Current stats:
Tidio/Sera/Jacob/Makota/Shino/Mikaru/Michele/Chiara
Sub-party:
Ness/Buzz Buzz
LV 04 - YEN 67
Hi! Sera reporting on Mikaru's diary! (Of course, with permission. Don't worry!)
Okay, recap time! We got split up. On one side, Mikaru was feeling annoyed and was with Michele and Shino, and on the other side, there was Chiara and Jacob. Makota... erm, interestingly enough, she just crash landed into the mainland Onett and got attacked by a punk. That was rather anticlimatic.
Tidio and I met up with this "supposed" psychic boy, or at least the description says. His name is Ness, and he was with Porky (that rude guy!) searching for Picky who had disappeared. We found him so easily, turns out Porky is a coward though. And then a strange insect named Buzz Buzz appeared... I still can't shake the thought that he talked. Oh my gosh.
He talked about some "propechy" and told Ness that he's the suitable person for that. Is he, though? And in the end just as we were aboutta leave, we finally rejoined with the six peoples in our group. Mikaru told us about that legend of heroes that defeated Tabuu.
But something is odd about her legend. For one thing, primids suddenly appeared. And then next moment, Ness and his friends were ambushed by the.. uh, thing, that Buzz Buzz might or might not've called it Starman... I just know somehow, okay? We gave 'em a good whacking. Stupid creature.
However, we remembered that it mentioned us, and even mentioned Tabuu as if he was alive. I hope what Michele said was not true, otherwise hoo boy, it's not going to be pleasant at all... And then before we went away, it warned us that there was a bomb somewhere. And that if we didn't stop it, then the bomb would explode, and it would be game over for all of us... what if this is true?
A minute later.
"Okay, will someone explain the detail?" Ness was starting to get a little impatient, considering they never got any answers as Mikaru looked to him.
"He said, that there was a Subspace bomb around here." He nodded, motioning for her to continue explaining. "And he said that it will take quite a while for it to explode so there's still time, but if it does explode... Everything will be gone in this world. Including us."
Ness started to panick a bit while Buzz Buzz mused to himself. "Hmm, it looks like Giygas' been up to something more than I thought," it said to himself. Chiara doubted that, thoug.
Tidio wanted to get this tension a little over with, so he tried to calm everyone down. "Guys, guys, relax for a moment. Why don't we, uh, head to Porky's house? Then we can talk when we're done with that," Tidio said, but despite all of that, the new information didn't really help everyone calm down, they still had their anxiousity.
Michele sighed, and still in his wheelchair, he motioned for Ness and the insect to follow him, and as they went a little up, they took a path to the left, to head inside Porky's house. When they got inside, they can already head their father scolding them for having left so suddenly. But he saw them and thanked them. "Sorry for the trouble they gave...Alright, you are going to get it!" When Porky and Picky heard that, they ran upstairs while the father chased after them.
Their mother just giggled, and Michele looked to her. A bit tall, but she had some strange makeup which made Michele deadpan at that, before he can hear what sounded like some pain from the brothers, and then something about their dad spanking their butt. The boy winced, and even Ness did. "I-It must hurt..." Ness pointed out and he nodded in agreement
Before long, he did return, then looked at Michele, Ness and Buzz Buzz with a sudden, serious look despite thanking them earlier, and he huffed a bit, saying something that surprised Ness and even Michele.
"By the way, I'd appreciate it if you left sometime soon." he pointed out, which had Ness gasping.
To Michele though, it felt like all colour were drained from his face. How could that guy say something rude? He scrambled his own words, but the most he can mutter was, "Why?!" and in anger, too. His eyes narrowed, and then looked to Ness, referring to the boy.
"I don't like the fact that your family lives next house. We've loaned a lot of money for your father. A hundred thousand dollars... okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, and it could be less than that, but because of that, we're in poverty now!"
The other peoples by now had noticed Michele gone and went to check over; they heard the commotion and went to look from Porky's windows. Michele frowned a bit, while Ness sighed, not knowing about that. "But it's still rude!"
"Go out, now!" he demanded to them. Mich clenched his fists, but before it could escalate further, he managed to keep it and sighed, turning his wheelchair to go away from them. Ness looked at him, not following him for the moment being, but at that moment Buzz Buzz decided to land on the mother's blonde hair. Big mistake at that time, since she screamed, thinking it was a dung beetle, and instantly managed to squish it with her gut; at that moment a kind of pain sound can be heard, Michele turning and gasping in horror and checking over the insect who by that time had fallen to the ground, He momentarily collected him in his hands but when he saw a little of Buzz Buzz's... blood... he felt a mix of emotion, horror and disgust coming out. Any more, and someone might've wanted to vomit.
It felt real. Michele let go. Letting it fall to the ground as the insect yelped out in pain, and then gasping. "I... was weaker than I... thought..."
Chiara, being a Priest or at least she could try to aid someone's injuries, started to run a bit to the left about to go inside but Sera pulled her by her shoulders to have her look at the girl, who shook her head at Chiara as if telling her that there was no use in doing it. Mikaru seemed sad, too.
The insect's head seemed to turn to look at Ness, who kneeled down to look at it but he couldn't do anything to save it from the impending doom. It gasped again, and turned to Ness. "...You must begin your adventure... see..."
It kept gasping, Michele couldn't take it anymore and tried to hold it again in his hands, despite the blood flowing out as he seemed to be saying something differently now that the insect did remember it. "...Listen... Earth... Giygas... You can defeat Giygas... if you unite your own power with the Earth..." (Mikaru: I can't hear it well, but that looks troubling...)
'Eh? What do you mean?' Michele blinks, a bit confused. But he listened.
"Eight points... There are eight points, that you must visit, and make these places your own... Each of these locations is "Your Sanctuary"."
"How do we reach them?" Ness asked curiously.
"I.. don't know, but I know for sure... One of them is... near Onett. It is called "Giant Step"... You understand, don't you? If so, go—" But before it could say anything much more, it gasped a bit louder this time, clearly approaching rapids signs of death. The word death was like a taboo word to the group, but they also felt helpless in that moment. It kept gasping loudly, and whined in pain, but it managed to muster up the last of the energy.
"Here it... is... The Sound stone..." One of his arm moved slightly, and revealed a small stone-like thing which seemed to have some circle signs on it... At the same moment, the body seemed to shake and flash, but not physically, as if it was about to fade like a ghost. Before he drew the last breathe, despite Michele's plea for him to wake up though he can't get off of his wheelchair right now for his current condition.
Its body glowed a bit white, before it disappeared into some small sparks of light... Almost like it was probably how life went away. Mich tried to grab these small, white sparks but it was hopeless for him, because they just flied past his hands almost like they were intangible. Ness watched the light in surprise, opening his mouth; he'd never seen such phenomenon as he blinks, but it kind of hits him about what happened to him as Michele fell out of his wheelchair, having reached too far.
The other peoples watching from the window was also a bit frightened by the scene; Mikaru showed calmness yet sadness, Jacob was blinking but Makota seemed to be the most emotional from that, as she immediately started to cry like a little baby. And Michele probably felt the same thing.
"No way..." he can just mutter in reply.
Buzz Buzz has left your party...
Emotional feelings ensues. They can't stop looking away from the window, but ALSO the window that popped up in front of them... They refused to believe that he was, he was really...
"I guess it's sad for the ending to happen like that..." Mikaru sighed, looking over the scene in what she'd call, depression. Even Jacob was frowning, but he wasn't acting like a crybaby unlike Makota and Sera. Shino tilted his head, not sure what to make out of that. "Sad?" And meanwhile, Tidio was trying to console Makota and Sera. They wanted to relax, but Tidio at least knew he can't do much about that...
However, the most shocking comment of all the time, probably came from Chiara, who huffed at the scene, looking away and crossing her arms. "Eh, why are you crying? Who cares about that insect? At least we got something out of him." She didn't have to at least endure Michele's moody state since he was inside at least...
But this appalled the other six present near her, even Makota and Sera were screaming at her, "what?!". Jacob looked at her slightly surprised... perhaps she isn't too bad, after all, he thought... However he backed away in time, before the five peoples screamed at her in anger. "Do you mean to tell me that you were NOT interested in the insect?!" they all shouted in unison, getting angry. Oh, and they even uttered several words at her, but the sister just shrugged not really caring about their reactions. (Makota: I thought she... she couldn't get any more apathetic!/Sera: A second ago, she wanted to help the insect. Now she doesn't care?)
On the other hand.
Michele kept staring at the same spot while Ness looked at Porky's parents, but this time he didn't seem to act like a timid boy for a moment there, it felt as though he'd got some actual anger toward them... Though, he could not exactly control it, since to him, it was really unknown. Clenching his teeth, he said, "...Was that really necessary?"
"Oh no, you're upset over what happened to it? It seems like I mistook your pet for something so dangerous. Ha ha!" Porky's mother laughed, as if trying to cheer up, but they weren't having any of it, no longer buying their lies.
"...You're laughing?" Michele said, though his face became a bit straight and cold, despite internally being surprised. She quickly retracted it back... but still continued to joke around. "Oh, no, I didn't intend to. It's just a bit depressing!"
"Depressing? Yeah, right..."
Mich took a swallow or rather, swallowed his own throat. Then with his wheelchair, he got slowly back on it... and in a sudden twist, he'd charged it ahead, causing a slight punch toward her stomach while gasping himself, which also caused her to wince loudly.
And before long, he was able to finish his sentence. He still didn't show any visible emotions, while she continued to clutch her own stomach. This time, his voice changed. "Monster!" he simply says, not sure what else to say before lowering his fist.
Then, he calmly moved out of the house using the wheels of his chair, Ness slightly surprised at the punch as he followed him not really caring much while the father uttered words at them for the action. However, just like them, they were also equally angry for what happened to Buzz Buzz.
After the whole ordeal, Michele did not come back to the ground. Instead, he went up the hills, but the group could see that easily. Regardless, Ness also followed him trying to stop him, which he did so, but he waasn't really feeling fine despite his expression, which was also hung down.
"M-Michele! That was surprising!" Ness comments after some silence, then continues. "You punching...I mean I thought you had some issue... but your punch did look magnificent!"
He did not reply at all, seemingly blank as he looks down to the ground. Buzz Buzz can't be... He just can't be gone, right? He will surely come back, right?! He kept thinking that, despite how he was now gone like that. He looks back to Ness, still panting though more serious now. "Ness... BuzzBuzz will come back, right? Right?!"
Ness was startled, it seemed like that person had no idea what was the concept of... death. He would've answered straight away, but considering the boy's state, he was not sure if he should say the truth. Swallowing the throat, he decides to try and answer with a lie. "He... will come back, I'm sure. We just have to get these... sanctuaries, right?!"
It worked, since he did seem to show hope and he looks at his face for any signs, but he could tell he was honest. Or at least he thought it was. The boy, after some hesitation, nodded with a slight happiness. "Y-Yeah, I'm sure he'll be back soon... I just hope he'll be better by now..."
He put his hands together, closing his eyes... and he started to pray a little, just for the safety of the insect. WHo he didn't know, was gone forever, but he wouldn't realize it unill far further into the future.
At the same time, the late night, started to be the early morning, as the sun was rising up in the sky and clouds, from the time passing by quite a bit.
I hope I may see you again, little insect. You were at least somewhat fun with us.
The rest of the group agreed to not tell him anything, despite Chiara insisting she should at least let him know.
Intermission Period
[New entry!]
Name: Makota Killuan
Age: Seven and a half
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "U-Uh... well... can... Can we please get along?"
Favorite Battle Quote: "I-I didn't want to do that, but it has come to this. G-Get ready...!"
Strength: E+ (0.72)
Stamina: E- (0.62)
Intelligence: F+ (0.55)
Agility: D (0.85)
Luck: D- (0.8)
Likes: Sports (in particular archery), swimming, relaxing, studying, her job as Class President
Dislikes: Being yelled at, provocation from other boys, rejection
Short Bio: Makota, full name Makota Killuan is a shy girl who has transferred from Osaka. Her parents wants her to be the perfect girl she is, but is she really happy like that? Because of her character, it's really hard for her to actually lash out in full anger toward someone, unless the user somehow manages to annoy her to the boiling point. She wants to at least be able to help others, which is why she will feel worse if the person is lying about that.
Fun Fact: Oddly enough, Makota is a kind of toyboyish girl. Oh, and she is unable to see well without her glasses, even if someone is close to her.
Onett
They knew it was the midday, but they did not have a clock on their waistbands, so they didn't have a precise idea of what time it really was; it could be as early morning or something like that. The entire group seemed to be walking down, to the local, main part of Onett.
The important person Michele, who was upset yesterday, now seemed to be doing alright today, and even tried to relax while Chiara had to suffer carrying him around who was still in his wheelchair, but honestly, she wanted to tell him how she truly felt or wanted to say. But she knew she couldn't, especially after seeing the boy's outburst.
Tidio was looking around, intruged by how old school the city seemed, despite being in the modern times; Sera was also trying to note the directions down for later. Jacob seemed a bit impatient though, especially with the group being silent, so he let out loud a huff, then finally spoke up:
"Remind me why are we at the main part of this city?"
Mikaru looked at him, and sighed a bit. "Well, Ness has to find these sanctuaries... or 'your sanctuary' like he heard, but without any clues or way of seeing these sanctuaries, we really don't know how can we go there, or even if we can activate these."
"Hmph! So all we need to do is find a clue?" Jacob then smirked a bit, started to stretch a bit. "Should be easy as using force to ask peoples—"
"Y-You can't use force, Jacob!" Makota stutters, stopping his line, then continues, trying to act couragerous but she came off as scared and timid. "I... I won't allow you!"
"And who said I shouldn't be allowed? Weak girl," he said which caused her lips to twitch a bit, as if she was about to cry. Shino looks strangely at them, while Chiara retorts back at Jacob telling him to stop being like that and just stick with it. "Are you trying to cause disarray?"
"Hmph, I don't really agree with how we should search. The way you're searching like that, we're being slow." Jacob crossed his arms; at the point the entire group had been looking at him. "And thus, I regret to inform this, but I'm not going to be part of this group anymore. Not especially with the behavior, and not even with the stupid girl who treats her brother like that...I'm ashamed how he's calling her sister somehow! This isn't going to work well!"
He seems to huff slightly, and storm out, while Chiara looked incredibly offended by what he said, but she couldn't bring herself to at least bring him back, letting him leave the group instead due to his thoughts. She did have a negative opinion on him, as well. But Mich frowned a bit, he didn't like how Jacob criticized him for believing in her yet he might be right, but he was going to keep denying either way.
Jacob has left your party...
Michele was the only person, to not see this sign. Imagine how would he feel if he woke up and saw how Jacob was gone.. Makota kept thinking to herself, biting her lips continually; the way she spoke a bit ago... it felt as though it was her fault, and when he left the party, she started to blame herself internally for that. If she did not say anything, but instead accepted that, would this have gone more well?
Chiara didn't reply at all, the group going really quiet as Tidio sighed loudly. "This way it's going, it's probably never going to work..." he groans with a frown before shaking his head. "If this keeps up, there might be difficulties..."
Mikaru kept thinking that as well, as she tried to consider how can the team regroup during a situation like that. Obviously, when she get more allies, she can't really bring everyone... she was considering trying to put a limit on that, but that would have to wait for later. The entire original peoples were together, only because of the recent events.
Will things be alright, with this tension?
Before the group could march ahead, Makota swallowed her throat again, and tried to speak up, mustering the courage. "You know... Uh... Can I say something...?"
Sera and Tidio looked at her a bit confused, but shrugs. "Anything works, just tell us what's on your thought." they said, but even though they did try to reassure her, she wasn't still sure if it would be comfortable to talk about that. It was more that it wasn't what she was trying to talk about.
"That's not it..."
"Then what is it?"
Makota looked at Chiara for a moment, then at the group. She looked at Ness, which oddly did seem to calm her down, but she sighed in the end; she knew she could let Ness in on that, too. "Y-You... remember how we got... uh, thrown in?"
Mikaru wasn't sure what she was thinking, so she tried to press on. "Mmh. It took quite a bit of time to regroup together, which was pretty annoying to be fair... It's not really Shino's fault though. What about it?"
She gasped, and wanted to shake her head, but in a kind of instinct reaction, she suddenly blurts out something surprising. "I-I... got attacked..." she said, blushing red. This caused the entire group, well mostly, to gasp; Tidio and Sera were looking at respectively her arms, and Makota looked at her body too. Even Chiara looked at her with an eyebrow.
"Wait what?! Are you alright?! Did they do anything?!" Sera suddenly shouted, slightly in the outburst, but Makota sweatdropped and tried to reassure the others while shaking her hands and her head.
"I-I'm fine... seriously!" she tried to reassure, but they weren't buying that much, as ar as she could tell. She then sighed. "I defeated him by myself..."
Mikaru raised an eyebrow. So, she successfully defeated him? That would explain why she had a strange feeling earlier... thanks to her, the group did level up despite her not being around by much. Instead of criticizing her for her inability to run away, she instead smiled a bit.
"Nice job, Makota."
That caused Makota to get an abrupt blush, being surprised by that compliment. It seemed it'd made her proud, as she nodded giving the victory sign as if she was saying 'all right!'. Despite the potential danger, she still overcame it... She seemed to get a little shy, but she couldn't tell at least unfortunately, with her face still looking really flustered.
Ness shrugged at that scene. Just then, Mich started to yawn a bit, waking up slowly and rubbing his own eyes. "Hmmm...? What...?"
"Oh, morning to you, Michele. You're feeling better?" Tidio turned to look at Michele, who then nodded with an optimistic smile, well overly one at that anyways. "Yes I'm fine, thanks you!" He then laughed a bit. The group seemed to stare weirdly at him. (Chiara: He was a slight crybaby yesterday over the insect, and now he's fine? Did he really care?)
Ness coughed the throat, interrupting what they were saying, and tried to formulate something. "Think we should get going. Maybe we should ask around. I think it's enough of loitering around..." Ness tried to speak up, and the group did agree with him, Michele surprisingly remembering what the prime goal was despite the sleeping. (Shino: Loitering...?)
Tidio then looks up in the sky, gently sighing before pumping the fist up into the air. "Alright, let's get going then! Let us meet up in a while!"
After some time, the group decided to regroup next or at least, close to the town hall, though their expressions were a bit different; for example, Michele looked really excited despite Chiara's blank, normal expression.
Mikaru seems a bit pensive, and so did Tidio and Sera. Shino showed no expression at all, tilting his head every once in a while.
However, Ness seemed a bit bruised as he was wincing a bit over his entire body feeling the pain, the sting. Makota took notice of that and got worried, looking at her. "Ness! Are you alright?"
As Chiara attempted to use Emergency First Aid on Ness, he tried to nod. "Yes, I'm fine... It's just, I was trying to see about the rumors. Some said they didn't like the mayor letting snakes and the such outside, while others were complaining of the Shark group."
"So I went upstairs to try and meet with the mayor, despite the assistant's warning... but a policeman pushed me off stairs!"
If Jacob was around, he'd probably laugh it off as saying that Ness never listened to the warning, but now that he was gone, when they heard about it, they took it pretty seriously, even Chiara who generally didn't take things too seriously.
"These rude policeman..."
"T-That group...?" Makota interrupted and Ness nodded. "I-I'm not sure, but I-I think..."
"...you saw someone with that badge?" The PSI boy concluded for her, and she nodded. He thoguht to himself. "Perhaps..."
"Let's get to the summary. Ness, you said that some peoples are unhappy due to the mayor's decision, and the group, correct?" The PSI boy once again, nodded. (Mikaru: He seems awfully patient...)
Sera then looks at Michele who looked the most excited, out of the others. Before she can answer, he replied readily, "I found out there is a girl called Paula! She seems so lovely.. I want to see if she truly is charming as the others says!" he mutters to himself, but Sera sighed. She knew that was the usual reaction and grunts.
"Well, that was bad information..." Sera was about to ask the other group, but she heard Michele say something along the line of magic, as she turned to look at him. "Did you say something? Can you please repeat the last line you said?"
Tidio and Makota was intruged into that. Shino was staring at the group, not doing much contribution since, well, due to his state, he had been with Mikaru for the entire time.
"...I said, she lives in the Twoson town, and a girl told me that she can use magic. And finally, I said I wanted to see her!" Michele concluded, but Sera was staring at him which got him equally confused... before she nodded a bit in delight.
"Alright, that could be one of the possible clue! Nice job!" she gave a thumb up to them. Chiara shrugged, not really doing much besides her own business, but Michele was delighted, and suddenly talked more to himself, almost as if it was his first time receiving a compliment from someone... Especially a girl, giving him the compliment, the praise.
But the attention was quickly turned away, as Sera then looked to Shino and Mikaru. As if knowing what she would ask, Mikaru replied, a little shyly. "Well, we didn't find much... but a boy came to us and insisted that we go to his camp, or whichever it was. I was relucant, but I couldn't refuse his little gift..." she said, and then brought up a kind of red baseball cap, giving a look at it as Tidio tilt his head.
"It does seem a bit useful, despite how used it looks," Tidio pointed out and Chiara tried to take a look at that, Makota going over as well. "Now, who should wear it is the problem..."
"Oh! I know!" The usual loud voice of Michele came from him, raising his hand with a kind of finger pointing. "We should put it on Ness! Then he looks like a true hero!" Ness got a bit flustered at that, rubbing his own chin.
"Hero... not bad," Mikaru muses to herself, Ness blushing brighter but he tried to grab the hat quickly and put it on, getting stared at by the group. Chiara fixed her own hair with a huff. "I don't usually say it, but... I think it does suit you, Ness." she said, despite her expression saying otherwise as the boy just chuckled, Michele staring at Chiara. "Hmm, could it be?" he smirked, but Chiara yells at him, not being interested in such thing. Tidio, Sera, Makota were chuckling. Shino did not do anything.
Mikaru looked at Ness, then approached him, before gently poking the hat and letting her finger touch it, gently inspecting it as Ness had to fix his own baseball hat. "What is it, Mikaru?"
"Oh, I'm just inspecting it, nothing else..." she chuckled nervously but Ness didn't seem to believe her.
Mr. Baseball Hat: A baseball bought from one of the kids around here. Though it looks a bit old, it serves its purpose as defense and protection in a baseball battle. Equippable by Ness and Michele. If Ness equips it, DEF +6. If Michele equips it, DEF +2.
Mikaru stroked her chin. An equipment, that increased different stats, depending on the user? It was certainly interesting.
"Oh, we shouldn't forget our mission now." Sera coughed her throat to remind everyone. "We ain't got an idea where that bomb is—"
"O-Oh no! N-Not that bomb!" Makota was suddenly remembering that, and it was causing her dread, as she recalled the message she got. "W-w-where is it?!"
"Calm down, Makota. I'm sure there's a long time before it will explode..." But Mikaru's words did not cause her to calm down, rather, it worsened her condition as Tidio frowned, though Michele was giggling and agreeing with Mikaru.
"Well first of all, we need to deal with the problems here. I was going to mention it earlier, but..." Chiara tried to collect her thoughts. "Well, we've got a gangster boss to deal with. Supposedly his name is Franky, from what I've heard."
"Yeah? Then let us go!" Michele called at once, quickly getting Chiara off his wheelchair as he attempted to drive with it, the sister chasing after him. "Wait a minute!" she said, but he seems to move brillantly, implying he knew where it was.
Ness seems to smile with a nod, and follows after them. Sera sighed exasperatedly. "Man, these peoples does seem like they're having a bit fun, despite not being a game. Then again, I should take this chance too," she said, grabbing Tidio's hand and dragging him too, with him being flustered.
Makota and Mikaru were the last to follow too, though Mikaru was also holding Shino's hand too, looking at him affectiously as if she felt bad but he didn't reciprocate the feeling to her.
Arcade Game building.
The group stared at the interior of the building, looking around slowly, and in an unusual manner, although there were also other peoples as well. However, like Michele had tried to tell them, there were indeed punks around this area.
"...why does this place has these punks? I was expecting them to be in a gangster zone, but being in an arcade building is just a bit..."
"Haha, don't worry. I was really confused about that too," Michele replied to Sera as he cracked his own fists. But he was also wanting to have a bit of fun with games, too. Too bad he had to focus on their objective.
They walked around, giving this place a look despite how mixed it was up with thugs and thieves. At one point, two of the thugs tried to ambush them, but they were noticed because their third member stopped them, recognizing that girl... and looking at Makota, really scared all of a sudden.
"Huh? Why are they shaking in their legs, and why is he looking at you Makota?" Mikaru inquired.
"I-It's the same... thug..." she pointed at his right cheek as they backed away when the group started to approach them, getting their Joycons on while Sera formed a smirk. "Shall we beat them up?"
They shook even more as Tidio was about to raise his hand up before Makota had to stop the group. "W-Wait!"
"But they attacked you, Makota!" Tidio retorts.
"Y-Yeah, b-but... I-I've dealt with him. Please, let them go..."
Just as Makota finished, they reached into his pockets, before tossing at the group a kind of game copy, and then ran off with Michele quickly grabbing it. "Huh? A game?"
He inspected the cover, but what he saw surprised him. Earthbound. And it had an image of the grassy land, a earth.. but also the retro, with a kid who seemed to really, really resemble Ness. Chiara looked at it too. "What is that? And why does he resemble Ness?! Did they kidnap a kid again quite a while ago?!" she said, but Michele made no such reply. For some reason, it felt oddly familiar to him...
But he couldn't check as Mikaru grabbed it and checked it out too. "You're right, it does seem like Ness... were you involved in that?" she looked at Ness, who shakes his head, not seeming to recall such experience.
"Eh, let's not delve too much into the matter. Let us go whack Frank!" she said leaning her Joycon forward and she rushed to try and find some sort of door, the group following ahead. Makota was going to follow too, unill one of the same punk tried to attract her attention. She didn't approach though, finding it suspicious as he tries to approach, her reading up her stance but she got a surprise instead.
"Pssst... uh, Franky doesn't do well with fire," he suggests, then stormed off. Makota thought about that information, but shrugged and followed after the group too.
They saw Frank standing outside the arcade in that small but sizeable backyard, as he was looking at the chaos his members was causing across the country. Michele was about to point out just how awfully formal he was but Chiara stopped him, because she thought it was rude to.
Tidio took a step forward, calling him as the blonde boss turned around, looking at them blankly then replying a bit cold, analyzing the members. "...I'm Frank. You are?"
"Tell your members to stop making trouble here, and then we'll tell you," Mikaru ordered but he didn't do much, staring at them before having a strange smile, and then suddenly pulling two knives out of his pockets, causing some peoples to back away. "C'mon...before talking, you say your name..." he says funnily, but that terrified Makota since she was backing away, shaking her head. "N... No! No, don't!"
By then Michele had transformed, his wheelchair disappearing as he suddenly delivered a punch to Frank's chest knocking him a bit, but he barely flinched, so he recovered quickly and smirked a bit more, his sunglasses glimmering before launching an assault, quickly slashing him twice and kicking him to group causing a loud whine.
Chiara wasn't overly concerned, but did attempt an emergency band-aid on him while Makota prepared to launch triple arrows at him; Frank attempted to intercept her attack which caused her to be caught off guard, but Shino quickly appeared in front of her, defending Frank's dagger attack effortlessly without any prior notice.
Tidio found an opening, and managed to attack him using his Power Slash knocking him back and gasping a bit; after that was just a massive onslaught of attacks, with Sera being on the back rear while Mikaru bombarded him with her quick movement and attacks, and so did Makota, completing her skill and firing them at Frank; at one point, a part of his sunglasses started to break, and Ness finished by quickly bashing him with his baseball bat, then quickly returning to his position while Sera attempted to help Michele get up.
"So, will you give up? You've got no chance against us!" Mikaru smirked but that smirk quickly faded when she noticed that Frank was chuckling a bit, like some villain. (Sera: Uggggh! He looks like he has gone crazy!)
"...Hahaha. Frank is fail-proof," he said, getting up while Makota rolled her eyes and prepared her bow, but he wasn't going against them. Instead, he was going to his right. "And 'fail-proof' Frank can't be defeated..." he said, his voice suddenly getting a bit sinister as Tidio frowned a bit.
"But you're..."
Chiara watched on as Frank lightly slammed his fist against a certain equipment; it looked like a tank. And she was startled to see it starting to run by itself, as he laughed a bit again. "And this is Frankystein Mark II!" he chuckled again as it started to generate some steam of puff, but nothing was happening yet as they looked at him questionably, despite being just early.
"...that's it?" Sera comments, and prepares her own position. She wanted to whack Frank so badly that she hopes he will snap out of it. Mikaru launched a shuriken at the tank, perhaps one can break it.
However, just as it was going to hit it, the tank puffed more smoke than usual, and began to mow down, charging forward as the group had to jump out of the way... Expect Mikaru was caught off guard and was standing there a bit frozen while the shuriken crumbled from the impact, the tank still going forward. Michele seemed to notice that, calling her out, but when she seemed to react late, he rushed forward-
And then it felt like everything was slowing down. Mich was approaching closer to Mikaru, and so did the tank, but the boy was trying to fight against that destiny, trying to reach Mikaru in time with all he could muster despite the damage taken earlier.
And so he did it, he managed to push her out of the harm's way, but that would also lead to a... Sacrifice. Evidently, because of pushing, Michele was the one who took the hit, being knocked a bit against the building that wouldn't destory but he was screaming loudly, unill the tank let go of him.
Exhausted for the impact, he panted a bit loudly, and raised his head at the tank. "You.. You're going to go down, you..." He couldn't finish, since the energy was leaving him. He started to kneel down, and then lose consciousness, slumping slowly on the ground but didn't hit the grass, since Mikaru put her hands below his upper body, while Chiara rushed to his side asking him to wake up, and even tried the Aid skill but Mikaru stopped her. "That's not really possible. He's ... unconscious."
"Wait what?!" Sera said disgusted at the outcome. Somehow, Shino was looking at the opponent, not really looking at anyone else. But Tidio got a bit more infuriated by that, clenching on the base of his sword strongly and repeatedly slashing against it, while Makota looked at Sera, then went over her to tell her a small secret.
But Chiara was the one who was most angry. She didn't appear to care much for her brother, but in that state, she had no choice. She got up, casting immediately Libra on the tank-
Frankystein Mark II
LV: 005
HP: 171/273
SP: 55/55
ATK: 16
DEF: 14
MATK: 8
MDEF: 6
STR: 6/Talent: F+ (0.58)
STA: 6/Talent: E- (0.6)
INT: 3/Talent: F- (0.28)
AGI: 4/Talent F- (0.35)
LUK: 2/Talent F- (0.2)
Information: This is a genuine tank that was built by Frank. Despite that tank looking bad in terms of appearance, it does have its perk and merits, being used against powerful opponent. There was no record of anyone destorying that tank, although one critical weakness is that it wasn't made well, so sometimes it is prone to stopping abruptly. (Sera: Well, it does look like a bad matchup.../Tidio: Urgh! It does look tough to have knocked out Michele!/Chiara: ...)
She looked at the tank carefully, waiting unill it started to try to ram her, at which point she would dodge, thrusting her plastic rod against the side causing the tank to 'trip' or fall over as Sera leaned upward her staff nodding at Makota who nodded back, before she yelled, forming a fireball and launching it at the tank, which took a lot of damage as it started to whir loudly, but it was also malfunctioning.
Tidio decided to use Double Slash again, slashing on the wheels so that it could also stop working, with Shino stabbing them several times, but not using any skills yet. Makota wasn't attacking, but rather trying to assist the unconscious Michele by dragging him to the border, petting him along the way and comforting him. "You did well..."
Ness was also bashing loudly on the fists of the tank, trying to prevent it from punching anyone else, but he took a punch too as well. However, if it wasn't for his baseball hat it would've hurt so much, now it did hurt but less than usual. Considering he didn't have any abilities yet, he continued trying to slam the baseball bat continually against the 'head' of the tank.
Mikaru launched several knifes at the tank heavily damaging it while Sera charged up, and conjured another Fireball at the tank. Fortunately, it appeared to be enough because the tank started to burn a bit... before several, but small explosions happened, and then one big explosion as the tank was incinerated by the fire, the girls gasping loudly and so did the boys...
Sera's eyes glanced to a side, and she quickly attempted to use Fire on Frank too, who started to get afraid of them when he saw how much the tank has been destoryed, but Tidio stopped her from doing that. "Wait! You've done more than enough, Sera!" he said, and she glared suspiciously at him.
Chiara was also approaching Frank too, but in this case her anger was justified as Frank leaned against a part of the wall, the girl cornering her as she put the base of her rod near his face, looking at her with an expression... that indicated something bad. He was shaking bad, and his face has gone pale.
"You do anything more, and that'll be the end of Frank here. You understand?" her mouth was moving slowly, but she was not happy at all as he nodded, but despite knowing that warning, he still received a hit in the chest from her thrusting again causing him to kneel down while the other peoples just sweatdropped. (Ness: She doesn't look, uh, merciful?/Makota: T-That was so much...)
"Hey there, calm down Chiara... I know your feeling but..." Mikaru immediately shut up when she turned her head, glaring a bit angrily at her as well. She sure is scary now, she thought.
"He's annoying! I'm not sure what's the word, but he's making me annoying!" (Mikaru: Do you mean 'get on your nerves'?)
Results:
EXP 48 - TOTAL EXP 107
7/75 - NEXT: 68
Yen 21 - Total: 88
-Level up!-
Tidio/Sera/Jacob/Makota/Shino/Mikaru/Michele/Chiara LV 4-5
HP 87-109/55-68/72-90/68-85/70-88/77-96/95-118/52-66
SP 10-12/17-21/9-11/8-10/8-10/11-14/6-8/18-22
STR 4/2-3/3/3/3/3/5-6/2-3
STA 3-4/2-3/3/2/3-4/3/4-5/2-3
INT 2-3/5-6/2/3/2/3/2/6
AGI 3/2-3/3-4/2-3/3-4/3-4/2-3/2
LUK 2/2-3/2-3/3/4-5/3-2/2/2-3
Sera has learned a new skill: Thunder!
SP cost: 5 - Very low electric damage. Shoot an Thunder from a small cloud.
Chiara has learned a new skill: Cure!
SP cost: 5 - HP recovery/Very low. Recovers little, quick HP. It can be used anywhere, and it's slightly better than the emergency aid.
Jacob has learned a new skill: Trigger Happy!
SP cost: 7 - Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta! Repeatly! Shoot! Your! Opponent!
Michele has learned a new passive skill: Guard!
Passive skill. You can now Guard attacks to reduce damage taken. However, please be aware that your Guard can break. Moreover, there are some attacks that can instantly shatter your Guard.
"Hmm, what to do with him..." Tidio said, while he and the group stared down at him. He kept apologizing profusedly, but still, there were some peoples like Sera and Chiara, who just couldn't forgive him at all despite him repeatedly stating that he is no longer invincible. Just before Makota could try to threaten him with the bow he suddenly spoke up that he knew the location of Giant Step.
"Giant Step...? Do you really know it? I hope you're not lying," Sera said sternly to her, about to fire another fireball but then remembering what Tidio said before, she stopped, but she still was honestly suspicious of her. At the same time Chiara was trying to lift Mich up to her shoulders, also trying to carry the wheelchair, but it was tough for her.
"Hmph..." Mikaru crossed her arms looking at Frank too, as he decides to come out of it. "Y-Y-yes, I-I... I do know where it is...!" he stutters, then continues, "S...Some special power is there, t-that... allows peoples, to make and perform wondrous feats!"
"Won...?" Shino repeated, Mikaru answering immediately. "Wondrous. The inspiring feeling or delight; wonderful," she said but still most didn't understand it well, just that it was good word. Ness got intruged at that. "Hey, then where is it now?"
"The entrance to the path is behind the touring entertainer's shack," Frank answered, rubbing his own hands together. "I-It's difficult to reach t-there, that's all I-I can find... Y-You'll have to find more information out yourself."
"Hmm, so it's there?" Tidio pointed and Frank nods, Sera looking at him with a deadpan. "Well, he doesn't appear to be lying, but..." she then looks back at Frank, narrowing his eyes. Ness did the same thing too, and so did Chiara again. "You have to promise me a thing, or I'm going to use Fire..."
He shook a bit as he stutters again. "W-What is it now?!"
"You have to promise me you won't cause trouble for us. Because of your actions, Makota was put in a... uncomfortable situation!" she couldn't find the right word, but she was still upset about that as she pointed her staff at him. "You will promise me that, right? Because you can't break a girl's pinky-promise!"
"P...P...Promise!" he immediately stuttered out, and she was like that for a while before letting go, though Makota stared questionably at her. "Y-you didn't have to..."
"Well I want to see if he will stick to that," Sera pointed out, and then sighed a bit quietly. "We should go see the mayor to report about that. Come on, everyone," she tugged, especially on Tidio as she tried to go ahead first, the other peoples calmly going away as well. The last to go was Ness, who looked at Frank. Maybe he might be good in a way? He never knew, but it didn't hurt to at least remind him of the name. "My name is Ness," he said and going away, but not before seeing him wave.
"Ness... I see. It was a pleasure to see you. Your adventure has just began... Though, I have a feeling it'll be interesting. Huhuhu."
Twoson Town
A peaceful breeze of air filled the town, which seemed to be vastly different for its atmosphere which looked slightly gloomy, but not bad, despite being different from the Onett Town.
Well, expect for a certain person, named Jacob.
He had no idea how or why, but he had separated from the group due to an argument, and now somehow, one way or another, he was in this town, being a bit confused about the surroundings and scratching the back of his head. "Well... it looks like I'm lost, despite knowing a little of this town now... Ah well, it doesn't matter. They were a bit annoying, I just can't stand their entusiasm.." He grunted, talking to himself while walking across this town, though he was somewhat interested in a shop or two.
Sometimes, he would hear several rumors about a certain girl, named Paula, but he wasn't sure what to make of it, since there were conflicting thoughts. Some said she is really amazing, or that she was able to use magic, but others reported that she had disappeared, or even one of them seeing her running around and doing something... Jacob just tried to shrug off these rumors.
However, he soon came to a stop when he saw that house, which read "Polestar Preschool". A preschool? Jacob muses to himself, and then decides to enter it, having some interest in it anyways since it was an unusual place.
Once inside, he'd see some kids.. .there were really a few, maybe at least three, but they were having some fun. Seeing them having fun reminded Jacob of how he used to have some fun with technology, but... it brought about some dread, of which he didn't rather talk about; nobody actually knows of that. He kept looking at them, and was in thought himself. Papa...
He didn't seem to be reacting, and it took quite a while before he stopped thinking, being interrupted by a tall woman as she went over to him. "Hi! What do you need here?" she said, seemingly with a smile as Jacob looked at her strangely, then shrugged. "Nothing, just... Reminding myself..."
"Oh, is it a memory you're so fond of?" Jacob started to look away with a hmph and then nodded. "Kinda... though I would rather not..."
"Oh!" she covers her mouth, remembering something. "I didn't introduce myself, my name is Kima. I know, it's a weird name, but I'm Paula's mother. Although, I do keep hearing a lot of her from the kids... and it's strange..." Jacob raised an eyebrow.
"What do you hear about Paula?"
"Well..." Kima thought to herself, being a little worried. "I'm not sure I should say it, but regardless, I've quite often heard strange things about her. Supposedly, she uses magic tricks, though I haven't seen her do any..." She shrugs to herself, having little interest in it.
But the same couldn't be said for Jacob.
He was interested in that girl. He really wanted to see if she was like Ness, in case she had some PSI powers. "Well, how can I meet her?"
"You just have to go there to living room. Paula's father is there." she advised, but by the time she had finished talking, he nodded with a thank coming out and he suddenly zoomed off forward, the mother looking to him. "Huh, a strange person..."
The father was sitting on the couch, just drinking his usual tea, though there wasn't any TV around here or something, so it was a bit weird and rusty. The door opened just as he was done drinking it, and Jacob headed inside, looking at him "Oi! Are you the father of Paula?"
He set down the tea on the table, looking at him with a gruff voice coming out of him, "...And if I am?"
"Well, I would like to make a request. I'd like to ask if Paula is present," he asked such a simple request, hoping he could at least confirm something...
But he was denied by the father, who made a stop sign. "I'm sorry, but why would you want to meet him? Are you from the media outlet or something?" he interjected, looking down at Jacob. "Uh, but..."
"Paula isn't interested in seeing little monkeys like you who want some attention. And even if she wanted to, she only want to meet someone special..."
"Special? What's his name?" Jacob was now suspicious of that, but the father refused to give answers.
"I refuse to tell a lowly person the name! Now, if you want to continue, please leave the residence." he said, drinking his tea again. The way the father was really calm about it, despite his stern voice, really angered Jacob, because he didn't like that he wasn't screaming or something, but instead just acting like a roadstop for him. He decided to not agrue anymore, but he hmmphed angrily, leaving by stomping his feet.
He started to think about the rumors, though. What he said seemed stern, but, the way he heard the rumors about Paula... There appeared to be a contradiction. Maybe he really didn't want him to meet her, otherwise it would be confirmed? Who knows, but he started to suspect the father as he went away, but Kima entered, looking at her husband. "Kimo! What was that for..."
"He acted like he wanted to see her really badly. Why can't he just leave her alone?" he said, but Kima frowned, not thinking he knows it already. She had already realized a little ago, but Paula was missing, and she couldn't locate her daughter. "I suppose, but... Do you know the truth at least?"
Jacob was storming out of the house, and decided to lean against the walls, going to an alley as he was in thought himself. He really hated how he spoke, and something just was telling him that what he was saying is not exactly the truth. Suddenly, he feels a cold shoulder on him, as he got uneasy, and suddenly ran in the town. Wait, it was said she was a magical user. What if she's in danger?! I... I must figure out her circumstances!
Winters, a cold country in the north.
There was a blonde guy, although he wasn't exactly like the monstrous Frank. He looked a bit more younger, and had his glasses, which made him... look like a funny person, but it was true he was really intelligent.
His name, was Jeff.
He was sleeping in his house, along with what was assumed to be his best friend, whose name was Tony. It was supposed to be the day before the birthday, and Tony would've been really happy... But it changed, when Jeff started experiencing a really weird, and yet, interesting dream.
There was a girl, but he couldn't see her face really properly. And just when he was going to approach, she suddenly spoke out, albeit in her soft voice. "My name is Paula..."
"Paula?"
"Yeah... Soon to join will be Ness... But... I beg you to help me..." she said, her tone changing a bit since she did feel a little weak like that.
"Help? How can I help you? We're so far away!" Jeff frowned a bit, questioning her. It was a person from really far away... yet, she desired his help?
"That's true... But... I beg of you... It's possible. Go south of here..." she said, softly again, but this time, it sounded like it was really urgent, as she was softly crying all of a sudden. Jeff felt bad for her, and thought about it, then sighed a bit. "Okay... I will see if I can help you..."
She stopped crying a bit, looking to him as she smiled a bit, starting to approach him herself. "Really?" he nodded, and she was about to embrace him. "Thanks you... Jeff..."
That was the last thing he heard before he suddenly woke up, looking around a bit alarmed but realizing he was in a house safe. He wondered what was the dream about, but it didn't look to be an ordinary dream, deducing that using his high intelligence.
He then looked at his best friend, Tony, and poked him gently causing him to wake up. "Mmh...? What is it, Jeff...?"
Dalaam, in the Far East—
Poo yawned a little, starting to regain consciousness as he woke up in the zone, where he had begun his final trial to become the Prince. Right now, he had just passed the test and he was really proud of it, but also a little anxious, since the master did mention that he would tell the message from the Eternity to him if Poo passed the exam. Actually, the master did mention two, but still, he didn't really specify the message to him.
After returning to the Palace, he had reported the completion of his final trial, and the master decided to tell him the detail. "Now that you finished the final trial, I will give the message from the Eternity. The prophecy tells of four peoples; three boys, and a girl. One of them, named Ness, is the leader, and will be joining with the other two soon; I know it's really early, but there's a reason for it. And one of them is you, Poo. You have to set out, and find them..."
"Yes, Master. Now, what is the second message you wanted to send us?"
"Ah, about that..." He thought to himself, not sure how to convey it fully. "Well, they told us another message, and this is the reason... At one point, Ness might have to go by his own adventure. It's telling us, that sooner or later, there will be a great crisis... One, that not even just you four or just Ness, can overcome. Basically..."
"You're telling me there are other peoples who can help with that?"
The master nodded. "That is correct. If he does depart, you'll be fine as the three peoples. Unill then, go seek out for them, and ask Ness about what he knows. Maybe there's an answer to the second message. Although, it is going to be interesting... You are up for that, correct?"
"Yes, Master. I shall go seek out Ness then."
And so Poo, with the blessing from the Master, decided to head out into the far away. It sure was strange for him, but he'll try to resolve that soon, even if not fully.
What will the main group expect during the adventures, meanwhile? What about Jacob?
End of Chapter: Intermission
[New entry!]
Name: Shino
Age: Unknown
Species: Human
World: Real World
Favorite Quote: "..."
Favorite Battle Quote: "Battle..."
Strength: D- (0.8)
Stamina: E (0.68)
Intelligence: F- (0.45)
Agility: D (0.88)
Luck: C- (1)
Likes: Being curious about things
Dislikes: No data
Short Bio: Shino is an unknown boy. All that's known of him is that he's a boy who looks like just around the group's average age. Not only that, but peoples like Wolf are chasing him down. Just who is he, really?
Funfact!: Shino mentioned someone, "Caius", when Tidio and Sera found him. Who is Caius, and does he has to do with him?
~ - In the next Episode
"Ugh, Mikaru said there's probably no way to get out... Will we have to live here for the rest of our life?" Chiara said, anxious about that; if she could, she would've started to bite on her nails.
"H-Hey, don't say it! I'm sure there'll be a way!" Michele felt a bit uneasy about that, but remained his usual confidence.
"Well, it was nice to meet you everyone, but I'll have to retrieve Ness." Sera said sticking to her objective a bit like what Mikaru would've done, but tried to reassure the other peoples. "Don't worry, we'll take care of him!"
"But we haven't even reached the conclusion. I call it, the Bounded Ending!" Ness sweatdropped at what Tidio said. "You're a bit entustiastic, huh Tidio...?"
"A-anyways, it still bothers me... I just need to find the right time to summon upon a portal!" Mikaru chipped in, trying to be more confident at least. Jacob glared at her. "So it was partially a lie?!"
"And what about the bomb?" Sera reminded her, which again caused Makota to shiver from the potential fear.
Smash Line: Session Begin!
Ness: Haha, I like the feeling of this. I think the adventure is going to be thrilling...
Mikaru: Thrilling, yes, but I want to tell you that it'll going to be something more, Ness.
Ness: Eh? What is it?
Makota: We... can save that for later... Plus, it isn't exactly thrilling for Michele, who got unconscious...
Michele: Ow, it does hurt, actually...
Sera: Urgh, I do hope we don't see any more of these pests, anyways. Dealing with Franky was tiresome, but I hope that Wolf guy doesn't appear...
Tidio: I do agree with you there. And why does he want to capture Shino, anyways?
Shino: Capture...?
Chiara: Well, we do not have any answers to these questions, but for now, we should go to Twoson. As Michele said, Paula is supposedly there and she can use magic so it is a first, good clue.
Michele: I'm actually worried about Jacob, though...
Chiara: Who cares about him?
Mikaru: Oi, that line again! Anyways... Well, we'll see you later hopefully then, in the next episode.
Next Episode: Bounded Ending!
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Current stats:
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Sub-party:
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LV 05 - YEN 88