What does Revelry mean?

I don't know how long I was sleeping because it felt like forever. This sleep felt more than a Friday nap time, my entire being was tired. At the same time, I couldn't wait to see the improvements on my status sheet.

Hours of fighting, I should have something to show for it.

Opening my eyes and sitting up, the aches and tiredness washed over me like a tide of pain. Sam was still slumped over, sleeping like a baby. Andre was on his back, looking at the glow stones on the ceiling of the cave.

"Hey, how ya feeling?" I asked

"Alright, I just have never fought so hard and so long in my life. I was gearin to join the army, I can do 50 pushups in a row, but none of that mattered. My life was goin to be snuffed out by bunnies and rats"

"Woah, let's not get too existential. I know I joke and can be dismissive of some circumstances but it's because I live by a small philosophy. Just. Keep. Swimming."

"You have to be joking, Finding Nemo, really?" Andre scoffed

"It's silly but it basically means just keep moving forward, no matter what. Whatever happens, just keep moving forward, no matter what."

"Yes, I guess that makes sense, I just feel like, at this point, my entire purpose is not dying. Instead of finding a girl, or finding a career, I like"

"I guess but at least now our goal or purpose is easily defined and quantified. Get stronger. Speaking of, what is your highest skill level?"

"Diamond Chute and it's at… LVL 24. What about you? " Andre turned to me and said

[Orwell Rod Jacobs]

[Class: Kinetic Energy Circuit]

[Title: Raza Potentate]

[Stat Focus: Ability Potency]

Skills:

KE Siphon Lvl.21

KE Saturation Lvl.6

KE Body Lvl.13

Knife Affinity Lvl.11

Kinetic Well Lvl. 2

"Kinetic Siphon and it's Lvl.21"

"I won I guess. What do you think is happening outside this hell hole?"

"Probably more hell, fewer rainbows, and the same amount of jerks"

"That's a great way of saying that some humans are still alive."

"Yea, let's just hope we live long enough to see them."

…

Two more hours went by until Sam woke up with an even snarkier attitude than before.

"When did you two girls wake up?"

"A little bit before you" I responded

"How long till the wave comes?"

"No clue, me and Andre were just chillin and talking"

"Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your cool two-man club"

"You just looked so peaceful, we thought you needed your rest, we were fighting for like 10 hours"

"Well thank you Pop-Pop, I am greatly rested and ready for a hug" she sneered

"What do we do until the next wave since there is no timer" I ignored Sam's joke

"Well I was thinking we do an analysis of the battle and find how we can improve" Sam replied with a serious face

Andre and I turned to her with disbelief

"That is weirdly responsible and smart of you," I said

"What, you're saying that I'm not responsible or smart?" She said while charging her hand with plasma

"N-no no way, just, you are our best strategist but you seemed irritable"

"Well I was fighting for 11sum hours chucking energy beams at bunnies, I deserve to be irritable. But on a serious note, I noticed some ways you both could get stronger, and I was hoping you guys have some ways I could become stronger."

"So like a power-up meeting"

"Yep, like what if Andre could make a platform for us where we would get immediate high ground." She turned to Andre

"Like wherever I'm standing, make a platform under my feet and lift me so I can have the high ground when I'm not on the mini-tower," she explained

"That could be possible but aiming where the diamond chute breaks ground is harder than it looks, the speed will have to be really slow so you don't fall off."

"That could work! Don't worry, we have 70 waves to get better."

We then just had conversations about how to get better. I told Sam that she needed to get better at conserving her energy for plasmablasts. She could decimate the same amount of monsters with much less energy expended. Surprisingly when talking about surviving the waves, she did not joke as much. Andre did not say much, as usual, but he did talk about working as a team could increase our survival chances. Pretty obvious but Andre didn't talk much unless spoken to.

We were about to test out some things when the Words interrupted us.

[WAVE TWO HAS BEGUN]

Turquoise Servals poured out of the portal. Luckily the diamond maze we made before stayed up so only about 20-30 of the cats were able to leave the portal. The servals had light blue fur and even bluer eyes that kinda glowed if you stared too long.

We turned to each other with determined faces

"WHO IS GONNA LEAVE THIS SHITTY HELL HOLE?" Sam shouted

"WE ARE" Andre and I shouted in response

"WHO IS GONNA BE THE VERY BEST THAT NO ONE EVER WAS?" I shouted

"WE ARE" Andre and Sam shouted in response

"Then let's do this shit," Andre said even-toned with grim determination

"WOOOOOO" Sam and I shouted

Then we charged into the fray