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Experimental Experience

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D.R.E.A.M. HQ, Testing Arena

{Girl's night out}

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PERFECTHEART, ROBOHEART and MUTANTHEART sat together in the break room area of the Bunker. After hours of testing BATTLE scenarios and experimenting with EMOTION amplifiers, they were exhausted.

"tired…sleep…bluh." MUTANTHEART said

"SSBhZ3JlZSwgVGVzdGluZyBjYW4gYmUgc28gYm9yaW5nIQ==" ["I agree, testing can be so boring…"]

"Indeed! but at least the doctors are satisfied with our efforts." PERFECTHEART sighed, dusting off her shirt until it was completely spotless.

The three sat in silence unsure of what to do next, the tv in the break room had terrible reception due to being underground and the magnetic waves ROBOHEART gave off made it worse.

"ROBOHEART dear can you move a little? we cannot see the television."

"T2ghIEknbSBzb3JyeSBsZXQgbWUgbW92ZSBhIGJpdCBmdXJ0aGVy" [Oh! I'm sorry let me move a bit further."]

The tv shifted as ROBOHEART attempted to move her heavy metallic body, across the small room. When she finally made it to a comfortable spot that fixed the reception the three experimental clones flipping through the channels on the TV.

"Big Benny's big deals on big boats-

"Looking for hot mommas in your-

"Got ketchup mustard lettuce cheese-

"Now's your chance to be a [BIG SHO-

"How many breads have you eaten in your life?-

"The latest news on the CLAMS scamming situation at Seaside-

"Miranda my beloved…let us leave our lives and live together forever."

The romance film caught the immediate attention of the three who stayed seated to watch the romance drama with extreme interest. As the pair on the screen were about to kiss, the Tv suddenly shut off in the middle of the scene as the three let out a collective groan of disappointment, Dr. Yen stood holding the plug to the TV set.

"It is past twelve o clock Subjects D-RH, D-MH and D-PH. return to your chambers for more testing tomorrow…and I don't want to hear any more complaints or I'm revoking your television privileges." The doctor turned on her heel and left. the trio walking sadly to their holding cells.

"SnVzdCBhdCB0aGUgZ29vZCBwYXJ0IHRvby4uLg==" [Just at the good part too…]

"blurp…blup…SAD."

Meanwhile PERFECTHEART said nothing as her mind raced as she thought about the scene on the romance film about a android girl finding love, a plan forming in her mind…a perfect, flawless plan just like her. When the lights went out she leaned against the wall of ROBOHEART'S cell.

"ROBOHEART? are you still awake?"

"Q2hhcmdpbmcgbXkgYmF0dGVyaWVzIGFuZCBsb2FkaW5nIG15IHdlYXBvbnMgc3lzdGVtcywgYnV0IGknbSBsaXN0ZW5pbmcu" ["Charging my batteries and loading my weapon systems, but I'm listening."]

"What if we sneak out and go see the city? we'll be back before anyone knows we're gone."

"QnV0IHdvbnQgd2UgZ2V0IGluIHRyb3VibGU/" [But wont we get in trouble?]

"Not if we do it now, think about it…so much to see and do, and wouldn't you like to see the sun?"

"QnV0IHdvbnQgd2UgZ2V0IGluIHRyb3VibGU/" ["I am made of metal and coldness, how will I blend in?"]

"A fair point my friend… perhaps one of MEDUSA'S experiments can help you look more…human."

ROBOHEART leaned in closer to the wall, lowering her vocal processors to a whisper. "U2hlIGhhcyBvbmUgdGhhdCB3b3JrcyBvbiByb2JvdHM/" ["She has one that works on robots?"]

PERFECTHEART recalled seeing MEDUSA tossing away a tray full of potions earlier labeled 'Human transformation potion' but if she knew her creator, she'd only thrown them out to keep people from stealing them, because in MEDUSA'S own words, 'no one ever thinks to check the trash for treasures.' Only one way to find out how true that was…

"I think so…let me go get some."

"T2ssIGJlIGNhcmVmdWw=" ["Okay, be careful."]

"I always am..."

PERFECTHEART slipped out of her cell and towards MEDUSA'S wing of the bunker. Fishing through the trash she found at least one potion still intact and quickly sneaked back towards the cells before anyone noticed.

When she returned she shoved the small blue bottle between the bars and a metallic hand reached out to take it. She waited patiently for ROBOTHEART to figure out how to take the potion...After a few seconds she seemed concerned by the sudden silence...had she given her the wrong potion?

"ROBOHEART? are you alright in there?"

"SS4uLkkgZmVlbC4uLg==" [I…I…]

A poof of bright green smoke illuminated the room, when it faded PERFECTHEART stood there astonished, standing in the center of the room was a beautiful human girl with flowing pink hair similar to hers, and vibrant red eyes that sparkled in the light, ROBOHEART was now a fully fledged human being.

"I…I'm alive? I can...feel the chill on my skin. wait...is this what skin feels like? I never knew...wow." she whispered in amazement feeling her arms up and down.

MUTANTHEART poked her head around the corner, her beady eyes growing larger at the sight of her friend's new appearance. She started bobbing up and down in delight. "friend…pretty…make happy! happy!"

PERFECTHEART smiled warmly for her until her eyes came to a stop at her body, then she blushed. "Er, sweetie, you might want to…find some clothes." she said kindly, trying to cover hers and MUTANTHEART'S eyes.

ROBOHEART looked at her naked body. "Clothes? oh! I…I'm so embarrassed! I've never worn clothes before since I…was a robot just a moment ago…do you have any I can borrow?"

MUTANTHEART handed her a pair of shorts and a jacket. before long ROBOHEART posed in front of a mirror in her room admiring her new body. She felt so light and flexible being no longer made of metal.

"MUTANTHEART honey? why do you have a pair of clothes in your cell? you…don't wear clothing, it's all fused to your body." PERFECTHEART asked as politely as she could.

"new friend come…ask HAPPY…no HAPPY…wrong…bleh!" MUTANTHEART stared innocently at her two friends, PERFECTHEART decided it was best to not to ask further…

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Nearabye City, Streets

{H-Henno world!}

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The streets of Nearbye were silent as everyone had gone home for the night as the trio traversed the streets in the early hours of the morning. The first store they visited was a fancy clothes shop,

"Welcome! here for some early…er excuse me ladies…you do know that the city has a no Sweetheart policy now right?"

PERFECTHEART leaned over the counter with a smile and stared the cashier in the eyes. "Is that a problem?" she said calmly.

The cashier stuttered and put his hands in front of him in sheer terror. "N-n-n-n-no! n-not at all ma'am! for-forget I said a-anything! you know what? take whatever you want i-it's on the house!"

she watched the cashier stumble over himself to reach the exit. "I suppose I was too harsh? oh well."

ROBOHEART picked up a dress and looked it over before putting it on. "Do I look pretty?" she asked the others.

MUTANTHEART nodded happily while PERFECTHEART gave a thumbs up. "Stunning dear absolutely-

Just then several officers with guns marched into the store and trained their weapons on the two of them. "Freeze! don't move! we got a call from the store owner about a disturbance."

MUTANTHEART walked up to them with a innocent expression. "H-henno…HAPPY please?"

"I said don't move!" the officer primed his pistol, and took aim.

The second officer did not seem to care however and walked to the goopy girl. "Hey you! all Sweetheart memorabilia is banned from Nearabye city! you have twelve seconds to-"

The officer immediately was smacked in the face by MUTANTHEART slapping him and sent the officer flying through the window and into a car. The other officers looked out towards the broken window then back at the girl in awe.

"wrong! Bleh!" MUTANTHEART huffed and turned to the others. "ANGRY please?"

Slowly, they backed away from the girls and ran back to their cars driving off as fast as they could.

Picking out the nearest set of clothes, ROBOHEART went over to the dressing room to try it on. When she returned she was wearing a bright yellow and blue skirt with a matching bow.

"How do I look?" ROBOHEART asked.

PERFECTHEART held her hands with a warm smile. " As I said before...stunning dear, now let's get something to eat, there's a diner nearby we could visit."

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Nearabye, Diner

{Taste buds 1.0.1 trial run}

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The three experiments walked into the small diner, It was a classic diner with tile floors and a bright colorful pattern.

The waitress came up to them to take their order. "Hello welcome to Nearabye diner! what will you two beautiful ladies and daughter be ordering?"

ROBOHEART tilted her head with a growing confusion, ("daughter? oh they're probably referring to MUTANTHEART she does look the youngest out of all of us, I suppose I could play along.") "Daughter? oh yes this is my beautiful daughter and girlfriend!" PERFECTHEART blushed when she was called that...it made her a little flustered but she played along as well.

She held up the menu and pointed at the breakfast section. "I will be ordering the pancakes with the strawberry topping for me and my friend, my 'daughter' would like just the strawberries."

As soon as the waitress left she glanced over at ROBOHEART, "I forgot to ask can you eat?" the robot clone had never considered if she was truly capable of consumption besides her self healing protocols, but now that she was human would she be able to taste things now?

The pancakes soon arrived for the three and they dug in. ROBOHEART'S face lit up as she took a bite out of the pancake. "This is…amazing! I had no idea eating could be this incredible!"

PERFECTHEART laughed and leaned in to ask. "What does it taste like?"

ROBOHEART thought to herself as she chewed slowly. "Rich…a bit chewy…but sweet and sticky…a perfect blend of flavors..."

While the trio talked a man walked into the diner followed by a posse of screaming fans and interviewers.

"Mr. Com Truise! how did do your latest movie Bottom Gunner?"

"Marry me!"

"Com Truise! here in Nearabye…a dream come true"

"Sign my Air conditioner!"

The famous Com Truise, known for being the main actor in several award winning movies including the live action rendition of Captain Spaceboy. Right now he was eating at this diner to get away from the paparatzi, and noticed the three girls sitting by themselves at the diner, in particular he noticed the beautiful tall silver haired woman sitting with them, the small pink one with the strange glossy hair looked too young, and the other? she would have been prefect for him too if it weren't for the unease he felt when he looked at her.

He took a seat in the booth next to them. making sure that the fangirls could see. "Hey beautiful, what brings a gorgeous model like yourself to a small diner this morning?"

ROBOHEART was bewildered, she never considered herself to be a mass produced model neither to be a attractive one, she cleared her human throat. "I am eating…with friends... to get away from work…" she replied plainly. "my name is...er, Robo...Roberta...that is my name."

Com nodded in agreement. "Roberta eh? not one for fancy places? I can respect that, those working hours are killer you know? One overworked role model to another why don't you and I go out on a date? my place, fancy dinner, it's on me. Wanna date the one and only Captain Spaceboy, my sweet jelly filled doughnut?"

She looked over at her friends who gave her a thumbs up. "I-I…oh course! yes! I would love to!" He took her hand in his own and leaned in for a kiss... when a loud retching sound made them stop and Com recoil in disgust, a pink splatter appeared on Mr. Truise's tuxedo.

MUTANTHEART looked at him with a queasy and apologetic expression. "i frew up…"

"Aha ha...it's alrigt, I...never like that tux anyways, well see ya gotta go before the fans get inside..."

Com promptly tossed off the ruined tuxedo and pulled out a business card for the suite he was staying at before leaving in a hurry, fans and interviewer alike following behind.

"Are you going to take his offer?" PERFECTHEART asked

"Of course! why would I pass up this moment? I've been waiting my whole existence since I was first activated to do this!"

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The elevator ride up to the suite had been one filled with excitement, ROBOHEART could barely contain her excitement. It was funny and ironic, her creator had programmed her to love someone who only loved herself, but she was deemed as a killer robot instead. Now she was about to fulfill her original programming in a series of unusual events leading to this moment…true love.

The door opened to a small fancy two floor dining room with a large porch with a swimming pool. On the upper balcony wearing a fancy dress was Mr. Truise himself.

"Glad you could make it Roberta my dear. How about we dance first?" he said with a charismatic twirl of his hand as he offered it to her.

ROBOHEART swooned and graciously took it, "Oh! you've got quite the grip...that's...pretty strong." he noted and smiled.

For a while the two danced while romantic music played in the background...the two eventually reaching the balcony overlooking all of Nearbye, then in the moment she and him had been waiting for, they moved in for a kiss just as a few raindrops fell on her head...

Com opened his eyes expecting to see the beautiful scarlet eyes of his true love and was instead met with cold crimson robotic lights staring back at him from a cold metal body holding him...

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Nearabye, Skyscrapper

{BROKENHEART}

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Com Truise screamed as the beautiful woman he had been moments away from kissing turned into a robot. "What the hell?! what are you?"

ROBOHEART was taken aback by this sudden outburst and tried to speak. "Q29tPyBXaGF0J3Mgd3Jvbmc/Ig==" ["Com? What's wrong?"]

Com backed up towards the railing as the killer robot approached. "Y-you're a…a monster! stay away from me!" But in his efforts to get away he slipped and fell off the balcony.

Fortunately ROBOHEART was quick to react, extending one of her arms to reach out and grab him before the actor could fall to his death.

ROBOHEART looked down at her extended arm with a gasp, the potion must have worn off after she got wet from the rain.

"Q29tIHBsZWFzZSEgSSBkb24ndCB3YW50IHRvIGh1cnQgeW91ISBpdCdzIHN0aWxsIG1lISB5b3VyIG9uZSB0cnVlIGxvdmUh" ["Com Please! I don't want to hurt you! it's still me your one true love!"]

"I can't believe I was going to kiss a murderous killing machine! Someone help! anyone!" Com screamed

several security guards ran into the room and saw Com Truise hanging over the edge of the balcony.

"This thing is trying to kill me! shoot it! shoot it!" Com exclaimed and pointed at ROBOHEART.

The security guards pulled out pistols and shot at the robot. Thankfully her creator had built her out of bulletproof material, the projectiles harmlessly bouncing off her metal carapace.

She took a step forward to try and stop them from hitting Com, but a sudden slip on the wet floor and the him thrashing around in her grip caused her to lose balance and fall into the pool, unfortunately for all the advancements and upgrades she had been given…she was not waterproof.

Com Truise landed hard on the side of the pool area as ROBOHEART short circuited and self destructed, blasting the water out of the pool entirely.

The explosion caught the attention of PERFECTHEART and MUTANTHEART waiting outside, and they ran out to the pool where they saw their friend laying at the bottom of the pool in smoldering pieces.

PERFECTHEART was normally not one to lose her temper or even become angry for long, but to say she was upset would be a sever understatement...

"You hurt her…she loved you and you broke her heart…" her voice was deathly calm as she held Com up by his shirt.

"Do you have any last words before your pathetic scummy life is cut short?" she said with a tinge of malice. The actor could only whimper and wet his pants as the girl held up a glowing hand to his face.

"UEVSRkVDVEhFQVJULi4ucGxlYXNlLi4uZG9uJ3QuLi4=" ["PERFECTHEART…please…don't…"]

The sound of ROBOHEART'S voice stopped her from killing the poor actor who scrambled inside his bedroom and locked the door. MUTANTHEART stood dripping wet inside the pool holding her fallen friend's head above the water.

"fren live! fren live!" she hopped up and down excitedly.

PERFECTHEART rushed over and held her friend's metallic cheeks. "Sweetie? are you okay?"

"SSdsbCBiZSBvay4uLmxldCdzIGdvLi4uaG9tZS4uLg==" ["I'll be okay…let's go…home…"]

ROBOHEART'S eyes dimmed and she went quiet, a small red light blinking on her forehead to indicate battery saving mode was active, a failsafe installed to prevent full loss of power if she had ever gone with out a recharge for extended periods.

The two left the suite but not before PERFECTHEART blew a hole in the wall to leave. Com Truise peeked from under his bedsheets to see his condo had been ruined...and so was his date night.

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D.R.E.A.M. HQ

{Do Robots dream of Electric Sheep?}

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When they returned back to the Bunker they were greeted by a very disappointed Dr. Yen waiting by the front door to the break room.

"There you three are! breaking out in the middle of the night to do what? go sightseeing? buy clothes?! you know what this means right?"

the two bowed their heads in shame. "No TV privileges for a week."

MOLLY walked in at exact the moment to check out the commotion when she saw ROBOHEART'S head...with a sigh she went over and took the head out of MUTANTHEART'S hands.

"Oh? again? (sigh) give her over I'll fix her…looks like she needs to be recharged too...I'll get her back in working order in about a week, give or take..." she said, taking the head and carrying it off to her lab.

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A week later, PERFECTHEART got a letter from Com Truise apologizing to 'Roberta' for hurting her, as well as several coupons for a free pancakes at the diner they visited. Among the gifts was a audition for the leading role in a upcoming live action Sweetheart movie, that had to be delayed due to the whole Empress mess several months ago.

ROBOHEART, who was still in the process of getting a new body read it intently. When she read it, all she had for him was gratitude for not seeing her as a monster, but as the woman of his dreams.

"VGhhbmsgeW91Li4u"["Thank…you…"]

Dear Roberta

I send this apology letter along with a few coupons and a audition pass for the upcoming movie, When I laid eyes on you you were the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen, while I have worked with many other female actors in my career I never viewed them as more than just fellow actors. But you...those special effects were nothing like I'd ever seen before, you gotta tell me how you did that. The fact that you turned into a robot may have terrified me a bit but also fascinated me with how well put together you were, a woman...who turns herself into a human to find true love...that sounds like a excellent movie plot that I've been working on, plus the mechanic crews back at L.A. would have a field day studying you...come by again and we'll have some lunch!

Yours truly...famous actor -Com Truise

Log; Dr. Ray and MUTANTHEART

"Out of the three doctors Dr. Ray seems to be the most likable, incompetent? yes, unreliable? definitely, he's not a real scientist like Shwartz and Yen he's a mere therapist, but if it weren't for him we would not be here Regardless, out of the three I feel sorry for him, putting all of his life savings into this project, without this he's got nothing left. On a more interesting note his interactions with MARINA'S creation, MUTANTHEART appear to be positive, despite constantly breaking out into rashes when coming into contact with the experiment's caustic slimy skin, I would recommend that the good doctor wear protection but it's amusing to watch him fawn over MUTANTHEART'S wholesome allure…I probably should also tell him how dangerous she can be but we'll cross that bridge when we get there…along with plenty of bandages…

-MEDUSA

Tomorrow is another day!

Goodnight

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 Art Attack!

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Othermart Parking lot

{The First Stroke}

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Mincy finished placing the finishing touches on her latest work, a perfect recreation of a sleeping hobo sleeping under a tree, she had been sketching for hours on end to get it just right and she was proud of it. She smiled and looked over her work, clearly pleased with the results. When she looked at the hobo, he was sitting up, holding out a hand expectantly. She sighed and handed him a one dollar bill before walking down the sidewalk towards the park. Faraway town had been so busy in the past year with aliens, bread zombies and even a mountain appearing out of thin air...and she wasn't around for any of it! she sighed and thought of Kel and the others having their dream selves, one time she met one of them, the dream version of Basil coming up to her for a request to draw him, but her focus was so off that it ended up looking like some off-putting plushie she saw on the internet. She apologized for the blunder up as she was usually much better at art. But the dream Basil laughed and said there was no need to apologize, he liked the self-portrait and wanted to keep it anyways. Mincy was thankful he hadn't been repulsed like she had and let him take it to hide her embarrassment...she would have been able to focus if she wasn't so distracted by how gosh darn cute the kid looked...so innocent and sweet.

She wished she had a dream friend too...

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"Woah, it looks so realistic...how much are you paying?"

"Now now, I assure you my artistic works aren't for sale."

Mincy blinked, there was another artist in town? she glanced over at the small gathering surrounding a strange flamboyant figure standing on a picnic table, but the thing that made her blink was the fact that he was purple...had long mint green hair and yellow eyes along with his most distinguishing feature being his long pointed ears. Mincy cautiously shuffled around the crowd to get a closer look, when she did lay eyes on the sculpture everyone was looking at did her jaw dropped at the sheer beauty of the art in front of her...it was like something straight out of a dream... "Woah, is...is that a perfect replica of the Augustus of Prima Porta?" she murmured out loud. The figure took notice and bowed to her. "Indeed it is, have you come to admire the fine cultural arts this world has to offer?" he asked. Mincy looked on in wonder of the mythical looking figure before her, he had made this? it was beyond incredible. Her eyes sparkled as she went up to the strange man "I've never seen anything like you around here before who or what." she said in awe and wonder of the majestic being before her. The figure stood up and posed gracefully for her. "I'm the last of my species, the great up and coming artist ROCOCO! and likely to be the greatest artist you will ever meet." he introduced and swept aside his hair in a theatrically manner. Mincy couldn't help but chuckle at how dramatic this ROCOCO guy was, he could definitely stand toe to toe with Mikhael when it came to being theatrical. "Well it's good to meet you Mr. ROCOCO, your name sounds very similar to historical art movement..."

"I have heard of the Rococo movement, yes and I have been wanting to recreate it eventually, but enough about me, I noticed you too are an artist, perhaps I could see one of your own works?"

Mincy blushed at the compliment and brought out her recent drawing. "You want to see my art? I'm flattered, really I didn't think anyone wanted to see my stuff!" of the hobo under a tree. "Of course, let me see..." ROCOCO took the piece and looked over it closely, his expression falling into a disappointed stance. "Hmmm, eh...looks a little dry, pencil drawn, very two dimensional, lacks color...etc. etc. meh...looks kindergarden." he said in a critical tone and handed it back, carelessly letting the picture drop to the ground. Mincy scrambled to pick up her sketch before it could be trampled. "But...can't we at least work together? we can make it better." she said sadly, holding up her picture again. But the artist only glanced at her with a sigh. "Oh I'm sorry but I don't work well with lesser amateur artists." he spoke and went back to posing for the crowd.

Mincy was offended, she had worked so hard to become a good artist, and now that she could finally have some confidence to call her own and this arrogant prick just spits on her hard work? she wasn't going to let herself be pushed around "A-amateur?! I'll have you know that I can probably do better than your...your cheap dumb statues!" she yelled angrily.

ROCOCO snapped his head around with a wide eyed hurt look on his face. "Le gasp?! y-you insult me deeply girl! my sculptures aren't just 'cheap dumb statues!' they are perfectly accurate replicas of real historical monuments of this world! and I'm still new to sculpting cut me some slack! I was painting great works of art ages ago in some castle walls with little to nothing to survive on while you were probably still in diapers chewing on a pencil and doing finger drawings!" he spat. Mincy furrowed her brow and stomped up onto the table with him. "Oh yeah? you couldn't paint the broad side of a barn even if you tried!" Mincy shot back, ROCOCO and Mincy glared angrily at each other while the crowd watched on in anticipation. "Oh you are really getting on my nerves! I challenge you to a art contest! whoever loses must give up art forever! will you accept my challenge or are you too 'chicken'?" the artist mocked. Mincy considered the risk before affirming in herself that it was worth it. "I accept your challenge, but if I win, you have to admit you were wrong, I'm not going back on my word, you up for it?" she offered out her hand for him to shake. The elf sighed and shook her hand. "Fine as a honorable artist i will accept these terms...but we need a judge to keep score between us...admittedly I'm not very good at keeping track."

Mincy found herself nodding in agreement. "Me neither, but I do know where we can get one...I think..."

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Basil's House

{Bold and Brash}

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"Is this really necessary?" STRANGER said with a unamused look.

ROCOCO crossed his arms and huffed. "Oh course it is! you were the only one around who admires true artistry so you are going to be the judge!"

STRANGER ran a hand down his face at how stupid this was. "Oh, of course I'm the judge...it's all I do around here..." he sighed and skimmed over a sheet of paper. "Well since I've got nothing better to do I may as well accept your request, let's see...we are here today...da da da...artistry contest for title of best artist...more mumbo jumbo...eh, whoever wins has bragging rights for all eternity, may the best artist win...there just do it already." he finished with a bored tone and took a bite out of a bagel.

"You ready to lose knife ears?" Mincy taunted, getting herself hyped up for the competition. the elf artist held his paintbrush like a sword, pointing at her in open challenge. "Are you prepared to be humiliated, square glasses?" ROCOCO mocked back, though his response wasn't as good as hers.

"Bring it you Master of the Rings elf wannabe!"

"Enough with the mockery! let us begin!"

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round 1

A sketch of SWEETHEART laying on a bench smoking weed

winner; Mincy

ROCOCO;"SWEETHEART how could you have fallen so far from grace? we were supposed to be together!"

STONERHEART;"Woah man, your so purple...I can taste the color purple too...heh."

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round 2

a painting of Hector the dog

winner ROCOCO

Mincy;"How did you get the dog to hold still?"

ROCOCO;"The same way I kept a RARE BEAR from eating me alive once, belly rubs, lots and lots of belly rubs..."

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round 3

paper mache art of a SPROUT MOLE

winner ROCOCO

SPROUT MOLE;"Excuse me Ma'am, would you care to donate to stop SPROUT MOLE genocide?"

Mincy;"Uhhhhh, no thanks."

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round 4

clay sculpture of The Maverick

winner Mincy

Mincy;"Thanks Mikhael for donating yourself for art."

Mikhael;"Of course, how could I, The Maverick miss out on being a important part of history in the making!"

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round 5

rock sculpture of PLUTO flexing

winner ROCOCO

Mincy"Ah! ow! my hand! I'm a artist not a sculpture!"

ROCOCO;"If only you were multi-talented like me! Hyohehyohehyo!"

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round 6

flower crown making with BASIL

winner ROCOCO

BASIL;"That's a very good flower crown ROCOCO, where did you get those flowers from?"

Basil;"Hey where's my tulips that I planted earlier?"

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round 7

crafting the perfect sandwich

winner KEL

Mincy;"Hey! give me back my art project you little gremlin!"

ROCOCO;"My art...and future lunch, has once again has been stolen from under my very nose!"

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round 8

arm wrestling?

winner Mincy

ROCOCO;"Ow my painting arm...what does this even have to do with art?!"

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round 9

3d art of the big cat structure in the playground

winner Mincy

ROCOCO;"You cheater...you can't use technology to draw!"

Mincy;"Sorry bud, but there's no rules saying I can't use the latest in technology to win, thanks for letting me borrow your laptop Charlie."

Charlene;"...[small happy smile]'

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final round

an accurate representation of the Mona Lisa

Mincy;"Wait...where's the painting?"

ROCOCO;"Hey, is that SPROUT MOLE making of with the painting? something seems pretty shady here."

Mincy;"We can't just let that thing steal the painting, even if it's a fake..."

ROCOCO;"Le gasp! You're right! art belongs in a place for everyone to see! not in some thief's basement...get back here you rapscallion!"

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{}BATTLE START!{}

What will ROCOCO and friend do?

ROCOCO painted a fine portrait of SHADY MOLE

SHADY MOLE became HAPPY

Mincy tossed a pencil at SHADY MOLE

SHADY MOLE took 1 damage

SHADY MOLE cuts ROCOCO

ROCOCO takes 23 damage

Mincy guards

ROCOCO gets paint in SHADY MOLE'S eyes

SHADY MOLE takes 34 damage

SHADY MOLE'S HIT RATE went down

SHADY MOLE the B.E.D.

but the attack had no effect...

A car veers out of nowhere hitting SHADY MOLE!

SHADY MOLE takes 1200 damage! [X]

ROCOCO and his party were victorious?

Drunk driver gained 344 Exp

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ROCOCO and Mincy stood over the beaten SPROUT MOLE thief, uncertain of what just happened and picked up the bag of stolen art. "That should teach him not to steal other people's hard work...nice job." Mincy complimented. ROCOCO smiled and put away his paintbrush. "You weren't bad yourself...for a rookie artist...you held your own against that tasteless scoundrel!" Mincy chuckled a bit, she wasn't really mad after the whole contest they had was actually really fun and showed her new art techniques she never knew she had, and that unexpected fight with that mole creature where they worked together was so thrilling that the whole point of the contest was completely forgotten...Mincy smiled and dusted herself off. "Heh, back at you pretty boy...hey I'm sorry I insulted your art earlier I was just a bit jealous at how good it was compared to mine, it was wrong of me to hurt you like that, I used to be lacking confidence in my art since no one really gave me positive feedback on my art, but two boys showed me that all I needed to do was just be myself."

ROCOCO let out a lighthearted chuckle and rubbed the back of his head"Apology accepted and I wish to apologize myself, a good artist should appreciate the works of others at the equal level as there own and my behavior has been unacceptable." he sat down at a nearby table and placed his head in his hands. "I'm truly sorry for belittling you. I admit I'm not really that good of an artist really, I just wanted some attention and being with you has taught me that important lesson in humility and has inspired me for my latest work!...a commemoration to the grand harmony between human and elf...I promise I won't disappoint you!" he boldly claimed. Mincy whistled at the challenge and leaned in closer. "Sounds daunting, hey you don't mind if we do a collaboration together for this one?"

ROCOCO blinked in surprise but seemed pleased with her offer. "Well I was about to ask if you would like to help me thank you very much...yes, a painting of togetherness done together...it's poetic."

An hour later the two would step back to admire their special art piece they had created together. 'The Alliance of the Arts'

In the end, the sketchbook girl of Faraway town, Mincy had found her very own Dream Friend in the elf artist known as, ROCOCO.

Note; ROCOCO

The newest transfer from Sunny's mind is one I don't recall seeing in any of Rayburn's note. This ROCOCO character says he's an painter of some sort and that he wants to be an aspiring professional artist, asking me to commission him for a demonstration. At first I was skeptical but I decided to humor him by jokingly requesting a clay model of The Thinker statue, showing him pictures of what it looked like for reference. He said it would take him a couple of days since it was something he wasn't used to making and told me to come back in that time to see his masterpiece. And after that time had passed I came to visit and was stunned by how uncannily accurate it was to the real thing right down to the last detail. ROCOCO seemed pretty happy with his art piece and asked if he could go out into the world to do more art...I agreed only because I didn't want Yen getting her hands on this seemingly well meaning man...er...elf of culture, he seemed unhappy when I mistook him for a human and insisted firmly that he was the last of his kind...I hope he finds what he's looking for...I truthfully do...

-Dr. Shwartz T. Wilhelm

Tomorrow is a new day

Good night!

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START RECORDING

{KEL}

0:01 "Hey what's up internet? it's me Ballerdude360 or just KEL and today we're gonna do some...Ay-es-em-ar...which stands for... anono...ano...something I dunno but that's what we're doing today." KEL whispered into a microphone in front of a camera.

0:07 "I heard you're suppose to be real quiet when doing this and it helps people relax so lets do this."

1:17 "First off, we'll start by tapping my balls...the one's I use to hit people, I'll just use this CHICKEN BALL for a start. We found this one at the top of DINO DIG in ORANGE OASIS, it was really hard to catch that CHICKEN but we got em eventually, it even has a beak and feathers just like the real thing."

1:45 "Next I have a GLOBE...it's like a mini earth, comes with all the continents that I can't remember what they're all called like uh, Alaska, South America, Europe and Ohio but that's okay, it makes nice tapping sounds at least."

2:07 "And this...is actually not a ball, this is HERO'S SPATULA, I stole this thing one time and tried to make cookies with it like he does, but it didn't work and I got in trouble for smacking AUBREY with it so I just stick with my stuff."

2:17 "Okay that should do for the balls, I have this can of Orange Joe, it's empty so I won't get in trouble if HERO finds out I have it...he says I become a 'gremlin' when I drink too much."

2:34 "Are you relaxed yet? do you feel sleepy? my friend AUBREY said that I didn't know what quiet means...pfft I'll show her, this ain't so hard..."

3:05 "Alright, we got some Cilantro, from BASIL'S garden I'm just gonna brush it against the mic while labeling off facts if that's cool."

3:09 "Did you know that 100 grams of Cillantro has over 1.77 milligrams in iron, 310 micrograms of vitamin K and 521 milligrams of potassium? it's scientific name is Coriander sativum. but I still don't know if Coriander and Cillantro are the same, makes my head hurt."

"Cilantro...sounds like a superhero name, here comes Cilantro! heheh..."

7:45"Okie dokey, final thing I got is this micro cannon, cause I read the comments from my last prank video on real world Aubrey saying that the video I made the video cannon. I didn't get what it meant so I got this actual cannon from CAPT. SPACEBOY, he's so cool letting me have this, I'm gonna press this button and let you listen to-"

(LOUD EXPLOSION)

(STATIC)

8:03 "KEL?! what did you do!?"

"Oh (cough, cough) hey Hero, my video just became cannon!"

"You mean canon?"

8:11"Yep! that's what I just said!"

"There is a giant hole in the wall!"

"Hey don't shout so loud people are trying to relax."

"Mom and dad are going to kill me when they see this...you are in so much trouble young man!"

"Uh oh, well guys that's all for today's video! like this video and you'll see more stuff in the future, gotta go!"

RECORDING END

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[Aubrey]

Aubrey sighed and rode the pizza delivery scooter down the sidewalk, sitting behind her on the scooter's passenger seat at waist height and wearing a delivery outfit much too big for him was KEL who clung on to her waist with one hand while holding the boxes of fresh warm pizza straight from the oven in the other. they were in the middle of a conversation.

"...We may have just saved a whole city from a crazy princess but we still gotta pay Gino's back for that whole CLAMS thing you pulled the other day." Aubrey retorted. KEL stuck out his lower lip and pouted. "Aw really? can't we just use some of that reward money from beating up SWEETHEART to pay em back?" he complained. Aubrey shook her head. "No KEL, we're doing this honestly, I'm trying to become a better person." KEL tilted his head to the side and gave a perplexed expression. "Huh? whadya mean? I thought you were already a good guy...uh, girl?" The pink haired girl internally facepalmed at the dumb question but kept up her composure. "That's not what I meant ...I mean let me explain, you see KEL, when you treat people and their property with kindness you get some in return. And you and me going out to repay the nice people at Gino's for giving us some delicious pizza by giving other people their own is a way to..."

KEL yawned and went to pick his nose. "Uh huh...okay, are we there yet?" he said impatiently. Her face turned bright red with barely contained fury and gripped the scooter handle a little tighter. "I...(deep sigh) you're a better person Aubrey...you're a better person...just be patient, he's not that smart, it's okay he's a good kid at heart, he'll get it eventually, I hope..." Aubrey was struggling to keep herself from punting the little brat off of the scooter, but fortunately she kept calm. "Why are you talking to yourself?" KEL butted in, interrupting her train of thought. "Giving myself a pep talk...helps me calm down." she replied. KEL gave her an unimpressed face and sighed. "That's not how PEP TALK works! it's supposed to make you happy, watch!"

[KEL attempted to use PEP TALK...]

[KEL became SAD]

Aubrey watched as a blue aura enveloped the small boy and he began to mope."I don't think I meant the SKILL little buddy, good try anyways?" she complimented, unsure of what to do for him. KEL looked up to her and sighed sadly "Oh...okay...thanks I guess..."

pizza...time!

The two eventually reached the first neighborhood and stopped at the curb, Aubrey took out the set of directions they had given her and squinted at the unreadable text in her hand. "Who wrote this? it's just chicken scratch..." she held the sheet of paper up to her face trying to make out the unknown language. "Hey, gimme that I wanna see!" KEL suddenly snatched the paper from Aubrey's hands and studied it for a few seconds, a look of recognition crossing his face. "Hmm...aha! we need to go to the house with the red roof and blue planter outside!" he said and handed it back to Aubrey who was was left speechless. "Wait, you can read that nonsense?" KEL shrugged and scratched the back of his head.

"It's not that hard honestly, you just gotta squint at it just right then it makes sense..." he explained calmly, like he hadn't just deciphered an alien language a few seconds ago. The answer didn't help Aubrey at all, just making her more confused. "How is it you can understand gibberish but you can't even read a menu without help?"

"Well Aubrey, the inner machinations of my big brain are an enigma...even to myself..." he spoke in a cryptic tone, Aubrey couldn't help but imagine his mind being a spilled carton of milk inside his head for some reason. she decided to not think to hard about it and get back to work. "Oh...right dream logic...I get it, let's go before the pizza gets cold..."

"All right! pizza time! I wanna do the delivery!" KEL cheered. Aubrey grabbed the back of his apron before he could run off. "...and don't give them just the empty box either! listen to me...don't. eat. the pizza." she finished, giving him a warning with her bat sitting next to her. KEL frowned and huffed to himself. "hmph, party pooper..." he said under his breath.

"I heard that!"

Gino's Pizza...is the pizza,

for you and me!

Two houses later they had but one pizza left and the final house was just in front of them...one final hurdle of translating instructions with KEL'S help and making the correct delivery both times in a row. Aubrey was feeling good about this... "Hey KEL, since you've been on such good behavior why don't you do the honors of delivering this one?" she smiled and held out the final pizza to him. The young boy gasped and his face lit up with excitement. "Really? wow thanks!" he took the box and strode up to the front door of the home, knocking loudly. Before long a gruff man opened the door and looked down at the kid standing in front of him. "Heya mister! you ordered a Gino's pizza?" he said giddily and thrust the box in front of him.

"Where's the drink?" came the man's rough response.

KEL blinked, his smile curling down slightly in confusion at the unexpected question. "Huh? what do you mean?" he asked. The man rolled his eyes impatiently. "Where's my damn drink? I ordered this an hour ago and you didn't even bother to remember it?!" his voice starting to become more irritated. "I-I don't understand it s-says here-" KEL sputtered and pointed at a clipboard he had with him. But the man suddenly flew into a rage and smacked the clipboard out of his hands. "I can't have my pineapple pizza without my soda! do you know how long you took to get here?"

"I...I...I..."

"What? you roll in from stupid town? Get off of my lawn you dumb kid! idiots like you belong in an kindergarten, worthless..." KEL stood there with a mortified look as the door slammed in his face, when he came back later, Aubrey could see tears streaming down his face as he sat behind the scooter crying to himself. Aubrey gripped her fist tightly and grit her teeth, she picked up the pizza box off the ground he had dropped and stomped over to the man's house knocking as hard as she could until the door opened again."What do you want now? you got my drink?" the man said crossly. Aubrey put on a malicious grin and opened up the pizza box for him to see."I just came to let you know that you can have this pizza is for free!" she yelled angrily and threw the pizza in his face before turning on a heel and leaving, ignoring the guy's screaming and cursing behind her. She sat down beside KEL and brushed his hair gently to get his attention. "Hey KEL, I had a nice talk with the guy and I got good news for you, he took the pizza."

"H-he did?" he sniffled and wiped his eyes.

She chuckled softly and gave him a thumbs up. "Yep, ate it up right then and there! you did a great job today, you wanna get some pizza?" she offered. But to her surprise KEL shook his head and smiled. "Eh, nah I'm good, all this delivering stuff is making me tired to be honest..." he leaned back a took a soda from his back pocket, taking a big sip before throwing it away. Aubrey's eyes widened when she realized he ad the rude man's drink the whole time, meaning she didn't have to toss the pizza in his face to begin with. But instead of being upset, she laughed and ruffled KEL'S hair. "Me too buddy, lets get you back to Hero and his family, I'm sure they'd love to see you."

"What about you? don't you wanna hang out some more?" KEL chuckled and raised his hand for a fist bump, Aubrey grinned and returned it gladly. Her happy expression waned for a moment, she almost forgot about that, AUBREY had told her about how her mother had mistreated her when she first got here, Aubrey herself intended to give that woman a piece of her mind when she got back.

"...I got some business with my own family...it'll be fine I promise..." she muttered the last part to herself, she and her dream self would have to tie up those loose ends fairly soon...

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[MARI]

HERO; "Hey MARI? what's up with the wizard hat?"

MARI; "It's for our Spires and Seekers session tonight! gotta look the part if I'm gonna be a good SM."

HERO; "SM? what's that mean?"

"MARI; "Spire master, it's the person who guides everyone through the story, I've been spending weeks with Hero setting up the narrative."

HERO; "So we got, AUBREY, KEL, OMORI, you and me..."

STRANGER;"Hello..."

MARI; "Ah STRANGER! you're here...wait how long have you been standing there in the dark?"

STRANGER; "Long enough, I apologize for my lateness, Basil and his dream counterpart required my assistance in the garden."

AUBREY; "At night?"

STRANGER; "It was a very long day, neither of us were built for strength like you or the others are."

MARI; "I see...well then since you took my invitation take a seat in the living room and we'll get started."

...

MARI; "Did everyone fill out their character sheets?"

KEL; "Yep! here ya go! I'm gonna be the strongest wizard ever! with laser beams and missiles..."

AUBREY; "You can't do that! there were no missiles or laser beams back then!"

KEL; "Shows what you know AUBREY! you're just jealous your character isn't as cool as mine!"

HERO; "Guys! please don't fight, we haven't even started yet..."

KEL; "STRANGER? this is just a description of yourself, are you sure you don't want to make a character?"

STRANGER; "I see no reason to pretend to be someone I'm not."

MARI; "We...we can work with this, okay everybody are you ready for a fun night of adventure?"

KEL; "Aw yeah! let's go!"

AUBREY; "I'm excited about this! how about you OMORI?"

OMORI; "Mhmm..."

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OUR TALE BEGINS IN A SMALL VILLAGE CALLED NOWHERE LAND, FIVE BRAVE ADVENTURERS SET OUT TO DEFEAT AN EVIL SORCERESS WHO THREATENS TO ENSLAVE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WITH HER VILE MAGICS...THE FATE OF THE WORLD RESTS ON THESE BRAVE SOULS...

AUBREY, THE FEARLESS BARBARIAN WARRIOR OF THE NORTHERN BUNNY FOLK

HERO, THE VALIANT KNIGHT-PALADIN OF A FAR AWAY KINGDOM.

STRANGER...THE MYSTERIOUS FAMILIAR OF AN UNKNOWN REALM...

KEL THE WIZARD...A MASTER WIZARD...UH, OF BASKETBALL? OKAY WE'LL JUST GO WITH THAT...

AND OMORI, THE SHADE, SHADOWY AND SILENT ROUGE WHO IS AS QUIET AS THE NIGHT

THEIR JOURNEY WILL BE LONG AND PERILOUS BUT TOGETHER THEY WILL-

KEL; "Hey! sorry to interrupt this early but I gotta use the bathroom real quick, be right back!"

AUBREY; "Dang it KEL! couldn't you have gone before we started? did you have to chug two gallons of soda beforehand?!"

MARI; "Calm down AUBREY it's alright, no need to get worked up over a game, we just started so we can wait until he gets back and then continue."

HERO; "Okay in that case, I'll go check on the snacks in the kitchen..."

MARI; "You too HERO? that's fine."

MARI; "So I guess that leaves just us, what do you think little brother?"

OMORI; "Hmm..."

MARI; "Cliff faced as usual huh? that's okay, I'm just happy that you're here with us tonight instead of sticking to your room."

(One minute of waiting followed by another spent getting KEL to wash his hands)

HERO; "Okay guys I'm back, the cookies should take a hour or two to bake, so I forgot to ask earlier, how do we play again?"

MARI; "Well first we've already made characters, now we just begin, you can look at your sheets to see what your skills are if you need to."

Our adventure begins in the little town of Nowhere where our brave adventurers are at the local bar, the bar-maiden comes over and asks-

AUBREY; "I punch KEL in the face."

HERO; "AUBREY..."

MARI; "Very well, roll for initiative."

AUBREY "A 20..."

MARI; "AUBREY socks KEL in the face for no reason and sends him flying through a wall."

KEL; "What?! no fair! well then I hit her back with one of my magic missiles!"

HERO; "Roll the dice bro..."

KEL; "I got a 3...huh?"

MARI; "KEL'S magic missile attack misses completely and blows a hole in the wall, the owner is furious and demands payment.

HERO;"I offer to pay the man the appropriate amount of money to fix his tavern."

MARI; "Roll the dice HERO."

HERO; "Wait, I have to roll the dice to pay for the damages?"

MARI; "According to the playbook, that's the rules...your luck determines how well it will go."

HERO; "Uh...a 8?"

MARI; "HERO pays the owner of the bar for the damages but at the cost of all the money you had saved up, without money the adventurers set out west to seek treasure and fortune elsewhere...eventually they come across a warband of orcs escorting a wagon full of treasures but also have several hostages with them as well, what will everyone do?"

KEL; "Shoot a magic missile at them!"

AUBREY; "For once I agree with you, let's fight them!"

HERO; "Why can't we just try and negotiate with the orcs and see if we can talk it out for once?"

STRANGER; "Roll the dice."

"1...aw nuts."

MARI; "The missile plinks off of the lead orc's armor and makes them angry, they charge!"

HERO; "I-I uh, er...charm them with my good looks?"

"4..."

HERO; "Just my luck, of course...why would I have thought it would work differently this time?"

MARI; The orcs become even more enraged and set their sights on HERO...

STRANGER; "I unleash the shadows to protect my allies!"

"17..."

MARI; "STRANGER casts a shadow ward around the party and blocks the assault but it cannot hold for long what will you do before the ward breaks?"

MARI; "OMORI? you want to tell me something?"

OMORI; (Whispers something into MARI'S ear)

MARI; "Uh, I'm not sure that's allowed...but okay, just roll the dice little brother and see what you get."

"20..."

MARI; "OMORI...slashes through the orcs and utterly and completely decimates them...okay...so, there's a bunch of treasure and the hostages are free, what will you do now?"

KEL; "Magic miss-"

OMORI; "No..."

KEL; "Er...we, take the loot and move on...then I magic missile them."

AUBREY; "NO."

The session goes on through the night with brave adventurers travel through swamps brimming with bandits, to mountain caves filled with ravenous spiders and a haunted castle with a dark curse, The adventurers cleared each encounter with ease and claimed treasures to be shared with all. With KEL the wizard using magic missile every time they came across even the smallest threat and HERO never being able to do anything because of poor rolls, OMORI always seemed to get perfect twenties every turn but whenever something was amiss, no one paid much attention to it for the sake of the game. But soon it came time to bring the game to a temporary close...

MARI; "Oh my goodness! look at the time! it's past midnight! we should really get some sleep for tomorrow!"

KEL; "Can we keep going just a little longer?"

AUBREY; " Please? I was just about to get my barbarian a new skill too!"

MARI; "Sorry guys, but we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow...don't want to miss out on the fourth of July celebrations would you?

HERO; "MARI'S right we should all go to bed for the big day."

AUBREY; "Okay MARI good night, come on KEL, let's go home."

MARI; "Well that was super fun wasn't it? I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did."

HERO; "Heh, Even though I never got lucky enough to do anything other than distract.

MARI; "Well I thought you made a pretty good distraction, who could resist such a handsome knight in shining armor?"

HERO; {Blushes deeply} "M-MARI!"

MARI;"Haha! I'm joking! I'm joking! well, how did you like it STRANGER? OMORI?"

OMORI; (Thumbs up)

STRANGER; "A fulfilling experience...when will we have another one of these 'D and D' sessions?"

MARI; "Maybe next week same time?"

HERO; "Wait a minute, past midnight?! MY COOKIES!"

MARI; "Uh oh...er you can head on back, HERO and I have to check on the kitchen real quick before it burns down, see you tomorrow!"

Tomorrow is another day...

Good Night

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Aubrey awoke from a nap to the sounds of loud persistent knocking at her door.

Kel again...

With a tired groan, Aubrey slumped out of bed and sluggishly climbed down her room's ladder into the hallway, wading through the piles of garbage and finally getting to the front door where the knocking was coming from. The noises had stopped as soon as she touched the door knob.

"Knock knock!~" a singsong voice called out from the other side.

Aubrey groaned, there wasn't a doubt in her mind that it wasn't Kel.

If she had to guess, this was probably Kel pulling a prank at her door again, except he hadn't done that since they were kids, years since the last time. Aubrey rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and checked the clock on the kitchen wall, it was slightly past ten in the afternoon. While it was tempting to just head back to her room, his persistent knocking meant she'd have to eventually open the door and tell him to buzz off, usually involving several choice words and occasionally a fist, but a gut feeling told her that today she'd play along just to see what would happen.

Who's there?" Aubrey replied in the most interested voice she could muster from her meager supply of patience.

"Wanna..."

A single word from his mouth was enough to drain all the tolerance Aubrey had left... "Wanna...who?" she hissed.

When no one answered, she rolled her eyes and tightly gripped the door handle. "I swear to God Kel, if this is another one of your dumbass antics, I'm gonna 'knock knock' you in the-"

Aubrey swung open the front door about to give the athletic boy a piece of her fist. She swung as hard as she could and her fist connected with a colored checker patterned wall blocking the front of her home, she leapt back and waved her smarting hand. Suddenly the wall leaned over to reveal a shaggy purple mane hiding a goofy, but well chiseled face that stared down at her from the top of it...

The wall in question being Kel's dream self. But what shocked her at a loss for words was that the kid was absurdly ripped...Like he had just bench pressed an entire gym for a month nonstop. All Aubrey could manage was to mouth a 'holy shit' at the giant twelve year old's well toned bod that would make any dedicated bodybuilder weep.

KEL was extremely buff for some reason she couldn't understand. The dream boy's entire muscular mass blotted out the sun behind him a cast her home in his oversized shadow.

"Hi Auby! Wanna come out and play today?~" KEL waved down at her in a friendly manner, unfazed and oblivious to her attack on his leg.

Aubrey let the image of the enormous muscle bound KEL settle in her mind, was she going crazy? No. There was no way that this kid she'd met just yesterday with his friends was able to do become like this in such a short span of time. But then she was obviously dreaming...That was the only explanation for...whatever this was. There was no other possible way to explain why this oversized lunk version of her best friend's dream self the way he was now.

But, she's had weirder dreams before and what's the harm in a having a little fun while it lasted? She was gonna wake up from this fever trip soon anyways...

('Just play along Aubrey, just play along...') she thought to herself.

"Hey KEL...uh, what's up?" Aubrey causally asked the giant, she leaned back to get a look over KEL'S abnormally enlarged chest. KEL leaned on the side of her house, earning a pained creak from it as he smirked down at her. "Just stopping by to see how you're doing."

Aubrey crossed her arms. "I'm fine, thanks for stopping by, I guess."

"...And we kinda do need your help so..." KEL added, his voice trailed off and he awkwardly glanced in the direction of Basil's house just down the road.

"Really? you need me? how bad is this that you can't do it yourself or ask for someone else?"

"Um...yeah about that..."

The pink haired girl sighed in annoyance and pinched the bridge of her nose. But seeing his innocent sad puppy dog eyes made her reconsider slamming the door in his face, not he could just rip the door off if she did...or her entire roof. She shrugged. "Okay I'll bite. What's the issue this time?" she said, trying to sound as enthusiastic as she could.

"That no good SWEETHEART stole BASIL'S garden! Just up right took it right from under our noses."

The pink haired girl raised an eyebrow. "She took the whole thing... the dirt, grass, flowers...all of it?"

KEL nodded again to confirm, his barreling pecs obscuring most of his face. "All of it, so you wanna help us kick her butt?"

Aubrey looked at the inside of her house, the smell of trash and filthy state of it made the outside look far more inviting right now.

Aubrey stepped outside her home and climbed up onto KEL'S shoulder. "Eh, screw it, I've got nothing going on right now anyways."

An extremely buff BASIL sat glumly in the small crater where his pride and joy once sat. He cradled a comically small ruined flower crown in his massive hands and sniffled. Tears began streaming down a well toned face at such a rate that he would be turning the crater into a small pond in a matter of hours. Sitting pretty atop a pile of hearts and love letters was SWEETHEART herself. The cruel doughnut duchess laughed at the flower boy's misery. Meanwhile a very ripped AUBREY and HERO were fighting off an army of SWEETHEART'S loyal SPROUT MOLES, AUBREY'S mighty blows devastated swaths of the attackers at a time while HERO flexed and kissed his bicep, causing a group of moles to explode.

But they kept coming in droves and would soon over power the absurdly masculine dream kids.

SWEETHEART grinned sadistically at BASIL. "OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO~! Now that your garden is gone forever, you'll never plant so much as anything anything ever again you sniveling green haired miscreant!" she chortled wickedly which only made the flower boy cry even harder. The doughnut duchess's glee was cut short by a low rumbling behind her. She turned around and spotted a massive brawny shape on the horizon barreling towards her. She had to squint to see what was see what was coming was not what she thought was a mountain.

"Not so fast, SWEETFART!" KEL (Expanded) shouted and leapt on the scene, landing with a thunderous impact. He puffed his chest out heroically and he posed at the doughnut duchess. "Give BASIL back his garden you meanie!"

SWEETHEART swiveled around and snarled. "Ugh, it's you again, you filthy neanderthal! I'll never return this garden, not after I almost died trying to traverse that atrocious safety hazard of a botanical space."

"Almost died?!" BASIL (Expanded) sputtered out in exasperation through his sniffles and sobs. "Y-You slipped on a water puddle and s-scrapped your k-knee!" SWEETHEART gave him a mean glare which made the muscle bound flower boy shrink back in fear.

"SILENCE YOU! I will not go back on my word! His pitiful excuse of a arboretum is now forfeited to me! Because I, the magnanimous and glamorous SWEETHEART, have decreed it so! I will not be told what I can and cannot do by a bunch of lumbering dimwitted uncivilized ogres!" She scoffed indigently and flipped her scepter at him. "Begone from my sight!"

"Not if we beat you up first!" AUBREY (Expanded) yelled, appearing from behind KEL as she readied her weapon as did the others now joined by muscular BASIL and the unsurprisingly just as buff HERO (Expanded).

Aubrey had stood awkwardly to the side the entire time, standing among these massive muscle bound titans, flexing and posing dramatically at SWEETHEART, she looked and felt so incredibly out of place amongst these pillars that she resisted the urge to laugh out loud. As ridiculous as it was, Aubrey was actually enjoying playing along in this dream scenario.

She cracked her knuckles and pointed her bat at SWEETHEART. "Alright gang...let's rumble."

...

{B}{A}{T}{T}{L}{E}{!}{B}{A}{T}{T}{L}{E}

[]BATTLE START[]

what will KEL and friends do?"

SWEETHEART boasted about her many talents...

Everyone attacked rapidly

SWEETHEART took 99999 damage[X]

KEL and friends were victorious!

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...

SWEETHEART, or what was left of her was nothing more than a pink and red jelly doughnut stain on the grass where KEL had mushed her into strawberry scented paste on the spot.

the friends danced around in celebration of their hard fought victory over SWEETHEART, despite how they had just outright obliterated her with trivial ease. Aubrey smiled as the dream friends lifted her up in their muscular arms to cheer for her. While she was initially suspicious of these pastel copies the first time meeting them, after hanging out with the group for a day-being genuinely surprised their version of Basil's maturity on her confession about her relationship with her own Basil-she no longer had a real reason to think they were so bad, after all weren't they just kid versions of them. Pure and innocent?

All suddenly stopped celebrating and looked at her. The pink haired girl looked down and gave them a confused look.

"So Aubrey..." her dream self started. "I think it's time to wake up now."

The pink haired blinked. "Wha?-"

"It's almost time to go."

Then they dropped her to the ground and-

A sudden loud thud made the group turn around to look at Aubrey who was laying face down on the floor.

The pink haired girl let out a muffled groan sat up, rubbing her aching nose. She groggily glanced over to the side of the couch, she must have dozed off fell off. Next to her was a comic book depicting several muscular men on bizarre adventure, likely the cause of her just as strange fever dream. BASIL knelt down and extended his hand to her shoulder. "Aubrey are you alright?" he asked.

She nodded and he helped her up into a kneeling position. Today, she and the Dream Friends were having a play date at the Rodriguez household. Basil had gone back to his house to ask Polly for a ride and the brothers were both out getting the costumes to get into the grand ball. Aubrey had stayed back in the living room to watch the others while the everyone else was getting prepared to go to Nearbye City. Strange rumors had emerged of SWEETHEART-that according to HERO was their SWEETHEART and not the fictional one from the books-had appeared in the real world, having taken over the city and sent invitations to everyone in Faraway town. But right now, the dream friends were playing pretend with Sally while they waited for Hero to return.

BASIL had been looking through his album before she had fallen over while AUBREY was carefully setting up a castle of cards and had already made a large structure. Meanwhile HERO and MARI (she still found it hard to believe she was back somewhat.) were both in the kitchen helping Mrs. Rodriguez pack snacks for the road trip. Meanwhile, KEL was making goofy faces and airplane sounds with effects and all the while, Sally watched him with delight.

"Then HECTOR comes in to save the day!" KEL exclaimed and brought out a rock from his pocket swishing it around in the air making airplane noises while Sally laughed louder.

"Neerrrooooooooooo, fighter pilot! Ooo do do do do do, bwa bwa bow! Divebomb!" KEL yelled and jumped up over the couch with a large leap, running around the room swishing his pet rock through the air, making lap after lap around the couch. He pointed HECTOR towards a Sweetheart action figure standing atop a pile of blocks and pulled his arm back.

"HERE COMES THE GIANT FIST!"

He charged straight at it and was about to deliver a punch to the figurine's face. Unfortunately he accidentally swung his elbow too close to the card castle that AUBREY was working on, the gust of wind knocked it over. The young girl gasped and turned to give KEL a furious glare.

"Hehe, whoops...sorry AUBREY." he said sheepishly, putting his pet rock behind his back.

Sally laughed even harder at the sight of the young girl's face turning bright red and fell on her back. Aubrey herself found herself holding a chuckle. Her younger self was not amused.

"KEL! that was my card castle!" she whined and stamped her foot on the ground. "Why do you have to be such a clumsy oaf and break everything you touch!?"

"Well build your dumb card castle farther away from my stunt park next time, or don't make it out of cards."

AUBREY'S whole body turned a dark blue and she began to sniffle and ran off towards the kitchen. "HERO! MARI! KEL'S being mean to me again!" she cried out.

"H-hey! no need for that! I said I'm sorry okay?!"

Aubrey watched the two rush into the kitchen and leaned over to the baby having a laughing fit on the ground. "Hey kiddo, how are you doing today?" She overheard the muffled sounds of arguing echoing from the kitchen and HERO making his brother apologize. "Mini Kel keeping you happy?"

Sally cooed happily in response and placed her tiny hands on Aubrey face, squishing her cheeks. she smirked. "Heh, I'm glad you're doing okay Sally...Hey don't tell anyone I said this but, I'm glad you got such good big brothers to take care of you, even if it's a big dweeby dumb dork like Kel and a nerd like Hero." she smiled to herself as she picked the baby off of the floor and set her down on the couch. Sally let the pacifier drop from her mouth as she opened her mouth.

"A...Au...Aunt Auby..."

Aubrey's eyes widened a bit and she made a bemused snorting noise from her nose. She chuckled softly leaned over to give the infant a small hug. "I love you too little Sal."

A car horn from outside the house snapped the pink haired girl back to the present. Kel burst through the front door wearing the most ridiculous Sweetheart cosplay she had ever seen judging from how his thick hairy legs and arms bulged out of the tiny costumes sleeves and stockings. "Hey yo Aubrey! you ready to get your lazy butt off our couch and get going! Or are we gonna leave you here to babysit?" Kel called over and ran back outside to the car.

Aubrey left out the front door to join the others for today's adventure. She looked at Sally and smiled. 'I hope that kid gets to have a bright future.'

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{KEL}

0:01 "Hey what's up internet? it's me again Ballerdude360, back again with some more...Ay-es-em-ar...which stands for...uh, I still don't know what it means, but it's the relaxing stuff from last time."

0:05 "My last video blew up, literally, So I'm doing it again for you guys."

1:11 "First off, we'll start by tapping my balls-"

{Aubrey}

1:12 "KEL, what the hell are you doing under my bed?"

1:15 "Hey Aubrey, I'm doing As-mur."

1:17 "The fu- why are you doing drugs under my bed?!"

1:18 "It's not drugs. You tap things and be real quiet, it gives people the 'tingles'."

1:20 "Oh, you mean ASMR?"

1:21 "Yup."

1:25 "...(*sigh*), move over."

1:26 "Whoa, you wanna join me? Like for real?"

1:27 "Why not? Got nothing better to do. This is your setup?"

1:29 "My old stuff got blasted in my last video, it took a while of saving up from lemonade sales to get this stuff."

1:31 "That's a lot of lemonade."

1:34 "Well okay, let's start, what do you want to do first?"

1:36 "I mean, I've never done one of these, but I think I'll try tapping on the mic."

1:43 "That's fine..."

1:45 "How's this?"

1:47 "Not bad, keep doing that, we gotta whisper too while we're at it."

2:07 "All right, let's try...uh, this DYNAMITE."

2:08 "HOLY SHI- sorry too loud, I...I mean, holy shit KEL, why do you have that?"

2:09 "Relax, I'm not lighting it, just going to tap it for a minute or two..."

2:15 "Are these noises relaxing?"

2:17 "Hmmph, kind of?"

3:17 "Okay, that should do for the DYNAMITE, I have another can of Orange Joe, also empty like last time, gonna hand it to you."

3:18 "What do I do with this?"

3:19 "Give it a little love tap~"

3:20 "Don't say it like that. But I get it, let me try it like this..."

3:47 "Er, are any of you relaxed yet? do you...are you feeling sleepy or tired? Is this even working?"

3:49 "Talk about some stuff while you do this, anything you want to say, just tell em."

3:50 "So, me and Kim went to visit this other town last week..."

{A conversation later}

4:37 "You know, this isn't actually so bad...I'm feeling pretty relaxed."

4:39 "See? this can be fun."

4:40 "Yeah, but I can't just stay here all day, I gotta get up and..."

(BANG)

(BANG BANG)

4:50 "Um, Aubs, you good?"

4:53 "Urf, I'm stuck..."

4:54 "What?"

4:55 "I'm stuck under the damn bed!"

4:57 "Okay, take it easy, relax, we can maybe work it out..."

4:58 "Relax? Basil and Polly said they'd be back in five minutes, and I told them I was going to water his plants while he was gone! I can't let them see me like this!"

4:59 "You probably still have time...what time is it anyways?"

{Basil}

5:00 "Guys! me and Polly are home!"

5:02 "Crap."

5:03 "Hey Aubrey, did you get around to watering my...plants..."

5:04 "...Why are there feet coming under the bed?"

5:05 "(*muffled groan*)

5:06 "Aubrey? is that you? Why did you wedge yourself under there? Here, let me help you out."

5:07 "KEL, I'm going to throw you out the window."

5:10 "Well guys, that's all for today's video! like and subscribe and you'll see more in the future-

5:17 "Woah woah hey hey! put me down! It's not my fault you got your butt stuck, maybe try and lose a few-"

(WIND BLOWING)

(CRASH)

(THUD)

5:25 "Ouch...I'm okay."

RECORDING END