Bulwark of the Weak

by Scolipede

Early Showers

Darkness. That's what I woke up to. When I looked around, I noticed I was in a hole. Even if it was dark, I could still see dirt on the walls. When I looked up, I noticed someone had placed a net, or something on top to block out any light. It was covered in leaves and sticks.

Then I started to think: Wait, what happened? I saw a zebra--Zecora! I saw Zecora, panicked and fainted and now I'm here. Crap. What could've happened? Maybe she thought I was dangerous and dragged me into a freshly dug hole? I wouldn't put it past her.

How am I going to get out of here? Oh wait. I'm freakishly tall. I'll just stand up. So I stood up, and my head pushed the "roof" off the hole and onto the ground. Seems it was getting lighter outside. Must be morning soon.

It looked like I was about ten feet away from the big patch of poison joke, and beyond that, her house. After a bit of thought, I figured that the poison joke would make a nice defense for her house, so naturally her house should be over there. So I pushed myself out of the hole and remembered my sword. Crap. Where was it? It wasn't in the hole, nor was it anywhere near the hole. I looked around for a bit and noticed a big mound where the manticore used to be and decided not to think about that. Maybe it was in the house?

So I carefully walked over to the house, making sure to walk through the small path through the poison joke. Her house looked rather imposing in 3D. Although that diminished a bit when I looked at it with my height. So I crouched down to the door, not needing to stoop too much, but it was still rather small. Anyways, it looked like there was a note on the door.

It said, "Gone to Twilight Sparkles house. Will be back shortly. DO NOT GO NEAR THE HOLE!." -Zecora

Well, that answers a few questions. 1. They wrote in English, thankfully. 2. Apparently Zecora did not rhyme when she wrote, and 3. She was gone to Twilights house.

Well, I guess I'll just let myself in, and wait for them, so I can sort this out without too much trouble. I tried the door. Locked. Crap. Wait a minute! I reached into my pocket(they were where normal pockets would be on pants, thank God.) And pulled out my Explorers Key. If the notes from the game were right, this thing could open ANYTHING. But how does it work? I reached down to put it in the keyhole, but just before it went in, it stopped dead and started glowing. A second later I heard a click from the other side of the door and the key stopped glowing. I put it back into my pocket and tried the door. It opened. Now then.

I stepped inside, looking around carefully. There were tiki masks scattered around on the walls, ingredients on the various shelves, and an empty cauldron in the middle of the room. And there was my sword on the far wall.

I walked over and picked it up, suddenly feeling refreshed, much like the feeling of stepping out of a hot shower. I'll need to make sure to keep a good hold on this next time.

The best thing to do now would be to wait for Zecora to return so I can calmly explain the situation. Hopefully things wouldn't turn out too badly. Since the inside was getting rather cramped, I figured I should wait outside. As I made my way over to the door though, I started to hear something. It sounded like something big stomping around. I paused before the door to listen.

I heard muffled speaking from the other side, then a surprised shout, then more shouting, and then it got quiet. I learned in closer to the door as I heard something stomp up to the door, and I heard somebody say something along the lines of "get out of the way, I don't want you getting hurt."

Suddenly, the door burst open and I was flung backwards into the cauldron in the middle of the room, tipping it over. The next thing I know, an explosion went off, and I barely heard gunfire. Some small part of me registered a very large person in blue armor standing in the doorway, an equally large shield held in front of him. I felt something like rubber hit me, which hurt quite a bit by the way, several times before I managed to get my bearings. I attempted to hold my sword up in front of me as makeshift cover, but I tripped over the cauldron again and fell to the floor. I heard quicker gunfire join in with the first set and more rubber smash against me. I swung my sword in a random direction, trying to end this loud torment, and connected with the wall.

It pierced straight through, and I dimly cut another slash into the wall before running through it. I somehow jumped over the poison joke and charged off into the forest in a random direction. I quickly glanced being me long enough to see someone clad in orange run out of the building, jump into a roll over the poison joke, and stop to continue shooting me. I also noticed the guy in blue charge straight through the flowers, stop before his orange friend, and launch a grenade or something out of his gun.

A small part of me thought "He's going to regret that in the morning." Before it hit me and it the me and threw me a few feet. I got up as quickly as I could and sprinted off into the trees, hoping they wouldn't be able to catch up. An adrenaline fueled person sprinting can run pretty fast. I ran for what felt like 10 minutes before I came across a rickety bridge spanning a gorge. I paused for a split second before somewhat carefully running my way across. I panicked for as moment when a board broke, but otherwise it was safe. At the end I stopped too finally catch my breath. It was surprisingly easy to return to normal, though the welts on my body world certainly still hurt.

As I turned around I distantly saw the orange one exit the trees. By now it was early morning, and visibility was getting better. I suddenly realized he would try to follow me across the bridge, and so I walked up to the edge of it and cut the ropes.

As I watched the bridge fall to their side of the gorge, I saw him stop at the edge of the pit and point his guns in my direction, but not fire. I now recognized him as the Commando, and thought that the "blue guy" was the Enforcer. Which brought up several bad questions. Why we're they attacking me? Were they like me, stuck here in a costume that was real? Or were they actual mercenaries, here to hunt me down? I saw him lower his guns and holster them at his sides, then make the "I'm Watching You" motion with his hand. I bowed my head in understanding. Which I assume he took as understanding before turning around and running back off into the woods.

I sighed. This would be a problem. I turned around and walked into the decrepit looking castle, hoping that I would be safe for a little while longer.

Author's Note:

Wow, I'm sorry guys, after the first chapter I rather lost a lot of motivation, and didn't feel like I wanted to continue. I'll try and write up more of the story now that I've written this, hopefully it won't take as long this time.

Comments

[The_Masked_Fox]

so this isn't a Displaced story...? huh, well now there are going to be more Risk of Rain stories. I must say though this is quite a good story.

[Scolipede]

6336174 it was supposed to be a displaced story, I just didn't put it in the title. Sadly I can't seem to find the motivation to keep writing. Not to mention the first chapter isn't written very well, I'll need to rewrite that as well.

[The_Masked_Fox]

6339621 ah, shame I had a perfect story for Providence... well now to find a character that can replace Providence easily. anyways if you want I can proof read for you.

[Scolipede]

6339771 I'll admit, part of me wants to still write it. But finding a good time to write can be kinda hard. I'm also somewhat of a procrastinator. I might still continue the story, but I'm not sure yet.

[The_Masked_Fox]

6339793 Ah, well I found a perfect replacement that actually works better than Providence! ((though technically not a villain :I)) still if you need help with writing your story I would be more than happy to help.

[Articuno]

much Risk of rain

Btw what is your fastest run on monsoon, mine is 37 mins with all artifacts w/ Acrid

[Scolipede]

6552612 haven't annually tried to do a run in a couple of months, can't remember.

[verypeeved]

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[Lunarherodelta]

Guessing this is dead