Minutes before Amber fought the Eater of Worlds…
Sucks that I won't get to see Amber duke it out with the Eater of Worlds; the design for the boss looks so fucking cool and it was bigger than it was in the vanilla game. To make me even feel worse, the usual strategy for beating it doesn't work because the Eater of Worlds isn't two dimensional. I gave out a drawn out groan as I descended upon the ruined kingdom.
I suppose the only good thing I can get out of this would be that I could get to farm up some items like Dark Essence and both old items that I didn't get and new items that came with the updated mod. I landed on one of the streets, slightly cringing from behind my screen at the sight of destruction and gore that littered the ground.
"Yikes…" I muttered.
I roamed around, killing some Grimm mobs every now and then. As I took a turn, my headphones picked up some distant screaming, and it didn't sound like they are just coming from one person. Flying up above the concrete canopy of Vacuo's buildings, I looked around, using my surround sound headphones (not flexing mind you) to located where the screaming was. The screaming seemed to be coming from north-west and without missing a beat, I flew there.
The screaming stopped making me wonder if I was too late but was then replaced by the sounds of gunshots and battle. Upon reaching the scene, I saw a collection of survivors taking refuge inside of a destroyed café. From the windows, I could see a couple of people shooting weirdly shaped weapons at swathes of Grimm. Outside of the café, I could spot three dead bodies being ravaged by Grimm and one heavily wounded person wielding a battle-axe.
Despite sustaining mortal wounds, I watched as he threw himself at the Grimm, swinging his battle-axe like there is no tomorrow.
"GO! I'LL HOLD THEM OFF FOR AS LONG AS I CAN!" He shouted.
"Mr Grey!" A young voice called out from the café.
Shifted my gaze over to the shop to see a young blonde boy being held back by a teenage brunette girl…
"Wait, are those… bunny ears?" I leaned closer to my screen and true to my words, it was a teenage brunette girl with bunny ears, holding back a blonde boy that I also noticed had weird ears on top of his he- okay he has a monkey tail.
I centred my cursor at those two, allowing me to see their names.
Velvet Scarlatina
100/100
0/0
50/50
Sun Wukong
50/50
0/0
0/0
"Weird names" I muttered.
I continued to watch on as Velvet dragged Sun to where I assumed is the back entrance of the café. The other survivors were also pulling back while 'Mr Grey' fended off hordes of Grimm before he was finally overwhelmed. I watched him struggle to reach in his pocket and pulled out a red crystal. He crushed said crystal and the resulting explosion made me go 'huh'.
A shrill scream coming from a woman reached the left side of my headphones, making me turn to that direction. I followed where the screaming came from and I came across Velvet and Sun's group cornered in an alleyway as Grimm encroached on them from both sides. I watched with slight interest as Velvet stepped up to the plate, she pulled out a small camera, making me wonder what so interesting about such a gadget.
Colour me surprised when some weird blue lines came out of nowhere and began taking the shape of a rifle. She aimed it at the group of Grimm that was on their left and open fired. I don't know what is so special with that rifle or maybe the Grimm were pretty weak, but she managed to mow through them with ease, opening a path for the group. My eyes then gawked when I watched Velvet pressed a button on the weapon, allowing it to split in two followed by some cool transformation animation. A second or two later, the rifle was now a pair of hand axes.
Okay, I'm going to admit that weapon looks cool! Velvet charged at right group of Grimm and began hacking and slashing. Seems like those bunny ears on her head wasn't just a costume because I've seen it flex at angles that were impossible for a prop. Not only that, it seems like she shows some bunny features since I noticed that she keeps on using her superior agility against these Grimm. Unfortunately, though, her onslaught was abruptly stopped when the two hand axes she had disintegrated into pixels, leaving her unarmed.
She looked like she was going to construct a new weapon when a Beowulf backhanded her into the wall. She fell to the ground sideways, clutching her side in pain. A terrified look on her face as she stared at the bigger Beowulf. I was already scrolling my mouse towards the Razorblade Typhoon as the Beowulf raised it sharp claws while Velvet shielded herself with her arms.
The Razorblade Typhoon book flipped open and floated near my chest while both of my hands summoned two spinning disks of water before flinging them at the group of Grimm. The first disk sliced through the Beowulf's arm while the second finished it off by going through its neck, cleanly decapitating it. Both discs ravaged through the group of Grimm like they were nothing.
Velvet moved her arms away, confused when the Beowulf in front of her didn't attack her yet. The Beowulf's arm was the first to slide off and trailing behind it was its head. The rest of the Grimm followed suit, slowly slipping away from their bodies before collapsing on the ground, spurts of blood painting the walls. I landed in front of Velvet, flinching when the bigger Beowulf was shoved aside.
A. "Are you alright?"
B. "Get up, more will be coming soon."
C. Walk past Velvet.
D. "Well would you look at that! I got a strike! Woo-hoo!"
Okay, so whenever I talked to Amber, I always sounded so analytical. How about I change it up here. Alright, time to embrace my inner anime protagonist complex! Option A!
"Are you alright?" I asked.
I lend her a hand to which she took a moment to realize before taking. She wasn't tall, just in line with my stomach which made me realize that she's still a teenager while Amber reached up to my chest.
"T-Thank you, mister." She said shyly.
Something must've awoken inside of me because after hearing Velvet's voice, I could tell that the voice actress assigned to her put a lot of passion to her. Holy shit, she sounds a-fucking-dorable! New mission!
Protect Velvet!
My screen faded to black, telling me that a new cutscene is going to play.
Velvet looked up, an alarmed look on her face as she bolted for the direction where her group had left. I followed behind her and as we turned a corner, Velvet's eyes shrank when an entire army of Grimm surrounded her group. She was going to run for them but fell forward, a gasp of pain escaped her lips as she gazed down on her leg.
Bruised.
I carefully picked her up, briefly saying to hold on to me tight before flaring out my Nebula Mantle and leaping up in the air. Velvet shrieked a pitch I never knew possible before slowly landing in the middle of the group that she was with. Everybody gave me confused looks, others were surprised. I carefully laid Velvet down before standing back up.
My Nebula Gauntlets appeared on both of my hands. Bringing both of my arms up, I started to bounce up and down like a trained boxer. The camera zoomed out, giving me a good look at how I look like with my Nebula Gauntle- wait am I also wearing some Nebula Greaves!?
A wave of excitement washed over me as my stance reminded me of Dante's stance when holding the Balrog. The screen fades to black and I am once again in control. The mass of Grimm encircling us watched me warily. One Beowolf jumped at me and I reacted by left clicking.
I threw a straight in the air, clearly missing my target before an ethereal pink fist came out from the gauntlet and zoomed towards the lunging Beowulf. The fist hit the Grimm's stomach, folding in half before being sent back into the wall of Grimm. The Beowulf collided with a group of Grimm before blowing up that area in a colourful show of pink explosions.
Everybody looked at the explosion with dropped jaws and widened eyes. Then they slowly turned their heads to me. I continued to bounce up and down before I did one of those idle animations. I stomped by boots on the ground, causing a fissure on the ground that made a beeline to the group of Grimm in front of me. The crack just stopped at the foot of a Major Ursa.
I spread my legs, back straightening, head held high with confidence before speaking. "Come on! Come and get some!"
I returned back to my normal bouncing stance.
"Oh… hohoho… you guys are fucked." I muttered, a feral grin spreading across my face.
A/N: Well, well, well… look who we got here, an adorable bunny!
Up next is another chapter of Sir BoinkGeminid and the chapter after that is the epilogue where we'll show the reactions from people all around the world!
