Curse of Bluo, The

# The Curse of Bluo

> “Well, I love Four Shadowing. I really love all birds, though. You need help dealing with a bird, you come to me, alright?”
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-Kondor

The Curse of Bluo is an unapproved spin-off story written by Leo, intended as an origin story for Bluo. It was written sometime between The Odd-I-See and Crack-King Down and Shelling Out.

## Prominent Characters

* Zakk
* Vibe-Chan
* Bluo
* Quintwenty
* Zakk's dad
* Ethan
* Kondor
* Jackie
* Yorki
* 3Fam
* Marando
* Billip
* Mickle
* Bustin
* Murissa
* Mr. Grabber
* Dr. Bavis

## Plot Summary

Zakk arrives at school to what he believes is a normal day. He goes to band rehearsal with his friend Ethan, and then to his quantitative reasoning class where he sees the teacher Mr. Grabber, Billip, Mickle, Bustin, Murissa, and a new girl he doesn't recognize. Zakk talks to her after class and discovers her name is Vibe-Chan and she moved from New Orneas. Zakk researches it and finds that they speak Vibish there and he looks for a language learning app to learn Vibish. He finds one called Bluolingo and attempts to sign up. It asks him for strange details, but he goes along with it because he can't find anything else. Zakk spends that day and the weekend learning to speak Vibish. Monday morning he asks his dad for advice with talking to girls, but he provides none. He also receives emails and texts from Bluo, Zakk then realizes that Quintwenty dates a lot of people and decides to watch him. He goes to school and spends two periods studying his behavior, and then asks him directly for advice. Quintwenty gives him some silly advice. The next morning, Zakk gets a call from Bluo telling him to practice. At school, Zakk tells Ethan he is going to ask out Vibe-Chan, and Ethan is confused. Zakk asks out Vibe-Chan, greeting her in Vibish, and asks her to go to McDonladede's. At McDonladede's, Zakk talks casually with Vibe-Chan and is waited by Kondor, who explains that he loves birds. Zakk goes to bed without doing his Bluolingo practice. The next morning, Zakk finds writing in blood on his mirror and threats from Bluo. Zakk uninstalls the app. At school, Zakk discovers Quintwenty and Vibe-Chan are now together, and Zakk expressed his disdain. Ethan reassures him that Quintwenty will end it soon enough. Ethan also tells him to unsubscribe from the messages, which fails. The next day, Zakk finds his dad to be gone, with a blue tape outline on his bed and more messages from Bluo. At school, Zakk tells Ethan about the events that have been happening. Ethan thinks he's delusional. Zakk struggles to play his part, needing help from Yorki, another percussionist. Zakk takes Vibe-Chan to see Jackie, Quintwenty's ex, so she can tell her that Quintwenty is bad. Vibe-Chan is offended and gets mad at Zakk. The next day at Earth and Space Science, Quintwenty reveals that Vibe-Chan is missing and won't answer him. Zakk Texts Bluo to discover she was taken by him. He does research and finds that people talking about the app being bad all get banned. Zakk lies to Ethan and tells him everything is okay. That night, Zakk goes to McDonladede's and tells Kondor about Bluo. Kondor believes him, stating he has dealt with Bluo before. The two of them plan their attack for tomorrow. The next day, Zakk picks up Kondor and they go to Bluolingo HQ in Pittsburgh. The building is run down, but Kondor assures that it is the correct one. Inside, they find Marando at the desk who tells them to leave because of Kondor's birds. They convince her to make an exception and they go upstairs to find Bluo. On the second floor, they find 3Fam, the programmer who reveals that Kondor won't let him leave but promised he would take him to Chuck E. Cheese. On the third floor, they find Bluo and threaten them. Bluo explains that Kondor used to use Bluolingo, but lost he lost his streak, so Bluo took everything from him. The two of them fight and eventually defeat Bluo. 3Fam tells them where the hostages are, and they free everyone including Zakk's dad and VIbe-Chan, who thanks Zakk for warning her about Quintwenty. Everyone goes to Chuck E. Cheese, and then Zakk and his dad go home. When he gets there, he gets a text from his dad saying he will be home soon his dad enters, and the original dad reveals himself to be Bluo, kills his real dad, and threatens him once again.

## Trivia

* "The Nectar's Relevance" the title of the piece Zakk plays at band class, is a reference to the Clock of Unit Four (Fervor Dreams)'s party
* This book is one of 67's Works, but is not canon