After Mega Man was fully repaired, Dr. Light unfortunately had bad news for him. "Mega Man, you need to get out there immediately," he stated bluntly. "The growing Robot is now larger than most buildings, and is about to lay waste to an entire city block."
"How's the military doing against it?" Mega Man asked as he got ready to teleport out.
"Not so well," Dr. Light replied. "Apparently, its exterior is made of Mettool alloy, and they can't even make a dent in it."
"Damn," Mega Man groaned. "What do they expect me to do?"
"They've managed to find one spot on its entire body that isn't completely covered," Dr. Light replied. "They've been working on that spot, and they've managed to make a small hole, big enough to send your teleport signal inside when reflected off a ground-based array."
"And they want me to take it down from the inside?" Mega Man asked. "Alright. Where's the entrance?"
"The right heel," Dr. Light replied.
Mega Man just gave him a look. "...I had no idea Vinyl was so well read in her classics," he mumbled. "Okay, Dad...send me in."
Mega Man blinked as he took shape on the inside of the giant foot. Blinking, he saw the incredibly tiny hole he'd been beamed in through, a patch over a seam that had shaken loose and would only have even been visible once Giganto had reached this size. "Wow," Mega Man murmured. "Even Apollo would have had trouble hitting that before." Turning, he examined the rest of his surroundings.
He found that the inside of Giganto was tastefully decorated in silver chrome, with numerous tubes, cables, and other such things running along the walls, along with numerous diodes and devices hanging here and there. However, all of it had energy shields, making it plain that trying to blast things to bits wouldn't work. "Alright," he murmured, heading to a stairwell that he assumed ran up the leg. "Guess I'll be doing this the long way-"
"Welcome," a computerized voice greeted politely, dragging his attention around. Floating up to him was a black sphere surrounded by waving tendrils with any number of unpleasant looking implements at the ends. "You are unauthorized. Your death will now be implemented. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death. Please do not run. Thank you for your cooperation."
Without hesitation, Mega Man fired a barrage of shots from his buster to force the antibody to back up. "Wily lets Vinyl watch too much TV," he grumbled before racing up the stairs.
The rest of Giganto's insides were the same, almost monotonously so. Same coloration of the walls, same pattern of cables, pipes, diodes, and devices, same energy shields, and every single antibody gave him the exact same speech as it approached him. The only thing of interest was that each antibody he encountered would know the strategy he used to take down the previous ones, and be able to actively counter it.
As he reached the core, he found that it was sealed tight, and could only be opened with four security codes embedded in devices in Giganto's hands and feet. Groaning, Mega Man backtracked through the antibodies to the right foot, finding the device - guarded by a much stronger antibody that he actually had to destroy - in the big toe.
When he removed the device - which turned out to be a fez, for some obscure reason - an alarm went off. "Alert! Unauthorized personnel is requisitioning the Core code devices. One device collected. Threat level has been raised to salmon pink. Level 2 attack protocol authorized."
"Well, that can't be good," Mega Man murmured as he turned to head back up the leg...only to shudder at what he saw. Two of the antibodies had merged, turning into a strange, bulbous, tentacle covered creature resembling a malboro. It filled the hallway, forcing him to blast his way past it...only for it to break apart into the two antibodies again.
As Mega Man discovered as he continued, the merging was universal throughout Giganto's body. The larger antibody amalgamations blocked corridors, forcing him to blast past them...and if he ignored the split portions for too long, they'd merge again, stronger than before.
Eventually, he made his way to the left foot, obtaining the second code device...a bow tie. Another alarm sounded. "Alert! Two devices collected by unauthorized personnel. Threat level has been raised to Pony White. Traps have been engaged."
Turning, Mega Man saw spikes appearing on some of the walls, ceilings, and floor tiles, forcing him to carefully plan his path to avoid them. The antibodies remained the same threat as he made his way back up and out to the right arm. Reaching the hand, he found no guardian antibody awaiting him. All he had to do was manage to wiggle his way through the index finger to the tip without being crushed by a bending knuckle. Careful sliding enables him to grab the third device, a screwdriver.
"Alert! Three devices have been retrieved by unauthorized personnel. Threat level has been raised to Bass Black. Traps activated."
Turning, Mega Man saw the spiked walls slamming across the path into the opposite wall, obviously meant to crush him as he went by, forcing him to time his passage through in order to keep from being destroyed. Thankfully, he was able to lead antibodies into the traps, and they didn't fare any better under the crushing than he would.
Making his way to the left hand, the device was guarded in much the same way as on the right hand, but more difficult to get to due to the traps, and faster movement of the knuckles. However, he eventually managed to get it...only to discover it was an actual key.
"Alert! Threat level has been raised to Mega Man Blue. Growth has been stopped. Engaging reverse function. Ten minutes until core is ready to begin shrinking subject Giganto. Only authorized entities within the super structure will be shrunk along with prime unit."
"Crap!" Mega Man shouted out, rushing back up the arm, doing his best to make his way back to the core before the entire thing started shrinking.
As he reached the core, the entire structure began to shrink, even as swarms of turrets and antibodies tried to hold him back from blasting the core apart. Eventually, he managed to do enough damage to shut it down.
"Warning! Primary core disabled. Self destruct engaged! Five minutes until total annihilation."
"Not again!" Mega Man screamed out as he raced for the right heel. He managed to beam out literally at the last second.
Upon returning to Dr. Light's lab, he discovered that the self destruct apparently involved the core reabsorbing all the matter of Giganto's body before teleporting away. He also discovered a new Master Weapon in his system. Curious, he looked it over.
Enhance
This handy dandy program can let any robot get the advantage over his more well endowed foes. Simply activate this and feel the swell of power within. Feel more of a Man with Enhance, the only Weapon for natural Mega Male enhancement.*Enhance is not recommended for children, teens, or female robots. Do not use Enhance if you are drunk, high, underage, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant. If the effects of Enhance do not wear off after four hours, consult your personal physician.
Ask your Doctor if Enhance is right for you.
Mega Man slowly, carefully closed the information window on his status display, making a mental note to never use that weapon. He then moved to the kitchen sink.
"Mega Man," Dr. Light chided, "just because you're a robot and won't be hurt by doing so, doesn't mean you should. It won't actually do you any good."
"It's cathartic," Mega Man replied as he proceeded to chug the bleach.
Loved all the Dr. Who references in the chapter!
I feel as if he referenced Greek Mythology with the right heel. You know, Achilles' heel.
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Edit: Also I LOVED the weapon. It's both fitting for Vinyl's plans, and just tantalizing enough to wonder if it would actually be something useful, and not just there to torment the Blue Bomber.
OMG I loved the Bleach chugging!!!
6796668 the Doctor is coming home.
MEGA MAN, PUT THE BLEACH DOWN RIGHT NOW YOU BUMBULING FOOL! *What sounds like a rolled up news paper hitting metal is heard in the background seconds later*
Brain Bleach I guess...
Oh God, my sides! They ache! Mercy! Mercy!
This was brilliant, absolutely fantastic! Of course, I love anything with a healthy dose of Doctor Who references, so take what you will of that.
Geronimo!
WELCOME ABOARD THE TESELECTA.
Wily: You added those inside Giganto?
Vinyl: *Wearing a fez & bowtie, holding a Dalek and Cyberman action figures* Fez's are cool, dad.
6796673 I believe the reference is actually to Talos of Greek Myth.
And like our big robot here, Talos was taken down due to that ankle based weak point.
6796779 Maybe, but the tale of Achilles states that the hero can only be harmed by a strike to his heel, as he had bathed in the River Styx.
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Actually, it's apparently both.
It was meant as a reference to Achilles (thus Mega Man's comment about even Apollo having trouble hitting that mark, since Apollo either fired or guided the arrow that killed Achilles), but the bit about the patch apparently references the other, as well.
Brilliant chapter! I was laughing too hard!
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OMIGOSHILOVEDTHATMO-... Let's calm ourselves for a second, shall we? Remember, a tone of neutral indifference is key.
All I can think of is Donkey Kong 64 when Tiny had to shrink down and beat King K. Rool's toes into submission. Not what you're talking about, but it's all I've got.
Wait... how can he simply traverse the body without getting jostled by the Giganto's movements? Only two possibilities for this.
1. Vinyl installed some sort of gyroscopic rigmarole and is screwing with him.
2. Giganto stopped moving and is screwing with him.
Either way, that's how it goes for Mega Man, I suppose.
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shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT!!! Forget the key, I always hated those buggers as a kid!!!
... I think Mega Man's being really, REALLY overdramatic. I mean, I get that Vinyl's sick and all, but just because you went through hell and the thing you get at the end happens to be equally sick, that doesn't mean you should resort to bleach-drinking?... SERIOUSLY?! I mean, there was this one guy, Chijinda You, who had to stop giant school girls from taking over the world, and nearly got digested by one of them, but do HE drink bleach... no, he drank a bunch of stat-boosting items that made him and his party members completely overpow- ANYWAYS, the point stands, kid. Life sucks, it's a bummer, but that's the point of living. To show the dumb giant school girls in your life that you're not going to wuss out over their bullcrap, and save the world like a MAN!!! Not. Drinking. Bleach... even if you're a robot and you're not affected by it.
(Yes that is a game, yes it is hard, and no you can't judge me)
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He was drinking bleach to cathartically erase his memories of the events. Wouldn't work, but it would psychologically help him deal.
6796988 Ah, that makes a lot more sense. I wonder why I got a downvote? Was it because of the utter randomness of my comment, the perplexity of some of the choices I made in it, or referencing an RPGMaker Game?... Let's go for all of the above this time around.
Not gonna lie: While the movie reference was out there, I was thinking of Smaug when Dr. Light brought up one weakpoint on Giganto, but instead, it was Achilles
The Doctor Who and Viagra references were funny as well
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Tatsurou, in the immortal words of Tiny Tina, "Shorty, you da best. You da you da best." Keep up the good work!
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....... that was the single most blatant Penis joke I have ever seen without penis actually being said in the joke.... Have a cookie.
I thought they were called Malboros, not Marlboros?
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You know, Vinyl is too young to be this experienced in this level of depth of adult naughtiness, it's a sign of imbalance. That's definitely one thing Megaman should point out to Wily if he wants to raise her more properly.
In addition, perhaps a fitting and ironic punishment for the naughty unicorn filly once she's stopped...would be clean spanking.
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...you did read the part where she got most of that from the internet, right? Vinyl herself doesn't know what half of it means, she just knew that places like 4chan and the like said it was the way to break Mega Man.
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Still doesn't mean it couldn't have unintentional consequences for her psyche later on if she's not disciplined now. I know actual sex offender and rape cases that have happened from this kind of childhood exposure.
And let's put it this way, her actions/methods also reflect upon Wily's parenting skills, and while Wily is content with the world remembering him as a villain, he'll be frozen in hell before he lets anyone think he's a bad dad for having no parental control.
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Well, considering Vinyl's only going to build one other Robot Master after this set in the entire story, I don't think it needs to be addressed in story.
This is a comedy, after all.
Yeah, kinda seems a mite too close to home. sounds like a trap.
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Still, kinda feels a little too much like one-sided abuse with no consequences, somewhat too realistic to be funny.
It makes me feel like I want to see Vinyl take one too far like Megaman did, and realize the ethnicity of robotic creations is a reflection and only as good as those that created and influenced them.
I was expecting it to the...*cough*...exhaust pipe, if you know what I mean.
C'mon, Mega Man, be brave and give that new weapon a try. Like, carefully, and in private. It might be quite useful with just a very trollish description.
The bleach thing is absolutely HILARIOUS!
I LOVED THAT TATSUROU!
The Doctor would recommend you clear your history.
Out of all of this I'm only gonna say this: Dr. wiley? easy as hell....... Vinyl? My the gods you pray to have mercy on your soul cause she sure as hell won't!
Real One: Great, Vinyl is better and better with the enemies and ways to destroy them, simply beautiful, when I read Fez, I was like "meh, whatever", then the bow tie hit me like a Pancor Jackhammer, I was like "You gotta be shitting me, this author is shitting me" (Get that reference and you win a cookie), So, keep the great job.
This started off as cute and funny, but now it's starting to bum me out. Mega Man is supposed to be an idealist and an optimist, and more to the point, still technically a child. Seeing him get... disillusioned, almost, is really depressing, I think.
If I was Mega Man, I would probably need Brain Bleach as well after all that...
6798273 in the words of a well known farmer...EEYUP!
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Just something I want to add.
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Could be the reason she only builds one more. Papa Bear Wily could have forbidden it.
Make a TR 8R robot master.
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Please tell me the Screwdriver is a sonic one, if for no other purpose because it would be cool to put that on a shelf.
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Unfortunately, no.
Vinyl has the Sonic one, though she claims it isn't a screwdriver.
6805490 In other words, she's saving it for trolling Dr. Who conventions????? Because I can totally see Doctors Light, Wily, and Cossack being asked to speak on some of the robot designs in the series and Rock off hand mentioning he got a Sonic Screwdriver, a fez, and a Bowtie during one of his adventures and Vinyl bursting out in giggles at the dead silence of hundreds of fans staring at Rock.
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And the key. Mustn't forget the key.
The TARDIS key...
6805514 given that the key was obscured by the possibility of a Sonic Screwdriver it didn't click for me. LOL, the Who Fans would freak out.
It seems to me that this could've been a really good, if not perfect, parody of the series finale of "Monk" if Mega Man had become fixated on the tingling sensation.
Dr who and natural male enhancement damn Tatsurou you are one evil man