While Skull Man did give Mega Man a very thorough thrashing, venting his spleen on the Blue Bomber, eventually he grew weary of the battle and offered Mega Man a chance to surrender, as Air Man had predicted. When Mega Man had eagerly surrendered, Skull Man had flung him all the way back to Light Labs while shouting, "Geeeeeet dunked on!" Light had given Mikhail and Albert to understand that it would take several months to fully repair him.
A little over a month later, Forte stepped out of Vinyl's lab and stretched. He was rather amazed at how rapidly Vinyl was advancing with her designs...and was privately considering asking her to upgrade him for real robot battle at some point. With all the martial arts programming in him, combat called to him. Still, his primary purpose was to be a good brother to Vinyl, and at this point in time rushing off to battle didn't meet that purpose. Being a good lab assistant, however, did.
He was rather surprised to see Crash Man setting up a snooker table, a round table, and several chairs in one of the large, unused rooms of the Fortress. "What are you doing?" he asked curiously.
Crash Man looked up. "Sorry, club members only."
Forte blinked. "Club?" Glancing over, he saw the sign.
First Meeting of the Mega Mashers Club
Forte couldn't help but chuckle. "You're actually making the club?"
"Yup," Crash Man replied. "Entry into the club is simple. You're a Robot Master aligned against Mega Man, and you've either beaten him soundly or never lost to him. The second is so Wood Man can be a member, since he never actually fought Mega Man. And it wouldn't be fair to exclude him." He shrugged. "Besides, he's bringing his hookah.
"I'm a Robot Master," Forte pointed out. "By those rules, I should be a member, too."
Crash Man looked him up and down. "You aren't a combat model," he indicated.
"Neither was Rock," Forte countered.
Crash Man thought about that for a time, then nodded. "Alright. Get the snacks."
It didn't take long for the club room to finish being set up. In addition to snooker and the poker table, Air Man had brought in a pinball machine, Shadow Man (who postulated that, since both he and Mega Man were forced to withdraw after their original fight - and that Vinyl actually wanted Mega Man to retrieve all the energy element capsules - his match had ended in a draw, not a defeat) brought a DDR machine, and Wood Man - in addition to his hookah - brought along several game consoles to be hooked up...along with, of all the irony, console adaptions of the events of Mega Man's crusade against Wily.
Forte had been rather surprised to discover that he'd been programmed to be an excellent cook. When asked, Wily had explained that it was because, as scientists, he and Vinyl would tend towards ignoring their own dietary needs for the sake of their research and experimentation. As a good big brother, Forte was to take care of Vinyl when she couldn't be bothered to take care of herself. Wily hadn't even had to use the internet to program that part, as he himself was a classically trained chef before he got into robotics.
As everything was being set up, the group was startled as Skull Man - still in his hoodie - stepped out from behind the pinball machine. "I brought drinks," he spoke up, showing it was still the secondary personality in control, though apparently much more relaxed now.
The group decided that they'd play poker first today. Gathering around the table and taking their seats, they took their fill of snacks and drinks as Shadow Man took on the role of dealer. While no one was surprised that Wood Man's drink of choice was a two liter of soda to wash down his massive bowl of chips, a few eyebrows were raised at Skull Man's bottle of ketchup with straw.
The game went on for several hands, with no one gaining a real obvious lead. An unexpected drawback was discovered to playing card games with a group of robots: everyone had a computer for a brain, and could readily calculate everything about the cards, making bluffing impossible. "Maybe we should try a different game?" Forte asked. "One that can't be won by card counting?"
"Too many of us for Bridge or Hearts," Skull Man replied with a gentle laugh.
"And all of us have robotic reflexes too good for any computer games, or any pool-type games," Air Man added.
"We could all take a big hit," Wood Man offered, holding out his hookah. "That ought to lower our reflexes and calculations a bit."
"Except then you have an advantage, since you're used to it," Crash Man corrected. "It seems that most of the games we could play are simply too...primitive for our capabilities."
The group fell silent, lost in thought. "Anyone up to designing a new game that will challenge us?" Forte suggested.
"Too much work," Crash Man replied. "I guess we need to find new group activities."
"Maybe we could play with the cute unicorn?" Skull Man offered.
"She's busy in her lab," Forte countered. "But getting together to do things with Vinyl could be fun. We've got three holidays coming up to spend time with her for."
"Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas," Air Man confirmed. "We could make plans for that."
"As the only one with a large belly, I call playing Santa Claus!" Wood Man called out.
"Does that make us your ho's?" Skull Man joked before chuckling, resulting in him dodging a shower of pretzels, popcorn, and nachos.
"Actually, I understand that Protoman and Pops are already planning something special for Christmas," Forte pointed out. "But we could always plan Halloween costumes."
"And when we're done, we could watch some movies," Wood Man offered. "Just veg out on the couch."
"Sounds fun," Air Man replied, as the group got to work on their costume ideas.
So, a club for all the masters who beat Megaman, not a bad idea?
Question, if Forte gets beaten at a later date, is he out of the club?
Okay, here are my costume ideas:
Skull Man: T-800 (Terminator)
Wood Man: Timberwolf (MLP)
Forte: Ironhide (Transformers)
Air Man: Airplane engine (Life)
Crash Man: Drill Sergeant (Skylanders)
They had to make a club eventually, didn't they?
The ketchup bottle with a straw reminds me of Starfire's (teen titans) enjoyment of a bottle of mustard with a straw.
6659262 I think timberwolf is a bit out of the question since nobody her recognizes anything from Mlp here...but Groot's an option for Wood Man, or Maybe the Treefolk guy from Lord of the Rings...Treant from Pokemon would work here as well.
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They could always play... FLAPPY BIRD!
Proven to be scientifically unbeatable.
There is a comic where Sans dresses up as Papyrus for Halloween. Tatsurou please put Skull Man in a Papyrus costume.
I don't know why but as soon as you said Halloween I imagined a ghostly metalman.
Also I thought about what might happen if they tried to remake metal-man as a non crazy and all I could come up with was him constantly doing the "disrespect your surroundings" thing.
Well played, Bas- i mean, Forte!
I like ketchup and now I kinda want to try that. I blame you tatsurou.
Ah, yes, on that note...
ok i was just woundering is vinel going back to equestria becas she cold one up twilight in her IQ
Yay, Skull Man is with them.
I wonder how much mental trama Mega has now?
Haven't even read it yet.
Already know its got to be awesome.
You sir or madam have earned a follower
... Oh, Sans, you and your hate for dirty brother killers.
Though I'm looking forward to his more goofy side around Vinyl. That's gonna be adorable.
6659283 I was thinking pikachu
well, they could make their OWN game
6659564 He even has the obsession with raw condiments!
6659355 But how would he incorporate Papyrus having gone as Frisk?
Music for the chapter:
6659732
Nice.
But I was thinking more this.
6659754 If you say so. I figured since Skull Man is still in Sans mode, might as well use the most relaxed theme from Undertale. Poker Night's theme has a lot more energy than how I imagined this chapter.
(and where's that shrug emoticon when you need it.....)
6659288 I am Groot!
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
6659257 Not if he thrashes Mega Man at some point
*reads chapter title*
It's totally gonna be the MCBU club, isn't it?
*reads chapter*
I freaking knew it!
This chapter is awesome, this story is awesome, your stories are awesome, YOU are awesome.
6659283 Reminds me of Pikachu
Tree Man should dress up as Spike from HotDiggidyDemon's Pony.Mov series. Just suggesting.
Loved the update!
You spelled it wrong. Nonetheless, it was pretty cool how you did a thing I didn't expect you to do. Rather than just go
{Skull Man: Wanna give up?
Mega Man: *sigh* Sure.
Skull Man: FRIENDSIES!!},
you actually did what they did in Undertale and presented it as it was ordained to be. Sure, it was a little sad to hear that Mega Man gave up "eagerly", but there's not much that can be done about a person's drive to live another day... even if giving up is precisely what triggered the death flag, but he's a robot that can easily be repaired, so that's not much of a drag... much.
... And now with the advent of being a good cook, this only solidifies the similarities between Forte (MAN, that feels weird to say) and Ranma Saotome! MWAHAHAHAHA!...
Anyways, take care with doing another set-up for Mega Man to deal with.
6659288
Remember Heavy being a "pretty pony princess" in Fortesshy?
6659989 Haven't read through all of that...may later...
Skull Man, though
Their plans for the future would make for quite the adorable updates.
6659726 Kalinka.
They could play any console Mariokart, tournament style. You know. Since there can only be one. And also there are more than 4 of them. Add wii wheels for extra uncertainty. i wonder what an 8 player smash bros match would look like if robot masters were involved. or any fps game..
Mega Man games...? Does that count as being meta? I wonder if Air Man could beat Air Man.
Vinyl Halloween Costume Idea: A form of armor similar to Megaman X's with a sonic weapon of her own design to replace the buster arm, with the gem in the middle being Light Blue and the rest of the armor White with a hint of Dark Blue at specific parts like the joints, gloves, feet, etc... just to keep the costumes from going similar to RED Team's in your story of The Nine Fathers (Extremely diverse and not watched often anime/manga). That and it'd just be a bit cute to see Vinyl in a Megaman armor...we should make a picture of that.
Vinyl needs to have a puppy dog costume. Just saying.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
6661412 PAAAAAAAAARTEEEEEEEEH!!
Oh my gosh...
It's happening...
6661481 HYPE TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN
6661688 CHOOOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!
Why do I get a sense of Deja vu...
And of TF2'ness
6659283 Reminds me of Sans.
6661933 Thomas the Weed Engine.
6662080 ...I don't think you can generate enough heat to produce enough steam from garden waste.
6662119 Mari-huana smokin'.
6662050 thats because it is sans.
So I was doing a little research on the Mega Man games, since I haven't personally played them yet (Planning to get the Legacy Collection eventually), and came across a Robot Master Wily built to stop Mega Man called Punk http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Punk He appears in mega Man III, V and 10 and was curious if you plan to have him show up in the next part of the story? Maybe he's Vinyl's first successful Robot Master? Only his rebellious streak makes him similar to Protoman and willing to only act when he feels like it? Also Doc Robot should come back again, maybe after getting an upgrade to make him tougher and more versatile? He was only experimental after all, so I like to think he's a robot Vinyl would keep working on. Kind of like a personal project car, that a young mechanic would work on restoring in his spare time.
Oh yeah, and if the Robots are doing Halloween costumes, Skullman would be a good Slenderman, I mean he's already figured out how to teleport.
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