Bug Hunt

[prodigious_mage]

[action, for Hiroshi and others within the vicinity of the bakery]
[Whenever Hiroshi arrives at the SuperSugarHappyFunWhatever Bakery, he will hear the sounds of screams, explosions, and flames.  ...But don't be too concerned.  The screams are 'haha!' rather than 'auuuugh!'  Whenever he gets downstairs, he'll be treated to the sight of Palom running

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[allonisaretrue]

*Oh God, what the HELL.*

...I'm amazed the building's still standing with the way you're going about that.

*And here he is with a can of Raid, too. Geez.*

[prodigious_mage]

It's just the basement. I mean, it's already a hole in the ground, anyway.

[Palom catches one between the feelers and sends it flying into the wall. They are, by the way, apparently the size of cats which the player just noticed.]

Don't you have a bigger can? I feel like that might be good for maybe one of these things.

[allonisaretrue]

*Gyaaaaagh. Oh God, those Cockroach Onis are coming back to him mentally, if the damn things weren't revolting enough as is.*

How many of them ARE there?!

[prodigious_mage]

...Is there a word for 'a lot' that doesn't sound like 'a lot' so you'll stay and help me and not run away?

[allonisaretrue]

I don't think I have enough money for the amount of spray that's going to take. This place needs FUMIGATING.

[prodigious_mage]

Fumes? That means you want smoke, right?

[Palom brightly holds up a fireball.]

[allonisaretrue]

Whoa whoa whoa, I --

...Wait, that may be it. If we could create a controlled fire and blow smoke into the walls, that might send the roaches out so we can target them easier. But we'll need to make sure we don't breathe in any of it myself.

[prodigious_mage]

...Wow, you really are smart.

But what if they escape and start breeding outside or something?

[allonisaretrue]

Our only real issue is getting them out of the building, right? Anyway, we can always look around the outside for cracks if that's what we're worried about. We should probably tell the people running the bakery to move their goods out too so they don't get contaminated.

[prodigious_mage]

Um.

...Well, I'm kinda imagining them taking over the whole island and growing thiiiiis big. [He reaches his hands up as high as they can go.] But OK. Just tell me where to blast!

[allonisaretrue]

*sigh* Let's not let our imaginations run wild here, huh? Let's at least start with talking to the management about moving their product for a while.

[prodigious_mage]

Talking's probably what you're good at. I'll stay here!

[allonisaretrue]

...Right. I'll go buy us some face masks while I'm at it. You should probably check around the building, see if there's any holes those things could squeeze out of.

*Off he goes. It takes some careful persuasion, but he's eventually able to talk them into it by noting various elements of cost effectiveness, etc.*

[prodigious_mage]

[By 'check around the building', Hiroshi meant 'make a pig army to stand guard around the building', right? Cause that's what he finds when he comes back. 'Stand guard' is a loose interpretation of what they're actually doing, which is milling about in mild confusion and oinking at each other.]

Oh, Hiroshi!

Good news! Cockroach-pigs are too fat to fit through any holes.

[Palom beams.]

[allonisaretrue]

Wha -- cockroach pigs?! What the hell are you talking about? Where'd you even FIND this many pigs?!

[prodigious_mage]

I made them!

[Duh.]

They're cute, huh? I was gonna change all of them, but I ran out of magic, so I just herded a bunch up here to keep guard instead.