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Mikerune

Chapter 1 :

Creating the vessel

The dialogue here seems to be a conversation between two characters.

One of them is asking the other who they think Mike is.

Instead of the player choosing everything, they see someone else choose the answers for each question.

“This is Mike?”

“Yes…? I believe so..”

“Interesting. Very Interesting.”

“So… was I right..?”

Laughter.

“Hey!! What’s so funny?!”

“Did you really think this was about Mike?”

“Wha-“

“Your fate has been decided.”

“Fate? What fate?!”

“You wanted to be someone. This is your chance.”

“Huh?! Wait… I thought you were asking me who I think Mike is! What is this about fate all of a sudden?!”

“This was your choice.”

“Choice?! I didn’t chose to-“

“None can choose who they are in this world.”

“Hold on!! What do you-“

“Your name is…”

The screen suddenly cuts to a dark room.

A voice shouts “MIKE!!!” 

And a Shadow guy gets startled awake.

He realizes he is late for his first day and runs out of his room.

Lightworld/Hometown

It’s Shadow guy’s first day working at TV world!

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Shadow guy (Later Pluey) takes Kris’ role in this AU

• The soul that possesses them is FRIEND
• Just like Kris, they don’t talk much (shy)

Similarly to how Kris got to school late, and how you can interact with everyone, Shadow guy shows up to work and has a chance to interact with the others.

Mostly Pippins, Zappers, and other Shadow guys

That one Zapper and Pippins duo swaps with another duo from Kris’ class

(Catti and Jockington? Snowdrake and Monster Kid?)

Elnina and Lanino take Noelle and Berdly’s roles

• They wear their normal outfits in TV World
• Their outfits change when they are in a “Darkworld” (Or an equivalent to a Darkworld for this AU)
• Next chapter I go more in depth about their roles, but for now they are just normal NPC’s

Also side note :

Characters that are already in a relationship in Deltarune (Ex: Elnina and Lanino) are still in their relationship in this AU

Also just because Lanino is Berdly and Elnina is Noelle, does not mean that I ship the original characters in Deltarune 

This is just a silly AU that somewhat still follows the same story as Deltarune

(Some stuff might change from the original story)

There are obviously some characters that I ship, but I’m either making them as platonic as I can, or making them implied

Ok let’s actually get to the AU now

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Once Shadow guy is done interacting with his coworkers, his higher up, a Zapper idk, assigns everyone into groups and gives them tasks.

Shadow guy is left alone but then someone else comes in late.

A Zapper!

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The Zapper (Jongler) takes Susie’s role in Mikerune 

• Not a good actor and bad at following orders
• Instead of “AHH! It’s them!!!” It’s “oh… it’s them.”
• Not very popular or well liked :(

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Despite how everyone seemed nice to the Shadow guy, they were all relieved that the Zapper was left with him.

The Zapper boss guy tasks the Zapper to show the Shadow guy around.

“Alright, Boss!”

(They seem to call everyone “Boss”)

Both of them are left alone.

The Zapper shows the Shadow guy around, trying to give a tour but it’s obvious they don’t know much about most of the things (except the cowboy set).

The Zapper notices how the Shadow guy doesn’t really speak much

Despite the fact that Shadow guys cannot speak, they still make little saxophone noises, and the Shadow guy next to them had barely made any of those noises.

“Youse don’ talk much, do ya?”

The Shadow guy looked away shyly.

“It’s alright! Da first day is always scary, I remember my first day…”

The Zapper thought fondly before they both arrived at a strange door near the end of the Green room.

“Oh! Dis is da backstage. I think..”

There seemed to be an ominous dark light coming from the door.

“I’ve never been allowed here…”

The Zapper looked around for anyone else and saw that both of them were alone. Normally a Zapper guards the door to the backstage. 

“I’ll show ya da backstage! Boss, would’ve shown ya it as well! I think..”

The Zapper opens the door.

They both looked inside the door. It was so dark, darker than they both have ever seen before.

“It’s a bit dark..”

Both of them waited for the other to go first. However, none of them volunteered, so they just stood there for a few minutes.

“Uh.. Let’s both go at da same time!”

Both of them, hesitantly, entered the backstage door. The top of the Zapper’s head lit a light red light, but it wasn’t enough to see out of.

As they slowly walked, or hopped, deeper in the room, the room somehow seemed to grow even darker.

The Shadow guy suddenly felt someone grab their arm.

“Sorry about dat.. I don’ want to lose ya here.. I can barely see ya!” 

Both of them keep walking this seemingly endless hallway. Eventually the Zapper loses their nerve and drags the Shadow guy back towards the exit. 

The door suddenly closes.

The Zapper gets much more nervous and drags the Shadow guy again. This time the opposite direction, hoping to reach a light source much faster.

However, because of the speed they were both going at, they ended up both tripping and falling to the ground.

Or would have.

Instead of falling to the ground, they ended up falling into a pit!

Cue falling animation and screams

Darkworld: Castletown

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Yes. The backstage area of TV world is the Darkworld.

I mean, some people often describe the backstage of a movie/show set, “A whole different world”, sooo…

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The Shadow guy wakes up, and finds himself on top of a costume pile.

He gets up and brushes himself off. He doesn’t seem to be that hurt.

The Shadow guy explores the area that he is in.

(Similarly to how Kris explores the area before Castle Town)

Eventually the Shadow guy looks through a bunch of prop piles that are in his way.

He pushes one pile and..

“WHOS THERE!?”

He finds the Zapper! Who’s wearing a cowboy hat?

“Oh! It’s just you!”

They hug the Shadow guy, who makes a sudden saxophone sound as they squeeze him.

“I was so scared! I thought I lost ya!”

They noticed how hard they were squeezing the Shadow guy.

“Oh! Sorry about dat!”

They let go of the Shadow guy and adjusted their cowboy hat.

“So… dis is da backstage!”

Despite the fact that they both have fallen into an unfamiliar area, separated from each other, and are scared out of their minds..

The Zapper continues the tour!

The Shadow guy points to the Zapper’s hat.

“Oh dis..? I think it looks cool”

They then move on and try to continue the tour.

Eventually they reach a lonesome door.

The door has a passcode.

“Uh Dis is.. a door. Must be a really important room since it’s locked! I guess we can go back now-”

The Shadow guy taps the Zapper’s shoulder and points to the wall next to the door.

There was a sticky note!

“Oh!”

The Zapper reads the note out loud.

6 4 5 3

Mike room code

DO NOT LET ANYONE SEE THIS

REMEMBER TO HIDE THIS LATER

P.S Get more coffee too or ANY Caffeine PLEASE

“Oh! This is Mike’s room! Da backstage guy, I think. How nice of him to put da code here!”

The Zapper puts the code and the door unlocks

“Maybe Mike can help us! He always helps out during da shows!”

They both enter Mike’s room.

(His room looks exactly like the one in Castle town)

“Um. Mike? Boss?”

The Zapper shouts out in the dark room.

They both suddenly heard some quick shuffling and rapid fire cursing.

Wow.. the censors are definitely killing this person..

Eventually, after a cacophony of noise, including many cats meowing loudly, a hooded figure appeared.

“Ah! So you must be the new recruit! And…”

The figure then looks at the Zapper.

“Wait… YOU’RE their tour guide!!??”

“Yep!” 

The Zapper tipped their hat.

The figure was genuinely stunned.

“Yeah..whatever… ANYWAYS!”

The figure puts their arms behind their back and starts pacing around the room.

“So! One question for the two of you!”

They stopped walking and looked at the two.

“How… Did you find this room? No. HOW did you get into this room?”

“Uh… we got lost.. and we thought Mike could help! He put da code in front of the door! Dat was nice ”

The Zapper explained to the figure. The Shadow guy nodded in agreement.

“Shit.” 

The figure whispered before clearing their throat.

“I see! Yep!! How NICE of Mike!”

The Zapper and the figure banter a bit more before the Shadow guy speaks up, or makes a saxophone noise.

The figure turned towards the Shadow guy.

“Who is Mike? Ah! How could I forget! The new recruit needs a quick intro on who Mike is!”

The figure then proceeds to talk about Mike, but it’s in the style of the prophecy.

Once upon a time, a LEGEND was whispered among TV World

It was a LEGEND of GAMES

It was a LEGEND of TV

It was a LEGEND of TIME 

It was a LEGEND of BOARDS

This is the legend of MIKE

For millennia, the TV and BOARDS have lived in balance,

Bringing peace to TV WORLD 

But if this harmony were to shatter…

A terrible calamity would occur

The sky would run black with terror

And the land will crack with fear

Then, her heart pounding,

TV WORLD will draw her final breath

Only then, shining with hope…..

A HERO appears at TV WORLD’S edge

MIKE

Only he can stop this calamity

And banish the-

The prophecy suddenly cuts out as the Zapper tells the figure.

“Uh…sorry, boss… Ya kinda lost me….”

The Zapper said as they scratched their head in confusion.

Even the Shadow guy looked confused.

“Ain’t Mike just da backstage guy?”

The Zapper told the figure.

“OK, OK! Basically, Mike is really important! No Mike, and everything falls apart!”

The figure shouts at the two, sounding a bit upset that they got interrupted.

The figure then walks to the middle of the room, their back facing the Zapper and Shadow Guy. 

“So…”

The figure said, trying to sound mysterious.

“You REALLY want to see Mike?”

“Uh.. dats why we came here. Right?”

The Zapper asks the Shadow guy. He shrugged his shoulders in response.

“Well-“

The figure tries to say before something breaks into the Mike room! Something that sounds like.. a skateboard? 

Suddenly the figure gets knocked over by a smaller individual in a blast of fire.

ERAM!

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ERAM takes Lancer’s role in this chapter!

• Basically a little guy stopping the trio from completing their quest
• All ERAM is doing is having a little fun and messing everything up in TV World (Backstage area)

The Shadow Guy and the Zapper then go into a fight with ERAM

Both of them have the normal weapons or moves that they have in Deltarune (When you fight them)

The Shadow guy can also act, like Kris!

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After the quick battle, ERAM does a quick trick on their skateboard, before laughing and going off to cause more mischief in the TV World backstage.

The Zapper and Shadow guy then check up on the hooded figure.

“Ya alright, boss?”

“Ow…” 

The figure stood up. Their cloak was all burnt up, with a bit of green peeking out of their outfit.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine.”

“If only Mike was here..”

The Zapper comments out loud.

“You two came to the right place!”

The figure then took off their rather burnt cloak and…

Mike!? (Small Mike)

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Small Mike (Battat) takes Ralsei’s role in this AU!

• Takes the role as the guide for Pluey and Jongler.
• The backstage guy himself!
• Also has a lot of Ralsei’s insecurities, but that’s much later
• Right now, he is Mike! Motormouth Mike!

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“It’s me! Mike! Motormouth Mike, as they call me!”

Mike poses as he introduces himself.

The Zapper gasps in surprise.

“Ya really him? Da backstage guy?”

Mike poses again, pointing a finger at himself in confidence.

“Yep! That’s me! Mr. Backstage himself! You need help with anything? Just call Mike! Me!”

The Zapper seemed in awe of Mike. They kept asking him questions.

“Is it true dat ya do EVERYTHING?”

“Yep! EVERYTHING! From the show itself to the behind the scenes! All me!”

“Even da shock therapy?”

Mike’s smile wavered a bit. 

“YEP.”

Mike quickly changed the subject.

“OKAY, OKAY! SHUT UP! Both of you.. GET OUT! I’m a real BUSY guy, you know! I have to go stop this little guy from ruining EVERYTHING!”

Mike began pushing the Zapper and Shadow out of his room. 

“BYE!”

Mike was about to shut the door in front of them, when the Zapper stopped the door with their hand.

“Wait! Mike!”

Mike attempted to close the door, pushing with all his strength, but the Zapper was too strong.

“WHAT?”

“We needs your help Mike! We don’t really know how to get out of da backstage…”

Mike began pushing the door with his back and entire weight, but the door still wouldn’t budge.

“Yeah? And? Not my problem! I’m REALLY busy here, can’t you see! It’s not easy being Mike! I literally do EVERYTHING! And now there’s a little guy going around and ruining EVERYTHING! GREAT! More work for ME! MIKE!”

Mike starts ranting as he struggles to close the door.

“Hmmm… youse seem really stressed…”

The Zapper said before they thought of an idea.

The Zapper threw open the door, along with Mike, and told him their idea.

“What if we help ya? We help ya with da backstage trouble and ya help us find a way out!”

Mike got up from the floor trying to keep his hat in place.

“Help!? I don’t need help! I’m MIKE! Mike does everything by himself! That’s hi- MY whole thing!”

“What if we're also Mike?”

Mike freezes up at the suggestion. 

“Wha-”

Mike backs away from the Zapper and Shadow guy.

“PRETEND!? TO BE MIKE?!”

He shouts nervously, almost as if he has been caught. 

He then laughs nervously, almost maniacally. 

“Why would you do that?! There’s only one Mike, WHICH IS ME, BY THE WAY. There's no way YOU can be Mike!” 

Mike points to the Zapper and the Shadow guy, with a forced smile on his face.

“Well… youse seem really stressed, and we can helps you! We’s can split up the work and help ya fix the backstage and youse can help us find a way back!”

The Zapper said, seemingly unaware of how troubled Mike looks.

Mike went silent, as if making a decision in his head.

He then sighs heavily.

“Fine. I GUESS you guys can help.”

Mike begrudgingly says.

Mike allowed the two to enter his room and look through his many costumes, hats and props. Both the Zapper and Shadow guy spend time trying to find a perfect “Mike” costume. 

Mike waits for them. Writing something on a clipboard while he waits for the two to finish changing. Eventually both step out and show off their Mike costumes.

“Are you serious.”

Mike says after seeing what the two were wearing.

“MIKE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THAT!”

Mike goes up to the Zapper and examines their outfit more closely.

“Well, you got the microphone stuff down… but what’s with the hat?!”

He points to the cowboy hat that the Zapper was wearing.

“I think it looks cool!”

The Zapper tells him. 

Mike waits for the Zapper to elaborate, but they say nothing else.

“Okay.. sure. And YOU!”

Mike turns towards the Shadow guy, who was wearing a cat costume.

“WHY ARE YOU A CAT! MIKE ISN’T A CAT! HE- I’M A MICROPHONE!”

The Shadow guy makes a saxophone noise.

“Wha- The cats? I mean.. There are a lot of cats in my room…”

Mike suddenly stops as if realizing something.

“No….”

Mike looks away from the two, thinking about something. He looked lost in thought, before he shook his head and returned to examine the Shadow guy’s costume again.

“Even though Mike is DEFINITELY NOT A CAT. These costumes… are passable.”

Mike eventually decides after examining both costumes, and suggesting a few changes.

“However… I don’t get how anyone is supposed to think either of you two are Mike. None of us even LOOK the SAME! This plan is stupid.”

Mike sighed heavily again. He then adjusted his bowtie and started to command the two other “Mikes”.

“ANYWAYS! I think we should all head out now! We have to keep everything in the backstage PERFECT and get this little guy OUT of TV World. Am I clear?”

Both Mikes saluted at Mike’s task for them.

“Youse got it, Boss!”

“Hmm..”

Mike did a small chuckle and blushed

“I kinda like being called ‘Boss’..”

 Mike then cleared his throat

“ANYWAYS! Let’s actually get to the task at hand! ONWARDS…uh… Mikes???”

The Mikes headed out of Mike’s room!

“WAIT!!!!!”

Mike yelled as soon as they stepped outside the Mike room. Extending both of his arms to stop the Zapper and Shadow guy behind him.

Since Mike was leading the group, both the Zapper and Shadow guy fell over as Mike suddenly stopped in front of them.

“Uh.. somethin wrong, boss?”

The Zapper says as they get up from the floor.

“I can’t just leave you two without the PROPER information about Mike… Me.”

Mike proceeds to pull out an extremely thick book, probably the thickest book that the Zapper and Shadow guy have ever seen. 

Mike struggled to lift the book, but he managed to put it in the Shadow guy’s arms.

The Shadow guy immediately fell over and screamed as he fell.

“Oh…”

The Zapper says as they looked at the giant book the Shadow guy was trying to lift out of his body.

“All the information you need! Right there in this book!”

Mike dusted his hands.

“Think of it as… a little tutorial!”

Mike said smugly as he adjusted his bowtie.

The Zapper helped the Shadow guy by grabbing the book.

Mike turned around and confidently continued his way further backstage.

“So.. ya want to-“

The Zapper suggests before the Shadow guy shakes his head.

“Alright..”

The Zapper said as they reluctantly opened the book to the first page and read as they followed Mike.

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I think it would be funny if the book was an actual thing you can read, kinda like Ralsei’s guide that you can look at in the files.

You don't actually have to read the whole thing, but the fact that there’s actually something to read is really funny to me.

The book does actually tell you the gameplay mechanics and does act like a tutorial, but it is unnecessarily long and repetitive.

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However, it wasn’t long until the Mikes got into another problem. 

As the group walked further backstage, Mike started telling the other Mikes the game plan. 

“All we have to do is search around the backstage until we find the little guy and tell them to GET OUT! And we save TV World, and prevent our boss from having a breakdown!”

“Uh huh.”

The Zapper responded. Despite the fact that most of their attention was in the book.

“I will act as your leader and guide for the backstage. ALSO just because you two are Mike, doesn’t mean you two can do WHATEVER you want in Mike’s name! Remember, I’M Mike! Not you two!”

“I thought youse says we’re also Mike. We’s just Zapper and Shadow guy then?”

“No! You guys are… Mike… but not really.. The other Mikes!”

“So we are Mike?”

“No! I’M Mike!”

“We’s got the same name though.”

Mike tried to explain, but he couldn’t think of an answer.

The Zapper did bring up a good point.

“Well….”

Mike looked at the other two.

He pointed to the Zapper.

“You’re Cowboy hat Mike….”

Then he pointed to the Shadow guy.

“And you’re Cat Mike.”

Mike looked satisfied after giving them their “names”.

“Problem SOLVED! NOW let’s-“

Cat Mike made a saxophone noise.

“Wha- THAT'S BORING!?”

Cat Mike nodded.

“No, they’re not! They’re the perfect names for you two!”

Cat Mike crossed his arms in response.

“DON’T YOU GIVE ME AN ATTITUDE!!!”

Mike yelled at Cat Mike.

“You think you can come up with better names!? WE ARE MIKE! What other names could we-“

Mike got interrupted by Cat Mike putting a piece of paper in his face.

“What the heck-“

Mike grabbed the paper and read it.

“These are the names for the mini-“

Mike stopped as he realized Cat Mike’s intention.

“NO!! I AM NOT CALLING ANYONE THESE!!!!”

Cowboy hat Mike sneakily hopped next to Mike to see the paper he was reading, but Mike immediately noticed and hid the paper from them.

Cat Mike made a saxophone noise then batted his eyelashes.

“NO!!!”

“Awww Pluey’s a cute name!”

Cowboy hat Mike told Pluey.

Pluey blushed and did a cute pose.

“THAT IS A MINIGAME NAME!”

Mike yelled frustratingly at Pluey.

“What other names were in dat paper?”

Cowboy hat Mike asked Pluey.

“STOP IGNORING ME!!!!”

Mike waved his arms for attention. Unfortunately, the other two were too invested in the naming.

Cat Mike made a saxophone noise then pointed at Cowboy hat Mike.

“Jongler… heh. I like dat name!”

Mike had his face in his hands. He could not believe that this was happening right now.

“Boss! We’s should give you a name too!”

Jongler told Mike excitedly.

“NO!”

Mike stomped his foot on the ground repeatedly in frustration.

“I’M MIKE!!! NOTHING ELSE!”

Mike said as he pointed at himself.

Pluey, however, made a saxophone noise and pointed at Mike.

“Battat! Dats a cute name!”

Jongler said as they looked down at Battat.

“NO!! I’M MIKE! MOTORMOUTH MIKE!”

Battat yelled in anger at the other two.

“AND CHANCE MY NAME BACK TO MIKE!”

Battat yelled at some unseen force-

Oh wait… 

Mike yelled at some unseen force facing away from Pluey and Jongler.

“Those are MINIGAME names! I am NOT calling you two those.”

“I thinks da names are cool..”

Jongler shyly tells Mike.

Pluey nodded, trying to convince Mike by making the most adorable face at him.

Despite how angry he was for the name changes, he hesitated.

Mike groaned loudly.

“Ugh! Fine. You can call each other WHATEVER you want. I am NOT calling you two that. You are Cowboy hat and Cat Mike. As long as you don’t say those names to anyone else… I DON’T CARE!”

Pluey grabbed Jongler’s hands and danced happily with them.

“OKAY! Can we NOW move on to our mission?”

“Oh yeah. Forgot about dat… sorry, Boss..”

Pluey made a saxophone noise. Then pointed at the other two.

“Yeah! We’s should do a team pose!”

Mike groaned again.

All three lined up next to each other.

Then they hit a cool team pose together!

“We are the Mikes! Pluey, Jongler an-”

Jongler starts to say before Mike interrupts them.

“AND MIKE! OKAY! LET’S GO NOW!”

Mike grabbed Pluey and Jongler’s arm and started dragging them out of the long hallway they were walking through.

At the end of the hallway was a huge door. Mike opens the door and tells the other two to go ahead before him. Both of them oblige and enter the dark room. Mike stays for a bit. He looks around the room, as if searching something. Or someone. As soon as he seems satisfied that the cost is clear, he enters the dark room and shuts the door closed.

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The rest of the Darkworld/TV World area is almost the same as the one in Deltarune.

All the enemies are the same too. Why do the Mikes fight them? They are slacking off on the job! Every employee in TV World is taking advantage of the ERAM situation. Everything is getting messed up sooooo… break time!

Mike will not allow slackers on the job!

The Mikes all have different moves in the battles too. The battle system is the same as in the original game. 

(Maybe the soul moves like a mouse? Or adjusting the volume, like in the Mike fight?)

Catswing is the battle theme. Obviously.

Pluey is a supporter attacker teammate. Since they are a knight, they have decent attack power, but they are useful for protecting the other Mikes from attacks with their shield. Most of Pluey’s magical moves are there to support the other Mikes and give them a boost during battle. A lot of their moves also involve a lot of cats! Pluey can also act, and tell others to act as well. You can decide whether Pluey follows what Mike suggests, which can lead Mike to get angry at Pluey the most.

Jongler is the main attacker and tank of the group. Jongler punches the enemies and can defeat them quite easily. However, they will not attack unless the enemy hurts the other Mikes because they are more of a pacifist. Jongler can also accidentally hurt/defeat the enemy! They are VERY clumsy, especially in Chapter 1. When commanding Jongler to act on an enemy, they will try their best to do the act but they accidentally hurt the enemy instead! You have to use the lullaby equivalent, which is a move Mike has. 

Mike acts like the leader of the group. He always tells the player what he thinks is the best move for the battle. He is the weakest of the Mikes, both in power and defense. But his specialty is affecting the enemies or debuffing them. He uses a lot of magic for his moves. He summons a lot of microphones too. In order to stop Jongler from hurting the enemies, Mike has to lecture Jongler on what they’re doing wrong. This move, however, makes both Jongler and the enemies fall asleep. Mike would also try to do everything by himself. If Pluey and Jongler are not following his exact plan, you would not be able to control his moves. Eventually, he learns to let the other two make their own plans/ ideas.

These three have to learn how to work together! Taking into account their weaknesses and strengths. Battles tend to go much faster and more smoothly if the three Mikes work as a team rather than doing everything by themselves.

As the Mikes proceed to the Darkworld, fixing stuff, putting the workers in their place, and finding ERAM, there will be a lot of puzzles! These puzzles are the 8-bit gameplay sections in Chapter 3 of Deltarune. Later on they will meet the puzzle master of TV WORLD.

The Mikes can also encounter the big boss himself, Mr. Ant Tenna!

He isn’t the main boss of the chapter, like King. He plays more of a supporter role. He swaps with Seam! Even though we don’t know a lot about Seam’s whole deal in the original game, Tenna in Mikerune plays a huge role, especially his fate in the prophecy.

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“You should really STOP falling asleep while I’m trying to correct you!!! I saw you reading my book!!! WHAT’S THE PROBLEM!?”

Mike yells at Jongler after stopping a couple of pippins from starting a shady business together.

“I’m just tryin’ my best, Boss….”

Jongler tells Mike, again.

“Well… TRY HARDER!!! Mike is NOT clumsy and NEVER messes up ANYTHING!”

Mike scolds Jongler. 

Pluey taps Mike’s shoulder and points to a door in front of them. 

Mike sighed. He always seemed to forget that it was Pluey’s first day.

“Thats-“

Mike starts before realizing the room Pluey was pointing to.

“THAT'S MR. TENNA’S OFFICE! We are NOT allowed there! We DO NOT want to bother him right now!”

Mike panics and starts shouting at Pluey.

“Won’t he hear ya if youse shouting?”

Jongler whispers to Mike.

Mike immediately covers his mouth, and gestures to the others to not make any noise. He leans close to the door and listens.

Nothing.

“We should move on, we don’t want to bother Mr. Tenna.”

Mike whispers loudly to the other two.

Mike gestures to the other Mikes to follow him ahead. Jongler obediently follows Mike. Pluey, however, stays back and stands by the door.

*Go inside?

Mike turned around and saw Pluey standing there, looking at Mr. Tenna’s office door.

“Hey! Get over here!”

Mike whisper-shouted to Pluey.

Pluey looked back at Mike before he started reaching for the handle. Rather than shouting at Pluey, like he usually does, he runs towards Pluey. Unfortunately, Mike fails to reach Pluey in time. Pluey goes inside Tenna’s office. 

Pluey wanted to meet Mr. Tenna. Even though he is shy, wearing the cat costume made him feel more confident in himself. 

He looked around the room. The lights seemed to be turned off. Was Mr. Tenna somewhere else? Inside the room, there was a giant desk. There was a chair on either side of the desk, one of them much bigger than the other one. On Tenna’s desk was a fancy name plate of his name, “Mr. Ant Tenna”, in golden letters. Piles of papers were stacked on the desk along with many tiny knickknacks relating to his show, TV Time. Behind the chair was a giant poster of Mr. Tenna. 

Pluey looked to the side and noticed a watercooler in the corner of the room. There was something almost ominous about it, Pluey couldn’t explain why. 

“Hey!”

Pluey jumped at the sudden voice behind him. He looked back and saw the door slightly ajar. Mike looked at Pluey with a murderous expression on his face. Before Mike could enter the room to shout at Pluey, the chair behind Tenna’s desk moved to face Pluey and Mike. 

“Mike?”

Pluey didn’t notice that the chair was facing away from the door when he was examining the room. Once the chair faced Pluey, the chair was…. empty? Something dropped to the floor. It was Mr. Tenna! A very small Mr. Tenna. Pluey looked at the poster and the Darkner in front of him. The years were not kind to Mr. Tenna…. 

Tenna snapped his fingers and the lights were on. As soon as he took one look at Pluey, he grew in size.

“Oh, Mike!”

Tenna said happily as he saw Pluey in front of him. He somehow still recognized Pluey as Mike, despite what Mike told him about his costume.

Pluey, unsure how to react, smiled at Tenna cutely and waved at him.

:  3

Tenna was about to say something, but someone interrupted him.

“WAIT THAT WORKED???!!!”

Tenna looked at Pluey in confusion.

“Huh? Did you hear that, Mike? I think it was outside the door….”

Pluey knew that the real Mike was outside the door, but he shook his head.

“Hmmmm… Must have been the wind!”

Tenna waved his hand, completely dismissing what he had heard earlier.

“Now that I have a better look at you… You look a bit different today, Mike….”

Tenna leaned forward towards Pluey. If he had eyes, he would have been squinting at Pluey. 

“I KNOW!!! Did you get a haircut?”

Tenna snapped his fingers and pointed at Pluey as he said this. 

Pluey paused for a second, then nodded at Tenna.

Suddenly, congratulatory music played as confetti rained down on Tenna and Pluey.

“HA! Still got it, Mr. Tenna!!! It never gets old!”

Tenna laughed in triumph as he congratulated himself on getting the correct answer. Eventually his laughter died down and he sighed.

“So… Mike.”

Tenna sharply turns and walks towards his chair. He sits down and changes his expression to a much more serious and business-like manner. He folds his hands in front of him on top of his desk.

“What brings you here? As much as I like seeing you, Mike… I haven’t called you here.”

Pluey started to feel a bit nervous, maybe he shouldn’t have entered the room…

Pluey took a quick look behind the door, through the small opening, he could see Mike covering his face. Despite how much Pluey wanted to run away, he knew how upset it would make Mike to mess up his plans.

Pluey walked towards Tenna’s desk and sat in the chair in front of it. He pointed to a notebook next to Tenna.

“Huh? You want the notebook, Mike?”

Tenna looked confused as he asked Mike.

Pluey nodded.

Tenna said nothing as he handed Pluey the notebook and a TV Time pen. 

I need a little help with something 

Pluey writes on a page.

Tenna reads what Pluey wrote without saying anything.

“Mike. Why aren’t you speaking to me?”

Tenna sharply questions Pluey.

Pluey panics a bit, thinking that Tenna would shout at him. Instead, Tenna shrinks down a few inches.

“Mike…. Did I make you mad? Oh no! Mike! I’m sorry… You don’t want to talk to me anymore.. you’re going to leave me again.. won’t you, Mike? Please don’t leave…”

Tenna starts rambling and breaking down in front of Pluey. He grabs his antennas and starts pulling at them. 

Pluey was not expecting that….

Pluey quickly wrote something in the notebook and showed it to Tenna.

No! It’s ok Mr. Tenna! I just don’t feel like speaking right now. Im not mad <3

“Oh.. really, Mike?”

Tenna says as he reads the message.

“OF COURSE, YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE ME, MIKE!!!”

He immediately grew a few inches and a flower sprouted from his nose.

“What do you need, Mike? Wow! It’s weird for YOU to ask ME for something!”

Tenna says as he awaits Pluey’s request

His boss is so weird, Pluey thought.

Can I get a few items to help me out? I just need a few things to help me with a small problem backstage :3

“I don’t know, Mike.. CAN YOU?!”

Tenna says immediately after reading the first sentence. A laugh track plays as he laughs at his own joke. He noticed that Pluey was not laughing. He stopped laughing and cleared his throat.

“Well.. I do have a few things here..”

Tenna looks through his drawers and the shelves behind him.

“Just point it to me and I’ll sell it to you.”

Sell?

Could I get them for free? I REALLY need them plz :3

“FREE!?”

Tenna shouts as he laughs uncontrollably.

“You’re so CUTE, Mike. HAH! FREE!!!!”

Tenna leaned down at Pluey. Despite how weird and pathetic Tenna may seem, he was still a Boss.

“Mike. Just because I treat you more nicely than the average employee DOES NOT mean that YOU can have WHATEVER you want. Remember who you work for. Who you HUMBLY SERVE.”

Tenna leaned back. Completely changing the tone from before.

“BESIDES! If you REALLY need them, you would be willing to pay ANYTHING for it!”

Tenna smiled wide at Pluey, knowing that Pluey failed to convince him.

Pluey examines all the items in the office.

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Tenna’s office acts like a shop! 

The currency in Mikerune are points. All the items are also items that are found in chapter 3 specifically.

Just like any shop in Deltarune, you can ask Tenna stuff. 

As the Mikes gets closer with Tenna, his prices decrease.

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As Pluey was about to leave Tenna’s office, Tenna said one more thing.

“You know, Mike… This reminds me of the first time you went up to me without me asking you to… right before…”

Tenna shrunk down a few inches as he paused for a few seconds.

“Something about this visit… felt more real to me.. I don’t know why..”

Tenna looked at Pluey once more. Focusing his gaze on Pluey’s tail.

“Have a nice day, Mike.”

Tenna finally says as he dismisses Pluey.

Pluey walks out of the room and closes the door with his back. He takes a deep, relieving breath.

Pluey opened his eyes and saw Mike staring at him, speechless.

“Youse alright, Pluey?”

Jongler asks Pluey.

Before Pluey could respond, Mike roughly grabs Pluey's arm and pulls him as far from the office door as possible.

Mike let go of Pluey’s arm. He continued to stare at Pluey.

“WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!???”

Mike suddenly shouts at Pluey. His voice sounded different as well. More higher pitched and nervous.

“YOU CAN’T JUST WALK IN THERE LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE!!!!”

Mike starts pacing in front of Pluey. He puts his face in his hands.

“That was so CARELESS!! What if Tenna found out…”

Mike almost sounded like he was about to cry.

Pluey made a saxophone noise and showed Mike all the items he brought.

Jongler looks at the items Pluey got for them.

“These should really help us, right Boss?”

Jongler looked at Mike, but Mike was taking shaky breaths, hyperventilating almost.

Jongler and Pluey looked at each other with concern. Mike must have been really scared. 

Pluey shyly walked toward Mike. Extending out his arms, as if asking Mike if he wanted a hug. 

“Youse okay, Boss? Ya need a minute?”

Jongler asks Mike. 

Mike slows down his breaths as he extends one hand out, telling the other two to wait a few seconds.

“I’m fine!”

Mike eventually says, quite unconvincingly.

“Don’t do that again.”

Mike tells Pluey, completely serious in tone.

Mike clears his throat and composes himself. He starts looking through the items Pluey brought.

“Well… I guess these are useful. Although you IGNORED MY ORDERS, you did a good job.”

Mike’s voice somewhat returned to normal.

Mike starts organizing the items and tells the other two how they will use them. Once they finished organizing, Mike returned to his normal self. 

“Alright, Mikes! Let’s STOP wasting time and let’s complete our mission!”

Mike pointed to their next destination and led the way.

“Youse got it, Boss!”

Jongler says as they salute along with Pluey.

When Mike turns around, Jongler and Pluey look at each other. They have both noticed how Mike acted.

“Normal” Mike acted a lot like a character, almost like Mr. Tenna when he was onstage. The other side of Mike seemed to act almost normal, very anxious, but more like a real person. How much was Mike hiding about himself?

Pluey and Jongler followed Mike, thinking about this new side of Mike, wondering if they could actually get to know the Real Mike.

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After a few more battles and more fixing stuff, we get to the part where Susie leaves the party and joins Lancer, or in this case, Jongler leaving the party.

Mike has been very mean to Jongler in most of the scenes. He always shouts and scolds them for not doing everything correctly. They aren’t “Mike” enough.

This leads to Jongler quitting the party. Jongler tries their best, but nothing they do is good enough for Mike. They change their Mike costume and make it more like themself. 

Mike, unsurprisingly, shouts at Jongler for quitting. Jongler snaps and tells Mike how they don’t like him. Pluey watched this play out. However, Pluey was not the only one watching.

ERAM, already bored from messing around the backstage, decides to take advantage of this break up. 

They confront the Mikes. Mike immediately orders the other two to “GET THEM!!!”, but Jongler refuses. ERAM ignores Mike and starts to convince Jongler to join them. Jongler is unsure about ERAM’s offer, since they do not want to mess up TV World at all. ERAM promised that they won’t mess up TV World, at the price that Jongler helps them get rid of Mike. What good has Mike ever done for them, other than order people around and be an annoying goodie two shoes to Tenna? Mike immediately starts listing all the things that Mike is important for, when Jongler agrees to join ERAM. Jongler apologizes, but they were serious when they said that they didn’t like Mike. 

Pluey and Mike watch speechless as Jongler and ERAM go off to plan Mike’s downfall. 

Welp. That's what you get for being a little bitch, Mike.

So now Mike and Pluey are the ones trying to catch ERAM, while ERAM and Jongler are now trying to kill/catch Mike. Basically the road runner, but both sides are the coyote. Each of their “traps” are just looney tunes gags. (This is the part where Mikerune is just silly dumb stuff).

One little area that I have thought about is a secret casino area that the Pippins working for Mr. Tenna made in the backstage area.

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Jongler and ERAM ran away from Mike and Pluey, seemingly planning their next move. 

Pluey was about to follow them, when Mike grabbed his arm to stop him.

“Wait..”

Pluey makes a saxophone noise and points to the door that Jongler and ERAM went through.

“No… We can’t go in THERE! That place is horrible!”

Mike begs to Pluey as he hugs Pluey’s arm tighter.

“We could go the other way! It’s a bit longer, but we’ll catch up with them… probably.”

Pluey gave Mike an annoyed look. Pluey made a saxophone noise.

“You don’t know what that place is like. The Pippins all go there to slack off and BREAK every single one of Tenna’s rules. We SHOULD NEVER go near or TRUST any Pippins.”

Pluey thought Mike was exaggerating. Pluey thought the Pippins were just silly little guys, but Mike was treating them like they were scarier than Mr. Tenna.

Pluey made a saxophone noise, trying to convince Mike that they had no choice.

Mike kept hugging Pluey’s arm in fear. However, Pluey was right. In order to stop ERAM and Jongler, they had to get past the casino.

“Okay… BUT!!! Promise me that all we’re doing is sneaking past the area. We do NOT want the Pippins to notice us. They might get us to gamble with them OR WORSE… dare us to commit UNSPEAKABLE acts!”

Mike realized that he was still holding on to Pluey’s arm and quickly let go. 

Both approached the door to the casino. There was a sign on the top of the door that said:

TOP SECRET 

NO TENNAS ALLOWED

Anyone else, Welcome!!!

“Hmm. No wonder Mr. Tenna doesn’t know about this place.”

Mike comments as he and Pluey read the sign.

Pluey opens the door and Mike hides behind him.

Oh wow… they actually got a casino in TV World…

Loud music blasts as Pippins everywhere are playing slots, drinking, and exchanging points. It was HR’s worst nightmare. 

Pluey stood there in shock of what he was seeing, but Mike pulled in into a secluded corner.

“Looks like no one has noticed us..”

Mike whispered to Pluey.

“Let’s just stay in the darkness and sneak past everyone.”

Pluey nodded and both of them attempted to sneak past everything. They almost made it. As soon as they reached the exit door, someone noticed them.

“HUH!? I think I'm seeing double!!! There’s four Mikes!?”

A Pippin shouted as they spat out their drink.

The music suddenly stopped as all the Pippins go to where the Pippin was shouting. 

“Mike?”

“MIKE?!!”

“He’s actually here?”

“I LOVE YOU, MIKE!!!!!”

“Why are there two of him???”

“GAMBLE WITH US, MIKE!!!!”

A cacophony of Pippins started speaking at once.

“No, you dipshit! That's Mike and… Mike but a cat?”

One of the Pippins told the one who spat out their drink.

The Pippin started approaching Mike and Pluey. 

Mike was frozen in fear, his hand barely touching the exit handle. Pluey wasn’t sure what to do, so he just waved at the Pippins.

“Well well well! If it isn’t Mr. Motormouth himself! What a surprise!”

The Pippin told Mike.

“Are you here to rat us out or something? Did Tenna order you here? Why are there two of you?”

The Pippin demanded Mike.

Mike didn’t say anything.

Pluey shook his head at the Pippin, answering two of their questions.

“Hmmm. Why are you a cat? Heh! I knew Tenna was a freak, but this is unexpected! What’s next? A maid outfit?”

All the Pippins laughed at this, and they all started suggesting other ridiculous and inappropriate outfits for Mike to wear.

This caused Mike to snap out of his daze. 

“Yeah yeah. Very FUNNY.”

Mike told the Pippin.

“NOW, If you’ll EXCUSE us, we have some BETTER places to be than this DUMP!”

The Pippins all gasped. The Pippin who insulted Mike earlier narrowed their eyes.

“I see how it is, Mike!”

The Pippin told Mike.

“No. We won’t let you go.”

Suddenly, two Shadow guys appeared and blocked the exit, both of them carrying their guns.

“WHAT! Do you KNOW who I am!?”

Mike started shouting at the Pippins. 

“I’M MIKE! BACKSTAGE EXPERT!! I’M BASICALLY THE BACKSTAGE TENNA!!!”

Mike pointed to the Shadow guys and ordered them.

“LET US OUT!”

The Shadow guys were surprised at this. Despite being in this place, they weren’t as rebellious as the Pippins. They lowered their guns.

The Pippin, however, was unfazed.

“Didn’t you read the sign, Dumbass!? No TENNAS allowed! You aren’t the boss of us! We don’t want any LOSERS in our place!”

Mike stopped shouting, murder on his expression. Pluey was about to stop him, but Mike brushed him off. 

“I’ll handle this.”

Mike started stomping towards the Pippin who insulted him. The Pippin had a smug expression on their face.

All the other Pippins, quite invested in the back and forth between Mike and the Pippin, all started chanting “FIGHT!! FIGHT!! FIGHT!!”.

Once Mike was in front of the Pippin. He tried to tower over them in intimidation, but other than his hat, he was the same size as them.

Mike prepared himself for a fight against the Pippin. He might have been weaker than Pluey, but he believed that he could still beat the shit out of that Pippin.

The Pippin raised their arm, and Mike put himself in a defense position. Suddenly, their arm was around his shoulder?

“Mike!! C’mon! You’re so tense! Loosen up a bit! We’re all friends here!”

The Pippin started acting really friendly with Mike. Mike immediately knew that the Pippin was planning something horrible. 

“Let’s make a deal! You can leave, ONCE you play one game with us!”

Mike looked at the Pippin in suspicion. 

“You want me to gamble with you. Look, I’m REALLY BUSY and we really have to-”

Mike started before getting interrupted.

“This is our place! So YOU have to follow OUR rules! Unless you want to get through the toughest Shadow guys in TV World.”

They pointed to the Shadow guys, and the Shadow guys started flexing and shooting their guns upwards. Pluey looked impressed, which made Mike believe that the Pippin was telling the truth.

“That is NOT safe.”

Mike commented as he saw a bit of rubble fall from the ceiling.

“So what will it be, Mike?”

The Pippin asked Mike. 

Mike looked at Pluey. He nodded his head towards the Shadow guys, trying to get confirmation if they could beat the Shadow guys. Pluey shook his head. Mike sighed.

“Fine. We’ll play ONE game. ONLY ONE!”

Mike told the Pippin, holding out one finger to emphasize.

“We’ll see about that!”

The Pippin giggled.

“Guys! Set up a table for me and Mike!”

The Pippin shouted to the others. The Pippins all went to get a table and set up the game. 

Mike gestures to Pluey to stand next to him. 

“So… are we betting anything?”

Mike asked the Pippin.

“Oh! It isn’t much! Just all of your points!”

The Pippin told Mike cheerfully.

“WHAT?! ALL OF THEM!?”

Mike yelled at the Pippin.

“It’s a fair price! If you win, you get to leave and have free access to the casino! If I win, I get all your points and you can leave! It’s basically a win-win for you.”

The Pippin explained to Mike.

“THAT’S NOT EVEN- You know what, if we can leave, I don’t care.”

Mike says defeated.

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Gambling?! Yep! You can gamble in Mikerune! 

Just a little tutorial for the gambling game that you can play in TV World. Mike teaches Pluey/you how to play the gambling game.

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As the Pippins watched the game, they kept asking Mike questions, both to distract Mike and out of pure curiosity.

“Wait, so how does this work? Are you two like different Mikes or the same Mike???”

A Pippin asked Mike, after he told Pluey how to play the game.

“Uh…..”

Mike said before he whispered quietly to Pluey.

“I wish the other guy was here… they were good at improvising..”

Pluey looked at Mike in surprise. He thought he hated Jongler! 

Mike cleared his throat.

“Well… Mike, Me, can split himself into other… entities….?”

“Like different people or-“

“It’s like a hivemind… if you think about it..yeah…so when I tell the other Mike what move he should do, it’s me thinking out loud. So it’s not cheating…?”

Mike attempted to explain. 

All the Pippins seemed to believe Mike, nodding their heads as if it made complete sense.

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Mike basically tells you how to win if you need help. You won’t actually lose all your points, unless you are REALLY BAD at the game. (You can get them back when you get Jongler back).

The casino is also a place you can come back to later! (Sorry Mike)

Kinda like the casino in other games, like Paper Mario or Pokémon, you can grind up points to get cool stuff! Or you can lose all your money. Gambling is awesome!

A cool thing is that bringing certain items given by secret bosses can help you cheat :O

Two obvious examples are Spamton and Jevil, but we’ll talk about them later.

There’s also the “Jongler card”. If you are playing the gambling game, and it seems hopeless, you can pull the Jongler card. Basically, you let Jongler play and they do whatever they want. It’s a wild card that could either save you or screw you over even more! We love you, Jongler! <3

I’m getting too excited about the casino, sorry. It’s super cool though.

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“YES!!!”

Mike yelled in celebration as Pluey does his last move, and wins the game for them.

“TAKE THAT!!”

Mike pointed at the Pippin that they beat.

The Pippin slammed their hands on the table.

“WHEN YOU DIE, I BET NO ONE WOULD SHRED A FUCKING TEAR FOR YOU!!! NO ONE!!!”

The Pippin shouted at Mike and Pluey.

“Dude. You tell that to everyone when you lose.”

A Pippin annoyingly told the Pippin who lost. The Pippin then whispered to Pluey.

“Don’t even get me started on what they say about the Puzzle guy..”

Pluey looked at them in confusion.

“ANYWAYS! We can leave now! Goodbye, everyone! We would love to stay, but oh! I’m such a busy guy!”

Mike announced to the Pippins as he grabbed Pluey and dragged him towards the exit door. The Shadow guys respectfully got out of Mike’s way. Just before Mike was about to grab the handle, the Pippins started crying and begging for Mike.

“WAIT!! Mike! Can you please stay?”

“Please, Mike!!”

“I want to play against you next!!”

“MIKEEEEEEE”

Pluey was about to respond to the Pippins, but Mike immediately shouted “NOPE.” and opened the exit door and left without looking back.

Once they leave, Mike sighs heavily in relief.

“GREAT! We wasted SO MUCH time there. Going the other way would have been faster… But I’m just glad we’re out of there.”

Mike tells Pluey.

Pluey makes a saxophone noise. Asking Mike the question that he had on his mind the whole time they were in the casino.

“Huh? My problem with the Pippins?”

Mike looked shocked. Mike went silent, as if wondering how much he should tell Pluey.

“Look.. I just.. I don’t like them. Mr. Tenna HATES Pippins… yeah.. I.. I’m just following what Mr. Tenna says.”

Mike tells Pluey. Pluey, however, didn’t believe him. His feelings towards the Pippins seem more personal. Pluey wanted to ask more, but Mike made it clear how much he doesn’t want to talk about it. 

“Let’s catch up with Cowboy hat Mike and the little guy. I hope they didn’t do anything TOO crazy while we were gone.”

Mike told Pluey as he led the way.

Mike and Pluey go further backstage, trying to find Jongler and ERAM.

Eventually they end up in one of the cowboy sets. They were both about to leave the area when they noticed Jongler and ERAM sleeping. Jongler was leaning back next to a building, crossing their arms while snoring. Jongler’s outfit has also completely changed. They were in a fancy sheriff outfit. ERAM was on the floor next to them also napping. They wore a small cowboy hat on their head.

Mike looked at Pluey. 

“I TOLD you we took long!”

Mike whisper-shouted to Pluey. Mike suddenly realized something.

“Wait… They’re defenseless!! LET’S-”

Mike was about to pounce on the two, unfortunately, Jongler chose this moment to wake up.

“Huh?”

Jongler said as they stopped snoring and woke up.

“Oh, Hi Boss. Hi Pluey!”

Jongler said as they stretched. Pluey waved back at Jongler cheerfully. ERAM also woke up, flying next to Jongler.

“What are we doing now? Playing cowboy?”

Mike told Jongler, disappointed that he couldn’t get the two of them while they were sleeping.

“Well, I was talkin with my little friend here and we thought of a cool plan!”

Jongler suddenly took out a revolver and pointed it to Mike and Pluey.

“Ya two run away while I shoot ya!”

“WHAT!!!?? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US, YOU BOZO??!”

Mike yelled in surprise. Pluey looked shocked as well.

“Um… Dat does sound dangerous..”

Jongler lowered the revolver, contemplating what their plan actually meant.

“Just think about their faces. Their screams! The thrill of it.”

ERAM told Jongler.

“Hmm..”

Jongler thought about what ERAM said.

“I know! Ya two aren’t wearin da right outfits!”

Jongler suddenly left and dragged back a costume rack filled with wild west themed costumes.

“Ya two can dress up like da bad guys and we’s the heroes!”

Pluey happily obliged and tried to find the perfect outfit.

“This is getting ridiculous. WHAT IS EVEN YOUR PLAN!!??”

Mike shouted at ERAM.

“All I want is for you to leave TV World alone. This is a complete waste of time…”

ERAM said nothing.

“Please.. We don’t have to do this. They’re literally RIGHT there, just catch them for me.”

Mike begged to Jongler.

“Nope.”

Jongler told Mike.

Mike groaned. Pluey, already in a bandit outfit, offered Mike a hat. Mike took off his wizard hat and put it in his pocket. He put on the hat unenthusiastically. 

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I was thinking of a way to implement the cowboy minigame in Mikerune! I thought this was a fun way to do it. Dodging bullets as Jongler shoots you!

In the background, ERAM throws and drops obstacles on you. Like a piano, for example.

After a bit of dodging, Mike finds another revolver. Suddenly Jongler and Mike have a stand off.

Once you time the shot…

Mike shoots off Jongler’s hat.

Jongler then congratulates Mike and Pluey for winning. Jongler then embarrassingly tells the others that they ran out of ideas for stopping Mike. They apologize and shyly tell Mike if they can join their team again. They miss Mike and Pluey, and forgave Mike for being mean to them all the time.

This was extremely unexpected, even ERAM looked a bit shocked. 

Jongler joins the team again, they try to convince ERAM to join as well. ERAM, however, refuses (Obviously). They then warn the Mikes of their “big plan” for TV World. They tell the Mikes that they will meet them in the S-rank room in TV World and laugh as they fly away. 

Mike is annoyed since they have to go ALL the way back to the green room. Luckily, Jongler says that they know a shortcut to get there. This shortcut serves as a quick travel to the other areas, such as the casino, Mr. Tenna’s office, Mike’s room, etc.

You can start the secret boss stuff during this part! But we’ll get to that after the main story.

There's also a lot of silly optional stuff, but I actually need to finish writing this chapter…

After setting up, the Mikes head to Mike’s room to get out of the backstage area! :O

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“You know… You guys can leave now.”

Mike said as they travelled back to Mike’s room.

“I’m about to show you the way out of the backstage area.. Which is what you guys wanted from the start. I can handle this on my own, I promise.”

Mike tried to reassure the others. However, he sounded a bit sad. 

Jongler and Pluey looked at each other. They were thinking the same thing.

“Leave? Nope, boss!”

Jongler told Mike. Pluey nodded as well.

“We in dis together, boss! We’re da Mikes!”

Mike looked at the two in surprise. He then let out a small chuckle. A genuine one. Mike cleared his throat, trying to hide the chuckle.

“Fine. If you two REALLY want to.. I guess you can join me.”

Mike tried to sound annoyed, but it was obvious that he was trying not to smile.

“Alright, so if you two follow me, we should be out of the backstage before you know it!”
Mike cheerfully said as led the other two out through the backstage once more.

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This section here is still somewhat a work in progress. I’m still thinking of how the jail scene, Roulx Kaard, and the chapter boss would play out. As you may have noticed as well, King isn’t the main boss of the chapter. It wouldn’t have made too much sense for Tenna or Queen, who I intended to switch with King, to be the bosses. 

While backtracking, the Mikes come across Ramb! He is the guy who made all the little videogame puzzles for TV World.

Mike and Ramb seem pretty familiar to each other. Ramb also looks amused seeing three Mikes in front of him.

He challenges the Mikes to solve a puzzle that he was just working on. The puzzle is extremely easy.

Ramb: “Oh Bloody hell!” (He’s british)

Mike tells Ramb that they’re busy and that they could talk later. However, instead of leaving, Ramb tags along for a bit. He asks the Mikes what they are doing. The conversation seemed to go well until Mike mentioned ERAM. Ramb seemed to find this very amusing. Then in the usual Ramb fashion, he starts to vaguely talk about freedom and ERAM. The Mikes are obviously confused, Mike eventually asking how he knows about ERAM. 

Ramb suddenly locked the Mikes in a jail cell(The lion jail cells from Deltarune)! He’s working with ERAM!? (You thought Bowser worked alone?) Pluey and Mike got locked up. Luckily Jongler managed to avoid getting trapped. Ramb goes away, telling the Mikes that they’ll be waiting for them in the green room.

Jongler tries to break them out of the cell, but they wouldn’t budge. They also try to ask the jail cell nicely to let their friends go, but nothing. Jongler tells the others that they would try to find a key to get them out. Mike tells them that the jails don’t have a lock, but Jongler goes away before he has the chance to tell them. 

Pluey and Mike end up alone in the jail cell together. Mike is extremely upset about their situation. Eventually, Mike tells Pluey that they should try to imagine what Jongler is doing, since they have nothing else to do in the cell. 

It suddenly cuts to Jongler, on their own little adventure! You are a mere observer in this section. However, you can tell Jongler to do specific things. Jongler would not recognize the voice as Pluey. They would follow any order you tell them, unless it hurts someone.

I’m still not too entirely sure if Jongler would have a little moment with ERAM, like the Lancer and Susie scene in Deltarune. Jongler meets ERAM and they have a fight. Jongler refuses to hurt them, despite all they did to Mike and Pluey. 

ERAM enjoyed their freedom. They were trapped in that videogame, but someone let them out. Ramb was the only one who visited them, however, he was not the person who freed them. ERAM tells Jongler that they just wanted to get into some mischief, but they don’t want to destroy TV World. Jongler sympathizes with ERAM. ERAM gives them the key to the cell and tells Jongler that they’ll be waiting for them for one last game. 

An alternate way to free Pluey and Mike is the stupid Love Vs Hate joke in Deltarune. The cell that Pluey and Mike are in is the silver cell from that room. Perhaps Jongler finds the other cell, and they bring it back to the room Pluey and Mike are in. Mike is confused on why they bought another cell. Suddenly the words LOVE VS HATE appear. You are given the choice between Love and Hate.

If you pick Love, Both cages kiss and the words LOVE WINS appear! Mike and Pluey are released. Mike is confused, but Pluey and Jongler find this very adorable. 

If you pick Hate, the golden cage would hit the silver cage and the words HATE WINS appear. Mike and Pluey are released as soon as the cage hits the other. All the Mikes are confused, but they quickly move on from what they have seen.

Once the Mikes are released, they quickly get out of the backstage! They arrive in the green room, and see Ramb in his bar. Mike approaches Ramb and calls him a traitor. Ramb doesn’t seem at all upset that the Mikes escaped. He offers them help in his shop. This is the last shop before the final chapter boss.

Speaking of which, the final chapter boss is ERAM! I’m not sure if it's a harder version of their initial fight, or the boss fight in the videogame. The boss takes place in the same room as the one you get the shadow mantle in. 

ERAM is defeated! Mike goes up to ERAM to finish them off and kick them out of TV World, but Jongler stops him. Ramb is also there, and he tells the Mikes ERAM’S story. (The same one that ERAM tells Jongler in the key section). Jongler and Pluey feel bad about ERAM, and Jongler tells Mike that they should let them stay in TV World. Before Mike could say no, Ramb tells him that he would make sure ERAM does not get into any trouble. Mike reluctantly agrees, and everyone is happy!

Happy ending!! YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!

The Mikes all return to Mike’s room.

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Mike sighs in relief as he opens the door to the Mike room.

“Today was… a LONG day.”

“But we did it, Boss!”

Jongler tells Mike happily.

“Yeah.. We did.”

Mike tells Jongler, also happy that everything turned out alright.

“Alright so….”

Mike turns towards Pluey and Jongler as they both take off their costumes.

“I guess.. this is goodbye.”

“Right…”

Jongler says as they look down in sadness. Pluey also looked down in sadness.

“Guys.. you know that us working together was only for today... “

Mike told Jongler and Pluey.

“But, Boss… Maybe we’s could work together again! We’re the Mikes… We stick together..”

Jongler tries to convince Mike.

Mike sighed.

“Look… You two.. are Alright. I GUESS I did enjoy spending time with you two.. but that was just for today. Mike has to work alone again!”

Mike tried to tell Jongler and Pluey reassuringly, however, it was obvious that he was a bit upset about having to work alone again.

“I guess youse right…”

Jongler says, sounding like they were about to cry. 

“I…”

Jongler suddenly started crying.

“I’M GOING TO MISS YA, BOSS!!!”

Pluey started to cry as well. Mike, seeing both Pluey and Jongler crying in front of him, started to sniffle. 

“Guys… It’s not like we’re NEVER going to see each other again… WE WORK IN THE SAME PLACE!!”

Mike tried to say without crying.

“You’ll still get to see Pluey- NO! I MEAN, Cat Mike. NO! SHADOW GUY!!”

“But… ya won’t boss me around anymore, Boss.. Ya won’t get mad at me and yell at me anymore..”

Pluey made a sad saxophone noise and pointed to their costumes.

“WE WON’T GET TO WEAR OUR COSTUMES ANYMORE, BOSS!!!”

Jongler tells Mike through tears.

“I’M SORRY, BUT WE CAN’T!!! I’M THE ONLY MIKE!!!”

Mike yells at Pluey and Jongler in despair.

Jongler suddenly grabs Pluey and Mike and embraces them both in a tight hug. All of them start crying loudly. Jongler started rocking both Mike and Pluey side to side.

“Okay… you can stop shaking me now…”

Mike eventually tells Jongler.

“Sorry, Boss.”

Jongler apologized to Mike.

“Wait.. careful with your-”

Mike tried to say as Jongler accidentally moved their arm upwards, which was under his head.

Mike’s head fell to the floor.

Jongler gasped and quickly let go of Mike and Pluey, looking at Mike’s decapitated head on the floor. Jongler was about to apologize and tell Mike if he was okay, but they were speechless when they looked at Mike.

Under Mike’s head.. was a Pippins!!!? A green one, unlike the red ones that they have seen throughout TV World. 

The Pippin was frozen in shock. Looking down at Mike’s(His??) head. Eventually he made eye contact with both Pluey and Jongler. All of them stared at each other in silence.

“Bos-”

Jongler starts before getting interrupted by the Pippin pushing them out of the room screaming.

“GETOUTGETOUTGETOUGETOUTGETTHEFUC-”

The door slammed shut in front of Pluey and Jongler. The lock clicked as well.

Pluey and Jongler stood there looking at the door. 

“I didn’t know Mike was a cute lil’ Pippins.”

Jongler eventually said. Pluey made a saxophone noise in agreement.

“I know Boss told us not to, but… We’s should visit him sometime!”

Jongler whispered to Pluey. Pluey nodded his head enthusiastically.

“We’s gotta find the time for it..”

Jongler turned away from the door.

“Uh… Do ya remember the way back?”

Jongler embarrassingly asked Pluey.

Pluey grabbed Jongler’s hand and led them towards the exit Mike showed them.

As they walked towards the exit, they both wondered how long it would be until they got to see Mike again. Mike the Pippins? Regardless of what or who Mike is, they hope to go on another adventure with them. They hope for another exciting adventure as the Mikes!

End of chapter 1.

Secret Boss:

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Wowie!!! Secret Boss!!!

The secret boss for Chapter 1 of Mikerune is Spamton! He swaps with Jevil! He’s a crazy little clown in this AU!

So let’s back up and return to the part where Jongler tells Mike that they know a shortcut to his room.

This shortcut is a way to travel to the other areas, as you may have recalled.

In order to meet Spamton for his “quest”, you have to go to the room before the casino.

Remember Mike mentioning a longer way to get past the casino?

You can visit it now!

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“Wait, how does that even work???”

Mike said as he and the other Mikes used the shortcut.

“It’s almost like we teleported!!”

“I don’ know, Boss. Da lil’ guy showed me dis. It’s convenient ain’t it!”

Jongler attempted to explain to Mike.

“Okay??? That doesn’t explain anything. This actually defies physics…”

Mike pulled out his clipboard and a pen. He started writing a quick note.

“Might need to examine this later..”

Mike quietly said out loud to himself.

When he finished writing he noticed Pluey and Jongler looking over his shoulder.

“Ya sure write down a lot of stuff, Boss!”

Jongler pointed out.

Mike jumped and quickly put his clipboard away to prevent the others from reading more of his notes.

“UH!!! YEAH!!! Gotta keep myself organized, you know!!! Mike is always organized!! How do you think I do everything here?!!”

Mike said quickly, as if he’s been caught and is explaining himself.

“ANYWAYS! Why are we here!?”

Mike said as he realized where they were.

“NO!! WE ARE NOT GOING TO THE CASINO AGAIN!!!”

“There’s a Casino?”

Jongler asked Mike.

Mike looked at Jongler in confusion.

“Well.. YEAH! Didn’t you and the other guy go through this door???”

“Oh yeah!”

Jongler remembered.

“Did the Pippins force you to gamble with them too?”

Mike asked Jongler, curious to know if they had a horrible time there too.

“Any ‘LET’S GO GAMBLING!!! YEAH!!! GIVE ME ALL YOUR POINTS BITCH!!’ while you were there?”

Mike asked Jongler as he did a perfect impression of the Pippins.

“Nope.”

Jongler responded.

“I got a bit lost, so I nicely asked a lil’ Pippins and they kindly pointed me to da door. Everyone there was nice!” 

Mike looked at Jongler, completely speechless.

“THE PIPPINS??? NICE????”

Mike shouted in absolute disbelief.

“Yeah.”

Jongler told Mike.

Mike shook his head, unable to believe what Jongler told him.

“OKAY! STOP DISTRACTING ME!”

Mike turned towards Pluey who was just watching him and Jongler talk with each other.

“YOU! Why did you bring us back over here?”

Mike asked Pluey.

Pluey made a saxophone noise and pointed to the alternate path Mike mentioned the first time they were in this room.

“Wha- You want to go this way now???”

Mike said, confused by Pluey’s request.

“Theres no point to this! We already got past the casino and we are going back to my room!”

Pluey looked at Mike, batting him eyelashes to convince him.

“No! We are NOT doing this!”

Mike looked away from Pluey.

“Aww Boss…”

Jongler told Mike. 

“He just wants to explore the backstage more! Youse the expert after all!”

Mike blushed at the compliment. He sighed.

“Fine. But don’t get disappointed when you realize there is nothing of interest there.”

Mike said as he led the two in the alternate path.

Mike was somewhat right about his statement. The path was unnervingly empty and quiet. Other than a few Ribbicks, the place was empty.

After a bit of walking, Mike pointed ahead of him.

“See? That’s the cowboy set over there.”

Pluey and Jongler could see the spotlight coming from the cowboy set. 

“There’s NOTHING here! Let’s go back now.”

Mike turned around and started walking back to the area they were in before.

Pluey and Jongler followed, a bit disappointed that there was nothing.

As they walked back, Pluey suddenly noticed something strange. He stopped and examined one part of the wall. Despite how dark it was, Pluey could tell that there was a hidden path there!

Pluey made a saxophone noise.

“Ya found somethin’, Pluey?”

Jongler said excitedly.

“Why’d you guys stop!!?”

Mike shouted as he ran back to the two.

Pluey pointed to the hidden path he found.

Mike and Jongler looked where he was pointing to.

“…Am I supposed to see something there?”

Mike eventually asked.

“I don’t see anything!”

“Sorry, Plues.. I don’ see anythin either.”

Jongler told Pluey.

Pluey thought for a second before walking towards the hidden pathway. Although it was dark, Pluey’s white outline made it easy for the others to see him. He went inside the hidden path. 

The others gasped, thinking that Pluey disappeared in front of them. Pluey poked his head out and happily waved to Mike and Jongler.

“A secret path!”

Jongler said as they followed Pluey.

Mike looked unsure, but he followed Pluey as well.

Both Mike and Jongler followed Pluey as he went deeper in the pathway. It was extremely dark, they almost couldn’t see anything.

Eventually they reached the end. They knew it was the end because Pluey bumped into the wall and fell to the ground.

“Youse okay, Pluey?”

Jongler said as they quickly helped him up.

“Looks like it’s a dead end! Let’s go back!”

Mike said, rather nervously.

“This place gives me the creeps-“

Mike said before he got interrupted by a loud voice.

“HEY          EVERY!!!”

Someone shouted out. A distorted version of Mr Tenna’s TV Time theme started playing.

All the Mikes jumped upon hearing the voice. Mike immediately tensed up, thinking that Tenna was about to be here any minute.

“ITS ME! EV3RY BUDDIES FAVORITE [Clown Nose SFX]!!!”

The voice said as they started laughing maniacally.

“WHOA IF IT ISN”t [Cathode]’s CREW!!”

At this point, the Mikes were all huddled together in a hug. They were terrified. Who was this person?! How did they know they were here?!

All the Mikes looked towards the direction the voice was coming from. However, it was much too dark to make out anything. 

All of them were too afraid to address the voice. However, Mike, deciding to be the brave man that he is, spoke up for them.

“Um… Hello?????”

Mike squeaked.

“WHAT BRING YOU HERE TO THIS [Prison Bars SFX]? ARE YOU HERE TO POINT AND [Children Laughing SFX]??!!!”

“Um.. no…?”

Mike squeaked again. Mike then cleared his throat and spoke more confidently.

“Well.. no. We got a BIT lost, but don’t worry! We’ll be on our way!”

Mike tried to move, but Pluey and Jongler were tightly holding on to him.

The voice went silent for a bit.

“WAIT      !”

The voice shouted.

“I HAVE A SPECIL DEAL FOR U [1 2 3 A B C]!!!!”

“A deal? I’m sorry, but… we’re kinda-“

Mike said before getting interrupted.

“YES DEAL DEAL DEAL [Hyperlink Blocked]!!!! HELP M3 AND U BECOME A BIG SHOT!!!”

“Look we-“

“BIG SHOT!! [Now’s your chance to be a big shot]!!!”

“…”

Mike paused to see if the voice would say more. 

Silence.

Mike decided to try again.

“That sound nice, but-“

Mike tries to say before getting interrupted again.

“FREEDOM!! ALL I NEED IS [Hyperlink Blocked]!!!”

“Oh my fucking-“

“YOU WILL [Helpppp!!] ME?”

The voice asked.

“I’LL TELL YOU IF YOU EVEN LET ME SPEAK!!!!”

Mike snapped and angrily shouted to the voice.

“[Okie Dokie]”

Mike sighed in frustration. 

“Let me… talk to my fellow comrades!”

Mike tried to say cheerfully, however it was obvious how much he was holding out his anger.

“Let go of me!”

Mike told Jongler and Pluey as he tried to shake them off him.

“Sorry, Boss..”

Jongler said as they apologized. Pluey made a saxophone sound in apology as well.

Rather reluctantly, the Mikes untangled themselves from each other. 

“Okay! Let’s huddle up.”

All the Mikes huddled up together. 

“What's da plan, Boss?”

Jongler whispered.

“It’s OBVIOUS, isn’t it! Let’s just run away from this FREAK and NEVER come back!”

Mike loudly whispered to the other Mikes.

“We do not KNOW who this guy is, so why bother! They are so RUDE too!”

“I CAN [Learn the 5 senses song] YOU!!!”

The voice shouted out.

Mike flinched.

“Boss… ya kinda bad at whispering…”

Jongler told Mike. Pluey nodded in agreement.

“Okay fine. But you two agree with me about leaving this guy?”

Mike whispered to the other Mikes, slightly lowering the volume of his voice.

Jongler and Pluey were silent. 

“Guys?”

Mike asked, concerned by the amount of time it is taking them to agree with him.

“I don’ know, Boss.. I kinda want to help them out..”

Jongler shyly said. 

“They’re trapped here!”

Pluey seemed to agree as well.

“YES FREE-”

Mike poked his head out from their huddling position and angrily shouted at the voice.

“SHUT UP!!!!” 

“....”

Mike turned back towards the other Mikes.

“What do you mean?!”

Mike sighed.

“Guys. This guy is in a jail of some kind. Meaning that they did something to get there! They are not innocent! We need to go NOW!”

“I guess..”

Jongler sadly agreed with Mike. 

*Listen to Mike?

Pluey made a saxophone noise.

“What.”

Mike looked at Pluey in disbelief. 

“Are you actually-”

Pluey made a saxophone noise again.

“A vote?!”

“Yeah! Dat sounds fair.”

Jongler agreed with Pluey.

“Whoever wants to help them out, raise your hand!”

Jongler and Pluey raised their hands.

“Ok! Whoever doesn’t want to help them out, raise your hand!”

“THAT'S NOT FAIR!!! GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!! WE SHOULD LEAVE!!!”

Mike shouted. Mike didn’t raise his hand at all, thinking that this was a waste of time and a stupid decision.

“Looks like no one disagrees!”

Jongler decided.

“WHAT!!!!”

Jongler, deciding to be brave, shyly spoke out to the voice.

“So uh… how do we’s help you? What do ya need?”

“[Correct answer Ding SFX]!!! I NEED [Keys Jingling SFX]!!”

The voice said.

“[Trash Heap] HAS [Keys Jingling SFX]!!!!”

“Trash heap?”

Jongler asked in confusion.

They bend down to whisper to Mike.

“Youse know anyone named that?”

“No.”

Mike responded. Mike had his arms crossed, clearly upset about Pluey and Jongler disobeying him.

“[Trash Heap]!!!!!!”

The voice repeated.

[Trash Heap] [Trash Heap] [Count to 10] [It’s TV Time] [The Lord of Screens Clea-“

The voice immediately cut themself off at the last name.

“Tenna? I mean! Mr. Tenna?”

Mike asked the voice.

The voice went silent. 

“Um… Ya still there?”

Jongler asked after a few minutes of silence. 

The Mikes stood there, wondering why the voice stopped talking all of a sudden. The only sound that they could hear was faint static.

Suddenly, there was the noise of a system rebooting itself.

“YES!!! [Correct answer Ding SFX]!!! THAT MAN IS A CRIMINAL!!!!”

The voice suddenly started talking very fast.

“HE DESERVES TO BE [Prison Bars SFX]!!!!”

The voice started going off about how much they hated Mr. Tenna.

The Mikes stood there in confusion and fear.

“Uh… Don’t worry, Boss! We’ll get dat key from Boss!”

Jongler tried to say reassuringly, hoping that the voice heard them from their angry rant.

“[Knife Stabbing SFX] [Tv Screen Smash by ball SFX] [Glass shattering SFX]-“

“Let’s just go.”

Mike said as he grabbed Jongler's hand and pushed Pluey in front of him.

Pluey made a saxophone noise and waved goodbye to the voice. It was unclear if they saw Pluey as they were still angrily talking about Mr. Tenna.

Eventually the Mikes made it back! Pluey was a bit dizzy from the amount of times Mike accidentally pushed him onto the wall, but he was mostly unscathed.

“We’s gotta go to Boss’ office!.”

Jongler told the group.

“No we are NOT!!”

Mike yelled.

“We have to go to MY ROOM and stop the other guy from DESTROYING TV World!!!!!”

“But Boss… I thought Mike helped everyone out..”

Mike stopped at that comment. He went silent, thinking about what to tell Jongler.

“Look. That guy in the jail seems to HATE Mr. Tenna! They were going off about how much they wanted to kill him!!! They are our enemy!”

Mike explained.

“What if Boss did something to hurt them?”

Jongler asked. 

“WHAT!!! Are you trying to imply that Mr. Tenna is in the wrong!!!!??? You can’t just say that!!!”

Mike freaked out and shouted at Jongler. He looked around desperately, as if Tenna himself would hear that.

Pluey made a saxophone noise.

“Yeah! Maybe we’s could help them make up!”

Jongler agreed with Pluey’s suggestion.

Mike sighed in annoyance. He was getting tired of trying to change Pluey and Jongler’s minds. No matter what he says, they don’t listen!

“FINE! We’ll help them out. But don’t blame ME when it turns out they were evil all along and we released ANOTHER monster into TV World!”

Mike said in defeat.

Pluey and Jongler cheered! Mike is going to help them!

“Okay!! Stop with the cheering! Let’s go.”

Mike told the other two in annoyance.

The Mikes went to the shortcut once more. This time near Mr. Tenna’s office.

“Okay! That is so weird!”

Mike said as they left the shortcut. 

“How come this is the first time I heard of this?!”

“Let’s go-“

Jongler said as they hopped over to Tenna’s office door and grabbed the handle.

“WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!!”

Mike ran to Jongler and harshly grabbed their arm. He pulled them away from the door.

“Boss?”

Jongler asked Mike, confused. 

“You are NOT going inside that room!”

Mike scolded Jongler.

“Why?”

“FIRST OF ALL, You aren’t even wearing your MIKE costume!”

Mike pointed to Jongler. They were still wearing their sheriff outfit.

“SECOND, I DO NOT THINK that you can convince Mr. Tenna, that YOU are Mike!”

Jongler looked physically hurt by that comment.

“So ya don’t trust me.”

Jongler said as they sat down and crossed their arms. 

Pluey looked at Mike with an angry expression on his face. 

Mike sighed.

“Look… it’s not that I don’t trust you… it’s just that… I want to play it safe, you know.”

Jongler didn’t say anything. 

“Hey! Just to show you that I trust you guys…”

Mike pointed to Pluey. 

“Plue- CAT Mike will talk with Tenna!”

Jongler and Pluey looked shocked. Mike always tries to do everything himself.

“I’ll stay here with you.”

Mike told Jongler. 

Jongler didn’t say anything as Mike sat down next to them.

“Go!”

Mike told Pluey, who was just staring at the two. 

Pluey walked in front of Tenna’s office and was about to pull the handle when it opened by itself.

“Huh?!”

Tenna said as he saw Pluey in front of him.

“Oh Mike!! I was just about to CALL you!!! You’re always one step ahead!!!”

Tenna said as a flower sprouted from his nose.

Pluey tried not to make a noise as Tenna grabbed him and immediately closed the door to his office.

Tenna dropped Pluey in the chair in front of his desk.

“Mike! I have some new ideas for the next BIG show!!”

Tenna started ranting to Pluey about his new show idea. Pluey had no choice, but to listen to him.

After a while(Mr. Tenna could TALK), Tenna asks Pluey,

“So… What do you think?”

Tenna looked at Pluey expectantly.

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“YES, MIKE!!!! I KNEW YOU WOULD LOVE IT!!!!”

Tenna says happily, a flower sprouting from his nose.

“You always know all the right things to do, Mike!”

Tenna said as he pet Pluey.

Oh. Pluey really liked being pet…

Just as Pluey was about to unleash his inner cat, Tenna stopped petting him.

“You can go now, Mike! I’ll send you the plans later!”

Tenna said as he turned to open the door for Mike.

Pluey quickly waved his arms in urgency.

“Huh? What is it, Mike?”

Tenna asked.

Pluey quickly grabbed the notebook from before and wrote something down.

Can I ask you something? :3

“What?”

Tenna asked, sounding a bit annoyed.

Did you lock someone up?

Tenna did a double take reading Pluey’s message.

“…..”

They asked for a key and that you have it

Tenna was unresponsive, his screen dark and staticky.

Can you give me the key?

“WHAT!!! YOU WANT TO RELEASE HIM?????!!!”

Tenna shouted at Pluey at the last message.

“Why do you want to see HIM again?!!!”

Tenna said as he gritted his teeth and made a scary expression at Pluey. Tenna grew in size.

Tenna grabbed Pluey. 

“We don’t NEED him, Mike!”

Tenna said with a forced smile.

“That little RAT is the whole reason why the Lightners are not watching me anymore!!!”

Pluey struggled to get out of Mr Tenna’s grip. He was terrified of Tenna’s sudden change in attitude.

“WHY DO YOU WANT TO LET HIM OUT?!”

Pluey couldn’t say anything, not wanting to give himself out as a Shadow guy in disguise. Pluey could only look at Tenna with a fearful expression.

Tenna noticed how scared Pluey looked. Tenna immediately shrank down. He put Pluey down on the chair again.

“Oh.. Mike. I..”

Tenna shrank down even further, feeling guilty about his rage.

Pluey felt relieved. He saw how tiny and sad Tenna looked. He grabbed the notebook again and tried to think of something to tell him.

Maybe you two can make up?

“What.”

Tenna said as he saw what Pluey wrote. He grew to his normal size.

“Make.. up?”

Tenna went silent as Pluey looked at him. Tenna seemed to be deep in thought.

“Mike.. I can’t just… RELEASE him. He’s horrible! I HATE him!!! He-”

Tenna told Pluey before he paused mid-sentence.

“….Well… he HAS been locked there for a while…”

Tenna realized what he was implying and immediately started acting defensive.

“Not that I CARE!! Of course!!!! I don’t care about him at ALL!!”

Tenna crossed his arms and pouted.

“HOWEVER… Since you asked, Mike…”

Tenna walked over to his desk and opened a drawer. He dug his hand deep into the drawer, sticking his tongue out in concentration. Eventually, he pulls out a small key.

Tenna holds it out towards Pluey. Pluey immediately goes to grab it, but Tenna puts it out of his reach.

“Now, now Mike. You have to promise me something. Just because I am letting you release him, DOES NOT MEAN that you should bring him here to ME! I DO NOT want to see that man NEAR ME! He can go WHEREVER he wants, anywhere EXCEPT my set and office! Okay, Mike?”

Pluey nodded as Tenna dropped the key into his hands.

“You are dismissed, Mike.”

Tenna said as he waved Pluey off. 

Pluey quickly ran out of Mr. Tenna’s office and went to go meet Jongler and Mike.

Jongler and Mike were still sitting in the same spot. Jongler seemed to have calmed down. However, Both of them looked a little uncomfortable and awkward, unsure of what to say or do while they waited for Pluey to come back. 

Once Pluey was in view, waving the key above his head, Mike quickly got up.

“FINALLY!”

He said as he ran to Pluey. Jongler quickly followed as well. 

He quickly snatched the key from Pluey and ordered the other Mikes.

“Okay! Let's go free this guy FAST! We don’t want to waste ANY more time!”

All the Mikes ran to the shortcut and went to the secret area again. As they headed towards the jail, Pluey told the others about what Tenna told him about the individual locked inside.

“I KNEW IT!!”

Mike told Pluey.

“But Boss told us we could still free him, Boss.”

Jongler told Mike in response.

“I mean.. yeah BUT… Mr. Tenna HATES him, so I was right about him being an enemy!”

Mike argued against Jongler, not wanting to be wrong about his initial thoughts about the prisoner.

Pluey stopped before the last wall, not bumping into it, like the last time. However, Mike was not paying attention when Pluey stopped. Mike bumped into the wall.

“Youse alright, Boss?”

Jongler told Mike, leaning down over him to check on him.

“I'M FINE!!!”

Mike yelled. He seemed to be gripping his head, almost as if it was going to come off.

Mike quickly adjusted himself.

“HEY!!!! WE GOT THE KEY!!!”

Mike yelled into the darkness, waving the key in one hand.

“[Mario and Luigi EXCELLENT SFX]!!!! [Cum] HERE!!!!”

The prisoner said excitedly.

Mike did a double take on the prisoner’s last sentence.

“EXCUSE ME???!!!”

“USE THE [Beep Censor SFX] [Jingling keys SFX] YOU [Beep Censor SFX]!!!!”

The prison said impatiently.

“Okay okay!!”

Mike said as he cautiously approached the voice of the prisoner. Jongler and Pluey followed.

Mike eventually reached the jail cell. It almost seemed like the prison bars suddenly popped into existence. Mike saw the lock.

He used the key.

Mike opened the cell door and backed away from it quickly.

“Hey! You’re free now!”

Mike shouted inside the cell, clearly not wanting to enter it.

“I NEED [A little bit of-] [Hellllppppp]!”

The prisoner said, his voice sounding much closer and clearer than before.

The Mikes cautiously looked at each other. Mike shook his head and pointed to the exit. Jongler looked at Pluey.

*Enter the room?

Pluey went into the room. Jongler followed. Mike took a long breath and entered as well.

The room that they entered was empty. The only object in the room was a big TV screen in the wall. It was the same type of TV that most of the puzzles in TV World used, however, it lacked any controllers. 

The Mikes saw the prisoner.

He was a tiny little clown. Monochrome in color other than his eye makeup, red clown nose and red flower pinned on his chest. He was on top of a little swing. 

He was just swinging back and forth in his swing. 

Pluey waved at him.

“HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA!!!!”

The little clown laughed as he saw them.

“So… Are you going to leave now? The exit is right there!”

Mike said as he outstretched both hands towards the exit.

“OUR SPECIL [Deal or no Deal] IS NOT [Mission Complete]!!!”

“What! We got the key! Wasn’t that the deal?!”

“[No]! I CAN’T [Leave me alone!!]”

The clown said sadly as he stopped swinging.

He dropped to the floor.. or would have if it wasn’t for the strings holding him up.

The Mikes gasped as they caught notice of the clown's strings. 

The clown’s body was covered in thin green strings. Did Mr. Tenna do this to him?, they all wondered.

“THESE [Beep Censor SFX] [Silly Strings!]!!!”

The clown said as he shook himself violently.

“Oh.. I know Mr. Tenna can be controlling.. but this just seems…too far.”

Mike said nervously as he saw the clown’s strings.

“[Trash Heap]!!?? HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA!!”

The clown laughed at Mike.

“HE IS TOO [It’s so soft]!!! IT WAS MIKE! Mike…”

Mike flinched at his name. Jongler and Pluey immediately looked at Mike.

“Boss… why would ya-“

Jongler asked Mike before the clown interrupted them.

“MIKE??!!”

The clown took a closer look at Mike.

“HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA! YOU HAVE TO [Mee Bee Bee Mee] [Beep Censor SFX] ME!!! HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA ”

The clown kept laughing uncontrollably at Mike.

Mike looked nervous. He was sweating profusely. Jongler and Pluey stared at Mike.

“ENOUGH wasting time! What do you need for this last part of the deal?”

Mike shouted, trying to change the subject.

“I NEED [Replaced]!”

“Replaced? A replacement? For what?”

Mike asked the clown.

“SOMEONE [I NEED IT] TO TAKE [Silly strings]!”

Mike took a moment to think about what the clown meant. 

“Take the strings…?”

“[Soul for a Soul]!!!! AND I WILL B [Freedom Motif]!!!!”

The clown told Mike, making his intention clearer.

“Soul for a- WHAT!!!?? YOU WANT ONE OF US TO BE TRAPPED HERE?!!”

“HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA!!! [Choose your Character]!!!!”

Mike looked at the other Mikes with an uneasy expression on his face. Before he could say anything, Jongler speaks up.

“Do we’s have to? Can’t we’s do somethin else-“

Jongler tried to nicely act the clown before getting interrupted.

“[Choose your Fighter]!!!!”

The clown shouts again.

Mike put his hand on Jongler’s shoulder.

“Guys…”

He sighed.

“Maybe we-“

“No, Boss” 

Jongler interrupts Mike before he could tell them anything.

“We’s finding another way to free him!”

Mike looked distressed. He turned towards the clown.

“Hey…! Um.. what happens if we.. HYPOTHETICALLY OF COURSE… refuse to do as you say?”

Mike nervously asks.

“YOU [But it refused]!!!? ARE U [Beep Censor SFX] ME OVER RIGHT AT THE [Good part]!!!?? WHAT ARE YOU A [Gameshow Host]??!!!”

The clown shouted as he angrily looked at the Mikes.

Mike was a nervous wreck, but both Pluey and Jongler looked at the clown daringly. 

“HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA!!! [Daring today aren’t we?] FINE! I”LL [Pick me] MYSELF!!!”

The clown said as he pulled out a small canon.

“[Now you’ve done it] FACE [The Great] SPAMTON G SPAMTON! HAHEHAHEEHAAAHHA!!!!”

“Spamton?”

Mike quietly said out loud in recognition. He shook his head then cleared his throat.

“Alright Mikes! Let’s do this!”

Mike said, somewhat confidently.

The Mikes prepare for battle!

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Fight time!!!!

Spamton’s fight is similar to Jevil’s, in a way. So yes. It’s a bullet hell.

He would use some of Spamton Neo’s moves, like the cannon gun thing!

Weird comparison but he would have a big cannon, like Pinkie Pie! (Because he’s silly)

He would use pipis of course! 

Rather than having mail/advertisement related moves, Spamton has a bunch of circus related moves. Also memes. A LOT of memes.

Spamton in Mikerune isn’t a spam email. He’s a prank email! Also if it wasn’t clear in the way he speaks, he speaks in sound effects and memes/random videos. He’s a YouTube poop basically.

So how do you defeat Spamton?

There are two ways to defeat him. But they would end up with the same outcome. Cutting his strings!

You can either act and cut his strings, or beat the shit out of him like a punching bag! 

Cutting his strings takes longer, but it’s safer.

Because of Jongler’s immense strength, fighting would go faster, but Spamton’s moves would go much faster and chaotic.

While you fight, Spamton would talk about Mike (the REAL Mike). Our Mike would then freeze up at the mention of his name. This prevents you from controlling his moves. It also leaves him as an easy target for Spamton! You have to distract Spamton in order to prevent Mike from getting defeated! 

Spamton would also talk about some prophecy lines! :O

None of them make any sense to the Mikes, but to us… uh oh.

He doesn’t get to THE line for Tenna’s because the battle would already end at that point.

Spamton notices that he only has one of his strings left. He is so surprised! The Mikes are freeing him! Yippeeee! The power of friendship! He says he loves the Mikes and tells them to cut off his last string!!!!

You know how it ends.

He drops to the floor unmoving. All the Mikes are shocked. Did they just kill a man!?

Before Mike or Pluey could suggest hiding the body, Spamton wakes up!

Spamton can’t move well. All those years being held up by strings made him unable to hold himself up.

The Mikes help him hold himself up. Jongler asks Spamton what he’s going to do now that he’s free! Mike then mentions how he can go anywhere except where Tenna can see him.

 [Beep Censor SFX] 

Spamton is quiet for a bit before telling the Mikes what their goal is. He keeps most of attention on Mike.

Jongler says that they’re saving TV World. You can pick whatever the main goal of the Mikes is as Pluey. Mike says how they are keeping TV World in check and perfect for Tenna.

Spamton laughs. He seems to find this very amusing. 

Spamton gives the Mikes another deal. Well.. it isn’t really a deal, more like begging. He wants to join the Mikes. Not to help them. Only to observe them. He wants to see what happens.

This is obviously very vague and suspicious to the Mikes. However, they agree to let him join.

Based on how you beat Spamton, you either get his hat or his cannon!

(For this story, his hat is the canon option)

You also get his shadow crystal. The Mikes don’t know what it is. 

You get the option to keep or throw the shadow crystal as far as you can.

If you pick to throw it Mike would grab the shadow crystal and says that they should keep it because it looks important. 

Now the Mikes can continue what they were doing before! 

Now that you have the hat, you can get some funny interactions!

If you equip it on Pluey and go to Tenna’s office, Tenna would immediately tell Pluey to leave. You cannot go into his office unless you take off the hat and put it on another team member.

Tenna’s “shop” is the same from last time but you get two new interactions. 

You can now talk about Spamton to Tenna. Tenna would mention how they used to host the show together. Tenna talks about him so fondly, it’s hard to tell whether he actually likes Spamton or not. He then talks about the moment that ruined them! Spamton went insane for no reason and messed up his show! He had to lock him up. Tenna stops at that. He tells Pluey that he doesn’t want to hear Spamton’s name ever again.

You get the choice to give Tenna the shadow crystal. Pluey carefully holds out the shadow crystal. Tenna is confused. He takes the shadow crystal and examines it closely.

He then shrugs and throws it over his shoulder.

The sound of glass shattering can be heard.

Pluey watches in shock. Tenna notices Pluey’s reaction and tells him why he's looking at him like that. Tenna asks Pluey why he even gave him that crystal. Tenna defends himself by telling Pluey that the crystal looked weird and he didn’t like it, so it's fair that he threw it away.

Pluey nods along, but now he’s worried what Mike would say when he hears about what happened with the crystal.

You might be wondering, wait… so the Shadow crystals don’t matter? Do you get anything for going to the secret bosses?

My answer is… I’m not sure.

Deltarune still isn’t complete. We don’t know what the Shadow crystals are, only that they are important for something that Seam is going to give us.

I don’t know if Tenna would tell you more information about the real Mike in return. However, I will wait until we see what Seam does when you give them all the crystals. :) 

Another fun interaction is the casino!!

Remember what I said about the secret bosses? You can cheat!!

For Spamton, he would make a loud noise, like a really loud meme. This would distract your opponent, allowing you to cheat a bit. >:)

Don’t use him too much though because despite how stupid some of the pippins might be, they would definitely notice that you are cheating! 

But that’s everything about the secret boss for Chapter 1 of Mikerune!

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