The Bum of the Bay (2)
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Nellie asks me as she stops her frolicking, “What are they screaming about? Another monster attack like the one that happened to me?”
“Obviously. Now then... I'll take you to a safer place!”
I hastily grab her hand and adroitly guide her out of the pool.
“Then what will you do, Bernard?”
After seconds of searching for an answer to her question (mainly because I don't want my identity as Gjallarhorn exposed)...
...the proverbial light bulb pops up in my head.
“Uhh... yes! I'll buy lunch for the both of us at the nearby Buckaroo's Belly Busters!”
“Yeah, sure thing! I'm getting hungry from all that frolicking in the water thingy!”
I then find a spot where she can't be detected by the monster. That is, a women's changing room.
“I'll get back to you later when the monster's defeated, OK?”
“OK, Bernard!”
Now that Nellie's safe and secure, I can now track down and fight the monster.
And there he is!
A fish-surfer monster who is taking several guys hostage with his water-based nooses.
And the hostages are unconscious.
My obvious question to him is...
“What did you do to these poor guys?”
“Bloob bloooooob bloob bloob, bloob bloob blooooob bloob.”
“Ugh! I can't understand your blabbering language!”
“Bloob bloob bloob!”
He then points towards a sign that says “NO PEEING IN THE POOL. VIOLATORS WILL BE FINED OR EXPELLED FROM THE RESORT.”
“I know you're a stickler for rules, but I'm sure you're no accredited lifeguard! And you're not punishing them with fines and stuff! You're punishing them with violence!”
“Bloob bloob bloob bloooooooooooob!”
I'm sure he means “it's time to get serious”, as he wastes no time spewing a jet of water from his mouth that I quickly dodge.
And I know how to get serious, too; with the help of the five ladybugs.
“Gjallarhorn... Gjallar-form!”
I'm the armored hero once more, and the fish fiend is diversifying his bag of tricks in response.
With a wave of his hand, he summons water pillars that burst from the ground (but don't actually damage the flooring materials and stuff, thank goodness).
Disappointed with my elusive tactics, the lifeguard wannabe decides to take matters into his own physical hands, as he busts out his surfboard that is attached to his back and attempts to bash my head with it like a steel folding chair to a pro-wrestler, hoping to crack my cranium good despite me having ample head protection.
I ain't having any of that, of course.
“BLOOOOOOOB BLOOOB!”
Now he's getting angry.
He prepares his surfboard, standing above it, absorbs the water from nearby pools and even showers, then calls upon a tsunami that is squarely aimed at me.
And no matter how deft my dodging skills are, the tsunami is so huge that it veritably doesn't give me any reaction time.
And here I am, being consumed by the tidal wave.
Fortunately, my armor shields me from the effects of the tsunami; and as the waters ebb, I'm able to shake those effects off and get away with only some water in my ears that can be easily drained, as well as water spurting from my mouth.
Aghast at my survival to his greatest attack ever (not!), he tries to summon another tsunami.
Knowing how long his charging time is, my hands now glow with an electric aura.
It's finishing move time again, folks!
I channel the energy from my hands and then let that energy form a cross that will surely shock him.
“Crucis Chop: Raijin (Thunder God)!”
The thunder-elemental cross is electrocuting and roasting the fish fiend so bad.
“BLOOOOOOOOOOB! Bloob blooooo...”
The fish fiend's terror is over with the usual life-ending explosion.
As I de-morph, I still have to uphold that promise to Nellie.
Yeah, the belly-busting lunch packages, right?
While the hostages are rescued and the resort's operations are slowly returning back to normal...
I'm now carrying two packs of the so-called “Ultimate Buster” meal from Buckaroo's Belly Busters, which consists of a ¼ pound steak, buttered veggies, Java rice with mayonnaise, and a large cup of iced tea.
And I encounter Nellie right outside the same women's changing room she was hiding in as instructed!
“Bernard, you're back! Aaandd... with two meals that should normally add to our buns, if you know what I mean.”
“Well, why worry? We both need that energy for an afternoon's worth of soaking up the sun together, right?”
“Makes sense. I admit... I'm quite the big eater, but I don't get fat. It's the metabolism, I think.”
So after eating this hearty lunch of hours plus a few minutes of rest, Nellie and I are back to frolicking together again.
The sun is then about to set.
We've had enough swimming fun, and we're about to part ways at the resort's now-closed entrance.
“Bernard, thank you for coming into my life... as a new friend. Here, my calling card.”
“Thanks.”
“I'm sure we can meet in different pages someday.”
“Will surely do. Until then, sayonara.”
“Sayonara.”
It's all thanks to a monster attack that I was able to gain another friend.
And I swear she and I will be there for each other through thick and thin.
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Monster of the Week Information
Name: Bay Bum
Height: 205.74 cm (6' 9”)
Weight: 159.9 kg (352.52 lb)
Monster Type: Water-elemental surfer fish monster
Fed up with some people peeing in pools at Rain Marginal's only swimming resort, the hooded figure took it upon themselves to create a water-elemental monster to make the performers of such a disgusting act stop for good. Despite its fish-based bodily structure, the Bay Bum could survive being out of water for hours. Curiously enough, it never spoke the language of humans; instead, its speech capabilities were limited to just “bloob bloob”. In combat, it held domain over the element of water; and as long as it could absorb more water from any available source, its power could be amplified. Water-elemental attacks included spouts from its mouth, summoning water pillars from the ground, and even summoning a great tsunami. The Bay Bum could also use its surfboard as a bludgeoning weapon and as a complement to his tsunami attack. Gjallarhorn confronted the Bay Bum in the latter's own domain; and thus the former had some initial difficulty dealing with his attacks. But the armored hero persisted; and eventually, the Bay Bum was defeated with a thunder-elemental version of the Crucis Chop.
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