Jia Precinct - 21/02 9:37 am 51 EE

Century flung upwards as a tendril wrapped around her waist and spun her around violently before slamming her onto the ground. She spat out blood but quickly wiped her mouth and stood up.

"Barely... even a scratch..."

Century raised her fists as her bruised eye twitched.

Werren stood on the opposite side of the backyard as he straightened his tie.

"Oh really? Then I hope you won't mind if I DOUBLE THE EFFORT! LEVIATHAN!"

Werren called out his attack before throwing his fist forward as a monstrous tendril burst from the ground and slithered to Century.

With quick thinking, Century used her glove to set off an explosion to shoot her upwards. The tendril didn't let up however and darted upwards. Century looked shocked at the sheer speed of such a large object before it managed to slither above her as she began to fall back toward the ground.

Time slowed as Werren, with a smug grin, shouted his finishing move.

"METEOR STRIKE!"

The tendril dived down on Century and made her hit the ground with impact so great a small crater formed beneath her.

"I am so cool."

Werren then walked back inside leaving Century crippled on the ground.

Century lay on the floor her body weak and her mind filled with white noise. The only sound to break through the white noise was the pestilent laugh of Petra. Tears rolled down Petra's face.

"THAT WAS THE BEST YOU HAD?! BWAHAHAHAHA!"

Rina wandered over to Century and looked down at her with a soft smile. Rina was wearing a large top hat to shield her face from the sun.

"Mrs... top hat..."

Century was barely conscious. Rina picked her up and bit her neck. The light soon returned to Century's eyes as she was as good as new.

"Phew."

Century then looked up at Rina and noticed just how tall the top hat was. Century looked straight up to see the top.

"That's... a long hat, Rina."

"Nuhrnn."

Rina seemed proud of her tall hat.

Century wandered to the side and sat down. Petra rolled over to her.

"That was sad."

Century grabbed Petra's head and blew it up with her glove. To Century's displeasure, Petra's head regenerated right back.

"I just don't understand! I fought him four times today and I can't even get close to him! Every time I'm about to get him he has a new move up his sleeve."

Century pouted and picked up a wandering beetle.

"New move? What are you talking about, I've seen him use the same move on four different occasions.

"Were you even watching? In our first fight, he used some move named Impale and slammed me to the ground. In our second fight, he used a move named Yogurt and slammed me to the ground. In our third, it was something like... whack-a-mole and slammed me to the ground! And in our fight just then he used LEVIATHAN AND SLAMMED ME TO THE GROUND!"

Century threw the beetle into the vast expanse of the backyard.

"How does he have so many moves!?"

Petra and Rina turned to each other.

"Did you try coming up with new moves yourself?"

Century fiddled with her hair, looking off to the side, before perking her head up.

"I could come up with new moves myself!"

Century shot up.

"I'm a genius!"

Century ran off.

"I was the one that came up with that idea?!"

Petra looked perplexed.

10:19 am

Century paced back and forth in front of the television, her hand to her chin as Yuro sat on the couch in his baby body blankly staring at the screen, drool falling down his face.

"Okay okay! So let's lay out my current abilities... I can make explosions, I can make silver objects, I can turn my hand into diamond and I can float upwards with helium."

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Century scrunched her face, using her whole brain to think of cool moves.

"If we go along the same lines as Werren... leviathan means big and whack-a-mole is a game... GRRR WHAT COULD THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE NAMES BE!"

Century tore her hair out as it regrew instantly.

"No, calm down Century you can think about this. First move was named Impale, so that's an action. Second move was named Yogurt which is a food. Third is an arcade game and last is another word for big thing. Based on those naming conventions my explosion move should be called... Tear Through! That's a cool-sounding name. Yuro write that one down."

Century began to get giddy as her names were beginning to come together.

"Okay for my silver move, it should be called... Cutlery! That makes sense. Yes, it does Century, it's a fantastic name! For my diamond move, it can be... Pure Punch! OH MY GOD! I am so cool."

Century jumped up and down with excitement.

"And for the helium move... Rise. It's perfect..."

Century began to cry.

Yuro just sat on the couch before going wide-eyed and making a loud 'Wah!'

Century's eyes widened and her heart shattered.

"Oh no. SHIT YOU'RE SO RIGHT YURO!"

Century fell to the floor clawing at her face.

"THOSE DON'T SOUND LIKE THE COOL MOVES OF AN EVIL VILLAIN! We need to restart and come up with a more evil-sounding name PRONTO!"

1:51 pm

Rina walked into the room holding Petra as they saw Century bashing her head into the wall, blood seeping down and onto the carpet.

"Yeesh... She looks awful."

Petra looked away, repulsed by the sight.

Rina and Petra go closer. Rina puts her hand on Century's shoulder.

"Berhm?"

Century turns to Rina with a blank expression.

"I can't come up with a singular name for my moves..."

Century fell to her knees.

"I'll never defeat Werren at this point. How can I become a villain if my moves aren't even cool..."

Century looked at her trembling hands.

"I'm an utter failure!"

Century begins to sob.

Rina puts Petra on the couch beside Yuro and grabs Century by the shoulders. Rina looks into Centuy's eyes with determination.

"Nirp! Wirhm edert murh!"

Rina's eyes began to glow a warm red as Century reached her arm out. A blinding light consumed the world behind Rina as wings sprouted from her back. Rina clutched Century's hand. Century's will came back. She stood to her feet and looked at Rina.

"Rina... I understand. You're right. My dreams can't so easily be cast aside. I've gotten this far so I can't stop yet."

Century clenched her fist.

"I'll show Werren THE COOLEST MOVE EVER!"

Century bolted out of the door.

Rina smiled and looked proud.

"Gruhn urp s farhm..."

Petra rolled her eyes as a rat scurried onto the couch.

"I thought I heard someone call my name before?"

Yuro asked in the body of a rat.

"Nope, just hearing things old man."

Petra dismissed him as she watched the television.

"Oh well. Make sure no one touches my baby's body. The rat queen in our basement is having peace talks with the corvids that have been circling our house so I have to go mediate the talk. Be back later."

Yuro scurried away.

Across town, Century sprinted towards the bar. She smashed through the door as everyone inside looked bewildered. Werren turned around to see Century squat down and turn her glove to diamond.

"WERREN! TAKE THIS! PURE PUNCH OF VOLCANIC MONSTROSITY ULTRA!"

Century pushed off the ground and charged her punched. She brought it down on Werren as the impact created a gust of wind strong enough to tear the bar apart. The walls snapped as the tables and chairs were thrown out of the bar.

"EXTREME OVERDRIVE!"

Century gave it one final push as she ignited an explosion at the same time, the pressure blowing the whole bar into pieces.

In the aftermath, Werren stood beside Century.

"Nice punch."

Century spun around.

"Wait what?! How did you get beside me, that punch should have blown you to pieces!"

"Oh no that was a conveniently placed cardboard cutout of me I put there. You didn't realize it but you ran past the bar like... 10 times before coming in. I kinda saw this coming."

Century fell to her knees.

"so my pure punch of volcanic monstrosity ultra extreme overdrive was... all for nothing?"

"Huh? Was that the name of your move?! That's such a cool-sounding name! Most of the names for my moves are just things I think of at the moment."

Werren puts his hand to his chin.

"That means I never remember the names I come up with so I usually just use the same move but say a different name."

Century's expression fell dark as she stood up.

"What...?"

Werren thought long and hard for a minute.

"Yeah, I should come up with new moves. Most of the time I just use the same move. Like this morning, I used the same move four times but I could never remember the name I gave it... Now that I think about it I don't even remember what the move was."

Century's world crashed around her.

"Werren."

Century looked up with pure hatred bleeding from her eyes.

"I'm going to kill you."

"Well, I'd happily die by the punch of ultra overdrive! That is one cool name..."

Werren looked impressed.

"It's Pure Punch of Volcanic Monstrosity Ultra Extreme Overdrive idiot! And you're not allowed to call it cool, you're my enemy!"

Century stomped her food.

"Okay, that name sucks then."

"Don't insult my cool name! What the hell is your problem!"

"Okay, the name is cool then."

"STOP SAYING THAT! YOU'RE MY ENEMY! YOU CAN'T FIND MY MOVE COOL!"

Werren and Century went back and forth for a long time...