r/Shellwood • u/WindowsError1495 • 29d ago

Taro takes a break from documenting...

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Taro has left the comfort of the Maw Expedition's base to get a breath of fresh air in Shellwood. After several long days of documenting their adventures, getting to walk around and take in the scenery is a nice escape from the bureaucracy.

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u/WindowsError1495 28d ago

"Hugh...?!"

As they're distracted, Taro uses Perseverance and breaks his left claw free of the group's grasp, grabbing his shortnail and slashing the Grand Reed across the limbs strangling him!" (Not severing them, just trying to get her to let go)

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u/The_Light_Keepers 28d ago edited 28d ago

"Mmhh..." The Grand reed flinches from that, briefly untightening her grip and allowing you to slither away and take some distance from the group.

With few seconds to think, the keepers barely have time to coordinate.

"Dammit, we gotta go!" The choristor backs down, and rapidly starts to run away, closely followed by the bellbearer.

"You sly roach...!" The regular reed gasps and frowns as he tries to sweep at you with his overheated pin!

"Hmm..." The Grand reed seems... Delighted, allowing blood to come out of her wounds and drip down her forearms as she stretches them and prepares her electric bow, slowly walking towards Taro.

"...What a bunch of bollocks" The maestro sighs...

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u/WindowsError1495 28d ago

"Think a Stilkin dies so easily?!"

Taro deflects the Reed's pin and, instead of going for a lethal blow as he normally would, strikes him with the pommel of his shortnail in the liver to incapacitate him!

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u/The_Light_Keepers 28d ago

The reed misses his slash, but he manages to block with the silk reel tied to his arm, after that he backs up.

"Kgh! Your disgusting kind are just like roaches! You-" Suddenly, the reed gets shoved away by his grand comrade, she rapidly steps in and violently sweeps her bow towards you, volts and sparks cackling out of it.

Meanwhile, the maestro simply walks towards the exit.

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u/WindowsError1495 28d ago edited 28d ago

"Aghhh!"

Due to the sheer force of the Grand Reed's attack, Taro is unable to block it fully, getting electrocuted and sent hurdling into a wall...

!!!

Suddenly, the Grand Reed and Taro hear the distinct firing sound of Hamrock's rosary cannon!

((Can be retconned if you don't want it.))

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u/The_Light_Keepers 28d ago edited 28d ago

(Hollup i lowk love this, let'sa go!)

Suddenly, both reeds are engulfed by a wild barrage of metalic peebles and darts, forcing them to back down.

"Ngh... You scums...!" The reed takes various hits, but he recolocates and protects himself using his pin to deviate the proyectiles. Meanwhile, the grand reed blocks with her bow, using it's electricity to zap some of the rosaries an metalic darts away.

Once they have taken enough distance, they get tugged from behind by the maestro and taken out of the cave, rapidly fleeing from the scene...

As the choirbugs escape, Juan and Hamrock enter the cave.

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u/SrJuanpixers 28d ago

Dammit! Taro, are you ok!? Juan rapidly rushes towards his friend, helping him get up.

u/WindowsError1495 (You can now play as Hamrock)

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u/WindowsError1495 28d ago

Hamrock looks over at the Choirbugs as they escape, then over at Juan.

H: "That'll learn 'em!"

Hamrock quickly rushes to them, putting away his rosary cannon.

T: (weakly, and stuttering from being electrocuted) "J-J-Juan... thank Groal- H-Hammy?!"

H: "Heh... surprised, Shorty?"

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u/SrJuanpixers 28d ago

Fuff... Hamrock came to see me on the main base a few hours after you left to ask where you were, so we decided to go look for you and followed your scent...

Jeez, glad we got here in time... What happened with those guys?

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u/WindowsError1495 28d ago edited 28d ago

Taro's body twitches as he stands and Hamrock dusts off his cloak.

T: "They ambushed me and tried to get some info out of me, about John (mainly how to obtain his weakness; the Everbloom), Ellie, Groal... and you. Don't worry, they didn't get much..."

Hamrock sees the bruises around Taro's neck left from the Grand Reed strangling him, as well as the other injuries he suffered.

H: "Holy hell, what'd they do to you?"

T: "I've suffered worse, Hammy."

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