, Gusto! I barely know her!"
"Oh please." Gusto sighed, "It's easy! All you gotta do is go up to her and ask her if she wants to get hitched! Cliff asks Mirage all the time!"
"Yes, but unless you havent't noticed." Lias whispered, "Cliff was always shot down! 23 times in fact!"
Gusto shrugged, "Well, that's Cliff for you. Come on Lias! You have to do something. This might be your only chance!"
"B-but..." Lias' red face turned brighter. His hand shaking rapidly. "B-but I have to help you with this invention! I couldn't just leave you to do this on your own..."
"Enough of your excuses." Gusto tapped him in the back, "Atleast ask her for a date! Do SOMETHING! I can handle this invention on my own!"
"Gusto, but... what if she..." Lias began.
"Look, you're young, nice, good looking, very talented. Why in the world would she want to reject you? Second to Mackwell, you got your own fanclub of chicks!" Gusto was getting impatient, he was practically hopping up and down, making the very room tremble slightly. "Hurry it up, Lias, or else I'll carry you to her myself!"
"Gusto, let's be reasonable..."
"NOPE! I don't wanna hear it!" Without another word, Gusto grabbed Lias and carried him over to Stanice.
"Wait! Mr. Gusto! Please put me down, this is ridiculous!" Lias pleaded, "Let's not be so bold here! Can we please think this through?"
"Nope! I already did the thinking!" Gusto chuckled. "I got a feeling in my gut, this plan will soar SKY HIGH!"
"That's what I'm afraid of..." Lias sighed.
It was a strange sight, Gusto carrying the shy blacksmith over his shoulders. If you didn't know Gusto, you'd probably think he was a kidnapper or something. Evia and Mishell was watching with interest as they passed by... Stanice, on the other hand was daydreaming on a nearby table. In her hands was a small emboidered stuffed animal. Gusto nudged his partner (who was shaking like a leaf, by the way) "Now here's your chance! Make Gusto proud and bring home the babies! Aww crap, I'm sounding like Adray now, aren't I?"
"Yes, you are." Lias smiled weakly.
"Here I'll start it for ya." Gusto winked. The Tall dark Blacksmith took a deep breath, and with a hearty smile, adressed the young woman with a cheerful voice. "MISS STANICE GOOD MORNING! HOW ARE YOU, THIS FINE AND LOVELY DAY?"
Lias covered his ears... ouch... it rang. Evia and Mishell almost jumped in surprise! Stanice, who was taking a nap, woke up. Dazedly, she rubbed her eyes and smiled at the two gentlemen before her.
"Good morning," Stanice gave another ditzy smile, "I'm fine and you?"
"Oh we're great!" Gusto then began to talk really fast. "You-see, Miss-Stanice, It's sucha nice morning, and my friend Lias, you two are acquainted, yes? Had this brilliant idea! He should really tell it to you! And seeing as he's such a great guy, I think you two should really agree to this fabulous idea! I, Gusto would be ever so thrilled if you two went along with this tremendous idea! The idea!" Gusto took a breath. Woo that was a little too much words in one breath. "... Uhh... that Lias brought up... heheh. So...? How about it?"
"Huh...?" Stanice blinked in confusion. "You wanted to say something, Lias?"
Lias' face turned shot red. Gusto once again, nudged him forward. Lias readjusted his glasses and smiled. "Good morning, Miss Stanice. I'm sorry to bother you, this morning."
Gusto groaned. He covered his eyes with his eyes and rubbed them with his fingers. "Ugh... slow workers. Ah well, it can't be helped, I guess..." GET TO THE ACTION, PEOPLE! He yelled to himself. (Plus 5 points for Lias, who actually did something)
"It's fine, It's fine." Stanice replied, "My apologies, I dozed off again."
Lias began to laugh lightly, rubbing his head. "I doubly my apologies, then. If you want you can go back to umm... whatever you were doing."
Gusto couldn't believe it. "ARGHHHH!" Gusto moaned. (Minus 3 points! YOU DONT TELL HER SHE CAN GO BACK TO SLEEP! ARGHHHHH)
Stanice and Lias stared at Gusto, who was groaning so loudly, he was holding his ribs. "Umm... Mr. Gusto are you ok? Are you sick?"
Gusto froze. Smiling and laughing he began to sweat nervously, "Ehehe, of course not. Just a stomach ache, just a stomach ache. Carry on, carry on, don't mind little old me."
"Anyway..." Lias blushed, "You look...err... nice today."
"Yes!" Gusto put up a thumbs up. Now we're getting somewhere! Plus 5 points! Stanice once again looked at Gusto, The large smith smiled nervously and waved. Holding his stomach he crouched on the floor.. "Urghhh... Stomach Ache! OooHhhh..."
"Thanks, you look nice too." Stanice smiled.
Come on...! Get this conversation moving! Ok, She looks nice! Next step, Next step! You can do it Lias! Gusto was frantic, he was holding his head while he silently began to moan in agony. Evia and Mishell, who was watching them, turned around... they sure were a strange bunch. Lias, shuffled his feet nervously, mustering his courage he took Stanice's hands and smiled. Gusto jumped, waving a flag with Lias' and Stanice's face on them! (PLUS 10 POINTS! YOUR DOING GREAT!)
"I'll get straight to the point. Miss Stanice I..." Lias hesitated for a second. "Please...If you can, will you go out with me?"
DING DING DING DING! (Plus 30 POINTS!) Gusto cheered. "YEAHHHHHHH! WOO HOO!" Gusto then groaned, "Urgh... ouch... real stomach cramp... oww... A little too excited there..."
Stanice began to blush, she gave a smile and held Lias' hand. "Mr. Lias..."
(SFX: Gusto's putting up little twinkling stars in the background.)
"Yes, Miss Stanice...?"
"I... I can't believe we have so much in common!" The winged woman laughed.
"EEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEHHHHhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHH?" (Said by both Lias and Gusto)
"I don't understand...?" Lias asked, he smiled nervously. "Have so much in common? What...?"
"I love to go out too! Especially for walks and picnics! It's a wonderful season to look at the nice trees and flowers!" Gusto and Lias just stared blankly... wow, that's as dense as you can get. Stanice grabbed Lias' hand, she had stars in her eyes. "I never knew you loved the outdoors too! I'd be happy to go outside! Company is always great!"
"Errmmm... yeah..." Lias' face was red. Poor guy was rather speechless...
"It's a date then!" Stanice hugged Lias. "We should prepare a picnic! Or an outdoor camping trip!" She faced Gusto, who was pale, and also rather speechless. "Would you like to come too, Mr. Gusto? The more the merrier!"
"Eheheh..." Gusto laughed nervously. "I think you should skip the date part and get on to the proposal..."
"You're right..." Lias replied.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Everyone's attention was on the other end of the room. KABOOOOOOM! With an Earth shattering explosion, the entire Workshop began to shake violently. It seemed Meryl and Vanilla accidentally set off a practice bomb. Luckily, the Workshop didn't completely explode like last time. Following the explosion was Meryl's triumphant laughter. "EUREKA! I GOT IT!" Meryl held up her wrench, "STAGE ONE COMPLETED!"
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What was that buzzing noise? Sounded like a crackle of electricity. Evia, Mishell and Gusto peaked over the door into the Mad Engineer pair's secret labratory. There was a large metal table, and huge machinery that Meryl brought over from Greeton. They both had a lab suit on, a pair of goggles and rubber gloves. That's not what scared them though... the thing that frightened them the most was the huge metal cable in Meryl's hand. It began to cackle with electric current... The two engineers stuck the cable on the metal ball that was positioned on the table.
BBBBBBBZZZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZZZTTTTT
"It's ALIVE! ALIVE I SAY, ALIVE!" Meryl yelled over the loud buzzing. "Vanilla, the cable please!"
"What happened?" Lias asked.
"No! Get on with the proposal! Gusto will handle this!" Gusto got up, hammer in hand.
"IT LIVES TO KILL! MWAHAHAHAHA!" Meryl laughed, "BEHOLD! THE SUPER-MEGA-FLARE-DUCK-A-TRON-3000 VERSION 5.0!"
Vanilla: "Or Mega Duck 3000 for short."
Crawling from the table was what looked like the duck-duck bomb... except, other than having the rubber body of a duck, there was a small timer on its body. And aside from the duck body and the timer, it had large spider-like metallic legs as it walked around. It beeped slightly... Gusto grabbed his hammer and dived forward. The thing was hideous! It was a duck with Spider legs!
"Holy Sweet Apris! It's a MUTANT-SPIDER-DUCK Hybrid!" Gusto ran up to it, "Don't worry, kids, GUSTO WILL SAVE YOU! HYAAAAAAAAAH!"
"W-wait! Gusto! Get back!" Meryl shouted.
"Oh no! Meryl, what're we going to do?" Vanilla yelled.
Meryl grabbed the bunny in her arms, "The thing is motion detection activated! Any hostility, this whole place will blow!"
"Hit the deck!" Vanilla and Meryl jumped back behind their metal table.
Meanwhile...
"Miss Stanice... my sincerest apologies." Lias smiled weakly, "What I meant to say is..."
"What is it, Mr. Lias?" Stanice asked. They held each others hands, both blushing greatly.
"What I wanted to say was..." Lias stammered, He got down on one knee and kissed Stanice's hand. In his other hand was a ring, that Gusto just happened to slip him. "Miss Stanice... I really like you, and... well...I wanted to know, will you-!" Sadly, poor Lias' proposal was cut short. Before Gusto could even smash the robot duck, the bomb began to blink...
...beeeep...
...BEEEEP...
...ENEMY DETECTED...
...COMMENCE SELF-DESTRUCT... In 3... 2... 1... 0...
"Huh?" Gusto blinked, "What the...?"
...beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppp...
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Ladies and Gents there's a lesson to learn here. The Peterny ruins was back to its ruined state... Our loveable inventors were now covered in ash and soot. Gusto was frozen, holding his hammer up, ready to smash the already blown up mutant duck. Meryl and Vanilla peaked from behind the metal table... unharmed. They coughed as puffs of smoke erupted from their mouth. Their faces were covered in soot and ash, only the outline of their goggles were seen. Evia and Mishel were also covered in ash, the book young Mishell was reading burned to a pile of cinders. Luckily, Evia's project was unharmed since he finished... but even so, the man also experienced the full blast of the explosion. Welch, Aqua and the old Guildmaster, along with a hundred townsfolk began to gather at the scene...
"HURRAH!" Meryl and Vanilla cheered, "A SUCESS! WE GOT A 99!"
Gusto gasped another puff of smoke. The large blacksmith spotted Lias in the room behind him... well of course there was no more rooms. All of the walls were completely destroyed... Lias collapsed on the floor, in his hand was the ring.
"Lias! Are you ok?" Gusto asked.
Lias nodded in response. Gusto, then looked around confused. A certain winged woman was nowhere to be found...
"Where'd Miss Stanice go?" Gusto asked.
Lias slowly pointed up to the sky. Gusto looked up... he didn't have to be told twice. That women went flying from the explosion... A mere gust of wind could sweep that girl into the sky. AN EXPLOSION, now THAT was a different story. Gusto smiled, he blew it big time... AGAIN. Miss Stanice was tossed into the winds... with the same ditzy smile on her face.
"Hey, Lias... don't worry about it, k?" Gusto urged. "It was an accident, I swear! Well... you had to admit. This plan really did blow SKY HIGH! Get it?"
Lias's face was on the floor. His body shaking... "Gusto... you fool..."
To be Continued...
That was Part 1 of the two part Ending! Next up is what happened to Nel and what happened to Mackwell!
After that I guess I'll put an epilogue...
Anyway, What'd you think about this chapter? Pure randomness lol!
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