“Now that’s gone. I’m buying myself some fast-food.” Said Tough Exo as she walked away.
“Same here.”
“I’m out of here.”
“I need some food.”
Sweet Tunes was strumming on her new sitar as she felt her skirt being pulled a bit “Huh?” She turned around to see Sharp Shooter pulling on her skirt. “Sharp? What’s wrong?”
“I want to us to hang out.” Said Sharp which surprised Tunes.
“Huh?! You don’t need usually hang out with any of us. Unless it’s in school or a Game Players’ meeting. What’s the reason?” Sharp looked down and snarled.
“The stupid neighborhood community made it a law that I can’t go out in public without an adult or a guardian. I can’t go out in public like a citizen.”
Sweet Tunes nodded “Times had change, I mean parents became harsh on anything we love. Cartoons, video games and books. I mean I haven’t forgive those freakin’ assholes for shutting down Toonami and had it moved to only Saturday night a week and then cancel it again.” Sharp closed her eyes.
“Were the rumors about it used to be 5 days a week, true?” Sweet nodded “DAMN YOU PARENTS!!! If you want to keep your kids from watching Toonami, then don’t let them watch it. Parents should not nag to get rid of something because ” Yelled Sharp as Tunes placed her hand my Sharp’s head.
“Yes… those people are truly evil.” Said Tunes as she carried Sharp over her shoulders. “Let’s go.
30 minutes later
Tunes and Sharp were heading towards their homes as Tunes was listening to some music “I’ve been wondering about you Sharp.” Sharp looked at her while narrowing her eyes.
“What is it?”
“I know your super smart for pass Elementary and Middle School, so why didn’t you stay there until your old enough for High School?” Sharp closed them and sighed.
“Have you ever felt so… inferior to your schoolmates?”
“Yes.” Sharp looked at her “I.Q., you, Death and Dark Speed.”
“Okay, bad choice of words. How about… an outcast that failed to be the same as other kids?” Said Sharp as she corrects herself.
“No… unless… nope.” She answered as Sharp looked at her.
“I was. How life is a mysterious thing; it makes anyone the same, anyone different and anyone whatever. I was the unlucky one that must be super smart. In elementary school; classes were dull, my classmates are mostly buffoons, my teachers are annoying, and my principal was bastard for saying that I was selfish and stubborn, but I prove them wrong that I was passed my classes so easily in 5 months of that crappy place at age 6 as I threw fire crackers at him.” Tunes was impressed since she never told them about her school life.
“That’s impressive.” Said Tunes.
“And at Middle School; in one year, I graduated like a pro and pissed off my middle school principal by shooting BB bullets at her.” Tunes snickered at the thought of those.
“I bet your folks got pissed off by your actions?” She said.
“That bitch called them irresponsible parents for letting me say some foul language. I learn most of my words from a dictionary, uncensored of course.” Answered Sharp.
“I can see that, and dictionary are always uncensored.” Said Tunes as they went home. “I see my folks and you see yours. See ya after seeing them again.” Tunes walked to her home.
“See ya… Sweet Tunes. Musical Warrior of the Sound.”
Sweet Tunes’ POV
Tunes opened her door to see a living room decorated with themes related to the sea; ocean animals, seaweed and items had sunk into the sea. “Mom, Dad. I’m home.” Tunes looked around to see a woman with orange coral skin, Seaweed green long hair and white pearl color eyes in a one-piece with clown fishes stirring a bowl.
“Sweetie Tunes!” She yelled.
“Hey mom.” She said. “Sorry that I didn’t tell you all ahead of time that I was sleeping over at Fancy’s home.” She said with a sorry look.
“It’s okay.” Tunes looked surprised “Beauty informed us about it and we understand. Learning some subjects in classes are the hardest when you do it alone.” Tunes looked confused but remembered that they don’t know about the Abyss and nodded.
“Yeah. Science is hard. Is dad home?” Tunes’ mother nodded her head.
“Yes, but please don’t wake her. She’s been working overtime.” Tunes nodded.
“Okay, I finished my homework and I was going to hang out with my friends. Is there anything you need me to buy when I come back?” Tunes’ mother put some though into it and nodded.
“Yes… can you buy me a fresh salmon please? A big piece or the fish itself.” Tunes nodded and place her back on a hook.
“Okay mom, bye.”
“Bye.”
Sharp Shooter’s POV
Sharp opened her door to see a huge man with Camouflage skin, Mud Brown hair and Nephrite color eyes. “TEN-HUT!!!” Sharp Shooter saluted “Fall in Sniper and give General Father Army, a hug!” Sharp Shooter jumped and hugged her father.
“Sniper Sharp Shooter reporting to duty, sir!” Said Sharp as her father hugged her. “Permission to explain reasons for not coming home?”
“DENIED!!!” Yelled General Army.
“Honey…” Said a stern voiced as he looked behind him. A woman with Garnet skin, Sunflower hair in curls and salmon pink eyes in an apron with a cartoon monkey on it, looking stern.
“I! I mean… no need, my little gunner. Your mother’s friend, Beauty was kind enough to call us about your massive sleepover.” He said politely as Sharp’s mom picked her up.
“We were worried, but Beauty was nice to inform me about a study group.” She hugged her baby as she hugged her “I’m happy your safe but I heard that Beauty’s husband is here.” Sharp was shocked.
“I got to warn Game Life!!! Permission to go out to hang out with Sweet Tunes and warn companion about stubborn parent who blames others for his actions?” She asked her father.
“Of course, my sniper.” Said Father Army as she went out. “Our little trooper is becoming an adult. It brings tears to my eyes.” He said as he wipes his eyes.
“Yes… but she’s still our baby.” Said Sharps’ mother.
Sharp walked out as Tunes was listening to her headphones as she noticed her, lowered her music as they walked out. “Let’s go. We need to level up and warn Game Life.” Tunes was confused.
“Why?”
“Because the enemy of the Game Players AKA the parent of our friend is here in the city!” She yelled which Tunes looked annoyed.
“Oh no! Not Wealthy Mind! He’s like a bane to us all. He’s like Myxlplyx but not bald… I think.” Said Tunes as they began to run.
“I agree but I heard hair transplants are possible and painful. And, how can you say that imp’s name without sounding it out?” Said Sharp.
“I practiced. A lot.” Answered Tunes.
They ran to the mall as they looked around as the mall didn’t have that many people. “That’s weird? It’s the weekend, where’s the people?” Said Sharp. Tunes looked to find a flyer.
“I’m guessing therefore?” Said Tunes as she showed it to Sharp.
“YUCK! I can’t understand why some people wait in line for that? Wait a minute! Don’t tell me that you- “
“No. I love music but only to music I love. To be honest; I never end played a video game in my childhood until middle school. When I was finding a place to listen my songs in an unused room; I met Fancy and Game playing an old-school PS1. Normally I would never find it interesting but that Monkey in a sombrero made me fell in love.” Said tunes as Sharp tried to think of the monkey.
“Amigo? The monkey whose name is friend in Spanish?”
“That’s the name! He was funny, and I loved the challenges. I was obsessed with getting all A ranks in the games, that it took 4 days to do it and it was on Super Hard. After that game; I was smitten with Soundtracks of video games that they became my jam. I loved Rhythm theme games that I became a pro on them and a member of the Game Players.” She said.
“That’s an epic story. I joined them after meeting Exo, I was nervous for being the youngest student in CHS but when Exo showed me her pals’ new club and played an all shooting game of Splatoon, I found some friends that accept me as a teenager.” Tunes rubbed Sharp’s hair.
“You’re 5 years behind that but we love you as our friend.” Said Tune as they walked around the mall.
They walked up to the roof as they were holding bags with the Switch and games. “It’s a good thing that you had your ID that they let me, but some age inappropriate games that involves guns.” Said Sharp.
“No problem, just hope that guy doesn’t find out that ID was fake. Exo does know someone who makes fake IDs and she decided to give me that for my birthday.”
“I should ask her for that, so I can enter Mature Shooting Video Game Tournaments?” Said Sharp. Tunes opened the door to see a massive playground for kids. “I liked this place, it’s the only place where no one can insult me for being a kid.” Said Sharp
“And the only weekend where the kids are busy in playgrounds or chores. Plus, the only camera is above the hallway and there’s no elevator to the roof.” Said Tunes as they began practicing.
10 minutes later
They were panting for air as they were drinking water bottles “Man… I forgot to ask Game if this power is safe for our health?” Said Sharp.
“I think it’s okay? That ‘Gamer’s body’ skill makes our bodies like game avatars, it’s like where you can overeat and over drink where they don’t change.” Said Tunes as Sharp looked at her with hate.
“That better not happen!! I need to grow taller for amusement rides and other things!” She said.
“Let’s put a pin in that. I mean isn’t Game a RPG expert? Don’t some skills that can be turn off like in our MMORPG game?” Sharp remembered and nodded.
“We better talk about that later in out next meeting but after raising the ‘Create ID’ and ‘ID escape’ skills to level 8. We need to think what we want carefully.” Said Tunes.
“Okay because I’m curious myself.” They opened their screens and looked at the ‘Create ID’ skill.
Making Instant Dungeon (Active) LV 8 EXP: 10.08%] A Skill to make an instant Dungeon. You can create a more powerful one by increasing your skill level. You can make Various Instant Dungeons and set a difficulty setting of your choosing; Easy, Normal, Hard, Super Hard. Current Available I.D. List:
1.Empty ID - Monsters: None
2. ???
3. ???
4. ???
5. Combine ID - Monsters
“I’m thinking… Water, Sea, Beast, and Music as my I.D.s.” Said Tunes as Sharp put some thought into it.
“Uh… promise you won’t laugh.” She asked Tunes as she nodded. “Demon, Candy, Gun and… Fairy.” She said while blushing as Tunes was surprised.
“Whoa… I thought you keep your…”
“My childish likes to myself. I know but… I like fairies, mermaids and other girly things but sometimes they get so predictable. Good fails at first and wins later, the hero beats the villain, darkness is evil, and light is good. I can see why Dark Speed is negative, people always want to show that good is most important thing to be, but Persona showed me the truth. We all have darkness in our hearts and it’s a part of everything in life; we must accept it instead of rejecting nor ignoring it and sometimes the villain can be the victim and the hero is the real villain. I… don’t want to be… killed by myself or reject the real me. I am Sharp Shooter! The youngest member of The Game Players with her own custom Title ‘The Marksman Gunner’, I will be the greatest gunner in the world.” Sweet Tunes began shedding tears as she clapped for Sharp.
“You are the greatest girl, I ever known as my friend. I’ll keep this to my grave.” Said Tunes as they hold hands together “Let’s try something that we or possible no one else did in life. Combine our combine I.D.s.” Sharp was shocked.
“Is that possible?” She asked as Tunes shrugged her shoulders.
“I don’t know but imagine it as those simulation videogames. I mean we can create anything out of nothing now.” Sharp thought a bit and nodded.
“Okay, but if its too much; we escape like babies.” She said as they raise their hands in the air
“I.D. Create Combine! Sea & Beast! /Fairy & Gun!” They both yelled as the area transformed around them into floating forests and an endless ocean.
“Whoa…” Said Sharp.
“Wow…” Said Tunes. “Game never said the area can transform?”
“I bet he never seen it. With the history of games, he played in his childhood; Monsters in command areas; like parks, backyards and the street in some videogames.” Answered Sharp as she noticed some bubbles as well as Tunes as a giant Salmon jumped out to attack them as Sharp summoned her guns and shot the fish between the eyes as it landed on the small land they’re on.
“That’s one big fish.” Said Tunes as it turned to smog; leaving a big jar filled with small red orbs and a large slab of meat. “Observe.”
Big jar of Salmon Eggs – Eggs of a salmon. Rich in Omega-3 fat and Vitamin D, can be used as food or fish bait.
Salmon Meat – The freshest meat of a salmon.
Tunes was amazed “I guess I don’t need to buy that salmon for dinner.” She took it and put it in her inventory as Sharp grabbed the bottle.
“I’ll take this for the monsters in the water. My dad did say that he needed bait for fishing.” Said Sharp as she opened it, pour a few in her palm and tossed the seeds in the water. Tunes looked at her.
“Why did you do that for?” She asked as Sharp looked at her.
“Large Harvest did say that to attract some pry, you need to use food.” She answered as Tunes understood.
“It’s like Pokémon. It’s Sweet Scent.” She said as the water rippled as several different monsters appeared which surprised them. “Sour notes.”
“Uh-oh. Observe.”
Tiger-Shark LV25
Sea Serpent LV29
Man-o-War Fairy Spirit LV31
Sea Sprite LV22
Flying Cannon LV34
“Whoa… by the sight of the monsters in this dungeon.” Said Sweet Tunes as Sharp looked worried.
“But we got no land to travel.” She said as Tunes summoned her sitar “It’s not much but I’ve been observing it so much that I can play it with my brain if I know the notes of songs.” Tunes dropped it in the water as it floated as she got on.
“Nice!” Sharp got on as they moved by the water as the monsters chased them.
Sharp hold on to Tunes "Holy shitballs. I think the scent of the eggs as locked on to us." She pulled out her gun and rapid fire one of the monsters. “We need to tame a monster! I see why Game tame so many, he needs all the help he needs!” She watched as Tunes fired at water bullet at the ghost cannon as it blew up to create a explosion which cause an unstable wave for Tunes to ride on.
“Whoa…! Easy with the killing, Sharp!” Yelled Tunes.
“Sorry but that was you! But I now discovered that Gun theme monsters EXPLODES!” Yelled Sharp as they escape from the made wave as Tunes flipped over the wave.
“WHOA!!!” Yelled Sharp as she was amazed “I never knew you were so good at surfing?!”
“Before I met Game and Fancy in Middle School and moved; I originally lived on an island and my home was near a beach! My dad taught me how to surf! I was a elementary school prodigy in surf but society has no love for surfing instead of a sport.” Tunes made a path of water to the air as they were surfing in the air.
“Okay now choose what monster you want?!” Said Sharp. Tunes watch below as some monsters were in the air flying around near the forests in the floating islands. “I see an actual fairy in a soldier’s uniform. I want that soldier in my army.”
“Okay and I want that Jellyfish fairy and that literal hybrid of a Tiger Shark.” Said Tunes as they turned around and blasted some of the monsters in her own creation of capture bubbles. Sharp jumped off of the board.
“TAME!” She yelled as she kicked the soldier fairy and jumped off “TAME!” She yelled as she attacked a floating Manta Ray that mutated with a tank. Sharp jumped off of the manta and landed in one of the floating trees as she watched Tunes choosing her monsters.
“Tame!” Yelled Tunes as she turned around and side swipe the Man-o-war Fairy, the Tiger Shark and a flying monster that she could described as blue serpent with wing-like fins. The monsters paused a bit as they attacked their companions as they turned to smoke and landed on the water but didn’t sank.
“Whoa…” The Fairy in a soldier’s uniform and Manta Ray Tank appeared before her
“Soldier falling in Ma’am!” She saluted to Sharp as the Tunes stopped as the monsters she attacked approached her.
(Stop the music at this point or continued if you love listening to it)
“Greetings, Madam.” Said the Man-o-War Fairy.
“Cool.” Said Tunes as the Tiger Shark lifted her from the water and crawled to land as Tunes came down on the Manta.
“Holy… shit! That is literally an actual genuine Tiger Shark. Legs and stripes of the tiger and body of a shark. Eat your heart out Mrs. Naps!” Said Sharp as Tunes looked at her “That was when I had dreams before they said that I shouldn’t be having them because I’m smart.”
“Philistines.”
“Do you know what that word means?”
“No but I think it means that they refuse to accept anyone’s choice of style.” Sharp paused a bit and nodded
“That is exactly what it means in another phrase.” She said as Tunes smiled.
“Now let’s see the loot.” She said as their monsters collected it and they observe them.
Water Sprite Heart Orb – An orb created from a Water Sprite. This orb will recover 500 HP & 100 MP. 5 uses until it shatters.
A bag of Sea Serpent scales (small scales) – The scales of a Sea Serpent. This scales can be use for alchemy or crafting into armor.
Pair of Fairy Wings x3 – The wings of a Fairy. Can be use for ingredients for a potion to cure status effects.
“No weapons but who cares.” Said Sharp as she and Tunes collected the loot.
“Kind of less than what we gather before, maybe its because their isn’t many of us or it wasn’t on a setting like Game said before.” Said Tunes as she remembered that Game Life did said that when he created that Goblin I.D.
“I guess settings make a huge difference. Common dropped items on easy and Ultra rare items on hard. Such is in games.” Said Sharp as she gotten on her new Manta.
“I want to have some more training, Want to join me with Combat and Blaster?” Tunes smirked
“If you can catch up with Jelly, Stripes and Salt Venom?” Answered Tunes as Tunes got on her Sitar as her new Tame monsters look excited as they followed her as well as Sharp.
Half an hour later
Tunes was giving Sharp a piggyback ride as she was walking out of the door and downstairs. “Okay, that was a crazy.” Said Tunes as Sharp was still panting.
“I know. *Panting* I need to increase my endurance and dexterity so I don’t get tired out by moving.” Said Sharp as she backed “I’m still amazed by our MFs.” Tunes smile
“I live on a beach so my farm is a beach.”
“And I was raised by a general so my MF is an army base.” She said “I also learn my MF can increase their focus skills so they don’t miss their targets but it does strain them.” She said sadly
“And my MF can help them with fire and water resistance but can increase laziness.” Said Tunes.
“Game’s MF looked like a balance place; not that much heat, not too much hassle in it. Peaceful to create anything with the right resources. Maybe it’s like those farms in games; you start out with a balance on and buy ones with good points and negative points.” Said Sharp as Tunes wonder about something.
“I wonder… if its possible to connect out farms?” Asked Tunes as Sharp was curious and looked below.
“That’s a good idea and I was wondering; what are the others are doing? I mean even I, fear that some trouble from the Abyss is after us.” They looked at each other and pray that nothing bad happen to them.
“We should also let them know that we raised our level by 3 and gather some cool gear and materials.” Said Sharp as Tunes looked at her hand to see a ring with a jellyfish design.
Ring of the Jellyfish - The ring was constructed by a person who loves for jellyfish. This ring will allow to summon a phantom jellyfish for aiding in travel and protection. This phantom will require 70MP per min to stay by the caster.
“I’m hoping that we can somehow be strong enough to protect our friends and family.” Said Tunes as Sharp looked at her ring that she gotten from shooting an illusion beast through the head.
Ring of illusions - This ring was charmed with the power of illusions. This ring will allow the caster to create an illusion to confuse your enemies or cast on the user to change their appearance. This spell requires 90MP per minute to stay by the caster.
“Yeah... big time.”