The something you have to do is, of course, BEST CUDGEL, and NOT in the way that phrasing would imply. Her horns would make EXCELLENT HANDLEBARS, though, now that you think about it, and
SHE'S A FUCKING MUTANT AWAY WITH THESE THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU NEED TO VISIT THE PAIN GLOVE. "Mister," groans Big Papa, pushing himself up just enough to squint at you through a face full of blood and dirt. You get ready to stomp him back down, but he waves you off. "You made an old man work for it, and for that, I gotta thank you."
"WHAT IS THE POINT," you ask, tapping a boot against the ground to try and stave off the urge to SQUASH HIS SKULL.
"I just want you to know that was my first fight in decades," he says, grinning once again. "But if I'd been practicing, I would have
whooped your golden ass."
"WELL YA FUCKING LOST, SO DEAL WITH IT." You turn to leave, but pause. "IF YOU WANT A FUCKING REMATCH SOME TIME TO TRY AND PROVE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME, WHICH, PROTIP, YOU AREN'T, I'LL ALLOW IT. UNTIL THEN, I GOT SHIT TO DO."
Big Papa just chuckles as you walk off. As far as SLIGHTLY HERETICAL sorts go, you kind of like that piece of shit. But he cannot help the way he was born, and while that may be FIXABLE after the FINAL BATTLE between the Imperium and ALL THE OTHER FUCKS EVER concludes (in the God-Emperor's favor, of course), he will always be THAT MUCH INFERIOR to you.
You re-enter the bar to find BEST CUDGEL is nowhere to be seen.
WHAT. "BREWSKIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" you say, storming the bartender as the only witness on the scene. You slam your hands through a previously unbroken segment of counter, and he just sighs in response. "THE FUCK DID SHE GO?"
"Bird came in with a face full of tacos and carried her off." He jerks a thumb at the door. "She
actually used that, can you believe it?"
You nod. "SHE SEEMS THE TYPE. THANKS, ASSHOLE."
Before you head out, a slender hand reaches up and grabs the counter, and Koishi pulls herself up; she does not look to be in GOOD CONDITION after you crashed into her earlier. This PLEASES YOU.
"Aww, fuck, it's you," she mumbles, bringing a bottle to her lips.
"I REALIZE I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU A PROPER NAME BEFORE, BUT NOW I REMEMBERED!" you declare, grabbing her hand and hauling her over the counter before she can get to drinking. "I FIGURE WILLY IS A GOOD NAME BECAUSE OF ALL THE BLOWS YOU DEALT TO MY OWN, BITCH. LET'S RIDE!"
"No-ho-ho-hooooooooo~? Willy sobs as you sling her over your shoulders. PET ACQUIRED, you barge outside once more, making sure to leave a new hole in the walls just for good measure.
You immediately spot Ms. Sunshine kneeling in an ALLEYWAY next to BEST CUDGEL, her skirt RIPPED SCANDALOUSLY SHORT to serve as BANDAGES on BEST CUDGEL'S bleeding head and OTHER LACERATED BITS. You are not sure if Sunshine's FRANKLY INAPPROPRIATE levels of TOUCHY-FEELY count as proper medical aid, however.
"WHAT UP," you say as you stomp over. When you reach them, you pitch Willy screaming ALL THE WAY down the alley, because you really do not care for her in the least.
"Aha! Master!" says Sunshine, removing her hands from Saki (BEST CUDGEL IS TOO DAMN UNWIELDY TO CALL HER ALL THE TIME). ?You are unbeaten!"
"YEAH I AM." You gesture at Saki. "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MOVE HER?"
Sunshine pinches the HEM of her skirt, now only reaching her THIGH. "Because I didn't want to be ripping this off for bandages in front of the barman, duh!"
That seems SENSIBLE. "I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE MEDICALLY TRAINED, MS. SUNSHINE. WHO WAS YOUR TEACHER?"
"Orin's mighty fightin' sexy nurses!"
"WHAT."
Sunshine produces a COMIC BOOK from SOMEWHERE you do not want to inquire. "That's not actually the name of it, but it's a good summary! Here!"
She hands it to you. The cover displays SCANTILY CLAD MEDICAE doing battle with THE FORCES OF GENERIC EVIL. Intrigued, you flick through the pages.
...
You are PRETTY SURE that none of the medical techniques shown in this manual are HELPFUL in the LEAST, even if they are, indeed, SEXY. And the anatomy of everyone is ALL OFF, too; the heads and eyeballs are WAY TOO LARGE, and the FOES OF THE DAY do not display CLEAR MARKS of HERESY.
"THIS IS FUCKING-"
"Scandalous, I know!" Sunshine says, beaming sunshine up at you (YES THIS METAPHOR IS EXCELLENT). ?But it works!
You blink. "YOU DO REALIZE THAT NOTHING IN HERE IS MEDICALLY ACCURATE, RIGHT?"
Sunshine blinks right back at you. "Huh?"
By the Emperor, she's retarded.
"OKAY," you say, very slowly. "JUST... GO SEE TO WILLY, WOULD YOU."
Sunshine just looks confused. "Who?"
"THE BITCH I JUST THREW PAST YOU, FUCK, STEP IT UP."
Comprehension dawns on her, which you suspect is a RARE THING indeed. "Oh! Okay!."
She bustles off to see to Willy, and now that you have some privacy, you kneel in front of BEST CUDGEL, who has just cracked open her eyes and is squinting blearily at you.
"Heeeeeeeeey," she drawls, her face lighting up in a weak smile. "Did- didja win?"
"FUCK YEAH," you say, offering her your fist.
Her giggle is a bizarre mix of drunk and concussed as she bumps fists with you. "Awesome!" Even that seems to be a MASSIVE EFFORT for her, as her arm flops against the dirt the moment she does it.
"YOU AREN'T FUCKING DYING, ARE YOU?" you ask, touched by CONCERN and also IRRITATION at the thought of replacing SUCH A GOOD BEAT-STICK.
Saki grimaces, wincing in clear distress. "M'head feels like- like- bluh."
There is only one solution here. "TAKE THIS," you say, thrusting a PURLOINED BOTTLE into her mouth.
She manages a ?Mmf!?" before the liquor flows down her throat, and then any possible fight left in her disintegrates as her eyelids flutter shut.
"I SWIPED THIS WHEN I GOT THROWN INTO THE BAR," you say, even if trying to make conversation with a girl who's currently guzzling alcohol like a flamer does promethium is maybe not your most productive idea. It takes maybe HALF A MINUTE, but Saki prevails over your offered booze. When she blinks her eyes open, they're even BLEARIER than before, but she's grinning like an Ogryn who was just told he made a new best friend.
"I BETCHER FEELING A SHITTON BETTER NOW, AIN'TCHA?" you say, pulling the bottle from her with a
pop as it leaves her mouth.
"Do I?" she says, propping herself up on her elbows. She cocks her head, smile fading. "I'm... not sure, actually?"
"WHATEVER," you say, before pulling her to her feet, rising as you go. She is not STEADY AT ALL, and as such you are forced to keep a HUGE HAND on her shoulder to make sure she doesn't faceplant.
"Yoo-hoo, Master!" Sunshine says, now missing her RIGHT SLEEVE as she carries a senseless Willy in her arms. Coincidentally, that same sleeve is wrapped around Willy's head like a bandana. "Thanks for giving me so much practice! I might run out of clothes at this rate!"
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE," you say, but hold yourself back from berating her further. Having a MEDICAE, no matter how QUESTIONABLE their training, is ALWAYS FUCKING HANDY. "OKAY, BITCHES. CAN YOU GUESS WHERE WE'RE GOING?"
"Drinking!" Saki cheers, leaning against your HUGE CHEST.
"Looking for everyone else?" Sunshine volunteers.
"D'rectly t'hell," Willy mumbles.
"WE'RE ALREADY IN HELL, YOU STUPID FUCK."
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[X] HUNT DOWN THE REST OF YOUR PETS, FOR THEY NEED DISCIPLINE AND YOU ARE DISPLEASED WITH THEM.
[X] YOU HAVE WON A MAJOR VICTORY IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR AND ALSO TACOS. LET'S D-D-D-D-DRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK, MOTHERFUCKERS!
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YO, YA PRICKS.
THIS IS THE LAST UPDATE OF THE MONTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
>>185979 IT MEANS IT DAMN WELL
IS TIME TO CELEBRATE, ASSHOLE, BECAUSE I HAVE (FUCKING BARELY) MANAGED A WHOLE FUCKING MONTH OF UPDATES WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE DAY!
IT'S ALSO TIME FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VOTE!
[X] CONTINUE WITH THE RADICAL SPACE MARINE ADVENTURES THROUGHT THIS WORLD OF MUTANTS AND HERESY AND FLUFFY PETS
[X] DO NOT CONTINUE BAHAHAHAHAHA
FUCK THAT SHIT I AIN'T STOPPING NOW GLAD WE ALL AGREE ON THAT ONE.
On a QUIETER NOTE, while it pains me greatly to admit this, I think the ALL-CAPS for EMPHASIS might wear thin if it stays at its CURRENT LEVELS. Would you, LOYAL READERS, prefer it to be scaled back like the update before this one (save for DOYOU'S YELLING, of course), or is the GRATUITOUS CAPITALIZATION still enjoyable?