Expedition Day 4: Entry 5
Upon going inside the Triplicate Space, I soon found a tape on the ground, me listening to it as me and Johno's family went into the complex.
"Well, aren't you an intrepid little journalist?" the voice on the tape asked, me gulping at that. "Sneaking in here after following the first advice from the first stranger you meet... very well, young Denise, I shall answer your questions," the voice on the tape said, me gawking. The voice was one I hadn't heard before, but they had a conversation on a tape with none other than my mother!
"Who was that?" Johno asked with a shiver.
"No idea, but we'll find out shortly," I said as we then went forward until we found a three-way split as well as another tape on the ground.
"Who are you?" the voice of my mom asked on the tape.
"I am Alegander Jamfoot, keeper of secrets, junior archivist, and snakological researcher... that is my passion, anyway. I am also a part-time barista," the tape said before then cutting off. I looked around after placing the trip shot at the exit as Mama Mewon instructed... and I also heard a voice.
"JAMFOOT? That-You,-Buddy?! You-bring-me-coffee-from-trip?!" asked a voice from behind the door. And it was the same exact voice of my mother!... Only extremely hyper.
"Mom? Do you recognize my voice? It's me, Felicia!" I said, going to the direction of the voice as she spoke again.
"F-Felicia?... My lovely Felicity?... What are you doing here?!" asked the voice, her losing some of her hyperactivity when she heard my voice.
"I'm here to rescue you from this Jamfoot person. He's been holding you prisoner here while he engages in having sex with child slaves," I said, her then staying silent before talking again.
"I see... I've been here for so long, I forgot almost everything... I want to leave now, but the room is locked. You need to open it by solving some puzzles to the left and right corners of this triangle. When you do so, I want a hug when we see each other again," mom said as I smiled.
"I also want to let you know something... Clumby wanted to apologize, but for what, I don't know," I said with a tear going down my eye.
"Clumby?... Yes... an apology for sending me here to find Solana. She said it'd be simple, but she didn't tell me there was a higher-up of the Snakolytes on this island! He... Jamfoot... immediately turned me into a Bugsnak by forcing me to eat them... and the last food I had before that was a cup of coffee, which... well... let me free and I'll show you," she said, me hearing that she had calmed down.
"We'll save you, miss Bundoga. We'll keep guard of this room while your daughter solves the puzzles," Omari said, me smirking at the Bugsnax family.
"Done deal," I smirked as I then went to the left corner of the triangle first, finding a room filled with tons of Grumpus statues that could turn with just a single touch to their blue-colored corners. And judging by the numerous triangles on the ground, I had a feeling that I had to turn the statues to face each other. But I also found some more tapes, which I grabbed and decided to listen to while doing so.
"W-Why are you doing this to me?! I'm innocent!" my mom shouted in the first tape, obviously being scared for her life.
"In my time that I've been in these halls, I have learned more than any Snakolyte that has come before me. With this knowledge at my fingertips, as well as the truth about the three queens, I can finally rise through the ranks... preferably, with a substantial pay stipend," Jamfoot said.
"I... I... C-Cappuceetle!" mom shouted the last word in the thing... and it made me so scared. She had turned into a Bugsnak, that much was obvious.
"Jamfoot... whoever you are, I'm going to find you, and make you pay," I frowned as I then played the next tape as I finished up the puzzle.
"The three queens are definitely a very interesting thing to think of... the first queen was wrathful. Upon her death, she decimated all as revenge for them using her as a sacrifice. The second queen was peaceful, able to pacify the Bugsnax and rule for up to a century... but as with all empires, it eventually fell... and the third queen, will hopefully be one of ours. But I doubt anyone will ever know until it's too late," Jamfoot spoke on the tape.
"What do you mean?" my mom asked on the tape, the sound of a trap activating shortly after. "ACK! What the hell?! Let me go right now!"
"Not likely. You know too much. Thus, you must be eliminated as all who have come before," Jamfoot said, me growling at that as I then went forward and grabbed the next tape as I pressed a switch that came out of the ground, me feeling a small rumbling afterwards.
"What is this room supposed to be? It looks quite spacious," my mom asked on the tape.
"This is an ancient temple that used to belong to the queens of the Bugsnax... the Snakolytes use it as a break room," Jamfoot said, me frowning at him. This must've been one of the first ones, meaning I needed to find out from mom what the chronological order of these tapes were. I then went to the first room again and saw that the family of Bugsnax were watching the entrance intently.
"Keep up the good work, guys. We don't need anyone finding out what I'm doing. If you see anything, yell for me," I said, Kimji smirking at that.
"We'll do that and attack the bastard," Kimji smirked.
"Kimji! Language, please?" Omari groaned.
"Hehe, d-don't mind me, just havin' a mid-life crisis behind a locked door, ehehe..." mom said from behind the wall, me sighing at that.
"We're getting you off this island and we're going to get you back to normal, mom. And that's a promise," I smiled through the door as I then went to the next room and found some more tapes as well as a pendulum contraption that had to be operated with the statues. I played the tapes as I activated the contraption by pointing all the statues towards the pendulum.
"What is your group called?" my mom asked on another tape.
"We are the Snakolytes. We are ancient scholars and sailors that carry on from Grumpfoot's legacy on Snaktooth, founded by Eggron Hubbard. This place is a hallowed hall, but also a punishment for anyone in our organization that messes up, like me," Jamfoot frowned. I then found another tape in a small cave-in by the wall.
"Your group... are you the Grumpinati?" mom asked.
"UGH, we are NOT the Grumpinati! I mean, sure, some of our activities are blamed on the Grumpinati... but we're a secret organization! We can't just go around correcting everybody!" Jamfoot said as I frowned. They were worse than the Grumpinati. I then finally activated the pendulum and felt the ground shake as a tape fell from the ceiling and a door opened in front of me. I listened to the tape as I entered the next room.
"How did you know my name when I haven't met you before?" mom asked.
"I've been observing your journey for awhile now. I don't have any radio out here and it gets quite boring, you see... but more to the point, I believe you should give up on finding Solana Funkbun. She has gone somewhere that you cannot follow," Jamfoot said... mom... did she find this place by accident? I had to ask her myself...
I then found one more recording on a chair in the new room as well as another switch, me hitting both of them.
"Have you any regrets with this job you're doing?"
"I have made... many mistakes during my years. Foremost among them, getting a degree in literary sciences..."
"Is that the real reason that Clumby sent me here? Because you were colleagues?"
"Ugh, give me a break, I didn't have any cash and there was an ad for a magezine tabloid... unpaid, as it turns out. Welcome to the Snakolytes..."
"I don't care about who you were before, Jamfoot. I just want to know where Solana is," mom said with sternness.
"I'll tell you later... meet me in my office at ten tonight," Jamfoot said in annoyance before the tape ended. That meant this was the one that happened before he captured my mom. I then went back to the center area and saw that the final button was popping out of the center of the three triangles. I then pushed it and, immediately after, the door to the break room opened and... I saw what mom had turned into. A beetle made of coffee that looked a lot like a squid with four legs.
"Felicity?..." mom asked when she saw me, me sniffing in a booger before opening my arms and nodding. Mom then ran for me very fast and tackled me, me and her having a big hug as we started to pet each other... it made me so happy.
"Mom... I missed you so much!... Why did you come here?" I asked, her speaking after.
"I heard from Clumby that Solana was on this island and that I could rescue her. She offered me a place in her secret membership after and I accepted... but had I known what the Snakolytes were and not came to this part of the island, I'd never have said yes," mom cried as she hugged me with all four of her tentacle legs.
"We need to get back at the Snakolytes for what they did... and all of these tapes? They are definitely going to be used in my story," I said with seriousness. "And if they want to try to take me to court, I say bring it on, because I'll have diplomatic immunity," I said seriously, which made mom confused.
"What do you... mean...?" mom asked before she saw my cheepoof wings as well as my head being coated in sweets. "I... I see... the third queen... it's supposed to be you?" she asked, me nodding.
"Clumby actually helped out in helping me find you. She also gave me some kind of thing that allows me to have dominance over the Bugsnax. In short, I'm going to be the next queen the moment I reach the Undersnax. But before that, I need to get you back to town and do an interview with you... what better way than this plethora of tapes and tape recorders?" I asked with a smile, pointing at all of them and swiping the lot of them... before mom then pointed out one more that was underneath the table. I then played it and heard the voices on it.
"Let me go right now! I will not let you rule my mind, you monster!" mom shouted out in anger as Jamfoot spoke afterwards.
"Peh, I'll be taking all of your recordings now," he said, mom gasping on the other end. "Oh, don't look so shocked. I can't let any of this become public knowledge. We need to keep our secrets... as for you, the Snakolytes could use one with your journalistic instinctssss..." Jamfoot said as mom then shouted one more word at him that made me smile.
"MUPPET!" she shouted, me whistling at that word. That was basically the equivalent of calling a human Skinny, or calling cops pigs.
"You have any video evidence I could use against him?" I asked, mom nodding as she then removed the billboard that had a bunch of notes on it, revealing a safe behind it. I then approached it and thought of fire... flames... spicy.. I then smirked at how my head immediately turned into fire! I then focused again and managed to focus the flame into a welding version that cut through the safe in a circle before I then opened it from the inside with my fireproof powers and grabbed the items within, all of them being on DVD format! And each one was labeled as different horrid activities such as Sex with 8-Year-Old, Sacrifice of Enemy, and the one that piqued my interest, D Bundoga Transformation. I immediately grabbed the final one and used it on a video player in the room, me then watching it.
I had to know what happened when someone turned into a Bugsnak... but because of the horrid content within, I muted it and skipped to when mom was finally changing into her food form... her body actually changing into each of the Bugsnax she had eaten before her head turned into what she looked like currently, her getting very antsy and scared when she looked around before then trying to escape the place, Jamfoot stopping her by closing the entrance. And mom looked scared in the video. I then dislodged the video and left the room, mom then looking at me and wrapping her legs around my waist.
"I don't want you to turn into what I did... please, promise me you won't eat anymore Bugsnax," she said, me smiling at her as I saw she was looking at my hand.
"The orange slice hand? That was because a Peelbug tried to force itself down my throat in Snaxburg. Speaking of, we need to get there and find out some stuff from the others," I said, us then finally leaving the Triplicate Space and making sure to close up the door to the office before then leaving the entire complex.
"Time to go to Snaxburg..." I smiled with my head held high.
When I finally got back to town, I saw that the Grumpuses in town were huddled around the campfire and that each of the different Bugsnax queens were standing watch over the three different entrances minus the one to Sugarpine Woods, which was guarded by the other Bugsnax such as Solana and Scorch.
"Um... what's going on, Mama Mewon?" I asked as she then looked at me with seriousness.
"Talk to the Grumpuses. Something troubling has arisen. A plan needs set in place, and you are the one they need to talk to," she said, me being confused big time as we then went to the town center and the others looked super relieved when they saw me.
"Oh, thank grump you're back! Something really bad's going on!" Filbo said with seriousness, me being confused.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"One of Daddy Cake Legs's children came into town and gave us a grave warning, translated by Bronnica and Solana," Wambus said with a frown.
"Yeah, Lizbert apparently is protected in the Undersnax by a higher-up of the Snakolytes. And they're planning on using something on her when tomorrow morning comes around. Something to make it so that she's able to be controlled by the Snakolytes," Beffica said, me gawking at that.
"Okay... that means that we need to get down there as fast as possible," I said, which made Floofty gawk.
"Are you mad, woman?! We need to formulate a plan to escape!" he said.
"No! We are not allowing those monsters to use Lizbert against us! If they want a queen, I'll give 'em a queen! I'm going in with Filbo and Eggabelle joining me. Everyone else, you need to escape this island," I said, them gawking at that.
"Bro, I'm not leaving without you!" Chandlo said with seriousness as I frowned.
"And if you don't leave without me, we risk you getting attacked by the Bugsnax! I need as few casualties as possible and I'm the only one that can escape the island with Liz, Egg, and Filbo at the same time. If you can manage to escape the island before this, your job is to go to my boss, Clumby, and give her all of these and make sure she hides them in a place only she knows of," I said as I produced every single one of the different tapes that I'd gotten of the Snakolytes, including the one that I got from Mama Mewon and the DVDs. "Do this, and I'll make sure all of you get a status on this island. When I become the new queen, you're going to be helping out in making this place civilized, just like the Stone Grumps that came before under Mother Naturae," I said, Shellsy looking surprised.
"Mother Naturae?!" she asked in shock.
"Yes, I've found out that the Mother was actually the second queen of the Bugsnax, who ruled with an empire of peace between Grumpuses and Bugsnax, until she was killed by the Sand Grumpus civilization," I explained, Shellsy sighing and then nodding.
"W-Well... if that's what the queen wants... we'll get to prepping the balloon for takeoff effective immedaitely! Just... be careful, yeah?" Triffany asked, me nodding.
"Don't worry, Felicia can do this! If she could get all of us back here, she can handle whatever this discount Grumpinati can do to her!" Snorpy said with seriousness.
"Right! Let's get going to find Eggabelle and save Lizbert!" Filbo smirked as I then exchanged all of my stuff to the other Grumpuses and my Bugsnax crew, including the three queens, all proceeded to the balloon as I went to the path to the mountain. And I flew the whole way, needing to carry Filbo as we got to a steep incline to the Frosted Peak, where the air got chillier, but I managed to make do with my fire powers.
"Whew! This sure beats walking, eh, buddy?" Filbo asked, me smirking at him saying that.
"Indeed. We need to find Eggabelle first and foremost, then find Daddy Cake Legs, and then, after both are finished, we then get going to the secret area," I explained as we finally arrived at the top of the mountain and we immediately saw that Eggabelle was right in front of none other than Daddy Cake Legs... only he looked to be defeated already and speaking to Eggabelle.
"You're serious? Liz is behind that giant door? I knew it! What else do you know?" Eggabelle asked him as I finally arrived and spoke.
"I know that Liz is in grave danger, and we need to save her right away," I said, that making the doctor gasp when she heard my voice.
"W-What the?! Who are you? It's dangerous... wait... what'd you say?" she asked as Filbo spoke.
"She's Felicia and what she said is that Liz is in danger!" Filbo said, Egg looking surprised... but I couldn't get over the eyepatch she was wearing and her Snakkified legs.
"How is Liz in danger? Tell me!" Eggabelle said as I then did so.
"She's currently being held captive by a cult leader, who plans to use something to use her as a tool for war," I said, Eggabelle looking confused. "In short, Lizbert is currently the leader of the Bugsnax, but she's imperfect in her current form. The island wants me as the new queen, which it will know when we open that damn door and get to the Undersnax. And when we do, we need to get to Lizbert and stop that madman from doing anything to her," I said, Eggabelle nodding at that.
"Well, what are we waiting for, then? Let's go!" Egg said... before the cake spider spoke.
"Wait!" he said as we then listened. "You need this to do the job right," he said as he then gave me... a strange packet of sauce? "Use that magnet sauce on him. The Bugsnax will immediately focus on him and force themselves down his throat. Make the Undersnax his end," he said, me nodding. A fitting end to a monster.
"Got it, let's go," I said as we then flew and walked to the special door, me then going to the statues and then looking at Egg.
"Okay, how do we do this?" she asked.
"We need to step on these plates in the order of middle, right, left. That'll open the way," I said, me landing on the ground and going to the middle one. Egg went to the right and Filbo to the left, the door then shaking a lot before opening a large cave in front of us. We then went forward and into the cave... before the ground gave way beneath us! I then grabbed hold of Filbo and Eggabelle, me managing to use my wings to fly us down the chasm and lead us through the different network of holes and tubes, using my instincts to try and find the room we needed... after finding it, I then felt it... the island... it was already merging its strengths with me! I felt... strong, yet calm. Angry, yet at peace. And I could feel the powers of every Bugsnak flowing through my veins! I then let Filbo and Eggabelle down on the what looked like stadium seats and I then saw him. A Grumpus wearing black clothes and sunglasses as well as holding a gun in hand. Am SMG, to be precise. I then looked at who was next to him and saw... that Lizbert was gigantic! Her entire lower portion was a giant amalgamation of every single one of the other hierarchies, including the legs of Daddy Cake legs and the wings of Mothza Supreme, with her torso being Megamaki and her thorax being Mama Mewon!
"You're not going to get away with this, you bastard! I will not hurt anyone willingly!" Lizbert growled at the agent, him then frowning at her.
"You and I both know you can't do anything. When morning comes and Devilde arrives with the serum, your willingness will be whatever we tell you it will be," the agent said, me recognizing his voice as being the one that was on the tapes in the Triplicate Space. The one that kidnapped, tortured, and transformed my mother! It was Alegander Jamfoot in the flesh! And I had just finished getting my right of passage, me then feeling it... the urge to transform my body! I then grabbed my special sauce and then turned, me slamming my body in front of Lizbert as my form managed to turn into a much different amalgamation of Bugsnax, which included a giant meatball thorax, legs that were in the shape of cheese cutting knives, a lower torso made from Sherbie bits (ice cream), horns that turned into giant burrito wings, and I gained a crown on my head that was in the shape of a coffee cup with four handles, most likely mom's current Bugsnak appearance.
"WHOA!" he shouted in shock as I then flung the Special Sauce at his body, coating him completely in the gunk, which caused the Bugsnax in the place to look at him in anger as he readied his gun. "You're going to pay for... interfering... with... me?" he asked when he noticed the Bugsnax were rushing him, him then getting knocked to the ground as a Bunger jumped down his throat, followed by a Sodie, then an Inchwrap! This continued until he was one away from turning completely, me looking at him with seriousness.
"Consider this my first execution of an evildoer. And what better than the bastard who tried to erase my mother from history?" I asked as I grabbed his gun and held it in hand before then poking him to the ground with my finger, him backing up in fear as I then spoke to him. "By the way, Jamfoot? Your Snakolyte conspiracy is going to have a hell of a time suing me into nonstop debt. Because I'm going to become the new queen of Snaktooth! And when I do, I will have diplomatic immunity. And when you finally turn into a Bugsnak, I'm going to turn you into mush immediately. Forever forgotten, a fitting end for a child molester," I frowned as I then took one more Bugsnak on one of the pews, it being a yellow peelbug before stuffing it down his throat and he then spoke his final words.
"You will know the wrath... of the Snakolytes," he growled before his body turned into each and every Bugsnak before his head turned into a Pinkle without the jar, me then squishing him with my giant legs, turning him to mush immediately. And Lizbert? She looked at me in shock.
"Felicia... you didn't listen to me?! Why?!" she asked, me looking at her in seriousness.
"Because I needed to save you from your grizzly fate! And don't worry. Everyone in Snaxburg escaped before I came here. I only brought Filbo and Eggabelle," I said as the duo then finally came down and looked at both me and Lizbert.
"So... how do we get out of here?" Eggabelle asked, Lizbert looking concerned before I then grabbed the item that I had on my back that I'd been saving for this instance. The katana.
"Right now, we need to free Lizbert from her shackles. I can get Floofty to make you some new legs if they don't grow back," I said, Lizbert then holding her hands in front of her face.
"A-na-na-na-na-na-na! Do not do that! My legs are still on me, they're just concealed by the Megamaki body! Slice it roughly 20 inches below my torso, and then we can escape... and I'll explain why I needed to lie so much through the Bugsnax," she said, me nodding as I then went 23 inches total under Lizbert's body before slicing through with the sword, her falling off for Eggabelle to catch, me smiling at how they then hugged each other and had a kiss, me then doing something that surprised all three Grumpuses. I shrunk my body back to look like my human form, only I kept my Bugsnak improvements such as my extra pastry wings on my back and head and my crown made of a coffee cup.
"Looks like someone has a bit of a story to tell... and some interviews to do," Filbo smirked at me.
"Yeah, let's get out of here. We'll need to stay on this island for a bit, just long enough so that we can take out the ruler of the Snakolytes," Lizbert said, me nodding at that.
"Indeed," I smirked as we then left the complex with my new quadruple wings, me managing to get us close to the Flavor Falls when we flew out of one of the holes, me seeing that the island looked to be a bit hurt, but it had since calmed down drastically.
"Looks like the island itself was upset at having two queens... but it looks like it's calmed down," Lizbert said, me nodding at that.
"We need a bit of an explanation," Egg said with a frown.
"Fine. When we get to Snaxburg, I'll explain," Liz said as we finally flew down to the town, which I saw some different Bugsnax were there and looked like they were waiting for me.
"All hail the new queen!" shouted a Kweeble, me recognizing it as being Charwee. As in, one of the Bugsnax that Gramble had that attacked me. But now? He and the other Bugsnax were actually bowing down to me! Among them were a Preying Picantis, a Bopsicle, All 4 different Sweetiefly variants, and even some Banoppers and Cobhoppers.
"What uh... what are they doing?" Egg asked.
"They're bowing down to the new queen. I'd say congratulations, but I'd rather not inflate your ego," Filbo smirked.
"Now can we get some questions answered? I still need a story to give out that tells the truth about Snaktooth, as well as explaining that I'm the new queen of Snaktooth... and that I wish to declare it as a new nation," I smiled.
"Fine. You want an interview with Elizabert Megafig? Make it simple," she frowned, me then grabbing the tape recordings from my personal expedition, there being a new total of 5 of them since the discovery of the spares in the Triplicate Space. And I planned on doing interviews with Lizbert, Eggabelle, Kimji, mom, and Clumby herself. I needed questions answered from the one who helped me the most.
"What happened when you fell into the Undersnax?" I asked.
"When I fell underground, the Bugsnax swarmed me... they tried to erase me. To make me into them. But somehow, I pushed back. I resisted and I turned them into me... but then... HE showed up," she groaned.
"Who was this he?" I asked.
"Alegander Jamfoot. He's not only the 5th head of the Snakolytes, but he also plotted to use me to rule the world. He needed his boss to get him a special serum that could make me an obedient slave, known only to the higher ups of that cult. He's also the same one that told me about Snaktooth in the first place. He did all of this to find the next queen," she frowned.
"When did Jamfoot arrive in the Undersnax?" I asked.
"He arrived shortly after the second day I was in there... which was also the very same day you arrived on the island. But when he did, he realized that something was off. That I was barely able to hold off the Bugsnak invasion and that I couldn't control the Bugsnax in the Undersnax... but I knew why. Because someone was on the island that was supposed to be the next queen. I didn't dare say a word to Jamfoot, since I knew he'd kill me if he found out, which would've sunk the entire island with the strain I was giving it," Liz explained.
"Why did you keep lying through the Bugsnax?" I asked.
"Well... the moment you arrived on the island, I knew that there was a new queen... but I had no idea if it was you or one of the others in town. I didn't want to have anyone suffer because of my actions, so I gave false messages to the Bugsnax so that I wouldn't get found. But when Jamfoot told me that tomorrow would be the day that the serum would arrive, I decided that it was time to tell the truth... I didn't want to, but I had to choose the lesser of two problems. The island possibly sinking from the strain was less of a problem than using me to rule the world, causing World War 3," Lizbert frowned.
"Okay... and what of the retainer that looks like a Grumpus?" I asked as she then focused and showed it, me seeing that she still had a slight control over the island, but barely. I then clicked a picture of it as she spoke.
"I'm sorry if I scared you with it... but I needed to warn you in some way, and you were the only one who could understand it... also, it was my eyes around the island while I was stuck underground," Lizbert frowned.
"That should be it, then..." I said, her nodding as I stopped the tape and looked at Filbo and Eggabelle.
"I uh... what's up with your eye, Egg?" Lizbert asked for me.
"I uh, got conjunctivitis... at least it looks cool, right? Gives me a hint of danger, huh?" Eggabelle asked, me smirking at that.
"Yeah, I guess it does make you look cooler!... So... are we still a thing?" Liz asked as Egg then went over and kissed her on the lips, giving her the answer.
"I believe the answer is yes," Filbo smiled widely.
"So we need to get up at 6 tomorrow in order to stop the leader of the Snakolytes... so where is he going to come from?" I asked.
"Submarine. He's going to go directly into the Undersnax through an underwater entrance. So what do we do, then?" Liz asked. I then looked at the Bugsnax in front of me and smiled.
"As the new queen, I want you to do something for me, my loyal Bugsnak followers," I said, them kneeling and the Picantis speaking.
"What is your bidding, my queen?" he asked.
"You are to make a small armada to go to all the underwater entrances of the island that lead to the Undersnax. Enough that you can cripple the submarine as well as transform at least 10 different people into Bugsnax, since I know he's surely going to have agents to protect him. Turn all of them and then bring their transformed bodies to me so that I may judge them accordingly," I said, them nodding at me.
"Understood, your highness! Come on, ya lugs! Let's go!" said the Rainbow Sweetiefly as they then dispersed across the island and proceeded to go underground by burrowing through it, as well as Lizbert's Bugsnak Grumpus doing the same thing.
"So what do we call that thing that you made?" Filbo asked.
"I think I know a good name. Snaxquatch," I smirked.
"Huh... better than what I would've thought up. I called it the queen's retainer," Liz admitted.
"Eh, it was still okay for a secret," Filbo smiled.
"Not really," Charwee said as I then looked at him in annoyance.
"Don't try to act all buddy buddy with me, mister. You scared the absolute shit out of me when you and your friends attacked me," I frowned at him.
"Sorry, but it was Liz who told me to do that," he said, me looking at her and her sighing.
"I already explained the issue," she said with a frown, me groaning at that.
"As punishment, you, Lizbert, are going to be given 4 days worth of community service," I said, her looking at me in confusion.
"Ugh, fine, what do I do, then?" she groaned.
"Your community service will be as follows. Cleaning up the rubble from the island and assisting in making this a proper nation," I smirked.
"You're really going to try running a country, huh? It's a lot of work, way more than being a reporter and journalist," Lizbert smiled at me.
"Well, I know it will, but I have a lot of friends that can help out. And starting with you, when your community service is done, you'll be the prime minister of Snaktopia," I said, her smirking at that.
"Heh, and the adventure stuff I could still do, right?" she asked.
"Ask for time off, and I'll allow it, so long as you then work for the amount of time you were off." And she gained a big smile.
"And I can be the head physician on the island!" Eggabelle smiled.
"And what about me?" Filbo asked.
"Your job is going to be the best. You'll be the second in command for whenever I go away on important business," I smirked.
"R-Really?" he asked, me nodding, which made him gain a big smile.
"You've proven your worth to be given that position, Filbo. Feel proud, because we're both going to need to do a lot of work!" I smiled.
