Friday, May 3, 2013

Battles of Initiation

    The little red owl brought the three companions to an area where many inhabitants of Quexxiji passed through and sent and received messages.  This are was known as the Duck.  Nobody knew exactly why it was called the Duck, but they still referred to it as such.  Many believed it to be an acronym, but if it was there was no consensus on what it stood for.  It was in the Duck that they met a half-wolf, half-dog creature who stopped them and introduced himself.
    "I am Dolf*," he said.  "Get it?  Half dog, half wolf, Dolf.  It's a mix of the two words."
    "Ahh, I see what you did there," commented Megano, who somehow found this explanation of Dolf's name immensely hilarious.
    "The little red owl and I are a team," continued Dolf after a burst of laughter.  "I would like to perform your initiation to Quexxiji, which should have happened when you got here.  The initiation is a battle, which all who come to this planet must face against an opponent who has lived here for at least a year.  Megano can go first, since she's the most awesomest one here."
    "Alright," said Megano.  "Let's do it!"
    Then she proceeded to try and poke Dolf in both eyes with one hand, you know, like you do, but Dolf was too fast for her and quickly put his hand over his nose to stop hers.  While she recovered from his parry he quickly thumped her on the forehead, but she acted as if he had never touched her and began tickling his sides, which caused him to let his guard down.  His legs, however, were unaffected and he used them to trip Megano and then began laughing uncontrollably.  But she quickly bounced back up and flew into the air out of Dolf's reach.  She began teasing him from this vantage until he began throwing dodgeballs at her.  She dodged one, then another, and as she barrel-rolled out of the third ball's path, she caught the first one on its way back down.
    "You're out!" she exclaimed as she began gliding to the ground.  "I win!"
    "Okay," replied Dolf.  "You won fair and circle.  Now it's Killer Kangaroo's turn."
    "Go for it," said Killer Kangaroo.
   So Dolf went for it, aiming a Falcon Kick at Killer Kangaroo's chest.  But Killer Kangaroo jumped above the kick and maneuvered himself to land directly on Dolf's stomach.  Dolf rolled away just in time and spun to trip Killer Kangaroo as he landed.  Unfortunately, he lacked the foresight to realize that this trip would land Killer Kangaroo on top of him, which is exactly what happened.  He squirmed and kicked and punched but had no effect.  Any attempts to lift Killer Kangaroo were futile.  He heard a referee count to three and then declare Killer Kangaroo the winner.
    "I declare Killer Kangaroo the winner!"
    "My turn," said RoboRabbit as Dolf arose from the ground.  He then jumped over Dolf to land directly behind him.  He pulled out his feather duster as Dolf turned about and he proceeded to feather dust Dolf's nose.  When Dolf sneezed, RoboRabbit pulled his finger, causing him to pass gas as well.  Then he slapped Dolf on the back, causing him to cough, and punching him in the stomach, causing him to belch.  He then flipped over Dolf and covered his mouth and nose until he passed out.
    "Simplemente," interjected RoboRabbit.

*This is pronounced like the first part of "dolphin," which is a little known fish.