Cosmic Capitalist
Green Space.
Where Omori lives.
Omori was a very blessed kid financially.
For he has the only three clams in the headspace.
The floor is lined with worthless green paper, bills with no meaning to Omori. He tries digging through to the bottom but they seem to go on forever. As if they could be printed forever and lose all value, their worth being made up in the first place.
He brushes this aside and spots that door. A vault door.
He opens the vault door, the large metallic barrier grating on the floor as light shines from beyond. He walks through it...
"Oh there you are Omori!" Aubrey greets happily, "You here to make a withdraw?"
Aubrey stands behind the desk of a purple back lobby, the wooden barrier between her and Omori a blue color.
"I don't think it'll do him any good to," Kel interjects at his own window, "No one uses clams, there's only three clams in the world and they all belong to Omori. You gotta trade around here."
"Besides," Hero adds, a security guard with a baton standing next to the entrance, leaning against the wall, "Clams only have the value we give them they're inheritly worthless. They're also dangerous, drive men mad. That's why..."
Hero walks behind the desk, smiling as he opens the vault, "We keep them in here!"
...
...
"FUCK FUCK FUCK!" Hero yells, "The clams! They're gone! All of them!"
"What?" Aubrey demands rushing over, before seeing the situation, "Well we're in big trouble aren't we?"
"Come on guys!" Kel reassures, "I'm sure Mari will know what to do! She's at the park down the way!"
"Well Omori it's your clams," Hero reminds, "Let's hit the road!"
The party leaves the bank, entering the park where Mari sits on her picnic blanket. The four rush to her.
"What's wrong Omori?" Mari inquires with deep concern in her eyes, "You look stressed."
"Bank's been robbed," Hero explains, "Did anyone pass by here."
"Yeah..." Mari sighs solemnly, "We're in a bit of trouble. They got Basil, took him up."
"But Omori is afraid of heights," Kel reminds, "Isn't he?"
Omori carries on, Aubrey reminding, "Yeah, but he hates clams more..."
"We'll be back soon," Kel smiles.
"Keep Omori safe!" Mari calls.
The party proceeds towards a massive ladder, kids in the park fighting. Omori approaches too.
"The clams will be mine!" One laughs, "Mine! Hahaha!"
Madness driven by greed fills the park.
"Hey!" One yells, "Those guys are leaving to get the clams!"
A large purple monster yells, "You kids aren't going anywhere! Those clams are mine!"
BOSS attacks.
Omori is ANGRY.
BOSS is GREEDY.
Emotion: GREEDY
Will steal any items the party attempts to use. Certain skills deal more damage to GREEDY foes.
Omori uses a SELFLESS SLASH, an attack meant to destory GREEDY foes, ignoring the defenses of those feeling the emotion.
It's a blow to the heart, and BOSS falls.
"So this is the power of clams?" Hero inquires.
"And we're not even near any clams!" Kel exclaims, "If Basil is near whoever has clams, he's in danger!"
Aubrey demands, "Sunny we have to hurry!"
The party carries on towards the ladder as the fighting continues behind them. Along the way, they encounter rabbits and other foes, slaying them and harvesting their pelts. Near the ladder, Omori stops.
He's scared of heights. Darkness gathers around him as he begins to tremble, unsure what to so. He can't just stay and do nothing he...
He has to CALM DOWN.
He takes a deep breath, in, and out, stilling himself.
Omori is no longer afraid of heights.
The party continues upwards, Hero commenting, "I get the clams, but why grab Basil?"
Omori tightens his grip around the stairs on the ladder, an echoing memory, SOMETHING clawing at the back of his mind...
…
"Move faster…" Omori growls bitterly.
"Oh right you're really close to Basil," Kel recalls.
"We should hurry," Aubrey adds, "Omori isn't good with stress. Let's keep moving."
The party continues until, at the top of the ladder, they approach a massive manor. A man with green hair and a raygun stands in the foyer above them, stars sparkling above him.
"Ah you four from the bank," the man chuckles, adjusting his monocle over his left eye which is tinted black like sun glasses. He wears a fancy green fur coat, trimmed with gold. "Looking for this?"
He holds up the clam, chuckling, "Sorry, but as the Cosmic Capitalist and the richest man in space I'm not to keen to part with it. Gentlemen, get them.
The Cosmic Capitalist goes inside, the party chasing after him. They encounter many impoverished workers, factory workers, butlers, etc.
"Hey kid I'll trade you some popcorn for some rabbit pelts," A man by a popcorn machine offers.
Omori accepts the barter and carries on, eventually finding a room full of people working on an assembly line, exhausted. Overworked, many keel over and die of exhaustion, being eaten to nourish the malnourished survivors, all of whom sing as they a song, full of despair and hopelessness.
"Boss makes a nickle,
I make a dime.
Nobody told me,
Even that was a lie.
Boss makes a dollar.
I don't make shit.
Sometimes I think,
I may call it quits.
There's homes for us all,
That we can't afford.
Meanwhile the boss,
Buys seven more.
I work all day,
Mind and body decay.
That my children may eat,
For just one more day.
The system only cares,
About protecting the rich.
We will all rot and die,
Before we see a cent."
They proceed past the workers into a solid gold office, where the Cosmic Capitalist sits, smoking a cigar.
"Hand it over," Aubrey growls.
"No," the Cosmic Capitalist laughs, "Why should I? I earned my money."
Kel adds, glaring, "You stole from the workers, milking them like cattle as they die in the streets! You don't need seventeen houses! You don't need a room made if pure gold! People are dying for your pride and greed!"
"I earned my clam!" He exclaims, FURIOUS at the accusation, "And if you peasants want it you can pry it from my cold dead hands!"
The Cosmic Capitalist blasts the whole party with his ray guns, the four leap out of the way. Hero flips over a table to provide cover as the barrages scorches the mahogany barrier.
"We need a plan!" Hero exclaims.
Omori looks at Kel and Aubrey.
"Swing batta swing?" Kel inquires.
"I'll draw his fire," Hero states, "You three know the drill from there."
Hero pushes the table forward, using it as a riot shield to block the blasts as Cosmic Capitalist is forced to leap over it or be crushed. While in the air he sees Hero smirk and taunt, "We got you."
He turns around, firing one desperate shot that Omori deflects with knife. Kel tosses his ball at Aubrey who hits it with her baseball bat, sending it right for his face in a single, powerful blow that knocks the clam out of his hand and into Omori's who crushes it.
The monocle lightens in color, reflecting light which still hides his eye as he looks around with intense confusion. "What… what happened?"
"You have a lot to answer for!" Aubrey exclaims walking forward with her bat.
"Hey hey!" Hero exclaims blocking her, "Wait a second! Something's fishy!"
"I'm very sorry if I troubled you all," he explains, "I'm Captain Space Fiancee. Who are all of you?"
"You don't recall establishing an oppressive capitalist regime that had more homes than homeless and-"
"What?" He demands, "No! I would never-"
"Clams corrupt," Hero sighs, "Just as we thought. Mr. Space, you have to tell us where the other two clams are."
"And where's Basil?" Kel adds.
"Basil…" he replies, "Clams… Sweetheart! Oh God! You have to help her!"
"What do you mean?" Kel inquires.
"The clams…" Space Fiancee explains, "It was the shark's idea. Take the green haired boy and give the clams to the whale… use the boy as leverage. I was going to use it to make a better home for my people but… those clams… their twist your mind. My fiancee Sweetheart had one and she has your friend. I'm begging you! Save her! Please!"
"We'll do what we can," Kel replies.
Aubrey points her bat at Space Fiancee, "And you have a lot of cleaning up to do."
He nods in understanding and the party leaves Omori behind, he starts to catch up but Space Fiancee comments, "So many lives lost and for what? Futile extravagance and pride? These lives lost are priceless. And I… clams can't buy them back, they are truly above clams."
Omori sees SOMETHING behind Space Fiancee who inquires, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
SOMETHING charges Omori and-
Omori wakes up in Green Space. He digs through the bills before finding Mewo who asks him, "Waiting for something to happen?"
…
Omori stabs himself...
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