2.2- Train before the Game
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RDS
Menu: You feel well-rested. Status and cooldowns fully restored.
RDS: *Yawn* No use sleeping in when adventures await. Arc? You up?
Arc: *power on* Bright and early. Wake up Rei?
RDS: Nah, let her rest. She's often busy. Though for the first time in my life, I'd actually be willing to hit the gym if there was one around here, except there ain't cuz this is Gensokyo.
Arc: I can fix that. *teleports both to a pocket dimension*
RDS: So you set up a pocket dimension for what?
Arc: Training! You get XP 5 times faster in this place.
RDS: But there's nothing to train o-*enemy spawns* I stand corrected.
Arc: Yea, enemies spawn at random intervals here. One at a time to make it fair, unless the spawned enemy usually comes in swarms.
(Sizzling Sun approaches)
(Sizzling Sun, Subjectless Monarch, Level 5)
(Source Game: Eburnean, by Fusoy)
(To prevent copyright, I'll put the source game and creator for new characters that aren't from the current verse)
RDS: The Sun? What's he doing here? This is the wrong game.
Arc: I never said the enemies were Touhou only.
RDS: But why a boss, and the low level?
Arc: Bosses are fun, and enemies spawned here are equal to your level, so it's fair and balanced.
Sun: KNEEL!
RDS: Nope.
Sun: KNEEL, SERVANT!
RDS: I am nobody's servant.
Sun: PRAISE ME! PRAISE ME! YOU ARE INSIGNIFICANT!
Then what does that make you?
Arc: OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sun: BEGONE!
*Battle Start!*
(I couldn't find the music, sorry)
Sun: *Fires waves upon waves of bullets, which cover the ground with yellow paint*
RDS: Eh.*Dodges and fires a stream of bullets, which all hit him* (12) (21) (18) (23) (25) (55, Crit) Guess he's still too stupid to dodge.
Arc: I hear ya.* Pops off his triangles and they become homing missiles that explode on contact) (45) (51) (110, Crit) (the triangles are actually 3d cones, by the way), only for him to regrow them a moment later*
RDS: Doesn't that hurt, man?
Arc: Never has. They're my primary ranged attack, and take on properties of several different projectiles, not just missiles. Now let's pwn this thing.
A few minutes later...( I mean, his pattern is simple and there's no battle dialogue, so there's nothing worth mentioning)
The Sun stops shooting and dies in a spectacular explosion of paint, that for some reason doesn't stick to anything but the ground.
(RDS XP: 600 X 5= 3000)(To next level: 0)
(Level Up)(Level 8)
(HP:*only grew 1 level for balancing reasons* 4288 ==> 8576)
a/n: what actually happened is I got fricking lazy, balance never exists for a gimmick like this.
(Might: 80 ==> 640)
(Magic: 160 ==> 1280)
(Agility: 160 ==> 1280)
(Intelligence: 320 ==> 2560)
(RNG: 80 ==> 640)
(Learned Skill: Teleport)
*10 fairies spawn, and start shooting*
RDS: No time for a break huh?*Takes them all out with more bullets*
*10 more spawn, only for the Arc to take them all out with a missile* Arc: yea, but fairies are pretty weak.
(XP: 10 X10 X5 = 500)
(To next level: 400)
?: Who called us weak?
RDS: Wha?
Arc: eh?
?: I will prove you wrong!
Arc: Bet ya can't tell who that one is without scanning.
RDS: Bet I can. Cirno, Ice Fairy, Level 9.
*Cirno and Daiyousei appear*
Dai: Cirno, we shouldn't fight them, we need to get out of here.
(Daiyousei, Elder Fairy of the Lake, Level 11)
Cirno: But they might tell us how if we beat them!
(Cirno, Ice Fairy of the Lake, Level 9)
RDS: Well, good luck with that.
Arc: We can't just leave them here.
Dai: Do you two know a way out of here?
RDS: We have the way.
RDS focuses his mind and... POP! All 4 of them are just outside the shrine.
RDS: Instant Transmission Abridged. Classic.
Dai: Thank you, mister! Bye! * Flies off to misty lake*
Cirno: Bye! *Flies off as well*
RDS: That was close, I could have gotten nined.
(Notification: If you need to train at any time, pull up the menu and press the Training button. Pressing it again warps you back where you were, or to a save point of choice. You cannot use it while engaged in battle.)
RDS: Well, what now?
Arc: Might as well take a trip to the Human Village, to sell that axe.
RDS: Might as well get some lunch while we're at it.
(Load Save)
Arc: Voila. The power of save and load.
Timeskip brought to you by a visit to Koirindou and a rice chef.
RDS: *Eating fried rice* This is nice.
Arc: Ya know what's not nice?
RDS: The fact you can't eat fried rice?
Arc: Agreed, but that was supposed to be a clever transition to-
*Scarlet mist comes from the north*
(New Quest - Help Reimu and Marisa resolve the incident)
(Rewards will be given after the incident)
Arc: THAT.
RDS: And thus marks the beginning of the Windows Era. Since I'm an outsider and can teleport, I can warp to whatever stage I want- and ignore spell card rules. But first I should swing by Misty Lake and tell Cirno not to attack Reimu.
Arc: You're REALLY gonna do this?
RDS: It's for the better. Get your X key ready Arc, it's bullet hell time! *Teleports*
Will Rei and Mari solve the incident?
What in the name of legacy is the RDS up to?
And what's up with the scarlet mist?
Find out in Chapter 2.9- Sense of Scarlet Devil!
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