The party last night was… honestly, the most fun I've had in the last ten years. I didn't know what to expect once Meg and them all got on stage but her voice was… amazing. I can see how she got the title of Beloved Idol.
I fell asleep rather late because of all the fun, and woke up a little past noon.
I yawned as I walked over to Davy and them's place. The door was open. Walking inside I saw Davy, sleepily sitting on the couch, Magnolia sitting next to him, drawing with Ragdoll watching her.
"Sup." I said to the group.
"Morning…" Davy yawned.
"I'm ready for our lessons."
"In a bit… coffee…"
"It's almost ready." Bigs said from the kitchen.
"Sounds like you're all having a swell morning." I chuckled.
"Ugh, can heal from anything… still get hungover…" He groaned. He then raised a hand and pointed at me. "Lightweight."
"Who are you calling a lightweight? Cause I'm certainly not especially with no hangover."
"Yeah, cause you barely drank anything." He chuckled.
"And I was having fun without getting black out drunk." I said honestly. "Besides, I'm the one that had to carry you all home with Bigs."
"Oh, so that's how we got home…" Davy said.
"You four were out like lights." Bigs chuckled, walking over and handing Davy… what I think was a whole coffee pot, minus the lid, already mixed with what I think was creamer and sugar. "Here you go."
"Thanks." Davy said.
"You need a whole coffee pot?" I asked.
"More espresso, less depresso…" He said, then began chugging it.
"Fair enough." I nodded.
"Morning." I looked over, not recognizing that voice… Shift was not… how they were before. Now they were maybe a little over six feet tall, a more broad and muscular build, and the long hair was now short, and sat atop their head in an almost cowlick poof.
…huh…
"Well, never thought I'd see your male form their Shift." I said honestly.
"It changes when it changes. There's no real pattern that I've been able to notice, sometimes I'm female or male for a week, a day, months, even years." They shrugged. Their voice in this form was also lower, still semi-distorted. Still, aside the new body form they still looked like their purple goo, three eyes, sideways mouth self.
"Eh, that's fair." I shrugged.
Shift quickly got their own cup of coffee, a much more reasonable sized one before sitting on the couch next to Ragdoll.
"So, can you talk yet?" Shift asked them.
"... Some…" Ragdoll said. Their voice was weak, low. Makes sense, they've likely never talked at all before.
"Good. Guess that weird classroom program thing works."
"Yeah, she's really good at what she does." I nodded.
"Well, might as well ask." Davy said as he finished the whole pot already. "Remember anything Ragdoll?"
Ragdoll looked down. "I remember… waking up, and you all… there." He managed to say, though from how he spoke it seems he had to think about what words to use.
"I guess that checks…" Davy sighed. "Well, in that case, welcome to the family Ragdoll."
"... Family?" Ragdoll asked.
"Family is…kind of a complicated thing when you get down to it, but you're apart of the group now, and you'll feel right at home."
"Home?" They asked.
"Home is where people you care about and care about you all are. Where you feel safest in the whole world." Davy said. "Home and Family usually go together, so if you ever need help or just to rest, we're here for ya."
"Yeah." Shift said, giving Ragdoll a head pat. "So don't be afraid to ask us stuff if you need help alright?"
Heh… almost reminds me of… my family… back on earth…
"Yeah…" I muttered, even after so many years…homesickness still hurts…
I got up, heading outside to wait for them to finish up. After a few minutes Davy walked out. "Hey. You look depressed." He said. "Wanna talk?"
"Just…homesick." I shrugged.
"... I get that. So, who do you miss?"
"My family." I answered. "Just…miss them all…"
"Yeah… I know that feeling. Back when I was human, it was my mom, dad, and sister. You?"
"Mom, dad, brother and sister." I said. "Did your family…"
"Heh, well, they've been dead for a long time, but my parents died when I was still human… for a long time after turning Nokori I… avoided my sister."
"Why did you avoid your sister?"
"... When I was human I wasn't exactly… healthy. I was born with Brittle Bones. I'd break half my foot stubbing my toe into the sofa. Was in and out of the hospitals a lot throughout my life. She promised my parents to look out for me and I… hated it. I always felt like a burden with how often I was in the hospitals. She had a husband, kids, but no life because of me. Becoming this… it was everything I could have ever hoped for and then some. I figured it would be better if she thought I was just gone, then she could finally enjoy her life and her family."
"...So you abandoned what family you had left because you had your Boneitis cured?"
"It's not like I wanted to… but I knew my sister. She spent all her time either taking care of her kids, working, or having to look after me when something broke on me… She was running herself into an early grave… and my medical bills didn't help… At the time, I thought it would be better for her to believe I vanished or died. I almost did lots of times before… Each time I wish I had… Living like you're made from already cracked glass isn't a life, and my sister deserved to focus on her own family."
"So what about the part where you made her run herself ragged trying to find you?" I asked. "Like…she made a promise to your parents…how do you think she'd feel believing she failed to keep her brother safe?"
"No need to tell me something I didn't already live through." He said, rubbing the back of his head. "Once news got out about the Nokori, she thought I might finally call her… but I never did. Some years later she managed to save enough money to travel to Leto. She expected to find me looking like some of the short, fluffy ones that were more often on TV than others. She didn't expect to find me in my work suit getting a coffee at the shop she stopped at to ask questions…"
"And what happened?" I asked. "I can imagine she either ran over, hugged you and cried, or smacked you and cursed you out."
"... I… panicked and… ran away. Well, I ran to my car, then drove away." I stared at him. "I'm not proud of it. I basically did the same thing when Shift first confessed their feelings for me so… I don't do well with personal issues well…"
"I mean…there's not handling personal issues well and…that."
"Heh, no need to remind me… got enough scolding from Silver each time it happened. Still, eventually I spoke with her. We talked and I showed her I indeed was turned into a Nokori as well as my powers and immortality. I was worried she'd freak out or something but… she was just happy I was alive… I never deserved someone so kind as her to be my sister…"
"That's what family does." I said honestly.
"Yeah… She stuck around for a while, getting to know my friends and new family. She adored Squeaks and told Silver a lot of my more embarrassing childhood stories since I basically dubbed Silver my second older sister." He laughed. "We kept in touch and… I helped her out when she needed it most…"
"Well, glad you got to spend time with your sister." I said honestly.
"Yeah… Well, that's enough for now. You got training to do… same with Tony… wolf man was a lumbering oaf the way he swung…"
"Looked like he knew what he was doing with his claw's." I said honestly. "But alright, let's get to training."
"That he can fight with, but claws and swords are two different classes of weapons." Davy said as we walked.
We picked up Tony, who was actually out and about despite I know he drank as much as Davy, and we were all at the large empty field we battled Ragdoll at when he showed up.
"Alright you two, I'll be blunt." Davy said, pointing at me. "You were just copying swings you probably saw on TV or games." He then pointed over to Tony. "And you overreached too much out of habit from using your claws so much. You even ended up getting a few hits in that were with your handguards rather than the blade because of it. In other words, forget how you two knew or thought you knew how to fight."
"Dick." I heard All Might voice bitterly.
"I mean…you mostly trained me to use my fists…" I answered. "And what do you have in mind?"
"Some basics first." He said, summoning his Kingdom Key. "When using a sword you need to know exactly how long it is from your grip to your tip, Tony shut the fuck up." Davy said, Tony caught in a half open mouth smirk.
"I saw Shift's male form, I'm certain you have plenty of experience knowing grip to tip techniques." Tony joked as I chuckled at the silly innuendo.
"Yes and I can guarantee it's longer than yours." Davy said. I… just laughed. "Now focus. Do you all know the parts of the sword?"
"Now should I grip the tip hard or make it soft and sensual?" I couldn't help myself with the joke as Tony laughed.
"Are you two done yet or do I have to discipline you both?" Davy asked.
"Oh you're just making this too easy…" Tony muttered as he shook his head.
"So before we make more innuendo's and somehow make you uncomfortable through your discipline, care to explain since you seem to want to talk about swords?" I asked.
"If you two can stop acting like perverted teenagers for five minutes, the sword is most often made up of three basic parts. The blade itself, the handle, and the hilt where the two meet. There's usually a guard, like the Keyblades here have, to prevent an enemy blade sliding down yours from slashing your fingers clean off." Davy stated. "Not every sword has this however, depending on design or purpose some are built without this feature to allow faster swings, easy concealment or even for aerodynamic reasons if it's meant to be thrown."
"It's not the size or shape that counts," Tony started with a growing grin.
"It's how ya use it." I finished with my own smile.
Davy sighed, stabbing Kingdom Key into the ground. "Alright, if you two insist on acting like children…"
"They're just jokes." I said. "As I heard my brother tell me, it's a joke not a dick, don't take it so hard." I said.
"Plus, technically our joke was correct, it doesn't matter how a sword looks or weighs, it's how you use it that really matters." Tony brought up.
"Alright then, show me how you use it." Davy said, his Kingdom Key disbanding. "Try and hit me. Tony, you first."
Tony nodded, pulling out Leopardus as he took a deep breath. "I'm more used to my claw's and teeth, but I did dabble in swords…" He said, the keyblade sparking with electricity as it reacted with his Fulgur Bugs, supercharging himself as he bolted forward and swung rather swiftly and elegantly for such a bulky frame.
Tony swung… and Leopardus landed behind him… what?!
"Come on, I said hit me." Davy said, smirking as he and Tony were face to face from Tony's swing. Tony eyeing his empty hand with as much confusion as me.
"Uh…what?" Tony asked, looking behind him and grabbing his Keyblade. "That shouldn't have happened…" He frowned, looking like his instincts should have told him what happened but the thunder doggo just looking confused.
"I'm waiting…" Davy hummed. "Are you gonna try or was that all you got?"
Tony growled, letting off a flurry of attacks towards Davy as I watched carefully to what the Nokori did.
Tony ended up on the other side, behind Davy… and Davy was somehow holding Leopardus?! "You dropped this." Davy said, tossing it up and letting the keyblade fall behind him, landing on Tony's head with a metallic thud.
"Okay no." I said bluntly. "You are not that fast, the fuck are you really doing?"
"Hmm…" Davy hummed, putting a hand to his chin. "Ever play inFamous Second Son?"
"Bitch you can do that?!" Tony asked in shock.
"Something like it, yeah."
"Never did, so what new fangled bullshit is he doing that just adds to my growing list?" I asked.
"In the game the first power your character gets is called Smoke, basically they kinda… turn into a plume of smoke that can't be hit. Can also go up air vents and maneuver around obstacles. I learned by total accident I can sort of… destabilize my mass and let objects and myself semi phase though stuff. It's not easy though and I can only do it for five seconds at longest." Davy said.
"So… I did hit you!" Tony said.
"Technically yes but that little cheat of mine lets me negate damage. Still, I was able to use it to knock your keyblade out of your hand and even take it from you." He shrugged.
Tony frowned, grabbing Leopardus again and swinging again at Davy, but this time I…somehow managed to witness Davy's bullshit this time, as I started to see Leopardus phase throw him…but a sudden electrical discharge as Davy jumped away with a sudden electrical burn. "Ha! Knew it!" Tony cheered.
"Did…you guess that his destabilized mass would still be affected by electricity?" I asked.
"He's still able to conduct electricity in that semi-phased form." Tony said with a smile.
"Yup." Davy nodded, patting off the burn as their skin glowed a white hot before the marks vanished. "Magic can still hit me too, and like I said, I can only hold it for five seconds at most." He then snapped his fingers… the tip of Tony's tail was then on fire. "And that's just petty payback."
Tony yelped and whimpered before grabbing their tail and putting the small fire out. Ice already forming over the tip to heal the small burns.
"Asshole…" Tony frowned.
"Alright…I suppose it's my turn then." I said, bringing out To Be Made Whole.
Tony and I swapped places, Davy and I standing a distance away from one another. "I won't use my bullshit if you want." Davy said.
"That would be preferable, as I have many abilities that can work against it." I said honestly, as put up Full Cowling and prepared myself. "Ready?"
"As much as I can." He shrugged.
I nodded, using my experience and training with All Might that took many painstaking years to accomplish as I bolted forward and swung at Davy.
He dropped, landing on his back and as I was passing over him… he used his bird like feet to grab hold of my torso… and redirected me… right into the ground… ouch…
Davy then jumped back to his feet, standing upright. "You good?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm fine…" I said, getting back up and trying again, using Engine to give myself an extra boost of speed as I tried to think of what I could do to get the upper hand against this bastard.
Despite the extra speed, Davy was managing to evade and dodge each swing. Damn it…
I huffed, stopping at my arms got really sore now… what the hell?
"Need a break?" Davy asked.
"No, my arms shouldn't be this sore already, I should know, All Might was brutal with the training." I frowned.
"Well, how long ago was the training and have you been keeping up with it?"
"Ten years ago and… sorta…" I admitted.
"That's why…" Davy sighed. "Out of shape."
I felt that hit me in my soul as I fell to my knees… no…
"I am not out of shape!" I snapped, anger building as I wasn't out of shape, especially with all the Dungeon runs I did as I swung at Davy again.
I brought To Be Made Whole down in a downwards slash-
… Davy caught it, holding it in place with both hands at the tip…
Thunk!
Ouch!
I winced as I fell back, Davy using the butt of my own keyblade and hitting me in the forehead. He then tossed it at my feet. "You done yet?" He asked.
"Not yet." I said, getting back up and thinking about what I could do or what I could use…"There's so much I can do…but I forgot that I technically don't have access to a lot of my Skills cause of some crap that I have no idea about…" I thought to myself, even though there were also a lot of Skill Points I haven't used yet or how I was going to even use them…
"You get one more try then I'm ending it." Davy said.
Crap…crap crap…what can I do? I know I can mix together Quirks…hmm…"Right…" I muttered as I used an attack that managed to at least connect with Three who I know is stronger than this bitch, as I mixed Pop Off, Steel and Gravity to produce a giant area of reflective orbs, and when I used Naval Laser, it all started to fire around and aiming at Davy. "I know this isn't Sword fighting, but you only said I need to hit you!" I said as lasers went straight towards Davy.
Suddenly, his wings flared out, wrapping around him and they erupted in flames. The lasers hit… and when they died down, his wings looked unphased in the flames. The fires on them died down as his wings unfurled and folded back against his back.
"Now that was impressive." Davy smirked. "And brings me to my first lesson. In a real fight, don't worry about playing dirty. After all, if your opponent does, why shouldn't you?" Davy said, snapping his fingers.
I yelped as suddenly I was on fire!
I felt the heat but… it didn't hurt… the flames quickly died down-
"Wohoo!" Tony cheered as my clothes were burned away down to just my bra and undies!
Shit why did I wear the thin set today?!
"Are those… tattoos?" Davy asked. I heard Tony whistle.
"Stop talking!" I whined as I tried to cover myself up.
"Hmm, is there an option D, All of the Above?" Tony teased as I blushed even brighter and tried to cover up my 'tattoo's'.
"Why do you even have those? Especially ones so… perverse?" Davy asked.
"W-well…one of them was because of a gift and…" I tried to find some other explanation but just tried to cover myself up more.
"Lost a bet?" Davy asked.
"Yeah…" I whined.
"Well go get dressed. Can't sword fight in that. Well, you can but that would be distracting Tony."
"Can I at least do what your chest tattoo says?" Tony teased. "You can't have 'Grab and Squeeze' and not try it."
I immediately teleported to my room and grabbed a pillow and screamed into it in pure embarrassment. "Why me~!" I mentally whined.
"To be fair, Vais very much loved them and he obeys them every time we show them to him~" Abby said.
"Cease thy horny!" I countered.
"It's both our horny!" Abby retorted.
After that… embarrassment, I got some new clothes on, and switched to less thin undies and got to training. Thankfully it was all mostly some basic stuff, practice swinging and getting used to the motions. All in all… not bad.
The next few days went on like this, me getting up, training, dealing with some flirts and teases from Tony, sometimes Davy would reprimand the wolf man depending on what he said, repeat.
I got up this morning, feeling pretty good. My muscles were getting more toned already I could tell, and it's been really good to have this routine again.
I walked outside and saw… outside their house, Shift and Meg getting even more stuff out of Shift's storage stomach.
"Morning!" Meg said, pulling their arm out of Shift's mouth and along with it was what looked to be… I'm sorry is that a petrified skeleton?! "Oh, so that's where that was."
"I don't even remember eating that…" Shift added.
"Uh…why is there a petrified skeleton in Shift's stomach?"
"This is an ancient cursed Old God's artifact from back home." Meg said. "A lot of these things were left behind when people left the planet and we kinda collected them." Meg shrugged.
"Hmm…I guess." I said carefully.
With a shrug, Meg tossed it across the ground, reaching back into Shift's mouth and pulling out a huge metal crate. "Oh my Gods I think this is my baby!" Meg shrieked with joy.
"Huh. That was deeper in there than I thought it was…" Shift said.
"What?" I asked.
Meg put the huge thing down onto the ground, a loud thud as it hit the ground and she undid the latches. The lid popped open via springs and hissed as pressure was let out. Inside was the many large parts of a very large gun… woah…
That's what Luna's gun wants to be when it's all grown up…
"My Baby!" Meg said, hugging the disassembled gun.
"The hell is that?" I asked in surprise,.
"Back during the war, Holy ordered Meg a custom made semi/full auto cannon. She's literally the only one of us aside Bigs that can even lift the damn thing and that's with it's ass tone of artifice work to reduce the weight and recoil." Shift said as Meg was already working to assemble the thing.
When she finished the rifle was… probably as tall as Bigs, the barrel alone was bigger than my head and the main chamber and loading mechanism part was a huge shoulder mounted block that loaded from an even larger box mag.
That is indeed a cannon!
"The fuck were you fighting that would need a gun like that?" I asked incredulously.
"Fascists!" She declared, turning. I ducked as the giant gun waved over me. "Open your mouth, cover your ears and tuck and roll!" She shouted, firing.
The boom sent a shockwave through my very bones that felt like my skeleton temporarily dislocated… everywhere… The ringing in my ears even after I covered them left me unable to hear anything… the blast force from the explosion from the cannon itself knocked me back many feet.
I chugged a healing potion and witnessed Meg was now standing in a small crater, laughing madly as windows across every house were shattered, and I turned to see… the whole top of one of the mountains crumbling down.
"Fun fact, Meg is classified as a war criminal." Shift chuckled.
"I'm Canadian so I embraced it!" Meg laughed.
"Right…" I said carefully.
"I see Meg found her Baby…" Davy said, walking out the front door and rubbing his ears. "Well, at least that's a really good deterrent if nothing else."
"I still have ten thousand rounds somewhere in Shift's stomach!" Meg declared with glee.
"Uh…huh…" I said carefully.
"Was that mountain top important?" Davy asked, pointing at the avalanche of rock and snow in the distance.
"Thankfully no, but the Turtle might not be happy about the damage you did." I said carefully.
"Damage Meg did… and good luck getting an apology out of her while she's high on her violent happy memories…" Davy said, motioning to Meg who was still laughing like a mad- Luna?!
"That's the coolest gun I've ever seen…" Luna said. "Can I hold it?"
"Sure!" Meg said, handing it to Luna… who was then under it on the ground. "How's it feel?"
"Like a ton of high grade tempered steel…" She wheezed from under the cannon.
"You're not getting one of those until you're stronger and older." I frowned.
"Kill… joy…" Luna wheezed. Meg picked the cannon up off her, letting my daughter breath properly.
"Well, that's one way to start a morning…" Davy sighed. "... And that's another…" He said. I turned and looked up to see… is that a… Keyblade… Glider?
"Uh…why is that here?" I questioned, wondering who was flying the Glider.
"I dunno… Looks cool though." Davy said.
As it got closer I noticed it was a board style glider, sharp monochrome edges with a big blue eye at the front- wait… is that a… Gazing Eye Glider?
Once it was fairly overhead, the rider disbanded it, and dropped before us- Katsuki?!
"You just had to be in the middle of the fucking ocean!" She yelled, then whacked me upside the head. OUCH!
"What did I do?" I asked, rubbing my head at the whack.
"I've been searching this Mother forsaken ocean for you for MONTHS!" She yelled, then sighed. "I need a nap…"
"Huh… a gender bent Bakugou…" Davy said.
"Yeah…so why are you searching for me Katsuki?" I inquired.
"I have to give you some stuff… also good, you lot are here already." She said, looking over at Davy.
"Were you… expecting us?" Davy asked.
"Complicated time stuff I can't get into for bullshit reasons." She said.
"Ah. Fair." He nodded.
"Yeah, so Katsuki is a Time Walker, a Guild of people that make sure Time goes correctly and…also are one of the few entities that can Perma Kill people."
"... So my time has come…" Davy said.
"I'm not the Grimm Reaper." Katsuki sighed.
"I know, but the joke was right there." Davy chuckled.
"In any case, here." Katsuki said, tossing me a book and a compass.
I grabbed the book and compass. "And what are these?"
"That is a Magic Atlas. It will help you navigate this zone and know where a dungeon or island is or whatever. The Compass there once you open it will link to this turtle. From there just point it where you want to go and the turtle will turn to face the same direction."
"Wow… useful." Davy said.
"That is rather useful." I nodded. "So why the gifts?"
"I'm gonna be dying soon so these are my goodbye and nice knowing you, you won't remember me presents." She said.
"Oh, paradox rules." Davy said.
"That…but why though?" I asked in pure worry.
"You know how normal people get Madness and then my people come and pick them up? Well my people just one day fade out from existence and everyone forgets us, even people we knew for years, even other Time Walkers will forget me. Only proof I'll ever have existed are blank records and photographs you won't remember why you took with a random stranger."
"That's…kind of bullshit." I frowned. "What about your kids? Will they just…be forever orphans, wondering why they feel so upset about an empty house like someone is supposed to be there?"
"My kids are all grown up and the ones I do still have ended up here with the rest of Candlelight." She sighed. "But yes, even they will forget I ever existed."
"That's…depressing." I said honestly. "And there's…nothing that can be done to remember you?"
"Nope." She shook her head. "Not even that mind blowingly okay sex we had all those years ago." She stated.
"Psst, you slept with her?" Davy asked.
Mind blowingly… okay?!
"The fuck you mean 'okay'?" I asked, my pride being a bit hurt from that but still.
"Eh, I've just had better." She shrugged.
"The fact you're upset about that concerns me…" Davy said to me.
"Anyway, I also have this for you." Katsuki said, handing Davy a USB.
"What's on this?" Davy asked.
"Just… some stuff you'll want to have." She said. Given her tone it sounds… important.
"Uh…right…" I said carefully. "Is there anything else or…are you off to visit some other people?"
"Sadly, my stay can't last much longer. I just have one last place to head to and it's gonna take me a bit to get there. So, you all take care then. I'd say see you around but… heh, well, that won't be happening." She sighed.
I wanted to say something, but in a blink she wasn't there anymore… Katsuki…
"... So… how should I use this?" Davy asked, looking at the USB. "I don't have a computer…"
"Uh…I think you can just plug it into your Assistant." I said honestly.
He looked at his arm, then me. "How?"
"Maybe just… put it in the storage and see?" I offered.
Shrugging, Davy did just that. "Alright… Okay good that did work. Surprised actually… okay… huh… there's a lot of folders here." He said, looking at them from his HUD.
"Katsuki better not have shared her porn." I frowned.
"I don't think that's what this is…" Davy frowned. "They're all labeled with numbers… I think they're dates? Or years?" He said. "Alright, opened one and… okay, weird… they're all individually split into five new folders with my, Shift, Meg, Bigs or Squeaks's names on them…"
"That's…weird." I frowned. "What does one of them say about you?"
"Well let's open one and see. Guess I'll just open my folder here and…" Davy got quiet… He just froze like…
I got worried when he started crying. Tears just rolling out from their eyes as I saw it looked like they were rapidly looking through… something.
"What happened?" I asked nervously.
"They're… Photographs…" He said. He was starting to shake. "I… how? Some of these shouldn't have even been photographed. No one took pictures of…"
"That's the weird thing about Time Walkers…they see all possibilities, but can't tell anyone what's going to happen cause it'll probably fuck something up…and how she got those photoes…magic?"
"I… I almost forgot how some of them looked like before… I… I need to go… No lesson today." Davy said, rushing back into his house.
I felt… concerned for him. On one hand, getting those photos must be a miracle… on the other… he looked so… pained…
… I looked at the Atlas and Compass Katsuki gave me… I can't imagine… and one day I'm going to forget her because I just… because she's gone… from life and everything…
"This is fucking dumb…" I muttered bitterly, not wanting to lose a friend to the point I don't even know their existence…"So…why did she give me this…"
I decided to head up to the Observation Tower and looked at the Atlas from up there. Once I did-
[Township Detected Compatible Artifact!
Link World Atlas Artifact with Township?
Yes?
No?]
… Yes.
The book glowed for a second, then it showed the turtle, all that was on it, and then I could see… things. Floating, no, swimming around the water and… woah…
The image on the page changed perspective… I could see how deep it was to the ocean floor and all the various ruins, fish, monsters all swimming so deep and just under us… wow…
"Huh…this is…really cool." I said honestly, looking over the Atlas now in more detail.
This can help us so much in finding… everything we'd need.
I looked at the Compass. This tower is facing straight with the head so… I opened it. The compass looked fake, the inside of it was the painted image of one… still, Gently, I moved it and I felt the turtle move… woah… I moved it back on course. This is extremely useful.
"Maybe I shouldn't do this too much…I have personally talked to the turtle and they are a sapient creature…"
"I don't mind. Easier on me than turning myself. And faster." The turtle responded.
"Alright, just wanting to make sure you were okay with it." I mentally told the Turtle, as I looked down at the Atlas to see where we were heading. "Just tell me if the direction is dangerous for ya and I'll stop."
"So far I sense no danger."
Alright… good.
I sighed as I leaned back in the chair. Well, this just got interesting.
Hm… cool. Looks like at current course we'll be at this other turtle in… five years. Yeesh. Well, I guess with this we can make stops and such along the way.
1 Year Later
A year… has this all only been done in just a year? Heh, Township sure is fast. With the Atlas helping we made stops at various islands and gathered crops, loot, metals, all kinds of useful materials I was able to use and turn into more buildings or agriculture.
The turtle's back was now part country, part modern town/mini city. There were still forests and such, I didn't want to remove all of it and it makes a nice park for the kids or just to be at.
"I love it when it's calm like this." Tony said as he and I enjoyed a front yard picnic.
We finally got around to having some dates… and some… private dates… some I managed to get Vais involved with…
I have a type I can't resist…
"Yeah, this is great." I nodded in agreement. "No attacks, just simple wonderful times."
"Well, aside that Kraken… but Meg made… very… quick work of the poor thing…" Tony winced. That was the day we learned how fast, and loud, her cannon fires on full auto…
I still get ringing in my ears thinking back… woman is insanity personified…
"Yes…and I have had to make sure Luna understood she can't get a gun like that just yet." I frowned.
"Despite her attempts." Tony chuckled. "You know, sometimes you forget this is a deadly planet when the days are like this." He chuckled.
"Yeah…" I nodded, and while I have seen Luna training to get stronger to get that special Gun…I'm just glad that we have this kind of peace.
"Yeah, still… it's also kind of uneasy…" Tony sighed.
"Yeah…that is true…" I said carefully. "I don't want to be scared and enjoy this…but sadly I can't stop that terrible feeling like something bad's going to happen soon…"
"I know… it's concerning. Like, a year and nothing? What is this Alex guy doing? Is psychological torture part of his shtick?"
"I have no idea and I don't like it." I sighed. "But hey, I've been actually bothering with the Skill Tree this time and…boy is it a lot more complicated here."
"Yeah… especially those… Dark Skill Trees…" Tony sighed.
I winced. Eventually, I had to… make good on my end of the agreement regarding the… Breeders. I felt Guilty Tony offered to help to… there are a lot of them…
Felt worse that so many of my loves all… helped. I can at least take comfort in that they're well taken care of and happy… and thanks to Miss Jay, they're all rather well educated and know all kinds of things so they help contribute…
Still…
"I…know Breeders were…forced to be that but it still feels wrong…and the Dark Skill Tree's feels especially awful."
"Yeah… hit me… really hard seeing it pop up…" Tony sighed. "I mean, I've slept around with a lot of willing, horny people but… heh. It's funny, back home a lot of people would have loved the idea of a personal sex slave, hell it's a whole genre in porn but… actually having them and knowing… they used to be someone else or… even that they never got the chance to be someone… I'm a pervert but I've never been… I've always tried to avoid crossing lines and this just feels… bad. Worse than bad, I've never wanted to avoid sex before this… but we have to… for their benefit because of this damn Code programming…" Tony growled.
"Yeah…" I nodded. "I understand fully…this sucks and I hate how it forced us to gain such a…horrible title."
Tony nodded, looking down and sighing. "I really hope Tina is okay…" He said. "I know she can fight and handle herself but… Lust specifically targets Den Mother's… if they got to Tina… If she was turned into a… I don't think I could…" He shivered, tears already dropping from his cheeks.
I moved over, giving Tony a hug.
"I promise, we'll find your Sister, and I just know she's alright…" I said, trying to reassure my thunder pupper.
"I hope so… god I hope so…" He shuttered, holding onto me and crying. "I don't know what would be worse… her not being here, or her being here and…"
Gently, I cooed and helped soothe him… I can imagine the horror of… if Lust ever showed up here and… so many of my loves… even my children…
I will not be weak… I refuse…
Five Months Later
"... So this isn't the first time you've been this… round?" Davy asked.
I sighed. With Tony being a true Alpha and us getting hot and bothered all the time… it was bound to happen. I'm pregnant… again… this feels a lot like when I was pregnant with my Chaos Causers, but rather thanks to Motherhood Skill Tree I'm less in aches, pain and such.
Still… Vais gave me four adorable little trouble makers…
Tony had to one up him and give me twelve…
"Heh… what can I say… I'm rather fertile…" Tony winced as he was massaging my feet.
"I know that but…twelve? I didn't even think I could carry so many…" I said, rubbing the rather big bump that was my stomach now.
"And thus, you two are officially a poorly written hyper pregnancy pornographic couple." Davy said. "Cause seriously… genuinely… what the fuck?"
"...And?" Tony asked.
"Having a Breeding Fetish is…honestly one of the most common things in this reality when I think about it…" I brought up.
"And I'm almost certain the person who invented Breeders had the same thought…" Davy huffed.
"You fucking wish." I stated bluntly.
"Yeah, even me being turbo horny all the time would never want this." Tony added.
"Well not like any of us will ever know or even meet the horny psycho." Davy shrugged. "Still, this should have been physically and biologically impossible." He motioned to my stomach. "Cause unless Tony's junk lures the eggs out this should not have happened."
"So a thing with True Alpha's, and Den Mother's by extension…is that we are giant reset buttons, if an extinction level event happens, as long as theres a True Alpha or a Den Mother and one other person, they can reproduce enough to save an entire world." Tony explained.
"Yeah, they can reproduce to the max capacity of whatever race can handle…but considering I've taken a lot of Motherhood skill's from the Skill Tree I might have been able to carry…a lot more." I said sheepishly.
"Oh, also I figured out that our biology is…technically different." Tony added, which made me look at him like 'duh'. "No, I mean our cells are…now special, based on what I learned from the biology books Greed sells."
"Huh… so yeah, hyper pregnancy and breeding fetishes made flesh. Good to know…" Davy sighed. "That's only a disturbing thing to know exists…"
"I mean, considering our new Blueprint Cells can ignore any and all genetic diseases and incompatibilities, I'm surprised you and Shift haven't tried for kids yet with how they looked deep in thought after hearing you can possibly have kids."
"... Come again?" Davy asked with a raised brow.
Tony and I shared a look… they didn't… tell him…
Oh shit…
"Uh…maybe you should talk to Shift about this…" I said carefully.
"Talk to them about the doctor's visit, that'll…at least start the conversation about what I meant." Tony added.
"... I'll… go do that." Davy said, walking off and out of my house.
"... Hope he's not mad…" Tony winced.
"Yeah…I mean, sure, hearing that you can possibly have kids after being told 'you can't because of magical nonsense' is quite heavy but…it's almost been a year and a half since they were told…"
"So… did you take any of those Motherhood Skill Tree Abilities to… make us more… able?" Tony asked. "Cause after our first time I definitely noticed things were… easier to do compared to when we first did it."
"I mean…I did grab more skills." I said sheepishly. "Cause I grabbed a bunch the first time around cause…boy howdy…then more with you cause…again, boy howdy…" I said, leaving the silly term to explain how…full I felt right now and during all those steamy acts.
"Heh, glad you enjoyed it so much… was worried the first time since, well, the size difference with us I was worried. All my partners since getting this body were my size and a bit larger so… was worried you might have gotten… stretched too wide or… popped…"
"Trust me…I thought the same thing with Vais." I admitted. "But it all worked out."
"Yeah…" Tony said, putting a hand on my stomach. At his size his hand covered most of my belly. "I'm… worried. About our kids, my kids with the… Breeders… when I first became a dad before coming here I about lost my mind they were so small and so… different from me, which part of me was very happy about but also a little sad and… shit, the six of them each have twenty, that a hundred and twenty pups, a hundred and thirty two with yours…" He sighed.
Yeah… Ny's mom and sisters are in the same boat with me… a hundred kids from five ladies… scarry…
"Yeah…this is…gonna be a bit of a problem with the influx of kids…" I said carefully.
"Yeah… I mean, I know since they're Den Mothers they can handle it, but what about you? You're still human and… twelve pups…"
… I might have to invest more into the Motherhood Skill Tree…
"Well…crap…" I said carefully, bringing up my skill tree and looking into what I could grab to make this easier for me.
Let's see… okay let's upgrade this, makes birthing easier… and… definitely gonna need to increase my… milk production and… capacity… thankfully it's not making them bigger. Personally I think they're big enough. Hmm… what else…
7 Months Later
"So are you and Shift trying for kids?" Tony asked.
"Well, they're still male right now so, even if we wanted to we can't but we have been getting our sex lives back. When we can." Davy shrugged.
I was very happy my babies with Tony were all much smaller than my time with Vais, that being said most was wolf-like, had Wolf features and one were a purebred Zingore Wolf and one was a purebred human. So ten half/hybrids and two purebreds of the parents respective species.
They all looked so adorable cuddled up in their giant stroller bed.
"Well, that's good at least." Tony nodded.
"Yeah… guess the next thing you should upgrade is the school huh David Two." Davy asked.
"Yeah, hopefully that'll all go well…" I said, hoping when their all old enough it'll be okay for them.
"Well, that Miss Jay thing did wonders for Ragdoll so I imagine actual children will be a cakewalk for them." Davy shrugged.
"How are they anyway?" Tony asked.
"He's doing well. He can speak fluently, write, read, knows even some advanced math. He's still working on his powers though."
"How did he get Teleportation anyway?"
"Eh, I dunno. Not always was the powers the Nokori got the same as the animal or Artifact that was fused with them. Don't even get me started on the born Nokori, that can be anything from something akin to their parents powers, one or the other's, or something completely different entirely. Though the last one is rather rare to happen."
"Huh… kind of like Quirks…" I commented.
"I… huh. Yeah kinda." Davy nodded.
"Good to know." I nodded.
"So, any other news?" Tony asked.
"Well… depends. Now that Luna's eighteen are you gonna make David a grandma?" Davy asked.
… I glared at Tony…
He gulped. "Uh…"
"Considering how you treat me and how we've been going at it for more than two years…" I frowned, pulling out a collar with 'property of David' on it. "You're my Thunder Pupper."
"Damn it!" Luna shouted from somewhere close by.
"Well…I guess." Tony said sheepishly. "But only in the bedroom with the collar, I'm into kinky things but public is…kind of a hit or miss depending on the situation."
"Hmmm… I wonder…" Davy hummed, then smirked. "Sit boy."
Tony's collar lit up… and he was then slammed down to the ground by it's enchantment.
"Hahaha! How much extra did you pay for that?!" Davy laughed.
I smirked. "It costed a bit extra for the enchantment, but I just really wanted the Inyuyasha reference."
"Hate you…hate you both…" Tony groaned. "Also why is it able to be activated to anyone's voice?" Tony asked as he got back up and shook some dirt off his head.
"Probably wasn't user specific." Davy shrugged.
"Yeah, but for just a laugh or an interesting use it would be fine." I added.
"You both suck…" Tony huffed.
"Well now that we've had a good laugh I guess I should ask, how are all your other kids and… all those other kids?" Davy asked.
Tony sighed. "Healthy, and fine thankfully… I just hate that so soon after their birth their mothers are already pregnant again…"
I nodded. While it helps towards that population requirement to upgrade the turtle, I still don't know what that upgrade does. Not to mention, our farms, while useful, have a limit, and fish isn't enough…
"Yeah…all our resources are starting to get stretched, and even our Greed guild friend's still need something in return for their services…" I sighed. "There hasn't been really any good islands or any dungeons that can really help us…plus I can't go on dungeon runs because I have to help take care of all the kids."
"... Hey, a dungeon can be anywhere right?" Davy asked.
"I believe so, yes." I nodded.
"Well, if there's none around us, and none below us, are there any above us?"
"Uh…" I frowned, not remembering if I saw any sky dungeons as I double checked. "Last time I checked there wasn't any…"
"Well, if they're moving with the wind that can change at any moment." Davy shrugged.
I checked the Atlas and after some maneuvering of the map I found… there was something. Something big way up in the sky above us right now.
"Alright, so there's something really big above us right now." I said, looking up to see what the hell it was.
I couldn't see anything from here. Damn, with how big it looks on the map I'm amazed I don't at least see a speck or something?
"Want me to fly up there and check?" Davy asked.
"Sure." I nodded. "Come back if you see anything interesting."
"Alright… might wanna back up." Davy said. Tony and I did, I made sure to hold onto my babies stroller right as he kneeled down, then like a rocket shot up into the air with a flash of red fire once his wings flapped.
"So, think there will be anything?" Tony asked.
"Hopefully there is." I said honestly.
"How long do you think it will take him to come back?"
"He'll probably come back soon, there's almost nothing on this world that can do anything to him." I said honestly
"Right… so, what do we do till then?"
"Just walk around with our cuddle pile of joy I suppose." I shrugged.
Tony and I ended up enjoying a walk, our kids all lazily napping in their stroller. I did stop to feed them all, which took…over an hour… but I didn't mind… funny enough I enjoy this part the most.
With that done the kids were playing Dog Pile on Tony, who enjoyed it as they climbed and crawled over him.
I saw Davy fly back down, he was holding a huge sword and landed on the ground with a slow gliding thud.
"Uh, you okay there Davy?" Tony asked.
"Tired… long fly up… considered just dropping… didn't want to ruin someone's roof…" He huffed.
"The hell happened?" I asked.
"Big ass flying island. Some monsters. Not that hard. Flying fish. Bunch of weird buildings. Sky Kraken."
"Right then." I nodded. "So a giant ass flying island and…did you just say Sky Kraken?"
"Sky Kraken." Davy nodded, still laying on the grass. "Like a normal Kraken but Biblically accurate drunk god made it."
"Oh boy…" I muttered.
"So, lots of eyes, feathers and I can only assume rings of feathery tentacles with eyes in the suckers floating around it?" Tony asked.
"It also sounds like a five year old girl. Always giggling." Davy added.
"Oh that is so fucking creepy…"
"I…I don't like that…" I shuttered.
"Yeah. Meg! Squeaks!" Davy called out, the two rapidly appearing in front of him. "Giant floating island. Sky Kraken, monsters, kill them all and try and bring it down here and see what David Two can do with it…"
"Alright, sounds like fun." Squeaks shrugged.
"Yes it's been centuries since I killed something classified as an angelic!" Meg cheered, already pulling her cannon out of her Assistant.
"Just don't blow up the island in your haste, it's probably useful for our needs and there might actually be people living up there." I brought up.
"We'll try." Squeaks said, snapping her fingers as she and Meg were now gone.
"So… anything else up there?" Tony asked.
"Fuck ton of weird orbs." Davy said, rolling onto their back. "Ouch…"
"Are you sore because of the flight or something else?"
"Flight."
"Alright." I nodded. "So just have to wait for them to beat up some monsters and get ready for some new stuff."
"Yeah. Shouldn't take too long." Davy waved.
"Nice sword." Tony said.
"Thanks. Took it from the ground up there. It looked cool."
I looked at the sword Davy brought back down. It was a large, maybe eight feet from handle to tip and the blade was larger than my torso. It was surprisingly in good shape for being randomly up there for who knows how long.
"Hmm…" I hummed, using Scan on the blade to see what it really was.
[Scan Complete!
Angelic Giant Sword.
Weapon Class: Ultra Long sword.
Rank: B
Att: 700
Def: 460
Mag: 640]
Huh.
"Well…that's a pretty neat sword." I said honestly.
"There are a lot of them there." Davy sighed. "All sizes and shapes." Tony was about to speak. "Sit boy."
The collar slammed him back to the ground.
Tony took half of Davy's arm in bitterness and ate it. "Fuck you."
"Gonna need to have that enchantment based on my voice…" I muttered, also wondering how the collar got on him immediately.
"It still spicy?" Davy asked.
Tony couched as his face was sweating and turning red. "Yeah-" Tony coughed a lot more, Davy's arm regenerating as Tony kept coughing.
"Is he… okay?" Davy asked.
I frowned, deciding to look up Tony's stats on Township to see if he somehow did some Consume nonsense again.
[Warning! Resident Tony's energy levels unstable! Excessive energy accumulated! Bodily instability detected!]
Bodily- shit!
I quickly covered the kids… and Tony exploded. A mix of flames, smoke and very thin paste and hair went everywhere.
"... That was not my fault…" Davy said.
I was flabbergasted…I…I didn't know why that happened….but I saw what was left of him start to freeze over, and ice started to lunge towards each other piece, electricity sparking as I witnessed my thunder pupper regenerate…though there was weirdly something extra to him.
"I…I can't feel…" Tony said weakly after his head reformed, but as his body reformed his fur held weird looking ice crystals that held electricity in them and…two beautiful ice wings. "I'm so sorry Daisy…I know it hurts…" He muttered to the soul of his daughter still in him.
"Well… that was weird…" Davy said as he sat up. "Also… huh. Nice wings. Never bite or eat me again cause… this…" He motioned to Tony's new form. "Is not worth it if your daughter feels the pain exploding hits you with… been there… lots."
"What wings?" Tony asked, weakly moving his head and seeing them. "Huh…uh…that's new…"
"Alright…what the hell…" I muttered, checking Township to see what the hell just happened.
[Body Regeneration has given Tony the capabilities of Daisy, the Solar Comet Phoenix, given the powers capable of rivaling that of a Sun Phoenix]
"Uh…huh…" I blinked. "So…technically you are now part Solar Comet Phoenix, which I suppose is the ice version of a Sun Phoenix…" I explained. "Though I'm not sure if that'll do weird things with your Zinogre and Lightning physiology…"
"The guy has wings and ice crystals out his back at this point he's almost a Nokori, and yes there were Nokori with crystals, ice and other crazy shit sticking out their body… wait where's your collar?" Davy asked.
I looked around, not finding it either… no way… no… it couldn't have…
"... Sit Boy?" I said. Tony's whole body then slammed to the ground. Oh shit.
"... As funny as that is, you accidentally turned yourself into a Nokori by eating my arm and got arguably the shittiest power as far as Nokori powers are concerned… this is… this is weird…" Davy said.
"I'm actually pissed that that stupid fucking collar is now apart of me…" Tony groaned. "I ate your arm because you were being an ass…I didn't expect this to happen!"
"Well neither did I! How is this even possible? There wasn't a fusion altar or anything just… you exploded…"
"Right…so this is what happens when you accumulate too much energy, which is why I haven't used Generation for a while because if I can't let out all that energy I…explode." I said carefully. "I don't know why that's a thing and I think it's mildly dumb…"
"Well…sure, whatever…" Tony groaned, though I also noticed that Tony looked…more floofy for some reason. "I'm now forever stuck with this stupid collar curse on me…"
"Well…maybe the Skill Tree can ignore that?" I asked sheepishly. "If you got a Nokori racial skill tree it might work to ignore that…"
"No. It just improves the inborn magic. I checked." Davy said. "So… yeah… sorry Tony, but welcome to the species! We have trauma, genocidal mad men out for our blood, and more often than you'd think, cross dressing."
"Eh, I've tried that, doesn't work." Tony shrugged. "Though…the crystal's are fancy, and the wing's are awesome." Tony admitted, even though I moved over and hugged Tony suddenly. "Whoa there, I know I just exploded but I'm still a bit sore…"
"Fluffy~..." I cooed, feeling such cloud like fluff around me.
"Furry." Davy chuckled.
"And?" I asked, even though I was more preoccupied with the floof as it was warm to the touch even if they were more ice based. "You're even more fluffier and softer than before."
"An unexpected trait amongst Furred Nokori. Though the fluffier the hotter the summers feel and the harder it is to keep."
"Huh… well, guess I'll have to keep better track of that then…" Tony sighed.
"Still, that was rather weird…" Davy said. "Very… weird…"
Two years later
We were only another year away from the turtle. In that time, we got hit three times by Alex. Twice was more of his Nokori weapons. That added our newest residents, Nate and Kim to our town, and what Davy called a Stalker, specifically one called a Rinousorus. It was a tank and hit and took hits like one.
It even survived a shot from Meg's cannon… just the one shot though.
After those attacks things calmed back down again.
Tony has been taking Flying lessons from Davy to learn to use their new wings… they're… hit or miss. Turns out Tony can glide but he's a bit too big to achieve lift…
He was upset for weeks when he learned that was the issue.
"I'm not too big, my wings are just too small…" Tony huffed.
He still complains on and off sometimes.
"Listen, don't be like me who ignores the Skill Tree for ages until I really need it, there's probably some flight stuff in there to help." I said. "I really need to look into investing in my Skill Tree as well…just wish I knew what I wanted to do cause it has so much…"
"The Skill Tree is…complicated, yes." I heard All Might mentioned.
"Yeah but there's a bunch of other stuff I have to unlock before I get to unlock it…" Tony huffed. "At least the kids love playing with my wings… though now that they got teeth I learned these things hurt like hell when they pull a feather out…"
"I can imagine." I said nervously.
"Yeah…so used to my kids biting and playing on me back home but with wing's it's a whole new ballgame." Tony shook his head.
"Right…but I know you'll soar like an eagle one of these days." I said honestly.
"I take offense to that." I looked up, seeing Marrianne and Davy walk over to Tony and I. "Eagles are much more majestic. He'll probably soar like a shotty cargo plane."
"No I won't." Tony pouted. "I'll fly and be majestic as fuck."
"Like the world's most dangerous cuddle cloud." I chuckled.
Tony rolled his eyes but smirked. "So, what brings you two here, and together?"
"Well, ever since the accident that made Tony a Nokori I've been thinking… just how did that happen and what even caused it… well, with Marrianne's help… we found out." Davy said.
"Did Consume magically face a fatal error and cause some nonsense to happen?" Tony suggested. "Cause Legendary Abilities are weird from what I've been told."
"I thought it was because your body was reforming with whatever excess energy your body kept and with that enchanted collar it did some weird things." I said honestly. "I mean, you did eat half an arm of a guy that can blow up so hard it splits this infinite sized planet in half."
"Yes well, therein lies where the problem began." Marrianne said.
"Remember when I said that the whole reason my fusion even worked was because of the Phoenix tampering with it to ensure he didn't accidentally incinerate my soul when we fused?" Davy asked. I nodded. "Well… we learned just how he did it…"
"As you know from his check up, Davy's cells all contain the same energy as the original Phoenix from the fusion, but when I examined them I discovered a… unique… alteration…" Marrianne said, pulling out a photo. The photo seemed to be that of a cell, and while it wasn't any cell I personally recognized, I did see what Marrianne was talking about. Somehow, all its cell walls were covered in what looked to be… markings… I… I recognized them… that's the markings… Squeaks showed me… the magic that made them…
"How in god's name did Alex shove the ritual markings into your very cells?" I asked incredulously.
"It wasn't Alex, David." Davy said. "This was the Phoenix's doing. Every cell from blood, bone, skin, flesh, all of it carries the Altar Matrix on them. It's why when Tony used Consume it first turned his daughter into a… semi Phoenix of ice, it bound itself to the nearest soul and magical signature it could… and when you ate my arm without using Consume, the energy just… took what was around it and the Matrix did what it does… It fused you and Daisy the same as a Nokori, the Collar too, just because it was within range."
"But…I can still hear Daisy, I can still feel her…what happened to my Daughter?" Tony asked in fear.
"She's fine. If I were to guess, Consume binds her to you and this fusion, the first one, fused with her because you used consume, and now that you've fused again… her soul and yours are… the same." Davy said. "Nokori in the past, they did sometimes get… memories of the creature they were fused with… and in some cases, if that creature was sentient, intelligent, it was still there in them because it failed to have the human mind and soul take dominant control. I can only assume that because you aren't human and are, by definition, a magical creature already it couldn't make one mind take over the other."
I saw Tony sigh as if they were holding their breath.
"Oh thank Mother…" Tony said, lightly holding their wings as if they were holding their daughter.
"Well…good to know that their daughter is still safe." I said. "Just…didn't expect all of this to happen…"
"Like I always say, Nokori biology is bullshit." Marrianne said.
"Yeah…" Davy nodded. "But it got me thinking… if my cells have the power and runes already present, then basically it's an already pre-set fusion. It seems the recipients obtain my immortality as a default because of the Phoenix, so all that's needed is a creature and an object."
"Right…" I said, taking a moment to think about this.
"The choice is yours. Marrianne has some medicine that can help make it less painful but… it's gonna hurt regardless and given the specific runes you'll be a BOW Nokori like me… and Marrianne admits this… will be permanent if you accept."
"Soul stuff is usually always permanent… few things can be undone and this isn't one of them…" Marrianne said with a nod.
"Gonna have to take a while to think about this before I do some nonsense." I said honestly.
"Alright. Take your time." Davy said as he left.
I… sighed, putting my hands into my head…
"Are you okay?" Tony asked me.
"Just…thinking is all." I admitted. "Cause becoming a Nokori could let me become stronger…and while Immortality sounds nice on paper because I won't have to be fearful of dying and being teleported to another part of this planet…it's still a permanent thing…"
"You'll still be you. Heh, I am." Tony said. "Despite the scare… it's not so bad. Plus you could become super fluffy too~"
"I mean…the fluff would be nice…" I admitted. "Though it'll also depend on the animal and the item I grab…jeez this is actually really big with all the different choices."
"Heh, well at least you have choices." Tony smiled.
"True, but one thing's for sure, I'm not getting that collar shoved in me." I laughed at Tony's pout.
"At least only you and Davy know the command phrase… seriously… Ragdoll can teleport and I get an anime reference and not even a cool one."
"Well, as your mate and mother to several of your children, I will say this." Marrianne spoke up. "I'll support you with whatever you choose… but as a doctor, you definitely need to think long and hard about whether this path is truly what you want. People back off this planet can choose to change race and species all the time whenever they want, but a small handful are permanent like this… and as with any permanent, irreversible procedure I want you to be completely certain this is what you want."
"Yeah…it's gonna take a while for me to think this through." I admitted.
1 Year Later
Alright, we'll be at the second turtle any moment now.
After Meg and Squeaks brought the floating island down… as well as lots of dead winged fish and the dead Sky Kraken, I was able to use Township and sort of fuse it to the turtle. The reality is it has giant chains that keep the island to the turtle and makes it float along mostly behind us, but those chains are sturdy and it's not going anywhere.
We turned it into our new main source of farmland since it was basically the size of the turtle, so plenty of room to grow food.
I spent a good while thinking over my options… I still hadn't decided, but I knew it was on the table.
For now I was decorating the former farmland. I wanted to keep it as huge open fields for potential future development and maybe another park.
As I was browsing through the options on Township I saw a new decoration object.
Statue of Unknown Woman?
The statue depicted the image of a woman, short cut kinda spiky hair. She wore a crop top and short shorts and was raising a Starlight Keyblade into the air…
Huh. Wonder who that is?
I put the statue on display here, mostly to act as a landmark and also… it felt right making it for some reason.
"Right…" I said. "Do either of you two know who the hell this person is?" I asked Abby and Toshinori.
"Nope." Abby said.
"No, though for some reason looking at it makes me feel… sad." Toshinori said.
"Yeah…this…it feels like I'm missing something…like a dear friend…" I said, wondering why I couldn't remember…not like some fuzzy memory I couldn't remember but…just a hole shaped like a person…"Well…whoever you are…thank you."
With that done I headed for the observation tower. Up here I could clearly see this second turtle. This mountain on it's back took up seemingly it's whole back, center to edge that single large mountain took all the space.
Odd. Why does it feel… familiar…
"So, once we get on it you gonna try that Township thing and hope it works?" Davy asked.
"Yeah…but something about this feels…so familiar…" I admitted, scratching my head as I wondered why this feels so familiar. "Hmm…wait…" I looked down at the Atlas and decided to use Scan to see what this Turtle held on it's back.
[Scan Complete!
World Turtle Ebott.]
Ebott… Ebott… Mt. Ebott! Undertale!
"Holy hell it's Mt. Ebott!" I said in surprise. "Undertale!"
"Undertale!?" I yelped as Squeaks appeared behind me shouting it.
"Yes, Undertale." I chuckled.
"Well, this just got interesting. Okay, rule number one! Tony! Do not hump the goat MILF!" Davy yelled.
"I'd date her first!" Tony countered loudly.
"So would I." I admitted.
"Rule number two! David Two, Tony, no humping or riding the goat DILF!" Davy said.
"...Date first." I frowned.
"What David said!"
"Sure sure, anyway. Rule number three, absolutely nobody try and hump the robot man!"
"You think they'd find Mettaton attractive?" Squeaks asked.
"It's Undertale, two horny fans will want to hump them all… that's why Underhertale existed…" Davy shivered.
"Bastard got to when Asriel was getting their body back and hasn't updated in months…" I grumbled.
"My point has been proven." Davy said. "And the final rule, Tony do not chase or try and chew on the skeleton bros!"
"I'm classified as a Wyvern, not a Canine jackass!" Tony called out.
Davy pulled out a squeaky toy… squeezed it twice, then threw it…
Tony ran after it.
"This changes nothing!" Tony yelled.
"So, how is this all gonna work?" Davy asked me as he motioned to the mountain.
"Well, first it all depends on what kind of Undertale we talking about." I said carefully. "Cause we don't know if this is Vanilla Undertale, or if this is one of the many…many different AU's…"
"Yeah… no offense but if this is a horny AU I'm doing a genocide route…" Davy said.
Tony then ran back up to us, spitting the squeaky toy out at our feet.
"... The fact you brought it back is hilarious." Squeaks said with a smirk.
"Shush." Tony said as I gave him headpats.
"He's my good boy, there are many like him but this one is mine." I said readily. "Also, fuck you your not burning the entire underground if it's horny."
"I will and I will not be sorry for it. To this day I never apologized to Silver for destroying her laptop when I accidentally saw her browser history open on it, that woman was either going to be or was on a list with shit like that…"
"Obsidian was worse." Squeaks said.
"Obsidian was indeed worse." Davy nodded.
"Then he better hope to Mother he never meets Lyra or Rune…" I heard Toshinori said worriedly.
"I don't know who those two are…but I fear for my pelvis…" I thought worriedly. "You don't have to tag along if you fear it'll be horny."
"If it is, then I'll burn it. If not, then this will be fun." He shrugged.
"Hey, do you think this is a one person enters at a time thing or what?" Tony asked.
"Huh… good question… what if we all jump in together?" Davy offered.
"Well, if it's one person enters at a time thing then it would probably force the other's out."
"Well, only one way to find out… in case this doesn't do that or something stupid happens, we should go in pairs. So, Tony and Squeaks, David Two you're technically three people, and… who am I gonna-"
"I'm armed and ready!" I jumped at seeing Luna appear. My now twenty one year old daughter was indeed armed with her favorite rifle and even some lightly armored clothes.
"Fine but no shooting unless I start setting shit on fire." Davy said.
"Can we please not act like we're about to go to war when we're about to meet a bunch of possibly nice people?" I groaned.
"Well, that's no fun but alright. Come on let's find the entrance and take the fall." Davy said, he and Luna taking flight and we're already gone. I saw Squeaks put a hand on Tony, snap her fingers and they vanished.
Oh shit!
I used Float and Speed Force with Engine to catch up.
It didn't take long for us to all meet up at the entrance. The entrance to the underground ruins… this is gonna be so cool!
"I'm honestly really excited for this." I said with a smile.
"Yeah well let's hope it's good. Well, down we go." Davy said.
With that, we all jumped.
Five Participants Detected. Scanning… Analyzing…
Data Collected.
Generating Artificial Timeline.
Generating Pocket Dimension.
Generating World.
Casting Participants.
Roles Selected.
Beginning Custom Undertale Story Dungeon.