MegaTale (Pacifist) Part 5- World

"...I'm not sure if I should..." Rock tells Rhythm. "...Maybe if I just-" Rhythm interrupts. "Look, I don't really want to do it either." Rhythm says. "But in order for you to return home, we don't have a choice! We can't accomplish anything waiting here. There's nothing else we can do but to keep moving." "...Ok..." Rock said. Then reluctantly, Rock kept moving down the path.

Suddenly, there was a ring in Rock's ear. The Communicator's screen popped up, notifying Rock that Adrian is calling. Rock picked up the call. "Hello?" Adrian says. "You're still in the room, right?" Rock was a bit worried when he heard that. "There are a few puzzles up ahead I haven't explained yet." Adrian continued. "It's too dangerous for you to try and solve them alone. That is all. Goodbye for now, young one." Adrian hangs up. Rock then noticed there were a pile of leaves on the ground. Rock decides to play in the leaves for a bit. The comfortable feeling from earlier returns. "Heh, alright, I know playing in the leaves is fun and all..." Rhythm states. Rock turns to look at Rhythm. "But we need to keep going." Rhythm continued. Rock nods and continues walking. Suddenly, he runs into another Ribbitron! Luckily, Rock knows how to handle it now. "Hey, you look pretty handsome today!" Rock tells the Ribbitron. And it did that thing that was kinda like a blush, but really isn't. "Alright, now I can tell you how to leave a FIGHT after showing enough kindness to it." Rhythm says. "Take a look on your right." Rock looks over and sees a floating rectangle with "MERCY" written on it. "That is the Mercy Button." Rhythm continues. "If you press it when the time is right, you will be able to officially spare a monster, thus leaving the fight peacefully. On your left is the Fight Button." Rock looks over to his left. "If you are willing to spare everyone, I suggest not using it. Got it?" Rhythm continues. Rock nods in agreement and turns to the Mercy Button, pressing it. Suddenly, the button, as well as the floating heart representing the SOUL, fades away, the Ribbitron hopping away happily.

Suddenly, Rock felt something in his pocket. He checked it and pulled out what seems to be 3 $1 Bills of some sorts. "Ah, it seems we have managed to earn some Ƶ." Rhythm states. "You see, Ƶ is short for Zenny. Zenny is the currency down here. You earn it by working- which you are too young to do so-, finding it in certain locations, or, for humans like us, sparing robots. Not sure how that works, but just trust me on this." Rock nods and puts the Zenny back in his pocket.

Rock then looks at a nearby door and walks through it. He then noticed a bowl of candy. "Look, a bowl full of Robot Candy!" Rhythm states. "Don't worry, we are allowed to take one. Think of it like Halloween, except it's filled with magical candy that can heal you when in a battle. I'd suggest you take a piece and save it for when you need it." Rock nods and walks up to the bowl, taking a piece. Rock then leaves the room and moves on down the path.

Continuing down the path, Rock suddenly runs into what seems to be a floating blue-and-black rectangular box of some sorts. "That is a Telly." Rhythm tells Rock. "They are... pretty shy, so you can just go ahead and spare them." Rock nods and presses the Mercy Button. The Telly runs away as Rock continues down the path. Rock then sees some sort of path. There are plenty of cracks on the ground. They all seem like they would crumble once stepped on. At first glance, it looks impassable.

"There's a way to pass this area." Rhythm states. "You will have to step on one of those cracks in the floor and fall down. Don't worry, there are leaves on the bottom that will break your fall." Rock nods and reluctantly steps on one of the cracks, falling through a hole and landing on the leaves at the bottom. "See, what did I tell you?" Rhythm states. "Now, all you have to do is walk over there and head through that door." Rhythm points at a sort of door. Rock walks through it and ends up on the other side of the path he was on. "It wasn't as hard as it looked, now was it?" Rhythm states rhetorically. "Let's keep moving." Rock continues down the path.

Suddenly, Rock gets another call from Adrian! Rock picks it up. "Hello, this is Adrian again." Adrian says. "For no reason in particular, would you prefer Chocolate or Peanut Butter?" Rock was confused about this question and was unsure on how to answer it. Eventually, he decided on Chocolate. "Ah, OK." Adrian continued. "...Do you happen to DISLIKE Peanut Butter by any chance? I mean, you have no peanut allergies, right?" Rock was a bit confused, but said no to Adrian's question. "Ah, I see. My apologies. Thanks for being patient with me, by the way." Adrian then hangs up. Rock then looks at the room. There was a rock (not referring to the person, of course), a button, and a spike trap of sorts keeping him from proceeding.

"This one is simple." Rhythm states. "Just push the rock until it's on the button." Rock nods and pushes the rock until it is on the button. All of a sudden, *CLICK!*, the spikes sink into the ground. Rock continues down the path. Later on he runs into a room filled with cracked floors. "This puzzle is sadly unlike the one from earlier." Rhythm says. "In order to pass through this area, you would have to step on the cracked floors that WON'T crumble. Don't worry, I'll tell you where to go." Rhythm then stands in front of a certain set of cracked floors. "Alright, start down here." Rhythm states, guiding Rock down a certain path. "...OK, go right. ...Now left. ...Now left. WAIT! I meant right! Now right... Right again. Now left... Perfect!" Rock successfully made it through the path thanks to Rhythm's guidance! He continues down the path.

Suddenly, Rock ran into three small, yellow blobs, each with one red eye. "Ah, those are called Mini Devils." Rhythm states. "You can just go ahead and spare those as well." Rock nods and presses the Mercy Button, walking away from the small blobs and continuing down the path.

...And then there were more rock puzzles. Simple! Right? Wrong. Just before Rock was about to push the third one, it started to speak! "HEY!" The rock said. "Who said you could push ME around!" "I'm sorry." Rock said. "Perhaps you yourself could move?" "HM?" The rock continued. "So yer ASKIN' me to move over? ...Okay, just for you, pumpkin." The rock then moves over to the bu- wait, no, it just moves over a single "step". "Uh, excuse me?" Rock asks the... err, rock. "Could you move a bit more?" "Ok, how about this?" The rock then moves... a single "step" the wrong way. "Uh, Mr. Rock, you-" Rock started to say, but was interrupted by the rock. No, the other one. "Are ya saying that was the wrong way?" The rock starts to say. He then pondered for a bit on this. "Hm..." The rock began to say. "I think I got it now." The rock then finally moves it's way onto the button, deactivating the spikes and allowing Rock on his wa- and the rock moved off of the button. "Uh, Mr. Rock?" Rock says. "I hope you don't mind, but I kinda wanted you to stay on the button." "...Yer givin' me a REAL workout." The rock replied, "stepping" back on the button and allowing Rock to continue moving forwards.

Eventually Rock sees a piece of cheese on the table and a mouse in a mouse hole. "Aw..." Rock starts to say, "I just KNOW that mouse is gonna get the cheese someday!" The comforting feeling returns once again as Rock keeps moving forwards.

"...But the cheese is stuck on the... Nevermind..." Rhythm started to say, before catching up with Rock.