MegaTale (Genocide) Part 13- DETERMINATION

Rock then spots a snowball on a field of sorts. "What is this stupidity?" Rock asks. "That's a snowball mini-golf thing they have around here." Rhythm states. "Based on the way you get the ball in the hole, it usually tells a robot what kind of SOUL they would have if they were human. ...I should probably tell you about the SOUL types." Rock was about to object, but Rhythm insisted. "There are generally 7 types of human SOULS, each of them a different color based on their trait, or personality. If your SOUL was cyan blue, your trait would be patience. If your trait was bravery, your SOUL would be orange. A regular blue means integrity, purple is perseverance, green is kindness, and yellow is justice. Last of all is YOUR SOUL color, red. Red stands for DETERMINATION, a mixture of ALL traits."

Rhythm then gets a thought in his mind. "Tell me," Rhythm asks. "At certain places, like that leaf pile back in World, or back past where that lamp was... Did you ever get a powerful or comforting feeling?" "I felt more power than comfort, not that I care, but yeah, what about it?" Rock asks. "That feeling you get... THAT is DETERMINATION." Rhythm continues. "At times, a human might be filled with it whenever their trait is at it's strongest. However, the SOUL of DETERMINATION gains it easier than other SOUL types. I know this because I used to have a SOUL of DETERMINATION back in my days, so I had to learn a lot about my trait and what powers it." "I see." Rock states. "I must have a pretty powerful SOUL, then. Weaker than all these other weaklings down here." "...You aren't wrong." Forte continues.

"You see, there are two types of robots: Artificial Robots and Robot Masters. Artificial Robots don't HAVE SOULs, for neither Robot Masters OR humans could create an artificial one. As for Robot Masters... Well, they don't have SOULs. In placement of SOULs, they have COREs. COREs come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors. The most powerful CORE is what we call a 'Fortress Boss CORE', like Adrian has. But even THOSE aren't as strong as a SOUL. THAT'S what separates the humans from the Robot Masters: The power of their very culmination." "Whatever, Mr. History Teacher." Rock states. "I'm done wasting time learning about all this unimportant junk."

Suddenly, Rock runs once again into Beta and Mega. "Human!" MegaBoy states. "I hope you're ready for-!" MegaBoy then stops to notice a sort of game on the floor. "...Beta?" MegaBoy asks. "...What is this?" "It's a puzzle." Beta responds. "Trust me, they can't possibly beat this one." Rock just walks past the game, simply not caring. "...Beta, they're doing it again." MegaBoy states. "Whoops." Beta says in response. "...I knew I should've put in Shovel Knight instead." "What!? Shovel Knight!?" MegaBoy exclaims. "That would've been genius! Who doesn't like a good video game?" "Yeah, board games are nice too." Beta states. "...I can't believe you just said that." MegaBoy states. "Video games are MUCH more preferred! In fact... Human! Which do you prefer, Video Games or Board Games?" Rock just stays silent, obviously not caring. "...You know..." MegaBoy exclaims. "This is usually the part when you make a choice between the two... Then we say something great in response! ...Ok, then, nevermind." MegaBoy just straight up leaves.

"...You know, I was only saying that board games were nice because I play them sometimes." Beta states. "Video games ARE much better than board games, to be honest. ...But you don't really care, do you? ...Well, you're kinda bumming MegaBoy out here, so, uh... Keep that in mind next time." Beta leaves the area as Rock rolls his eyes once more. Rock continues down the path and sees a mouse hole, as well as a desk and a plate of steak and a note. Rock reads the note:
"Human! I have prepared you this plate of steak! All you need to do is microwave it and enjoy! (Little did they know, this is a TRAP! They'll be so busy eating the steak, that they won't even realize they're making no progress! BOOYAH! Tricked again by the legendary memester MegaBoyX7! ...As long as I don't write down exactly what I'm thinking again.) -MegaBoyX7"
Rock just leaves the steak alone, simply ready to strike at yet another unsuspecting robot.

Rock is once again filled with a powerful- ...No.

Rock is filled with DETERMINATION.