...or "Goldy is trying to forget that she has projects to do and is looking for anything, and I mean anything, to distract from that fact."
Disclaimer (from the previous thread): This is a work of fiction. If you start believing this, I am sorry. Granted, it is based off of CAA and its members therein and some of the going-ons, but mostly, I'm just making this stuff up. Since I will use the usernames of some CAAers, be aware that your character will not be exactly like you. This is because I don't know you all as well as I would like yet. If you find yourself dissatisfied with how your character is portrayed, I'm sorry, but this is fiction. This fanfic may also contain past members that some of you may not know about, and it may also contain inside jokes. But I hope it will still be enjoyable regardless. For that and other information, I will create an FAQ at the end of each chapter. I don't know how often this will be updated and I have no idea how long it will last, so don't get too attached.
For any newbie's who weren't around before the upgrade, my old thread for this was lost, so here's the archive of chapters 1-4, typos and all: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4-oQvb ... sp=sharing (if you can't access this for any reason, please send me a PM)
It's 17 pages, so grab a snack before you sit down to read it.
ALSO, if you find any grammar/spelling errors from here on out, please PM me about them. Don't post them here. This thread is just for updates and for people to ask questions/make comments about the story's content, characters, etc.
Now then, for those of us who need our memory refresh, myself included, where were we?
- Goldy, Mech, and Kitchan, after traveling to the dangerous frontier of Canada, received two leads from Blkmage on where the blackouts of the security system occurred, South Korea and Texas. Goldy is planning to go to Korea while Mech and Kitchan are going to Texas to hopefully meet up with the famous blogger, TWWK to gain more information.
- Fu and Mr. Hat 'n' Clogs, on an important mission for Goldy, delivered a message to Princess Zelda and Yuki_Anne in the southern desert of the continental United States. But just as they all were decoding Goldy's message in Princess Zelda's castle, they are abruptly interrupted by the dynamic duo of Jingo Jaden and Xeno.
- Peanut is still away from all this nonsense and is letting Jaden and Xeno have all the fun while he watches on from a distant hill.
- Fu punched Jaden in the face.
- Because he blew up her Vespa.
- The two other members of the Tornado Trio showed up in a helicopter to avenge the Vespa and save their sister.
Now, let's start up again.
Chapter 5 - Enter: The Most Overpowered and Kindest Character in This Story
Five Minutes After the Attack of the Tornado Trio
The state of affairs was bleak but quiet as everyone stood or sat quietly, reeking of spam. In fact, everyone and everything not only reeked of spam, but everything from Zelda's castle to the surrounding desert was covered in spam.
Though, all were still present. Jaden and Xeno were standing by the previously destroyed wall. Yuki Anne and Fu were sitting on the stairs. Hat was standing at the bottom of the stairs. The other two members of the Tornado Trio were currently helicopter-less and sitting higher up on the stairs behind Fu. And Zelda was standing at the top of the staircase.
The helicopter was currently lodged into one of the castle towers, caked with spam.
Peanut, by this point, had made it to the wreckage and was still sitting calmly on his camel.
But there was a new face in this scene and everyone was staring at him.
“Do we....know you?” Fu asked the mysterious man cautiously.
It should be noted at this point that the mysterious man is not hard to miss in a crowd. He was wearing a fitted white jump suit with a shiny green belt and green rocket boots. He also had similar green devices on his lower arms and fists. To complete the outfit, he wore a motorcycle like helmet with a green half visor, currently flipped up.
Despite the rough situation, he seemed rather calm and had a pleasant look on his face.
“I'm not really sure, to be completely honest.” the man said, “I've been out of this for a while to remember who knows me or not.”
“I know who he is.” Jaden rolled his eyes, “And you have plenty of nerve coming and butting into other people's business like this.”
“Actually, that may have been my fault.” Peanut spoke up, “As you guys were goofing around, I noticed a formation of spam, much larger than I had ever seen before, coming from the sky, so I sent out a distress signal and apparently...”
“I was the closest one who answered it.” the man answered, “Which is odd, the other three are usually a lot more on top of things that this. But, this situation is strange as it is already, so I suppose anything is to be expected at this point.”
“Uh, um...” Fu's little sister, who is called Banana Lobster, spoke up at this point, “So, who are you? I mean, thank you and all for saving us. Without you, we would have been goners.”
Here's a summary of what happened before the mysterious man showed up.
Just as the Tornado Trio's helicopter was going to flatten Jaden and Xeno, something mushy feel from the sky. It was spam! First, it started only lightly falling, but soon started a downpour. The helicopter blades cut through the spam as it fell, but soon the downpour was too much and the blades broke. Banana Lobster and the pilot (the skillful Moment of Inertia (MOI henceforth)) quickly jumped from the helicopter before it crashed. Problem was, it was falling directly down to where Yuki, Fu and Hat were. Even if they had tried to dash away, the explosion would still be too big for them to avoid.
Just then, before all hope was lost and this would have been a really sad and stupid story, a flash of green zoomed by, pushing the helicopter upwards against the onslaught of spam and threw it away (sadly into one of Zelly's castle towers). Then, with lightening speed, the green blur flew upward, fist forward, with a mighty punch deflecting the spam away from the castle as it fell, and burned all the remaining spam in the sky yet to fall.
Though, there was still a mess obviously, but that is what lead us to this point. An unknown super hero had saved them all from being buried in processed meat.
“My name is Midori. Pleasure to make your acquaintance. I apologize for coming so late.” Midori gave a small bow.
“At least we didn't get totally buried in spam.” Xeno shrugged.
“But now what?” Princess Zelda asked, “It's evident that this was no ordinary spam attack. My castle could have been in ruins.” she looked around sadly at the crumbling tower with the helicopter lodged in it.
“It's surprising, but I can't say I didn't expect another attack this big to happen.” Hat piped up knowingly. As the others, besides Fu, gave him a confused look, he explained what had happened earlier, when they were saved by Goldy, Mech, and Kitchan and why he and Fu were sent to Zelda's castle.
When Hat had finished the tale, Midori spoke first, “I see. This may be more grave than I initially imagined. More investigation will be needed before we can understand.” His eyebrows drew together as he pondered his options, “I fear I'll have to head out for now, I trust you all can handle the cleanup on your own?”
There were a few groans from the crowd, but Yuki Anne stood up and said, “Leave it to us. Go and find out what's causing this.”
And with that, Midori rocketed into the sky and within seconds was only a green light on the horizon.
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The trip to Texas was incredibly quick with these new gained powers. Despite his rather funny appearance, Mech had to admit this was the best way to travel.
On their way to Texas, Kitchan asked to stop off at her home to resolve some pressing issues. They both agreed to catch up later and Mech continued until he reached the Beneath the Tangles blog.
Actually, Beneath the Tangles was more like a small city, it was bustling with visitors and exciting things to do at every turn. The most prevalent occupants of BtT are little pressbots, of various shapes and sizes. For those of you who are new to blogging, pressbots are the little robots that help your blog run smoothly and happily (there are different models depending on your host site). The BtT pressbots in particular are all white and have a cute spherical look, but also had arms and legs. Each pressbot looks identical except that each had a different facial expression.
Mech carefully wandered into BtT, avoiding stepping on any pressbots scurrying about.
“Ah! Hello there, partner!” a voice called out in Mech's direction and he turned around to see a cowboy-esque man trotting over to him. When the man reached Mech, the man extended his hand and Mech shook it, “Mechana, I presume? Goldy told me you were coming. I'm TWWK, the one you keeps this little place called Beneath the Tangles running.” he waved his hand around, “But wasn't there supposed to be another one of you?”
“She got tied up elsewhere, but she'll catch up.” Mech said, “I hate to be blunt, but I can check your, er....blue phone.” Mech only now realized that Blkmage had not given them a specific for the Madoka system's communicators.
“Oh absolutely. Right this way.” TWWK motioned for Mech to follow him as they shuffled through the crowds of pressbots, “Hopefully I can be of assistance. We don't use the phone very much here since we rarely run into trouble, so I can't say if it's been having issues or not.”
Once they both reached the phone, which was just actually a 8 foot tall blue column with a screen and a variety of buttons at the bottom. Mech went over to the screen and via the instructions Blkmage had handed them all as they left Canada, he tried to access the security camera footage. After he had finished entering the code, the screen flickered slightly and then displayed the words, “Video Footage Not Found”.
“That can't be right.” Mech said, looking around the column.
“I can ask if one of the pressbots can hack into it, if you would like?” TWWK offered, equally as puzzled.
“It's worth a shot, I suppose.” Mech answered, looking at the screen. And with that, TWWK headed to talk to a nearby pressbot.
But just as Mech started fiddling with the buttons again, the column started to smoke and mech quickly jumped away as the column's screen exploded. Everyone in Beneath the Tangles stopped what they had been doing and stared in shock.
“Now, that definitely isn't right.” Mech scratched his head.
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South Korea was a bit farther to travel, but since there was a tailwind (though a rather cold one), Goldy made good time and was welcomed by the extremely hot Korean summer. It was hot enough to make her forget freezing while flying over the ocean.
According to the coordinates Blkmage had given her, the Madoka communicator should be nearby, but she couldn't see it. Though, as she started walking, she spotted something strange; a man lying on the ground on the side of the street about 100 feet away from her. In a slight panic, Goldy rushed over to the man, fearing him dead and that Korea was actually a very dangerous place, but instead discovered a well known face.
“Solid Ronin! What on earth are you doing here?” Goldy exclaimed, happy to see him, but also worried at his current state.
Solid Ronin opened his eyes and looked up at Goldy. It should be noted at this point that Goldy did have cause for worry. Not only was Solid Ronin lying on the ground, looking exhausted, but he was also wearing a stunning red scarf in this extreme hot weather.
“Ah, Goldy, it's only you. I thought it was Fish with the drinks. What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be off saving people from trolls or something?” he waved his hand at her and closed his eyes again.
“On a normal day, I guess, but this day has been anything but normal. But you said you were waiting for Fish? Perfect, he can point me in the direction of the communicator posted here.”
Solid Ronin only grunted in reply. At this point, Goldy's eyes were starting to get blurry with the heat and even in her stylish magical girl outfit, the heat was too much.
“Come to think of it, why are wearing a scarf in this heat, Solid Ronin? Are you insane?” Goldy asked, fanning herself.
“How dare you ask that question, Goldy! You should know better, especially dressed like that.” Solid Ronin answered.
Indeed Goldy did know better and suddenly felt a bit self conscious about her outfit, but even so, it was idiotic to wear a scarf in the heat.
Just then, another figure approached from up the road, carrying two soda cans. Goldy squinted her eyes and recognized the figure as Fish and Chips; she gave a small wave. Fish lifted one of the cans in response and when he reached Solid Ronin and Goldy he spoke, “Goldy! Hi! What brings you to this remote place in the world and...dressed for business?” he motioned to her attire.
It should also be noted that Fish was wearing a scarf as well, but Goldy decided not to comment.
“It's official business. I need to check your communicator.” Goldy answered.
Fish gave Solid Ronin his drink, “That thing still works? I thought you guys would have taken it offline years ago...but I can show you to it, if you need it that badly.”
“I would really appreciate it.”
“All right, follow me.” Fish started to walk away and Goldy quickly followed. Solid Ronin, after taking a drink from the soda that Fish had given him, jumped up with renewed energy and headed after the other two.
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In an Unknown Location
Raider Joseph's head hurt as he blinked awake. The last thing he remembered was that he was in the video store waiting in line to buy the limited edition blu-ray release of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic seasons 1 and 2 bundle. But currently, he was in a place far from that. It was a dark, metal jail cell, or so Joseph deduced. What had happened? Was this some sort of conspiracy? His head was still too foggy and throbbing in pain to come to any conclusions, but one thing was certain, he had not come here on his own. Sleep walking was always a possibility, though.
Joseph stood up as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. He surveyed the small room he was in. There was nothing special about it, though it did have a door and a small glass/plastic window on the top. Joseph slowly moved towards the door and tried to look out the window, but just as he was about to peer through, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared from outside and something hissed at Joseph. Joseph stumbled backwards in shock as the eyes continued to stare at him. Though after a few seconds, they disappeared. Whoever the eyes belonged to, they had left. Joseph sighed, quite at his limit of excitement and terror for one day. He wrapped his arms around himself and shivered, but just then realized he still had his 3DS with him in his coat. He looked around carefully to make sure the prying pair of eyes had not shown up again and slowly pulled his 3DS from his inside coat pocket and turned it on.
Immediately, he tried to access the internet. Luckily, but oddly, the wireless network was not password protected. Joseph was worried, but was desperate at this point. His first goal would be to find out his location.
Now, Joseph's only way to access the internet even outside of this jail cell had always been his 3DS, thus he added a few adjustments to it, such as a location tracker. Though when he ran the tracker now inside this cell, it came up with “out of range” every time.
Joseph was just about to give up until he decided to widen the search and came up with one result.
“The Moon”
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FAQ:
That was a lame way to wrap up the Zelda's Castle Arc, are you going to revisit those characters in this story or do I have to throw a table at you? Yes.
Who is Midori? The kindest person you will ever meet.
How did Midori get a powerful suit without the wristbands like Goldy, Mech, and Kitchan had? Midori built his own suit, rocket boots and all.
Why did you nix Kitchan from the story? To follow flow of events that help/inspire me to write the story. Basically, I'm lacking source material, but I'll probably bring her back a bit later.
Who is TWWK and is he a cowboy? A famous ani-blogger from Texas and also a CAA member. You can find his blog here: http://beneaththetangles.wordpress.com/
I've always imagined him a cowboy.
Was the guy with the scarf in the English bar and Solid Ronin the same? Yes. I wish I could have made that clearer. He also goes by the name, “Kamen Rider”.
Who is Fish and Chips? A member on CAA you have probably not met if you are asking this. He sort of hinted at his current situation, but more may be revealed on that later.
Why was the wi-fi connection not protected? Because no one would really think they'd get people stealing their wi-fi connection on the moon.
Disclaimer: I don't own a 3DS, nor do I know how they work with internet or whatever. But I'm just assuming that Raider Joseph is clever enough to add modifications to one, even if it's impossible.