A Collection Of Other Adventures
Riding A Death Coaster
Date: February 12th, 2024
I brace myself for really experiencing the immense force of the winged creatures created tornado. "Don't hold anything back! Keep it going y'all! I want to feel the full force of this thing! Don't let up! Make it as strong as you can! I'm perfectly prepared for things going wrong! I have planned far ahead of any problems that may arise!" Rainbow Dash shouts back: "Don't worry! By the time we're done strengthening this, it will be such a powerful force that it will transform this entire wasteland all by itself!" "Good!" I then get a message of some kind from a comrade. "Guess I have to look at this. Better grip onto my phone tight then which will be easy. It's amazing what many many hours of using a sword will do for your grip." I read it over. "I see. So it turns out Hamas in that universe we just helped out in was nothing more than a puppet organization of Israel used as an excuse to hurt its own people as well as breed bloodlust against Palestine. Additionally. It appears that things are different in other universes which strangely correlates with the clashing perspectives I've seen online in my world regarding what Hamas is. At this point, I don't know what to believe about the Hamas of my universe. All I know is that the conflict in Gaza isn't exactly a war. It's a genocide. We can't do anything about the Gaza of my universe. At least not directly. Indirectly, my writings allow us to do something about it since I can easily record the words of my comrades about Gaza in them. The entire collective supports Gaza and Palestine as a whole. We want a permanent ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank as well."
I am unable to say or think more on it as the tornado has reached a point that forces me to take it completely seriously. It spins and it spins. I easily get thrown around by it. I get spun around faster and faster as it itself gets closer. Various objects hit me. The sound of the tornado is now deafening. It's only now that it was strong enough to suck me in since I had actually stepped a bit back before walking inside of its range once I finished reading that message I was sent. All kinds of things are sucked up by the tornado. I barely hear Rainbow Dash when she shouts: "That's enough! We have to retreat immediately now! Come on everycreature, let's fly to a safe enough distance from this tornado before it gets any of us! And to you Swiftdrawer, good luck in there! It will be sometime until the tornado dissipates so please hang on with all of your might! If you start getting visibly damaged, I'll be the first to respond to help get out you out of there!" I am unable to respond back due to the sheer force of the tornado but that doesn't mean I don't know what I was going to say to her if I could form the words audibly. It's very hard to focus on anything right now because I'm not used to being tossed around this much by a windy force. The weightlessness I feel as well as the helplessness against the tornado. At one point or another, I will probably be "spat" right out and sent plummeting to the ground. As a roller coaster enthusiast and knight with superhuman strength and really heavy armor, I'm used to experiencing quite a few Gs of force and a significant amount of pressure.
But even that didn't fully prepare me for this at all. Needless to say, this goes beyond my expectations. I didn't foresee this experience to feel the way it does. That's not too surprising. I've been in the weightlessness of space a few times but it just doesn't compare. In space, there's little to no gravity so there's nothing holding you down. In a tornado, things are different. Gravity makes tornadoes possible but the force the tornado holds prevents you from being sent to the ground by the gravity. It also disregards your normal force. Normal force is an opposite of gravity, it is usually what opposes gravity in a stationary object. From the tornado, I can see that the whole wasteland is actually surrounded by mountains on all sides except for the coastline. Tornadoes may be powerful but mountains are pretty sturdy. You can't expect a tornado to form naturally in an area like this. So it's safe to say that the mountains will be the tornado's undoing if nothing else. The creatures who formed it made sure it would be poised to collide with some of the mountains. Once this is all done, I'm going to experience the wrath of Hurricane Katrina as well as 1970s Ohio's monster tornadoes just to get some extra experience. Tornadoes need flat areas to thrive. That's why there's a region known as Tornado Alley in the US. Anyway, I just hang on and endure for as long as I can. I just hope my mana and potion ailments will hold out long enough for me to withstand this damn tornado. I can't speak nor can I hear anything but the tornado's roars. Isn't it remarkable that there are storm chasers who drive after tornadoes to watch them?
Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom is themed to them. It was originally dueling wooden coasters called Twisted Sisters. Later, they were called Twisted Twins after the band Twisted Sister took issue with the name. In 2008, Six Flags which owned the park closed it due to a lot of problems such as a 2005? incident on Superman Tower Of Power at the park, causing a teenage girl to lose both of her legs(one was successfully reattached). When the man who originally founded the park returned to own the park, things changed. It reopened in 2014 with a bunch of new rides and Twisted Twins was converted into a steel hybrid by Rocky Mountain Construction. It's a pretty good coaster. Far from my favorite but still fun. Anyway, I just kept enduring the pain and the immense force even though it's like it was tearing my very will to shreds with its great force. Agony. Confusion. I had to shut my eyes to lessen the overwhelming of my mind with all that my senses were picking up. Even with my great strength, without any weapon on hand, I don't stand a chance against a tornado. Unless I use the Kamehameha which may be enough to break a tornado apart. I can't just grab a tornado and yank it apart with my bare hands. But if I could do that, my strength would be monstrous on a whole other level compared to what it is now. After what felt like a never ending eternal torment, the tornado finally disperses thanks to the mountains. Somehow, it never let me go. I thought it would and I would be flung out but that never happened. It ripped through the corrupted soil of the wasteland.
I'm now a huge mess now that I've hit the ground hard. Almost got impaled by a micro mountain. Words cannot truly describe that entire experience. It was so brutal. I look down at myself to see that I got wounds all over the place. "I managed to withstand that. I still have a lot of my mana. I was so lucky." Rainbow Dash and others fly down to me once they spot me. Fluttershy speaks: "Swift! Are you okay?!" I smile: "Could be worse. I'm just glad I made it through all of that. My understanding of the wind has deepened. After an experience like that, how could it not? The wind has literally been knocked out of me so sorry if I sound a little weird, out of breath, and slow. I'm so unbelievably dizzy right now. The world's spinning around me. I also feel light headed and am having some trouble even know conveying my thoughts much less speaking them. Oh yeah and I'm freezing after all of that. The calm air now feels so warm by comparison. Damn it. I should have seen that coming. I think I'm going to skip experiencing a wave of monster tornadoes that happened in my world in the 1970s. This has been a lot more than I thought it would be. I really could use some warmth and rest. Not to mention my eyes are all teared up. I guess the first thing to do is treat my injuries.." Fluttershy takes me to her cabin in the woods and takes care of me there while the others disperse. Fluttershy was really helpful.
She made sure I had a comfortable place to rest after that and took care of all of my other needs too. I offered to help her but she convinced me to keep resting instead. Angel Bunny looked at me with some suspicion but eventually calmed down. After some time, I felt so much better. Now, my head wasn't spinning and my thoughts were clear as a cloudless sky. I got up, hug Fluttershy, pet Angel Bunny where he likes to be pet, and say: "Thank you, Fluttershy, Angel Bunny. You have been a big help. I'm glad I was able to have a view of outside. Equestria is such a beautiful land. Nature is truly a wonderful thing and the reason why any of us exist today. Now then, I'm off to catch myself a hurricane!" I quickly gather my things as Fluttershy replies: "You're welcome! Don't hesitate to come back here if you need anything else. Be careful. Hurricanes are far more dangerous but I trust you will be okay." Angel Bunny nods to affirm her statement. "Don't worry, I will be much more careful this time. I learned a lot from experiencing that tornado the way I did. I will be much more prepared this time. I'm going to exist through Hurricane Katrina. It's going to be hard but I know I can do it. Of course, I'm going through avoid drowning. One, even after coming this far in understanding my elemental affinity with the wind, I don't think I can hold my breath for very long. Two, I'm not connected to the pure element of water. I need water just as y'all do but I feel little to no connection to it as an element. I admire it for what it is but my power lies in the wind instead of the water."
And soon after that, I leave and say goodbye to them one last time. We wave at one another and I teleport to New Orleans in 2005 just before Hurricane Katrina got to it after I made enough preparations first. That's when I get a message from PIXAL. She says: "Swiftdrawer, I'm aware of your current position as you posted about your plans regarding experiencing that hurricane to the main chat. But there is something I need you to know. In the timeline you are in, someone has interfered with Katrina. It was to hit New Orleans as a Category 3. However, it will now hit it at Category 6. Some of our comrades have been sent to dispatch the individual responsible but this is going to be much harder than even you could have imagined." "Damn it. A Category 6?! That's only a category proposed by scientists due to the strengthening of hurricanes thanks to the climate crisis in my timeline! This is really bad! As a Category 3, Katrina flooded New Orleans. It was responsible for causing Six Flags New Orleans to turn into an abandoned theme park. I've seen pictures of it. Very creepy and daunting. New Orleans is situated below sea level so they have to bury their dead in a different way than normal. In contrast, the cities of Rome and Paris amongst others have catacombs below them. The catacombs of Paris led to me making a catacomb themed haunted house in Twisted Land below Slaughterville. It's only within the past year or so that I realized that there were in fact catacombs sometime ago in Twisted Land's past many years before the Kanoka Eruption."
"You are correct. We will also be sending some others to evacuate New Orleans and rescue survivors. In your timeline, ordinary citizens did a better job of rescuing survivors on boats than the government when the city's floodgates were breached by Hurricane Katrina." "That's good. So I don't have to worry about that at least. I'm going to find a tall building and stand on top of it. The winds will be really really strong but it won't fling me around like that tornado in Equestria I requested be formed did. To be honest, I've assumed subconsciously that Katrina was a Category 5 when it hit New Orleans. Guess I was wrong. Now that I think about it, hurricanes are more like very big and dangerous storms with rotation, aren't they? Well, I'm still going to feel it for myself." I made sure to down even more potions than last time this time and prepare myself for the wrath of Katrina. To say the least, it was even more brutal. PIXAL refreshed my mind when it came to hurricanes because I told her(yes, we have been voice chatting) that my mind was pretty rusty on them which was supported by my being wrong about what category Katrina was at when it hit New Orleans. Anyway, there are no words again to really describe what it was like. It was similar in some ways to experiencing the tornado but there were still drastic differences. For example, it didn't take too long for me to be drenched in rain and seawater. I was so so so very cold because of that. The added weight to me from all that water was nothing to me but it did feel weird to have my robes be weighed down.
Once the hurricane passed, I teleported straight to the space station to dry off, rest, eat, and all of that stuff. Once I was done, I sigh: "Now for the last experience. It's going to far more brutal by miles. 100 times around a Death Coaster. There's no way I can withstand that without my armor." I'm still in the cafeteria on the space station when I say this. Right then and there, I choose to put my armor back on at last. "I'm not going somewhere else just to put my armor on." As I put my greaves on(my boots are still on for reasons I explained in the last part of this story), Carlos walks in, sees me, and walks over with a grin on his face: "Hehe! I hear you're about to ride a Death Coaster!" "Yes. That's the last bit of experience I need to understand the wind fully. The Death Coaster is far more intense than even a hurricane. Thousands of Gs of force. Over 2000 MPH with the air constantly in your face, brushing against it due to the sheer velocity of the roller coaster." "Can I ride too?!" "I don't care as long as you take the precautions I'm taking. Sorry but your ninja gear won't be enough. I hope you're already wearing your plate armor. Otherwise, you're going to die on that thing instantly." Yappa Yappa walks in too and laughs: "Did you say Death Coaster?! Sounds agonizingly thrilling!"
"That's the gist. It might just satisfy your thirst for blood with what you'd experience riding it. If you want to go on it, go ahead. Your physical body is more than strong enough to withstand it. I should know. We were rivals and mortal enemies for over a year." "Oh don't worry Swift! I fear no Death Coasters! I'm going to really enjoy the agony of riding such a sadistically crafted attraction!" "It's a good thing I made such an extreme one in the Infinityverse. Just need to get to a sandbox park in RCT3 and I can place it down and ride it with you two and whoever else has the guts to ride it but won't die instantly." It takes me a few more minutes to put the rest of my armor back on and make sure my capes are visible along with the tabard style cloth which I'm considering having sewn to be attached to my robes. Yappa Yappa smiles: "You look so much deadlier in your armor! It's so much fun to think about that!" "I know. It's grand but not too grand. The edginess makes sure of that. Though I'd rather look dangerous than fabulous if you get what I mean. My armor is both a comfort and a fright. Depends on who's looking at it I suppose. Enough about my armor. Let's see who else wants to ride and then we'll be off." An hour later, I stare at the long line of BRAINS members who want to ride my creation with a shocked expression on my face along with an accompanying anime ding noise. "I didn't see this coming.. How many of our comrades are gluttons for punishment when it comes to ordinary human crushing extreme thrills?!" I see a very excited Darkness right before she shouts out: "I can't wait! I can't wait! Hurt me, Death Coaster!" I tune the rest of her words out.
Barla walks up to me and says: "Hell yeah! Now that's one hell of a roller coaster!" I nod: "Well, I'm glad I chose you to be amongst those to ride in the first train with me. I modified the layout somewhat to maximize the station in order to make the longest single train possible. Since y'all just decided to let me pick who gets to ride with me, here we are. 'Creator's choice'. Yeesh. They don't have to make me the center of attention as often as they do. It's kind of annoying. I'm only one knight and just because I am in fact a knight doesn't mean I should be encouraged to keep taking center stage. I know knights are usually meant to be leaders but come on. I do have a high level of self importance but that doesn't mean I want power or anything like that. I just want to live in peace and that's why it's important for me to experience this nightmare of a coaster for myself. It will help me grow my understanding in the ways of my element. That will aid me greatly in battle, allowing me to fight harder and better to try to attain a peace that seems nearly impossible to reach. Wouldn't it be nice to be just left alone someday? Like that's ever going to truly happen. Since all of us here are going to become gods if we aren't already gods, we'll have to deal with more dangers and enemies than otherwise." "Hey now, don't cha worry too much! Hell, sometimes I get center stage! Haven't you noticed?" "Oh yeah, wasn't there that one time recently where Llenn and the others begged you to be their team leader in the latest Squad Jam? I swear, they have those Squad Jams happening every month now."
"That's right!" "Sometimes, I forget that we all have some people who want us to take center stage even if we don't really want to that much. Neither of us are like Yuya Sakaki. I wouldn't completely hate being forgotten in history someday. After all, what I have done and will do will still have impacts that can't be fully forgotten or erased. That's the same with you and everyone else too." 20 minutes later, it's time to begin the experience. I will be impressed if anyone besides our really really powerful comrades actually manage to scream on this thing considering the force it will exert on us. I chose to be in one of the middle rows to draw less attention to myself. Again, I don't want the attention. Blaster shouts to all of us on the ride: "Arr! Is everyone ready?! I sure am! This will be far more satisfying and terrifying than fighting a giant sea hydra in a cave filled with toxic rocks and poisonous gas!" Madeline shouts back: "Yeah! This will be more satisfying than teaching my brother Carlos a lesson!" I turn around to see Carlos sweat heavily. I shout: "You know I am! I'm as ready as I am usually battle ready!" Blaze howls and shouts as well: "I am so ready!" With magic, the operation of the coaster's LIMs have been stopped by Bray who is now preparing to release the hold she has on them. The gates have already been closed. Many comrades cast protection spells and similar things on all of us so we don't end up passing out instantly. It's time. I yell: "I think we should all close our damn eyes! It's about to launch! I'm honestly terrified! This is going to be such an intense experience!" No one was able to respond before we literally traveled about a mile in just a second. That's right. A mile.
Thanks to the height of the coaster which was magically modified to become 30,000 feet, the top speed wasn't 2236 MPH or 2400. It was even higher than those numbers. That's right. Even higher. My ears were blasted by all of the noise. The sheer force of the coaster was keeping us down at a really high pressure of thousands of Gs. We are experiencing forces that make the forces of gravity on Earth and Jupiter seem like child's play by comparison. If it weren't for my helmet's protection along with all of those spells, my head would have long been crushed by the time the coaster went around its 20th time. I also modified the layout to include more hills and loops before we got on it. No helixes though. It's only my helmet and the spells that are at this point keeping the forces I'm feeling lessened enough to stay conscious. Orion at Kings Island alone is forceful enough for me to see colors in my eyes. The force you experience on it is nothing compared to this. I quickly lost track of time on that thing in part because I couldn't actually think. Hell, my memory of the experience is a blur because of the sheer force that was going on. But when it was finally over after 100 laps, Dominic weakly cast some kind of support spell on all of us: "Nervous System Stabilization." Thanks to it and other techniques he cast, our minds were able to quickly recover from that experience. The scientist yawns: "I could spend hours taking notes on that experience we just had. According to my calculations, we just went well over a thousand miles on that coaster."
Barla shouts: "Looks like you made a true monster, Swiftdrawer! Great job!" I nod: "Thanks everyone. But I need to go because now, I'm going to enter the next stage of my wind affinity path. I must take notes on all of this and think to myself about lot. It's one thing to experience something but if you can't or don't comprehend the experience, you won't really learn much of anything from it nor be able to really appreciate it for what it is. I'm going to need to be alone for a while. I especially need to wrap my head around this roller coaster. Or, would it be better to not call it a Death Coaster/roller coaster? It's more like a Killer Coaster if you ask me. That at least rolls off the tongue better. Dominic, you are a lifesaver. If it weren't for you, I think all of us would have been forced to rest a lot for days to recover from all of that damn coaster of mine." We end up talking together for a bit before I teleport to the library in the Miitopia BRAINS base. Once there, I pull out my journal and a pen. I flip to a new page and start writing. It took some time to get used to the feeling of writing with a pen again since I haven't spent much time doing that in about 2 years but it's okay. I spend hours and hours just writing about everything related to what I had made myself endure. I was actually afraid my armor would break under the force of the Death Coaster but that didn't happen thankfully. Otherwise, I would have been mince meat.
As I continue writing, Bray walks into the library and puts her hand on my shoulder: "Swift. It's time for dinner. Please come to the cafeteria. You look tired and hungry." "I guess I forgot to drink sleep replacement potions. I haven't slept in a while. My journey has distracted me from at least drinking those. You're right. I'm tired and hungry. Still weird considering I'm a zombie but oh well. Today ain't even the 12th anymore. Don't tell me what day it is. I'll figure it out in time. Alright. I'll come. Why wouldn't I listen to you? You're a dear friend. I trust you completely. If one wants someone else to do something, the best way of going about that is to have trust and good intentions. If one or both are missing, something's wrong." I put away my journal and pen before walking alongside Bray to the cafeteria. A few minutes after getting there, Fluffy Afro goes up on the newly erected stage in the now expanded cafeteria and says on microphone: "The war and other conflicts continue to drain us every single day. I'm not going to make jokes or be wacky right now. Please remember that everyone here is for each other and our other comrades. We must continue to stay strong, healthy, and well rested for the challenges ahead. I am once again dishing out this daily reminder." He continues on for a few minutes longer. I smile after that as I continue being in the presence of some of my most cherished loved ones. "I may be an introvert but with you all, I'm never truly alone and get the support I still need despite being kind of a loner. Here's to more victories, lessons from mistakes, friendship, love, and more."
Almost a month later.. March 5th, 2024. It has been 4 days since the nonsense across the multiverse and nearly a month since the battle to save the Saint Seiya universe not to mention riding that Death Coaster. I've spent some time recounting fun times with my grandma with Herbsalvin and others. It's true that she was most likely a fair weather bigot but considering she spent the last years of her life basically at home and seemed to not interact much online, whatever impact from the racist prejudices she seemed to have held was minimal. There's no excuse for racism. It is evil but let's just say it's a good thing she seemed to be a fair weather bigot. I was for a time determined to try to change her mind on certain things such as the fascist party of the US but didn't have the energy for it plus I agreed that she was just so set in her own ways. The need to confront someone's prejudice is lessened if it never really manifests in their actions. A fair weather bigot is someone who holds bigoted views but doesn't exactly express them for fear of consequences. I didn't see her much in the last 4 years of her life. That was my choice. It wasn't because of her though. It was because of Covid. Then there's the fact I oppose inflicting needless pain so outright calling her out on her beliefs is something I knew would be a bad idea. I don't even like arguments and generally avoid them. Besides, again. Whatever forms of bigotry were present in her didn't seem to do much harm at least in her last years in life. I told my comrades about what made her amazing and what made her flawed. Grandma had such a sweet voice and kind smile.
She outlived some of her children and went through quite a few medical emergencies between the day Covid began and the day she passed away in probably her sleep. What strong willpower. Her laugh was gentle. There are so many pictures of her. She lived a full life. I contacted Decim since he and the other Arbiters agreed to join BRAINS on a few conditions and told him about my grandma. His response is obvious. "In that case, your grandmother lived a full life and I respect her for that." It's sad though. So many queer people won't get to live a full life. Same with so many disabled, black, indigenous, and Asian people not to mention Jews, Muslims, the homeless, and other marginalized people. Countless people across the multiverse have and will continue to die, screaming for the help they so desperately need but will probably never get. And it's all thanks to greed, apathy, and cruelty. That's part of why BRAINS continues to exist. We fight and we have better ways of living. Without money. Without hierarchies. Amongst even BRAINS members from medieval and ancient eras, support for dismantling hierarchies altogether continues to grow faster than even membership into the collective which has slowed lately in favor of focusing more on the war and smaller problems. Now then, I suppose it's time to give an update on what's been happening since we stopped Hades, Poseidon, and their lackies. Well, I have spent a lot of time training with others again. It's also been battle after battle for all of us along with a few chaotic hangouts sprinkled in. I've been keeping up with my magical studies.
I focus on support magic as well as magic that's compatible with my sword. Some spells require both hands and I simply refuse to fight without my sword for very long. The focus on support magic helps me be a bit more balanced considering my build is a fusion of tank and berserker with significant INT stats. That's not to say I haven't been practicing spells that require both of my hands but it's just not been my priority. That being said, I know I can find a way to use some of those two handed spells with my sword considering I managed to invent the Kamehameha Slash but still. Oh yeah and I've been practicing with Artist's Eye to get better and better at it. The nice thing is that I can do that while sword training since my sword is an extension of myself as it should be. I'm now just waiting for Artist's Eye to evolve know that I've been to both the Nightmare Realm and the Dreamverse. The imagination after all does have a connection to dreams and nightmares. Abstractoa told me that my Artist's Eye will in fact evolve to be able to use the power of dreams and nightmares eventually. I'm not the only one who's making great strides in their training. Just about every BRAINS member is except for the KonoSuba quartet.. Bray is on her way to regaining her Grand Sage abilities. When that happens, she will be so close to being able to become a god. Dominic is apparently one job change away from being able to become one as well. Turns out when he was reborn into the Entropy class while we were battling Dragold, he skipped an entire job change. It seems that godhood for many of us will require 3 or 4 job changes.
I've gone through 2. Herbsalvin is getting close to unlocking a rare Miitopian class. Carlos is on the way towards Shadow Ninja. You get the picture. Anyway, let's talk about what happened today on the 5th now. As I was studying in the library and working on wandless incantations and such, I had a visitor. Yeah, part of the reason it's taken such a long time for me to really improve with my magic the past few months is that I'm not using any wand or staff. Hell, I don't even use my sword most of the time even though I know it will eventually evolve to be capable of filling the role of a staff or wand perfectly. The visitor was Pinkie Pie. "Hey Swift! Can I talk to you?!" "Pinkie Pie? What are you doing here?" "Hehehehe! I have like the best idea for raising everyone's spirits ever!" "Please tell me I'm not the first individual you asked." "No, silly! I asked Twilight first! She said talk to Rainbow Dash so I did. She accepted and said I should talk to Rarity. So I did. I've asked a lot of creatures! Most of them have said yes!" "Okay, what's your idea?" "A music festival and a party combined into one!" "I accept. But first, please tell me it's also partly designed to boost awareness and motivation against fascism and capitalism." "Of course it is! Those things are evil and not fun! The idea that there are leaders worse than Nightmare Moon still gives me shivers! *scratches her mane* Oh hey, it's my Pinkie Sense! Some of your dearest friends are coming here!"
"I see. I know why." And so, I talk with my fellow former members of the dissolved Raging Rockstars and a few others, namely Herbsalvin, Mel, and Barla. We agree to perform together under the name Viral Infection which I came up with 4 years ago. We then coordinate with the others who will be participating including Pinkie Pie and her combined collection of instruments which she can play all at once. We find ourselves a suitable uninhabited world with air that we could actually breathe and construction begins on a huge concert venue with physical distancing and other measures designed into it to prevent the interdimensional exchange of diseases which apparently virtually no major Earth media I can think of really touches on. After all, the Europeans wiped out most Native Americans with smallpox during the era in which they colonized the Americas. The Europeans had some immunity and such to it but the Native Americans didn't. So they were largely wiped out in the Incan Empire for instance very quickly. We don't need that happening on an interdimensional scale. In less than 4 hours, everything is set up. There's foods from all over the place. LaRosa's Pizza, Gino's East, Skyline Chili, Apple Family apples and apple treats, RCT multiverse foods & drinks, Blue Eyes Roast, Asuna's home cooking with the cooking skill in Aincrad, Minecraftian foods, unique strange foods invented in Twisted Land by some of those who keep it running, Itchiraku Ramen, you name it. There's also all kinds of other activities.
We have a combined convention of all major kinds of conventions(except businesses conferences because they're dull) planned. There's a small amusement park with everything a good one needs but amped up in quality. I'm partially responsible for that. Resident video game coaster designer and roller coaster enthusiast and all. There's a huge building where multiple games will happen at once. Full armored jousting, Duel Monsters(classic Duelist Kingdom era style, regular style, Speed Duels, Action Duels, Riding Duels, Rush Duels), Pokémon battles, B Daman matches, Beyblade battles, human chess, dance offs, you name it. And get this: the time in the universe the world we're using is in is literally one where time flows much faster. For every minute in Miitopia, it's 10 or more in this universe. That means, we have ourselves plenty of time for a multi day event. There's other things that were put in too such as plenty of lodging. And the best part? Just about everything is free. Time skip to the moment myself and the other members of the newly formed Viral Infection(the name's been used a few times in the past but we're serious about using it now) go on the stage as the opening act. Why are we opening? New band and the fact that we were the first ones to finish composing our set. Barla is first to get on the stage.
With a microphone in hand, she says: "Hell yeah! It's great to be here! We're Viral Infection and we're about to unleash a world of sound so explosive that you can't help but be motivated to fight against oppression, fascism, and anything else that's ruining countless worlds! I'm Barla. And.." We individually introduce ourselves. When I speak, I say: "I'm Swiftdrawer. As you can see, I'm a knight. I'm glad we got not just a lot of Infinity members here but many others as well. I will be on vocals and sword. That's right. Sword. With the right magic or something else, you can change anything to sound like anything else under the Sun. We're going to show all of you just that today. Bray, can you do the honors?" "Indeed, my friend. I shall do this so quickly that many will be intrigued at my spellcasting speed. I cast Sound Mimicry! I declare with it in effect that as long as it remains active, all sounds that a sword can make shall sound like the sounds of a rhythm guitar. With this done, we have introduced a chaotic factor to our sound." I smile: "I don't like this much attention but wearing my armor and holding my sword really helps me feel more comfortable up here. Carlos, you talk next!" Once everyone's introduced, we finally get started. Barla smirks: "Let's begin with a few songs that we thought of from Swiftdrawer's world as well as a song they wrote! One two three four! Nazi Punks F Off!" We get into it in full. But only after we revealed a little surprise.
Some training robots refitted to look like various infamous fascists. I run with them with my sword in hold. That's right. As we perform, I'm going to go at these robots and whenever the song we're playing ends, they will change in appearance to resemble other fascists. Right now, they look like Pmurt Nedib and the trio of evil of the Axis Powers in WW2. What's great is that the robots simulate perfectly how each one would react to my attacks not to mention the damage they would take but with extra mobility for 3 of them for obvious reasons. After we finish performing that song, it's onto performing Bash The Fash by Oi Polio. The energy we had during the first song was elevated. And the robots changed to look like The Major from Hellsing, Nightmare Moon, King Sombra(because yes, fascists weren't the first tyrants. We must criticize tyrannical monarchs too), and Emperor Diga from Tai Chi Chasers. After that, it's Youth Against Fascism by Sonic Youth. We are of course playing in a Death Metal/Grindcore style with vocals that are easy to understand. And my sword swings that sound like guitar sounds really adds to all that energy. There are several mosh pits in the audience. It's really awesome to see. Once we're done with that 3rd song, Barla speaks: "And now, it's time for one of Swiftdrawer's songs! Get ready for Human Pest Control!" I add: "This song is pretty old by now. I have changed the lyrics a bit to improve it. So let's get down to it. I must confess, the vocal delivery I intended for it is pretty catchy in my opinion. Let's do this!"
And together, my fellow bandmates and I scream together: "Society is on the brink of mass genocide and complete fascist rule. We're the Human Pest Control. We've come to expose the wrongs of the world's worst people and bring revolution to the world! Homophobes, acephobes, crypto scammers, Covid neglecting officials, biphobws, panphobes, demiphobes, lesbophobes, xenophobes, Islamophobes, pedophiles, zoophiles, racists, bullies, Nazis, r*pists, corporate executives, eugenicists, pseudoscientists, religious hypocrites, corrupt cops, the corrupt courts, far right terrorists, the billionaries, liars on live TV, you name it.. Are on our list of targets to remove from power, expose, and disprove lies of! We'll make them hurt for what they've done! Do you hurt people, animals, or the environment? We're gonna talk to you one way or another so listen good! Fools like you spread their propaganda like a plague, justifying it with religion, selfishness, apathy, and politics. Wake up! Fight the power! Do something to change this society! Some people are raised to hate. And we have a plan to stop all this damn cruelty! Part of it will be to isolate, crush, or change all these scumbags depending on various factors. Killing someone or threatening to will be punished as needed. Hatred and cruelty must be ended in order to prevent more good people from dying too soon!"
"They're built on stereotypes, lies, greed, assumptions, and beliefs. Remember when people were killed for being different?Well guess what?! It's still happening thanks to the likes of those who are complacent! You're allowed to hate something but if you take it too far by hurting people, we will have our eye on you and take action if required! Human pest control, human pest control Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Bigots are pests in this world, they refuse to stop being so cruel and bother so many even to the point of murder or suicide. Bring them down or change them now! They are a burden to this civilization! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Social justice, save the environment, stop corporate greed, end worker exploitation, Covid is not over, land back, revolution, mutual aid is vital, Gaza will be free, black lives matter, trans rights are human rights, abolish and replace the police, tear down the white supremacist system, screw the state! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control!"
"Fund education not wars! Abolish poverty, stop hate crimes, stop bullying, punish sexual assault! If there's a gay lifestyle isn't there a straight lifestyle too? Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control! Human pest control, human pest control!Human pest control, human pest control! The cesspool called society must change or be destroyed!"
After my song, we played a few more of our original songs. Barla has apparently written two anti-fascist ones of her own. She focused on racism and its negative impact on her directly because she's black. Racism is one of the most common forms of fascist oppression. Basically all of the other original songs were anti-fascist too though some were more so wholesome, showing that in the end, we wish peaceful means alone were enough to defeat fascism. But they aren't. And so, the festivities continued after our set ended. We joined with the other music groups several times to perform together. Days in that world passed. When it was over, we were refreshed and ready to return to fighting for a better future with more than just the power of anti-fascist music.