Meat the Team, End/ On the Road to Rooksvale, Pt. 1.
- Location
- Tampa, FL.
"Sombra....after you pulled that last lance out of me, did you happen to feel anything happen?" Teth asked, trying to ease into it first.
"Well, now that you mention it, I did get this funny feeling in the back of my head." The Night Dog uttered. "Pretty sure it was just the Tech Wyvern baring down on us, though."
"Perhaps not." Teth began. "We're linked. Most likely due to that lance removal." Sombra, for her part, blinked.
"Linked?" She repeated in a confused tone.
"How do I put this....We're Partners now." Teth continued. "That means, you and I will be working together from now on. I can't access my full strength without a Partner, even disregarding whatever limits this Collar has on me."
"....So, wait, does this mean we're like married or something!?" Sombra asked, starting to panic. "Aw man, I wasn't ready for marriage! I'm not good with committed relationships!"
"Relax, it's not like marriage." Teth said, chuckling slightly due to the joke one of the Head Voices had wanted him to make. "Just think of it like a bond between twins or very close friends. Something like that."
"Oh." Sombra said, starting to calm down now. "Yeah, I could do that. Soooo, what, you're like a big brother to me or something like that?"
"Something like that, yes." Teth nodded in affirmation.
"Huh...." Sombra said as she gave it some thought. "....I always wanted a big brother." She said with a smile. "So....How exactly does this work? You said you need me to access your full strength?"
"Or at least, more of it." The Defender uttered as he tapped his collar. "Whatever this is is limiting my full abilities, but I theorize that I could tap into more of my potential power if we work together as partners. Basically, you give me commands on the battlefield and I'll get a boost into doing that ability. At least, that's how it should work in theory."
"Huh...So, I'll kinda be like a Guide for you then." Sombra said as she rubbed her chin.
"I get the distinct impression that 'Guide' is with a capital 'G'." Teth remarked. Sombra giggled in response.
"I'll explain later, it's a bit of a story." The Night Dog uttered. "Besides, we need to save some things for our road trips, right?" It was Teth's turn to chuckle. That was fair. "So, 'Partner', got any more questions?" Plenty. The usual ones about the Empire not withstanding, where his weapons were and if they grabbed any of those Javelins among them, but first one that comes to mind that he felt like asking was-
Teth asks this.
"Well, Standing is in fact a measure of strength. See, Standing measured in 'ranks'. Each rank results in an increase in power to the Mon that 'ranks up', while changing them subtly in terms of what they look like." She pointed to herself. "For example, my silver highlights used to be less pronounced before I got to my current rank."
"Standing itself is increased by gaining a mystical resource known as 'Power'. Mon get Power by fighting, defeating other Mon in combat, defeating Machina, Monsters, ect. We can also get Power as a reward from major accomplishments, like completing missions people give us or growing older each year, though that's usually only a tiny amount of Power compared to what we get from fighting. You need increasingly more Power to go up in Standing Rank the higher up you go, and you get less Power from defeating less powerful opponents. Defeating similarly ranked or higher opponents gives a major increase in Power, allowing those of us that fight challenging battles increase in Standing more quickly."
"There are three categories of Standing Rank, going up by ten. From 10 downwards, you have 'Light-Weights' or 'Rookies'. That's what this team is made out of. From 11 all the way to 20, you've got the 'Middle-Weights'. Roughly speaking, that's the level I'd say you're closest to, given that you took out a level 12 equivalent Brawler fairly easily. 21-30 are the 'Heavy-Weights'. Those guys are real bruisers, capable of leveling whole forests with one strong attack each."
"I see." Teth said with a nod. This was matching up with what he could remember on the subject. "You are divided up based on strength statistics and get more strength by defeating opponents. What if you kill them?"
"Oh...Um, yeah, that's the thing, you don't get much of any power if you kill another Mon." Sombra stated. "If you kill a Mon, then you'll just be labeled a murderer and not have gotten much of a boost for your trouble. Plus, it's kinda hard to kill us, you actually have to be going out of your way to do that." Teth nodded at that.
"Alright then, I think I'm getting it....What about the various Mon and their types?"
"Oh man, you're really giving me a brain work out." Sombra laughed, "It's usually Glimmer who handles this sort of stuff, you know? Tell you what, let's let Glimmer tell you about that sort of stuff, and we can spend the rest of our time getting to know each other since we're partners now. Deal?"
"Deal." Teth nodded.
"Great!" Sombra said with a smile. "Okay, so, to start off, what's your favorite food?"
"People have favorites?" Teth asked, acting confused. That earned him another laugh as the pair spent the rest of the night talking. It was the start of a beautiful partnership.
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TripleMRed presents:
The Hounds.
Starring;
SV Players as The Headvoices.
Teth Aloni as The Defender.
Sombra as The Night Dog.
Cinder as The Boxer Chick.
Glimmer as The Cast Dragoness.
Tyco as The Gunny Rabbit.
And Many More.
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"-nd that's the various different Classes and Types of Mon!" Glimmer cheerfully uttered as the group walked down a well worn path in the woods. They were making good time to the town, being only a few hours away.
"That's a lot to take in." Teth stated.
"Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it in no time." The pink Cast Dragoness said with a friendly smile. She paused as her scarf started to point in a direction. It's tip was glowing gold. "Huh, wonder what that could mean?"
"Well, it glowed pinkish for Mechana, glowed purple and blue for the big guy over there, and it glowed red for those Monsters we faced on the way up here." Tyco listed off. "Gold's a new one."
>Suggest something for Teth to do.
>Suggest something for the Party to do.
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