Following the Australién BBQ, Ukan Trustmi was now embarking on his secret mission.
His objective was to go back to his village and to help them establish a better quality of life, like running water, advanced crop growing techniques, and most importantly, he wanted to share with them all the Animu that he had discovered upon returning with Scroogeux!
Code: Grass was just the beginning. Wait until they discovered Studio Trigger-Happy…
Nevertheless, he was not the only one with plans.
Ukan Trustmi had been a popular figure especially following his heroic saving of Scroogeux, and it had led to many village children being named after him in his honour.
One of these was T.T, also known as Teetee.
His full name was Ukan T.T. Trustmi, but everyone just called him T.T. or Teetee for short.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the villagers, Teetee had in fact gained internet access after the rival village group - the ones who had tried to kill Scroogeux earlier - had decided to bide their time, and play the long game, aiming to slowly turn potential future key players to their side. Teetee, they believed, was a promising candidate for their indoctrination process.
It had all begun when they gave him the laptop and charger with internet access, with the internet homepage saved to one… particular Wetube video, which was entitled: "Top Ten Animu Betrayals…"
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Meanwhile, Zhang Lu was in a sticky, somewhat turgid situation. He knew that what he was seeing in the Dark Rizzard server wasn't right…
that in the end it wasn't right… if he never got a chance… if he let go of this chance...
to get with Itvasme that is!!!
Looking at her stunning features… her ice-cold persona, He wanted her… he wanted to be the one to claim her, to bring literal warmth into her…
life, and to make her his.
To make matters worse, today Itvasme had rummaged through his wardrobe and found one of his old sports jerseys, which she was now wearing. It was a little big, but made her look even cuter, adding fuel to the flames of his raging desire to hold her, and to possess her. Wearing those clothes, along with that tastefully, teasingly short skirt, It was almost like she was already his..!!!
Right now, she was looking up at him adorably, her eyes bright, long lashes blinking as she asked innocently, "Well…? What do you think?"
She looked cute, tender, vulnerable… and his.
What would it be like, if she was his girlfriend?!
Being a Dark Rizzard, she would know exactly what might make a guy like him happy... no more than happy, she would probably take him to heaven…
Wait.
Come on, Zhang Lu! He urged himself. Don't you think you're being a bit naïve? She's.., a Dark Rizzard for crying out loud - and a Grand one at that!
You don't think that's just slightly… a bad idea?!
Was he being brainwashed? Was this truly a case of thinking with his little brain and not with his big brain?
Was he… falling for a kind of honey trap?
Take him to Heaven… ?!?! Wouldn't that be more like literally, to the afterlife?
Then he saw it. For the briefest of moments, a glimmer of something else. It was a kind of impatience, an indifference, like she was ready to cast him aside in an instant… ruthless and utterly devoid of any emotion or compassion, like he was just a pawn in her grasp.
Then a return back to that innocent sweetness, as if nothing had ever happened.
Danger!!!
Zhang Lu suddenly realised that he was in a lot of trouble.
He suddenly realised that if he said the wrong thing, it might become the last thing that he ever said.
He also realised now that the only thing keeping him alive was his value as a tool in Itvasme's eyes, a tool to promote Dark Rizzardry and expand its mainstream influence, so that it became increasing accepted by more and more people, possibly eventually society itself. It was a powerful plan, and he was a powerful piece…
But only for now. The moment he completed the Hairy Pee manifesto, it was likely that his value would plummet, and having expended his use, his life would immediately be in danger.
Luckily, Zhang Lu had read and written enough scenarios to know what he should do in such a situation.
He firstly, had to make himself indispensable, in as many ways as possible, to Itvasme, and secondly, he had to stall for time in order to achieve the above plan, and in the meantime, ultimately try to escape or otherwise make it so that Itvasme either wouldn't, or couldn't, kill him in the future.
His conscience was telling him to utterly reject Dark Rizzardry and all it stood for.
But the irony was that in this crisis, Zhang Lu had begun thinking… exactly like a Dark Rizzard would think…
The need to Survive… did it really trump morals and one's beliefs when push came to shove?!
And looking at the gorgeous Itvasme, none of this detracted from the fact that he was still horny as hell.
In this stressful situation, the high pressure stakes in fact served to heighten his arousal. He wanted her… to give him release…
"Itvasme… I-I've decided."
"Oh?!"
"I believe there is… merit to the Dark Rizzards' philosophies. And I will write honestly about them."
"But! In exchange… I don't want powerstones. Not even Golden Tickets…"
"Hmm…?"
Zhang Lu looked at Itvasme, his heart filled with desire, a desire to claim, but also a desire to redeem, to save… his feelings for her were real and somehow he couldn't ignore something he felt he had to stay true to… he understood more now about how and why Dark Rizzards did the things they did, and what they were thinking… but at the same time, he still clung to a hope that maybe he could make it so that Itvasme didn't have to feel that way anymore… he wanted to protect her… show her there was another, less cruel, less ruthless, and more loving way to live.
He wasn't in a good space. He knew that now. But he needed time to think. To plan. To strategize.
"Forget all that. I don't need those power and golden ticket rankings… not even the massage chairs, luxury cars or magic castles…"
"I just… want…
You."
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