Helluva Child

27: P'ay games! (w/ baby imp)

"Welcome, I say-a, welcome-a... all to Wrath-a Ring's-a annual-a Harvest-a Moon-a... a-Festival!"

Wally Wackford announces dramatically on a stage, earning cheers from the surrounding sinners.

"To kick things up, we have the great prince Stolas-a, here to usher in this here Pain Games!"

He hands the microphone off the the prince in question, who chuckles at the imp's introduction.

"How kind, Wackford. Greetings, tiny... Wrath Ring Imps! I hereby welcome you all to another year of celebrating the spoils of your labor that continue to feed the citizens of Hell!"

The crowd glares at the insensitive words, with a few booing him.

The only one who clapped and cheered was you, who watched from a stroller beside one of Millie's siblings, earning a amused chuckle from the prince.

"I'm happy to kick off the start of these games that will challenge the toughest Imps to show their skill in dominance."

"Good luck to you all! Especially that sexy little one there... Yoo-hoo! Blitzy!"

He waves to the imp in question, who reacts in displeasure.

"Ugh. F**k me."

Bang!

With the pop of a gun, the games begin.
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For the first event, a race was held with the competing imps, though Moxxie was quick to be mowed over by the herd of racers upon the first shot.

Striker and Blitz were well in the lead, skillfully scaling a wooden ramp structure while Moxxie struggled to keep up. As he clawed feebly at the structure-

"I say-a say, would ya look at that! Looks like we got ourselves an unexpected contestant this Year!" Wally suddenly called out from the stands, both amused and bewildered. "And I say, it's our most youngest, I say YOUNGEST contestant ever this competition!"

Moxxie paused. "Youngest contestant?" Surely they weren't referring to him--

"Da!"

He was suddenly met with you climbing the wall beside him with the skills of a gecko, pausing to wave at him cheerfully before leaping off to catch up with Blitz and Striker on all fours.

"(N-Name)-!? How did-- Wha-!!" The shock at seeing you makes him lose his focus and slip off the wall, falling into a small puddle below.

And moments later, he gets chewed up and thrashed by a demon shark that was somehow present in the murky puddle.

Millie, who was watching from the side, gasped in surprise at the sudden appearance of you in the course. "How in the-"

She looked down to the stroller at her side, and saw that you had chewed through the straps that held you in place. It was only then Millie's sibling realized your escape, in which they only offered a nervous shrug.

"Oh Consarnit, ya little devil..." Millie muttered, pinching the bridge between her eyes.
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Next is a sort of wrangling match, whereas Striker gets the jump on Blitz, tying the imp's legs, arms and horns behind him.

A muscular Imp holds a rope and grins maliciously at down Moxxie, as he cowers for the incoming manhandling.

That was when a lasso was suddenly slung around his neck and you pulled yourself onto his back, giggling gleefully as he ran around, crying out in pain as your tiny claws dug into his flesh, keeping you in place, much to the audience's amusement.

"Horsie! Horsie! Ya!" You cheered gleefully, as the bound imp bounced and bucked desperately.
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Then you, Striker, Blitz and Moxxie team up in a tug of war match. Your legs couldn't quite reach the floor and you were just hanging on the rope just in front of Moxxie so he can keep an eye on you. As your team struggled, Moxxie fell into the water in the struggles where the demon shark returns somehow, thrashing him yet again.

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Next event, there is a wrestling match in the mud, with Blitz versing Striker, while a group of imps do a football huddle on top of Moxxie.

And just as he picks himself up, that mud shark suddenly leaps onto the fence and jumps up, preparing to elbow drop the poor imp.

"MOTHERFUC--!!"

THWACK!!!

Before the shark could land on him, the shark was abruptly knocked to the side as you slammed into the mud-water beast with the force of a bullet, chewing and burrowing into the shark's gills as it flailed and screeched on the ground.

Somewhere in the crowd, your grandparents were ecstatic, taking more pictures than a scrapbook could hold as Moxxie looked on in shock.

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"I say, I say, for the first year ever, we have a tie for winner of the Harvest Moon Pain Games!" Wally announced excitedly as Stolas takes the microphone from him.

"The winners are... Striker aaaaand my darling Blitzy!" Stolas announces the final contestant ecstatically, even pulling a cheerful pose as the crowd cheers, much to Blitz's annoyance.

"Just say my name RIGHT!" He exclaims in frustration as he walks onto the stage to join Striker. "F**kin' d**k."

Stolas then received a faint whisper from Wally who points a thumb towards the stage stairs. Afterwards, he gives a shrug to the prince, as if he was surprised himself.

"Oh! And uh... I suppose... (name) as well??"

He turned to the stairs, just in time to watch your mud and blood caked form crawl up the stage stairs, smiling cheerfully as you took your seat beside Blitz's foot, and sucking your little hoof immediately after.

The crowd cooed and awed at the sight of you as Stolas looked both baffled and weary.

"Quite an interesting turn of events." Stolas notes before clearing his throat. "Though I suppose a winner is a winner."

You paused to cough out a shark tooth, causing Stolas to shudder slightly. "Where are your parents?"

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"Baby's first Pain Games!" Millie gushed, snapping a picture from her spot on the wooden bleachers beside Moxxie, whom was rather battered and bruised from the merciless games, watching the stage, namely Striker, with a bitter expession.

"Alright. So, he has the physical advantage." Moxxie muttered to himself. "I'm better at other things, like singing!"

However...

"I'd like to take this opportunity to sing a quick song I wrote just now," Striker suddenly pulled out a guitar out of nowhere. "About me winnin'."

"Oh, WHAT THE F**K!"
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Couldn't decide which one I wanted so imma put up two versions :P