#gamble eptg

[a-void-united]

loud and clear

>"Right, well I'm about done here so if you're all sorted, you think we should head out?"

>"Yeah, sure, I dont think there's anything else to do here. Why not?"

>Collect Ranvier and proceed?

[vantapandemonium]

♤◇♡♧ SPIN THE ROULETTE WHEEL AND SEE IF YOU GAMBLED YOUR HEART AND SOUL AWAY! ♧♡◇♤

[shewassharpasthenameofneedles]

[doctormargarine]

[confunni-art]

[creator-indy]

I JUST SAW IT RIGHT NOW

WHO

WHAT

HOW

OH MY GOD

IN RESPONSE TO THE EPTG POST ON KAZS TWITTER. UM. UH. PRESIDENT RANVIER REAL????!?????!!!???? THE CIGAR???

AND UHM UH

PRESIBOTS HAIR.. HAS UH… A CURLY SWOOPY BIT…. UHHHHHMMMMM

AND AND. UH. IF THE PRESIDENT DISAPPEARED SOMEWHERE IT WOULD LINE UP WITH THE FACT THAT RANVIERS IN THE VOID. AND THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO GAMBLE. SND WOULDVE MET SOMEONE LIKE THE GAMBLING MAN. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD OK OK IM FEELING NORMAL

[killer-arcade]

. EPTG gambling man

bwulaluh

[a-void-united]

what do you see ron?

>On the other side of the door, it's much brighter. None of the pitch-dark fog the other place had, no, here the world is surrounded by grey nothingness. Open and yet claustrophobic

>Ron can hear the 2 voices from earlier on the other side, much clearer now. One of them is Gamble, but the other is someone new. Someone unfamiliar.

>"WHERE THE HELL WHERE YOU YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE HOURS AGO ALSO WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR HEAD"

>"Ransy, relax! I just had to take a little detour to get here, is all. No worries about the crack, we just had a little... incident.... on the way here."

>Gamble can hear the door opening behind him. He grins and looks back at Ron, coy smile lacing his face

>"And besides, I brought a friend."

>Ron steps through the door fully and closes it behind him, and on the other side, he looks Ranvier directly in the face. Suddenly, some memories come back to him.

>"YOU."

>"YOU."

>RANVIER is now avaliable

>What do you do?

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hey gambs, can you boo boo wheel?

>"Why, yes I can, partner! Watch this..."

>Gamble's body contorts into that of a wheel in an instant, and he spins laps around Ron and Axon, who stand there perplexed

>After several wild rotations around the party, Gamble comes screeching to a stop, unraveling into his normal shape

>He pauses, and stares into dead air

>"What in tarnation did I just do."

>"Well I Don't Know "Partner" But It Was Very Funny %*) Can You Do It Again ?"

>"No, no, don't encourage him. Let's just... forget we saw that."

>Ron shakes his head and keeps walking, ignoring what just occurred in front of him. The rest of the party follows suit, dazed and confused

>"That hurt my back like hell..."

[creator-indy]

AAAAAAAAND MY ANSWER IMMEDIATELY GOT RETCONNED

HES BACK

Ya know I was just thinkin how maxilla was goin to work in the story when we eventually find Ron again I hoped he wouldn’t get sidelined..

I got my answer didn’t I?..

[a-void-united]

I told you you could do it Weezerboy...

>"Thanks, I guess. I'm assuming you're talking about the thing with the monster... that was really scary."

>"Yes You Performed Wonderfully Ron ! You Put Up A Great Fight...Without You We Might Have Been In Hot Water"

>"Oh yeah, what did you two get up to while I was out of the count?"

>"Oh Nothing...We Handled It Just Fine Mind You...Nothing To Worry About %*)"

>"Really? You really fought off that thing all by yourself, shortstack?"

>"Not By Himself...I Was There Too..."

>"Right. Two shortstacks. Sure"

>Gamble chuckles to himself before coughing from cigar smoke, tapping ashes off his cigar onto the equally gray ground

>"Axon has a sword, yknow."

>"Yes ! I Have Many Swords And Weapons Actually...Maybe I Could Show Them To You Sometimes !!!"

>"Yeah, sure. If you were smart you'd stab me then and there. I know you, Cupid. No way you're all 'sunshine and rainbows' in yer insides."

>"What ?? I Would Never Stab You %*( I'm Nice...Im Sweet Peace And Love...Youre Making Me Very Sad Gambling Man %*("

>Ron decides to file away "look at Axon's weapon horde (and potentially getting stabbed by Axon's weapon horde)" as a possible thing to do assuming meeting Ranvier is a bust, and the group presses on

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ron, i dare you to touch gamble's mask mabye even try to take it off pull a funny ron

>From behind, Ron reaches for Gamble's mask again, trying not to be seen

>But Gamble can hear you too, yknow. He spins around without missing a beat and lightly smacks Ron's hand back away from him

>Axon giggles from the front of the party, turning his head to look back at Ron and Gamble

>"You 2 Are So Funny Sometimes You Know...And All Of Our Lovely Strangers From Beyond I Love You All"

>"Thanks, I guess? I didn't really do anything though..."

>Strangely enough, Gamble has been walking backwards this whole time, somehow staying perfectly on beat with the rest of the party

>Upon Ron pointing this out, Gamble spins back around without saying a word. He pulls a thick cigar out of one of his pockets and lights it, smoking idly

>Ron walks further up the party to Axon, leaving Gamble in the back. Axon turns to him and smiles joyfully

>"So how much longer do you think it'll be?"

>"To Get To RANVIER ?? Not Much Longer Now...The River Was About A Half Way There So We Should Be Getting Closer And Closer !"

>"In Fact...Notice How The Trees Are Getting Smaller Now...We Are Heading For The Edge Of The Woods"

>Ron did in fact notice that the trees weren't as towering as they were before, they seemed much more "normal" now, somehow

>"Huh. It appears you're right."

[a-void-united]

So uh, how's gamble?

>"He's...Fine...Doesn't Seem To Be Dead Or Mortally Wounded But His Mask's Cracked Down The Middle...Bad Sign %*( He Could Be Hurt Under There"

>Ron kneels next to Axon and looks down at Gamble

>"Do you think he'll wake up soon?"

>"Most Likely...He Probably Has A Concussion...But He Should Be Fine"

>"We should probably try and take off his helmet... just in case the wound under there needs to be looked at."

>But the second Ron so much as touches Gamble's helmet, he springs back to life and jolts back on his feet, almost cartoonishly fluidly.

>"Keep your hands off the mask, shortstack. I'm fine."

>Ron apologizes briefly as he and Axon rise to their feet, dusting themselves off from the muddy ground

>"Yippee !!! You Have Not Died...The World Is Kind To Us Today Peace And Love"

>"Like hell I didn't. I had a weird ass dream while I was conked out, but that's not important. I'm fine, I'm not gonna keel over just yet"

>Gamble turns back to the woods and puts his hands on his hips. Ron notices that Gamble looks just slightly more blue in the face than before, but given how he seems to be in good spirits Ron doesn't bring it up. From the look on Axon's face, it seems he notices the same thing.

>"Now. Let's get back on the trail, eh? No need to linger here, not after whatever that was."

>"Right !!! No Need To Wait...If You're Well Enough To Walk Then We Can Continue Yet !"

>"Thank God. I think if I see another river again for the rest of my life it'll be too soon."

>And so the party finally crosses the creek, continuing on the long walk

[a-void-united]

BEAM ATTACK ‼️

>"I DON'T HAVE A BEAM ATTACK WHAT DO YOU MEAN??"

>In an attempt to figure out how to cast a beam, Ron draws the Flashlight from his pocket and points it at the one eye facing him, as the monster is otherwise preoccupied with Axon

>He turns it on and shines the light directly in the monster's eye, causing it to shriek and recoil

>It turns away from Axon and faces Ron, winding up to slash back and-

>Axon leaps into the air with impossible grace and delivers a powerful slash, slicing off the monster's head in one blow

>In an instant the monster comes undone, eyes vanishing and body splashing to the earth as regular water, making the grass rather muddy and revealing more rocks in its interior

>Axon lands perfectly on the ground in front of Ron. Their sword dissappears entirely

>"Thank s For The Opening That Was Close...Good Thing We Could Take Care Of It Huh ! We Make A LoveLy Team"

>Ron is too dumbfounded by the move he just saw play out to say or do much of anything, but luckily Axon is ahead of things. They walk towards the collapsed Gamble and kneel down, checking him for any major injuries.

>Ron shakes off the confusion and exhales a sigh, relaxing and clearing his thoughts

>Victory!

[a-void-united]

Where's axon? Maybe they can help

>"CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING, AXON??"

>Axon takes a slash at the monster as it draws closer and closer, cutting into its "flesh" and causing water to spill all over the ground

>"Im Trying My Best Over Here Ron !! These Beasts Can Prove Quite Tricky To Defeat Just Give Me Ooone Second"

>The creature responds by slashing at Axon with its terrible claws, scraping at their armor with an awful screech. They double back, readying their sword for another swing

>Axon leaps forward with incredible power and makes a mighty slash at the creature's throat, causing water to gush out all over the party and the grass below. Curiously, the slash seems to heal itself rather quickly, but it's left a noticeable mark on the creature

>The creature ducks its head and snaps at Ron, just narrowly missing as he jumps back. Before making another attempt, the monster is distracted by Axon, who is preoccupied with attempting to cut a hind leg. It turns 3 out of 4 eyes to Axon as it attempts to strike back, but 1 eye remains staring Ron down with fury

>(2/5 hits remaining)

[a-void-united]

THROW THE ROCK AT IT!

>Ron takes the rock out of his pocket and throws it as fiercely as he can at the creature

>It whacks it firmly in the face, causing the creature to recoil and stumble a little. But instead of bouncing off, the rock sticks on the monster, and sinks, disappearing into its mass

>The monster growls and shakes its head, turning back to the party with a fierce expression and baring its teeth

>Gamble tries to follow that up with a rock throw of his own, but is intercepted by a much larger rock that comes flying out of the monster, aimed right for Gamble's face

>It connects, cracking his mask and sending him flying back into a tree behind him. Ron can feel the breeze left behind from the rock graze his face as Gamble is knocked unconscious

>It seems that the creature has rocks from the river "floating" somewhere inside it, but, more importantly, it seems like one of the party members will be out for the rest of the fight

>(4/5 hits remaining)