A bright day begins in a certain city, which once was bustling with activity of it’s inhabitants, is now rather devoid of their presence. As of recent, dissapearences have occurred, and people are weary for the safety or their own neighbours, friends and families, many barricading themselves in their own homes, except for various vendors and merchants.
It is at this moment that in the city arrives a stranger. To the amazement of the few present onlookers, it appears to be… a Holstaur. She had blue eyes, dark hair with some white parts on it and black spots over most of her pale skin. What was even more amazing though, was her stature and attire: a pretty tall and bulky body for someone as delicate as her, clad in a patchwork leather armor: leather greaves, from her curvy waist down to her bovine ankles; a large leather vest, managing to cover almost all of her impressive… torso, with a dark blue-ish tunic beneath it. And on her head, wearing an improvised helmet, likely from metal pans of sorts, also giving the impression that she has small to no horns at all. On her back, she possesses a rather big yet rusted wood axe, besides a bag of holdings. On various parts of her body can be seen bandages, likely bruises she sustained from her travels.
She walked along the road, through the city, in hopes of finding someone dear to her. Someone she has lost to nefarious plots. She is also on a mission: to free those who have fallen prey to marauders; pilferers that snatched many other men away from their loved ones. Thieves, known as Dark Elves and Arachnes, led by the Beast Queen of Spiders: Lolth. For these reasons, she has traveled far and wide, faced many obstacles and dangers on her way, in a bid to rescue them. Unfortunately, she cannot seem to find Lolth’s kingdom, nor possess any ways of releasing those captured. She may have come this far, but she lacks any plans or tools to achieve this. She is at a loss on what to do… and close to despair.
As she sat down near a fountain located in the corner of the town square to drink some water, she was pondering on her actions
Unbeknown to her due to being so sunken into her thoughts, any present onlooker has long left out of the area… and one mysterious individual approached her unnoticed. A strange man, dressed in what seemed like a colorful jester attire of green, blue and purple, alongside a mask concealing his face. He had blonde hair and seemed to have... long, green ears and near him 'gravitated' some sort of tiny doll, mimicking his very movements and gestures. With a grinning expression beneath the mask, he introduces himself to the Holstaur, startling her.
The Holstaurs face brightens quickly.
The Holstaurs confidence waivers heavily, almost giving in to despair.
And with those words, the strange jester departed. Meri tried to reach him but he somehow… vanished without a trace, right around the corner of some house. This has confused her, but moreover, she has remained nervous over this exchange. Could that man be trusted ? Was he telling the truth ? No one knew. However what she did knew is that she needed a plan for her to succeed. She would spend many hours, sitting in the same place, trying to think hard over this, but nothing came to mind.
That is, until a familiar voice calls out to her.
The Holstaur turns around to see her best friend: a gold eyed and haired Kikimora, clad in dark-green traveling robes over a formal maid uniform of a more… radical design. The Holstaur stands up and runs towards the Kikimora, glomping and hugging her intensly.
Behind Lina followed two groups of Mamonos, with three proeminent figures at the front: a tanned-skinned Nemean in ancient greek garbs, a blue scaled Ryu of the Deep Sea, dressed in dark blue oriental kimono and a Hellhound with a large bright tail, wearing nothing but rags over what little underwear she has.
And after them followed the Nemean’s platoon of dozen lion-warrior Mamonos, dressed in similar garbs as their leader and lacking any armor and weapons, for they do not need them. The other group was the Ryu’s personal guard, comprised of various Mamonos such as a Salamander, an Ushi-Oni, an Ogre, an Amazone, a Cursed Sword, a Dhampir, a Kunoichi and knightly Minotaur.
Hera leans in to Meri in order to whisper:
Before the Nemean can finish he words, from out of nowhere, they were approached by two new presences: a Dark Elf and a Jurou-Gumo. The Dark Elf speaks to the group:
Everyone faces the two sinister Mamonos in an alert-like stance. Meri steps forth to speak:
Meri looks back to Lina, Hera, Hailyn and Irris, unsure if she could take such a risk. But they all look to her with brave faces, in support for her quest. They are willing to go with her to the very end…
The Elf replies:
The Queens representatives then open a portal to their domain with the use of an arcane artefact, and shortly after, they all pass through.
Once inside, the heroines are led by the two representatives through dark corridors, hardly distinguishable and barely lit by torches. At the end of the dark corridor, the group find themselves in a large hall. And in the middle of it… the Queen herself awaits. As lights slowly fill the room with each torch being magically lit, music also slowly begins to fill the air.
As the group prepare for confrontation, Meri makes the first step:
As the music begins to build and numerous Dark Elves and Rachnes gather around the Queen and the 'guests' from al over the palace to assist the show, the Queen gleefuly turns to the heroins.
"Greetings, little lambs ! How are you this day ?
Have you brought yourselves as slaves to me, to fiddle with and play ?"
"That’s all too bad, because this is not Wonderland."
"I do as I please, you naive cow. See ?"
"You come to my lair, deluded and insane.
You somehow believe that I will forfeit my fair gain.
Please do tell me weaklings, what you hope to attain ?
I don’t reckon that you fools are truly this inane."
The music slows down for a moment, as if for a brief reprieve.
"Aha, ahahahah ! You are adorable. I could just gobble you up…"
And just as quickly, it resumes it's maddened pace.
"I will not release them, you’re fighting a windmill."
(stomp, stomp, stomp) >>"YOU WILL !"<<
"I am the Spider Goddess ! You dare pester me like this ?!"
"Your claim is absurd ! You have no power to make it !"
She’s braved many dangers and helped many in need, her noble heart’s worth a thousand like you !"
"I am the Great Beast Queen ! My dominion holds true !"
"Oh you really think so ? >>Haha, screw you<< !"
"THAT YOU HAVE THE GALL !"
"I DAMN YOU ALL !"
"…..."
"FINE !"
>>"VICTORY FOR MERI BELL !"<<
As with the sudden conclusion of the face-off, a cocooned body falls on top of Meri's head, knocking her unconcious. Apparently, it was Meri's very lover, Lance, who was just as knocked out cold. And as 'promised', Lolth has relinquished him, though not in a civil way. Meri's companions were shocked and outraged by this, but before they can say anything, the Spider Queen booms furiously at them:
Before she could finish though, Meri, Lance, the heroic Mamonos and all the prisoners strewn about in cocoons suddenly vanish, as if teleported away. Then one mischievious voice makes itself heard, walking out of nowhere towards the center of the hall.
The unknown jester was promptly surprised and swiftly encased in web. But when they tried to open the cocoon, they realised it was empty, with naught but a box in it left, with a key on it's side. When they turned the key around, out the box popped a tiny spider with a not stuck to it: "Alas, such a sore loser getting so mad. Have a nice day; you've just been had."
As for our heroines, they are relishing in their new found victory, lucky as it was. They returned the captured men to their homes, as well as help the settlements and towns take great measures should this happen once again. Afterwards, Meri, Lina and all the other Mamonos held a great party to celebrate Lance's return. Lance, as usual, has no idea what just happened, due to having been comatose through most of the kidnaping. Again. However, there remained an equaly as great question: just who was that mysterious jester that helped them and why ? Was he good ? Does he have his own agenda ? Would they see him again ? No one knew. But was certain is that he will always come around to see the greatest of shows this world has to offer...
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Afterword
This is a little fic I decided to do after watching a particular "techno-music sing-off" of sorts and decided it could make for a cool or funny parody fic, staring my waifu Holstaur. It was also an experiment with the code in text in order to achieve certain visual aids on the page, but sadly almost nothing worked, save for colored text, which was kind of bitch to make it work, so chances are I won't be trying anything similar anytime soon, (not to mention that trying to add visual aids through text-code proved to be way too tedious and messy). All in all, whether the fic was good or just goofy, I hope it was enjoyable to read. If not, please leave any and all kind of constructive criticism (as well as text-code tricks) in order for me to better improve myself or simply any questions you may have. Thank you.
Other notes: When there is text between >><<, it means several character speak in unison.
Credits
Meri the Holstaur, Lina the Kikimora, Hailyn the Ryu, Irris the Hellhound and Lance the happles OC belong to me.
Lolth the Spider Queen, the Nemean Mamonos and the Reptile King character belong to Reptile King (the user): https://monstergirlencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:The_Reptile_King/The_Reptile_Kingdom \ https://monstergirlencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:981041
My 'inspiration' (or more like rip o-uh I mean, artistic muse :P) was this video starring Warhammer 40K characters in techno rap battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_veuQbHBaig