Current stats:
Tidio/Sera/Jacob/Makota/Shino/Mikaru/Michele/Chiara
LV 03 - YEN 50
Previously, the adventure started with Tidio, Sera and Jacob just hanging out. When they met Makota, Jacob did talk with her, even if it was rude... they were also trying to take with the other companions, but the talk was short as there was a gas. The next thing they saw was a cyberspace dimension. Initially, they were confused, and they explored. Unill they saw slimes... how could there be slimes in that cyberdimension? And then, at the moment of the crisis...
They supposedly got the ability to transform, using their Joycons... There, after the boy reunited with her sister, Tidio and Sera met a amnesian boy, Shino, who they initially thought he was called Caius due to him saying it first, though his look didn't seem okay; Jacob met up with Makota, and then they met Mikaru, a cyan-haired girl who is supposedly from the future and has a futuristic ribbon. Or so she claims to be. And finally, after they met up in a kind of center, they met another pair; the twins, Michele and Chiara, who they never met before; Michele was in his wheelchair, for some reason... They had the same age, but Chiara claims she was born first, so Michele looks up to her as his big sister.
The group talked about transformation and such, as they got confused, but Mikaru knew of a way to get out of the dimension. Suddenly, the enemy sent my Tabuu, Wolf O'Donnell, appeared. Michele was a huge fan of Nintendo, so he was fanboying over him, unill he suddenly shot him as he fell down from the wheelchair, to the ground, pointing at Shino and demanding him back. From there, the other four transformed, starting with Chiara and Mikaru, followed by Michele, who wanted to protect his sister. The self defense lasted for a while, as he suddenly went invisible. Makota found the invisible, but the arrows got reflected. He grabbed Shin by his shirt, as he was scared, but the cyan Joycon shone, as he was defeated thanks to the power of the eight.
They got the Nintendo DS, but it was very broken, so they decided to hold it for later, as they followed the path to the big gate. The group wasn't sure what to do, but Mikaru instructed them to hold up their joycons. Jacob doubted her, but as she indeed said, when they held up that, the Joycon began to shine, as the gate suddenly opened, although it was...very loud, and it had a lot of light. The group could've talked a little more, but then Wolf came back, scaring the kids as they went to enter the gate. Wolf wanted to follow them, but he was suddenly blocked by a invisible, but powerful, barrier, as the kids entered the gate safely. The last thing Wolf saw was Mikaru stopping, to stick her tongue and eye at him, before going inside...
By writing this in whatever this long blank of a note or journal it is, we can remember our journey. Who knows, there might be more of this trouble soon, what not with this annoying guy who tried to rid of my presence... Oh, and yes, I did use Mikaru's ribbon for this journal...Basically, the ribbon had the option to record and save logs. It's a diary inside of a ribbon. I hope she doesn't mind me using her ribbon, considering that I don't know how to use it properly so I might have tinkered with it accidentally... Oh, about myself and Chia, well, I'll tell you a little more when the time comes. Well, I'll see you next time!
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"Unnng..." A groan.
"Arrh..." The different set of groan.
The group would groan, Tidio and Jacob being the first to awaken, as they rubbed the eyes, and yawned a bit loudly. "Where...am...I-I...?" Tidio stuttered, as he started to get up. Jacob soon followed, as he looked around, before seeing that the other members were still unconoscious, as he started to run firstly toward Mikaru. Tidio also took wind of this, looking at Sera...
"Sister!" he would yell as he went to check if Sera was alright. She groaned a bit loudly, before raising her head, and looking straight at the brother. "Are you alright?" he said with a worried tone, while she blinked a bit.
Sera coughed a bit, before being able to speak. "...Yes... Thanks you..." She would whisper as she eventually got her torso up, trying to take deep breathes, as Mikaru also woke up, but then Jacob poked her head a little hard.
"Ow!" She closed her eyes, yelling a little as she then slapped Jacob's hand away, making him wince a little. "D-Don't do this!" she yelled again. But he just snorted in reply to that comment. "I was just making sure you were not fragile." This got her a little angered that someone would do that. She was about to retort back, but she then saw Shino and went to him to check.
Eventually, Shino would wake up, getting up and clutching his head as he looked around, confused about this place, before looking at Mikaru, as if to get some explaination. "...?" he blinks, then looked around again, he didn't understand this place
"O-Oh... Well.. L-Let's say this is our... 'base'," she replied, making the four awake confused about what she meant by that. "Don't worry about this, okay!?" she yelled as they nodded, but then she remembered something...
"Where is Makota?" she looked around, as we also started to look around. "Sister?" Tidio looked at her wearily, thinking she should go with him and check, but a moment later, there was some sounds, as they still looked around, before looking at the elevator right next to stairs, which just descended, before someone came out from it...
"Ugh, this place is pretty confusing. Can't believe I ran around in circles for..." She noticed everyone as she began to give a blush, shutting herself up for a moment. "U-Um, h-hello..." She was clinging on her skirt, as she looked away.
"Oh, hi, Makota. So... we've got everyone now. Let's..."
Jacob interrupted Mikaru. "Aren't we forgetting two peoples?" She looked at him, as if he made a rude comment, but then she gasped, as if she got it now. "Where is Michele and Chiara?" she actually said to herself
They were inside the kitchen, actually. Chiara was bringing Michele with his wheelchair, as they got to the fridge. She glanced at him for a moment, noticing that he is asleep as he was snoring. She looked at the fridge. "Yay, more food!" She seemed excited, having a really big smile to herself as she opened the fridge...
...only to find nothing, which made her a little angry. "No foods?! They should at least show respect, to us!" She was stomping her feet, as the door opened, causing Michele to yawn a bit, having been woken up. "Oh... it's you two..." Makota replied shyly sighing softly, as the sister soon stopped stomping her feet. "Makota!" And Jacob soon glanced around inside. "A-And everyone!" She blushed a little, as Michele went "Wha...?"
"...What are you doing? And why are you stealing from the fridge?" Jacob said sarcastically, gaining a glare from Chiara. Oh, how sensible he looked
"I-I'm not! H-How can I steal if there's nothing?!" Looking at the fridge, Tidio could see that Chiara was right. "I-I was just hungry, so I decided to..." Her stomach started to growl a bit, causing her to blush in embarassment, as everyone stared at her. Including her brother, as well. (Chiara: This is so embarrassing!)
Moments later, everyone's stomach... growled, at the same time. Causing a series- no, a barrage of blushes, as everyone groaned a bit. "Ugh, I-I don't think I've eaten..." Mikaru said.
"Well, since there is no food, can we go outside for a moment now?" Chiara said, still a little nervous about this. "Out...side...?" Shino repeated, tilting his head. "You'll... um, see about it...!" She laughed a little, nervously. Everyone went to the hall again, as they neared the house door.
"I-I i-imagine it's g-going to be a urban city. It's going to be beautiful, and crowded..." Michele then closed his eyes, and extended his arms, sighing softly and long, but happily. "Ah, it's going to be really nice...~"
Nintendo City. 2:31 PM, Year 20XX.
...boy, was Michele so wrong. While it was indeed... beautiful, with the air breezing well as the boy said...
Something... was really wrong. Really wrong, that you could call it an emergency if you were in his shoes
There was no crowd. Or rather, there was no person at all. No peoples walking. Nobody was playing. There was absolutely nobody, not even a single other person than the group of eight, as a blank, but a breeze, of wind, passed through them with a leaf.
"...why?" The same person who commented about the outside started to feel some displeasure, his eyes closing a little. "...How could it be...?" Michele started to lose his hope. The city was intact, there was nothing of any destruction. Only the peoples were missing. His head lowered a bit, almost as if expressing some nervous disbelief.
"Soomething's wrong..." Mikaru commented about this situation, as the other members looked around. "It's... not pleasing, at all. Everything looks intact, yet the peoples are missing..." She stroked her chin, as if to observe the surroundings around them.
"We should use this moment to grab food and freebies," Jacob suggested, earning a glare from everyone. About time for karma "Why are you glaring like this to me?!" Hhe clenched his fists momentarily and put them down. "This is our cha-"
"Because what you just said was impolite!" "Im...po...lite...?" Sera then looked at Shino. Oh, poor person must have really lost his memories.
"Impolite is... erm... that's difficult to describe... but that guy from earlier would be the best bet..." He tilted his head, but he seemed to understand it a bit as he seemed to nod.
"Oh, yeah, that guy... He was asking for Shino. What's the deal? Does he know something about him? Is there something that even we don't know about him?" Jacob folded his arms, shaking his head now.
"Y-You know, I think we have to add a information," Tidio said as everyone looked at the swordman now. "When I first met him... He said, 'Caius'. To himself. I thought it was his name, but it was not, since he did mention this guy and pointed at him... It looked like asides from his name, he doesn't remember anything else. Maybe... Shino doesn't know he is looking for his brother? Or his father? Possibly another friend of ours?"
"Caius? I don't know anyone who is Caius..." Mikaru shook her head. The rest of the group shook his head after giving it some thought to himself. "To be honest, I don't think I've met anyone who had his name."
"W-Who is h-he... really? A-And what's... the m-mystery behind all of this...?" Makota wondered aloud, looking around. "I-It's really like that Seven Mysteries rumor..." she sighed (Chiara: Mysteries?/Makota: Uh... I think I'll explain later...).
"Even better question. H-How did we end up there? A-Are we some chosen heroes or something?" Michele said, a little worried, but then it turned to smiles and joy, looking like he had some prospects for that. "... you know... If that's true, that sounds like an exciting adventure!" (Chiara: It's not!)
"If we were chosen as heroes, we'd have been told something! And what are these Joycons?!" Jacob complained, as he shown to the group his green Joycon. The others noticed they also had their Joycons, as Jacob glared at Mikaru, as though expecting her to answer.
"All I know is it has a shining power. It's supposed to give us the ability to transform. Think of it as a battle form." She then shrugged again, not really sure how else to explain that phenomenon.
"Transform? You mean... like... changing forms?" Makota wondered, as Mikaru nodded. "Mmh! Anyways..."
"...Right now, we don't have time to worry about this. The answers can be revealed at another time; as in, perhaps there's surely someone who can reveal the truth of these joycons. Right now... we need to look around. At least... See if you can find anyone or anything," Mikaru ordered, as everyone started to run, going in their respective directions, as she looked to the right.
Left side. 2:45 PM.
Michele was looking around, in his wheelchair, as Chiara was carrying it and him.
"...I still don't see peoples..." He shook his head. "I-I knew it, something is really wrong. And to think that I expected there to be someone I could talk right now..." he sighed, sadly.
"Yeah, usually you'd see some crowd of peoples, but they are strangely missing..." Chiara suddenly stopped, as she seemed to be staring at something. "C-Chiara...?"
"There's a peciluar shop..." She pointed to a side, on the center, as there was indeed a shop. But it was a bar shop, or at least, that's what it looked like from the outside. "Should we look inside? It sure looks suspicious like that when you put it that way."
"It might be wise, if we are going to find any answers for that." Michele nodded as the two entered the bar together, looking around and exploring.
Right side.
Mikaru, Tidio and Sera were heading toward the right side.
"You know, I've been really wondering. What's this city like?" Tidio spoke up, after a few minutes of having to walk, as Mikaru closed her eyes, though her eyes seemed to become dark-cyan before she'd closed them, like there was no emotion in them
"Actually..." she thought about it for a moment, trying to explain as best as possible. "It... used to be lively. Like... a lot of peoples around. Think of it almost like your typical city. Anyways, the reason is unknown to me, but one day, everyone suddenly disappeared..."
"You said that word a while ago...D-Does t-that word mean-"
Mikaru nodded, feeling emotionless. "Yes... They have vanished, without a trace." This sent Sera down shivers, because she did not like this idea at all. "W...without a trace?!" Clearly she's having some issues with vanishing suddenly.
Tidio smiled a little, as he was looking at Sera. "Are you scared of ghosts?" he seemed to be chuckling a little, but Sera got angry. "No I'm not! Geez, Bro...!" Mikaru did remember that she was Tidio's sister, from the introduction before after a brief mental confusion
"Anyways... Who disappeared?" Sera wondered now, as the future-ish girl thought again.
"Not just Miis, but... actual peoples, too." Shivers up against Sera, once again. "To be precise. There are a good amount of Miis, but there are also actual humans, and creatures. Even the most powerful ones... one day, just suddenly disappeared, like it was never there..."
"Wait a minute. Did you say Mii?" Tidio asked, and she nodded. "So they really exist here!?" He said, but Sera had a confused look, so Tidio explained it. "Uh, well, they're kind of like the human self that you can create... It's kind of like a human species, expect it's in the format of "Nintendo" or something akin? They have this really large head, no?"
She listened to what he said, as she nodded, and asked Mikaru again. "Ah... I see. By the way, what do you mean by powerful?"
"Like, for example...The peoples that are way above our leagues. I would've worried about that of course, but this city is called Nintendo City. There's friendly peoples, and mostly it's very friendly sparring battles. You'll be fine, even if you were defeated."
"Oh... I see. If we do find them, should we try training with them?" the boy asked back.
"Probably, but it depends. While it's worth to try training for some extra experience, each person has their own personalities, so someone can refuse, or be arrogant like this..." she sighed lightly. "Fortunately! There are actually a lot of ways to gain experience too."
"Wait, r-really!?" Sera asked.
"Yes, but it's not avaliable right now.." This caused disappointment for the boy and his sister. "I-I mean..One of the ways to gain experience is to play minigames, but the best way is simply to train yourself right now." She gave an shrug. "This city doesn't seem like it has been developed enough for that scope yet, though.."
"But we can always relax at any time, right?" Sera said, but Tidio frowned and looked at her. "I don't think there's always a lot of time to relax, whenever it be now or in a immediate future!" he told her.
"I know what do you mean, and it can be quite problematic, but I still do think some free time would be nice." she said, with a sigh. "If possible, at least socialize...?" she now whimpered, as she had to bite her lips, sighing softly to herself
Tidio immediately felt bad for what he said, as he looked away. He did have to concede that she did have a fair point, he knew that everything leading up to this happened, and it sounds like an important adventure but without making friends, the group might not get far.
With some hesitance, he spoke up. "I-I'm sorry for what I said..." he said, finally blushing a little, and then bowing a bit, as Sera looked at him, as she finally smiled a little.
"No, it's nothing to worry about. Thanks for considering what I said, a-anyways." she forgave the boy, but Mikaru was curious about the bow. "What's with the bow? Sounds unnecessary if you ask me..."
"Oh, it's kind of like an culture. You see, in Japan, the bow is used as a sign of respect... Y'know, when we're in formal meetings? When you'll need to apologize to him or her? Something like that?
"Ah, I see. That'll be worth noting, but anyways, we should look for clues." she smiled a little.
"Yes!" both Tidio and Sera said this at once as the group resumed walking.
Center side.
Jacob, Makota and Shino were walking across the path, looking around.
"U-Um, this ghost city doesn't seem right to me..." Makota whimpered, after a while. She wasn't sure what to make out yet immediately, but she could sense at least, that she didn't like this quietness that was being experienced in this city.
"Oh, now that you mention it, you're right. I really am wondering about this quietness, and if it's really good like this." Jacob said, thinking for a moment. "Looking at the area, something obvious must've happened, and it's not something simple..."
Makota looked at him, a little confused. "Simply put, given this quietness of this city, but without damage..." he looked around, as there were indeed no dent, scar or anything that damaged the city or the surrounding buildings. "There must be something behind all of this, otherwise this quiet city is strange..."
Shino perked up at Jacob's mention of the quiet word, not understanding it too much. "Quiet...?" he tilted his head, but Makota just pet his head slowly. "D-Don't worry about it for now, alright?" Shino just nodded, simply, but Jacob looked at Makota, and then shook his head. Luckily, she didn't see that, otherwise he would be in trouble... after all, he made a bad impression with her earlier, before he was transported out of nowhere
After about a minute of walking, Jacob began to wonder about the sky, looking up in the cloud. Other than the usual clouds, and the sun, there wasn't anything different, in the sky, as he narrowed his eyes.
"Is it just me, or is the sky kind of similar to our world?" he pondered out loudly, just enough for Makota to hear it as she looked at him confused, before looking up in the sky as well. "N-Now that you mention it. It... Does seems similar... It looks clean and nice."
"Clean and nice? This looks weird. Considering the situation, you'd think it would've been similar to an barren wasteland! Or, at least... ye know, rainy? Cloudy, perhaps a bit bad?"
"This is not an wasteland, it's an city. I do agree that there's nobody here..." Makota then looked around, and as of this moment, only wind blowed through, which made her feel a little creeped out.
The group continued, unill they reached an dead end. There seemed to be an gray barrier set up in front of them, and they couldn't get past that. Jacob sighed again, and decided that the three-member group will head back to the original location, as they started to go back. Shino at one point stopped briefly, looking behind himself... before he caught a bit up to them.
Suspicious shop in left side, around 3:15 PM now.
Michele and Chiara looked around. The shop did seem very old and raught, almost like someone abandoned the shop... Chiara couldn't help but get an weird feeling, like something was watching over them.
Michele glared at the shop and, gesturing her to let go of the wheelchair, he used it to reach over the counter, looking over it before he suddenly coughed. The coughing caused some of the dust to clean off...
"Ugh, the dust..." He said, between coughs. "How long has it been since someone was here?"
As he looked around, with the dust that was settled off, he could make out some new things that was in the store. Beyond the counter that was present in front of him, there were several things attached on the cellar of the wall, like toy gloves, a rubber sword, and more.
"What is up with these things?" Chiara asked this time, looking over the items. They seemed to be very old. However, what was more surprising was, when Michele checked over who was on the counter, there was actually nobody present who was managing the store.
"What the... There's nobody managing here!"
Chia blinked, and scooted over. Indeed, he was right. The duo kept looking around, before the male smiled a little, suddenly having a idea. Turning his head toward his sister, he suddenly yelled loudly, "Let's grab some things!"
Smack!
After some silence and some rubbing... "What was that slap for?!" But Chiara wagged her fingers at him. "You should never steal things. It's against the law. What would be do if someone saw us?!" She crossed her arms, before huffing annoyed...
"But... there's nothing besides these..." He sighed, looking around again just in case. "If he's really here. w-we'll jsut leave a tip here..." But she still had her stern look. He sighed, shaking his head before suddenly getting a little up, trying to reach for the items but his body fell forward, not being able to walk or run. "I want to get theee things! Can't we please get them?!"
"No."
"Yes!"
"I said, no! It's against-"
"There's no security camera or anyone!"
"But-"
Michele had enough of that in a moment. "I've had enough! I'm gonna have to use force if I need to, I'll get these items!" After pushing her a little, he kept reaching, stretching his arm long and long as he sweated, trying to grab the gloves, as the sister looked at him, relucantly and very so about helping him. Eventually, she gave up, sighing loudly and walking to jump through the counter, starting to grab the several items that were present in the shop. She also grabbed some of the items that were present, before jumping again outside. She gave a death glare at him.
"If he punishes us, the fault is fully on you." She said, before she opened the door, leaving the premise as he frowned at her. He just wanted it for free... equipment were, after all, the most important things. At least, for survival... yet she didn't want them?
Break time: Infoverse
[New entry!]
Name: Tidio Rusuruki
Age: Looks around seven years old, but is in 1st class of school. Tall 3'11.
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "It's nice to meet you, I hope we can know each others together."
Favorite Battle Quote: "Come at me with whatever you can do!"
Talent: Talent represents the overall potential that the character or person mentioned has. The lowest it can be is F- rank. In any case, the higher one's talent stat is, the proficient one is, so everyone has their strengths and weakness.
Currently avaliable talent list is as follows:
F- Lower than 0.5
F 0.5
F+ 0.55
E- 0.6
E 0.65
E+ 0.7
D- 0.8
D 0.85
D+ 0.9
C- 1
C 1.1
Strength: Main stat of Tidio and Michele. Greatly affects damage, as well as slightly increasing defense, and health.: C- (1.02)
Stamina: Main stat of Michele, Tidio, and Jacob. Greatly affects HP, defense, as well as slightly increasing magic defense.: D (0.87)
Intelligence: Main stat of Sera and Chiara. Greatly affect SP, magic damage, and magic defense.: E- (0.61)
Agility: Main stat of Jacob, and Mikaru. Greatly affect speed, and the movement overall, like the cast speed of skills.: D- (0.83)
Luck: Who knows what this stat will do?: D- (0.81)
Likes: Some adventure himself, Sera, studying a bit, training, respecting the elders
Dislikes: The disrespect, toxic friends, certain vegetables (for good reason currently).
Short Bio: 'Rusuruki' is a surname that's commonly used in the generation line of this family. It has been popular for the business, and it was from an ancient timeline that this family line was born. Tidio is the latest child or son in the Rusuruki; when the children grow up, they will learn how to manage and control their own company, which has been founded since a currently unknown time ago. As for his personality, he's mostly willing to be friends with most peoples within reason, even if just to have fun. He wouldn't hesitate to defend himself in bad situations. His sister is Sera Rusuruki.
Fun Fact!: Tidio actually dislikes being alone for a prolonged time. This may lead to him being homesick or lonely.
A while later...
At around the same time, Tidio's group and Jacob's group met each together, in the center after exploring. Mikaru decided to talk first. "Did you find anything noting worth?" But they shook their own head, while Tidio sighed. "Neither on our end. Seems like it's mostly deserted..."
They looked at another part, the very same one where Mich and Chia went toward. "Wonder what is taking so long for them... Did they find something? If so..." Jacob, the one who spoke up, narrowed his eyes, frustrated. "Why aren't they telling us? They sh-"
"I-I think...I see something..." Makota pipped up, after much relucance; they can see two figures... that looked strangely familiar. And they seemed to have some things being held on the girl...
"Michele... erm, Mich! Chia...! Did you find something?!" Using the short names, Mikaru called them. Jacob asked about the names, and Mikaru said that she just made them up on the whim, for shorter names, since they seemed more stranger than the usual names.
After some seconds, they can make out what they were carrying... equipment? "Yes... I think so..!" Chia gasped out, before she put down the equipment while they fell to ground, due to them being carried initially like a stockpile. The group observed the items, Mich coming along while she sighed. "Well... these are some equipment... Mich had asked me to carry them by request, as much as I hated to..."
"I think these will do." Mikaru smiled, looking at Chia before turning to Michele. "Good job!" This made him blush a little, but also make him look extremely surprised, although the group don't notice that well. He turned his head away, feeling awkward and feeling like something was tingling his heart, thanks to that. He looked down to the ground... before shaking his head with a nevermind.
"...There's a plastic gloves?" Tidio said, making Mich look at him a little startled, before looking at that item that was indeed the one. "I think I know how these works." Everyone looked at Mikaru.
New feature: Equipment! Give your own party members the equipment, in order to increase their stats. Each party member has their own equipment that they can use, and all if not most of them are class-specific; for example, Michele can only wear gloves as the weapon. However for the armor, they are all open to the same group or parties, regardless of class... or so it's thought at least?
Mikaru will now explain the items description of following items.
Plastic Sword: The plastic sword. Wait, why is it even plastic? Is that even possible?! Whatever it is, it sounds like it has a use at least, but it doesn't hurt as much as one would expect. Tidio ATK +1
Plastic Stick: The plastic stick. Who would've thought that plastic can make something as tall as this, but this is insanely short. For some reason, it is radiating something. Sera MATK +1
Plastic Guns: They're not really dangerous, it's less dangerous than the wood guns, in fact it is probably the weakest gun. It won't shoot bullets out of it, as much as one hates to admit it. Jacob ATK +1
Plastic Bow: No arrows, hoo boy. And it's something that can break easily, so it's not really suitable well for battle actually. Makota ATK +1
Plastic Small Sticks: Looks like small sticks. A bit shorter than the daggers, but at least it comes in two, so it should be useful for now,right? Shino ATK +1
Plastic Stars: Stars. They are a real joke, for playing. Nothing dangerous, nothing to see here, so move on! Mikaru ATK +1
Plastic Gloves: They are actually wearable on the hans, but they are really uncomfortable. It doesn't provide as much damage as one normal gloves could... wait, what if they're infected Michele ATK +1
Plastic Rod: At least it's a little longer than the plastic stick, but still easily rippable. Like the stick, it also radiates something small. Chiara MATK +1
"There's no armors at all... but this is a good start."
"..." Jacob looked at his own... new guns. "Are they really this useful?"
"T-They... look a-a bit... broken... disgusting..." Makota paused between those words, looking at that bow. She tried to pull it for one moment, only to hear a slight ripping sound, and she let go of it immediately. "Too fragil!"
Chia just crossed her arms, huffing when she saw that plastic rod. "It looks ugly." And in general, everyone had a pretty negative reception to the weapons. They felt either useless, or they seemed like it'd break easily.
"W-Well, well, at least they can be used for the combat, right?" Mikaru said, smiling nervously. "I suppose so," Tidio said, although he did feel relucant to even answer her. Jacob and Shino looked around, in the meanwhile.
"Welp, what do we do?" Jacob said, a little nervously; the city was still empty as Mikaru smiled a little at him. "Come, I'll show you."
The rest of the group blinked as Mikaru put the item in her pockets or bag, wagging her finger as though motioning the group to follow her to where they were supposed to go next. They put their items in their belongings, before they followed her.
Smash Mansion, 3:55 PM.
And so, in a minute or so, they came to the hall, or at least the center area in the mansion. "...Why are we here back for? Don't tell me y-"
"There," Mikaru pointed to that side.
There was a large screen that was projected on the side of the room. The screen was gray, so it was disabled right now, but it looked like it was functionating at least, with white borders around it. To put it simply, it looked like a 4K television, although there was nothing outside that connected or prevented the television from falling, so the wires were probably inside. Smiling a little, Mikaru walked over to the television, before pulling out her ribbon in front of the TV.
"What are you doing?" Tidio inquired her, but she didn't answer at all. And before he could answer, something happened.
The TV started to light up, lines appearing from the below and making its way to top, as some lines then proceeded to go toward the center, before it made a circle, the light flashing, before there are two other lines making a vertical line in the circle, and then a horizontal line, before the logo flashed up... becoming red like a logo. "This is the Smash Logo." Mikaru explained quickly, before the logo disappeared, and the menu popped up.
Featured Smash! - Next Objectives - Smashial - Menu
"The heck is this thing?" Jacob said, confused as Mich and Chia looked at the TV, Mich marveling as though it was some ancient item.
"Smash Television. It was damaged, but the power of our Joycon fixed it." She turned to Jacob, smiling a bit. "That's where we can continue the next adventure, through that tab here but let's go over the other menu first. First off, Featured Smash where we have the hot events, Next Objectives to continue our adventure, or find out our next goal, Smashial-"
"Smashial? Looks like a ripoff of Facebook if you ask me..." Chia retorted, but Mikaru tilted her head confused about that thing and asked her to explain about Facebook. After thinking this through, Chia had a sudden realization. "Wait a minute, you don't know Facebook?" Mikaru crossed her arms, crooking her head curiously. "I have never heard of it... you may tell me later. Anyways..." (Michele: Hmm...)
While Mikaru was continuing, the group was still thinking of her. How is it possible she doesn't know about Facebook? It's one of the most important social media; everyone would know by that point so in the real world, even if someone didn't use it, they should be able to hear about it at one point. Yet, despite Mikaru's age, she didn't seem to even know about it at all.
"Smashial is like a social media, where you can share what did you do today. Photos and videos can also go there, but sometimes peoples may go there to ask for advice..." She smiled a bit. "Wouldn't you want to help someone or tw-"
"Honestly, I don't wanna help anyone." Jacob interjected rudely, making Chia and Makota look at him rudely. "Why should we help others? I don't understand the point, is there any time for that..."
"Jacob, we need to. For the sake of ot-"
He interjected, interrupting Chiara's sentence and looking at her, beginning to point his finger at her. "Then ask yourself this, and think this over seriously; how did we come here? What were we doing? Why were we chosen? Do we really have to help?"
For once in his moment, even if it was kind of rude, Jacob did actually have a point, which made the group think through this; this also prompted Mikaru to think over it. "What were you doing when you were brought here?" He raised another question, again.
It felt as though everyone was looking, kind of searching through their souls. They all closed their eyes, trying to remember where they were.
"We... I, my sister, Jacob and Makota, we were in the school before there was a mysterious gas. I don't know why, it kind of made us fall asleep, and when we were awake, I found myself in that digital pathway, and then we're here now... that is the gist of it. That's what we know from our side, that's it. I'm going to see what can we find out about that."
Tidio then looked at the rest; Michele, Chiara, Mikaru and Shino, as though awaiting their answers. But unlike the four of them, each reaction seemed to be really different. Michele actually frowned a bit sadly, if not probably in a bitter way and his eyes dilated, giving them a silence while shaking his head before finally replying, his lips twitching while whimpering.
"...I actually don't remember." This surprised everyone; for a moment, he can swear that Mikaru was looking at him, as though he was lying, but he shook his head anyways, clutching his head a bit strongly, as though he was feeling pain; he wasn't in pain, but he was struggling with his mind. "I can't remember at all! I know who I am, I know who my sister is, but..." He continually shook his head. "I can't seem to recall anything, my past, or how did I get here! My name, my identity and my sister is all I know!"
Before he knew it, he had uttered his words tht he needed to let out, the other peoples looking at him and not being sure how to help him.
The boy suddenly felt embarassed. Like, really embarassed to have uttered them out. Why did he say it? But then Chiara placed her hand on his shoulder. "...If you don't remember, that's fine. Besides... I know where I was at least." Looking up, she began to reminisce herself of that memory. "I think I was out, camping with my Mom, when this happened. But... I was alone. I recall what happened, on my side that is..."
Somewhere outside of Tokyo City.
Chiara was alone with her Mom... Nakashira who was at least 5'7, and the girl was helping her mom set up the camp, in a forest; the scenary was nice and green, but it also felt quiet, almost like it was helping them be at peace, for once in their life
While she was setting up the utensils for cooking, Chia was playing with some butterflies, before she then looked at her mom, walking over to her. "Hey, hey, what are we doing today Naka? You sound a bit excited!" The girl could see that she was smiling, as Naka then looked up to her, winking at her.
"Well, once we are done with setting this camp up, we'll go find some fruits and food, so that we can at least eat. Then..." She glanced over at a side, looking at the slightly tall thing that was far away from her. "We'll be climbing up that mountains a bit."
"Isn't it a little cold, though?" Chia shivered, but she looked confused as she saw her mom looking over her belongings in her big bagpack, before she handed to her a slightly large jacket, that was pink, with white fluff around the neck. It also looked like there was a bunny drawing on the left. "..What is that, a jacket for me?"
Nakashira just chuckled to herself. "Oh, that's for you. I thought you may like it..." But she looks toward her in surprise, as she see the girl suddenly grab the jacket, before she inspects that thoroughly an then putting it on, seeing how well would it fit or how well that was.
"Hmm.. I like that jacket, actually! It makes me feel a little refreshed. Honestly, I wanted a new jacket, something that is different! Thanks you Mom!"
Nakasaki blushed a bit suddenly, as the girl suddenly hugged her. But in the end, she just smiled, and patted her head. "No problem, besides didn't you want one? I don't want you to feel too cold..."
"Mom, check this out!" She pointed at something. Something that was really strange; once the two looked up at the sky, that Chia was pointing at, there was some kind of aurora... A beautiful aurora, that looked like it was raindow colour; red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple colours can be seen in the sky, and it sounded like a nice sight; Nakashira grabbed her phone from her pockets, in order to take a screenshot, though, the girl seems to notice something weird, while narrowing her eyes a little.
"That's strange..." The mother looks at the daughter, as she finishes taking her photo. "Mom didn't you say this appears in the summer?" She pointed out and now that she understood, Nakashira does think it is weird too. "Yeah this is definitely weird, now that you mention it, strange things has been happening lately..."
She then went to explain on to Chiara about how strange things has been happening lately up unill today; for example, about a month ago in America, despite the spring time having begun, there was a sudden blizzard, and the reason is unknown but the citizens did not get any time to prepare, so they suffered a bit from that.
In Australia there were some sudden tornado, but also some desertification, and this alarmed many peoples there. There was a governament meeting to discuss this issue, of which the cause so far has been unknown.
And now this... This has been happening. An aurora was definitely strange to see in this time, Nakashire thought while looking at the aurora. Definitely something that she should be reporting to the government... as she then looks back only to see that Chiara was gone as she blinks, before looking around. "Uh... Chia? Where did you go?" she asked out of nervousness...
Chia was walking into the forest, looking around as she could see some of the insects, like some bees around a beehive, and a mantle. But there were multitude of flowers too, and they looked beautiful, especially the violet or the lily flowers. She went toward a lily to grab the flower...
...however as she went to grab it, she suddenly heard a sound as she looked up, confused about it. Then, suddenly, the sound started to become real... and finally something seemed to fall from the air. She blinks, and blinked again as she looks upon it...
Right in this moment the white Joycon fell, and hit her head. She blinked with a sudden blank look before she screamed in pain at this, rubbing her head where the joycon hit her as she cried. "Owwie . . ." she said, not finding it nice at all.
But she loomed her eyes over the white joycon suddenly curious about it. Why was it present? She knew it was necessary for the Nintendo Switch. Which was a console she liked, and it was good and all, but why was the joycon suddenly here? Did it fall from someone's pocket perhaps? No, there wasn't any ground in the air that would potentially lead to this. Moreover, she has not seen any of the helicopters or planes that might've have had windows that allowed them to fall. So then why did it fall?
However, as the girl reached her hand over the joycon, it shined a bit brightly which was annoying for her eyes. And then it floated up in front of her... wait, float?! She gasped in shock, backing away a lot as she tried to comprehend the situation. However, when she sat up... she suddenly saw a tsunami of water in front of her. A tsunami, looming over her.
Screaming suddenly, she would turn, however she then suddenly turned back to the joycon. She ran toward it, clutching the white joycon tightly but didn't have time to react and run away as the tsunami endeveloped her, however instead of being soaked wet, she seemed to be suddenly sucked into it, almost like it was a portal to something. And so she screamed loudly, tearing welling over her as she disappeared into the tsunami...
Nakashira walked over, and looked around, looking confused about the screaming as she tilted her head. "...What was that...?" she said, a bit confused by this sudden scream... before she shrugged, and she went back to do her thing.
"...and that's all I can remember. I'm surprised I saw Michele here but the thing about him not remembering how he came here, or any of his other memories is definitely strange..."
"Wait," Mikaru's words interrupted Chia's explaination about the whole memory thing. "Since you're his sister and all that... Wouldn't you, per chance know some of his stuffs that he might've forgot?" And well, that was a interesting point which got Chia thinking.
"Actually, yes, you do have a point. But I don't think now is the time to explain it..." as she worriedly replied that, she fixed her own hair a little nervously... but then she looked back at Mikaru, remembering to ask an important question to the cyan haired girl, too.
But as if she knew what was Chia going to say to the girl, she replied a bit back, "How I arrived here...? Well, let's say that I was sent to personally assist you too. That's also how I kind of knew your name first, Jacob and Makota—"
"Who sent you here?" Jacob once again interrupted her, pointing his fingers severely which alarmed the others including Mikaru, and to a certain extent, Tidio and Sera, because when they knew him, he usually wasn't this... serious. More like he was a little lazy and probably trying to bully others, but he usually didn't point fingers at others, and without a good reason too. "I don't get it. Why are you trying to help us? You barely know us, is there a specific reason for that? Or maybe... what if you're just a spy for the enemy?" (Chiara: If that's true, it's horrible...)
In response to this, Mikaru drifted her eyes. Michele would just agrue about feeling annoyed by the way Jacob talked to her, but now that he does mention these different reasons, the way she presented herself to the others just kind of bothered him... Not to mention, he'd saw that her ribbon did some features that he never expected it did, for example the ability to write something in the ribbon, which would be kind of interesting in case the group did forget where to head to... oh wait, he used that ribbon, didn't he? In this case he shouldn't tell Mikaru that, otherwise he doesn't want to imagine how much angry she would be.
Everyone was kind of nervous, well, because they didn't know what to do, and now that his opinion was told everyone was considering that, but the only person who was looking at Mikaru was Makota who looked nervous but waited for Mikaru's answer.
Then a loud sigh came from Mikaru. She really didn't like that everyone was suspecting her, but at the same time, she didn't want to reveal the entirely of her identity, so she kind of was stumbled. She then looked at the others, about to cough her throat so that she can answer...
But Tidio spoke up, in this moment, right suddenly.
It was a little sudden, but it was like a salvation to the girl that everyone was think of, Mikaru.
He was sighing very loudly and shaking his head, then he suddenly smiled a bit, almost looking like he's a bit too careless, but he still made a genuine smile regardless of that. Despite how childish he'd look with that smile.
"Y'know, it's better if you don't worry too much about her. She may be mysterious, but we don't care about her, all I want is for us to at least cooperate for now. I think our parents are worried sick about that..."
Michele smiled this time, raising his hand to say his own opinion. "Tidio is right, if it weren't for her or her help there's a possibility we might not have made it. I don't know what would he have done to us—"
Suddenly he winced. Chiara pressed a hand on his forehead, but Michele was holding a bit on his right leg, which seemed to have a small, reddish mark after that battle from the last time. "Are you alright?" she said, looking genuinely worried for a moment but she hid it with her change in expression, showing indifference. Nobody noticed that.
He winced a little again, and then sighed a bit heavily. "I... ah... I'm fine, I think so a-at least... Ow, it still hurts, where is the medicine?" he looked around but his sister sighed a bit, Mikaru frowning a bit and analyzing her looking around carefully before she approached Chiara, extending a hand to her. "Hand me that joycon, please."
Chiara thought she heard it wrong, but Mich's look told her that she was not lying about what she said. She handed her the joycon still confused about what she meant.
"So he's still injured from the last battle? Sounds like he's been a bit too rough on the boy. Tut..." Mikaru muttered to herself, before she looks up to everyone. Chia still looked at Mikaru, as if still expecting her to explain why she wanted the joycon. "Alright, so you want his leg to be healed. This is how you do it..."
Mikaru leaned the joycon to the left, and then swinged it straight toward left which caused some sort of words, then a white box to appear with Chia blinking at it. "This is the menu, or to be precise, YOUR menu if you haven't understood. But anyone can open the menu, so as long as it's one of us eight." And it seemed to show three options for now, along with Chia's "portrait", as known as her face as a kind of background.
Profile
Equipment
Skill
"Press on the arrow buttons to scroll down to the skill part, then tap the A button to open it." As she opened Chiara's skills, the group can see just two skills; Emergency First Aid, and Libra. Mikaru sighed a bit. Then again, the level was shown in top right corner, being that she, and the rest of the party, were level 3 right now. The SP cost was shown besides the skill names.
"That skill normally isn't suggested, but since Mich is having some leg problems, we should try that skill for now. Press A, and then select the person for usage." They looked as Mikaru did what she told them, then another menu opened, showing a list of peoples which point she realized something.
"Oh, by the way, you can't use this skill if you're not close to someone..." Tapping the buttons again and selecting the injured person in question the joycon's LED started to faintly glow, and then a dim light appeared around Mich's red mark, but after it disappeared he can tell that the leg was healed quickly. He then started to clap at Mikaru, smiling a lot.
"Wow, never knew you were so knowledgeable at using the menu! You're an expect, probably matching mine!" Mikaru was flustered by that compliment but Chia glared at him which made him shut up. Mikaru handed the joycon back to Chia as the girl nodded. "Thanks you for the instructions, I'll keep this in mind..."
"Not a problem. Oh, by the way, the skill I had used for Mich costs SP, so since that was your joycon, your SP is now a little lower." Mikaru reminded her which allows her to blink...
Then realization dawned on her as she then suddenly screamed a bit loudly. "WHAT?! Why did you not tell us earlier about that?! Now I might have less energy to use these skills! Ugh!" Although her voice was a bit high, she started to calm down soon after since it was like a price for helping Mich's leg get healed.
And then everyone looked around themselves wondering what next to do. Jacob remembered the television, so he went in front of the television and, using the joycon thanks to what Mikaru said a minute ago, he went to the next objectives and then tapped on A.
And then a kind of sound emanated, before several menu opened, though there is one that was noteworthy while the rest were kind of either just data or not worth it. On the center it reads:
Story: Earthbound
Recommended Level: 004~007
Description: Sweet, sweet home of Ness! It is said that the boy is living at Onett, in the country of Eagleland. Although, something terribly wrong just might be going on over there...
Michele smiles a bit, at that mention of the description though it was really brief. He tried to cross his own arms still smiling. "Oh? How convenient, it looks like that'll be our first objective. It sounds rather simple, we just need to retrieve him."
But Jacob had some doubts about that, frowning. "Isn't that hard? I don't know if he will believe in us just because we're going to give him a crazy explainatio-"
"It'll work out, so don't be too... uhh, not optimistic?" Mich said but he can see that Jacob had some doubts. He sighed a bit, Mikaru looking at the screen carefully as she seemed to be formulating theories inside her mind.
"That's a short description... ah well. I trust Mich's judgement, although since we're going to another world that are not of our own.. Everyone, you should at least follow me for the instructions!" She looked to the group a bit seriously, eyeing them to make sure that they weren't doing anything rash while Shino looked at the screen confused, then looked at his joycon and clicked on the A button.
Another prompt seemed to appear, as if giving a confirmation.
Start the Story Mode?
"Uh... w-what are you doing, Shino..?" As the sound ringed again, Makota looked at Shino a bit cautiously, but Sera knew what was he doing looking at the screen.
"Wait a minute, Shino-" But it was too late while Shino already pressed the button. In a few seconds, a kind of white aura appeared on the ground just below everyone's feets. Mikaru felt a little helpless, too.
"This is-"
Chia's words seem to fade to nothingless, because the moment she said her second word, the group's bodies went suddenly white, and then faded into just sparks, being absorbed into the television.
The storyline has been initialized.
End of Chapter: Intermission Period
[New entry!]
Name: Sera Rusuruki
Age: "How rude of you to ask that!" ...though it's probably obvious already.
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "Hi, my name's Sera! It means Evening! Follow us on Sera Live!"
Favorite Battle Quote: "Ugh, you're really bothering me... will you go away now?! Shoo shoo!"
Strength: F+ (0.55)
Stamina: E- (0.62)
Intelligence: C- (1)
Agility: E (0.66)
Luck: E+ (0.7)
Likes: Makeup, fixing her own hair, cute animals, beauty like princesses and dress-up!
Dislikes: Rudeness, insensitivity toward women, scary monsters
Short Bio: Sera is Tidio's twin sister. Although she is outgoing, her personality can be slightly sassy, depending on the time and day or mood. But like Tidio, she wouldn't hesitate to stand up for someone else, and despite her looks, she can actually pack quite a punch, not a joke to be messed around with. She seems to be obessed with beauty though, and she will hug cute animals on sight... so much that it can lead to herself being hurt in certain circumstances. Oh, and along with imitation or impression, she likes to spread rumors.
Funfact!: Sera has a Youtube channel of which she prides herself in. The only person to know she has a channel is currently her brother, though.
- ~ In the next Episode
"Oh, this is going to be exciting, isn't it? Meeting Ness is a really nice dream to have, yet it feels so real! Let me..." But Mich's speech was interrupted by his sister.
"Michele, stop. You're way too obessed with all of this..."
"But Sis, haven't you ever been in a game world? You can meet all kind of exciting peoples, and you might learn anything, everything!" He tried to empashize the adventure part in that, but it seemed like Chia was having none of that.
"Oh, yeah? Well, unfortunately, I'm not enjoying it. It's none of your..."
"Shh! We have to monitor him. If it is possible, we can ask him to join us, but that means we'd need to be careful of any new enemies appearing arou—" Mikaru was cut off once again by Tidio.
"Oh, here they come..." Tidio blinked, then everyone blinked, "Primids?", before Jacob screamed very loudly. "What... Primids?!"
Mich was very confused by all of these events. "Why would they appear around here...?"
"Regardless, let's help him and get rid of these strange creatures!" Tidio commented. And after a battle, Mich began to think.
"Primids, primids... Why would they appear here? I thought the heroes managed to defeat these things... unless... no way, what if this is Tabuu's doing?" In that moment, Mich's face suddenly twisted a bit, frowning a bit. "...W-What if they were, in reality, defeated by him?"
Which did show concern in other peoples, too. Especially Mikaru. "...How could it happen... what happened to Master Hand...?"
It ended with Mich getting a bit crazy, clutching his head. "Why... how... what... What is this sorcery?!"
"...I-I don't know...maybe w-we'll, uh, know, in the... uh, next e-episode, 'Ness in Earthbound'!" Makota finished a bit, though it felt... out of line.
Smash Line, session begin!
Mikaru: Connecting.. connecting... hello... hello there? Does it work?
Michele: Uh, Mikaru...
Mikaru: Hello? If this doesn't work, I'll have to—
Jacob: We heard you already the first time, Mikaru!
Chiara: That was uncalled for, Jacob...
Mikaru: Anyways, welcome to the Smash Line... Y'know, kind of the intermission before the next episode?
Tidio: Hello there, it's nice to meet you. I hope we can know each others together.
Sera: Aww, Tidio is cute, talking like this... Well, the same goes for me to you all!
Shino: "..."
Makota: ...it appears that Shino can't talk yet, at least not here. That's too bad, I wonder why is he like this?
Mikaru: Maybe he got inflicted by a condition? I mean, his behavior does seem a bit weird here, like very weird...
Sera: I agree it's a bit creepy, but there's this mystery of Caius...
Michele: Caius?
Tidio: We heard him say Caius right before we had this earthquake in the last episode, remember? Oh, I didn't tell you...
Mikaru: I wonder what does it means. Well, I'll have an investigation on him...
Mikaru grabbed her ribbon and pressed the button on the center, opening up a little menu, but when she opened it she saw another menu, this time with lot of text written a bit around which kind of made the menu confusing, and in return her eyebrows furrowed... before she got a little angry, glaring at the group.
Mikaru: Who the heck did this?!
Everyone flinched at the use of the "heck" word, while Jacob sweatdropped nervously, trying to answer this question.
Jacob: Uh... I wasn't much awake at that time, so it couldn't have been me...
Makota: Neither me... wait weren't Michele and Chiara awake when we saw them?
Tidio and the others expect for the culprits involved nodded, and then Mikaru glared at Michele and Chiara. The boy raised his hands, but Chiara didn't hesitate in exposing the boy—
Chiara: To be fair, he did pick up the ribbon himself without the permission, so it's not my fault but his...
Michele: How could you, Chia? To betray my trust, saying a thing to...
Mikaru: So it's how that was... Mich, you're going to pay for that!
Mich had to push Chiara, who was holding the wheelchair seat, before he dashed off to a direction while she was chasing him. Everyone sweatdropped again before Tidio looked at the "screen".
Tidio: Well then, I guess it's the time to close the live. Thanks for tuning in again, and remember to say something to us!
Next Episode: "Help the Psychic Boy! Ness in Earthbound!"
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