SHAME (ConceptTopic, 11)
From Compile Worlds
SHAME is a segment of Compile Worlds, taking place after the Amalgamation. Little is known about this arc yet. What is known is that, so far, it revolves around a mysterious tournament and the five teams, named after Satan, Harpy, Angol, Marin and Ekoro, participating in it.
Another acronym worth keeping in mind for this arc is "LOPAC". No, before you ask, it isn't a "Land of X and Y".
Character Roster
Members are in no particular order... thus far. It will probably change once the LOPAC roles are revealed...
Satan's Team |
Harpy's Team |
Angol's Team |
Marin's Team |
Ekoro's Team |
Spectators |
Very Suspicious Ones |
MIA |
Played for Laughs | |
Episodes
Becoming a WONDERFUL MAGIC USER
Episode 35, the first official episode of SHAME, kicks off with Lam the Stelly, who is having a hissy fit about being removed from the plot. Amitie, who had just parted ways with the others two episodes ago, says hi and wonders what's wrong. Mikki returns from gathering mushrooms to join in on Lam's raging. Just then, Lemres appears, handing out candy and looking for Feli, who has since returned from her studies (like, finally). A quick exchange reveals no one knows where the Primp Magic School students, Feli, or anyone else is. Lam suddenly complains that they must go to Fos Canyon, as the clones have made their base there. Lemres, however, insists on checking the dessert desert, citing it's on the way to the Eastern Mountains anyway. Lam finally relents and goes along with it. Once the gang reaches the desert however, trouble is already brewing. Rider, screaming and crying, runs towards them, shouting that the evil Ekoro has ambushed Sig and she fears for his very life. They quickly make their way to the battlefield, where Ekoro is raving and partying to himself. Lam and Mikki instantly go on the offensive, and Ekoro is wounded. Sig absorbs the black blobs that leak from Ekoro's wounds, and he becomes Black Sig. With that, of course, Sig makes the biggest explosion he's ever made, leaving a huge fucking crater in the desert. Jupiter surfaces out of nowhere claiming to be a Potato Mine. Ekoro then instructs Jupiter to grab Rider and flee the scene with him. Ekoro narrowly escapes the aggressive Black Sig and Mikki twins, making off with poor Rider.
As Sig experiences frustration, much less any real emotions, for the first time, Strange Klug appears to do what he does best. He comments on how Sig's new-found transformation may have gotten him into one of the teams if he wasn't "too late". However, he also comments that if he can become more interesting, that Klug might change his mind. In the meantime, he informs the spectators that Ekoro is using Rider to manipulate Ms. Accord, and scolds them for attempting to interfere with the team organization, threatening to end their lives if they're caught again. He vanishes as usual, leaving the gang confused. Of course, Mikki spouting off completely random and irrelevant questions doesn't help that. Continuing with the oddities, Strigina Reuiss (which looks like stringy rice), Mikki's mother, randomly appears out of nowhere. Amitie and Sig are determined to become strong enough to participate in this mysterious contest of teams, so, in the most vague and confusing way possible, Strigina offers to teach the kiddies magic in place of Accord.
Spectator's lament
However, in Episode 36, before Strigina can conduct any proper training, Juichi, who has only JUST now woken up, suddenly realizes he's slept in and is supposed to "go out with Amitie". He stumbles his way all the way to the desert to meet up with them. Juichi catches up with the gang, but suggests that they should participate in the next tournament, rather than the current one. When Amitie asks why they can't participate in the current one, Juichi can't even come up with an answer, other than that it's already started. Afterwards, Juichi is introduced to Strigina and her odd habit of "playing with her toys"... ANYWAY, Juichi assumes that they won't get a spot in the tourney, so instead the gang quarrels over what to do with their spare time. Before they get a chance to decide, though, Arle randomly appears out of seemingly nowhere. She asks the gang what's up and why they're all moping around, which they say is due to their current confusion. Arle notes that they're too weak and lazy to do anything productive, simultaneously revealing herself to be not the real Arle, but Doppelganger Arle! Juichi pins Doppel down, asking her about Nanako. Doppel then claims that Nanako is a jerk, and that she obviously has no regard for the likes of them regardless of her plans.
Just to illustrate the point, Nanako and Satan arrive on the Bus of Love and kick Juichi around, calling him a weakling. Nanako and Doppel get in a bitch fight, which Satan ends by turning the crater into a private beach and dressing all the ladies in swimsuits. Strange Klug reappears, given of course Nanako and Doppel are also both there. Klug however, finds the time to poke fun at Satan, who's "slacking off" instead of doing anything related to the tournament, making Satan lose his cool. Nanako and Klug then hijack Satan's bus, thus "ruining two arcs of tradition". Likewise, Doppel and Satan steal Klug's red vapor trick when they have to leave. While Strigina makes fail attempts at training in the background, Sig contemplates everything that just transpired. Having been enraged by Doppel earlier, he decides that he's had enough with loafing around. Transforming back into Black Sig, he declares he'll train on his own to become strong enough to rescue Rider, and dashes off to do so. After Nohoho attempts his usual shenanigans, Juichi also ducks out, leaving only Amitie, Mikki, Lam and Strigina in the desert.
Those tormented by War's remnants
Episode 37 takes us back in time a little bit, going back to what Satan and Ringo were after the events of Episode 31. Satan comments their first recon went rather well, explaining they know a little more about Ekoro's team now, and decide to dismiss him as a relatively minor threat. Angol Mois, on the other hand is another matter. After a bit of reasoning, they decide Angol, without a doubt, must be killed, and that Draco Centauros is the only one worthy of their mercy. Making the wicked man their first target in the tourney, Satan is sent out to do yet more recon, in order to obtain further knowledge of Angol's ranks and his own plans. Meanwhile, Eltia goes on to a rather juicy explanation of what exactly makes Angol such a huge threat regardless of their contempt for him, which relates to the mysterious power of the ones. Marcus, Eltia, and Ringo jointly hope that Satan can come back with some relatively decent information...
Meanwhile, Satan has stopped by his Palace to visit his lovely wife, who is all alone with her DIAMONDS. Doppel is excited to see that Satan has returned, and asks how the tourney is going for him. Doppel suggests that they should mess with the spectators, and Satan agrees, thus distracting him from his real mission while he and Doppel commence plotting to confuse the spectators. They decide that Nanako should be involved to further taunt them, and Doppel poofs off to begin this while Satan drives to the FGF Research Co. to pick up Nanako. Initially refusing to leave, Satan mention's Doppel's involvement, which instantly interests the persocom-eared android (as Doppel called her). The two set off on the Bus of Love, setting the events of Episode 36 in motion.
Of Stolen Towers and Occultist Lolis
After that distraction, Satan remembers his actual mission, and sets of to conduct it. He decides to start at his old tower. However, he soon notices that there are people inhabiting it now, much to his fury. On the inside, Angol and his servants notice him through the windows as well, and decide to let him in, confident he won't be interfering with their previously scheduled plans. After some introductions, Satan demonstrates his anger in Angol populating his tower, despite stealing a base from Ekoro himself. Daichi argues that Angol will make his base wherever he damn well wants to, and Angol tells Satan he should manage his properties better. He then gloats about his one, annoying Satan enough to drive him out of the tower.
With that out of the way, the team decides that Feli would be the best vessel with which to carry out their plans. She sets off to abduct Arle with her best rape face on. She soon arrives in the Woods of Nahe, where Arle and her new friends are enjoying delicious curry. Feli lures Arle away from the others by claiming she, and she alone is needed for a mysterious errand at Satan's Tower. When they're out of earshot though, Arle informs Feli that she knows exactly what she's doing, but is going along with it anyway to give Feli some self esteem, poking fun at the way she talks spooky. When they reach the tower, Feli locks Arle in the dungeon as instructed, and reports her success to her master. After only five minutes, Arle decides the cell is too boring, so she blows a hole through the entire tower using a fire spell, and suddenly gains the ability to levitate through these holes, searching for the others. First she meets Daichi, who's a little pissed that Arle put a hole in his floor and roof (HOW DO YOU LIKE IT NOW, PUNK??). Before Daichi can get particularly violent though, Arle freezes him solid, along with the rest of his bedroom. She continues upward and meets Gypsum. The assistant is not pleased Arle has escaped, and tries to make her pay by tossing her clipboard at her, but apparently the clipboard falls just short of Arle, and she picks it up and reads it. All of it. Much to the dismay of Gypsum, who cannot seem to retrieve it back by bitch slapping Arle. Angol then appears, intending to settle the commotion one way or another. He notices that she has taken all of their information, for which he glares down Gypsum for. He negotiates a stalemate with Arle, agreeing that now that they know too much about each other they cannot attack each other. Alre leaves. Angol decides it's time to change focus and prepare for an attack lead by Satan's team...except Gypsum, who must now spend the rest of the night repairing the holes without any help from Mikki.
The weakest link
Arle moseys on over to her teammates again, much to their relief. Lagnus questions Arle's mysterious new ability to float, but even she doesn't know how that happened. Arle excitedly shares the information she's gotten from Angol with them. She reveals information about Ekoro's team they previously may not have known, including that Ms. Accord is now one of their team members, much to Lagnus' shock. She unfortunately was not able to gather much intell about Satan's team, mainly because Angol has yet to go snooping about their ranks yet. Finally, she reveals the components of Angol's team, revealing Feli to be their 5th member. They reason out that Angol's team is poorly linked together. Angol is their only connection, and his motives obviously don't coincide with those of his teammates. Therefore, they reason that with Angol out of the picture, the other four will come to their senses and defect to more sensible teams for their better interests. However, Arle goes on to say that Angol wont come quietly and let his servants defect so easily, so they decide that he must die. However, they can't really kill him either on their own, for reasons pretty much explained by Eltia earlier, and due to their agreed stalemate. Much like Angol's team, Marin's team refocuses their efforts towards vanquishing Ekoro instead. And so, they rest up, to prepare for what lies ahead...
