DEKA - FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (WOUAGI BATTLE CHALLENGE - TRIOCAST COLLAB)

Prompt 1: Draw or write your character fighting the Trash Monster to cut it down to size!

(Mini comic this time.)

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The strange creature wandered in the swampy forests, confused and lost. It has been attracted to the creatures of the land, but when it tried to interact with them, they flee from it. It's confused.

Why are they running?

What is making them stay far away from this lost creature?

It keeps on walking, the sounds of cans, trinkets, metals, everything its strange body just took along the way. But it can also hear crying. It tries to find the source of the crying. It wants to help... somehow. The more it tries to follow it, the more it realizes that it's making more mess than good. It hears the crying from its body, trying to find something to appease it.

It did everything, from flowers, to toys, to a house. But the crying continued. It worries if it's doing everything wrong, or if something is still missing. Why are they crying to begin with? What can it do to pacify them?

Along the way, the creature finds something approaching at its direction. It sees something bright, but there is already the sun in the sky.

The creature waves at the glowing light, but it was met with a darting fireball shot at a perfect point blank aim. It sees a strange giant figure, whose black flames seamlessly flow like water and fire. It just stares, wondering if this woman is friend or foe.

It raises its arm, wanting to communicate peacefully. But the woman laughs madly in response, about to go for another punch. The screams in its body grow louder. The creature realizes that it's being attacked. But it cannot fight back, it has a lot of stuff inside it that any retaliation might just hurt whatever's stuck inside. What if something precious is broken? What if someone dies inside?

It tucks instead, shielding itself with its arms over its head. It will protect itself if it means protecting the stuff inside of it. The woman's fist was going to land the blow, until...

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The tiny cries of two people.

The woman froze in anger. Her flames turned minty blue the moment she hears the yelling. She recognized that voice...

The creature was shaking in fear. It anticipates the blow to its body, but it... isn't hit.

The two turned to see two tiny people yelling for the woman's attention. On a wooden billboard, it says that she shouldn't burn the helpless creature because it's made of garbage. The other notes instruct her to retreat somehow, for her presence might be more of a threat than of help to the swampy forests.

"L-Let us help you!" Paliskobengar, the familiar half-Drakon tells the woman.

Yes, it's that Paiko again, always resilient and resolute to tame the chaos that is the fiery woman that rumors were tossing around since the Godspawn and Portal Incident. The bunny, known as "Echo", was making muffled noises to convince her to retreat for now. No, it's not the same entity as the woman who had a skull for a mask like a Cubone... or some Creator famous for the skull mask.

The woman growled at the creature, making her retreat as she vanished into flames. It wonders where that lady went off to. But why didn't she punch it? Why did she freeze?

Left alone with the two people, Paiko tried to convince the monster to cut down its size without a fight. Realizing why the tiny creatures fled in the forest, it obliged to the command of this little Drakon. It sits down on the ground, and begins to disassemble itself. It began to take off its legs first, then its arms, and finally detached its head. Although it is still sentient, it feels like a toy robot being brought down to pieces and parts.

Once it's fully disassembled, Paiko and Echo began to pull its body parts to a nearby disposal area, where whatever was stuck in its body can be safely extracted. In this way, it won't only keep the environment of Wouagi safe, but those stuck inside the creature can safely escape.

While peacefully waiting for something interesting to happen, the creature mumbles a single word to itself:

"Friends..."

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A ONE WEEK OVERDUE... I'M SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

Originally, I was gonna pull a theory on the Trash Monster due to its resemblance to an animal. Once again, Scatterisky has joined the fun, alongside a new guest to this arc: Ender. Paiko and Echo are truly a complementary team, with the former good at visuals and knowledge, and the latter at brains and academics (Although according to Ender, Echo can be a genius or a dumb person... which makes its funnier).