The story so far…
Sir Bo-bobo and his party begin their journey to their next stop to rescue the High Spirits, the Crimson Desert. Captain Battleship invades their train ride there and forces a fight, but the party sends him straight back to hell. As their trip winds down, Beauty remembers a memory about her older brother, whom she is looking for, and Bo-bobo ponders about his duty as a warrior of the Diamond Hair Kingdom, whereas both of these dreams may have a role later…
When the train finally arrives at Mt. Bloodstone, the entrance to the Ruby Region, the team bumps into Serviceman, the official mailman of the Don Kingdom. Despite his odd mishaps, he requests Bo-bobo for some help…
SERVICE!!
Chapter 2
The Mystery of the Ruins of Exodus
(Part 2: Fly through the air with the wind in your sheet! WHAT'S WITH THIS HEAT!?)
"Sir Bo-bobo, would you help me find some letters I dropped?" Serviceman said politely while bowing.
Bo-bobo stared at the man in silence for a moment. He actually responded calmly for once.
"What's in it for us?"
"Well…if you help me find my letters, I'll give you your mail faster, and I'll leave out all the useless junk! Y'know, like radio ads and such…."
"Anything else?"
"Uhhh….I'll give you my favorite sheet, which just so happens to be the one I'm wearing!"
"Okay, I do NOT want to see what's under that sheet again!" Heppokomaru thought in agony.
"Oh, and I have all sorts of stuff for you Sir Bo-bobo!" Serviceman fished out his mailbag, where he began to take out a bunch of stuff. "I have a gift certificate to the Club 3001.5 in the southern port of Crystal Town…and a "stop the Churro-Chiwukan Megabucket" button…and three boxes of fresh chocolate from the Tourmaline Region…an air gun...these lilies of the valley from the Topaz Region…and a little stuffed bear. That's all I got." All of Serviceman's rewards were spread out on the ground.
Bo-bobo looked at the generous prizes for a moment. He then gave a long stare at Serviceman. He continued this for a few minutes.
"Can you join my team instead?" Bo-bobo asked as if he were a happy child.
Serviceman stared at him in freakish wonder. "You mean you don't want my stuff?"
"Weeeellll…when you put it that way, I'll find your mail if you agree to be my slave for all eternity and sign this…" Bo-bobo held out a piece of paper that stated a notice about handing all of his property to him.
"Bo-bobo, that's not fair!" Beauty shouted in anger.
"A deal's a deal! I'll relinquish all of my belongings to you!" Serviceman signed the paper with anime-line tears falling from his eyes.
"He signed it!?" Beauty shouted again.
"Sir Bo-bobo, I have sold my deal to you! You are now the proud owner of my cheap rental minivan, my six-month trial of Cox Digital Cable, my numerous volumes of out-of-print, ripped-up TOKYOPOP manga, my little antenna-run TV, my toilet, which is actually a stack of newspapers, this disco CD that I came across the other day, and my dead hamster, Servicehamster!" Sparkles filled the eyes of the sheeted mailman.
"YOU GODDAMN CHEATER!!" Bo-bobo took the mailman by his hair strand and threw him all the way to the western side of the mountain. He then proceeded to rip his dead hamster in half!
"Bo-bobo! Wha'd ya do that for!? He's poor! Give him a break!" Beauty shouted again.
And so, thanks to the not-so-tireless efforts of Sir Bo-bobo and his dead hamster Servicehamster, movie-goers around the world can thrill to yet another pointless display of senseless violence and meaningless destruction that only the Samurai Pizza Cats can retaliate…
"GAH! The narrator's back! Why isn't he dead!?" Beauty squeaked.
"Stand aside. I'll take care of this!" Namero shouted. He gulped down a large pepper that made his tongue blazing hot. He leapt in the air and saw where the narrator was.
"Okay you dipstick! Super Fist of the Wobbly Tongue-"
"SERRRRRRRRRRVIIIIIIIIIICE!!"
Out of the blue, Serviceman leapt into the air and flashed his intimate parts into the narrator's face. The light emerging from his sheet was so intense that the narrator's head exploded!
"The deed is done!" Serviceman landed on the ground in triumph as the broken remains of the narrator's head fell on top of him in giant heaps, causing Heppokomaru's eyes to bulge in shock.
"Woah! How cool!" Don Patch applauded. "In fact that was so cool that I'll do the honor of finding your lost letters for you! Sayonara!!"
"EH!?" Namero shouted in shock.
"To the lost letters…and beyond!!" In a flash, Don Patch was all the way on the other side of Mt. Bloodstone. Sheer silence befell the entire mountain…even the winds were still…
And so the minutes passed.
And those minutes turned into hours.
And those hours multiplied by two. After about three hours of nothing but stillness, an obnoxious scream could be heard.
"TEYANDEE!"
"What the hell!?" Beauty broke the ice. Don Patch was zipping to them with three letters in hand, along with a net full of juicy-looking bumps with a giant mole creature inside. Three cats were also inside the sack.
"Stupid robot! You stole my catchphrase!" One of the cats said.
"Aw, no one cares about you anymore you dumb cat! Your legacy is left in the dust!"
"Hey, it's not my fault that the stupid writers didn't get a stupid manuscript!"
"Aww, stop whining! Look! That ram is in danger!" Don Patch pointed west.
"WHAT!? LUCILLE! WE'RE COMING FOR YOU--!!"
The cats broke loose from the net and ran off. The lone female lagged behind.
"Jeez, you really beat me up! Now what are you going to do?"
A small blue mole-like creature crawled from inside the net. Numerous red bumps were stacked on his head. "My bumps may be delicious, but that doesn't mean you have to nearly kill me for it! There's something called animal abuse you know!"
"My data A.I sensors state that I have done no form of abuse to you. I have obtained survival food for my master and his friends. Besides…" Don Patch took one of the juicy bumps from the bag.
"Who can resist a Bo Bump from the infamous Bo Mole creature!? These things are so damn good it's practically a sin!" Don Patch began to devour several bumps whole. Namero began to panic.
"I didn't program him to consume human and animal foods! He's being suicidal right now! Well…he would be if he weren't in such pristine condition as he's eating those…what are they anyway?"
Beauty picked up one of the bumps and looked at it carefully. Heppokomaru put on is light blue glasses from before and started flipping through a fact book in eagerness.
"Okay Beauty, you may be smart and pretty, but I'll show you that I'm no regular gunner…I'm the best play-by-play ever and the smartest! Okay, a large, round orange bump…hmmm…let's see…nope, no, nuh-uh, that's not it either…oh! Found-"
"I know what this is!" Beauty exclaimed. Heppokomaru performed a collapsing face fault in defeat. "This is a Bo Bump! These are juicy fruits that form from a swollen bump of the ultra-rare Bo Mole creature that lives in the warmest regions of the kingdom! I heard of these! They're so tasty and delicious! They make a good cooking ingredient too!" Beauty took a bite of one, and purred in satisfaction as a trail of pale orange juice trailed down her chin.
"Hey, let me have a bite." Bo-bobo came over and picked up a bump, but instead bit the head of the mole instead!
"Heeey, it's chewy! Yuck!" Bo-bobo mumbled through his teeth. The Bo Mole was screaming constantly.
"Bo-bobo-san, that's the mole you're eating, not the bump!" Heppokomaru shouted.
"Oh. Whatever." Bo-bobo tossed the mole into the great beyond.
"Hmm…hmmm…ah-hah! These are the letters I dropped! Thank you, robot-san! I could not have done it without you!" Serviceman said happily.
"But you didn't do anything…" Heppokomaru said quietly.
"I have all three letters that I lost…one for the wizard Merlon…one for some little girl who lives in the Moonstone Region, and…oh…it seems that I have one for you, Sir Bo-bobo." Serviceman said after sorting his mail.
"Really? Let me see." Bo-bobo took the letter from Serviceman. The envelope was made of old ivory rice paper, and the writing was in ink. "Wow…this envelope looks old…"
Bo-bobo carefully opened the envelope and found a piece of golden parchment paper inside. The writing on it was both broken and barely visible, but noticeable enough to read.
Sir Bo-bo…
The l…of…ter...ruins…ge…ere….llow the path of…and……oasis………ire…Ignis the spirit of…save…my…………….please…………..the spirit of lightning exists within………………save us, for the sake of………….amond…..om…..iste……killed……
Please meet with me soon at all haste, Sir Bo-bobo my old friend…
"What? I can barely read any of it!" Beauty complained.
"The ink's all worn out…I can't read any of the characters either…and the signature's all faded…" Namero analyzed the letter thoroughly, but couldn't read it either.
"The only fully readable sentence is the last one on the bottom. It says it's from…Sir Bo-bobo-san's old friend?" Heppokomaru looked up at Bo-bobo. "Do you know who sent this?"
"I don't have a clue. Oh well. What a waste." Bo-bobo was about to launch it over the cliff, but was stopped by Serviceman.
"Hold it. This letter has obscure references to this place and possibly beyond. Look!" Serviceman pointed to the first sentence.
"The l…of…ter…….ruins…hmmm…ruins…ruins…the la…of water…the lady of water….ruins….aha! I got it! This first sentence says that the High Spirit of Water is imprisoned in the Ruins of Exodus!"
"What!? How can you tell?" Namero asked.
"Aqua is the High Spirit of water. She's often referred to as the 'Lady of the Water.' And the Ruins of Exodus are probably one of the oldest ruins in the kingdom, but it's the only ruin that the citizens know about! One of the High Spirits is imprisoned here, right? Well, I think that one thing this letter is trying to say is that Aqua is imprisoned in those ruins!"
"Wow…you were able to decode it that fast…scary…" Beauty said in amazement. "You look like a complete dick, but you're smart too…"
"What did you call me, Beauty-chan!?" Serviceman hissed.
"Are you calling me a child!?" Beauty shouted back.
"All right, all right, back off." Bo-bobo parted the mage and the mailman. "I think that we all can agree that this letter will be helpful. And I think that Serviceman will be a great asset to the party. We should let him join!" Bo-bobo said in happiness.
"WHAT!?" Beauty and Heppokomaru shouted simultaneously.
"You really mean it!?" Serviceman shouted. "YESSS!"
Serviceman joined your party!
Press the down "C" button to have Serviceman uplift you across short gaps. His white bed sheet is both durable and aerodynamic! Also, being the resident mailman of the kingdom, Serviceman can also deliver letters that have been scattered across the kingdom! Serviceman is also valuable in battle too. Because of his aerodynamic ways, he's a powerful warrior who can manipulate the elements of the sky! He can also flash his creepy-looking intimate parts to an opponent, causing them to make their eyes explode!
Serviceman's Status
Current Level: Level 23
Max HP: 780/780
Max MP: 400/400
Max SP: 20
Attack Power: 28
Defense Power: 14
Magic Power: 20
Magic Defense: 12
Class: Fighter
Equipment: Six-fluted Pole, Cleric's bed sheet
Regular Skills: 10
Special Skills: 4
Unique Skills: 1
"Wow, for a Level 23 Warrior who wields a pole weapon, you're pretty mediocre," said Namero, commenting on Serviceman's status.
"Hey Namero, stop insulting the mailman. At least he has a job, you know." Heppokomaru shot at Namero.
"At least I didn't get upset about my friend getting one more peanut than me." Namero said half to himself. Heppkomaru heard him.
"What was that, bastard!?"
"You are an e-m-o emo."
"Step over here and say that again, dips--!"
"Emo! Emo! E-M-O!"
"BRING IT ON, ASSHEAD! BRING IT ON!!"
The two boys mercilessly beat the living crap out of one another, and they tumbled eastward so fast that they arrived at a bridge that was nearly three miles away. Beauty stared at their stamina and frustration in awe and annoyance.
"I swear, boys are so stupid…" she said to herself.
The party arrived at the bridge, where Namero's and Heppokomaru's brawl was at a standstill. They weren't tumbling in place anymore, but they were still fighting.
"I'll take care of this!" Serviceman shouted. He leapt into the sunlight and shone brilliantly, at least until he came down and screamed "SERVICE! SERVICE! SERVICE!" so loud that all of the vultures that were hovering around flew off. He landed intimate parts first on Heppokomaru's head, while Namero managed to escape!
"Service! Service! That's right, how do ya like that!? Taste my natural enhancement, jerk! Service!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
Heppokomaru tried in vain to claw the man off his head, but wound up tumbling across the bridge instead. He finally was able to get the man off of him, but instead of getting back at him, he collapsed on the ground with a multitude of foam bubbling at his mouth. His eyes were ghastly white.
"He-kun! Are you okay!?" Beauty asked in panic, shaking him.
"Enhancement…yuck…" Heppokomaru stuttered.
"Serviceman! Never do that again loser!" Bo-bobo grabbed a refrigerator out of nowhere and smashed Serviceman's skull with it!
"Okay! Come on! You want a piece of me!?" Serviceman smashed Bo-bobo's head with a microwave oven.
"You want a piece of ME, tough guy!?" Bo-bobo smashed Serviceman's head with an entire restaurant bar.
"Do you!?" Serviceman smashed the other with a lawnmower.
"Do you!?" Bo-bobo smashed the other with a CD-ROM drive.
"Do you!?" Serviceman smashed the other with an airplane.
"Do you!?" Bo-bobo smashed the other with a battleship.
"Do you!?" Serviceman smashed the other with a spiked mallet.
"Do you!?" Bo-bobo smashed the other with an army tank.
"ENOUGH! SQUAAK!"
"What!?"
Overhead, Bo-bobo saw an enormous vulture flying toward him and his party. The vulture (Played by the Calendar of the Battleship 5 Quartet), who had a bizarre look, swooped upward, and then landed gracefully on a large wooden branch. While he looked like an average vulture, his eyes had a peculiar shape to them, and his feathers in the front resembled calendar pages.
"Hm!" The vulture hummed loudly. He took out a piece of paper from his calendar pages and skimmed it carefully. "Hmmm…hmmm…mm-hmmm…hm!" He put the poster away.
"Yep, verrry similar! You five look just like the criminals Lord Softon wanted me to hunt down! Now be honest here! Just what are your names?"
"He wants our names…what should we do, Bo-bobo!?" Beauty asked in panic. "He looks tough, even for a vulture!"
Bo-bobo pondered for a moment. A creepy smile then crossed his lips. "I got it!" He leapt in front of the vulture with a giant smile. Everyone appeared to be wierded out by the situation, even Serviceman.
"You see, vulture-san…we are…"
Heppokomaru and Namero gulped.
"The five…"
Beauty was sweating. Don Patch and Serviceman were holding one another.
"…baby Yoshis from Yoshi's Story! See!? We're just a bunch of widdle babies! Waaaah!" Bo-bobo was now bearing a pacifier, a diaper, and the most horrible excuse for a Yoshi costume in the world!
"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?" Everyone shouted.
"Oh, and if you're wandering about the sixth guy, he's a Pichu who just recovered from a severe undergoing of plastic surgery," Bo-bobo said, pointing to Serviceman.
"HEY!" Serviceman objected.
"Hmmm…" The vulture pondered for a moment. He ripped a leaflet from his calendar pages where a picture of the baby Yoshis from Yoshi's Story was. He looked at it and the party three times each. After a minute, he made his descision.
"Well…you do kinda look like them…and that sheeted man does look like a miserable Pichu…well, okay then. You can pass." The vulture waved his wing foreward and flew away back into the palm tree he was sleeping in. He continued snoozing, as the entire party stared in absolute disbelief.
"He…believed him…" Heppokomaru stuttered.
"What…a freggin'…loser…" Namero mirrored the latter's stutter.
"How can he NOT tell…that that was…a total lie?" Beauty stuttered herself.
"Why…are we…stuttering like this?" Don Patch asked.
"Who…stole…my…tightey-whiteys?" serviceman broke the mold of disbelief, causing everyone to scream in disgust.
"I want…my blackberry…" Bo-bobo was the last one to stutter. Everyone sweatdropped.
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"Well, this is it…we're leaving the mild safety of Mt. Bloodstone and whatever else this civilization has…and we're entering…-gulp-…the Crimson Desert…" Don Patch stared at the road ahead from the watchtower that was next to the entrance of the desert. The current path they were on now had begun to be devoured by sand, as the rocks disappeared and the temperature began to rise. The sun was shining even harder, as if its beams were dancing the Valhalla dance.
"Sir Bo-bobo…we must brace ourselves for the trouble ahead…for I fear that if we do not take a moment to-" Don Patch opened his eyes and saw that the party was already entering the desert!
"WHAAAT!? HOW DARE YOU!! I'M TELLING KAMI-SAMA ON YOU FOR THIS!!" Don Patch donned a feminine lemon yellow wig and green lipstick as he chased his comrades into the sandy desert…
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The sun was strong. It was as hot as hell below. The sea of sand was dancing and scattering amongst the endless road that was the Ruby Region. This was the land of the hell-ridden desert, the desert that possessed many of the unsolved mysteries of the Don kingdom. And it was here that another journey for Sir Bo-bobo and his party had begun…
"The sun's really strong…it's hot as hell below…I feel like I'm gonna stand in my grave any minute now…" Namero breathed.
"No duh, you just repeated what the stupid paragraph above you stated. Besides, we've barely even crossed the first part of the desert! What are you, chicken? If you want some relief, you can at least take that load of armor and that suit off you…" Heppokomaru grunted.
"No way. Not in front of Beauty. That's indecent."
"It's more acceptable if a boy goes topless than a girl. Besides, I'm sure she'll go crazy if you do it, like all girls…" Heppokomaru stated with a hint of sarcasm. Unfortunately for him, Beauty heard what he had said.
"I'll go crazy, is that it, He-kun? Just like everyone else?" Beauty said with dull remorse. Heppokomaru slapped himself in the face.
"Gaaah! Baka, baka! I'm a complete idiot! What the hell was I thinking!? Oh, I'm so stupid…she'll never forgive me…" Heppokomaru began to shiver.
"Here's a newsflash for you. I don't get distracted by the male chest that easily like a bunch of other over-hyped, spoiled, squealy, idiotic teenage girls are. If you just see me as a squirrelly little girl, then you're a pretty lowbrow jackass. Get your head out of your ass and see reality, He-kun." Beauty walked alongside Bo-bobo, leaving Heppokomaru in the dust. Depression lingered over his face as he continued walking.
Poor Don Patch, however, was left behind to malfunction in the sand. The nanosecond he stepped into the desert, his system went haywire.
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The raging sands were getting stronger as the team continued to journey through the desert. It was becoming harder to see with each step. Beauty had to hold her arms out in front of her.
"Mmmgh…Bo-bobo, where are you? I can't see you!" Beauty was on the edge of panic as Bo-bobo began to disappear into the sand. She saw a shadow in the distance dashing toward her.
"Bo-bobo?"
"Wrongo!"
"Eyaaah!"
The shadow sped toward the teenage girl and pushed her to the ground with considerable force. The figure was a bandit in a red cape, and he was plundering Beauty's possessions from her.
"Hey there cutie, I'll be taking yer stuff now, if ya don't mind. My buddies and I need some money and all that." He stared at her for a moment as she reached for a pocket knife concealed in her boot.
"Well, come to think of it, we haven't found a lovely maiden in ages either! And you're just the grandest I've ever laid eyes on! It's decided! Yer comin' with me!" The bandit grabbed Beauty by the neck and clamped her mouth shut. She began to struggle out of his grip, but had no avail. He began to trudge a considerable distance into the desert away from where Bo-bobo was, and Beauty began to panic.
"No…no! Not again! Why can I use magic to take down a mammoth giant, and yet not be able to take down a simple street loser like this guy!? And since he's in a bandit circle, ten bucks says that they're going to rape me, just like Zuno tried to! Oh, what do I do!?"
Beauty began to cry for Bo-bobo in vain, but was only able to get out muffled shouts. Her bandit captor disappeared into the sandstorm, now completely out of sight.
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"Hmmph…urrgh…dammit, this is so frustrating!" Namero was stepping wide steps as the sandstorm began to rage. He too was having a hard time seeing through. The winds began to tear his clothes apart, and he was on the verge of collapse.
"Nyah hah hah!" Another shadow was dashing in the distance.
"What!?"
The shadow sped by Namero in a flash, and shouted "Oops! Sorry loser!" As the shadow disappeared, Namero grunted in anger, but then soon noticed that his wallet was empty!
"Oh s--, my wallet! It had all my money and everything! That damned desert bandit stole all of my identifications too! Now what am I going to do!?"
Namero landed on the ground in defeat and anger, but looked up when he heard a mysteriously powerful wind pick up speed nearby.
"Huh!?"
The wind came closer and closer to him, and Namero was too late to realize that that wind was actually a whirlwind coming right at him!
"Oh crap-AAAAAAAH!"
The whirlwind captured Namero into its twisting arms and began to violently carry him into parts unknown…
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"My mail! My mail! Agh, what a mess!"
Serviceman was having difficulty with the wind catching on both his mailbag and his sheet, which was lifted enough to expose his intimate parts, but even their flash wasn't bright enough to pierce the darkness of the sandstorm. He was practically blind at this point, with the sand catching into his eyes, and he was cut up from the sharp winds.
"Aww…I'm blind…what now? My mail's gone haywire too! This sucks…huh?"
Serviceman heard a rumble in the distance. He turned around, but saw nothing but more sand that caught into his eyes.
"Come out, whoever you are! SERVICE!" Serviceman flashed again, but nothing happened.
"Hmm…that's odd…I took extra care of it this morning and increased the censor size…wha-!?"
/THUD!/
A large, hard object crashed into Serviceman's head. Within seconds, the creepy mailman blacked out into unconsciousness.
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Don Patch was still unconscious in the sands, still donning the same exact wig and lipstick he had on earlier. He was lost, alone, and forgotten, but the irony was that he was the closest one to the entrance of the desert!
As he slept in the darkness, several shadows lurked over him…
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"Sir Bo-bobo-san! Sir Bo-bobo-san! Where are you!? Sir Bo-bobo-san!"
Heppokomaru called Bo-bobo's name out in vain several times, yet his voice was already raspy. The sand began to batter his face and tear his clothes. Some had even gotten down his throat, making him choke. He had already crashed into several cacti, hence he was also pricked by cactus pricks as well. He began to collapse in exhaustion.
"This can't be…I'm supposed to be a leader of a squad…if I can lead a squad of gunners, then why can't I cross a lousy desert…Bo-bobo-san…"
Heppokomaru's eyes were about to close, and his spirit began to wear down.
"B-Beauty…I thought I heard you shouting for help…was that just a deception? Beauty…everyone…please be safe…ah!"
Heppokomaru was becoming covered by sand, and a blue cactus fell on top of the pile, causing him to scream in pain. He was helpless, for the first time in a long time.
"N-no…I can't…Sir Bo-bobo-san…"
He began to fade away.
"Help me, Bo-bobo-san!" Heppokomaru said with one final breath as he fell into unconsciousness.
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Bo-bobo was melting into a pile of goop, literally. Even his shiny afro was disintegrating. The hellish sun had finally gotten to him. He was stuck in place for a while, at least until he realized what was happening to him.
"GAAAAAAAAH! OH MY STARS!! I'M MELTING!!" Bo-bobo re-formed into his regular self and began running around frantically, for a large sunburn was spreading on his butt. He found the water canteen that was reserved for him and poured it down his pants onto his burning buttocks. Although the pain didn't leave, the burn cooled down.
"Phew…owwwie…too much sun…and after that sandstorm…huh?"
Bo-bobo noticed that he was out of the giant sandstorm he was trapped in with his comrades, and now he was out in the middle of empty sands, with nothing but the intense sun blazing on his coffee-with-cream skin. He also noticed that his friends were missing!
"Uhh…guys!? Where are you!? If you're hiding from me, it's not funny! GUYS!!"
Bo-bobo shouted over and over, until he realized that his friends really were missing. He began to panic.
"Okay Bo-bobo, calm down…you can handle this fine…after all, you're the legendary Nose Hair Knight…now what to do…your friends are lost in a raging desert filled with whirlwinds, cacti, and drunken bandits and you yourself just got a severe sunburn on your butt…hmm…gotta think, gotta think…ah-hah!"
Bo-bobo spotted a pony in the distance, which had come out of nowhere. He began to dash toward it in a frenzy, and when he reached it, he hopped on it, and shouted,
"Ride like the wind, Bullseye! Ride like the wind!!"
Silence.
"Eh-eh!?"
Bo-bobo stared at himself in stupidity, for the pony he spotted was no more than a mirage. He was sitting smack dab on his sunburn, and he yelped as he shot up from the pain.
"Agh…I'm so damn stupid! What now!?"
Bo-bobo began to lose hope. Here he was in the middle of the Crimson Desert with no one else. He became sad and lonely; he had been sad and lonely for all of his childhood. He didn't want to return to those days ever again…
/Crunch!/
"Huh?"
Bo-bobo looked down and noticed that he stepped on a pile of brittle ruby that was dug in a large rock. He gazed at it for a moment, and placed his hand on the ruby. It easily turned into dust.
"That's odd. Rubies are the second-hardest gemstones in the world…only diamonds are harder…why is this ruby so brittle?"
Bo-bobo looked at the ruby stone again and noticed something.
"What!?"
There seemed to be something written inside the brittle ruby. Bo-bobo continued to dig into the rock until he found a mysterious stone within its center. Overhead, the narrator shouted:
You got the Pure Heart Pulse Ruby!
Bo-bobo was too weary to kill him now; instead he stared at his newfound treasure. It seemed to beat with a similar pulse to a human heart. It was faint, but Bo-bobo could feel it.
"Wh…what is this…what is it telling me?"
The pulsating ruby beat up northward a bit violently. Bo-bobo took several paces north, and noticed that the pulsing had become stronger.
"This ruby…is it leading me somewhere?"
Bo-bobo continued to move north. He stopped when the ruby then pointed to the northeast. Bo-bobo continued to follow that path as the pulses began to strengthen again.
"I think that this may be connected to the Ruins of Exodus…I didn't want to, but I think I'll have to search for the others later…for now, I'm gonna get all the info I need for the real journey ahead!"
End of Part 2
-Oh no! The party's been separated into the harshness of the Crimson Desert! Can they survive? And what is the mysterious stone that Bo-bobo found's true purpose?
-Okay, I've got my gym application, so forgive me for the late notice. Due to the "mystery theme" of this Chapter, I'm having a bit of a writer's block, but don't worry! When summer hits, I'll assure more chapters in the future! Sorry if this one was a bit dissatisfying...
FOOTNOTES
-I'm sure at least one of you knew who those cats (And that name Lucille) were…
-The Valhalla Dance is a reference to the My-Otome anime, where a group of female warriors named the Valkyries perform a combination attack under that name. Valhalla is also the name of a grand hall of Odin's palace in Norse mythology where his loyal Valkyries (Female warrior servants) would escort him.
-"Teyandee!" is a slang word in Japanese that roughly translates to "What the hell are you talking about?"
-And when Serviceman uses the "-chan" suffix to Beauty, he's using it in a disrespectful manner, calling her a child.
TEYANDEE!!