Current EP: 6,560 / 10,000
After surviving the tumbleweed duel incident, I realized something:
Even though it was always night here, the sky somehow still hurt my eyes.
Or maybe it was the endless bleakness burning a hole in my nonexistent soul.
Either way — I decided I needed sunglasses.
And since there's no store in Hueco Mundo (unless you count that one tree stump I keep pretending is a vending machine), I had to make my own.
With bones.
I scavenged the area like a deranged raccoon, grabbing two flat-ish bone fragments and using tendons to tie them together.
They looked absolutely terrible.
They barely stayed on my face.
And one of them was still slimy.
Perfect.
[SYSTEM NOTICE: Invented Hueco Mundo's first pair of bone sunglasses — +300 EP]
Current EP: 6,860 / 10,000
I strutted across the sands like I owned the place.
"GRUOH GRUAH!"
(LOOK AT ME, YOU LOSERS! I'M A TRENDSETTER!)
Then, because I am a man of vision, I climbed the nearest sand dune to pose dramatically against the night sky.
And immediately slipped, tumbled down, and landed face-first in a shallow cave.
[SYSTEM NOTICE: Faceplanted into unknown area — +200 EP]
Current EP: 7,060 / 10,000
When I looked up, I realized…
I wasn't alone.
There, just a few feet away, was a massive Hollow.
Not a Menos, not a regular beast — this one was lean, humanoid, with sharp fangs, and a mask shaped like a wolf.
An Adjuchas.
And it was sleeping.
Its breathing was slow and heavy, dust rising with every exhale.
One twitch, and I'd be Hollow paste.
I knew I should leave.
I knew better.
I absolutely did not leave.
Instead, I carefully, painstakingly took off my bone sunglasses… and placed them on its face.
Why?
I don't know.
It just felt right.
[SYSTEM NOTICE: Put makeshift sunglasses on sleeping Adjuchas — +400 EP]
Current EP: 7,460 / 10,000
I tiptoed out of the den, sweating bullets, heart pounding, mask trembling.
Behind me, the Adjuchas stirred but didn't wake.
When I got far enough away, I screamed into the void.
"GRUOOOOOOOH!"
(I'M A GENIUS!)
[SYSTEM NOTICE: Survived reckless stunt — +200 EP]
Current EP: 7,660 / 10,000
I flopped onto the sand, staring at the sky.
Still night.
Always night.
Still no idea how long I'd been here.
I didn't care anymore.
I was surviving.
I was making fashion statements.
And somehow, against all logic, I was getting closer to my evolution.
I glanced at my EP count and grinned under my mask.
Just a little more.
I could feel it.
Vasto Lorde?
Not yet.
But one day.
Hueco Mundo's biggest idiot would reign supreme.
And look good doing it.
[EP: 7,660 / 10,000]