TIMETALE - Chapter 4: Sinking Showers.

~ Prophet Flake

Captain Ivory: There ya go, arghhh!

Bloxxer: Hey, Invader.

Invader: What?

Bloxxer: What about some armor? You did say you will buy some. We still have lots of money.

Invader: Hm. I.. I guess.

~ Visitors Skin

Captain Ivory: There ya go, arghhh!

Invader: Should we go now?

Bloxxer: Alright-

And then they remembered…

Invader: Oh, almost forgot.

Bloxxer: About-

And so did he. They need as much help as they can get..

Invader: Hey, Captain. How would you feel about joining us?

Bloxxer: What he means is, we are trying to get out of the underground, and we are trying to stop this guy named Vestige. He is… uhm…

He’s doing what Hellion did.

Captain: Oh. Shit. Who… Who has he killed?

*Captain steps out the shop.*

Bloxxer: Everything in the Peaks.

Invader: Who is Hellion?

Bloxxer: Well, it is a long story, so sit tight..

~ Exit

End Shop

Starlight Duke: Hey, what’s the hold up? My staff needs fixing after training with Ronin.

Captain: Hey.. I’ll look after the shop while you tell him about… him.

*Captain’s voice sounded a bit.. shaky when he said “him.”

Bloxxer: Let me tell you about the Hellion Story.

Enter Story

You. You are the seventh host to fall here. Vestige is the eighth. It depends who fell first..

That doesn’t really matter though.

What matters right now, is Hellion.

Hellion was a murderer. He killed nearly everything! Thankfully, our Queen stopped him.

We aren’t dead, thankfully. Hellion came here 200 years ago.

But a fascinating fact about this story, is how he killed us.

He pretended to be an enemy. “Fiend Rider” was his so-called name. No one ever knew about the fact he was a host. He killed our ancestors, distant relatives.

Every.

Single.

Thing.

But our queen, Anti Mother, the ex-wife of Equinox-

Invader: WHAT?

Please don’t interrupt.

Anti Mother, our queen, stopped Hellion. Anti Mother then killed all the other 6 hosts to fall here to escape the underground and break the barrier. The hosts were Prophet, Witness, Artisan, Visitor, Subject and Buffoon.

That Prophet flake? It’s just a name. So is Visitors Skin. It isn't actually part of their body.

But, did Anti Mother kill Hellion? No. Instead, she adopted him. Equinox was his new father, and Anti Mother was his new mother.

Yes, Equinox was old. And so is Anti Mother. But, for some weird reason, they couldn’t age.

Then, they had a child together. A child named-

Captain: Hey, so, you guys ready? I’ve decided to join you! Arghhh!

Bloxxer: Oh?

End Story

Invader: Hey, what was the name of the child??

Bloxxer: We’ll talk later.

Captain: Yep, im joining you! But uh.. who’s gonna look after the shop, Arghhh!

Invader: STOP SAYING ARGHHH! AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! ITS SO ANNOYING!

Captain: Alright.

*whispers* arghhh..

Void Watcher: I don’t mind looking after the shop.

*So, Void Watcher summoned a monster, and together, they ran the shop while Captain (Ivory) was away.*

*Invader, Bloxxer and Captain walk through the muddy, sloshy puddles, and then.. Snow!*

Invader: Finally, out of that horrible area.

Bloxxer: Yeah, Sinking Showers isn’t really an ideal place for a town.

Invader: So that’s why it was so busy.

Enter Battle

Smells like teamwork.

*Captain’s soul appeared. It was blue with a black shell, and a small, white skull in the middle.*

Captain Turn:

~FIGHT

~ACT (Splintered Archer, Circuit Breaker) (Check, Hack, Break)

~ITEM

~MERCY

*Captain raises his huge cannon, and shoots a cannonball at the hovering drone. The cannonball just bounced off the drone..*

What??? How?

*Bloxxer and Invader try to avoid the bullets coming from the drone, and Splintered Archer starts shooting arrows at Captain. They all take a few hits but aren’t serverly hurt since both of the enemies attacks are really weak.*

Bloxxer Turn:

~FIGHT

~ACT (Splintered Archer, Circuit Breaker) (Check, Talk)

~ITEM

~MERCY

Bloxxer: Don’t you guys recognise me? Why are you trying to hurt me? I’m your boss!

Archer: Exactly! Our boss. We are sick and tired of you bossing us around.

Breaker: Uhm, actually, according to my calculations, it seems you are sick of being bossed around. I, for one, do not care.

*The drone displays a screen of the 🤓 emoji..*

Captain: Uh…

*Circuit Breaker does not attack. Splintered Archer shoots lots upon lots of arrows but none of them seem to land.*

Invader Turn:

~FIGHT

~ACT (Splintered Archer) (Check, Target)

~ITEM

~MERCY

Captain: Here, take this.

*Captain goes to the nearest rubbish bin, and half of the bin is purely rainwater and snow. Captain picks up a target from the rubbish.*

Invader: Here, have this target. I think you need to practice your aim more.

Archer: Ohhhhhh, thanks! I’ve been meaning to get this.

*Splintered Archer ran away with the target.*

*Circuit Breaker does not attack.*

Captain Turn:

~FIGHT

~ACT

~ITEM

~MERCY

[You Win! You earned 0XP and 100G.]

End Battle

Bloxxer: Nice!

Invader: Yeah, so uh.. where to next?

*Invader can’t stop thinking about what happened at the end of the Hellion Story.*

Who was the name of that child? Who were the hosts before me and Vestige? And, where did Vestige go anyway?

[Meanwhile…]

Wait! This is what i think. Don’t you think that even a bad person that can be good, even if they just try? Please, i have a bad feeling that your life will go downhill if you kill me. And, if you continue, you’ll get killed by Anti Mother. Here, let me SPARE you.

Vestige: Hmph.

In my way.

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…

I, I still believe in you!

*Starlight Duke turns to dust.*

[You Won! You earned 255XP and 897G! Your LOVE increased to 9.]

End Battle

Woah, hey there.

Didn’t you hear me the first time? If you continue, you won’t like what i have in store for you.

Vestige: Oh, you again.

Line: Look. If you kill my brother…

I-

I’ll be waiting.

I’ll be waiting to judge you.

And then, we will talk.

I hope you do the right thing, kid.

SPARE him. Please.

*Line seems to have vanished away.*

Invader: There he is.

Bloxxer: Oh…

Captain: We ready?

*Bloxxer runs. Slowly, but still running. But rather running to Vestige, he ran past him.*

Captain: Where did he go?

Vestige: Ooooohhhh. An igloo. I think i’ll stay here for the night.

*Vestige goes to the igloo without even noticing Bloxxer going past him, or noticing Invader and Captain.*

Invader: We should probably go and see where Bloxxer went.

Captain: But, what about him? Shouldn’t we kill him?

Invader: Kill? Oh, no. We won’t kill him. Just, try to convince him to do the right thing.

Captain: Shouldn’t we go there anyway?

Invader: But what about Bloxxer, where did he go?

Captain: Bloxxer will be fine. Don’t worry.

Invader: And i thought Equinox would be fine! Look what happened to him!

Captain: Wait, what happened?

Invader: He’s dead.

Captain: He killed… our King?

Invader: Your king?? God, how much more things will i learn today?

Captain: Y’know what? You should get some rest. You look tired. I’ll go look for Bloxxer.

Invader: Where could i stay though?

Captain: At Bloxxer’s house. He won’t mind.

Invader: Where is that?

Captain: Sinking Showers.

Invader: Where in Sinking Showers?

*So, Captain shows him where it is and Invader lies on the couch in the house.*

I just want to get out of here.

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[Issue #4 Complete]

To Be Continued.

[Chapter 5: Broken Bonds.]

Remember, you made your choice long ago.

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