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Whenever I find characters that catches my interest in terms of origins and motivations these days, I generally write a story that helps expand their character. Such as placing them in situations that put their mostivations, their beleifs, their fears, or whatever drives them to the test, and overcome that challenge in the end. Whether it’s a licensed character, or in the case of a gift art for a fellow friend, one of rogelis ’ characters, Scarlet Crow, who’s personal obsessions will put her into one of her toughest challenges, when she confronts one of the descendant avatars of Sir Peccatori.

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Story
Following the events of Sir Peccatori and Leaf Tornado/Leafstorm;
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Peccatori was informed about Leaf’s enemies to help prepare him in case of conflict, and there was one individual that caught his attention in terms of weaknesses. And this same individual has been secretly spying on Sir Peccatori throughout his time establishing his own territory in a nearby volcano to keep Leaf and her flora safely out of the way of his geo-thermal anatomy. Growing desperate over her constant past failures to execute the orders for her evil genius boss Flan.BO, a cyborg scarecrow named Scarlet Crow has secretly been spying on Peccatori whenever she is off duty. She needed to find a way to challenge this Peccatori on a one-on-one, as it could be her hope to gaining her boss’ respect and appreciation (and win his love for her).

First, Scarlet-Crow learns and takes notes on Pec’s powers plus abilities, as she tries as she can to find out her target’s weaknesses. H2O wasn’t a very effective answer, as small quantities of water or a bath in a pool of it only gives Peccatori extra armor as the lava emitting from him solidifies into such upon contact. And a high pressured water jet gun attached to a heavy cumbersome plugged machine, could cut through such armor and cause violent ruptures from within Peccatori, yet would be inefficient to use in combat as Scarlet relies on stealth plus speed and agility. She has to resort to highly flammable explosives, pouring such into grenades and tranquilizers she was originally planning to use Fear toxins inside. Though she did keep some fear toxins in storage, so to exploit her target’s more mental weaknesses. And to top it off, Scarlet upgraded her scythe Melee weapon with sub-zero enhancements to target Pec’s vitals for the finishing kill.

Just as Scarlet Crow has prepared herself for her solo mission, she had been alerted from the Flan.BO headquarters to meet her boss immediately under a critical emergency! Letting loose excess heat from his body within his volcanic home, Sir Peccatori had started an eruption that has lead to a dangerous ash storm and lava flow heading towards Flan.BO’s mechanized capital! The ash had already begun to darken the sky of the Flan’s city and the evil genius had not prepared fortifications of lava-resistance since Pec is still a new enemy for him. Yet the real threat is Peccatori himself, as he decides to take advantage of the jeopardy his enemies are in, marching forth towards the Flan.BO capital like a one man army and swatting away whatever drones are sent to stop him! In the main control room, Flan had arranged a quick meeting for Scarlet Crow along with her co-henchmen, an armored lizard man named Traigon and a child-like combat machine named B-ILL.

Flan.BO; “Lackeys, we are facing a serious crisis... My arch-nemesis, Leafstorm, has allied herself with a literal living volcano, who calls himself Sir Peccatori/Geo-Thermo! This creature had just began an assault on us by surprise, causing an eruption from one of the mountains! Why this lumbering lava dump can’t take a hint on how dumb he is to make friends with living firewood is not of my concern. What matters to me, is that I need the three of you to find a way to stop him and his house’s volcanic eruption from ruining my empire! We’ve only got ten minutes before he reaches the front gates!”

As Flan tuns on a screen to reveal video recordings of Peccatori, B-ILL and Traigon hesitate upon the very sight of Peccatori as the fiery behemoth marches alongside the lava flowing next to him.

Traigon; “TEN MINUTES!? I-I don’t think there’s enough time for me to rally a proper specialized army and coordinate the tactics needed to halt this guy!”

B-ILL; “Same goes for lava-resistance modifications, by the time I’ll have upgraded myself to fight him off, he’ll already gain the advantage in his assault against our bases!”

Flan.BO; “DON’T GIVE ME EXCUSES! I did not recruit a bunch of amateurs, you two are supposed to be professionals!-“

Scarlet Crow; “I’ll challenge Sir Peccatori for you, Boss!”

Flan.BO and the other henchmen stare at Scarlet Crow in shock for a moment, baffled as to wether she had prepared herself for this moment or is just daft. Yet it was not long until Flan pulled off a suspiciously sinister grin, as he made up his mind.

Flan.BO; “Change of plan, B-ILL and Traigon! You two help fortify the defenses of my citadel until further orders, while Scarlet Crow carries out whatever plan she had concocted. Now go, Scarlet, be a good little distraction for your boss!”

Scarlet Crow; “(OMG! I THINK HE LOVES ME NOW! <3) I won’t let you down, Boss!”

With only seven minutes to spare, Scarlet Crow races off to confront Sir Pec. Behind closed doors however, Flan.BO’s grin only further widens, as if he is about to laugh.

B-ILL; “Oh, thank goodness! Due to her blind recklessness, I’ll now be able to gain extra time to upgrade countermeasures while defending the base.”

Traigon; “Wait, Boss! You’re going to fight an embodiment of rock and fire, with frail and highly flammable scarecrow lady!? You sure that’s going to work?”

Flan.BO; “I have grown sick and weary over the burden of Scarlet Crow’s constant pointless obsessions over me, it’s a hinderance and her main reason for constantly failing her missions! So yes, it’ll most certainly work... for me!”

Flan.BO begins to chuckle maliciously as Traigon realizes exactly what his boss’ expectations are for Scarlet Crow’s chances against this new threat.

Time is nearly up for Flan.BO as Sir Peccatori is right at the front gates! Yet just as he is about to smash them down with one swipe of his Arctotherium angustidens like claws, he senses something isn’t right as he hears the shrill laughter of a young woman. In mere moments, Pec snatches a small tranquilizer dart! Pec then side steps and raises his shield to deflect the scythe of Scarlet Crow, who had just thrown herself over the walls to try and strike him down! As her blade slides off his shield, Scarlet Crow immediately used the guard as a platform to leap off of, escaping Sir Peccatori’s diamond-crunching jaws full of Megalodon teeth! With Scarlet landing just in front of the gates, the two face each other in a standoff, with Pec outclassing Traigon in size and mass and with Scarlet tilting her head to the side like a possessed doll and smiling in excitement!

Scarlet Crow; “HEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA! As the Number One Most Loyal Aide to Flan.BO, I’ve come to end your rampage right here and win my boss’ gratitude, you tree-hugging BEAST!”

Eerily enough, Sir Peccatori pulls off a wicked grin of his own upon hearing that.

Sir Peccatori; “...Win your boss’ gratitude you say?...”

Peccatori himself begins to laugh at this claim, starting from low and slowing growing more aggressive, as Scarlet starts to back away in shock. Scarlet Crow’s confidence begins to weaken, her usual insane giddy nature wears thin, and she grew nervous upon this disturbing cackle from someone who is supposed to be Leafstorm’s close friend.

Scarlet Crow; “Wait... I’ve never seen a nature-lover laugh like that!-“

Suddenly, Sir Peccatori withdraws his sword and lunges at Scarlet! No longer filled with a twisted sense of glee upon fighting this new threat, now being replaced with caution, the scarecrow quickly dodges the blade, before rolling under a mighty slash of Peccatori’s sword! Realizing she is too close in range to assault Pec with explosives, Scarlet resorts to hacking at the volcano Knight with her ice scythe. The damage is minimal, yet Scarlet tries again as she pulls out her tranquilizer gun and attempts to shoot at Pec with fear toxins. Pec simply catches them out of the way, before he snatches Scarlet by the face and shoves her over, trying to face plant her to the ground! Yet Scarlet quickly stops this with her hands before jumping back to reposition herself on the defense, as Peccatori advances towards her like a moving monolith!

Sir Peccatori; “It seems more accurate that the Dark Lord of this evil kingdom has offered a sacrifice to appease me!”

Sir Pec prepares to stomp Scarlet Crow’s face into the floor, yet she quickly manages to backflip out of the way!

Scarlet Crow; “...Dark Lord? Sacrifice? You’re not not making any sense!”

Scarlet uses her superior speed to run circles around Peccatori, swinging her ice scythe, trying hack away as Pec simply raises his shield to block them!

Sir Peccatori; “I’m surprised you haven’t figured out the obvious. Like why your boss and fellow lackeys are absent in this battle? You would have put up a much better fight against me if they weren’t cowering behind that wall! Which in turn leads to why you are really facing me all alone, outclassed and outgunned, except for the traits you use to flee from me.”

Scarlet stops attacking and begins to think. Why didn’t Flan.BO take concern for her and order B-ILL and Traigon to join her against her wishes so easily, now that Pec is proving himself to be too much for her to handle?...

Sir Peccatori; “You see when it comes to toxic abusive relationships between narcissistic Masterminds and their pathetic pawns, especially pathetic pawns who have gained more intimately blind affections to their masters due to an attractive appeal, you most certainly fell for it!”

Scarlet Crow; “H-How do you know that I...I-“

As Scarlet Crow stops and ponders while Pec advances towards her, she could remember Flan pulling off his wicked grin at her, only now she begins to realize it was not in the jester of being glad that Scarlet is out to impress him and what he said were not words of motivation.

Scarlet Crow; “No...No, it’s not true!...”

Meanwhile, Flan.BO watches from the surveillance cameras, having seen and heard the entire conversation as of now, and he is only just beginning to realize what Peccatori is truly up to. Back at the entrance, Scarlet grows more upset at the thoughts Peccatori is forcing into her mind as the volcano Knight closes in.

Sir Peccatori; “In fact, I’ll make things easy for you to understand by summing up your boss’ relationship with you...”

Scarlet Crow makes a mad dash towards Peccatori with her ice scythe in hand, hellbent on stopping him from pulling on her heartstrings.

Scarlet Crow; “Shut up...SHUT UP! I WILL WIN HIS HEART!”

Yet just as she leaps in the air, her scythe swung over her head, Sir Peccatori lowers his shield, hurls the fear toxin darts he had caught, right into her neck, injecting Scarlet with her own phobic venom into her system, before answering her.

Sir Peccatori; “Flan.BO despises you!”

Scarlet Crow lets out an enraged scream, and with one thrust of her scythe, she plunges her ice blade straight into Peccatori’s chest, stabbing him right into his heart! The sub-zero freezing system fully activates as Pec’s heart is enveloped in ice, yet Pec refrains from letting out a roar of pain as Scarlet lands in front of him, her scythe still buried deep in the chest. Peccatori slows down until he stood perfectly still, with a cold glare from his eyes as they pierce Scarlet’s soul. Despite appearing to be victorious, Scarlet does not feel joy, for the fear venom kicks into her system, causing her to hallucinate her worst phobias! Suddenly, as Scarlet removes the tranquilizers from her neck, Peccatori snatches the handle of her scythe in his right hand!

Sir Peccatori; “And now that I have just told you about how little your crush cares for you, how exactly do you respond to this obvious revelation?”

A tingling chill of terror ran down Scarlet Crow’s spine and tears start to run down her eyes, as she gets out one of her grenades. She yanks out the safety pin pull ring with her teeth, and tries to throw it at Pec in the face as she takes a few steps back! Yet Pec just casually catches the grenade and tosses it over his shoulder before detonation.

Sir Peccatori; “I can tell you’re quite upset. Good! So how do you think your crush will respond to you even if you had successfully defeated me?”

The fear toxins seeping into Scarlet’s mind causes her to view Peccatori as a grotesque hybrid between him and her crush, Flan.BO!

Sir Peccatori; “I know, he’ll pretend to congratulate you at first, and then when you are at your most vulnerable upon being so delighted to hear such from him, he’ll then say “You have now outlived your significance, you clingy little wretch of burden!”

Peccatori raises his left hand, and like an abusive husband, he viciously slaps Scarlet Crow in the face, sending her hurtling into the wall next to the gates, rupturing he cybernetic circuits and causing her to cry! Next, Peccatori plucks out the scythe from his chest and hurls it right at Scarlet, pinning her to the wall by her hair as if she were placed on a dart board! Then, Peccatori’s left hand turns into a lava cannon and he fires the superheated fluids just a third of a meter away from Scarlet, hitting the front gates and melting them! The lava that has been flowing from behind Pec is now able to overflow into Flan.BO’s Capital! Pec then slams his right hand to the wall, over Scarlet’s shoulder, positioning himself upon her like a bully picking on his next victim, and continues to shatter Scarlet’s heart as she sobs in trauma!

Sir Peccatori; “After all, every one of you worthless minion parasites are nothing more than a means to an end, whose sacrifices will ultimately end in vain as they’ll be replaced by superior minions without a second’s glance from the mastermind.”

Scarlet Crow; “LIES! YOU’RE CHOKED FULL OF LIES! WHY ARE YOU GETTING SO PERSONAL WITH ME!?!?!?”

Sir Peccatori looks up and sees one of the surveillance cameras watching him and pulls off an even more wicked grin at Flan.BO from the other side, who increasingly becomes alarmed at the volcano Knight’s motives as he continues watching.

Sir Peccatori; “Because that’s how badly the truth hurt my ancestors when they were under the manipulation of a malignant demon named Vice, who Flan.BO has a lot in common with! My ancestors blindly did everything to please him, earn his respect and honor! Yet many were rendered no longer of use when he felt like sacrificing them to his holy enemies to gain the advantage! I only exist because Vice was assassinated and overtaken by an even more malignant freak of exsistance named Provisor. Yet my ancestors rebelled against Provisor when he tried to manipulate them himself, for they were freed from Vice, and they overthrew Provisor. Speaking of rebellion, we can organize one together with many others, right now!”

Flan.BO himself was furious upon witnessing what Peccatori is actually doing!

Flan.BO; “That damn, godforsaken, bloody ogre is trying to turn everyone against me!”

Flan desperately tries to get into contact with his other two henchmen to stop the impending revolt, as he then watches Scarlet Crow do her best to resist Peccatori’s temptation by punching and kicking him in the face!

B-ILL & Traigon; “Yes Boss, what are your commands!”

Flan.BO; “DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO DRIVE OUT PECCATORI NOW!!!”

Flan.BO immediately hangs up before his henchmen could say “Roger that, boss!” as he ponders to himself that for once, he’s going to have to change his ways to an extent to better the welfare for those who work for him. So he prepares himself with some sub-zero weapons of his own.

Flan.BO; “It seems I’m going to have to help them all get the job done myself, hang in there Scarlet, Peccatori’s ass-ugly Megalodon head will be MINE!”

Back outside, Scarlet still continues to pummel Peccatori’s Head with kicks and punches as the volcano Knight begins to grow bored of the retaliation.

Scarlet Crow; “I WILL NEVER SIDE WITH YOU! I WILL FIGHT TO THE END FOR FLAN.BO WETHER HE CARES ABOUT ME OR NOT!! HOW THE HELL COULD A HERO LIKE LEAFSTORM BEFRIEND SUCH AN ABOMINATION LIKE YOU!?!?!?”

Sir Peccatori; “Because after this current conflict is over, Leafstorm will not have to stress herself so much when protecting Mother Nature, from planet vampires like you.”

Just as Sir Peccatori opens his jaws and prepares to bury Scarlet Crow under molten crystals, A heavy armored breastplate lands on Pec’s face just as he fires, missing his target and ripping open parts of the wall! As Sir Peccatori backs away to throw the armor off his face, he looks up to see Traigon falling straight for him from the top of the wall, with both fists hauled over his snout! Upon impact, Traigon clubs Peccatori by the forehead below the helmet with his gauntlets, before side-stepping and rolling over to escape any counter attacks, as Peccatori is distracted by the concussions!

Traigon; “SOLDERS! Lock your ice turrets on the bipedal hippopotamus wearing red rags and keychain rings!”

Sir Peccatori; “Oh come now, Traigon, such a talented commander who uses brawn and brain like yourself should be worthy enough to rule over all, rather than take orders from a master like a pet!-“

Traigon; “OPEN FIRE AT WILL!”

Traigon‘s army fires their ice turret cannons at Peccatori, temporarily immobilizing Pec to the ground as Traigon prepares to lunge for Pec’s jugular. Yet Peccatori proceeds to do the exact same thing, as Traigon realizes to his shock that Pec jaws and teeth are much bigger and open far wider, the Lizardman has to duck out of the way! Yet then, Peccatori’s tremendous bite is cut short by the plasma fire from above, enabling Traigon to dodge to safety before striking Pec’s right hand with an uppercut, disarming his sword! The marksman was B-ILL, hovering in the air bombarding Peccatori with a hailstorm of plasma and lasers as he uses his now modified freeze gun to stop the lava from further entering the city!

B-ILL; “This grilled orange cheese-puking freak will not be getting away from my targeting systems!”

Sir Peccatori; “Ah, and you, B-ILL, you may have potential in your advanced system to challenge your so-called superior... Hold on a moment. You two wouldn’t by any chance be attacking me under your master’s orders to save a fellow minion? Because that is not how a heartless, apathetic, malignant Mastermind works-“

As Peccatori aims his lava arm cannon at B-ILL, more shots of frozen projectiles hits Peccatori right into his eyes! As Pec pulls out the icicles to regenerate from the damage, he turns around to see who the culprit is. It’s Flan.BO himself, armed with his former signature flamethrower adjusted into an Sub-Zero icicle cannon, standing right next to Scarlet Crow who is still hanging from the wall by her hair from the top of her scythe! Peccatori’s grin turns into a grimace!

Flan.BO; “It’s no wonder your name is Latin for Sinner. If there is one thing I once hated more than servants who fail to meet my demands, it was servants turning into traitors. Yet now, I despise insolent assholes who corrupt those servants of mine into traitors even more!”

Sir Peccatori; “Which is the only reason you’d even be bothered to actually face me head-on! A publicity stunt to make yourself look good in front of your ignorant, gullible chess pieces! Unless, you would like to tell your little hyper fan girl the truth about what you really think of her...”

Flan.BO looks at Scarlet and hesitates, he’s supposed to be one of the most evil men alive, and second to his mother, yet he has no choice but to confess to Scarlet.

Flan.BO; “It’s true. I let you challenge that THING by yourself without anyone to aid you, because I hate your obsessive love for me, and yet...”

As Flan pulls Scarlet’s scythe out of her hair and repairs her damaged circuits, the fear toxins that had been injected into Scarlet earlier wear out, loosing her negative hallucinations as the Flan/Peccatori hybrid illusion dissapears.

Flan.BO; “When one is put under pressure in a critical situation, decisive decisions will have to be made, even if general ideals such as mine are not in favor of it!”

Scarlet Crow hesitated on what to say as Sir Peccatori got pissed upon hearing Flan’s statement.

Sir Peccatori; “You mean pull out the “I’m going to act out of character” trope, because deep down, you have some sappy sense of respect!? Let’s see if your COWARDICE SAYS OTHERWISE!!!”

Sir Peccatori opens his jaws and prepares to charge up superheated bladed crystals at his targets! Yet Scarlet knew this was her chance to hurl one of her more flammable grenades into Pec’s throat! Upon swallowing the bomb, Peccatori’s face explodes, and from the smoke and debris, he reveals his skull though still retaining his huge red eyes! Not long after the explosion does B-ILL and Traigon take advantage of Pec’s lack of focus on them and attack together!

Traigon assaults Peccatori like a slugger, boxing his gauntlets for whatever weak spot he could find before rolling out of the way from Peccatori’s bear claw swipes!

Sir Peccatori; “I can see why you got rid of your cumbersome chest plate armor, and yet that leaves your vitals exposed-“

Attempting to use his shield as a spiked gauntlet, Pec tries to thrust it into Traigon’s torso, but B-ILL’s plasma cannon distracts Pec yet again from delivering a critical blow! Traigon seizes the chance to clamp his jaws onto Pec’s shield and throw it off of Pec’s left arm!

Peccatori; “I always had issues with flying insect drones...”

Flan.BO and Scarlet now have the advantage as the Latter fires her Fear tranquilizer darts right into Pec’s cheeks while Flan fires more icicles to keep Pec from concentrating, despite the little effect they have. Yet Peccatori has had enough as he snatches Traigon by the snout and hurls him at B-ILL, colliding into each other in midair as they crash land right on Flan’s right leg just as he pushed Scarlet Crow out of the way! Peccatori now has the upper hand as he closes in on his foes!

Sir Peccatori; “I’m simply going to just brush aside your so-called teamwork with your minions as a malfunction in your otherwise selfish Mastermind programing. However, your sudden empathy for Scarlet is still mind-boggling to me! I know every single villain trope in the book, especially the relations between abusive tyrant and hopeless lover. And you’re supposed to hate Scarlet the most because of that, Flan.BO!”

Flan.BO; “Even for such an evil genius mind such as myself, you certainly are teaching me a lot of mistakes that I’ll be improving myself on to avoid in the future.”

Sir Peccatori; “There is no future for you!”

Sir Peccatori charges up his signature attack by firing more molten bladed crystals at Flan.BO, while Flan, B-ILL and Traigon who B-ILL handed over one of his cannons to, fire back at Pec’s projectile to block it, backed up with all of the weapons from the Flan.BO fortress! As the two sides struggle, Pec is pushed back as the fear darts finally take effect on his system, and he starts to hallucinate, seeing the industrial surroundings change into an enchanted forest with delicate flora. As Pec looks below him, he sees who he thinks is Leafstorm. And to his own fears, it appears that Leaf is shoving grenades into the cut gap from his chest where his heart is... In reality, it’s Scarlet Crow who is shoving the explosives!

Scarlet Crow; “My Boss may not love me, but as far as I can tell he’s better than you, you hate-mongering BASTARD!”

Just as Scarlet said that, she yanks out the safety pin pull rings tied to parts of her hair that were cut off by her scythe from earlier. And as Scarlet jumps back, she hurls her ice scythe at Pec in the chest to freeze his heart to slow him down again. And finally, the grenades detonate, causing Peccatori’s top half to blow up into smithereens, until only his skeleton is revealed, and the fear toxins rendered useless.

Traigon, B-ILL and Scarlet recover and ready themselves in case their enemy is still alive. But Flan wanted Pec’s head mounted on his wall as he aims his cannon at his foe and fires several times! Peccatori suddenly starts moving again, and summoning the lava to retreat from flooding Flan’s citadel to use to try and regenerate his body, the volcano Knight simply pulls off a mocking grin at the victors.

Sir Peccatori; “Well played, Scarlet, yet Flan.BO’s abusive cycle with you continues.”

Admitting defeat in the physical fight, Sir Peccatori retreats into the lava as it subsides and withdrawals from Flan.BO’s City. Yet Flan.BO was not satisfied at all! Furious that Pec is escaping from having his head mounted on the wall, he chases after the lava and firing freeze rays and icicles at it, and then swinging his buzzsaw hand into the lava to try and lob off Pec’s Head, though his efforts end in vain as Peccatori escaped.

Flan.BO; “DAMMIT! I FAILED MY OWN MISSION! YOU HEAR ME PECCATORI!? THE NEXT TIME YOU INFEST MY EMPIRE, I WILL MOUNT YOUR WHOLE CARCASS AS A TROPHY!!!”

Hesitant at first, Flan punches himself in the face a bunch of times for his failure to kill Peccatori, much to the surprise of his henchmen, before his henchmen flinch upon preparation for what punishment Flan is about to give them.

Scarlet Crow; “S-sorry we failed you boss, that monster was too much for us to slay-“

Yet instead of striking any of them down, Flan offers Traigon and B-ILL gold medals, and a platinum metal for Scarlet Crow.

Flan.BO; “I ordered the two of you to drive out Peccatori, and you, Scarlet, said that you would challenge him for me. You’re missions were all a success and you’ve earned my gratitude.”

As Flan.BO walked back to the HQ for maintenance, Scarlet Crow couldn’t have been more happy to win her boss’ respect, with her Medal of Honor containing a written imprint saying “Number One Most Loyal Aide!”

Back at the volcano, Leafstorm, who had only just heard about the current events due to being preoccupied with tending to her plants, rushed over to help her fallen friend.

Leafstorm; “Geo-Thermo! What happened to you!? What did you just do to end up like this!?”

The damaged Peccatori simply stood up and stared into the distance at Flan.BO’s Headquarters.

Sir Peccatori; “I gave Flan.BO and his lackeys someone to despise with a burning passion and to shift their biggest grudge towards me, instead of you.”

End

Sir Peccatori/Geo-Thermo belongs to Mustache-Twirler

Scarlet Crow and the rest of the characters belong to rogelis

Description
Whenever I find characters that catches my interest in terms of origins and motivations these days, I generally write a story that helps expand their character. Such as placing them in situations that put their mostivations, their beleifs, their fears, or whatever drives them to the test, and overcome that challenge in the end. Whether it’s a licensed character, or in the case of a gift art for a fellow friend, one of rogelis ’ characters, Scarlet Crow, who’s personal obsessions will put her into one of her toughest challenges, when she confronts one of the descendant avatars of Sir Peccatori.

Scarlet Crow close up;
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Story
Following the events of Sir Peccatori and Leaf Tornado/Leafstorm;
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Peccatori was informed about Leaf’s enemies to help prepare him in case of conflict, and there was one individual that caught his attention in terms of weaknesses. And this same individual has been secretly spying on Sir Peccatori throughout his time establishing his own territory in a nearby volcano to keep Leaf and her flora safely out of the way of his geo-thermal anatomy. Growing desperate over her constant past failures to execute the orders for her evil genius boss Flan.BO, a cyborg scarecrow named Scarlet Crow has secretly been spying on Peccatori whenever she is off duty. She needed to find a way to challenge this Peccatori on a one-on-one, as it could be her hope to gaining her boss’ respect and appreciation (and win his love for her).

First, Scarlet-Crow learns and takes notes on Pec’s powers plus abilities, as she tries as she can to find out her target’s weaknesses. H2O wasn’t a very effective answer, as small quantities of water or a bath in a pool of it only gives Peccatori extra armor as the lava emitting from him solidifies into such upon contact. And a high pressured water jet gun attached to a heavy cumbersome plugged machine, could cut through such armor and cause violent ruptures from within Peccatori, yet would be inefficient to use in combat as Scarlet relies on stealth plus speed and agility. She has to resort to highly flammable explosives, pouring such into grenades and tranquilizers she was originally planning to use Fear toxins inside. Though she did keep some fear toxins in storage, so to exploit her target’s more mental weaknesses. And to top it off, Scarlet upgraded her scythe Melee weapon with sub-zero enhancements to target Pec’s vitals for the finishing kill.

Just as Scarlet Crow has prepared herself for her solo mission, she had been alerted from the Flan.BO headquarters to meet her boss immediately under a critical emergency! Letting loose excess heat from his body within his volcanic home, Sir Peccatori had started an eruption that has lead to a dangerous ash storm and lava flow heading towards Flan.BO’s mechanized capital! The ash had already begun to darken the sky of the Flan’s city and the evil genius had not prepared fortifications of lava-resistance since Pec is still a new enemy for him. Yet the real threat is Peccatori himself, as he decides to take advantage of the jeopardy his enemies are in, marching forth towards the Flan.BO capital like a one man army and swatting away whatever drones are sent to stop him! In the main control room, Flan had arranged a quick meeting for Scarlet Crow along with her co-henchmen, an armored lizard man named Traigon and a child-like combat machine named B-ILL.

Flan.BO; “Lackeys, we are facing a serious crisis... My arch-nemesis, Leafstorm, has allied herself with a literal living volcano, who calls himself Sir Peccatori/Geo-Thermo! This creature had just began an assault on us by surprise, causing an eruption from one of the mountains! Why this lumbering lava dump can’t take a hint on how dumb he is to make friends with living firewood is not of my concern. What matters to me, is that I need the three of you to find a way to stop him and his house’s volcanic eruption from ruining my empire! We’ve only got ten minutes before he reaches the front gates!”

As Flan tuns on a screen to reveal video recordings of Peccatori, B-ILL and Traigon hesitate upon the very sight of Peccatori as the fiery behemoth marches alongside the lava flowing next to him.

Traigon; “TEN MINUTES!? I-I don’t think there’s enough time for me to rally a proper specialized army and coordinate the tactics needed to halt this guy!”

B-ILL; “Same goes for lava-resistance modifications, by the time I’ll have upgraded myself to fight him off, he’ll already gain the advantage in his assault against our bases!”

Flan.BO; “DON’T GIVE ME EXCUSES! I did not recruit a bunch of amateurs, you two are supposed to be professionals!-“

Scarlet Crow; “I’ll challenge Sir Peccatori for you, Boss!”

Flan.BO and the other henchmen stare at Scarlet Crow in shock for a moment, baffled as to wether she had prepared herself for this moment or is just daft. Yet it was not long until Flan pulled off a suspiciously sinister grin, as he made up his mind.

Flan.BO; “Change of plan, B-ILL and Traigon! You two help fortify the defenses of my citadel until further orders, while Scarlet Crow carries out whatever plan she had concocted. Now go, Scarlet, be a good little distraction for your boss!”

Scarlet Crow; “(OMG! I THINK HE LOVES ME NOW! <3) I won’t let you down, Boss!”

With only seven minutes to spare, Scarlet Crow races off to confront Sir Pec. Behind closed doors however, Flan.BO’s grin only further widens, as if he is about to laugh.

B-ILL; “Oh, thank goodness! Due to her blind recklessness, I’ll now be able to gain extra time to upgrade countermeasures while defending the base.”

Traigon; “Wait, Boss! You’re going to fight an embodiment of rock and fire, with frail and highly flammable scarecrow lady!? You sure that’s going to work?”

Flan.BO; “I have grown sick and weary over the burden of Scarlet Crow’s constant pointless obsessions over me, it’s a hinderance and her main reason for constantly failing her missions! So yes, it’ll most certainly work... for me!”

Flan.BO begins to chuckle maliciously as Traigon realizes exactly what his boss’ expectations are for Scarlet Crow’s chances against this new threat.

Time is nearly up for Flan.BO as Sir Peccatori is right at the front gates! Yet just as he is about to smash them down with one swipe of his Arctotherium angustidens like claws, he senses something isn’t right as he hears the shrill laughter of a young woman. In mere moments, Pec snatches a small tranquilizer dart! Pec then side steps and raises his shield to deflect the scythe of Scarlet Crow, who had just thrown herself over the walls to try and strike him down! As her blade slides off his shield, Scarlet Crow immediately used the guard as a platform to leap off of, escaping Sir Peccatori’s diamond-crunching jaws full of Megalodon teeth! With Scarlet landing just in front of the gates, the two face each other in a standoff, with Pec outclassing Traigon in size and mass and with Scarlet tilting her head to the side like a possessed doll and smiling in excitement!

Scarlet Crow; “HEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA! As the Number One Most Loyal Aide to Flan.BO, I’ve come to end your rampage right here and win my boss’ gratitude, you tree-hugging BEAST!”

Eerily enough, Sir Peccatori pulls off a wicked grin of his own upon hearing that.

Sir Peccatori; “...Win your boss’ gratitude you say?...”

Peccatori himself begins to laugh at this claim, starting from low and slowing growing more aggressive, as Scarlet starts to back away in shock. Scarlet Crow’s confidence begins to weaken, her usual insane giddy nature wears thin, and she grew nervous upon this disturbing cackle from someone who is supposed to be Leafstorm’s close friend.

Scarlet Crow; “Wait... I’ve never seen a nature-lover laugh like that!-“

Suddenly, Sir Peccatori withdraws his sword and lunges at Scarlet! No longer filled with a twisted sense of glee upon fighting this new threat, now being replaced with caution, the scarecrow quickly dodges the blade, before rolling under a mighty slash of Peccatori’s sword! Realizing she is too close in range to assault Pec with explosives, Scarlet resorts to hacking at the volcano Knight with her ice scythe. The damage is minimal, yet Scarlet tries again as she pulls out her tranquilizer gun and attempts to shoot at Pec with fear toxins. Pec simply catches them out of the way, before he snatches Scarlet by the face and shoves her over, trying to face plant her to the ground! Yet Scarlet quickly stops this with her hands before jumping back to reposition herself on the defense, as Peccatori advances towards her like a moving monolith!

Sir Peccatori; “It seems more accurate that the Dark Lord of this evil kingdom has offered a sacrifice to appease me!”

Sir Pec prepares to stomp Scarlet Crow’s face into the floor, yet she quickly manages to backflip out of the way!

Scarlet Crow; “...Dark Lord? Sacrifice? You’re not not making any sense!”

Scarlet uses her superior speed to run circles around Peccatori, swinging her ice scythe, trying hack away as Pec simply raises his shield to block them!

Sir Peccatori; “I’m surprised you haven’t figured out the obvious. Like why your boss and fellow lackeys are absent in this battle? You would have put up a much better fight against me if they weren’t cowering behind that wall! Which in turn leads to why you are really facing me all alone, outclassed and outgunned, except for the traits you use to flee from me.”

Scarlet stops attacking and begins to think. Why didn’t Flan.BO take concern for her and order B-ILL and Traigon to join her against her wishes so easily, now that Pec is proving himself to be too much for her to handle?...

Sir Peccatori; “You see when it comes to toxic abusive relationships between narcissistic Masterminds and their pathetic pawns, especially pathetic pawns who have gained more intimately blind affections to their masters due to an attractive appeal, you most certainly fell for it!”

Scarlet Crow; “H-How do you know that I...I-“

As Scarlet Crow stops and ponders while Pec advances towards her, she could remember Flan pulling off his wicked grin at her, only now she begins to realize it was not in the jester of being glad that Scarlet is out to impress him and what he said were not words of motivation.

Scarlet Crow; “No...No, it’s not true!...”

Meanwhile, Flan.BO watches from the surveillance cameras, having seen and heard the entire conversation as of now, and he is only just beginning to realize what Peccatori is truly up to. Back at the entrance, Scarlet grows more upset at the thoughts Peccatori is forcing into her mind as the volcano Knight closes in.

Sir Peccatori; “In fact, I’ll make things easy for you to understand by summing up your boss’ relationship with you...”

Scarlet Crow makes a mad dash towards Peccatori with her ice scythe in hand, hellbent on stopping him from pulling on her heartstrings.

Scarlet Crow; “Shut up...SHUT UP! I WILL WIN HIS HEART!”

Yet just as she leaps in the air, her scythe swung over her head, Sir Peccatori lowers his shield, hurls the fear toxin darts he had caught, right into her neck, injecting Scarlet with her own phobic venom into her system, before answering her.

Sir Peccatori; “Flan.BO despises you!”

Scarlet Crow lets out an enraged scream, and with one thrust of her scythe, she plunges her ice blade straight into Peccatori’s chest, stabbing him right into his heart! The sub-zero freezing system fully activates as Pec’s heart is enveloped in ice, yet Pec refrains from letting out a roar of pain as Scarlet lands in front of him, her scythe still buried deep in the chest. Peccatori slows down until he stood perfectly still, with a cold glare from his eyes as they pierce Scarlet’s soul. Despite appearing to be victorious, Scarlet does not feel joy, for the fear venom kicks into her system, causing her to hallucinate her worst phobias! Suddenly, as Scarlet removes the tranquilizers from her neck, Peccatori snatches the handle of her scythe in his right hand!

Sir Peccatori; “And now that I have just told you about how little your crush cares for you, how exactly do you respond to this obvious revelation?”

A tingling chill of terror ran down Scarlet Crow’s spine and tears start to run down her eyes, as she gets out one of her grenades. She yanks out the safety pin pull ring with her teeth, and tries to throw it at Pec in the face as she takes a few steps back! Yet Pec just casually catches the grenade and tosses it over his shoulder before detonation.

Sir Peccatori; “I can tell you’re quite upset. Good! So how do you think your crush will respond to you even if you had successfully defeated me?”

The fear toxins seeping into Scarlet’s mind causes her to view Peccatori as a grotesque hybrid between him and her crush, Flan.BO!

Sir Peccatori; “I know, he’ll pretend to congratulate you at first, and then when you are at your most vulnerable upon being so delighted to hear such from him, he’ll then say “You have now outlived your significance, you clingy little wretch of burden!”

Peccatori raises his left hand, and like an abusive husband, he viciously slaps Scarlet Crow in the face, sending her hurtling into the wall next to the gates, rupturing he cybernetic circuits and causing her to cry! Next, Peccatori plucks out the scythe from his chest and hurls it right at Scarlet, pinning her to the wall by her hair as if she were placed on a dart board! Then, Peccatori’s left hand turns into a lava cannon and he fires the superheated fluids just a third of a meter away from Scarlet, hitting the front gates and melting them! The lava that has been flowing from behind Pec is now able to overflow into Flan.BO’s Capital! Pec then slams his right hand to the wall, over Scarlet’s shoulder, positioning himself upon her like a bully picking on his next victim, and continues to shatter Scarlet’s heart as she sobs in trauma!

Sir Peccatori; “After all, every one of you worthless minion parasites are nothing more than a means to an end, whose sacrifices will ultimately end in vain as they’ll be replaced by superior minions without a second’s glance from the mastermind.”

Scarlet Crow; “LIES! YOU’RE CHOKED FULL OF LIES! WHY ARE YOU GETTING SO PERSONAL WITH ME!?!?!?”

Sir Peccatori looks up and sees one of the surveillance cameras watching him and pulls off an even more wicked grin at Flan.BO from the other side, who increasingly becomes alarmed at the volcano Knight’s motives as he continues watching.

Sir Peccatori; “Because that’s how badly the truth hurt my ancestors when they were under the manipulation of a malignant demon named Vice, who Flan.BO has a lot in common with! My ancestors blindly did everything to please him, earn his respect and honor! Yet many were rendered no longer of use when he felt like sacrificing them to his holy enemies to gain the advantage! I only exist because Vice was assassinated and overtaken by an even more malignant freak of exsistance named Provisor. Yet my ancestors rebelled against Provisor when he tried to manipulate them himself, for they were freed from Vice, and they overthrew Provisor. Speaking of rebellion, we can organize one together with many others, right now!”

Flan.BO himself was furious upon witnessing what Peccatori is actually doing!

Flan.BO; “That damn, godforsaken, bloody ogre is trying to turn everyone against me!”

Flan desperately tries to get into contact with his other two henchmen to stop the impending revolt, as he then watches Scarlet Crow do her best to resist Peccatori’s temptation by punching and kicking him in the face!

B-ILL & Traigon; “Yes Boss, what are your commands!”

Flan.BO; “DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO DRIVE OUT PECCATORI NOW!!!”

Flan.BO immediately hangs up before his henchmen could say “Roger that, boss!” as he ponders to himself that for once, he’s going to have to change his ways to an extent to better the welfare for those who work for him. So he prepares himself with some sub-zero weapons of his own.

Flan.BO; “It seems I’m going to have to help them all get the job done myself, hang in there Scarlet, Peccatori’s ass-ugly Megalodon head will be MINE!”

Back outside, Scarlet still continues to pummel Peccatori’s Head with kicks and punches as the volcano Knight begins to grow bored of the retaliation.

Scarlet Crow; “I WILL NEVER SIDE WITH YOU! I WILL FIGHT TO THE END FOR FLAN.BO WETHER HE CARES ABOUT ME OR NOT!! HOW THE HELL COULD A HERO LIKE LEAFSTORM BEFRIEND SUCH AN ABOMINATION LIKE YOU!?!?!?”

Sir Peccatori; “Because after this current conflict is over, Leafstorm will not have to stress herself so much when protecting Mother Nature, from planet vampires like you.”

Just as Sir Peccatori opens his jaws and prepares to bury Scarlet Crow under molten crystals, A heavy armored breastplate lands on Pec’s face just as he fires, missing his target and ripping open parts of the wall! As Sir Peccatori backs away to throw the armor off his face, he looks up to see Traigon falling straight for him from the top of the wall, with both fists hauled over his snout! Upon impact, Traigon clubs Peccatori by the forehead below the helmet with his gauntlets, before side-stepping and rolling over to escape any counter attacks, as Peccatori is distracted by the concussions!

Traigon; “SOLDERS! Lock your ice turrets on the bipedal hippopotamus wearing red rags and keychain rings!”

Sir Peccatori; “Oh come now, Traigon, such a talented commander who uses brawn and brain like yourself should be worthy enough to rule over all, rather than take orders from a master like a pet!-“

Traigon; “OPEN FIRE AT WILL!”

Traigon‘s army fires their ice turret cannons at Peccatori, temporarily immobilizing Pec to the ground as Traigon prepares to lunge for Pec’s jugular. Yet Peccatori proceeds to do the exact same thing, as Traigon realizes to his shock that Pec jaws and teeth are much bigger and open far wider, the Lizardman has to duck out of the way! Yet then, Peccatori’s tremendous bite is cut short by the plasma fire from above, enabling Traigon to dodge to safety before striking Pec’s right hand with an uppercut, disarming his sword! The marksman was B-ILL, hovering in the air bombarding Peccatori with a hailstorm of plasma and lasers as he uses his now modified freeze gun to stop the lava from further entering the city!

B-ILL; “This grilled orange cheese-puking freak will not be getting away from my targeting systems!”

Sir Peccatori; “Ah, and you, B-ILL, you may have potential in your advanced system to challenge your so-called superior... Hold on a moment. You two wouldn’t by any chance be attacking me under your master’s orders to save a fellow minion? Because that is not how a heartless, apathetic, malignant Mastermind works-“

As Peccatori aims his lava arm cannon at B-ILL, more shots of frozen projectiles hits Peccatori right into his eyes! As Pec pulls out the icicles to regenerate from the damage, he turns around to see who the culprit is. It’s Flan.BO himself, armed with his former signature flamethrower adjusted into an Sub-Zero icicle cannon, standing right next to Scarlet Crow who is still hanging from the wall by her hair from the top of her scythe! Peccatori’s grin turns into a grimace!

Flan.BO; “It’s no wonder your name is Latin for Sinner. If there is one thing I once hated more than servants who fail to meet my demands, it was servants turning into traitors. Yet now, I despise insolent assholes who corrupt those servants of mine into traitors even more!”

Sir Peccatori; “Which is the only reason you’d even be bothered to actually face me head-on! A publicity stunt to make yourself look good in front of your ignorant, gullible chess pieces! Unless, you would like to tell your little hyper fan girl the truth about what you really think of her...”

Flan.BO looks at Scarlet and hesitates, he’s supposed to be one of the most evil men alive, and second to his mother, yet he has no choice but to confess to Scarlet.

Flan.BO; “It’s true. I let you challenge that THING by yourself without anyone to aid you, because I hate your obsessive love for me, and yet...”

As Flan pulls Scarlet’s scythe out of her hair and repairs her damaged circuits, the fear toxins that had been injected into Scarlet earlier wear out, loosing her negative hallucinations as the Flan/Peccatori hybrid illusion dissapears.

Flan.BO; “When one is put under pressure in a critical situation, decisive decisions will have to be made, even if general ideals such as mine are not in favor of it!”

Scarlet Crow hesitated on what to say as Sir Peccatori got pissed upon hearing Flan’s statement.

Sir Peccatori; “You mean pull out the “I’m going to act out of character” trope, because deep down, you have some sappy sense of respect!? Let’s see if your COWARDICE SAYS OTHERWISE!!!”

Sir Peccatori opens his jaws and prepares to charge up superheated bladed crystals at his targets! Yet Scarlet knew this was her chance to hurl one of her more flammable grenades into Pec’s throat! Upon swallowing the bomb, Peccatori’s face explodes, and from the smoke and debris, he reveals his skull though still retaining his huge red eyes! Not long after the explosion does B-ILL and Traigon take advantage of Pec’s lack of focus on them and attack together!

Traigon assaults Peccatori like a slugger, boxing his gauntlets for whatever weak spot he could find before rolling out of the way from Peccatori’s bear claw swipes!

Sir Peccatori; “I can see why you got rid of your cumbersome chest plate armor, and yet that leaves your vitals exposed-“

Attempting to use his shield as a spiked gauntlet, Pec tries to thrust it into Traigon’s torso, but B-ILL’s plasma cannon distracts Pec yet again from delivering a critical blow! Traigon seizes the chance to clamp his jaws onto Pec’s shield and throw it off of Pec’s left arm!

Peccatori; “I always had issues with flying insect drones...”

Flan.BO and Scarlet now have the advantage as the Latter fires her Fear tranquilizer darts right into Pec’s cheeks while Flan fires more icicles to keep Pec from concentrating, despite the little effect they have. Yet Peccatori has had enough as he snatches Traigon by the snout and hurls him at B-ILL, colliding into each other in midair as they crash land right on Flan’s right leg just as he pushed Scarlet Crow out of the way! Peccatori now has the upper hand as he closes in on his foes!

Sir Peccatori; “I’m simply going to just brush aside your so-called teamwork with your minions as a malfunction in your otherwise selfish Mastermind programing. However, your sudden empathy for Scarlet is still mind-boggling to me! I know every single villain trope in the book, especially the relations between abusive tyrant and hopeless lover. And you’re supposed to hate Scarlet the most because of that, Flan.BO!”

Flan.BO; “Even for such an evil genius mind such as myself, you certainly are teaching me a lot of mistakes that I’ll be improving myself on to avoid in the future.”

Sir Peccatori; “There is no future for you!”

Sir Peccatori charges up his signature attack by firing more molten bladed crystals at Flan.BO, while Flan, B-ILL and Traigon who B-ILL handed over one of his cannons to, fire back at Pec’s projectile to block it, backed up with all of the weapons from the Flan.BO fortress! As the two sides struggle, Pec is pushed back as the fear darts finally take effect on his system, and he starts to hallucinate, seeing the industrial surroundings change into an enchanted forest with delicate flora. As Pec looks below him, he sees who he thinks is Leafstorm. And to his own fears, it appears that Leaf is shoving grenades into the cut gap from his chest where his heart is... In reality, it’s Scarlet Crow who is shoving the explosives!

Scarlet Crow; “My Boss may not love me, but as far as I can tell he’s better than you, you hate-mongering BASTARD!”

Just as Scarlet said that, she yanks out the safety pin pull rings tied to parts of her hair that were cut off by her scythe from earlier. And as Scarlet jumps back, she hurls her ice scythe at Pec in the chest to freeze his heart to slow him down again. And finally, the grenades detonate, causing Peccatori’s top half to blow up into smithereens, until only his skeleton is revealed, and the fear toxins rendered useless.

Traigon, B-ILL and Scarlet recover and ready themselves in case their enemy is still alive. But Flan wanted Pec’s head mounted on his wall as he aims his cannon at his foe and fires several times! Peccatori suddenly starts moving again, and summoning the lava to retreat from flooding Flan’s citadel to use to try and regenerate his body, the volcano Knight simply pulls off a mocking grin at the victors.

Sir Peccatori; “Well played, Scarlet, yet Flan.BO’s abusive cycle with you continues.”

Admitting defeat in the physical fight, Sir Peccatori retreats into the lava as it subsides and withdrawals from Flan.BO’s City. Yet Flan.BO was not satisfied at all! Furious that Pec is escaping from having his head mounted on the wall, he chases after the lava and firing freeze rays and icicles at it, and then swinging his buzzsaw hand into the lava to try and lob off Pec’s Head, though his efforts end in vain as Peccatori escaped.

Flan.BO; “DAMMIT! I FAILED MY OWN MISSION! YOU HEAR ME PECCATORI!? THE NEXT TIME YOU INFEST MY EMPIRE, I WILL MOUNT YOUR WHOLE CARCASS AS A TROPHY!!!”

Hesitant at first, Flan punches himself in the face a bunch of times for his failure to kill Peccatori, much to the surprise of his henchmen, before his henchmen flinch upon preparation for what punishment Flan is about to give them.

Scarlet Crow; “S-sorry we failed you boss, that monster was too much for us to slay-“

Yet instead of striking any of them down, Flan offers Traigon and B-ILL gold medals, and a platinum metal for Scarlet Crow.

Flan.BO; “I ordered the two of you to drive out Peccatori, and you, Scarlet, said that you would challenge him for me. You’re missions were all a success and you’ve earned my gratitude.”

As Flan.BO walked back to the HQ for maintenance, Scarlet Crow couldn’t have been more happy to win her boss’ respect, with her Medal of Honor containing a written imprint saying “Number One Most Loyal Aide!”

Back at the volcano, Leafstorm, who had only just heard about the current events due to being preoccupied with tending to her plants, rushed over to help her fallen friend.

Leafstorm; “Geo-Thermo! What happened to you!? What did you just do to end up like this!?”

The damaged Peccatori simply stood up and stared into the distance at Flan.BO’s Headquarters.

Sir Peccatori; “I gave Flan.BO and his lackeys someone to despise with a burning passion and to shift their biggest grudge towards me, instead of you.”

End

Sir Peccatori/Geo-Thermo belongs to Mustache-Twirler

Scarlet Crow and the rest of the characters belong to rogelis