Scuffed Stories

Scuffed Stories is a special novel composed to show events taking place with popular characters that are unrelated to the current plot of their respective DnD campaigns.

## Dull Cyan Arc

### Chapter 1: Dull Cyan-Prologue

18 years ago in the North Blue and belonging to the Vinsmoke Family, the 5th prince Goji Vinsmoke was born. Goji was the youngest of 6 siblings as he was born 3 years after his quadruplet brothers. The 6 kids of three Vinsmoke family have been modified before birth as superhumans without emotion but the effect was erased by the mother's effort for only the 4th son, Sanji. The modifications returned for Goji making him like his brothers except a single change, emotionless like his brothers except Goji is completely aware and can feel the lack of emotion which bothers him. Years pass and as the 6 kids grow their abilities grow stronger besides Sanji who is bullied for his normalcy while Goji never engages but quietly watches. After years of soldier training for Goji,Sanji is framed dead but escapes the Germa Kingdom while time passes and Goji eventually finds a comic book. Goji reads and idolizes the hero in the story but it makes him realize his true lack of empathy and positive emotions which causes him great distress for a long time but he can't help being amazed by the heroic character. Buried in comic books during break times is how Goji would spend his days until the books were ripped to shreds by his brothers one afternoon believing it was childish but in response Goji wanted too, but felt nothing and returned to mundane training filled days. The same year as the start of the story the Germa Kingdom was raided by multiple failed invasion victims and the Vinsmoke family fled but in the chaos Goji chose to stay and let the family leave. This was Goji's chance believing that he has left his family behind in hopes of finding something to fill the hole he has in his heart, weeks go by as Goji wears the Raid Suit of the Germa 66 and uses it to fight for "justice" around the North Blue. Eventually Goji meets the crew during the Goofy Boy arc after making a name for himself and has a variety of his own adventures in the following months.

### Chapter 2: Dull Cyan-Curtain Raiser

The sun rises on the cold small winter island of Crevice, a tired Goji awakes on an alleyway bench covered in snow. “ITS REALLY COLD!” Goji yells springing off the bench. Snow crunching under footsteps is heard in the approaching distance while Goji stretches and recites chants, “BURN BURN HEROIC SOUL! FILL ME WITH HEAT AND PASSION.” The footsteps come to a stop as a girl in a coat looks at the man disgusted and continues on her way. Goji upon noticing springs up the alley calling out to the girl trying to explain he’s not a weirdo and just a hero readying up for the day. The girl responds by saying they don’t need a hero as the city already believes in one, as she speaks she pulls her hood down revealing her light pink hair and introduces herself as Monroe. The two get acquainted as they walk through the town of Dile a lively and bustling blend of flashy lights and pure white snow with advertisements and billboards on every street. Monroe offers to show Goji around the island and during their tour Goji reads a sign and jumps back in surprise and looks around noticing other billboards and signs which all relate back to a parent company of SPINKLE’S SPECIAL SUBSTANCES. “Spinkle,Spinkle,Spinkle he’s everywhere, what’s up with this town” Goji surprised than excitingly asks Monroe. “I was trying to leave the best for last but oh well that’s how it is around here” Monroe says as she explains that Crevice Island but more specifically Dile is the birthplace of the multi million belli company and has such transformed into a tourist destination and wealthy town thanks to the influx of belli to the economy. Dile used to be a poor town ruined by the constant winter but grew this way from the arise of the company which makes Spinkle a hero around the island and the company itself a beacon of hope. Goji excitingly remarks “ Wow I didn’t know he was that influential should’ve got his autograph you know we’re good friends me and Spinkle, I was just with him” and as he says this people turn and crowd around bombaring questions “You really know him”, “Thank goodness he’s ok”, “We were worried for months after the news of his piracy”. Goji tries to keep up responding to the crowd but Monroe disappears and he assumes she probably went back to her job or something and gets on a building to pose and recount his adventures with the Undead Cavalry to the excited civilians. The hero goes on for around an hour passionately re-enacting the events of his adventures until a loud clap booms through the crowd drawing attention to a large 7’2” luxury suited extremely muscular man who proclaims his interest in Goji’s stories. The crowd then immediately turns from Goji and surrounds the man which makes Goji slightly irritated but he leaps down and introduces himself as the hero Sound Cyan to the man who walks up after autographing multiple people quickly and does the same introducing himself as Conroe the acting CEO of Spinkle’s Special Substances. Upon hearing his name Goji feels it seems familiar but brushes it off as he talks to the flashy and bulky man which makes Goji feel slightly outshined which causes him to try and nonchalantly show off in their greeting while the crowd watches. Gunshots blast off behind the two as a duo of men charge forth exclaiming their intentions of killing Conroe as they chug yellow liquids and grow in muscle mass, about to crash through the crowd almost like teleportation Goji and Conroe blitz the attackers with Cyan delivering a flying kick to the stomach while Conroe targets the other by brushing their hand to the side while flipping into the air to deliver a downwards punch to the face which plunges the bulked man into the street floor. Both criminals were defeated swiftly but the crowd focuses on Conroe to Cyan’s jealousy that he quickly breaks so he can walk towards the CEO to which the latter invites Cyan to his office for a tour as he says “a friend of Spinkle is a friend of mine, drop by the building in a few hours and I’ll personally show you around. See you then hero.” Conroe takes his leave as the crowd cheers him away getting a grunt out off Cyan before he rockets off upon noticing marines turning the corner.

### Chapter 3: Dull Cyan-Conflict

Sitting atop a water tower Goji is writing and talking to himself with his notebook. “Man.. that dude was pretty cool though I hate to admit, I gotta make some cool one liners that’s the stuff all heroes use when they do things.” The sound of his growling stomach roars scaring nearby pedestrians even among the lively chatter. Goji flys away insearch of something to eat and eventually hears the sound of sizzling meat prompting a stop which brings him to a restaurant at the corner of the street. Goji strides In and makes eye contact with his earlier acquaintance, Monroe. “It’s you.. so this is why you disappeared earlier, I was worried.” Monroe apologizes and properly welcomes him to the small dinner that in comparison looks rather old and broken to the fresh and youthful streets but Goji doesn’t care and takes a seat regardless. Goji orders and shortly after gets his food and since he is the only person there talks to Monroe questioning about the condition of the building. Monroe responds with a vague explanation of saying she tries to manage without Spinkle’s Special Substances. Goji respects the effort but is still confused on why she tries so hard in the first place but Monroe continues stating that SSS (Spinkle’s Special Substances) is an overall blessing but is making the people delusional and she expresses that she thinks everyone is too reliant on SSS and thus she wants to distance herself from it. “That’s a good mindset but you should still take advantage of that hope, it’s not bad to be a little weird in the noggin too.” Goji explains to which Monroe responds by saying “like you?”, the two chat more before Goji darts off for his tour with Conroe. The biggest building around mixed with a factory and big bright signs, nobody could miss the SSS building that Goji enters. After a short lobby wait Conroe personally arrives and walks Goji around the facility and the two make it to the factory section, “So Spinkle’s substances make all sort of weird and wacky stuff happen but it seemed like the goons from earlier got what they wanted what’s with that” Goji questions to which Conroe explains that Spinkle’s substances with their variety of effects are with the help of 100 chemists disassembled, isolated, and reconstructed into separate substances for redistribution and selling. During the tour suddenly Conroe falls to the floor and Goji tries to help him up but Conroe grabs him and throws him down the hallway “Spinkle…WHERE IS HE!!” Conroe yells while dashing with tremendous heavy footsteps before throwing a punch at the hero. Blocking the hit, Cyan is still knocked down but he gets up and confused readies to fight with a Vibe Pulse Punch uppercut to the large man. Conroe still visibly unwell wildly launches punches that are dodges and blocked by Cyan before being met with a barrage of vibration fists that knock him down. Armed guards appear and shoot tranquilizers into the CEO before he gets up and then a team lift him and they take him away to which Cyan follows. Within Conroe’s room Cyan is informed that recently the CEO has had bursts of aggression which has limited his work and public hours significantly increasing his stress and worsening the outbursts in turn, the doctors leave as Conroe only needs rest now and Goji stays looking around the room and notices a framed picture of what looks like a very scrawny version of Conroe and a younger Monroe. Cyan darts off late night returning to the dinner to find Monroe, he explains the situation to Monroe’s worry as she asks to talk for a while to Cyan which he agrees. Ever since he was born Conroe had a disease that took nutrition from his muscles making him too weak for most tasks but he was a very kind boy. Conroe and Monroe lived on their own as their mother died from the same disease and even though he was the oldest Conroe had to watch as Monroe worked at the dinner their father left them with before abandoning them due to Conroe’s appearance. Many years passed wishing he was stronger to help his sister but failing all jobs and just only smiling while eating his meals at the end of the day until he met Spinkle who with his substances thought he could help Conroe. The two worked and made a substance that Conroe must take regularly but while taken drastically increases muscle mass. Continued use made Conroe stronger,faster,and tougher than he could imagine and offered himself as Spinkle’s bodyguard while the company of SSS started to flourish. After weeks and months Conroe grew in knowledge eventually becoming an assistant and then when the company got bigger so did the two’s bond until Spinkle’s disappearance during a vacation and his later news of piracy which made Conroe the new CEO but by this time just like everyone else he had become deluded by SSS’s achievements and believed he needed to live up to Spinkle and the company’s honor creating his celebrity persona that he wears today. That ends Monroe’s explanation to Goji who then theorizes that the stress made him use substances as stress relief thus causing his outbursts now and with that realization Goji takes out his notebook and starts intensely writing, confusing Monroe.