Lying in the center of a grass field, a humble abode snoozed as a stir began in its innards. The sharp ringing of crashing steel awoke the home, alerting the passing buds.

"Cmon Bro, hurry up with those knives!"

"Coming!"

A verdant eyed quadruped hurried up the steps, placing a tray of dirking devices on a nearby table. He examined the room, inspecting the strange targets that faced the wall to his side. A golden retriever with snake-like laser lemon retinas approached slowly behind him.

"Boo."

"OH SHIT" exclaimed the bud with green ojos as the other bud erupted with laughter. The surprised bud laughed along, jokingly punching the bud in the leg.

"I hate you." He said to the still laughing bud. "What did you want to show me?"

The yellow eyed bud sprung up and excitingly grabbed several dirking devices.

"Alright check this" he explained. "I call this technique the qwirkle technique"

The golden retriever breathed deeply, pulling back his front leg, launching a bunch of dirking devices charged with Paroxysm gigawatts at the targets. Each knife was a direct bullseye, puncturing the targets with a satisfying slice.

"Whoa!" The green bud examined the knives. "Where'd you learn to do that?"

"I learned it myself." The paroxysm bud bragged. "I used the air to control the blades. You should try!"

The green bud shrugged. "I'm not sure, I don't have your yellow electricity powers."

The yellow eyed canine handed the other a handful of knives anyways, and with a sigh, he pulled back his leg and tossed the knives with a small spark of green energy. The knives flopped onto the floor pathetically, and the green bud frowned

"I'm sure you'll get better!" The yellow bud encouraged. The green bud shrugged and headed into his room to do some homework, with the yellow bud in close pursuit.

"Did you finish the essay for class yet?" The green bud inquired.

The yellow bud gave an annoyed sigh. "The one about the almighty Licorice Bud? No." He got out his homework, wearing a frustrated look. "Doesn't it get on your nerves that he's praised as a hero for basically doing nothing? Like, he committed mass genocide, got rid of sexual reproduction, and treats all of us like viruses, made only to reproduce. That sounds like a villain to me."

The green bud shrugged. "I guess."

The yellow bud sighed once again, looking over the report prompt.

[initiate prompt]

Write about a time when Licorice Bud inspired you to do good.

[deinitiate prompt]

The canine crumpled up the prompt and tossed it onto the floor. Getting out a piece of paper, he wrote something at the top.

The green bud peeked over his shoulder to see. "The Tyranny of Lord Air BUd?"

The yellow bud turned, surprised, and covered his paper. "It's nothing!"

The green bud gave a soft grin. "Cmon bro, I want to see it."

The yellow bud sighed, passing over the paper. "It's just a kind of imagination thing I do sometimes. I imagine what I would do if I was the Bud President, how I would benefit the world."

The green bud looked over the paper, intrigued. "Dude, this is actually really cool. You could go to law school or something. Why Lord Air Bud though? Wouldn't King Air Bud be cooler?"

The yellow bud smiled. "Keep reading."

"Lord Air Bud will also be guided by his brother, King Air Bud." The green bud looked up. "Me?"

"Yep." The yellow bud looked longingly out the window.

"What's wrong?"

"It's just sometimes, I wish I could actually do it. Start my rebellion against the system, save the world..." The bud sighed. "But I'm just a kid."

The green bud left the room, then came back with a stack of flyers promoting Lord Air Bud's Tyranny.

"What is this?"

The green bud smiled. "Lord Air Bud, I'm gonna help you save the world."