Saving the princess can get tiring, especially when you hate her. Welcome to a world where odd video game logic rules, everyone has superpowers, and the final boss is definitely up to something...
Holy moly we made it to the big 5. A full half-decade of JumpHero. That’s crazy to me. Yknow I used to have something special to say about this, but at the moment I don’t really have much. Well, a year ago I was graduating college. Now I’m working full-time…at an office job. Why didn’t I become an artist? Well I am! I just don’t get paid for it. Anyway,…
The song ends, and the audience is cheering. Roxy blushes. As night begins to fall on Esper City, Roxy and Tama head to a bus stop. Roxy admits, "Okay maybe I did a good job but I m ready to go back home." A caption in pixelated text towards the bottom of this page reads “See you next time…”
Roxy closes her eyes and continues to play. She thinks, "Come on, just stay focused." The shape coming from the sound becomes more soft and bubbly as it moves towards the crowd. It makes it to the ears of someone who seems very shy and uncomfortable at first. However, upon contact the person seems surprised but also more relaxed.
Roxy starts playing, and its beautiful! Her powers get involved and it s feeling nice, but then something small and spiky seems to manifest. Roxy gets worried and thinks, "Oh no... my powers."
A lion wearing a sweater vest and glasses reads from a piece of paper: "Our next performance will be uhh... Roxy ." Roxy is scared, standing in front of a banner that simply says, "Talent Show." Watching her is a small group of different anthropomorphic creatures sitting in little chairs. This show is taking place in some drab looking basement. Tama angrily approaches Roxy and asks, "This was the…
Time passes as the day slowly turns to evening. Roxy and Tama catch a bus back home. That night from a distance, one can see the Dark Castle with a light and some music coming out of one of the windows. Later that week, its the day of the talent show at the Esper Public Library GB Branch.
Tama explains, "People get hurt all the time. If it s not from your powers, it ll be something else, so who cares?" Roxy mutters, "I still dunno..." Then, like how he literally pushed her to play for the street singer earlier that day, Tama tries to make Roxy start walking. Through gritted teeth he yells, "Oh my God do we have to do this again?!" Later, the two arrive at a conveniently placed…
In a relaxed manner, Tama leans on the bus stop sign and says, "Emotions got a lot to do with super powers. After a few incidents myself, I would know." Now looking serious, he points at Roxy and says, "And I know you can play any kind of guitar just like your old one." Roxy complains, "But I could still hurt someone!" She then gets stunned when Tama replies, "Yeah that would suck."
Tama asks, "But then, why were your powers under control with the Battle Axe?" Roxy responds, "I dunno, I guess I just knew how to use it?" Tama adds, "Would you say you felt comfortable with the Battle Axe?" Roxy, looking confused, says, "Uhh, I guess??" Tama concludes, "Then your problem isn t your guitar, it s your fear. You get nervous with other instruments, which makes it harder to keep your…
Roxy explains, "Depending on what I play, different effects can happen to people. I don t really know what sounds do what things, and I m not good at stopping them from happening by mistake. If I play the wrong chord or something at the show, I can like make everyone get poisoned or fall asleep or something like that." She becomes less annoyed and more sad. She then admits, "I m just scared."
Tama continues to speak: "You don t gotta be in the talent show, but like, just get a new guitar." Roxy gets mad and answers back, "It s not that simple, Tama! The Battle Axe was the only instrument I could play...without an accident." Tama just says, "Okay and?" Angered, Roxy presses her palms to her face and yells, "You know how my powers work!"
Later, Roxy and Tama are at a bus stop. Roxy coldly sits down on the bench while Tama paces around near her. He then approaches her and says, "Roxy, please. I know you been struggling all day, and no matter what you do, things only get worse." At this point he gets so close and practically grabs her, yelling, "But are you really going to quit music because of a bomb?!"
Roxy and Tama are stunned upon seeing the explosion aftermath. The horse then happily walks towards them and says, "Oh, did I sell you my self destruct button by accident?" He smiles as he then walks away, saying, "Well, thanks for letting me finally quit!"
Roxy says, "I just wanna take care of my guitar. I don t even care about the show anymore and--Ah dangit I forgot my guitar in the store. I m just gonna go get it and-" Before she finishes her sentence, the thrift store explodes.
Tama and Roxy exit the store. Roxy says, "Man that was useless. And my anxiety wouldn t let me leave the store without buying something. Now I own this stupid remote to...I don t even know; just read the label." She holds up a small remote with a single large red button on it. A small label with text is placed right underneath the large button. A little antenna with a dim, red light sticks at the…