Chapter Eight:
The Anime King's Anime Factory
The anime palace housed many exotic areas, along with the darkest of secrets known to Francis, his guards, and the women who resided on Anime Island with them.
One dark secret was what awaited beneath the palace's glamorous halls, a secret that dated back to the days before the palace was built, and it wasn't in the dungeons. Just a few years prior, when the Anime Cartel began using the island, their base of operations had been a fortified bunker.
And, from that bunker, Francis' minions had carried out the infamous Inkling abductions, using the characters they'd summoned with Inkweaver. However, this place was far more than just a bunker, as the cartel's base contained the labs which housed the machines Francis needed for his plan;
The Ink Zuccers, designed to extract ink from the body of ink-based creatures, such as squids and octopi. With each ounce of ink extracted from the Inklings, the mad chameleon and his allies made Inkweaver more and more powerful, while slowly building their island of waifus.
Many Inklings died in the machines, while the rest, especially the females, survived to become anime characters. Even after Francis' island was realized, and after his palace was established, the Zuccers remained active, ready to extract more ink, and to convert Inklings into anime characters.
The palace had been built over the bunker, which became the structure's deepest level next to the lower dungeon areas. Within the shadows, canisters of captive Zapfish gleamed, with the creature's energy flowing through energy conductors into the Zuccers.
And, well above the Ink Zuccer 2000, suspended in the air, was the Great Zapfish that had been used to provide power to the Plaza in Inkopolis before it was stolen by the Anime Cartel with assistance from DJ Octavio. In the last few years, the Zapfish continued to thrive, even with all the torture they endured.
High-pitched wailing filled the chambers, accompanying by deranged chuckles from a couple Koopa weaboo guards, as an orange Inkling girl floated inside an active Ink Zuccer. The machine was draining every last ounce of ink from her body, and the girl was looking pale.
A door opened, and a Chargin' Chuck escorted a pair of captive red, blue, gray, and green Inklings into the Zuccer chamber, most of which were female with long tentacles and had just turned seventeen years old. The Inklings were led towards a pair of zuccers, all primed to have the ink drained from their bodies just like the others.
Loud beeping resonated on the walls, and a voice declared; "Zucc complete."
The Ink Zuccer containing the orange Inkling girl powered down, and the glass shook to a light thud. The container opened, and, in the female squid's place, a girl with long auburn hair, piercing blue eyes, and anime-looking features fell out of the Zuccer in front of the guards.
"Welcome to Anime Island, Zakila..." A Koopa declared, "You are officially a waifu."
"NO!" Zakila wailed, looking at herself, "I'M A FREAK!"
"Dress her in a skimpy outfit, and send her up to Lord Francis' chambers!" A Chargin' Chuck ordered.
The guards swarmed the former Inkling, and dragged her from the room, even as she screamed and pleaded for the nightmare to stop. In every room within the facility, Inklings were dumped into the Zuccers, and shapely anime-looking women emerged every several minutes. Many of the women were Inklings drained of ink, forced to turn into humans, dreading their fate.
This was the Anime Factory, which consistently churned out more waifus for the Anime King Francis nearly every day with the right amount of a few years' worth of extracted ink and Zapfish power.
In the halls outside the Zuccer room, a door swung open, and a Goomba declared; "Make way! Lord Francis is coming to inspect the Waifu Factory!"
Every guard in the vicinity snapped to attention, and the Weaboo Goomba stepped aside while imprisoned Inklings shivered with dread. A moment later, Francis strolled through the hall, wearing a red robe with Inkweaver in hand, and accompanied by Queen Saiko, clad in her alluring slave dancer bikini.
"Lord Francis! Sir!" A Monty Mole in Super Sayan cosplay attire proclaimed with a salute, "We welcome you back to the anime factory, our work has been more productive than ever, and we have made 50 more waifus for your harem."
"Oooh, isn't that exciting, my king?" Saiko remarked, lightly tickling the chameleon's neck.
The doors to the Zuccer chambers opened, and Francis strolled through the doorway with Saiko following behind. Both anime king and anime queen drank up the scene of Inklings being drained of the essence that made up their bodies, and a pair of WeaBoos snapped to attention with a salute as Francis passed them.
He held up the mighty Inkweaver, and the anime-crazed chameleon purred, "This pen could use a supercharge today, especially as I've been using it ALL week. And I can't wait to summon more anime women to mate with. HEH-HEH-HEH!"
"Do make sure you summon replicas of me during our special dinner tonight, my king." Saiko suggested with sultriness in her voice.
"Nyesssssssss..." Francis mused, "We could all go for a Saikofest Night, me and multiple versions of Saiko. It's been so long since we last summoned your replicas for a glamorously passionate evening."
Luffy Lakitu cosplayers floated in, and escorted the chameleon-waifu couple into the near-grandiose Ink Zuccer room. Guards snapped to attention once more, and resumed work. Francis and Saiko proceeded up the closest flight of stairs to the catwalk, and watched the "factory" activity unfolding below.
Every few minutes, an Inkling would die, fully drained of ink, and an anime character would emerge in the humanoid cephalopod's place. Francis watched as a redheaded anime girl with ponytail hair exited a Zuccer, sporting a ragged white gown, and the guards began slapping chains upon her.
Francis turned, seeing a Koopa approaching, with a few Boos escorting a green-haired anime woman in a school uniform towards the chameleon. The Koopa guard saluted and said, "New waifu for you, sir."
Francis grinned, and locked eyes with the schoolgirl uniform-clad anime beauty, whose eyes were as auburn as leaves in Autumntime. The woman looked nervous as she locked eyes with the green-colored chameleon accompanied by the shapely pink-haired anime girl in the slave bikini outfit.
"What is your name?" Francis asked.
"Osakura..." Osakura replied.
"Now that is a pretty name..." The chameleon grinned, "Wouldn't you agree, my queen?"
"Yes, Lord Francis." Saiko purred, "Osakura is a cute name."
"GUARD!" Francis handed Inkweaver to a Koopa, "Get the pen charged!"
The Koopa hurried off, and Francis moved towards Osakura, whose posture was calm with a hint of unease on her face. The school uniform-clad waifu, who was an Inkling girl at one point, locked eyes with the nerdy lizard. Francis moved closer, and began to stroke her cheeks in a delicate manner while Saiko looked away to observe the activities below the catwalk.
Francis made his advance on his latest waifu, and out came his tongue. He caressed Osakura's shoulder, and licked her face, making the anime woman shiver. Osakura gasped, and Francis laughed as he pulled back.
He turned to a Boo, and ordered him to take the girl up to his quarters. The Boo and a couple of Goombas led the uneasy Osakura out of the room, leaving Francis on the catwalk as he surveyed the room with his anime queen. The chameleon smiled, watching the Zuccers work their magic, and his laugh echoed through the anime factory.
