The Marvelous Misadventures of One: S. Marvin Argentum Ch. 3: In the Pit
Summary: Marvin realizes he’s in a bit too deep as the time continues to tick on.
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4
Techno seemed to notice Thompson was in the club and instantly raced from the club and up the stairs, almost shouldering past people to get to the Sheriff.
“Sherman! Sherman!”
“Tech,” the huge burly man grumbled, crossing his arms in front of him. “I thought I saw yeh[1] slipping inta[2] town. What brings yah[1] over here?”
“I found a legate and it was awful!” Techno lamented, basically ignoring him, the two of them basically the same towering height.
Sherman rolled his eyes, “Let me guess, the fight lasted five seconds?”
“There wasn’t even a fight,” Techno complained. “I mean, bruhhh, he barely could defend himself. A dead leaf would have been a more satisfying fight.”
“So he’s dead?” Thompson asked.
“No, it would have been like killing a newborn puppy,” Techno huffed. “Come on, get in the pit so I can have a good fight.”
“Nah, I’m good,” Thompson scoffed and pushed Ghostbur towards the front. “Just bringin’ yer brother to yeh.”[3]
Techno looked annoyed, “Ghostbur, what are you doing here?”
“I’m helping my friends,” Ghostbur smiled.
“I’ve seen what your “help” does,” Techno rolled his eyes. “You here for Phil then?”
Ghostbur looked nervous, “I . . . uh . . . I would like to see him but I don’t know.”
“Did you bring some of the heroes with you?” Techno was looking at Marvin.
“Yah[1] know, we’ll go, we just caught yeh[1] at a bad moment,” Marvin tried to intervene.
“What are you three even doin’[4] here?” Techno leaned against the balcony railing, another fight starting up in absence of Techno.
“We were gonna[5] pick a fight with the Legionnaires’ Guildmaster, but Ghostbur here took us ta[6] see the Sheriff o’er[7] here. So we’ll just go.” Marvin jabbed his thumb at the exit.
“Taking ‘em[8] on, huh? ‘Bout[9] time someone did.” Techno hummed. Then he looked at Ghostbur and nudged him towards the other side of the balcony where the VIP area was. “Hey Ghostbur, why don’t you go say hi to Phil. He’s probably seen you already, so just head on over.”
“Wait a second,” Marvin moved to follow Ghostbur who was already moving to the VIP area.
Techno summoned and axe and moved in-between Ghostbur and Marvin.
“Look, you two make one wrong move against Phil and I’ll take your heads off,” Techno threatened.
“Not lookin’ fer a fight, I want ta get out ‘a here with Ghostbur an’ take care ‘a the hunters up north,”[10] Marvin told him firmly.
Techno braced his axe on his shoulder, “Just watch yourself.”
Ghostbur rushed over to the door and Marvin followed him, Techno opened the door for them.
“Phil!” Techno called out over the loud music. “We got company.”
Philza reached for the remote and turned the music down to a low whisper.
“Techno!” the little girl called out.
“Hey sis,” Techno smiled, walking over to her and kneeling down so the two of them could bump foreheads. “Enjoy the show?”
“You murdered them dead!” She screamed. “Blood for the Blood God!”
Phil raced across the room and hit the intercom button, “Fundy! You furball, get yer[13] ass up here this instant! I wanna[12] know where you are!”
“Oh, Marv, have you met Fundy?” Ghostbur was floating a bit off the ground. “You have to meet him. He’s my son.”
“I think I have,” Marvin answered, more than a little surprised by that information.
Techno loudly cleared his throat. “So while we’re waiting for Fundy and probably Quackity to show up, you mind tell me what brings you to Arizona? Last I checked, Egoton was in Chicago, or something like that.”
“We were gonna[5] deal with the Legionnaires, but Ghostbur said he knew someone so we took a detour,” Marvin explained. “Really we should’a[14] stopped at the station, but we’ll go.”
“You needed allies, you two are alone,” Phil said in a way that made Marvin feel like the avian was staring through his very soul. “Why go fer[11] ‘em[15] now? The hunters have been bigger problems before?”
Marvin weighed his options. “Cause they’re workin’ with the CIA an’ Dark’s nemesis. An’ they’re gonna crash a weddin’.”[16]
Techno started bouncing on the balls of his feet, looking like a small child that had been gifted a full sized robot suit for Christmas.
Phil, however, let out an indignant, insulted huff, “Oi![17] Did that fooker[18] replace me an’[19] Tech with some other bastard? How dare he‽”
“Man, is there anyone Dark hasn’t pissed off?” Marvin chuckled.
“Seems ta[6] be a much shorter list ‘a[20] who he hasn’t,” Phil smiled. “Phantom taught him really well in that regard.”
“Huh,” Marvin commented. He realized that for being two demons of roughly the same age, supposedly, and being the same type of demon that Philza and Dark were kinda opposites. “So yeh[1] on the same hatin’[21] human trend as he is, never met a demon that was particularly nice.”
“Nah,” Phil smiled. “I love humans, they make the best things like anime, an’[19] memes, an’[19] the word: “fuck”. So I love humans.”
“How old are you?” Taylor asked.
The avian demon shrugged, “I don’t count keep anymore. 350? Almost 400? I don’t know.”
At that moment the door opened and Marvin stepped out of the line of fire as Fundy walked in, Quackity and Slime right behind him.
Quackity stiffened nervously when he locked eyes with Techno,
“Fundy,” Ghostbur smiled as he started to advance. “My little champion. How are you?”
Fundy hissed, all the hair on his head and ears standing on edge. “You touch me, and I bite you.”
“Hey, chill out fer[11] five seconds will yeh[1]?” Marvin snapped back. “He hasn’t done anythin’ ta yeh.”[22]
“Oh, he’s done more than enough,” Fundy snapped.
Techno spoke up, “Where’s Tubbo? This gonna[5] be a butcher’s army 2.0?”
“No, I just came here ta[6] catch up with some contacts, didn’t even know you two were in town,” Quackity denied, taking a step back as he glanced at Techno.
“Sides we’d need Ranboo for that,” Fundy muttered a bit too loud.
“Oi![17] You watch yerself,[23] Ranboo can do no wrong!” Phil shouted at his grandson.
“Are you kidding me?” Fundy shouted back, devolving into a series of frustrated, incoherent grumbling noises.
“Looks like a pretty important meeting up here?” Quackity smiled, looking around. “You all having fun?”
“Bruhh, these two wanna[12] take on the Legionnaires and the government,” Techno declared. “And I’m helping.”
“Wait what?” Marvin demanded before his brain could tell him that looking a gift horse in the mouth was a bad idea. “Since when have yeh[1] been in on this?”
“Since you told me that you were taking on the CIA,” Technoblade grinned. “That type of stuff is literally all I do.”
The hunter spoke up, they’d been mostly quiet up until now, mostly watching the situation fly wildly out of control, but now they interjected, “I’m going to duel the Guildmaster, take over the Guild and take them back on track to what our Guild was meant to be, protecting people and not making deals with people who are literally worse than demons.”
“So you’re saying that if you’re in control you’ll go against the government?” Technoblade said.
“If that means protecting people like we’re supposed to be doing from the start, then yes,” Taylor told him.
“Now that’s the type of thing I like to hear,” Techno grinned. “But if you back out on that, I will take care of you.”
“Right,” the hunter didn’t break eye contact.
“So, yer[24] gonna[5] help us fight them then?” Marvin asked.
“Heh,” Techno grinned. “Taking down the self-entitled discount Spanish Inquisition, and the government? You’d have to fight me not to come.”
“Get rid of the Legionnaires?” Quackity smiled. “Count me in, wish I had brought Sam and Sap, they would’a[25] made this a breeze.”
Then the casino owner turned to his two companions, “Fundy, Slime, if you two aren’t up for it, yeh[1] can go back to the hotel.”
Fundy seemed to have a fire burning in his eyes, “I can do it, I want in.”
Slime gave a huge, lopsided grin, “I will also come with Quackity from Las Nevadas.”
“You wanna[12] stay on your retirement couch, Ol’[26] Man?” Techno prodded, smiling at Phil.
“Shut!” Philza snapped, rolling his eyes when Techno laughed at him.
“I wanna[12] come with,” Techno’s little sister told them.
“No!” Thompson and Techno both told her. She pouted and deflated a little bit.
“I’ll take her back an’[19] meet you all there,” Thompson told them.
“So, kitty, you got a plan?” Quackity gave him a sharp grin.
Marvin paused for a second, “Yeah, I think I got one.”
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Accessibility Translations:
1. you
2. into
3. Just bringing your brother to you.
4. doing
5. going to
6. to
7. over
8. them
9. About
10. Not looking for a fight, I want to get out of here with Ghostbur and take care of the hunters up north
11. for
12. want to
13. your
14. should have
15. them
16. Because they’re working with the CIA and Dark’s nemesis. And they’re going to crash a wedding.
