Chapter 1
June 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"We must get this...Spectre driven away, it kidnaps people and only Spawn knows what it does to them, anyone have ideas to how will we do it?"
In response to Builderman's words there was only silence. Well, a mute demolitionist with burning passion for explosions will be silent naturally, but everyone in the room understood the hint offered by steel frame and a core of a tripmine held out, and a finger pointed at the sky.
"This does make sense if it has the physical ability to take people away, it should feel pain and get disoriented by tripmines of yours, you get my blessings and all, demolitionist"
Telamon put a wing around Taph, and ruffled the smaller one's feathers with his hand. The disciple of the admin nodded in approval and smiled softly, if only Builderman could gift him that same look...
Taph bowed to each in the room and looked at the leader of the group standing on a hand-made stage consisting of wooden crates
"Yes, Taph, you can go, I'll make a rocket that can send your bombs into the sky, you should make a lot of them, we need to be sure."
Once getting a nod from his main Boss he loves more than himself, left to prepare his tools in his house, more Subspace tripmines. Maybe update the core for it to be more pink and more disorientating and nauseating? Or stronger explosion power for hurting? Both?
Several hours is what it took to figure out the most effective and safe method to blow up the foreign being in the skybox, with all the excitement Taph almost forgot what he made it for.
He put the mass of powders and water into a plastic box that he carries on his belt, and took extra large amount of carcasses for his bombs, it's gonna be useful
and pretty! Red, horrific, glitchy sky being pierced by an explosion of Illuminating pink, like glitter, and then slowly going back to normal, and people who were trapped thank him for such genius plan, and Builderman calling him his right hand man, and he shouldn't fear angry people anymore, he saved them or their loved ones from Spectre itself, it's more important than some house blown up by a mistake...Taph's lil delusion.
But what a misery for the last demolitionist existing, he didn't pay attention to all the traps he put around his house, right at the door he tripped over a wire he forgot to step over, the box hit the ground first, and hard, and such fall caused the inside of it to detonate...
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"Ay, Builder, do you think he chickened out?"
"He would never, Telamon, if you so want you can send 1x to bring Taph earlier, with imperfect materials"
"Yeah, totally sorry for my disciple being more loyal and quick"
"Would love to see your disciple make such effective bombs-"
A loud explosion rang through all the streets of town, pink dust clouds flying high up into the sky, that was still red and black, it's still choosing.
Telamon and Builderman exchanged looks that held more than words and a moment later both went to the area the explosion was at, both knew it was the Taph's home that exploded, it's obvious if something blows up in pink, it's him, if something is coming from afar of the town, it's from his house
In the ruins that earlier looked like a normal house the metal frames, although disfigured, were scattered around. They searched everywhere, the demolitionist's body can't be found, 1x was digging around the rubble for 6 hours straight, yet all 3 people found nothing at all.
But at the very least, the sky is blue again, it's content with the offering, it won't bother them for now. Taph's sacrifice will be remembered, even if it was accidental.