Kropsling66's Comment
As Stampede charges at you, you jump in the air and land on his back.
"Hay! Get off me!" Stampede shouts as he tries to kick you off.
You have one hoof hanging on his jacket with the other hoof in the air.
"Yeahaaw!!!" you shout.
You hang on for some time until you decide it's time to tip this bull. With enough force from the Power Glove,
"Would you kindly fall down?!"
Stampede losses his footing and lands on the ground and, in a quick reaction, you grab some rope from the safe house debris and tie his hoofs up. You then step back to see your work. All four of his hoofs are tied up.
"Oh Come On!" shouts Stampede in embarrassment while the other bulls chuckle.
"Now that is how you take down a bull," you say as you hear Selena's voice ask,
Wow Bugze when and where did you learn to do that?
You chuckle nervously as you think,
I have no clue, it just felt really natural to me. Like it's something I've always known how to do. Must be my earth pony blood or something like that. Anyway, now that the hotshot is taken care of, lets take care of the rest of them.
Your eyes glow orange slightly at that last statement as you turn towards the bulls and you...
Kersey's Comment
Point the Power Glove at them as you shout,
"Would you kindly BURN!"
Flames spray out of the glove and begin to ignite one of the bulls that tried to sneak up on you while you were dealing with Blondie. The Bull's eyes widen in pain as he begins run around in pain while shouting,
"OH BUCK I'M ON BUCKING FIRE! I'M BURNING, I'M BURNING! WHY DO I SMELL SO TASTY NOW!?"
Some of the bulls break up from the group to help put the flaming bull out, but you can't help but get a sweat drop as you think,
This seems...oddly familiar.
Reminisce about the past later! Focus on the fight!
You nod your head at this as you prepare to charge at the remaining bulls, when you are stopped when Nightshade suddenly pops out of The Inventory. You can only stare at her in shock as she starts to sniff the air before saying,
"Daddy, why do I smell something really tasty?"
Your eyes widen when she says this before you say,
"Nightshade! What did I tell you about getting out of The Invento-"
You sentence is cut off however as a bull...
The Pony Spartan's Comment
Tackles you right into a big rock. He hits you hard enough to cause cracks to form where you hit. As you slide off the rock you groan in pain while Nightshade, who flew out of The Inventory and landed safely on the ground rushes over to you and asks you in a worried tone,
"Daddy! Are you okay?"
"Ya honey I'm fine-"
You get cut off yet again when Nightshade gasps and runs off.
"Nightshade, wait-"
One again you get cut off as another bull lets out a war cry and charges you.
You have an annoyed expression and you hold out your power glove.
"Would you kindly STOP INTERRUPTING ME!" The glove shoots out ice that freezes the bull's mouth shut. He stops and tries to take the ice off his mouth, but without luck, so he rushes over to the one on fire and sticks his face near his flaming coat.
"Now where did Nightshade go-" You say as you look around the surrounding area.
Don't just talk. GO FIND HER!
You take Selena's advice as you dodge another rampaging bull.
MEANWHILE, WHERE NIGHTSHADE RAN OFF TO
"Woah! What is this?"
She picks up a gun that's about the same size as her.
"A bit... heavy," She says as she strains, "but it can manage." She inspects the weapon.
"Wow you are badass...What should I call you?"
As Nightshade expects her new toy, she doesn't notice you run up to her as you say (slightly out of breath from fighting a bunch of bulls while looking for her),
"There you are!"
Nightshade looks up to see you with a worried face.
"Didn't I say not to get out of the inventory?"
"No, you said I couldn't fight. Which I'm not," she points out matter of factly.
"Okay, Ms. Smartypants, get back into the invent- WHAT IN THE HIVE IS THAT?"
So now you're cutting yourself off?
"Oh, this?" She shows the gun. "I found it lying here. Kind of odd that it's in the middle of the nowhere."
You look at the gun in awe as you think,
T-That's the... Dark Cannon in Super Smash Colts. How is that even possible?! It's from a video game for Luna's sake!
Are you seriously going to let our DAUGHTER hold such a powerful weapon?
"Huh? Oh yeah! Sweetie, you shouldn't be playing with gu-"
The other Bulls all pause as King Longhorn holds up his arms to stop them. You can only stare at this in awe before you gain a confused look as you think,
Wait? Shouldn't that shoot out a black arrow to cut through anyling?
Perhaps the creator of the replica made it so that it wouldn't be a one shot kill weapon. And shouldn't you be more concerned over how A REPLICA FROM A FICTIONAL WORLD ACTUALLY WORKS!?!?
You gain a sweatdrop as you think,
Right, that too.
You shake your head before you stutter out to Nightshade,
"Uh... On second thought... Maybe you should keep it to protect your-"
"Hontōni ka!? Arigatō, papa (Really!? Thanks, Daddy!)!" Nightshade then puts the Dark Cannon in her Inventory and hops into yours.
"Why do I keep getting cut o-"
"That was MY Dark Cannon!" Stampede yells cutting you off.
Your eye twitches as you yell in annoyance,
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
With that mighty wail you turn towards Stampede...and see him completely shatter the rope tying him with nothing but brute strength. Your eyes widen in shock as you think,
That's impossible! I tied him up using the Double Constrictor Knot method! It should have been impossible for him to untie it, much less shatter the rope into pieces! Even my Grandbuggy couldn't get out of it without help, and he had a pocket knife, flame thrower, and butter... don't ask!
I wasn't planning too, but perhaps you tied it wrong, or this bull is stronger than the average bovine?
You gulp slightly at this as well as the burning hate from the bull's eyes as you think,
Really hoping it's the former and not the latter. Cause this guy looks like he wants, and can, rip me to pieces. I don't know if I can actually beat him!
"Stand back boys, Stampede's back in the fight. Let him take care of this gas mask wearing freak!" shouts King Longhorn.
With that thought in mind you begin to lose hope of beating this almighty bull, but just as he takes up a fighting stance and you begin to beg for mercy, you notice...
*with the new coat you are wearing making you look even more badass...
it fills you with DETERMINATION!
A broken piece of glass nearby. Now it's not the glass itself that interests you, it's what's reflecting off that glass that does. For you see, you see...yourself. And if you must say, you look like one total, awesome, badflank. With your new coat finishing your red ensemble you look like a true menace. A red snarling ghoul whose vengeance should be feared. Seeing this new coat you are wearing makes you look even more badflank, it fills you with something. It fills you with...
DETERMINATION!!!
With this newfound feeling coursing through your veins, you stare down the bull and...
you both got in to your fighting pose ready to fight each other.
READY...FIGHT! Selena said what you think your the only one that plays games.
Well I did think- before you can finished Stampede left hoofed you in the face.
You get into a fighting pose, and stare him right in the eye, your breathing coming out as a growl through your mask. The both of you continue to stare each other down as Selena says,
READY...FIGHT!
You lose your determined look as a blank face replaces it. After a few moments of awkward silence you hear Selena say,
What? You think your the only one that reference games?"
Well I did think- before you can finish that thought Stampede left hoofed you in the face.
"I'll knock out all the teeth from that mask you dirty coat and gun thief!" he shouts.
The punch sends you back a few feet. You grunt in frustration as you wipe off some blood from your cheek before saying,
Muranuse's Comment
"Would you Kindly Get Dunked!" you yell as you send out an ice blast at the bull who flips over it and rushes at you.
"You're gonna have a bad time!" he yells as he takes another swing at you, to which you block.
"How tall are you? 6 ft tall? I didn't know they stacked crap that high!" you yell as you knee him in the gut. He retaliates by tackling you to the ground.
"I'll kill you, I'll kill you to death!" he whines as he raises his hoof for a face strike, to which you dodge.
"Oh really? Well I'm not gonna kill ya, I'm just gonna hurt ya real bad," you say creepily as you place your glove on his chest.
"Would you kindly Ride the Lightning?!"
The electrical blast sends him flying backwards, and slightly smoking. He gets back up and looks confused.
"What? You're NOT going to kill me?"
"Of course not, I don't do that anymore. After all this world is made of Love and Peace!!!" you snarl.
"Hey! Thats my line!" protests Stampede as he stands back up.
"False! I said it in a different intonation and context. Your argument is invalid!" You point back.
"Can we please stop playing Pinkie, and- oh, I dunno... DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE 5000 POUNDS OF BEEF COMING TOWARDS US?!?!
You nod your head as you dodge Stampedes charge and prepare to send a bit of lighting his way.
MEANWHILE, IN PONYVILLE
In the kitchens of the Sugarcube Corner, a certain pink mare sneezed, jumped up into the air, spun around, vibrated like a jackhammer, before falling over like a fainting goat.
"Huh... This is new!"
BACK WITH YOU
Solarkness's Comment
Halfway, through the fight, Stampede starts mimicking your attacks, and shouting their names too just for the effect.
"PSYCHO CRUSHER!", you both shout out as you collide in, as the other bulls later describe it, 'a meatfull of supernova with bones flying out'.
While that was their description, the meat and bones were from a chicken Stampede took out right before the collision, seeing how that usually causes their foes (mostly ponies) to gag, and sometimes even surrender. Needless to say you have a stronger rage than that.
Stampede gets thrown into a wall, while you are halted in your movement. While Stampede did quickly read and copy your attacks (almost as fast as you learn them... scary), he just doesn't have the Evil-Tyrant-And-Moon-Goddess-Powered (Shortform is: ETAMGP, a mouthful too) muscles to keep up with you.
Stampede himself realizes it too, after he clashed with you on all your attacks but Falcon Punch (After all, he does know he cannot punch that fast), so he quickly went back to his own style, which composed of a mixture of a dozen styles. You think you even saw a few moves from The Maretrix.
Finally running out of patience you give a battle cry and charge at Stampede with your hoof raised for a Falcon Punch, only for Stampede to...
BrownDog's Comment
Grab your hoof and get you into some kind of hold as he says,
"Now what to do with you, jacket ruiner? Oh I know!"
Finally having enough of this pain you knee him in the gut. He yells in pain and his grip loosens, giving you enough time to slip out and back away. However you don't have long to rest as Stampede yells in rage before charging at you. Thinking quickly you...
Pentakill Apocalypse's Comment
Proceed to dodge the bull in what you think is pure badassery, but is actually you screaming like a filly and running around and somehow not getting hit. You accidentally run into a debris covered chest, which then flips over and opens to reveal another odd looking gun. You pick it up to see that it has a note attached to it and a teddy bear.
It reads Are you over encumbered? is your inventory chalk full of junk that you don't use? Try the Junk Jet! with this weapon you can shoot all the junk that's in your inventory at the enemy! You haven't lived until you knock an enemy out with a teddy bear!
You are about to squeal in delight from receiving one of the coolest guns from the RPG game FallColt 4, but you are kinda cut off when you narrowly dodge a pair of horns to the face
Stampede looks at what you're holding and gets even angrier as he shouts in rage,
"NOW YOU TOOK MAMA'S JUNK GUN!? WHAT MORE CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM ME?! I'M GONNA MAKE YOUR INSIDES, OUTSIDES! RAAAAAAAAAAAGH"
You look on in horror as Stampede, well, stampedes towards you, suddenly you think of something. You close your eyes and try to gather up your rage
"I feel the hurt! Time for a rampage" as you try to turn into a psycho badass mutant, but you then realize that you aren't a psycho...maybe a bit insane, but not a psycho.
"Oh, buck me" you mutter before you pull the trigger on the junk jet, which then fires the very same teddy bear that was attached to the gun.
It flies straight into stampedes face and..... surprisingly enough, knocks him out. His last words that he mutters are,
"Why Mr. Tibbers? Why?" before collapsing mid run and knocks over a bunch of other bulls in the process.
The bulls all looked shocked that you took down Stampede with a Teddy Bear.
You just stare at Stampede for a moment then at the gun, as you breathe out.
"Best. Gun. Ever. Now if only I had the big colt as well..." You also can't help but wonder why there are so many replicas from games that actually work, but you decide to deal with that later. Putting the Junk Jett into The Inventory for now, you turn to face the other bulls, as you point to them and say.
"Alright...who's next?"
King Longhorn snorts in anger and rushes at you.
"That was one of my best enforcers you Bucking Cultist!"
"I told you already, I'm not a-Whoa!"
Brown Dog's Comment
King Longhorn takes advantage of your distraction and wraps his hooves over your shoulders and headbutts you hard. You shake off the initial pain and surprise, narrow your glowing orange eyes and headbutt him back. He immediately headbutts you again, and you return in kind as you both enter into a Headbutt match. The other bulls watch the spectacle their mouths agape..
*Whack Whack Whack* you both keep colliding and you realize that your vision is spinning.
“Amateur, I can do this all day *Whack*" Longhorn declares not even looking fazed.
“Oooooohhhh…coat…” you woozily say.
Bugze, your vision is fading! You can't win this way! Stop ramming your head into his!
Before he headbutts you again, you take the opportunity to kick him in the nads.
“EEEEEEE!!!” he shrieks while the other bulls hold themselves and shout
“Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh…”
“That’s…cheating…” Longhorn stammers in a higher pitched voice.
“I’m…peanut…muchacho…” you say as your head still spins.
The others then rush forth as King Longhorn still cradles his jewels.
The first one to reach you is Brick, the other Bull from the cabin, but before he can strike your dizzy form, Nightshade sticks her head out of the Inventory.
"So Daddy, is this other new gun mine also or-EEEEKK!" she shrieks as
Kichi's Comment
Brick lifts her out of the Inventory and holds her.
"Don't move or the filly will pay!" he snarls.
"Nightshade!" you and Selena shout as your vision clears and anger course through you... when suddenly Nightshade back kicks the bull between the legs.
"Falcon Kick" shouts Nightshade as she hit the bull even harder than how you hit Longhorn, and he falls to his knees crying. But Nightshade doesn't stop, she hits the bull again
"Shoryuken!" she shouts doing an uppercut to his chin, throwing the bull with enough force that he crashes into another bull, sending both of them into some nearby rocks.
You and the other bulls stare at this with your mouths open in shock as you turn to your daughter and ask
"Nightshade...what was that?"
"Self Defense, totally not Fighting Daddy, Ms. Rarity said so!"
"Rarity?"
"Yeah, she showed me and the other crusaders that move. She said it was good for a mare or filly to do that to a Stallion who tries to grab you from behind against your will. Hit 'em where it hurts," she says with a smile.
Everyone stays silent at this declaration for a moment, before Brick groans out loud.
"Gaaahhh... Help me, up guys..."
The bulls look at each other and nod at each other...and to your confusion the bulls begin to kick Brick while he's down.
"Gah, uhg, why?" he asks in pain.
"Because you deserve it! We are criminals yeah, but not even we would think to target a young filly like that... We have a little of honor and targeting fillies is a no, no," chides King Longhorn.
"Uhhhh... we're still fighting remember?" you ask.
"Uh? Oh? Ah, yes, one second while we finish with this trash" comments one of the bulls as they all finish kicking Brick into unconsciousness. You and Nightshade just shrug at eachother as she hops right back into your inventory.
After they are all done kicking, you all look back to you.
"Alright, now that that's done, GET'EM BOYS!!!" Longhorn shouts as they all rush at you en mass.
You narrow your eyes, as your hoof begins to emit a smokey haze.
"Alright, let's see how you like this..."
BrownDog's Comment
You send out your Shadow Whip, and wrap one bull in it. He stops and looks confused at this before you shout.
"GET OVER HERE!"
before pulling back towards you. Using this momentum, you begin spinning him, still attached to the whip, around you in a circle, striking all the other bulls with his body.
After a few rotations, you let him go, sending him flying back into the crowd. You then use your whip to keep slapping the bulls across the face, making them keep their distance.
"That's right Back! Back you filthy savages! Would you kindly freeze!"
Your freeze shot freeze a few of their nose rings, causing them to howl in pain. You take this opportunity to trip them up with the shadow whip, and when they all hit the ground, you hit your Boomstick into the dirt. The shockwave causes the frozen metal to break up and fall out of their noses, causing the Bulls to black out from pain.
After many strikes, and knocking quite a few of them out, you begin to chain freeze as many as you can, but one bull is able to blindside you and the remainder of them dogpile you.
"Oh Luna...not again..."
You try to move, and can't as the crushing weight bears down on you.
“Selena…we got enough juice?” you strain out, as you can think of no other options.
For a few minutes…do it!
You smile as your eyes glow orange. You flare out the power of your cloak, and the bulls go flying in several directions. The vast majority of them either hit face first into rocks, bushes or the ground and are knocked out.
Those who weren’t knocked out, including King Longhorn look at your dark form in fear.
You look up with your orange eyes and say in your now doubly intimidating voice.
“DADDY’S HOME…”
The power...you haven't felt it in so long. The Right way anyway. It's no longer out of control, it's manageable. Two of your tails are out, and you use them to grab two bulls and pull them towards you for a double Shoryuken.
"Ahahahaha," you chuckle darkly. "My tails needed a stretch!" you say as you pick up another bull and stretch his limbs painfully, before slamming him into the ground.
"G-G-Get Him!" roars out Longhorn, but the 10 or so remaining bulls instead try to flee into the night...but you don't let them escape.
"Don't Go! The fun's just beginning!" you shout.
Their screams of pain and fear fill the air as King Longhorn stares at you in shock.
And for the next couple of minutes, you completely wreck the remaining bulls. You then feel your cloak start to dissipate.
"What, that's it?" you ask.
Any longer would be a strain. Besides, they are beaten, Selena tells you.
"Good point," you say as you look over all the knocked out bulls.
"Guess it's time to bag and tag'em," you say as you bring out your Duct Tape, but a whimper causes you to pause.
"Wh-wh-what you?"
You turn around and see a battered and bruised King Longhorn looking at you in fear.
"Me? Well besides the bounty hunter that just kicked your butt...I'm the one who is going to destroy the Crimson Knights!" you declare. "For all the hurt they've caused me, they will pay! All evil doers will feel my wrath...my Vengeance!" you then wrap your arms around his shoulders and bring him to your face, your eyes glowing fiercely into his.
"I...AM THE CRIMSON VENGEANCE!" you snarl as his eyes fill with tears.
"And you...are my meal ticket." You then bring your head back and slam it hard into his face, knocking him out.
You then rub your forehead before wrapping him up in tape.
B-Bugze...that was...exhilirating just now, Selena says in awe.
"Thanks, I try to please," you joke.
And that name...it suits you. How ever did you come about it?
"I don't know. Kind of just sounded right with that whole Batmane speech I was giving to Long Johns here," you explain as you shrug your shoulders. "But yeah, now ole CV is coming for the wicked," you declare.
Aaaaaannnnndddd, you just ruined it, Selena sighs.
“Quiet you!" you say in indignation before you start taping up all 30 bulls. After you are done, you look at your handy work.
"Alright, now to get you all to the sheriff. Who is in Dodge City. About 5 hours from here. And I have no wagon…” you say as you realize something obvious. You didn't bring anything to haul all these guys in.
“Oh Gorramit! Ugh, what am I supposed to do? It’s not like I have an infinite storage spa…”
The Next Day
You walk into town, with your daughter on your back as you walk right up to the sheriff.
“Oh, you’re still alive huh? Nice coat. Who’s the kid?”
“She’s my…business associate. But anyway, I’m here for my payment.”
“Ha ha! Payment? For what? Surviving?” he chuckles.
“No, this!” you say smugly as you turn your Inventory upside down and start shaking.
Much to the confusion of the sheriff, and several nearby civilians, Bull after bull comes tumbling out of the seemingly small saddle bags. All of them are still dazed and tied up, but you keep dumping them in a pile. When the last one has fallen out, you place your bags back on your back and look back to the sheriff.
Try to collect the bounty on the bulls
“So, do I get that in straight up bits, or do I get a check or…”
The Sheriff is so shocked, he just stares at the pile of unconscious bulls and doesn’t hear you.
"Hello? Equis to Sheriff, come in!" you say as you wave your hoof in front of his face, snapping him out of it.
"Boy...you did it. You actually Goram Did it..." he says as he looks at you in awe.
"Well Duh, I told you I would," you say as you cross your arms. "So I fulfilled my side of the bargain, now where's my money?"
"Uh, right, let me see your license so that I can run this through the system," he says as he holds his hoof out.
"My...license?" you ask.
"Yeah, you know, your Bounty Hunting License that lets you claim the reward and do this job legally?"
Only to be unable to collect due to not having the proper Bounty Hunting credentials.
"You don't have one do you?" he says as he puts his hoof down.
"I... uh... no..." you say defeated.
"Well I'm sorry son, but without a license, I can't legally give you the reward, otherwise that'd be advocating Vigilantism."
"Oh Gorramnit! Noling told me anything about no stinking license!" you shout.
"Well they're not too hard to get, you just gotta go to a licensing house."
"Well where's the nearest one?" you ask.
"Well from here? I'd say Baltimare."
"What?!" you shout. "Are you kidding me?"
"Sorry son, Licensing houses are found in the big fancy cities and all..." he apologizes.
"So for all the hard work and fighting I put in, I'm not even getting paid?!" you shout as your eyes begin to glow.
The sheriff just sighs before he looks around shiftily.
He reaches into his vest and pulls out a bag of bits.
"Here, this is 200 bits. I know it's nowhere near the reward you were hoping for, but that's out of my pocket Mr. I do appreciate what you done, but until you get that license...there's nothing I can do."
You sigh and take the bits.
200 Bits Added to Inventory
"Thanks Sheriff...guess I'm off to Baltimare," you sigh while Nightshade shouts,
"Woohoo, new city!"
"What the?" Stampede says having just regained consciousness, "Let me outta here this minute! I'll make you pay for turning Mr. Tibbers against m-" Unfortunately for him, you're in a bad mood and he just volunteered to be your stress relief,
"Oh would you kindly just BUZZ OFF!" you say pointing the Power Glove at Stampede causing a small hive of bees to come out and swarm the downed bull.
"OH, NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!" the bull screams and struggles against the duct tape restraints as the bees angrily and repeatedly sting his face, your bad mood seeping into them.
"Hey daddy, he sounds like Scary-Face Cage!" Nightshade giggles, "Say 'My hair is a bird, your argument is invalid'!"
That's my girl... you think, your mood a little better after that. You turn around and begin to walk away when the sheriff calls out,
"Say wait Mr., I never did catch your name."
You look back to him and say.
"They call me The Crimson Vengeance...remember that name sheriff," you say before you start heading East towards Baltimare, grumbling the whole way.
A Few Days Later
After following a path through some semi safe woods towards the river that leads to Baltimare, you decide to make camp for the night.
"Stupid Bulls, Stupid Bounty Hunting Laws. I'll show them, I'll show them all," you grumble as you have for the last few days.
After laying your head down in your tent, you try to drift off to sleep...but you are stopped when you hear chanting.
You stick your head out of the tent and look around the woods. Not to far from your camp, you see orange flames and red smoke.
You sneakily make your way towards the fire, and hiding in the darkness you see...a strange looking Zebra stallion.
He stands over a cauldron chanting some harsh language, and sending out from his hooves some sort of fire magic.
"The treasures of this wood will be mine, but for now, I must dine..." he mumbles.
Taking in this Zebra, something sparks in your mind and you open up your Bingo book, and there he is.
Braze: Dark Shaman Zebra. Wanted for Theft, Kidnapping, and Arson.
Your eyes light up. Baltimare is only another day's walk, if you capture this guy, you can bring him in AND get your license.
"OK, I just gotta wait till this guy goes to sleep, and then I'll make you my first official bounty...relatively speaking..."
So you sit and silently watch him from the darkness for about an hour, but as you do your eye catches movement in the darkness.
"What is that?" you wonder aloud.
As the shape moves closer to the Zebra's camp, you can faintly make out shades of blue. Eventually, the blue shape you can make out as a Unicorn mare.
"Who the hay are you missy?" you wonder as you still don't move.
You see the mare sneak closer and closer towards the Zebra, looking like a cat ready to pounce.
She then does something that causes your breath to catch in your chest.
She manifests a whip...made out of water.
In that moment, two things run through your mind
"No way...the water bender from Fillydelphia?"
And
"That Strumpet is trying to take my bounty!!!"
What Do You Do?
It was cool. I got 2 expansion-packs of Smash Up! (Its a card game)
Additionally, I got a new sweater and a book.
New Year's Eve I made my first digital picture, then I posted it, and told everyone to have a nice New Year.
I also posted a new chapter both christmas and New Year's Eve, but that is not really important, I only say it because you asked how my Christmas and New Years was.
They were my most productive Christmas and New Years so far.
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"Hey, Aqua! That guy's my bounty!", you shout out, announcing your presence, "I was here first."
She simply yawns, and asks: "Riiiight, listen, I don't know who you are", at this point you realise the effectiveness of your disguise, "But you seem to have heard of me before, and should know not to mess with me."
She smirks, before continuing: "Of course, if you want to be smacked around, I could arrange that."
Meanwhile, Braze tries to get away, only for you both to turn to him and scream: "HEY, DON'T TRY TO RUN AWAY!"
At that Braze starts to run.
Unnoticed by you, Aqua manifests another whip behind you, and hits you with it. You simply glare at her, before running after your bounty.
God damn, finally caught to the present, love the story as it progresses, but bugze get more shit than a communal toilet thrown at him, he needs a break. Oh and just an idea, but aqua should have a maguffin on her, part of a set that'll give selena physical form. But it should be completely inert until the set is completed.
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you looked at the Braze then a idea came to you
"Dips"
"what?"
"Dips. I just called dips. it's my bounty know. Dips."
"No it isn't I found him first."
"Yeah but you didn't call dips. I did dips see I did it again. know be a good mare and get away form bounty sea pony.
"Don't call me sea pony." Aqua replied "Also you can't call dips on him. You can only call dips on what you are touch and since you are not touching him you can't call dips on the bounty." Aqua pointed out
"Oh well in that case."you said. then you both looked to where Barze was "Hey where did he go?" you said as you looked around for him.
Aqua looked back at and gave you a grin and said "By the way stranger. Dips."
She did that just to mock me didn't she you thought
No.. really I think she said because she likes Selena replied
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for Christmas after me and my family open our gifts we played some games, had a chat and some laughs wish everyone a lovely Christmas. for new year I took my family to a bar and watch the count down. After that I had to take them home. lets just say they where a bit loopy. When we got home I then straight to bed. (what a night)
"So, you can fight." Aqua remarked.
"Yea. Surprised?"
"A little. I expected a bit less from a bounty hunter."
You shrugged.
(When you're getting your flank handed to you.)
"Wait!"
This surprisingly made Aqua stop her attack. "What? It's too late to beg for mercy."
"Trust me when I say this. You don't want to see me when I get serious."
"Hmph, I'll know when I regret things."
"I remember the last time you regretted something. The look on your face was hilarious... well, other than the fact that-"
"What do you mean? Never have I regretted making a decision." She interrupted.
"That's not what I saw."
"You don't know anything about me!"
"Oh really? Well surprise surprise, I'm the Ho-"
Bugze!
What?
How foolish can you be? About to reveal yourself blatantly like that?
Don't you want to see her reaction?
While I do love to frighten those I despise, she is an exception. Since she can RAT US OUT!
Uhh...
Exactly. One word from her and your bounty hunter disguise is utterly useless.
"Are we still fighting? Don't think stalling will save you. I want my bounty!" Aqua asks.
"Yeah, just a second." You answer.
Well, how do you think I can beat her? We are pretty much beaten or at the very least even.
I-I'll think of something. I'm not perfect you, idiot!
Okay.... but if things get any worse I'm pulling out our specialty.
Alright.
(Later on in the fight after you activate phase 2 (Nightmare mode))
"Y-...You!"
She looks at your nightmare tails.
"Those tails."
She stares at your glowing orange eyes.
"Those eyes."
"As I was trying to say earlier, surprise surprise, I'm the Hooded Offender! We meet again," You pause dramatically. "...Aqua!"
You can only think that she's getting flashbacks of your past fight, how you turned the tables and defeated all four element benders.
"No... No! I-I'm not ready to fight you yet..."
"Like I said before, you don't want to see me when I get serious."
She takes a step back.
"Not yet... Not yet!"
"What do you mean "not yet"? You can never defeat me."
I think you broke her. Selena states.
"Huh, so she is out-of work like us..." Selena comments.
"If I'm feeling kind enough, Il share it with her..."
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[after the fight]
"Well, now that he's caught, we can cash him in." said the water bender.
"I hope you remembered your bounty-hunters license."
The water bender gives you a flat look.
"My what?"
Internally, you snigger.
"Oh, this is too good!
"Yeah, you know, your Bounty Hunting License that lets you claim the reward and do this job legally?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"You don't have one do you?" you say as you put your hoof down.
"I...uh...no..." she says defeated.
"Well I'm sorry girl, but without a license, you can't legally get the reward, otherwise that'd be advocating Vigilantism."
"Wait, are you repeating what the sheriff told you?"
"Yup!"
Selena sighs.
"I can't believe you..."
Pretty decent Christmas and New Years.
Wait until they've pummeled each other, then take them both out.
Also...
Thought this might be a nice melee song for later :D
For a moment, Bugzee can hear a very familiar groan shouting.
"You are not going to jail me forever!" Shout the familiar voice of Sombra in the head
"What was that?" Asked Bugzee in normal voice confused
"What was what?" Asked Aqua looking to him
"Sorry, I think I heared something, you know how is this, it's paranoia until you are right" Say Bugzee as he look around.
"I forgot about him, I think our last show weakened the cage, but he is still not free" Comment Selena
Bugzee groan
"You did well in the battle false offender!" Commented Aqua
"Wait, what? What is that about false offender?" Asked Bugzee
"You can't fool me, We battled before, remember? I know how you battle and all your moves false offender" Say Aqua
"I was thinking it was clear I was the true offender" Say Bugzee angry and then he calm down
"But don't say it to nopony...I... I'm tired of being the offender" Comment Bugzee in what seems a whisper but Aqua managed to hear it
"Really? I could maybe don't believe you, if it was not for your new suit" Say Aqua looking to Bugzee
"Yeah... All in all, the horde and the copy offenders and generals, could all go to Tartarus" Groan Bugzee
Just then the image of Fluttershy with a cape of member of the horde shouting 'yay' come to Bugzee mind
"Well... Almost everyling" Say Bugzee
"I will try to make a new life as a bounty hunter, they say the third is the good, If I could not be the hooded offender, nor I could be a Baker Sylvester Tennant, I will be a simple bounty hunter away from danger and those six mares" Groan Bugzee as he remember the bad moments in the past.
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I could not think of too much, I put something mainly to remember that Sombra is still in the head of Bugzee AND because he is still a main character in the story, that he have a line. And then a little talk between Aqua and Bugzee
About the question... Christmas was more or less like every other day.
DO A ABARRLE ROLL
6802866 *insert Selena smashing her face on a metaphorical desk*
as for my Christmas..... family wise I had a blast! present-wise..... well, I got a blanket. and money that I couldnt use on what I wanted *couch*video games*cough*
Naturally, Braze (the Zebra bounty) should get caught in the middle of your fight.
"I am trying to make a stew!
Who dares to interrupt my brew-"
Cue you ducking behind the zebra causing him to take the brunt of the water attacks as you proclaim,
"This is my meat shield! There are many like it but this one is mine!"
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Unfortunately, Aqua has a river right next to her and uses that to utterly overwhelm and pound you with waterbending.
Use Force Field which manages to block her attacks at first, but then she covers your shield in ice and shatters it with a large crystal shattering your shield.
6802591
Hope you don't mind is I piggyback on your comment;
Nightshade pops out of the Inventory which causes her to accidentally get hit by one of the waterbending attacks which in turn pisses you and Selena right off into busting out the Nightmare Cloak without hesitation.
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Even though Aqua is clearly backing away in fear, you and Selena are not only pissed at how Aqua was basically owning your flank earlier, but now she made the suicidal mistake of harming your baby.
Aqua attempts to waterbend as she backs up and you lunge forward, but a small crystal juts out of the ground just behind her back hoof causing her to stumble which gives you the opportunity to lash your single Nightmare Tail forward, grab Aqua in a crushing grip, and start violently smashing her into every tree and large rock in the area.
"YOU *smash* NEVER *smash* EVER *smash* EVER *smash* EVER *smash* HARM *smash* MY *smash* BABY!!! *CRACK*"
As you get a little more lost in this frenzy and start smashing the mercenary harder and faster into more trees you unconsciously hear a dark familiar voice say,
Drown that rat...
Complying with this dark urge, you use the Nightmare Tail to splash the waterbender to the bottom of the river. She flails futility underwater and soon the bubbles start to cease when,
"DADDY STOP IT!!!"
Suddenly a flaming hoof hits you in the side and knocks you over. You get back up and see Nightshade dragging an unconscious Aqua back onto shore. Seeing her so badly battered causes you to snap out of it in horror,
"No... Not again..."
Oh me, what have you- we almost done?
After checking on Aqua, Nightshade turns to you in a fury,
"DADDY! You promised!" she yells, "You promised me you wouldn't become that monster, I told you I didn't want you hurting ponies because of m-"
"NOT NOW NIGHTSHADE!" you bark at the filly causing her to recoil, "I know what I promised, but I can't afford even the slightest risk of losing you! My number one and only priority is keeping you alive and I will burn down half of Equestria to keep you safe regardless of what I promised!"
Seeing Nightshade looking at you in horror with teary eyes causes you to calm down out of guilt,
"*sigh*Look... Sweetie, Daddy's got ALOT to deal with right now. You're my baby girl and I and your mother love you very much, but that's why we get so violent when you're in danger. Just go back to your room, watch some movies, and stay out of trouble."
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Selena then says that Sombra managed to get some influence through his cage during you and Selena's combined rage (Selena punished Sombra by forcing him to watch a back-to-back-to-back-to-back showing of "The Last Spellbender" Nooooo! Not even my icy dungeons are this horrid!!!).
You're both concerned over Sombra being able to kick in when you're both pissed and in Nightmare Cloak mode and while you two do decide to show more restraint and rely more on your moves (Shoryuken, Falcon Punch, Psycho Crusher, and No Shadow Kick), Power Glove (setting targets on fire with "Incinerate!", shooting lightning with "Electro Bolt", freezing targets, unleashing a small hive of bees, and helplessly suspending targets in air with "Bucking Bronco"), and Boomstick in the future, you do ultimately decide that Nightshade's safety is NUMBER ONE PRIORITY and thus Selena decides on a "Count to 5" method when Nightshade is in danger (Selena will count down from 5). If Nightshade isn't out of danger by the time Selena gets to zero then all bets are off and you two unleash the Nightmare (plus the countdown will give you enough time to change back into the Hooded Offender cloak to maintain your cover).
Still... Our recent... outburst has left us with one loose end...
You turn your head to see Aqua coughing up water and waking up.
Use Aqua's newfound (and probably temporary) fear of you to make her do a Pinkie Promise to never expose your identity and especially to NEVER harm Nightshade. Then give her a Healing Potion out of guilt.
6808542 REVENGE OF THE PIGGYBACKING!
"Listen Nightshade! You... don't know that mare. I-I do..."
"Who is she? Is she friends with the deadly six?!" Nightshade asked.
"No, she's... a past enemy. Someone I fought while you were with the deadly six as B.S.T's daughter."
"Oh..."
You sigh again. "I'm sorry for hurting her."
If she knew the truth she would probably understand.
Our daughter is kind-hearted. She would even defend an angered Luna about to send her to the... gallows.
"She's dangerous Nightshade, but... I promise I won't hurt her anymore. Just please don't get out of The Inventory until I say so. I don't want you getting hurt."
"...Okay."
(After you and Aqua talk a bit)
"Hey."
You look at Aqua.
"You know, I always hated and feared you every since... Hearths Warming. I thought of you as a monster."
You nod in understanding and felt guilty.
"But now, after talking with you, and after you spared me, I see that... you're not a monster."
"I'm not?"
She shook her head. "You're anger may cause you to change into a monster. But when you're not angered, you're very nice."
You slightly smile at this.
"If that was the fight back at Hearths Warming, you would have surely ended me."
You both sigh at the bad memory.
"But anyways," You start. "Maybe we can... start over? I mean, you did say that it was your job, and nothing was personal back at
our last fight."
"Maybe." She suddenly glared at you. "But don't think that we're friends or anything."
You smile warmly at her.
She stopped her glare and smiled back.
(Sometime Later)
"So..."
"Yeah?"
"What happened to Flag Burner?"
This made a chill run up your spine. You stopped dead in your tracks and seemed depressed.
"Huh? Hey! What's wrong?" Aqua asked.
"Flag Burner... is dead."
Aqua gasped.
"I... presumably killed him."
She stares at you in shock.
"Hey, you can't look at me like that after you tried to kill me twice!"
She shook herself out of it.
"Well anyways. His death is not... confirmed but... it's most likely."
You sit back for a bit and watch to see what she does.
She twirls the whip and is about to throw it, but then Braze’s ear twitches.
As she throws it, he hops back and the whip strikes the cauldron.
As he looks around angrily at the darkness, she slingshots her way towards him using her whip doing a stylized flip in midair.
“What is the meaning of this? Do you want me to get pissed?!”
“Braze the Shaman! You are wanted for crimes against Equestria, and you are coming with me!” she declares.
“Oh is that so? Well how about no?!” he shouts as he sends out a wave of magical flame at her to which she puts up a water shield.
“Sorry Bucko, but you’re worth a pretty penny, and mama needs some new shoes,” she chuckles as she sends out an ice blast at him, to which he dodges and sends out a flame wall.
“Gotta say, the posters didn’t say anything about you being a Fire Bender,”
“You Benders and your narrow view, Fire is but one magic a shaman can do!” he cries out as he throws out a puff of dust, which swirls around her, creating illusions to which she strikes out at.
“Oh Gee, smoke monsters, how scary. What is this Lost?” she deadpans as she whips away the illusions, only to be blind sided by Braze as he charges into her and whacks her upside the head with his Shaman Stick.
“Do not get sassy with me mare, or to your guts I will rip and tear!” he threatens.
She rolls up from the ground and from her water pouches, she wraps water tendrils around her arms and charges at the Zebra.
They start brawling and fighting, dodging each other’s attacks while you watch.
“Dang, this is a pretty cool fight,” you comment.
Indeed, perhaps you should wait till one of them knocks the other out, and swoop in and overtake the weakened victor?
“That’s a pretty good plan, I mean I’m sure…umm…what was her name again?”
I believe it was Aqua if I remember correctly.
“Yeah her, I’m sure she can beat this guy no pro-“
Suddenly, Braze gets the upper hand and strikes her across the horn, causing her magic to sputter, he then throws a clay like substance from one of his bags over her horn, making her not be able to do magic.
“Oh come on!” you snarl.
“You put up a good fight my friend, but sadly for you, this is the end…” he says as he stalks towards her, fire in one of his hooves.
As Aqua tries desperately to get the substance off her horn, she is backed into a corner…and your eyes glow.
“Luna Damned Conscience!” you snarl as you rush forth.
“The laws of ponies do not affect me, for I am-“
“Interupting Rhyme!” you yell as you Falcon Punch Braze in the side of the face, cutting him off and sending him crashing into his camp.
He dizzily looks around as he mutters out, “mushroom…nacho…Free!” and collapses after finishing his rhyme.
“Dang, that’s dedication,” you mutter.
“Wh-who are you?” comes Aqua’s voice.
You turn and look at her.
“I’m the Crimson Vengeance Water Bender,” you growl out in your distorted voice. “And that Zebra is my bounty. Sorry you couldn’t handle him,” you smirk before turning around.
“WHAT?! No Way! He’s my bounty!” she shouts as she runs in front of you.
“I’m the one who just fought him tooth and nail. You can’t just show up and take him after getting one lucky Sucker Punch on him you toothed masked red weirdo!”
“I can and I will. Let’s just say it’s payment for saving your life,” you say.
“Oh BullSpit! You can’t do this!”
“Um, yeah I can, you’re beaten, bruised, and you can’t use your magic…and I’m not,” you chuckle at her as you push her to the side.
“So be a good little girl and…”
You suddenly hear a loud cracking noise.
You look back and see ice around the clay on her horn before it suddenly bursts. She then glares right at you.
“…Run along?” you whimper out.
“Buck that noise!” she yells as she sends out a water whip which strikes you in the face, sending you flying backwards.
As you sit back up, you see her advancing towards you.
Perhaps you shouldn’t have gloated so much, Selena suggests.
“Yeah…probably shouldn’t have done that.”
You then fight her as you try to hold back revealing your shadow cloak.
At one point, her whip and your Shadow Whip entangle one another and you end up in a kind of tug of war match.
Also, you start hearing another voice influencing you.
“Die…Die…Die…” the whisper says fiercely.
You don’t realize it at first, but the words start coming out of your own mouth as your Orange eyes have a Green pupil appear in the middle of them.
Also, at one point, Nightshade hears you screaming and pops her head out, getting hit by Aquas attack.
“OW!” she screams holding her side as she holds where she is hit. “What the actual Buck?!” she yells.
“NIGHTSHADE!!!” you and Selena yell out.
“What the…Why is there a kid in your bags?!” Aqua shouts surprised and shocked by what just happened.
“Oh my gosh kid, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to…” she starts to say before her eyes widen in fear at your darkening form.
“N-No Daddy! I’m fine! Don’t!” Nightshade screams, but it’s too late as you rush forth in your anger.
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And Christmas and New Year's was awesome. I got some cool Videogames, and for New Years I blew up hundreds of dollars worth of fire works in the desert. Good Times
Who wants to bet Buggsy makes both the Horde, the Crimson Knights, Anndd make a Crimson Vengence Group