Going Down...

“Basil’s the name; scamming you out of your cash is his game. There isn’t anything that Basil wouldn’t do for some moolah. He’s an affable yet sleazy salesman that doesn’t care about the quality of his products, only that they make a quick buck.”

Full Name: Basil “Bazzie” Lustera Other Name: Basil the Emerald Species: Emerald Gender: Male (He/Him) Family: Scarlet (Older Sister) and Azul (Older Brother) Voice Claim: Billy West (Zapp Brannigan - Futurama)

Dandy Store Quote

“Basil… be careful. He’ll suck money out of you like a sponge.”

Requirements

3200 Ichor

Collect 1000 tapes in a single round

50% Research on Twisted Scarlet

Appearance

Basil is a green emerald with green skin. He wears a white button-up shirt under an emerald-green jacket with a light yellow tie with a dollar sign pattern on it, emerald-green pants, and dark brown shoes. He also wears a light yellow boater hat with a green band.

Personality

Basil is a very sleazy but affable salesman who doesn’t care who his actions affect, just as long as he gets cash from doing it. However, under certain circumstances, Basil is very much a coward and afraid to stand up for himself, but he is a dirty coward and throws his sister under the bus when given the chance.

Like his sister Scarlet, Basil cares about getting fast cash quickly; however, he is very different from his sister on how to achieve it. As the owner of “Big Bazzie’s Emporium”, he is very much committed to conning Toons into buying stupid stuff for their money. In the show he runs many other businesses around Gardenville, such as car dealerships, toy stores, etc., that are all owned by him and all have very shoddy products.

Sometimes Basil is Scarlet’s partner in crime, helping her get even with her rival Shelly. However, Basil is mostly unsure about working with and helping his sister. But he is afraid to stand up for himself, as Scarlet reprimands him for messing up or screwing around.

Stats

Rank: Rare

Health: ♥️♥️♥️ Skill Check: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Size 200 / Value 2.5 / Speed 4)Movement Speed: ⭐⭐⭐ (Walk 15 / Sprint 25) Stamina: ⭐⭐ (125)Stealth: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (15)Extraction Speed: ⭐⭐ (0.85)

Ability

Trade Offer Active This Toon can trade items or trinkets with other nearby Toons for tapes. Items cost 10 to 35 tapes to trade (depending on rarity) while trinkets cost 50 tapes. Toons will also be able to see his items when nearby. Only one item/trinket can be traded at a time. Has a cooldown of 50.

(His ability works similar to Ginger’s in which the player must hold down the ability button to use the ability (but with a slightly bigger range) In which case a menu will open up when successfully activated to trade an item/trinket. The ability will cancel out if the target leaves his range or he/the Toon he’s trading with gets spotted by a Twisted. The cooldown will also only begin until after the trade is over, regardless of result. Also like Ginger’s ability, the player that it’s being used on will be notified via a pop-up that the Basil player wants to trade with them.).

Dialogue 

Finishing extraction “I may be an emerald, but when I extract from machines, I shine like a diamond, baby!” “Call me today, and I’ll extract your machine in a flash.” “If you need my help, just call and I’ll come right over.”

Descending to the next floor “Has anybody here ever used one of my products?” “Come on down to "Big Bazzie’s Emporium!" I got all that you need.” “Why shop with Dandy when you can get some deals with me, Basil?”

Activating “Trade Offer” “Time to make a deal.” “Let’s talk business.” “Research Maps, Chocolate, do you want it? It’s yours if you have enough tapes!”

Successful Trade “Deal’s a deal!” “Pleasure doing business with ya!” “Come back to me again won’t ya?”

Failed Trade “Nice try, but if I just started giving away stuff for free, my business will be in shambles.” “Do I look like Bobette, pal? I won’t give you this for free.” “Ooh, sorry, you don’t have enough tapes. Come back when you hmm…have more?”

Twisted Basil

"Buyer beware If you get this Twisted on the next floor, as some of the Items in Dandy’s shop might’ve been replaced by one of his terrible products. Keep a good eye on them, or else you’ll get more than what you paid for.”

Rank: Rare Speed: Average (18) Attention Span: Slightly Above Average (3) Detection Range: Above Average

Twisted Basil is a wandering Twisted who attacks not only on the floor he’s on; but also in Dandy’s Shop. On even floors, there’s a chance that one of the items in the shop will be replaced by one of his own shoddy products. These items will do the opposite of their intended purposes and will hinder your performance. Here’s a list of them:

Bazzie’s Chew’em’s (Gumballs): Will lower a random stat by 20% for 10 seconds.

Bazzie’s Taste-tastic Choco Bar (Chocolate): Upon use, decreases Max Stamina by 50% and Walk Speed by 20% for 20 seconds.

Bazzie’s Accurate Clock-o-Matic (Stopwatch): While extracting a Machine, decreases Skill Check window size by 50 for 15 seconds.

Bazzie’s Lemon Lime Chew-It-Up (Stamina Candy): Upon use, decreases Stamina Regeneration by 50% for 20 seconds.

Bazzie’s Blue Raspberry Chew-It-Up (Stealth Candy): Upon use, decreases Stealth by 25% for 8 seconds.

Bazzie’s Fiztastic Soda (Pop): Upon use, depletes 45 Stamina.

Bazzie’s Banana Chew-It-Up (Speed Candy): Upon use, decreases Walk and Run Speed by 25% for 5 seconds.

Bazzie’s Power Punch Bar (Protein Bar): Upon use, decreases Stamina Regeneration by 150% for 15 seconds, equivalent to -6 stamina per second for most Toons.

Bazzie’s Extraction for Cretins (Instructions): While extracting a Machine, decreases Extraction Speed by 50% for 5 seconds upon use.

Bazzie’s Grape Chew-It-Up (Extraction Speed Candy): While extracting a Machine, decreases Extraction Speed by 50% for 5 seconds upon use.

Bazzie’s Hot Cinnamon Chew-It-Up (Skill Check Candy): Upon use, decreases Skill Check chance by 25% for 15 seconds.

Bazzie’s Shockingly Awesome Cables (Jumper Cables): While extracting a Machine, reduces a large amount of completion upon use.

Bazzie’s Heal-O-Matic Bandage [Won’t Give You Rashes] (Bandage): Upon use, depletes 1 ♥️.

Bazzie’s Mad Noisemaker (Airhorn): Upon use, significantly increases Stealth by 50 for 10 seconds and conceals your current location from nearby + specific Twisteds.

Bazzie’s Bottle of Fiztastic (Bottle o' Pop): Upon use, depletes your Stamina to zero capacity

Bazzie’s Heal-O-Rama Aid Kit (Health Kit): Upon use, depletes ♥️ to the minimum

Bazzie’s Taste-tastic Chocolate Box (Box o' Chocolates): Upon use, decreases Max Stamina by 25, and Run Speed by 10% for 10 seconds.

Bazzie’s Eject-O-Matic (Eject Button): Upon use, decreases Stealth, Walk, and Run Speed by 25 for 3 seconds, and applies the Slow Debuff, if you don’t have it.

Bazzie’s Sneaky Sneaker Bomb (Smoke Bomb): While not being chased by a Twisted, make it gain interest in you for 3 seconds. (You can be hurt during this time.) (Works on Lethal Twisteds.)

Bazzie’s Krazy Krank-O-Rama Valve (Valve): While extracting a Machine, delays its completion upon use.

If one of Twisted Basil’s items is in the shop, he is guaranteed to spawn on the proceeding floor after Dandy’s Shop closes. But otherwise he behaves like a standard Common Twisted.with only an above average detection range and attention span.

Twisted Research Trinket: Bootleg Plush Trinket Category: Other Grants the user a 25% discount on all Dandy’s Shop items during intermissions on even Floors

Trivia

Basil is primarily inspired by Lionel Hutz from The Simpsons, along with James from Pokémon, as he serves as the right-hand man to the girl (in this case, his sister Scarlet)

Coincidentally, his older brother Azul’s voice claim is Eric Stuart, who voiced James in the first 8 seasons of Pokemon.

Basil partners with Midas around St. Patrick’s Day and it’s the only time he’s around someone else other than Scarlet.

Two of Basil’s trading dialogues are references to the CDI game “Link: The Faces of Evil”, specifically the character of Morshu, the shopkeeper of the game.

His ability name is a reference to the “Trade Offer” meme.

Basil is sort of the black sheep/odd man out of his siblings, since he is not a diamond (which he even references in one of his extraction quotes) and his name does not allude to or reference his color.

He is also the only Lustera sibling to not be a rival to any other Toon, as Scarlet is Shelly’s rival and Azul is “unofficially” Rodger’s rival.