MegaTale (Pacifist) Part 2- Your Best Friend

                                                CHAPTER 1: Development Build and World

Rock continues down the path. Soon he sees himself in front of a green patch of grass. Sitting in the middle of the patch lies a robot with shades, a shield, and an arm cannon of sorts. All the color seems to be sapped away from him.

"Howdy! I'm Retro Pikachu! But you can call me Retro." the robot stated, noticing Rock. Under his breath, Rhythm seems to repeat their name for some reason... "Welcome to the Prototype!" Retro continued. "You must be new around here, huh? Wow, you gotta be so confused! Someone has to teach you how things work down here! Luckily, I think I can do just that. Ready? Here we go!"

Suddenly, a heart appears right in front of Rock. For some reason, he seems to be able to control it with his mind, which also causes him to move around himself. "Ah, I can already tell you can see that heart!" Retro exclaimed in an informative matter. "Well, that is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being! It starts of weak, but can get stronger if you gain a lot of LV! What does LV stand for, you ask? Why, LOVE, of course!" Rock seems happy about this. Rhythm, on the other hand, seems to be lost in his thoughts and is pretty much not focusing on anything that's happening. "Aww, you want some LOVE, don't you?" Retro said in a cutesy voice. Well, as cutesy as it can get, that is. "Well, why not let me share some with you?" He continued. He seemed to have winked afterwards, though it was barely seeable underneath the dark shades. Suddenly, Retro raises his arm cannon and fires 4 pellets into the air. These seem to float back down and surround Retro a bit. "Down here, LOVE is shared through... little white... friendliness pellets." Retro stated. There was something off about the way he said it, however... "Here, catch as many as you can!" Retro said, sending the pellets towards Rock. Rock was kinda excited. He was going to make a friend! He just needed to try and-

"GAH!" Rock screamed as the "friendliness pellets" actually pierced through his body and hurt him, which causes Rhythm to finally return to reality and realize what was going on. "Oh no, are you OK?" Rhythm stated. "Hahahahaha..." Rhythm and Rock both looks at Retro, who's friendly smile turned into an evil grin. "You IDIOT. Those were not "friendliness pellets". Those were BUSTER SHOTS! You see, in this world, it's KILL or BE KILLED! Why would ANYONE pass up an opportunity like THIS!?" Retro snaps his fingers, and suddenly Buster Shots surrounds Rock- more specifically, their SOUL.

"DIE."