[Myth team is again back in action. Search for genie of the lamp continue and the stage curtain threatening to show more that it should.]
Originally meant for tag #Cthulhu lately for dungeon, then another one, and next one. But I keep to miss the release dates. (Maybe #sorcery tag?) [#ArtTober 2026 Calendar]
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Chill out at hot spring
The ride of a cable tram, that slowly crawled a step rail up the hill, provided on occasions a panoramic view at the hills, valleys, peaks and forest. When the cabin was quite high and they glanced back, they saw down in distance the beach. Trio Amelia, Calliope and Kiara had the entire vehicle for themselves. Pink one had a problem to sit still because that restless tail of her, so she end up siting sideways. This shark tail was everywhere, so orange haired one, dint even ask for permission and hug grab it, to hold it in place, close to her body. She was struggling, because that tail fin wont stop wiggling as if it was will on its own.
Amelia Watson, the blonde traveling detective, broke the silent ride by made a statement. "This room is quite big, that you can easily forget that you are in domain of a jinni." Then she glanced at her teammates. "Girls, what were you doing this entire time?"
Both Calli and Kiara jitter with (Oh no!). But it was Mori, who jump at the opportunity to pass the torch quickly, as she was focusing to look out the window. "I was sent to the kingdom of Libestal. I speed run it. Became queen. Became shark. Kept myself busy. What about you?"
Takanashi start to sweating while averting her gaze, trying to find an excuse. "Weeel, you know… a stuff… You will be better, if I don't bother you much, with my story." Because she knew how suspicious she sound, she rise her hand in defensive gesture. "I mean, it was nothing... too illegal. Or weird." She was quick to hand over the baton to blonde.
So Watson Grinned. "I had a nice side story with Gura. We build a house for us. Bake a fish. She got really fluster confused about me preparing a dinner from that fish she gave me to take care off." That blonde make a smirk by remembering at some kind of reversing a prank move, having a mischievous fun.
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In a moment, the tram passed a cave and arrived at the hot spring shrine resort.
Founding the blue haired human girl was a matter of short walk. She was taking a drink after a bath. Gura on spot realize what it is about and take shark aside. There was a sound of something been pop out and then pop in like a cork bottle. In a moment Gawr Gura the shark and Calliope Mori the rapper were back. Of course the pink one was blushing, half confused half refusing to talk. While blue white was grinning. Takanashi dint seems to be bothered by any shape charade that occurred here, as she was just standing there, smiling at Mori.
But because Watson was staring at the tail and buts, Gura lean toward blonde making a wide sharky smile. No she was grinning at blonde. "You want to try it, too?" She was happily swinging her shark tail, already imagining how Ame the shark will look. But she lean out. "Nah! This is not a move I can repeat often. So maybe some other time." She was more that happy to wink at the detective.
As the group mentioned, that there shall be Ina somewhere around here; Shark girl just throw a casual pose, throwing a pointing thumb in certain direction. "Oh she? She said to take an outside hot spring pond bath for all herself. Something about a time to chill out from scorching sand on a beach."
A something clicked inside of blonde and pink haired one, a sudden realization. Both of them exchanged a glance, and without a notice, both of them start to walk in search for Ninomae.
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Next! Its a common thing, that during visiting an open hot spring pond in wild, you can find an local animals, like a monkeys in hills, who in chilling vibe dint bother with who they sharing the pond.
Capybara's are the largest guinea pig rodent animal around, who maxed oud they charisma stats and are so chill that, they literally don't bother to flee a death event. They are very social animals and tend to hang around in groups. They survival strategy solemnly depend on they high spawn rate.
Throwing mandarin oranges or other citrus fruits into hot springs is a deeply rooted tradition in East Asia, primarily Japan, that blends wordplay, ancient folklore, and genuine health benefits.
Bathing with citrus on the solstice became a symbolic way to wash away bad luck and invite smooth, flexible good fortune for the upcoming year.
So it will be a thing that someone with a title priestess of ancient one, will go through this ceremonial gig.
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The pink yellow duo followed by orange blue duo, look around this area, but they dint found they purple haired friend around the pack of Capybaras.
Except, they… kind of, found her? Looking down at them, from a higher place?
There was this big stone formation, forming a kind of overhang above the pond, that was a perfect spot for some more active customer to jump onto the pond from above. Siting still, there was this quite big capybara, in size of a bear, or donkey. The point is that it was chilling above all, like a boss of the herd, sunning after a bath. Plus the orange onion halo, poking from behind its head, was giving that one a divine vibe. And as the last touch, the iconic strip beam of light, that past the opening between the trees on hills, and shine because the loth of particles in air, it was visible shining directly on the capybara boss, where contacted with its fur, giving it shining aura. Someone can say that they heard a holly-like tune (or monastery chorals), while looking up.
The quartet was looking up with confused expression. That why Gura drop a control check (question), while calling at (her friend?). "Ina of the pond, what is you wisdom?"
It worked like a charm, as the pun master, in a sleepy voice, responded. "Hmmmm. A cokie~e…"
There was no mistake, the priestess was up, over there, and the group wondered if this oversized rodent was her actual appearance. Well, at last that will explain her chill out charisma.
Then Watson frown, because something about this was tingling her detective side senses. She went to investigate. Rounding around the pool, climbing the rocks, she arrive next to the big fluffy godlike spirit of a pond. She stand up next to it looking at its large body of fur. Then the blonde reach out toward the capybara.
As it soon was revealed, our dear Ina in white towel wrapped around her body, decided to take a quick chill nap on the back of this big fella, getting burrowed in the thick fur to point that she became nearly invisible from certain angles. And the capybara dint mind it, as it was all for the nice hug.
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Hero of the vibe
They as group give themselves a little break to properly dress up they mellow fifth member. Detective and shark girl, engage in a quick dialog between them, starting with the blonde. "Face it Gura, I win."
Blue white girl clicked her tongue not liking that conclusion. "Tcs! I still have my objection, but I will get you next time. Here is you win, Watson. Its my dinner, that I caught on the way."
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Whoever blonde complained. "Hey! Why are you giving me a fish again? I want a money!"
But that request dint fall on a fertile land. "But we agree on a dinner…" She averted her gaze with a shy expression on her face. "...Something…"
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Detective frown sniffing a foul play. "Do you trying to out-cute me?; from this!"
And the shark stomp the floor, double down on her claim, puffing her cheeks. "I am, cute!"
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On other side Mori sighed. "Where the heck is the genie to fix this?"
It attracted attention of everyone. Gawr shrugged her shoulders. "What are you talking about? Ewerithing seems pretty okay to me. So what's is wrong?"
In contrast it was Ninomae who looking like she is half asleep, spoke up a explanation. "The logging out entrance lobby protocol got completely clogged, buried under layer and layer, after certain house of card fallen apart. The exit option was still unavailable, when I last check. So nobody can leave, yet. Not until someone gather the scattered deck and start to lay out cards anew."
Takanashi remembering at the the dinner room fiasco think aloud. "Yea I can understand what you meant. And that particular someone probably still having a panic attack in a panic control room. So, where that particular room, will be?"
That's why Watson shared her finding. "Should I even ask, what happened? But, speaking of a secured area: I found something, where security is quite high to pass safely…" She dint even finished to speak, when rapper asked her to lead the way.
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As they walk with purple girl on Mori back, to force Ninomae to stop pretending to be a bubbly-wubly half sleep, they convince her to say what her adventure day was as she was the last one who dint share.
That's when she tell them, that she had a big role in magical girls story adaptation, like Sailor Moon. She was a secret super hero, based on the tuxedo mask trope, who was showing on scene mostly to save the main protagonist. That certain one was certain blond person, who was also filling up the role of a magical girl.
As they were living double lives, Ina had in her kind of a office, this shelf full of trinkets, supposedly obtained on trips through foreign lands. Maybe its was not seem like something special, but just like camouflage on octopus, a prof of a hero was hiding right on spot light, for everybody to see. But, only when person know a stuff and connect the dots, or use a spell of clairvoyance, only then a veil of conceal is lifted for a moment. Just like the fog of war, we can perceive; that what was placed on shelf's were trophies in vitrines and on pedestals, obtained during many heroic deeds. A random observer can mistake them for a supposedly random scrap and trash.
During a mask and cape wearing events, Ninomae was using a book back spine to book chomp, to pacify most of opponents and challengers. The power difference was so big gulf/gap, that she had no need to use an actual weapon or powerful spell. But when she used her max out ultimate attack to smash a bug, she used to add a quote pun line as a movie reference, in a satisfied tone: "There is no kill like overkill."
So that's why our book girl, back at the office, drop that big heavy book she carried by happenstance; onto a fly-bug, while she imagine it as a stain, a type of a magical monster; all while shouting (Revelation!!), like a god/deus, smithing a sinner. Her eyes were glowing with divine light so strongly, that little thing got a heart attack, passing away right before its body shape got canceled.
But as a story got onto the climax, masked hero was forced to sacrifice the memories of everybody else that its own, to save the world, even letting go the hand of a loved one. Ina, using her most ultimate move, solved the entire trouble by smashing the control book on mad jinni head. Contrary to any believes, it was super effective. The realm restored itself like on a hard reset, rewinding the time to point, where the story began. Then making that one adjustment; on right moment, on right place, the bad story ending was averted.
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The little chat
The group dint questioned that story tale, only accepting a single comment, that at this point, the priestess can actually telling a tale of event that happened, and selling it lightly as a tea party small talk. Or she was true to herself and trying some kind of a multistage prank.
Following the small talk example Phoenix mentioned that Fauna too, drop a movie quote line directly to Shark Mori face. "While I may be a troll, and you are an extremely feast in my eyes, I have no plans to dig in. Yet! [Dig into you.]." The girls got curious, because according the story, it was Troll girl maid (a man eater monster), taking care of girls orphanage, who spoke that line to a human male protagonist, who got assigned to teach the girls to fight.
Rapper, shared his parental experience. "It was still better, that when I saw Kobo, stuffing her baggy clothing with pillows. She was eager to learn, how having a curves on right places, will affect her body balance. She put one on her chest under a shirt and one on her but. It was surreal image, to seen how the short skirt was revealing more that it should. Especially the tassel, a decorative pom-pom. It was so eye catching to see it hanging from under her skirt, that one starts to think; (What will happen, if we pull onto it?) Will the skirt roll up like a curtain or something else will happen? Then Kiara get into a heat, drooping her comments of what it can be." Orange haired girl drop a provocative teasing face grimace toward pink haired, who glanced in her direction.
Yet shark girl drop a memo about a nice school memory of her doing to Cawayi-ope [Cute Calli] a kabedon picking up move. "During that school love like visual novel gig; Calli was such a shy sweet hearth, whit her short hairs. But I on other hand, was the class bully, with a crush on her. So I push her back onto the empty class room cark board. Slam my open palm hand onto board next to her head, so we can lock up, face to face into a staring contest. She was so defenseless, blushing like a tomato. I actually don't remember anything we talk about. But please, don't mind, that I need to stand up on a chair to reach her up. Yes, and I think, that Ina of the art club, take a photo of that, if someone is interested." White-Blue girl dint need to look up to notice the blush radiating from certain someone. "Next year the roles switched, when she crack the wall, rising her leg high to kabedon me. Hands around her own torso like a tsundere."
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Priestess, utilizing her sleepy voice, also join the talk. "Speaking about the school, you probably dint heard about Calli's personal achievement: Death by goniometry."
Of course the blue, pink and orange trio groan, clearly disliking that memory, making the yellow one really curios.
Yet the violet one continued the tale. "The details of what and how, Mori slayed Takanashi is not important. But the record note on paper, created a real confusion between anybody who was around during that reveal. A good half of them was holding they heads, as if hurt from all the brain power used on solving those, desperately not wanting to remember. The other was like: (What is this, go-2-metricsomething?) So I drop a short explanation: (Goniometry is intermediate math about angles. Do not worry about it!)
They were in shock: (Wha~~a?? Math can be intermediate?) So I answered: (Its still better that Trigonometry, which is also about angle, but belongto the advanced math disciplines, between many other like hokus pokus calculus.) That knowledge was to much for some to handle, rivaling a taboo effect on a pure soul or mind.
Then… a riot began."
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Detective had also a snippet of story, when she told that she investigated Blue prints for Ina Gotcha machine. But the loot to get from it, was a wast variety of cookies. It was literally a mystery box of snacks.
That information clicked inside the brain of Gura, claiming that she know where she saw that particular machine. Then she risen her voice at blonde, demanding to know if Watson is responsible for the rejuvenation incident on a sacred mountain, or behind it.
In contrast Amelia, tried to imply that she is not sure what Gawr meant. But to calm the shark, detective hand over the fish she got earlier, back to one who hunted it down. Of course the white blue girl, silently look down on the fish and then back at blonde. That's when Watson press further, with a mischievous smile, asking Gawr, if she shall cook that for her. On spot, the shark averted her gaze blushing.
Yet the detective skillfully turn the (You are sus! [Suspicious]) card around, when she directly ask about the mentioned incident. Especially when a reference to it was mentioned in past, during different gig where it sounded like a side incident, based on chain event that occurred during certain folklore festival.
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Soup of youth
Because there was a moment silence; it was Ninomae who spoke up, while she was enjoying to be carried on Mori back, still half pretending that she is asleep. "If you in that need to know, then I suppose I can share the result of my investigation. So there will be no need to make a detour. Actually the spa at the top of the hill we visited just now, was based partially on the place where this story is occurring. To begging, I must note that someone here dint bother to read the small text print."
On spot Gawr bark an objection. "The potion was in an alcohol flask! Nobody reading those on an alcohol bottle!"
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But Priestess tos that objection at side. "Not the point! According to this story, there was this a high level dungeon raid party guild, that had bases at the mountains peaks. Lets call them by a nickname according to other famous group: The tea party clan. They had an expert alchemist, so certain someone, went to visit that person to find a solution to certain problem. But even that person was not enough to produce the cure on spot. So the traveler continue on its journey, leaving a sample whit the alchemist to continue experimenting.
Then come a day of, the incident. There was this big celebration party on that place. The entire guild gathered in main hall to have a dinner. Head character of the place, the golden fox lady had a toast speech rising her cup and everybody followed her example, waiting for her to finish the talk.
Except there was one rascal who dint wait and do the sip at side, and got confused by the transformation that occurred on it body.
The alchemist, who because its profession noticed that event, was the first one to realize what happened. Somehow an impossible happens, and someone pushed a wrong keg in wrong direction, and what was served as a toast was not an exotic alcohol a super rare loot nearly one of its kind, but a very special potion reproduced in larger amount for testing. Of course that alchemist shouted (Don't drink the potion!!!) at the entire hall.
The fox and several, got confusing enough for them to stop before taking a sip. But for many, it was to late. The transformation began and was done in a moment. The aftermath was something cut out from an anime. If it wasn't so wrongly out of place it will be a really funny comedy plot.
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As the lady of the hot springs house look around, she saw how her quests, all veterans of battle and experts of high-end skills, turned into a school of quite young girls. From that, the name of event; the mountain incident of spring lollies. For those who don't know: Lily flower are a symbol mostly connecting to purity. Sometimes referring to chivalry and scouting.
Fox lady saw how a slim blonde girl, pooping out from a large piece of chest plated armor that formerly belonged to a hulky sword-master, who had so much muscles that he was literally a tank. Right now, that girl was freaking out glancing at her twig arms, knowing very well that she will not be able to wield that wide broad sword that was hanging against the wall behind her. From single glance that weapon of her, was taller and heavier that herself.
A veteran pirate captain who had this thick reddis beard entangled in the spindle, turn into girl and was staring in utter shock at its own open palm. In a sup plate in front of her, was an iconic pirate hook hand prosthetic, that was just moment ago placed at the end of its hand. Previously it had a long fancy beard, cultivated by years of service at see, but that facial hair disconnected themselves from his face, and now was siting on table next to his pirate hat that become too large for her to wield. She tried to make a classic "Argg" pirate call, but she received another terrifying shock by hearing her own voice.
Or the senile mad scientist, who manage to hold onto its white lab cloak, had around himself bunch of tuft balls. As she lost all its white wire dry hairs to a fresh youth mane. This one on spot use its handsto check up her new body. Especially went to check the down gear of his/her, to see if the transformation occurred down there correctly. Of course it was purely for science purpose, even if its crazy face says otherwise.
A panic spread on some female side, as certain bombshell sexy body cleric faint off, when saw her body curves to disappear.
One water mage girl was crying in silence so heavily that people though that her eyes are open water faucet, let run. A puddle was already creating under her.
A former rizzler a ladies lover boy, was running around screaming like a goat in panic, because all its male prides were gone.
A clearly former old cranky witch was laughing like a maniac with "Buhahaha!!" about this rejuvenation. She dint cared about her pointy witch hat or staff with a skull like gem.
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A certain martial arts grandmaster, still hold its undrunk cup in it hands. He saw what's going on around, and told himself, that it will be a fine thing to start its life adventure anew. So its gaze reveal his intention to drink that potion voluntary.
But golden fox, saw that intention and a dangerous power surge glow filled her eyes. Before that cup touched the martial artist lips, she slap that cup out of his hand, storming down rebuke: (Shame on you! Loosing to a temptation!) Instead of simple following the principles and sane thinking, a message between the lines of her outburst was more like (I will not be the only one unchanged!). In contrast he mentioned that if he wasn't too old for parenting, and if she not panicking from sudden urgent hit of maternal affection instincts.
Right after that, she double down on that intention, and confiscate all portions that was left behind, sealing off that cursed item. She said, that she hopping, that the effect will run off in time.Except her bristled tail fur, said that she sensed the truth, and it will not be that type of destiny.
But what they drank, was a master potion, especially designed for certain someone as a relaxation tonic. Pre-scripted by a doctor order and engineered by nearly unique specification of a dense patient. So nobody bother to research the side effects if somebody else drinking it. And it become to be a rejuvenation that went too far. They dint know that the effect is somehow permanent. It dint wear off, and they don't seem to grow. The Lolly appearance, was they base now. They cant grow up. Physically, they stay exactly the same, no matter long they will live. With the regained youth, they strength and levels were gone. One of the strongest gild around, disappeared into a legends by a celebratory toast.
Funny part is, that… *giggle* ...that when I show up at the site right in front door of certain one alchemist... When that little one look at me, they immediately slam the door shut, putting all weight of they back against the door. She desperately claim, that I am at wrong place.
I spoke: (Oi, oi. [Hey, hey!] Somebody here accidentally confess himself, to know exactly why I am here. A full confession is what will be the right thing to do.)
As it turn out, during the time of preparing the guild banquet, an extra person sneaked into the compound, push moving that keg in question out of its way, without knowing what was inside. That's why, that barrel got accidentally mixed onto the stuff, selected to go onto a party. That person disparaged without a trace, before reaching its goal.
In the end, the research of solution was put out of priority to figure out, and they mostly moved out to the next phase of they life. The sacred resort, become know as a girl school orphanage, sealed by a barrier from possible raids on its wast collection of legendaries stuff, that become unusable by its former owners, due to the user stats requirements."
With a words: "A~and, that it! That's was the story."; she end her tale. None of the girls around make a single cometary about the event, that she described so perfectly, as if she was siting there with them. It nearly felled, that she was one of those who were crying silently, like a stone fountain, as she had no longer the need to fake her appearance. (That according one story, went from full sexy curves, to a status of young lassie, future mama in training.) Or she got hit by second dose moving onto middle scholler body parameters, and that was too big shock for her.
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BeeGees laser defense show
They finally descended a castle tunnel like staircase onto an underground crypt like hall, that was connected to a long tunnel like corridor, tall and wide for a truck to pass it, and nowhere to hide. It was sliced by stone arks, that kinda divide that route onto rooms like segments. But no doors was in sight, as at other side was a similar hall. So they dint know if there is a door or another staircase.
Watson peak out from cover to glance onto that corridor. "Yes this is the place."
The rest of them peak to and saw that in the spirit of action thriller movie about heist/robbery into high secured place. The entire corridor was filed by those moving red laser beams, that give out a vibe that they can slice through anything they touch.
Ninomae dint wanted to leave the pigiback ride, so she dint care. But when the girls start to joking about Takoyaki, by obtaining octopus slices in this corridor, she volunteer to get down, and just stand there as if nothing was told. When they hinted to her a question, of her using her ability to get them at other side, she just noted that she shall not risk that when others are still inside of the jinni lamp.
Of course, the blue, orange, pink trio had this suspicious gaze as this was a perfect setting for Watson's detective like fantasies, as she was literally sniffing around the room for clues. They were tempted, to at move one, directly trigger the bank alarm, to speed up things.
Of course Cally and Kiara were not bothered by those lasers, as they without a hesitation reached out a finger to touch the red beam. There was this hiss sound of laser hitting their skin. But the damage was zero, as in first case the contact was sparkling a cold particles, leaving a white puff as if water was poring on a heated cooking plate. The second case, there was just this fire leak. Like if the container that was under a pressure, got damaged, it flammable stuff was leaking, and right outside the container it get mixed by air and ignited onto fire, creating a flamethrower. In conclusion, the cutting lasers dint work on those two.
As the duo literally can walk on other side like on stroll, the trio wished them a good trip.
Gawr-rrr [growl of a predator] mentioned, that they shall at last try to play this break and entry, heist game and dance through those laser; evading every beam, like in those action movies, something about a cool Mission impossible spy thriller, with a cool background music.
So purple one pull out a boom box, a mobile cassette player of the size of a briefcase. Placing it on floor she push down a button and that device start to play some laser show inspired dance music, hinting a meme purpose.
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The girls got hooked on the idea to try it, but the duo take a different approach. Just walking through entire corridor will be a wasted opportunity, but the duo not settled on the Mission Impossible approach of dodging the lasers.
In a sense of flipping between the TV channels; imagine flipping between security cameras, that each one recording one segment of the tunnel from a side. In each one, Cally and Kiara moving from one side to another, were dancing something else every time, switching the dancing style with utmost dedication to goof around.
Like on one Chanel, the mocking the entire laser defense concept by doing a ballet. Making elegant pirouettes and long jumps whit stretches legit in both directions.
On second, they were doing a Macarena.
On third, they were back twerking, throwing they ass back while moving through that segment by jumping back.
On fourth, Calliope was walking through the room in a half crouch. She was holding a hand with Takanashi. But she was rolling her entire hand above her hand is if she was turning an shirt, towel, handkerchief or a flag in celebratory. So the phoenix was literally flying around in circles like a ceiling fan propeller. A helicopter.
On fifth, both of them tango dance around, but Kiara was like a puppet as her eyes were rolling around and her body was limbless. So everything was in Calliope's lead, as she hold Phoenix in her arms and hug.
On sixth one, Calliope was pigi back caring Takanashi, while pretending that the room had like double gravity.
On seventh, it was opposite. She was slowly hoping forward like if there was a moon like gravity. It was a fooling moon astronauts meme.
On eight, both women were Cat walking with a confidence, expecting eyes and photo camera capturing they elegance.
Ninth one, was a party animal free style.
Tenth was in Locomotion style, walking in line like a steam train, and even do the "Chu, chu! Huu, huu~u!" sounds. They were quite dedicated to doing a (Choo Choo TRAIN) gestures.
And on the eleventh, they were doing some pair dancing challenge.
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Now try to imagine, how this show, must look from other side. Like what are the feelings of a person who watching the security camera screens. To see its secret evil laser security system to not work.
Eventually the duo went to other side, but there was no switch to turn off the laser grid, so it was time for the trio to pass.
Of course the white blond duo rise up an opinion to search the walls for a secret passage.
Violet one had an better plan. They play the BeeGee song (Stay alive!), while holding hands by arms pits. And under a protective energy shield of her that deflected the laser beams away, they walk like the BeeGee trio in that Music Video.
But Calli had a complain that they are going too slow, as it look like they walking on a turtle speed.
Ina with crying voice made a pun, that they have incredible brake/stranglehold on their side, as if hinting that someone or something on they group is not just slow on speed, but mentally slow by figuring things out. She mentioned, that the shield of her is quite heavy, as it was not designed to be moved. So she literally cant go faster.
It look like the trio's turn will take some time, so the duo disappeared behind corner.
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When the trio finally march dance to the other side, singing that song, they were eager to hear what the duo learned by looking around. Where they shall meet Cally and Kiara, they don't found the exact duo they were expecting to found. In a style of abandoned dungeon prison cell, there was only this skeleton siting on a floor with its back resting on a wall. Next to it was a simple bird nest with a single golf ball as fake egg. With all respect, it look like the duo waited for too~~oo long for them to arrive, and dint make it.
The trio was staring at the scenery for a while, until Amelia broke the silence. "They went with this prank to deep."
Gura instead show a thinking gesture of her chin resting between her fingers. "I am not that sure about this. It still can be them. Maybe they sleeping?"
Yet Ina was the practical one. "Lets try to check on them, to see if they start to move."
Watson start to mischievously grinning, while pulling out a video camera. Gawr and Ninomae caught on it soon. And they had a funeral for they duo of friend, who went ahead.
They passionate speech for fallen companion, filled by emotions, reached a side room where the duo was doing a puzzle by unlocking the lock on a gate by breaking stuff. It was the pink one who shout out, that when they will be done with that, they shall join them there.
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Queen time
So they opened the castle like gate double door, and bright light enveloped the five of the girls.
When they start to opening eyes and look around: Mori, Takanashi and Watson realized, that they are on a patrol motor boat, used for sightseeing, personal fishing by fishing rood, transporting small supplies or residents between islands, swim holiday party and so on. What was around them was a sea if not directly an ocean. Gentle breeze was creating mild waves.
Then a villain laughter reached they eyes redirecting they gazes at typically super power fighter figure, a classical baddie who clearly can use a water spells. That person was standing at water surface, next to a great water ball. That thing was a water prison holding a (sleeping?) Gawr – Ninomae duo inside it.
Myth team was inside of a boss room and it seemed, that this scenario was designed to counter they team specifically in a theatrical way. Plus the room master had this epic villain speech about ending they dangerous endower here, sending them back to the town of beginners. Then it throw into a game a note, that if they don't surrender, it will increasing the water pressure in the water prison bubble. The imprisoned duo is so defenseless that they may drown from deep pressure if they stay there for too long. The baddie even went so far with the scenario setting, to call the duo a heroine princesses in need of a hero who will save them.
It take a moment for the game condition to sink into the minds. After realizing the fact, Mori facepalm herself at the irony. "Are you serious? Or do you don't notice how stupid that move is?" Of course everybody other dint seem to get what she referring onto. So she tried to explain with clear hint of her frustration. "Lets for a moment play around and pretend that the sea is enough to stop up as a team. Yet!!... We all here are aware that those two are not endangered by been sunken into a water. But it will be you, whose situation will get worse if you increase the water pressure around them." Of course the villain don't get so she keep explaining. "Gura said she is from Atlantis and Ina is like her older sister, that royal mage who granted to the little mermaid her legs. So where is Atlantis? On the bottom of ocean. And what pressure is on the bottom of ocean? Pretty big. And they jokily said, that theirs curvy assets deflated after been off the ocean for too long."
Rapper then ordered Phoenix to solemnly focus on protecting Detective. So the orange girl hug the blonde, generating a something like a heat shield bubble around the duo. Then pink one used a levitation spell to take the entire boat to air, leaving the battlefield.
Villain of course had a note about them running away sacrificing their friends. But Mori coldly responded that the fight will occur, but it will not be her who will be fighting, as she pointed at the shrinking ball.
The bubble was shrinking on its own as if the water was going somewhere. But there was no leak as the surface was hard like a marble. Someone was drinking it, or absorbing.
Room boss had only a single moment of realization as its eyes widen wildly open.
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A single cut slash run across the marble from top to down as if someone from inside circle cut it into a two half's. An violent explosion occurred as the pressured water splash spread in all directions. What emerged from the prison was adult version of Ninomae and Gawr.
For priestess, with her body curves packed onto a swimsuit, there was no need for her to wear shoes anymore as she stay on water surface in an elegant pose of a noble lady. She spoke highly. "Oi, oi. [Hey, hey] Did I heard?; that somebody said, that the princess level is under him?"
Shark with sexy curves of a shark mama, wearing her hoodie like a lose shirt, bend over showing her long legs tail high, as she show a dangerous grin smile, that give hint that she is here for a different type of hunt, that for obtaining a food. "Its queen time, baby!"
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Blue one dint wait for the starting gong, as she suddenly dash toward her opponent, leaping forward so fast that she literally jump scare the baddie. With an excited smile, she throw an (Hello!) punch. Boss barely manage to do a block, but still was send to fly back.
An expression on villain face show, that he is in trouble. So he slid on the waves, already doing hand sings to activate its water technique. It summoned a quite large group of water made monster like galleon wooden ship size serpents, that only theirs snake head on long neck was poking above water surface.
A duo of large shark made of water, jump of water toward the duo of female challengers. But they were intercepted in mid air, by Gura and her pet shark Bloob in a macho humanoid form. Shark girl used to said, that there is a reason why Bloob is kept in a bubble. Now those two shark-jumped at the summoned monster, taking them apart like a popped balloon.
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Purple one suddenly showed herself behind the derailed baddie. "Do you have trouble with counting?" She make a light spin delivering a light kick with back of her feet on his torso. In contrast, it was more like push out of the way, that a kick to hurt. But still it make him to fly.
He crashed onto one of those tall serpents splashing it as he flew through. He make a several hand sing and a sea waves around the entire battlefield formed around a vortex that was rounding around Ninomae, threatening to jump at her and to capture everybody in a mass of water.
But she kept an eye contact with him, when she confidently snap her fingers, like delivering a royal degree/order. The sound of that hand gesture, reached all ears, loudly created a shock wave, that erased all waves turning the entire sea onto glass like plate. One nearly can say, that the water surface become ice plain hard. Then in distance a large mountain like shapes start to rising from the water, forming a circle around the ring, that was like mountain range surrounding the battlefield. All of them were giant octopus like Takodachies. [Ina's fans]
Last of the summoned water monster fall to the dual attack of Gura and her pet, as they beat theirs way through an army. With baddie's minions gone, she send her wingman combatant back to where she summoned him. Bloob descend through the water with a risen thumb in OK gesture. Now she returned her grin gaze toward her opponent.
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The villain had a sudden realization, that was too terrifying to said aloud. He was clearly strong, but those two were on whole different level, and they were not taking this fight seriously. Plus the rest of they team dint even bother to fight. Especially when the pink one radiated (I am, the bad news!) aura. In this boss room… they were the bosses. So he snapped: "Hey!! I am a water spirit! This shall be my stage!; my ultimate trap, as I shall be the one who had absolute control over the water in this bowl. A perfect battlefield for me." Instead holding to his role, he fall of the character. "Now I realize, why the red dragon had filled a Human-resource complain, repeatedly shouting. (Manager! We don't agreed to this!)"
Takanashi rise a hand. "Oh, that was,-- me?" Because Watson look at her requesting an explanation, she told: "Yea, I was in a dungeon party, and that big red guy was a boss. No matter how many times the dragon incinerate me, I was not send back to spawn, but rise from my own ashes. Because my sword and shield are made from essence, we both ended up fighting naked. But things got side tracked from normal fight, when the fight moved from stage into back-stage. We went through costumes rooms, prop warehouse, and so on. We even start using random bull-shits, like UNO game reverse spell card. That acrobatic sword-play on ropes running over the water pool was exiting. But the public debate was a though one. He wasn't thoroughly prepared his trial case, for my clewed objections and arguments. Then we settle the final battle, in a DJ-stand off duel. In the end, I make the lizard to tap off the fight."
Mori add to that explanation, her own note by directly drooping a question to Watson. "Now, do you realizing, why she is called a crazy one? She have so much nonsense shit collected on her pockets, that she don't even remember what she have anymore. So many times she randomly pulled out a game breakers, with: (Lets see what I have in a bag.). I will not be surprised if she have an entire city at hand, and forget."
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Priestess looking at room boos dewy face, reached out with a saving grace. "Wanna yield/surrender?"
Villain got surprised. "That's an option?!!" He jump toward that offer, rising his hands up. "Yes, please!!" Then pointing at side. "The exit is here! Thank you customers, please move onto next segment!"
An island rise from the bottom of the sea. A temple on it had a gateway door out of here. Just like before when they girl stand up in front of the gate they walked into the light.
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Tune yourself to the show
The next room was a TV studio, with TV cameras and tribune for audience.
A curtain on a talk show stage, spread to side, revealing today program quests. A quite live audience start to cheering and clapping, as Myth team girls walk out. There was a long sofa for quests to sit, while they will be interviewed by a show moderator siting behind a fancy desk, where a fancy exotic fish was swimming in a round fish bowl.
Genie, the talk show host; who can also be a Johnny of the lamp an show moderator who's clothing really tried to sell the image of the Aladdin lamp story book; already began the introduction with a smile on his face. "And here we have them. Our dear customers, who speed run our attractions so hard, that we call them a pro achievement hunters. Or they stats are so high, that they literally make us to run on overtime. We practically cheated by that last boss selection, but it was not enough. Those brave souls, are today winners of our obstacle course game told a little bit different. Laddies please, take a seat."
[An obstacle (sport-run) game TV-show like a Takeshi's Castle are very popular genre in Japan. Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC) was an American sports comedy television program based on Takeshi's Castle. Europa had its team based competition, of teams representing participating countries, fought for score points across several episodes, moving from country to country. There are lot (records) of those type of shows, from all around the world and sport-genre, but maybe the most famous obstacle run ever, is a Spanish chase of a Bulls-run, through town streets.]
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As the girls sits down and moderator asked them what bringing them here, Mori bluntly respond, that they are looking for an exit. It was like she was sensing some foul play, like she know that this is the panic room, and the offender is pulling out his last tricks. But for now, she decided to play along.
Genie slowly repeated that objective. "The exit, you said?" He start to sweating so heavily, that it really look, like this TV station room is a distraction and he was trying to escape the soul reaper hunter by deception. Then he lean closer to them as if he wants to whisper. "Was it thrilling felling? Mysterious? Even scary one?" That create a slight moment of confusion, when the girls take a second or two to think about what he was talking.
He quickly take the leach of the show and start to word playing with them. "Oh common! How a well placed cliché was that? I mean, who will not get its blood running wild?; when he realize that he is stuck at some strange place?; with no rescue operation on To do today list? We heard, those stories long before: Getting trapped in a magical box, and not getting out, until you entertain your new prison master, by doing tricks or solving puzzles.
Like the one big shot, who make a legendary move. He lock ten thousand players in his virtual game, and told them that they will not leave until they beat his MMO game." [Massive Multiplayer Online (Role-Playing-game)]
He modify his voice to sound like a radio announcer. "Welcome, to the Sword Art On…"
He quickly drop that gig. "Actually I cant say that. But surely you heard about a show or two, who done this reference. Mostly followed by emotional shouting. A happy one: Juhu~u. ↑ Or a sad one: Buhu~u. ↓"
Show host address the possible misunderstanding. "Don't tell me?; that you girls, got submerged into the story to point, that you forget where you are? It quite a wonder how few funny-shapes mirrors can archive. Manny authors struggle to capture audience to its story and we right now having her who deep dive to the bottom. What an honor."
Then, moderator finally shift the talk onto his guests. "So, my ladies, tell us; how you actually decide to take a part in our show?"
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Blue girl on spot reacted that she followed her nose as opportunistic eater. Orange add that for her, it was the note about new competitor in the fast food field. Violet simply add; skipping tutorial for a hungry tummy. While pink one, still glaring at jinn as her next prey, who trying too hard to get away, was ready to said (I still not letting you of the hook.). But yellow one mentioned, that from the ancient cookie gig, the rapper is eager to sink its teeth into something, like a vampire thirsty for a blood.
If Kiara had a chance to spoke up, she will noted, that if she dint know better, she will think, that Calli wants to leave this place ASAP, to went home, drop on bed, put her head under a big pillow, and deliver a really intensive gut scream full of panic and frustration, while throwing a 100 percent girly tantrum.
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All that above, triggered reaction from Mori. "Don't you dare! You thought too, that the cookie fossil is actually her cookie. It was you, who blasted that idea onto entire museum venue."
But Ninomae urgently rise her voice. "Girls, we went through this! It was gift from a Chat."
Yet Gura was already tapping on that idea. "I will not be so sure, if I was you. Because if you will suddenly hear that dry gear clock motor sound of (Chrrr… Chrrr…); is that Gallifrey guy or a Watson."
Amelia bark back. "Hey! I always using enough of lubricant!" She means that as proper maintenance of her machine like inventions, for smooth motion. Especially when she referred to her watch sized time machine. But as shark and detective exchange glances, on spot they though a double meaning of impure romantic motion. They nearly start to giggle.
Except priestess had something to add about that dry sound. "Somebody shall tell them, about the hand break…"
Because Takanashi overhead priestess to once indirectly mentioned that she used a time machine, she start imagining how something like that will look, when handbrake/grip-brake is usually a car part. "What hand break? On a time machine? Are you serious!? That's ridiculous! How it will even work?"
That was a thrown bait, to tasty for a pun master, not to bite onto it. Enthusiastically, she throw a pun onto the action. "Oh, you drifting a car? Oh that's cute. Check out this dude!; who drifting a time machine."
[In the story of Doctor Who, there was an interaction between two time travelers. Because they had an audience a human observer, they had (a prank?) wee chat, where the visitor scolded the user of current machine, accusing him to not lifting up a handbrake/grip-brake which cause the iconic gear sound. The machine is not supposed to do that, as that interfering with a smooth ride. So basically, this dude was drifting his vehicle on the space-time road.]
In matter of fact, thinking Gawr turn toward priestess. "Ina?; you have not using the time machine, to troll the universe on galactic level? Don't you?" A one story claim, that ancient monster Cthulhu traveled millions of years across universe, until it start to play with humans minds, following its or theirs dreams.
Ninomae dint twitch, when she use skip turn card. "Lets change subject! What's our shark commentator, will say about our love birds?"
White blue girl swallowed that question instantly. "Well Calli is in pinch, pushed into corner. But Kiara…" Then she realize what was done. "Wait a minute!! I don't falling for this!!"
Yet Blonde nearly face palm herself. "You already had!! And, that's what I was saying, at the beginning. The time pranks! That was real brainiac move."
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At that point, it got revealed that there are other members of Hololive siting in audience, who cant prevent themselves from having a commentary.
Like Kronii the time warden, who ask a rhetorical question, (If she is a joke to them?), for talking so bluntly about messing with time.
But important was a Bae and IRyS shenanigans, as chaos rat snap and rise her voice. "I swear. If any of you start to sing the Pinky and the Brain Animaniac theme again, I will… Aghr!!" But the mischievous Nephilim on purpose utter, that she is always sane. That was a direct reference to theory about lyric line (One is a genius, the other is insane.) when short, serious Brain, using his big brain, always (only) try to conquer the world, while taller, easy going Pinky, always found a way how to sabotage the nights adventures because the adventure was about to try, not to actually successfully do it. So when the chaos rat heard that reference from her (companion?), she got offended, shouting back at taller girl. "The audacity~y!!" Somehow, the winged one got amused by that reaction.
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What is the best way of how to deal with bunch of hostages? Don't tell them they are and pretend this is a giant show. In some sense, you not lying. Mori still dint abandoned the though, that this is the panic room and Jinn trying to hard to bluff. But still she was a gentle one and just wanna the solution. Except she was losing her mind here. "Enough of this!! Where is the dam exit?!!" The audience like that role-play.
Ginnie was obviously pulling for the shorter end of rope as the situation don't look good for him. So he come up with another excuse. He put his hand to ear, as if he was listens to a hidden radio in his ear. Right after that he make an apologist expression. "Oh, its seem that our producer, dint want our quest to leave yet. Clearly we can pull out a number or two from magical hat of performance, to satisfy the program objectives."
The pink one was giving him a (I will be beating you up!) stare, and other girls also know, that those were clearly an excuses.
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The Sound of Silence
There was a moment of silence, as if the exit door feature was not ready, not fixed, and the genie need more time. So purple girl rise her hand with (I have an idea) finger gesture. "Well, I still dint tell you that I had a theme song during that masked hero adventure. It was a electric keys disco hall adaptation to Sound of silence song."
While the rest of group was discussing if it is okay to go this way, especially when Mori and Watson mentioned what happened before they entered the genie lamp, on which Gawr and Takanashi bark (What?!), Ninomae already walked to the middle of the stage, pull out her setup, putting a party glasses on her face.
She began her musical performance, singing: the Taste of a Cookie, originally (The Sound of Silence) from (Simon & Garfunkel).
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Hello, Takodachies, my good friends
I've come to talk with you again
Because its to early to yapping
I got hungry while I was sleeping
And the crawling of my tummy is loud one
demanding
to taste a cookie.
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In that restless dream, I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
"Oh no! That's me and my onion!"
When my nose sniffed that delicious scent
That split the night to day
And it was a fresh cookie.
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And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand Tako, maybe more
Tako talking without speaking
Tako hearing without listening
Tako writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared
To disturb the sound of munching on a cookie.
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"Takodachies," said I, "Grab you stuff!
Lets march, to the pastry store, down the road!
Hear my words that I might teach you
Chose the cookie type that might reach you"
But the customer line, is like ten thousand long, maybe more
So watch that cake, from distance.
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But when the scent hit again
From the fresh cookie in my hand
And my eyes sparkle with a hope
Encourage me to sing and dance around
As all the Takodachies join in, to do one big musical number, excited
And as a final act
We munching on the cookie, in silence.
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With last musical tones done, a silence take rule in the studio, quickly overthrown by a cheer from audience.
But one pink haired woman sitting on sofa was not entertained as she bark. "The exit is still not here! Ina, do you hiding something from me! Its not funny!"
Priestess keep smiling. "Well, I think I can give a light look at it, if you insist so much." She step in front of the moderator desk, and pick up from corner of her clothings a tuning fork. She dint cared about the show host as she reached for the bowl with a fish. That little creature look directly at her with a fear in its eyes. It almost look, like this was the final hiding spot for a jinn, the actual form of a magical lamp. So when Ninomae gently struct the bowl with the tuning fork, a long tone resonated through the bowl, shaking the fish from head to tip of tail. That resonation expanded out of the bowl and some kind of reality waves spread across the Television studio, a (panic) room.
In next act a microwave cink/zing echoed through the scene, and a gateway rise up onto the stage. It was clearly the front door, they all used to enter the premise.
Genie the Moderator, or Johnny of the Lamp, had for moment an expression, that he will be beaten up, but quickly snatch the opportunity and exaggerate the situation into a grand finale of a magic show, hyping the audience. "Wow! Look at that! The answer to they quest, was always to play a correct tune. What a finisher to an adventure!" Then he delivered a punch line with big show man smile and spread arm gesture. "And that's all folk, our today show time has run off. Thank you for joining us onto our attractions. Especially thank belong, to the winners of the obstacle curse." He get up from his chair, walk out of his desk, and start shaking a hands with his quests, as the credits start to roll across the screen, giving the experience an illusion of a real TV show.
And by that the exit portal was opened, and the winners cheered by an audience, start leaving the stage, sporadically followed by other people from the tribune and coworkers heading toward the exit, disappearing into a white light.
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[Notes:]
-Before I started writing this story, I had a problem of having a bunch of notes that some were on few liner or 500 worth words of a story max, mostly a prompts. So I entertained myself with an idea of; What if I smash them together to create a story? I did something similar with my Electric princes (330 thousand of words on 50+ chapters), but that was more like a half continuously process.
Additionally I though about writing a story where Ninomae Ina'nis will be the protagonist, but her personality simply dint let me to do the story telling solemnly from her perspective, as it simply feel right that she slip into the story, chilling there, like a camping octopus. Very soon I realize that the package will be extending 18 thousand of words. So I went to compile those ideas onto this work.
-Funny coincidence was that completing this story occurred during ArtTober 2026, an ART even on deviant-art portal who had a bunch of all kind daily challenges prompts: "A Halloween-inspired art adventure…" The first part of story had Spellbound tag to refer the Mama Mori spell. Second part was a Foggy as reference to the conceal nature of them going through various scenarios.
And for the third part, I intended to do Cthulhu as reference to Ina'nis Ninomae priestess of ancient one reference. But the writing had an episode of cold/flu. So I went through the tags crypt that can be reference to the tunnel a boss rooms; sorcery tag for them do spells like things, and finally finishing on Scary tag. (I do posting it on the 23. October, right? No delay this time? Another day late.) Anyway I shall only implement the intended Cthulhu tag.
-The story of Ninomae masked hero adventure was based on picture that I draw, of Ina doing a book chomp slap, on a fly imagining she fighting a stain monster during minecraft Libestal gig. I was looking at that image, and was "I cant post this."
-The story of lolly incident on hot spring resort, is a direct connection and reference, not just on previous episode in this Hololive collection, but also in my other literature work named Fizzi the Furry trap and certain Mystery (2023).
-While doing a check up, I had this idea to sneak in a reference for a "Go! Go! Loser Ranger!" anime, (power rangers adaptation), as the monster slightly resemble a Mori Calliope fan base, but I scape that idea. The idea shall be that except few members of Hololive who entered that place, everything and everybody else shall be made by those monsters, doing a show while playing according scene plan.
-The jinni talk show, was clearly inspired by Mad Jack the Pirate TV show and episode about Johnny of the lamp.
-The sound of silence parody dub song was published in February 2026 on deviant-art. (Of course this story is published like on 5… 6 webs, but mods and admins of some of those websites, will look at song with dubious stare of "What are you doing here? Alone?" while hovering they finger above remove submission button.)
-I having an unused part of girls talking they stories: "...Still better, that the 4 legs old guy, who was loading a screwdrivers onto his double bared shotgun. They were shot out out from the barrel on pure promise of a (Trust me!; I am an engineer.). No propellent or acceleration method was in place. There was nothing to shot out the solid item from barrel, but a small kick from clock that was powerful only to hit the match inside of normal ammo case to ignite the gunpowder that will shout out the ammo. But there was nothing like that, and it still worked in the hand of a drunk old man."
"Nah! Still better that the light boll lamp gun, used to remove fur from skin a grizzly bear. That poor animal had a trauma for rest of its life, when that old crazy grandpa carrying a house lamp lampshade on his gun, shot him."
-That was all for now. I hope that you had a fun with this endower, as I had. I invite you to check my other work and until next, have a nice day.