"Wh… what." Amanda slowly opened and closed her eyes. She closed and opened them twice to ensure she understood what had happened moments prior. Amanda ran back her plan in her head to verify that it worked.
Amanda had come up with a clever scheme. Mars wore sound-canceling headphones; she wouldn't be able to hear Amanda as long as she was sneaky about it. From there, it was a matter of a coordinated attack.
Amanda had given her movements thought while priming her next move. Mars was a well-known figure in the magical warrior world; her helmet was the source of all her power. If Amanda could slip her fingers around that helmet, perhaps she could pull it off? The best place to grip would be right under the visor, where a gap opened up in her skin. Amanda would have the Reflecthives lift on the helmet simultaneously as her claws wrapped around the helmet.
There were several holes in her plan. She had no idea that the headphones and helmet were different artifacts. When her Reflecthives gripped onto the hero's helmet to tug it off, they took her headphones instead. At that moment, they lost the element of surprise, and she had to improvise a clever quip. To her surprise, the joke seemed to have startled the magical warrior.
With the gap opened by her jest, Amanda could wrap her fingers around that helmet and pry it free. That was the plan, of course, but she'd missed the second flaw in her scheme. Was the helmet light and easy to lift? No, that thing was made of gold. Not just any gold, pure gold. She was not lifting that thing anytime soon. She hadn't exercised in years, and now she was being asked to lift something weighty and dense. So she awkwardly held her fingers there, pressed against the warrior and breathing heavily.
Then all of... that happened. There was an extremely suspicious tone to that warrior's voice. Maybe Amanda should have realized that she was dealing with a pervert the moment she'd heard it, but the second 'more' solidified it. And then she had the nerve to try and steal Amanda's lips?!
"Uuu… I cannot be a pure maiden. I am forever stained." Amana crouched on the ground, trembling on all fours. That was a kiss! It was her first kiss ever, and some pervert stole it! How was she going to explain this to her future wife?
Oh, who was she kidding? Amanda was entirely off the market. Nobody could ever love anything as dark and twisted as her, even if Amanda had the cutest face in the world. Women don't care about looks these days. All they cared about was personality. Amanda lacked any kind of personality! Who would want her but perverts and weirdoes like that warrior, Mars?
Her heart was destroyed by the revelation her hero might be just like her. A foul engine of crude thoughts and feelings. Oh, the horror— that a divine like Mars could be brought so low? Even worse, that she had been the one to destroy that magnificent fa?ade? It had to be her fault; nobody else would have broken that girl as she had.
"I'm a monster. I've corrupted Nebulossom Mars! I shall never be able to wash away this shame, Calico!" Amanda sobbed and hugged the screen.
"Ominous… um, not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but is this all there is?" Amanda wonders what she would do with headphones that only let her voice filter in. They seemed useless to her. "I have other Magical Warriors to fight, and a pair of headphones isn't going to do the job.
"Oh. That's too bad." Amanda fidgeted with locks of brown hair on her head. She feels pleased that her home is getting a touch-up; the damage Mars managed to inflict was substantial. But 40 KMP still felt much too little to work with in the scheme of things.
"S-sorry." Amanda's face burned a bright red. The system had noticed her mistake.
Amanda took a deep breath, trying to hide her flustered face. "Alright. Let's see what attractions we have to pick from."
promise it'll influence the next skill poll around Scene 35ish, since the votes will be added together and carry over from both polls to give certain results a boost in the next one. Just pick which skills you like here; that's all you need to know.
[Mass Cult] has already won! That's why you can't vote on it! The next poll that matters will take place in Scene 27 - Tasting Tea, where we'll also see a few Royal Road exclusive chapter variants!
Lyss for her incredible donation to my ! My gosh, I super totally appreciate it! I might actually be able to make writing a living at this pace, especially if people keep showing me this generosity. While we're talking about generosity, do you all mind giving her ? She's a really great trans streamer, and I'm super honored to know her personally and hang out in her spaces.
Want to hang out in my space with me??? You can join my Discord!!!
What skill would you like to see Amanda pick around Scene 35?
