The Queen in Her Domain | Action - Hero's Duty

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[It had been a long day for the Queen of the Cy-Bugs and her mechanical army, Hero's Duty had been bustling with action and players from start to close. They had certainly earned every quarter that had been put into the machine.

Unlike most of the other Cy-Bugs, she was aware that their game had somehow been transported elsewhere, she had heard the chatter among the Space Marines as they tried to sort the situation out. 

It didn't matter which arcade the Queen resided at, be it Litwak's or this new, bigger place, either way, one day it would belong to her and her descendants, it was just a matter of time. In fact, she probably preferred the larger one, there'd be more space for her children to claim.

Because of the Hivemind, she was aware of the Sugar Rush Incident that had happened while this console was plugged in at Litwak's and she had learned a thing or two from it.

But, for now, she was going to rest. The players had been better than normal today and she had ended up falling off of the top of the Tower quite a few times today.]

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[rhythmiku]

... And hide it?

[Miku is not so sure about this. How is she even supposed to hide it? She's like half a space marine's size, it probably takes up her whole chest and both arms. Miku shakes her head a bit.]

I don't know...

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[The Queen gives Miku an encouraging chirp. Miku's a clever girl, she can figure out something.

And if she didn't, well, the Queen gave it her best. There'd be other opportunities to send one of her children off into the world to make their mark as Queen of another game.]

[rhythmiku]

[wellp

Miku stares at the egg. Then she crouches down by it.]

Hmmm....

[and down here, she notices that her long hair is dragging on the ground next to the egg. ... Here's an idea. She tentatively attempts to wrap the egg in her rapunzel twintails. ... It works pretty well, she's got a lot of it. But the top half, she can't get without yanking a bit - ouch. Well, what now? After a moment of thought, she switches modules to Pirate Miku, removes her hat, and places it atop the egg. Then she carefully stands up with it... and holds it over her face]

ARRR, MATEYS. TWAS NO EGG HERE, JUST CAPTAIN BLUEBEARD!

[eh? Ehhh?]

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[The Queen tilts her head as she watches Miku wrap up the egg in her hair. It looks fairly soft, so the egg should be nice and cozy.

She's surprised at Miku's outfit change, she's never seen anything transform, aside from her Cy-Bugs and the weapons of the Space Marines. She didn't know people could change like that, so she might be suspecting that Miku's related to Cy-Bugs.

The pirate jargon is completely lost on her, but the hat hides the egg nicely, and that's what really matters.

The Queen gives a victory chirp, part one of her mission has been accomplished. There's still a chance the Space Marines could find out what's going on, or the egg could be harmed in transit or at Miku's game, but she's done all she can about the matter.]

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[Technically Miku didn't even translate that she was supposed to hide it in her game. Everything should be fine...]

Hehe. Just wait, I'm going to hide this somewhere not even you can find it!

[Oh Miku, you idiot. This isn't Easter-- Welp, she's heading down the tower anyway, along with "Captain Bluebeard." It was nice knowing you, arcade!]

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[The Queen was mainly worried about getting the egg snuck out of the game. The egg should either hatch quickly enough on its own, or if Miku accidentally drops it or treats it roughly.

She gives Miku a friendly goodbye chirp as the girl heads out with her egg, then watches as she leaves. The Queen then walks back over to her usual place and lies down. There's still a few hours she can take to rest before it'd be productive to lay more eggs.

Much had been accomplished tonight, and soon, Miku's game would be under her descendant's control. Just as long as she got the egg there without anybody noticing what she was up to.]