STORY

STORY

KINGLY BIRTHDAY
[ProjectMoon - Library Of Ruina / Netzach Battle 2Phase 30m]

The mismatch group, lost, looked at a map to figure out the best location to find civilization.

In one direction was the notail camp. While famed for their takeovers, notails were extremely docile to people who aren't a target.

There was also the Abrahamic Corporation. Surely they'd be willing to help.

A member of the group also spotted a large mass in the distance. Whatever it was it was waving them over.

"...Is it just me or is there something waving at us from over there?"
"There is."
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"No that's definitely waving…"
"Might be a clockwork. I don't know much else that forms giant masses."
"...Almost definitely a clockwork."
"Like one of those 'Chris-Chans' ???"
"Arson fire."
"Well, that is a good point. Clockworks don't do well around you Arson. If you're alright with it, then I suppose there isn't harm in checking it out. But remember, if we can't handle it, it's okay to run."
"Stay safe. Explore."
"Novel."
The group head over to look at the mass. The giant clockwork starts to shamble towards them wordlessly, mouth open.
"…"
"...Well I can't say I didn't expect us to die to a clockwork so soon after arriving, all things considered."
It is clearly not an angel.
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2024-12-20 15:07:04
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"Okay bye." Wishi quickly starts back stepping, her tail in front of her.
"Arson, if you would be so kind."
Arson fidgets a bit, getting startled and using his [Firestarter] as the clockwork comes near.
Arson rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 24 is rolled.
The clockwork is set on fire!
When the fire starts the box that Wishi has been towing begins to rattle.
YOU HAVE ENRAGED THE THREE KINGS.
[Catherine OST Track 9 - Chopin Revolutionary Etude]
"… not again please not again."
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2024-12-20 15:12:20
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"You know, maybe we should have led off with a firm handshake and a healthy dose of-"
The Three Kings uses a triple attack on Arson!
"...Eye contact."
Kings rolls three 20 sided dice. A 20, 19, 18 is rolled.
Arson is grabbed, tossed, and smashed to the floor with a sickening sound! Arson is out! The Three Kings rushes towards the other 4 while still on fire!
"And now we run!"
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2024-12-20 15:15:21
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"J-just give me a second to pick up Arson, I'm not leaving them behind with this thing while it's this angry!"
DD directs her pet dan'gersign to distract the clockwork while skittering over to Arson, to help carry him away.
Wishiops quickly dashes back running attempting escape. The balloon animal they brought quickly curling up around their arms ready to do defense if needed.
Adras similarly runs over to Arson to try to help him!
The Three Kings aren't dumb! While the others attempt to grab Arson they attempt rolling in the sand to put out their flames while also blocking the way to Arson!
Kings rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 22 is rolled.
The fire is put out, and they block the path successfully!

"Attacking a traveler is a criiiiime, bandits."
"Oh, no, yes, absolutely it is my fellow, uh, meatfriend! It's just, the rest of us weren't particularly tagging alongside the firebug and well, I mean, someone has to bring him to a court of law y-yes? I mean, if you agree that's a crime surely you'd agree they need to face the full force of the law, right?"
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"Plus, last I checked I was pretty sure vigilantism was a crime too, even if I'm not that acquainted with how that works in this planet..."
They travel to a safe distance and look back at the group nervously. They won't leave them if they need help, but… staring at the monster they are once again frozen in fear. They will act if needed.
"It is not a crime to defend one's self."
"Our minds rot away, but we are not gone. Do not insult us again."
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2024-12-20 15:19:46
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"I-- fuck, I'm sorry, okay?? I'm jumpy around clockworks, sue me! You didn't say anything, you just approached us silently with your mouth open!"
"...Yeah I suppose he's got a point."
"So you set me on fire?"
"Your pet will make a nice gift. For birthday boy."
"Leave."
"...you can have one of our other animals. Arson isn't a pet."
"Or are you a clockwork who engages in slavery, too?"
The venopinae rests against the box while it thumps louder and louder. "I… I don't think saying that is a good idea…."
"You insult me."
Adras steps in between DD and the clockwork!

"No, I mean, we're just a little jumpy is all, friend."
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"They did mean what they said when they claimed Arson wasn't a pet however."
"I told you not to already. Goodnight. Sleep tight. Do not let the bed bugs bite."

THE THREE KINGS GOES IN FOR A TRIPLE ATTACK ON DD BUT ADRAS GETS IN THE WAY.
Kings rolls three 20 sided dice. A 17, 12, 3 is rolled.

Adras is tossed around but is hanging on barely!

Adras lets out a very weak moan from the ground.

"....I-In fact, I was pretty sure their, ugh, birthday was coming up soon...."
"W-was, cough, having a hell of a time, trying to think of what to gift them just earlier..."
"Birthday?"
Adras holds his hand up in DD's direction, please, for the hate of the Neo, take the hint!
"Maybe I have something for a birthday. A gift....."
Kings rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 20 is rolled.
The Three Kings pull themselves over to Adras and places a gift box in his hands, assuming that the hands up was to ask for a gift. "It is done. Enjoy. Your birthday gift for your special birthday friend."
"T-thank you oh gracious one!"
This was not at all what Adras was expecting, but he wasn't about to let this chance go to waste!
"T-then, perhaps you wouldn't mind, if I were, to give them the gift right now, yes?"
DD continues not to say anything. She has no idea where this is going.
"Sing the birthday song."
The Three Kings shakes their head. "You cannot give, until the song is sang."
"T-the birthday song?"
"Ah, ah, yes! The birthday song!"
"Of…of course we can sing the song" They said nodding along.
"...Khhh, yes!"
Adras motions to the rest of the group!

"O-on my note, yes?"
"Y-yup!"
DD plays the birthday song on her back, mixing the melody with the words.
[Happy Birthday - Violin Tutorial]
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"Ha, Happy birthday to you!"
"Happy birthday to you…."
"Happy birthday to you,"
"Happy, birthday, dear,"
"...Arson."
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"Haaaappy birthday tooo you."
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Arson,"
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2024-12-20 15:41:48
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"A-and many more...!"

Adras jazz hands!

There's a scream of anger.

"!!!!"
The Three Kings looks around, confused.
"Happy, birthday, to... you?"
A ball of fire passes over the head of the Three Kings. He flees as he spots the thing coming.
"Aaaaaa hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...."
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2024-12-20 15:46:06
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"H-holy shit."
???????
A burning wooden anomaly stands between the escaping Three Kings and the group.

"Fucking clockworks! Fucking clockworks! Fucking clockworks!!"
It looks at the group.
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2024-12-20 15:50:49
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Wishi immediately stands in front of the box, tail spines at the ready.
"Okay, not gonna make the same mistake twice in the same five minutes, who are you?"
"YOU FUCKING STUPID ASS ALIENS GOING TO KEEP ON LOOKING AT ME? YOU FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT. WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU YOU COULD FUCKING ROAM THE FUCKING WASTELAND IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING NOWHERE."
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2024-12-20 15:52:34
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"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE YOU GOD LOVING IDIOTS!!!"
"Oh, absolutely, yessir!"

Adras tries to pick up Arson to leave!
"I…I…" They quickly start pushing the mechanized box back stepping away, while also looking to the group for a que on what to do.
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While they are at it. They quickly tell their balloon animal to use [Giveaway] on the capsule, having the balloon giveaway [Timebomb.]
"Oh sorry, is the whole wasteland your private property? And we are not god-loving, you..." DD thinks better about what she's about to say. "...Well we were leaving anyway. Just need to bring Arson with us." She skitters over to help Adras with the poor knocked-out platzel.
"WHO THE FUCK SAID YOU COULD TALK BACK TO ME YOU ASSHOLE I JUST SAVED YOUR DAMN LIFE."
"AND I'LL FUCKING TAKE IT BACK IF I NEED TO, BITCH!"
Matches rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 27 is rolled.
Adras stared right into DD's eyes for a short second, screaming internally.
The anomaly grabs DD and sets her on fire!
DD is on fire.
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ADRAS STARES RIGHT INTO DD'S EYES FOR A LONGER WHILE, SCREAMING AUDIBLY.
"OH, NO, SIR, I MEAN, YES SIR, WE WERE JUST LEAVING, PLEASE EXCUSE HIM, THANK YOU FOR SAVING OUR LIVES, YES SIR."

ADRAS TRIES TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH HIS COAT
The anomaly did not let go of DD. It fully intends on holding her until she dies. "Give me one reason. One god loving reason why I should spare this fucking bitch, you had the-"
"-NERVE TO TALK BACK TO ME."
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2024-12-20 16:17:13
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"Uh, er,"

ADRAS' MIND IS FUCKING RACING, 500 KM/H AND INCREASING BY THE MINUTE.
Wishi is really beginning to regret joining these three travelers for the day. Safety is not in numbers.
"...They promise they won't do it again...."
"...And that they've learnt their mistake?"
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2024-12-20 16:20:10
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"A-also I'm pretty sure this spider has a family… or something adjacent. Even if they are stupid someone might miss them!" They were not sure about any of the things they were saying but they tried anyways.
Adras jumps at the words being spoken!

"Y-yes! I'm one right here! Family! Adjacent!"
"Look, I-"
"...Please don't burn our friend alive?"
"YOU CAN'T APOLOGIZE FOR SOMEONE ELSE YOU IDIOT. AND YOU LOOK NOTHING LIKE FAMILY. SO FUCK OFF WITH THAT."
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IT'S OVER.
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"Sskkkksss..." This is familiar, DD thinks. Though this time, if anything, she's in more trouble than before. But she was never good at being clever, so all she says is what comes to her in the moment. "I should've thanked you for saving us. I'm sorry about that, and I'm grateful you saved Arson. I knew his mother well. But you're right, I'm a bitch sometimes. I don't like giving in, I take a while to trust people, and I don't get scared even when I should. But people tell me I can be kind, so--"
"I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have insulted you for some stupid ridiculous thing when you were just trying to help us. Would you like to have tea together some time? We have food edible by people on fire, Arson catches alight sometimes so we made sure to stock some."
"OH MY FUCKING GOD."
"LEARN TO STOP TALKING SO MUCH AND LEARN TO JUST SAY "SORRY I WAS FUCKING BITCH.""
The anomaly throws DD to the floor and kicks sand over her to put out the fire. "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR MORAL JUDGEMENTS. I'M JUST FUCKING PISSED OFF. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE. NONE YOU ASSHOLES EVER DO."
"I'm leaving. But first."
THE ANOMALY KICKS DEATH.
Matches rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 30 is rolled.
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DEATH IS KNOCKED OUT.

THE ANOMALY KICKS V.
Matches rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 25 is rolled.

V IS KNOCKED OUT.

The anomaly kicks Burnout!
Matches rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 20 is rolled.
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BURNOUT IS KNOCKED OUT.

The anomaly looks at Jarlie. And buries it in the sand.
"GET FUCKED!!!!!" The anomaly flips off the group, and with a burst of flames, disappears.
Adras immediately collapses unto his knees in a coughting fit.
...Then he crawls to DD....
...Makes sure they're ok...
....Looks them straight in the fucking god blessed eyes....
...And speaks up after taking one last whiff.
"Those were the worst 10 minutes of my entire life."
DD is curled up in ball, in pain from the fire. "...Sorry."
"Oh, no, no worries, live and let live, we survived. Barely."
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A burrisk spawns.

It hops around the group in delight before bouncing off into the wasteland as if to say "Thanks for existence, suckers."

"And I'm, at least 20% sure you learnt something from this experience, so let's just get you a dog to cheer you back up, yes?"
"Speak of the blue devil."
Wishi just hops on top of the box they have been towing, the box seems to have quieted down in all the commotion.
They needed a moment to rest.

The group could either head to the notail camp for safety, or back to the city.

Arson coughs and hacks up some blood, slowly bringing herself up.
She looks around at everyone.

"Did Arson...make extra fire?"
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2024-12-20 16:42:00
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"Arson!!! Are you alright? Yes you did… but it wasn't the right choice I think. It's not your fault."
"...No Arson. It was my fault, this time."
"It happens."
"Here Arson, got you a gift."
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"Arson didn't burn Auntie?"

He slowly moves over to the group and looks over DD.
"Oh yeah… I forgot those kings gave us a present. I think arson deserves it after all that…"
DD slowly pats Arson on the shoulder. "Your auntie makes more than enough mistakes on her own to get burnt. Let's head back to the camp, everyone. They should have treatment for burns there."
"Auntie and Arson learn every day. Arson want see camp."
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"Oh yes please… I definitely would like to go back… that was… retraumatizing…." Wishi says with a nervous pained laugh.
"Remembered Arson birthday?"
"Yes yes! I think… Adras has the present."
Adras hands the present to Arson. They did not fucking know it was gonna be their birthday soon but whatever he doesn't learn can't hurt him, yes?
Arson takes the gift, looking it over before opening it up.

"Thank you Uncle Adras."
A fire bursts out behind Arson. "NICE FUCKING OBJECT FROM A CLOCKWORK. GIVE ME THAT." The anomaly takes the gift before Arson can open it, and vanishes again in flames.
"..."

The group decides to head to the notail base. Defeated.

Wishi immediately snuck off once the crew started heading over. They did all they could do to help. They werent risking their friends life and their own for this.
"Ah, aliens....."
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"Welcome to our RADICAL and COOL BASE aliens!"
"Oh wait, maybe I should be serious, you all look hurt. :^)"
"Yeah, I need some treatment for burns, if that's alright."
"I'm pretty confident atleast 28 of my ribs are broken and I don't actually think I even have that many."
"It is incredibly painful to stand."
"Arson broken."
"This base is pretty cool though."
"So....what happened to you folks to obtain such suspious injuries? :^)"
"Well,"
"Huge fuckoff clockwork abomination followed by a fucked up anomaly that was on fire, mostly."
"I... ticked off a huge clockwork... and then a fire anomaly, yes."
"Actually, scratch the clockwork abomination part, it didn't actually attack us, that was just the anomaly."
"Sure was huge, though, I'd imagine you'd be interested in that."
"..................................................."
"CONTAINMENT CONTAINMENT CONTAINMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"Sorry about this aliens, but as you interacted with a clockwork, you must stay in here until we're sure. You're safe."
"Do not worry it will only be for a few days."
"And we have even located an animal who has been burned alive to join you!"
"Release the monster. :^)"
"DD over here got immediately incinerated after the encounter, so you can feel free to let them out a bit if you want. Got the burn marks to prove it and everything."
"Vacation bad."
"Well, at least it's not the first time I've been quarantined."
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"Wwwwwar. Pow!"

The scarred scarvie flops into the containment chamber. It scratches its scarred face before barking and bouncing over to the group.

"Anyway it looks like Q-11 is back from her patrol. I will let her investigate you now. :^)"
"Poor little Pow pow."
"Brave little trooper."
"Au revoir et savourez les soupes. :^)"
"That means goodbye in tourist. :^)"
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"Bye?"
"C'est la fromage to you too, friend."
"Oh. Bye bye."

Arson waves a claw.
"Evening aliens. How is containment treating you? B"
Arson looks away from the scarvie to the new person.

"Little Pow Pow make containment better."
"Quite decently, thank you."
"Say, that free healthcare of you notails doesn't expand to people you take captive does it?"
"What sort of health needs do you need, alien.....The butterfly one. B"
"I just sort of need to make sure I'm not bleeding internally and about to die, honestly."
Arson leans down, offering a claw to the scarred scarvie.
"Spiderlike alien. Are you the leader of this group? B"
"I don't know the tailmic personally, but yes."
"I do not believe we were able to get the whole story of the event. Do you want to go over it quickly? B"
"Found a huge clockwork out in the wasteland. We angered it by accident but before it actually got to do anything a really angry anomaly that happened to be on fire showed up and scared it away."
"We then, uh, angered that anomaly too, and almost died."
".............................................................."
"I apologize for my crassness, but I was talking to your leader. B"
"..."
"Fair enough, I'm gonna go lie down for a sec."

The scarvie tries to do a cool trick to impress everyone in the room.

The scarvie rolls a 20 sided die. A 14 is rolled.

The scarvie does a cool flip then seeks attention.

Arson claps for the little one, enjoying the trick.
"Well, that is more or less what happened. Though I would add that it was primarily me that angered them." DD relates the recent events with slightly more detail. After describing the encounter with the fire anomaly, she finishes by asking a question. "Do you know what that anomaly was? It seemed-- oh wow cool flip."
".................You said the fire anomaly stole a present from you?"
"I found this on my patrol. B" Q-11 holds out a slightly burned gift.
"Is this the stolen object? B"
"I think so. Was it just, lying somewhere on the ground?"
"Indeed. I don't like the idea that the anomaly was so close to the base. I will have to report this incident. Thank you for your assistance. B"
"You're welcome...What are you going to do with the gift?"
"I can't give you the birthday gift, but I can open it for you, if you'd like. I assume it is a biohazard. B"
"Oh. Well, yes, I am curious as to what it contains. Do you want to see what it is, Arson?"
"Arson enjoy seeing."
"I'll have a fire on standby. B"
Q-11 rolls a 20 sided die. A 2 is rolled.
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A pile of meat sloughs out of the gift. Before it can go anywhere, Q-11 sets it on fire.

"Always. Have. Fire. On. Standby. B"
"...Yep."
"Arson like fire gift better."
"Can Arson and Auntie DD play with pow pow?"
"Let's see how Adras is doing first, Arson."
"The "Pow Pow" has been burned in the wasteland. It is free to do with as you wish. B"
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"Oh! Q-11. Arson question."
"Little Pow Pow did flip. Want to join in?"
"SURE THING. 3 TIMES IN A ROW."

Adras attempts a back flip for fun!

Adras rolls a 20 sided die. A 12 is rolled.

The flip went well!

I AM SO GOOD AT THIS
Arson claps.
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2024-12-20 17:17:50
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"WANNA SEE ME DO IT AGAIN? I CAN DO IT AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE."

The scarvie barks in excitement as Adras does another flip!

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ADRAS' FLIP WAS AMAZING.

"Pow pow loves!"
I AM SO FUCKING GOOD AT THIS!!!!
"WE AREN'T DONE YET, ARSON, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE BEST OF ME, ON A SCALE FROM 1-20 THAT FELT LIKE A SOLID 18 AND I KNOW I CAN PULL OFF HIGHER."
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"What's going on in there.....B"

Adras does another flip!

Adras rolls a 20 sided die. A 9 is rolled.

And stumbles on the landing!

"..."
"That one didn't count."
"Adras cool tricks."
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AGAIN.

Adras tries another flip!

Adras rolls a 20 sided die. A 15 is rolled.

AND IT LANDS!!!!!

"Everybody knows 4's the magic number."
Elsewhere...
[Peace of Akatosh & From Past to Present - Jeremy Soule]
"Now. This is where they said the anomaly appeared to them......."
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The cekeki capsule explodes in the soil due to the effect of [Timebomb]. The cekeki rises up.

".............................." The Q-class watches as the cekeki ascends into the sky slowly.

The cekeki flips her off.

"............................................."

The cekeki passes through the clouds, and disappears.

"This is why all anomalies must die. :^)"
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