- 7 HOURS LEFT -
"Is it a museum, or a cathedral?" Pickle blurts out.
"It can be of both worlds, Follower." Lorde answers.
They slowly but surely enter the premises.
Somehow, the door wasn't locked. The place is dim; the windows seem to have been shut.
The angels' eyes light up like headlights.
"Woah..." Iggy says.
Many relics of ancient artifacts lie behind glass boxes.
But then, tiny footsteps.
Having heard it, Iggy puts his guard up.
"Who's there?"
Nothing.
Unbeknownst to them, a diamond dome starts forming around the perimeter.
"Pickle, keep your guard up, I'll probably need your powers."
"On it! I'll begin searching for weapons." Pickle replies.
They keep walking inside the dim museum.
"The ancient being should be here somewhere..." Louie says, wandering around the museum.
"AAAH- THERE IT IS!" Louie screams out, cuddling Iggy in sheer fright.
Everyone looks down.
A smiling triangle looks at them in contempt.
"Tridot!" The triangle says.
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes dilate except that of Iggy.
They begin panicking slowly, desperately trying to run away from the triangle. Confused by the panic, Iggy begins to ask questions.
"Whaaat aareee youuu runnniingg foorrr~"
EXPLOSION.
The explosion bloodily blows away Iggy, his skin pierced by sharp diamonds, his blood gushing from his nose and mouth.
"Iggy!" Louie says frantically aiming to catch him, landing perfectly in Louie's hands.
A diamond appears on Louie's head.
Partly conscious, Iggy coughs out blood.
"What... Was that?" A weakened Iggy asks.
Louie looks directly at the triangular being.
"The ancient being I've been talking about..." Louie says.
"A tridot!"
Louie's mouth begins to blabber about.
"Tridots are diamonds that originated from the land of..."
Blue smoke comes out of Iggy's mouth.
"Psst, Iggy! If you have water bottles in there, make it touch the smoke." Pickle commands him.
Still in pain, Iggy complies, his hand wandering around the bag. He picks up the water bottle as Louie keeps on talking.
"...Tridots, and TriGONS, if put together can be an unimaginable duo..."
The two angels listen attentively, sitting down and making a campfire beside him.
Iggy raises the bottle, touching the blue smoke...
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The color of the water turns an enchanted scarlet color.
"A Tridot's movesets vary from one being to another..."
Iggy, woundless and recovered, drinks the rest of the scarlet water as he roasts marshmallows near the campfire. Lorde and Royal don't take notice, and Louie doesn't sense the absence of Iggy on his hands.
"...Tridot tackle takes away 3 HP from the opponent and gains one stack of collected miscellany..."
Lorde and Royal look at a very healthy Iggy.
"AHH! YOU'RE CURED!"
"A health potion! Almost every story has one!" Pickle replies.
"...Once six stacks of miscellany are gained, A Tridot can unleash its elemental burst that calls on the power of diamonds..."
Iggy is eating his roasted marshmallow.
"So, he's explaining the movesets?"
"Yes, in full detail. His last fight with it is probably humiliating that he memorized the Tridot's lore in full detail just for this moment..." Royal says.
"...When a tridot is attacking, bringing a sub-DPS and support character with you is recommended. In any case, do not bring Amber the outrider as she's a horrible character, what are you, stupid?..."
"He even memorized the meta..." Lorde says.
"Meta?" Iggy and Pickle ask.
"If there's one thing Louie didn't explain yet, it's that some Tridots are turn-based. The only way you can pass is by defeating them." Lorde answers.
"So that explains the diamond cage around us..." Iggy exclaims.
"That also explains why the tridot isn't attacking." Royal added. "That diamond above Louie's head is a mark that it's his turn."
Iggy looks at Louie's head.
"Ohh." Iggy realizes.
"So use your moves wisely against that thing. This living diamond can deal fatal damage to your entire team."
Louie is FINALLY finished explaining, looking at his empty hands.
"Uh, Iggy?" He looks around.
He then looks at the angels who were also roasting marshmallows.
"Did you guys know where Iggy went~ AHH! YOU'RE CURED!" Louie screams out at Iggy.
"Health Potion." Pickle exclaims.
"So, it's diamond and it's turn-based, right?" Iggy says, standing up.
He looks at an ancient shell and begins cracking his knuckles.
"We'll try beating this guy in 5 moves."
"Why are you so confident..." Louie asks.
"I play board games for the plot!" Iggy answers.
"Pickle, search the Two Piece catalog for a reject dial."
"On it!" Pickle replies.
"Lorde, stay put in case I need your flight."
"Alright." Lorde answers.
"And Royal, I'm putting you in front, so brace for impact."
"Got it!" Royal says, stepping forward.
MOVE 1
"Okay, Louie! Your first move: Tackle that glass casing and loot it!"
Iggy points at the shell.
"What???" Louie replies.
"JUST DO IT!" Pickle screams out.
"Alright, alright!" Louie complies.
He tackles the glass box head-on and picks up the shell.
"Now what?" Louie screams from the distance.
MOVE 2
The diamond in Louie's head transfers to that of Lorde's.
"So it's Lorde's turn, not mine..." Iggy says in his head. "Lorde! Use fly and Item swap with Louie!"
Without a word, Lorde flies to Louie and swaps items with him. however, she has no items to hold, so it's a one-way trade.
Lorde returns to her position.
MOVE 3
The diamond moves to Iggy's head.
"It's our turn, Pickle." He says. "I'll item swap with Lorde!"
Lorde tosses Iggy the ancient shell.
"Now it's time to use our move! ANCIENT SHELL, TRANSFORM!" Iggy says, raising the shell up high. Blue smoke comes out of Iggy's mouth and touches the shell...
...And it turns red as it begins clicking twice. A burst of energy comes out of it.
Lorde, Louie, and Royal look at the shell in awe...
"So that's the power of The Follower..." Royal remarks.
"It's calling on the power of famous stories..." Lorde added.
MOVE 4
The diamond moves to Royal's head.
"Royal, item swap with me and use taunt at the little guy!" Iggy says as he tosses the shell to Royal.
Royal catches it and whistles at the tridot, capturing its attention.
...
"Fakyuuu!" He says at the tridot, his two middle fingers held high.
Iggy, Louie, and Lorde look at him with an expressionless face.
"That's... new." Louie says as he points at Royal.
And so, the tridot focuses its full attention on Royal.
"That dial returns ten times the impact it receives when you click on it. So when it attacks you, make sure you absorb it with that shell!" Iggy says.
Royal prepares his stance, the ancient shell right in front of him.
ENEMY'S TURN
The diamond on Royal's head disappears.
"Tridot..." The tridot says. It prepares its stance, its right foot taking a step backward.
"He's gonna use Sonic headbutt..." Lorde realizes. "All that blunt force converging together at the tip... It's going to pierce through Royal!"
"Trust The Industry, Lorde!" Royal says with firm dedication in his action.
The tridot lunges towards Royal...
But Royal refuses to flinch.
Strike.
Royal is blown backward. The shell had just absorbed most of the impact.
"So, how is it going?" Pickle asks.
"Right on track, Pickle." Iggy smirks.
TURN 2, MOVE 5
The diamond is back on Louie's head.
"Louie! Item swap with Royal! Don't click the tip!"
Royal tosses the shell back to Louie.
"Owp, owp, owp~ Got it!" Louie says.
"I've explained what it does, Louie. You now know what you gotta do!" Iggy commands him.
"Right!"
He begins walking towards the smiling tridot...
"Tridot?"
...And forces the bottom shell on the Tridot's body.
"I've been beaten by you thrice already, but here we are, somehow in the winning..." Louie says.
"...Any last words?"
"...Tridot."
"Yes, I know. I'm hot, right!?" Louie replies in a narcissistic tone. "Wait, are you sure that's your last words?"
"Tridot!"
Louie smiles back at the tridot.
"Rad."
TENFOLD DECIMATION.
- 6 HOURS AND 27 MINUTES LEFT -