>>185423 THIS IS
FUCKING AWESOME. I WILL ENGRAVE IT INTO THE CHAPTER'S HISTORY.
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On SECOND THOUGHT, this KITTY-GIRL does not have FUR or really ANY OTHER ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS beyond the EARS AND TAILS, so SHE IS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE BOUNDARIES.
HOWEVER. "YOU'RE COMING WITH ME," you say as you stand stand up, deactivate your POWER FISTS, and grab the back of her shirt to haul the flailing MUTIE up to EYE-LEVEL. "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
"Rin-"
"THAT WAS RHETORICAL, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOUR NAME IS. YOUR NEW ONE IS MS. CUDDLES, AND YOU ARE NOW MY PET CAT."
"B-but I already have a master!" she protests, folding her arms across her chest and looking IRRITABLE as she DANGLES IN FRONT OF YOU, which is
INCREDIBLY CUTE. You (with a bit of ANNOYING FIDDLING) seat her atop one of your HUGE PAULDRONS, so that she may have an excellent VANTAGE POINT as you as ADVENTURE.
"I DON'T GIVE A SINGLE IOTA OF A MOLECULE OF A FUCK," you say, and point at the BODY-BARROW still lying in front of you. "WHY WERE YOU CARTING SO MANY DEAD ASSHOLES AROUND?"
"Because it's my job?" she says, nervously fidgeting on her new perch. "The fires'll burn out if I don't feed them-"
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO KEEPS THOSE FIRES GOING?" you thunder, any good feelings you had ANNIHILATED at this revelation.
"I'M HERE TO EXTINGUISH THE FUCK OUTTA THEM. HOW DO I DO THAT?" "Well, uh, um, that's-"
"STOP STUTTERING YOU FAGGOT CAT."
"Stopping me's a good start!" she says, hands glued (METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING) to her ears. "I'm pretty much the only one who keeps 'em running! But, uh, Okuu'll still charge 'em up for a while even without me supplying her-"
"TAKE ME TO THIS 'OKUU,'? you demand, "SO THAT I MAY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF- OF-"
"Her," Ms. Cuddles helpfully supplies.
You reach over and RUFFLE HER HAIR, which seems to ANNOY HER. "THANKS. ANYWAY, GONNA GO BEAT
HER SHIT IN AND KILL THESE EMPRAH-DAMNED FIRES."
"Why do you wanna do that?" she asks, looking OFFENDED.
"BECAUSE I FUCKING FELL IN THEM, DIPSHIT."
"Why?"
"BECAUSE YUKARI TOSSED ME DOWN HERE."
"Why?"
"BECAUSE FUCK YOU SHOW ME WHERE OKUU IS BEFORE I PITCH
YOU INTO THE FIRE."
"All right fine jeez."
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You storm into the NUCLEAR FURNACE, skipping all the travel time that would be BORING AS FUCK to TRANSCRIBE. The FURNACE is FAIRLY SMALL and CRAMPED, with a GRATE FLOOR that shows NUCLEAR FIRE below you. It is home to a SIX-FOOT TALL GIRL with BIG-ASS CROW WINGS and a GIANT ORANGE STICK on her RIGHT ARM. There is also an EVIL EYEBALL in the CENTER of her CHEST.
She WAVES HI with her ROD. "Orin! Who's your friend?"
"He's not my friend!" Ms. Cuddles says, which DEEPLY WOUNDS YOU.
Still, you can put that aside for the moment, because
"YOU MOTHERFUCKING WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!" you roar, stomping over.
"Beg your pardon?" Okuu asks, cocking her head in a display so guileless it WRAPS ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND to IMMENSELY SHIFTY. "I can't be a mother fucker, mister! Do you see any baby fucklings around?"
"Okuu!" Ms. Cuddles gasps, scandalized.
"...WHAT," you add, confounded.
"And I'm not a witch, either!" Okuu lifts the ROD straight up, grinning. "I'm a
scientist!?
You POKE the EVIL EYEBALL before she can BORE YOU with TECHNOBABBLE. Your finger SINKS INTO IT with a SQUISH, but NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS.
"Please stop," Okuu says, staring at your finger with DEEP CONCERN.
You POKE the EYEBALL several more times, fascinated. "WHAT CHAOS SHITLORD DID YOU MAKE A PACT WITH TO GET THIS THING?"
She blinks. "Chaos? I just ate Yataragasu!"
"YATARAWHAT THE FUCK?"
Okuu beams up at you. "The Sun God!"
HERESY STATUS:
CONFIRMED. ?THAT'S IT, I'VE HEARD ENOUGH, THIS PLACE IS GETTING SHUT THE FUCK DOWN."
Okuu's smile VANISHES, and she SWOOPS BACK to the OPPOSITE END of the chamber, maybe THIRTY METRES AWAY. ?
THE HELL YOU ARE!? she screams, as LOUD AS YOU ARE, before she is CONSUMED IN FIRE. When it dies down, she's all GLOWY'N'SHIT, and chooses now to ROCKET AT YOU. Ms. Cuddles JUMPS OFF just before you get CLUDGED UPSIDE THE HEAD with Okuu's rod, which sends you FLYING INTO A WALL.
PISS When you stand once again, you're
MOTHERFUCKING ANGRY. ?HOLY SHITTING FUCK, YOU TERRIBLE CUNT, GO FUCK A CHAINSAW."
"This furnace is mine!" Okuu shouts, Ms. Cuddles retreating to a corner and ducking into a little ball. "So hurry up and
DIE!?
She levels the rod at your face, and GOLDEN ENERGY gathers up in the BARREL-EQUIVALENT. You dodge-roll just as a YELLOW LASER shoots past you, and land near Ms. Cuddles' COWERING SELF.
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[X] TIME TO BEAT A MUTIE WITH ANOTHER MUTIE
[X] MS. CUDDLES, SHIELD ME WHILE I CLOSE IN TO SMITE HER
[X] GO, GO, CAT MISSILE, GO