Post by EGG on Jun 15, 2017 21:42:40 GMT
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"Freedom... We're finally free"
[LEVEL 3 House Bonus~ +50% Gains]
[x50 Grav Chamber~ +50% Gains]
"Freedom... We're finally free"
A couple of tailed people swam through the ocean, eyes brimming with utter fear as they were trying to escape from the looming threat. The couple were just a pair of mermaids who were fleeing the once bright city that they lived in, fearing of the change that was taking place in the dark oceans around them. Fearing of the others that they once called their own allies, their neighbors, even their family. The only ones that they could trust were each other. Though, it seemed that the two of them were able to leave with no one being able to notice their departure from the dimming city of Azulis, the largest city in the South most portion of the sea for all the mermaids.
The two of them swam towards the surface, getting closer and closer to the light, their full forms starting to become clearer. One of which looked like the stereotypical male merman, with a dark skinned upper body with black hair flowing with the waves of the sea. His merman tail being a vivid green, matching his own eyes as he neared the surface. And next to him was what could only be described as a female mermaid, but undergoing a gruesome transformation. Her tail section was normal, but everything which would under normal circumstances be the stereotypical normal humanoid. But her skin was the same shade of orange as her tail, brown stripes going up and down her body as it slowly became fully scaled. Her face being hardened, looking more and more masculine by the hour, while her hair was falling out in huge clumps. Even growing fins out of her spin and on her arms, becoming more like a fish person than a mermaid.
"We're almost out of here sweetie, we're almost gone."
"H-... Huurrryyyy."
She let out a groan of utter pain, obviously in pain as one of her hands clasped her head. The two of them fleeing the city, as something was going down there, something horrible. They didn't know what, but it all began with the Queen giving respite to a harmed human that was lost adrift the sea. Bringing the fellow down under the sea and sharing a bond with him, performing the ritual which allowed the being to be able to breathe underwater. But, ever since he arrived, more and more people were getting afflicted with this condition, a condition which turned them feral in a sense? Like, turning them from Mer-people and into Fish people.
Nearing the surface as the light started to grow, the orange scaled woman's eyes started to dull, the pain fading away from her mind as she slowed down. Even her hurried breath going faint as she muttered something about being comfortable. Noticing that his own Mer-wife had stopped, the dark skinned merman turned around with a worried look on his face, mouth open as he was about to tell her to continue moving. But before he could to anything, he felt a sharp sensation in his neck, a very quick one which caused an insane amount of pain. Though the pain faded away soon enough, along with the rest of any feeling in his body, as his head was lopped off. All in thanks to his beloved, fully transformed fishwife. Standing still as she blankly watched her husband's headless corpse fell down into the dark abyss below, a deep hearty voice perked up from behind, saying with such joy,
"I am delighted so see that you changed your mind Miss Fortuna. And I am even more glad to see that you couldn't help yourself from punishing your husband. Though I applaud your efforts, I would wish for you to return to the city. Your kind needs to stay together after all, am I right? Now run along, I need to deal with the mess. And make sure our plans won't be interfered with..."
Turning around, the fish woman looked at the human who took residence with the Queen, the fish woman now seeing him as her boss. Smiling rather savagely, the fish woman swam back to Azulis, where more people were trying to flee from the epidemic spreading from the city, in which more and more Merpeople were getting corrupted, turning into these feral fish people. Leaving the blonde haired man to smile in the middle of the ocean as Azulis was dimming little by little with each passing day, happy that things were all according to plan...
Two weeks later
EGG, after having met with the Kami of this planet, had felt as if he needed to get stronger. Learning of the fact that there were stronger people on this planet and further on. This small fact was already known to EGG, that there were many that were much stronger than him by leagues, but it did not really sink in when actually reminiscing about the things he had done in the half year he actually left his Old Man's abode. Each and every person he met flashed in his mind, but one fact still stood out clear to him, and it was that the major heroes he met were strong. Insanely strong at that. Vi-Poi, Bing Gan, Captain Nova, Pieter Wolfbane, Celmaru, Majin Presto, and now Maeve Rakshasa. And despite knowing all of these good people, he had heard stories of them struggling against foes whom pushed them far past their limits, forcing them to become much stronger for the sake of others. And, if they were strong enough to challenge all of them, it meant that EGG was, at this current point in time, powerless against those forces of evil.
With waves of realization crashing upon him like the waves smashing against the beach of his new home, EGG became more resolute in his own self betterment. He needed to become stronger to fight these indomitable foes, strong enough to help his friends out with just about anything, and strong enough to protect anyone and everyone. Still living by his own kind of moral code in which he would never take the one thing you could never fix nor replace: a life. In spite of reality usually proving him other wise, he knew for a fact that aiming for a perfect world would lead to the best results. High goals usually give people equally high rewards, thus a goal of world peace would eventually lead to global peace around the world.
With such lofty goals in mind and a pure heart, EGG had decided to go back to where it had all began at. A place he once called home, still on the market to be sold to someone else who wants to live on their own exclusive island in the middle of nowhere. Finally leaving his own train of thought, he finally touched down back on his own island, where an orange cabin stood. Entering the building, the little hero made his way downstairs to where the gravity chamber lay dormant. Entering the white room, he flipped the switch to turn on the gravity, the small pink and blue creature being pushed down with the force of forty times the Earth's gravity. It wasn't the first time he was in this kind of gravity field, but he needed a little more training under it before he could advance towards the next level. His body shook as he tried his best to stand in this pressure, doing rather well although still struggling just a little bit.
Standing in the middle of the white room, EGG tried to bring forth his full potential, trying to tap into his Instinctual Rage, despite knowing full well of the consequences that could come of it. Spending a full minute in the room, trying to bring forth his rage, yet failing to do so. It has been like this ever since he arrived and stopped a ghost with the help of Chai, Collan, and Pieter, in which he was able to use it only for a short while before it petered out, practically locking itself away for good. On the one hand, EGG pretty much rejoiced over having this kind of power taken away from him, as tapping into said power puts his mind into a more volatile state, where he is more likely to do some dumb things. He could even remember some of the violent intent he held within his heart against Vi-Poi, due to the vicious crowds of the tournament held by the nicer demon.
Despite being unable to use his full power, he figured that what he had so far would be good enough for a good training session on his own. Rolling his head around as he felt like his body was fully acclimated, EGG walked on over to the wall, which had a bit of a mini-turret on it. Pressing the button on it, he activated the Iron Man mode of training, in which EGG would need to endure every attack it shoots out. Though each attack it shoots isn't that damaging, it always stings enough to cause the little guy to wince, which was the real challenge of this training exercise... A training exercise of both stamina and endurance, while also pushing through the pain in order to reach the next level.
Walking back to the middle of the room, standing on the sensor circle of the chamber, EGG kept his eyes trained on the turret, making sure to follow each and every minute movement it made so no attack would pass on through. Whirring to life, the turret slowly shot an energy bullet that tried to zoom past the little pink alien. Darting his hand above him, he blocked the shot as another shot was sent towards him, the first energy bullet stinging like a naturally painful paintball gun's shot. Repeating the process of catching each shot no matter what, EGG and the turret picked up the pace as more and more energy pellets screamed through the room, aiming to impact against the wall behind him.
More and more shots came by, EGG building up a veritable sweat on his face as fatigue started to take hold of him, especially with him wearing his weighted cape. With the rate each shot was being shot out at, it was like a machine gun spraying and praying at EGG, sometimes shots intentionally hitting him in his joints in order to try and slow down his reaction speeds for the next shot. Though, after taking a full energy pellet between the eyes, he got rattled enough to cause him to miss a bullet that zoomed between his legs, a number blinking above the turret which was labeled with a hefty four hundred and thirteen. Heh, broke his record by a good seventeen this time around. Though, he needed a slight breather as his body was stinging all over, having been pelted with about four hundred energy-based paintball shots. Taking a seat on the ground, EGG took a small breather to catch himself.
As the waves crashed upon the shore of EGG's small island, a dark skinned lass washed up upon it, her fin tearing in half and turning into as much of skin as her dark scales could allow it. She had trouble running onto the shore, obviously not used to walking on two legs, as she ran into the building whose door was always open... EGG never saw a reason to close it, as no one ever visited after all. Entering the room, the woman smelled the presence of someone in here, someone strong. Believing in the power of her enhanced nose, she decided to try and throw off her scent, taking off and throwing her shirt downstairs as she ran into the bathroom at the end of the room, slamming it shut. After shutting it, she stuffed the underside of the door with the towels that the saibaman kept in the room, for whenever he needs to clean himself off. Remaining quiet, she waits, praying for the person she doomed to forgive her for her sins.
Moments after the women made her preparations, a burly looking person crawled out of the ocean, his tail turning into legs quite quickly to make himself able to stand on land. Standing tall and a burly eight feet, wearing a pair of shorts which he made with the usual mermaid magic once his fins turned into scaly skin. Along with this, he was wearing a yellow open buttoned hawaiian shirt which he left open, showing off the tattoo he was given once he fully accepted his new way of life and the large bronzed necklace that dangled off of his neck. He had curly black hair which adorned his sea blue skin, the curly locks draping his shoulders while his shark-like eyes were scanning the abode. His nose lifted up in the air just slightly, as he was taking in the scents, trying to find the one whom he was looking for. Like a predator, the blue shark person started to make his way for the building, walking into the orange building as if it were his own.
A sadistic grin splayed on his face as he noticed parts of the floor being wet, total evidence as to how his prey found its way into this building in the middle of nowhere. Running right into a corner for which he can catch her in, it was child's play really... Aside from the other scent that lingered in this building, it was definitely going to be a one and done kind of job. Walking through the house as he crushed furniture in his way, he noticed that the water trail lead to a downstairs portion of the building. Craning his head around the corner, he spied a shirt at the bottom of the stairs, sopping wet with water. His grin grew twice as large as he directed his large frame down the body, more than sure that the woman he was looking for thought that the basement was a sanctuary. At this point, in his mind, there was no way he could be wrong, no way that he could screw up this simple retrieval job.
Letting his legs descend down the stairs, the saw tooth shark's grin grew wider and wider, to a psychotic degree as he started to figure that the boss wouldn't mind if the goods were damaged a little. I mean, the girl herself wasn't that important, it was what she knew and what she had. I mean, she didn't succumb to the corruption yet, so it meant that she knew something about all of this which could undermine all of their plans, or held onto an item which did just that. He didn't know the specifics, he's just the person who gets shit done.
Making it to the bottom of the steps, he opened up the door, finding a weird creature laying on the ground. Though, there was no sign of the woman he was looking for. Looking down at the creature with the smuggest look on his face, the fish man felt like that he could waste this fool. I mean, he was encroaching on his boss' territory, and was also possibly harboring the woman in secret. Cackling out loud, he looked down at EGG, his hoarse voice crackling through the air,
"Hey, thing. Don't know what in the hell you are, but I'm here for the girl. Give her up, and I'll leave you alive... Barely."
Having recovered a little from the gravity, EGG pulled himself to his feet as the pressure suddenly faded away. A surprised look came across his face, as he nearly thought that the thing had broken again. Turning to the machine, a chill went up and down the spine of the small tennenman, the hoarse voice completely catching him off guard as it sounded creepy as all heck. Now knowing there was another person in here, EGG turned around and noticed how large the guy was. Like, freakishly large, to the point where he had to duck a lot in order to enter the Gravity Chamber room. And then the little guy focused in on the words, hearing that the intent behind each and every syllable was filled with venomous rage and violence, as the guy was ready to pounce in and break the nearest thing.
"No idea what talk about," EGG answers quite honestly despite being threatened by someone who looks and acts like a total villain, "I live here alone longest while. Not know who you look for, but wonder why you do. She do something wrong?"
"Little bugger, your voice is quite irritatin', so keep the yapping to a minimum, kay?" Smugly the guy said, "The name's Satuth, the second in Command of... Wait, why the hell am I telling a useless shrimp like you!? You don't even know anything about the lil lady that you're hiding here. Well, if you ain't gonna be honest with me, I might as well tear you limb from limb until you tell me exactly what I need to know!"
In a quick flash of a step, the giant smashed his way through the entrance of the gravity chamber, and appeared before the small tennenman. Lifting up his leg in a violent motion, his foot slammed into the mid-section of EGG, slamming the fatigued hero upwards and into the actual Gravity Chamber reactor. Smashing right on through it, the pink and blue hero's body made an indent in the wall before the guy fell to the ground. Lifting himself up after getting winded, EGG looked up to find the blue shark man right above his body, leg raised upward. Moments later, the creature stomped onto the small alien's back over and over, creating a larger indent in the ground with the force of his stomps. Satuth was going to ENJOY crushing this little piss ant...
But for some reason, the creature that he was repeatedly stomping didn't look like he was getting hurt. No blood, no broken limbs, no broken teeth... AND THERE WERE SOME BARE MINIMUM INJURIES ON THE CREATURE. EGG, getting rather annoyed that he was getting trounced around as such, started to lift himself up off of the ground, practically shrugging off the mudhole Satuth was stomping into him. The little guy had endured much worse before, and even underwent gravity training to fifty times the Earth's own atmosphere. Standing at his proud little stature, EGG lifted his hand up, catching the foot that was aiming to stomp him in his head again, and pushed up with as much strength as possible. Still having problems restraining himself, he practically pushed the giant guy upward, smashing him through the floor and into the living room of his home.
Wincing a little, the little plant-based alien realized that he was now damaging his own home. And it was going to get even more damaged, with the way things were going as EGG has now officially pissed off the wrong Sharkman. Blasting the fishman out of his house, the violently large intruder landed on the beach back first, an angered look on his face as the sun beat down on his blue tinted skin. Pushing himself up and off of the sand, Satuth spun his entire body around as he crashed his entire body through the building, practically breaking half of the home in one fell swoop through him trying to dive into the basement. Though, while he dove in midair, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. The pink and blue alien had been able to read his movements due to his ki sense, and was able to intercept with a savage headbutt to the abdomen, launching the shark warrior through the Tennenman's own roof, toward the the sea. The guy completely passed out from a savage full power attack such as this, though he was still alive and now drifting in the ocean, leaving EGG's home a complete wreck.
Standing in his own wrecked living room, EGG's eyes wandered around his now destroyed home, half of the outer portion of the building blasted all over the beach and ocean that he lived near, and the other half of his home riddled with one hell of a giant hole. Any and all furniture he had was scattered and slashed up through the explosive combat, and the gravity chamber's reactor was completely damaged. There was barely anything left standing. Except for the bathroom! He couldn't in the right sense of mind sell this house anymore. Gonna need to call those realtors to pull it off the market sooner or later.
Turning his head towards the bathroom, he watched as the door fell toward him, blasting up a pile of ash on its descent. And on the other side was standing a dark skinned woman, whom had black eyes, yet golden irises. Dirty blonde hair that went down her body, and a thin piece of flesh which dangled from the middle of her forehead, with a translucent piece of flesh glowing at the tip of the dangling antennae. And as for apparel, she was wearing nothing but a pair of pants and...
Covering his eyes, EGG fell back on the ground, rolling around on the broken ground as he just got mentally scarred by the obscene sight he had seen. The woman, seeing the thing's reaction, realized that it may have been presenting itself in a poor manner, and went downstairs to grab the shirt she threw down there, slipping it back on, as she wanted to talk to this little creature... If it was strong enough to take down Satuth, maybe... Just maybe...
Walking back up the half-broken stairs, she turned to around the corner to find that EGG was still cowering behind his own eyes. Jeez, this little guy was very sensitive to seeing undergarments. I mean, of course sensible women wouldn't go out of their sea lofts without a nice pair of undergarments and bra. Mermaids were people too, not savages who did whatever they pleased. Now wearing her normal outfit, she poked EGG in the side of his head, her perky voice ringing through the air as she said to him.
"Hey, Lil guy. I'm wearin a shirt now, don't be shy! I need a guy like you, if you's able to beat Satuth like that, then you can kick the keister of that down right horrid Asmodeus!"
"Ass Moe Dius?" EGG uttered out, as he moved his arms away from his eyes, freeing up his vision and seeing the woman before him.
After hearing what the little guy said, the woman's face puckered up a little as she took in a huge breath of air, on the verge of doing something. And in a one fell swoop, she let out a torrent of laughter, filling the air with her voice and leaving a little tennenman all flustered as he realized he just said the word ass. Blushing heavily he tried to sputter out some coherent words, but to no avail as they were drowned out by the insane laughter of this odd woman.
After spending a full couple of minutes trying to calm down, the boisterous woman's laughter ceased long enough for her to actually get her chickens in a line, as she needed to get her request through to the little guy with immense strength bursting that the brim. Looking down upon him, she reached her hand inside of her shirt before saying,
"Um, Lil' guy, erm... You, erm... Whatchya cal-"
"EGG."
"Egg?"
"Yes, that is my name, EGG," the little hero smiled with tilt of his head, bouncing body up and down as he listened to his fish buddy person. Though taken off guard by the odd little name, the fish woman took a deep breath before giving EGG her request,
"Lil guy, EGG, my name is Wirnpuh of Azulis, and I need you to destroy this necklace which curses my body," She declared while whipping out a necklace from inside of her shirt. It was on a neat bronze chain, with a bronze gem like structure. But with closer inspections anyone can see that there are sections of the gem which were still green. And keeping those eyes trained on this piece of jewelry, EGG could notice that the bronze portion of the neck accessory looked like it was flowing, trying to overtake the peaks of green that were shining through that, though struggling.
"Please, ya need to break it, or el-"
"Or else you'll die just like you will in twenty seven seconds, yes?"
This third voice which rippled the calm spoke in dulcet tones as cruel punishment was doled out, as Wirnpuh who sat before EGG went ablaze in dark flames. Freaking out on the spot, the little hero got up and made a bee line for the shores, to which amused the onlooker. Clapping a little, the extra person continued to speak wistfully, "Ah clever clever, you can put out flames with water!"
Though he didn't make any attempt to stop them, still keeping his true form hidden from all by hiding in the shades. All the while EGG used his ki to carry a good chunk of sea water to bring back to the burning woman, whose screams were a cavalcade of sheer terror and horror, things that were the dreams of Jason Victims. Releasing his EGG barrier to drop sea water onto Wirnpuh, the water splashed down on and around her, a hopeful smile came across the little hero's lips as he didn't want a repeat of an inferno-based death. Sadly not all tales have happy endings, as the black flames seemed to grow even larger, and spread moreso because of the water, a look of pure terror striking EGG's face as the screams face grew to an ungodly level.
"Cleverer I am though, for these aren't normal flames. Shame, because I needed her strength..." The third party commented from the shades, watching how the little tennenman was stammering about, unsure of how to stop this brutal burn, but unable to really do much as Wirnpuh seemed to cook from the blackest of flames. Though fidgeting as EGG tried to move his body each way, he stopped himself as he thought of a different possible solution to save her. It was too late, however, as the screams finally died down, with a body slumping up on the body, still covered in those black flames.
"Though from the looks of it, you've bested that above average grunt," The voice continued, smirking as he needed someone to fill the voids left by Wirnpuh. Stepping out from the shade, the blonde haired humanoid made himself known, wearing a white puffy suit of sorts, his hair curling upward at the end into miniature doughnut shapes. He had strong facial features as he stood at a staggering six feet tall. Walking out from the shade of one of the few trees on EGG's old island, he walked over to the lifeless mermaid that he stole the life of, his eyes trained on the completely bronzed necklace. A smirk crawled across his lips as he picked it right on up, ripping it right off of the deceased, taking the head with him. Letting the head drop, his body phased out of existence before appearing right behind the caped hero.
Lifting up a large foot, he kicked EGG in the back of the head, forcing the pink alien down into the sand, pressing his entire body downward. Feeling the immense pressure pushing down on him, the first thing the little guy tried to do was push himself up, managing to struggle enough to push himself up off of the ground a little. A small coo left the lips of the more devious person above, relishing in the fact that such a puny insignificant creature was struggling just to push him up. And he was only using but a fraction of his full strength. Letting his own power flourish three fold, his foot pushed down against the little tennenman's body with severe force that it knocked the wind right out of him.
"Ooh you definitely have one requirement. Only thing is if you have the other..." The guy mused, as he crouched downward to apply even more pressure on the body, and get closer to the head of EGG, brandishing the same bronze necklace that he had ripped off of the burned Wirnpuh. Pressing the heated metal accessory against the back of the creatures neck, the dulcet toned man hooked the necklace right around the neck of the creature, over the odd navy blue cape the little plant based monster wore. And only when the necklace was finished being wrapped around the neck did the effects take hold, the bronze being pushed back quite hard, turning to a golden hue except for the very back of the necklace where the two chains met, still bronze but trying to push forth. And EGG can feel a slight strain in his body, trying to fight back against a burning feeling that wasn't there, but was still all too real to his soul. But his body now felt immensely heavier, his entire body feeling like it was trapped in the gravity chamber once more, but the dial cranked up to the next level.
"Well well, it seems that you do have darkness in your heart," The man chuckled out loud, "And your body is surprisingly resilient to the pressure! You'll do just fine~" His own voice rolled out as he lifted up his own heel, before slamming it against the back of his neck, a deft strike with a perfect reverb, the strike hit its mark as blackness took hold of the little hero's mind. The last thing he could notice was his own body starter to get heavier, the air vanishing with his own body enjoying a mixture of weighted pressure and weightlessness, and the world rocking back and forth every so often. Then he truly fell into the depths of his own mind.
"Hey..."
"...y W....k.... p...."
"He.... up...."
"WAKE THE FLYING FISH UP YOU PINK MONGOLOID!"
The two of them swam towards the surface, getting closer and closer to the light, their full forms starting to become clearer. One of which looked like the stereotypical male merman, with a dark skinned upper body with black hair flowing with the waves of the sea. His merman tail being a vivid green, matching his own eyes as he neared the surface. And next to him was what could only be described as a female mermaid, but undergoing a gruesome transformation. Her tail section was normal, but everything which would under normal circumstances be the stereotypical normal humanoid. But her skin was the same shade of orange as her tail, brown stripes going up and down her body as it slowly became fully scaled. Her face being hardened, looking more and more masculine by the hour, while her hair was falling out in huge clumps. Even growing fins out of her spin and on her arms, becoming more like a fish person than a mermaid.
"We're almost out of here sweetie, we're almost gone."
"H-... Huurrryyyy."
She let out a groan of utter pain, obviously in pain as one of her hands clasped her head. The two of them fleeing the city, as something was going down there, something horrible. They didn't know what, but it all began with the Queen giving respite to a harmed human that was lost adrift the sea. Bringing the fellow down under the sea and sharing a bond with him, performing the ritual which allowed the being to be able to breathe underwater. But, ever since he arrived, more and more people were getting afflicted with this condition, a condition which turned them feral in a sense? Like, turning them from Mer-people and into Fish people.
Nearing the surface as the light started to grow, the orange scaled woman's eyes started to dull, the pain fading away from her mind as she slowed down. Even her hurried breath going faint as she muttered something about being comfortable. Noticing that his own Mer-wife had stopped, the dark skinned merman turned around with a worried look on his face, mouth open as he was about to tell her to continue moving. But before he could to anything, he felt a sharp sensation in his neck, a very quick one which caused an insane amount of pain. Though the pain faded away soon enough, along with the rest of any feeling in his body, as his head was lopped off. All in thanks to his beloved, fully transformed fishwife. Standing still as she blankly watched her husband's headless corpse fell down into the dark abyss below, a deep hearty voice perked up from behind, saying with such joy,
"I am delighted so see that you changed your mind Miss Fortuna. And I am even more glad to see that you couldn't help yourself from punishing your husband. Though I applaud your efforts, I would wish for you to return to the city. Your kind needs to stay together after all, am I right? Now run along, I need to deal with the mess. And make sure our plans won't be interfered with..."
Turning around, the fish woman looked at the human who took residence with the Queen, the fish woman now seeing him as her boss. Smiling rather savagely, the fish woman swam back to Azulis, where more people were trying to flee from the epidemic spreading from the city, in which more and more Merpeople were getting corrupted, turning into these feral fish people. Leaving the blonde haired man to smile in the middle of the ocean as Azulis was dimming little by little with each passing day, happy that things were all according to plan...
Two weeks later
EGG, after having met with the Kami of this planet, had felt as if he needed to get stronger. Learning of the fact that there were stronger people on this planet and further on. This small fact was already known to EGG, that there were many that were much stronger than him by leagues, but it did not really sink in when actually reminiscing about the things he had done in the half year he actually left his Old Man's abode. Each and every person he met flashed in his mind, but one fact still stood out clear to him, and it was that the major heroes he met were strong. Insanely strong at that. Vi-Poi, Bing Gan, Captain Nova, Pieter Wolfbane, Celmaru, Majin Presto, and now Maeve Rakshasa. And despite knowing all of these good people, he had heard stories of them struggling against foes whom pushed them far past their limits, forcing them to become much stronger for the sake of others. And, if they were strong enough to challenge all of them, it meant that EGG was, at this current point in time, powerless against those forces of evil.
With waves of realization crashing upon him like the waves smashing against the beach of his new home, EGG became more resolute in his own self betterment. He needed to become stronger to fight these indomitable foes, strong enough to help his friends out with just about anything, and strong enough to protect anyone and everyone. Still living by his own kind of moral code in which he would never take the one thing you could never fix nor replace: a life. In spite of reality usually proving him other wise, he knew for a fact that aiming for a perfect world would lead to the best results. High goals usually give people equally high rewards, thus a goal of world peace would eventually lead to global peace around the world.
With such lofty goals in mind and a pure heart, EGG had decided to go back to where it had all began at. A place he once called home, still on the market to be sold to someone else who wants to live on their own exclusive island in the middle of nowhere. Finally leaving his own train of thought, he finally touched down back on his own island, where an orange cabin stood. Entering the building, the little hero made his way downstairs to where the gravity chamber lay dormant. Entering the white room, he flipped the switch to turn on the gravity, the small pink and blue creature being pushed down with the force of forty times the Earth's gravity. It wasn't the first time he was in this kind of gravity field, but he needed a little more training under it before he could advance towards the next level. His body shook as he tried his best to stand in this pressure, doing rather well although still struggling just a little bit.
Standing in the middle of the white room, EGG tried to bring forth his full potential, trying to tap into his Instinctual Rage, despite knowing full well of the consequences that could come of it. Spending a full minute in the room, trying to bring forth his rage, yet failing to do so. It has been like this ever since he arrived and stopped a ghost with the help of Chai, Collan, and Pieter, in which he was able to use it only for a short while before it petered out, practically locking itself away for good. On the one hand, EGG pretty much rejoiced over having this kind of power taken away from him, as tapping into said power puts his mind into a more volatile state, where he is more likely to do some dumb things. He could even remember some of the violent intent he held within his heart against Vi-Poi, due to the vicious crowds of the tournament held by the nicer demon.
Despite being unable to use his full power, he figured that what he had so far would be good enough for a good training session on his own. Rolling his head around as he felt like his body was fully acclimated, EGG walked on over to the wall, which had a bit of a mini-turret on it. Pressing the button on it, he activated the Iron Man mode of training, in which EGG would need to endure every attack it shoots out. Though each attack it shoots isn't that damaging, it always stings enough to cause the little guy to wince, which was the real challenge of this training exercise... A training exercise of both stamina and endurance, while also pushing through the pain in order to reach the next level.
Walking back to the middle of the room, standing on the sensor circle of the chamber, EGG kept his eyes trained on the turret, making sure to follow each and every minute movement it made so no attack would pass on through. Whirring to life, the turret slowly shot an energy bullet that tried to zoom past the little pink alien. Darting his hand above him, he blocked the shot as another shot was sent towards him, the first energy bullet stinging like a naturally painful paintball gun's shot. Repeating the process of catching each shot no matter what, EGG and the turret picked up the pace as more and more energy pellets screamed through the room, aiming to impact against the wall behind him.
More and more shots came by, EGG building up a veritable sweat on his face as fatigue started to take hold of him, especially with him wearing his weighted cape. With the rate each shot was being shot out at, it was like a machine gun spraying and praying at EGG, sometimes shots intentionally hitting him in his joints in order to try and slow down his reaction speeds for the next shot. Though, after taking a full energy pellet between the eyes, he got rattled enough to cause him to miss a bullet that zoomed between his legs, a number blinking above the turret which was labeled with a hefty four hundred and thirteen. Heh, broke his record by a good seventeen this time around. Though, he needed a slight breather as his body was stinging all over, having been pelted with about four hundred energy-based paintball shots. Taking a seat on the ground, EGG took a small breather to catch himself.
As the waves crashed upon the shore of EGG's small island, a dark skinned lass washed up upon it, her fin tearing in half and turning into as much of skin as her dark scales could allow it. She had trouble running onto the shore, obviously not used to walking on two legs, as she ran into the building whose door was always open... EGG never saw a reason to close it, as no one ever visited after all. Entering the room, the woman smelled the presence of someone in here, someone strong. Believing in the power of her enhanced nose, she decided to try and throw off her scent, taking off and throwing her shirt downstairs as she ran into the bathroom at the end of the room, slamming it shut. After shutting it, she stuffed the underside of the door with the towels that the saibaman kept in the room, for whenever he needs to clean himself off. Remaining quiet, she waits, praying for the person she doomed to forgive her for her sins.
Moments after the women made her preparations, a burly looking person crawled out of the ocean, his tail turning into legs quite quickly to make himself able to stand on land. Standing tall and a burly eight feet, wearing a pair of shorts which he made with the usual mermaid magic once his fins turned into scaly skin. Along with this, he was wearing a yellow open buttoned hawaiian shirt which he left open, showing off the tattoo he was given once he fully accepted his new way of life and the large bronzed necklace that dangled off of his neck. He had curly black hair which adorned his sea blue skin, the curly locks draping his shoulders while his shark-like eyes were scanning the abode. His nose lifted up in the air just slightly, as he was taking in the scents, trying to find the one whom he was looking for. Like a predator, the blue shark person started to make his way for the building, walking into the orange building as if it were his own.
A sadistic grin splayed on his face as he noticed parts of the floor being wet, total evidence as to how his prey found its way into this building in the middle of nowhere. Running right into a corner for which he can catch her in, it was child's play really... Aside from the other scent that lingered in this building, it was definitely going to be a one and done kind of job. Walking through the house as he crushed furniture in his way, he noticed that the water trail lead to a downstairs portion of the building. Craning his head around the corner, he spied a shirt at the bottom of the stairs, sopping wet with water. His grin grew twice as large as he directed his large frame down the body, more than sure that the woman he was looking for thought that the basement was a sanctuary. At this point, in his mind, there was no way he could be wrong, no way that he could screw up this simple retrieval job.
Letting his legs descend down the stairs, the saw tooth shark's grin grew wider and wider, to a psychotic degree as he started to figure that the boss wouldn't mind if the goods were damaged a little. I mean, the girl herself wasn't that important, it was what she knew and what she had. I mean, she didn't succumb to the corruption yet, so it meant that she knew something about all of this which could undermine all of their plans, or held onto an item which did just that. He didn't know the specifics, he's just the person who gets shit done.
Making it to the bottom of the steps, he opened up the door, finding a weird creature laying on the ground. Though, there was no sign of the woman he was looking for. Looking down at the creature with the smuggest look on his face, the fish man felt like that he could waste this fool. I mean, he was encroaching on his boss' territory, and was also possibly harboring the woman in secret. Cackling out loud, he looked down at EGG, his hoarse voice crackling through the air,
"Hey, thing. Don't know what in the hell you are, but I'm here for the girl. Give her up, and I'll leave you alive... Barely."
Having recovered a little from the gravity, EGG pulled himself to his feet as the pressure suddenly faded away. A surprised look came across his face, as he nearly thought that the thing had broken again. Turning to the machine, a chill went up and down the spine of the small tennenman, the hoarse voice completely catching him off guard as it sounded creepy as all heck. Now knowing there was another person in here, EGG turned around and noticed how large the guy was. Like, freakishly large, to the point where he had to duck a lot in order to enter the Gravity Chamber room. And then the little guy focused in on the words, hearing that the intent behind each and every syllable was filled with venomous rage and violence, as the guy was ready to pounce in and break the nearest thing.
"No idea what talk about," EGG answers quite honestly despite being threatened by someone who looks and acts like a total villain, "I live here alone longest while. Not know who you look for, but wonder why you do. She do something wrong?"
"Little bugger, your voice is quite irritatin', so keep the yapping to a minimum, kay?" Smugly the guy said, "The name's Satuth, the second in Command of... Wait, why the hell am I telling a useless shrimp like you!? You don't even know anything about the lil lady that you're hiding here. Well, if you ain't gonna be honest with me, I might as well tear you limb from limb until you tell me exactly what I need to know!"
In a quick flash of a step, the giant smashed his way through the entrance of the gravity chamber, and appeared before the small tennenman. Lifting up his leg in a violent motion, his foot slammed into the mid-section of EGG, slamming the fatigued hero upwards and into the actual Gravity Chamber reactor. Smashing right on through it, the pink and blue hero's body made an indent in the wall before the guy fell to the ground. Lifting himself up after getting winded, EGG looked up to find the blue shark man right above his body, leg raised upward. Moments later, the creature stomped onto the small alien's back over and over, creating a larger indent in the ground with the force of his stomps. Satuth was going to ENJOY crushing this little piss ant...
But for some reason, the creature that he was repeatedly stomping didn't look like he was getting hurt. No blood, no broken limbs, no broken teeth... AND THERE WERE SOME BARE MINIMUM INJURIES ON THE CREATURE. EGG, getting rather annoyed that he was getting trounced around as such, started to lift himself up off of the ground, practically shrugging off the mudhole Satuth was stomping into him. The little guy had endured much worse before, and even underwent gravity training to fifty times the Earth's own atmosphere. Standing at his proud little stature, EGG lifted his hand up, catching the foot that was aiming to stomp him in his head again, and pushed up with as much strength as possible. Still having problems restraining himself, he practically pushed the giant guy upward, smashing him through the floor and into the living room of his home.
Wincing a little, the little plant-based alien realized that he was now damaging his own home. And it was going to get even more damaged, with the way things were going as EGG has now officially pissed off the wrong Sharkman. Blasting the fishman out of his house, the violently large intruder landed on the beach back first, an angered look on his face as the sun beat down on his blue tinted skin. Pushing himself up and off of the sand, Satuth spun his entire body around as he crashed his entire body through the building, practically breaking half of the home in one fell swoop through him trying to dive into the basement. Though, while he dove in midair, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. The pink and blue alien had been able to read his movements due to his ki sense, and was able to intercept with a savage headbutt to the abdomen, launching the shark warrior through the Tennenman's own roof, toward the the sea. The guy completely passed out from a savage full power attack such as this, though he was still alive and now drifting in the ocean, leaving EGG's home a complete wreck.
Standing in his own wrecked living room, EGG's eyes wandered around his now destroyed home, half of the outer portion of the building blasted all over the beach and ocean that he lived near, and the other half of his home riddled with one hell of a giant hole. Any and all furniture he had was scattered and slashed up through the explosive combat, and the gravity chamber's reactor was completely damaged. There was barely anything left standing. Except for the bathroom! He couldn't in the right sense of mind sell this house anymore. Gonna need to call those realtors to pull it off the market sooner or later.
Turning his head towards the bathroom, he watched as the door fell toward him, blasting up a pile of ash on its descent. And on the other side was standing a dark skinned woman, whom had black eyes, yet golden irises. Dirty blonde hair that went down her body, and a thin piece of flesh which dangled from the middle of her forehead, with a translucent piece of flesh glowing at the tip of the dangling antennae. And as for apparel, she was wearing nothing but a pair of pants and...
Covering his eyes, EGG fell back on the ground, rolling around on the broken ground as he just got mentally scarred by the obscene sight he had seen. The woman, seeing the thing's reaction, realized that it may have been presenting itself in a poor manner, and went downstairs to grab the shirt she threw down there, slipping it back on, as she wanted to talk to this little creature... If it was strong enough to take down Satuth, maybe... Just maybe...
Walking back up the half-broken stairs, she turned to around the corner to find that EGG was still cowering behind his own eyes. Jeez, this little guy was very sensitive to seeing undergarments. I mean, of course sensible women wouldn't go out of their sea lofts without a nice pair of undergarments and bra. Mermaids were people too, not savages who did whatever they pleased. Now wearing her normal outfit, she poked EGG in the side of his head, her perky voice ringing through the air as she said to him.
"Hey, Lil guy. I'm wearin a shirt now, don't be shy! I need a guy like you, if you's able to beat Satuth like that, then you can kick the keister of that down right horrid Asmodeus!"
"Ass Moe Dius?" EGG uttered out, as he moved his arms away from his eyes, freeing up his vision and seeing the woman before him.
After hearing what the little guy said, the woman's face puckered up a little as she took in a huge breath of air, on the verge of doing something. And in a one fell swoop, she let out a torrent of laughter, filling the air with her voice and leaving a little tennenman all flustered as he realized he just said the word ass. Blushing heavily he tried to sputter out some coherent words, but to no avail as they were drowned out by the insane laughter of this odd woman.
After spending a full couple of minutes trying to calm down, the boisterous woman's laughter ceased long enough for her to actually get her chickens in a line, as she needed to get her request through to the little guy with immense strength bursting that the brim. Looking down upon him, she reached her hand inside of her shirt before saying,
"Um, Lil' guy, erm... You, erm... Whatchya cal-"
"EGG."
"Egg?"
"Yes, that is my name, EGG," the little hero smiled with tilt of his head, bouncing body up and down as he listened to his fish buddy person. Though taken off guard by the odd little name, the fish woman took a deep breath before giving EGG her request,
"Lil guy, EGG, my name is Wirnpuh of Azulis, and I need you to destroy this necklace which curses my body," She declared while whipping out a necklace from inside of her shirt. It was on a neat bronze chain, with a bronze gem like structure. But with closer inspections anyone can see that there are sections of the gem which were still green. And keeping those eyes trained on this piece of jewelry, EGG could notice that the bronze portion of the neck accessory looked like it was flowing, trying to overtake the peaks of green that were shining through that, though struggling.
"Please, ya need to break it, or el-"
"Or else you'll die just like you will in twenty seven seconds, yes?"
This third voice which rippled the calm spoke in dulcet tones as cruel punishment was doled out, as Wirnpuh who sat before EGG went ablaze in dark flames. Freaking out on the spot, the little hero got up and made a bee line for the shores, to which amused the onlooker. Clapping a little, the extra person continued to speak wistfully, "Ah clever clever, you can put out flames with water!"
Though he didn't make any attempt to stop them, still keeping his true form hidden from all by hiding in the shades. All the while EGG used his ki to carry a good chunk of sea water to bring back to the burning woman, whose screams were a cavalcade of sheer terror and horror, things that were the dreams of Jason Victims. Releasing his EGG barrier to drop sea water onto Wirnpuh, the water splashed down on and around her, a hopeful smile came across the little hero's lips as he didn't want a repeat of an inferno-based death. Sadly not all tales have happy endings, as the black flames seemed to grow even larger, and spread moreso because of the water, a look of pure terror striking EGG's face as the screams face grew to an ungodly level.
"Cleverer I am though, for these aren't normal flames. Shame, because I needed her strength..." The third party commented from the shades, watching how the little tennenman was stammering about, unsure of how to stop this brutal burn, but unable to really do much as Wirnpuh seemed to cook from the blackest of flames. Though fidgeting as EGG tried to move his body each way, he stopped himself as he thought of a different possible solution to save her. It was too late, however, as the screams finally died down, with a body slumping up on the body, still covered in those black flames.
"Though from the looks of it, you've bested that above average grunt," The voice continued, smirking as he needed someone to fill the voids left by Wirnpuh. Stepping out from the shade, the blonde haired humanoid made himself known, wearing a white puffy suit of sorts, his hair curling upward at the end into miniature doughnut shapes. He had strong facial features as he stood at a staggering six feet tall. Walking out from the shade of one of the few trees on EGG's old island, he walked over to the lifeless mermaid that he stole the life of, his eyes trained on the completely bronzed necklace. A smirk crawled across his lips as he picked it right on up, ripping it right off of the deceased, taking the head with him. Letting the head drop, his body phased out of existence before appearing right behind the caped hero.
Lifting up a large foot, he kicked EGG in the back of the head, forcing the pink alien down into the sand, pressing his entire body downward. Feeling the immense pressure pushing down on him, the first thing the little guy tried to do was push himself up, managing to struggle enough to push himself up off of the ground a little. A small coo left the lips of the more devious person above, relishing in the fact that such a puny insignificant creature was struggling just to push him up. And he was only using but a fraction of his full strength. Letting his own power flourish three fold, his foot pushed down against the little tennenman's body with severe force that it knocked the wind right out of him.
"Ooh you definitely have one requirement. Only thing is if you have the other..." The guy mused, as he crouched downward to apply even more pressure on the body, and get closer to the head of EGG, brandishing the same bronze necklace that he had ripped off of the burned Wirnpuh. Pressing the heated metal accessory against the back of the creatures neck, the dulcet toned man hooked the necklace right around the neck of the creature, over the odd navy blue cape the little plant based monster wore. And only when the necklace was finished being wrapped around the neck did the effects take hold, the bronze being pushed back quite hard, turning to a golden hue except for the very back of the necklace where the two chains met, still bronze but trying to push forth. And EGG can feel a slight strain in his body, trying to fight back against a burning feeling that wasn't there, but was still all too real to his soul. But his body now felt immensely heavier, his entire body feeling like it was trapped in the gravity chamber once more, but the dial cranked up to the next level.
"Well well, it seems that you do have darkness in your heart," The man chuckled out loud, "And your body is surprisingly resilient to the pressure! You'll do just fine~" His own voice rolled out as he lifted up his own heel, before slamming it against the back of his neck, a deft strike with a perfect reverb, the strike hit its mark as blackness took hold of the little hero's mind. The last thing he could notice was his own body starter to get heavier, the air vanishing with his own body enjoying a mixture of weighted pressure and weightlessness, and the world rocking back and forth every so often. Then he truly fell into the depths of his own mind.
"Hey..."
"...y W....k.... p...."
"He.... up...."
"WAKE THE FLYING FISH UP YOU PINK MONGOLOID!"
With a start, EGG's own eyes opened up, but still finding himself in what felt like darkness. Though, his own eyes started to adjust to it, finding that most of the darkness was just him being extremely groggy. Trying to move, he found his own limbs not even wanting to respond, as if most of his energy had been quite literally drained away from him. Turning his vision upward, he noticed that he was hanging off of a wall of some sort, his hands stuck in shackles of sorts as he dangled. No power within his body to try and shake it off, he had to take in the rest of the environment. Gazing downward, he noticed some odd little moving things wriggling against his own ankles. Squinting his eyes to focus his vision a little more, he started to notice that there were a few of these odd black wrigglers actually digging into his own flesh, their grip rather painful. Yet he had no energy in order shake them off, despite how much he screamed for it to stop.
"Jeez, you need to hush up there ya goob, else I'ma need to finsmack ya!"
A rather piercing voice rippled through the atmosphere, and from the location of the voice it came from right across in front of him. Lifting his face up, he could spot a woman... Well, half of a woman would be more appropriate, as she was also half of a dolphin? shark? Well, she was half fish, that much was certain. With a midsection starting at the waist downward, she was nothing but a navy blue shark end, but what was the most precarious was the very feminine upper body, with her having her chest nearly exposed, with just enough of her jiggly bits covered with her very flowery jacket, literal rose red flowers adorning the lining of her indigojacket. And she had a round, freckled face with a very sharp toothed scowl. Her golden eyes almost as sharp as her teeth, but the most outlandish thing about her attire was her teal hair, which was sticking outward like crazy, similar to the actual head of a hammerhead shark.
EGG kept himself