Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Chapter 6TJ - Ghost Tower, Part II

Jon: That sphere, which seems like a sun but purple? Gave an uneasy feel. I feel... queasy... 

Jon: Fine then.

Jon: Blah blah blah C4 blah blah blah.

Dani: Sounds... explosive, but i agree.

Jon launches the C4 to the center of the "purple sun", blowing it up. While the purple sun is still intact, the uneasiness subsides.

Jon: Well, let's march on, we have no need to be here anymore.

Frederica: Hey... hey... wait... Give me your mana!

Lynel: Uhhh... here, of all places?

Frederica: You.....! WHY ARE YOU SLOWING DOWN ME?!

Frederica then leaves the rest of the group

Lynel: Uuuuhhhh.... shall we follow the rest?

Richard: Thanks to them, the enemies are all dead.

Richard: Just...

Richard: Be aware of the traps.

Lynel: Then i just go....

A spear trap hits him.

Lynel: Aaagh!

Lynel crushes the so-called "Apology Stones" which looks like a Saint Quartz. It healed him.

Lynel: Well, it heals.

Lynel: Then, shall i proceed!

Lynel then goes inside.

Gunfire and Lynel's scream heard.

Richard: Private!

The team enters the dungeon.

Richard: Teresa!

Richard: You...!

Richard: What the hell is all of this... massacre... thing?

Teresa: Well... EXP... experience... perks... levels... all that thing...

Richard: You... and me... as members of the Divine Knights...

Teresa: Well, all of this are quite beautiful amount of body count, right?

Richard: You all, back down!

Dani: No, we won't!

Dani: Thermal vision.

Dani: I can see lots of wire traps!

Teresa: My, you've got good eyes.

Richard: Let me protect you and your boyfriend there!

Teresa: I WON'T LET YOU ALL SURVIVE! YOU SMELL LOTS OF EXPERIENCE POINTS!!!

Teresa prepares her Monowire Arms.

Jon: Die, Teresa. (aiming and shooting a Desert Eagle)

Teresa drops down dead, and the floor boss is considered defeated.

There is a double door at the end of the boss arena, which leads to a....

Hotel?

Complete with free wifi, and they loaned laptops too!

Attendant: Thanks for achieving 98th Floor. Here now is a "safe zone". You can rest, recuperate, heal, and...

Dani: Yeah... yeah, thanks.

Dani: Is this tower the so-called "Killing Floor"?

Jon: (to Lynel and Richard) Thanks for the help, i think, you two can hold by yourselves on your own, right?

Richard: Yeah, sure. But i think we're be safer together.

Lynel: But now... let's book rooms for each.

Attendant: (to Jon and Dani) I think we've got the right room just for pair like you...


Dani: Well, Mackie is watching... so, if you've got any funny ideas...

Mackie: Don't worry, i'll be staying out of sight!

Dani: Eh, Jonathan.... dearie?

Jonathan then just strips.

Change into a pair of newly-awarded pajamas...

And then went to sleep. With Dani follows.


The Next Day

Jon: Dani....

Dani: Eh?

Jon: I think from now on... we already seen how the threats are escalating around the two of us...

Jon: That we might've increase our lethal measures...

Dani: Isn't "lethal measures" are the thing you always do whenever you encounter a perceived threat?

Jon: Actually... i've tried to hold myself back...

Jon: But here we are, not only candidates and participants are willing to draw blood...

Jon: But most denizens here too. The police, the military... heck, we lost contact with the JSOC for the time being, the only ones that are friendly to us besides you and granny Mackie there.

Dani: Well.... (prepares her twin M9s) Lock and Load, then!

Dani: We'll always have each others backs!

Dani: Like Salem and Rios!

Jon: Wow, you remember that title...!

Mackie: Yeah! Back to Back! I wish i could play games but watching you do it feels like i'm playing it too!


Meanwhile:

"Showcase" by Cosmograph plays as the "Drop Pod" launches towards the depth of an asteroid planet.


A scene of space dwarves shooting their way through an insect infested caves of Hoxxes IV, a planet in the outer rim that houses valuable materials. There is a company of mercenaries called Deep Rock Galactic, which seeks to mine Hoxxes IV that is abundant of those valuable minerals.

After a successful Aquarq carrying mission (despite multiple fails because Rainer is just that bad of a player)...

Lynel: See you, John27!

John27 (through chat): See you too, Kuroyanagi! (Kuroyanagi is Lynel's nickname) 

Announcer: ...and here it is! Thanks for choosing Deep Rock Galactic! Now we are introducing an update for the Rogue Core module, and...

Announcer: We've announced an update that would make sure bring appeal to more players! On behalf of Ghost Ship Games, we will say thanks to all the miners who participated from the beginning. Rock and Stone, everyone!


Lynel stood still, trying to trade off his so-called "apology stones" given that he's just a man outside it all. Like that one cute military guy, he prefer videogames over others. Especially when others are jerks.


After a successful Deep Rock expedition with that one cute military guy over the online connection, Lynel cashed in...


And then...



A beautiful woman, straight out of Sarasaria, wearing something a belly dancer or a high-class beachgoer usually wear, with gold bikini and bangs, appear.

Lynel: What the...? I expect more Rock and Stone, but...

Lynel: I remember you..

Woman: Yeah. You may call me Vythri. Did that name ring a bell for you?

Lynel can't help but thinking that "Vythri" was his older cousin. Who turned into a really, really hot goddess.

Lynel: Will you be... my partner?

Vythri: Terrain scanner just got updated with a new location.

Vythri: Also....

Vythri then decide to lay down on Lynel's bed.

Vythri: Every time you sleep somewhere, you'll update your save point.

Vythri: So... you'll respawn in the last place you sleep.

Vythri: My.... my....

Vythri: You seemed healthy.

Vythri: Heard that Deep Rock Galactic will have an open-world entry....

Vythri: By the way, on behalf of Ghost Ship Games, i wish you for a nice journey onwards!!!

The extremely attractive goddess known as Vythri then left by teleportation, leaving Lynel confused and heartbroken like in the true end of Tsukihime's Arcueid route.

Lynel: Hey, wait?!

Lynel then checks his Esteem client. 

He got a gift.

It's Palworld.

Lynel left content but confused.

He's unable to do the deed with the one that looks like his beloved older sister, but otherwise got a fancy new game everyone played.


Meanwhile

Jon and Dani continues in, easily killing any adversary that stands in their way. Along the way they also blow up walls in order to proceed easily.

Jon: I actually felt sorry for all i killed.

Dani: You didn't look and feel like it.

Then suddenly a gold armored man teleports in.

He identifies itself as Tower Master.

Tower Master: Isn't cheating is bad? Such one-hit-kill attacks...

Tower Master: I'm the master. So i can appear everywhere.

Tower Master: Banhammer will commence in...

Dani: Waitttt.....

Tower Master: Accepted. What do you want to say in the matter...

Jon: Both of us only wants to leave.

Tower Master: Haha no.

Tower Master: I made this tower not just for potential heroes to become heroes, but...

Tower Master: They'll also maintain the seal that held an apocalyptic entity downwards.

Tower Master: They keep producing monsters at an alarming rate.

Tower Master: Blew up the tower... and... you'll release the entity itself, dooming the surface world.

Jon: Just let me out of this place okay? We won't wreck things further anymore if we did.

Tower Master: And you expect me to believe...THAT?

Tower Master: With the body count you racked... i can only see you as a monster.

Tower Master: Now, and just now... i reveal my true name. Julio Iglesias (no relation to actual real world or Alpha Universe person).

Julio: The high wizard. The tower master. Or whatever...

(shotgun blasts)

Julio fell down dead.

Dani: Wait... He seems to be an important people of this tower... and you killed him?

Dani: That would add more enemies to us!

Jon: He seems like a threat...

Jon: We need to keep moving.

Dani: What?

Both then proceed walking further...

Dani: Is this the colosseum? But this is indoors!

Both sees a fight, a bunny suit wearing knight fighting a veiled knight.

The bunny suit wearing knight seems to be coached by what appears to be an emperor.

Mackie: So.... what will we do?

Jon: It's not our matter... we should keep moving. 

Jon: Either around this place or another path. Just don't cause any structural damage to the tower anymore!

Dani: Look!

Behind the throne there's a large doorway. Maybe that's the exit.

The throne has a name to it.

"Maximus Benedictus"

The bunny knight apparently lost after an ultimate forward vertical slash...

But....

She jumped and dashed. Then strikes back at the knight.

Bunny Knight: Nah, i'm just holding back. Sword isn't my forte. I could just beat you down with my fists!

Jon: Heyyyyyyy! We're just passing through! We want to get out of this place!


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