Zooble and Gangle were happy, they got to skip the next adventure. And by the way Caine and Bubble giggled, it was going to be a crazy one.
"Alrighty! First things first, as promised for our previous winners~!" Snapping his fingers, an orange and brown portal appeared.
"Well, good luck everyone." Gangle smiled with her comedy mast, waving as she stepped through the portal.
"Yea, good luck." Zooble flipped everyone off as they stepped into the portal and it disappeared behind them.
"Well, now that their gone it's time~! Hehehe, you're gonna love this new adventure!" Caine twirled in the air with glee.
"Oh, I can't wait to see!" Twinkle's tail wagged, making Caine even more excited.
"That's the spirit my dear! Oh what a wonderful delight you are Twinkle!" Caine patted the fox's head before flying up.
"Today's adventure is going to be a high stakes, long winded, mind tricking fate changer!" Caine excited nature just made Pomni worried.
"Oh jeeze...the last time he was this excited I got sent to hell." The jester winned.
"I'm sure it- it will be fine." Ragatha tried to comfort Pomni, but it didn't help.
"Today's adventure is called For The Thrown~! Each one of you will choose an area and be the sole ruler! Command your armies to dominate other kingdoms, or marry to another to create a super kingdom! The adventure will end when one kingdom rules over the enter world! Hahaha!" Caine danced around happily, even happier as Twinkle squealed in delight.
"Oh this is gonna be awesome~! You're all goin down." Twinkle taunted with a challenging grin.
"Ha! You wish Twinkle toes. You're gonna bow to the rightful king eventually." Jax challenged back, stepping to the fox.
"Alright, save it for the adventure~!" Caine was giddy.
"First ya gotta come and pick your areas! Twinkle my dear, why don't you got first?"
On the stage appeared a table. Walking up, Twinkle looked over a map with five diffrent areas. There was a normal wooden forest, an Egyptian like desert, there was a jungle, an island surrounded by coral water, and a frozen tundra.
"I'll take the Frozen Mountains." Twinkle smirked.
"Alrighty!" Was all Caine said before snapping her away.
Jax took the desert, Pomni took the forest, Ragatha the Jungle, and that left Kinger with the remote island.
Each person was teleproted to a thrown room, based on their area. Caine seemed to give Twinkle back her fox related abilities, because her fur kept her nice and warm from the strong winds outside the stone castle walls. On her thrown was a hologram, showing a few stats. Apparently, the moves made by each ruler gave their kingdom points and stats. Their choices affected the local environment, how the subjects liked them, their riches, and relationships with other kingdoms. At the moment, everyone was neutral with eachother.
"Alright then, lets get this show on the road. First choice? Huh? Oh, outfit" Twinkle talked to herself as she read over the hologram instructions.
The first thing everyone had to do was choose their royal outfits. Each would start their stats with their subjects and riches.
Twinkle clicked on the middle choice. Raising her riches higher than average, while also having her subjects respect her and start with a positive attitude. She wore a furr dress with long sleeves, the furr seemed to be of a brown bear. Wool made up her long skirt, giving it almost a ballgown affect with the stiff material. Furred boots and gloves appeared on her pointed ends, and they made her feel much warmer.
Ragatha, momentarily flustered by a rather revealing jungle girl costume, went for a higher option. Her riches dipped below average, but her subjects still respect her with a positive attitude. Wide vines wrapped around her arms like sleeves. Leather like cloth covered her body in a thigh length dress, move vines acted as leggings. Ragatha also noted she had on some facepaint, little lines and circles made a pattern along her dollface.
Kinger just kinda, hit randomly at the hologram. The game changed his royal purple robe- into an ocean teal. That was it. The choice made him richer than the other kingdoms, and his subjects respected and loved the cheese piece.
Pomni also picked a middle option. She had on a small ballgown made of leaves and twigs, it made her richer and her subjects respected her with positive favor.
Jax clicked the highest outfit, and it suited him very well. His outfit mirrored classic Egyptian Pharoahs. Beige white gowns with gold everywhere, even a little beard thingy he kept tugging on. It was also the return of eyeliner for him, he didnt mind it. He started off with lesser riches, and though his subjects didn't care for him; their respect was higher.
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While the group was getting used to the rules, our pair was in much diffrent dimension; though it was similar to Twinkle's.
Caine had made a small cabin in the forest for the winners, during a winter storm. The sky was dark grey, small dot like snow flakes fell in a lop from the solid sky. Wind was hard enough to push the snow diagonal, but not enough to raise alarm. Outside was just a repeated junk of three large pine trees, it was beautiful yet simple. Inside was different.
A one bedroom, one bath single level cabin. The living room had a large tv that hung over a fireplace that quietly crackled and popped, never going out or needing more wood to stay alive. The soft L shaped couch gave a modern feel to the rustic cabin. Fur and wool textures were everywhere in the blankets, pillows and rugs. The small kitchen had beautifully stained wooden counters and a matching table, perfect for two. Though eating wasnt necessary, the fridge and cabinets were stocked with ingredients for all kinds of dishes. Fresh fish that seemed to have been caught at the lake half a mile from the cabin, steaks meant to be similar to hunted deer, pasta and dry items, as well as fruit and vegetables choices.
Zooble and Gangle were confused why there was a bathroom, but they weren't complaining. The bathroom in the center of the room was big enough for two, two small tables housed small candles that gave the faint scent of vanilla. The soft marble floors were a fancy contrast to the rest of the cabin.
The master bedroom had two closets full of random clothes. Zooble took a sweater that was soft and didnt catch the sharp edges of her limbs. Gangle giggled as she twirled in a blue dress, which sleeves gave her the illusion of normal arms. There was only one bed. A large king sized bed, topped with red and white pillows and comforter. Neither of the two mentioned to the other they'd be sharing a bed, and neither seemed to mind.
Gangle found Zooble on the porch. Watching the snow slowly fall, the take apart toy enjoyed a cigarette. The masked girl shivered as the wind hit her ribbons.
"What are you doing?" She asked curious.
"Hm? Oh, just nothing i guess. Enjoying a smoke." Zooble shrugged. Bringing the cigarette up to where lips would be, they were able to take in the smoke.
"Whoa, how did you get those?"
"Why? Want one?"
"Hm? Oh no, no. I was just curious if supposed. I dont remember having an adventure where you'd get those is all."
"Twinkle got them for me. Not sure how she got her paw on these but, I'll not question my blessings."
Gangle giggled as she leaned against the railing.
"I can't believe this is just- relaxing. Ya know?" Zooble looked up at the sky, the loop of snow flacks glitched as it restarted.
"It's nice and quiet. The quiet almost feels weird, after getting used to the circus." Gangle followed Zooble's gaze.
"That's fair. But, I'm glad I get to experience this with you." Gangle was surprised. Looking back, her eyes met with Zoobles. She could feel the plastic of her mask heat up.
"Why dont we go see if the TV works?" Zooble noticed Gangle's nervousness, and changing the subject seemed to be the thing to snap her out of it.
The two got back to the warmth of the living room. Gangle pulled up a fur blanket, her ribbons somehow felt the softness.
Clicking on the TV, there was a menu. A picture of each of the other people were on the screen.
"Whoa, wait so can we spy on them?" Gangle leaned forward as Zooble moved and clicked on Pomni. The screen came to life with live footage. Pomni was sitting on her wood carved thrown, reading over a hologram.
"Huh, this is interesting. And- kind of a breach of privacy." Zooble commented, though they didn't turn off the TV.
"I suppose, this way we can tell when the adventure is over? I have a feeling this is gonna be one of the longest adventures ever." Gangle leaned back, getting comfortable.
"Unless someone f(boink)s it up." Gangle chuckled, putting their feet up.