Round 4 Match 4: @heyheyitsstillgay vs. @monocheshaa
After the feathers (and Planetgalactica herself) were removed from the ring by Grimgrinningghoul and the rest of the cleanup team, the last match of the evening was set to start.
“The last one? Already?” Danny asked. He guessed it made sense; there were only two more rounds after this. Most of the phighters had been eliminated already, so there wouldn’t be as many matches. On the plus side, he’d get home in time to get a full five hours of sleep. On the minus side, he’d actually enjoyed hanging out with the ghosts in a way that didn’t involve him getting beat up.
He glanced over to Skulker, who was sitting near the front – and realized he’d brought Ember and Technus with him, too. Ember flipped him off when she noticed him staring. Technus just waved cheerily.
“O-kaaaaay…” Maybe it was nice that they weren’t trying to kill him – well, finish killing him – but it was also just weird.
But Tali picked up the mic, stopping him from pondering that further.
“Alright frootloops, get ready for a match that’s sure to be interesting! It’s the Danno-wielding Heyheyitsstillgay (AKA Anri) vs. the top-class Navy Seal, Monocheshaa! PHIGHT!”
Monocheshaa pointed his finger gun, using his other hand to stabilize it. This was going to be a big one, then.
“Nice try, Mono– AGH!” Anri gasped and staggered back as their shoulder took the invisible blow. They covered the wound with their other hand, but Danny didn’t know why – no ectoplasm was leaking out of it. In fact, the only thing coming from the wound was…
Anri grinned, then let out a bone-chilling laugh. “You think your lousy finger guns can defeat me? Look at me, Monocheshaa. I haven’t had a single ectoplasmic organ in this body since 2006. The only thing powering this form… is…”
They removed their hand again, releasing a trickle of glitched pixels. Monocheshaa cursed.
With that pronouncement, the memes flooded from Anri’s shoulder. New memes, old memes, cursed memes – some memes Danny couldn’t even recognize. Thanos snap memes. “Had to do it to ‘em” memes. Even as far back as Grumpy Cat memes.
Monocheshaa kept his cool, trying his best to shoot the memes down as quickly as they appeared, but it quickly became futile. Bad Luck Brian and Galaxy Brain and Same Hat all combined to overpower him.
“Wow.” Danny blinked. “That was…”
“Frickin’ AMAZING,” Tali finished for him. He’d been about to say “mildly terrifying,” but sure, amazing worked too.
Anri sucked her memes back into her flesh prison before bowing to the applauding crowd.
Tali dooted her kazoo. “Monocheshaa is unable to battle! Heyheyitsstillgay wins!”
Danny was about to sneak away before Skulker, Technus, and Ember could find him, but Tali caught him by the shoulder.
“Wait, I almost forgot. The other mods and I are putting on a special match tomorrow night, would you want to come watch?” She asked. Come to think of it, Danny had never seen Tali fight, even when Birch Tree Fartman had been attacking. Weird, now that he thought about it.
“Yeah, sure,” he replied, intrigued. “But right now I better go before–”
“Hey, dipstick!” Ember called.
“Oh great.” He groaned. The trio flew up to him, all looking too mischevious for their own good.
“Don’t worry, we’re not here to threaten to take over your world this time,” Technus said.
“We just thought we’d watch you squirm for a bit.” Ember smirked. “But hey, if you ever want a go in the ring, I’d love to kick your butt for an audience!”
“Oh yeah? Says the one who’s gotten their butt kicked every time they try,” he couldn’t help retorting.
“Hey, save it for the next tournament,” Tali said, frowning at the lot of them. “If you’re looking for unauthorized phights, the parking lot’s the place for that. Otherwise it’s gonna be a while before we host sign-ups again.”
“Well I for one look forward to it.” Skulker grinned.
“See ya on the other side, ghostchild!” Technus laughed. Ember flipped him off one last time before the trio flew away.
Danny shook his head. There must be something in the ectoplasm in this part of the ghost zone.
But as long as everyone kept the strange truce here, he’d roll with it.
Round 4 is now over! The Mod Phight is being written by @reallydumbdannyphantomaus and will be up at a point in the near future. In the meantime, get ready for the semifinals coming up next!