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 doing 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 (but only after Arle tells her to hurry up and get on with it), 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 Arle is alert enough to catch it, and begins reading it now that it's in her possession. 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 fifth member, although neither this nor the fact that Arle was pretending that Feli was a good person doesn't seem to surprise anyone. 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, 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 won't 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...
The canyon of light
Meanwhile, in Episode 38, the clones and Harpy have settled down in Fos Canyon, safely tucked away from Ekoro and Angol. They realize they don't have a particular goal in mind. Beta asks Zeta what she desires most, to which Zeta replies she is unsure. Zeta reasons that all along she just wants to protect her brethren, but also respects Ekoro for creating her and doesn't want to burden him with her betrayal. Beta assures them that despite whatever connections he still has to her, that he certainly means ill will to the rest of them. Phi and Theta attest to this by stating that Eta was absorbed by Ekoro without hesitation earlier, which is leaving Zeta with the most sour taste in her mouth. Beta blurts out that Nanako should be their prime target instead, angry she had been rematarialized as a neko. She also raises the question of Nanako's credibility. However, the other clones dismiss it, not having a reason to be angry with Nanako, nor asserting they could deal with her power. Of course, Angol Mois is also too strong for them to combat, so the eventually decide, even Zeta, that Ekoro is the only common enemy they currently have to seek out. They head over to Ekoro's Castle for their confrontation...
The Dark Lord vs. The King of Terror! Reclaim Satan's Tower!
Meanwhile, Satan returns from his recon, still angered by the impudence of Angol and his team earlier. Eltia questions her king what is upsetting him, and Satan tells them that Angol's team is occupying their tower, with Daichi and Feli in tow, much to Ringo's shock. One brief discussion later, and Eltia, Satan, and Ringo go off to kill Angol, deciding they've had enough of his bullshit. When they arrive, Draco and Feli greet them. Eltia and Ringo attempt one last time to convince Draco and Feli that both of them have been had by the demon beast, but neither of them will have it, much to Ringo and Satan's anger. Alas, Feli sees that it is futile to resist them anyway, confident Angol or Daichi can eliminate them. Pushing the girls aside, Satan's party follows through, with Draco sneaking behind them. They reach an empty chamber where Angol was training Daichi earlier, with destruction strewn about due to Daichi's lack of self control in beast form. Angol turns to greet the unexpected visitors, explaining the damage they see. At Eltia's demand, Angol finally reveals how he is able to control the power of the ones. When Daichi was still encapsulated, Angol noticed his status as a one, and stole some of Daichi's natural connection to the field. Due to extensive training in the Abyss, Angol learned to draw this power from anywhere in the field. He goes on to state he only learned there were other ones when he unwittingly absorbed Eltia's power to open the portal to the Ekoro Dimension, remarking how he found Eltia's reaction to this sudden draining was "fascinating". While Ringo slips away to find Arle, Eltia and Satan voice their disgust in Angol's callous comment. The Abysians prepare for the final showdown with the evil creature...
...But right as Eltia lunges towards Angol for the first strike, Draco jumps her. The resulting struggle results in Draco's wing being stabbed, which Angol causally ignores to cast his Dead Impact spell. Eltia and Satan are unable to deflect the blow, and Angol makes more impersonal remarks about humans in their last moments. Before he can deal another blow, however, Arle and Ringo arrive just in time, negating his previous attacks. Angol notes that Arle has broken her pact with him, which he decides must be punished by killing her. This angers Draco, who defects against him after Angol spells out that he was only using Arle and Draco as tools. Draco, Ringo, Arle and Satan are then tasked with distracting Angol while Eltia thinks of how to conquer his power. This doesn't last long, however, as Angol threatens to destroy the entire tower with a dark Blitzkrieg. Eltia, thinking fast as usual, warps the group to the Crystal Caves. The fight then continues where it left off, with Team Satan fighting off Angol's Blitzkrieg. Eltia finally gets an idea. While Satan, Draco and Ringo restrain Angol from assuming his beast form, Arle is drained by Eltia. She also summons Oashi Tomoko, and pulls a spear out of her. She stabs Angol with the spear, directly into his heart. Angol becomes paralyzed as the wound spreads through his body, helpless but to collapse and speak his final words, before Eltia removes the spear, ending the life of the Almighty King of Terror.
There's no "Moa" Angol in SHAME!
A breath of relief spreads across the party as Angol lay there, dead. Oashi faints from the utter confusion wrought upon her. Ringo takes Arle back to the camp in the woods, while Satan reclaims his tower, removing all the renovation work and damage that Angol had done. Gypsum, Feli and Daichi arrive, confused as ever. Eltia shows them Angol's dead body, to which they all react in different manners. Gypsum is aghast, unsure of what her fate will be with her master dead, Feli is annoyed that she had predicted the wrong team would win the tourney, and Daichi is shocked, but seemingly indifferent. Eltia tells Daichi that Marin is here, and they allow Daichi to go with his old friends. Meanwhile, Gypsum is welcomed by Draco and Satan to their team, much to her relief. She cries in joy and hugs Draco, while Feli is also annexed into the team, much to her annoyance. Eltia stays in the tower, to secure it and nurse Oashi. Satan returns with his harem back to their base in the Ekoro Dimension, and he has a good cackle with Marcus, gloating that they will surely win the tournament with Angol Mois out of the way. For now, all is well and happy in the Compile Worlds...
