Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another chapter from Hourglass!
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Crap, I actually don't have much to say this time. XD Other than that this chapter started off SUPER slow for me when I was writing it. That's the case for most chapters, but this one especially!
In any case, here's the one reply for today.
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Stormblaze101: Oh yeah? If you REALLY watched Squid Girl, tell me about your favorite character! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Sorry, it's just hard to believe somebody's actually seen that anime. I'm legitimately curious about who your favorite character is, Storm.
Now, let the story commence!
Chapter 20: The Hackers and the Hacked
As Norman fell, all his nostalgic thoughts from before were replaced with ones of fear. His death was only seconds away; soon, he would become a stain on the bedrock floor of the deepest cavern in Minecraftia. His surroundings darkened as he plummeted further and further, the ground closer by the moment. And then...he hit.
Water, of course! He was greatly surprised when his breath was taken away after suddenly being submerged in the beautiful blue liquid. He struggled for a bit, trying to slow his descent, and then swam upward. His head broke the surface a few seconds later and he took a great big breath, climbing onto solid ground that was next to him.
All of a sudden, he noticed that torches all around him had just decided to come to greet him with their warmth, and so they flared up and lit the bottom of the Diggy Diggy Hole. Before taking a look around, Norman ran back over to help his friends. He pulled Kelsey and Darcy out of the water while the others hoisted themselves out on their own.
"GACK!" spat Kelsey, coughing out a whole lot of water. "Oh, Notch! T-too much *cough* ...water! A little warning would've been appreciated!"
Darcy grimaced and squeezed even more water from his clothes, darkening the stone beneath his feet.
"I take a lookie over the edge one time and that fruit loop thinks it's an invitation to shove us all down!" he growled, looking up at Far Off's speck of a figure making his way down the spiral staircase.
The center of the Diggy Diggy Hole itself was mainly just a big cylindrical space with exactly 200 different paths that branched off from the main area, a sign posted above each—just like Far Off said. All kinds of ores lined the walls like glitter, strewn all over like multicolored decoration.
When Norman turned to face his friends again, he noticed that Astrid wasn't there. Right on cue, he heard her give out a yell behind him and he turned a second time. How did she get all the way over there without him noticing, exactly? She was inspecting the first path's sign.
"So, which path are we supposed to take? This sign here says "Jockeys 51/56." What's it mean, do you think?"
Everyone pondered that for a moment, though they were all obviously too uninformed to have a clue. As they were thinking, a random voice interrupted their thoughts, coming from all around them in an echo.
"Welcome, enterers of the Diggy Diggy Hole!" it declared, sounding a lot like that Nicholas Withers.
Norman grimaced at the sound of his voice and shouted right back,
"Nick! This had better not be another scam!"
Nick's voice made a little tut-tut and continued,
"Come on, Cobweb! You honestly don't trust me? ...well, okay, maybe I'm not the most trustworthy. I'll give you that! Still, you guys entered this place out of your own free will, so you're stuck for a little while!" he said, and with a pause to follow before adding, "Before I begin, I must invite our two other participants to join us! They're just a bit slow on the way down, see."
Out of nowhere, the Far Off guy teleported in front of them, not at all startled by his change in scenery. Not a second later, Auconi appeared as well, more so falling on his face in front of them than anything. He quickly jumped to his feet and brushed himself off, trying to make himself look even a bit decent; he looked like he'd just gotten into a tussle with a werewolf what with how torn up his clothes were and all the bloodstains on his skin. Bailey put a hand to her mouth and spoke through it.
"Whoa! What in the name of Notch happened to you?"
Auconi waved a hand nonchalantly and replied in a monotonous voice,
"Eh, it's nothing. The monsters inside that Chromium Cube gave me a tiny bit of trouble earlier, but I think I'm good."
From his bored expression came a glint in his eye that none of them except Norman seemed to notice. It was definitely odd.
Nick seemed to have already grown impatient, though, so he interrupted them before they could keep a conversation going.
"ANYWAY, you guys seem to have an even group here, so I think I'm going to make thing a little bit more interesting here. How about you all pick a path in groups of two? Yeah, that'll be more fun!"
They all looked at each other, a little apprehensive but mostly okay with the idea. As soon as they started pairing up, Nick let out a slightly nasally laugh, startling them all.
"What's so funny, Willy Wonka?" taunted Astrid, grinning to herself.
"Hey!" he snapped, sounding quite offended. "Just because I wear a top hat and funny clothes doesn't mean I'm..." he stopped himself and proceeded to clear his throat, composing himself. "What I was going to say is, why would I let you pick your own partners? Now, now, you should know me by now!"
All of a sudden, the chink of metal rang in their ears and they all gasped, grabbing their wrists. When they looked down, they saw that Nick had applied tethers to each of their wrists, connecting them to somebody else.
"And don't even bother trying to remove those leads, kiddos! They're admin-sealed! Ha ha HA! Oh, how I love my job!"
In a burst of outrage, Darcy let loose a quick series of handpicked unpleasant insults for Nick's ears to take in. Nick made a fake little gasp and replied right on spot.
"Watch your language, Mr. Lava!" he laughed again, recovering promptly and letting out a happy sigh. "Ah, well, it's time for you to get going! Remember, be safe, be smart, and try not to kill each other! Withers OUT!"
Nick's voice faded from the room, leaving them all to talk over what the heck just happened. Norman found himself now tied wrist-to-wrist with Kelsey, who he thought wasn't too bad, maybe a little awkward, but better than a lot of other people he could've gotten fixed to; in any case, however, Norman remembered that he had to address this raw team with finality or they'd just be stuck there forever, arguing about partners.
"HEY!" he exclaimed, grabbing their attention at last. "No matter what the silver idiot throws at us, we've got to be ready! By the way Farixz and Serisdo were describing Froace to me, it seems like he REALLY loves fine jewels, so there's no doubt he hiding at the end of the maze with that Arcuniris gem. I hate to say it, but we need to split up on this one. If we tried all going the same path, Nick would probably send us right back..."
Auconi sighed gratefully at the sound of that and muttered,
"Finally! Glad I can at least get away from this Australian asshat for a little while." he said, gesturing to his bothersome partner from down under.
Norman rubbed his eyes again, giving out a sigh of his own; he was starting to remember why it was so much quieter with Auconi gone.
"All we can do now is each pick a path and hope that we all meet up in the final room."
Astrid raised an eyebrow at him and snorted,
"That's your master plan, huh?"
"Got a better one, Villson?"
Astrid frowned upon hearing her Earth surname. Silverfishstone may be a mouthful, but it was far better than VILLSON. So, all she did was cross her arms with irritation and say,
"Alright, fine! I guess the hope train is leaving the station, or something."
They all looked at one another for a moment, ready to step into the unknown. For a moment, they all looked even a little bit confident and trusting. And then, in the few seconds that they were going off on their separate ways, they all looked at their partners and lost all hope whatsoever. This was going to be a painful experience. That much was guaranteed.
POV: Bailey – Astrid
Astrid ran right ahead of Bailey towards the first path she laid eyes on, jerking her reluctant partner along. They rushed right past the sign before Bailey could get a moment to read what it said. Bailey wasn't that big for being a full-grown adult, so it took a lot of effort for her to dig her heels into the ground and stop them. When Astrid turned around, she had a look of impatience about her.
"What's the holdup back there? I don't know about you, but I'm ready to see some crazy jockeys! Just imagine the Wither riding the Enderdragon!"
Bailey jabbed a thumb back towards the entrance and replied,
"Don't you want to read the sign first?"
Astrid waved a hand at her like that was the dumbest thing she'd ever heard.
"Nah! You do realize that all the signs just have fractions on them? What's that supposed to tell us?"
With that, they continued on their way down the skinny tunnel, the sound of their footsteps filling up the small space. Bailey thought about it for a moment, realizing that they really didn't have a clue what those numbers meant. They'd just have to hope that Astrid's nightmarish boss jockey wouldn't actually appear.
"Sheesh...the kid with all the X's in his name did say that anything could be riding anything down here. Does that include ALL entities, though? Suppose we walked into a room and saw an Eye of Ender just sitting in a boat in the middle of the floor..."
Astrid snickered and got a mental picture right away. Now that was funny!
"Or how about a Ghast's fireball riding on top of a painting?" she suggested, grin widening.
That time, they both laughed. The two of them ended up spending the next few minutes coming up with other ridiculous combinations with both mobs and other entities.
"An Iron Golem riding a firework rocket!" cried Astrid after five minutes of hilarious combos.
Bailey couldn't stop giggling, even having to pause and wipe tears from her eyes. While she took a deep breath and recovered, they finally exited the cramped passageway, which gave way to a relatively spacious cave. A natural fountain of lava to their right lit up most of the room, showing a slight incline with a single ledge about seven blocks above them. A thin stream of water flowed through its center, branching off to either side of the entrance and meeting at cobblestone borders with the lava fountain.
The two of them composed themselves now that they had to be legitimately ready for anything. Bailey readied her diamond bow, dubbed Silence, and held a diamond arrow at the ready, set to let loose towards anything that moved from the area of darkness in the corner of the cave. Astrid readied her own diamond sword, also prepared; Bailey secretly wondered if it too had a badass name.
A few seconds of silence later, something in the darkness stirred. They heard a low-pitched murmur come from it—Enderman. It must've had its eyes closed, because otherwise they'd be able to see the menacing glow of its lavender irises. Bailey signaled to Astrid, making sure she was ready. She then nodded to the side at Silence in her hand, drawing a mental path towards the shadows; they'd have to draw the monster out themselves.
Bailey took aim at the shadowy area, listening to the faint murmurs and low gurgles of the Endspawn. Using her best judgment, she let the arrow fly, and it made a sharp whistle as it streaked towards its target. The moment her diamond arrow passed through the shadows, something dark and tall flew out into view, zooming past them in the air. Both of them whirled around and braced themselves, getting a good look of their terrifying enemy.
It was an Enderman alright. An Enderman sailing through the air atop a snowball.
In a matter of seconds, Bailey and Astrid were on the ground in hysterics, laughing their butts off at the comical jockey. As the Enderman came back down to greet them with an attack, acting like it were surfing invisible waves, it suddenly stopped and took a bit of a time to stare at them. That's odd. His victims weren't usually this happy...
The Enderman immediately took it as an insult and started up again in midair, zooming at them and knocking them both aside with its long black arms; that was provoking enough! The force of the hit was somehow even powerful enough to snap their bonds.
Astrid skidded across the floor and smacked into the wall, bumping her funny bone. She cringed, jumping back to her feet on rather shaky legs. It was time to get serious. The Enderman made a u-turn in the air, coming back around to hit her head-on. Astrid tensed her leg muscles, sidestepping it once it came close enough and slicing it in the back with her sword—miss.
The Enderman looked back at her for a moment to see that she was chasing after it, brandishing her sword. Luckily, it was no ordinary Enderman, for it knew that the viruses were on his side—knowledge is power.
The Enderman slowed down slightly, jerking to the right and going another direction. Just as planned, Astrid attempted to cut it off and lifted her sword, swinging to cut off both its legs. The Enderman instantly teleported behind her and used her recovery time to launch forward and pluck her off the solid ground by the seat of her pants.
"HEY, HEY!" she screamed, attempting to amputate the arm that was holding her up in the air. "YOU TOUCH ME, I'M TAKING IT PERSONALLY!"
The tricky Enderman redirected the snowball's path and they headed straight towards the lava waterfall. Astrid's eyes widened in fear, feeling the heat intensifying as the Enderman got ready to turn her into a deep-fried snack.
"Where the frick did Bailey go?!" Astrid wondered angrily, flailing as a last effort.
Right on cue, a diamond arrow came flying past the Enderman's head, cutting a line near its cheek. The Enderman gave a short scream and stopped right in front of the lavafall, turning its head to see where the other attacker was. By the time he spotted Bailey, who had hidden herself by the natural cloak of darkness, an arrow zoomed underneath them and sliced through the snowball, sending the two of them falling to the stone floor.
The Enderman landed roughly on its back in front of the lava waterfall and teleported on contact, not bothering to stick around and break Astrid's fall. Moments later, the Enderman reappeared by Astrid's side, this time holding Bailey by the neck and trying to shove her face right into the molten rock. Astrid was trying to catch her breath after having the wind knocked out of her and could only watch.
Then, just as the tip of Bailey's nose was a mere pixel from burning agony, Astrid mustered the tiniest bit of her strength and slice off the Enderman's right leg and even tripped it with her nearest foot. Bailey jerked out of the way as it fell forward, leaning dangerously close to the lava. As compassionate as Bailey was, she still didn't give the dark creature time to recover and she pushed its face down into the lava, tipping the entire beast over to finally submerge him. It burned with a ghastly odor, but it was better than if she'd been burnt to a crisp.
Bailey lent her a hand, getting her back on her feet again. Astrid coughed out dust she'd sucked up from breathing on the dirty floor, pounding her chest.
"Phew! That was *ahem* quite the battle!"
It was at this moment that Bailey suddenly noticed something. She looked down at her wrist to see that the lead that tied her and Astrid together had snapped. The two of them had been freed on accident by the Enderman.
"Wow! Didn't Nick say that these were admin-sealed? I'm surprised they broke like that!" muttered Astrid curiously, snapping her fingers.
Bailey looked at the fabric around her wrist for a little bit, giving it a thought.
"You're right...although, it could be the Glitch's fault. I mean, ever since it killed Notch, Herobrine AND Queen Enderdragon, all of Minecraftia have started acting even smarter and glitchier than usual. Only the a glitch in the system could break an admin's code."
"That might be why we're gonna see a bunch of random jockeys." added Astrid.
The two of them paused and then grinned simultaneously. A short chuckle came from Astrid as she said,
"Hey, at least it wasn't riding a Ghast's fireball or something."
Suddenly, there came a clicking sound to their left and they turned in its direction. An exit from the room, leading down a new path with yet another sign above it, had appeared in the stone wall. This time, they walked up to the sign and decided to give it at least one look.
"97/99? I still don't get it." murmured Astrid, studying the confusing fraction.
What did all these numbers have to do with anything? Well, they didn't question it for long since the two of them wanted to make it to the end of all these trials and meet up with the others.
"I'd like to see the kinds of jockeys that Norman and them are all facing." stated Bailey, letting her imagination run wild with mismatched mob duos.
POV: Darcy – Far Off
Unlike the suddenly-chummy Astrid and Bailey twosome, Darcy and Far Off seemed to be starting a secret competition to see who could annoy the other person more. One of them just didn't know it.
"Oh, man! I just love being down here, don't you? Danger around every corner, never knowing what's coming next! There could be ANYTHING in the next cave! It's really cool that that Glitch monster has made all these jockeys like they are! Glitches are COOLIO!" went Far Off; he was starting to ramble a bit without realizing it.
Darcy gritted his teeth and replied through them.
"So...mate, what do they call you, again?"
Far Off turned his head slightly to look back, still smiling in that go-lucky fashion.
"My username is XXXasdfaroffdsaXXX, but my real name is Kenneth."
In his mind, Darcy was thinking "NERD!" but instead he took in the dorky dude's appearance. It was definitely a low-quality Psy skin.
"Did your ma actually birth you like that or can I see something better?"
Kenneth didn't pick up on his insult and replied normally.
"Sure! I can change into my real self with this tiny button next to the crafting grid inside my Blockpack. Hold on one sec..."
He reached back and zipped open his pack, awkwardly feeling around for the button. When he found it, he made a satisfied little sound and pressed it. While they walked, Kenneth's entire body turned transparent and flickered in a strange way, even revealing some of the code inside of him. When he returned his appearance had shifted in accordance with Darcy's exact thoughts.
You know that meme on the internet? You know, the chubby kid with the bowl haircut who's dressed up in a gamer superhero costume and wielding an NES staff? Yeah, this was basically Kenneth.
Kenneth had a similar look to the kid, donning the black hair in a bowl cut and appearing pretty chunky, only he added rectangular brown glasses and freckles to the mix. He also wore white sneakers, jean shorts and a t-shirt showcasing a sad-looking Creeper saying, "All I wanted wasssss a hug." Still, despite how out of shape he was, he still walked briskly down the path, just full to bursting with energy—perhaps from all the Baja Blast that was most likely still in his system.
He gestured at himself as if he were proud and declared,
"This is me!"
Darcy sighed heavily, rubbing at his aching neck.
"Just my bloody luck, too. I'm going to have to drag this tub of wax all around the place once his fat date catches up with him." he grumbled mentally, already making predictions.
Just then, the end of the tunnel came within their render distance; this got Kenneth excited again.
"Well, I can't wait to fight! A guardian on top of an Ender Crystal sure will be interesting! Capable of healing, guarding and shooting at us from a distance!"
Darcy raised an eyebrow at him confusedly. How did he know what was coming up next?
"You actually get those signs back there? You'd have to be cunning as a dunny rat to get that nonsense."
"Actually," started Kenneth, pushing up his glasses with his middle finger. "it's quite simple. Due to the fact that these are all jockeys and they put out random sets of numbers, the signs must show two different ID numbers. It's in fraction form to show which is on top of the other. For instance, the sign we passed when we entered said 68/200. That means we're going to be fighting a guardian riding an Ender Crystal. Hopefully not an elder guardian!"
Darcy tuned out after that, letting the kid enjoy himself as he ranted on about ID numbers and entity code. Another minute later, the two of them exited the path and entered their first room. The room was shaped like a bowl filled with water, leaving only a few blocks all around it for shore. It was too dark in the room to see the water, the only light source being a single torch hanging above the entrance.
"Great!" declared Darcy, squinting hard into the dark waters without success. "We rock up here to wreck some mobs and I haven't got a torch on me! Say, Snag Boy! Got a torch to light up the room? Otherwise, that jockey's gone walkabout."
Kenneth shook his head quickly with that same ol' smile and reached back with rather stubby arms, pulling out a full stack of torches. He walked around the edge of the water, placing them every five blocks so that they had enough lighting to work.
The water was about ten blocks deep, curving—like a bowl—near the bottom just as suspected. Sitting at the bottom was an elder guardian, seemingly attached to the Ender Crystal beneath it. Kenneth rubbed his chin thoughtfully, looking a tiny bit apprehensive.
"Dang...it IS an elder guardian. Well, I was hoping this wouldn't happen, but I guess we'll just have to make do! Don't worry, though," he said to Darcy, who gave him a nice, big grin (of pain). "I came much more prepared to this place than ever before! I'm prepared for every room in this entire place! Just check out my supplies!"
He shook his shoulders side to side to shake his Blockpack off; with his bulk, it seemed to be the only way he could get it off. It fell off his shoulders, snagging the rope that connected the two of them and tripping them both onto the ground. Darcy groaned, pulling at the tied part around his wrist.
"I don't mean to whinge, but is your Blockpack full of bloody boulders?!"
Kenneth scratched his head, then hastily untangled them from the straps of the Blockpack.
"Uh, sorry...I mean, I have a stack of cobblestone for any Ghast encounters, but...ah, never mind. Anyway, just take a look at the bow I just gave you! We're gonna silence these mobs in seconds!"
Darcy sighed, lifting the bow to eyelevel. It looked like a normal bow, just shimmering with a purplish-pink light, so it must've been enchanted. He pressed the semi-invisible button just above its endurance bar to show what kind of enchantments it had and...
And...
"Uhhh...I ain't got a gutful of piss, right? This is real, right?"
Kenneth was now beaming with nerdy pride and started to caress the smooth wood of his own bow.
"It's what I like to call a Notch Bow. I'm a bit of a hacker, see, so I've been able to apply every single enchantment out there to this one bow through the use of slightly altered coding. And more! One hit from both of these babies and that elder guardian will be old news!"
Darcy gaped at the extensive list of enchantments projected in front of him; the list needed a scrollbar to even be looked at! And that scrollbar was about the size of his fingernail, too! Darcy, now silent, shuffled up to the edge of the water, giving the elder guardian down below a good stare; it returned it, only nastier, filling the room with its cryptic, metallic groan. It wouldn't attack him, however, since he wasn't in the water quite yet.
He took aim with the bow, struggling to steady himself with the weight of Kenneth's hanging arm. Once he was confident that his aim was true, he let the arrow fly. It streaked like a missile towards its target, puncturing straight through the center of its massive fawn eye. It made another strange sound, thrashing around on top of the Ender Crystal like it wanted to dismount but couldn't. At that moment, a see-through beam settled over the elder guardian, coming directly from the amethyst crystal.
"Tsk, tsk! It's using the Ender Crystal to heal." Kenneth said, almost out of sadness; he merely lifted his bow and took his shot, trying not to jerk Darcy around too much, and the arrow slicing through the entire creature and connecting with the Ender Crystal, blowing it up instantly.
The two of them took a long pause, watching the bubbles dissipate in the water. Darcy eventually recovered from his bewilderment and turned his head slowly in Kenneth's direction. Sure enough, the geek was grinning from ear to ear.
"You...how..."
Kenneth raised a hand to stop him.
"It's all in the code! Heck, I can see it everywhere! If you think that's impressive, you just see some of the other weapons I can whip up!" he laughed, tapping his head with one finger.
After a few seconds, almost all of Darcy's resentment receded and he approached Kenneth excitedly, putting an arm around the genius—a difficult feat when they were tied together.
"You brilliant bastard, you! Who knows what you'll be able to do with that ability, mate! Think you can turn ol' Jasmine into a deadly beater?" he lifted his gleaming diamond sword to Kenneth's eyes.
Kenneth took a short three-second look, studying it carefully. Maybe he really could see everything's code! After that time had passed he gave Darcy a friendly nod and said,
"Why not?"
Darcy's grin grew tenfold as he walked alongside Kenneth, going around the water and towards the next tunnel. He was going to become a GOD!
"Kenny baby, we're gonna go places if you and I work together! You're the business, I'm the party! I'm talking bathing in diamonds!"
His charisma took him from there, snagging Kenneth along for the ride. The way Darcy was putting it, he could become the most famous hacker alive! Now that was what he'd call a dream come true!
Yeah, I know Darcy's such a freakin liar, but let's not think about that much. At least Astrid and Bailey have managed to get along for real! :D
And now for QAA! Only two this time, but oh well.
To Pastrinator69 (XD): Why do you waste so many sugar bombs? And why are you so evil with Danny? He is a BEDROCK, dammit!
Pastrinator64: SIXTY-FOUR, kid! NOT sixty-nine! What are you, eleven? And besides, I don't write the story! The real life version of me does.
Real Life Pastrinator64: Hey, at first I wanted to make Danny have a few sad feelings and make it all nostalgic like the others, but then I realized that it was entirely out of character. I hate random out of characters bits, especially for the jerky ones. It's just not right to make them all touchy-feely out of nowhere.
To the Glitch: Are you gonna bring an army of cameos this story? And why do I picture you like Majora's last form? (Since it had no body and out of the blue got arms and legs blablabla yadayadayada.)
The Glitch: Actually, all of my previous army was turned into those virus forms you see in my army today. And yes, it's understandable that you would picture me as such...EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT MY INTIMIDATING SPLENDOR FAR SURPASSES THAT OF A FLOATING MASK WITH MINOR POSSESSIVE ABILITIES! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That's about it for today! Before I go, however, here's the next Sugar Lords snippet. These always seem harder to write for some reason, though I'm unsure why.
Squid Girl, being only 4'5" tall, stood over two heads shorter than Pastrinator64 and still stood her ground just fine, trying to act intimidating.
"Ika Musume, we need to talk." said Pastrinator64, crossing his arms firmly.
She smirked at him, almost amused, and replied,
"Talk about what? If you're inking about just swimming right on in her and asking for help, you've got another thing coming!"
The annoyance was already starting to build up inside Pastrinator64, but he kept his appearance calm and clean to ensure he wouldn't get literally thrown out of her water temple.
"You're the leader of the Squid Army, correct?" he asked, not even bothering to question her on how she got here in the first place.
She gave him a quick nod, a smile spreading across her pale cheeks.
"That's right! It was pretty easy taking over these suckers! They were dumb enough—or should I say, SMART enough—to join me the instant they laid eye on me! Now I have the perfect army of my brethren who can inkvade mankind along my side!" she exclaimed, lifting her hands to the ceiling. She paused, then looked back down at all the squids derping around. "I'm only bothered by the fact that these squids have two eyes instead of the one! It's not kraken right!"
Pastrinator64 put a hand on her shoulder, gripping it painfully.
"Listen, Squid Girl! There's another army of these insanely powerful aliens that's coming to attack us and we don't have much time! Soon, the entire universe will be under their reign and not you or your army of derp will be able to stop it...so, are you gonna help us fight it or go off on your own and die?"
Squid Girl grimaced at him like he was the ugliest barnacle she'd ever seen. There was a long, long pause...
"Aw, fine!" she finally gave in, breathing heavily through her nose. "But I'm only doing this so we can take over their army and brainwash them into thinking they're part of MY fleet! Got that, pastry boy?"
The three of them rolled their eyes. What a comeback.
"Deal. Once this is all over, you can use the aliens to inkvade humanity." he agreed, reaching forward to shake one of her tentacles.
Meanwhile, right behind Pastrinator64, both Nwinds and Kyle were gaping at him in disbelief. WHAT did he just say?!
DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN! XD
Well, that's all for now! I hope you enjoyed chapter numbah twenty, and I'll see you all LATER!
This is Pastrinator64, your fellow writer and reader, signing out!
*throws sugar bomb and disappears behind its cloud of fine white sugar*
...Goodbye for now...
~Pastrinator64 [~]