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Tidio/Sera/Jacob/Makota/Shino/Mikaru/Michele/Chiara
LV 03 - YEN 50
Dear Diary,
This is your Mikaru checking in. Last time, we awoke in this unfamiliar mansion. I thought we were fully separated but I'm glad to see the other doing fine. We had to split up in order to do a thorough search on this city, although we didn't necessarily find anything very useful even though Mich did manage to get some weapons for us in case we need to battle.
Really, there are a lot of mysteries I'd like to solve, but I don't really have any answers to either one so I will pause them for the moment being. Of course, toward the end peoples did suspect me; they are right, why would I help them? But Tidio saved me for the current moment. I'll have to tell them the whole truth later.
We were discussing our next plan while keeping us together, when Shino, curious about that after having listened to me on how to use the skill outside of combat, opened the menu. And we couldn't stop him from doing that since when we realized, we were already getting into the game.
Currently, we're now trapped in, uh, Onett? It's Shino's fault that we got separated... but I can't really blame him. After all, he didn't know what was going to happen... Maybe it's my fault, too. For not looking out for him that is...
"What are you doing, Mikaru...?" A certain boy from behind him piped up when he looked at Mikaru trying to create something out of that text, before he winced, holding a little at his own. The cyan-haired girl looked back to Michele, retorting to him to shut up for a moment. He frowns a bit, still stick in his own wheelchair for the moment being.
Shino was also with them, but as she wrote, the rest can't be said for the other peoples. It sounded like they have been scattered across the town, and she doesn't think it'll be easy to get them back together before attempting to recruit Ness. Well, trying to was an understatement.
They didn't know how would it go. But as long as they were calm and patient, well, there shouldn't be any issues trying to get him into their group. She sighed to herself. They were behind someone's house, just trying to wait for the chance.
Oh, and it was night which meant it was like a perfect chance for them to try to recruit Ness. Assuming he does goes outside today, that is... Mich then yawned a little to himself, but did so quietly so that he didn't cause Mikaru any annoyance since it seemed like she wasn't having it today.
He sighed, and turning his wheelchair, he decides to sneak a bit out of Mikaru's group...
Episode 3: Help the Psychic Boy! Ness in Earthbound!
Watching the sky while alone did make the boy feel a bit refreshed. It felt calm, as if something was being cleared from the doubts of the boy.
But he has a lot of doubts on himself. A lot.
For example... Who is Mikaru really? He knows she can be trusted, but how come she was acting like she knew where to go? And based on the details that was mentioned during the introduction in the beginning, she claimed to be a futuristic girl. He can think that she is just playing around and just pretending to be such, but what if this is all true?
No, he had to focus on his main issue on hand. Who is he, really? He can only that his name, and the fact that Chia is his sister, but he doesn't remember anything else, like his identity, or if he had been to other worlds in the past...
Not even anything, but just his name and his sister, and even then, just in part. It just bothers him...
But seeing the sky, in the night, and the stars, suddenly made him felt a bit revigorated. He wouldn't have to worry about the obstacles, so as long as he can restore his own memories. He was trying to get through with his wheelchair, moving a bit slowly toward the top... he was in a slightly lower part of the area, but he needed to see the top. Perhaps there's a clue...
Something suddenly made him stop for a moment, though as he looks behind himself... He can see something calling him, then approaching him, it was the one he seemed to be most familiar with—
"You're back, Sister?" He smiles, as he can see how the figure presented itself to be someone that Mich felt he knew really too well. She crossed her arms.
"What do you think? I was looking for you after we got separated!" she tapped her feet a bit impatiently, and looked around. Mich remembered to ask a question about that.
"Hey, where's the others, by the way?"
"The others? After we got separated, we were literally behind where that small house is-"
"Could it be Ness' house?"
"I don't know." That made Mich sigh as he listens to her again. "I mean, I want to investigate but I'm not really sure it's okay... Besides, Jacob is with me after that. He doesn't seem to be enjoying it a lot at all!"
"Jacob?" Michele blinks a bit. "You're with Jacob?" She nodded which made him smile a bit. "Please do direct me to him!"
Somewhere else, Tidio and Sera seems to be climbing a little up the hill and every so often, they would encounter the policemans who were trying to investigate this incident. When they asked them about the incident, they mentioned some sort of a meteorite falling on the hill
"Meteorites falling on this hill sounds scary. I-Imagine if one of these fell at our home..."
"That'd be bad! But what's even bad is it's not our home here!" Tidio seemed to share a little of Sera's concern about the meteorite, though they were also trying to hit up with a kind of idea on why would a meteorite appear around here. "Maybe there's a propechy here?" Tidio thought, but Sera seems to sparkle thinking of a sudden idea.
"Oooh, what if it was planned for Ness to come around and investigate that meteorite? That's a perfect chance!" she seems to be talking really brillantly, while Tidio sweatdropped at that mention. "Uh, yes, that would be possible.." he said, slowly and nervously. He rubbed the chin of his head.
He then shook his head. "Well, the problem is that there are policeman around here, blocking us from seeing that meteorite..."
"...but it's pretty understandable, seeing as it came a bit so suddenly, at least according to them." she finished for him. She crossed her arms. "A-at least they don't think we're aliens..."
"Oh trust me, it would be bad, I'd have to give them a good smack actually with my sword." Tidio said, and then he pulled his red joycon, looking at it curiously too. Sera was meanwhile looking around as well.
Sighing, they decided to try again later as they headed for going down the hill; some seconds later they interact with a man who is telling them that the weaker townpeoples probably fainted from the impact of the meteorite.
Which made them get a bit uneasy, as they continue heading a bit down to wait it out. The group all seem to be wandering around in pieces, but one thing was, where was Makota?
There she is, right near the hotel in the main part of Onett. For some reason though, perhaps it was because of the impact, or perhaps she suddenly got sucked into the game... Because she was relatively timid and had a slightly weak heart, she had fainted during that moment and didn't seem to twitch for a whil.
Though, she looked really unhappy... As if she was having some kind of night. Nightmare, involving her privacy being violated, and so on. And just when it couldn't get worse, she appears to see a vision of someone taller, with the blue hair, getting away from her sight as she tried to lean her arm forward, but she was on the ground lying down...
Suddenly, as she disappeared completely, she screamed very loudly, opening her eyes and getting up immediately, looking around in a panic as everyone looked at her a bit questionably. Mainly, who would sleep like that on the ground?
After she composed herself enough, she saw that peoples were looking at her and she started to blush madly, getting a little angry before she stormed off, trying to find a hiding place to get away from all this embarrassment she has caused upon herself...
Getting besides where the town hall was, she immediately calmed down, and tried to look around. Her first though was, what was that nightmare? She thought she saw someone very familiar, having some kind of blue hair just like her, but she couldn't immediately tell with her back turned away, and she seemed to be walking away... was that someone important?
But she haven't got any time for that. She composed herself enough to look at the town hall, getting a little closer to get a close up in front, smiling a bit. That sounded like a great town hall... She wishes she could go in, but she remembered that her other members were missing which made her feel a bit anxious, as she walked across in the town, sometimes walking past the streets.
"Where are they...?" she bit her lips nervously, feeling anxious as if she had no time to think. "W-what if they were attacked?" she whimpers again, beginning to shake like a leaf. The more she didn't know the answers, the more she became anxious...
And distracted, since it was still the nighttime so it was kind of creepy. Somehow, she had walked past the hotel building, but as soon as she did so, she had bumped into a man which caused her to lean back. "Oww!" she winced a bit, and looked at the man-
It seemed like some kind of pnk. It was wearing strange clothes. Clothes that were out of line, the upper part was white-ish and the bottom, like the pants, were brown. He seemed to have some goggles, and even carried a kind of skateboard.
Unfortunately, Makota mistook him for one of those kids who was just not paying attention. Standing up, she tried to offer an arm to him. "You should be a bit more careful, kiddo!" she scolded him but this punk just smiles. He was seeing a charming, pretty girl... A little girl at that, it felt like he had some opportunity to put down that girl and use her for his own purposes.
He just smiles a bit, the smile twisting to some kind of smirk, before he swatted the girl's hand away, getting up immediately and attempting to pounce at her by shreding in a fierce way on the skateboard!
Skate Punk
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Makota
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Makota receives 12 HP of damage!
Makota wasn't sure how to put this feeling... It felt as if something dragged her off to somewhere, but she wasn't sure now, with the background looking a bit messy, almost resembling where she was at that time, yet not resembling Onett.
There just was a really strange feeling she felt, as if something was controlling her.
However, upon realizing that she had been attacked, she clutched her stomach, coughing strongly and looking to the ground a bit distraught. "Owwwie, it hurts..." she groaned, before she got a little angry at the enemy. "You'll pay for that!"
Makota tried Transform!
Makota's body changed! Makota now possess a bow!
Makota tried Triple Arrow!
8 HP of damage to the Skate Punk!
10 HP of damage to the Skate Punk!
9 HP of damage to the Skate Punk!
The Skate Punk is attacking!
Makota receives 8 HP of damage!
Makota shoots an arrow at the Skate Punk!
11 HP of damage to the Skate Punk!
The Skate Punk has become tame!
"Huff, huff... That was really annoying, like a pes—"
YOU WIN!
Makota sighs a bit, but smiles at that as if something was congratulating her. She giggles to herself...
Makota receives 12 EXP!
2/53 - NEXT: 51
Makota's level goes up by 1!
HP goes up by 18!
SP goes up by 2!
Strength goes up by 1!
Oh baby! Stamina goes up by 1!
Agility goes up by 1!
Makota has learned a new skill: Power Arrow!
Power Arrow:
SP cost: 6 - Shoot a arrow with power using your bow, for very low damage.
Shino has learned a new skill: Steal!
Steal:
SP cost: 4 - The first step to an Master Thief! Steals, if possible, Yen from a enemy. High chance to fail.
Obtained 12 YEN!
Makota slumped into the ground, panting a bit softly after the battle. Oh, and she did detransform into her normal form... She looks up at the bruised enemy now, and stares at her menacingly, for having tried to make a mess out of her.
"I only spared you because you have a life ahead of you. Next time, do not ever attempt to make something out of me!" With her growl, which did seem deadly despite not being harmful, the punk got up immediatley and ran off to the other direction. She sighed a bit loudly, then looked a bit to the north, crossing her arms. "C, could it be where they are...? I suppose I'll have to get going to investigating..." she told herself before she ventured to north.
Jacob was waiting a bit, behind Ness' house. He was getting a bit impatient, and even yawned, commenting about how today was not a right day for him to get going. But he supposes he'll have to deal with it. He peeked around a bit again, before peeking his head out of his house.
He saw Mich and Chia, and he was a bit curious about that. The boy began to discuss with Chia and Mich a bit; in their way, it felt like one time they were having fun, another time they were being serious.
"...And then I suddenly came to a realization about my memory issue. I remember that Chia was my sister, so I tried to ask her, but she doesn't seem willing to tell me. In fact, I think she seems..."
"Michele, now is not the time to talk about the past." she crossed her arms and Mich frowned a bit. It felt like he was desperate to get information about himself. She looked a bit over him, and then she peers over to Jacob to whisper something.
"Lately he's been pestering me about his memory, I think it's because of the conversation a while ago... do you know him well, or remember him?"
Jacob shook his head. "No, I don't remember him, but don't you have any information to give him first?"
"I do have information I can tell to him, but not everything. It feels.. limiting? And besides, I want him to get warmed up before I tell him about who he is truly, at least in personality too."
"Eh, we'll see. Anyways..." he closed his eyes, thinking something to himself. "Hmm, is it just me, or do I have like a bad f-feeling, like something is about to happen?" He frowned a bit, looking uneasy for some reason. Chia felt it too, though Mich was not showing any of these feeling.
"I... I sure hope not," she quipped, biting her lips as Jacob peeked a little once more, noticing another set of footsteps due to the new sound. Jacob peeked his head out, and there he saw it, Makota, but for some reason, she looked slightly bruised as he gapsed, going outside for a moment to drag Makota back with him and also toward Chiara and Michele. She gasped at that reaction.
Jacob looked upset with her, glaring at her in the eyes. "What happened to you Makota?! You look bruised!"
"I-I'm fine—"
"No, you don't look fine! See, your arm is bruised! What did you do?" He gripped her right arm, which caused her to wince. Chiara had to try to gently pull Jacob's arm off of her, as the girl remembered how to use the menu. She opened it, and had herself use Emergency First Aid on her which seemed to light a little around the bruise, and in no time it disappeared, though before she closed the menu she noticed that the SP she had looked different. It was the same thing for her level.
"Level: Four? Did you fight an enemy?"
"Only because he suddenly a-attacked me when I tried to h-help her, I thought he was just some kid..." Chia sighed at what she said.
"You should be a bit careful next time, Makota." she said which caused her to frown a bit, nodding sadly. But then Makota's face lit up when Mich chipped in. "Well, at least if it's any consolation, you did help us gain a level! Four, ninety-five more to level 99! It's important that we are strong." Chia nodded in agreement which Makota thanked her for.
"Well, with that out of the way. As I was saying to you Makota, according to what you said you were with Mikaru and Shino when you awoke." The boy nodded in confirmation to what he said. "Well, where are they now?"
"Uh, well... I don't remember exactly, but I do know we were past this house..."
"Wandering outside? At this time? In this wheelchair?!" Chiara screamed, scolding Michele for the umpeeth time. "You could've been attacked! Do you realize what you've done!?"
Makota whimpers a bit again. "Uh..."
"No! I don't get that kid, something. I'm forced to be with him only because he's supposedly my brother, or so he says!" she crossed her arms. Jacob can tell that there was a kind of discord between the two peoples... erm, "twins", but for him there wasn't really any way that he could do to try to calm down the tension. He was about to pipe up, unill he thought he heard a kind of sound.
Peeking his head a bit out, he saw what seemed to be a kind of blond man in front of Ness' door, talking about something. Well, to them they were kind of blabbering about something, but he can't seem to recognize them well. He turned his head to look at the rest of the members. "Think they are talking about something, perhaps it's about the meteorite?"
Makota tilted her head confused and Chiara explained that while Mich was coming.. erm, wandering alone by herself, he thought he'd saw some sort of meteorite on the top of the hill. At that. Makota realized how much time might have passed over time due to that fact she was unknownly unconscious and panicked to herself.
"Oh... oh, right! Where are the others?! Shino, Mikaru... Even Tidio and Sera!"
"That's what we're trying to figure out, Makota!" he snapped back, annoyed. "But I can't help it—"
"Shut up!" Jacob retorted which made her go quiet, but Chiara looked a little annoyed. "You didn't have to be this rude Jacob..."
Jacob decided to ignore them for now, and peek his head outside, but this time, he could see two kids, and a white-ish dog, come out of the house. He noticed that they were going in the direction where the hill peered upwards, and motioned for the group to follow him.
Makota was pouting a bit through the entire time they tried to follow what they assumed to be Ness from behind. More so because of how Jacob treated her, it was as if he didn't really care about the other peoples. Though Michele was keeping a cool gaze, still smiling a bit despite the predicament.
They were heading to the upper part, and as they were going up all dressed now, the main group kept trying to follow them. At one point, they met up with Mikaru's group, and even seeing Shino with her. Upon seeing Michele the cyan-haired girl scolded him for leaving so soon without reminding her at which point he frowns and pouts to himself. "Boo, everyone are boring..."
Fortunately, either it was ignored, or it went unheard because the last thing he wanted to do now was cause some annoyance for someone. Though just one thing remained now, where were Tidio and Sera?
They continued to follow the group, and after a moment, still sneaking from behind them, they can see something that looked like Tidio and Sera, as Mikaru and Makota seemed to point their fingers at them, Mikaru being the first to speak up about that.
"Tidio and Sera are approaching them? What are they doing?" Mikaru said, as Makota fixed her glasses... oh! she remembered that she had her glasses, which fortunately weren't broken after the last battle as she sighed in relief. For now she continued her sentence, "I premuse they are also curious about the meteorite, I'm sure they'll go upward for a while again. Let's follow them," she theorized.
Meanwhile, as Ness and Porky were talking and going up, Tidio and Sera were going down, in the kind of opposite direct as them which would lead them to meet. Tidio waved nervously at them, as Porky got near and grinned toothily. "Hey there, you lots! Are you interested in the meteorite?" he said. Although it was true, the mention of "you lot!" caused Sera to get annoyed. (Sera: My name is not "you lots"!)
"Uh... yeah, I'm interested, although there were quite a few policeman here and there—"
"Oh, great! Now is the perfect time for you two to join us! Care for a little help to your little buddy?" He smiles again, getting closer once again and Sera didn't seem to like the way he talked. Ness was about to interrupt, but Sera talked first. "I don't remember being your..."
"Please? If Dad sees that my brother Picky is gone, I'm sure he will have my head..." The girl immediately understood, even though she wasn't fully sure about having to help them. She sighed a little with Tidio replying after, looking eager unlike his sisister, "Sure, we'll help you! My name's Tidio, and this is Sera, what are your names?"
He was about to reply, but Ness smiles first and replies ahead first anyways. "It's Ness, this is... uh, my friend, Porky." he said, feeling kind of shy though, for some reason, Sera just couldn't buy what he said. Porky, talking like this and yet being Ness' friend like that? Something just doesn't feel right in her, but regardless, Tidio seem to be agreeing. He nodded. "It's nice to meet you, I hope we can get to know each other together."
Ness smiles again, seeing a good impression in him and nodded. "Same here, haha! You're pretty good. Okay, follow me since we need to help Porky." And so the twins decide to follow them, although Ness had a small, lingering thought on the back of his mind that the adventure was going to be bigger. Like, MUCH bigger than he'd like to anticipate...
Regardless, the six peoples who didn't get to be in their group followed them sneakingly, and during that period, they noticed that the policemen were gone, though it was only because of Tidio mentioning that fact.
"Oh, we were just waiting for a while so that they would leave. That's because they have to deal with the Sharks... you know them, they are the local ruffians." Porky smiles a bit, though the other just shrugged to themselves. Sera just can't seem to stop looking at him suspiciously.
In no time, they reached where the meteorite was supposed to be, as Tidio and Sera looked at the meteorite carefully while Ness and Porky were trying to search for Picky. Sera was commenting about how hot that meteorite was. "I think so, but isn't it supposed to get a bit colder?"
"Yeah, but for some reason it still feels kind of hot, I just can't help but be curious about that. Does it have a kind of entrance?" she tried to poke it curiously, but Tidio pulled her arm gently. "Sera! You'd just—"
They heard a kind of yelp, which sounded similar to Porky. The two peoples looked at them- oh, they've finally found Picky, who was hiding behind a tree and shaking a little. But he sighed in relief, seeing Porky and smiling. Although he did look similar to him, he did look a little thinner and a little... straightforward, let's just say.
Ness asked him why was he there. "Oh, you see, Porky got scared a while ago and ran away, after seeing that I was missing. Anyways, we should probably go home now, I'm sure our parents are worried about us...gee, I wonder which of us is really the older brother." Sighing, he sat up with a nod but smiling warmly at least. (Tidio: Wait, so he's a coward?)
Sera huffed a bit. "Let's go Tidio, I'm sure we can ask Ness out once we're done with it..." she said, about to gently pull him... Unill she suddenly stopped, her eyes seemingly to eye a bit around. "...Uh, do you hear something? Bzzt, bee..." Tidio is a bit confused, but shrugs to himself while Porky retorts that he should clear his ears.
In that moment, the meteorite suddenly had a sort of light raising up to the above, and even to the sky. Before Tidio is able to get a sense of what was that light forming.. Something, small-like but a bit strange, appeared and flied up to the air, seemingly looking toward them. Something of throad clearing can be heard, and then...
It spoke.
It SPOKE.
"A bee I am..." Sera stared blankly at the insect as so did others. "Not..." And suddenly Sera screamed very loudly, running toward the closest tree while Tidio and the others looked distraught by the insect talking. He talks about how, a entity of horror by the name of Giygas has sent everyone into eternal darkness (Ness: E-eternal darkness?), but there was still hope for there was the ancient propechy; when the chosen boy reaches the point, he will find the light. The passing of time will shatter the nightmare rock, and will reveal the path of light.
"...and you see, it is of my opinion that you must be that boy, Ness." The insect said, leaving Ness surprised by that and pointed to himself.
Intermission Period
[New entry!]
Name: Jasper DJ "Jacob" Jinukyuua
Age: Claims to be the oldest of the group, just turning eight
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "Must I help you? It's so annoying, but I have to do what I can."
Favorite Battle Quote: "Continue to bother me, and I'll shoot you so hard you'll never see it coming!"
Strength: E (0.66)
Stamina: E+ (0.7)
Intelligence: F+ (0.55)
Agility: D- (0.82)
Luck: E- (0.6)
Likes: Guns, machinery, technology, telling blunt facts, meat, being alone for concentration!
Dislikes: Patience, being pranked on, peoples he deems "annoying", forced collaboration, having to repeat things, vegetables in great extent unlike Tidio
Short Bio: Jasper is a boy who is from America. Being American, he has some of these personalities from there; for example, he doesn't like to do things the proper way and will often want to do things the forced way. He may look a little small, but he's not a joke when it comes to fighting someone; it's said that he fought against someone older than him and has won brillantly. Tidio and Sera, being slight friends with him, know that he can be actually cool in times where he want to be.
Funfact!: Although Jacob's dad is American, his mother is Japanese and thus, he does have some mannerism, despite looking like a big bad boy. Though, supposedly after the 2010s, Jacob's dad went missing...
"M-Me? But I don't even understand who is Giygas or even what are you saying..." Tidio looks at Ness, curiously. He actually is hesitant? Shouldn't the protagonist of the game be accepting the request so easily? Then again, maybe he does have a point. It's just all sudden, no? The insect continued:
"Giygas' plan must have been set in motion somewhere on Earth... If you go now, and confront the enemy immediately, you may have enough time to counter the plan of the enemy. Three things are important; wisdom, courage, and friendship."
Wait, so THIS is Earth? But it feels somehow different, like this is not what I know... Tidio thought to himself noting what he said. Though the three things of importance was also interesting, courage seems like something Tidio COULD be doing, and wisdom seems to fit Sera or Chiara's bill, but friendship? He doesn't have any idea about the last part, but he assumes it must be someone who's really friendly and caring. He just doesn't know who...
"The legends from the ancient times speak of three boys and a girl who defeats Giygas. You got everything? I'll tell you more later."
Ness just stared blankly at the insect. Three boys, and a girl? He counted with his tiny fingers how many boys or girls were present; Porky, Picky, and these mysterious peoples to him at least, Tidio and Sera. He then looks at Sera. "Are you the chosen girl?"
She kind of shook her head. "No? I have a feeling I'm not the girl he mentioned, I don't think it's going to be me. I can't explain it, that's just a nagging feeling I'm having." she reasoned and Ness shrugged. "Eh, I'll just find these peoples you're mentioning..."
"Anyways. You're as exceptional as I thought you'd be. At least you understood the story." it said, while Tidio shrugged. "Eh, when you've been in a crazy thing once—"
It's buzzing time!
Buzz Buzz has joined your party!
"...did you hear that?" Tidio whispered to Sera leaning his head toward her, and she nodded, pointing at a kind of window that gave them the notification. "Y-yeah, that was really creepy..."
"What are you two talking about? Come on, I'd like to know!" Ness went toward them, but they quickly dismissed the "notification box" and just waved it off like they were just saying something generic.
Though Porky looked worried, looking to Ness. "...you do realize that you'd be in deep trouble, right?" That caused Ness to look at him, getting the attention though he is frowning. "I'm not one of these boys, ain't I? 'Course if so, don't think I'm the right guy for that..."
"Maybe because you're a coward?" Sera smirked, teasing the blonde boy which made him feel frustrated. That only caused some satisfication into Sera, who continued the retorting. "Could you be pretending to be friends with Ness just so that you can bully him? Hm?"
"Sera!" he scolded, but that didn't seem to stop her from trying to tease as she looks to Ness. "Care to tell me about your relationship with Porky? Are you really friends, or...?"
Ness had a slight, rosy blush and suddenly was nervous about that kind of question, twiddling his fingers. "Erm... well... I wouldn't say we are really close buddies, but we've known each other for a while now..."
Sera is about to continue, but Tidio nudged her with his arm for her to stop trying to tease them. She sighed. "Okay, okay, I was trying to have fun. It's been forever since we saw a good mannered, properly dressed person like him..." She trailed off slightly, but Tidio almost didn't seem to believe her.
Porky sighed to himself. "Anyways.. My heart feels like it's still beating fast. Will you accompagny us back to our house?" he requested calmly, which Ness nodded though Tidio turned his head in that second and though he'd saw several hands trying to wave for him to come over, beneath several trees.
"Well, if you say so—"
"Actually, I and Sera will wait and do something small, you guys go ahead." Sera looked at Tidio a little surprised, like he'd said something so unbelievable. "Tidio...?"
"Well, if you say so. See you in a little then." Ness waved, and some seconds later, Tidio grabbed Sera's hand, directing themselves toward the tree as the group went ahead to go down so that the PSI guy could bring Porky and Picky back to their houses.
Sera felt a bit annoyed that they were strawing away from the main objective though when she finally met up with the six peoples, she immediately knew why, and she smiled a bit joyial about that. "Everyone!"
"We're just glad you two are fine. After we got separated, that is." Michele shrugged a bit, before smiling to himself. "Say, say," he put the hand together. "What did they say? Did you do anything with them?"
Sera explained everything up to that point, including what the insect said.. and the box that appeared. Oh, but because for some reason the box about him joining did appear, now they knew about his name. Good information indeed, but that made Michele think for a while.
"...That's good information, but, was there any females with you? Any mentions?" He smirked a bit to himself, then winking which made Sera flinch a little. (Chiara: I should teach him to stop...)
"Erm... no, they didn't..." Michele groaned a bit to himself, very disappointed about that and sighing. "Damn..." And then Chiara lightly whacked him on his head, causing him to wince slightly from the pain.
"Anyways you said you saw a strange box when the insect, erm, Buzz Buzz, joined Ness? Huh, that's one of the mysteries. A bit interesting even, if you ask me about that." Mikaru noted the fact, then turned up to look at them. "Anyways, we should probably head there. That reminds me, I'll have to tell you that particular story, whom I call legend, as we go on."
Some minutes later, Mikaru was done with explaining to the group about that legend that she kept hearing so often, while sneaking between trees to follow the person in question.
"So, from what I understand from what you said. During a certain point, a person by the name of Tabuu who you claim to be some kind of coded man, had grouped up all these things named "Primids" and these "Shadow Bugs"." Tidio commented on that.
"And when he formed an alliance with someone named "Ancient Minister", he rounded up several villains. For example, Wolf, Bowser or Ganondorf..." Chiara continued.
"T-Then, when a critical point was reached, w-when they made these bombs you call "Subspace Bombs"..."
"...he ordered everyone to invade, by sending a bomb in the stadium. Of all the stadiums, and it was for a Smash tourney." Michele nodded to himself. "Makes you think. Why did he do that? Does he wants to conquer the world?"
Mikaru shrugged to herself. "I don't really know actually, another reason is that perhaps he did it, for fun."
"F-For fun...? B-But that's not... Not fun!" Makota stuttered out, Shino tilting his head at her when she started to stomp her feet slightly. "I am... I am sure there HAS to be a reason for that!"
"I agree with Makota, that sounds unfathomable for such a person to be doing that thing! I'm glad he's gone now!" Chiara puffed her cheeks, too, though Michele remembered something about that.
"Wait, uh... Wolf asked for Caius... erm, Shino in the beginning, right?" Michele said, which did attract attention, even Shino was looking at him now. "Could he be related to Tabuu?"
"But that's not possible, kiddo." Jacob retorted (Michele: Kiddo?), pointing out about the fact he was successfully defeated by the Smashers. "It just isn't right to say that."
"Without a clue we can't really say the answer, though. So what are we going to do?" Tidio pointed out that fact.
"Well, anyways. Chiara, you know how much I like this situation, right? Meeting Ness really is like a dream! Let me..."
"Mich, stop it. You're way too obessed about that, just because it's going to be exciting doesn't mean everything you're going to say will happen." Chiara sighed, looking over him and going over to grab the wheelchair in order to carry Michele. "Face the reality."
"Reality...? But this is reality of a game world. Have you been in one yourself, or at least, saw a show where a character was in a game world? Regardless, you'd be able to learn anything in a game world, anything that could be valutable for your adventure! Think about all of these new lands you'll see! Different creatures, too!" Michele tried to empasize the adventure part, but it seemed like Chiara was having none of that.
"Oh, really? Well, it's not really your business..."
"Shh!" Mikaru shushed them. "We have to monitor him and see if anything suspicious is happening. I don't really wish anything of him to happen. That, and besides, as we said earlier, I think we have a chance to ask him out if he could join us, seeing as that Tidio and Sera did meet him, so we have some chances... But that would mean having to be careful of any enemies appearing around hi—"
"Oh, here they come, I guess? Something is appearing from several black sparkles!"
Tidio looked ahead to point at that shady thing, which was exactly as he said. The group stared at them suspiciously, and suspiciously, and still going on, narrowing his eyes...
The sparks kept going still, just moving a little around...
Then, they moved a bit down... They pressed against the grass, and kept doing so at that time...
It seemed to materialize. A small, black puddle appeared. The group pulled out their joycons, just in case something was gonna happen again.
Something, like a green-ish hat, and then a black face... Before finally, a "cute" creature (unknowingly to them a Primid), seems to pop up. Along its way of appearing, it was making quite some popping sounds, like some bubbles were bursted. Sera took note of that.
Michele was the one most curious out of all as he tilted his head, he wasn't feeling scared of that and even smiles a little. "It looks cute."
"Cute? There's no way a monster who comes out of that puddle would be coming off as cute!" Makota stick his tongue out, but Michele still decided to approach anyways, proceeding to touch the monster once it had begun looking around, and deciding to hug it a little closely to himself, petting him and so on while the girls looks a bit disgusted.
Especially Mikaru.
Who looked at the "Primid".
Stared at it for quite a while. Maybe even a minute.
Her eyes were narrowed.
Before something hit her.
"...Isn't that a 'Primid' I mentioned earlier?" she said, which gained a look of suspicious look between it, Michele and Mikaru. (Mikaru: Me? But I'm not the enemy here, am I?)
"..." they kept looking. And then, suddenly, what Mikaru said a while ago hit them. They were these natural enemies that Tabuu had created. And right here, Michele was hugging it. IT.
A few seconds later the annoying silence was broken by Jacob at the same moment the Primid narrowed its eyes. He was now screaming. "What... Primid?!" Immediately after, he pressed the button to complete the transformation as a Gunner, shoving it which forced Michele to let go of it, knocking the Primid to the ground. Finally, he shot it several times with his gun; after six hits or so, it completely dissipated.
The group felt immediately relief over this. Expect for Michele, who was yelping slightly in horror, as if he'd watched a murder take place. And then he covers his mouth for a moment, before he finally regained the ability to speak. "No... No... How could you—"
"That was a Primid, you dumbass!" Jacob felt the urge to punch his head strongly, but fortunately Michele blinking in realization about that simple fact. Repeating the word, he then looks at his hands... before he screamed for the second time. "Ew! Yuck, disgusting!" he tried to clean his hands by dragging it along his pants or his shirt. "T-that's what you get..." Makota pointed out shyly which seems to hurt his ego.
"Well... I'd say he's sure a mysterious person." Tidio commented and Sera nodded, before it suddenly hit on the thought Michele, again remembering what Mikaru said a while ago. "Wait... why would they appear around here?" the wheelchair boy said, looking to Mikaru.
"You said that they disappeared once the Smashers defeated Tabuu, Mikaru." he pointed out, and tilted his head a bit curiously. "Was that a lie?"
"Lie? Uh, no.. That wasn't a lie... wait, but it was a real one, correct?" He nodded, which made her a bit suspicious. She claimed to have an answer, but... This time, it felt like she couldn't answer the question, it felt mysterious to her. "I-I'm not sure..."
"Do you at least know something?" Chiara looked at her a bit suspiciously, but she shook her head before Jacob interrupted Chiara, shaking his head. "She already said a little ago that she doesn't know why or how, dumbass." She narrowed her eyes at Jacob.
Shino looked at the place where the primid was, a little cautiously as he seems to muse to himself about something, but either he's not kept track of too often, or he doesn't seem that important for now.
Suddenly, before Jacob can question Mikaru, they appeared to have heard a kind of boyish scream. Oh, and they could see the crow flying out of the trees, as if something serious was going to happen. Everyone shot each other looks, worried about that.
"I-I'm sure it was Ness' voice!" Sera whimpers, almost not wanting to think of the outcome that could happen should she not intervene.
"...Is it these Primids again?" Jacob thought to himself.
"Regardless, let's go check that source out, help him and get rid of these strange creature!" Tidio commented, and charged forward. "Wait a minute!" Chiara replied, following toward him, dragging Michele too with his wheelchair. Soon enough, everyone was going too, including Shino who was being dragged by Makota.
Before long, they had came closer to Ness' group, but not too close to them. But Shino can see that Starman... erm, Starman Junior, blocking their way, and pointed at it.
Further way meanwhile, it had suddenly appeared in front of their group, Porky and Picky holding a bit close to Ness' while the insect remained calm over that, expecting such an appearance since he did come from the future, well apparently from him that is. He commended about how Buzz Buzz was trying to foil "Master" Giygas' plans. (Shino: Foil...?/Jacob: A leader, huh? This oughta be interesting!)
"However, you must surrender yourself now, Buzz Buzz. For you're not a hero anymore, but just a useless insect." (Michele: Insect?!) Clearing his "throat", he seems to glare upon the group as he snapped his fingers; in that moment these same black puddles that Tidio and his group saw a while ago, suddenly popped up all around Ness and his group; they materialized into Primids which alarmed the group. "M-more of them?" Makota stuttered, almost wanting to bite her nails. And then, the new enemy group stared straight at the "leader" Starman Junior, who commanded them to help him stomp that insect, before they charged all at once. Even though Buzz Buzz was present, Ness still felt a little surprised, and even pulled out his bat, closing his eyes as if expecting some kind of impact...
...expect that the impact in question never happened.
Despite the insect being prepared for such an impact, the Primids quickly stopped in front of them, but not daring to move as they stared straightly immediately at Starman Junior, who had been suddenly knocked away a fair bit of distance. It looked up...
And it saw Michele, already in front of Ness' group. He seemed to be wearing some good kind of black clothes, so it was obvious that he'd used his Joycon to transform.
So that's the guy... The seven other guys by Tabuu must be present, too. And just as the enemy suspected, the primids immediately took a step back as the whole group came rushing toward Ness' side. Makota even threatened to shoot an arrow at one of the Primids.
Mikaru turned to look at Ness, Porky and Picky, but first, he had to talk to the latter two first. "You two, get yourself to home, and go now!" They exchanged glances, but when Mikaru repeated that there was no time to waste, they quickly hurried off. "Ness, and insect, get beneath us!"
The PSI boy wasn't quite sure if he could trust her, but he did decide to trust in him anyways, still having the baseball bat in case.
"Ha. You eight arrived. You do realize Tabuu wants you to come meet him, right?"
"Tabuu? How about you stop acting like you know him?" Jacob pointed a gun at him, giving it a glare, as he continued. "Mikaru told me that he's no longer present! I command you to go outside!"
"...A boy, commanding me to get away? Laughable... oh, Mikaru?" It then tilted to a side, seeing the cyan haired girl who had her shurikens ready for the battle. It smirked a little. "I see, so you're that one girl who's been interfering with Wolf's plans..."
"So you ARE part of that group! Ugh, I'll make you pay!" Chiara gritted her teeth. She decided to sneak a Libra into the enemy, casting it quietly and looking at it.
Starman Junior
LV: 05
HP: 200
SP: 50
ATK: 26
DEF: 21
MATK: 18
MDEF: 16
STR: 8
STA: 9
INT: 10
AGI: 7
LUK: 7
Information: The Starman Junior is one of these potent enemies that Giygas, his master, has sent in order to obliterate Buzz Buzz, after it had assisted in the destruction of the Earth from ten years in the future. (Michele: Disgusting.../Sera: I actually wonder what is it like, ten years in the future.../Chiara: NOT if it's still in ruins! ...Oh wait, but that means I'd get to see me, all grown up and beautiful! Ooh!)
"That's still a long way though, Chiara." Jacob pointed out, which made Chiara puff her cheeks. But he did start to think about the future, would he look cool, or badass like that in the future? Shino looked at Sera, wondering what did she mean by future... Well, he did seem to be starting to learn something too. And then they started a small discussion about the future. Oh, how they were still children... They did have a life ahead of them. And they were about to talk about their future jobs too, when...
"...You're still optimistic about the future?" the enemy asked, which made the whole group feel offended at the enemy.
"I-I'm not sure w-what happened in the future or whatever, b-but we're going to forge our future, and it's not going to stop us! Now l-leave us a-alone, or... You'll regret it!" Makota pointed her bow toward Starman Junior, grunting softly. It sighed.
"So be it..." it said, seemingly vanishing without a trace as the primid all began charging toward the group, as if they were ordered by that leader. Tidio fended one of them off, trying to use his new swordsman skill to his best, while the magicians, Sera and Chiara, were trying to pry them off as if they were insects, so Mikaru intervened by trying to slice them with the shurikens.
Michele and Shino were fending off the two last Primids; they did seem weak enough, and couldn't even fight back too easily. Though, Shino was distracted just enough for a Primid to try tackling Shino from behind; but before it could hit the poor boy, it was fatally wounded by a powerful arrow from Makota, who was just being careful enough to notice it. "Careful, Shino!"
Sera looked around carefully, to make sure she wasn't seeing any enemies anymore. She then looked at Ness, who was trying to bash the nearest Primid with his bat, but he seems to be struggling to do so. "Eyah!"
Sera closed her eyes. before directing the main part of his rod toward the primid, and consuming some energy to chant a small icicle, firing it at the primid, who got obliterated from such an attack. Ness managed to back away before the impact could collide in any way or another, smiling softly at the girl. "Thanks you!"
Mikaru and Tidio looked around carefully so that there wouldn't be another ambush. Suddenly, the Junior Starman from before appeared mostly from the sidelines, and Makota was quick to take note of that, warning everyone about the impending attack as it unleashed PK Fire Beta level at the group. Tidio was even prepared to try and slash at it, preparing for the impact since it did pop up rather suddenly...
...but nothing of the strong impact happened. In fact, he might feel a little tingle, but he never felt like he was being hurt or burned. "...huh?"
"Be thankful!" Hearing the insect's voice he opened his eyes, and saw something semi-invisible, a sort of barrier against the attack. He took a step back, but he still smiled regardless. "Thanks you—"
"Let me handle it." (Sera: That was so quick!)
So the group backed away in a kind of intense or anticipation between the two rivals. The last enemy, Starman Junior, had attempted to deliver a blow to the insect, but upon the fist connecting it felt as though it was punching a metallic object. With a huff coming from the insect, it charged forward and hit him in the chest part. Compared to the meaningless hit the enemy dealt, the insect's hit felt like a strong blow, even quickly knocking it back to a tree!
Makota winced a little, and Chiara backed away nervously despite Jacob grinning and laughing like an idiot. It was the same time with Ness, but it was more out of admiration over this strong blow, rather than fear. Tidio, Sera and Mikaru exchanged glances between each others, still displeased by this sudden turn of the event.
W-Wow... Sera though to himself, nervously glancing over the enemy to see if it had fainted. She was pretty sure it was defeated, she can tell by its "visor" having an audible crack though she can't be sure that Buzz Buzz had done its work fully.
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They sighed in relief, and they decided to detransform into their natural form, Michele going back to sit on the wheelchair. Ness took note of the phenomenon for later, since they seemed to be a little tired, but not too much. Even Buzz Buzz sighed in relief.
"Whew! I thought we'd be goner, I sure gambled hard on this..." it said, Michele looking at it worriedly with an answer, "Who was that?"
"That was from ten years in the future, so he came to kill me most definitely." Mikaru winced at that, knowing the implications of that, and to the extent, Sera. Tidio tried to ask her about that but she said she'd tell him later.
"Anyways! From now on you'll be fighting enemies sent by Giygas, as well as humans with evil thoughts. Oh, but that reminds me... who were they?" It turned to face toward the group, but it wasn't talking to Ness, it was trying to talk to the group. The kids got really nervous about that, since they didn't really wanna tell it, but at the same time if they didn't tell the insect, Buzz Buzz would be in even greater danger...
"They were the Primids, I think they were from the Subspace." Michele decided to break the silence by talking straightly, not even stuttering because he didn't seem to like the other peoples getting nervous about that.
"BROTHER!"
"But Chiara, Mikaru told us that they were gone once the fighters had defeated Tabuu! A-At least...Hear me out for one moment instead of getting angry!" As Michele desperately raised his arms to not get a really mean scolding from his sister, he continued. "I-I don't get it! Mikaru told us that Tabuu was defeated! She told us that they disappeared once the boss was finally disappeared, and she even said supposedly there were no traces of that abdomination!"
His voice got a bit more serious as he progressed on his speech, ending with this sentence: "I thought the heroes defeated these things!"
Mikaru thought to herself, but some peoples were looking at her. "What do you have to say about that, cyan-haired brat?" Jacob glared with his eyes narrowed, which made her feel frustrated. Chiara put a hand on his shouders, after quite some moments of hesitance and looking between her brother and Mikaru. "She doesn't know why, no need to criticize her. Though... for once, Michele's right..."
The group seem to be quiet over this whole experience. If Ness tried to ask them questions like what was the Subspace Army, or about Tabuu, he wouldn't receive any answers from that. Michele looked slightly depressed, looking down on the ground... before it appeared to hit on him something.
"...wait..." he mutters calmly. Chiara, who was closest to him despite being a good distance near Jacob, looked at him a little seriously.
"What if... This was the doing of, Tabuu?" This alarmed everyone, who looked at him suddenly. Even Mikaru sounded very worried by that idea, and maybe a little horrified. Legends are true, based on her experience, right?
"Something has happened, that brought them back. What if, in reality... They were defeated by him...?"
"No... no..." Makota covered her mouth, while Sera's eyes were wide. Chiara gasped loudly, not believing the brother to say it, but at that same time, it seemed like a reasonable conclusion, though she can't bring herself to believe it.
"If that's true... How could it happen..." The boy's eyes started to shake a little, as though his resolve was faltering. Tidio and surprisingly Jacob, now looked worried at that time. "Mikaru... during the explaination, before you began the introduction to that legend, you mentioned that there were probably two hands that made t-the fighters... Master Hand... and Crazy Hand... I-Is that correct?" Mikaru nodded. "W-What happened to Master Hand, then...?"
And so, his rant continued for a while, though there wasn't much they could do to stop that rant. Ness was intruged, and even the insect was into that. "What are the adominations, and why are they here to attack us?! Who is that Wolf person, really? Siding with Tabuu? Why does that, uh, thing, know about Primids? How did it summon them?! Why are they talking as if Tabuu was the master?!" He even began to clutch his head with his hands, but it didn't stop him from uttering the last sentence.
"Why... How... Most importantly... What... WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?! WHAT IS THIS THING?!" Michele was sweating a little, as if he'd had a little mental burst, and then lowered his head while Chiara frowned at the boy. He was panting, and gasping quietly, trying to not cry even though he did sniffle.
Mikaru looked at her sadly. "Uh... are you okay?" she inquired, to which he nodded. "I guess so, I'm sorry for this outburst... I-I know, it's dumb to think like this... but... I-I just don't get it..."
The whole group was left with the silence, feeling all of a sudden demoralized about this whole prospect just now. If he was really speaking the truth, then their adventures were going to be in even more danger than before. They did have emotions, but they didn't seem to show it, mostly just look away from each others.
Ness tried to lift up the morale, raising his hand. "Uh, should we head to Porky's home? W-We could discuss the details, and... Uh, I guess, discuss strategies? Mostly I want to see if they're alright..." Nothing he said did help them much, though Shino, not seemingly understanding the conversation well other than a key thing or two, nodded before he grabbed Ness' hand, trying to drag him off and a little away from the group. "H-hey, wait!"
Tidio looked at the two going away, before he sighed faintly, and nodding. "I suppose you're right..." and then he tried to follow him.
But before he or the other members in low morale could at least react, they kept hearing a slightly loud buzzing sound as they looked at Buzz Buzz, a little confused. "It wasn't me—"
"Hee hee. Kids... already showing despair..." Michele recognized this voice, and looked behind to look at Junior Starman, a little annoyed it was still alive. "Ugh, you're still fine...? I'm going to..."
"You... want to hear out a piece of advice...?" it said, while left the others suspicious. "Tabuu... has planted, a kind of bomb, called the "Subspace Bomb"... It will detonate in quite a long time..."
Michele blinked but then his eyes widened, having listened to Mikaru's story again. Too many coincidences, possibly? "Wait... what? Repeat that again?"
"I... am not sure where the bomb is, but I'm quite sure it was planted somewhere in this world... He he..." It seemed to laugh bitterly, though it was in critical condition, as if it was going to fade away. "I don't care if you stop it or not... but if it explodes... This world is game over. Ha ha..."
"Game over?" Sera blinks, before he put her hand over her mouth in horror. "You can't mean—"
"This world will be engulfed..." It couldn't say anything much more, since it was rapidly approaching the end of its life. "I hope you're really lucky..."
And then a kind of villainous laugh came while the enemy was wiltering away, disappearing into little sparks, before the voice faded away, quickly replaced by the dust and the air blowing over. Everyone just stared blankly at the sparkles, then to the air...
And processing the information.
And blinking.
And repeating the words in their minds.
Ness acked loudly. Buzz Buzz yelped slightly.
But the strongest reaction came from the kids.
Their initial words were like saying 'Aah', coming out quietly from the mouth. And it devolved to—
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
—Screams.
To be continued.
End of Chapter: Intermission
[New entry!]
Name: Michele
Age: Unknown, though appears to be about seven years and half
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "The love is a very strong element! You're very cute, by the way!"
Favorite Battle Quote: "Just when you think we're gonna lose, love will prevail the battle!~"
Strength: C- (1.03)
Stamina: D (0.88)
Intelligence: F- (0.48)
Agility: E- (0.6)
Luck: E- (0.62)
Likes: Girls! Cute things! Cute creatures! Romance! Love! Romantic books! Kisses! Hugs! Teasing! Dating! Valentine's Day! Chocolate!
Dislikes: The so-called "perverts", insulting love, being defeated horribly, Chiara
Short Bio: Michele is an unknown boy, who has lost his memories like Shino, expect for his name and the fact he has a sister, Chiara. Apparently, he likes to hit on girls, and he sounds happy to pride himself in that fact. Just who is he, really? And will Chiara be able to give them the answer?
Funfact!: Michele has a hidden side to him. Oh, and he appears to like shows, as he constantly tells enemies that he'll bring them down.
- ~ In the next Episode
"Enter the Bomb. Wait, we get to enter a bomb?" Michele is confused by that, ahem, title.
"No, it's more like... We're going to try to stop a bomb from exploding by itself." Mikaru replied to him.
"But wait, what is the bomb like? What does it do?" Confused by the lack of information, Chia asked the group.
"Well, supposedly from whatever this "Starman" guy was, it takes a long time to explode. However, if it does..."
"...it will engulf everything in this place." Jacob finished for Tidio, which caused unrest to the girls. Especially Makota, who suddenly stuttered a lot.
"W... Wha... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
"It coincides with what Mikaru said! We have to stop this possible pandemic!" And then Mich suddenly rose his hand to the air. "Love will always prevail over the heroes!" He sounded cheerful now.
"Man, Michele is really over the love thing... what's next, flirting?" Sera smiles nervously, shrugging to herself. "Then again, I can't help it I suppose, Chiara might have an answer to that..."
Smash Line: Session Begin!
Mikaru: Hello there. Seems like another chapter is over I guess.
Makota: R-Really...? He he, I suppose so. Oh, please do remember to review...
Jacob: Who cares about reviewing? Let us present someone to this line; Ness!
Ness: But I don't really know about you guys...
Michele: I do think he should get used to it. Oh, but that reminds me... Say, Ness, do you happen to know a girl around my age?
Ness: Uh...
Chiara: Brother! Will you stop with that?!
Shino: Bomb...
Jacob: Shino has been repeating that since he heard that word, is he sick or something?
Chiara: He is not sick! Anyways, thanks you for the live session, and see you in the next episode!
Next Episode: "Enter the Bomb!"
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