Cucumber Quest (Vol. 4 Webcomic, Ch. 3)

By Gigi D.G.

Nautilus recognizes their pizza homies as the Limbo crew, they now quite a somber group for not being able to continue their limbo ways, Nautilus trying to keep their spirits up. To make matters worse, the next kingdom lacked a princess, so how they were to collect the siggy's from each kingdom without a princess available makes a quick, pausing hiccup. Meanwhile Rosemaster wants to look her best whilst she speaks with Double Night about her grand plan, which didn't impress him much. Rosemaster started to yearn for the old days when it was easier to be evil, their first run through their evil plans.

She does reveal which in the quartet could actually do them trouble, she digressing about Double Night's choice of words when harping on all the failures they'd had. She doesn't mention which of the group would be dangerous, but does vow a good show whilst they played with the children. Botanica Springs didn't have royalty the way the rest of the Kingdoms had, they were verging on gangsters. The "King" there was of fashion at their capital, the quartet crashing their style event in order to figure out which "royalty" choice they had to sign the sword.

As they each have their own emotion about the loud in style, Cuco deduces how the chat with the Double Knight basically q'd how any of the heroes all these 99 times, had gotten the siggy before them, if they didn't have a princess, since the beginning. The King of Style picks girls from the crowd as honorary princess of style, Almond among them. Nautilus is currently in a cave-like area with Liquus she meeting Rosemaster and reassuring her how the rest of her group was content, this after insulting her charmingly. Back at the style show, Cuco is angrily wondering why and how his dad was somehow hosting the contest, he explaining he was only making an income, is all.

The 4 girls then start the task, receiving a flower and having to look for the trophy whilst keeping the flower til the end. Rosemaster is learning of Nautilus' escape and demanding her minions to find them. The style of underwear dude sets her down after they knew they lost the minions, the fella running off and coming back with a stylish outfit, Nautilus learning they were in a dark, giant closet. Peridot then says how she was after Almond, her pop making fun of her for kinda stalking her.

After denying it profusely, she lets out with how dumb Almond was for believing the contest was real, reality changing, and Almond looking at Carrot, who had forgotten why he'd climbed atop an odd looking precipice point. From his vantage though, he sees Cuco, who then confronts Double Night, wanting to compromise, somehow. Double Night attempts to relate how complicated the situation truly was, when he's distracted by Cuco's wand, but then has a flashback and hardens up, showing he didn't care by swiping at them and making them fall down a crevasse. Carrot pleads with Double Night to spare them all, and when he awakes, Double Night mocks his emotions, but this also being what saved them.

Meanwhile Rosemaster/Thornmaster, is holding Peridot hostage now, she having messed up, and if she complained more, she'd be worse off than jail. Rosemaster shows how upset she is when she's alone, then being confronted by Glitchmaster, it commending her good work all these 99 times. Glitchmaster wants to confide who is responsible for keeping them back, they having to take him out if they wished to succeed this time. Glitchmaster then asks she do the job, since it was suspicious of him to even be present, she agreeing what with their recent long time betrayer.

Almond is currently at the end of the search, they locating the trophy and a chest, which contained the letter from Princess Parfait. They are then confronted by the Gaurdener, his name depth ofc, confusing the hell out of them, he letting them know they were in the Queen Lotus' garden. He claims to have frightened the Rosemaster with his power and face, he making the suggestion if they could look upon him they could take the Hocus crocus which was the trophy and also a magic enhancer. Meanwhile, Peridot is complaining hella loudly about her odd cell, so much to the point of wishing for a normal door, at and getting it, magic-style, this magical door still closed, and seeming confused when she asking it to open.

Nautilus helps her, she ofc, salty about it, and Almond with Cuco get back to the Style King and she somehow has the trophy with her. Upon handing it off to a rep for safe-keeping whilst they readied her for the 2nd test, Cuco decides to follow the rep, due to suspiciousness, but gets himself caught after Carrot helps him deduce where they were, after seeing a bunch of odd flowers floating around. Almond comes back thinking she'd be needed, Cuco already having helped himself after Rosemaster minions were body-checking him, but she disappointed with his conquering skills. They then all trying to catch up to Rosemaster before she got the trophy magic flower, but this doesn't happen, Glitchmaster attempting to get it off her, but she going rogue and keeping it, glitching his ass out of existence.

She then confronts the group, showing off her upgrade, and putting them all down after showing Almond what for when she cuts her off to get to the point, taking her elsewhere to chat. When they arrive, Almond sees Carrot, and Rosemaster does something to Almond which makes her swing at Carrot off a ledge, he falling and talking about his failure to another presence and when he awakes, sees lil creatures eating grass and talking of having Carrot's letter, the Gaurdener never wanting it but only attempting to divert them from the Crocus, pff, haha. Carrot reads and is so overcome, his pendant starts glowing along with Parfait's, he returning to face Rosemaster. She somehow has a convulsive flash to where Glitchmaster airs his grievances with Rosemaster for edging him out, discussing the true nature of Double Night, and how Rosemaster was going to indulge herself before she won.

Double Night turns up and shuts shit down, disappearing Peridot, Rosemaster defeated, Cuco deciding they'd give Rosemaster's stone to the minions, since they hadn't been tricked into serving her, they liked her. Then, Double Night is shown with Peridot and she invites him to watch her teen show, Punisher Pumice, a close up look of the episode they watch to follow. Double Night then speaks with Parfait, she thanking him for giving Carrot her letter, then Double Night recalls how they fell into playing the same fight out so many times. A bit more is shown, some side stories are given, and a flashback of Cabbage almost being made to quest like Cuco sheds some interesting light on at least one of an almost-hero's strange experience with the Oracle. This is a quite addictive series, and it certainly isn't taking long to catch up! I'll be following D.G. Gigi's work, for sure!