Awesome Land!: An Interactive Story [archive]

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Narrator got to Omnistar, whistling as he strolled out of the woods. He noticed some soldiers, and 3.14159 (Narrator likes the first 6 digits of pi) seconds passed. There weren't any more soldiers, and Narrator was replacing a boot on his foot. Then, his super-trendy watchie-talkie (WRIST WATCH WALKIE-TALKIE OMG WTF) went off. It was the squeaky-voiced teen manager of the Taco Bell where Narrator kicked DERPBOT's metal ass.

"Hey, there's some army or something coming our way. I don't think they want burritos..." said the squeaky-voiced teen.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO SAY "OVER"? Fine, I'm on my way," Narrator said, shaking his head at the teen's stupidity. "I need to mercilessly beat my employees more," Narrator mumbled. He then started strolling in a leisurely way back to the Taco Bell. Narrator doesn't like to rush things.

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The Veral Dimension.

Sarah floated through The Void unendingly. Time neither passed nor stood still. She was both everywhere and nowhere. She was both corporeal and ethereal. She was existent and non-existent.

She was trapped.

Only the True Sword could free her from The Veral Dimension. But she had lost it in the emptiness of this Null-Void.
Sarah continued to float on...

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Narrator received a message on his wristie-talkie. It was the squeaky voiced teen.

"Somebody set us up the bomb," said the teen. "You have no chance to survive make your time."

"Ok, Narrator said, arriving outside the Taco Bell. "You are so fired. But first, get ready for your last beating as an employee of Taco Bell."

And lo, the teen bled, as Veralice's oncoming army made it's way to Taco Bell.

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Sarah continued to drift through the Veral-Dimension, alone. She could feel her very existence begin to falter as the Null-Void began to take its toll on her.

Her mind was drifting and slowly forgetting things. But she would not let her mind fail. She focused hard on the things she needed to remember. Her parents, her home, her brother...

Johnny!

She could no longer feel his presence in Awesome Land. She reached for his consciousness, but could not find it. A tear rolled down her face and she reached out for someone else...

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Suddenly, out of nowhere came the presence Sarah was looking for. A mysterious hooded stranger appeared in the Null Dimension. The stranger introduced himself to Sarah as Cha Cha, the Trumpet Hero. In one hand he held a trumpet. And in the other was a glowing Sword: the True Sword!

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~Trumpet Hero~ Sarah spoke to him through his mind. ~Where is Johnny? I can't feel him any longer.~

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~He is safe in Awesome Land,~ said Cha Cha. ~But he needs your help to defeat Veralice. You can't feel him anymore because Veralice's power is growing, causing the Veral-Dimension to drain you of your strength. I've heard from a source that you know Veralice's one weakness. I need your help. Johny needs your help.~
He pointed at the Sword in his hand. ~This is the True Sword, isn't it?~ Sarah nodded. ~I believe this is the reason you have been able to survive in this dimension for so long. The Sword's purity canceled Veralice's evil powers. Johnny spoke of the Sword and the Beauty Mirror. Can they stop Veralice?~

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Narrator, sensing the approach of Taenas and Veralice's army, decided to prepare in an epic fashion.

"Taenas won't know what hit him," Narrator said, surveying the preparations he made in 3.14159 minutes. "This is gonna be neat."

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~The Beauty Mirror is lost. Veralice has corrupted its power.~ Sarah paused, feeling her mind begin to slip into the Null-Void. Sarh quickly pulled it back. ~Johnny still has the False Shield and the Ugly Stick, correct? They will keep him safe for now.~

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The Time Keeper's head jolted upright. There was a presence in the air, but not one of this existence: someone reaching out through the Veral-Dimension.

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~The Perverted Fat Guy explained everything to me,~ Cha Cha said. ~According to him, I have to take the True Sword to Johnny, and only he can wield its full power in order to defeat Veralice. When I was transported to this dimension, I appeared not far from the Sword. The Perverted Fat Guy informed me that the Princess of Really Cool was in the Veral-Dimension, and I knew I had to find you so I could reassure Johnny that you're okay. And I've come prepared. Since removing the purity of the True Sword from this dimension will allow Veralice's evil power to consume you, I've infused some of my power, as well as the power of the Sword into this Soul Patch.~ Cha Cha removed a gold patch from the inside of his cloak. ~Hold onto this and Veralice's power will be unable to consume you as long as I am alive and as long as the True Sword remains in good hands.~ He closed Sarah's hand over the Soul Patch, and immediately, the faded shadow of the Princess of Really Cool disappeared and was replaced by the glowing, powerful presence that was Sarah in all her former glory before her banishment to the Veral-Dimension.
~Don't worry,~ said Cha Cha. ~I'll tell Johnny you're alright. We'll return to bring back into the world.~

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The Time Keeper felt the presence grow stronger then vanish. This time the presence was stronger, more substantial. Some one was meddling in his plans.

He had to be sure. The Time Keeper left the ruins of Omnistar and headed out for the dock.

For Veraland.

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Out of nowhere appeared the Perverted Fat Guy. Somehow still on fire, he ran past the Time Keeper, who just stared on in wonder.

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Back in the present, Salvatore, seeing the massive citizen army advancing on him, looked around for a way to escape to fight another day. He noticed a portal right where Cha Cha had been standing previously and dashed for it. He dove into the portal and crumpled in a heap in the sand..... Sand! Where was he? He looked around and saw boats. Two boats, to be exact. He was at a dock. And standing by one of the boats was Cha Cha, hurriedly preparing the boat to set sail to a small island that could just barely be seen in the distance. He started for the dock. Just then, the portal began to make frightening thunderous noises and a figure crashed through the portal to the ground. Salvatore whirled around and immediately fell to a defensive pose. Cha Cha merely glanced up and continued untying the boat from the dock as the figure began to stand up.

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"Cha Cha, I'm here." Johnny stood up and dusted himself off. Is this the place?" The False Shield and Ugly Stick were strapped to his back. Johnny glanced around cautiously, not noticing Salvatore who was lying in the sand.

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"Not quite," said Cha Cha. "We have to sail to that island out there." He pointed to the small island on the horizon. "I'll explain everything on the way over there. Come on."
Cha Cha stepped into the small boat and held the rope tight to keep the boat in the dock.

Salvatore relaxed from his fighter's stance when he saw that the figure was Johnny, and he walked to the dock and joined Cha Cha in the boat, waiting for Johnny.

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Johnny pointed his thumb at Salvatore. "He's coming, too?" He cast him a suspicious glance., but boarded the small boat anyway.

God, he hated the sea.

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"Don't worry," Cha Cha reassured Johnny, seeing his suspicious glance. "He's with us." Cha Cha pulled the rope into the boat and pushed off from the dock, paddling hard with a paddle he had found on the dock. "Don't just sit there," he said to Salvatore and Johnny. He pointed at two more paddles in the boat. "Paddle! We don't have much time."

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"****." Johnny mumbled to himself, while trying to hold down his lunch. He reluctantly picked up the paddle and began to row. He glanced back at Awesome Land.

"So, what does this island have to do with Sarah?"

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Salvatore was but swenyado, in his tongue, trapped in mental conversation with those closest to you, when the boat set sail.

"Brother, I sense this is coming to an end. Another small dimension meeting its epic end. Will you help?" Salvatore had a sense of panic in his voice, fearing how this muddled conflict would destroy this land.

"Hmm." Dante's voice echoed with gravity. "Unless you are in a situation of complete chaos, I cannot. I am too powerful to fight with any of those warriors. Well, I do not know."

Salvatore could barely speak, completely flabbergasted. "You can defeat a Guardian, the psuedo-Gods of Laitia! How could these guys give you trouble?"

"This dimension is Senza Limites, Salvatore. A banished wasteland where any fool can be as powerful as they want. Some of them will obtain too much power and will have the consequences, but it may be too late then. They cannot do anything to our world, but simultaneously, we cannot do anything to them. An unstoppable force against an immovable wall." Dante paused, lightening his mood. "But hey, from chaos and destruction rebirths hope, right?" Salvatore was silent, fearing his circumstances and those of his compadres. "You are needed, Brother. Some them what is means to be Laitai, alright?"

Salvatore smiled, knowing Dante would leave training and fight along his side in an instant. "See you when thi-"

Salvatore's thought and swenyado was broken by the perfectly tuned command of ChaCha. "Paddle! We don't have much time!"

See you later, Dante. "Alright, alright, ChaCha, hold your horses." Salvatore moved to the o-so-welcoming paddles and began rowing, keeping his rhythm with the other two. "This stroke pattern reminds me of 150..."

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Taenas and his forces approached Taco Bell, all really armed and very dangerous. In the loudest voice he could muster, Taenas yelled "Attention! All customers who can actually stomach this are to exit the building immediately by order of Lord Veralice." All too familiar with the vomit inducing food of the restaurant, he did his best to avoid nausea as he awaited the patrons of Taco Bell.

Meanwhile, Veralice teleported to the ruins of what was once the great Omnistar and started experimenting with his dark magic, leaving his section of the IA on its own. "Hmm..." he said, in deep thought of his next brilliant scheme. He took a small shard of glass from the ruins. Aiming his index finger at the shard, he said "Silumbra". A dark bolt of energy went from his index finger into the glass and Veralice gave a slight smirk. "Perfect." he whispered to himself, going back to the IA before things got out of hand.

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Narrator emerged from Taco Bell. He had underwent another costume change. His now long, black hair was tied back by a black bandana. He wore a sleveless black shirt (essentially a wife-beater) and advanced unit military issue baggy pants. The pants had many pockets of mysteries. In each hand Narrator held an M16 machine gun, and a shotgun was strapped across his back. Narrator had become Rambo. Brace yourselves...

Taenas noticed that the Taco Bell had a moat dug around it. The moat was filled with starving Taco Bell customers (they were starving because Narrator had personally pumped their stomachs before placing them in the pit encircling his restaurant).

"If you want out of there, you'd better earn your way out," the super-cool new Rambo-style Narrator said in a patronizing tone. "You DO want to get out of there, right?"

Without waiting for a response Narrator called out to Taenas, "Bring it on, kid. I'm ready for the epic battle that will surely result from this meeting of awesome-class characters. Are you?"

It was Taenas's move in the elaborate game of strategy Narrator had set up prior to the army's arrival.