Chapter 55: Return to Rhyboflaven Part 5
"Prohyas and I were gonna take Rad and Nebula for a tour of Rhyboflaven so that they could get some last minute ideas before they leave later. Do you want to join us?" The brown haired girl asked. "No thank you. If you don't mind, I would like to take Parrot with me today. Witchy Simone and I are going out on a quest today" Vambre said. "Fine with me. You know the rules. While you girls are out, would you mind dropping off his saddle? I'll write down the location and a list of instructions for you and the blacksmith" the brown haired girl said. "But of course!" Vambre responded. "The saddle is in the basement. I had to move it because Parrot was feeling extra playful the other day and I didn't want him to destroy it" the brown haired girl explained. Vambre nodded and went to retrieve the saddle from the basement.
Once everyone left the house, the couples went on their way to explore Rhyboflaven. Their first stop was Ralphio's House of Swords. When they entered, they were greeted by a blue slimeball with a leaf on his head. "Hey there Wobbles" Prohyas greeted lovingly. Nebula and Rad looked at each other. "Is it me or does that remind you of a Glorby?" Nebula asked. Rad nodded in agreement and he reached out to touch the slimeball. The brown haired slapped his hand away. A man with black eyebrows and a long black mustache in a sword like hat rose up out of the floorboards. "Greetings faithful customers!" the man greeted. "Hey Ralphio" Prohyas and his girlfriend greeted. "Ah! Just who I was looking for. I have that new magisword that you were asking about the other day" he said to the brown haired girl. "You mean?" she started to ask as her eyes lit up in excitement. "Oh yes, I do mean" he said as he went to the counter and pulled out a small chest. He opened the chest and held it out to the girl. "Bowl Of Fruit Magisword" a voice was heard saying as she took the magisword out of the chest.
The magisword was a green hand holding a blue bowl that had a light blue line. In the bowl were a red and green apple, green and purple grapes, a cherry, blueberries, an orange, a strawberry, and a lemon. The magisword's handle was a dark teal and light teal. The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a few gems that the man- now known as Ralphio- happily took and put in his cash register. "Ralphio, you really are the best!" the girl said happily as she admired her newest magisword. "It's always a pleasure doing business" he said as he counted the gems. "Um. Why-" Prohyas started to say. "Prohyas don't you dare ruin this for me!" his girlfriend yelled. "Yes dear" he said in fear of his girlfriend's wrath.
The couples then began to walk around Mount Ma'all. They ventured to different stores trying on all sorts of clothes and accessories. "Hey look, a Slugburger!" Prohyas pointed out happily. He quickly took a hold of his girlfriend's hand and dragged her into the line. Rad and Nebula strolled up behind them and waited in line. "So what is a Slugburger?" Rad asked. Prohyas then began to happily explain what a Slugburger is.
"Can I get a Mega Mollusk Deluxe with a side of Escarfries and a Belch Plus to drink" Prohyas said. His girlfriend gave him a look and he sheepishly cleared his throat. "Can I make that Mollusk-sized Escarfries?" he asked. The employee nodded and began to type his order in the register. "And for you Miss?" the employee asked the brown haired girl. "Can I get a Chiton Panini with a side of Hot Broccoli Nuggets, and a medium Cup of Blue to drink?" the brown haired girl said. "Any of you guys want anything? A Slugburger? Double Slugburger? Philly Cheeseslug? Frosty Snail-shake? Newt, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich? A Junior Slugburger? Double Mega Slug Deluxe? Inkie Shake? Anything" Prohyas asked Rad and Nebula. "Two Belch Zeros please with an order of Hot Broccoli Nuggets" Nebula said. The employee typed the order into the register and looked up at the couples. "Anything else?" the employee asked. They all said "no" and the employee told them their total. After paying, they all found a table and ate their food.
"After we are done here, do you guys wanna head to the boardwalk?" Prohyas asked. "That sounds great" Nebula and Rad said. Once they were finished, they went to 'The Printed Page' and got some books. Once they were done they made their way to the Rhyboflaven they arrived, they looked at all the stands and they began to ride all of the rides. Once they were done, they went to the Rhyboflaven Bazaar and did some light shopping. They then went to 'Lovely Boutique Shop' in Keelhaul Cove where they tried on more clothes and accessories.
They then visited Rhyboflaven Fun Zone and played with all of the children that were there. A child's crying was then heard. Nebula and the brown haired girl were quick to go to the child to see what was wrong. "Are you okay sweetie?" Nebula asked sweetly. "Awh, did you scrape your knee?" the brown haired girl asked softly. The child nodded and Nebula put a hand over the child's scrapped knee. "It's going to be okay" the brown haired girl comforted. Nebula then made a small piece of ice appear and she slowly placed it onto the child's knee. The child started to squirm at the cold so the brown haired girl put a hand on the child's back and said soothing words to the child. The child then stopped squirming and the brown haired girl began to praise the child. The child's knee was now healed and the child thanked the girls. They smiled as the child ran off to play with the other children. The children then went over to the girls and Nebula began to make different shapes and figures with her ice. She then began to levitate them to make them feel as if they were flying. Prohyas and Rad smiled and let out a content sigh at the sight of their girlfriends playing with the children. The girls then joined their boyfriends and they made their way to the arcade.
They first played laser tag. At first it was first couple vs couples, until Nebula and the brown haired girl teamed up against Prohyas and Rad. The game then became a boys vs girls. After they were done, they went to play the arcade games. Rad immediately dragged Prohyas to the basketball game. Their girlfriends went to play air hockey at the table behind their boyfriends. They silently swooned as their boyfriend made a basket or did a trick shot. "You should see it, back home we use bowling balls instead of basketballs" they heard Rad say. "Really? Cool!" they heard Prohyas respond. "We got pretty lucky. Didn't we?" Nebula commented as she used her mallet to hit the puck. "We did" the other girl said as she hit the puck back to Nebula. "So, do you have any friends that you don't share with Prohyas?" Nebula asked. "Technically no. My Prohyas just has something about him where he makes friends wherever he goes. It's one of the many things that I love and adore about him. I would have to say that my best friend if a this beautiful cat named Bimm. We both love getting together and just doing something low-key. It may seem boring to Prohyas, but for us it's perfect. It's nice to have a moment to slow down when I'm not with Prohyas and Vambre. How about you?" the girl responded. "Yeah. Her name is Carla. She's a beige dog that works at The POW Card Industries Cloud Server. We get together at least twice a week to have a drink, she gets coffee and I get anything else. That's kinda funny that our best friends are a cat for you and a dog for me" Nebula said. As the girls played air hockey, they told each other stories of their friends. "Ko sounds really cute and sweet. Hopefully I can meet him some day" the girl said. The girls noticed that their boyfriends had moved to play skee ball. The then finished their game and joined them. Nebula nudged the girl and mouthed "watch this" before she went to Rad's side. "Hey Rad honey, could you please show me how to sink the ball into the higher point slots?" she asked sweetly. Rad proudly smirked and moved behind Nebula. She grabbed a ball and Rad put his hand over hers as he showed her how to get the ball into the higher slot. "Want me to show you how to do that?" Prohyas asked his girlfriend as he watched how his girlfriend watched Rad and Nebula. "S-sure" she said nervously yet excitedly. Prohyas then copied what Rad did with Nebula and the Lakewood couple laughed as the brown haired girlfriend blushed a deep red. After skee ball, Nebula challenged Prohyas to the dancing game while Prohyas' girlfriend pratcilly dragged Rad as she challenge him to a game challenged 'Bug Crush'. "So, how do you play?" Rad asked. "The buttons on the platform light up and we have to stomp on as many bugs as we can. Whoever crushed the most bugs wins" she explained. "How are you so good at this?!" Nebula and Prohyas heard Rad ask slightly panicked. They then sauntered over to their significant others after they were done with the dancing machine. "Wow, she is crazy fast" Nebula commented as she watched Prohyas' girlfriend speedily stepping on the buttons as they lit up. Once the words flashed onto the girl's screen that she had won, she jumped off the platform and hugged Prohyas. "Awesome job baby!" Prohyas praised. "Oooh look! Beekeeper!" she pointed out happily. She then dragged Prohyas to the game and he, Nebula, and Rad watched as she showed them how to play the game by taking the balls that were painted yellow with black stripes and blown around and you have to scoop as many as you can into the net and put it in the molded jar.
At some point during the girl's demonstration, Nebula had wondered off. The bluenette had just wandered back to drag Rad to a racing game where it was a simulated skateboard. While Prohyas and his girlfriend played a car racing game,Rad was trying to teach her to skateboard, she kept slipping. Luckily Rad kept catching her. She ended up slipping back and Rad put a hand on her back to catch her and keep her supported. "Let me try that again" Nebula said determinedly. Rad helped her stand on the fake skateboard and she started to ply the game. "I think I'm starting to get the hang of this" she said. As the simulation came to a turn, she lost her footing and she began to fall into Rad's arms again. As she fell, she put her hands behind his neck and pulled him into a kiss. "I might need to work on that" she said once they pulled away. Prohyas and his girlfriend joined them and Rad challenged Prohyas to the game. He happily accepted and the boys began the game while the girls went to play nearby video games. Nebula choose to play a game called 'Space Invaders' and when she was done, she watched her new friend play a game called 'Slithering Snake'. "So what's this game about?" she asked. ""You play as a snake. You have to collect fruit and you can't hit the sides of the screen. In later levels you have to avoid large birds,raccoons, foxes, coyotes, excreta. The number of predators increases the higher level you get" the girl explained. Nebula nodded and watched the girl play. "What are the boys doing? I don't hear them" the girl asked. Nebula glanced around and found them playing ping pong. "Their playing ping pong" she said. The game let out a rapid 'beep' to signal a game over. The girls then joined the boys and the four of them took turns playing against another.
The brown haired girl's phone went off as she watched Nebula play against Rad as they both used their powers of levitation to throw the ball onto the other's side. "Hey Vambre" the girl greeted as she answered her phone. She then noticed her panicked expression. "Is everything okay?" she asked."Well, Parrot got a hold of the Rump Roast Magisword and he won't give it back. Simone and I don't know what would be a safe yet efficient way to take it away from him" Vambre explained. "I was thinking about using Taunting Jester on him but I know how much you don't like me using him on Parrot" Vambre said. "Hold your Magimobile up to him" the girl said. Vambre did as she was told and the brown haired girl let out a whistle to get her dragon's attention. He looked up and tilted his head. "Parrot! Drop that magisowrd! Now!" she yelled. The dragon lt out what sounded like a whimper and he dropped the magisword. "Good boy! I'll see you tonight! Until then, you need to behave for your Auntie Vambre and Aunt Simone" she said. Parrot let out a happy noise and the girl let out a laugh. "I love you too. Now be good" she said. Parrot then trotted up to Simone and nuzzled her lovingly. "Thanks" Vambre said. They girls said their quick 'goodbyes' and hung up.
"Hey, do you guys wanna go to The Cave of Stuff?" Prohyas asked. "What's at The Cave of Stuff?" Rad asked. "We don't know what theme Grup choose for today but he said that it should be really fun" the brown haired girl said. Rad and Nebula looked to them in confusion. "The Cave of Stuff is basically a dungeon, a place where you have to solve certain problems and avoid obstacles. At the end you get a magisword! It's really fun" Prohyas responded
"I still remember my first dungeon" the brown haired girl dreamily as she looked at Prohyas. "It might give me some inspiration for any action scenes for our movie" Nebula said. Rad nodded his head in agreement. The couples then mad their way to The Cave of Stuff.
The game that Rad and the brown haired girl played is taken from a game I used to play at the arcade when I was little. However, instead of bugs it was spiders. I was wicked good and I still remember that game to this day. Same thing with Beekeeper.
This chapter is longer because I had so many ideas for the arcade games. I had a lot of fun putting arcade games from my childhood into this chapter!