Chapter 4: Always be on guard!
While the Stinkosis Tower may have served as a key outpost for the Guild both as a meeting ground and as a watchtower, its sheer size also made it hard to ignore. Little did we know, not too many miles away, the spread of our toxic battleground was encroaching on the land of a rival gang to the Gen CL group of cults, a group that called itself La Cocinar Gatos. During a planned invasion, a member of the Gatos strayed too far from the battlegrounds, and discovered our neighbouring grounds and tower. It wasn’t long before we, too, became a target…
A group of trained MMA Fighters were sent to our grounds, under the command of the Gatos’ leader Mike, and equipped with high-power pressure washers and inflatable traps. It wasn’t long before the two of us were imprisoned in a large bubble trap, and dragged in front of the Guild…
Mike gave us a choice. Submit ourselves to the Gatos, and permit them to use our skills and abilities with all things toxic to create biological weapons with which to engage in chemical warfare against their rivals… or have the Gatos invade and destroy our lands and wipe clean every single member of the Guild, including us!
But help was soon at hand! A brave Skuntank had infiltrated La Cocinar Gatos’ base, and soon heard word of the two leaders of a Toxic-themed Guild being held captive inside. Equipped with a spear and his own noxious stench, Miasma the Skuntank powered her way through the grounds, breaking into a laboratory where the Gatos were building new weaponry and robots. Taking some of the weapons with herself and destroying many of the other projects, Miasma then stormed her way to Mike’s own base, where she came upon the two of us in our bubble prison. With a poke of her spear, the bubble quickly burst, freeing the two of us from Mike’s grip. With our combined stenches and Miasma’s pilfered weaponry, the three of us were successfully able to effect an escape from the Gatos.
Knowing that the Gatos would likely plan revenge for our escape, Jinji and I quickly decided we needed trained guards to help protect our Guild; and it was obvious who to recruit to both act as the head guard and find further recruits…
Miasma accepted the role of Team Poisoned Rose’s head guard with great honour. With the addition of a sword and shield swiped from the Gatos, and donning a suit of armour formed from scrap metal and trash bags, Miasma quickly took to patrolling the Team Poisoned Rose grounds. With her intimidating presence, slightly territorial nature, and devastatingly powerful Blight Gas attack – a putrid miasma almost as stinky as me! – Miasma quickly became a strong line of defense for the team and an impossible figure to ignore.
The End… for now!
As announced on the main page, I am currently on hiatus while I consider future plans for both myself and the wider Mallow the Garbodor canon. I’ve therefore decided to put this story on pause, and may or may not come back to it at a future date. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for any updates!