Here we go the next chapter where we continue the Brain Tumbler experiment.
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DM77's Psychonauts Chapter 8
Back into the Tumbler
Nigel had arrived back at Wiz's lab and approaching the Brain Tumbler ready to find out what his subconscious was trying to hide.
"Okay, time to face my big, diving-helmet spitting personal demons." Nigel said nodding.
"That's the spirit." Wiz said as he works on the console.
Nigel gets into position and sorts his glasses as the Brain Tumbler activates and he heads into his own mind once again.
He appears outside the giant egg shell. She sees Miss. Bunnery and proceeds to follow her again up the hill again until he came face to face with the shadowy entity again.
Wasting no time Nigel aims his thoughts and PSI-Blasts the being and in one hit, the monster fades away no longer blocking the path allowing Nigel to proceed further to see what it was it was trying to keep him from seeing.
However Nigel looked around and said "Hey, where'd it go? Don't tell me I imagined that whole thing?" He thought the beast would be tougher then that.
Anway, he sees the Bunnery up above and climbs up to join her. As he does, he sees several red portals stamp onto the walls and several Micromangers come out.
"You are my own creations! I command you to stop!" Nigel said to the Micromangers but they ignored him and advance on him "Dang, does that EVER work?"
He fights through them and keeps going through the dark forest filled with meat plants and battle more Micromangers including the shooting ones as well there were even some mini-ones which were annoying to handle.
As he does that and sort the mental baggage he had, he wondered what it is his own mind was trying to keep from him, but more so, what was with all the meat. These thoughts confused him as he followed Miss. Bunnery.
As he got deeper he then also had to deal with Bob-ombs as well showing that this also reflected as Personal demons whatever this secret was.
He soon sees something that made him feel like he was getting close to the end, a bathtub what he goes under and soon reaches a clearing with a large thorn covered tower in the centre. He also hears voices coming from it.
We see inside it DJ lying on a dentist chair, with him was a blue robot with red optics and a green domeon his head showing his brain circuits, this was Dr. Nefarious, a dentist and occasional scientist but mostly a dentist.
"Little squishy boy I am sorry to say that you have a very serious mental problem." Nefarious said walking around DJ "The trouble originates in this area here, the area that we in the medical profession like to refer to as…the brain. You see, son, it's just no good! I hate to be so blunt, but YOU have the insanity…of a space manatee!"
"I know! People are always saying that!" DJ said sadly and then asked, "What do you think's wrong with my brain, Doctor?"
"How should I know?" Nefarious said shrugging "I'm a robotics and machine scientist and a dentist! But here's what I do know: if a tooth is bad, you pull it!"
"Erm…I don't mean to criticize but my teeth are fine." DJ said concerned.
"Yup! That brain's got to come out boy." Nefarious said as he goes to get some equipment "It's the quickest way to cure what you've got: INSANITY OF THE MIND!"
"But I don't wannna…" DJ said panicking.
Shush-shush-shush-shush-shushie!" Nefarious said to the boy silencing him "Now hold still. This will only hurt until your brain comes flying out!" He pulls out what looks to be a plasma gun.
"Ah! Ahh! Get back! HELP!" DJ cries out scared.
"Don't worry DJ!" Nigel said looking at the tower concerned. I'm coming up there to save you!"
"What is wrong, Nigel?" Wiz asked.
"No time to explain Wiz." Nigel said jumping down into the clearing "I got to climb this spooky thorn tower."
As he explores the ground of the tower he finds another Mental Vault. He gets it open and looks through the slider called The World Shall Taste my Eggs! In it shows a creature hatching from an egg, walking around till it meets a fish and rides to the other side to an amusement park, rides a teacup roller coaster with others of it's kind, then they're all attacking a human city with mind blasting rays.
"Okay, what the hell was that?" Nigel said in utter confusion as he dropped it, for some reason this did not feel like something that belonged to him, what was going on? He then said to Wiz "I'm seeing some crazy stuff in here, Wiz. This can't be right."
"Ach. Why did I buy the CHEAP Brain Tumbler?" Wiz said sighing.
In any case, with Miss. Buneary's help Nigel finds a thorn he can climb up the tower with and runs up it until he came to a large fleshy lump that blocked his path.
"Argh! There's no way to get any higher!" Nigel said concerned looking around.
"You must use your Levitation power." Wiz told him.
"I don't know how to levitate…" Nigel said thinking.
Soon Wiz pulls him out of the Tumbler.
"I had no idea you were at such a remedial level." Wiz said to Nigel after he was fully out of the machine.
"Hey!" Nigel said offended by that.
"Luckily for you, we have one of the world's foremost levitators on staff." Wiz points out.
"Agent Felicia, the mental Darkstaker minx." Nigel said smiling.
"Precisely." Wiz said with a nod and hands Nigel a green badge with oars on it "You'll need this Oarsman Badge to reach her at the docks. I'll try to determine where this interference is coming from. Return when you have earned your Levitation Merit Badge."
Nigel nods and leaves the lab the way he came in the first time.
As he runs down to leave the Isolation chamber area he sees Rachel smelling some flowers and stops by her and said "Hey Rachel."
"Going for the advanced training. What's the rush?" Rachel asked him sarcastically.
"Are you kidding?" Nigel asked her "I only have a few days to become a Psychonaut or I lose my shot forever!"
Rachel stands up and faces him saying "Look Nigel, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Psychonauts are not what they used to be." She turns away "Times have changed. The world just doesn't need us anymore."
"The world does to need Psychonauts!" Nigel told her "Right here at this very camp, in fact. I think there are several fishy things that need psychic investigating." He places his fingers on his head
"You are so immature!" Rachel said turning to him. However Nigel was able to read her thoughts as she mentally said 'And cute! When are you gonna just shut up and kiss me?'
"Shut up and do what?" Nigel said surprised and confused.
"Oh, I didn't know you could…uh. I got to go. Bye." Rachel said embarrassed and runs off and Nigel hears her think 'So embarrassing!'
Nigel was confused and shakes his heads out of the grounds and hears Falicia on the loudspeaker said "Hello children. I hope you are all having a happy and safe summer day here at Whispering Rock! I just wanted to tell you that we are having a party out here on the floating dock and I'd love for you all to come. It's Levitation training, baby! And it's fun, fun, fun! Just grab a canoe and come join the party!"
Nigel as he makes his way around finds Mr. Hippo standing by the path leading to the docks from here and goes to him and asked him "Find them yet?" Referring to the hide and seek game he was playing with DJ, Heather and Violet.
"Well, I tracked DJ into the forest, but his footprints just…disappeared." Mr. Hippo explained.
"Really?" Nigel said concerned about that.
"Yeah, and I tried to tag Heather, but she punched me." Mr. Hippo continued "I saw Violet run into this cave, so all I have to do now is wait."
"Why don't you just run in there?" Nigel asked him.
"Never follow a Serviper into its hold, Nigel." Mr. Hippo told him "That is the code of the Zangoose. The code of the hunter."
Nigel nods and leaves him to it and find Heather with her ex-boyfriend Alejandro. The girl was obviously trying to make the boy jealous or prove she is happy without him but Alejandro didn't seem phased.
Nigel soon contacted by Raine about a new power was available for him. So he heads to their sanctuary.
Upon arriving Raine said to Nigel "In recognition of your hard work, dedication and mental agility, I'm proud to bestow onto you the official merit badge for…INVISIBILITY!"
Nigel poses as a blue badge showing a stick figure with one half of him invisible is attached to his bag. He was soon brough to his mental training area with Raine.
"Okay, let's play a game." Raine told the boy and points to a Micromanger "Look out! Another Micromanger. Oh no, you're out of ammo!"
"No, I'm not!" Nigel said to them.
"You are now!" Raine said firmly "Here are the rules: take this guy out, but if he sees you at all, you lose. Go get him!"
Nigel nods and turns invisible with his new power, he then sneaks up behind the Mircomanger and smacks him destroying him and coming out of invisibility. He then goes back up to Raine.
"Ah, well done!" Raine said smiling "Now that's the power of Invisibility! I think I've heard the kids around camp refer to this technique as 'Silent, but deadly.'"
"Uh…." Nigel said unsure if he should correct that one.
He opts not to and leaves the area, choosing now to head to the beach to get to Felcia's class.
Well next time we will be heading to Falicia's class to learn Levitation.
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