 
### THE ROSTICAL USERS

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DAATHIC DARKWINGS

by

Michael Rogers

SMASHWORDS EDITION

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PUBLISHED BY:

Michael Rogers on Smashwords

The Rostical Users

Book One - Sceldrant's Comet

Book Two - Celestrial Lancer

Book Three - Madora's Prophecy

Book Four - Sacred Knights

Book Five - Number One

Book Six - Daathic Darkwings

Book Seven - Seraphic Gate

The Rostical Guild

Book One - Sceldrant's Comet

Book Two - Desert Dragon

Book Three - Corrupted Radiatons

Book Four - Bakana Flare

Book Five - Healing Monarchs

Book Six - Elemental Rage

The Rostical Quest

The Dontalia Facility

Check out hand drawn maps for the Rostical series

Maps for The Rostical Saga

Copyright (c) 2009 by Michael Rogers

Special thanks to Butters, Todd and the many others who proofread this story.

Be sure to check the back for the character BIO and appendix.

The names and incidents portrayed and the names herein are fictitious, and any similarity to the name, character or history is entirely coincidental and unintentional.

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Chapter 1: Valkyrie

*One side of the sky was orange and the other blue, due to the setting sun.*

Ridley: *He smirked and looked down, staring at the white pebbles under his feet.* "I feel that these type of actions are inexcusable, but, Surpreon has given me a lot of grief."

*Ridley sighed and paused, listening to the lively sounds of villagers coming from inside the city.*

Ridley: "This certain memory stays strong with me." *He looked up and admired the grey sphere-like structure in front of him, triggering a flashback.*

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*Riddle and Tyler worked independently by themselves in Surpreon's research facility.*

Tyler: *He thoroughly typed on a keyboard-like console, as multiple red dots came on the screen.* (I _need_ to pinpoint the random attacks warriors have-)

*A small barrier in front of Ridley started to glow, causing Tyler to pause momentarily.*

Riddle: "Hmm?" *He closely observed the small barrier, causing him to quickly write down details on a notepad.* "Tyler?"

Tyler: *He sighed and stopped typing, looking over his shoulder to Riddle.* "Yes?"

Riddle: "I'm a little confused with these barriers." *He lowered the notepad, frowning in a curious-like manner.*

Tyler: "A barrier-?" *He stood up and slowly walked towards him.* "What are you confused about? The formula of one?"

Riddle: "Oh, certainly not-" *He rolled his eyes and waved his hand, disregarding Tyler's question.*

Tyler: "So.. What is it?"

Riddle: "Well, I'm trying to create a powerful barrier, but I can't seem to base the level of power."

Tyler: (Base the level of power?) *He quivered his lips in confusion.*

Riddle: "And I admit, I'm having a _lot_ of difficulty with this." *He continued to observe the small circular barrier in a fascinated-like manner.*

Tyler: *He shook his head, avoiding several computer-like consoles.* "I'm sorry, I don't understand?" *He stopped next to Riddle and stared at the barrier, noticing several glyphic symbols rotate around it.*

Riddle: *He slightly bent forward, further inspecting his experiment.* "I want to create a miniature shield, but with the power of a large shield."

Tyler: "Ah-" *He nodded his head in understanding.* (That's a smart idea-)

Riddle: "But the problem _is_ , I can't find a barrier strong enough to revise the formula into the experiment."

Tyler: "I understand now-" (I see what he means, it's much easier to edit formulas, than to create something from scratch-)

Riddle: *He shook his head in a defeated-like manner and turned around, facing Tyler for ideas.* "Do you have or know anything that could help me out?"

Tyler: "Umm-" *He slowly looked up to the roof, scratching the pimples on his face in thought.*

Riddle: *He looked away, pouting in a bored-like manner.* (I knew I shouldn't have wasted my time asking him-)

Tyler: "Wait-" *He snapped his fingers, as his face lit up with thought.*

Riddle: "Y-Yes?" *He stuttered, hiding his slight excitement.*

Tyler: "Why not Surpreon itself?"

Riddle: "Excuse me?" *He shook his head in confusion.*

Tyler: "Oh.." *He sounded regretful, quickly looking away in a guilty-like manner.*

Riddle: "Tyler?"

Tyler: "I thought you would've known about.. It, because you're Season's loyal researcher-"

Riddle: "About what?" *He spoke in an annoyed-like manner, pushing up his glasses with two fingers.*

Tyler: "Well-" *He paused, as if he didn't want to say.*

Riddle: "As you said, I'm one of Season's close researchers."

Tyler: "Yeah." *He whined on his breath, sounding unsure.*

Riddle: "Also, if I don't know about something, I may not be able to react to it in time _if_ something were to occur."

Tyler: (He has a point...) *He sighed, nodding his head in understanding.* "Surpreon's barrier."

Riddle: "The outer shell... What about it?"

Tyler: "No, the one in the sky."

Riddle: "Pardon?" *He tilted his head in a curious-like manner, adjusting his glasses.*

Tyler: "Haven't you ever wondered why Surpreon never experiences aerial attacks?"

Riddle: "Now, come to think of it, yes, I _have_ wondered that?"

Tyler: "Surpreon's barrier is kept secret, as it's the strongest yet _only_ weakness to the city."

Riddle: "Oh, this is getting interesting-" *He leant on the bench behind him, focusing all his attention to Tyler.*

Tyler: "Well, the outer shell is impenetrable."

Riddle: (If it's impenetrable, then why is it a weakness?)

Tyler: "While the multi-layered barrier above Surpreon is said to be the _strongest_ known barrier to ever have existed."

Riddle: "How do you know this?"

Tyler: "The glyphic formulas have a precision of Astragons which are adjusted at different frequencies."

Riddle: "Different frequencies? I haven't heard of Astragons being used in such a manner."

Tyler: "The idea was based off score users and how they draw the Astragons through different toned hymns or singing."

Riddle: "Please continue."

Tyler: (He can keep up so easily-) "Well, due to these frequencies, the shield is able to detect the opposite frequency used and bounce it back."

Riddle :"Similar to the properties of magnetism?"

Tyler: *He looked shocked, slowly nodding his head.* "Yes, that's a good example."

Riddle: (Fascinating, I'd never expect Surpreon to have such a highly advanced shield-)

Tyler: "And that's how the shield works."

Riddle: "How exactly do you know this?" *He sounded unconvinced, as if Tyler was making it up.*

Tyler: "Season granted me access to his personal documents."

Riddle: "Hmm." *He sounded slightly jealous.* "So, if this is the strongest barrier, how is it a weakness?"

Tyler: "The chances are so small it's not even worth mentioning, but if the barrier were to somehow break-" *He paused, losing attention in thought.*

Riddle: (If something very powerful like an impenetrable shield were to collapse. The recoil force would act as an explosion..-) *He thought in realisation, observing Tyler's facial expressions.*

Tyler: "The destruction..." *He struggled to speak, as the thought caused him to become emotional.*

Riddle: *He raised his hand and shook his head.* "Say no more. Having the strongest known barrier will help this experiment tenfold."

Tyler: "G-Great."

Riddle: "Yes." *He nodded his head, as if he ended the conversation.*

Tyler: *He faced the console he was using and started to walk towards it.* "Oh-" *He paused, looking over his shoulder to Riddle.* "I might actually need your help."

Riddle: "Oh yes?"

Tyler: "I need help calculating the possible areas of future attacks and detailing them in percentages."

Riddle: *His confused grin was filled with curiosity, as he walked towards Tyler.* "Explain further more."

Tyler: "Well-"

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Ridley: *He smirked, as cicadas started to buzz in the background.* "Well then." *He slowly and deeply inhaled through his nose, mentally preparing himself.*

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Lance: *He rested his back against a large sakura tree, listening to its pink leaves bristle in the warm wind.* (She left....)

*Lance twirled a pink leaf in between his fingers, staring at it in thought.*

Lance: (Why...?)

Holland: *He looked across the large foreign-like garden, staring at Lance in a worried-like manner.* (Poor guy, he's been sitting there for hours-)

PKMY: *She walked through a door in flames and stepped onto a veranda, listening to wood creak under her feet.* "OK."

Holland: *He smirked and looked at PKMY, watching her walk towards him.* "So what's the go?"

PKMY: *She looked up to the evening sky and sighed, before looking at Holland.* "Arcadia is currently in the realm of Valhalla, but when she's awake, she'll transport us out of here."

Holland: "Great, where?"

PKMY: (Huh-?) *Her attention drifted to the side and she stared at Lance, noticing his sad face.* "..."

Holland: "Amy?"

PKMY: (That shithead-)

Holland: "Amy?"

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She grunted, looking at Holland in an annoyed-like manner.* "Wat?"

Holland: "Where are we going?"

PKMY: "Oh, to Silver Wind Island. Then we can get to Surpreon."

Holland: "Cool." *He mumbled in satisfaction and looked back to Lance, raising an eyebrow in a curious-like manner.* "What was with the strange stare?"

PKMY: "I felt his emotions for a moment."

Holland: "Can't you block your abilities so you _don't_ randomly feel negative emotions?" *He mumbled and looked at PKMY, scratching under his chin with curiosity.*

PKMY: "I'm not used to sealing and sending my empathic powers just yet."

Holland: "Okay. So, what did you feel?"

PKMY: "Eh? The try hard is upset."

Holland: "Yeah, he didn't take the whole Alicia going away too well, did he?"

PKMY: "Obviously-" *She grunted and quickly inhaled, cupping her hands over her mouth.* "Oi, asswipe!"

Lance: "..." *He slowly looked over to PKMY, frowning in a sad-like manner.*

PKMY: "Stop sulking and get up."

Lance: "Sulking? She left-"

PKMY: "And so did you! You left to find that stupid sword."

Lance: *He looked shocked, causing him to pay attention to the leaf in his hand.* "Yea, but-"

PKMY: "We're going to Silver Wind Island, and I'm not leaving you here by yourself."

Lance: "Leave me."

PKMY: *She frowned with a twitching eye.* " _Wat_ did you say?"

Holland: *He kept quiet and placed his hands on the back of his head, pretending not to listen.* (Things might get ugly, those two have dominant attitudes-)

Lance: "I said-"

PKMY: *She took a step forward, flashstepping in front of Lance.* "And I said, we're _not_ leaving you here."

Lance: "Wat if she comes back, and-?"

PKMY: *She bent forward, slapping the leaf out of Lance's hand.* "The amount of times I've seen, or heard you go through this _stupid_ sad stage is absolutely _pathetic_ -"

Lance: "Pathetic?" *He grunted in realisation and leant off the tree, stamping his foot at PKMY.* "Pathetic? Wateva, I'll show you who's pathetic!"

Holland: *He took several steps towards Lance and PKMY.* "Alicia said she knew what to do-" *He paused and walked up to them.* "She also used a teleportation type Rostical."

Lance: (Teleportation? Alicia?) *He thought in surprise.*

PKMY: *She looked up to Holland, nodding her head.* "Her quality of power was different."

Lance: "Different?"

PKMY: "It was hidden, but when I rethink it over, the quality was similar to yours when you woke up from Arcadia's dream state."

Lance: "Oh.." *He looked down, grunting in recollection.* (Then, she must've got a big power up too.)

PKMY: *She closed her eyes and slowly inhaled.* (I sense his restlessness has passed...)

Lance: "So... How are we goin' to Silver Wind Island?"

Holland: (That's better.) *He smirked in thought, looking at the darkening sky.*

PKMY: "As I said, Arcadia will-"

Ginger: *She wheeled Arcadia out of the house and faced the party.* "Ey? Arcadia will what? Please respond."

Arcadia: *She stared at the party with her hazel and red eyes.* "Send them to Silver Wind Island."

PKMY: *She quickly faced Arcadia, nodding her head in respect.* "Yes."

Holland: "Thank you for your hospitality."

PKMY: "Yes, this village is a..." *She paused, struggling to find the appropriate word.*

Holland: "Beautiful?"

PKMY: "Unique place to be."

Lance: *He folded his hands and stared at Holland with a childish grin.* "..."

Holland: *He looked at Lance in confusion.* "What?"

Lance: "Beautiful?" *He waved his hands like a girl, causing his grin to widen.*

Holland: "Ahem, so-" *He mumbled while ignoring Lance and walked up to Arcadia.*

Arcadia: *She noticed Holland walking towards her, causing her to nudge Ginger.* "You will be needing this." *She smiled, presenting a stone to Ginger.*

Ginger: "A teleportation stone? Please respond."

Arcadia: "Yes. Pour your Neurons into it, you should know what to do."

Ginger: "Yes." *She grabbed the stone and tightly held it with one hand, causing it to instantly glow purple.*

Holland: *He walked up to Ginger and stared at the glowing stone.* "Do we need to do anything to it?"

Ginger: "Ey, it's already activated."

Holland: "Thank you again."

Ginger: *She looked past Holland, staring at Lance.* "Pardon your insolent friend-" *She quietly hissed at Holland, causing Arcadia to raise her hand.*

Arcadia: "Enough."

Ginger: *She gritted her teeth and presented the glowing stone to Holland.* "Yes."

Holland: *He glanced at the stone and looked at Ginger, staring at the bandages around her arms.* (Ginger is powerful, she was able to withstand her own against Amy _and_ myself-)

Ginger: "Are you going to take it, or just stare at it? Please respond." *She sounded impatient, flicking her long black hair over her shoulder.*

Holland: "I was thinking-" *He gently but quickly grabbed the stone from Ginger's hand.* "Is there anything we can do to repay your kind generosity?"

Arcadia: *She closed her eyes and looked to each side, causing her body to shine a shade of white.* "All you can do-" *She opened her eyes, sighing in exhaustion.* "Is stop the Consultant's plan."

Holland: "Alright, I think we could give that a go." *He smirked, as if he was happy to fulfil Arcadia's desire.*

Lance: *He folded his arms like a child and tapped his feet, trying to listen to Holland's mumbles.* "Oi, come on."

PKMY: *She looked up the red sky, noticing several stars.* (Now that my training has finished, I think I can hold my own against the Consultant now-)

*PKMY grunted in thought, triggering flashbacks of Ridley fighting the entire party at Surpreon.*

Holland: *He firmly held onto the stone and turned around, jogging up to PKMY.* "Here, I can't activate it."

PKMY: *She smirked at Holland and lowered her head, grabbing the stone out of his hand.* "OK-"

Arcadia: "Before you go." *She wheeled forward, instantly drawing the party's attention towards her.*

Lance: *He sighed and rolled his eyes.* (I just wanna leave, I want to see what's everyone up to...)

*Lance spun around without care and watched pink leave float in the garden's river-like pond.*

Lance: (And see _what_ the effing shit Alicia is doing.)

Arcadia: "I had a few visions as of late."

PKMY: "Yes?"

Lance: "Aye?" *He focused his attention back to Arcadia, as if he was interest in what she had to say.*

Arcadia: "There were a lot of war-like battles."

Holland: "War?"

Lance: (War? That doesn't sound good.)

PKMY: "Against what? Warriors?"

Holland: "Scoldrants?" *He nervously mumbled, as if he didn't want Arcadia to confirm his question.*

Arcadia: "They were neither, they were something I've never seen before."

PKMY: "Tssk." *She formed fists and looked worried, speculating what it could be.*

Holland: (A war... I remember stories about my ancestors going into war with the Sacred Dancers... There was a lot of death-)

Arcadia: "I bid you all farewell-"

Lance: "Whoa, slow down."

Arcadia: "What is the matter?"

Lance: "What do they look like?"

Arcadia: "They were like the walking dead-"

PKMY: "Eh?" *She tried to hide her shock, catching Lance and Holland's attention.*

Holland: *He intensely stared at Arcadia.* "Really?"

Lance: "Pssht, who cares."

Holland: "Lance?"

Lance: "We've been in the ghost ship, there's nothin' me and my friends ain't scared of, aye."

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked with growing morale, looking at Lance like he was an idiot.*

Lance: "So, _where_ were we when we fought them-?"

Arcadia: "I-I don't know-" *She mumbled in fatigue, causing Ginger to step in front of her.*

Ginger: "She has been under a lot of strain-"

Lance: "But, she didn't give us shit! Besides forewarn us about somethin' that's gonna get us paranoid-"

Ginger: *She frowned and stepped forward, reaching towards her bandages.* "She helped you with information of events that have yet to pass, your response is illogical!"

PKMY: "Tssk, Lance, enough."

Lance: *He looked at PKMY annoyed and grunted in respect, turning around as if he didn't care.* "Wateva."

PKMY: *She leant to one side, looking at Arcadia.* "I hope to see you again."

Arcadia: "..." *She nodded her head in response.* (I'm sure you all will do your best-) *She watched the party face each other in a triangular pattern.*

PKMY: (Since Neurons have already activated the stone, time to start adjusting the Astragons to-) *She closed her eyes, causing a purple glyph to form itself on the ground around the party.*

Holland: (This was a good village that served fantastic foods-) *He smirked in thought, ignoring the purple light which glowed underneath him.* (I'll definitely be coming back here sometime.)

Lance: *He looked down and stared at the glowing glyph.* (I remember how sick I felt when I first went on these glyphys-) *He smirked at himself, recalling the first time he teleported.*

PKMY: (Holly, I'm not sure what foes Arcadia was talking about, but I'm getting this _weird_ vibe.)

Holland: (Well, I'm a little nervous, but I'll make sure, I'll be by your side no matter whatever happens-)

PKMY: "D-Don't give me that romantic crap." *She faced away from Holland and smiled, covering her blushing cheeks.*

Holland: (Amy..) *He stared at PKMY's back, smiling at her reaction.*

Lance: *He opened his mouth in shock, giving PKMY a feral look.* "Wut?! I didn't do _anythin_ ' this time!"

Holland: *He sighed and looked up, staring at the stars in thought.* (Even with what Amy and Arcadia said, I can tell something is wrong with the way the wind blows-)

*Holland closed his eyes, feeling the warm wind brush past him.*

Holland: (I can't understand how to describe it-)

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Freya: *She lay on the ground in darkness and looked up.* (I sense something from the continent too, it feels like there's going to be a lot of blood spilt.) *Her voice echoed in Holland's inner-self.*

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Holland: *He opened his eyes and stared at the glyph in a worried-like manner, watching the lines connect to each other.* "..."

PKMY: "Pfft!" *She looked at Lance and frowned with a twitching eye.* "Not you-"

Lance: "Wateva."

PKMY: *She formed a fist in a threatening manner.* "Tssk, wateva your wateva."

Lance: "Wateva your watevs of ultimate watevs! So, wateva."

*Arcadia and Ginger gave the party a strange look, watching them disappear in a flash of purple light.*

Ginger: "Ey, Arcadia.. That was, illogical? Please respond."

Arcadia: "It was.."

Ginger: "Yohoho, then why did you put so much effort into those fools?"

Arcadia: "Because those fools are the ones to defeat the Consultant..."

Ginger: "E-Ey?" *She looked shocked, staring at Arcadia with widening eyes.*

Arcadia: "I foresaw it."

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*Alicia and Celest appeared on a large floating island, enveloped in a swirl of bright white light.*

Celest: *She quickly walked out of the fading light and looked down, watching a flock of doves fly above the clouds.* "Thy wasn't expecting you."

Alicia: *She waved light out of her face, staring at Celest's back.* "..."

Celest: "What brings you here so early?" *She spoke in a happy, chirpy tone, trying to hide her awkwardness.*

Alicia: *She had a vivid flashback of Celest revealing her relation to her.* "I'm here for other reasons, but I want to talk about what you said to me last-"

Celest: "About-" *She paused, as a cold howl-like breeze blew past her.* "Me being your mother?"

Alicia: "Why did you say something like that?" *She spoke with an emotionless face, as if she didn't have time to play games.*

Celest: *She sighed and awkwardly folded her arms, as if she was cold.* "Thy do not lie."

Alicia: *She looked down to the swaying grass and formed fists.* "Then, explain yourself!"

Celest: "..." *She remained quiet, as she stood motionless.*

Alicia: "Answer me!"

Celest: "Thy'm sorry-" *She whispered, causing Alicia to shake her head in confusion.*

Alicia: "What?"

Celest: *She dropped to her knees, causing Alicia to step forward in shock.* "Thy am sorry!"

Alicia: "If what you say is true-"

Celest: "Aliciana, explain your healing abilities, explain your purpose, explain that _unshakable_ feeling of adventure."

Alicia: *She gasped and stepped back.* (No one knows about that horrible feeling. How I get restless, my urge to always want to explore the land-)

Celest: "Thy hated that it had to be our daughter." *She sighed, shaking her head in recollection.*

Alicia: "Our?"

Celest: "..." *She paused and sighed again.* "Your father."

Alicia: "D-" *Her eyes widen and she shook her head.* "Dad?"

Celest: "He grew ill, but at least you got to meet him once."

Alicia: "Ill? Ill of what? Where is he now?"

Celest: "He grew ill, as he lost his power of Radiatons."

Alicia: "Where are they?"

Celest: "He gave them to The Philosopher's Heart."

Alicia: "..." *She was unable to speak, as she moved her mouth in confusion.*

Celest: "There was growing doubt, filling the minds of people in Valhalla."

Alicia: "What about?"

Celest: "The inability of the awakening."

Alicia: "Awakening of what?"

Celest: "The Valkyrie.. So, my partner, your father, thought, if he gave his powers to the Valkyrie, it might manifest itself-" *She whimpered, causing her to stop in mid-sentence.*

Alicia: (Father..) *She took a step forward.* "W-Why did you give me away?"

Celest: " _Give_ you _away_?" *She turned around with a disgusted face, causing Alicia to nervously look away.*

Alicia: *She avoided eye contact, feeling uncomfortable.* "Y-Yes."

Celest: "Thy did not give you away, you were essentially taken from me."

Alicia: "What are you talking about?"

Celest: "You were chosen, you were one-" *She paused and looked down to the grass, watching it sway with a frown.* "The chosen one, selected for an upcoming major prophecy."

Alicia: "Which one?"

Celest: "Sealing of the final glyph, to prevent the Consultant's plans."

Alicia: *She looked down, biting her bottom lip in failure.* "The Consultant-"

Celest: "Is alive."

Alicia: *She looked up in shock.* "How do you know?"

Celest: *She paused in silence and felt another cool breeze brush past her, gently swaying her hair to one side.* "The Wise will deal with it."

Alicia: *She paused, subconsciously running her finger along the pendant's chain.* "Why did you say I was taken away?"

Celest: "My selfishness nearly cost me the respect of the entire city."

Alicia: "W-Why?"

Celest: "Because thy wanted to keep you, even knowing the destiny that was bestowed upon you."

Alicia: "U-Umm-"

Celest: "But, if thy _had_ to give you up, thy wanted to protect you at the same time."

Alicia: "I.. I don't know what to say." *She spoke on her breath in disbelief, as if she didn't believe what she was hearing.*

Celest: "The pendant, it was a _special_ Rosterology item with the powers of myself and Fabion."

Alicia: "Fabion?"

Celest: "Your father."

Alicia: *She looked down, holding the flora shaped pendant in her hand.* "..."

Celest: "Thy watched you grow up, and thy am proud of you."

Alicia: *She grasped the pendant with both hands, slowly exhaling.* "..."

Celest: "Thy missed you _immensely_." *She grabbed a handful of grass in each hand, gritting her teeth with watering eyes.* "Thy wished to hold you in my arms-"

Alicia: "C-Celest-" *She stepped forward, staring at Celest with glazing eyes.*

Celest: "You may think _anything_ of me-" *She shuffled her body and faced Alicia, letting go of the grass in her hands.* "But do not _ever_ say, thy gave you away willingly."

Alicia: *She squinted her eyes and formed fists.* "I-"

Celest: "Fabion loved you too..."

Alicia: "I-..." *She shook her head and ran up to Celest, suddenly bear tackling her.*

Celest: *She lay on her back with surprise, watching Alicia tightly wrap her arms around her.* "Aliciana?"

Alicia: "Celest..."

Celest: *She paused and smiled, embracing Alicia.* (Calling me mother now would seem uncomfortable, but this is-) *She closed her eyes and gently held the back of Alicia's head.*

Alicia: *She closed her eyes and silently embraced Celest, smiling in a safe-like manner.* (Celest...)

*A gust of wind filled with flower petals blew past Alicia and Celest, blowing their hair to one side.*

Alicia: *She opened her eyes and slowly stood up, helping Celest back onto her feet.* "I-I would like to spend more time with you."

Celest: "Ahem." *She sniffed and coughed, regaining her professional-like composure.*

Alicia: (Despite it feeling _right_ , this is a lot to take in.) *She wiped under her eyes and looked at Celest, unsure what to say.*

Celest: "Your original intentions?" *She brushed grass off her clothes, effectively changing the subject.*

Alicia: *She nodded her head, as if she forgot why she was there.* "I-I need to give The Voice of On an answer."

Celest: *She nodded her head in understanding, as if she knew what Alicia had to do.* "Let us go to The Imperial Glacial Castle and you may speak with the divine entity."

Alicia: "It was the hardest choice I've ever had to make..." *She whispered to herself, distracted in thought.*

Celest: "Aliciana?" *She looked interested and reached out, holding onto Alicia's hand.*

Alicia: "Divine entity, what exactly is The Voice of On?"

Celest: "Some experts believe it's the Valkyrie's subconscious, waiting for its next awakening."

Alicia: "W-Wow."

Celest: "While others believe, it's the scraps of power left behind by the Valkyrie."

Alicia: "Why _scraps_?"

Celest: "The Valkyrie's power is so vast, that the resonance of its power, is, _The_ Voice of On."

Alicia: (The Valkyrie must be incredibly powerful-)

Celest: "As we go, would you mind me asking what your decision was?"

Alicia: *She wiped the dry tears off her face and thought of Pickles, causing her to smile.* "My decision, I chose to-"

*A piercing glass-like screech echoed throughout the air, causing Alicia and Celest to cup their ears in pain.*

Alicia: (What is this?!) *Visible sound waves blasted against her, violently blowing her hair and pendant back.*

Celest: (Something is wrong!-) "MYSTIC SHIELD" *A solid square shaped shield built itself around them, causing the outside sounds to mute.*

Alicia: *She rubbed her ears in disorientation, lowering her arms in relief.* "S-Sorry...?"

Celest: *She clicked her fingers next to her ears and looked into the distance in shock.* "Thy have _no_ _idea_ what that was."

Alicia: *She spun around, scanning the sky for any enemies in the air.* "I don't see _anything_ that could've made that sound."

Celest: *She closed her eyes and concentrated on the Radiatons outside the shield.* "Whatever that sound was, it's gone now-" *She clicked her fingers, causing the shield to shatter.*

Alicia: (Just in case-) *She raised her hands, bracing herself for the sound.* (The sound.. It's gone-)

Celest: "That sound-" *She glanced into the distance with interest and confusion.*

Alicia: *She lowered her arms, looking at Celest.* "What about it? Do you know what it was?"

Celest: "No, but it's in the direction of The Imperial Glacial Castle-"

Alicia: (Where I need to go to talk to PKMY-, I mean, The Voice of On-)

Celest: "Come-" *She touched Alicia hand and held her finger tips.*

Alicia: "L-Let's go."

Celest: *She looked to her side and smiled in a motherly-like manner.* "Hmph-"

*Alicia and Celest disappeared in a flash of bright white light, causing the grass to swirl in a circular motion.*

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*Lorilei and members of The Wise stared into the distance in a terrified-like stare.*

Locki: *He sat on his knees hunched forward, shaking his head in disbelief.* "Thy have not felt such humiliation, despair-"

*Alicia and Celest appeared in a swirl of bright white light, causing Locki to pause.*

Celest: *She stepped forward in an urgent-like manner, failing to notice the surrounding devastation.* "Locki, something happened-"

Cassidy: *He dived up above the floating island and swirled down, landing on the grass next to Locki.* (The destruction was worse than I thought-)

The Wise: *He impatiently stared at Cassidy and stepped forward.* "Report!"

Cassidy: *He bowed to one knee, placing his right hand on the ground.* "The structure was _completely_ destroyed-"

*Cassidy's words caused several gasps of disbelief and sadness, catching Celest's attention.*

Celest: *She looked at Cassidy, shaking her head in confusion.* "What was destroyed-?"

Cassidy: "There were two casualties, and.." *He paused, trying to talk with a clear throat.*

Celest: "What is going on?"

Alicia: "..." *She stood closer to Celest, noticing the party's depressed faces.* (We weren't gone for long, what happened?)

Locki: *He sniffed and continued to shake his head.* (A failure-)

Cassidy: "There were also two fatalities."

Lorilei: "Oh my!-" *She looked at Cassidy, covering her mouth in shock.*

The Wise: *A tall hooded man looked down, whispering on his breath.* "Pray to the Radiatons on a safe journey to The Astral Plains."

Celest: " _Fatalities_? _What_ has happened?!"

Cassidy: "There was also another thing."

The Wise: *A man stamped his foot in frustration, as if he didn't want to hear more bad news.* "Explain!"

Cassidy: "Thy glided throughout the entire castle to search for casualties and-"

The Wise: "Get to it."

Cassidy: "A glass cabinet holding a powerful item was missing."

The Wise: "Missing?"

Celest: "Thy demand to know what has hap-" *She looked around in frustration and suddenly noticed the missing island.* (Huh?)

*Celest's awkward pause caught Alicia's attention.*

Alicia: (Celest-?) *She looked confused, watching Celest twitch in a shocked-like manner.*

Celest: "W-W-W-?" *She stuttered, facing the vacant space with widening eyes.*

Locki: "The sound you might have heard, was the destruction of The Imperial Glacial Castle."

Alicia: (Destruction?) *She had flashbacks of its integral structure, causing her to shake her head in disbelief.* "From what I gathered, the castle was near impenetrable-"

The Wise: *A small woman figure in robes stepped forward.* "To those who are not of Sacred Knight status, please leave." *Her voice caused several men with radiant wings to fly off the island.*

Locki: (Celest?)

Celest: *She looked at Locki, before focusing her attention to the woman in robes.* (I understand-) "Aliciana."

Alicia: "Yes?" *She nervously whispered to Celest, as if she didn't want to draw unwanted attention.*

Celest: *She ignored Alicia, giving the woman in robes all her attention.* "Thy will be back shortly."

The Wise: *She nodded her head, watching Alicia and Celest disappear in a flash of white light.* "Do not be too long!"

Celest: "Of course." *She spoke with an echoing voice.*

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Ridley: *He reached behind his back and pulled his arm forward, causing sparks to scatter around his hand.* "With this-"

*Several villagers walked past Ridley and towards the entrance of Surpreon, listening to white pebbles crunch under their feet.*

Villager: "Battling Oxident isn't due for another-" *Their voices muffled, as they entered Surpreon, causing the walls to ripple like water around them.*

Ridley: *He smiled and rubbed a small stone with hieroglyphs on it.* "My last Fiftydeduction."

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*Alicia and Celest appeared on The Divine Path, as bundles of light disappeared around them.*

Alicia: "Huh?" *She noticed the glow of the path.* "What are we doing? I haven't given my answer-"

Celest: *She sighed, hiding her sadness.* "Where exactly do you need to be to give The Voice of On your answer?"

Alicia: "The ice castle-" *She stopped in mid-sentence, realising what the problem was.*

Celest: "Something like this has never happened in my lifetime. Thy _need_ to go back and assist _whatever_ is needed of me."

Alicia: *She sighed in disappointment and understanding.* "Yes."

Celest: (She holds a lot of weight on her shoulders-) "For now, go back and help your friends."

Alicia: *She slightly smiled and nodded her head, biting her bottom lip.* "Y-Yep."

Celest: *She closed her eyes and took a long deep breath.* "..."

Alicia: "Celest?"

Celest: *She opened her eyes and looked serious.* "It has been amazing seeing you, Aliciana."

Alicia: "Why can't I stay?" *She raised her arm, causing powder-like light to swirl around her hands.* "I can help heal-"

Celest: *She looked sad and shook her head, slowly turning away.* "Until next time, my beloved daughter-"

Alicia: "Don't leave me in the dark! I want to stay and help my home!"

Celest: *A tear ran down her face and she clicked her fingers, causing swirls of white light to envelope Alicia.* "I'll send you to Silver Wind Island, that way it's near Arcadia-"

Alicia: "Let me stay!" *She nervously shouted, cutting Celest off in mid-sentence.*

Celest: "Thy will see you next time-"

Alicia: "No!-" *Bright light blinded her, causing her to cover her eyes in disorientation.*

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Celest: *She flashstepped in front of Locki, Cassidy, Lorilei and The Wise.* "It is done-" *She spoke in a professional-like manner, slightly bowing in respect.*

The Wise: "Excellent-" *He spoke to Celest and faced Cassidy.* "Cassidy."

Cassidy: *He quickly faced the hooded member of The Wise, lowering his head.* "Yes?"

The Wise: "What item was stolen?"

Cassidy: "Thy believe it was the Matter Conductor." *He sounded unsure, as if he didn't know what it was.*

Locki: (The Matter Conductor?!)

Celest: *She gasped in shock, instantly looking at Locki in a worried-like manner.* "That isn't good."

*Lorilei and Cassidy looked at each other in confusion, discreetly shrugging their shoulders.*

Locki: (Cassidy, Raphael and Lorilei are the only ones that didn't know what that artefact is-)

Lorilei: "The Matter Conductor? I've never heard of that."

Cassidy: "That's what the label said, what is it?"

The Wise: "The Matter Conductor, it's a _rare_ item, taken from the discharges of powerful lightning storms."

Locki: *He stood up, facing Cassidy and Lorilei.* "What it does, is that it absorbs _any_ sort of natural energy and stores it limitlessly."

Celest: "Until it's released."

Cassidy: "That seems like a unique item, but it doesn't sound so threatening-"

The Wise: "It has been storing the power of Valhalla's frightening storms below for some time."

Lorilei: (The storms below are always cyclonic level-) "That would be strong, but as Cassidy said, it doesn't sound like something that would warrant those faces of yours-"

Celest: "It has not been discharged in a natural lifetime."

*Lorilei and Cassidy gasped at the thought, slowly looking at each other with dropping jaws.*

Cassidy: "Who is this man? How is it possible, that a wingless peasant has obtained such power-?"

Lorilei: "What exactly is this man?"

The Wise: *A small hooded man shook his head.* "Actually, how did he come to knowledge of such an artefact that not even our Sacred Knights knew of?"

Locki: "Hmm..." *He moaned in thought, catching the party's attention.*

Cassidy: "Locki?"

Locki: "The question is, _what_ is he going to do with it?"

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Ridley: "I remember a time when teleporting was a rare occurrence. Now it seems _everyone_ has the power to do so-"

*Ridley had flashbacks of the party, random captains and Scoldrants teleporting in a flash of purple light.*

Ridley: "I don't believe they are worthy of knowing such things."

*Ridley spoke in an authority-like manner, listening to the sounds of distant waves being carried in the wind.*

Ridley: "Before I get started, why don't I validate Tyler's knowledge-?" *His body glowed a shade of blue.* "Crimson Shade."

*Ridley raised his arm and opened his hand, causing black and red lightning to fall from the sky above Surpreon.*

Ridley: *He noticed the lightning stop in mid-air, as a powerful force caused the lightning to curve.* "Hmm?"

*Multiple layers of massive white glyphs materialised and spiralled above Surpreon, causing Ridley to gasp in amazement.*

Ridley: "Astonishing!" *He intensely stared at the glyphs, shaking his head with a chuckle.* "Those glyphs-"

*The glyphs spiralled faster, causing the lightning to spark backwards and disintegrate into the air.*

Ridley: (He.. Was not wrong.)

*Ridley whispered to himself in shock, staring at the spiralling glyphs above Surpreon.*

Ridley: (That shield... I've never seen such a blend of differently used symbols before.)

*The white glyphs slowly stopped their spiral movement, causing them to warp and turn invisible.*

Ridley: (That shield is _undoubtedly_ Radiaton filled.)

*Ridley frowned in excitement, staring at the vacant space above Surpreon.*

Ridley: "But, with a combination of items and power, I have devised a way to shoot two birds with one stone." *He happily smiled with an upbeat attitude, slowly raising his arm.*

*Ridley watched a silver rod with red hieroglyphs engraved on it suddenly materialised in his hand.*

Ridley: *He lowered his arm, inspecting the red hieroglyphs on the silver rod in a curious-like manner.* "The Matter Conductor..."

*Ridley smirked and stared at the stone in his other hand, causing him to chuckle.*

Ridley: "And with the Fiftydeductor-" *He suddenly threw the stone directly above him, causing purple glyphs to spiral in the air around him.*

*Ridley unexpectedly spun around and rammed the silver rod into the ground, causing a cluster of violet symbols to appear around it.*

Ridley: *He watched the violet glyphs spiral around the rod with an evil-like smirk.* (The power of this self-made Remenistal will cause a powerful discharge-)

*The violet and purple glyphs started to expand, causing them to touch.*

Ridley: *He watched the glyphs spark off each other, listening to metallic-like static sounds echo from them.* "Draw the power of the forbidden spirits, and merge, come to my command-"

*The glyphs reacted to Ridley's incantation and suddenly merged into one purple-black ring-like glyph, which spiralled around him.*

Ridley: *He watched the glyph pulse a wave of white pebbles away from him, blowing his hair in a circular motion.* "With the seraphic powers of teleportation!-"

*Ridley shouted with an echoing voice and raised both arms, causing the purple-black glyph to split into three.*

Ridley: *He watched the three glyphs spiral up and down his body, causing his hair to rapidly flap to each side.* "Bend and use the space, power of cancellation!"

*The glyphs around Ridley suddenly shined and disappeared in a flash of purple light, teleporting itself above Surpreon.*

Ridley: *He looked up and watched the purple-black glyphs expand above Surpreon, causing him to smirk in accomplishment.* "Now!-"

*Ridley shouted at the top of his lungs, causing immense surges of wind to blow the pebbles around him.*

Ridley: "SEALING EQUATOR" *He focused all his attention to the three glyphic rings, watching them spiral and merge into one enormous thick glyphic platform.*

*The purple-black glyph spiralled at an increasing speed, causing swirls of visible wind to ring around the glyph.*

Ridley: (This feeling of excitement, stress, worry and fear... It reminds me of the fight with Raphael, Gabby-) *He watched the hieroglyphs in the glyph glow with gathering light.*

*Ridley focused with gritted teeth and enthusiastically dropped his arms, causing a purple-black beam to blast down out of the glyph.*

Ridley: *He sighed and leant forward, noticing his legs slightly buckle.* "Oh my-"

*Multiple layers of massive white glyphs materialised and spiralled above Surpreon, instantly blocking the purple-black beam.*

Ridley: *He watched the beam violently pulse against the first glyph, listening to metallic sounds screech in the air.* (This level of power, is simply astonishing!-)

*Glass-like cracks echoed from the first glyph, as the beam bent and warped the glyph.*

Ridley: *He continued to smile, watching the first glyph's light flicker.* "That is a _very_ powerful barrier-"

*Two guards ran out of Surpreon's entrance and looked at Ridley in confusion, as if he was the one creating the metallic screeches.*

Guard A: *He reach to the side, placing his hand on the handle to his sword.* "What are you doing?"

Guard B: "What are those noises?!" *He cupped his hands and straightened his arms towards Ridley, causing a small red glyph to glow underneath his feet.*

Ridley: *He sighed with a smirk and pointed at the guards, as if they weren't a problem.* "It's too late."

Guard A: "What are you-?" *Thunder rumbled in the sky, drawing his attention above Surpreon.*

Guard B: " _What_ are those glyphs?!" *He gasped on his breath and lowered his arms, causing the red glyph to fade away.*

Guard A: *He shook his head in confusion, staring at the rotating glyphs in shock.* " _What_ are they?"

Ridley: "Bless the spirits on your safe journey to The Astral Plains." *He smirked at the guards who focused all their attention to the sky.*

Guard A: "What is that?" *He grunted, looking at the guard next to him.*

Guard B: "I don't know, I only know offensive fire Rostical." *He shook his head in response.*

Ridley: *He quickly looked back up, taking shorts breaths of anticipation.* (It's about to-)

*The glyph's light flickered off, causing a loud glass-like smash to echo.*

Ridley: *He squinted his eyes in an evil-like manner, watching the glyph shatter around the beam.* "Haha."

Guard B: *He watched the beam violently hit the next glyph, listening to a metallic screech echo off it.* "Those glyphs appear to be protecting Surpreon!-"

Ridley: "Hahahahaha."

Guard A: *An immense blast of wind pulsed around Surpreon, blowing him across the ground.* "What-?!"

Guard B: "Get back inside!-"

*The beam blasted straight through the other glyphs, shattering them in its path.*

Ridley: *He gasped with widening eyes, covering his face.* (The initial pause from the first glyph has caused a build up of Neurons in the beam!-)

Guard A: "It shattered-?!"

*The ground violently rumbled, causing the guards to lose balance and fall onto their backs.*

Ridley: "Argh-" *He covered his eyes, as a blast of sand and pebbles blew past him.*

*The purple-black beam blasted down and hit the middle of Surpreon, causing all sounds to become mute.*

Ridley: *He gasped in realisation and quickly crossed his arms in a defensive-like manner.* "Swirling shadows flock, with the motion all will block-"

Guard B: "It's quiet?"

Guard A: "What was that constant screeching-?"

*A bright light shined above Surpreon, catching Ridley's attention.*

Ridley: "Darkness strikes hearts with fear-"

*A sphere-like eruption of violet flames exploded up into the air from the city.*

Ridley: "NIGHT SPHERE" *A swirl of mist-like shadow swirled around him.*

*The walls of Surpreon cracked and leaked violet flames, as the ground violently burst open.*

Guard A: (W-What's happening?!) *He thought in terror, staring at Surpreon's walls in disbelief.*

Ridley: *He looked nervous, as his heartbeat pounded through his chest.* (Come on-) *The shadow formed a transparent, black shield-like sphere around him, causing him to sigh in relief.*

*The walls of Surpreon blew up in an explosion of bright violet flames, causing the ground to erupt clusters of dirt.*

Guard A: "Urgh!-" *He disappeared in a cluster of dirt.*

Guard B: "Argh-?!" *He shouted, falling inside the ground.*

Ridley: (The first impact released a massive Rasticsplash of the built up Neurons, destroying the city _instantly_!)

*Another explosion of bright red flames erupted from the violet flames, causing Ridley to gasp.*

Ridley: (Such power-)

*A massive purple-black pulse rippled and exploded around Surpreon.*

Ridley: *He looked up, noticing the clouds in the sky distort due to the purple-black pulse.* (And that would be the sealing-)

*The pulse suddenly blasted past Ridley, causing the black shield to crack.*

Ridley: (Argh!-) *He wheezed in thought, gritting his teeth with all his focus.*

*The bright red eruption of flames caused the area to become blinding.*

Ridley: (Blast it! I _must_ put _all_ my Neurons into the shield!-) *He spread his arms and gritted his teeth, causing the cracks in the shield to repair themselves.* "Argh-"

*Ridley sighed on his breath in accomplishment and dropped to his knees, falling unconscious.*

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*A purple-black pulse blasted across The Ancient Forest.*

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*A purple-black pulse blasted through Eon City, causing a wave of snow to follow it.*

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*A purple-like pulse blew across the ocean and past Silver Wind Island.*

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*A purple-like pulse brushed through The Elemental Tower and faded into the air.*

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*PKMY, Holland and Lance all slid across a dirt ground, out of a flash of purple light.*

Lance: *He tumbled onto his back and hit the stump of a tree, causing him to grunt in pain.* "Argh-"

Holland: *He rolled across the ground and stopped, causing swirls of dirt to move around him.* "Huh?"

PKMY: *She back flipped along the ground and stopped with ease, noticing a graze mark on the side of her hand.* "Tssk-"

Lance: *He rubbed his head, grunting in frustration.* "Wat happened?"

Holland: "I guess that wasn't suppose to happen, huh?" *He stood on his knees, shaking his head in disorientation.*

PKMY: "No..."

Lance: "Tssk, watch where you're flyin' that thing!"

PKMY: *She frowned with a twitching eye, glaring at Lance.* "First, I don't _steer_ the glyph when it's _already_ prepared, and secondly, they don't _fly_."

Lance: "Wateva." *He sighed, glancing at the tree behind him.* "Where are we anyways?"

PKMY: *She looked intrigued, observing the tropical and unique forest around her.* "Eh? I don't know where we are, but the area seems familiar."

Holland: *He stood up and looked around, noticing the ground glow around his feet.* "We're in The Twilight Forest."

Lance: "Twilight Forest?"

PKMY: "We've been here before."

Holland: "I thought we were going to Silver Wind Island?"

Lance: *He grunted and stood up, brushing dirt off the side of his shoulder.* "Yea, that's what I thought, aye."

PKMY: "Something knocked us out of the glyph."

Lance: "Huh?"

PKMY: (I don't know much about teleportation glyphs, that's usually Season's department... But, I don't think that _should've_ happened.)

Holland: *He looked up through the trees, noticing it was dark.* "Maybe we should rest here?"

Lance: "Night already." *He looked up, mumbling to himself in surprise.*

PKMY: "I agree with Holly. It wouldn't be smart going through this forest after sunset."

Holland: "Yeah."

Lance: "Fine, wateva." *He grunted and shivered, causing him to hug himself.*

PKMY: *She looked around in a cautious-like manner.* (It was already crap and dangerous when the sun was out.)

Lance: "It's dark and I'm cold." *He whined and shivered again, pouting like a child.*

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She rolled her eyes in frustration.*

Holland: *He bent down and placed both hands on the ground.* "Here-"

*Holland closed his eyes and the vegetation around the party glowed different colours, effectively lighting up the area.*

Lance: "Whoa, kool." *He chuckled and spun around in amazement, keeping his arms wrapped around himself.*

Holland: *He opened his eyes and smiled at the glowing environment.* (Awesome.)

PKMY: *She smirked at Holland and shivered herself.* (They're both tired, I can feel it.)

Lance: "But I'm still cold." *He whined, wiggling his bottom in a Millard-like manner.*

Holland: *He stood up and closed his eyes, touching his chest and markings with each hand.* "Come out-"

*An expanding purple glyph spiralled in front of Holland, allowing Freya to jump out of it.*

Freya: "Gruff!" *She landed on the ground, noticing the tribal patterns glow all over her body.*

Lance: "Hey, it's the dumbdog!" *He sounded excited to see her.*

PKMY: (Freya.) *She looked at Freya and leant to one side, folding her arms.*

Freya: "Geroowh." *She glanced at the party, wagging her tail in a happy-like manner.*

Holland: (Could you help us with a fire?)

Freya: (Of course.) *She raised her head and gargled flames, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: "Is that-?"

Freya: "Bwarh!-" *She barked out a fire ball which exploded on the ground.*

Lance: "Whoa!-" *He jumped back in shock, hitting his head on the tree behind him.* "Ouch!-"

Holland: "Awesome work, Freya." *He stared at the camp-like fire, watching it flicker with a smile.*

Freya: "Gruff!"

Holland: "Alright, let's get some rest." *He mumbled in a deep voice, scratching behind his head.*

PKMY: "Heh, as if I'll listen to you." *She smiled and walked towards the fire, looking at Holland in a competitive-like manner.* (It better not go out, Holly.)

Freya: *She trotted towards the fire, glancing at PKMY.* (This fire won't go out unless Holland says so.)

PKMY: (Good.) *She stretched and sat next to the fire, crossing her legs.*

Lance: *He slowly walked next to PKMY and rubbed his hands, warming up his body next to the fire.* "Where's the wood to keep the fire goin'?"

Holland: "Freya's got in under control."

Lance: "When could she learn fire? And _where_ has the fleabag been? On a long walk in Fire Hydrant City?"

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes and leant back, lying on the ground.* (What a weirdo.)

Freya: *She trotted next to PKMY and curled up in a ball.* (I know.)

PKMY: (Heh-) *She smirked and looked to her side, staring at Freya.*

Holland: "Ah, Fire Hydrant City?" *He spoke with an awkward chuckle, walking towards the fire.* "I don't think there's a city called-"

Lance: "Oh, don't worry." *He grunted and lay on the ground, rolling onto his side.* "I'm tryin' to get to sleep, aye."

Holland: *He sat on the ground and rested his arms on his knees, staring at the fire in thought.* (Depending how far in The Twilight Forest we're in, we should be out of here in hours. Luckily my ability to speak to the vegetation has improved...)

*Unusual sounds of creatures which inhabit The Twilight Forest could be heard.*

Holland: (I won't be fooled with all the Spacial Funnels like last time.)

Lance: "Just make sure you don't fail with the teleportin' glyphy next time, shit nugget." *He mumbled, as he slowly fell asleep.*

PKMY: "Shut it, shit face." *She moaned and closed her eyes, adjusting her arms in a more comfortable position.*

Holland: *He smirked, watching PKMY, Freya and Lance slowly fall asleep in a protective-like manner.* (This place sounds lively-)

*Holland watched shadows dance around the fire and slowly closed his eyes, smiling in a satisfied-like manner.*

Holland: (I like it..)

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*A flash of white light lit up a dark-coloured swampy terrain.*

Alicia: "Eek-" *She landed in a pool of mud, causing her to pull a disgusted look.*

*Frogs and insects could be heard in the background and sounds of popping liquid echoed.*

Alicia: (A swamp? Where am I? This isn't Silver Wind Island.) *She stood up and looked around, holding herself in a vulnerable-like manner.* (This place is scary!)

*Steam evaporated from the mud and insects buzzed through the steam.*

Alicia: *She bit her bottom lip.* (I have to stay the night, or I might accidentally step into quicksand.) *She looked up to a tree and nervously sighed, biting her bottom lip.*

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Ridley: *His fingers twitched, as he slowly regained consciousness.* "Hmm?"

*Snow fell around Ridley, causing him to reach out and catch one.*

Ridley: "Snowing?" *He grunted and leant up, looking around in shock.* "This isn't snow.."

*Rocks crumbled from the few pillars, which remained standing in Surpreon.*

Ridley: (I feel childish performing such a selfless act-)

*Ridley coughed out smoke and stood up, holding his chest in discomfort.*

Ridley: "The moment I see sunlight-" *He formed a fist and smiled, watching his cuts visibly heal themselves.* "With my new power, I'll create my own warrior system."

*A cloud of thick smog hovered around the destruction, blocking out the stars in the sky.*

Ridley: "I hope Sofia remembers." *He mumbled and looked at the stars in the far distance.* (Now that the seal has been activated, only Sofia and I can comfortably move about.)

*Ridley thought with a widening smile, as his body suddenly puffed away in a pulse of smoke.*

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*Sofia slightly squinted her eyes and spread her arms, flying through the night sky.*

Sofia: (I won't forget my love-) *She smirked evil-like and looked over her shoulder, watching her ponytail whip behind her.* (Our Hi-Ougi.)

*Sofia spiralled down and skilfully flew between the spaces of treetops, listening to waves crash in the distance.*

Sofia: "Hahehahe."

Chapter 2: Darkwing Spawns

Celest: (The Imperial Glacial Castle, hope is lost.) *She whispered in thought, trying to hide her sudden sorrow.*

Cassidy: "J-Just let me go down there and find whoever is responsible!" *He grunted in an aggressive-like manner.*

The Wise: "There is a reason why we don't send our warriors down to the land below."

Cassidy: "Kerk-" *He gritted through his teeth, knowing The Wise wouldn't let him seek revenge.*

Lorilei: "Oh my? And why is that?"

The Wise: "The purity of our Radiatons decreases the longer we're down there."

Lorilei: "My power was fine."

The Wise: "Did you notice the lack of healing abilities you possessed? The slight amnesia of past events?"

Lorilei: "Y-Yes." *She looked surprised, as if she kept those conditions hidden.* (And now I can think clearly and recollect my past easier-)

Cassidy: "So?" *He formed fists, intensely looking at the hooded members of The Wise.* "Thy won't be there for long."

Locki: "This is my fault, thy hesitated when there was a chance to strike him down! Let me go down!"

The Wise: "You would have been the best choice to send down, but your emotional state prevents us from doing so."

Locki: *He frowned in disagreement, gritting his teeth.* "Why?!"

The Wise: "You could discharge emotionally high busts of Radiatons and possibly strike down innocents!"

Lorilei: (That has happened before...)

Celest: "Then, what are we going to do?" *She spoke with failure and disappointment.*

The Wise: *She paused and each member faced each other.* "We do not know."

Cassidy: "Then send us down and pursue him!" *He spoke, as if the option was clear.*

Locki: "If thou don't know, then we're giving you an option."

The Wise: "You've always been sent down with objectives what to do, this is different."

Celest: "How?"

The Wise: "We don't know, the rules are supreme. You don't even know who the person at fault is, we will not let you unjustifiably attack someone."

Celest: (They don't know if they can send us down? They're not making sense!)

Cassidy: *He grunted and folded his arms, causing his wings to flap.* (I honestly have no idea who's at fault, I can see where The Wise is coming from.. I'd be pursuing someone I don't even know-)

Lorilei: "Sofia."

Locki: "Who?"

Lorilei: "Sofia Ripples."

Celest: "She was killed by a powerful Guardian of the Elementalists-"

Lorilei: "I cannot explain it, but she's alive."

Locki: (Thy knew I heard her name being mentioned before, but thy chose to ignore it.)

Cassidy: "Thy remember trying to lift her, her _entire_ body was _completely_ made of stone."

The Wise: "It is hard to grasp, but her betrayal and being alive would explain a lot for what's happened."

Locki: "Knowing who it is, let's strike her-"

Lorilei: "I fought her twice, her power is far superior to my own."

Celest: "You're a Sacred Knight, how _could_ she be stronger than yourself?"

Lorilei: "I can't explain it."

Locki: "This man was the reason why Pepper was-" *He formed fists and sudden gusts of wind blew around him, catching The Wise's attention.*

The Wise: "Control your anger, Locki!" *Their authority-like voice caused him to calm down.*

Locki: *He relaxed, lowering his head in respect.* "My apologies."

Lorilei: "And unlike us, who have our own garments-" *She looked at the holy-like robes and armour on the party.* "She fits in nicely with the land below."

Cassidy: "Saying what?"

Celest: "She could _easily_ hide herself from us."

Lorilei: *She nodded her head in agreement, looking at Cassidy as if Celest was right.* "Exactly."

Cassidy: "Then, _what_ are we going to do?" *He spoke with frustration, as the question has been said several times.*

?????: " _Thy_ will go down and search for Sofia."

The Wise: "We can not allow that-" *A woman materialised in front of the party surrounded in a flash of bright golden light.*

Cassidy: "Who is this woman? Put some clothes on-" *He spoke in disgust, trying not to look at her body.*

The Wise: *She gasped and covered her mouth, glancing at the hooded members around her.* "Bless the spirits."

Locki: *He looked at the woman in confusion.* (What an unexpected response from a member of The Wise-)

*Each member of The Wise took off their hoods, causing the party to gasp.*

Lorilei: *She watched members of The Wise kneel down to their knees, causing her to look at the woman in shock.* (Why are they bowing?)

The Wise: *She nervously licked her lips.* "It gives us _such_ _honour_ to be in the presence of the, _the_ Valkyrie." *Her words caused the party to gasp.*

Lorilei: (The-The _Valkyrie_?) *She froze with widening eyes, suddenly avoiding eye contact with the woman.*

Locki: "Knights.." *He whispered on his breath and dropped to his knees, causing the party to silently follow.*

Valkyrie: "The destruction, the torment of spirits, thy will deal with this _thyself_."

Cassidy: *He started to sweat, noticing his arm shake with emotion.* (Her power isn't anything thy've ever felt.)

Celest: (Thy don't believe it... In her holy presence...)

Locki: *The Valkyrie's long golden hair caught his attention.* "H-Huh?" *He looked up, mumbling to himself in disbelief.*

Valkyrie: "Lorilei, Cassidy, you two are to pursue Sofia Ripples!"

Cassidy and Lorilei: "We understand, mistress."

Valkyrie: "Celest, induce Aliciana Riseley into a Diareamer sequence."

Celest: "Of course, mistress."

Valkyrie: "Locki, find the Seraph classed as a prodigy."

Locki: "Yes, your mistress."

Valkyrie: "Begone, loyal servants!"

Lorilei, Cassidy, Celest and Locki: "Yes, mistress!"

*Cassidy flashstepped out of the area, Lorilei teleported in a flash of purple light and Celest and Locki disappeared in a flash of white light.*

Valkyrie: *She turned around, facing the members of The Wise with a proud face.* "You are to explain what has happened in my absence and explain why the land below has become filled with such _mayhem_."

The Wise: "Yes, mistress!" *Each member spoke at the same time.*

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*Sofia flew with her back facing the ground, admiring the sunrise in the distance.*

Sofia: (Hmm, this is a little boring-) *She spun around and looked ahead, noticing a massive piece of land surrounded by the ocean.* (The Lost Land-)

*Sofia giggled and slowly descended, watching eruptions of white foamy water crash against the edges of the island.*

Sofia: *She suddenly dived down and closely flew above the ocean towards the island, causing a trail of water to follow her.* (I don't see him, maybe I'm late-?)

*Sofia flew above the island and across the grass, causing a burst of water to explode behind her.*

Sofia: *She flew aimlessly across the land and scanned the area in a cautious-like manner, ignoring her flapping hair.* (I sense something-, it might be him.)

Ridley: *He appeared in a pulse of shadow in the middle of the island, catching Sofia's attention.* "Phew-"

Sofia: *She smiled at the sight of Ridley, causing her to tilt angle towards him.* "Ridley."

Ridley: *He turned around slightly surprised and smirked, watching Sofia fly towards him.* "Ah, Sofia, I'm glad you remembered."

Sofia: *She slowed down and stepped on the grass, causing her wings to disintegrate into nothing.* "Ah, my legs are asleep-" *She whispered to herself, as she awkwardly walked up to Ridley with a little speed.*

Ridley: "How are you feeling?"

Sofia: *She stopped and casually raised her hand, pointing a finger behind her.* "I've managed to have them mix perfectly-"

Ridley: "Mixed what?"

Sofia: "The affinities-" *A pulse of black and white gas-like aura evaporated behind her, causing Ridley to nod his head in a proud-like manner.*

Ridley: "Our dream, it will finally be put in motion-" *He looked to the side, watching the black and white gases fade in the wind.* "Do you remember the plan?"

Sofia: "I do, but there's something I disagree on."

Ridley: "Oh?" *He looked surprised and stared at Sofia, nervously brushing his arm with anticipation.*

Sofia: "Me to rule this continent." *She spoke in low confidence, looking away.*

Ridley: "Oh? I'm shocked to hear you say this."

Sofia: "There is nothing shocking about knowing when you're under levelled.."

Ridley: "Our powers are of equal. _Nothing_ stands a chance against you."

Sofia: "But, that's not it."

Ridley: "Oh, then what is it?"

Sofia: "That I have to rule it.. By myself."

Ridley: *He smiled at Sofia's emotional revelation.* "Once I set order in the land beyond the Spacial Funnel, I will return to see how you've progressed."

Sofia: "You won't be gone for too long?"

Ridley: "I won't." *He shook his head and held Sofia's hand, purposely widening his smile.*

Sofia: "OK." *She spoke in closure, taking a quick breath.* "So, you summoned me here for a specific reason, but you never told me."

Ridley: "Exactly." *He coughed and let go of Sofia's hand, starting to walk in a circle around her.* "I personally believe the warrior system was a fantastic idea."

Sofia: "Hmm." *She nodded her head in a puzzled-like manner and stared ahead, as Ridley walked in her blind spot.*

Ridley: "Well, now that all captains, even the number ones have fallen, the system has essentially crashed."

Sofia: "Yes." *She made eye contact, as Ridley walked back in front of her.*

Ridley: "So, let me ask for your opinion here."

Sofia: "Ridley-" *Her eyes widen in shock.*

Ridley: "What would you like to do with the people who have continuously delayed my plans up until now-?"

Sofia: "Have them all _suffer_ game overs!" *She enthusiastically smirked in an evil-like manner.*

Ridley: "Now then, I believe it's time we used it."

Sofia: *She sighed in excitement, trying to hold her emotions in.* "Y-Yes."

Ridley: *He stood face to face with Sofia and raised his hands.* "Our powers of equality, magnitude, and no bounds of limitation, are you ready?"

Sofia: "This has vanquished my boredom." *She smirked and raised her hands, mimicking Ridley's stance.*

Ridley and Sofia: "Hi-Ougi."

*Darkness consumed the sunrise's light, causing Ridley and Sofia to look serious.*

Ridley and Sofia: "Prayers be heard, threats be preferred-" *An invisible force separated them apart and jelly-like shadows grew in piles around them.*

Ridley: (It's working!)

Ridley and Sofia: "Draw the abyssal scaled features, walk upon our land, dark creatures-"

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*Dark piles of jelly-like shadow grew in forests, shores, vacant land and around nearby villages.*

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Ridley and Sofia: "Materialise from ash and carve your dark bones, with your numbers and might we are no longer alone-"

*Bones materialised in the jelly-like shadow, giving the shadows shape.*

Ridley and Sofia: "Add on incantation, make this our anthem-"

*The bones of shadow took shape of a body and they moved on their own accord, as bone-like wings spread from their sides.*

Ridley and Sofia: "Your colours glow as night, help us in our fight-"

*Two yellow dots for eyes shined in the holes of the creature's skulls, causing them to stand on two legs.*

Ridley and Sofia: "Have your power sting, DAATHIC FULLSCALE DARKWINGS"

*Three dark creatures materialised and screeched in the air, causing Sofia to bite her lip in excitement.*

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*Six dark creatures screeched and crawled around the forest they were materialised in.*

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Ridley: "Darkwings!" *The creatures responded to Ridley's voice.* "Go out and attack the foes which have caused us such grief!"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *They flapped their bones and blasted into the air, leaving trails of smoke-like shadows.*

Sofia: *She watched the area revert back to normal and stared at the Darkwings with a dropping jaw.* "Wow.."

Ridley: "That was the _best_ Ougi based skill I recall seeing." (It even beats Teresa's Blossom in my opinion.)

Sofia: "They look slightly frightening.. But I know-"

Ridley: "That they'll listen to every word we say?"

Sofia: *She nodded her head with a surprised smile.* "Yes, hahe."

Ridley: "Now that we have support in numbers, it is unlikely we'll have any more interruptions."

Sofia: *She looked to each side, glancing at the vacant land around them.* "Anyone could teleport at _any_ moment, have you done the seal?"

Ridley: "Assuming they _even_ know where we are, I have indeed activated the seal."

Sofia: "What if the seal breaks?"

Ridley: "That will be impossible."

Sofia: "Neh?"

Ridley: "I purposely devised the symbols in the Remenistal to break down only under _one_ condition."

Sofia: "Break down? _Time_?"

Ridley: "No."

Sofia: "How then?"

Ridley: "I used a similar formula with The Rubistral Moon."

Sofia: "So, what is this one condition?"

Ridley: "Once I die."

Sofia: "You die?" *She whispered in fear, quickly shaking her head with a frown.* "But that's impossible!"

Ridley: "Exactly." *He smiled, causing Sofia to pause in realisation.*

Sofia: "Oh.." *She smiled in relief, looking back up to the Darkwings.*

Ridley: *He noticed Sofia's amazed smile, causing him to look up.* "The same applies for our Hi-Ougi."

Sofia: "Wow, you answered my next question."

Ridley: "So many questions, a little negative?"

Sofia: "N-Not at all." *She smiled with care.* "I just wanted to make sure you won't have any more interference."

Ridley: "Don't fret, all is taken care of." *He chuckled, causing Sofia to giggle in response.*

Sofia: "Yes." *She closed her eyes and slowly inhaled.*

Ridley: "So for now, we _must_ part."

Sofia: "I know." *She spoke on her breath and opened her eyes, looking down in disappointment.*

Ridley: "So, where will _you_ be releasing the swarm?"

Sofia: "I will be releasing more of those creatures hidden in Mount Kingdom Hall."

Ridley: *He looked interested.* "Mount Kingdom Hall? I don't believe I've heard that before."

Sofia: *She winked and giggled.* "I'd have to show you in person when you get back, because _I'm_ _not_ telling you."

Ridley: "Now you've extinguished _my_ boredom." *He smirked in a sarcastic-like manner.*

Sofia: "Hahehahe, no matter how much this pains me to say, I should go."

Ridley: "Oh?"

Sofia: "The faster we initiate our plans, the faster I get to see you in the long run."

Ridley: "Alright, you're a sound thinker."

Sofia: *She giggled and sighed, looking up into the sky in a serious-like manner.* "You'll be creating a powerful Spacial Funnel, right?"

Ridley: "Yes?"

Sofia: "They'll be able to track you, using Surpreon's research facilities."

Ridley: "I don't believe we have to worry about Surpreon any longer."

Sofia: "We don't?"

Ridley: *He shook his head, as if he wasn't going to answer.* "So, only people gifted with high sensing abilities, and Silver Wind Island's facilities can sense me. Both of which, are too far away."

*Ridley sighed in a proud-like manner and looked at Sofia, drawing her attention.*

Sofia: "Goodbye, my love. I'll make sure people receive instant game overs in your honour, no continues."

Ridley: *He stepped forward and kissed her on the lips.* "I'm flattered."

Sofia: "Hahe." *She jumped back and faced away, gently touching her lips.* "Send me a sign, letting me know that you've left-"

*Sofia bent forward, causing white and black radiant wings to erupt out from her back.*

Ridley: *He nodded his head in acknowledgement, staring at Sofia's wings which lit up his face.* "Of course!"

Sofia: "Hiyah!" *She jumped up and blasted high into the air, causing a swirl of grass to pulse away.*

Ridley: *He watched Sofia fly out of his sight, causing him to nervously smile.* (I'm getting that same nervous excitement, the feeling you get before the start of a race..)

Sofia: (I won't disappoint you, Ridley! The only person to _ever_ satisfy my boredom!) *She smiled in thought and licked her lips in determination, flying high above the clouds at amazing speeds.*

Ridley: *He took a deep breath and turned around, mentally preparing himself.* "It will take the _whole_ day to prepare for this Spacial Funnel... This may be an exhausting process."

*Ridley stood up straight and spread his arms far apart, listening to the waves crash in the distance.*

Ridley: (Now, the Spacial Funnel.) *He started to focus, causing the air to warp slightly in front of him.*

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*Screeches echoed in the swamp-like terrain, causing Alicia to wake up with a quiet gasp.*

Alicia: "Hmm?" *She moaned and looked down from a leafless tree she slept in.* (W-What was that-?)

Darkwing: *It screeched and awkwardly walked on two bone-like legs through the mud, staggering into Alicia's sight.* "Sckee-rarh."

Alicia: "Eep-" *She quickly covered her mouth, stopping herself from screaming.*

Darkwing: "Skrarh!?" *It instantly noticed Alicia in the tree, causing it to face her.*

Alicia: *She silently and motionlessly stared at the Darkwing.* (Please go away, weird Scoldrant-)

Darkwing: "Skrarh!" *It sprinted on all fours towards the tree, causing Alicia to squeal.*

Alicia: "No!-"

Darkwing: "Skrarh!" *It slammed its skull into the stump of the tree, causing dead appearing branches to snap off and Alicia to fall out of the tree.*

Alicia: "Oof-" *She hit the damp ground and unintentionally dug her fingers into the dirt, quickly looking up to the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It hobbled back in disorientation, watching more dead branches hit the ground.* "Sk-Sk-?"

Alicia: *She stood up and stared at the Darkwing, watching the darkness swirl around its body like mist.* (I've never been in this area before, are these the kind of Scoldrants that inhabit these lands-?)

Darkwing: "Skaerh!" *It stared at Alicia and screeched, facing her in an aggressive-like manner.*

Alicia: "Ah!" *She turned around without hesitation and started to run away.*

Darkwing: *It scraped its feet in the soft dirt, preparing to charge for Alicia.* (Go out and attack the foes which have caused us such grief!) *Ridley's voice echoed in its head.*

Alicia: *Her hair and pendant whipped to each side, as she awkwardly avoided the dead appearing vines and trees.* (I have to ask Holland what that creature was-)

*Alicia squirmed and whimpered, stepping through a thick brown bush.*

Alicia: *She ran out of the bush and sighed in relief, continuing to run away.* (It was so scary looking-)

*Alicia jumped over a large mushroom and gasped, stepping into a different coloured pool of mud.*

Alicia: "No-" *Her right leg sunk into ankle deep mud.* (No! I'm stuck!)

Darkwing: "Skerach!" *Its screeches echoed in the distance, alerting Alicia.*

Alicia: (It sounds even closer now-) *Her leg continued to sink into the mud, causing her to grab it with both hands.*

Darkwing: *It followed Alicia's footprints, cracking sticks under its feet.* "Skree."

Alicia: *She started to panic.* (I have to get out!-)

Darkwing: *It jumped out of the thick brown bush and into a small clearing, instantly glaring at Alicia.* "Sckarh!"

Alicia: *She gasped, staring at the Darkwing with widening eyes.* "No-"

Darkwing: "Skeree!" *It screeched and started to sprint towards her, jumping over the same mushroom into striking distance.*

Alicia: "Ah?!" *She leant down and looked up, watching the Darkwing jump over her.*

Darkwing: *It tried to swipe Alicia with its arms, landing on the mud in front of her.* "Scck-k-k." *It slowly pushed itself closer to Alicia, ignoring its body slowly sinking into the mud.*

Alicia: *Her eyes widen in terror, as the Darkwing's arm slowly extended towards her.* "No!"

*Radiant wings erupted from Alicia's back and she blasted into the air, causing a wave of mud to cover the Darkwing.*

Alicia: *She hovered in the air and looked down, watching bubbles pop from the thick mud.* "I-It's gone-"

*Two more Darkwings with bone-like wings crawled on all fours into the clearing, catching Alicia's attention.*

Alicia: (I-I don't want to attack innocent Scoldrants, despite how scary looking they are. I invaded _their_ home, they have the right to attack-)

Darkwing: *They spread their wings and flapped them once, causing them to jump up in a dive-like manner towards Alicia.* "Schark!"

Alicia: "Huh!?" *She gasped at the Darkwings and quickly looked up, pushing herself higher into the air.*

Darkwing: *It dived into striking distance, reaching towards Alicia's feet.* "Skree-"

Alicia: *She glanced at the Darkwing and lifted her feet, causing the Darkwing to slam into a tree behind her.* (Th-They jump high.)

Darkwing: *It fell back from the tree and flapped its wings, causing it to glide towards Alicia.* "Sk-kerk!"

Alicia: (I-I think it's time to get out of here.) *She thought in a scared-like manner and quickly flew out of the swamp-like terrain.*

Darkwing: "Skeree?" *It flew towards the Darkwing that slammed into the tree and looked up with squinted eyes.*

Alicia: *She flew above brown coloured treetops, sighing in relief.* (I don't know why I didn't use my wings earlier.. It's like I forget I can use them-)

*The Darkwings screeched, causing Alicia to look behind her.*

Alicia: *She gasped in shock, watching the two Darkwings fly in the air behind her.* (These can fly! But how?! They're not feathered or scaled-)

Darkwing: *It squinted its yellow tiny eyes and its skull cracked, changing its shape.* "Sk-k-k."

Alicia: *She swayed from side to side, continuing to stare behind her at the Darkwings.* (What is it doing?)

Darkwing: *Its skull took shape of a bow and a shard of bone slowly pulled back in its head.* "Schark!"

*A sharp spike of bone blasted past Alicia, causing her to twirl in the air in shock.*

Alicia: "G-Grr!-" *She looked in front and focused on her flying skills, causing her speed and angle to improve.* (They can attack at long range, I _have_ to seek the nearest village or clearing!-)

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*Holland grunted as he adjusted his boots, listening to birds chirp in the forest.*

PKMY: *She tightened a strap to her garments and looked at Lance in an annoyed-like manner.* "He's _still_ fast asleep."

Holland: "Ha ha, he _always_ sleeps in. I'm usually up before him."

Lance: *He slept awkwardly with his bottom in the air.* "No, watermelon!"

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes and sighed, walking up to Lance.* "Nuisance-"

Lance: "No, not the pineapple one!"

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She tapped Lance's bottom with her foot in disgust, causing him to tip on the side.*

Lance: "Argh, what, wait, huh?" *He looked around half asleep, rubbing his eyes in a disorientated-like manner.*

PKMY: "Come on, the sun has risen, let's go."

Lance: "Umm, yea, sure." *He moaned on his breath, standing up with a tired expression on his face.*

Holland: "I closed my eyes and the trees spoke to me-"

PKMY: "What way to Silver Wind Island?" *She spoke as if she knew what Holland was going to say.*

Holland: "We're facing south-" *He turned around and stared into space, nodding his head in a reassuring manner.* "We need to go straight up north and we'll hit Silver Wind Island in no time."

*Holland mumbled in a deep voice, looking at PKMY with a proud smirk.*

Lance: "Kool." *He grunted, stretching his arms and neck.*

PKMY: "Alright, let's go." *She cracked her shoulder and started to walk in the direction Holland faced.*

Lance: "Hey, you gotta know by now not to tell me to hurry up." *He grinned like a child and jogged up to PKMY.*

Holland: *He watched PKMY and Lance jog out of his sight, giving him time to admire the trees and unusual looking plants around him.* (This place always puts a smile on my face-)

Freya: *She glided down from behind and her body shrunk in size, landing on Holland's shoulder.* (I agree.) "Ruff!" *She wagged her tiny tail.*

Holland: *He smirked, scratching his finger on top of Freya's head.* (Let's go-)

PKMY: "Holly!" *She yelled in the distance, catching Holland's attention.*

Holland: *He became alert to PKMY's cries, causing him to instantly run through the forest.* (She sounded worried-)

Freya: *She growled, intensely staring in the direction they ran into.* (I don't sense any yellow eyed Scoldrants?)

Holland: "Me neither-" (Maybe it's some sort of plant?)

Freya: (Maybe..) *Her ears and tail flapped, as Holland jumped over roots and rocks.*

*PKMY stood with her arms in front in a cautious-like manner, staring at a bright glowing blue fur-ball which sat on Lance's head.*

Lance: "G-Get this off, I think it's gonna kill me!" *He stood perfectly still, mumbling through the side of his mouth.*

PKMY: "Just shut up, I've heard many stories about the vegetation _alone_ killing warriors _all_ the time."

Lance: "Sh-Shit nuggets-"

Holland: *He ran into the small clearing, staring at PKMY in an urgent-like manner.* "What-?"

PKMY: "H-Holly." *She whispered, nudging her head to Lance.*

Holland: "Huh?" *He looked at Lance and instantly noticed the blue object, causing the purple ring around his iris to dilate and spiral.*

Freya: "Gruff-" *She jumped off his shoulder and glided through the air, as her body grew in size.* (This-)

PKMY: *She looked at Freya with a worried look.* (Is it dangerous? I've never seen one of these things before.)

Freya: (They're _perfectly_ harmless-) *She thought in a confident manner, staring at the Scoldrant in a calm-like manner.*

Lance: "Quickly, I think I feel its evil intent to kill me!"

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked and relaxed, lowering her arms in a casual-like manner.*

Lance: "Why are ya chucklin', it's gonna kill me!"

Holland: "You're fine, Lance."

PKMY: *She leant to one side and folded her arms, staring at Holland.* "What is it then?"

Holland: "Wow-" *He mumbled in amazement, as if he realised what the Scoldrant was.*

PKMY: "Holly?"

Holland: *He walked towards Lance, keeping a fixated stare on the glowing fur-ball.* "I've heard of these little guys back when I was a kid."

PKMY: "So, that was a few hours ago?"

Holland: "Ha ha."

Lance: "Wat's goin' on?! Just get it off already!"

PKMY: "Wat are they?"

Holland: "Tales say, balls of glowing fur lead lost travellers the way to civilisation."

PKMY: (Wild Scoldrants helping humans in such a manner?) *She looked intrigued, paying closer attention to Holland's story.*

Holland: "Others believe, it's a will of good fortune. These Scoldrants are so rare, I'm excited to see one for the first time." *He spoke with amazement, causing PKMY to smirk.*

Freya: (I sense healing properties from it too.)

PKMY: (Wow.) *She thought in an impressed-like manner, glancing at Freya.*

Holland: *He stood next to Lance and reached out, causing the glowing blue ball to float off Lance's head.* "Over here, little girl."

Lance: "Phew-"

Scoldrant: "Mimimimi." *She flew onto Holland's hand, frizzing her fur up.*

Lance: "Aye?" *He quickly brushed his hair, ensuring it was dry.*

PKMY: (I know Holly can understand it-) "What's she saying?"

Holland: "I'm not sure, she's not making sense."

Lance: "So, you can't understand her? I thought you were the dog whisperer."

Holland: "No, I can.. It's just her words are meddled up-" *He raised the Scoldrant to his face and squinted his eyes.* "She seems really tired, let's take her back home."

Lance: *He sighed like a child.* "So, we're off on another quest?"

Freya: (I'm not sure where, but her scent is clustered up ahead.)

Holland: *He nodded his head to Freya and looked at Lance.* "No, her home is on the way."

Lance: "Good-" *He frowned, folding his arms like a child.*

PKMY: "Wat will we be looking for?"

Holland: "They are said to live in human sized flowers."

Lance: "OK." *He impatiently grunted and turned away, hinting for the party to move on.*

Freya: "Ruff." *She barked at Lance in agreement, causing the party to slowly walk forward.*

Lance: "I gotta admit, this forest does look pretty wicked." *He spun around in amazement.*

Freya: "Gruff!" *She barked in agreement, causing Lance to cockily nod his head as if he could understand her bark.*

Lance: (But still not as good as Valhalla.)

PKMY: (Heh.) *She smirked at Lance, as if she heard what he thought.*

Scoldrant: "Mimimii." *She glowed in Holland's hand, causing PKMY to stare at her.*

PKMY: "Why did you seem so impressed to see her?"

Holland: "Well, rumours or not, it's great to have a little sign of good luck, right?" *He spoke in a deep voice, smirking at the blue fur-ball in his palm.*

PKMY: "I suppose."

Lance: "Well, at least a human size flower won't be hard to miss, aye."

Holland: "They say that the nectar of the flower is said to heal depression itself."

Lance: "Bull-, crap." *He placed his hands on the back of his head, looking unconvinced.*

PKMY: "It's just a tale, don't get too excited, dickhead."

Lance: "Wateva."

Freya: (Rumours also say, that the Scoldrants collect the happiness they receive from the travellers they rescue and somehow store it in their home.)

PKMY: (Interesting.)

Lance: "So, how far have we got to walk now?"

PKMY: "We _only_ just started walking-"

Scoldrant: *She glowed brighter and floated into the air, catching Holland's attention.* "Meemimi mee."

Holland: *He glanced at the Scoldrant, causing him to look ahead in excitement.* "I think it's past the wall of bushes."

Freya: *The purple ring around her iris spiralled and her tribal patterns glowed.* (I don't sense anything-?)

Holland: "I can't hold it in-" *He ran past the party and jumped through the bushes in excitement.* (I can't wait to see this place that apparently lifts emotions!)

Scoldrant: "Miiimiimee." *She hovered in the air, staring at the bushes in confusion.*

Lance: *He looked at PKMY, as if he wanted to chase after Holland.* "..."

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes and sighed, waving Lance away.* "Well, go on then-"

*PKMY paused with widening eyes and looked shocked, staring into space with a dropping jaw.*

PKMY: "H-Huh?"

Freya: "Ohwhoo-" *She whimpered and suddenly sprinted past the party, pouncing into the bushes after Holland.*

Lance: "It's not like I needed your permission, aye-" *He prepared to run and noticed PKMY's strange face, causing him to stop.* "Wat is it?"

PKMY: "Come on.." *She spoke in a low, confused tone, causing Lance to look intrigued.*

Lance: "Aye?"

PKMY: "I felt a _strong_ surge of emotion from Holly."

Lance: "Maybe it was excite-?"

PKMY: "It wasn't a happy feeling-" *She sounded worried and ran towards the bushes.*

Lance: "Wait for me!" *He grunted and quickly ran, closely following PKMY.*

*PKMY and Lance jumped through the bushes and noticed Holland and Freya, standing on the spot in shock.*

Lance: "Whoa-" *He slowly stepped forward, observing his surroundings in shock.*

PKMY: "W-What happened...?" *She mumbled softly, as sunlight shined brightly on the ground.*

Holland: "..." *He slowly shook his head, silently choking in disbelief.*

Lance: "Trees were covered in charcoal and the ground was burnt to ash. Sunlight shined through, as the leaves were burnt away..."

PKMY: ".. Lance.."

Freya: *She whimpered at the destruction in front of her, curling her tail in between her legs.* "..."

Scoldrant: *She floated over the bushes and her blue glow dimmed.* "Meee..." *Her tone was low, as it symbolised how upset she was.*

Lance: *He observed a burnt down tree next to him.* "A natural fire?"

Holland: *He stood quietly, staring at the burn marks with a sad filled face.* "..."

PKMY: "H-Holly-" *She stepped forward and heard a crunch, causing her to look down in confusion.* "Eh?"

Lance: *He glanced to the side and looked under PKMY's foot.* "Hey, it's one of them fur-ball Scoldrants-"

PKMY: *She quickly stepped back, staring at the charcoaled ground in a guilty-like manner.* (These burns aren't caused by fire, or lightning Rostical-)

Scoldrant: ".. Mee..." *She hovered in the air, unsure what to do.*

PKMY: (If it wasn't natural or Rostical, what caused these-?) *A beat pulsed through her body, causing her to glance at Holland with a strange look.*

Holland: *He formed fists and started to breathe heavily.* "..."

*Screeches echoed from a line of smoke, which could be seen in the sky.*

Holland: "This was not natural." *He spoke in an abnormally calm tone, catching Lance's attention.*

PKMY: "Holly-"

Holland: "Amy, please.."

PKMY: (There is _so_ _much_ _anger_ coming from him.)

Lance: *He looked around uncomfortable and stared at Holland in determination.* "I wanna help!"

Holland: "H-Huh?" *He looked over his shoulder at Lance in shock.*

Lance: "Wateva pissed you off, I wanna help!"

Holland: *He nodded his head, trying to contain his anger.* "Freya!"

Freya: *She leapt in front of Holland and sniffed the air.* (This way!-) *She shouted in thought, sprinting through the burnt area of forest.*

Holland: "Let's go!"

*Holland, PKMY and Lance chased after Freya who led the party towards the screeches.*

Darkwing: *It stood in fire and staggered towards a nearby tree.* "Schkreee!" *It screeched and jabbed its bone-like arms into the tree, causing the stump to ignite in fire.*

Holland: "You!" *He roared with anger, instantly catching the attention of six Darkwings.*

Lance: *He ran next to Holland and puffed to catch his breath.* "Gah-" *He stood up straight and looked at the closest Darkwing in confusion.* "Wat kind of Scoldrant is _that_?"

PKMY: "Holly, I sense anger, I want to remind you, that you'd never hurt a Scoldrant even if it's contaminated with the yellow eyed-"

Holland: "These are _no_ Scoldrants!"

Lance: "A-Aye?" *He sounded shocked.*

PKMY: "If they're not Scoldrants, then wat are they?"

Holland: "I can't explain it, but they're not Scoldrants. I'm one hundred percent _positive_."

PKMY: "Heh, that's all I needed to know." *She smirked and bent forward, standing in a battle-ready pose.*

Lance: "R-Right-" *He reached out and lightning formed into a sword in between his fingers.*

Holland: "Let's go!" *He angrily charged towards the closest Darkwing and pumped himself up, causing his arm muscles to bulge.*

Freya: *She sprinted on all fours directly behind Holland.* (I'm right behind you!-)

Darkwing: *It screeched and ripped its arms out of the tree, glancing at Holland.* "Skr-"

Holland: "Garh-" *He slid on the ground and formed a tight fist, bracing himself.*

Darkwing: *It watched Holland slide into striking distance, causing it to raise its arms in an offensive-like manner.* "Skree-"

Holland: "Harh!" *He suddenly uppercut the Darkwing into the air and raised his arm, watching shadow swirl around his fist.*

PKMY: (Strong!-)

Freya: *She pounced onto Holland's arm from behind and jumped into the air.* (Sonic Roar.) *She barked out a visible sound wave, hitting the Darkwing in mid-air.*

Darkwing: *Its shadow blew back caused by the sound wave.* "Scheek-"

Holland: (Direct hit!) *He cracked his knuckles, looking up with an anger filled smile.*

Freya: *She flapped her wings, which extended from her sides and she flew above the Darkwing.* (Aerial Pounce.) *She flashstepped on top of the Darkwing and jumped off, causing the Darkwing to slam into the ground.*

Darkwing: "Sk-orh-" *Shards of bone splintered around it, as dirt erupted into the air.*

Holland: *He grunted in anger, staring at the dirt cloud with gritted teeth.* "It was strong."

Freya: *She glided down, landing next to Holland with ease.* (I felt bones crush under my paws.)

Holland: (Despite sensing nothing from those creatures, I know it's dead-)

Lance: "Harh!" *He ran towards a nearby Darkwing, catching its attention.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It squinted its eyes and charged towards Lance, extending its nails to the size of daggers.*

Lance: ( _Damn_ these are freaky looking things-)

Darkwing: *It ran into striking distance and screeched, raising its arms with killing intent.* "Sckrah!" *It slashed across Lance's lightning sword, causing it to screech louder.*

Lance: *He glanced at the lightning, unsure what happened.* "Huh-?" (It's arm went through my lightning? It must be an Astragong thingo!-)

Darkwing: *It slightly stepped back in shock.* "Sk-k-k."

Lance: *He noticed the Darkwing's bones slice in half due to the lightning, causing him to smirk.* "Ha."

Darkwing: "Skrarh!" *Sounds of bones cracking could be heard, as another bone-like arm shot out.*

Lance: (It just restored the damaged bones!-)

Darkwing: *It raised its arm and focused all its attention on moving its fingers, as if it was the first time healing itself.* "Sk-kree-"

Lance: "Wateva-" *He leant forward and slashed the air with the lightning, readying himself.*

Darkwing: *It noticed the lightning move, causing it to instantly look at Lance.* "Skra-"

Lance: "Harh!" *He jumped forward and took large steps towards the Darkwing, continuously slashing the lightning at the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It rolled to each side, as it unnaturally avoided his attacks.* "Sk-k-kree."

Lance: (Stop moving!) *He frowned, watching the Darkwing's shadow light up each time he slashed the lightning close to it.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It rolled back and slashed across Lance's lightning sword, causing several of its fingers to crack off.*

Lance: *He jabbed the lightning forward, extending its length to hit the Darkwing.* (It's like it's double jointed or something-)

Darkwing: *It unnaturally rolled to the side and pounced towards Lance, spreading its dagger-like nails.* "Skeree-"

Lance: "Hmph-" *He stood straight and raised his arm, causing the lightning to scatter and flash away.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It lunged into striking distance, jabbing its nails towards Lance's face.*

Lance: "MAGNETIC RUMBLE" *A white shield expanded from his arm and reflected the Darkwing back into the air.*

Darkwing: "Skrark-" *It screeched in shock and hit the ground, tumbling back in anger.*

Lance: "Air Slash." *He raised his arm, watching lightning stream and spark above him.*

Darkwing: *It violently stood on all fours, surrounded by swirls of dirt.* "Skerh." *It opened its jaw at Lance, causing drool-like shadows to ooze out.*

PKMY: *She sprinted towards two Darkwings with her arms swaying behind her back.* "Harh." *She jumped high into the air and spiralled downwards, catching the two Darkwing's attention.*

*The Darkwings rocked back and forth, as they were unable to read the flow of PKMY's movements.*

PKMY: *She spread her arms and landed, spiralling with her legs above her head.* "Harh!"

Darkwing: *It tried to jab downwards at PKMY, watching her spiral around its arm.* "Skerah?"

PKMY: "Harh!" *She spiralled across the ground, violently kicking the Darkwing to her right into the air.*

*PKMY used the spiralling momentum to back flip towards the Darking on her left.*

PKMY: "Swift might, at my command, AIR SWIRL"

Darkwing: *It watched PKMY back flip towards it, before a green swirl of wind hit it into the air.* "Ske-?" *It glanced down in disorientation and watched PKMY continue to back flip directly under it.*

PKMY: *She stood on her hands and smirked.* "Heh." *She watched the Darkwing descend.*

Darkwing: *It spread its arms and readied to attack PKMY.* "Skrarh-"

PKMY: "Hah!" *She kicked downwards and slammed the Darkwing onto the ground.* "AIR SWIRL"

*A green glyph flashed under PKMY's feet and another gust of green wind knocked the Darkwing back into the air.*

Darkwing: *It screeched in confusion, watching its finger bones snap off its hands.* "Skree?" *It glanced at the other Darkwing PKMY knocked into the air.*

*PKM Y looked up and stared at the two airborne Darkwings, causing her to smirk in confidence.*

PKMY: *She ran forward and jumped in the middle of the Darkwings.* "This is for Holly!-"

*The Darkwings screeched in shock, staring at PKMY in the air in between them.*

PKMY: *She waved her arms and spun at a high speed, watching the Darkwings move in slow motion.* "Ha!"

*PKMY quickly kicked the Darkwing to her right and pointed at the Darkwing to her left, watching the air ripple around her hand.*

Darkwing: *It watched the Darkwing behind PKMY shatter into a cloud of bones.* "Kaerh-?"

PKMY: *She frowned and pushed forward, causing a shock wave to explode the Darkwing away.* "Yahoo-" *She descended and spiralled in the air, landing on the ground with ease.*

*PKMY smirked, watching a shower of bones hit the ground around her.*

PKMY: "Too easy-" *She listened to the sounds of hollow wood come from the falling bones.* "Not even worth the warm up."

Darkwing: *It stared at PKMY from behind and screeched at its falling comrades.* "Sk-kreeh!"

PKMY: "Heh." *She looked over her shoulder and stared at the Darkwing with a smirk, as streams of dust rained around her.*

Lance: "Harh!" *He slashed the lightning downwards, causing a visible air slash to slice through the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "K-K-Kerh-?" *It paused, watching a wave of its darkness blow back in the air slash.*

Lance: *He watched the black air slash hit the ground, exploding charcoal into the air.* "Gotcha-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It shook its skull and shuffled towards Lance, as if nothing happened.*

Lance: (I-It didn't work?!) *He took several steps back in shock, pointing the lightning sword at the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *Its small yellow eyes squinted, focusing its attention to Lance.* "Skerh?"

Lance: *He grunted and straightened his arm at the Darkwing.* "I don't know how you survived that air slice goin' _through_ ya body, but-"

Darkwing: *It staggered into striking distance and extended its claw-like nails, readying to pounce Lance.* "Skreeh!"

Lance: "You're gone! Smear upon the skies, blue waves crashing down-"

*A yellow glyph shined under Lance and the Darkwing suddenly sliced in half, causing him to pause in confusion.*

Lance: "Aye?" *He slowly lowered his arm, causing the lightning sword to separate and spark into nothing.*

Darkwing: "Skrah-" *Its body suddenly puffed into dust, causing Lance to look at it in disgust.*

Holland: *He looked to the side and watched the fire travel up the tree, causing him to gasp in anger.* "Freya!"

Freya: "Ruff." *She pounced forward and raised her snout, gargling water.* (Gargling Whirlpool.) *She aimed towards the fire and leant forward, barking out a vortex of water.*

Holland: *Sounds of steam stringed around the tree, as the water extinguished the flames.* "Great-"

Darkwing: *It flew above the party and screeched.* "Kreeee."

Lance: *He looked up, pointing in the air with a dropping jaw.* "They can fly!"

PKMY: "Really?"

Lance: "Shuddup." *He clicked his fingers, causing a stream of lightning to form into a sword.*

PKMY: "Wateva." *She looked at the lightning in Lance's hand, causing her to discreetly grunt in amazement.*

Lance: "Pssht.." *He held the lightning with both hands, causing the lightning to thicken.*

Holland: *He angrily ran next to Lance and looked up.* (They will pay for this destruction!) "Freya and I will take the one in the air, you get the other two."

Lance: (Other two?) *He looked around and shook his head, raising an eyebrow in confusion.* (There's no sign of any of them skeletal thingys left?)

Freya: *She glanced at Holland and nodded her head, knowing what Holland wanted.* "Gruff-"

Holland: *He looked up, watching the Darkwing fly out of his sight.* "Damn it."

Freya: (Go-) *She lined herself up with Holland and flapped her wings with a growing body.*

Holland: *He started to run and jumped up, watching Freya swoop under him.* "Let's get it!"

*Holland grunted in anger, riding Freya above the treetops.*

Freya: (Yes!) *She growled in anger and flapped her wings, causing the treetops to bend back.*

PKMY: *She looked around in suspense, shuffling closer to Lance.* "Watch your back."

Lance: "I don't see anythin', aye?"

PKMY: "I trust him."

Lance: "I guess-"

*Screeches echoed hidden from the surrounding forest, catching Lance and PKMY's attention.*

PKMY: "Take care of Holly, I'll get them both."

Lance: "Huh? _As_ _if_ I'll let you take 'em on by yourself-"

PKMY: *She ran towards the screeches and flashstepped, causing a swirl of dirt to spiral away.* (I'll never say this to you, but I'll always be by your side too, Holly-)

*Two Darkwings hid behind a thick tree, staring at Lance in the distance.*

Lance: *He looked around the vacant area and sighed in frustration.* (Fine.. I'll help Holland then-)

*Lance faced the direction Freya flew into and started to run towards it, keeping his focus in the sky.*

PKMY: *She flashstepped behind the Darkwings and placed her hands on her sides, watching dirt blow to one side.* "How dare you, filthy scum-"

*The Darkwings screeched in fright and quickly turned around to face PKMY.*

PKMY: *She stared at the ground with an emotionless face, as sparks scattered past her face.* "Out of my sight."

Darkwing: "Skrah-?"

PKMY: *She threw each of the Ryukku into their skulls, cracking the bone around the blades.* "Tssk-"

*The Darkwings stood motionless, looking up to the Ryukku in their skulls.*

PKMY: "I don't often tell people this, but I enjoy fights." *She violently grabbed the Ryukku's handles and ripped out them out, causing shards of bone to crumble away.*

Darkwing: *It stepped to the side and head-butt the other Darkwing.* "Sk-kk."

PKMY: "But seeing Holly, one of my friends, so angry-" *She shook her head and started to walk away.* "It wasn't even fun-"

*The Darkwing's bodies suddenly puffed into dust, leaving no trace of their existence.*

*Lance ran into another clearing with his lightning sword raised in an offensive manner.*

Darkwing: *It screeched, as Holland and Freya flew above it.* "Skree?!" *It looked behind it, trying to see what the wind was.*

Freya: *She flew higher into the air, watching her fur sway in the wind.* (It didn't even see us.)

Holland: (Good..)

Lance: *He looked up into the air and noticed Holland high in the sky, causing him to lower his arm.* ( _How_ am I meant to help now?)

*The lightning in Lance's hand dimmed and stopped its fluid-like stream, causing it to slowly spark into nothing.*

Holland: *He looked directly down and glared at the Darkwing, nodding his head.* "Freya, now!"

Freya: (This is reckless-)

Holland: (Just do it!-)

Freya: (Okay-) *She growled in frustration and spun around, flicking Holland downwards with her wing.*

Lance: "Holy shit!-" *He stepped forward, intensely staring at Holland with widening eyes.*

Holland: *He dived downwards at an incredible speed, tilting his head towards the Darkwing.* (Let's see if it can survive this-)

Freya: (Tangrowth Slash.) *Her nails extended like vines and they slithered past Holland, jabbing into the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Schrek!"

Holland: *He smirked, watching the vines wave around him.* "Humph-"

Freya: (Ice Fang.) *Her teeth shined a fluoro blue and two streams zigzagged downwards, biting into the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched, trying to break free from Freya's grasp.*

Lance: (Fleabag's got the thingy trapped in the air!-)

Holland: *He squinted his eyes and frowned in determination, forming a fist.* "Harh!" *He dived past the Darkwing and punched it across the head, causing its bones to shatter around his fist.*

Freya: *The Darkwing shattered to pieces and puffed into dust, causing her nails to sway in the wind.* "..."

Lance: *He noticed Holland falling directly towards the ground.* "Oi, Holland!-" *He stepped forward in shock.*

Holland: "..." *He reached towards the ground and Fryfry suddenly swarmed along the ground.*

Fryfry: (Myrror Shield.)

Lance: (Huh?) *He looked over his shoulder and noticed a red glyph, which rotated in the air behind him.*

*The fireflies crossed paths and formed a glass-like reflective shield under Holland.*

Holland: "Erh-" *He hit the shield and bounced back, as the shield shattered like glass.*

Fryfry: "Bzzzst." *They swarmed towards Holland, ensuring he was okay.*

Holland: *He landed on the ground and stood up, puffing out his chest with a sigh.*

Freya: *She dived down and swooped next to Holland, shrinking in body size.* (That was reckless!)

Lance: "Hey that _wasn't_ kool." *He grunted with a worried frown, walking up to Holland and Freya.*

Holland: *He took deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.* "I.. Ah.." *He regretfully scratched the back of his head, nodding his head at Fryfry.*

Fryfry: "Bzzz-" *They spiralled up, disintegrating into the air.*

PKMY: *She flashstepped next to Holland, instantly punching him on the shoulder.* "Holly, you _stupid_ ogre."

Holland: *He looked down to PKMY, noticing her emotional face.* "I'm, ah, really sorry-"

Freya: (Holland-)

Lance: "So wat was all _that_ about?" *He hissed on his breath, staring at Holland for his response.*

Holland: *He paused, looking down to his feet.* "I'm a lot of things, but I'm not an angry person-"

PKMY: "You were passionate about this forest."

Lance: "Yea, we're only human. We make mistakes." *He shrugged his shoulders.*

Holland: *He glanced at PKMY and Lance in confusion.* "Aren't you three disappointed in me?"

Lance: "Whoa, I lose my kool all the time, aye. So now it's _my_ turn to pat _you_ on the shoulder and be all awesome and stuff-" *He smiled, placing his hand on Holland's shoulder in a brotherly-like manner.*

PKMY: "Heh."

Lance: "I'm awesome, you're awesome, we're all awesome."

PKMY: "Besides, Freya and I wouldn't like some _push_ _over_ guy."

Freya: "Gruff!"

Holland: "A push over guy?" *He mumbled in confusion.*

PKMY: "Yea, when someone sees something they care about getting damaged or hurt-" *She observed the damaged forest around her, looking back to Holland.* "And doing nothing about it."

Freya: "Ruff!" *She barked in agreement.*

Lance: "Yea, _never_ stand back and watch the things you care about get hurt, aye."

Holland: "Ha ha, thanks you three." *He placed his hand on Lance's and smirked at PKMY.*

Scoldrant: *She drifted over the party and positioned herself in the midst of the burnt vegetation.* "Miiimiii."

Lance: *He stepped back and shuffled to the side, pointing at the Scoldrant like a child.* "Look, it's that fur-ball thing that tried to kill me."

Holland: "Ha ha-"

Lance: "Oi, no funnies, I'm serious."

Scoldrant: "Mimimimi!" *She brightly shined blue and the vegetation around her lost its charcoal and turned green.*

Freya: "Howhooh?"

Holland: *He smirked in amazement.* "Wow."

Lance: (Whoa, it's getting rid of the burnt stuff.) *He nodded his head in disbelief.* "How's it doing that?"

PKMY: "It's restoring the forest by pouring rich Neurons into the ground.. Amazing."

Lance: "Kool."

PKMY: *She gasped and quickly looked away, staring into the distance.* (What is that?)

Holland: "What's wrong?"

Lance: *He looked at PKMY, raising an eyebrow in confusion.* "Seeking attention?"

PKMY: "No, try hard from Fire Hydrant City, I sense Season."

Lance: "Season." *He sounded excited and looked around.* "What's he doing in the forest?"

Holland: "Amy?"

PKMY: (Whereabouts?) *She mumbled in thought and scanned the area as if she was seeing into the distance.*

Freya: *She sniffed several times, looking at PKMY.* (He's outside the forest.)

Holland: *He flared his nose, nodding his head in agreement.* (Silver Wind Island.)

Lance: *He watched the party awkwardly look at each other, grunting in confusion.* "Aye? So like what? Season's hidin' in a bush somewhere-?"

PKMY: (We'll have to see him then.) *Holland and Freya nodded their heads, as they all walked past Lance.*

Lance: "Umm, hi? My name's Lance, ya know, I kinda asked you lot a question?!" *He swayed his arms like a child, watching the party walk away.*

PKMY: "Don't drag us behind!" *She yelled out to Lance, causing him to stamp his foot like a child.*

Holland: (I wanted to watch the Scoldrant replenish this damage, but, I got to set my priorities.)

Lance: "Drag you behind!? Don't make me laugh!" *He ran after the party, as they started to jog away from Lance.* "Oi! Don't run away from me!"

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*A path of water waved behind Alicia, as she flew above the ocean.*

Alicia: (They _still_ haven't given up!)

*The path of water splashed in between the two Darkwings, as they closely pursued Alicia.*

Alicia: "A-Ah-" *She spiralled in the air, as two shard-like bones fiercely shot past her.*

*The two Darkwings screeched, as another shard-like bone eroded from their bow-like skulls.*

Alicia: (I'm getting tired-) *She looked ahead and slightly smiled in relief, noticing an island surrounded by a silver tornado.* (Silver Wind Island!-)

Darkwings: "Skreerh!" *It shot out another shard-like bone.*

Alicia: *She flicked her feet and moved out of the way, waiting for the shard to fly past her.* "Where did it-?" *She gasped in shock, watching the bone slice through her hair.* "Ah!"

Darkwing: "Sk-k-ker." *It croaked to the Darkwing next to it, causing them to separate from each other.*

Alicia: *She glanced behind her and focused her attention back in front, biting her bottom lip.* (Th-They are planning something-)

Darkwing: "Skee." *It flapped several times and ascended up into the air.*

Alicia: (If I get close enough to Silver Wind Island-)

Darkwing: "Sk-k-krouf!" *It screeched and flew into the ocean, causing an eruption of waves to catch Alicia's attention.*

Alicia: "Huh?" *She looked behind her, staring at the waves in shock.* (D-Did it dive into the water?!)

Darkwing: "..." *It silently flew above Alicia.*

Alicia: *She looked ahead and continued to fly closer to the island, noticing a cliff's formation to her left.* (Nearly there-)

Darkwing: *It shot out from the ocean directly under Alicia, violently grabbing onto her leg.* "Skiiiarhh."

Alicia: "Argh!-" *Her flying speed slowed down, as the Darkwing thrashed itself on her leg.* (It's heavy-)

*Alicia squealed in thought and her wings moved like razor blades, suddenly blasting herself high into the air.*

Darkwing: *It tightened its grip around Alicia's leg, attaching itself onto her body.* "Kergh-"

Alicia: (It's grip hurts-)

Darkwing: "Sk-Skeree." *It screeched in an eerie-like manner, slowly crawling along Alicia's body like a spider.*

Alicia: *She waved her arm back filled with fear, trying to knock the Darkwing off her body.* (I can't-)

Darkwing: *It quickly avoided her hits and positioned itself around her wings, before latching itself on her back.* "Skeee."

Alicia: "G-Go away-"

Darkwing: *A cluster of jelly-like shadow grew around its ribs.* "Skree-"

Alicia: (I _have_ to get it-) *She whimpered with fear, before taking a deep breath of courage.* "ICICLE EDGE-"

Darkwing: *Four arms shot out of its ribs, violently grabbing hold of Alicia's wrists and ankles.* "Skerh!"

Alicia: "N-No!-"

Darkwing: "Skerah!" *It used its strength and flipped Alicia over so she faced the sky.*

Alicia: *She stared at the sky, trying to break free.* "W-What are you doing-?"

Darkwing: *It flapped in the air and looked down below, noticing Alicia's vulnerability.* "Sk-kark-kark." *It straightened its body and its bones cracked, forming itself into a spear.*

Alicia: *She stopped struggling and noticed the spear-like Darkwing above her.* "W-What-?" *Her eyes widen in fear.* (N-No-)

Darkwing: "Kerh-" *It aimed for Alicia's head, listening to its bones crack in position.*

Alicia: "I can't stop it in time!-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched with killing intent, blasting itself towards Alicia.*

?????: "Endure the piercing sounds, hurricanes might, ball of force, FLURRY STYX" *A ball of wind shot itself from the nearby land and towards Alicia, whooshing the air around it.*

Alicia: "G-Get away from me!-" *She wheezed as the ball of wind hit her back, exploding the Darkwing off.*

Darkwing: "Skrah-" *It watched its arms shatter away in the wind and stared at Alicia's back, before falling into the ocean.*

?????: "CRESCENT VOLT HOOK"

Alicia: "No!" *She watched the spear-like Darkwing dive towards her head, shaking her head in terror.*

*A powerful blast of purple lightning instantly zapped through the spear-like Darkwing in front of Alicia.*

Alicia: "Eek!-" *She squinted her eyes, watching the lightning spark through the Darkwing's skull.*

Darkwing: "Sk-ergh-" *It slowed down with a loss of momentum, suddenly puffing into dust.*

Alicia: *She squinted her eyes, as a spear of dust brushed past her and into the ocean below.* "What-?" *She whispered to herself and positioned herself upright, floating in the air in shock.*

?????: "Alicia!" *A man's voice echoed from the land, catching her attention.*

Alicia: "H-Huh?" *She spun around and stared at the island, trying to see if she could see someone.* (That voice-)

?????: "Oh bless ya!" *A woman's voice echoed with a slight groan from the land, causing Alicia to frown in uncertainty.*

Alicia: *She looked determined and leant forward, blasting through the air towards the voices.* (They are-)

*A dozen Darkwings surrounded Chrisma, Joy, Season, Cameron and Tyler, all screeching in battle-ready poses.*

Cameron: *He pointed his blue glyphic sword at three Darkwings.* (This situation could not be any worse-)

*Cameron looked behind him and glanced at Joy and Tyler who were lying on the ground unconscious.*

Chrisma: *She reached over Tyler and Joy, watching two sets of white rings slowly heal them.* (I'm too tired-) *She struggled to hold her head up, causing the ring's light to flicker.*

Darkwing: "Skree." *It swayed to each side in an aggressive-like manner, staring at the light caused by Chrisma.*

Season: "Cameron, take the creatures that bypass my Rostical!" *He shouted and swayed his trident, emphasising his stress.*

Cameron: *He raised his sword in concentration, staring at the Darkwings in a patient-like manner.* "Affirmative."

Season: *He raised the trident with both hands and closed his eyes.* "Defensive winds, swirl and soar, offensive gusts, grand winds blow throughout my spirit-"

*A massive green glyph formed itself under the party, catching Cameron's attention.*

Season: "Tunnel its power through the almighty clouds and pierce anything that stands in its way-"

Chrisma: *She grunted in fatigue, ignoring green glyphic symbols, which spiralled around the party.* "Whoup-" *She sighed in exhaustion and collapsed on top of Tyler, instantly falling unconscious.*

Cameron: *He cautiously looked to each side, watching a swirl of wind circle around the party.* (Grand Rostical!-)

Season: "DIVINE TORNADO"

*A swirl of wind blasted all the Darkwings up high into the air, causing Cameron to slightly lower the sword.*

Season: (Great-) *He looked up into the eye of the tornado and vaguely noticed balls of shadow in the wind, counting them with his lips.* (One, two, three-)

Cameron: (Hmm-) *He glanced at the wall of wind, waiting for Season's instructions.*

Season: *He quickly looked at Cameron.* "I just counted eleven!-"

Cameron: *He looked at Season in confusion, shaking his head.* "Then one has-"

Darkwing: *It shot itself through the tornado and screeched at Season with its nails extending towards his face.* "K-K-Kee?"

Season: "I'm temporarily frozen due to the Neurons being released for the Rostical!-"

Cameron: "Say no more!-" *His image instantly appeared in front of the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Sk-?!" *It dug its feet into the dirt, causing it to instantly stop in response to Cameron's sudden appearance.*

Cameron: "Force of power-" *Glyphic rings formed around his sword and he flashstepped into the air before the Darkwing reacted to his image.*

Darkwing: "Skree?!" *It looked around in confusion, unsure what just happened.*

Cameron: *The glyphs around his sword grew in size and he pointed the sword downwards to the Darkwing.* "Thunder Boom."

*The rings slipped off Cameron's sword and several ear bursting thunders echoed.*

Season: *He stood motionless with his hair flapping in the wind, staring at Cameron in a worried-like manner.* (I'm completely vulnerable!-)

Darkwing: *It noticed Cameron's lack of presence, causing it to focus its attention back to Season.* "Skree." *Its legs vibrated, as it readied to pounce Season.*

Cameron: *He smirked, as the thunder rumbled around his sword.* "Harr!" *He sliced the sword across and the force blasted the Darkwing into pieces.*

Season: *He watched the ground explode where the Darkwing once stood.* (Amazing-) *He glanced at pieces of bones rolling across the ground, followed by swirls of dirt and dust.*

Cameron: *He landed on the ground, causing his armour to rattle and he looked at Season.* "Are you okay?"

Season: *He hid his shocked expression and coughed.* "I am, thank you." *He lowered the trident, causing the tornado around them to dissipate.*

*The Darkwings trapped in Season's Rostical screeched and plummeted towards the ground.*

Cameron: *He sheathed the sword behind his shoulder, causing it to become invisible.* "Hmm?" *He looked up to the Darkwings in confusion.* "Why do they not flap their wings?"

Season: "Not sure, you want them to win?" *He watched the Darkwing's bones smash on the ground upon impact around the party.*

Cameron: *He looked around and relaxed his body in a casual state.* "No signs of threat."

Season: "Indeed." *He watched small pulse-like swirls of dust spiral around each of the Darkwing's remains.*

Cameron: *He turned around, facing the unconscious Chrisma, Tyler and Joy.* "What about your allies?"

Season: "My friend will-"

Alicia: *She dived down and slid along the ground, catching Cameron's attention.* "S-Season!-" *She ran up to him and gave him a hug, smiling in happiness.*

Season: "Hohoho, I was just talking about you."

Alicia: "W-What about?" *She stepped back in confusion, biting her bottom lip.*

Cameron: "Season." *He reminded Season, as he glanced at the unconscious party members.*

Season: "Ahem, yes. Alicia-" *He motioned his hand towards Tyler, Chrisma and Joy.*

Alicia: *She quickly walked up to them without being asked.* (I have the power...)

*Alicia cupped her hands and her eyes shined a beautiful golden colour.*

Cameron: *He looked at Alicia, staring at her back in a strange-like manner.* (What does she intend on doing?)

Alicia: "Sacred light of Radiatons cluster and form-" *A white glyph shined under her and a ball of light formed itself high in the sky above the party.*

Cameron: *His eyes widen in shock.* (Power of light?!)

Alicia: "Aid and replenish what has been lost, SOOTHING LIGHT" *Five streams of light fell down and burst on top of each party member.*

Cameron: *He looked at his arm in amazement, watching the damages from his fight with Dakota visibly heal.* (My wounds Joy and Chrisma could not heal.. This light is healing me!)

Season: *He closed his eyes and smiled, as white strings clustered around his visible cuts and bruises.* (Soothing, warm, such a nice feeling.)

*Tyler, Chrisma and Joy all gasped into consciousness, as a soothing wind of light revitalised their stamina.*

Alicia: *She stood up with formed fists, looking over her shoulder at Cameron and Season.* "What were those things?"

Tyler: "W-What happened?" *He mumbled in confusion, instinctively grabbing onto his RPG bag.*

Cameron: "We were ambushed." *He sounded and looked annoyed, as if he was embarrassed.*

Joy: *She nodded her head at Cameron, tugging on her robes.* "They came out of nowhere."

Alicia: *She turned around, facing Season in a curious-like manner.* "What happened? What were you doing?"

Tyler: "Alicia." *He caught her attention and greeted her with a smirk, causing Alicia to wave.*

Season: "We finally met up and discussed what's happened in each other's absence."

Joy: "After our conversation, we made our way towards the city. And as soon as we activated the pathway-"

Chrisma: "That's when we were attacked!" *She spread her arms, over dramatising the story.*

Alicia: *She glanced at Season's large red trident, which stood three times higher than him.* "They were the same creatures that attacked me in the swamp-"

Season: *He tightened his grip on the trident, causing it to disintegrate into tiny red beads.* (The arrival of the Consultant's weakness, these never before seen creatures engulfed in shadow.. This is no coincidence-)

Tyler: "Umm, how come you couldn't sense them, Season?"

Season: "I honestly don't know." *He shook his head, looking at Cameron.* "What about you, Cameron? Scoldrant Users have a natural heightened ability to sense."

Cameron: *He nodded his head in agreement.* "I can sense nearly everything-"

Chrisma: "He did sense Alicia, so Season was able to use long ranged Rostical."

Alicia: "O-Oh-?" *She quickly glanced at Season, smiling in gratitude.* "Th-Thank you-"

Cameron: "But.. Only living creatures."

Tyler: "Huh?"

Alicia: "W-What are you saying?"

Tyler: *He stood up and adjusted the RPG bag around his shoulder.* "Th-They're not alive?"

*Cameron nodded his head, as Joy and Chrisma helped each other onto their feet.*

Tyler: *He gripped the strap to the bag, gulping in fear.* (Like _undead_ creatures?!)

Chrisma: "Oh, get in." *She breathed heavily, as she supported herself on Joy's arms.*

Joy: "If Season nor Cameron could sense those creatures, what were they? A new type of Remenistal?"

Season: "Perhaps.. Rostical does work in wondrous ways."

Tyler: "A-At the very least, we should go to the research facility and explain to Dawn what we just encountered."

Season: "That sounds like a splendid plan, Tyler."

Alicia: "Umm. Have you seen anyone else?"

Season: "I have not. The last two people I spoke to, were PKMY and Teresa."

Chrisma: *She shivered and groaned in thought, causing Joy to look at her strangely.* (Teresa scares the Astragons out of me when she's stern!)

Joy: "Either way, let us go. We're all exhausted."

Cameron: "A valid point from Joy-" *He walked past the party and glanced at Joy, stepping towards the edge of the cliff.*

Joy: *She stepped away from Chrisma and walked towards Cameron, staring at the island in thought.* (I'm amazed how I'm not in any pain.. Did Chrisma really obtain such power in my absence? Or was it something else..?)

Tyler: *He focused his attention to Alicia, happily playing with the RPG bag's flap.* "Madora is in the city, Alicia."

Alicia: "Oh really?" *She spoke with a smile, walking up to Tyler.* "I'll have to say hello."

Tyler: "Yes." *He turned around and walked with Alicia towards Joy and Cameron.*

Alicia: "It's good seeing you again." *She stopped, smiling at Tyler.*

Tyler: "Y-You too." *He smiled, nervously chuckling in a modest-like manner.*

Joy: *She glanced at Cameron, Alicia and Tyler, before focusing her attention back to the island.* "I'll open the doorway now."

Chrisma: *She looked down, staring at the damage caused by the fight.* "..." (Those strange black marks.)

Season: *He noticed Chrisma staring at the ground, causing him to approach her in curiosity.* "Something on your mind?"

Chrisma: "I've encountered dark based Scoldrants before, they were terrifying." *She paused and looked up to Season.* "Those creatures gave off a similar, cold feeling."

Season: "I see."

Chrisma: "..."

Season: "At the very least, it's normal to feel that way."

Chrisma: "Y-Yes.." *She nodded her head and faced the party, as an aura-like path connected to the island.* "We're going to be left behind-"

Season: "Go ahead, I'll catch up before the path fades."

Chrisma: "Oh bless-" *She nodded her head and jogged towards the party.*

Season: *He silently watched the party walk across the path.* (Something, doesn't feel right-)

*Season held his stomach with a worried expression, looking up to the sky.*

Season: (Surpreon... I will quickly teleport back and-)

Alicia: "S-Season!" *She yelled at Season from the entrance of the city, snapping him out of his daydream-like stare.*

Season: *He coughed, looking over to the party.* "Ahem-"

Alicia: "L-Let's go!"

Season: *He ran across the ground and over the path, hobbling towards the party.* "Coming!"

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Ridley: *He smirked and stared at a massive Spacial Funnel, which warped in front of him.* (I've gathered the appropriate amount of Astragons to bend the space-)

*Ridley carefully twitched his arms, as if he was containing the Spacial Funnel.*

Ridley: (Now.. Neurons was something I always had trouble with.)

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Sofia: *She casually flew above the clouds with a bored expression.* (I can sense our Hi-Ougi causing havoc-)

*Sofia giggled evil-like and spread her arms, spinning around in a carefree-like manner.*

Sofia: (I love this..)

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*The party walked through a bright light, entering Silver Wind Island with satisfied faces.*

Joy: *She stood in a relaxed manner, watching busy people walk up and down the stairs to different levels of the city.* (I hope Lupton isn't making a scene somewhere.)

Alicia: *She admired the city and closely observed its structure, before looking at Tyler.* "Tyler, where is Madora? I'd like to see her."

Tyler: "She's-"

Season: "Pardon, but do you mind if I take you there, Alicia? I'd like to know what has happened on your end."

Alicia: "O-Okay."

Season: "If you don't mind, Tyler?"

Tyler: "N-No problem." *He shook his head, smiling in respect.*

Joy: "Well, Chrisma, Cameron and Tyler, could you three escort me to the castle? I wish to speak with Grey."

Chrisma: "Yes."

Tyler: "Of course."

Cameron: "I accept your request."

Joy: *She faced Alicia and Season.* "I'll meet you two in the research facility?"

Season: "That you will." *Alicia nodded her head in agreement.*

Tyler: *He looked at Season in confusion.* "Our destinations are in the castle, why not walk with us?"

Alicia: *She shook her head.* "I'd like to ask Season something anyway."

Tyler: "Oh, that's okay then." *He shook his head in understanding and faced the castle in the distance.*

Joy: "Please, don't fall behind." *She smiled Season and Alicia off and started to walk down the busy road-like path.*

Season: *He watched Joy, Chrisma, Cameron and Tyler walk away, causing him to look at Alicia.* "Let's talk and explore the city."

Alicia: "O-Okay."

Tyler: (After discussing the Consultant's weakness, I don't know why we're not in a hurry-) *He frowned in deep thought, looking down to his feet.* (Two days and we have _no_ _idea_ where he even is!)

Chrisma: "We've made it to safety, and Season has graced us with his presence-" *She skipped next to Tyler and leant on his shoulder.* "Smile more."

Tyler: "Chrisma-?" *He looked up, staring at her in shock.*

Chrisma: "What's with that face?"

Tyler: "I wasn't expecting something so..."

Cameron: (Mature sounding..) *He smirked to himself, as he quietly followed Joy to the castle.*

Chrisma: *She sniffed the air, causing her attention to drift away from the conversation.* "That smells nice!"

Tyler: "Huh-?"

*Chrisma slapped Tyler on the shoulder in excitement and skipped away from him.*

Tyler: "O-Ouch."

Chrisma: "Whoup whoup-" *She groaned on her breath, swaying her arms above her head.*

Tyler: *He slightly shook his head and sighed, looking back down in thought.* (I better go straight into scanning for unknown Astragons or Neurons. We _need_ to know where he is-)

Joy: *She stared at the castle and slowed down, avoiding a cluster of busy people.* "Well-"

Cameron: "..." *He walked with an emotionless face, watching the cluster of people awkwardly avoid him.*

Tyler: "A-Ah-" *He squirmed, as the people rudely walked past and nudged him on each side.*

Chrisma: *She loosely followed the party and sniffed around, groaning on her breath.* "Where is that delicious smell coming from?"

Joy: *She stopped and looked over her shoulder, as a gentle breeze brushed against her robes.* "We're here."

Cameron: *He stopped next to Joy and closed his eyes, waiting for Chrisma and Tyler.* "Joy, our findings about his weakness, what will we do with such information?"

Joy: "That is _exactly_ why I want to speak with Ordin and Grey."

Cameron: "I see." *He opened his eyes, staring at the castle.*

Tyler: *He stopped in between Cameron and Joy, watching the flags flap in the wind.* "I know you asked me to escort you to Grey, but would it be alright if I go into the research facility instead?"

Joy: "Of course you can-"

Chrisma: *She ran past the party and towards the castle, waving her arms in the air.* "Whoup whoup!"

Joy: "Chrisma? What is the meaning of this abnormal behaviour?!"

Chrisma: *Joy's words instantly caused her to stop.* "I-I, umm-" *She took a deep breath, slowly lowering her arms.*

Joy: "It would seem the excitement of adventure has gotten to your head." *Her tone was stern and filled with authority.*

Chrisma: "Oh, bless-" *She turned around and faced the party with a slight bow.* "Excuse me-"

Joy: "We will talk about this at an appropriate time, now is not it." *She walked towards Chrisma and waved her arm, causing the castle's doors to warp.*

Chrisma: *She nervously held her robes with a growing red face, watching Joy walk past her.* (I'm really embarrassed-)

*Chrisma turned around and faced the castle's doors, while keeping her head lowered.*

Chrisma: (Bless..) *She sighed at herself and dragged her feet towards the castle, stepping through doors.*

*Cameron and Tyler looked at each other with slight grins before walking into the castle.*

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*Alicia and Season walked up several stairs to the third level of the city, holding kebab-like food in their hands.*

Season: "So, what did you want to talk about?" *He looked to his side, biting a meat chunk off the stick.*

Alicia: "I haven't really told anyone this besides the people that know. But I was given a choice."

Season: "A choice? Who has the right to give you a choice-?"

Alicia: "The Voice of On."

Season: *He continued to walk up the stairs, slowly chewing with widening eyes.* "..."

Alicia: "And-" *She quickly stepped to the side and avoided a group of royal looking women walking down the stairs.* "I keep changing my decision."

Season: *He noticed a bridge, which connected to the other side.* "What do you mean, you keep changing it?"

Alicia: "Once I'm certain I've made up my mind, I think of what my decision would impact.. And that, is what keeps me from making my decision definite."

Season: "Please explain what the problem is." *He hobbled onto the bridge and leant on the rail, watching people walk across the entrance of the city.*

Alicia: *She leant on the rail next to Season and opened her mouth, taking a small girl-like bite from the kebab.* "The decision either affects myself, or others."

Season: "Herm?"

Alicia: *She paused, watching the crowds walk up and down the stairs.* "Umm-"

Season: "It's fine, take your time."

Alicia: *She nervously bit her bottom lip and slowly inhaled.* "If I choose to accept strong powers, I need to let go of my attachments."

Season: *He chewed and swallowed.* "I'm sorry, I don't quite get you?"

Alicia: "I have to let go of my friends, family, _whatever_ attaches me to this land."

Season: "..." *He slowly nodded his head in understanding.* "And if you choose not to accept this power?"

Alicia: "Then, I won't have that power to heal the sick, heal the wounded, heal diseases, heal-"

Season: "That's quite enough."

Alicia: *She stuttered, looking up to Season in a lost-like state.* "W-What should I do?"

Season: "Doesn't healing people make you happy?"

Alicia: "Y-Yes." *She looked down in sadness, watching people walk under the bridge.* "But, so do you, my friends, Lance.."

Season: "Okay. Correct me if I'm wrong. _If_ you decide to let go of your attachments, and gain the power to heal the sick, you'll eventually bump into us, because we'll probably be doing the same thing, correct?"

Alicia: "Yes." *She slowly whispered, as if she was unsure where Season was going with the conversation.*

Season: "Well, you're already healing with us present."

Alicia: "Y-Yes?"

Season: "And while doing this, you're being happy at the same time."

Alicia: "Y-Yep."

Season: "So, I'd know what my answer would be."

Alicia: *She silently looked away, as if she didn't get it.* "..."

Season: *He smiled at Alicia, looking back over the rail.* "You're already healing while being with your friends... It's pretty obvious what my decision would be."

Alicia: (I do heal well as it is-) *She thought in realisation and smiled in relief, facing Season.* "Thank you so much, Season."

Season: "You're very welcome-" *He faced Alicia and stared at the light on her pendant.*

Alicia: "I never once stopped thinking about this-"

Season: "Sometimes, you just need to think simple."

Alicia: "S-Simple?"

Season: "It's possible that choices or situations are rather quite simple to solve."

Alicia: "I understand what you mean, but this was not a simple choice."

Season: *He shook his head with a smile.* "Despite being frowned upon, simplicity could be your greatest friend."

Alicia: "I-..?" *She shook her head, as if she didn't understand.*

Season: "If your thoughts cause you such stress or emotional grief, either get it off your chest or just stop thinking about it."

Alicia: "Stop thinking about it?"

Season: "Your mind is like a muscle, you need to let it rest or it'll get sore."

Alicia: "You're saying, I shouldn't over think?"

Season: "Exactly."

Alicia: "... Thank you, Season." *She spoke softly, taking in what Season said.*

Season: "But remember, the choice I suggested.. That's what I'd do."

Alicia: "Y-Yes, I know-" *She looked at Season in the eyes, smiling in gratitude.* "You've _really_ helped-"

*Two ladies in old-fashioned dresses holding umbrellas walked past Alicia and Season.*

Lady in Pink: "That man with the _cute_ little Scoldrant was immensely attractive."

Lady in Blue: "The one with the red haired woman?"

Lady in Pink: "Yes."

Lady in Blue: "I personally think, the one that spoke strangely, the one with the royal lunar-shaped pendant, was _way_ more attractive."

Lady in Pink: "Oh please, you have no taste in men."

Alicia: *She watched the ladies walk over the bridge and out of her sight.* "A man that spoke strangely with a lunar shaped pendant?"

Season: "A man with a Scoldrant, with a woman of red hair?"

Alicia: (Lance!-)

Season: "Holland."

Alicia and Season: "PKMY!-" *They quickly faced the entrance of the city and instantly noticed Freya, causing them to smile.*

Season: "They're in the city! Let's go and-" *He looked to his side and noticed Alicia running girl-like out of his sight.*

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PKMY: "We finally made it." *She grunted in accomplishment, stretching her arms over her head.*

Freya: "Gruff!"

Lance: "'Bout time, aye." *He sighed, dropping his arms in satisfaction.*

*Freya and Holland sniffed the air in excitement, causing nearby people to look at them strangely.*

Holland: "All this action has got me famished-"

Freya: "Ruff!" *She wagged her tail in agreement.*

PKMY: "Should we-?" *She stepped forward and faced the party in a serious-like manner.* "Get something to eat, or go straight to the castle?"

Holland: "Food!"

Lance: "I'm starvin' too, but-"

Holland: "But?" *He looked at Lance, sounding regretful of what he will say.*

Lance: "Let's get rid of the borin' stuff first, then have a victory feast."

Freya: "Grr." *She growled in disagreement.*

PKMY: "The try hard is right."

Lance: "Isn't that gettin' old, Docta Jingles?"

PKMY: *She folded her arms in an authority-like manner, glaring at Lance.* "Not really."

Holland: "But food sounds pretty good." *He sighed and slouched in a defeated-like manner, knowing he wasn't going to eat.*

Freya: *She tilted her head in curiosity and sniffed the air, wagging her tail.* (A familiar scent.)

Holland: (Who?)

Lance: *He looked down and noticed Freya sniffing the air with her eyes closed.* "Wat's wrong with the fleabag?"

PKMY: "That's Freya to you."

Lance: *He rolled his eyes.* "Pssht, watev-"

Alicia: "Lance!" *She skipped in ecstasy down the stairs and towards Lance.*

Lance: "A-Alic-" *He gasped on his breath, turning around in shock.*

Alicia: "Tee hee-" *She happily skipped around several people, keeping eye contact with Lance.*

Lance: "Alicia-" *He chuckled in disbelief, eagerly spreading his arms.*

Alicia: "Lance.." *She bear hugged him and mumbled, tightly planting her face in his chest.*

Lance: "I missed you-" *He hugged her tightly and kissed her on the head.*

Alicia: (I've missed you too-) *She inhaled deeply, smiling in a relaxed-like manner.* (I feel safe now.. I feel warm..)

Lance: "It's good to see someone beautiful again-"

PKMY: "Blargh." *She stuck out her tongue and wheezed, pretending to throw up.*

Lance: "Sh-Shuddup." *He smirked in a shy-like manner, kissing Alicia on the forehead.*

Alicia: "Tee hee-" *She slowly released her grip, causing Lance to let go.*

Lance: *He sighed with blushing cheeks and noticed Freya staring at him.* "Shut it, fleabag!"

Freya: "Grr-"

Lance: "Don't expect the same treatment from me."

Freya: "Grrrarff!" *She frizzed her fur, gritting her teeth at Lance.*

Alicia: *She stepped back, cupping her pendant with both hands.* "PKMY, Holland.. I'm s-sorry for leaving like that."

Holland: *He chuckled, scratching his cheek in understanding.* "That's okay-"

PKMY: *She quickly stormed up, violently slapping Alicia across the face.* "Hmph-"

Alicia: *Her jaw dropped in shock.* "P-PKMY?"

Holland: (Amy?)

Lance: "Wat the-?!"

PKMY: "..." *She silently turned away and folded her arms, ignoring her surroundings.*

*Lance, Holland and Freya stared at PKMY with puzzled faces, unsure what to say.*

Alicia: "I-I'm sorry-"

PKMY: *She shook her head, closing her eyes in a stern-like manner.* "I was worried about you.."

Alicia: *She stood in silence, lowering her arms.* (Worried?)

PKMY: "Just say you're sorry like usual, and-"

Alicia: "Thank you."

PKMY: *She opened her eyes in shock.* "H-Huh?"

Alicia: "I'm glad I have friends like you-" *She glanced at each party member, biting her bottom lip.*

Freya: "Gerooh?"

Alicia: "It makes me feel, wanted." *She smiled and held her flora-like pendant with both hands.*

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked and turned around, sighing on her breath in an impressed-like manner.*

Lance: *He focused all his attention to Alicia.* "So wat were you doin'? Where did you go?"

Alicia: "Umm-"

Season: "Perhaps she could explain once the entire party is up to date with the news?" *He walked towards the party, gathering their attention.*

Lance: "If it ain't Season."

Holland: "Hello again." *He smiled, nodding his head in a manly-like manner.*

PKMY: (Caesar..) *She walked up to him and gave him a hug.*

Season: (How are you holding up?)

PKMY: (I was upset, but I've been too busy to dwell on it.)

Season: (Me too-) *They stepped apart and stood in a casual posture.*

Holland: "You were here too, who else is here?"

Freya: "Ruff!"

Season: "Everyone, besides Teresa and Pepper."

PKMY: *She instantly looked down to the dark brown, stone ground, mumbling in deep thought.* (Teresa, where are you? What are you doing...?)

Season: *He noticed Holland holding his stomach, causing him to hand over the kebab-like stick.* "Would you all like to come with me to the castle?"

Holland: "Thanks!" *He grabbed the stick in appreciation, smiling at the food in excitement.* (Did you want some, Freya?)

Freya: (No, thank you.)

Lance: *He placed his hands on his head, looking at Season.* "Yea."

Holland: "Sure thing." *He chewed with enthusiasm.*

PKMY: *She ignored the party, nodding her head in thought.* (After our fight with mummy, she.. Wouldn't do anything reckless, right-?)

Season: "Great, come on then."

Alicia: *She placed her hand on her cheek, slowly following Season.* "L-Let's go."

Lance: "Season, Holland, stinky and me walked straight down the road-like path, past the groups of busy people towards the castle."

Season: "Hohoho, oh, Lance.."

Lance: "Season chuckled like the chubby guy in red and said my name."

Alicia: "I'm not stinky."

Lance: "You're right."

Alicia: "I-I am?"

Lance: "You're beautiful and stinky."

Alicia: "Tee hee."

Holland: "Beautiful and stinky." *He mimicked Lance's voice, causing Season to discreetly chuckle.*

Lance: "Shut it."

Holland: "Ha ha, sorry." *He spoke with his mouth full, taking another bite of the kebab.*

Freya: (PKMY? Are you okay?) "Growooh?" *She trotted next to PKMY, brushing herself against her leg in an affectionate-like manner.*

PKMY: "Y-Yea-" *She looked up, noticing the party half way down the path.* "Oh-"

Freya: "Gruff-"

PKMY: "Oh right-" *She reached down to Freya and motioned her head to hop on.*

Freya: *Her body shrunk in size and she jumped up on PKMY's hand.* "Growlith."

PKMY: "Your level of Astragon control.. It's cool how you can do that now."

Freya: "Gruff!" *She hopped up PKMY's arm and stood on her shoulder, wagging her tail.* (Let's go-)

PKMY: "Right-" *She shook her head and jumped forward, running after the party in determination.*

Freya: *She looked at PKMY, sticking her tongue out in a dog-like manner.* (What were you thinking about?)

PKMY: "Umm-"

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*Joy and Tyler stood outside the castle and waited for Season, fidgeting in an impatient-like manner.*

Season: *He approached the castle with Holland, Alicia and Lance, noticing Joy and Tyler.* "What are they doing?"

Lance: *He shrugged his shoulders.* "How would _I_ know?"

Holland: "There's Tyler."

Lance: "..." *He looked at Holland, as if it was obvious.* "Yes.. There he is.."

Holland: "He's looking a little more brave, isn't he?"

Alicia: *She held Lance's hand, nodding her head in agreement.* "I noticed the same thing."

Lance: "Huh?"

Season: "He means stronger."

Holland: "Yeah."

Lance: "Gah, why don't you just say that in the first place?" *He rolled his eyes and stepped on the grass, approaching Joy and Tyler.*

Tyler: "Lance, Holland, it's good to see you two again."

Lance: "Yea, nice." *He rolled his eyes, discreetly rubbing Alicia's hand with his thumb.*

Holland: "And you too."

Tyler: *He smiled in modesty, resting an arm over his RPG bag.* "Thank you."

Season: "Joy, Tyler, you didn't have to wait for me."

Joy: "That's not it."

Lance: "So, wat's it?"

Season: "Lance." *He spoke sternly.*

Lance: "Sorry.." *He sighed, looking away like a child.*

Alicia: (Tee hee-)

Tyler: ".. Ah.."

Holland: "You don't seem the best, Tyler."

Tyler: "It's.. Umm."

Joy: *She noticed Tyler's awkward face, causing her to step forward.* "It's-"

PKMY: *She casually jogged in between Holland and Lance.* (Caught up in no time.)

Freya: "Gruff!" *She barked in a squeak-like manner, wagging her tail in a victorious-like manner.*

PKMY: (Huh? Who's feeling that?) *She awkwardly stared at Tyler, causing him to look uncomfortable.*

Tyler: "W-What is it, PKMY?"

PKMY: "I sense a lot of discomfort-" *She glanced at Joy.* "Coming from the both of you."

Joy: (How did she-?)

Season: "Hmm-" *He looked at PKMY, causing him to glance at Joy and Tyler with an impatient frown.* "Explain yourselves."

Joy: "It's Grey and Ordin.."

Lance: "Aye? Who are they?"

Holland: "Grey is the ruler of this city, and Ordin is his subordinate." *He mumbled so only Lance could hear.*

Lance: "Thanks." *He mumbled back in appreciation.*

Season: "What about them?"

Joy: "They're absent."

PKMY: "Absent? The ruler can't be absent."

Season: "..."

Joy: "Even his guards are gone."

Season: "Gone?"

Lance: "So, this guy just left?"

Holland: "That's not good."

Alicia: "W-What happened?"

Joy: "I'm not sure what could've happened."

Season: "Impossible. Grey would never leave the city, let alone, leaving its defences behind."

Joy: "Can we talk in the research facility?"

Season: "Yes." *He looked at the party and walked into the castle, causing the doors to ripple around him.*

PKMY: "Come on then." *She grunted, causing Freya to bark in agreement.*

Lance: "His majesty, lady that hangs out with Chrisma, ogre, ginger, stinky and me, walk towards the castle-"

PKMY: "Try hard." *She grunted with a raised fist, walking through the doors.*

Alicia: "I-I'm not stinky." *She frowned in a playful-like manner and let go of Lance's hand, skipping into the castle.*

Tyler: "And as his majesty, I demand you to stay outside."

Holland: "Haha."

Lance: *He paused, watching the party silently walk into the castle.* "Oi, I was jokin' guys!"

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Sofia: *She descended through prehistoric trees and landed on solid ground, causing her wings to disintegrate into nothing.* "I'm back."

*Sofia giggled and ignored the prehistoric roars, which echoed in the distance.*

Sofia: "I can feel them..." *She whispered with a smirk, licking her lips in a pleasurable-like manner.*

*The plants moved on their own accord, as if they were frightened of Sofia's presence.*

Sofia: *She walked towards a cliff, brushing her fingers along the ferns.* "I wonder how many there are now?"

*Sofia walked across the cliff to the edge and looked down, gasping in amazement.*

Sofia: "Wow." *She whispered on her breath and smirked evil-like.* "This will _crash_ the levelling system of the game-"

*Thousands of screeches responded to Sofia's presence, causing her to chuckle.*

Sofia: *She scanned across the ground, observing thousands of Darkwings moving about.* (Excellent, my loyal pawns are growing in numbers.) "Hahehahe, _hahehahe_ heheha."

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Lance: *He grunted, walking up the white staircase to the hallway.* (Phew-) *He watched the party cluster together, causing him to walk towards them.*

Joy: *She stepped on the polished floors, giving the sound she wore high-heels.* (Things seem to be getting worse and worse.) *She nervously sighed to herself, waiting for collect themselves.*

Season: *He stood next to Tyler, discreetly glancing at Joy.* (What aren't they telling us?)

Alicia: *She stood in the middle of the hallway on the red carpet, staring up to the ceiling in deep thought.* (I hope this is the right decision-)

Lance: *He quickly walked beside Alicia and held her hand.* "'Sup, Grottom Bottom?"

Alicia: "..." *She noticed the party starting to walk forward.*

Lance: "You know, I was jokin' before, right?"

Alicia: "Tee hee, I was too."

Lance: (What a loser..) *He smirked with hidden relief, slowly following the party down the hallway.* (But, I couldn't ask for anyone else.)

Joy: *She led the party down the hallway, taking a left to the research facility.* "Here-"

Season: *He walked with the party into the research facility.* (Wow, it's much bigger than my research facility.)

Joy: *She stopped and scanned across the quiet room.* "Tyler-"

Lance: *He stopped behind the party and shivered.* (It's slightly colder in here than the rest of the castle.)

Tyler: *He stared at Joy, taking a deep breath and nodded his head.* "There's also something else."

Season: *He looked at Tyler in a worried-like manner, as if he knew there was more to tell.* "What is it?"

Tyler: "It's Madora."

Season: *He looked to the side and noticed Cameron, Chrisma and Dawn, standing in a clustered group of researchers.* "What about her?"

Joy: *She stared at the group of researchers with a worried look.* "She's ill."

PKMY: *She looked shocked and stepped forward, staring at Joy.* "Ill?"

Lance: "No way."

Holland: "No way, what?"

Lance: "It's the old fart, she's one of the strongest people I know."

Season: "He's not wrong-"

Alicia: "Maybe I could heal her?"

*Cameron, Chrisma and Dawn noticed the party, causing them to stop talking.*

Chrisma: "Oh, Joy."

Joy: "How is she?"

Holland: "Who's she? Madora?"

Freya: "Gerooh?"

Lance: "Man, I don't like this whole, leave you in the dark feelin', aye."

Chrisma: *She shook her head and stepped away from the clustered group of researchers, revealing Madora to the party.* "..."

*A researcher accidentally bumped Dawn on the side, causing her to knock into another researcher.*

Dawn: "I can't breathe, everyone back to your stations!"

Researchers: "Ma'am!" *They shuffled away and spread throughout the facility back into their seats.*

Madora: "I, yes, the seal, the sealing has sealed-" *She swayed on the spot and laughed to herself.*

Season: "M-Madora!"

PKMY: (What-?!)

Tyler: "..."

*Season, PKMY and Alicia ran up to Madora, gathering around her in shock and confusion.*

Holland: *He observed Madora, scratching his head in thought.* (She doesn't look with it..)

Alicia: "M-Madora?"

Madora: "Oh, hello you three." *She chuckled in confusion, looking at them indirectly.*

Season: "What has the spirits done to you?" *He waved his arms around Madora in shock, as if he was scanning her.*

PKMY: *She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, frowning in concentration.* (I-I...) "I only feel confusion, lost, and a constant dizzy like sick feeling."

Alicia: "Ahem-" *She placed her hand on Madora's chest and closed her eyes.* "HEALING RINGS"

*White rings materialised in the air around her, catching Dawn's attention.*

Dawn: *She stared at the light, causing her glasses to reflect its light.* (Like Lezard!-)

Madora: "Won't work, you can't, I can't see, everything is blurry-"

Alicia: *She noticed the ring's light fade, causing her to pause in confusion.* (It's not working-?)

PKMY: "Why isn't it working?" *She grunted in a worried-like manner.*

Alicia: "The rings don't glow if the person isn't hurt or if it's too late." *She lowered her arms in defeat, causing the rings to disintegrate.*

Cameron: "Tyler and myself found her wandering the lower hallways."

Tyler: *He walked up to Season, nodding his head.* "It was like she was lost."

Dawn: *She stormed up to a Rosterology console and grunted in frustration.* "There's something else as well!"

Tyler: "M-More bad news?"

Dawn: "We've detected a massive Neuron output."

Alicia: *She looked shocked, keeping her attention on Madora.* (An explosion?)

Dawn: " _And_ a pulse of pure Astragons."

Lance: "Oh no.." *He moaned on his breath, before losing focus on the conversation.* "This is where it starts to get nerdy on me."

PKMY: "It was probably the fight we had with Tar-"

Dawn: "It resonated in and from Surpreon." *Her words caused PKMY to pause and look surprised.*

PKMY: "Wha-?"

Season: *He quickly faced Dawn, grunting in a worried-like manner.* "Surpreon?"

Tyler: "When I heard Surpreon was involved, I checked it myself.. This wave of Astragons spread throughout both continents."

PKMY: (A pulse that affected both continents?!)

Season: "I have no idea what it could be-" *He shook his head in a guilty-like manner and started to walk towards a Rosterology console.*

PKMY: *She silently observed Season, as if she knew what he was feeling.* (Caesar..)

Season: "Pardon my actions everyone, I need to see what is wrong with Surpreon-"

Dawn: *She cracked her fingers and typed on a keyboard-like device, purposely interrupting Season.* "There's another problem."

Holland: "Another?!"

Madora: "The damage is done, poof-" *She spread her arms, as if she was motioning a large explosion.*

Lance: (I get lost with these Newrongs and Astragongs-) *He looked around with a bored expression and started to play with a nearby Rosterology console.*

Rosterology Console: "Access denied."

Lance: "Ah.. Shot down." *He grunted to himself, sighing in boredom.*

Season: "It will have to wait, I shouldn't have left the city for this long-"

Dawn: "You won't be able to."

Season: "Sorry, not to disrespect your rules, but I _need_ to get back to Surpreon-"

Dawn: "You can't."

PKMY: "Wat is that supposed to mean?" *She unintentionally frowned, folding her arms in frustration.*

Alicia: *She looked at Dawn, holding her pendant with one hand.* "W-Why can't he?"

Cameron: "The same pulse has disconnected a certain symbol from the Astragons."

Holland: "Astragons have symbols?"

PKMY: "In a way for you to understand, just think of a glyph, and imagine one of the lines gone."

Holland: "Ah, thanks." *He smiled in understanding, causing PKMY to half smirk back.*

Joy: "With something so advanced regarding Astragons, I would have gone to Madora.."

Season: "Back to _why_ I can't go back to Surpreon?" *He spoke in a stern manner, moving the conversation along.*

Tyler: "With the disconnection in the Astragons, it was something specific."

Dawn: "In all my research.. I had never seen something like this."

PKMY: "What?"

Dawn: "It took us ages to find the formula affected by this pulse.."

Tyler: "And it was found by accident."

Alicia: "By accident?"

Dawn: "I've been expecting the Guild to come back for some time, but they still haven't returned. So, I activated a teleportation glyph-"

Lance: *He sighed and started to walk out.* "Pulse, formulas? I'm leavin'."

Holland: "Huh?" *He looked over his shoulder, watching Lance leave the room like a child.*

Season: (Surpreon is my home, I will leave immediately!) *He frowned in frustration and closed his eyes, causing a glyph to draw itself on the ground around him.*

PKMY: *She noticed the glyph, causing her to quickly look at Season.* (Don't be too long.)

Season: (I won't.)

Freya: (Hmm?) *Her ear twitched, listening to Lance's footsteps echo down the hallway.*

Alicia: "L-Lance-" *She faced the exit and started to walk towards it, glancing at each party member.* "P-Please excuse me-" *She spoke with respect and ran out of the room.*

PKMY: "Please continue."

Holland: *He quickly focused his attention back to Dawn.* (She hasn't lost me yet-)

Season: "What?!" *He grunted and opened his eyes, catching the party's attention.*

Dawn: "I'm sure Season found out what was affected by this pulse."

PKMY: "Wat's wrong? Why haven't you left yet?"

Season: "It's not, working?" *He spoke in confusion, watching the glyph's lines fade away.*

Tyler: "The formula that was affected, was one thing."

Cameron: "And that was teleportation."

Dawn: "Not even my research has found a solution to this unknown occurrence."

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She grunted and ignored Dawn, walking up to Season.*

Tyler: "I-It won't work, PKMY-"

PKMY: " _Try_ _it_ _again_ , I've got a plan." *She had a flashback of helping Teresa use a teleportation glyph to get off The Aspestosis Ship.*

Season: *He nodded his head and spread his arms, focusing on the floor.* "Hermm-"

PKMY: *She grabbed Season's arm with both hands and concentrated, watching a glyph draw itself on the floor.* (Focus-)

Season: (It's working!-)

Cameron: *He patiently stared at PKMY and Season, noticing a slight breeze waft around them.* (They are pouring a lot of Neurons into that glyph.)

*The glyph glowed purple and instantly disintegrated into nothing, causing Season and PKMY to sigh in discomfort.*

Dawn: "And now you all witnessed _first_ _hand_ what the results of this unknown pulse is."

Holland: "What exactly does this mean?"

Tyler: "To sum it up, nobody has the ability to teleport any more."

Joy: "That could explain why Terra has yet to make an appearance."

PKMY: "Eh?"

Joy: "She may have teleported somewhere far and has been unable to teleport back."

Holland: (Terra?)

Season: "That's a valid opinion, but Teresa is the fastest person I know. It wouldn't take her so long to get to a destination by foot."

PKMY: (That's true.)

Dawn: "With the demon, the Consultant, what are we to do?" *She took her glasses off and rubbed her temples, moaning in frustration.*

Madora: "They are spreading, like fire, they'll come." *She spoke in a crazy-like tone, intensely staring at the blank wall.* "Bones, bones, bones."

Cameron: *He observed Madora in confusion.* "Perhaps Neurons have gone to her head?"

Season: "Not possible. Madora, she's a powerful woman."

Apollo: (Powerful?) *His words echoed in Cameron's mind.*

Cameron: *He shook his head in response.* (I do not know.)

Season: "Don't let this impression give you an otherwise thought."

Cameron: "..." (People speak highly of this woman..-)

Joy: "If we can't teleport, then neither can the Consultant?"

Tyler: "M-Maybe?" *He looked at the party sounding optimistic.*

Chrisma: "Why aren't we trying to find the Consultant now? Wouldn't it be good to know where he is?"

PKMY: "What's the hurry? We should wait for Teresa to get back."

Chrisma: "Oh, she doesn't know?"

PKMY: "Doesn't know _wat_?"

Season: *He looked at PKMY, mumbling in concern.* (Amy..-)

Joy: "We found out he has-"

PKMY: *She gasped with widening eyes.* "Two days?!"

Joy: *She paused in shock, slowly nodding her head in agreement.* "We have two days to find him."

Holland: "Two?! Why?!"

Season: "His weakness is the Rubistral Moon."

Holland: "Yeah, I remember."

Tyler: "Well, that's when the next Rubistral Moon is-"

Joy: "In two days."

Holland: (C-Crud!-)

PKMY: *She gritted her teeth and frowned.* "OK, just let me know if I haven't missed anything out-"

*PKMY walked away from Madora and towards the party, catching their attention.*

PKMY: "We've got two days until the Rubistral Moon, correct?"

Joy: "Correct."

PKMY: "The Rubistral Moon is the Consultant's weakness, correct?"

Cameron: "Correct."

PKMY: "We can't teleport, or even use Rosterology items, correct?"

Dawn: "Correct."

PKMY: "We don't know where the Consultant is, correct?"

Tyler: "Not at the moment, but correct."

PKMY: "Then, we've failed."

Holland: "W-What?" *He coughed in shock at PKMY's reaction.*

Tyler: "H-Huh?"

Joy: ".. Oh my.."

Dawn: "Tsskt."

Season: "PKMY." *He sounded disappointed, causing her to glare at him.*

PKMY: "Well, it's true."

Holland: "You shouldn't give up so easily-"

PKMY: "Even if we knew where he was, wat if he was three or four days away?"

Chrisma: "Oh bless.." *She spoke in sorrow, looking down to her feet.*

Freya: "Gerooh." *She whined, lowering her head.*

Dawn: *She noticed her researchers stop what they were doing and stare at PKMY.* "Have you finished lowering everyone's morale?"

PKMY: "Lowering morale? Don't give me that crap, I'm being realistic-"

Season: "PKMY, that's enough."

PKMY: "OK, if any of you have a plan, let me know-" *She shook her head in frustration and stormed towards the exit of the room.*

Holland: *He glanced around the silent facility, listening to only the sounds of PKMY's footsteps echo down the hallway.* "..."

*An alarm triggered a sudden beeping sound from a Rosterology screen, catching Dawn's attention.*

Dawn: "H-Huh?" *She stared at the screen in shock, as if she wasn't expecting it.*

Tyler: "What has it found?"

Dawn: *She stormed up to the console, pushing her glasses up with one finger.* "I don't know-"

*Dawn mumbled to herself and typed on the keyboard-like console, causing multiple screens to pop up on the screen.*

Dawn: "What the research is this?" *She whispered on her breath and leant back in shock, catching Tyler's attention.*

Tyler: "W-What is it?"

Dawn: "A _massive_ build-up of Astragons."

PKMY: *She stood just outside the door with her back against the wall, eavesdropping on the party's conversation.* (A build-up of Astragons? Maybe it's Teresa?)

Season: "Perhaps someone is trying to use a teleportation glyph not knowing the pulse's affect?"

Cameron: "That is a reasonable explanation-"

Dawn: *She leant closer to the screen in an interested-like manner, adjusting her glasses with two fingers.* (There's something else?)

Madora: "What you see, is what you seek." *She rocked back and forth, cackling to herself in an old brittle voice.*

Dawn: *She gasped, staring into space with a dumbfounded look.* (A Spacial Funnel?)

Tyler: *Dawn's reaction caused him to walk over to the screen.* "Hmm?"

Season: "What is it?" *He glanced at Tyler and Dawn in confusion.*

Joy: "Is it just someone trying to activate a glyph as Season stated?"

Tyler: "These signatures are for a Spacial Funnel."

Cameron: "What is the commotion over?" *He spoke as if the findings weren't important.* "Spacial Funnels discharge Astragons when someone walks through it-"

Dawn: "These levels of power-" *She quickly glanced across the room, pointing to a researcher in an urgent-like manner.* "Tell me the number of Spacial Funnels around these coordinates!"

Researcher: "Yes, ma'am." *He quickly faced the screen and readied his fingers on the console.*

Dawn: "The coordinates are-"

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Alicia: *She quickly followed Lance out of the castle.* "You walk too fast, Lance!"

Lance: "H-Huh?" *He snapped out of his dream-like state and turned around.* "H-Hey."

Alicia: "W-Why did you walk out like that?" *She stopped next to him, causing him to start walking again.*

Lance: "I dunno."

Alicia: *She sighed, quickly walking after him.* " _Lance_?"

Lance: *He slowed down, looking to his side at Alicia.* "I just don't like it."

Alicia: *She noticed a crowd of people up ahead, causing her to hold Lance's hand.* "Is that _really_ it?"

Lance: "..."

Alicia: "I've only just noticed-" *She spoke in a mature, reassuring-like manner.* "That you always act like a child when we explain things.. At first I thought it was your personality, but.."

Lance: "Arh.."

Alicia: "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to-"

Lance: *He tightly held her hand and looked up, watching people walk across the bridges.* "To tell the truth, I feel really stupid."

Alicia: "..." *She looked shocked, holding herself against Lance's arm in a supportive-like manner.*

Lance: "I sit there and it feels like I don't contribute... I _really_ dislike that worthless feeling."

Alicia: "Th-That's not true."

Lance: "Aye?"

Alicia: "You're good at what you do, and they're good at what they do.. You shouldn't compare yourself to the researchers."

Lance: "I guess.."

Alicia: "And, you're _never_ worthless _or_ stupid in my opinion." *She gently kissed Lance's arm, playing with his hand.*

Lance: *He smiled with his mouth open, kissing the top of Alicia's head.* "Thanks-"

*Several yells came from a group of angry people, surrounding a wooden booth.*

Lance: *He instantly looked in the direction to the angry people, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.* (That scenario seems familiar-)

Alicia: *She looked alert, squeezing Lance's hand.* "Someone might be hurt?"

Lance: *He nodded his head in agreement, letting go of Alicia's hand.* "Let's check it out."

Alicia: "R-Right!"

Chapter 3: Fast Food Enterprise

Lance: *He ran up to the crowd and stood on his toes, snooping around.* "Wat's goin' on?"

Man: *He turned around with an impatient look, folding his arms in frustration.* "I've been waiting twenty minutes and my food was incorrect!"

Lance: "Huh?" *He observed the nearby booths, noticing they were all food markets.*

Alicia: *She stumbled behind Lance, trying to avoid the angry villagers.* "W-What's happening?"

Lance: "Hmm, it looks like someone doesn't know how to run a business-" *He turned around and faced Alicia, as if he no longer cared.*

Alicia: "I-Is anyone hurt?"

Lance: "Nope, so let's go-"

?????: "I'm sorry, we're lack on staff!"

Lance: "Huh?" *The woman's voice caused him to stop.*

Alicia: *She looked up to Lance, tilting her head to one side.* "What's wrong?"

Lance: "That voice-" *He mumbled and turned around, causing Alicia to look into the same direction.*

Alicia: *She noticed a woman with long dark red hair, standing on a wooden stool.* "She looks exhausted."

Lance: *He nodded his head with empathy.* "Runnin' work with low crew can be."

Alicia: "Do you know her?"

Lance: "Yea, I think her name was Simone."

Simone: " _Please_ be patient-" *Her words caused the aggravated customers to yell at her.*

Lance: "Umm." *He noticed the angry customers, causing him to stand on the spot, undecided what to do.*

Alicia: "Did you want to help her?"

Lance: *Alicia's words caused him to smile.* "If ya up for it?"

Alicia: "Tee hee, yep!"

Lance: "Aha-" *He frowned in determination and rudely shuffled through the crowd.*

Alicia: "L-Lance." *She watched him walk through the crowd, causing her to quickly follow.*

Lance: "Outta my way." *He grunted and stepped out of the crowd, finding himself next to the booth.*

Alicia: "A-Ah-" *She awkwardly stepped through the crowd and almost fell to the ground, stumbling next to Lance.* "W-What are you doing?"

Lance: *He kept to himself, closely staring at the people behind the counter.* "I'm going to observe the way they do business, then from those observations, I can adjust wat needs to be done."

Alicia: (Wow-) *She smiled at Lance's attitude and watched a woman hand out a tray of oily fries.*

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*The party clustered around Dawn who stood in front of the Rosterology console.*

Season: "I-I can't believe it." *He spoke slowly in disbelief, causing Chrisma to groan with curiosity.*

Chrisma: "I can't understand what this means?" *She groaned with a frown, as if she wanted to know.*

Joy: *She held Madora up with both hands, looking at the screen in a curious-like manner.* (I'm not sure myself, but it looks like they've found something.)

Tyler: "If these readings are correct, then-"

Dawn: "Then we found the location to something with _immense_ power."

Chrisma: "And?" *She pulled an awkward face, staring at the screen filled in confusion.*

Cameron: "And that could _only_ be the Consultant."

Chrisma: "Oh, shit your face, get in!" *She whispered with a groan, tugging on her robes in excitement.*

Holland: *He stood with his arms over his head, smirking in response.* (This is great news.)

Joy: "I'm not familiar with the other continent, where is it located?"

Dawn: "Scanning now-" *She leant over the researcher and started to type at incredible speeds.*

Season: *He stared at the screen and watched an image of the continents display, showing a highlighted red dot in one area.* "And the location is only a day away, splendid."

Tyler: (So, we have a fighting chance after all?!) *He smiled with anticipation.*

Holland: "How come the signatures just suddenly started going?"

Chrisma: *She groaned in agreement, pointing at the Rosterology console.* "It just started beeping for no reason."

Dawn: "It could be due to several reasons, one being, the Consultant activated whatever is required to create such a Spacial Funnel."

Tyler: "Or, whatever is happening suddenly received a power boost, which activated the sensors."

Dawn: "Yes."

Tyler: *He observed the screen in detail, squinting his eyes.* "Where the dot is, is that Eon City?"

Holland: *He slightly leant forward and stared at the screen.* "It looks like The Lost Land."

Tyler: "Are you sure?"

Holland: "Yeah."

Cameron: (As a Scoldrant User, we are naturally good with the terrain-)

Chrisma: "Are we really sure it's the Consultant?"

Season: "There are no Spacial Funnels located in that area, and _only_ powerful beings could create a Spacial Funnel."

Chrisma: "Oh?" *She sounded confused.*

Tyler: "So, unless we have another powerful creature causing this Spacial Funnel to manifest, it _has_ to be the Consultant."

Dawn: *She nodded her head.* (The demon's energy signature is different-)

Chrisma: "I get it now, thank you."

Dawn: *Unreadable text popped up on the screen, catching her attention.* "He's right, The Lost Land."

Holland: "I'll go and tell PKMY the good news." *He lowered his arms and looked at the party with a smirk.*

Season: "Please do-"

Holland: (She came back in for a moment before leaving again-)

*Holland jogged out of the facility and made his way down the hallway, frowning in thought.*

Dawn: "For research, don't run!" *She fist pumped the air, shouting at Holland.*

Chrisma: *She awkwardly glanced at Dawn, discreetly fist punching the air too.* (Get in! That felt _good_!)

Holland: *He excitedly jogged down the stairs, sliding one hand down the rail.* (Amy got frustrated of waiting for the detectors and decided to see what Lance and Alicia were doing, she's going to be excited-)

Joy: "Now we know where the gentleman is, what are we going to do from here?"

Cameron: "..."

Dawn: *She paused and looked at each party member in confusion, pushing her glasses up with one finger.* (Good question.)

Chrisma: "But we _can't_ teleport." *She groaned in failure, as if that's what she was going to suggest.*

Tyler: (It would be good if they had planes over here.) *He mumbled in thought, playing with the strap to his RPG bag.*

Cameron: "With our combined mentality, I am positive, we are able to think of some other way to get there."

Season: "I said before, it's less than a day away."

Tyler: "It sounds like you have a plan, Season?"

Season: "I'd like to prepare a ship and use the natural current to sail around the island until we reach The Lost Land."

Dawn: (Using the idea of weather to gain the upper hand.. He's different from Grey...)

Cameron: "Humph." *He grunted in respect, smirking at Season's plan.*

Tyler: "Great!-"

*Joy and Chrisma smiled at each other and nodded their heads.*

Madora: "It's not good, she can't hear me, but she'll come... The mistress."

Joy: *She held Madora's arm in a worried-like manner, looking at Dawn.* "Have you scanned her? Or diagnosed what's happened?"

Dawn: "No, I haven't had the time, we found her moments before all this happened."

Season: "Okay. Someone run a diagnostic scan on Madora, while Dawn and myself will prepare a ship-"

Dawn: "We have a problem."

Tyler: "W-What problem?"

Season: "Hmm?"

Dawn: "It's about the remaining ships."

Season: "Remaining?"

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Woman: "You call this service!? I came here because I was promised fast service."

Teenager Girl: "I.. I..?" *She froze on the spot, unsure what to do.*

Woman: *She angrily pointed at a nearby food market.* "I could've already had my food by now and, had a few games in the entertainment section!"

Teenage Girl: *She stared at the angry customer from behind the counter and looked at Simone.* "I-I can't do this-" *She untangled her apron and threw it over the counter, causing Simone to gasp with a dropping jaw.*

Simone: "W-Where-?"

Teenager Girl: "Sorry-" *She looked upset and ran towards the back, storming out the booth.*

Simone: "Please-" *She looked behind her in a worried-like manner.*

Woman: "Now _how_ am I meant to get my food?!"

Simone: "No!-" *She whispered on her breath, before focusing her attention back to the line of customers.*

Lance: "Ya want some help?" *He shouted with a smirk, sniffing his finger in a confident-like manner.*

Simone: *She looked at Lance, as if she was about to cry and gasped.* "You! Lance?!"

Lance: "Yup."

Simone: "I-I don't know-"

Man: "Hurry up!" *A man's voice echoed from the back of the line, causing Simone to hesitantly and eagerly nod her head.*

Simone: "O-Okay!" *She motioned her hand to go around the booth, before quickly running out of the customer's vision.*

Woman: "Get back here!" *She shouted, mindlessly looking around the counter in anger.*

Alicia: *She silently stared at the customers, biting her bottom lip with anxiety.* (They're so angry over incorrect food? I've never seen such disgusting behaviour before... They must be warriors?)

Lance: "Oi." *He bumped Alicia, catching her attention.*

Alicia: *She snapped out of her thought, looking at Lance.* "Yes?"

Lance: "Follow me." *He turned around and started to jog around the back.*

Alicia: "Okay-" *She stared at Lance's back, skipping after him in a girl-like manner.*

Lance: *He jogged around the corner, noticing Simone waiting for him.* "'Sup?"

Simone: "I don't know what to do?" *She whimpered, consumed with stress.* "I just don't?!"

Lance: *He noticed an apron hanging up, causing him to grab it.* "How exactly did this happen?"

Simone: "It started off because one of my members didn't show up."

Alicia: "That's terrible." *She spoke as if someone was hurt, stopping next to Lance.*

Lance: *He smiled at Alicia, focusing his attention to Simone.* "Simone, this is Alicia.. Alicia, Simone."

Alicia: "H-Hello, nice to meet you."

Simone: "And you too-"

Lance: "Now, we don't have much time."

Simone: "Yes?"

Lance: "To be a great manager, you need to be one of two things-" *He spoke in a mature-like manner and grunted, putting the apron over his head.* "You need to be compassionate and stern. You aren't stern enough."

Simone: (Stern?)

Lance: "Now, I'm goin' to have to show authority to the customers, but, by not being rude either."

Simone: "I-Is that possible?"

Lance: "Once I focus on the front, I need to assist the back. I noticed the person cooking is going way too slow."

Simone: "I was meant to be helping, but I was forced on front to deal with the complaints-"

Lance: "Simone, you're on front with me, Alicia help the person at the back-"

Alicia: "I-I wouldn't know what to do?!" *She squeaked and started to panic, causing Lance to rub her cheek for comfort.*

Lance: "It's fine. You'll be _assisting_ the person."

Alicia: "O-Okay-" *She nervously nodded her head, sighing with low confidence.*

Lance: "Let's go-" *He took a deep breath and stepped into the booth, causing Simone and Alicia to follow.*

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PKMY: *She walked out of the castle, looking at Freya on her shoulder.* (We're seriously not in a good position right now, how was it possible to disable teleportation?)

Freya: "Gerooh?" *She squeaked in confusion, trying to be supportive.*

PKMY: *She grunted in frustration.* (Why am I frustrated?)

Holland: "Hey!" *The doors rippled around him, as he ran outside towards PKMY.*

PKMY: "Holly?" *She turned around and looked confused.*

Freya: "Gruff!" *She squeaked, happy to see Holland.*

PKMY: "What are you doing here?"

Holland: "I've got good news-"

PKMY: "They've found the Consultant's location?!" *She whispered to herself in shock.*

Holland: "Ah, yeah, ha ha."

PKMY: *She formed a fist, staring at Holland with a widening smile.* "This is excellent-"

Holland: "So, want to come with me to-?"

PKMY: "Tell Lance and Alicia?"

Holland: "Yeah, I want to see Lance's expression once he finds out."

PKMY: "You find its face funny too?"

Holland: "Amy." *He spoke to her, as if she was being mean.*

PKMY: "Wateva."

Freya: "Grr." *She growled at Holland, causing PKMY to chuckle.*

Holland: "Why you on her side? She _was_ being mean."

Freya: "Growlith!" *She squeaked with a wagging tail.*

PKMY: "Heh."

Holland: "Haha."

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Cameron: "Do not be ridiculous, the legend?"

Dawn: "What else would explain the destruction of _almost_ all the shops and boats?"

Chrisma: "Legend?"

Joy: "Surely you haven't forgotten, Chrisma?"

Tyler: "I vaguely remember reading something about a legend regarding The Skyler's Isle."

Season: *He discreetly rubbed his temples in a frustrated-like manner.* (I don't have time for this-)

Tyler: "But I don't recall _what_ the actual legend was?"

Dawn: *She looked at Cameron, pushing her glasses up with three fingers.* "I don't believe in legends either, only facts that are right in front of me."

Cameron: "I agree."

Season: "Someone wish to explain _why_ there's no ships or boats available?"

Dawn: "For research, I'm quite surprised you don't know, Season."

Season: "Perhaps I don't bore myself with such legends, I'm a ruler, not a fantasy chaser."

Dawn: "..."

Tyler: *He discreetly smirked and coughed to clear his throat, looking at each party member.* "What's the legend about?"

Joy: "The legend states of a mythical serpent that divides the continents. It's said, that when creatures are brought to bring destruction towards the ocean, it shows itself."

Tyler: "Creatures?"

Joy: "Being humans, Scoldrants, the lot."

Tyler: "I see."

Season: *He noticed Dawn shaking her head.* "What are your thoughts?"

Dawn: "I've thought of a possible realistic scenario."

Joy: "Let us hear it?" *She unintentionally sounded annoyed, due to Dawn's lack of courtesy.*

Chrisma: (Back home, we celebrate legends and old tales, so I can understand how Joy feels-)

Dawn: *She looked at Joy, nodding her head.* "The pulse, it might have caused something along the lines of a tidal wave-"

Chrisma: "A tidal wave?"

Tyler: "Caused by the same strange pulse that originated from Surpreon?" *He looked at Dawn for clarification.*

Dawn: "Exactly right. And that _obviously_ caused the damage to the boats."

Cameron: " _That_ is a more believable point of view on the subject."

Joy: "..."

Tyler: "We skipped where the conversation was leading, what's the problem?"

Dawn: "We just explained it, the lack of ships to set sail."

Tyler: "Oh-" *His face went red.*

Season: *He looked at Cameron with an idea.* "Is it possible to ride an airborne Scoldrant?"

Cameron: "It is a possibility, but the consumption of time would be the issue."

Season: (Blast it-)

Joy: "There is a way." *She spoke hesitantly.*

Dawn: "Hmm?"

Season: "Well, speak of it?"

Joy: "There's a party of bandits with _powerful_ Rosterology items and several devices installed on their vessel. I'm confident _their_ ship would have survived."

Dawn: "How would you be so sure?"

Joy: "In the past, it withstood several of my own Remenistal before sailing away."

Chrisma: " _Them_!" *She clicked her fingers, groaning in recollection.*

Tyler: *He quickly leant back from Chrisma, instinctively covering his face in fright.* (Ah?)

*Tyler slowly lowered his arm, ensuring nobody saw his reaction.*

Tyler: (That's a little embarrassing.. Probably from the paintballing incident-)

Chrisma: "Are you talking about the _same_ bandits that stole some of the neighbouring village's currency?"

Joy: *She silently nodded her head.* "And, they reside in the entertainment section of Silver Wind Island."

Tyler: "Where's that?"

Season: "Dawn?"

Dawn: *She noticed Season, Tyler and Cameron looking at her for a response.* "I don't know."

Cameron: "You do _not_ know?"

Dawn: "I've rarely been to the entertainment area."

Tyler: "Rarely?"

Dawn: "Even though I've been in this city my entire life, yes, rarely."

Chrisma: *She slowly looked to her side, staring at Joy in curiosity.* "How would you know that?"

Joy: "Nothing special. I merely heard them talk before they fled."

Season: "Then I'll personally make a visit to these bandits. Where is this entertainment area?"

Dawn: "That's assuming they're even there to begin with."

Season: "Where was it sorry?"

Dawn: *She sighed.* "It's on the third level of the city, across any one of the bridges."

Tyler: "How will you know which house they'll be in?"

Dawn: "There's four main areas. One is the Guild's Silver Tavern."

Tyler: (Guilds? Silver Tavern?) *He spoke in thought, triggering a flashback of when he first met Lezard.* (That place was scary-)

Dawn: "Next is _The_ Hall of Oats, the currency area, but I forgot what's that called. Then you have the entertainment dome."

Season: "Excellent, I'll go at once-"

Joy: "Would it be wise to go?"

Dawn: *She nodded her head again, intensely staring at Season.* "I've seen a _lot_ of patients in the ward a few levels below from _that_ part of the city."

Season: "Excuse me?"

Joy: "They are bandits-"

Season: "I'm sure I can hold my own."

Cameron: "I will assist you."

Season: "If you desire."

Cameron: "Indeed."

Season: "Tyler, do you wish to come too?"

Tyler: "Th-That's fine-" *He shook his head, respectfully declining Season's offer.* "I'll probably go look for Holland, PKMY, Lance and Alicia, they should be back by now."

Chrisma: "I'd like to come!" *She walked up to Season, ignoring his answer.*

Season: ".. Sure?"

Joy: (Sorry, Season. I don't think you had a choice.)

Chrisma: "Whoup whoup." *She tugged on her robes, standing next to Season.*

Dawn: "..." *She stared at the party with a blank facial expression, catching their attention.*

Cameron: "Is there more information necessary to completing a satisfactory outcome?" *He spoke in curiosity, trying to understand her facial expression.*

Dawn: *She sighed, shaking her head.* "You have a plan, _why_ are you all rotting in my research facility?!"

Season: *He smiled in understanding, quickly facing the doorway.* "Right, we'll be back shortly-"

Madora: "The mistress, oh, her power is infinite." *She caught Joy and Dawn's attention.*

Dawn: *She looked across the facility and snapped her fingers, catching the attention of two researchers in white.* "I want you two to run a diagnostic scan!"

Researchers: "Ma'am!"

Dawn: "For research!-"

Chrisma: "For research! Whoup whoup." *She fist punched the air before Dawn, causing Tyler to face palm.*

Dawn: "..."

Joy: *She ignored Chrisma and rubbed Madora's arm, sighing in thought.* (Hopefully we'll find out what's wrong with you.)

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Lance: (By recognising each crew, it will make them feel of individual value, which will also boost morale and productivity-)

*Lance walked into the kitchen and observed the staff member and the foods, causing him to discreetly smile in relief.*

Lance: (Excellent, they have all the right foods for me to make it-)

*Simone and Alicia closely shuffled behind Lance, as if it was their first day on the job.*

Staff Member: "Nobody is telling me what burgers are special or what are normal." *He spoke to himself in a flustered-like manner, trying to make multiple sandwiches and burgers at once.*

Lance: *He stared at the flustered man dressed in chefs clothes, noticing the sandwiches and burgers on the production line.* "Hello, my name is Lance and I'll be working with you."

Staff Member: *He paused and looked up to Lance, confused by his presence.* "Hello?"

Lance: "This is Alicia, she'll be assisting whatever you need until I come back out."

Staff Member: "O-Okay-" *He nodded his head and focused back to making sandwiches.*

Lance: "Alicia-" *He stepped to the side, motioning his hand towards the staff member.*

Alicia: *She adjusted an apron over her shoulders and walked up to the staff member.* "What would you like me to do?"

Staff Member: *He pointed to an empty lettuce container, drawing Alicia's attention towards it.* "Could you please-"

Lance: "Simone-" *He started to walk towards the front of the booth, causing her to quickly follow.*

Simone: "Y-Yes-?"

Lance: "I'll be preparing somethin' of my own likin'."

Simone: "Of your own liking?"

Lance: "If it sells well to the customers, you're free to use it." *He walked behind the counter, instantly catching the customer's attention.*

Simone: "Umm, okay?" *She sounded confused, following Lance into the customer's line of sight.*

Woman: *She stared at Lance and leant on one side, shaking her head in disappointment.* "A new face? How about you _serve_ us?"

Man: "Yeah!" *He shouted from behind the line, causing the woman to smirk evil-like.*

Lance: "We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we were down several staff members. We have corrected the error and will be serving-"

Woman: "Don't give us that crap, we heard it from her several times!-"

Simone: *She lowered her head feeling guilty.* (How is he going to fix-?)

Lance: "We appreciate the constructive feedback."

Woman: "Just make me my food!-"

Lance: "Obvious complaining will cause us to delay giving you the requested service furthermore."

Woman: "Well-" *She looked around at nearby customers, trying to gain moral support.*

Lance: "If that is all, please excuse me. Due to the inconvenience, we will be serving burgers that taste like they were made from another planet!"

Simone: *She glanced at Lance, staring at him in shock.* (Wow...)

Woman: "A-Another planet? Pfft-" *She looked unimpressed and folded her arms, glaring at Lance in a competitive-like manner.* "I'd like to try this."

Simone: *She walked up to the counter and leant towards Lance, whispering on her breath.* "What are these burgers called?"

Lance: "Umm-" *He thought to himself, trying to think of a name.*

Woman: *She started to tap her feet, readying herself to shout at Lance and Simone.* "Hurry up..."

Lance: (Ash... These management skills, _you_ taught me them.) *He tightened his hands and sighed, nodding his head in satisfaction.*

Simone: "Lance?"

Lance: "Oh, umm, call them Fast Lawyers." *He waved his arm as if he was done with the conversation and turned around, walking away from the counter.*

Simone: *She watched Lance leave her sight, causing her to cough with higher morale.* "Ahem. Who wishes to purchase, a burger like no other!? The Fast Lawyers!"

Woman: *She over-dramatically ground her teeth, glaring at Simone.* "I'll be the first to have one of those _fast_ burgers! If they aren't up to my expectations, I'll be throwing it _in_ _your_ _face_!"

Simone: "R-Right away-" *She slightly nodded her head, trying to hide her intimidation.*

Lance: *He walked into the back and put on gloves, catching the staff member and Alicia's attention.* "Alicia, could you please assist Simone at the front?"

Alicia: "R-Right-" *She sighed in relief, quickly taking off the gloves in a happy-like manner.* (I don't like it in here-)

Lance: "Alright, I'd like to show you the _special_ way in creating the Fast Lawyers."

Staff Member: "Fast Lawyers?" *He looked at Lance in confusion, giving him his full attention.*

Lance: "They're a new burger."

Staff Member: "Alright." *He nodded his head and smiled in excitement, as if he was willing to learn.*

Lance: "Firstly-" *He reached over the production line, grabbing a large bun.*

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*PKMY, Holland and Freya stood in a clustered triangular formation, on the road-like path.*

Holland: "So, let's find Lance and Alicia and tell them the good news too?"

PKMY: "Yea, I dunno."

Freya: *She looked up, staring at PKMY in confusion.* "Gruff?"

PKMY: "It would be a waste of time."

Holland: "Waste of time?"

PKMY: "We could be following up on the data now." *She looked past Holland, pointing at the castle.*

Holland: "We're a party, we don't keep that stuff to ourselves."

PKMY: *She lowered her arm, looking down to Freya.* "Wat do you think?"

Freya: "Ruff!" *She looked at Holland, wagging her tail in agreement.* (Let's find them!)

PKMY: "OK-"

Holland: "Alright-" *He smiled and scanned across the city with heightened vision.*

PKMY: (It's not like I don't tell my party members.. It's just, we can't afford to waste any more time.)

Holland: "Where are they?" *He mumbled to himself, squinting his eyes.*

Freya: "Grruff-" *She sniffed the air and looked to each side in confusion, whimpering with failure.* (The smell of all these foods confuse me. I can't track his scent.)

Holland: "That's okay, I can't see them either. It's too busy-"

PKMY: "Heh, _my_ turn-" *She slowed her breathing and closed her eyes, causing different sounding voices to echo in her head.*

Holland: *He looked down the path and noticed a massive line of customers, queueing from one market.* "What's with that peculiar market that makes it popular?"

*Holland mumbled and pondered to himself, staring at the line of customers.*

PKMY: *Her eye twitched in deep thought.* (It's a struggle to read where he is-)

Holland: "Hey, Amy.. I know the city is big, but it wouldn't be _that_ hard to find them."

PKMY: *She opened her eyes in a defeated-like manner, looking up to Holland.* "Well, they're not a big ogre like you-"

Holland: "Oh be quiet and let's look for them." *He smirked and walked directly towards the crowd.*

Freya: "Gruff!" *She trotted by Holland's side, closely observing the people around her.*

PKMY: "Heh-" *She shook her head and turned around, walking with Holland.*

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Lance: "Done-" *He wrapped a completed burger in newspaper and presented it to the staff member.*

Staff Member: (Fast-)

Lance: "And that's how you make it." *He looked to the side, placing the burger on a heat tray.*

Staff Member: *He nodded his head with a smile.* "Alright-" (I've never seen those ingredients being used together like that before-)

Lance: "Fast Lawyers _up_!"

Alicia: "U-Umm-" *She quickly turned around and grabbed the burger shaped object.*

Woman: "About time-"

Alicia: *She walked up to the impatient woman, cautiously handing the burger over.* "H-Here-"

Woman: *She snatched the burger from Alicia and shuffled to the end of the counter.* "I'll see if these are _really_ what you promised-"

Simone: *She noticed the line of customers, focusing all their attention to the woman.* (It's like they're waiting for her response-)

Woman: *She ripped the paper around the burger, looking at it in disgust.* "What kind of ingredients are on here?!"

Simone: "..."

Alicia: "Is she going to eat it on the counter?"

Simone: "I don't know-" *She whispered, staring at the woman with anticipation.* (Please, just go away...)

Woman: *She took a large bite and chewed it like a cow.* "Hermm."

*The line of customers quietly waited in suspense for her response.*

Alicia: "W- _Why_ is she eating right there?" *She whispered to Simone who shrugged her shoulders.*

Woman: *She gasped and looked at the burger in disgust.* "This..."

Simone: (Oh no-)

Alicia: "Eep."

Man: *He leant forward, staring at the woman in a curious-like manner.* "Isn't it good?"

Woman: "There is a party in my mouth!?"

Man: "A party?"

Alicia: "In her mouth?"

Woman: "Moar!" *She rammed the burger into her mouth and scoffed it down, while making unusual sounds.*

Simone: *She stared at the woman in a strange-like manner, quietly whispering to Alicia.* "I hope all the customers don't do that."

Alicia: "Tee hee."

*The woman's reaction caused the impatient customers to become excited, catching Simone's attention.*

Simone: "W-What-?"

Man: "I-I want to try this new burger! I'll take _three_ Fast Lawyers please!" *He hit the counter in excitement, presenting gold and silver coin-like pebbles.*

Simone: "Three c-coming up-" *She hid her excitement, typing on a register-like console.*

Alicia: *She faced the back, biting her bottom lip with a smile.* "Three Fast Lawyers please!"

Lance: "Coming up!"

Staff Member: *He nodded his head and grabbed three burger buns.* "Another burger already?"

Lance: "I expect to only sell them, so, before your shift finishes, you'll be a master at it."

Staff Member: "Herrherr, thanks."

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*Joy and Dawn watched several researchers use Rosterology devices to scan Madora, resonating a slight humming sound.*

Madora: "Glowing, weee, wooo, pooo." *She giggled like a child, keeping a fixated stare on the Rosterology devices.*

Joy: *She stared at Madora, humming in a worried-like manner.* (It's been a while-)

*The Rosterology devices stopped glowing, causing Dawn to focus her attention to the researchers.*

Madora: "Sounds and glowing gone, sad sad."

Dawn: "It's done, well?" *She sounded impatient, glaring at each researcher.*

Joy: "Any luck?"

Dawn: "Research waits for no person! Tell me now!"

Researcher: "From what we gathered, she has no mental illness. She has no signs of Neuron build-up-" *He spoke nervously, looking at a miniature screen on the device he held.*

Joy: "What are you saying?"

Researcher: "By these scanners, she's completely fine-"

Dawn: "Does she look fine to you?! We'll have to keep scanning until we find what the problem is!"

Researchers: "Ma'am!"

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*Season, Cameron and Chrisma walked up the stairs to the third level, ignoring the large line of customers.*

Cameron: "What exactly do you intend to ask these bandits?"

Season: "Exactly what I need of them, to ask if we can use their vessel-"

Chrisma: "W-What if they try to attack us?!" *She groaned in a worried-like manner, tugging on her robes.*

Cameron: *He formed and tightened a fist, smirking in a confident-like manner.* "That possible outcome will not even be of concern."

Season: "My thoughts exactly, Cameron." *He spoke with a smile and walked onto a bridge, noticing the change of tone in his footsteps.*

Chrisma: (Big strong boys.) *She giggled in thought, walking with the party across the bridge.*

Cameron: "This place is quite big."

Season: "Oh?" *He glanced at Cameron, as if he wasn't expecting him to say that.* "Sorrowprax is quite large too."

Cameron: "That is a fact. Although, it is the feeling of this city."

Season: "I know what you mean."

Cameron: (He has been to Sorrowprax before?)

Apollo: (Or maybe he knows its structure from the information of his research facilities?) *His voice echoed in Cameron's head.*

Cameron: (Perhaps-) *He walked off the bridge, noticing the change of tone in his footsteps.*

Chrisma: "Wow, get in! Speaking about a different feeling, check this area out?" *She groaned on her breath, noticing different coloured tiles on the floor.*

Cameron: *He looked down, nodding his head in agreement.* "There is indeed a visible change in scenery."

Season: *He observed the area, mumbling in thought.* (I actually get the vibe of those adult orientated villages-)

Chrisma: " _Ooh_!" *She heard a faint beat to a dance song, causing her to rock her bottom.*

Season: *He aimlessly walked around, noticing an expansion of alleyways which led towards massive buildings.* (This is like another city in itself!-)

Cameron: *He noticed an enormous wooden building with five flags posted on the front.* "Despite being two stories in length, it appears to have the same architectural structure as a tavern."

Chrisma: "The Guild's Tavern!" *She groaned in realisation, looking at Cameron for compliments.*

Cameron: "Indeed. The Guild's Silver Tavern."

Season: *He placed a finger under his chin in thought, observing the wooden structure.* "I wonder what gave it the name _silver_?"

Chrisma: "Yeah! You crazy git-" *She enthusiastically groaned in agreement, pointing at the tavern like a child.* "It doesn't look silver to me either!"

Season: "And what are those flags for?"

Chrisma: "Decorative purposes?"

Season: "I don't know."

Cameron: "I recall on one mission, I was fighting a band of guilds.. The flags represent the five best guilds across the land."

Season: "Oh?" *He sounded interested, watching the differently designed flags flap without the aid of wind.*

Cameron: "They say, the strongest guild is said to be as strong as a number two captain."

Chrisma: "Get in..."

Cameron: (But the Consultants may have been lying about that too..)

Season: *He shook his head as if he was getting distracted and focused his attention on his surroundings.* "I haven't been here myself, where exactly would these bandits reside?"

Cameron: "There are four main areas-" *He scanned across the area, shaking his head in confusion.* "Yet, there are still _many_ houses?"

Season: *He noticed several pirate-like thugs walking down a secluded alley, catching his attention.* "Hermm."

Chrisma: *She quickly faced Season, watching him stroke his chin in thought.* "Hermm? Hermm what?"

Cameron: "Focus on the task at hand." *He glanced at Chrisma before focusing his attention to Season.*

Season: "He's right."

Chrisma: "Oh.."

Cameron: "Move out." *He stealthily led the party towards the alley and stopped in front of a house, resting his back along the wall.*

Season: "Hmm-?" *He peaked down the alley and noticed several houses with flashing lights around them.*

Cameron: "Well?"

Season: *He nodded his head in confirmation.* "That's got to be it."

Cameron: *He peaked over Season, staring at a warehouse-like door with graffiti on the walls.* "Are you certain?"

Season: "From experience, trust me."

Chrisma: *She bent at the knees and looked down the alley, noticing the lights.* "Flashing lights?"

Cameron: *He leant back and rested against the wall, glancing at Season.* "It would be wise not to make a fuss, or go in _too_ stealthily. As both will draw unwanted attent-"

Chrisma: "Look at them flash!? Whoup whoup-" *She ran down the alley with her arms swaying above her.*

Season: *He face palmed and rubbed his hand down his face, glancing at Cameron.* "Next plan?"

Cameron: "Follow her before she recklessly enters one of the-" *He watched Chrisma slam open the door, causing music to loudly echo.*

Chrisma: *Lights flashed on her face, causing her to smile in awe.* "Get. In-" *She slowly shuffled inside, closing the door behind her.*

Season: (Is that woman serious!?)

Cameron: "If the bandits reside around here, there is a high probability that all the bandits will gather together, into one large party."

Season: "Into one large party.. Wouldn't they just gather in the guild's tavern?"

Cameron: *He shook his head, glancing at Season.* "Bandits usually gather together."

Season: "How would you know?"

Cameron: "Experience. Trust me."

Season: "Hoho, right."

Cameron: "Nevertheless, Chrisma will not stand a chance."

Season: "You're right, let's not waste time-"

Cameron: "Hmph-" *He nodded his head and stealthily jogged down the alley, intensely staring at the house Chrisma entered.*

Season: *He discreetly peaked around the corner, staring at Cameron's back.* (Chrisma, how reckless.)

Cameron: (I sense two beings with Rostical, the rest either do not have enough Neurons or Astragons for me to pick up their signatures..)

*Cameron stopped and looked behind him to Season, motioning his hand to come over.*

Season: *He stepped into the alley, quickly walking towards Cameron in a cautious-like manner.* (He's like a male version of Teresa-)

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*Simone and Alicia stared at several customers moaning with pleasure, as they chewed on the burgers.*

Simone: "Next?"

Teenager Girl: "I want seven Fast Lawyers!"

Alicia: "Seven this time!" *She yelled out to the back, causing Lance to nod his understanding.*

Lance: "G-Got it-"

*Lance and the staff member furiously placed ingredients on the burgers at a fast pace.*

Staff Member: "I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired." *He spoke without losing his burger making speed.*

Lance: "I was expecting things to go well, but, the quantity of orders, not only the orders, but each order is far too much with the current labour we have-"

Man: "Could I please get nine Fast Lawyers?!"

Simone: "R-Right-"

Alicia: "Another nine please!" *She yelled over her shoulder, as she handed out three bags full of burgers.*

Lance: "R-Right."

*Holland, PKMY and Freya stared at a woman attempting to shove three burgers into her mouth at once.*

PKMY: *She coughed in disgust, unintentionally motioning her mouth in a chewing-like manner with the woman.* "Wat the-?"

Tyler: "Hey! Found you three-" *He jogged up to the party with a slight pant, instantly noticing their strange faces.* "W-What's wrong?" *He nervously looked around, holding onto his RPG bag.*

Holland: "I know I like foods, but-"

PKMY: "That's pretty feral."

Holland: "Yeah."

Freya: "Gerooh." *She whined in agreement.*

Tyler: "Huh?" *He looked to his side and noticed the burgers, giving him a flashback of Chrisma eating at Fast Food Enterprise.*

Holland: *He observed the line of customers and leant to the side, looking at Tyler.* "It seems there's a new food that apparently-"

Tyler: "I know this burger?"

PKMY: "Eh?"

Holland: "You do?"

Tyler: "The smell-" *He spoke on his breath, causing Freya to growl in curiosity.*

Freya: (Not even I recognise this smell-)

Tyler: "I didn't notice it at first, but this smell-" *He walked closer to the crowd of customers, noticing Alicia.* "Hey, it's Alicia."

PKMY: *She slowly followed Tyler, observing the queue of customers.* "In the line?"

Holland: "I don't see her-"

Tyler: "No, she's _behind_ the counter."

PKMY and Holland: "Huh?"

Tyler: "What's she doing there?" *He mumbled to himself, walking towards the counter.*

*Tyler, Holland, PKMY and Freya clustered near the counter, catching Alicia's attention.*

Alicia: "H-Hello everyone-" *She spoke with a smile, as she handed out another four bags to two different customers.*

PKMY: "Wat are you doing!?" *She hissed in confusion.*

Simone: "How could I help you?" *She noticed Holland and smiled.* (There's that man again-)

Man: "-That's all."

Simone: "I'm very sorry, what was that?"

Man: "Five Fast Lawyers please."

Simone: "Of course, Alicia?"

Alicia: "Five Fast Lawyers."

Lance: "Got it!-"

Holland: "Was that Lance?" *He mumbled in confusion, causing PKMY to shake her head in confusion.*

PKMY: "We leave for five minutes and here they are running a damned booth?!"

Tyler: *He quickly looked at PKMY.* "Please keep the noise level down."

PKMY: "Eh? Did he _really_ just-?"

Holland: (Amy.)

PKMY: *She sighed, rolling her eyes.* (Fine... Only because I know what you're feeling.)

Old Woman: "Can I get two Fast Lawyers please?"

Simone: "Two Fast Lawyers, sure thing."

Alicia: "Another two Fast Lawyers please."

Lance: "Got it!"

Alicia: "Also, Tyler, PKMY, Holland and Freya are here."

Lance: *He looked up in relief.* "Send them at the back!"

Alicia: *She packed another bag of burgers and quickly looked at the party.* "Lance-"

Tyler: "We heard him." *He smiled, nodding his head at Alicia.*

Alicia: "R-Right." *She walked forward and leant over the counter, handing the bag to a teenage girl.* "Have a nice day."

Lance: "I will be back in a moment, I've got more help coming."

Staff Member: *He sighed in relief, wiping his forehead with his arm.* "That sounds great!"

Lance: "Aha, yea." *He quickly took off the gloves and power walked through the small kitchen.*

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*Brazza stood on the edge of a cliff and smelt the air, looking down to crashing waves below.*

Brazza: "Ah? So you made it." *He mumbled in a deep voice, watching Pickles flashstep by his side.*

Pickles: *She stepped forward and stared out into the ocean, breathing out smoke-like mist.* "Yeah."

Brazza: *He looked to his side, raising his eyebrows with a smile.* "How was your opponent?"

Pickles: "She was a powerful ice Remenistal User."

Brazza: "Mine was lightning too."

Pickles: "Did you kill yours?"

Brazza: "No, you?"

Pickles: *She shook her head, waving green hair out of her face.* "What are we going to do now?"

Brazza: "Pretty obvious the Consultant wouldn't want us to return in failure."

Pickles: "So... We're free?"

Brazza: "Yeah, looks like it, hmph." *He smiled, focusing his attention back to the water.*

Pickles: "Naice."

Brazza: "Dunno about you, but I think I know what I want to do."

Pickles: "I've got the freedom to make my choices-"

Brazza: "What're you blabbering on about."

Pickles: *She shook her head with a smile.* "My choice, I'm pretty certain what I want to do with it."

Brazza: *He smirked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.* "We're on the same page?"

Pickles: "Looks like it."

Brazza: "Before we say hello, should we live life to the fullest?"

Pickles: "No regrets?"

Brazza: "Hmph, yeah."

Pickles: "What to do first?"

Brazza: "I dunno, anything that's not boring."

Pickles: "Let's check out our heritage, The Lost City and the city of Elementalists."

Brazza: "Sounds good." *He bent his knees, readying to flashstep.*

Pickles: "I'm a little tired from my fight still, walk?"

Brazza: "'Kay then." *He smirked and formed a fist, causing a swirl of red lightning to static around it.* "How was your opponent?"

Pickles: "She was a little ditzy and liked repeating everything I said."

Brazza: "Everything you said, huh?"

Pickles: "Yeah, like a parrot."

Brazza: "Like a parrot?"

Pickles: "Yeah, it was a little annoying."

Brazza: "Annoying?"

Pickles: *She looked at Brazza, smiling in realisation.* "Naice." *She nodded her head in an impressed-like manner, slowly walking away from the cliff.*

Brazza: "Hah."

Pickles: "Yours?" *She spoke without looking back.*

Brazza: *He looked over his shoulder, staring at Pickles.* "The dude I was fighting, he was a hybrid."

Pickles: "A hybrid?"

Brazza: "Yeah, Remenistal _and_ Elementalist." *He spoke in a deep voice and turned around, following Pickles.*

Pickles: "Not possible."

Brazza: "Shush, I'm not lying."

Pickles: "Tell me more."

Brazza: *He rocked his head, flicking hair out of his face.* "After you tell me more about this ditzy parrot."

Pickles: "Raight." *She silently chuckled, walking into a forest.*

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Lance: *He walked out the back, noticing the party cluttered around him.* "Hey-"

PKMY: " _Wat's_ going on here? You left the castle to work in this filthy crap hole?"

Tyler: "Fast Food Enterprise?"

Holland: "What is that delicious smell?" *He twiddled his fingers in excitement.*

Freya: *She sniffed the air, wagging her tail.* (This new aroma _does_ smell extraordinary!)

Lance: "Whoa, settle down everyone, aye-"

PKMY: "We're confronting the Consultant, we don't have time to do this shit!"

Tyler: "..."

Lance: "Well-"

Staff Member: " _Lance_?" *He shouted from the kitchen, catching the party's attention.*

PKMY: (Whoever it was sounded stressed-)

Lance: "Right, we better hurry because the orders are going to stack up. Can you three help me?"

PKMY: "Are you joking?" *She leant to one side, folding her arms in a competitive-like manner.* "Wat's in it for us?"

Lance: "Holland, you get to eat the burgers after we finish!"

Holland: "I'm sold-"

Lance: *He noticed Freya and looked up to Holland.* "But Freya won't be allowed in, it's not acceptable."

Holland: *He respectfully nodded his head.* "Freya?"

Freya: "Grr-" *She frizzed her fur and growled at Lance, before disintegrating into nothing.*

Lance: "Sorry-"

Holland: *He raised his hand in understanding.* "You're right."

Lance: "Kool-" *He pointed towards the booth, causing Holland to look inside.* "The staff member preparing food will ask what he would like you to do."

Holland: "Got it-" *He walked past Lance and into the booth.*

Lance: "Fast Food Enterprise, Tyler?" *He spoke with a cocky smirk, knowing Tyler couldn't refuse his offer.*

Tyler: "So?"

Lance: "Aye?" *He grunted in a surprised-like manner.*

Tyler: "My life is here now-"

Lance: "Then did you want to support the new burger, Fast Lawyers? In Ashton's honour."

Tyler: *He chuckled in respect and silently nodded his head.* "Yeah, I'll do that, for a worthwhile cause."

Lance: "And.. Ah-?" *He slowly looked at PKMY, unsure what to say.*

PKMY: "How about asking me nicely for starters!"

Lance: *He tried to hide his frustration, causing PKMY to smirk.* "Could you.. Please-" *He grumbled the last word, scratching his nose.*

PKMY: (Heh-)

Lance: "Help us out?"

Tyler: *He looked at Lance and pointed to the booth, awkwardly shuffling towards it.* "I'm going inside now-" *He mumbled, quickly stepping inside.*

Lance: *He stared at PKMY, slightly frowning with anticipation.* "So, watchya say?"

PKMY: "Well-" *She looked to each side, sighing in a defeated-like manner.* "I'm not going to walk to the castle by myself."

Lance: "So, that's a..?"

PKMY: "Yes, you dumb- _arse_."

Lance: "I'm no dumbass-"

PKMY: "Wat you want me to do, dumb-arse?"

Lance: *He rolled his eyes and sighed, picking his nose like a child.* "I want you at the front with Alicia and Simone."

PKMY: "Tssk-"

Lance: "Wat is it?"

PKMY: "Simone looks like someone I wouldn't usually hang out with-"

Lance: "You both have red hair, you two will become best friends-"

PKMY: *She leant forward, suddenly punching Lance in the face.* "Oops, my red hair got in the way, heh." *She smirked and stormed inside the booth.*

Lance: (Man, dunno if I'm cut out for this.) *He rubbed his nose, watching PKMY walk through the booth.*

*Lance sighed and sniffed, listening to the busy-like chatter from the people in the city.*

Lance: (Sounds like it's getting busier-) *He frowned in thought, walking inside the booth towards a sink.* (It must be nearing lunchtime.)

*Lance slowly inhaled and sighed deeply, readying to wash his hands.*

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Cameron: *He watched Season reach for the graffiti covered door.* (Apollo, be prepared to be summoned in tight quarters.)

Apollo: (Yes!) *He shouted in Cameron's mind.*

Season: "..." *He casually opened the door and stepped inside, instantly being disorientated by coloured lights and loud music.*

Cameron: *He followed Season, squinting his eyes in disorientation.* "What-?"

Season: *He looked up, watching beams of coloured lights flash in his face.* (Where is-?)

Cameron: "What is this place?" *He stared at rows of Rosterology consoles, noticing poker-like screens on them.*

Season: "I wouldn't have the faintest idea." *He shouted with his hands cupped around his mouth, ensuring Cameron could hear him.*

Cameron: "So many lights, yet, so dark?"

Apollo: (I don't like it!) *His voice echoed in Cameron's mind.*

Cameron: (It _is_ troublesome to think properly under these conditions.)

Season: *He watched crowds of people dance on a second floor, balcony-like area.* (This place sounds like an area Tyler mentioned about Earth-)

Cameron: *He looked at Season, waving his hand across the area.* "Despite the music and lights, we must continue on to find Chrisma-"

Chrisma: "Oh, get in!" *She shouted with a groan and slapped a large man, causing Cameron and Season to look into her direction.*

Season: *He watched Chrisma giggle with a bunch of thug-like men.* " _What_ is she doing?"

Cameron: *He stared at Chrisma with a puzzled expression.* "I have underestimated her."

Season: " _How_?"

Chrisma: *She felt the man's muscles, oblivious to Season and Cameron's presence.* "Get in, they're huge!"

Grunt A: "Yeearh, told ya."

Cameron: "She infiltrated unknown territory and is now speaking to someone with key knowledge that may be of use."

Season: (I don't think that's what she was doing-)

?????: "Who is this?" *A man with a long black beard stared at Season and Cameron with an unwanted frown.*

Chrisma: "Oh, shit your hairy face, look, it's my friends! Season and Cameron!"

Cameron: (Friends-?)

?????: "Hmm?" *He stroked his black beard and stood up, causing the music to stop.*

Season: *He looked around slightly worried, noticing he was the centre of attention.* (This isn't looking good-)

Cameron: *He stood in a battle-ready pose.* "On your word, I will slaughter them all." *He mumbled to Season, glancing around the room.*

?????: "What brings you to the entertainment section?"

Season: *He placed his hand in front of Cameron, symbolising him to stop.* "I thought this was available to everyone?"

?????: "It is-"

Cameron: "What is your name?"

?????: "I go by the name Whitehead." *He grunted in a pirate-like fashion, causing Season to frown with uncertainty.*

Season: (Whitehead? I haven't heard of it, but those garments, they must be the bandits Joy was talking about.)

Chrisma: *She skipped up to Season and Cameron oblivious to the danger around them.* "Maybe you could ask Whitehead?"

Whitehead: "Ask me what?" *He grunted in a pirate-like manner, stroking his feral looking beard.*

Grunt A: "Boss?" *He stood up, staring at Whitehead for instructions.*

Whitehead: "Let's hear what they got to say."

Season: "We've come to ask for information."

Whitehead: "Yeah?"

Cameron: *He stepped forward in a professional-like manner, catching Whitehead's attention.* "We need to talk to someone with a ship in perfect condition."

Whitehead: "You've come to the right man. My ship is sail ready, argh."

Chrisma: "Get in, for research! Whoup whoup." *She fist punched the air in excitement and glanced at Season and Cameron, waiting for their reaction.*

Cameron: "Why do you seem positive?"

Whitehead: "Argh?"

Cameron: "Ready to set sail.. How are you positive."

Season: "Hmm.." *He looked at Whitehead, waiting for his response.*

Whitehead: "Because when you've sailed the seas as much as I have, you pick up certain _treasures_ along the way." *He smirked evil-like, continuing to stroke his beard.*

Season: (The vessel with Rosterology items installed, the one Joy was talking about, this is _definitely_ our man-) "Is it possible to ask for a favour?"

Whitehead: "You want to borrow my girl?"

Cameron: "Girl?"

Season: "He means the ship-"

Chrisma: "Yes, mister Whitehead, that would be _fantastic_." *He groaned on her breath and wiggled her body, causing several of Whitehead's grunts to smirk in response.*

Whitehead: "Although I don't like disappointing a pretty face-"

Chrisma: "Oh, get out." *She waved her hand in modesty.*

Whitehead: "I've got a line of customers offering _many_ good services to use it."

Season: "What do you want in return?" *He faced Whitehead and spoke sternly.*

Whitehead: "The currency to give me and my entire crew a retirement out on the sea."

Chrisma: "Oh..." *She sounded disappointed, as if she knew that wasn't possible.*

Season: "That's an absurd amount-"

Cameron: "I have never encountered such a pathetic trade." *He placed his hand over his shoulder, frowning at Whitehead in disgust.* "I will slice his-"

Season: "Cameron, I respect and appreciate your motives, but we are asking for a favour-"

Chrisma: "A trade you mean-?"

Season: "Yes, thank you, Chrisma."

Cameron: "Humph-" *He lowered his arm, controlling his violent intentions.*

Apollo: (As a number one captain, we shouldn't be reduced to this!)

Cameron: (I agree, Apollo. But as a number one captain, we were taught respect and self restraint.)

Apollo: (Yes..)

Season: *He looked at Whitehead, slightly bowing in respect.* "We will be back in a moment's time-"

Cameron: "But-?"

Season: *He faced the door and started to leave.* "I'm of royalty, currency is no problem to me-" *He mumbled under his breath and opened the door, filling the entrance with natural light.*

Cameron: "..." *He silently followed Season, regretting his decision.*

Chrisma: "We'll be back, boys!" *She groaned in excitement, closely following Cameron.*

Whitehead: *He stroked his beard, watching Cameron, Season and Chrisma leave the casino-like area.* "And that's how you do business, boys!-"

*The men roared in excitement, cheering on Whitehead.*

Whitehead: "The drinks are on me!"

Grunt B: "Yeah, boss!"

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*PKMY and Alicia helped Simone hand out orders on the front area, watching customers leave with satisfied smiles.*

Alicia: "Another twenty-two Fast Lawyers please!"

Lance: "Twe-"

Tyler: "Twenty-two, thank you!" *He purposely spoke in a rhyme-like tone, causing Lance to pause in disgust.*

Lance: "Loser." *He grunted, shaking his head with a friendly smile.*

Tyler: *He smiled, as he focused his attention on preparing the burgers.* "Ha ha."

Lance: *He watched the staff member dispense the sauces on the bun before sliding it along the line.* "Onion.. Lettuce.. Beetroot-"

Staff Member: "Beetrewt?"

Lance: "Yea, the red stuff?"

Staff Member: "Oh? Okay." *He looked at Lance, as if he was crazy before placing more buns into a toaster.*

Tyler: *He smiled, sliding along wrapped burgers into the heating tray.* (I'm enjoying this, it feels _really_ nostalgic-)

Holland: *Steam sizzled past his head, as he cooked the meat and onions.* (This food is torture!) *He whimpered in thought, listening to his stomach rumble loudly.*

Freya: (Gerooh! I can smell it from here!) *She barked with an echoing tone, causing Holland to smile in understanding.*

Holland: (I didn't know you could smell from my inner-self?)

Freya: (Neither did I!) *She sounded as if she didn't want to.*

Staff Member: "I'll be back, running low on buns!"

Lance: "Got it! Make it snappy, I want to see you flashstepping!"

Staff Member: "Herrherr." *Lance's joke caused him to walk slightly faster into the stock room.*

PKMY: "Oi-" *She poked her head from the front and frowned at Lance and Tyler, waving her hand around the empty heat tray.* "Where's the food?"

Lance: "It's comin', woman!"

PKMY: "Wateva."

Lance: "Wateva your-"

Holland: "You two, come on." *He scraped the cooked onions on a tray with the meat and turned around, handing it over to Tyler.*

Lance and PKMY: "Wateva."

Tyler: "Flashstepping..." *He placed the patties on the burgers, recalling the fight they had with Shade.* "Hey, Lance."

Lance: "Hay, captain Tyler!?"

Tyler: "When could you flashstep?"

Lance: *He slid the burgers along the line and noticed PKMY prematurely snatching them before they reached the end.* "Flashstep?"

*Lance smirked like a child, purposely sliding the burgers harder than normal towards PKMY.*

PKMY: *She quickly and neatly placed the burgers on the heat tray, smirking in a competitive-like manner.* (That shit.)

Tyler: "When we battled that captain, you flashstepped."

Lance: "Herm-" *He looked up and thought to himself in recollection.* "I dunno, aye-"

PKMY: *She placed the burgers in bags, glancing at Tyler.* "A flashside naturally progresses into a flashstep-"

Tyler: "Oh? Interesting." *He mumbled with fascination, placing a pinch of onion on several burgers.*

Lance: "Well then, why not just say flashstep in the first place?"

Tyler: *He nodded his head in agreement, placing patties on the burgers.* (He does make a point-)

PKMY: "So, why not call crawling walking too?"

Lance: "Arh... Shuddup."

Tyler: *He nodded his head in understanding, sliding the burger along the line.* (She does have a point.)

Holland: (Freya, how does it feel to flashstep?)

Freya: *She opened her eyes in a dark area, trying to ignore the smell of the delicious burgers.* (Everything is blurred, moves in slow motion, and an indescribable wind always blows around you.)

Holland: (A wind that always blows around you? Is it the horrible feeling wind when you're ascending, or that awesome feeling when you're gliding down.)

Freya: (If I had to describe it, it would _definitely_ be the awesome feeling.)

Holland: (Wow, sounds like something I'd want to try sometime-)

Lance: "Ogre, how's those patties going?"

Holland: "Oh-" *He scraped the spatula across the grill, flipping the patties.* "Next batch, just about ready."

PKMY: *She packed up three bags worth of burgers and grabbed one in each hand.* "Alicia-" *She turned around and shuffled towards the counter.* "Here-"

Alicia: *She turned around, noticing the bags.* "Oh, thank you."

PKMY: "No problem, princess-" *She grunted with a smirk and carefully handed the bags to Alicia, turning around to grab the other one.*

Alicia: *She faced the customer and smiled, gently placing the bags on the counter.* "Here is your order, miss-"

Woman: "Umm, I don't think these two bags have twenty-two Fast Lawyers in them!?" *She hissed, rocking her head back and forth in an intimidating-like manner.*

Alicia: "U-Umm-" *She nervously stuttered, looking back to see what PKMY was doing.*

PKMY: "And there you go." *She walked next to Alicia, placing the bag next to the others oblivious to what happened.*

Woman: "Good, you _should've_ handed it to me in _one_ go."

Alicia: "R-Right, I'll hand you all the bags at one time next-"

PKMY: "No, what?" *She interrupted Alicia and spoke in a soft disappointing-like tone.*

Woman: "You heard me!"

PKMY: *Her eye twitched and she grinned evil-like.* "Oh? So, next time, we should carry three full bags with two hands?"

Woman: "Yes?! Don't you understand my speaking?" *She purposely spoke in a slow condescending-like manner.*

PKMY: "Alright, I'll carry the third bag in my mouth next time, so I can give it to you in one go."

Alicia: *She discreetly smiled with mixed emotions.* (I shouldn't be finding this funny-)

Woman: *She slammed her hands on the counter, rolling her eyes in disgust.* "Oh, hell no-"

PKMY: "That way, you can scurry back home and stuff your face in faster!"

Alicia: "Tee hee-" *She quickly covered her mouth, looking away in a guilty-like manner.*

Woman: "H-Huh? Say that again-"

PKMY: "Impatient and deaf? Or maybe you've got these stupid burgers shoved in your ears too?! They're meant to go in your mouth!"

Simone: "A-Arh, Alicia-" *She spoke with restraint, trying not to laugh at PKMY telling off the customer.* "Could you please assist me?"

Alicia: "Y-Yes, of course."

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Chrisma: (Back in the castle-) *She sighed in thought, walking with Season and Cameron down the hallway.*

Season: (The quietness of the castle, I appreciate it even more now-) *He led the party to the end of the hallway and took a left into the research facility.*

Joy: *She stood with Dawn and several researchers, analysing the results of Madora with disappointed faces.* "Nothing..."

Dawn: *She heard the party's footsteps, causing her to turn around.* "Back already?"

Chrisma: "Hello, everyone."

Dawn: *She ignored Chrisma, looking at Season in confusion.* "Were they not in the city at this present point in time?"

Cameron: "Finding them was a success."

Dawn: "Oh?"

Chrisma: "But horrible news-" *She inappropriately groaned in mid-conversation.*

Season: "It's not _horrible_ , I said it's not a problem."

Joy: "What is this apparent problem?"

Season: "The man of the vessel is charging us-"

Cameron: "Hermph." *He grunted with a frown, causing Dawn to look at him.*

Dawn: "Charging you..?"

Season: "He's charging us to use his ship."

Cameron: "I personally believe that is disgusting." *He looked away with an angry face.*

Dawn: "So, you're here? For what exactly?" *She looked intrigued, pushing her glasses up with two fingers.*

Season: "Receive royalties and pay the man."

Dawn: "I see where Cameron is coming from, why are you being a pushover?"

Cameron: "Precisely-" *He looked at Season, folding his arms.* "One thing the warrior system has taught me, is that if you desire something of importance, you must claim it with full confidence."

Season: "I am being confident? I have confidence in my trading skills-"

Joy: "He's a bandit, he probably stole the vessel in the first place-"

Season: "Enough!" *His stern voice echoed in the facility, causing temporary silence.*

Chrisma: (Such a loud and powerful voice.) *She groaned in thought, discreetly smiling to herself.*

Season: "Firstly, don't assume he took it in the first place, secondly, we're in no position to have such a negative attitude towards this man, bandit or not."

Cameron: "..."

Season: "And lastly, with the importance of receiving an active vessel, it is far more important than _currency_!" *His voice echoed in the room, giving a sense of immense ruler-ship and power.*

Dawn: "Ahem." *She coughed and showed respect towards Season.* "If I may ask, where are you going to get said royalties?"

Season: "Surely Grey has-" *He noticed Dawn shaking her head, causing him to stop.* "What is it?"

Dawn: "The ruler's treasure is located in an unknown destination, hidden by a teleportation glyph _only_ the ruler knows of."

Season: "O-Oh..." *His eyes widen in shock and frustration.*

Chrisma: "Then let's ask where the glyph is?"

Dawn: "We haven't been able to locate his presence."

Chrisma: "So? Wouldn't your scanners find him?" *She smiled, trying to be optimistic.*

Dawn: *She sighed, slightly face palming in frustration.* "Even if we did, teleportation glyphs are no longer active!"

Chrisma: "... Get in.."

Joy: (Chrisma..)

Season: (How ridiculous! Me having _currency_ problems?! Now that truly upsets me.) *He slightly frowned in thought.*

Cameron: "Surely someone here has an object of value?"

Dawn: "I've got rare artefacts, Rosterology devices, crafting minerals and materials, but they're _all_ in Grey's treasure room area thing."

Joy: "It seems we've stumbled across another problem." *She sounded upset and cupped her hands, trying to hide her stressed-like state.*

Chrisma: "What are we going to do?" *She groaned, shaking her head with uncertainty.*

Season: (Out of the entire time during our quest-) *He lowered his head in thought.* (Why did it have to be now, that we encounter all these problems-?)

*A loud siren sound echoed, causing the party to cover their ears.*

Season: "What is that?!" *He tried to yell over the sirens.*

Dawn: "What?!" *She ran to a large Rosterology console and started to type, ignoring her sliding glasses.*

Joy: "W-What is it?"

Dawn: *She pushed on a key, causing the sirens to mute.* "Ahh.." *She lowered her head, sighing in relief.* "It's a warning."

Cameron: "A warning of what?" *He instinctively placed his hand over his shoulder, standing in a battle-ready pose.*

Joy: *She looked around the facility, rubbing Madora's arm in a comforting-like manner.* (That was unexpected.)

Madora: "Loud, loud, but not as loud as them."

Chrisma: (I'm not getting a good feeling about this..)

Dawn: "The scanners have detected hundreds of unknown signatures heading _directly_ towards the city!" *She gasped in shock, quickly looking at the party with a serious face.*

Season: *He stared at Dawn with widening eyes.* (Just what we need, another stroke of bad luck!)

Dawn: *She looked at Cameron, noticing his warrior-like armour.* "Not to be rude, but would these enemies be warriors?"

Cameron: "Highly improbable."

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Staff Member: *He restocked the buns and looked around in confusion.* "Do any of you hear that?"

Holland: "Nope, all I can hear is the sizzling sounds."

Tyler: "..." *He shook his head, as he silently prepared the burgers with all his concentration.*

Lance: "I do-" *He heard PKMY arguing with the customers, causing him to sigh.* "I'll be back-"

Tyler: "Right, don't be too long please."

Lance: "Wateva, your highness." *He quickly walked out of the back area, taking off his gloves.*

Tyler: "Getting low on onions!"

Holland: "Got it!"

Staff Member: "This one is with extra sauce." *He spoke in respect, sliding down the burger to Tyler.*

Lance: *He adjusted his hair and stepped onto the front, pausing in shock.* (Oh. _Crap_ -)

*Lance watched Alicia and Simone trying to hold PKMY from jumping over the counter.*

PKMY: "You _want_ me to break your face-?!" *She grunted in anger, waving her fist in the woman's face.*

Woman: "You shouldn't have made me wait!-" *She hissed, trying to grab the bags of burgers off the counter.*

PKMY: "Didn't your parents ever tell you _not_ to mess with the people that make your food?!"

Woman: "Huh-?"

PKMY: "You're lucky I don't shit in your burgers and piss in your drinks!" *She shouted and tried to jump over the counter, causing Simone and Alicia to squirm.*

Alicia: "L-Lance! She's too strong-"

PKMY: "You pitiful, dirty lamp! Complain about something worthwhile! Not a damned five minute wait over burgers!"

Woman: *She slightly leant back, hiding her intimidation.* "Don't put this on _me_ , I'm the _customer_! Customers are _always_ right-"

PKMY: "I'll show you _always_ _right_?! METEOR-"

Lance: " _PKMY_!"

PKMY: "Eh?" *She hissed at the woman, acknowledging Lance's presence.*

Woman: *She grabbed the bags and stepped away from the counter, realising she was wrong.* "W-Whatever."

PKMY: "Yea, wateva!"

Lance: "PKMY, I think you would be better at the back-"

PKMY: *She pushed herself off the counter and glared at Lance.* "You think?!"

Lance: "A-Ah-?"

PKMY: "Pfft-" *She sighed in anger, hitting Alicia and Simone's hands away.*

Simone: *She slightly leant back, hiding her fear.* (St-Strong! She doesn't have the power of a normal woman-)

PKMY: "Customer is always right..." *She uttered under her breath, storming towards the back.*

Lance: "Gah-" *He quickly stepped to the side, as if PKMY was on fire.*

Man A: *He looked at the man behind him, nudging his head to the counter.* "The crazy red haired girl is right."

Man B: "What about? She was the one being unprofessional."

Man A: "We shouldn't be so rude to the people that make our food."

Man B: "You're right?" *He gasped in realisation, slowly nodding his head in agreement.* "I never thought of it that way."

Teenager Girl: *She overheard the men, causing her to look over her shoulder.* "The woman had ridiculous expectations."

Man A: "Hehe, you're telling me."

Teenager Girl: "Gimme all yer bags in five minutes." *She spoke as if she was an ogre.*

Man B: "Horhor, that does sound ridiculous."

Man A: "Hehe, told you."

Lance: *He looked at Simone and Alicia, glancing at the line of customers.* "You two carry on. I'll stay out here and help."

Simone: "Alright." *She quickly regained her professional-like composure, positioning herself back on front counter.*

Alicia: "Y-Yep." *She nervously bit her bottom lip, taking a deep breath to calm herself.*

Lance: (PKMY, that crazy little ginger-) *He sighed in thought, readying himself for orders.*

Teenager Girl: "Could I please get three Fast Lawyers?"

Simone: "Of course." *She smiled and nodded her head, acting as if nothing happened.*

Holland: *He listened to the grill sizzle and whined, staring at the patties in sadness.* (I want one so badly-)

PKMY: "If it isn't my boys, Tyler and Holland!" *She put on gloves and walked into the kitchen, catching their attention.*

Holland: (Amy.) *He smiled in thought, happy to see her.*

PKMY: "Where you want me, quick fingers?"

Tyler: "Q-Quick fingers?" *He looked at PKMY in shock, as if he wasn't expecting her to know that name.*

PKMY: "You were thinking it." *She smirked, pointing at her head.*

Tyler: (No...) *He thought in despair, unsure what to say.*

PKMY: "Eh?" *She waited for Tyler's input, twiddling her fingers in the gloves.* "Wat do you want me to do?"

Tyler: "Well-"

PKMY: "Got it-" *She walked up to the assembly line next to Tyler and started to help him make burgers.*

Tyler: "A-Ah-" *He glanced at PKMY in shock, slowly nodding his head, as if that's what he wanted her to do.* "That's right, thank you."

PKMY: (Heh, this is so much better than the front-)

Staff Member: *He noticed PKMY on the line, causing him to look at Tyler.* "Aren't you going to show her how to make-?"

Tyler: "She's got it." *He smiled in response, focusing his attention back to the burgers in front of him.*

Staff Member: "What?" *He looked down and noticed PKMY correctly assembling the burger in shock.* (Wow-)

PKMY: *She frowned in thought, keeping her focus on the burgers.* (Holly, what's up? You're upset.)

Holland: *He suddenly looked up in thought, flipping the patties.* (Just these burgers-)

PKMY: "Oh, don't be seeking attention like the try-hard."

Holland: "Harsh."

Staff Member: *He silently gave Holland and PKMY a strange look, as he picked up another handful of buns.* (They randomly spoke. They're strange.)

PKMY: (Harsh? Only for you.) *She smirked, sliding a meatless burger to Tyler.*

Holland: (I know.) *He smiled, placing the patties onto a tray.*

*Tyler, PKMY, Holland and the staff member silently worked on completing the high demand of burgers.*

Tyler: (Me working here..) *He triggered flashbacks of working multiple shifts with Ashton, causing him to smile.* (I do miss those days sometimes.)

PKMY: *She glanced at Tyler in shock, as she correctly made the burgers without looking.* (Ashton, I forgot Tyler knew him-)

Holland: "How come you got kicked back out here?"

PKMY: "So I could immaturely fart in the food?"

Tyler: "W-What?" *He snapped out of his thought, becoming aware of his surroundings.*

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes, sliding the burgers to Tyler.* "Don't worry."

Alicia: "Another eight!"

Tyler: "Eight, thank you!" *He shouted in a rhyme-like tone, causing PKMY to chuckle in disgust.* "W-What?"

PKMY: "Seriously, don't do that."

Lance: *He placed several burgers in a bag and faced the crowd of customers, gently handing the bag to Alicia.* "Here-"

Alicia: "Tee hee, grottom bottom-" *She whispered to Lance and turned around, walking up to the counter with the bag.*

Lance: (Even working at a fast food place, I still think she's beautiful.) *He smiled in thought, watching Alicia hand the bag over to the customer.* (Yep, it's official.. I'm whipped.)

Alicia: "Th-Thank you, enjoy your day." *She smiled the customer off.*

Simone: *She placed her hands on the register and smiled, readying to take the customer's order.* "How can I help you?"

Old Man: "I'd like to try a Fast Lawyers please."

Simone: "Of course."

Alicia: *She nodded her head at Simone and faced the back.* "One Fast Lawyers please!"

PKMY: "One burger, got it!" *She shouted in a casual-like manner, causing Tyler to sigh in disagreement.*

Tyler: "It's actually nice to say thank-"

PKMY: "And it's actually nice to shove this burger-" *She finished assembling the burger and shoved it near Tyler's face.* "Right up your-"

Tyler: "O-Okay, I get it." *He awkwardly smiled and stepped away in a defeated-like manner.*

PKMY: *She smirked like a child and wrapped the burger up, sliding it down the line.* "Great, Tyler. Happy we sorted that out."

Tyler: "M-Me too."

Holland: (Amy..)

PKMY: (Heh.) *She glanced at Holland with a widening smirk, focusing her attention back to the assembly line.*

*Several vibrations ran along the ground, causing every citizen of Silver Wind Island to halt.*

Staff Member: *He paused, unintentionally dropping the buns in his hand.* "W-What?"

Lance: *He cleaned a bench with a cloth, waiting for more orders.* (Things seem to be running smoothly-)

Alicia: "Umm, Simone?" *She noticed all the customers standing still, causing her to look at Simone in confusion.*

Simone: "D-Did you feel that?" *She spoke slowly and quietly, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: *He turned around, noticing everyone's strange behaviour.* "Wat's goin' on?"

PKMY: "Eh? _Who's_ feeling that-?" *She grunted to herself in curiosity and instantly looked at the staff member, noticing his frozen statue-like pose.*

Tyler: "Why have we stopped?" *He looked down the line, noticing the staff member.*

Holland: *He looked over his shoulder, flipping another patty.* "Is something wrong?"

PKMY: (He's frozen with shock? I can feel it.)

Lance: "Aye? Feel _wat_?"

Simone: "Didn't you _feel_ it?"

Alicia: "I felt faint tremors, is that what you're talking about?"

Lance: *He walked in between Simone and Alicia, shaking his head in confusion.* "The line is still big, we should serve them-"

Simone: "Those vibrations-"

Lance: "Get over the vibrations already-"

Kane: *He ran up to the booth in fright, urgently tapping on the counter.* "Sister, did you feel it?!" *Sweat dripped off his face, catching Alicia's attention.*

Alicia: "Are you ill? I can heal-"

Kane: *He unintentionally ignored Alicia, slamming his hand on the counter.* "S-Sister?"

Simone: "I-I did-"

*Several customers looked at each other with fear and confusion.*

Lance: "It's just tremors, it's nothing too bad."

*PKMY, Holland, Tyler and the staff member walked to the front, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: "Wat are you lot doin' at the front?"

Tyler: "The orders have stopped?"

Staff Member: "And we're about to run out of buns!"

PKMY: "No more orders, that's a relief-" *She suddenly gasped in mid-sentence, causing her to spin around in shock.*

Holland: "What's up?"

PKMY: "There's a wave of uneasiness."

Alicia: "Why is everyone acting strange?"

Lance: *His eye twitched with frustration.* "Alright, wat's goin' on?! Someone tell me now!-"

Simone: "Silver Wind Island does not experience tremors, _never_ has before."

Holland: *He shrugged his shoulders, as if it wasn't a big deal.* "First time for everything?"

PKMY: "Lance, something is wrong-"

*A massive tremor rumbled the ground, causing the sky's light to dim for a moment.*

Tyler: "H-Huh?" *He looked up in shock, noticing the sky flicker in an unnatural-like manner.*

Alicia: "W-What is this-?!" *She bit her bottom lip, nervous cupping her pendant.*

Lance: "Wat about the cust-?" *He watched the line of customers suddenly scatter into different directions, running for refuge.*

PKMY: "This feeling-" *She held her stomach and leant forward, causing Holland to hold her up with one arm.*

Holland: (Amy?)

PKMY: (I just haven't experienced multiple emotions like this-)

Lance: "Is there a bomb scare or somethin'?"

Staff Member: *He looked at Simone in a worried-like manner, readying to take off his apron.* "Is it okay if I-?"

Simone: "It's fine, thank you for your good work."

Staff Member: "It's okay-" *He quickly ran out the back and took off his apron, hanging it on the wall.*

Lance: "Wha-?" *He stared in the direction of the castle and noticed Season, Cameron, Chrisma and Joy, running towards them.*

Tyler: "Is that Season and the others?"

Holland: *He squinted his eyes, as the purple ring around his iris spiralled.* "Yes it is-" *He spoke in confirmation, staring at them with magnified vision.*

Alicia: "They might know what's happening?"

Lance: *He jumped over the counter and quickly glanced at Simone.* "We'll talk later, OK?"

Simone: "Of course-" *She nodded her head and took the apron off, preparing to close up the booth.* "Sure."

PKMY: "This is gotta be interesting." *She took several steps towards Lance and tapped on the ground, jumping high over the counter.*

Simone: *She looked up, watching PKMY land with ease.* (She just jumped _over_ the counter in one motion!)

PKMY: "Season!" *She jogged towards Lance, stopping in the middle of the road-like path.*

*Alicia, Tyler and Holland took off the aprons and ran out the back.*

Tyler: *He quickly picked up the RPG bag, adjusting it over his shoulder.* (I wonder what's happening now.)

Season: "PKMY, Lance-" *He slowed down and stopped in front of them with urgency.*

PKMY: "Wat's going on?" *She snapped with anxiety, trying to ignore the feelings of the surrounding people.*

Chrisma: "The scanners went crazy in the facility!"

Lance: *He looked to his side, noticing the party run out from the back of the booth.* "Alicia, Tyler and Holland ran towards the party and gathered around them."

Alicia: *She stopped next to Lance, subconsciously holding his hand.* (I'm not sure what's happening, but I'll ensure everyone gets proper treatment.)

Lance: *He looked to his hand, noticing blue lightning spark around Alicia's hand.* (What-?!)

Alicia: *She looked at her hand, noticing mist expel from her skin in reaction to the lightning.* (L-Lance-?!)

Lance: *He frowned in concentration, causing the lightning and mist to fade away.* (W-What was that-?!)

Holland: "Did we miss anything?"

PKMY: *She glanced at Lance and Alicia, frowning in curiosity.* (What was that feeling I just felt? Did their Neurons connect like a Hi-Ougi?)

Lance: *He coughed and shook his head, glancing at Holland.* "No, they're gettin' to the point right now." *He looked at Season, implying for him to talk.*

Cameron: "The scanners detected hundreds of unknown energy signatures-"

Lance: "Wat signatures?"

PKMY: "For once, will you let people finish their sentences?!"

Lance: "..." *He folded his arms and listened.*

PKMY: *She looked surprised, noticing Lance's mature-like composure.* (Eh? Nothing to say.)

Season: "Those signatures are the same as-"

*Several screeches echoed from outside the city, catching the party's attention.*

Joy: "Oh my-"

Lance: "Several Alicia-like cries were heard outside, followed by several more vibrations, which ran along the ground."

Alicia: *She gasped and listened to the screeches, triggering flashbacks of the Darkwings.* "Eek!"

Lance: "Oi, I was jokin'-"

Alicia: "Th-Those creatures."

Tyler: *He choked in realisation, intensely staring at Alicia.* "Th-The creatures made of b-bones?"

Holland: (Those creatures-) *He formed a fist.* (I won't forget them-)

PKMY: *She looked at Holland, noticing his man-like frown.* (His uncertainty suddenly changed into determination.)

Season: "Those screeches.. It does sound like those wicked creatures."

Apollo: (I felt the signatures outside, it's the same creatures.) *His voice echoed in Cameron's head.*

Cameron: (They can not be detected, Apollo?)

Apollo: (Exactly why I know it's the same creatures.)

Cameron: *He smirked in respect, looking up to the party.* "It has been confirmed by Apollo, we are facing the same creatures."

Alicia: (Apollo?)

Lance: *He frowned in recollection, looking up to the sky.* "Where are they?"

Joy: "We were told they're heading to the city."

Chrisma: "For research, that's all we know, whoup whoup-"

*Debris suddenly exploded from the entrance of the city, instantly catching the party's attention.*

Chapter 4: Skeletal Invasion

Lance: "Wut-?"

Tyler: "Was-?"

Holland: "That?"

Chrisma: "Get in-" *She groaned in shock, unintentionally shuffling closer to Cameron.*

Season: *He stared at the growing dirt cloud with widening eyes.* (I thought the city's barrier was impenetrable-?!)

Joy: (H-How did something break through the Silver Triplets?!)

Cameron: *He faced the dirt cloud, standing in a battle-ready pose.* (Silence..)

Alicia: *She noticed several people staring at the dirt cloud with anticipation.* (If it's really those skeletal creatures, these people shouldn't-)

*Several Darkwings dived out of the dirt cloud and sprinted into different directions, causing people to scream in fear.*

Season: "This is no good! Everyone _protect_ the city!"

Cameron: *He nodded his head and stepped forward, grunting with a disappearing image.* "Hmph-"

Season: "Everyone, split into pairs and protect each level of the city!"

PKMY: "You don't need to ask me twice! Princess, let's go."

Alicia: "H-Huh? R-Right!"

PKMY: "We'll take the third level-"

Alicia: "Uh huh-" *She eagerly nodded her head and followed PKMY, running out of the party's sight.*

Lance: "No way I'm standin' this one out, c'mon-" *He glanced at Holland, taking a few steps forward.* "We'll take the bottom."

Holland: "Yeah." *He nodded his head and ran with Lance down the road-like path.*

Season: *He looked at Joy, Chrisma and Tyler.* "Looks like we'll be defending this level!"

Joy: *She glanced behind her to the castle in the distance.* "We can't let even _one_ of those things break through our defence."

Tyler: "Why?" *He tightly held the strap of the bag with a nervous face.*

Joy: "The castle-"

*Three Darkwings charged towards Season, Tyler, Chrisma and Joy.*

Tyler: *He shuffled in the back row, staring at the Darkwings in thought.* (There maybe four of us, but this is the most important level-)

Season: *He looked to his sides, gritting his teeth in realisation.* (I won't be able to use powerful Rostical with such an enclosed environment, and so many citizens!-)

Joy: *She closed her eyes and started to sing, slightly tilting her chin up.* "Frigid stress no more hiding, release and bring upon your frozen wrath, FRIGID DISTRESS"

Chrisma: "Oh shit ya face!" *She looked at Joy and cupped her hands, starting to sing.*

Season: *He pointed his hand to the Darkwing on his left.* "Frostic stars, rain forth-"

Joy: *She opened her eyes, moving her hands in a circular motion.* "Fiends!" *Ice swirled along the ground around the Darkwing on the right.*

Darkwing R: *It ignored the ice and readied to pounce on Season.* "Skree-"

Joy: "Leave this place!" *She shouted with an echoing voice, causing the ice snake to twirl up like a serpent.*

Darkwing R: "Skree-?" *The ice suddenly crashed on top of it, causing a pulse of mist to swirl around it.*

Joy: "It's trapped-" *She whispered to herself, watching the Darkwing's arm move outside the ice.*

Chrisma: "Fiery might, give me some light-" *A red glyph flashed under her feet and she cupped her hands, aiming them at the Darkwing in the middle.*

Darkwing M: "Skree!" *It jabbed its extending claws forward, pointing them at Chrisma.*

Chrisma: "FLAME BOLT" *She pushed forward, causing a stroke of flames to swirl around her hands.*

Season: "FRIGID STORM"

Darkwing M: "Ski!-" *A fireball instantly shot through the air and slammed into its skull, causing it to explode into pieces.*

Chrisma: "Get in!" *She whispered in excitement and victory, watching the fire extinguish with a puff of dust.*

Darkwing L: "Skerh!" *It jumped in the air and prepared to attack Season with an aerial strike.*

Season: *He looked up, staring at the Darkwing with an emotionless face.* "...-"

Darkwing L: "Sk!?" *Pebble-like ice swirled on the ground and shards of ice shot up, violently piercing into its body several times.*

Tyler: (Each Rostical was a direct hit!)

Season: *He watched the Darkwing in the air suddenly puff into dust, causing shards of ice to fall back to the ground.* (Excellent-)

Darkwing R: "Sk-Skree-?" *It used its free arm to hit the ice around it, catching Joy's attention.*

Joy: "It survived?"

Darkwing R: *The swirl of snake-like ice surrounding it, suddenly exploded and shattered its bones.* "Skwah-"

Joy: "Got it!" *She sounded relieved, lowering her arms.*

Season: "Great work, ladies!" *He looked to his sides at Joy and Chrisma.*

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*Holland and Lance ran down a set of stairs, chasing after four Darkwings, which chased after two men.*

Holland: *He looked past the Darkwings and noticed the men struggling to keep their speed.* "They're going to get the men before we catch up!-"

Lance: "True-" *He flashstepped in front of the Darkwings, causing them to screech in fright.*

Holland: "Haha, nice, Lance."

Lance: *He clicked his fingers, causing blue lightning to spark and stream in between his fingers, forming itself into a sword.* "Air Slash-"

*Lance sliced the air in front of him, causing a visible air slash to knock the Darkwings back and off their feet.*

Lance: (Wow-) *He looked at the lightning in amazement, surprised by his own power.*

Holland: *He sprinted towards the Darkwings, watching them tumble across the ground with a smirk.* (Hear my call!-) "Go!-"

Twotters: *She pounced out from a grey spiralling glyph in the air and landed next to Holland.* (What to do?)

Holland: (Defeat them!) *He ran with concentration.*

Twotters: *She pranced by Holland's side and purred with extending whiskers.* (Harmonic Pulsar.) *A swirl of visible sound which echoed like violins grew in front of her.*

Holland: "Let's do this!" *A materialising yellow glyph formed itself in the air above Holland.*

Twotters: "Reowh!" *She twitched her head and the swirl of sound blasted against the tumbling Darkwings, exploding them into dust.*

Lance: "Kool-" *He watched the dust swirl in the echoing violin chords.*

Holland: "That was like a miniature explosion, Twotters!"

Twotters: "Meow."

Lance: "Aha! Two down already!-"

Man A: *He nudged the man next to him, staring at Lance's back in shock.* "B-Bro, d-did he just flashstep?!"

Lance: *He looked behind him to the men, who stood motionless with dumbfounded faces.* "You two take cover, we got this!"

Man A: "Looks like he's on our side-"

Man B: "But only warriors can flashstep-"

Man A: "Let's go!-" *He started to run towards the water-fountain in the distance, waving his hand at Lance.* "Thanks!"

Lance: *He smiled and rubbed under his nose, watching the men run to safety.* (That felt pretty good-)

Holland: "Lance!" *He looked over his shoulder and noticed eight other Darkwings, crawling at a fast pace down the stairs.*

Lance: "Comin'!" *He flicked his arm and the sword of lightning spiralled faster in between his fingers.*

Holland: *He sprinted towards the Darkwings, watching them run in a crawl-like manner.* (Mindless creatures set on burning the environment, they don't deserve to walk on these lands!)

Destiny: *She flew out of the yellow glyph and flapped her wings, gliding alongside Holland.* "Meeheehee."

Twotters: (Do you call that a hiding spot?) *She discreetly glanced at a nearby building, wagging her tail in a predatory-like manner.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It jumped out of the building from a hiding spot, diving towards Twotters.*

Twotters: ( _Harmonic_ _Pulsar_.) *She pounced forward, blasting a sphere of visible sound towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skr-?!" *It screeched in shock and awkwardly stopped to avoid the sphere, suddenly exploding into a pulse of echoing violins.*

Twotters: *She watched the dust swirl to the ground, causing her to purr in satisfaction.* (You can't fool my cat's eyes.)

Holland: (The Consultant... If I find he's behind these things..) *He unintentionally frowned in determination.*

Lance: *He flashstepped next Holland with the lightning sword pointing in front of him.* "Let's get 'em, aye!"

Holland: "Yeah!"

Lance: "Five stupid bone thingys ran in a straight line formation towards me and Hollando."

Destiny: "Meeheehehe."

Lance: "And the pony!"

Holland: "Let's slaughter them!"

Lance: "LIGHTNING BLAST" *He punched his left hand forward and a thick stream of lightning blasted into the distance, striking one of the Darkwings.*

Darkwing: *It jumped over the Darkwing, which shattered with electricity and continued its frontal charge.* "Skrii!"

Holland: (Twotters, take the one on the end! Destiny, give us some tailwind!)

Twotters: (Alright!) *She ran like a cheetah past Holland and pounced on a Darkwing, causing them to tumble in a circular motion.*

Lance: *He looked ahead, nodding his head at Twotters in an impressed-like manner.* (Fast little cat-)

Twotters: "Grarryle." *She stood on top of the Darkwing and hissed, biting into its neck bone.*

Darkwing: "Sk-" *It screeched in desperation and readied to stab Twotters off its body.*

Twotters: *She violently rocked her head and snapped its bone, causing its entire body to puff into dust.* (Gross-)

Destiny: *She flew up and hovered in the air behind Lance and Holland.* (Screaming Gale.) *She flapped downwards and silver wind blew against the Darkwings, causing them to run slower.*

Lance: *His hair flapped in front.* "Roar with the skies might-" *He quickly looked at the two cluttered Darkwings, punching towards them.* "THUNDER BOOM"

Holland: *He separated from Lance, as a loud rumble of thunder exploded two Darkwings into clouds of dust.* (Awesome-)

Lance: *He looked to the side, noticing three Darkwings running in a crawl-like manner towards him.* "Oh, yea? LIGHTNING CHAIN BLAST"

*Lance straightened his left arm and watched three streams of fluoro yellow lightning swirl in a ball in front of his hand.*

Lance: "Hah!" *He pushed forward, blasting three streams of warped lightning towards the Darkwings.*

Darkwing: "Skree-" *It quickly and unnaturally rolled to the side, avoiding the warped stream of lightning.*

Lance: *He watched the lightning curve behind the Darkwing and fluidly spiral above the ground behind it.* (My latest Rostickal feels like it takes the same Newrongs when I first used Lightning Blast-)

Darkwing: *It ran into striking distance, preparing to jab into Lance's face.* "Skree!-"

Lance: *He watched the lightning suddenly strike through its skull, causing him to smirk.* "I don't even need to control it-"

Darkwing: "Skrarh!?" *It fell face-first onto the ground, before puffing into a stream of dust.*

Lance: *He watched the wind blow the dust away before it reached him.* "Yea, that's what I'm talkin' about."

Holland: *He looked to the side, watching the two other streams of lightning follow the evading Darkwings.* "How-?"

Lance: *He watched the lightning strike into the two other Darkwings, causing him to smirk.* "Kool-"

Holland: "How did you make your lightning home on to your targets?"

Lance: "Awesomeness?" *He turned around, noticing two Darkwings sprint towards him.* (Another two? It feels like they keep re-spawning-)

Darkwing: *It sprinted into striking distance and lunged itself towards Lance, extending its claws towards his neck.* "Skri!"

Lance: "Too easy-"

Darkwing: *It suddenly flapped its extending bone-like wings, gliding along the ground around Lance.* "Skri-"

Lance: (Shit!-) *He looked shocked and spun around, keeping his focus on the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *Its skill cracked, slowly forming into a bow.* "Skrii-i-i."

Lance: (How-?) *He straightened his arm, readying to attack the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It crawled along the ground, noticing Lance's attention drift to the Darkwing with a bow shaped skull.* "Skree-"

Lance: "Now! LIGHTNING-"

Darkwing: *It crawled into striking distance and lunged towards Lance, jabbing its claws into his shoulders.* "Skri!-"

Lance: "Argh!"

Darkwing: *It continued to glide around Lance, closely following his lightning sword with its tiny eyes.* "Skrah!-" *It shot out an arrow-like bone, which pierced through Lance's lightning sword.*

Lance: "H-Huh-?" *He watched the lightning dissipate.*

Darkwing: *It dug it's claws deeper into Lance, causing him to yell.* "Skauh!"

Holland: *He punched into a Darkwing's skull, watching its head shatter around his fist.* "Lance?!" *He looked over his shoulder in concern, blowing dust off his knuckles.*

Lance: "I'm fine, aye!" *He spoke with a grunt.*

Holland: "Good." *He smirked, focusing his attention to another two Darkwings in front of him.*

Lance: (As if this will stop me!-)

Darkwing: *It purposely rocked itself, causing Lance to tumble back due to its weight.* "Sk-k-k." *Its bones cracked, as its head started to take shape of a bow.*

Lance: *He looked up and noticed the Darkwing that shot his lightning sword, gliding towards him.* "THUNDER BOOM"

*Lance punched towards the gliding Darkwing, watching it explode with a rumble of thunder.*

Darkwing: *It extended its legs and touched the ground, trying resist Lance's struggle.* "Skri."

Lance: "Get off me! Smear upon the skies and envelope your might, thunder roar down-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It kept a strong hold behind Lance, aiming its newly formed head at Lance.*

Lance: "LIGHTNING PULSE"

Darkwing: "Sk-" *It poked out a spear-like bone, readying to fire it off into the back of Lance's head.*

Lance: "Harh!" *He clapped his hands above him and a ring of blue lightning rumbled like thunder.*

Darkwing: *An electric pulse blew off its arms and legs, causing it to explode off Lance.* "Skra!-" *It's body puffed into dust.*

*The lightning ring pulsed from Lance and hit several nearby Darkwings, causing them to explode into dust.*

Lance: *He took deep breaths and noticed the Darkwing's arms, sticking out of his shoulders.* (Its arms ripped right off its body! Th-That owned them!-)

*Lance stood up straight and ripped out the Darkwing's arms, watching them puff into dust.*

Holland: *He kneed a Darkwing on the back, cracking its spine.* "Twotters!"

Twotters: *She quickly leapt on top of a Darkwing behind Holland, causing it to tumble across the ground.* "Rarreow!"

Holland: *He spun around in a boxer-like manner, punching a Darkwing in the ribs.* "Weak-"

Twotters: *She pounced off the Darkwing in mid-tumble and landed on all fours.* "Meow!"

Darkwing: *It was unable to stop its tumble and slammed into the side of a brick wall.* "Skreh-"

Twotters: *She raised her head and closed her eyes.* (Purfling Frequency.) *A high violin-like pitch screeched through the air, disorientating all the Darkwings on the lower level.*

Darkwing: *It leant off the wall and shook its head, watching the shadow cover its body.* "Screeh!"

Twotters: *She lowered her head, as the high pitch sound continued to play.* (What are these creatures?) *She waved her tail in suspense, waiting for the Darkwing to charge.*

Holland: *He ran up and punched a Darkwing in the skull.* "Ha-" *He jumped forward and uppercut it under the chin.*

Darkwing: *It looked down at Holland, ignoring its cracking chin.* "Skree-"

Holland: *He kicked the Darkwing higher into the air, motioning his hand towards it.* "Now!"

Destiny: *She dived towards Holland at amazing speeds and clipped the Darkwing with her wing, causing its bone-like wing to shatter away.* "Meeheehee."

Holland: *He smirked, watching the bones puff into dust.* "Good work-"

*Holland cupped both hands and punched downwards, smashing its skull to pieces.*

Holland: *He looked at Twotters, wiping sweat off the top of his lips.* (We don't know what these creatures are, but we believe they're the work of the Consultant.)

Twotters: *She purred in acknowledgement.* (The Consultant..)

Darkwing: *It stepped away from the wall and continued to shake its head in disorientation.* "Skri!"

Twotters: *She squinted her eyes at the Darkwing, purring in a taunt-like manner.* (Finding it hard to concentrate?)

Darkwing: "Skree?!" *It focused its attention to Twotters and instantly sprinted towards her.*

Twotters: (Frenzy Symphony.) *She opened her jaw and an orchestra of violins played.* "Hsss-"

Lance: "Hah!" *He clicked his fingers, causing electricity to string in between his fingers.* "Streaming Sword."

*Lance jabbed the lightning sword forward, watching its stream extend into four Darkwings.*

Lance: *He watched the Darkwings puff into a dust cloud, causing the lightning to spark around them.* "Piss easy.."

Twotters: *The air rippled around her mouth.* (This works the same as Harmonic Pulsar, but it's slower and stronger-)

Darkwing: *It ignored the rippling air around Twotters' mouth and ran into striking distance, raising its arm.* "Skreah!"

Twotters: "Bwaha-eow-" *She lowered her head and coughed out of vortex of sound, disintegrating the Darkwing in front of her.*

Lance: *He frowned, as he stared at four Darkwings, crawling along the houses.* (They're moving as fast as they were on the ground-)

*The Darkwings suddenly jumped off the houses and flapped their wings directly towards Lance.*

Lance: "H-Huh?" *He mumbled to himself in shock, as if he wasn't expecting it.* (Not that I'm complaining-)

*Lance grunted in thought and charged towards the Darkwings, watching them glide several feet above the ground.*

Lance: (But why fly straight towards _me_ -)

Darkwing: *It squinted its eyes at Lance and flapped its wings harder, extending its claws.* "Skreee."

Lance: "MAGNETIC RUMBLE" *He dived forward and raised his arm, causing a white glyph to expand from it.*

Destiny: *She looked down from a bird's eye view, noticing Lance drop to the ground.* (He's defenceless, I'll cover-)

Lance: *He moved his arm and slid on the expanding shield, causing rumble-like sparks to scatter on the sides.* (Ha, kool-)

Destiny: (He's using the glyph as a mode of transport?)

Lance: *He lay on his back with his arm awkwardly facing his side to keep the glyphic shield active.* "Smear upon the skies, blue waves crashing down-"

*The Darkwings looked down at Lance, who slid just under them in confusion.*

Lance: *He straightened his arm, watching a ball of light grow in front of his palm.* "LIGHTNING BLAST"

*Lance smiled child-like and pushed forward, causing a massive lightning stream to slice the Darkwings above him.*

Destiny: *She watched the Darkwings continue to glide above the ground unaffected by the lightning.* (He missed them at that range?!)

Lance: "Bah-" *He rocked forward, causing the shield to tilt at an angle.* "..." *He slid onto his feet and lowered his arm, causing the shield to disintegrate away.*

*The Darkwings suddenly shattered in halves and crashed on to the ground.*

Holland: "Whoa! Nice work, Lance." *He raised his fists and charged towards another two Darkwings.*

Lance: *He smiled and looked at Holland, taking a moment's rest.* "Yea-"

Holland: "Harh!" *He jumped forward and jabbed a Darkwing on the side, causing its ribs to shatter.*

Darkwing: *It silently extended its dagger-like claws and crawled closer to the back of Holland's feet.* "Kee-ke-ki-"

Twotters: *She watched from a distance.* (Behind you!)

Holland: "Harh!" *He turned around and punched the Darkwing downwards, causing it to slide along the ground.*

Destiny: (Feather Buster.) *She flew in the air and flapped her wings, causing a line of dagger-like feathers to jab into the ground towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It quickly flipped on to its legs and screeched at Holland, before several feathers shot into its back.* "Skee-aarh-" *Its shadow extinguished and its bones faded to dust, causing Destiny to sneeze in a triumphant-like manner.*

Lance: "Since when did you get so epically strong too?"

Holland: "I have the added strength of my summons!"

Lance: *He nodded his head with a smile, staring at Holland's back.* "Nice-"

Holland: "There's two more left!" *He kept his eyesight on another Darkwing, staring at it with magnified vision.*

Lance: *He watched Holland prepare himself to attack.* "Right-" *He clicked his fingers, causing lightning to stream in between his fingers.*

Holland: "I've got this one over here-"

Darkwing: *It suddenly shot a bone-like arrow at Holland, causing another bone to extend out of its bow-like skull.* "Skree-"

Holland: *He quickly jumped to the side in an animal-like manner, avoiding the shard of bone.* (How annoying-)

Twotters: ( _Sorrow_ _Chorus_.) *She opened her jaw and low sounding violins echoed, dulling the Darkwing's vision.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It shot another bone-like arrow in Holland's general direction, completely missing him.*

Holland: *He grunted and tensed his muscles, sprinting into striking distance.* "Grrerah!" *He threw his arm and punched downwards, shattering the Darkwing to pieces.*

Lance: (That looks easy enough-) *He lowered his arm, causing the lightning sword to spark and scatter away.* (And it would save energy-)

Darkwing: *It sprinted from the shadows of a market and it screeched at Lance, catching his attention.* "Skree!"

Lance: *He formed a fist and stepped to the side, focusing in front of him.* (Come on!)

Darkwing: "Skeeh." *It extended its claws and ran on its hind legs, giving the illusion it was taller than it was.*

Lance: *The Darkwing ran in striking distance and jabbed its arm forward, screeching in Lance's face.* "Whoa-" *He quickly sidestepped out of the way.* "Ha, too slow aye!"

Darkwing: *Its body lunged forward due to jabbing nothing.* "Skree?" *It looked to the side, glaring at Lance in confusion.*

Lance: "Take this!-"

Holland: *He held his shoulder and moved his arm, staring at Lance.* (My shoulder hurts a little.)

Lance: "Ha!" *He punched the Darkwing, causing a faint cracking sound.*

Holland: "Wow!" *He listened with heightened hearing, causing him to chuckle in amazement.* "You cracked its bones!-"

Lance: *He squealed like a girl, staring at his knuckles in pain.* "Argh-"

Holland: "Oh..-"

Lance: *He gritted his teeth in pain, frowning at the Darkwing in anger.* (Shit that hurts!) *He glanced at his knuckles, triggering a flashback.*

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Alicia: "You're good at what you do, and they're good at what they do.. You shouldn't compare yourself to the researchers."

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Lance: *He shook his head in shock, taking a step back from the Darkwing.* "Tssk-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It spun on its toes and slashed Lance across the face with its claws.*

Lance: *He ignored the scratch-like cuts on his face and rammed his hand towards the Darkwing, watching a stream of lightning form into a sword.* "Gah!-"

Holland: *He watched Lance jab the lightning sword into the Darkwing's chest, watching it violently screech in reaction.* (Well, _that_ got it.)

Darkwing: "Skri-harh-" *It twitched with streams of lightning, before bursting into dust.*

Lance: "Shit-" *He mumbled and lowered his arm, looking at his knuckles in pain.*

Holland: *He ran up to Lance and looked around.* "Are you okay? We've cleared off this level."

Lance: *He looked around in shock, pretending not to be hurt.* "Yea, I'm good. I thought there were more-"

*Darkwing screeches could be heard on the higher levels of the city.*

Lance: "It's not over yet!" *He sniffed and started to run towards the set of stairs, causing Holland to follow.*

Holland: (Thanks, you two-) *Destiny and Twotters exhaled with recognition before disintegrating into nothing.*

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PKMY: *She smirked and spun around on the bridge, watching a Darkwing charge towards her.* "Heh." *She rammed her fist into the Darkwing's skull, flicking it away.*

Alicia: *She skipped up the stairs, avoiding piles of bones, which scattered the ground.* (PKMY's a powerful fighter-)

PKMY: *She glanced at groups of Darkwings, which scattered the area around her.* (There's twenty or so-)

Alicia: "PKMY-" *She ran in front of the bridge and looked at PKMY, panting in exhaustion.*

PKMY: "Several are airborne, be careful."

Alicia: *She looked up, watching several Darkwings fly in a circular motion.* "A-Alright-"

PKMY: "Show me what you got!-" *She bent her knees and waved her arms behind her back with a smirk, readying herself to run.*

Darkwing: "Skree."

PKMY: "Skree yourself, you heap of shit!-" *She bolted across the bridge at an amazing speed.*

Alicia: (W-Wow-)

Darkwing: *It watched PKMY run into striking distance, causing it to slash across her neck.* "Skr-"

PKMY: "Heh-" *She double flipped forward and threw her leg down, smashing the skull of the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skra!" *It collapsed under PKMY's foot, puffing into dust.*

Alicia: (Sh-She shows no fear-)

Darkwing: *It flapped its wings, suddenly diving towards PKMY.* "Skree-"

Alicia: "Behind!-"

PKMY: *The air rippled around her hand.* "Ha-" *She bent forward and back-kicked a Darkwing, which crept up behind her.*

Darkwing: "Skerah-" *It suddenly puffed into dust around PKMY's leg.*

Alicia: "I-" *She spoke on her breath, shaking her head in amazement at PKMY.*

PKMY: "Seven finger snap- _flying_ _palm_ _strike_." *She punched the air above her and the Darkwing shattered into dust.*

Alicia: (She didn't even look up, and she knew that Darkwing was going to strike-)

PKMY: *Strings of dust rained down around her.* "Are you going to leave me all the fun?" *She stood in a powerful stance, looking at Alicia.*

Alicia: "O-Oh, sorry-" *She hesitantly nodded her head, running girl-like onto the bridge.*

PKMY: *She glanced at the Darkwings in the air and bent her knees, smirking in preparation.* "Heh-"

Alicia: "W-What are you-?"

PKMY: "Herr-" *She suddenly jumped up off the bridge like a torpedo, causing the wood to creak.*

Alicia: *She looked up at PKMY in shock.* (She jumps so high, it's like she can fly-)

Darkwing: *It hovered in the air and noticed PKMY, flapping its wings in confusion.* "Skree?"

PKMY: "Ya-" *She spiralled in the air and kicked the Darkwing with a powerful force, causing it to shatter to one side into dust cloud.* "Hoo!-"

Darkwing: *It looked down, watching the dust spiral around PKMY's foot.* "Skree-?"

PKMY: *She used the kick's force to push herself higher into the air.* (Jumping off the Rasticsplash, or the Astragons remaining in the air was fun to practice back in the days.)

Darkwing: *It screeched in shock, quickly pointing its claws at PKMY.* "Skrii!"

PKMY: *She twirled in the air and formed two fists, readying to punch the Darkwing.* "Yahoo!"

Alicia: (How is she jumping _off_ the air?) *She stared at PKMY's acrobatic skills in awe.* (She _really_ is amazing-)

Darkwing: *It landed on the bridge, causing it to violently shake.* "Sk-k."

Alicia: *She looked down, watching the bridge shake in confusion.* (What-?)

Darkwing: *It stared at Alicia in an intimidating-like manner, as another two Darkwings landed by its side.* "Ski?"

Alicia: *She stepped back, staring at the three Darkwings in shock.* (N-No-)

PKMY: (Don't hold back, if we don't stop these things-) *She punched the Darkwing with both hands, causing it to explode into dust.*

Darkwing: *It flew towards PKMY from behind and glided into striking distance, extending its legs forward.* "Skree-"

PKMY: *She looked behind her and jumped off the exploding dust, quickly spinning in a ball.* "Harh!"

Darkwing: "Skree?!" *It screeched in shock, as if it wasn't expecting PKMY to move in such a manner.*

*PKMY straightened her leg and kicked the Darkwing across, causing its legs and wings to snap off.*

PKMY: (Then, they'll attack the people who can't use Rostical!-) *Her voice echoed in Alicia's head.*

Darkwing: *It awkwardly leant to one side, suddenly spiralling down to the ground.* "Skereee!"

PKMY: "Heh, not so tough without your wings, eh?" *She looked down, smirking in a cocky-like manner.*

Tyler: *He watched the Darkwing smash into the ground, causing its bones to scatter past his feet.* "P-Paralysing Vapours!"

*Tyler threw an orange ball at the Darkwing, watching it explode into an orange dust cloud.*

Darkwing: "S-Skree!" *It violently twitched on the ground, trying to move.*

Season: *He looked over his shoulder, watching the Darkwing struggle to stand back up.* (It's paralysed? Good work, Tyler.)

Joy: *She cupped her hands, singing on a high note.* "FRIGID DISTRESS" *She sung with an echoing voice, causing a serpent-like swirl of ice to crush on top of the Darkwing.*

Tyler: (W-Whoa-) *He watched the Darkwing shatter with the ice, noticing its remains puff into a swirl of dust.*

Joy: *She nodded her head in accomplishment, focusing her attention back in front.* (Ghastly creatures!)

Alicia: *She nodded her head at PKMY and faced the Darkwings, frowning in determination.* (Sh-She's right!-)

Darkwing: *The Darkwing in the middle slowly crawled forward, readying to sprint for Alicia.* "Skree?!"

Alicia: "WATER STORM" *She pushed forward and an eruption of clear water shot two of the Darkwings into the air.*

Darkwing: *It looked to its sides, watching the water's pressure crush the Darkwings into dust.* "Skree!"

Alicia: "ICICLE EDGE" *She spun around and swayed her arms downwards, causing a long thin spear to swiftly strike the Darkwing in the skull.*

Darkwing: "Sk-k-k?!" *Its bones cracked around the ice spear and it fell forward, suddenly puffing into dust.*

Alicia: *She lowered her arms, slowly exhaling in relief.* (I underestimated myself.. That was easy.)

PKMY: "Yahoo-" *Her hair and robes spiralled around her, as she slowly drifted to a nearby Darkwing.* (From the fight with mummy on the water, my Astragon control has actually improved.)

Darkwing: *It flapped its wings in mid-air, glaring at Alicia from a distance.* "Sk-k?" *Its skull cracked and took shape of a bow, aiming its head at Alicia.*

PKMY: "Hey."

Darkwing: "Skri-?" *PKMY moved in front of it, causing it to lose its focus on Alicia.*

PKMY: "Three finger snap- _flashing_ _fist_ _strike_." *She started to hit the Darkwing with the tip of her fingers.*

Darkwing: *It squinted its tiny eyes and moved its bone-like arms, blocking PKMY's strikes.* "Skra, skra!"

PKMY: "Eh?" *She watched her arms move slightly faster, causing the shadow around the Darkwing to sway.* (My stroke's speed is increasing with every jab.)

Darkwing: *Small pulses of its bones shattered all over its body, causing PKMY to smirk.* "Skri-ah-earh!-"

PKMY: "Harh!" *She poked her fingers through the Darkwing and spirals of dust swirled around her finger tips.*

Darkwing: "Skrah!" *It screeched in pain, trying to keep itself afloat in the air.*

PKMY: "Either they're getting weaker-"

Darkwing: "Skreah!" *It screeched in anger, violently jabbing its claws to the side of PKMY's head.*

PKMY: *She jabbed her finger into the Darkwing's shoulder, causing its arm to snap off past her.* "Or my attacks are much stronger than they used to be."

*PKMY blew dust off her fingers, watching the Darkwing suddenly puff into dust.*

PKMY: "Its bones _easily_ shattered with every strike, and-"

*Eight Darkwings jumped off nearby buildings, diving behind PKMY into striking distance.*

PKMY: *She looked over her shoulder and gasped with widening eyes.* (I didn't sense!-)

Alicia: "Unwritten holy laws, strike down thy foe-" *She raised her arms, ignoring an expanding white glyph underneath her.*

Darkwing: *It screeched in a victorious-like manner, jabbing its wing towards PKMY's eye.*

Alicia: "SHINING RAIN" *She lowered her arms, causing razor blades of light to rain down, quickly stabbing the Darkwings around PKMY.*

PKMY: *She listened to their bones cracking, watching the spears of light violently disintegrate the shadow around the Darkwings.* (Th-That was close-)

Alicia: (J-Just in time-)

Darkwing: *It ran along the rail of the bridge towards Alicia, extending its claws with killing intent.* "Skree."

Alicia: "AQUA LIQUID" *She swayed her arm and a wave of water splashed the Darkwing off the bridge.*

Season: *He looked up in shock and quickly stumbled back, watching the Darkwing shatter on the ground in front of him.* "Hmm-?"

*Season focused in front and observed two Darkwings, sprinting towards him.*

Season: *He frowned and focused, causing a blue glyph to shine underneath him.* "Frostic stars, rain forth, FRIGID STORM" *A swirl of ice materialised around the Darkwings.*

PKMY: *She landed on a thin bridge with one foot, instantly looking to her side in shock.* "Argh-"

Darkwing: *It dived down, jabbing its sharp claws at PKMY's face.* "Skri!-"

PKMY: *She bent back and her head touched the bridge, causing the Darkwing to slice the air above her.* "Grr!"

Darkwing: *It looked down to PKMY and flapped its wings, readying to jab towards her face.* "Skree!"

PKMY: "Airs pulsing, searing and soaring-" *She quickly rolled to the side, watching the wood crack around the Darkwing's fingers.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It jabbed its claws out of the wood and flapped its wings, flying on top of PKMY.*

PKMY: "Rippling strike." *She raised her hands above her head and pushed them directly towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It hovered over PKMY and raised its arms, readying to stab her in the chest.* "Skee-"

PKMY: *A ragged beam pulsated and blasted the Darkwing high into the air, knocking it off the bridge.* "Piece of shit!-"

Darkwing: "Sk!-" *It tried to hit the pulsating beam away, watching its arms grind away like sand paper.*

PKMY: *She slowly exhaled, slapping herself on the cheek.* (I got to be more careful-)

Darkwing: "Skeree.." *It screeched in a defeated-like manner and closed its eyes in realisation, exploding into a wave of dust.*

Alicia: *She looked over to the other bridge, noticing PKMY lay on her back.* "Are you okay?"

PKMY: "Pssh, yea!" *She raised her legs and rocked forward, flipping onto her feet.* "Focus on your own!"

Alicia: *She nodded her head and looked around.* "Where-?"

Darkwing: "Skreeh!" *It glided at high speeds, tackling Alicia across the bridge.*

Alicia: "Ah!-" *She squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth, as the Darkwing rode her along the bridge.* (It's heavy!-)

Darkwing: "Ske-e-e." *It opened its jaw and leant face to face with Alicia, watching the wood hit the back of her head.*

Alicia: *She quietly squealed, staring at the shards of bones in the Darkwing's mouth, which acted as teeth.* "Icy swirls draw to the skies, frosted water lend me your power, GLACIA'S EDGE"

Darkwing: *A blue glyph shined underneath Alicia, causing it to tilt its head in curiosity.* "Skee-?" *Two pillars of ice shot up from both sides, shattering its head.*

Alicia: "G-Glargh-" *Dust streamed into her face, as the Darkwing disintegrated over her.*

PKMY: *She turned around and faced Alicia, taking several steps back.* "Hmm-" *She ran across the bridge and hopped on the rail, bending her knees.*

Alicia: *She slid across the bridge and stopped, coughing in shock.* (That was close-)

PKMY: *She jumped off the bridge and into the air, spreading her arms.* "Heh-" *She spiralled in the air and rolled onto the bridge in front of Alicia.* "You still ready to fight, princess?"

Alicia: *She placed her hands on the bridge and stood up, brushing the dust off her garments.* "Y-Yes-"

*Ten Darkwings dived towards Alicia and PKMY from every direction at incredible speeds.*

Alicia: *She looked up, gasping in defeat.* "They're coming at us too fast and at different angles, my Rostical won't be quick enough-"

PKMY: *Her body glowed a shade of blue and she punched her fists together, causing her hair blow back.* "Shut up."

Alicia: "W-What-?" *She whispered on her breath, glancing at PKMY in confusion.*

PKMY: "Crippling might, twenty two finger wind gales strike." *Her fists vibrated and she stepped forward with a disappearing image, causing the wood on the bridge to crack.*

Alicia: (PKMY, where did she-?) *She thought in shock and quickly focused on several Darkwings, watching them fly into striking distance.* "No!-"

*Alicia squealed, raising her hands in a defensive-like manner.*

PKMY: *She glanced around her, watching things move in slow motion.* (Hmph-)

Alicia: *She crossed her arms and squinted her eyes, staring at a Darkwing directly in front of her.* "ICICLE-"

PKMY: *She ran towards the Darkwing which was about to stab Alicia with its claws.* "Humph-" *She grunted in a deep voice, readying to attack.* (Take this!-)

Alicia: "E-EDGE-" *She stared at the Darkwing and leant back with widening eyes.*

Darkwing: *It extended its claws and screeched in victory, suddenly noticing its arm missing.* "Skree?"

Alicia: "H-Huh?" *She sounded surprised, as if she was expecting the Darkwing to stab her.*

PKMY: *She threw the Darkwing's arm away and quickly punched the side of its skull.* (You're next-) *She spun around and kicked the next Darkwing, causing her to chuckle in joy.*

Alicia: *She looked up, watching an ice spear form itself in the air.* (No! It's going to get me!-)

Darkwing: *It raised its other arm, readying to stab Alicia.* "Skree-" *It suddenly smashed and exploded, causing Alicia to squeal in fright.*

Alicia: "H-How!?"

*Five other Darkwings shattered in a circular motion around Alicia, catching her attention.*

PKMY: (Grr-) *She raised her leg next to her cheek and kicked down on another Darkwing, listening to a deep crack.* (Harh!-)

*PKMY spread her arms and formed fists, jumping down the bridge past Alicia.*

PKMY: (Being in a constant flashstepping state causes a lot of stress on the lungs and muscles-)

*PKMY thought to herself with a frown and stared at the three remaining Darkwings, running towards them in excitement.*

PKMY: *She ran into striking distance and noticed the Darkwing's frozen, mid attacking-like stances.* (Look out for this!-) *She spun around and side-smashed the Darkwings with her fists.*

Alicia: *She jumped in fright, watching each Darkwing shatter around her.* (I-Is that PKMY? What is causing them to do this-?!)

PKMY: *She flashstepped next to Alicia and took a deep breath, hiding her slight exhaustion.* (That puffed me out a bit.)

Alicia: *She looked up, glancing to each side.* "L-Looks like there's no more up here."

PKMY: "Then let's help them down there!" *She grabbed the bridge's rail with one hand and threw herself over off the bridge, causing Alicia to gasp in fright.*

Alicia: "PKMY." *She quickly leant over the rail and looked down, intensely staring at PKMY.*

PKMY: *She landed next to Season and Tyler, forming fists with a smirk.* "Alright, who's next?"

Alicia: *She started to run across the bridge and a screech from the air caught her attention.* "O-One more?!"

Darkwing: *It flapped its wings high in the air, shooting shards of bone at the buildings.* "Skree!"

Alicia: *She quickly turned around and looked up, causing her hair to whip over her shoulder.* (It's destroying the houses!)

Darkwing: *It flew across a window, purposely scratching it with its wing.* "Skree-"

Alicia: (I can handle this!) *She cupped her hands and a white glyph shined under her feet.*

Darkwing: *The light instantly drew its attention towards Alicia.* "Skri!"

Alicia: "'O holy powers draw towards me, HOLY LANCE"

Darkwing: *It straightened its body and formed itself into a spear, causing the shadow to spiral around it.* "Ski-?"

*White strings materialised in the air and wrapped themselves around the Darkwing, causing it to slowly descend.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched in desperation, trying to break free.*

Alicia: "Please, begone!"

*A white sparkle twinkled in the sky and a white spear of light shot down.*

Darkwing: "Ske-" *The spear shot straight through its head and blasted down, violently disintegrating its shadow.*

Alicia: "Wha-?" *The spear of light smashed through the bridge and struck into the ground next to Tyler, causing wood to splinter into the air.* "Eek-" *She awkwardly stepped to the side, due to the swaying bridge.*

Tyler: "A-Ah!" *He started at the disintegrating spear in shock, causing his face to light up.*

Alicia: "I-I'm so sorry!" *She shouted in a guilty-like manner, watching a spear-like wave of dust hit the bridge.*

Chrisma: *She watched the spear disintegrate into particles of fading light.* (Radiatons!)

*Alicia nervously bit her bottom lip and started to run across the bridge, making her way down to the lower level.*

Alicia: (I wasn't expecting the Rostical to pierce the creature so easily, then into the bridge!-)

Season: *He frowned in concentration and raised his arm, watching a Darkwing sprint towards him at full speed.* "PIERCING CLOUDS"

*Season spun around and dropped his arm in front, causing a pulse of smog to swirl around his hand.*

Tyler: *He noticed a wave of wind blow against his face, drawing his attention to Season.* (I've never seen Season use all these kinds of Rostical before-)

Season: "Hah!" *He pushed forward, blasting a cloud-like stream of curved smog towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skrah!-" *The smog hit its head, causing it to suddenly explode into a sphere of cloud-like dust.*

Tyler: (It couldn't even dodge his smoke-)

Season: *The smog cleared in front and he noticed another two Darkwings sprinting towards him.* "More-"

*A thick stream of lightning suddenly shot through the two Darkwings, causing bones to violently snap into the air.*

Season: "Hmm?!" *He watched pieces of bones tumble across the ground, as they faded into dust.*

Lance: "LIGHTNING BLAST-" *He ran towards Season with his arm straightened, as the lightning streamed from his hand.*

Joy: (Wow-) *She stood with Chrisma, staring at Lance surprised.*

Holland: "The lower level is cleared!" *He shouted in a deep voice, running with Lance up to Season.*

Season: "Great-"

PKMY: "The top level is cleared-" *Her voice sounded distorted, as she punched a Darkwing against a nearby market booth.*

Season: (Fantastic!-) "Although it may not seem like it, their numbers must be dropping-"

*An orchestra of screeches echoed from the dirt cloud near the entrance of the city.*

Season: *His eyes widen with surprise.* "I-I stand corrected."

Lance: *He turned around, staring at the entrance in shock.* "What?!"

Joy: "Oh my! That sounded like-"

Chrisma: "There's hundreds more!" *She interrupted Joy with an enthusiastic groan, awkwardly tugging on her robes.*

Alicia: *She ran down the path towards the party, running in a girl-like manner.* "Th-The top level is cleared-"

PKMY: "I know, I already told them, keep up!"

Alicia: "S-Sorry-" *She ran up to Lance and instantly noticed his blood, causing her to instinctively place her hands on his wounds.*

Lance: "Hey-" *He sounded happy to see her, keeping a serious frown-like face.*

Alicia: "HEALING RINGS" *Small rings of light spiralled in between her hands and Lance.*

Lance: *He looked down, watching the light visibly heal his wounds.* (The stinging is going away-)

Alicia: *She noticed scratch-like marks on his face, causing the rings of light to spiral around it.* (There-)

Lance: "That's heaps better, aye-" *He smiled and leant forward to kiss Alicia on the forehead.* "Thanks-"

PKMY: "There's a time and place for everything, guess wat? Now isn't the time!"

Lance: *He rolled his eyes and leant back, nodding his head in understanding.* "I know-"

Alicia: *She gasped with uncertainty, watching blue lightning spiral in between her hands.* "L-Lance?"

Lance: "H-Huh?"

PKMY: *She frowned at Alicia and Lance, causing her to grunt in frustration.* "I saw the memories from quick fingers!"

Tyler: (Q-Quick-?) *He glanced at PKMY, nervously adjusting the strap to his bag.* "P-Please don't use that nickname-"

PKMY: *She ignored Tyler, keeping her focus on Lance.* " _Don't_ use your Hi-Ougi here!"

Alicia: "Hi-Ougi?"

PKMY: "Ethereal Rapids!-"

Lance: "But we're not-?" *He spoke on his breath, watching his lightning intensify around their hands.*

Alicia: "M-My Astragons are-?"

Lance and Alicia: " _Hi_ - _Ougi_."

PKMY: (Idiots!)

Chrisma: "Get in!" *She groaned in a fascinated-like manner, watching mist spiral around the lightning.*

Alicia: "What's happening?"

Lance: "I-I dunno, aye?"

Season: *He watched the lightning envelope Alicia and Lance's hands, tightly joining them together.* (That new Neuron signature I picked up from Lance seems to be reacting to Alicia?)

Alicia: "I-I can't move my-?"

Lance: *He looked up, nodding his head.* "The words!"

Alicia: "I-I hear them too-"

Lance and Alicia: "Streaming sword, Icicle Stroke-" *The sounds of ice hardening echoed from their hands.*

Tyler: "..." *He nervously held his RPG bag, unintentionally stepping towards Season for comfort.*

Lance and Alicia: "Ice-chain Claymores." *They stepped away from each other, causing sword-like ice to form in their hands.*

Lance: *He watched lightning visibly dance inside the ice, causing him to grunt in amazement.* "Holy shit, aha!"

Chrisma: *She noticed the lightning, causing the ice to sparkle.* "Shit your face, look how pretty it is."

Alicia: *She awkwardly held the swords in her hands, as if she didn't know what to do with them.* "They're long.."

PKMY: (Where does the try-hard keep shitting these techniques out of?!) *She stared at the claymore-like ice swords, watching the lightning move inside them in a jealous-like manner.*

Joy: "Oh my! Behind you!" *She pointed behind Alicia and cupped her hands, causing a blue glyph to shine underneath her.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched from behind Alicia, instantly catching her attention.*

Alicia: "Eek-" *She turned around, facing the Darkwing in shock.*

Darkwing: "Skri!" *It sprinted towards into striking distance and screeched at Alicia, raising its claws.*

Tyler: (It's attracted to the moving electricity in the ice.)

Lance: *He raised the ice sword, readying to jump in front of Alicia.* "I got-"

Alicia: *She awkwardly stepped forward, slashing the ice sword in an intimidated-like manner.* "I can't-"

Darkwing: *Its legs suddenly froze, causing it to awkwardly slide past Alicia.* "Sk-k?"

Chrisma: "But, she didn't even strike its legs?"

Lance: " _Air_ _Slash_." *He slashed downwards, causing a visible air slash to violently burst the Darkwing in half.*

Season: *He watched the Darkwing puff into dust, causing him to glance at PKMY in disappointment.* "That came from the top level?"

PKMY: "Wateva." *She grunted, walking towards Alicia.*

Lance: *He raised the ice sword to his face, admiring the lightning inside.* (Nice.)

PKMY: "If you don't mind?" *She presented her hand, implying for Alicia to give her the ice swords.*

Alicia: "P-Please, I don't like these."

Joy: "Are you fine with her taking the swords? It was your Hi-Ougi?" *She spoke in respect, glancing at Alicia and Lance.*

Alicia: "I don't like swords."

Lance: "Yea, and only an idiot would put the healer on the front lines."

PKMY: *She held the ice swords and looked at Lance, waiting for his response.* "So-?"

Lance: "Don't say anythin'." *He looked away, implying he didn't care.*

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked, slashing the air with the ice sword.* (They're just as light as my Ryukku-)

Alicia: *She heard a cough, causing her to look at each party member in concern.* "Is anyone else hurt?"

Joy: *She nodded her head, slightly lifting up her robes.* "My ankle was slashed by the creature's claws."

Alicia: "O-Okay-" *She ran past the party and up to Joy.* "HEALING RINGS"

Holland: *He stared at the dirt cloud with a worried expression.* "There sounds like there's _heaps_ out there. How are we going to handle this?"

PKMY: *She flashstepped next to Holland and inhaled deeply, crossing the ice swords in front of her.* "We'll just have to kill them all."

Lance: *He touched his healed wounds, causing him to discreetly smirk at Alicia.* "Rightio-"

Holland: "Kill them all.." *He mumbled to himself in a deep voice, as if that was the only option.*

Lance: *He flashstepped next to PKMY and raised his hand, watching the lightning stream inside the ice sword.* "'Sup, shit nuggets?"

PKMY: *She squinted her eyes, glancing at Lance's sword.* "Your lightning is distracting-"

Lance: "The ranga's eyes flickered due to the lightning in the sparkling, epic ice claymores."

PKMY: "What did you call me-?"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It dived out of the dirt cloud, catching the party's attention.*

Lance: "Stand back-"

PKMY: "Pfft-" *She frowned at Lance and stepped forward, suddenly throwing the ice swords towards the dirt cloud.*

Lance: "Wha-?! My swords?!" *He watched the swords fly across the city at amazing speeds, suddenly hitting the unsuspecting Darkwing in the skull.*

Holland: "Good aiming-"

Lance: "But my swords?!"

PKMY: "They were distracting-"

Lance: "You could've gave 'em to Holland?!"

Holland: "Swords aren't my thing-"

Lance: "But-"

Darkwing: "Skre-?!" *It screeched and grabbed the ice swords, violently cracking them with its claws.*

PKMY: "Eh? A last minute survival attack?"

Lance: "But, my swords-?!"

*The swords suddenly shattered in the Darkwing's hands, freeing the fluoro yellow lightning inside, causing it to spread like veins.*

PKMY: (Huh?!)

Darkwing: "Sk-k-k-" *It violently twitched in the lightning, suddenly exploding in the fluid-like lightning.*

Lance: *He watched the lightning spark around its dust, causing him to smirk in a proud-like manner.* "Kool-"

Holland: *He noticed the lightning move on its own accord and swirl into the dirt cloud, exploding unseen Darkwings.* " _Cool_."

PKMY: "Tssk." *She slightly looked away, rolling her eyes.* (Stop paying me out because of my hair colour, shit head!)

Lance: *He gasped in fright, awkwardly waving the ice swords in PKMY's face.* "Holy shit!"

Holland: "What?"

Lance: "H-How?"

PKMY: (Shut up, you're embarrassing yourself.)

Holland: "Lance? Dude?"

Lance: *He took a deep breath, lowering his swords.* "Wat Docta Jingles said-"

PKMY: "Eh?"

Lance: *He ignored PKMY and grunted in a condescending-like manner, causing her eye to twitch.* "We'll just have to smash 'em all."

Holland: *He coughed, standing in a battle-ready position.* "How should we fight them?"

PKMY: *She looked at Holland, discreetly grunting to herself in thought.* (His tone was mixed with anger and uncertainty.)

Lance: "Well, the three of us should see who smashes the most?"

PKMY: "Eh?" *She licked her lips and smirked in a competitive-like manner, placing her hands on her sides.* "You up for it, Holly?"

Holland: *He smiled and tightened his fists, nodding his head with a smirk.* "Sounds like a challenge."

Lance: "A challenge? Nah, you little kiddies ain't no challenge to me."

PKMY: *She closed her eyes and pushed her arms forward, releasing a metallic-like scraping sound.* "Not a challenge?"

Lance: *He leant back, staring at the blades in PKMY's hands in shock.* "What-?"

PKMY: "They're coming!" *She opened her eyes, ignoring the splinter of sparks with covered her arms.*

Holland: "They're cool, hey?"

Lance: "W-Wat they hell are they!?"

PKMY: "Huh?" *She looked at her weapons in confusion, raising an eyebrow.* "Haven't you seen them before?"

Lance: "Obviously." *He rolled his eyes, as if PKMY was an idiot.*

PKMY: "They're called Ryukku-"

*Twenty Darkwings sprinted out of the dirt cloud and towards PKMY, Lance and Holland, catching their attention.*

PKMY: "Guess I'll show you two what they can do-" *She jumped forward and ran towards the Darkwings with her arms swaying by her sides.*

Lance: "Well, I'll show you, wat my awesome lightning ice sword thingy can do!"

Holland: "And I guess I'll show you what it takes to be Holland!" *He smirked and ran with Lance towards the Darkwings.*

Darkwing: "Skee-" *It sprinted towards PKMY, violently jabbing its claws into the ground for speed.*

PKMY: *She straightened her arms and pointed the Ryukkus in front, jumping forward in a dive-like manner.* "Sonic Drilldriver."

*PKMY crossed her legs and spiralled like a torpedo, causing a distinctive twisting-like sound to be heard.*

Darkwing: *It leapt into the air and extended its arm, pointing it at PKMY.* "Skreah?" *The wind around PKMY caused its body to slightly alter course in mid-air.*

Lance: *He ran past PKMY, watching the Darkwing barely miss her.* (They were heading for a collision, why did it miss-?)

PKMY: "Heh-" *She jabbed the tips of the Ryukku into the Darkwing and the swirling motion caused its body to shatter to pieces.*

Lance: (Whoa-) *He watched PKMY land with ease and spin the Ryukku like a fan's blade.*

Holland: "Amy, above you!"

PKMY: *She smirked and looked up, noticing a swarm of Darkwings in the air.* "I see them!" *She spun around and threw one of the Ryukku into the air above her.* "Swift Storm."

Lance: "Idiot! Why would ya throw one of them weapons!?" *He grunted at PKMY, who purposely ignored him.*

PKMY: "Heh." *She touched the Ryukku in her hand, causing a brown glyph to form around the other Ryukku in the air.*

Darkwing: *It flew in the air and a mechanical-like screech caught its attention.* "Skee-?"

PKMY: "Harh!" *A swarm of Ryukkus blasted towards the Darkwings.*

Lance: *He watched the Ryukkus jab into each of the Darkwings, causing strings of dust to rain down from puffing bones.* "How-?"

Holland: (She's amazing.) *He looked up, smiling in a proud-like manner.*

Lance: "I want one of them!" *He pointed at the weapon like a child, ignoring the raining bones, which cracked on the ground around him.*

PKMY: "Heh-" *She ran forward and jumped up towards the Ryukku, which floated in the air.*

*PKMY grunted and caught the Ryukku with ease, slowly descending with a smirk.*

PKMY: *She gently landed on the ground, looking at Lance in confidence.* "What you think?"

Lance: *He flashstepped in front of PKMY and charged towards another cluster of Darkwings.* "Nah, check mine out!"

Darkwing: *It noticed Lance and shot out bone-like arrows.* "Skee."

Lance: "Roar with the skies might, THUNDER BOOM" *He punched forward and a blast of sound knocked the bone-like arrows back.*

Darkwing: *It watched the bones hit the ground, causing it to screech in frustration.* "Skrarh!"

PKMY: " _Boring_."

Lance: "Shut up-" *He watched the Darkwing's bones crack, causing its skull to revert back to normal.*

PKMY: (It can swap its form between long range to short range, so it's not a one way transformation.. Interesting..)

Lance: (Here it comes-)

Darkwing: "Skee!" *It sprinted towards Lance at incredible speeds.*

Lance: (Fast!-)

Darkwing: *It stepped into striking distance, standing on its hind legs.* "Skrarh!"

Lance: "Harh-" *He sliced downwards and twirled around.*

Darkwing: *Its body froze with a slash-like line of ice, as lightning sparked in between its joints.* "Sk-k-k."

Lance: *He jumped past the Darkwing, slicing the ice sword through its skull.* "Aha-"

Darkwing: "Sk-?" *It looked behind it at Lance and squeaked, before puffing into dust.*

Lance: "Air Slash." *He sliced the ice sword across and a visible air slash pierced through the air.* "You're gone!"

Holland: *He watched the air slash cut straight through two nearby Darkwings.* (When did Lance get so diverse in his attacks?)

PKMY: (I reckon-)

Lance: "Wat did yas think of that?" *He smiled at himself, waving the ice swords in a child-like manner.*

PKMY: *She looked to the side in a bored-like manner and watched the Darkwings puff into dust, faking a yawn.* "Well, I'm tired of seeing lightning-"

Lance: "But it's ice-?!"

PKMY: "Yawn-"

Lance: "Pssht, you can't just say yawn-"

PKMY: "Tired.."

Lance: *He stamped his foot like a child.* "Well, I'm bored of seeing your face!-"

Holland: "Is it our time to show off?"

Lance: "Ah, no." *He quickly spoke and straightened his arm behind his back.* "LIGHTNING BLAST"

*A thick stream of lightning shot through an approaching Darkwing, causing bones to shatter before turning to dust.*

PKMY: (I don't believe it.. Is the shithead really _captain_ level?)

Holland: *He noticed hundreds of Darkwings sprinting from the entrance of the city, causing him to shout in an urgent-like manner.* (Th-There's too many!)

PKMY: *She quickly faced the entrance, grunting with a frown.* (Shit-)

Season: "This is not a good sight-" *He frowned and ignored the many screeches, which drowned the air.*

Lance: "Then, I'll use my Ougi-" *He spread his legs and focused his concentration.*

Season: (That boost in Neurons-) "We can't use any powerful techniques!"

PKMY: *Season's yells caught her attention.* "Oi, dickhead, we can't use anything strong!"

Lance: "Why? There's too many of 'em!" *He glanced at PKMY, ignoring the glittering ice around his face.*

PKMY: "Umm, the city, and the people in hiding?!"

Lance: *He gritted his teeth in frustration and hesitantly nodded his head.* " _Fine_."

Holland: *He ran next to Lance and stared at the incoming Darkwings.* "There's nine of us and hundreds of them. Do you two have a plan?"

PKMY: "No-"

*Yells of men and women echoed from the dirt cloud, causing the entire party to stare at it in confusion.*

Tyler: "What was that?"

Joy: "That was certainly no screech."

PKMY: *She squinted her eyes, focusing on her emotions.* "They weren't yells of pain."

Lance: "They weren't?"

Holland: *He shook his head in a serious-like manner, staring at the dirt cloud with heightened vision.* (Are they-?)

*Warriors ran out of the dirt cloud and charged towards the party, causing Lance to grunt in shock.*

Lance: "Warriors?!" *He firmly held onto the ice swords, causing the movement of the lightning to become more thicker.*

Holland: "Not good-" *He spoke to himself in a worried-like manner, placing a hand on his chest and markings.* "Ha!-"

*Holland punched forward, causing an expending purple glyph to rotate in front of him.*

Freya: *She pounced out of the glyph and landed on all fours, looking back to PKMY, Lance and Holland.* "Ruff!"

*Joy, Chrisma and Alicia gasped in shock, staring at the warriors in confusion.*

Tyler: "What are they doing?"

Alicia: "N-No." *She spoke on her breath, shaking her head in disbelief.*

Season: *His shocked face turned into a smirk.* "Well, would you look at that-"

Warrior: "Harh!" *She spun around and slashed a nearby Darkwing, shattering its arm.*

Tyler: "W-Why?"

Cameron: *His image appeared in front of the scattering warriors.* "For this city!"

*Cameron raised his sword and yelled, causing the warriors to yell back.*

Cameron: "Harr!" *He flashstepped next to a Darkwing and jabbed the sword into its body, watching it puff into dust.* "Humph-"

*Cameron flashstepped again, avoiding several Darkwings which lunged themselves at him.*

Twentysix: *She grabbed the sword with both hands and ran towards two Darkwings.* "You dare attack the warriors?! Your head will roll-" *She lunged the sword into the skull of the Darkwing, causing her to laugh.*

Darkwing: *It screeched it pain, suddenly puffing into dust around the warrior's sword.* "Sk-"

Twentysix: "I'm near vice captain level-"

Darkwing: *It twirled to the side and dropped down, slashing her armour.* "Skee."

Twentysix: "Dammit-"

Darkwing: "Skra!" *It spun around, kicking the warrior off her feet.*

Twentysix: "Argh-"

Cameron: *He flashstepped and caught her in one arm, pointing his sword at the Darkwing.* "Humph-"

Freya: *She dived from the air and landed on the Darkwing in front of Cameron, causing its bones to smash under her paws.* (Aerial Pounce.)

Cameron: *Dust blew in front of him.* (Good work.) *His voice spoke in Freya's mind, causing her to look at him in shock.*

Freya: (Thank you-)

Cameron: "Behind you!" *He shouted, looking past Freya.* "Help us out!"

Apollo: *He materialised in the air and dived behind Freya, slicing several Darkwings with his wings.* "Squawk!"

Twentysix: " _Air_ _Slash_." *She slashed the air behind Cameron, cutting off a Darkwing's head.*

Cameron: "Excellent work."

Tyler: "Th-They're on our side?!"

Chrisma: "Get in!?"

*Several warriors ran past Lance, Holland and PKMY and up to Season.*

Seventyeight: "We're here to help fight alongside you, sir!" *He grunted in respect.*

Joy: "Season?" *She sounded unsure.*

Season: "It's fine, Joy. Help us protect the city!"

Seventyeight: "Sir!" *He turned around, raising a sword in a defensive-like manner.*

Lance: "Those warrior scum-"

PKMY: "Let's not get stupid, we _need_ the help."

Lance: "Tssk, wateva." *He ran towards a cluster of Darkwings, slashing the ice swords at passing Darkwings.*

Darkwing: "Skree-" *Its legs shattered off in ice, suddenly bursting into a dust cloud of electricity.*

Holland: (That's seriously the best weapon I've ever seen! Nathan would be jealous-)

Lance: *He spun around, causing a ring of lightning to string around him.* "LIGHTNING PULSE"

*Lance spread both arms and the ring of lightning pulsed around him, causing the surrounding Darkwings to burst into dust.*

Sixtyfour: *He slammed a battle axe against a Darkwing's skull, cracking the bone.* "Grrr-"

Darkwing: *It gripped on the axe with both arms.* "Skree." *It slowly pushed the axe away and its skull cracked, forming into a bow.*

Sixtyfour: "No, you pathetic-"

Darkwing: *It shot a large bone-like arrow through the warrior's chest, pushing the warrior away.* "Skree."

Sixtyfour: "Urgh-" *He coughed out blood, staggering back.*

Darkwing: "Skeree!" *It screeched in victory and stepped back, looking to each side for a new target.*

Lance: *He ran in between another cluster of Darkwings and smirked.* "LIGHTNING PULSE"

Darkwing: "Skree-?"

Lance: *He clapped his hands and a blue ring of lightning rumbled like thunder around him.* "Yea, take this!"

*Lance pushed his arms to each side and the blue ring pulsed, exploding the nearby Darkwings.*

PKMY: "Good thing these break in one hit."

Holland: *He punched a Darkwing, causing its bones to crack into dust around his fist.* "Yeah-"

PKMY: *She pointed the Ryukku at three charging Darkwings.* "Ya-" *She paused and tilted her head on the side.* "Huh?"

*The Darkwings held each other's hands and the shadows which swirled around their bodies grew darker.*

PKMY: "Wat?"

Holland: (Their shadows?)

*The Darkwing's bones connected and their bodies grew in size, causing PKMY to step back.*

PKMY: "They're-? Wat?!" (Their skeletons merged into one entity-)

*The Darkwing slowly stood up and opened its bright yellow eyes, towering over PKMY.*

PKMY: (They're three times larger than-)

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It reached out and its arm extended towards PKMY.*

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She crossed the Ryukku in a defensive-like manner.* "Shit-"

*The Darkwing's arm slammed onto the Ryukku, causing sparks to scatter.*

PKMY: "Argh-" *Her feet scraped along the ground.*

Holland: *He watched the Darkwing push PKMY back.* "No! Freya!"

Freya: *Her ear twitched and she looked at PKMY and Holland.* (Got it! Tangrowth Slash.) *Her claws extended like vines and pierced through the air towards the giant Darkwing.*

PKMY: *She gritted her teeth, continuing to slide back.* (I can't stop, the ground isn't sturdy enough with these boots-)

Darkwing: "Skree!"

PKMY: *She came to a halt, as several claws jabbed into the Darkwing's back.* (Thank you.)

Darkwing: *It looked down, noticing dust pour from Freya's claws.* "Sk-k-k?" *Its body suddenly disintegrated into dust, causing Freya's vine-like claws to sway in the air.*

Freya: *Her claws whipped and retracted, reverting back to normal.* "Ruff-"

*Clusters of Darkwings started to connect into each other, forming larger variants with a louder screech.*

Holland: *He looked up and formed a fist.* "Just because you're bigger, that doesn't mean a thing to me."

*Holland ran towards the Darkwing, raising his fist to his face.*

Holland: "Harh!" *He punched the Darkwing in the stomach and several bones cracked.*

Darkwing: "Skree?" *It felt its stomach and looked at Holland with squinted eyes, as if it was frowning.*

Holland: (It didn't work-?) *He stepped back in shock.* (It's much stronger-)

Darkwing: "Sk-" *It raised its arm and quickly slammed it into Holland's chest, throwing him back.* "Skree!"

Holland: "Ah-" *He tumbled back, covering his chest with both hands.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It quickly extended its arm and grabbed onto Holland's leg, throwing him up into the air.*

Holland: "Crud-?!"

Darkwing: "Skrarh!" *It formed a fist and punched Holland back.*

Holland: *He slid back with great force, watching his toes scrape on the ground.* (How did it get so strong-?!)

Fryfry: *Several fireflies crossed paths and formed a red glass-like reflective shield.* (Myrror Shield.)

Holland: *He hit the shield and came to a complete stop, coughing in shock.* "Thanks." *He stepped forward and shook his head, queuing the shield to shatter behind him.*

Fryfry: "Bzzzst." *They hovered around Holland, as they swarmed out of a red glyph.*

Warrior: *He watched the Darkwings merge into larger entities, noticing their idle-like movement.* (They're not attacking-) "Move back!"

Season: (Besides the creatures that have already merged, they appear to be motionless in the merging process?)

Cameron: *He flashstepped next to the warrior, observing the new Darkwing's form.* "That is the best course of action!"

*The warriors responded to Cameron's voice and moved back in a defensive-like manner.*

Joy: "They somehow merged into one."

Season: "Several of these new forms are no longer destroyed in one Rostical attack. Maybe they're three times as strong?" *He mumbled to himself, analysing a growing Darkwing.*

Tyler: "Even with the unexpected warrior's help, even this might not be enough."

Freya: *She jumped forward and glided above the ground to Holland.* (My stomach badly hurts, are you okay?)

Holland: *He rubbed his stomach in pain, nodding his head as if he didn't want people to know.* "Yes.."

Alicia: *She ran past the warriors and up to Holland, biting her bottom lip.* "H-Here-"

Holland: "You shouldn't be here-"

Alicia: "HEALING RINGS" *She closed her eyes and rings of light spiralled around Holland's stomach.*

Freya: *She opened her jaw in shock, staring at the light in amazement.* (My stomach is feeling at ease!)

Lance: *He ran towards a Darkwing which towered over him, slashing the ice sword across.* "Hah!"

Darkwing: *It swung its arm in the opposite direction, smashing the ice swords to the side.* "Skree!"

Lance: *He paused with a dropping jaw, watching the ice roll across the ground.* "Umm-?"

*Fluid-like streams of fluoro yellow lightning swirled up the Darkwing, causing it to screech in pain.*

Lance: "Huh?" *He looked up, watching the Darkwing suddenly puff into dust.* "Aha, that's wat you get for breakin' my magic swords."

Holland: *He smirked, placing his hand on Alicia's shoulder.* "Appreciate it."

Alicia: *The light stopped glowing, causing her to step back.* "Th-There."

*Different animal roars echoed from outside the city, catching the warrior and party's attention.*

Lance: "Gah, wat is it now?" *He glanced at the entrance and back to an approaching Darkwing, watching it tower over him.*

Holland: *A heartbeat-like pulse caused his eyes to widen.* "This feeling-"

Freya: *She wagged her tail in a friendly-like manner, facing the entrance.* "Ruff."

*The Darkwings finished merging and started to move, suddenly attacking nearby warriors.*

Lance: (Shit, they're moving again-) "LIGHTNING-"

Darkwing: *Its arms extended and moved in a strange manner, catching Lance off guard.* "Skree."

Lance: *He gritted his teeth and looked from side to side, trying to follow the Darkwing's arm.* (It's double jointed, I can't see when it's gonna attack me!-)

PKMY: "Are you stupid?!" *She yelled at Lance and sprinted towards him.* "There's a reason why it hasn't attacked you yet!"

Lance: "W-Wat are you talkin'-?"

PKMY: *She back flipped and jumped behind Lance with her back facing his.* "This-" *She crossed her Ryukku and bent her knees, standing in a defensive-like manner.*

Darkwing: *It suddenly landed on the ground in front of PKMY, instantly shooting out a massive bone-like arrow.* "Skree."

PKMY: *She blocked the bone-like arrow and was pushed back into Lance, causing sparks to scatter off her Ryukku.* (This is getting fun-)

Lance: *He gasped to himself in realisation, keeping a fixated stare on the Darkwing in front of him.* (There was one behind me?!)

PKMY: *She gritted her teeth and slashed to the side, knocking the massive arrow-like bone to the ground.* (Heh-)

*PKMY smirked and rudely pushed herself off Lance, causing him to stumble forward.*

Lance: "Oi-" *He grunted at PKMY and quickly gasped, as the Darkwing in front slammed its fist on top of him.*

Alicia: "Lance!" *She intensely stared at the Darkwing, watching its shadow swirl in the area around Lance.* (I-I can't see him!-)

Lance: *His image appeared in a safe distance.* "I-I'm all good-" *He panted, as sweat dripped down the side of his head.*

Alicia: *She nodded her head and cupped her pendant, sighing in relief.* (Lance, you need to be more careful!-)

PKMY: *She spiralled in the air above the Darkwing, avoiding its slashing arms.* "Yahoo!"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched in frustration, trying to grab PKMY from the air.*

PKMY: *She dived down, violently jabbing the Ryukku's blade into the Darkwing's skull.* "I'm not finished!"

*PKMY rocked her legs back and pushed herself downwards, slashing the Ryukku through the Darkwing's body until she touched the ground.*

Darkwing: "Sk-kree?" *It look down at PKMY and stumbled back with a loss of balance.*

PKMY: "How does it feel to be sliced in half? Heh."

Darkwing: "Ski-" *Its bones instantaneously cracked and two parts of its body tumbled to each side before fading into dust.*

PKMY: "Whoo-" *She swayed the weapons like a fan above her head, causing swirls of dust to spiral around her.*

Lance: "I rekon we should just use strong attacks-" *He shouted at PKMY, glancing at the large Darkwings.* "'Cause these things are gonna destroy the city anyways-?!"

PKMY: (Good point-)

?????: *A man with a fox's face, stamped out of the dirt cloud.* "Harh!" *He flashstepped in the air above a Darkwing's head.*

Darkwing: "Skree." *It looked up at the man and extended its legs, causing it to stand above the fox-like man.*

?????: "Harh." *He ignored the towering Darkwing and punched in front, causing the Darkwing's stomach to explode from the back.*

Lance: *He squinted his eyes and stared at the man covered in fur in confusion.* "Wat the-?"

Darkwing: *It looked down, noticing the large hole in its stomach.* "Skree-"

?????: " _Sonic_ _Roar_." *He opened his jaw and roared like a lion, causing visible sounds waves to explode the Darkwing into dust.*

Lance: (That guy.. He's hairy?)

?????: "Gr-argh." *He landed heavily on his feet and looked around, glancing across the city with heightened vision.*

*Men and women of animal appearance flashstepped behind the man, catching the party's attention.*

Season: "What is that?"

Tyler: "A Scoldrant?"

Chrisma: "Maybe the Scoldrants are helping the Darkwings?"

Alicia: "But, it destroyed one-?"

Holland: *He smirked.* "It's the chief."

PKMY: "The chief?"

Chief: *He stamped forward and glanced at the Darkwings.* "Fellow, brethren! Allow us to aid you!"

Warrior: *She ran up to sixtyfour and bent down, holding him in her arms.* "More enemies just arrived!"

Sixtyfour: *He lay in a pool of blood and stared at the chief, shaking his head.* "G-Gah-" *He gargled blood, frowning at the chief in disgust.* "A Scoldrant human? A freak-"

Frog Woman: *She flashstepped above the warrior and sixtyfour.* "Moisture's density, burst-"

Warrior: *She looked up at the frog woman, holding sixtyfour in a defensive-like manner.* "No!"

Frog Woman: "BUBBLE BLAST" *She hiccuped two bubbles of water and blew them downwards, watching them shoot through two small Darkwings.*

Warrior: "H-Huh?" *She gasped in shock, watching the Darkwing's bones suddenly puff into dust.*

Sixtyfour: (I-It saved us?!) *His eyes widen in shock.*

Alicia: *She noticed the warrior sitting in a pool of blood, causing her to run towards him.* (I have to heal all of our allies!)

Tyler: *He stood with Joy and Chrisma, watching the warriors fight the Darkwings.* "This is disorientating-"

*Four small Darkwings sprinted past the party and towards Joy, Chrisma and Tyler.*

Chrisma: "N-No-"

Joy: "Chrisma, lend me your Neurons-"

Chrisma: "Hmhmm-" *She held Joy's hand and they closed their eyes.*

Joy and Chrisma: "MYSTIC SHIELD" *They sung on a high note and a silver shield rose around them.*

Tyler: *He watched two Darkwings hit the shield in front of him, causing him to step back in shock.* "W-Will it hold?"

Joy: "Depends how strong these creat-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It violently rammed its nails into the shield, causing it to crack like glass.*

Whitehead: "Oh, no you don't!" *He jumped off the bridge and stabbed the two Darkwings with a large red cutlass sword in each hand.*

Joy: "W-Who-?"

Chrisma: "Whitehead! Get in! Whoup whoup-"

Whitehead: "Hahahah, ahoy, argh!" *He smirked in a proud-like manner, watching the Darkwings puff into dust around his cutlass swords.*

*Whitehead's men, ran down the stairs and onto the road-like path, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: (So like wat, _pirates_ are helping us out now?) *He snickered in thought, watching the bandits ram their cutlass swords into a small Darkwing.* (Well, that showed me..)

Chief: *He flashstepped next to Holland and focused his attention to a Darkwing, watching it slowly crawl towards Holland.* "Hermm."

Holland: "W-What are you doing here?"

PKMY: "He's on a vacation, can we talk _after_?!" *She bent to the side and swayed her arms, skilfully twirling the Ryukku in her hands.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched in PKMY's face, causing her to grunt with a frown.*

PKMY: "Harh!" *She cut the Darkwing in half and spun around, quickly slicing downwards.*

Darkwing: "Skri-" *The force of PKMY's attack pushed it back.*

Chief: "The lass is right." *He growled in an animal-like manner, watching the Darkwing break into four pieces.*

PKMY: "Lass?!"

Lance: "LIGHTNING BLAST" *He shot a stream of thick lightning through the skull of a large Darkwing.* "Nah, get it right, it's _Docta_ _Jingles_!"

PKMY: "You!-"

Chief: "Hickhick." *He chuckled in an animal-like manner, watching five Darkwings fly towards PKMY.*

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She bent down and stood in a battle-ready pose, crossing the Ryukku over her face.*

Freya: *She pounced next to a group of warriors and growled at a charging Darkwing.* "Grr-"

Warrior: "Are you helping us too?" *He grunted at Freya and faced the charging Darkwing, causing his armour to rattle.*

Freya: "Ruff!"

Warrior: "Great!" *He pointed the sword in front, as he nervously waited for the Darkwing to come into striking distance.*

Whitehead: "Are you lot OK?" *He looked over his shoulder, grunting at Chrisma through the shield.*

Tyler: "B-Behind you!"

Whitehead: "H-Argh?" *He looked up and noticed the two other Darkwings in striking distance.*

Season: "WATER'S PULSE, FIRE'S PULSE" *He pushed both arms forward and a ring of water and fire exploded the two Darkwings.*

Whitehead: "G-Garh?" *He froze in shock, watching two dust clouds swirl in a pulse of water and fire.* "Y-You helped-?"

Season: "At the moment, you're an ally, enough can be said."

Whitehead: "A-Argh." *He laughed it off and raised the swords, preparing himself to attack another Darkwing.*

Alicia: *She stood next to the warrior and took deep breaths, readying herself.* "HEALING-"

Warrior: "W-What are you-?"

Alicia: "RINGS" *She cupped her hands and focused, causing bright white rings of light to spiral around sixtyfour.*

Sixtyfour: "M-My damage, it's _healing_!?"

Warrior: *She stared at the rings in amazement.* "They're healing my cuts too!"

*Holland and the chief raised their fists, charging for the Darkwing.*

Holland: "Harh!"

Chief: "Growlith!"

Darkwing: "Skreeha-" *It screeched for intimidation, watching the chief and Holland punch its body in two.*

Holland: *He watched the Darkwing's body puff into two dirt clouds, causing him to look at the chief in a puzzled-like manner.* "Why did it stand there and let us attack it?" *He brushed dust off his knuckles.*

Chief: *He looked at Holland with a friendly purr.* "It didn't expect us to do such damage."

Holland: "What do you mean?"

Chief: *He pointed at his cat-like eyes and grinned, showing his razor sharp teeth.* "Nothing can fool these eyes."

Holland: *He smirked and nodded his head.* "One day, I hope my eyes gain your power-" *He suddenly bent over in pain, coughing out blood.*

Chief: "W-What?! Nothing hit you-" *He blinked and observed the Soul Link, causing him to instantly look over his shoulder.*

Darkwing: "Skree-" *It ripped its arm out of Freya's stomach.*

Warrior: "How dare you!" *She jumped up and cut the Darkwing's arm, slicing into its bone.* (N-No!-) *She stepped forward and struggled with a grunt, trying to cut through the bone.* (The sword is stuck! I'm not strong enough-)

Chief: *He flashstepped next to the warrior, placing his hands on her arm.* "May I help you?"

Warrior: *She nervously nodded her head, causing her armour to rattle.* "Y-Yes.."

Chief: *He growled at the Darkwing, applying pressure on the warrior's armour.* "Grr."

Darkwing: *It watched the sword slowly slice deeper into its bone, causing it to screech and raise its other arm.* "Skree-"

Warrior and Chief: "Arh!" *The sword hit the ground, causing a flash of small sparks.*

Darkwing: *It extended its claws and aimed its fingers at the chief and the warrior.* "Skree-"

Twentysix: *She sprinted in front of the chief and warrior.* "It'll have to get through me first!"

Warrior: *She stared at twentysix's back, looking at her in shock.* "C-Captain-"

Cameron: *He flashstepped next to twentysix.* "And me-"

Chief: *His eyes widen in shock.* (That man's power is the same as mine if not stronger!)

Darkwing: "Skaree!" *It screeched and shot out several bone-like shards from its fingers.*

Cameron: *He lowered his head and raised his sword, keeping it still.* "Humph-"

Chief: (Those projectiles will hit!-)

Cameron: *He moved his wrist at amazing speeds and blue sparks scattered off his sword.* "Pathetic."

Chief: "What-?" *He glanced to the side, noticing shards of bone splintering past him.* (Amazing! He blocked the projectiles at blinding speeds.)

Cameron: " _Air_ _Slash_."

Twentysix: "Azure Burst." *She unsheathed a long sword from her back and focused, watching the air warp and grow around the sword.*

Warrior: (Ever since we encountered Season at that village.. She's changed-)

Twentysix: " _Hard_ _Blade_." *She jabbed forward, causing the aura-like sword to pierce into the massive Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skeree!"

Warrior: *She smiled to herself in thought, ignoring the sounds of bone hitting the ground.* (But, for the best-)

Cameron: "Hmph." *He lined the sword up with the Darkwing and slashed upwards, causing its arm to violently shatter off into the air.*

Twentysix: *She stepped back in a military-like manner and spun around, slashing downwards.* " _Streaming_ _Sword_."

Chief: *He watched a slash-like stream of lightning shatter several of the Darkwing's ribs.* (The warriors..)

Cameron: " _Triple_ _Slash_." *He sliced downwards once, causing three major bones to burst on the Darkwing.*

Chief: (They.. Fight for us?) *He thought to himself in shock and stared at the warriors with widening eyes, watching the back of their armour shimmer in the light.*

Darkwing: "Skree!-"

Cameron: "Here is another! _Air_ _Slash_."

Twentysix: *She nodded her head at Cameron and focused on the Darkwing, causing her body to glow a shade of blue.* " _Aqua_ _Stroke_."

Chief: *He proudly walked in between the warriors, pointing his nails out.* " _Tangrowth_ _Slash_."

Darkwing: "Skree." *Its other arm shattered off its body from a violent air slash, causing its bones to puff into dust.* "Skree!-"

*A slash-like stream of water burst against its legs, shattering its knees.*

Darkwing: "Skree!-" *Ten vine-like nails jabbed into its body, causing it to screech in a frozen-like state.*

Chief: "Growlith!" *He growled like an animal and quickly spread his fingers, breaking the Darkwing into many pieces.*

Cameron: "Hmph." *He grunted in respect, glancing at the chief with an emotionless face.* "It would have been troublesome fighting you."

Twentysix: *She lowered her long sword, flicking water off it in confusion.* "Captain?"

Chief: "Hickhick, it's good being an ally too." *He chuckled in a purr-like manner, focusing his attention to other nearby Darkwings.*

Alicia: "With the divine power of the holy spirits, scattering light, HEALING RINGS" *She cupped her hands and closed her eyes, causing swirls of materialising light to appear around Freya.*

Freya: *White rings spiralled around her, causing Holland to sigh in relief.* "Grr?"

Alicia: (It's taking its time-) *She envisioned Freya's wound slowly closing.* (I could heal this instantly if I-) *She shook her head in concentration.* (No, _this_ is fine...)

Freya: *She stood up on all fours and looked down, staring at the blood she left on the ground.* (Alicia? Thank you.)

Holland: *He coughed and stood up, looking at Alicia in appreciation.* "She says thanks, Alicia!"

Alicia: *She opened her eyes and smiled.* "Tee hee, you're welcome!"

Freya: "Ruff!" *The light of the rings faded, causing her to wag her tail.*

*The warrior and chief looked behind them at Freya completely healed.*

Lance: *He glanced around and smiled.* "Oi, Docta Jingles, ogre! The bone things are almost gone!"

Holland: *He scanned the area, smiling in realisation.* (He's right!)

PKMY: *She ran next to Holland and stared at Lance.* "You're able to count them on your two hands? Are you proud?"

Lance: "Ah, shuddup-"

Tyler: "Oh, no!" *He looked behind him and noticed several small Darkwings, running into the castle.* "I'll go get them!"

Season: *He looked confused and stared at Tyler.* "Don't, they're too dangerous!-"

*A large Darkwing shot several shards of bone into Season's back, causing him to gag in mid-sentence.*

Season: *He hunched forward, grunting in pain.* "Kah-"

Joy: "Season!" *She screamed, causing Lance to look in her general direction.*

Lance: *He glanced around Joy, shaking his head in confusion.* (We've nearly defeated them all, why are people screaming?)

Tyler: *He gasped and turned around, facing Season in shock and concern.* "Seas!-"

Season: "Grr-" *He awkwardly faced the Darkwing that shot the projectiles at him.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It glared at Season, watching another bone-like arrow jab out of its head.*

Joy: "Go!" *She shouted at Tyler, waving him off.* "Chrisma and I will handle this!"

Season: (G-Go? Why is Joy telling _Tyler_ to-?) *He paused in thought, as pain immobilised him.*

Tyler: *He nodded his head and tightly held onto the RPG bag, frowning in determination.* "G-Got it!" *He faced the castle and started to run towards it.*

Whitehead: *He looked at Season, raising a cutlass sword into the air.* "Argh, this man might give us our merchandise, let's not let him die, boys!"

*The pirate-like men roared and charged towards the Darkwing, catching Joy's attention.*

Joy: (Are these the same bandits I once encountered before?)

Lance: "Will you guys be right?"

PKMY: "Guys?"

Holland: "Haha, yeah, we can hold our own."

PKMY: "Yeah, shitface, don't get all caring on us." *She punched her fist in her hand and smirked.*

Lance: "Aha, wateva." *He smiled and ran towards the castle.*

PKMY: *She quickly scanned the area and looked up, noticing several Darkwings high in the air.* "He wasn't wrong, we've somehow nearly got them all."

Holland: *He smirked and stared in the air, causing the purple ring to spiral around his iris, magnifying his vision.* "We need aerial support!-"

Destiny: *She flew out of a yellow glyph which instantly materialised and spiralled in the air.* (Holland?)

Holland: "In the air!" *He shouted with an angry tone, enthusiastically pointing up.*

Destiny: (Got it.) *She sneezed and flapped her wings, blasting high into the air.*

Chrisma: "Ougi." *She cupped her hands and sung, causing the area to slightly dim.* "HEALING RINGS" *Symbols appeared around her body and small rings glowed around Season.*

Season: *His eyes reflected the light caused by Chrisma's Ougi.* (Light, it always surprises me.. It's power and beauty-)

Joy: *She noticed Chrisma buckle at the knees.* "Here, let me help you-" *She grabbed Chrisma's hand and closed her eyes, causing Chrisma to stand up straight.*

Tyler: *He grunted, as he awkwardly ran in the middle of the road-like path towards the castle.* (I hope those things don't attack any of the innocent bystanders!)

*Tyler triggered mental images of people in the research facility being attacked, causing him to run faster.*

Lance: *He suddenly appeared next to Tyler and ran with him, focusing his attention to the castle.* "Being a hero ain't your thing, Tyler."

Tyler: "And _you_ are?" *He mumbled in a sarcastic-like manner, causing Lance to roll his eyes.*

Lance: "Yea, thanks."

Tyler: "I was being _sarcastic_."

Lance: "Wat's the point of sarcasm if it's the truth?" *He looked at Tyler, sticking out his tongue.*

Tyler: "You're still a loser, Lance."

Lance: "That right, quick fingers?"

Tyler: "N-Not you too!"

Lance: "Aha!" *He grinned immaturely and ran across the grass, jumping through the castle's doors.*

Tyler: *He awkwardly ran through the doors, watching them ripple around him.* "Lance-, ah-?" *He stumbled into the back of Lance and shuffled away, watching him stand on the spot in confusion.*

Lance: "Umm, I was gonna charge in, but-" *He glanced down the hallway and to the stairs, before looking at Tyler.* "Where do we go?"

Tyler: "Let's scan every floor and work our way up."

Lance: "Got it." *He stepped to the side and faced Tyler, silently staring at him.* "Well?"

Tyler: "Well, what?"

Lance: "You know this castle better than me."

Tyler: "Ah-" *He looked past Lance down the hallway, nervous stuttering in fear.* "U-Umm?"

Lance: *He rolled his eyes and reached out, watching electricity stream in between his fingers.* "It's all good-"

Tyler: (The hallways look darker than normal-)

Lance: *He clicked his fingers, causing a string of lightning to form itself into a sword.* "Let's go-"

*Screeches echoed throughout the castle, causing Lance to look alert.*

Tyler: *He gasped and held onto Lance.* "That came from just down the h-hallway."

Lance: "You see this." *He swayed the lightning in front of him, causing the stair's rails to reflect its light.* "You've got _nothin_ ' to worry 'bout, aye."

Tyler: *He stepped back and looked at the lightning, nodding his head.* "I'm not worrying!"

*Tyler stealthily jogged past Lance and down the hallway, peaking in each room.*

Lance: *He stared at Tyler and chuckled to himself.* (I remember this same little shit used to be scared at serving old ladies, now look at him-)

Tyler: "I just checked all the rooms, there was nothing in-"

Darkwing: *It dived out of the room and tackled Tyler along the polished floor.* "Skree."

Tyler: "A-Ah! Get o-off!" *He squealed and swayed to each side, trying to push the Darkwing off.*

Darkwing: "Skree!"

Lance: "Shit-" *He grunted to himself and ran towards Tyler and the Darkwing.*

Tyler: *He rammed his hand into the RPG bag.* "I said get off-" *He threw an orange ball into the air.* "Paralysing Vapours!"

*The ball exploded and an orange dust cloud floated in the air, causing the Darkwing to screech in a sneeze-like manner.*

Darkwing: "Sk-k-k?" *Its body locked up, causing its head to twitch in an owl-like manner.*

Lance: "Tyler?" *He noticed the orange dust cloud and stopped, stepping back in shock.*

Tyler: "If it has senses, then it's paralysed. Get it now-" *He quickly covered his nose and mouth, holding his breath.*

Lance: "Harh!" *He slashed the air in front and a visible air slash sliced the Darkwing off Tyler.*

Darkwing: "Sk-k-k." *It stuttered in a screech-like manner, as its skull fell off its shoulders.*

Tyler: *He whacked the bones off his body like a girl and quickly stood up, looking down in disgust.* (Jeez, there's dust on me-)

Lance: "Was that it?" *He looked around, grunting in concern.*

Tyler: *He faced Lance, noticing the floors shine from the lightning.* "No, I saw about six enter."

Lance: "Right, to the next level-" *He faced the stairs and ran towards them.*

Tyler: "R-Right!"

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Joy: (There's one left-) *She looked at PKMY, Holland, Alicia, Season, Chrisma, Cameron, Whitehead, the chief, several warriors, pirate-like crew and several Scoldrant-like humans.*

*The massive party stared at an abnormally large Darkwing, which was the size of a two storey house.*

Joy: "We shouldn't be clustered like this-"

PKMY: *She gritted her teeth and frowned.* "Can we use a high powered technique yet?"

Season: *He stood up straight, due to Chrisma's Ougi.* "No!-"

PKMY: "Use a Solar Flare-"

Season: "No."

Whitehead: *He frowned, scraping his cutlass swords together, as if he was sharpening them.* "We can't damage this city, this is our home."

Bug-eyed Man: "We agreezz."

Cameron: "The sturdiness of its bones doubles with every merge. It has merged three times to become that."

Chrisma: "Then what will we do?"

Chief: "Use force?" *He growled, showing off his teeth.*

PKMY: "Obviously."

Alicia: "Can't we just focus our combined attacks and use weak attacks?"

Twentysix: *She quickly observed the party.* "We'll get in each other's way."

Cameron: "She is right." (I prefer to fight alone.)

*Apollo and Freya flew in the air, as they waited for an opening to strike the Darkwing.*

Holland: "What about just focusing on its head?"

Cameron: "Explain the diagnostics to this plan?"

Holland: "Use a powerful technique and if we miss, it goes straight into the air?"

Season: "That's a splendid idea."

PKMY: "Stuff this!-" *She threw one of the Ryukku on the ground and straightened her arm.* "Ougi."

Lizard-tongued Woman: "An Owgi?" *She looked intrigued, speaking in a snake-like manner.*

PKMY: *She opened her hand and braced herself, ramming the Ryukku through it.* "Incantation Exploitation."

Chrisma: "Get in!-" *She gasped in fright, as if she wasn't expecting PKMY to stab herself.*

*The chief and tribal members looked at each other in shock, focusing all their attention on PKMY.*

Alicia: "Ougi?" *She whispered to herself in surprise, biting her bottom lip.*

PKMY: *She threw the Ryukku to her side, causing it to slide across the ground.* "Let's see wat its reaction will be?"

*Cameron and Holland felt their tribal markings in shock, causing them to glance at PKMY with surprised faces.*

Cameron: (This woman, is she a Scoldrant User too?)

PKMY: *She smirked and squinted her eyes.* (Since it's still too busy forming itself from its last merge, I'll just attack it now-)

Alicia: "PKMY-"

PKMY: "Blah bah doobly blarh-FLAMING WHEEL, GLACIA'S EDGE, AIR CUTTER, ICICLE EDGE"

Cameron: "Preposterous, using Rostical without the incantation against something so large is-"

PKMY: *She sprinted towards the Darkwing intentionally ignoring Cameron.* "Heh-"

Joy: "He's right, that creature is at least six stories high!"

PKMY: *She jumped high into the air, causing the pirate-like men to gasp in amazement.* (I'm getting a little tired, so I need to pay attention to how many times I flashstep, or my legs will cramp up-)

Darkwing: "Skrarrr." *It started to move, as that last of its bones finished connecting.*

PKMY: (Too late-) *A visible air blade blasted down and hit the Darkwing's shoulder, causing a small explosion of bones and dust to swirl in the air.*

Darkwing: "Skrarr?!" *Fire swirled around its feet and suddenly blasted up around its waist.*

PKMY: "HEAT LANCE" *She pushed forward and four fire lances burnt through the air, suddenly erupting around the Darkwing's face.*

Chrisma: *She gasped with a groan, raising an arm over her face.* (It's bright.)

Cameron: (The Rasticsplash of those attacks, were as if the incantation was used?!)

Darkwing: *The shadow around its body swirled, trying to extinguish the flames.* "Skraarh-"

Cameron: (They can control their shadow-like body armour?!)

*Ice spears formed in the air above PKMY and blasted down into the flames, causing bone-like cracking sounds to be heard.*

Cameron: *He squinted his eyes, staring through the fire with heightened vision.* (Despite the flames, the Icicle Edge spears were strong enough to crack into its bone?)

Darkwing: "Skrarr-" *The shadow pulsed, which instantly extinguished the flames.* "Shraar."

PKMY: "Blah bah blah! ICICLE EDGE" *She swayed her arms downwards and ice spears instantly plummeted towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It noticed several ice spears jab into its skull, watching them explode upon impact.* "Skreearrh." *It screeched and the shadow pulsed, shattering the ice spears.*

Season: (The speed in which she creates the ice spears and attacks, the quality of her Neurons have also improved-)

PKMY: *Several ice pillars blasted out from the ground and cracked the Darkwing's leg bones.* (Tssk-)

*PKMY descended and landed on the ground, spreading her legs in an offensive-like manner.*

PKMY: "AIR SWIRL, AIR CUTTER, AIR SWIRL, AIR CUTTER, HEAT LANCE, winds that be, power of might strike with fury, AIR CUTTER"

Darkwing: *It scanned the air and screeched, squinting its yellow eyes.* "Skrarh?" *It looked down, noticing the clustered party and PKMY.*

Bandit: "It looked at us, boss!" *He grunted, looking up in fear.*

Whitehead: "Keep your head up, argh!"

Darkwing: "Skrarh!" *Its large skull cracked and started to take shape of a bow.*

*A green visible air slash cut one of the Darkwing's leg, causing a stream of shadow to follow the wind behind it.*

Darkwing: "Skrarr-" *A visible air blade blasted down and hit the Darkwing's head, causing a miniature explosion of bones and dust to swirl above it.*

Joy: (A direct attack?)

Chrisma: "We did it, whoup whoup!-"

Joy: "Chrisma-" *She spoke on her breath in a calm-like manner, placing her hand on Chrisma's mouth.*

Chrisma: "Bless, sorry." *Her voice muffled through Hoy's hand, nodding her head in understanding.*

*Another visible green air slash cut the other Darkwing's leg, causing a loud bone crack noise to echo.*

Darkwing: "Skkkararh-?"

*As the Darkwing started to lose its balance, another air blade blasted down and cracked more of its skull.*

Cameron: *He watched enormous bones shatter around the Darkwings feet, causing him to grunt with widening eyes.* (Such a fluid combo-)

PKMY: (Hope this works, I can't grasp the power like Teresa, but this is how she does it!-)

*PKMY raised both arms above her head and four swirls of flames spiralled around her hands.*

PKMY: (By condescending and thinning the Neurons inside the element, and by adjusting and manipulating the Astragons to the smallest degree-)

Bandit: "Boss-" *He grunted to catch Whitehead's attention, motioning his head at PKMY.*

PKMY: (With high enough level, one can do this-) *The fire started to take shape and began to swirl like a shuriken.*

Alicia: "P-PKMY?" *She spoke on her breath, admiring PKMY's battle stance.*

PKMY: "You're mine now! Harh!" *She stepped forward and threw the fire blade towards the Darkwing.*

Season: *He smiled in amazement, watching the fire blade spiral like a fan towards the Darkwing's head.* (She must've leant it from Teresa!)

Darkwing: "Skree?" *It stepped back to dodge the fire blade, causing bones to loudly crack.*

Cameron: (Its legs! She planned this from the start of her Ougi!-)

Darkwing: *It screeched in a frozen-like manner, trying to move its legs.* "Skrarr!-"

PKMY: "Heh-"

*A massive explosion caused the Darkwing to instantly burst into dust, causing Holland to smirk in a proud-like manner.*

Chrisma: "Oh bless-" *The brightness of the flames caused her to squint her eyes.*

PKMY: *She smirked and inhaled deeply, glancing at the blood which ran down her fingers.* (Phew, that was satisfying.)

Holland: "Wow!" *He yelled in excitement and amazement.*

PKMY: "Huh?" *She watched Holland and Alicia run towards her.*

Whitehead: (I thought my Rosterology items were great, but after seeing that red head's Rostical. It puts my items to shame.)

Alicia: "HEALING RINGS"

Cameron: *He had a flashback of Teresa using her Rostical against him.* (That was similar to her Serenity Swirl.) *He watched Alicia heal PKMY's wounds.*

Apollo: (I still believe you should've released me during that fight.)

Warrior: "We did it?" *He looked at the massive party, waiting for their response.*

*Rumbles vibrated along the ground, causing the party to look at each other in confusion.*

Whitehead: "What was that?"

Chrisma: "Another tremor?"

Alicia: *She looked worried and stared at the entrance.* "I think we should close the entrance somehow."

Cameron: "I will-"

*Loud screeches echoed and another swarm of Darkwings exploded through the entrance.*

Season: (Another swarm!?)

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Tyler: *He nervously held himself, staring at the ceiling.* (Most of the lights are out, so the castle is really scary right now-)

Lance: "This level is clear-" *He ran towards Tyler, who waited at the stairs.*

Tyler: "Then you've got the third floor and then the royal floor, then a floor I haven't been on yet-" *He turned around, looking up the stairs.* "And then the rooftop."

Lance: "Got it-" *He ran up the stairs with Tyler, suddenly motioning him to stop.* "Shh-"

Tyler: "What-?"

Lance: " _Ssh_ -" *He took a deep breath and quickly jumped in the middle of the hallway.*

Tyler: *He looked at Lance in confusion.* "What are you doing?"

Lance: "You know in movies, how the creature like _always_ attacks in your blind corner? Well, I figured if I jumped, I'd startle it. By the way the hallway is cleared."

Tyler: *He smiled with a worried face and nodded his head.* "The research facility and the library are down the hall."

Lance: "Come on then." *He ran down the hallway, noticing light shine off the floors around him.*

Tyler: (I hope the researchers are okay.)

Lance: *He looked to his left and peaked into the research facility, causing him to quickly look at Tyler in shock.* "Come quick." *He whispered, motioning Tyler to come in an urgent-like manner.*

Tyler: *He held the RPG bag and ran up to Lance, glancing into the research facility.* "What-?" *He looked on the floor and noticed smears of blood, causing him to gasp like a girl.*

Lance: *He looked into the room with a brave face and took a step inside, raising the lightning sword.* "..."

Tyler: "W-What are you doing?"

Lance: "I gotta check 'n' see if anyone is in here."

Tyler: *He took a deep breath, hesitantly nodding his head.* "Y-Yeah."

Lance: "Mister awesome and quick fingers walked into the facility and quickly observed the room."

Tyler: *He noticed damage Rosterology consoles and more blood smears.* "They were definitely in here."

Lance: " _Obviously_."

Tyler: "U-Umm, Lance?"

Lance: " _Yea_?" *He continued to inspect behind the Rosterology consoles, searching for any survivors.*

Tyler: "What does it feel like to Hi-Ougi?"

Lance: "Aye? Why do you wanna know?"

Tyler: "For research.."

Lance: "Ah, OK.." *He glanced at Tyler, walking around another Rosterology console.* "Well, you get a surge of their power, and you feel yours going into them too."

Tyler: "Yeah, I already know this from reading about it. It's just the mixture of your Neurons mixing-"

Lance: "Yea, well, I _don't_ _read_."

Tyler: "S-Sorry, go on."

Lance: " _Well_.. It's hard to explain, but, when you're close with someone, it feels like a door unlocked."

Tyler: "I don't understand?"

Lance: "Aha, thought you were goin' to give me a nerdy explanation of wat that was too."

Tyler: "Lance?"

Lance: "Like, that doorway feeling, once it felt like it was open, it allowed us to swap our Newrongs."

Tyler: (The door unlocking might have something to do with Astragons?)

Lance: "And, yea?" *He shrugged his shoulders, as if he didn't know what else to say.*

Tyler: (I may not have Neurons or Astragons, but Season, I kind of feel like-) *He nervously held onto his RPG bag and ran his fingers along the strap, temporarily forgetting the blood around him.*

Lance: "I haven't checked here-" *He mumbled to himself and pointed the lightning in front, causing the darkened area to light up.* "Nothin'."

Tyler: (Maybe I could give it a try..? He's kept me under his wing.. It feels like he's family now.)

Lance: *He sighed and stopped searching, looking at Tyler.* "Well, there ain't any bodies here-"

*A screech echoed from the hallway, causing them to look over their shoulders in shock.*

Tyler: "H-Huh?"

Lance: "It came from upstairs, aye!"

Tyler: "Y-Yes-"

Lance: *He grunted and ran out the facility, running down the hallway.* (These little shits are annoying!)

Tyler: "W-Wait for me!-" *He ran out of the facility, watching Lance run up the stairs.* (Those creatures got through the castle fast-)

*Another screech echoed, causing Tyler to run faster down the hallway.*

Lance: *He stood in a confronted-like manner and frowned, staring at five Darkwings stare back at him.* "I'm not scared of you stupid things."

*Lance grunted in a confident-like manner and raised the lightning to his face, causing the Darkwings to lean back.*

Tyler: *He jumped from the staircase and instantly noticed the Darkwings, causing him to tumble back behind Lance.* "G-Get them."

Lance: "I can't."

Tyler: "Why?"

Lance: "Look behind 'em."

Tyler: *He looked behind the Darkwings and noticed several unconscious researchers lying on the floor.* (There's some researchers!)

*The Darkwing stepped forward, causing Tyler to notice a large pool of blood.*

Lance: "One thing about my lightning, I can't control the static. I may not know much about maths, but I know electricity is absorbed through liquids."

Tyler: "Th-That's science-"

Lance: "Wateva!"

Darkwing: "Skree." *It croaked, as its shadow swirled around it.*

Lance: "I could use an Air Slash or Thunder Bo-"

Tyler: "Ougi!" *He grunted in desperation, throwing both hands into the RPG bag.*

Lance: "H-Huh?" *He glanced over his shoulder at Tyler, before focusing back in front.* "Wat are you doin'?"

Tyler: "My crafting abilities improve with each release!"

Lance: (Ougi? Release?) "You don't have Newrongs or Astragongs-"

Tyler: "Mastered state of Alchemy and Crafting I show you, Ragnarok."

Lance: (Rag-narok?) *He looked back to Tyler, shaking his head as if he was an idiot.*

Darkwing: "Skree." *It jumped onto the wall and lunged towards Lance, catching his attention.*

Lance: "Shit!-"

Tyler: "I can do this-" *He threw both hands into the air and a puddle of white liquid splashed above him, catching Lance's attention.* "I-I _really_ can!"

*The water swirled around Tyler's wrists and hands and solidified, taking shape of a handgun.*

Lance: "P-Pistols?!"

Darkwing: *It jumped into striking distance and raised its arm, jabbing towards Lance's face.* "Skrah!"

Lance: *He grunted with widening eyes and formed a fist, pulling his arm back.* "THUNDER-"

Tyler: *He aimed one of the handguns and shot a fluoro green bullet through the Darkwing.* "..."

Lance: *He gasped, watching a small stream of dust spiral past him.* "Holy f-?"

Darkwing: *It watched its fellow Darkwing fall back and slide along the floor.* "Skree!"

Tyler: *He sidestepped towards Lance with his arms straightened, aiming the handguns on two Darkwings.* "Sorry-"

*Tyler pulled the triggers and two small fluoro bullets shot past Lance, hitting two of the Darkwings.*

Lance: *He noticed bullet holes in the Darkwing's skulls, watching them suddenly puff into dust.* "W-When could you-?"

Tyler: *He pulled the triggers and nothing happened.* (Only _three_ shots before it needs to recharge?)

Lance: (Looks like he's got no bullets left or somethin'-)

*The two remaining Darkwings sprinted towards Tyler, causing their nails to scratch into the polished floors.*

Lance: *He stepped in front of Tyler and spread his arms, as the lightning's swirl slowed and dissipated.* "Roar with the skies might-"

*The Darkwings jumped on both sides of the wall and sprinted towards Lance.*

Tyler: *He looked to each side of the wall in shock.* (They're running on the walls! Th-They're so scary looking!-)

*The Darkwings ran into striking distance, causing them to bend at the knees.*

Lance: *He watched the Darkwings lunge themselves off the wall, causing him to cross his arms.* "THUNDER BOOM"

Tyler: *He gasped with fear and looked away, tightly closing his eyes.* (I can't watch!-)

Lance: *As the Darkwings lunged into striking distance, he pushed both arms to the side.* "Humph-"

*Loud thunder caused Tyler to jump and open his eyes, causing him to notice each Darkwing smashing against both sides of the wall.*

Lance: *He looked looked over his shoulder at Tyler, then in front to the researchers.* "Check and see if they're OK."

Tyler: "Yes." *The handguns disintegrated into nothing and he ran over to the researchers.*

Lance: "I'll quickly go get Alicia-"

Tyler: "Here-" *He reached into the RPG bag and quickly threw his hand in the air.*

Lance: "Here, wat-?"

*A green gas spiralled around the researchers and disintegrated.*

Lance: "What is that?"

Tyler: "They're Acro Berries." *He looked over his shoulder.* "They've got amazing healing properties."

Lance: "Berries? Looks like a gas to me."

Tyler: "I crafted their formula and recreated them as a gas-"

Lance: "Rightio." *He spoke as if he didn't care and walked up to Tyler, glancing down.* "How are they?"

Tyler: "I'm not a healer, but they seem to be breathing." *He shrugged his shoulders in confusion.*

Lance: "Ya think that's all of 'em?"

Tyler: "I-I hope so."

Lance: *He looked around, observing the floor.* " _Mister_ _amazing_ , noticed the massive circular room with wooden polished pillars, which stood next to the walls."

Tyler: *He sighed at Lance and touched a researcher's neck, feeling her pulse.* "Really, Lance?"

Lance: "Do your thing, I'll do mine-" *He grunted at Tyler, continuing to inspect the area.* (I haven't been on this floor before-)

Tyler: *He looked up and whispered numbers, nodding his head in relief.* (Pulse is fine-)

Lance: "The polished floors shined in the light, several cases filled with books stacked against the wall in between the wooden pillars... The pillars were carved with fancy royal-like patterns and a massive door similar to the pillar's design was firmly built."

Tyler: *He ignored Lance, looking at the wooden door.* "That's the royal chambers-"

*The wooden door burst open and a man in robes ran out, causing Tyler to squeal in shock.*

Lance: "Wha-?"

*The man hidden in robes ran past Tyler and Lance with ease, suddenly disappearing with a fading image down the stairs.*

Tyler: "Who was-?"

Rachael: *She ran out of the royal chambers, frowning in desperation.* "We _won't_ let you escape!"

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*A ring of Darkwings trapped several warriors and Scoldrant-like men in a small group.*

Season: "GLACIA'S EDGE" *He swayed his hand and a blast of ice shot up, smashing three Darkwings into dust.*

Joy: *She nervously looked at a cluster of Darkwings, watching them slowly crawl towards her and Chrisma.* (This is bad-)

*Joy had a flashback of a swarm of Darkwings diving into the large party, effectively separating them.*

Joy: (I wonder if they purposely separated us-?)

Darkwing: "Skree."

Chrisma: "J-Joy, I'm too weak. I used my Ougi and.." *She sighed in exhaustion, shaking her head as if she couldn't fight any more.*

Cameron: *Blood ran from several cuts on his arms.* (They are immensely weak, but their numbers are too vast-)

Apollo: "BRISTLING SHOCKWAVE" *He flapped downwards, causing a swirl of brown leaves to slice into the Darkwings around Cameron.*

Cameron: *He noticed the brown leaves and watched all the Darkwings puff into dust, causing him to look up.* (Much appreciated.)

Apollo: "Sqwuark!" *He flapped his wings and flew in a large circle, observing the battle scene from a bird's eye view.*

Alicia: *She held PKMY up in her arms and looked into the distance, raising her hand.* (PKMY's weak from destroying that massive creature-)

*Alicia discreetly looked at PKMY and frowned, causing ice spears to form themselves in the air.*

Alicia: "ICICLE EDGE" *The ice spears suddenly shot down and struck several Darkwings, bursting them into dust.*

PKMY: (I-I'm not sure if we can do this. I have to try and be brave for PKMY-) *Alicia's words echoed in her mind, causing her to gasp.* "Did you say something?"

Alicia: *She seemed too distracted on the nearby Darkwings.* "Holland, behind you!"

Holland: "Thanks." *He jumped to the side and Freya pounced forward, biting into the Darkwing's arm.*

PKMY: *She glanced at the chief who was fighting alongside three warriors.* (I don't like the warriors, but I have to put my morals aside and help defeat these creatures.) *The chief's thoughts echoed in her mind, causing her eyes to widen.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched behind Alicia, causing her to gasp in shock.*

Alicia: *She looked over her shoulders and glanced at the Darkwing with widening eyes.* " _C_ - _Cerenity_ _Stroke_." *She swayed her arm to the side, causing a stroke of light to slice through the Darkwing's neck.*

Darkwing: "Skre-" *It awkwardly leant to the side and collapsed onto the ground, puffing into dust.*

PKMY: *She frowned in thought, placing a hand on her head.* (These voices I'm hearing.. Maybe the fatigue has got to me-?)

*Cloud-like shadows moved along the ground, causing the party to look up to the sky in confusion.*

Whitehead: *He squinted his eyes, shaking his head in confusion.* "I don't know, more of those creatures?"

Holland: *He looked up with magnified vision and gasped.* "They're arrows!"

Cameron: "What?!"

*Arrow-like bones rained down and stabbed several warriors on the shoulders.*

Warrior: "Ergh!" *He grunted in pain, dropping his battle axe.*

Darkwing: *It screeched and stepped forward, readying to pounce at a dog-like man.* "Skree-" *The arrows jabbed into its body, causing it to puff into dust.*

Holland: *Several arrow-like bones pierced into his back.* "Argh-"

PKMY: *She gagged and held the sides of her head in pain.* (Their pain, I feel it all!)

Alicia: "PKMY-" *Bone shards rained around her, causing her to shuffle back.*

PKMY: "Their pain-" *An arrow-like bone jabbed into her leg, causing her to silently grit her teeth.*

Alicia: "PKMY!?"

PKMY: *She looked up to Alicia with a weakened face.* "I feel it.."

Alicia: "F-Feel what?"

PKMY: "I feel your warmth for me... We need to attack them all with _something_ that doesn't possess a destructive Rasticsplash."

Alicia: "B-But what?"

PKMY: "Do you feel it?" *She stood up despite her wounds and looked at Alicia face to face.*

Alicia: *She inhaled deeply and nodded her head.* "Yes, I feel it."

PKMY: *She half smirked and leant forward, holding the side of Alicia's head.* "Then, let's do it-"

Alicia: "O-Okay-" *She spoke on her breath, looking at PKMY with slow breathing.*

PKMY: "...-" *She closed her eyes, gently kissing Alicia on the lips.*

Alicia and PKMY: "Hi-Ougi."

Holland: "Harh?" *He noticed PKMY and Alicia kissing, causing him to ignore the spears of bones which pierced into his back.*

Freya: "Neh?" *She tilted her head at an angle.*

Holland: "..." *He slightly smiled in a dumb-like manner, ignoring an arrow-like bones which slash past his face.*

Season: (Amy?)

*Several of the nearby men stared at Alicia and PKMY with confused smiles.*

Alicia and PKMY: *They stepped back and opened their eyes, intensely staring at each other.* "Icy swirls erupt down around us-"

*Alicia and PKMY raised their arms and a pool of white glittering liquid spread in the air above them.*

Cameron: (A Hi-Ougi-)

Alicia and PKMY: "Frigid skies fall and plummet to our command-" *Sounds of forming ice echoed from the pool of liquid, catching Apollo's attention.*

Apollo: (That power... The Neuron build-up is massive!)

Cameron: (But there is also something else? I do not believe it is Astragons.)

Joy: *She gasped in realisation, quickly looking at Alicia and PKMY.* (That feeling, Radiatons?!)

Alicia and PKMY: "HOLY ICICLE SABER'S EDGE"

*Alicia and PKMY yelled and violently dropped their arms, causing a barrage of fluoro blue ice spears to shoot down around them.*

Darkwing: "Skre-" *Forty to fifty ice spears shot into its bone, causing small bursts of dust to swirl around it.*

Chief: (Fast-)

Darkwing: "Skrreee!" *It screeched in agonising pain, before bursting into frozen shards of dust.*

Warrior: *He coughed up blood and looked at Alicia and PKMY, watching the ice spears slowly shatter on the ground towards him.* "H-Hah-"

Season: *He looked at the waves of ice spears in shock, quickly pointing to his side at a lunging Darkwing.* "FIRE'S PULSE" *He pushed forward without looking and blasted the Darkwing into dust with a pulse of fire.*

Warrior: *He awkwardly crawled back, as he felt slight rumbles on the ground, due to the ice.* (I-I've hurt my leg, I can't avoid-) *Several spears shot into his leg, causing him to yell.*

Season: (What?! They attacked our comrades!) "Don't use something so advanced, if you've yet to master it!-"

Holland: "Amy, Alicia, what are you-?!" *A burst of ice spears shot into his body, causing him to gasp in shock.*

PKMY: (Your power-)

Alicia: (Our power.) *She stared at PKMY in a loving-like manner, causing more ice spears to rain down around them.*

PKMY: *She looked up and watched the white glittering pool of liquid dance.* (You shouldn't run off like that again.)

Alicia: *PKMY had a flashback of her teleporting, which flashed in her mind.* (I had to do it alone-)

PKMY: (And that's fine.)

Alicia: (W-What?)

PKMY: (Just don't keep your friends in the dark, it's fine to do things on your own. But, don't walk away from the people who care about you like that again-)

*PKMY looked down with swaying her, as if there was no gravity.*

PKMY: (OK?) *She slowly inhaled and looked at Alicia in the eyes, slowly leaning forward for another kiss.*

Alicia: (PKMY-) *She cupped her pendant in a girl-like manner, closing her eyes.*

*Clusters of snow pulsed around PKMY and Alicia, blocking visibility of the nearby party members.*

Alicia: (I won't-) *A flash of ice and snow blasted into a pulse around her.* (Ever do it again.)

*The area slowly became blinding white, queuing a howl-like sound in the wind.*

Season: *He raised his arms ignoring his flapping robes.* (This wind is strong-)

*Season squinted his eyes and scanned the area, staring at the blizzard-like terrain.*

Season: (I can't see a thing!)

Chrisma: (Everything is white!-) "Joy, are you there?"

Joy: *She looked around and straightened her arms, moving them in a blind-like manner.* "I-I'm here-"

*Alicia and PKMY stepped away from each other, causing swirls of bright white snow to fade into the air.*

PKMY: *She smiled with squinting eyes and noticed the wind die down, causing the area to revert back to normal.* "That felt good, eh?"

Alicia: "Tee hee, yep."

Season: *He blinked and shivered, observing the area in shock.* "The Darkwings-"

Joy: "Only the Darkwings." *She spoke on her breath, glancing at Season with widening eyes.*

Season: "Are frozen..."

Chrisma: "Oh, get in!"

Holland: "Huh?" *He reached behind his back and noticed the bones were no longer there.* "They're gone? And I'm _healed_?"

Warrior: "M-My leg?!" *He stood up and tapped it on the ground, causing his armour to rattle.* "It's all better." *He grunted with amazement, catching the nearby warrior's attention.*

Cameron: "My wounds have also been healed."

Freya: (Mine too, Holland!) *She wagged her tail and accidentally shattered a nearby frozen Darkwing.*

Whitehead: *He leant back and a Darkwing's arms shattered off his leg.* "What in the ocean's name has happened, argh?!" *He grunted and swayed his cutlass swords in confusion.*

Season: "From my understanding, they're powers combined. PKMY's destructive force and Alicia's healing abilities-"

*PKMY and Alicia collapsed to the ground, catching the party's attention.*

Holland: *He ran up to PKMY and Alicia, quickly leaning down to aid them.* "They're okay."

*Holland placed his hand on PKMY's cheek and the purple ring spiralled around his iris, observing the area around her body from his perspective.*

Holland: "They've only passed out!"

Season: "Oh, thank goodness."

Chrisma: "Oh, bless them." *She twiddled her fingers feeling revitalised.*

*A black wave of shadow spewed out from the entrance of the city and rumbled towards the party.*

Whitehead: "What the water's lord is that?!" *He grunted in a pirate-like manner, pointing a cutlass sword at the shadow.*

Season: "The Consultant?" *He mumbled to himself, closely observing the massive shadow.*

Joy: "Could someone with eyes please tell us?"

Chief: *He looked at Joy and nodded his head, twitching his whiskers in concentration.* "It's.."

Cameron, Chief and Holland: "A swarm of Darkwings!" *Their words caused Chrisma, Joy, Season, warriors and several Scoldrant-like people to gasp.*

Season: (Although Alicia and PKMY's Hi-Ougi revitalised me-) *He stared at the Darkwings with doubt.* (The sheer numbers this time, is _far_ too many for us to handle-)

*Several blasts of wind-like arrows shot from behind the party and into several Darkwings in the far distance.*

Joy: "What-?" *She gasped in shock, watching the Darkwings puff into dust.*

*Several fluoro green bullets shot past the party and into several Darkwings.*

Cat-tailed Woman: *She watched five Darkwings explode into dust.* "What?"

*Blasts of stones rained past the party and into the Darkwings, causing them to instantly puff into dust.*

Holland: "What was that green thing-?"

*Rachael, Blake, Nathan, Ginger, and Luna flashstepped in a line in front of the party.*

Whitehead: " _Them_.."

Chrisma: "W-Who are they? Have we met them before?"

*Lance, Tyler, Lezard and Karol ran from the castle and towards the party.*

Season: "Tyler?"

Tyler: *He unintentionally ignored Season and noticed several Darkwings flying in the air, causing him to point the handguns in the air.* "Leave this city!-"

*Several fluoro green bullets shot from the handguns and towards the Darkwings.*

Season: *He stared at the handguns, watching a trail of green smoke evaporate from them.* (What are they-?)

*Screeches echoed from above, causing Season to look up to falling streams of dust.*

Season: (What the Astragons did I just witness-?)

Lezard: "Oh, hot gravy! You know we can't flashstep!" *He giggled in a sarcastic-like manner and hobbled up to the party, lining himself up with them.*

Karol: "Y-Yheah!" *He waddled up to the party and lined up with them.*

Chief: "Who are you?!" *He looked over his shoulder, unintentionally growling at the party.*

Rachael, Luna, Nathan, Lezard, Ginger, Blake and Karol: "We're The Rostical Guild!"

Karol: "H-Hey, we said it wright this time!"

Ginger: "Ey, Karol, indeed we did."

Luna: "Aha."

Lezard: "It was delicious, bwarharh-"

Nathan: "Focus on the enemies in front!"

Karol: *He enthusiastically inhaled, nodding his head with a frown.* "Right! Because I'ma man!"

Blake: "So, what should we do, bitches?" *He glanced at the party with lizard-like eyes.*

Ginger: "Logically, splitting the party to the front and use powerful techniques outside the city, please respond."

Nathan: "And the others fight inside."

Luna: "What about the demon, aye?"

Destiny: "Yeup." *She purred in a concerned-like manner, sitting on top of Luna's shoulder.*

Ginger: "I sense he-" *She paused, looking at Rachael.* " _It_ is now out of the city-"

Rachael: *She frowned in regret and tightened her fists, causing the leather gloves to make stretching sounds.* "We have to protect the city first, for Grey and Ordin."

Lezard: *He noticed the swarm of Darkwings continue to run towards the party.* "How will you get through?"

Season: "AQUATIC DIVIDER" *He stared at the backs of the guild members and stamped his foot, causing two waves to erupt on either side of them.*

Karol: "H-Huh-?" *He watched the water rumble in front of him and separate, pushing the Darkwings out of the way.* (Wow-)

Rachael: *She watched the current in the water move, listening to the screeching Darkwings.* (He formed a path for us-)

Luna: "Rach?"

Rachael: "Alright, split ourselves up, go!"

Lance: *He stood next to Season and stared at the guild, puffing his lips in determination.* "I'm goin'!"

Season: "..."

Lance: *He ran down in between the walls of water, ignoring the strings of water which splashed around his feet.* (This whole, not using strong Rostickal ain't my thing.)

Luna: *She swayed her long white hair and ran after Lance, causing Destiny to fly after her.* "I'm comin' too."

Season: "I would like to eliminate these creatures too!" *He swayed his arms, causing the walls of water to stabilise and he hobbled down the path.*

Nathan: "Count me in." *He reached behind his back and pulled forward, unsheathing a swirl of sparks.*

Chrisma: "What-?" *She looked at the sword in Nathan's hand, watching him flashstep down the path.*

Nathan: *The area blurred past him, as he admired The Sword of Memories in his hand.* "Hmph-"

Chrisma: (Wow, what an amazing sword!)

Rachael: *She turned around and observed the area.* "Alright, everyone attack the ene-" *She paused in mid-sentence, noticing warriors attacking the Darkwings.*

Karol: "Wachael?"

Rachael: "Umm, only attack the bone creatures!"

Karol: "G-Got it!"

Ginger: *She flicked her long black hair over her shoulder, elegantly reaching to her sides.* "This will be easy-"

*Ginger straightened her arms and swayed them to her sides, ignoring flashes of sparks which splintered around two large silver shurikens.*

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*Lance, Luna, Season and Nathan ran outside the city across the aura-like bridge.*

Lance: *He noticed Darkwings running towards him on the path.* "Pssht, yea right." *He raised his arm and lightning swirled, forming a sword in his hand.*

Darkwing: "Schree."

Season: "L-Lance, use Rostical, if you swing too far you might lose balance and fall off-"

Lance: "Nah, I'm fine-"

*Arrows made of wind shot past Lance and exploded the Darkwings off the path.*

Lance: "W-Wha-?" *He looked over his shoulder and noticed Luna running behind him.* "Y-Your hair?!"

Luna: "Wat 'bout it?!"

Lance: "It's white!"

Luna: "Nah, it's black."

Lance: "Wateva."

Luna: *She rolled her eyes, frowning at Lance.* "Did you forget? Or you never paid attention."

Lance: "My bad."

Luna: *She grunted in an annoyed-like manner, continuing to run down the aura-like path.* "The faster we do this-"

Nathan: "The faster we can pursue that man."

Luna: "Yes."

Destiny: "Yeup." *She meowed in agreement, hovering after the party.*

Season: *He looked past the party and noticed clusters of Darkwings waiting for them on the land.* (There was _another_ swarm outside?! If Teresa was here, she would've suggested going outside sooner, I feel stupid for not thinking of it earlier!)

Lance: *He jumped off the path and stepped on the ground, straightening his arm at several Darkwings.* "LIGHTNING BLAST"

*A stream of lightning blasted towards the Darkwings and the lightning curved, causing Season to look at it in shock.*

Season: (He's mastered the Rostical to level where he can freely manipulate the lightning in that manner?)

Nathan: *He flashstepped away from the party and appeared out of attacking range, raising the sword to his head.* "You _cannot_ stop me-"

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It screeched at Nathan and crawled around him, moving in a predator-like manner.*

Nathan: "I've acquired the strongest sword skill there is." *He spoke to the Darkwings not caring if they could understand his words.*

Lance: *The lightning sparked through all the Darkwings, causing their bodies to fade into dust.* "Aha-" *He glanced at Luna with a childish smirk.*

Luna: "Wat?"

Lance: " _Yea_ , you see that?!" *He noticed her eyes, causing him to stop and look around her shoulders.* "Where's that Scoldrant thing-?"

Luna: "Scoldrant thing? Destiny."

Lance: "Wateva."

Destiny: "Yeup." *She hovered in a safe distance, closely watching Luna on the battlefield.*

Luna: "I saw it just fine, thanks-" *She hissed and raised her arm, crossing it over her shoulder.*

Lance: "Snappy tom-" *He mumbled under his breath, frowning like a child.*

Luna: "Spiralling lightning, instantaneously pierce-" *Her voice echoed, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: (That sounded like Rostickal-?)

Luna: "CRESCENT VOLT HOOK"

Lance: "H-Huh?" *He watched a powerful blast of purple lightning instantly strike several Darkwings.* "You can-?"

Luna: "Aha-" *She raised her left hand and clicked her fingers, causing lightning to swirl and form itself into a bow.*

Lance: "That's like _my_!-"

Luna: "Harh!" *She pulled the string back and shot an arrow of lightning towards a Darkwing, which lunged itself above Lance.*

Lance: "Wha-ow-awh?!" *He quickly ducked in shock, as a pulse of dust landed on his head, causing him to cough.*

Luna: *She sniffed her nose with a smirk, grinning at Lance.* "That face-"

Lance: "Sh-Shut up."

Luna: "That's wat I thought, aye."

Lance: "Stop stealin' my speech, it's the most unique thing 'bout me, aye."

Luna: "Pssht." *She sighed on her breath and looked away from Lance, discreetly watching Nathan fight.*

Nathan: *He sliced behind him, before lowering the sword in front of him.* "My strongest skill, and this sword, nothing can stand in my way."

Darkwing: "Skree-" *It stumbled back, as rainbow coloured sparks shattered its bones, causing it to puff into dust.*

Nathan: "Dragon's Gate." *He jabbed the sword towards the ground, causing an eruption of fluoro red, dragon-like heads to wave from the sword's tip.*

Lance: *He noticed a swirl of dirt blow around Nathan, drawing his attention to the aura-like dragon heads.* (Holy shit-)

Season: *The ground rumbled under his feet, as he watched a wave of red dragon heads erupt on top of the Darkwings.* (If I recall correctly, that was the move Cassandra used on me and Teresa back in Sorrowprax-)

Nathan: *He smirked, listening to the sounds of screeches and cracking bones.* "Sword skills at its finest-"

Lance: "Yea?! Well look at this!" *He turned around and faced another group of Darkwings, watching fog expel from his fingertips.* "Ougi!"

Luna: *She looked surprised.* (My big goofy brother has an Ougi!?)

Lance: "Cloud-nine Volt." *He inhaled and motioned both arms in front, causing a gust of fog to spiral in front of him.*

Luna: (Mist?)

Lance: *He pushed forward and a barrage of bolts flared out of the fog.* "Harh!" *He heard the sounds of bones cracking, as the lightning flared into the close range Darkwings.*

Luna: "Borin'!"

Lance: "OK!? Zero-volt Blender." *He swayed his arms and took control of the fog.* "Take this, you Luna lookalikes!"

Luna: "Luna, wat a wats!?"

Lance: "Harh!" *He motioned his hands towards four Darkwings, manipulating the fog's movement with his arms.*

Luna: *She watched the Darkwings jump out of the fog's path, causing her to chuckle in a condescending-like manner.* "Aha, lame-"

*The fog clipped several Darkwings, causing lightning to static up their arms and legs.*

Luna: "Huh-?" *The lightning intensified, causing their bodies to burst into dust.*

Darkwing: "Skrah!-" *Its screech echoed, as its body puffed into dust.*

Nathan: *He swayed the sword to his side, causing a stream of red-like mist to fade away from the tip of the blade.* (The fog is charged with static?)

Season: (Amazing, Lance..) *He watched the Darkwings burst into dust once touched by Lance's fog.*

Lance: *He looked around and noticed piles of dust, causing him to lower his arms.* "Yea, I just cleared the entire area around me!" *He jumped around and faced Luna with a childish frown.*

Luna: *She watched the fog clear, causing her to frown, pretending to not be impressed.* "Pssht.."

Season: "Good work, Lance, but it isn't over-" *He turned around and stared at the Darkwings, watching them run directly towards him.* "This Rostical, I created it myself-"

Nathan: (Rostical...) *He unintentionally frowned, focusing his attention on Season.*

Season: (Focus the Neurons.) *A purple glyph drew itself on the ground around him.*

Holland: *He ran with Freya on the aura-like bridge and noticed the party fighting the Darkwings.* (We're a little late.)

Freya: (It's fine, you didn't want to leave PKMY and Alicia unconscious by themselves.)

Holland: "Yeah." (I have to thank Lezard for starting to heal them for me.)

Season: *He pretended to hold a ball and tightened his hands in front of him.* "My Rostical explodes deep in the hot abyss-"

Destiny: (Luna, I don't know the level of this Remenistal.)

Luna: (Aye?) *She looked over her shoulder and stared into space, as if she was talking to something.* (Really-?)

Season: *He raised his arms and rings of purple light formed around him.* "With the seraphic blood I wish to end this battle!-" *The rings imploded into his palm and formed a purple fluoro ball.*

Lance: "Wait, you can _create_ Rostickal?"

Luna: "No."

Lance: *He looked confused, pointing at Season.* "But, Season _just_ said-"

Season: "DIMENSION CRISIS"

Luna: *She stared at Season, giving him all her interest.* (I haven't heard Ginger or the champion use that before?)

Darkwing: "Skree-" *One massive firework blasted around it, causing twinkles of purple light to explode in the air.*

Luna: "Fireworks." *She gasped to herself.*

Lance: "Pssht, it's just one firework-"

Season: "There-" *He lowered his arms, causing Lance to stamp his foot in disgust.*

Lance: "All that over a firework? No offence, but that was lame."

Luna: *More Darkwings charged towards the party at different angles.* "I will show you lame, Ougi."

Lance: "Huh?" *He quickly looked at Luna with widening eyes.*

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Darkwing: *It stood taller than a building and looked down to its feet at the party, screeching in a deep tone.* "Sk-k-karghee!"

Rachael: *She stood next to Tyler, Joy, Chrisma and Karol, all looking up to the sky in shock.* (It's massive-)

Karol: *He trembled, standing on a glowing black glyph.* "I-I don't know, waich?"

Rachael: "These are the things we fought in the sanctuary, but this one is different." *She pointed her crystal shaped daggers at the Darkwing.*

Whitehead: *He stood next to a cluster of warriors, Scoldrant-like people and several bystanders.* "It's growing even larger!"

Chrisma: "Oh, shit our faces." *She looked up in shock, tugging on her robes in defeat.*

Cameron: "This is what happened before."

Joy: "Except only several creatures merged into one. Not all of them."

Rachael: *She gritted her teeth, shaking her head.* (I don't know.. It feels like I don't have time for this!)

Karol: "W-What shall we do?"

Lezard: *A white glow shined off his hands, as he slowly revitalised Alicia and PKMY.* "Why not strike it down before it grows any larger?"

Blake: "Ya think we already tried that?" *He hissed on his breath and rolled his eyes, leaning to one side.*

Ginger: "Our attacks don't affect it when its doing that merging process."

Apollo: (No signs of weakness from up here.) *He squawked, catching Blake's attention.*

Blake: (I-Is that Apollo?) *He looked up in shock.*

Karol: "Didn't we encounter that mud monster symilar to this?"

Ginger: "Yes." *She looked at Karol.* "Logically speaking, we should use the same actions that caused the destruction of that Scoldrant."

Rachael: (We used a high powered Rostical-)

Chief: *He purred with frustration and looked at Ginger.* "What was those actions?"

Ginger: "We used a powerful Remenistal of immense magnitude."

Warrior: "Remenistal?"

Tiger-like Woman: "Rostical."

Warrior: "Th-Thanks." *He nervously grunted in appreciation.*

Whitehead: "But we can't do that, or we'll damage the city, argh!"

Rachael: (No matter how much I don't want to-) *She frowned in thought, staring at the crystal daggers in her hands.* (If we can't come up with an idea soon, we'll have no choice but to use a powerful technique-)

Darkwing: "Skararhh." *Its shadows dripped on to the ground, spawning small Darkwings.*

Ginger: *She noticed the Darkwings, causing her to look at Blake.* "Ey, Blake, there's more!"

Blake: "Got it, bitch!" *He bent his knees and clicked his fingers, causing a materialising glyph to spiral in the air.*

Ginger: *She ran towards the Darkwings near the larger Darkwing's feet, throwing the shurikens ahead.* "You have no chance-"

Karol: "Allow me to help, guys!" *He frowned in concentration and started to dance on the glyph, causing it to expand across the ground.*

Blake: "Let's go, my sexy, Skuxx!"

Skuxx: *It flew out of the spiralling glyph, flapping its tiny wings towards Blake.* "Skucks!"

Blake: *He bent forward, causing dragon-like wings to erupt out of his back.* "Let's slaughter 'em."

Joy: *She stared at the small blue lizard, cupping her hands in thought.* (Another Scoldrant User-?)

Blake: *He jumped forward and flapped his wings, gliding towards the Darkwings.* "Watch my sexy moves, everyone!"

Chief: *He noticed the wings on Blake, causing him to purr in amazement.* (He finally accepted his hybrid abilities?)

Skuxx: "FLAME BOLT" *He spat out a ball of fire past Ginger, bursting one of the Darkwings into dust.*

Chief: (Such a powerful little summon!-)

Blake: "Hiyah-" *He flapped his wings and spiralled in the air in an acrobatic-like manner, violently kicking a Darkwing across the skull.*

Darkwing: "Skarh-" *Its skull shattered to the side of Blake's kick, suddenly puffing into dust.*

Blake: "'O yea!" *He giggled and looked to the side, suddenly gargling with a glowing mouth.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *It pounced towards Blake, raising its claws at his face.*

Blake: " _Gargling_ _Flaming_ _Wheel_." *He roared like a dragon, breathing out a flame thrower-like stream at the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skree!" *Its shadows evaporated in the flames, before bursting into dust.*

Tyler: (He sounded like a dragon!-)

Ginger: *She watched her shurikens spiral through two Darkwings, causing them to puff into dust.* "I am going to kill you, please respond?"

Darkwing: "Skree!"

Ginger: "Target aimed-" *She elegantly spiralled away from the Darkwings, shooting bullets of ice out of spiralling blue glyphs around her.*

Darkwing: *It violently rocked to each side, due to being shot by the rapid barrage of ice bullets.* "Skree-"

Ginger: "ICE STREAM DIVIDER" *She stopped spinning and flicked her long black hair over her shoulder, watching five Darkwings puff into dust.*

Skuxx: *He spat out a small fire ball behind Ginger, exploding a stealthy Darkwing into dust.* "Skucks!"

Ginger: "Ey, Skuxx? Much appreciated!"

Blake: "Hiyarh!" *He slashed Darkwings with dragon-like claws, watching his hands slice through the bones with ease.*

Karol: "Feel the cold of loneliness, fear overturn happiness, feel its purge!-" *He danced on the glyph, causing several warriors to laugh at him.*

Ginger: *She clicked her fingers, causing the shurikens to spiral back towards her, slashing through another five Darkwings.* "How does it feel to sit on your death bed, please respond?"

*Ginger spoke in a taunt-like manner, catching the shurikens in each hand.*

Chrisma: "Holy shit your face!" *She groaned in amazement, pointing at Ginger like a child.*

Karol: *He raised his arms, crossing them above his head.* "CHAOS FROSTSURGE"

Lezard: "Get 'em, tiger." *He smiled at Karol, as light continued to pour out of his hands and into PKMY and Alicia.*

Karol: *He spiralled on the glyph and dropped his arms, causing lines of black ice to slash several Darkwings.* "Hmniyah!"

*Karol swayed his arms up in a dance-like manner, causing thick eruptions of black ice to crush the surrounding Darkwings.*

Karol: "Th-There." *He giggled, ignoring several warriors gasping in amazement.*

Ginger: *She spiralled her shuriken and slashed off the bandages on her arms, causing them to quickly spiral off her body.* "Time to get serious, please respond."

Blake: *He looked at Ginger with his lizard-like eyes, causing him to glance at Skuxx.* (Retreat my sexy buddy! She attacks so fast, I don't want you getting in the way, aye.)

Skuxx: "Skucks-" *He farted out a gas cloud, before disintegrating into nothing.*

Tyler: *He squinted his eyes, noticing different coloured tattoo-like glyphs on her arms.* (What are they-?)

Ginger: *She slapped one of the glyphs on her arms and pushed forward, causing a massive green glyph to spiral in front of her.* "CYCLONIC WINDS"

*Ginger pushed forward and a screeching gale blasted the surrounding Darkwings off their feet.*

Ginger: *She closed her hands and tightened a fist, causing all the Darkwings to simultaneously burst into dust.* "You're all dead, please respond."

Tyler: "W-Wow."

Rachael: *She glanced at Tyler, keeping her focus on the enormous growing Darkwing.* "Ginger is able to store perfect Rostical incantation boosted glyphs on her skin."

Tyler: "I-I've never heard of that before."

Rachael: "Neither did I, until I met her."

Blake: "There's a few more, want me to get 'em?"

Ginger: "Negative, reveal their locations, please respond?"

Blake: "Behind the big Darkwing's foot, three hidden behind that food booth and five on top of the rooftops."

Ginger: "Ey, Blake? _Ougi_."

Rachael: (Despite easily eliminating these small Darkwings, I'm worrying about that big one-)

Ginger: *She bent her knees, crossing her arms over her face.* " _Elemental_ _Panthers_."

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Lance: *He twirled around, staring at piles of dust in shock.* (Whoa-) *He stood in amazement, watching the ocean's strong wind blow the dust away.*

Luna: *She slowly floated to the ground and took a deep breath, watching the lightning bow spark and flash into nothing.* "How was that?"

Lance: "A-Ah-" *He stuttered in disbelief, quickly coughing to cover up his emotions.* "Lame, just like you said."

Luna: "Get ova yourself."

Holland: "Let's go, Freya."

Freya: "Ruff-" *She pounced over Holland and growled, stepping onto the ground.*

Holland: "Go all out, girl!"

Freya: (All right!) *She sounded excited and sprinted like a cheetah towards a group of Darkwings.*

Darkwing: *It noticed Freya charging towards another Darkwing and its head cracked itself into the shape of a bow.* "Skree!" *It stood on all fours and shot out several bone-like arrows at Freya.*

Freya: *She jumped from side to side, avoiding the arrows while keeping her vision on her target.* "Grr-"

Nathan: *He noticed the Darkwing that attacked Freya, causing him to run towards it.* "Harh!" *He jumped up and sliced the Darkwing's head off, causing it to puff into dust.*

Holland: "Thanks-"

Nathan: *He grunted and landed on the ground, standing up straight.* "..." *He looked at Holland ignoring the streams of dust that poured off his sword.*

Holland: *He awkwardly stared at Nathan, nodding his head in recollection.* "...-"

Nathan: "Any time, Holland." *He smiled at Holland, like he was his best friend.*

Holland: "You remember-?"

Nathan: "We'll talk later." (My memories have come back-)

Freya: *She sprinted into striking distance and raised her jaw, gargling water.* (Gargling Whirlpool.)

Darkwing: "Skrah." *It shot out a bone-like arrow at Freya, watching it spiral towards her head.*

Freya: *She jumped up, causing her ears and tail to flap downwards.* "Brarh!" *She roared out a whirlpool of water towards the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It noticed the vortex of water, causing it to jump to the side.* "Skree-"

Luna: *She stood in an archer's stance and pulled a string of lightning, watching it form itself into a bow.* " _Windstream_ _Shot_."

Darkwing: *It looked up, waiting for Freya to land.* "Skree-" *An arrow of wind shot through its head, causing it to tumble across the dirt.*

Luna: "Ch'yeah!" *She stared in the direction of the Darkwing, as her lightning bow zapped in and around hand.*

Freya: *She landed on the ground, looking behind her to Luna.* (Thank you.)

Luna: (Nah, it's kool.) *She smiled at Freya.*

Lance: "Yea? Well check this out. Ougi."

Luna: "You've already shown me the different variants of ya mist-"

Lance: *He raised both arms in the air, frowning in deep mental preparation.* "Brazza's Supreme Strobe Light Storm."

Season: (Brazza's what-?) *Lightning as thick as trees struck down around him, causing him to look slightly intimidated.* (The Neurons are unbelievable!-)

Holland: *He watched thick strikes of lightning explode each Darkwing upon impact.* (Wow, Lance's lightning looks like a real thunderstorm's lightning right now.)

Nathan: (Brazza? Lance.. He's using his technique-) *He tightly held the sword, staring past the lightning towards Lance.* (We've both grown even stronger than we last saw each other.)

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Tyler: *He stared at Ginger with a dropping jaw.* (That was a scary Ougi-)

Ginger: *She looked up to the massive Darkwing, glaring at it with emotion.* "For this city, my home. I will take action-"

*Ginger casually threw her shuriken, causing them to spiral around her.*

Lezard: *He looked at Ginger, noticing the party stare at her.* "The party focused their attention to Ginger-"

PKMY: "Ssh-"

Lezard: *The light around his hands faded, causing him to look at the awakening PKMY and Alicia.* "Welcome back, ladies."

Citizen: *He nudged the man next to him and pointed at Ginger, tilting his head in curiosity.* "Isn't that her?"

Man: "Y-Yes, I think you're right!"

Ginger: "Gravel and sand manipulate to my command-" *She flicked her hand up towards the Darkwing and streams of sand swirled in front, instantly forming a boulder.*

PKMY: (I remember this incantation!-) *Images of Tarlea flashed in her head, causing her to grit her teeth.*

Ginger: "Move like a drill and make them feel, COMET'S VIEL"

Tyler: (Wow, besides Felix, I haven't seen much ground based Rostical-)

Ginger: "Fall before the royal blood!-" *The boulder shot forward at incredible speeds, causing fire to spurt on its sides.*

Rachael: *Her crystal daggers, sparkled due to the light of the fire.* (Ginger, that's a destructive Rostical-)

*The comet-like boulder hit the Darkwing, causing an eruption of flames to whirl around it.*

Joy: (It's even brighter and larger than PKMY's fire attack-)

Darkwing: *It raised its massive bone arm and waved it across the flames, causing them to extinguish.* "Skararh!"

Ginger: *She stepped back in shock.* "No effect!?"

Lezard: "What's the plan, children?!"

Rachael: "We have no choice now. We'll have to combine our attacks and hope we don't destroy much of the city! Is everyone alright with this decision?!"

*Several warriors and bystanders nodded their heads in agreement.*

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Season: "Time to end this-" *He reached behind his back and unsheathed out a red trident, which stood three times taller than him.*

Nathan: *The sounds of metal scrapping caught his attention and he observed the trident, watching sparks spiral around it.* (What kind of weapon is that?)

*The sword vibrated in Nathan's hand, causing him to look down at it in shock.*

Nathan: (It's another weapon of memories?)

Season: "Everyone, jump!"

Lance: "Huh?"

Nathan: "Right!" *He grunted and jumped high into the air.*

Luna: "Herh." *She bent down and pushed herself up into the air, blowing a pulse of dirt where she stood.*

Lance: "Wha-?" *He looked around in confusion, awkwardly hopping up.*

Holland: "Freya!"

Freya: "Growlith!-" *She dived down and swooped Holland off his feet, flapping her wings into the air.*

Season: "Power of the white lights absorb and synthesise the natural power, patiently gather and redirect at the supreme power you hold and lend us-"

*Season raised his hand above his head, causing a white glyph to expand around it.*

Season: "SOLAR FLARE" *He grabbed the trident with both hands and straightened them in front, watching a white glyph materialise in front of him.*

Lance: "I can't-"

*A beam of white light with a blue fluoro shading blasted into the distance, flapping Season's robes and hair back.*

Lance: *He noticed Season slowly twirling, causing him to stare at the beam with urgency and worry.* "Holy flamin' shit nuggets!-"

*Lance looked up to the other party members in shock, waving his arms like a child.*

Lance: "I _can't_ jumped that high!-"

Nathan: "Use the motion to flashstep but jump into the air instead!" *He yelled from the air.*

Lance: (Shit, shit, shit-) *He grunted and jumped high into the air, causing him to gasp at himself in a surprised-like manner.*

Season: "Harh!-" *He slowly spiralled around, causing the beam to blast in all directions.*

Lance: *He looked down, glancing at the beam in shock.* "Holy flyin' fudge nuggets!" *He slowly started to descend, causing him to squeak like a girl.*

Season: (I did a full circle-) *He sighed and slowly lowered his arms, causing the beam to dissipate into small white orbs.*

*Nathan, Luna and Lance dropped onto the ground and looked around, lowering their weapons.*

Nathan: "You got them all?"

Luna: *She closed her eyes.* (Destiny, do you sense anything?)

Destiny: *She scanned across the battlefield, looking at the heat signatures around the party.* (No, they are no more of the creatures around the area, yeup.)

Luna: *She opened her eyes, shaking her head.* "You got them all."

Season: "Splendid." *He coughed in satisfaction, brushing the robes on his arms.*

Lance: "Umm, Season, when could ya shoot beams-?"

*Vibrations rumbled along the ground, catching the party's attention.*

Lance: "Aye?"

Season: "Th-That came from the city-"

Lance and Luna: "Shit."

Nathan: (Darn it.) *He gritted his teeth and frowned, looking at the aura-like path.*

Holland: "We did leave a large amount of those creatures in there-" *He glided on Freya above the party, looking down at them in concern.*

Freya: "Growlith!" *She flapped her wings, flying towards the city.*

Luna: (I don't think Rach would let anything get out of hand-) "Nath, let's go." *She started to run towards the city, catching his attention.*

Nathan: "Yeah." *He raised the sword and placed it over his shoulder, causing the sword to blur.*

Season: "We've done what was needed." *He looked at Nathan and started to hobble towards the aura-like path.*

Nathan: *The sword faded behind his back, causing him to lower his arms.* "You coming?" *He glanced at Lance and stepped forward, running towards the city.*

Lance: "Yea, I'll be there." *He watched the party enter the city, causing him to bend down in fatigue.* (What is with my power lately? First I feel great, then I keep getting these sick urges-)

*Lance dropped to his knees and was covered in sweat, causing him to touch his forehead in confusion.*

Lance: (I-I'm sweating?)

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Season: *He stumbled behind Luna, Holland, Freya and Nathan, watching them stare in front in shock.* "What appears to be the prob-?"

*Season stopped and froze in shock, looking at the Darkwing with a dropping jaw.*

Season: (It's massive!)

Nathan: *He ignored the Darkwing and looked further down the road-like path, noticing the party.* "One thing about large opponents, is that they're slower than normal."

Luna: "The plan, Nath?" *She looked at him with her white eyes, causing him to smile.*

Nathan: "Let's go up to the party and find out what's happened-"

Darkwing: "Skrargh!" *It looked to its side and waved its arm, causing a nearby house to smash into pieces.*

Ginger: "No!" *She screamed in anger, ignoring the gasps of terror.*

Lezard: *He watched the debris smash into the ground around the Darkwing's feet.* (This is not a fortunate position to be in-)

*Season, Luna, Holland and Nathan ran up to Rachael, keeping a cautious, fixated-like stare on the Darkwing.*

Rachael: "How is the outside?"

Nathan: "We wouldn't be in here if it wasn't cleared."

Rachael: "Right, before we engaged in combat, the creatures have all merged together."

Season: "Like before." *He mumbled to himself in recollection.*

Tyler: "Season." *He sounded worried, as he stared at the towering Darkwing.*

Blake: *He flashstepped next to Ginger, keeping his fixated stare up to the sky.* "This creature, why don't you continue firing off your Rostical?"

Ginger: "Logically, it may be the best solution."

Luna: "Oi, Rach-" *She glanced at Season.* "Season is a powerful Rostical User, why not have him and Ginger combine powers?"

Season: "Hmm?"

Joy: "That could work."

Tyler: (In theory that is-)

Darkwing: *It slowly turned around and faced the entrance, causing the ground to rumble.* "Skrarargh!" *It leant back as if it inhaled deeply.*

Cameron: "The air around it shifted.."

Luna: "Its aura has changed-"

Karol: "W-Wha?" *He squealed like a girl, crossing his arms over his stomach in a nervous-like manner.*

Darkwing: *A sphere of darkness grew in front of its mouth.* "Sk-k-k-k."

Lance: *He walked into the city with his chest puffed out.* "Hmm?" *He stopped, staring at the Darkwing with an emotionless face.*

Chief: *He stepped forward and stared at the Darkwing in shock.* "It's charging something powerful!-"

Lance: "So, this is wat the commotion's 'bout?" *He closed his eyes and his fingers twitched.* (Now I feel fine.)

*Lance half smirked and opened his eyes, twiddling his fingers in determination.*

Lance: (It feels like a surge of energy is coursing though my body!-)

Whithead: *He looked over to the entrance, pointing the cutlass swords at Lance.* "There's a man over there!"

Lezard: *He held onto his cone shaped hat and grabbed Alicia's hand, helping her to her feet.* "There we go."

Alicia: "Th-Thank you-"

Lezard: "And-" *He faced PKMY, reaching out to pick her up.*

PKMY: "Pssht." *She grunted, slapping his hand away.*

Lezard: "Oh, goodness-" *He withdrew his hand in fright.*

PKMY: "Wat have we missed?" *She grunted and stood up, cracking her knuckles.*

Alicia: "I-I don't know-"

Lezard: "The mass of creatures all formed into this one being. It frightens the kittens out of me."

Alicia: "Lance-" *She whispered and stared at him, who stood by himself near the entrance.*

Lance: *He looked at his hands and formed fists.* "Rightio... Lightning strike both sides-"

*Lance lifted his arms and crossed them, causing wing-like sparks of lightning to spark on either side.*

Blake: *He gave Lance a feral look.* (What does he think he's going to do, to a creature like that-?)

Lance: "Flashing and flowing, call upon the secrets-" *He fluidly swirled his arms and twirled around, causing a vortex of thick red lightning to whirl around him.*

Blake: "Bitch, say what? The lightning is red." *He hissed to himself, staring at the lightning with heightened vision.*

Darkwing: *Its jaw dropped, causing bones to crack.* "Sk-k-k."

Tyler: (Its jaw, that's so scary looking-)

Darkwing: "Hoooooooaaarr-" *It started to suck the air in around it, causing the ball of shadow to grow in size.*

Lance: "Summon the beast of roaring thunder-" *He stopped and crossed his arms above his head, causing the swirling lightning to become idle.*

Ginger: "Ey?" *She quickly looked at Lance, causing the glyphs on her arms to pulsate.* (That man?! His Astragons are resonating on such a level, the glyphs on my arms are responding!-)

Lance: *He hopped on one foot and pointed at the large Darkwing.* "DRAGON'S BREATH"

Lezard: *He watched the area turn to darkness, causing the red lightning around Lance to become more distinctive.* "Good night, children?"

*A red thick tornado-like swirl of lightning towards the Darkwing, taking shape of a dragon's head.*

Lance: *He formed a fist, as lightning sparked past his determined yet emotionless face.* (I haven't used this since releasing that seal.)

PKMY: (Those Neuron levels. It's almost as if he's using Grand Rostical!-)

Chrisma: "Holy, shit your face!-" *She groaned in disbelief, quickly covering her face.*

Lance: *The lightning grew larger, forming itself into a dragon's head.* (I feel every stream of lightning, I feel every static, I sense every spark-)

*Season and Ginger gasped at the lightning, as arms and legs sprouted from the lightning.*

Tyler: *He held a fixated stare at the lightning in amazement.* (A lightning dragon! It's like something from one of his stupid games-)

Lance: (I feel my Newrongs and Astragongs being sucked into the lightning-) *Swirls of dust blew across the ground.*

Darkwing: *Its shadow blew back due to the incoming lightning.* "Sk-k-k?"

Lance: "I can manipulate this to any form I want!" *The lightning roared like thunder and the dragon's head spiralled around the entire Darkwing in a flash.*

PKMY: *Her hair blew back, as she stared at the lightning in amazement.* (This level of power, it exceeds my own!)

Ginger: (I've mastered this Remenistal myself and mine isn't like _this_?!) *Her long black hair rapidly flapped behind her.*

Luna: (L-Lance?!)

Rachael: "U-Unimaginable?"

Lance: "Now, get outta my sight!"

*The dragon roared in the Darkwing's face before consuming the sphere of darkness it created.*

Lezard: "Oh my-" *He spoke in disbelief, sarcastically wiggling his bottom.*

Holland: (I-It just swallowed the creature's black sphere!)

Blake: (That lightning looks like it's the size of The Elemental Tower!) *He shook his head in disbelief, as his dragon-like wings retracted back into his body.*

Lance: "Harh!" *He opened his fist and the lightning exploded into a plume of green flames.*

Alicia: *Her face glowed an eerie green due to the flames.* "L-Lance..."

Rachael: *She gasped in realisation, discreetly glancing at Luna.* (He might be like Luna!-)

*The green flames caused the Darkwing to pulse downwards into a swirl of dust.*

Karol: "Y-Yah-" *He squealed and looked away, as a pulse of dust violently blew past him.*

Ginger: "H-He defeated it?"

Lezard: *He closed his eyes and held onto his cone shaped hat, feeling the dust filled wind blow past him.* (Jinkies!)

Lance: *He bent forward and struggled to breathe, noticing slight vein-like burns around his hands.* (M-My energy-)

*Several screeches echoed outside the city, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: (There's a few more left o-outside?) *He held his breath and turned around, running outside the city.*

Whitehead: *The wind died down and the area reverted back to normal, causing him to lower his cutlass swords.* "W-What the violent seas just happened?!"

Alicia: (Lance!-) *She stood up straight and looked at Lezard.* "Thank you very much for healing me."

Lezard: "No thankies needed. A smile is _all_ I need."

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes behind Lezard.* (What a loser-) *She sighed in thought and started to walk towards Holland and Ginger.*

Alicia: (Lance..) *She faced the entrance and started to run towards it.* (What are you doing?)

Holland: "Did Lance really do all that?" *He stared at the large dust pile, watching a gust of wind blow it away.*

Joy: (And like that, it's gone?)

Season: *He hobbled up to Holland with Rachael and Tyler.* "Even a mastered version of Dragon's Breath cannot produce those results."

PKMY: *She shuffled up to Holland and held his hand, resting her head against his arm.* (I'm tired-)

Tyler: "Then what just happened?"

Ginger: "I have a theory, please respond?" *She glanced over to Luna, catching her attention.*

Luna: *She walked up to the party, looking at Ginger in a curious-like manner.* "..."

Destiny: "Yeup." *She hovered behind Luna, landing on her shoulder.*

Rachael: "What's your theory?"

Ginger: "Well, remember when Luna was able to absorb the powerful surges of lightning before fainting?"

Luna: "Ah huh." *She nodded her head, brushing her fingers through Destiny's fur.*

Rachael: "Yes?"

Ginger: "Well, think of our limits as one container. But, in Luna's condition-"

PKMY: "Condition-?"

Season: "Continue." *He mumbled, rubbing his chin in an interested-like manner.*

PKMY: (Wateva.)

Ginger: "I believe she has two containers. So her potential is twice as much as ours."

Season: "Why do you believe Lance has two of these containers?"

Whitehead: "Argh, what happened?" *He staggered up to the party in confusion, scraping the cutlass swords against each other by habit.*

Tyler: "Perhaps I could explain-" *He walked next to Season and faced Whitehead.* "We believe that the enemy we're chasing after, somehow manifested these creatures."

Chrisma: "G-Get in?" *She walked with Joy and stopped next to Tyler, tugging on her green robes.*

Tyler: "I personally believe this isn't the last time we'll see these creatures."

Joy: "I hope you're wrong."

Tyler: "M-Me too." *He enthusiastically nodded his head in agreement, resting an arm over the RPG bag.*

Blake: *He stood next to the chief, looking at Tyler in an annoyed-like manner.* "More of those things? We've already got tons of problems, aye."

*Karol and Nathan walked up to the party, standing next to Blake.*

Rachael: *She looked at Nathan, placing one hand on her waist.* "Well?"

Nathan: "Only the one house was damaged."

Karol: "Oh, a-and the bwridge on the top." *He pointed above him to the hole in the bridge.*

Tyler: *He looked up and stared at the hole, noticing shards of wood poke out of the bridge.* (From Alicia?)

Whitehead: "Herm, this man sounds dangerous." *He mumbled in a pirate-like manner, understanding the threat.*

Season: "Also, I have bad news to tell you all-" *He spoke to all his party members, while facing Whitehead.*

Joy: "Not _more_?" *She spoke on her breath, patiently waiting for Season to speak.*

Season: "Unfortunate to say, I don't have the funds you ask for."

Whitehead: "For?" *He grunted in confusion, placing the cutlass swords in his robe-like belt.*

Season: "The ship."

Whitehead: "Oh." *He rocked back, as if he remembered what Season was talking about.*

Rachael: (Funds?) *She looked at Season in confusion, glancing at Whitehead with a frown.*

Whitehead: *He grunted, observing the damage of the city.* "Is this the same man who caused these creatures to attack the city?"

Season: "Correct."

Chrisma: "Y-Yes, the Consultant!" *She groaned in disgust and pretended to scratch the air, causing Tyler to look at her strangely.*

Whitehead: "Hermm." *He looked down in thought, rubbing his beard.*

Cameron: *He touched his throat, causing him to look up.* (Thank you, that is enough.)

Apollo: "Squawk." *He squawked in acknowledgement and flapped his wings, suddenly disintegrating into tiny white orbs.*

Whitehead: (It would actually cost me more if those things were to attack again-) "I've got a change of mind."

Man: "Boss?" *He grunted in shock, standing next to Whitehead.*

Whitehead: "The only charges I request are the amount needed to power Sheridan to your destination. Only because we're very low on energy at the moment."

Season: "That seems reasonable."

Man: "Are you sure, boss?"

Whitehead: "Yes."

Cameron: "But we do not have any?"

Simone: *She stumbled out from her booth and walked up to Tyler, catching the party's attention.* "I couldn't help but overhear-" *She stared at Tyler, causing him to nervously face her.*

Tyler: (It's that manager-)

Simone: "You're a friend of Lance?"

Tyler: "Umm, yes?"

Simone: "And he's travelling on the same quest as you?"

Season: "Indeed."

Simone: "Then this will help on your travels-" *She reached for Tyler's hand and dropped several stones in it.* "It should be way more than enough."

Whitehead: *He noticed the stones in Tyler's hand, causing him to greedily chuckle in excitement.* "And _that_ should be enough."

Tyler: *He looked at Simone, shaking his head in a hesitant-like manner.* "But-?"

Simone: "The sales we did. We've already sold out of buns. It's the very least I can do for you."

Season: "Many thanks."

Tyler: "Th-Thank you."

Simone: *She smiled and slightly bowed.* "I have to go and help clean the city-" *She turned around and started to walk towards a cluster of bystanders in the distance.*

Whitehead: "With this-" *He presented his hand, twiddling his fingers at Tyler.*

Tyler: "Here-" *He mumbled and stepped forward, dropping the stones in Whitehead's palm.*

Whitehead: "I can exchange and receive the Rosterology jewels to power her up." *He looked over his shoulder and handed the stones over to one of his men.* "Get them now."

Man: "Boss!" *He turned around and started to run towards the lower level.*

Whitehead: "It'll take a few moments to prepare the materials.. Wait outside, and I'll escort you to her."

Tyler: "This is great?"

Holland: "Yeah." *He smiled and scratched his cheek, causing PKMY to smile.*

PKMY: (The first time I felt positive emotions all day-)

Season: "Okay-" *He glanced across the party, standing in a leader-like manner.* "I know we're a little tired..."

*Season paused and looked at each party member, noticing the wounds they received during their fight with the Darkwings.*

Season: "But we've already wasted _half_ of the day-"

PKMY: *She nodded her head, stepping forward.* "We're too close, we can't miss our chance to get the Consultant."

Tyler: "We shouldn't rest." *He looked at PKMY in agreement.*

PKMY: "Yea, we can rest _after_ we kill him-" *She looked at the entrance and nudged Holland, causing him to slowly walk towards it.*

Holland: *He held his throat in fatigue.* (Freya?)

Freya: *She continued to glide in a large circle in the air.* (I understand-) *She lowered her head and closed her eyes, disintegrating into tiny white orbs.*

Tyler: *He glanced at Season and adjusted the RPG bag over his shoulder.* "I'll meet you outside."

Season: "Alright." *He noticed Cameron standing next to Blake.* "And, Cameron. What will you do now?"

Cameron: "I err-" *He coughed and stepped away from Blake, as if he was doing something bad.* "I want to assist the party in the defeat of the Consultant."

Season: *He smiled, slightly bowing in appreciation.* "I'll meet you outside then."

Cameron: "Indeed." *He nodded his head in respect and focused his attention back to Blake.*

Season: "Joy and Chrisma-"

Joy: "Yes?"

Season: "I would like you two stay here and give feedback to what has happened to Dawn."

Chrisma: "No, I want-"

Joy: *She covered Chrisma's mouth in respect.* "That should be no problem."

Season: "Thank you."

Lezard: "Rachael, Luna, Nathan, Karol, Blake and Ginger. Now is the time we must depart."

Luna: "We're not ready yet?"

Destiny: "Yeup."

Lezard: "I don't mean as a party." *He sounded serious, catching the guild's attention.*

Ginger: "Ey, Lezard?"

Karol: *He shook his head, facing Lezard in sadness.* "What?"

Rachael: "Depart? What are you talking about?"

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Alicia: *She ran outside and noticed Lance standing on the spot motionless.* "Lance?"

Lance: "I thought I heard more, but it must've been my imagination." *He lowered his head.*

Alicia: *She stepped on the dirt, running up to Lance.* "That was amazing!"

Lance: "..."

Alicia: *She giggled and looked at Lance's face, causing her to look confused.* "W-What's wrong?"

Lance: "N-Nothin'." *He smiled with sadness and looked at Alicia, tightly hugging her.* "I feel better now."

Alicia: "W-Why?"

Lance: "Because you're in my arms." *He closed his eyes, kissing her on the head.*

Alicia: *She smiled with blushing cheeks and held Lance's head, suddenly noticing the vein-like burns.* "L-Lance?"

Lance: "Yea?" *He smiled in response, looking down to her worried face.* "Wat's up?"

Alicia: "Your burns."

Lance: *He noticed the burns around his hands, causing him to brush it off with a chuckle.* "I'm fine, aye-"

Alicia: "You need to be more careful with your lightning."

Lance: "Huh?" *Alicia's words triggered a flashback.*

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Lance: "So, I can like, call a lightning storm and stuff now?" *He spoke in excitement, as if he was going to abuse the power.*

Brazza: "You need to be careful with lightning."

Lance: "Aye?"

Brazza: "Here-" *He spoke in a deep voice, presenting a blue crystal to Lance.*

Lance: "Wat's this?"

Brazza: "A captain classed warrior that doesn't know what a Crystalline Blossom is?" *He spoke in a confused, playful-like manner and focused, causing a red dye to fill the crystal.*

Lance: "Aye? The Crystalline Blossom is now red?"

Brazza: "Actually, it's a Crystalline Membrane now."

Lance: "Aye-?" *He grabbed the crystal in confusion, slightly shaking his head.*

Brazza: "Just pour Neurons into it when you're ready."

Lance: "Umm, OK?" *He slowly reached behind, causing the crystal to disappear.* "Wat's on it?"

Brazza: "I'm off, catchya."

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Lance: (I almost forgot-) *He slowly reached over his shoulder and pulled his arm forward, revealing a red crystal to Alicia.*

Alicia: *She looked at the crystal and watched sparks splinter around it, shaking her head.* "Let me heal-"

Lance: "I wonder what it's about, aye?"

Alicia: *She shook her head again, as if she didn't care about this crystal.* "Lance-"

Lance: "Watch it with me?" *He grunted in a relaxed manner, gently placing the crystal on Alicia's hand.*

Alicia: "You can show me later?"

Lance: "I have a gut feelin' we should watch it now."

Alicia: "But, your wounds-"

Lance: "Please?"

Alicia: *She paused and hesitantly nodded her head, knowing they were on a time schedule.* "O-Okay.."

Lance: (Just pour Neurons into it-) *He closed his eyes and focused, causing a swirl of wind to blow in their faces.*

Alicia: "W-Where did the wind-?"

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*A younger version of Brazza ran through grassy fields behind an older man with a younger version of Pickles and another teenager with orange hair.*

Brazza: "Brother! When are we there?!" *He shouted at the man in front, keeping his incredible running speed.*

?????: *He continued to run, focusing his attention ahead.* "..."

Pickles: *She looked to her side at Brazza, sighing smoke-like mist in an annoyed-like manner.* "He's been doing this for awhile, let him do his thing."

Brazza: "Shush." *He spoke in a deep voice, frowning at the man's back.*

Pickles: *She looked to her other side, staring at the woman with orange hair.* "What do you think, Vanguard?"

Vanguard: "Yeah, sure. He's our fucking teacher."

Pickles: *She looked back to Brazza, nodding her head.* " _See_ -?"

Brazza: "Ethan!" *He shouted in front, causing the man to turn around.*

Ethan: "Shush, you." *He smirked and flicked his head, swaying hair out of his face.* "We're almost there-"

Pickles: *She smiled, rocking her head in an impressed-like manner.* "Naice."

Vanguard: "Jajaja, see, Brazza?" *She spoke with a chuckle, keeping a fixated stare on Ethan.*

Pickles: "So, let's run through the plan one more time."

Ethan: "You're all quite strong with your manipulating abilities-"

Vanguard: "Ethan, we're out of Sorrowprax, just tell us what the fucking mission is."

Ethan: "The Consultant-"

Vanguard: "Consultant, consultant, they're not here, so, who the fuck cares about the warrior's formalities."

Pickles: "You shouldn't talk down to the Consultant, Vanguard."

Vanguard: "Always so loyal, Pickles, jajaja." *She laughed and purposely drifted away from Pickles.*

Pickles: "We don't have a choice in the matter, we might as well stick to the rules."

Vanguard: "How fucking embarrassing-"

Pickles: "The only thing that's embarrassing, is your respect-"

Ethan: " _Our_ _mission_ is to defeat a Remenistal using Scoldrant."

Brazza: "My, brother?" *He spoke in a deep voice, raising an eyebrow in a curious-like manner.*

Ethan: (The Consultant wants to know if they're worthy of their single digit status-)

Vanguard: "Is that all?"

Pickles: "We've been training for years, any one of us can take down a Remenistal using Scoldrant."

Vanguard: "I surprisingly agree."

Pickle: "Hehe, yeah." *She spoke with no enthusiasm, focusing all her attention on Ethan.*

Brazza: "We all may be vice captain level, but our abilities _easily_ match captain digit status."

Vanguard: "Jajaja." *She chuckled on her breath, smirking in a confident-like manner.*

Ethan: "Let's go-" *He spoke with a smirk and bent one knee, suddenly flashstepping out of sight.*

Vanguard: "Wait for us!"

Brazza: "Tssk-" *He frowned in determination, quickly flashstepping out of the field.*

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Lance: *He inhaled deeply through his nose, slowly leaning away from the crystal.* "Whoa-"

Alicia: "I-I don't get it?" *She looked at Lance in confusion, holding her pendant with one hand.*

Lance: "Me neither."

Alicia: "Pickles looks younger in this memory."

Lance: (Memory?) "You know her?"

Alicia: "She was my opponent."

Lance: " _Really_? Aha, that Brenda guy was mine."

Alicia: "Brenda-?"

Lance: "There's more-" *He quickly focused back to the crystal, triggering another flashback.*

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*Ethan, Brazza, Pickles and Vanguard all flashstepped in a flowery, farm-like meadow, causing swirls of yellow petals to ring around them.*

Ethan: "Be careful, apparently this Scoldrant has the ability to re-spawn."

Brazza: "Watevs."

Pickles: "Brazza, stop being so cocky-"

Brazza: *He sighed, blowing hair out of his eyes in a bored-like manner.* "Pickles, you're amazing and all that, but you don't have my affinity, this will be easy for me."

Pickles: *She stepped forward, frowning at Brazza.* "You don't understand-"

Vanguard: "He's right, Pickles. Ice is fucken shit-"

Pickles: *She quickly stepped to the side, glaring at Vanguard.* "And so are you, but you don't see me saying it?"

Ethan: *He looked into the distance, slowly closing his eyes.* (You don't know how right she is, my brother...)

Brazza: *He raised his arm, causing swirls of red lightning to spiral around his hand.* "Let's finish this quickly, so we can laze around after."

Vanguard: "Jajaja, that's my way of thinking!" *She smirked and suddenly felt tremors in the ground, causing her to look down.* "Yah?"

Ethan: *He casually turned around and opened his eyes, standing in a battle-ready pose.* "It's here-"

*An enormous snake, vine-like Scoldrant erupted out of the ground, towering high into the air.*

Pickles: *She looked up with widening eyes, slowly exhaling mist.* (It's a plant?)

Scoldrant: *It opened its mouth, giving the illusion a massive flower bloomed.* "Fllorw."

Brazza: "Too easy-" *He sprinted towards the Scoldrant, blasting a warped stream of lightning at the Scoldrant.*

Vanguard: "Jajajaja!" *She smiled and flashstepped next to Brazza, suddenly punching balls of fire at the Scoldrant.*

Ethan: (None of these Elementalists possess the Elemental Rage ability, but lightning-) *He looked down, watching thick red lightning flash around his arm.*

Scoldrant: *It swivelled to each side, avoiding the balls of fire.* "Floaar."

Brazza: *He watched the Scoldrant split into two, causing the lightning to blast straight through it.* "Huh?"

Vanguard: "Grr-" *She spun around and kicked the air, sweeping a curved wave of red flames towards the Scoldrant.*

Brazza: "I'm not done!" *He spread his arms, causing static-like lightning to flash towards the Scoldrant.*

Scoldrant: "LIFA BLOSSOM" *It moaned and unnaturally whipped back, watching Vanguard's flames extinguish in the air.*

Vanguard: (The bastard moved out of attacking range-) *Two vines suddenly wrapped themselves around her neck, causing her to gag for air.*

Ethan: "Pickles?"

Pickles: *She snapped out of her line of thought, nodding her head.* "Yes, captain-" *She suddenly flashstepped above Vanguard and touched the vines, causing them to freeze.*

Vanguard: "Garh-" *She raised her arms, violently shattering the vines off her neck.* (Fuck it-)

Pickles: *She landed on the ground and faced the Scoldrant, watching ice explode in her hands.* "Naice."

Vanguard: *She frowned at herself, rubbing her neck.* (Despite this Scoldrant being weakened to my elemental affinity, the vines would've burnt my fucking neck..)

Ethan: *He gasped with widening eyes and flashstepped in front of Brazza.* " _Imperial_ _Long_ - _range_ _Chronos_."

Brazza: "Bro-?"

Ethan: "Harh!" *He blasted strings of purple lightning into the distance, burning directly into erupting vines.*

Vanguard: (How did he know where the vines would come from?! The fuck!)

Pickles: *She squinted her eyes, watching large explosions of purple flames extinguish the vines.* (Those vines would've struck Brazza-)

Brazza: " _Spark_ _Cannon_." *He cupped his hands and pushed forward, blasting a ball of red lightning into the Scoldrant.*

Scoldrant: "Floarra-" *It moaned in pain, as strings of electricity flashed up its body.*

Brazza: " _I_ can do this." *He stepped in front of Ethan, hiding his appreciation.*

Ethan: "Brazza.."

Brazza: "Why did you do it?"

Ethan: *He looked to the side, watching the charcoaled vines sizzle.* "I'd never let anything hurt you-"

Brazza: *He formed fists with an emotionless face, suddenly running towards the Scoldrant.* (I don't need help! I have the strongest element! People _fear_ me!)

*Vanguard and Pickles flashstepped on either side of Brazza, running towards the Scoldrant.*

Ethan: *He sighed in thought, lowering his arms.* (Brazza.. What you say is true..)

Brazza: "What are you two doing?"

Pickles: "We're friends?"

Brazza: "Yeah?"

Pickles: "If I'm forced to do something I don't want to do, I'd rather do it with my friends."

Vanguard: (Lame-)

Brazza: "..."

Pickles: " _Icicle_ _Edge_." *She swayed to the side and threw an ice spear, blasting it into the Scoldrant.*

Vanguard: " _Star_ _Fire_." *She screamed and punched into the air, before punching downwards, causing pebble-like swirls of fire to rain down on the Scoldrant.*

Scoldrant: "Floar!" *It moaned in pain, causing it to dive back into the ground.*

Ethan: (I've hurt myself _many_ times when I was still learning how to use my lightning-)

Brazza: "Pickles, Vanguard, we'll do a combination of attacks when it resurfaces."

Pickles: "Got it."

Vanguard: "Right." *She punched a wave of fire to the side, scorching the air behind her.* "Ready."

Ethan: (I've watched you grow up.. I've watched the power intensify.. I've watched your mind run dry...)

Brazza: "Come out!" *He pushed into the air, blasting thick streams of red lightning past Pickles.*

Pickles: *She slightly leant back, squinting her eyes at the lightning.* (I'd prefer to work under Brazza or Ethan, than I-Isaac-)

Vanguard: *She felt rumbles in the ground, causing her to glance at Brazza.* "It's coming-"

Scoldrant: "Flooawr!" *It dived out of the ground, towering over Vanguard.*

Vanguard: *She looked up with widening eyes, as if she wasn't expecting the Scoldrant to attack.* (I don't!-)

Brazza: "Crud!-"

Pickles: *She spun around and cupped her hands, causing a blue glyph to spiral in front of her.* " _Ice_ _Stream_ _Divider_."

Scoldrant: *It watched bullet-like ice shatter into its body, causing it to moan at Pickles.* "BINDING VINES"

Pickles: *She gasped and swayed her green hair over her shoulder, stepping back.* (My ice doesn't damage its body well!)

Ethan: *He watched from the distance, as if he was monitoring their progress.* (You all have potential, but you need experience to back up your actions-)

Brazza: "Outta the way-" *He swayed his arm, causing a fluid-like stream of red lightning to blast past Pickles and into an erupting vine.*

Ethan: *He watched the lightning burn the vines into ash, causing him to step forward in an urgent-like manner.* "That's reckless!"

Pickles: " _Ougi_." *She dropped to her knees and formed a square with her fingers, causing a blue ice wall to erupt in front of her.*

Scoldrant: "Floarr!" *It watched a vine erupt and whip towards Pickles, noticing it suddenly whip back.*

Pickles: " _Divinity_ _Shard_."

Vanguard: "Jarh! Can't stand the heat of the battle? Jajajaja." *She laughed and punched a vacuum-like swirl of fire, burning three green vines.*

Pickles: *She watched the vines whip away from her in a repelled-like manner.* "Naice."

Brazza: " _Jolt_ _Cage_." *He spread his arms and strings of electricity formed around the enormous Scoldrant, trapping it in an electrified cage.*

Scoldrant: *It tried to ram the cage, causing red strings of lightning to spark up its body.* "Florlar!"

Ethan: (Excellent-)

Brazza: *He sniffed in a cocky-like manner, lazily glancing at Vanguard and Pickles.* "Time to kill it!"

Ethan: (If anything unexpected happens, I'll use my Ougi, Subzero Volt and finish off the Scoldrant.)

Brazza: "Pour all your Neurons into these attacks!"

Pickles: "Harh!" *She quickly stood up and raised her arms, causing massive pillars of ice to erupt around the Scoldrant.* " _Glacia's_ _Edge_."

Scoldrant: "Floar!" *It watched the lightning sparkle in the rising ice which froze around it.*

Vanguard: " _Flaming_ _Wheel_." *She shouted at the top of her lungs and whirled her arms above her head, causing a swirl of flames to spiral along the ground.*

Scoldrant: *It looked down, watching the fire erupt into a tornado-like swirl around the ice.* "Floar!"

Brazza: "My turn." *He smirked, watching a swirl of water splash around it.*

Ethan: (By using the same magnitude of Neurons, instead of dousing out the fire, or melting the ice into steam, it becomes water-)

Brazza: *He cracked his fingers and leant back, taking a deep breath.* " _Electrifying_ _Horror_."

Vanguard: *She glanced behind her and jabbed forward, punching more waves of fire at whipping vines.* (This is what Ethan meant by re-spawning!-)

Brazza: "Now you're toast-" *He screamed out a scattered beam of lightning at the water, causing Ethan to gasp with a dropping jaw.*

Ethan: " _No_!"

Pickles: *She glanced behind her, watching Ethan flashstep in a curious-like manner.* "Wha-?"

Vanguard: *She avoided several vines and punched flames to each side, causing the vines to violently shake in response.* "Die already, dirty lamp-"

Ethan: *He stared at the scattered stream of lightning in slow motion, as things blurred around him.* (No! No! No!-)

Brazza: *He smirked and gritted his teeth, watching the lightning stream from his mouth to the Scoldrant.* "Grone-"

Pickles: *She stared at the lightning, causing lights to flash off her face.* (Combo successful.)

Scoldrant: *The lightning mixed with the water, causing it to screech in a defeated-like manner.* "Floar!"

Vanguard: *She watched the vine's movement slow down, causing her to laugh in a victorious-like manner.* "Jajajaja, now commoners can harvest crops here again-"

Ethan: *He flashstepped in front of Brazza and kicked Pickles in the face, blasting her across the meadow.* " _Streaming_ _Sword_." *He raised his arm and watched lightning swirl around it, allowing him to cut the stream of lightning from Brazza's mouth.*

Brazza: *He stepped back with a frown, glaring at Ethan.* "Why did you-?"

Ethan: " _Thunder_ _Boom_." *He punched Brazza, blasting him back off his feet.*

Pickles: "Oof-" *She hit the ground and tumbled through the flowers, hitting a farm-like fence.*

Brazza: *He slid across the ground and red lightning swirled around his feet, causing him to instantly stop.* "I don't get it-?"

Ethan: *He smiled in sadness, as strings of red lightning swirled up his feet, causing him body to violently twitch.* (Argh!)

Vanguard: "Jaaaaah?!" *She screamed in agonising pain, as red lightning swirled up her feet.*

Brazza: *He gasped in shock and looked down, noticing a pool of water underneath Ethan and Vanguard.* "W-Water?"

Pickles: *She quickly leant up, alerted by Vanguard's screams, instantly noticing the lightning.* "What?!"

Scoldrant: "Flrrwor." *It fell and collapsed onto the ground, lying motionless.*

Vanguard: "Jarjarh-" *She awkwardly chuckled in a defeated-like manner, falling face-first into the water.*

Ethan: *He dropped to his knees and clicked his fingers, causing the lightning to instantly spark away in one flash.* (Now you won't have to worry about the Rasticsplash-)

Pickles: *She stood up and covered her mouth, realising what happened.* (The water! How did none of us realise that could've happened?!)

Brazza: *He noticed white orbs slowly float from Ethan's shoulders, causing him to flashstep over him.* "W-What happened!?"

Ethan: "Obvious, little brother."

Brazza: "You'll be fine, right? We get zapped all the time.. Right?"

Ethan: "The level of Neurons you poured into the lightning, and the water..." *He spoke softly, as if the answer was obvious.*

Brazza: *He dropped to his knees, quickly holding Ethan in his arms.* "But, I was only trying to impress you-"

Ethan: "You were feeding your power, making it stronger, creating a wild animal."

Brazza: "Huh? I don't get it."

Ethan: "You need to tame the animal before releasing it."

Brazza: (Animal? Does he mean my lightning?)

Ethan: *He wheezed his words and touched his chest, frowning to himself.* (My heart has prematurely stopped?)

Brazza: "I'll take you back to the Consultant, and-?"

Ethan: "Stop it."

Brazza: "H-Huh?" *He looked overwhelmed, unsure what has happened.*

Pickles: *She looked at Vanguard, noticing her lying motionless in the grass.* "..."

Brazza: "I-I'm sorry.. I wasn't expecting this to happen? Your affinity is lightning too.. I.. I-..?"

Ethan: "I love you, my brother. I regret not being able to do more."

Pickles: (This is so sudden?! In a matter of seconds.. Vanguard, Ethan-)

Brazza: "Don't talk like that, bro-"

Ethan: "...-" *He suddenly burst into tiny white orbs, slowly swaying in a petal filled breeze.*

Brazza: "..." (My lightning-..?)

Pickles: *She slowly walked towards Brazza, glancing at Vanguard.* (I no longer feel her Neuron signature.)

Brazza: (My lightning did this? But, why?) *He mumbled in disbelief, registering what happened.*

Pickles: "Brazza...?"

Brazza: "This was my fault? Just like that.."

Pickles: "..." *She looked away, unsure what to say.*

Brazza: *He looked up with watering eyes, suddenly frowning in anger.* (Because I couldn't control it? No, because I was a reckless _shit_!)

Pickles: (Even if you don't know what to say-) *She walked up to Brazza and leant over him, wrapping her arms over his shoulders.* (Sometimes, just being there helps more than anything.)

Brazza: "I promise, I'll be more careful with my lightning."

Pickles: "..." *She closed her eyes, causing a sympathetic tear to run down her face.*

Brazza: "I swear it." *He raised his hand, noticing vein-like burns on his fingers.*

Pickles: (I still can't believe it... I thought this would've been an easy mission too.)

Brazza: "We.. Should head back."

Pickles: "A-Already?" *She sounded surprised, as if she was expecting Brazza to take longer.*

Brazza: "Ethan told me all this time.. And, it took his death to make me realise." *He spoke in a deep, emotional tone, slowly standing up.*

Pickles: *She stepped away, watching Brazza wipe his tears away.* "Realise?"

Brazza: "What an idiot I was." *He awkwardly smiled and turned around, slowly walking away.*

Pickles: "Not understanding isn't a choice." *She looked back to Vanguard, slowly following Brazza through the meadow.* "Being an idiot is."

Brazza: "Ha, shush." *He sniffed and flashstepped out of the meadow, causing a pulse of yellow petals to swirl around him.*

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Lance: *He blinked in shock and looked at Alicia, noticing tears run down her face.* "Dude, Brenda got over the death of his brother pretty quickly, aye."

Alicia: *She shook her head, looking at Lance.* "No, he probably never got over that."

Lance: "Aye?" *He spoke in a caring manner, wiping the tears off Alicia's face.*

Alicia: "Remember what I said in AriAri village?"

Lance: "Umm-"

Alicia: "It's how the warriors are trained."

Lance: *He looked down to his hands, nodding his head in understanding.* "Alright.. I'm not _that_ dumb to understand the meaning behind that memory."

Alicia: "T-Tee hee." *She laughed, trying to brighten up the mood.*

Lance: *He leant forward, gently kissing Alicia on the lips.* "Thanks for watchin' it with me, aye."

Alicia: *She nodded her head in acknowledgement and raised her arms, placing her hands on his.* "HEALING RINGS"

Lance: (And, thanks, Brenda.. For showing me your memory.)

Alicia: *She watched the light fade and paused, lowering her arms in accomplishment.* "There."

Lance: *He noticed his hands completely healed, causing him to kiss Alicia again.* "Thank you, beautiful."

Alicia: *She smiled with blushing cheeks, biting her bottom lip.* "We _should_ go back to the city-"

*PKMY, Holland and Tyler walked out of the city, stepping on the aura-like path.*

Holland: "Hey, you two! Good news!"

Alicia: *She looked over her shoulder, staring at Holland.* "What are you three doing?"

PKMY: "We're heading towards the boat to smash the Consultant's face in!"

Lance: *He slowly and gently released Alicia, placing the crystal over his back.* "A boat? Really?"

PKMY: "A boat? Really?" *She spoke in a stupid-like manner, walking on the ground.*

Lance: *The crystal warped and turned invisible, allowing him to lower his arms.* "So, we're goin' already?"

PKMY: *She stopped in front of Lance and Alicia, looking at him in confusion.* "Yea?"

Tyler: "What's with that response, Lance?"

Lance: "I figured we were goin' to the research thingo, and then discussin' wat we've got to do next."

Holland: *He scratched the back of his head, trying not to laugh.* (I actually thought that too, ha ha.)

Tyler: "We don't have the time." *He spoke in disappointment, as if he wanted to discuss it.*

Alicia: "So, where is the ship?"

PKMY: "Don't know yet." *She shrugged her shoulders and leant to one side, placing a hand on her waist.*

*Season, Lezard, Cameron, Tyler, Whitehead and several men walked out of the city, catching Holland's attention.*

Holland: "Looks like we will though."

Tyler: *He watched Season lead the party down the path, causing him to smile.* (Those Darkwings.. They were so scary.)

Lance: "So, wat's the go?" *He impatiently grunted, watching Season hobble up to the party.*

Season: "After several arrangements, we're _finally_ ready to go."

Whitehead: "Off to my Sheridan!" *He pointed into the distance and started to march forward, causing him men to follow in a similar-like manner.*

Chapter 5: Mild Quest

Ridley: *His hair flapped to one side, as he continued to concentrate on the warping air in front of him.* (I'm losing track of time, but by now the Darkwings should have infiltrated Silver Wind Island, or about to.)

*Ridley watched glyphs begin to materialise and form around the Spacial Funnel, causing him to smirk.*

Ridley: (Gabby... We're almost there.. Once I do this, I'll come back and find you..)

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Lance: *He looked at Whitehead in a strange-like manner, raising his eyebrow.* " _Sheridan_? Another person?"

*Lance glanced at Season, Tyler, Holland, Lezard, Cameron, PKMY and Alicia, counting them with his fingers in a child-like manner.*

Lance: "No one's new here."

Lezard: "Oh, you silly sausage. Sheridan is Whitehead's-"

Lance: "Wut?"

PKMY: "Silly?"

Holland: "Sausage?"

Lance: "Silly sausage? Are you OK?"

Lezard: "I'm splendid, thankies."

Tyler: "Th-Thankies?"

Cameron: "Leave his unusual choice of wordings alone."

Season: "I agree."

Whitehead: "Sheridan is my dear companion."

Lance: "Wateva." *He grunted to himself, as if he no longer cared.*

Season: "So, Whitehead.. Where is the vessel?"

Whitehead: "I had to keep her on the outskirts of The Swirling Marshes."

Lance: "Swirlin', wat?"

Cameron: "Swirling Marshes by foot, it is a fair while."

Lance: "How long is a fair while?"

Lezard: "We've got to pass The Lost City, then Sakura Village, and then The Swirling Marshes."

Whitehead: "It would be wise to travel along the coast until we see her, argh."

PKMY: *She shook her head in an annoyed-like manner.* "Why did you leave it so far away?"

Whitehead: "So other guild members don't try and steal her away." *He looked at PKMY like she was an idiot.*

Tyler: "So, we're up for a long walk."

Lance: *He had a flashback of Millard sarcastically saying the same thing.* (This is just like those Unknown Territories again.) *He sighed and rolled his eyes.*

Lezard: "The party started to walk towards the forest in the distance, keeping close to the coast-"

Lance: "That is so lame, who does that." *He grunted at Lezard like a child, causing Alicia to discreetly giggle.*

Holland: "So, why are you travelling with us, Lezard?" *He mumbled in curiosity, listening to different toned waves crash with heightened hearing.*

PKMY: "Yea, don't you travel with Rachael?"

Lezard: "A-Am I not wanted?" *He spoke in a soft, hurtful-like manner, causing Holland to guiltily shake his head.*

Holland: "No, I didn't mean it like-"

Lezard: "Bwarharh, well.. If you _really_ want to know-" *He spoke in a serious-like manner, catching PKMY's attention.*

PKMY: (His constant cheery personality slowly faded-)

Lezard: "I can't forgive the Consultant for what he did."

*Whitehead and his men walked in front, chattering amongst themselves about preparations to the ship.*

Season: "What did the Consultant do?"

Lezard: "Forgive me, but I just don't feel comfortable telling you."

Season: "That's fine."

PKMY: "Hey, Lizard."

Lezard: "Where?" *He coughed and reverted back to his cheery self.*

PKMY: "Thanks for healing us back in The Twilight Forest."

Lezard: "Oh?" *He spoke in a sarcastic, curious-like manner.*

PKMY: "I don't think I thanked you for that."

Lezard: *He continued to walk along the cliff, watching the waves move in the ocean.* "I appreciate your appreciation."

PKMY: "R-Right." *She nervously grunted, looking away in an awkward-like manner.*

Tyler: *He walked past several trees, happily stroking the strap to the RPG bag.* "This is great."

Holland: "What is?"

Tyler: "Us, all walking together." *He looked at Holland with a widening smile.*

Season: "Hohoho, I don't believe we've had this opportunity, Tyler."

Tyler: "No, so I'm a little excited."

Alicia: "Tee hee, I agree!"

Lance: "Nobody asked for your opinion, grottom bottom."

PKMY: "Nor did any to you, shit face."

Lezard: "Ouchies."

Lance: "Wateva."

Alicia: *She cupped her pendant, smiling in thought.* (This reminds of when it was me, Lance, Ashton and Teresa-)

Lezard: *He noticed Alicia's pendant, causing him to sarcastically shake his bottom in excitement.* "What a beautiful pendant-"

Lance: "Oi, she's taken, dude."

Lezard: "Oh my, young love! How touching." *He cupped his hands to his face, squirming in happiness.*

Alicia: *She smiled at Lance and ran her fingers along the pendant, looking at Lezard.* "It was a gift, given to me by my parents."

Lezard: "It's blue with an _orange_ shading? What is it made out of?"

Alicia: "It's a moonstone coloured opal."

Lezard: "Beautiful." *He smiled and shook his head, causing the bangles to sway from his hat.*

Season: "So, Tyler, what was that technique you used?" *He spoke in amazement, triggering a flashback of Tyler using his handguns.*

Tyler: "Wow." *He gasped, staring at Season in a surprised-like manner.*

Lance: "You used the wow technique?"

PKMY: "Heh."

Season: "Hmm?" *He raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk.*

Tyler: "N-No, it's just, you sounded amazed."

Cameron: (That must have been the technique he used when I fell unconscious.) *He had flashbacks of slicing his sword across Dakota's arm.*

Lance: "Well, I admit, it was pretty epic." *He sniffed his finger, placing his hands on the back of his head.*

Tyler: "It's called Ragnarok."

Alicia: "Was that the same thing when we all used our Ougi?"

Lance: (Oh, I remember that-) "But, you did nothin'?"

Tyler: "Yes, nothing happened because Ragnarok is something that needs to be created."

Lance: " _Ah_." *He nodded his head, full of confusion.*

Alicia: "When did you create something so powerful?"

Season: "And what kind of weapon was that? I've _never_ seen a long range weapon like that before."

Lance: "They're called pistols, we have them back from where I'm from. I rekon they're kool."

Tyler: "I personally reckon they're cheap and lousy, but they were the best weapon I could practically use without any skill." *He looked at Alicia.* "I created it in my spare time, using Silver Wind Island's resources."

Cameron: "And where are you from?"

Lance: "Wait, who's the guy in the warrior's outfit?" *He gave Cameron an unfamiliar look.*

Season: *He looked shocked.* "Haven't I introduced you?!" *He sounded annoyed at himself.*

Cameron: "My name is Cameron." *He spoke in a professional-like manner, glancing at each party member.*

Season: "This is Holland-"

Holland: "Hey."

Season: "Tyler."

Tyler: "H-Hello."

Season: "Alicia."

Alicia: "N-Nice to meet you."

Season: "Lezard."

Lezard: "A lovely day, isn't it?" *He looked above the treetops, carefully stepping over tree roots.*

Season: "PKMY."

PKMY: "Don't be annoying and we can be friends."

Season: "And-"

Lance: "Lance, don't be annoyin' and we can be bestest buddies-"

PKMY: "Shut it, try hard." *She punched Lance on the shoulder, causing him to poke his tongue out at her.*

Holland: "So, Cameron, I sense you're a Scoldrant User?"

Cameron: "Indeed I am. And you two are as well?" *He glanced at PKMY and Holland.*

Holland: "I am, but she's not."

Cameron: "You are not?"

PKMY: "Umm, no, why?"

Cameron: "Hmm? When you used your technique to defeat the first large creature, I sensed your Soul Link."

Lance: "Soul Link?"

Season: "The connection between Scoldrants and their partners."

Lance: "Oh, yea."

PKMY: "Eh?"

Holland: "No wait, I think I felt it too."

PKMY: "Maybe it was just my empathic abilities?"

Cameron: "Well, it is _not_ possible for you to achieve a Soul Link.. So that is probably the best explanation."

Lance: "Aye? How come?"

Holland: "Because Soul Links are bloodline abilities."

Lance: "Bah-" *He groaned with acknowledgement.*

Alicia: "Cameron, I noticed your warrior's armour is actually that of a captain's."

Cameron: *He looked down, nodding his head.* "My ranking was that of-"

Lance: "Number three."

Lezard: "I say, number five."

PKMY: "I say number two?"

Cameron: "One."

Lance: *His childish smirk faded.* "Number one?"

Cameron: "Are you partially deaf?"

PKMY: "Ha ha, I like this guy."

Lance: "Oh, wateva." *He waved his hands, as if he didn't care.*

Tyler: "If you think my Ougi was awesome, what about that lightning you used."

Holland: "Man, that was really awesome."

PKMY: "Yea-" *She nodded her head in agreement.* "Those ice claymores, _that_ was impressive."

Lance: "Impressive?" *He looked at Alicia, as if he wasn't expecting a compliment from PKMY.*

Alicia: "Tee hee."

Season: "Even though we've all become much stronger-" *He glanced across the party in a worried-like manner.* "Didn't that exhaust a lot of your Neurons and Astragons?"

Lance: "Newgongs 'n' Astragongs.. Let's not throw out the nerdy talk already, we're meant to do that _near_ our destination." *He looked at Season, sighing in a serious-like manner.* "But, yeah.. I got really tired. What about you, quick fingers?"

Lezard: "Bwarharh."

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked, causing Holland to chuckle.*

Tyler: "..."

Holland: *He placed his hand on Tyler's shoulder, smiling in a proud-like manner.* "Well?"

Tyler: "No, I'm fine. The only thing that needs to rest are the weapons themselves."

Season: *He nodded his head.* "It's really unique. When we have more time, I'd like to take a closer look, if that's fine?"

Tyler: "Yeah, sure!" *He smiled, resting one arm over the RPG bag to stop it from moving.*

Lezard: "What kind of abilities do you all possess?"

Lance: "Abilities?" *He grunted.*

Lezard: "I know Tyler is a researcher, Holland is a Scoldrant User, PKMY is scary-"

PKMY: "Wat?!"

Lezard: "Bwarharh, I'm joking, my sensational lady."

Holland: "Your lady?" *He smirked with slight jealousy.*

Lance: "And what are you, aye?"

Lezard: "I'm a healer." *He proudly announced, playing with his cone shaped hat.*

PKMY: "You have Radiatons?"

Lezard: "Yes I do."

Alicia: *She walked into a small clearing and sunlight shined off her sun-shaped pendant.* (I never met anyone who could heal outside Valhalla naturally.)

Lance: *He picked his nose in satisfaction and yawned, placing his hands back behind his head.* (I know I've become stronger, but I can't shake that, _fear_ feeling, the Consultant gives me-)

Alicia: "What are you thinking about, Lance?"

Lance: "Oh, nothin' important?"

PKMY: "Well, I'm worrying about the Consultant." *She discreetly smirked at Lance.*

Holland: "Yeah, that's been on my mind too."

Cameron: *He moved his arm, watching the light shimmer on his armour.* "The Consultant is said to be very powerful. I have never engaged in combat with him, nor seen him at his fullest."

Season: "After a long and strenuous time-" *He glanced at the party and paused, emphasising his seriousness.* "We're very close to confronting the Consultant. It's only natural for our nerves to be heightened."

Alicia: "What about you, Season?"

Season: "I'm scared."

Tyler: "R-Really?" *He sounded surprised.*

Season: "If you don't experience fear, then you don't know what is dangerous."

Holland: "But fear is the unknown-"

Season: "Although that is true, fear, like all emotions are vital. If we weren't feeling fear, we'd all confront the Con-" *He paused.* "Ridley, and strike with full force without giving two thoughts on a strategy."

Cameron: "I have witnessed that very thing several times with inexperience warriors."

PKMY: *She nodded her head.* "So have I."

Alicia: *She looked at PKMY then to Cameron, then looking back to PKMY in confusion.* "What do you mean?"

Season: (Really? You're going to officially announce it?)

PKMY: (Yeah, why not?)

Tyler: "PKMY?"

PKMY: "I also used to be a warrior."

Cameron: "Hmm?" *He sounded intrigued, glancing at PKMY in a curious-like manner.*

Alicia: "First, Teresa and now PKMY."

Lance: "So, who else was? Tyler?"

Tyler: "W-What? Me?"

Lance: "Pssht, relax, I was jokin'."

Alicia: "What ranking were you?"

PKMY: "Ah, I was number two."

Holland: "Nice." *He mumbled to himself.*

Lance: (You know, by _now_ , I don't really care-)

Lezard: "What did you do when you were a warrior?"

PKMY: *She paused, looking down to the ground.* "I feel comfortable revealing that to you, but that's as far as I want to go."

Lance: *He nodded his head, grunting in acceptance.* "That's fine by me, aye." *He rudely glanced at the party, implying they shouldn't care.*

Lezard: *He smiled and held his hat, nodding his head.* "That's fine by me, child."

Tyler: (PKMY a warrior?) *He mumbled to himself, triggering a flashback.*

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PKMY: "Why have you stopped attacking-?"

Twortz: "For a number two, you're not very impressive."

PKMY: "Tssk." *She frowned, giving Twortz evil-like looks.*

Twortz: *She sighed, spreading her legs.* "At least you weren't a mindless, blood hungry, animal, I've encountered through my journeys."

PKMY: "..."

Twortz: "And, I haven't stopped attacking. Even at my ranking, I'm unable to use these techniques at the same time without suffering the risk of Neuron damage."

PKMY: "W-Wat-?"

Twortz: "Ougi."

Tyler: *He gasped, ignoring strings of blood which ran down his face from his ears.* "Twortz, don't!"

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Tyler: (I almost forgot about that..-)

Season: *He looked at each party member, stroking his chin in a curious-like manner.* "I have _many_ questions to ask."

Holland: "Like?"

Season: "What have you all done after we split different ways?"

Alicia: "When we split ways?"

Season: "For instance-" *He quickly hugged Alicia, tightly squeezing her with a smile.*

Alicia: "H-Huh?"

Season: "It's _great_ to have you back!?"

Alicia: *She looked shocked, hugging Season in confusion.* "Th-Thank you."

Season: *He stepped back, shaking his head.* " _How_?"

Holland: *He looked interested, as if he wanted to know too.* "..."

Lance: "I'm not good with stories, but we revived her with Madora's help."

Lezard: "Revived? This sounds interesting."

Lance: *He shrugged his shoulder, looking away.* "Story time ain't my thing."

Lezard: "Awh." *He pretended to be upset, sarcastically wiping under his eyes.*

Tyler: (Maybe I should explain what happened?) *He thought in hesitation.*

PKMY: *She glanced at Tyler and looked at Alicia in a caring-like manner.* (You don't mind?)

Alicia: (N-No, it's fine.)

PKMY: "W-Well, Lance, Chrisma, Madora and I went to the place where Alicia sealed the last glyph."

Tyler: "H-Huh?" *He gasped in shock, staring at PKMY with widening eyes.* (I was going to say that!-)

Season: "Was this before or after the fight?" *He looked at Tyler and PKMY, unsure who was going to answer him.*

Tyler: "Fight? I don't-"

PKMY: "Before."

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*A ray of white light blasted down from the sky and hit the ground, allowing Cassidy to step out of it.*

Cassidy: *He waved particles of light out of his face, observing a jungle-like environment.* "Where-?"

Lorilei: *She appeared in a flash of purple light with her back facing Cassidy, looking to each side in a cautious-like manner.* (This is where the energy signature was-)

Cassidy: "Lorilei."

Lorilei: "Oh?" *She turned around startled and smiled.* "You made it before me."

Cassidy: *He nodded his head.* "Where are we?"

Lorilei: "Considering how my senses are currently messed up, I'd presume, inside a Spacial Funnel."

Cassidy: "I'm not good at sensing, but it's _obvious_ where that _massive_ energy signature is coming from."

Lorilei: "Indeed. I can feel it too." *She spoke in a high tone of voice and looked ahead, staring at vines and ferns.*

Cassidy: "Well, I don't want to let down the Valkyrie."

Lorilei: "Yes."

*Lorilei looked over her shoulder, focusing her attention to her wings.*

Lorilei: "These might get in the way-" *She flapped her wings, watching them warp and fade into nothing.*

Cassidy: "You're right-" *He flapped his wings, causing them to warp and fade away.* "I'll lead, and you cover me with your Remenistal?"

Lorilei: "Of course." *She nodded her head and faced Cassidy, watching him lead the way.*

Cassidy: "Alright, phase one completed, mistress." *He prayed to himself, keeping his morale up high.*

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Locki: *He squinted his eyes, watching the area swirl and blur around him.* ( _Where_ is she?)

*Locki's hair and cape flapped in a circular motion, listening to winds whoosh as if they were outside.*

Locki: (I can't track her Neuron signature... Although her ability to dwindle her power is superior than most. Her powers are _always_ noticeable to _me_ -)

*The area reverted back to normal and Locki found himself on a floating island.*

Locki: (For you, mistress... Valkyrie.. I will _not_ give up _until_ I succeed in the task you've given me!-)

*Locki sighed and clapped his hands, causing the area to swirl and blur around him.*

Locki: (Focus on her location!)

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*Pink leaves suddenly blew in a swirl, as Celest appeared in a flash of white light.*

Arcadia: "H-Huh?" *She suddenly woke up with a gasp and quickly swivelled the chair, facing Celest.* "C-Celest, what brings you here?"

Celest: "Thy have a favour from the mistress."

Arcadia: "The mistress?"

Celest: "The one and only-"

Arcadia: *She gasped in realisation, covering her mouth in hope.* (Th-The Valkyrie!)

Celest: "Yes."

Arcadia: "O-Of course, I'll do anything! Tell me what you need!"

Celest: *She nodded her head in mutual respect.* "Thy am not entirely sure why, but she has given me an _unusual_ request."

Arcadia: *She flicked her arms over the wheels, pushing herself towards Celest.* "I'm all ears."

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PKMY: "And that's what happened."

Tyler: "Yeah." *He nodded his head, as if he was supporting PKMY's story.*

Season: (So, Felix turned out to be good after all.)

Cameron: (Tampering with life forces, she must be _very_ powerful.) *He thought in confusion, triggering a flashback of Madora's handicapped-like behaviour in the research facility.*

PKMY: "If I don't mess up the timeline, this would've happened just before Tarlea made her presence known."

Season: "Hmm." *He nodded his head.*

Lezard: "I'm find it romantic how Lance was going to give his life so eagerly."

Lance: "Eagerly? Pssht, nah. I, err-" *He paused in thought, looking away with blushing cheeks.*

Tyler: (He's got nothing.) *He smiled.*

Holland: "I'm not surprised at all."

Lance: "For the last time-"

PKMY, Tyler, Season and Holland: "Wateva."

Lance: *His face grew redder, due to embarrassment.* "W-Wateva." *He quietly grumbled to himself, pouting his lips like a child.*

Alicia: "Tee hee."

Lance: "You're all, dirty shit nuggets, and that's that!" *He raised his nose, folding his arms like a child.*

Lezard: "Dirty shit nuggets? Oh dear, go to the bathroom everyone!" *He shook his bottom in a sarcastic-like manner.*

Cameron: "Hmm?" *He looked past the party into the distance.*

PKMY: (I can't believe I'm friends with these people-) *She grunted to herself in thought, shaking her head.*

Holland: *He suddenly looked into the distance in confusion.* "Wha-?"

Cameron: "Do you sense it too?"

Holland: "I think so."

Season: *He glanced at Holland and Cameron.* "Speak of it."

Holland: "I sense Scoldrants."

Lance: "Pssht, so?"

Season: "I agree, what's the urgency?"

Cameron: "Due to past experiences, I believe they suffer from the yellow eyed condition."

Tyler: "I know they are violent, but we d-don't have time to-"

Cameron: "If Whitehead's method is to stay along the coast, then we will _have_ to confront them."

Tyler: *He nervously gulped, tightly holding the strap to his RPG bag.* "I-I see."

Whitehead: "Make sure you fill her up with the energy stones I gave you."

Man: "Y-Yes, boss-"

Whitehead: "We're nearly half way, argh." *He yelled out to the party over his shoulder.*

Lance: "Only half?" *He dropped his shoulders and sighed.*

Tyler: "Half way, thank you." *He yelled out, as if he was working in Fast Food Enterprise.*

Lance: (What a loser.)

Alicia: *She held onto her pendant.* (By next sunrise-) *She tightened her grip with anxiety.* (Is the day we'll confront Ridley.)

Season: "Cameron or Holland, how far are these Scoldrants?"

Holland: *The purple ring around his iris spiralled, causing his vision to change perspective.* "I'm-" *He paused, squinting his eyes with uncertainty.*

Cameron: "Not sure?"

Holland: "Yeah?"

Cameron: "Whatever that pulse did with the teleporting, it has also affected my sense of distance."

Lezard: "Oh, no."

PKMY: "Then, what are we going to do?"

Season: "This could be troubling."

Cameron: "It is fine-" *He closed his eyes and Apollo suddenly flew out of a grey glyph, which instantly appeared in the air.*

Apollo: "Sqwuark." *He flapped his wings and flew above the treetops, causing Whitehead's men to lower their heads in shock.*

Season: "The Scoldrant is an ally! Don't fret!" *His shout caused the men to slowly regain their composure.*

Cameron: "You know what to do." *He looked up, whispering on his breath.*

Apollo: (Yes.)

Holland: (Freya, help him out-) *He placed his hands on his tribal markings and chest.* (Alright?) *He punched both arms out, causing a purple glyph to spiral in front of him.*

Freya: *She flew out of the glyph and flapped her wings above the treetops.* (Yes.)

Season: "What a splendid idea." *He watched Apollo and Freya fly out of his sight.*

Tyler: "I think we should let Whitehead know about the Scoldrants."

Alicia: *She nodded her head in agreement, looking ahead to the men.* "It would be bad if they weren't expecting the Scoldrants."

Lance: "Good idea." *He stared at Tyler, nudging his head towards the men.* "Go on then."

Tyler: "B-But, umm." *He nervously looked around, as if he didn't want to.*

Holland: " _I'll_ tell him."

Tyler: "R-Right."

Lance: *He watched Holland walk past him and towards Whitehead, causing him to roll his eyes.* (This is so boring.)

Season: "So, Lance, would you like to explain how you learnt to use your lightning as a sword?"

Lance: "Oh, umm, yea." *He sighed, preparing himself to explain the story to the party.* "Well, it was this seal and The Voice of On, right."

Lezard: "Ooo, another story." *He giggled sarcastic-like, wiggling his bottom.*

Cameron: (The Voice of On?) *He looked confused, as he closely listened to Lance's story.*

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Locki: *He closed his eyes, frowning in complete concentration.* (Where is she?) *The sounds of echoing wind whooshed from the swirling area around him.* (Where are you?!)

*Locki's robes flapped in a circular motion, as the area continued to swirl around him.*

Locki: ( _There_!) *He opened his eyes with success and he looked up in determination.*

*Locki watched the area grow dark around him, noticing the air slowly stop its swirling motion.*

Locki: (She was _this_ close to the path?)

*Sounds of water dripping echoed in the cave and Locki's image suddenly appeared in a flash of white light.*

Locki: *He looked around the cave in curiosity and stepped forward, causing water to splash around his feet.* "Water?"

*Locki looked down and noticed he stood in a pool of Teresa's blood, causing his eyes to widen.*

Locki: "Terra and-?" *He waved his arm over Jewel.* "Jewel-"

*Locki quickly stood over Teresa and bent down, touching her cheek.*

Locki: (She's cold-) "HEALING RINGS" *White rings spiralled under Teresa and Jewel, lighting up the entire section of the cave.*

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Celest: *She sat down on a stylish wooden chair and stared at Arcadia.* "Do you need any requirements?"

Arcadia: "Only when the sunsets."

Celest: "Why then?"

Arcadia: "It's dangerous if I do it otherwise."

Celest: "That is understandable."

Arcadia: *She stared at Celest with her hazel and red eyes.* "Is there anything else?"

Celest: "No. But thy wish to partake in it."

Arcadia: "Of course." *She tilted her head in respect.*

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Season: "Very interesting, Lance."

Lance: "Yea, and ever since, I can feel the lightning."

Tyler: "From what we heard, I think Dakota was the scariest."

Cameron: (Perhaps the Consultant has given up on the warrior system? Using his last resort with captains of my power in ranking-)

Lezard: "Ooo, my legs hurt." *He whined, pretending to cry.*

Holland: *He walked up to the party, scratching the back of his head.* "I told Whitehead about the Scoldrants-"

?????: "Skree." *Its screech echoed in the distance, catching the party's attention.*

Lance: "Skree? Did ya say somethin', Alicia?"

Alicia: "Tee.. Hee." *She rolled her eyes.*

Lance: "Jokes-" *He stepped to the side, looking past several pine-like trees.* "It came from over there."

PKMY: "Away from the shore."

Holland: "Cameron, I can't really sense them-"

Cameron: "There is only one, and it is heading directly for us."

Tyler: "O-Oh."

Lezard: "What are we to do, goodness me?"

PKMY: *She glanced at the party, half smirking at Lezard and Tyler.* "You've got nothing to worry about."

Lance: "I rekon."

Season: "Just keep in mind, I don't want us to use _any_ powerful techniques-"

Lance: "Oh, wat? Why?!"

Cameron: "To ensure we are at maximum capacity whilst we fight the Consultant."

Season: "Exactly-"

Darkwing: *Branches whipped past its skull, as it sprinted through the trees on all fours.* "Skree!-" *It jumped off a tree stump and glided through the air towards the party.*

PKMY: "There it is!-"

Lance: "No shit-"

Season: "Everyone, team work!"

Darkwing: *It landed heavily on the ground and tried to step forward.* "Sk-?" *It looked down, pulling its arms out of the dirt.* "Skree."

Holland: "Got it!" *He ran towards the Darkwing and raised his fists, stepping into striking distance.*

Darkwing: "Skr-"

Holland: "Harh!" *He punched across the Darkwing's skull to the right.*

Darkwing: "Skree!-" *It rocked to the right, as swirls of shadow pulsed away from Holland's fist.*

Holland: "Hmph-" *He leant forward, punching the Darkwing to the left.*

Darkwing: *Its bone cracked, as it awkwardly stepped to the left.* "Sk-Sk-"

Holland: *He leant back and raised his fist to the side of his head.* "Harh!" *He punched with his shoulder forward, causing him to lift one leg back.*

Darkwing: *Its bones snapped and it stumbled back, due to the force of Holland's punch.* "Skree-" *Fire swirled around it, causing it to look at its feet in confusion.*

Holland: (This one is stronger than the ones that were in the city.)

Tyler: "Ougi-"

Holland: *He quickly shuffled back, nodding his head.* "Go!"

PKMY: "FLAMING WHEEL" *The flames erupted and blasted the Darkwing into the air.* "Heh-" *She smirked and leant to one side in a confident-like manner.*

Darkwing: *Glass-like sounds caused it to look up and it noticed spears of ice forming themselves in the air.* "Skrii-?" *It screeched at the ice spears, as fire flapped around its legs.*

Lance: *He puffed out his chest and flicked his arm, causing lightning to swirl and form a sword.* (I'm ready-)

Alicia: "ICICLE EDGE" *She swayed her arms down, blasting the spears of ice into the Darkwing.*

Tyler: *White liquid swirled from the RPG bag and around his hands.* "Ragnarok!"

*The liquid formed into two handguns and Tyler aimed them into the air.*

Tyler: "I can do this!" *He pulled the triggers, shooting several fluoro green bullets into the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Skargh!" *Its bones cracked due to the bullets, watching small streams of green mist-like residue sway from the holes.*

Whitehead: (Amazing teamwork-) *He watched the fire swirl around the Darkwing's legs, causing mist to evaporate off the ice spears which was embedded in its chest.*

Lance: "Right!-" *He flashstepped, causing dirt to swirl around where he stood.*

Cameron: "Humph-" *Sparks scattered around his sword and his image disappeared.*

Darkwing: *It squinted its eyes and scanned the party for a target, ignoring its damaged body.* "Skra?!"

Tyler: *He aimed one of the handguns at the Darkwing's skull, hesitating in thought.* (Despite what we've done to it, it's still fixated on getting us-)

Darkwing: *It focused on Lezard, causing it to screech with killing intent.* "Sk-"

Lezard: "Eww, I'm not interested!"

*Lance and Cameron appeared on both sides of the Darkwing.*

Darkwing: *It glanced to its sides in shock.* "Sk-?"

*Lance and Cameron swayed their arms, slicing each of the Darkwing's arms off.*

Lezard: "Oh, jolly goodness." *He watched Lance and Cameron land on the ground.* "They sliced off the creature's arms, like it was butter on a delicious sandwich!"

PKMY: "Wat?!" *She looked to her side at Lezard, giving him an annoyed grunt.*

Lezard: "Umm.." *He avoided eye contact, watching the tornado-like swirl of fire die down.*

Season: "Powers of the proud brown, beat and skip through the winds, GRAVEL'S PULSE"

*A ring a small of rocks materialised in the air and spiralled around Season's hand.*

Season: "My Rostical, here!-" *He pushed his arm forward and the rocks appeared directly in front of the descending Darkwing.*

Darkwing: "Sk-" *The rocks crumbled to dust and burst in its face, causing its skull to crack.*

Tyler: *He watched the Darkwing hit the ground disorientated, causing him to bend down on one knee.* "Look at this-"

*The handguns shined white and moved like liquid, catching Lance's attention.*

Tyler: (It's hard to concentrate-) *The liquid started to take shape and its light dimmed, as a bazooka formed over his shoulder.*

Lance: "Whoa!" *He chuckled in disbelief, as he stared at the bazooka.*

Alicia: "What is that?" *She spoke on her breath, causing PKMY to shrug her shoulders.*

Tyler: *He glanced at Cameron and Lance, who stood behind the Darkwing.* "You two, please get out of the w-way."

*The bazooka charged itself up, queuing Tyler to aim it towards the Darkwing.*

Cameron: "Yes-" *He flashstepped next to Holland out of Tyler's way.*

Lance: "Wateva-" *He flashstepped behind Tyler, allowing him to further inspect the bazooka.* (It sounds like a laser charging up or something-)

Tyler: "Taste crafting!" *A fluoro green ball shot out of the bazooka and slammed into the Darkwing, causing it to explode backwards.*

Season: *He watched a rippled shadow of dust vaporise into the air.* "Nicely done, Tyler!"

Lance: "Freakin' _sweet_!"

Tyler: "A-Alright-" *He sighed in relief and lowered the bazooka, watching it disintegrate into nothing.* "Let's continue?" *He stood up, looking at the party with an innocent face.*

Season: "Yes, let's." *He started to shuffled towards Whitehead, which prompted the party to follow.*

Whitehead: *He looked impressed, focusing his attention back in front.* "Move it, men! Argh."

Alicia: "That was amazing, Tyler." *She cupped her hands in amazement.*

PKMY: "Yea, it was awesome." *She grunted with a smirk.*

Holland: "It was great!" *He chuckled, scratching behind his head.*

Cameron: "It was unique and somewhat impressive." *He spoke with his eyes closed in a professional-like manner.*

Lezard: "Holy fish-cakes! It was sensational." *He sarcastically wobbled his bottom.*

Tyler: *He smiled with blushing cheeks, looking down in a modest-like manner.* "Th-Thank you, everyone."

Lance: *He looked at the party then to Tyler.* "Yea, well, remember my big lightning? That was kool too!"

PKMY: "..." *She silently walked past Lance and ignored him, closely following the party.*

Lance: *He stood on the spot in confusion, waving his arms in a child-like manner.* "Wasn't it kool?!"

*Lance yelled at the party and watched them walk past several trees, causing him to jog after them.*

Lance: "Oi! Wait for me!"

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Locki: *He intensely stared at Teresa, ignoring clusters of mist-like light waft past his face.* (Her body is still cold, and still isn't reacting to the Radiatons-)

*The light slightly dimmed, as Locki sighed in slight fatigue.*

Locki: (Not even her companion has responded to the light. Then, I'll need to use something more drastic-) "Power of Radiatons-"

*Locki spread his arms over Teresa and a white glyph formed under his feet.*

Locki: "Strongest healing revitalise my brethren, PHOENIX TRANQUILLITY"

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*Season, PKMY, Holland, Alicia, Lance, Tyler, Lezard and Cameron followed Whitehead and his crew through the forest, filled with different coloured mushrooms.*

Alicia: "W-Wow-" *She stopped walking with the party and stepped to the side, observing one of the mushrooms.*

Tyler: *He scanned further down the path and noticed larger mushrooms.* "There's some human sized ones over there." *He looked at Alicia and pointed down the path.*

Lance: "Man, simple things get you two excited."

PKMY: "Heh-" *She chuckled in agreement.* "She _does_ like you though."

Lance: "Aha, oi!"

Alicia: *She reached forward to touch the mushrooms.* "Umm-"

Tyler: "I hope they're not poisonous."

Alicia: "Eek-?" *She quickly leant back in a cautious-like manner, looking over her shoulder to the party.*

Holland: "No, these are harmless. These are actually used for celebratory purposes."

Lezard: *He inspected the mushrooms, adjusting his cone shaped hat.* "Because of the twinkles it does?"

Lance: " _Twinkles_?"

PKMY: "It does?"

Holland: *He nodded his head.* "Alicia, hit the mushroom."

Alicia: "Ah?" *She paused in hesitation, looking back to the mushroom.*

Cameron: "It is fine."

Alicia: "Umm-" *She prepared herself and hit the mushroom, causing a puff of sparkling spores to glitter around her.* "Wow-"

Tyler: "Cool." *He chuckled, as he admired the glittering spores.*

Season: *He noticed Whitehead and his men walking out of sight.* "We have plenty of time to admire the flora. But-"

Lance: "Yea, yea." *He grunted, as if he knew what Season was going to say.*

Alicia: "O-Okay, sorry." *She shook her head and skipped next to Season, causing the party to continue walking.*

Lezard: "Sounds of crashing waves echoed in the background and insects buzzed in nearby trees."

PKMY: "Face palm."

Lance: "Huh?"

PKMY: "I figured if we're saying everything, I can too?"

Lance: "But, you ain't face palmin'-?"

PKMY: *She slapped Lance on the forehead, causing her to walk past him with an evil-like grin.* "Heh."

Lance: *He grunted, rubbing his forehead in frustration.* "Wateva!" *He brushed past PKMY and ran ahead of the party, jogging after Whitehead and his men.*

Cameron: "Hmm?" *He suddenly stopped and looked to his side, waiting with anticipation.*

Lezard: "Everything okay, my dear boy?"

*Freya and Apollo flew past the treetops and dived down behind the party, alerting Holland.*

Holland: *He turned around in confusion.* "What is it?"

Freya: (The Scoldrants are up ahead in the next clearing.)

PKMY: "Really?" *She looked at Freya in shock.*

Tyler: "Really, what?"

PKMY: (Only up in the next clearing?) *She looked down the path and stepped forward, flashstepping out of the area.* (Lance and the fools have already left our sight-)

Holland: *He glanced at the party, confirming Freya and Apollo's findings.* "The Scoldrants are up ahead."

Season: *He became alert.* "Then let's move forward!"

Lance: *He ran into a clearing and noticed Whitehead and his men lying on the ground unconscious.* "Wat-?"

*Lance stepped forward and noticed green, snot-like jelly covering the ground around them.*

Lance: *He raised an eyebrow in disgust, staring at the jelly which stringed near the slopes and ditches in the clearing.* "Someone needs a tissue, aye-"

*Snail-like Scoldrants squirmed from behind several trees, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: "Aye?" *He pointed at the snail-like Scoldrants with a blank look.* "Arh hahaha! What are you goin' to do? Squirm towards me to death?!"

Scoldrant: *Its eyes glowed yellow and it slowly pushed itself towards Lance.* "Qwehqweh."

Lance: *He casually walked towards the four Scoldrants, shaking his head in disbelief.* "So, I like, I don't even have the urge to hurt you."

Scoldrant: "Queshweh."

Lance: *He walked up to one the Scoldrants, which attempted to charge for him.* "It's a nice day, ain't it?" *He placed his elbow on the Scoldrant's shell, watching the leaves sway in the wind.*

PKMY: *She flashstepped into the clearing and noticed Lance casually talking to the Scoldrants.* (I-Is he mad?!)

*Season, Tyler, Cameron, and Holland ran behind PKMY into the clearing.*

Cameron: *He instantly noticed the Scoldrants and gasped.* "What are they doing here?"

Holland: "L-Lance?" *He gasped in disbelief, trying not to make any sudden movements.*

*Lezard and Alicia ran up to the party and noticed Lance acting like a child near the Scoldrants.*

Lance: "Oh, yea?" *He wiped his bottom on the Scoldrant's shell, making clean, wipe-like noises.*

Lezard: "H-He's brave!" *He gasped on his breath and grabbed the cone shaped hat with both hands, pulling it down in a worried-like manner.*

Alicia: "Why?"

Tyler: "Yeah, they seem like harmless Scoldrants."

Lezard: "Never judge a cake by its icing!"

Lance: *He looked around and noticed the party staring at him in shock.* "Oh, I found the Scoldrant thingys." *He knocked on the shell like a door, grinning like a child.* "Sounds like wood-"

Holland: "Lance, get away from them." *He spoke calmly with a tone of urgency.*

Cameron: *He bent down and touched the snot-like jelly, rubbing it in between his fingers.* "To compensate for their lack of speed."

Holland: "They devised a powerful anaesthetic!"

Lance: "Ana- wat wat?" *He stared at Holland then to Whitehead and his men.* "Oh, crap-" *He spoke in realisation and stepped back, straightening his arm at a nearby Scoldrant.*

Cameron: "And they also have a special ability in their natural slime-"

Lance: "LIGHTNING BLAST" *A stream of lightning blasted into the Scoldrant's shell.* "There's _no_ _way_ you can catch me-"

Scoldrant: "Qweh qweh." *The lightning's stream broke and spiralled into its shell.*

Cameron: "They are able to fluctuate the Astragons and absorb the Neurons-"

Lance: "W-Wat-?" *He stepped back in shock.*

PKMY: "Flashstep away, you _idiot_!-"

Scoldrant: "Qw-eh." *It slowly tilted its slug-like head and suddenly spat out a string of green jelly.*

Tyler: "W-Whoa-"

Lance: *He leant back in shock and gritted his teeth, bending to the side.* "Shit-"

Alicia: "L-Lance!" *She watched Lance avoid the string of jelly, causing her to sigh in relief.*

Holland: "They are very slow, but dangerous at the same time."

Lance: *He noticed all the snail-like Scoldrants face him, spitting out strings of green jelly.* "Pssht-" *He jumped back and faced the party, quickly flashstepping next to PKMY.*

Season: "If it can essentially absorb Rostical, how will we defeat these fiends?"

PKMY: "I will flashstep and attack them with physical melee." *She smirked, punching the air in excitement.*

Lezard: "But I heard those shells are tough."

PKMY: "Not as tough as this." *She grunted in confidence, kissing her fist.*

Lance: "Nah, PKMY, those shells are _pretty_ hard." *He spoke with a serious tone, causing PKMY to frown in understanding.*

Holland: *He looked at the party in a worried-like manner, as if he gained sudden responsibility.* "Tyler and I will handle this!"

Tyler: "H-Huh?"

Lance: "Wait, wut?"

Holland: "Let's go, Tyler." *He stared at the snail-like Scoldrants, bracing himself.*

Tyler: "B-But-"

Holland: "Come on!" *He jumped down a slight slope and ran past Whitehead, forming a fist.*

Freya: *She blasted high into the air and withdrew her wings, tucking in her legs.* (Aerial-)

Season: "Tyler?" *He spoke in a stern tone, causing Tyler to twitch.*

Tyler: "R-Right, Ougi-" *He awkwardly hobbled down the slope with both arms in the RPG bag.*

Freya: *She dived down at incredible speeds, preparing herself for an aerial attack.* (Pounce-)

Holland: "Alright!-"

*A blast of red lightning sparked in front of Holland and a wall of ice fell from the sky in front of Freya, causing them both to stop.*

Freya: *She suddenly blew back and flapped her wings, gliding along the ground.* (I was repelled?!)

Alicia: "Who?"

Season: "What was that-?"

?????: "Don't, it's a trap-" *A woman with green hair flashstepped in front of the ice, shattering it into nothing.*

Alicia: "P-Pickles?"

Lance: "It's them!-"

?????: "We said it's a trap, so back away." *He mumbled and flashstepped in the air, looking down at the party of snail-like Scoldrants.*

Lance: (Brazza!-) *He looked up in surprise.*

Freya: (Grr, should I attack them?) *She gritted her teeth and flapped her wings, hovering in mid-air.*

Holland: (Not yet.) *He frowned in an indecisive-like manner.*

Brazza: "Watch-" *He pushed downwards and a stream of red lightning struck the ground next to the Scoldrants.*

Pickles: *She waited with anticipation, as if she was expecting something to happen.* "...-"

Lezard: "Oh, jolly goodness, nothing happened."

Cameron: "Patience-"

*A net of green snot-like jelly, sprung up around the Scoldrants and looped above the treetops.*

PKMY: (The trap!)

Lance: (Crap! I could've got caught in that!)

Tyler: *He slowly pulled his hands out of the RPG bag.* "A net?"

Holland: (When did these Scoldrants become predators like this?)

Pickles: "The best choice for us is to retreat!" *She looked back to the party in concern, waving two daggers of ice in her hands.*

Brazza: "These creatures aren't to be taken lightly." *He landed on the ground and looked over his shoulder to the party, mumbling in a serious-like manner.*

Lance: "Oi, quick fingers, ogre! Come on!" *He shouted, waving his arms for them to come back.*

Tyler: "Arh-" *He tumbled around and faced the party, awkwardly running towards them in fear.*

Holland: "Freya-" *He faced the party and stepped forward, jumping into the air.*

Freya: (Got you-) *She spiralled at amazing speeds and dived under Holland, carrying him towards the party.*

Lezard: "HEALING RINGS" *He focused his attention to Whitehead and his men, watching several white rings spiral around them.*

Alicia: "U-Umm." *She coughed in a girl-like manner, facing the pirate-like bandits.* "HEALING RINGS"

*Alicia straightened her arms and another set of white rings spiralled around the men, causing the area to brighten.*

Cameron: (This seems to be a well balanced party, a suitable party to fight the Consultant.)

Whitehead: "A-Argh?" *He grunted and leant up, holding his head in pain.*

Man: "B-Boss, look out for the trap!-" *He moaned, gasping into consciousness.*

Whitehead: "Where?"

PKMY: "No time-" *She grunted with impatience, looking at the snail-like Scoldrants.* "I don't want to test these things out."

*The rings of light stopped glowing, causing Lezard and Alicia to lower their arms.*

Scoldrant: "Qweh." *It slowly moved towards the party.*

Season: "Is everyone okay?" *He glanced across the party.*

Whitehead: "Besides the slight headache, I'm great, argh." *He grunted and stood up, stroking his beard.*

Lezard: "That's exceptionally great."

Alicia: "Exceptionally? Great?" *She spoke in a nervous, curious-like manner.*

Season: "Whitehead, we may need to take a detour around these Scoldrants."

Whitehead: "I'm not complaining."

Lance: "Huh? Why?" *He grunted with impatience, as he stared at the Scoldrants slowly moving closer towards him.* "No detours, aye. Just run around 'em-"

Cameron: "Make a move on!" *He spoke with authority, motioning Whitehead to lead the way.*

Whitehead: "A detour is fine-" *He started to run into the distance, causing his men to follow.*

Season: *He glanced at Pickles and Brazza.* "I appreciate your help, come with us?"

Brazza: "Nah, we're fine right now." *He mumbled in a deep tone, flicking his hair out of his face.*

Pickles: "Go-" *She clicked her fingers, causing pillars of ice to erupt around the Scoldrants.*

Season: *He nodded his head and noticed the party running into the distance.* (I better make a move on!) *He frowned in determination, quickly hobbling after the party.*

PKMY: *She jumped over several roots and flipped over several rocks in an acrobatic-like manner.* "Why aren't you complaining?" *She looked at Lezard, who hobbled over the rocks.*

Lezard: "We are on a time limit."

Whitehead: "Well, we've somehow made great time."

Lance: "How?" *He ran in front of Alicia and Tyler, raising an eyebrow at Whitehead.*

Whitehead: "Well, we've already passed The Lost City and we _just_ passed Sakura Village."

Lance: "So, wat are you sayin'?"

Whitehead: "We're almost at The Swirling Marshes."

Lance: "Aye?"

Alicia: "W-We're nearly there."

Lance: "Ah-" *He raised his head in understanding, smiling in excitement.* "Kool."

Holland: *He glided above the party on Freya, smiling at the treetops.* "That's great."

Season: *His robes flapped, as he slowly caught up to the party.* "W-What was that, Whitehead?" *He spoke on his breath, gasping for air.*

Cameron: "We are near our destination."

Season: "Excellent!"

Alicia: "What should we do about Pickles and-" *She paused, looking at Lance in recollection.* "Brazza?"

PKMY: (Brazza? That Elementalist Lance was talking about before.)

Season: "They should be fine. Don't worry about them, Alicia."

Cameron: "If we are near The Swirling Marshes, then that would also explain why those type of Scoldrants were present in this location."

Tyler: "Why?" *He awkwardly stepped down a slight slope, listening to his RPG bag rattle.*

Lezard: "They usually live near swamps or lakes."

Cameron: "Yes, I underestimated how far we travelled."

Lezard: *He held his cone shaped hat with one hand, continuing to run with the party through the forest.* "Oh, this _isn't_ delicious, I'm getting tired."

Tyler: *He started to breathe heavily, looking at the party with red cheeks.* "D-Do you think-?" *He inhaled and licked his lips, trying to talk through his fatigue.*

PKMY: "..." *She ran with her arms swaying behind her back, showing no signs of being tired.*

Tyler: "Do you think we're safe from those Scoldrants now?"

Alicia: "C-Could we please stop running?" *She ran in a girl-like manner with the party, causing her pendant and hair to sway to each side.*

Lance: "Yea, I'm gettin' a little tired too, aye."

Cameron: *He glanced at the party with an emotionless face, continuing to run without a sign of fatigue.* (They may be captain levelled. But, they certainly did not endure the same, harsh training as I did.)

Whitehead: "There should be a large clearing next to a cliff. We can rest there, argh."

Lance: "Cliff? But ain't we runnin' _away_ from the shore?"

Whitehead: "No, we just ran around the Scoldrants."

Season: (This is splendid! Although.. I'm hoping we reach the vessel before sunset.) *He smiled in thought, keeping a steady running pace.* (But, I'm not complaining with our progress.)

Lance: *He blew through his mouth, as he tried to control his breathing.* "So, could someone let me know wat's happenin'?" *He grunt in confusion, pointlessly jumping over small rocks.*

Man: "The clearing is up ahead." *He grunted from in front of the party, as he ran in between thick, pine-like trees.*

Holland: (Up ahead?) *He thought in a curious-like manner, watching Freya's shiny fur blow in the wind.*

Freya: (Yes-) *She tilted her head up and flew above the treetops, causing sunlight to shine in their eyes.*

Holland: *He looked down and opened his eyes, glancing across to the ocean in amazement.* "Wow-" *He mumbled on his breath, loosening his grip on Freya's fur.*

Freya: *She hovered in the air, as cool gusts of wind blew in every direction.* (This is-)

Alicia: *She ran into a grassy clearing and slowly walked along the cliff, staring out into the ocean.* "P-Pretty."

Holland: *He looked down, watching the party enter the clearing.* (This is the environment's natural beauty.) *He smirked and looked back to the ocean, admiring the scenery.*

Lance: "The party scattered across the clearing, observing its surroundings."

Lezard: "N-No, you said it wrong-"

Lance: *He stood by himself and looked away, waving Lezard off.* "Don't care."

Cameron: *He observed the area, causing him to discreetly relax.* "We should be safe here."

Lezard: *He took a deep breath, glancing at Cameron in confusion.* "How would you know?"

PKMY: "This is a warrior's camp site."

Lezard: "Ooo-" *He squealed in a curious, sarcastic-like manner.*

PKMY: "If you give me _any_ sarcastic crap-" *She stopped in mid-sentence and formed a fist, glaring at Lezard.*

Lezard: "Crap? Oh, I wouldn't think of it." *He shook his head and hands at PKMY.*

PKMY: "Good-"

Lezard: "No way I'd give you any poop. That stinks-"

PKMY: "You!-"

Man: *He plunked himself on the grass and sighed, adjusting a headband-like bandanna on his forehead.* "I'm buggered, boss."

Whitehead: *He noticed his men on the ground panting for air.* "We are to have a short rest here."

Lance: *He tilted his head up in disagreement, unintentionally frowning at Whitehead.* "Why? Let's rest on the ship?"

Season: "A ship run by tired crew members can be _very_ dangerous."

Whitehead: "Exactly, argh."

Lance: *He folded his arms and turned away, pouting like a child.* "True."

PKMY: (Heh.) *She smirked at Lance in respect and stepped to the side, observing the area around her.*

Freya: *She slowly glided down next to PKMY and bent her legs, gently landing on the ground.* (How are you feeling?) *Holland jumped off her back, causing her body to shrink in size.*

PKMY: *She turned around in a bored-like manner, looking at Freya and Holland.* "I'm just thinking about Teresa."

Freya: "Ruff?"

PKMY: *She straightened and lowered her arm, looking at Holland.* "Well, it's unlike her not to contact me by now. And if she didn't, she would've let me know already-"

*Freya jumped onto PKMY's hand and ran up her arm, standing on her shoulder.*

Holland: "She's a strong woman." *He walked behind PKMY and wrapped his arms around her, forcing her to face the ocean.*

PKMY: *She stared at the glittering ocean with an emotionless face.* "I know.." *She raised her arms and rubbed Holland's hand, causing Freya to squeak in a happy-like manner.*

Alicia: *She walked closer to the cliff and elegantly leant against a tree, watching the branches gently sway in the wind.* (My life has changed-)

Lance: "Hey." *He quietly mumbled to Alicia, walking over to her.*

Alicia: *She looked at Lance, causing him to smile.* "Lance."

Lance: *He slowly wrapped one arm over her shoulder.* "What are you thinkin' about?"

Alicia: *She stared out into the ocean.* "Just how much my life has changed."

Lance: "Oh really?" *He sounded interested, as if he wanted to know what Alicia had to say.*

Alicia: "I wanted an adventure badly."

Lance: "Aha, we're already on one?"

Alicia: *She nodded her head with an emotionless face.* "I know. But, I _really_ wanted one."

Lance: "How come?"

Alicia: "U-Umm-" *She looked down and became quiet, biting her bottom lip.*

Lance: "It's fine, you don't have to tell me, aye." *He spoke in a caring-like manner, suddenly embracing Alicia with a widening smile.*

Alicia: *She smiled in comfort, watching the waves crash against the rocks in the distance.* "There's a few reasons why I wanted an adventure, and one is because-" *She subconsciously grabbed Lance's hand.* "I get lonely."

Lance: (What?) *His eyes widen in shock.* "I-I get lonely too."

Alicia: *She looked at Lance surprised.* "Really? Does adventure make that feeling go away?"

Lance: "Yes and no."

Alicia: "Do you feel it now?"

Lance: "No." *He gently placed his other arm over Alicia's stomach, giving the illusion he hugged her from behind.* "That feeling goes away when I see you."

Alicia: *She paused and shook her head, looking back to the waves.* "And when I'm with you."

Lance: (Aha.) *He chuckled in thought, looking at the waves in happiness.*

Alicia: "That's one of the reasons I've been travelling with you all."

Lance: *He released his grip around Alicia.* (F-For... Me?)

Alicia: *She turned around and faced Lance, unsure what to say.* "Umm-"

Lance: *He lifted his chin and grabbed the chain to the pendant, which was hidden under his clothes.* "You see this-?" *He pulled the chain out, showing Alicia the lunar shaped pendant.*

Alicia: "W-What about it?"

Lance: *He reached for Alicia's sun-flower shaped pendant, placing his pendant against hers.* "It connects perfectly."

Alicia: "Yes." *She nodded her head, staring at the pendants.*

Lance: "And, that's how I feel."

Alicia: "You want to merge the pendants together?"

Lance: "Aha, no, I mean-" *He awkwardly scratched behind his head, trying to gather courage.* "I think we fit perfectly together."

Alicia: *She looked at Lance with blushing cheeks, unsure what to say.* "..."

Lance: "Umm, yea.."

*A gust of wind blew across Lance and Alicia, blowing their hair to one side.*

Alicia: "You're perfect."

Lance: *He gasped in shock and amazement, slowly shaking his head with a smile.* "Nah, I'm _far_ from perfect, aye."

Alicia: "But, to me-"

Lance: "You're not perfect either."

Alicia: "S-Sorry?"

Lance: "But, together.. I rekon we fill each other's void-" *He mumbled on his breath, nervously glancing away.* "We're perfect for each other."

Alicia: *She smiled and discreetly nodded her head, leaning towards him.* "I-I agree-" *She slowly closed her eyes and kissed him on the lips.*

Lance: *He grabbed Alicia with both arms, looking into her eyes.* "I'm glad you do, because _that_ was _so_ nerve rackin'-" *He smiled, kissing her slightly harder.*

Alicia: *She slowly opened her eyes, watching Lance lean away.* "Tee hee."

Lezard: *He stood with Season, Cameron and Tyler.* "Isn't it romantic?" *He sarcastically swayed his bottom, forming a heart with his hands.*

Season: "They should enjoy it while it lasts."

Tyler: "Season?" *He pulled his hand out of the RPG bag and handed Cameron several berries.*

Cameron: "I appreciate these Acro Berries, I am in dire need of energy."

Season: *He glanced at PKMY and Holland, watching them talk amongst themselves.* "Because-"

*Season looked at Alicia and Lance, watching them stare out into the ocean.*

Season: "Because we have _no_ _idea_ what we're going to be up against when we confront the Consultant."

Lezard: *He overheard Season, causing him to appear serious.* "Yes."

Cameron: "I also concur."

Tyler: *He brushed the RPG bag in confusion.* "I don't understand."

Season: "We don't know if all of us will come back after the fight."

Tyler: *He paused in thought.* "O-Oh."

Cameron: *He glanced at Season, as he consumed the Acro Berries.* "Precisely."

Lezard: "The harsh fact about fighting."

Tyler: *He realised what Season meant, causing him to look down in disappointment.* "I-I.. Never actually thought about that." *He spoke in a slow, serious-like manner.*

Season: "Each and every one of us, are putting their lives on the line to stop Ridley."

Lezard: *He nodded his head in agreement.* "..."

Cameron: "I was lied and betrayed to, I _have_ to confront him about it."

Season: *He closed his eyes and slowly inhaled the salty air.* (I just hope _all_ of us come back alive.)

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Locki: *A revitalising ray of pink light fell from the roof and shined on Teresa and Jewel.* (This should work, it's my strongest-)

Teresa: *She gasped into consciousness and coughed in pain.* "Krarh."

Locki: *He closed his eyes, as red sparkles glittered around their visible wounds.* "The Seraph."

Jewel: "O-ow-oof." *She coughed and rolled on her side, gasping for air.*

*The sparkles disappeared and faded with the pink light, leaving Teresa and Jewel fully revitalised.*

Teresa: "Tcch-" *She exhaled in disappointment, as if she was angry at herself.*

Locki: "Thy have been asked to ask you what happened? And the knowledge you possess of Sofia."

Jewel: *She blinked several times and focused on her eyesight, watching flowers and grass grow around her with double vision.* (I-Is that _vegetation_?!)

Teresa: *She leant up, ignoring the flowers and vegetation which grew around her.* "I-?" *She held her forehead in pain, looking at Locki in confusion.*

Jewel: "It's cold.. But, it's warm?" *She spoke in a lost-like state, reaching out to touch a flower.*

Locki: *He observed Teresa and Jewel, slightly frowning with impatience.* (There is no permanent damage..) "Seraph?"

Teresa: *She looked at Locki, trying to focus her attention on him.* "We fought the Consultant."

Locki: "Hmm?" *He sat down on a bed of growing grass, watching Jewel and Teresa recollect themselves.* "Continue."

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Tyler: *He looked inside the empty RPG bag and rummaged his hand around it, as if he was moving invisible objects.* (A Hi-Ougi-)

*Tyler thought to himself, triggering flashbacks of Alicia's Ice Dragoon, Lance's electrified fog and Chrisma's Healing Rings.*

Tyler: (I may not have Neurons or Astragons, but, with someone who does-) *He closed the flap to his RPG bag, discreetly glancing at Season.* (The mechanics should still work.)

*Tyler adjusted the RPG bag around his shoulder, sighing in deep thought.*

Tyler: (What if we try it, and it doesn't work? I'd be so embarrassed-)

Whitehead: "All ready, men?" *He grunted in a pirate-like manner.*

Crew: "Boss!" *All the men grunted at the same time.*

Whitehead: *He faced the party and coughed to clear his throat.* "We should make another move on. We'll reach her before sunset!"

Season: (Splendid.) *He smiled to himself.*

Holland: (Amy.) *He ignored the party, as they slowly started to leave.*

PKMY: "Wat?"

Holland: "..."

Freya: (What is it?) *She turned around and licked Holland's cheek from PKMY's shoulder.*

Holland: "I've been thinking about this for some time. And-"

PKMY: *Her eye twitched with impatience, as if she wanted to leave with the party.* "And?"

Holland: ".. I want us to grow old together."

PKMY: "H-Huh?" *She stepped away, facing Holland in shock.*

Holland: "Well, yeah. That's what I want."

PKMY: "I-"

Holland: *He noticed PKMY struggling to talk, causing him to smile.* "Let me know how you feel about it after we defeat the Consultant?"

PKMY: *She nodded her head in relief.* "Yea." *Her faced became red.*

Holland: "Alright-"

Lance: "Oi, hurry up!-" *He walked with the party down a slope, shouting over his shoulder at PKMY and Holland.*

PKMY: *She formed a fist, looking past Holland.* "My name isn't oi!"

Lance: "Oi!" *He smiled and poked out his tongue, picking his nose.*

PKMY: "That's it!" *She cracked her knuckles and ran towards Lance.*

Lance: "Ah! Halp!" *He jogged past Lezard and Tyler, running in front of the party.*

PKMY: "Get back here!"

Lezard: "Bwarharh." *He chuckled, watching PKMY chase after Lance.*

Alicia: "Tee hee." *She kept focus on Lance, cupping her pendant with both hands.*

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*Tremors echoed from the peak of Turnback Cave and a sudden eruption of flames exploded out from the mountain, causing distance Scoldrants to fly away.*

Phoenix: *Its flames brightly swirled in rings above the cave, as it ascended high into the air.* "Are you _sure_ you wish to do this?"

Sebastian: *Flames swirled and burnt off his skin, as he stood inside the phoenix.* "Yes!"

Phoenix: "Then perform the words, demand your wish!"

Sebastian: "And with this feather!" *He tightly held a brighter flame which resembled a feather.* "I want to purge the bad stigma against my race! I want to erase the horrible memories my brainwashed brethren have caused!"

Phoenix: *It flapped its wings of fire, causing splinters of bright flames to warp the air behind it.* (His body won't be able to survive the magnitude of flames this will produce-)

Sebastian: "With my wish, I want the rest of my kind to not live in fear because they're different!-" *He coughed out blood, as the fire of the phoenix's stomach continued to swirl around him.*

Phoenix: (The Neurons inside the feather-) *Its body grew brighter, noticing its wings change from red to orange.*

Sebastian: "I want to negate the yellow eyed disease!"

Phoenix: "Kreeeeii." *It flew towards the clouds at amazing speeds, leaving a blaze-like trail behind it.*

Sebastian: *He closed his fox-like eyes and thought about his tribal members.* (This is for you, everyone-) *His arm splintered away like charcoal.*

Phoenix: *Its bright yellow eyes shined and it screeched.* "Your wish shall be granted!"

Sebastian: *He smiled and closed his eyes, causing a tear to run down, instantly evaporating off his cheek.* (Live in freedom, my family-)

Phoenix: "Kreeeeii." *It stopped in mid-air and swirls of wind and fire imploded around it.*

*The sounds of scorching flames echoed throughout the area.*

Phoenix: (After doing something like this, it will take me time to restore my energy. But, while the source remains out there, it's possible this disease could spread again-)

*The Phoenix suddenly exploded and a bright red-yellow wave of mist-like flames, pulsed across the lands.*

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Lezard: "The party walked down a steep slope towards the first signs of a dirt-like shore."

PKMY: "The land meets the water." *She grunted to herself, staring at the shore.*

Lezard: "Ooo! You're doing the same, delightful child?"

PKMY: " _No_.. I was mumbling a fact to myself."

Lezard: "I liked the scenery from the cliffs, but it's refreshing seeing a shore."

Lance: "But why is it dirt and not sand?"

Tyler: *He looked at Cameron.* "Is it because of The Swirling Marshes?"

Cameron: "Indeed."

Whitehead: "We're almost here, argh." *He grunted to the party, stroking his beard.*

Lance: "Yes." *He rubbed his hands in excitement.*

Lezard: *He looked up to the sky, adjusting his cone shaped hat.* "The sky was slightly orange, due to the setting sun."

PKMY: "And Lizard kept saying obvious stuff which caused him to get punched in the face."

Lezard: *He looked at PKMY in confusion, shaking his head.* "But, I haven't-?" *He stopped in mid-sentence, realising what she meant.*

Tyler: "So, Whitehead-"

Whitehead: "Hermm?" *He faced Tyler, causing him to nervously look away.*

Tyler: "A-Ah, I was just wondering, who is this Sheridan you keep talking about?"

Lance: "Yea, when do we get to see her?"

Alicia: "But, I thought it was the name of his-"

PKMY: *She walked beside Alicia, nudging her with a semi-smirk.* "Let them figure it out."

Freya: "Ruff!" *She wagged her tail from PKMY's shoulder.*

Alicia: "Tee hee." *She nodded her head and smiled.*

Season: *He looked up to the setting sun.* "Once we're on the vessel, I'd like to talk about several scenarios and plans."

Lezard: "For?" *His feet cushioned on the dirt-like shore.*

Season: "The Consultant of course."

Lezard: "Oh, right! Sounds scrumptious."

Holland: *He scratched under his chin.* (I'll be needing a shave if we get back-)

PKMY: *She looked directly at Holland.* (When we get back.)

Whitehead: "And here she is!" *He stepped close to the water and stared out into the ocean.*

Lance: "You crazy, I don't see anythin'?!" *He over-dramatically scanned the ocean.*

Tyler: "Yeah, I don't s-see anything either."

Season: "Kept hidden?"

PKMY: "I'd say Spacial Funnel." *She stopped and leant to one side, placing her hand on her waist.*

Whitehead: "Behold, my Sheridan!" *He clicked his belt and the air warped above the ocean's water.*

Alicia: "It _was_ in a Spacial Funnel." *She smiled in amazement, watching a massive blue ship appear before the party.*

PKMY: "Heh, you doubt me still?"

Alicia: "N-No." *She shook her head.*

Tyler: "I-It's huge." *He spoke in amazement, staring at the size of the ship.*

Lance: "That's what she said, aye, quick fingers?"

Lezard: "Bwarharh, gifted with two things?"

Tyler: "S-Stop." *He coughed with blushing cheeks.*

PKMY: *She rolled her eyes in a disgusted-like manner.* (Boys..)

Lezard: *He noticed the water crash near Whitehead's feet.* "But what about the water?"

Holland: "What about it?" *He mumbled in confusion.*

Lezard: "You, silly sausage, we'll get wet and not in the way we'd want."

PKMY: "Rank."

Lance: *He looked at Lezard, rolling his eyes.* "This guy for serious?" *He stared at Season, who intentionally ignored him.* ".. Or not, that's kool."

Season: *He admired the Sheridan.* (It's larger than I thought-)

Man: "Boss, we'll begin preparations once upon the deck."

Whitehead: "Argh, excellent! Good seeing you again, my Sheridan."

Tyler: (Oh, so Sheridan is the name of his ship.) *He laughed at himself.* (That's what I originally thought.)

Whitehead: "All aboard!" *His voice caused a wooden plank to shoot itself from the ship towards the shore, causing Tyler to flinch in shock.*

Cameron: "That solves your problem." *He spoke in a stern voice, as he walked past Lezard.*

Lezard: "Well, you're not wrong!"

Whitehead: *He watched the plank land in the dirt, causing him to rub his beard with excitement.* "Come on, Sheridan won't bite!" *He hobbled onto the plank and started to walk towards the ship.*

Holland: "Alright-" *He took a few steps towards the plank.*

Lance: "Nah, I'm next." *He ran like a child onto the plank, smiling at himself.* "Yea-"

PKMY: "If you're eager to go next, you better not make me wait." *She formed a fist and stormed up to the plank.*

Freya: "Grr!" *She growled at Lance, supporting PKMY's attitude.*

Lance: "Ah-" *He looked back to PKMY with a shocked face.*

Alicia: "Lance.." *She stared at PKMY and Lance.*

Holland: *He smirked and looked at Alicia, shaking his head.* "After you?"

Alicia: "Oh, th-thank you." *She smiled and tapped her feet on the plank, cautiously stepping onto it.*

Cameron: *He glared at Lance and PKMY mucking about.* "Does that not get annoying?"

Tyler: *He adjusted the strap over his shoulder and walked towards the plank.* "You get used to it."

Season: "It's just their way of having fun."

Cameron: (Fun..?)

Apollo: (What's wrong?) *He flew high in the sky.*

Cameron: (Nothing, most likely nerves-) *He coughed and silently followed Tyler.*

Apollo: (Cameron?)

Cameron: (We are confronting an opponent whose power _far_ exceeds our own.)

Apollo: (True, squawk!)

Season: *He watched Lezard hobble in front of him, noticing his cone shaped hat.* (It's going to be good having two healers in the party.)

Lezard: (No more transporting Remenistal.. I've always preferred doing things manually, rather than teleporting across the continent.) *He thought to himself with a jolly smile.*

Whitehead: *He watched his men automatically go to their stations and prepare the vessel for sail.* "Welcome to our Sheridan!" *He watched the party step onto the ship, causing him to spread his arms with a proud facial expression.*

Lance: "Kool, are we like pirates now?"

Tyler: "Ha ha, argh-"

Lance: "Umm, no."

Tyler: "Oh..?"

Lance: "Aha, jokin'! Ships ahoy! Argh-"

Whitehead: "Don't do that."

Lance: *He looked at Whitehead, awkwardly nodding his head.* "No worries."

Whitehead: "Joking! Argh!"

Tyler: "Ha ha."

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*Locki, Teresa and Jewel walked towards the exit of Concern's Gate, listening to their metallic-like footsteps echo.*

Locki: "So, Sofia was hidden in the ranks of the warriors?" *He awed in realisation, as if it answered several of his questions.*

Teresa: "Precisely."

Locki: "That would make sense how she was undetectable. But then again, we thought she was petrified-"

Jewel: "Tssk-" *She whimpered, holding her stomach in pain.*

Teresa: *She quickly reached out for support.* "Are you okay?"

Jewel: *She nodded her head with the expressions of pain.* "Yes."

*Light shined off Locki and Teresa's armour, as they stepped outside the cave.*

Locki: "What are your intentions?"

Teresa: "Go to Surpreon and find where the party is."

Locki: "Thy see."

Jewel: "I will follow Teresa."

Locki: "Just remember, your heart was not beating. Thy highly advised no physical activities for the time being."

Teresa: *She breathed heavily, respectfully nodding her head.* "I understand."

Locki: "Thy must go now."

Jewel: "What will you be doing?"

Locki: "That is none of your concern."

Jewel: "I understand."

Locki: "Thank you for your cooperation-" *He suddenly disappeared in a flash of white light.*

Teresa: "You have my appreciation-" *She stopped in mid-sentence, realising Locki left the area.*

Jewel: *She paused, taking slow deep breaths.* "Teresa?"

Teresa: "Let us go. Surpreon is South." *She faced the forest and stepped forward, looking back to Jewel.* "It will be troublesome if we were to cause additional stress on our party members."

Jewel: "R-Right. Lead the way." *She dragged her feet, as she slowly followed Teresa through the forest.*

Teresa: (Not even we were able to defeat the Consultant.. I can not imagine Amy, Holland, Lance-) *She paused in mid-thought and gritted her teeth, frowning at the scenario she played in her head.*

Jewel: *She slightly hunched forward, watching sweat drip off her face.* (I feel like I've awoken from a day long slumber.)

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Lezard: "The party casual relaxed on the ship, as it slowly set sail." *He stood at the front-tip of the ship, observing the party with a smile.* "Whitehead delegated jobs to his crew on the top deck."

*Lezard looked to the side of the ship, causing his smile to widen.*

Lezard: "Season, Tyler and Cameron discussed battle reports amongst themselves on the side of the ship."

*Lezard slowly scanned across the ship, noticing PKMY.*

Lezard: "Lance, PKMY and Holland stood in the middle of the deck, focusing their attention to Freya."

*Lezard sighed and turned around, looking at Alicia.*

Lezard: *He stepped forward and looked over the rail, watching the waves foam around the vessel.* "And me and the little cupcake admired the scenery around them."

Alicia: *She looked to her side and smiled at Lezard, before focusing her attention back to the water.* "Tee hee."

Lance: *He watched Freya jump from PKMY to Holland's shoulder.* "That's really kool for a dumb dog."

Freya: *She stopped moving and faced Lance, lowering her head.* "Grr."

Lance: "Aha, what?" *He leant forward and squinted his eyes, giving Freya a cocky smirk.*

PKMY: "She said, if you do it again she's going to jump up and bite you."

Lance: "Aha, if only she could really talk, too bad she's just a _dumb_ flea bag-"

Freya: "Gruff-" *She pounced off Holland's shoulder and bit Lance on the nose.*

Lance: "Ah! I'm jokin' get it off!"

Holland: "Ha ha. Freya."

PKMY: "Hahaha!"

Freya: "Rff-" *She grunted and stopped moving, causing her to dangle off Lance's nose.*

Lance: "G-Get it off already!" *He spoke as if his nose was blocked.*

Holland: *He smirked, gently grabbing Freya by the stomach.* "Alright."

Freya: *She opened her jaw and looked down to her stomach at Holland's hands.* "Ruff-"

PKMY: "Good girl." *She reached out for Freya, causing Holland to hand her over.*

Lance: "Good!? Good girl?!" *He touched his nose and noticed blood.* "That little demon!" *He squealed, pointing at Freya in disgust.*

PKMY: "I mean, don't _ever_ do that again." *She looked down in her arms at Freya, grunting with sarcastic anger.*

Freya: (What?)

PKMY: (You did good, but next time, bite somewhere-) *She scanned Lance and looked at Freya.* (Where it would hurt more.) *She grinned evil-like, causing Freya to wag her tail in response.*

Freya: (Got it!)

Holland: "You alright?"

Lance: "Well, I know when I'm not wanted." *He stamped his foot like a child and noticed Alicia and Lezard in the corner of his eye.* "I won't forget this! You've made a powerful enemy!" *He glared at Freya, as he slowly walked away.*

Freya: "Ruff! _Grr_!" *She barked at Lance, causing him to hasten his pace.*

Holland: *He faced Freya and PKMY and smiled.* (Naww-)

PKMY: Naww what?"

Holland: "No other person besides Scoldrant Users treat or talk to Freya like that."

PKMY: *She looked surprised and her cheeks became red.* "Well-"

Freya: "Grr." *She growled at Holland, frizzing her fur at him.*

Holland: "W-What?" *He spoke in an innocent-like manner, as if he didn't know what he did.*

Lezard: "What did you feel when you healed your first person?" *He stared at the water below.*

Alicia: "I remember it clearly. There was a little girl."

Lezard: "Ooo, this already sounds like it's going to be an emotional moving story."

Alicia: *She shook her head in disagreement.* "In AriAri village, she fell off a stack of crates and cut her arm on a piece of timber."

Lezard: "Ouchies."

Alicia: "There was blood everywhere, and by reaction I went up to her and started healing her."

Lezard: "It was almost like instinct?"

Alicia: "Y-Yes!" *She enthusiastically nodded her head, as if she completely agreed.*

Lezard: "What happened after?"

Alicia: "I can't remember, I fell unconscious."

Lezard: "Me too."

Alicia: "Oh, what about you?"

Lezard: "My mother could use Radiatons. She gave me her powers because I was unable to use Rostical, or Remenistal they liked to call it."

Alicia: "Wow, you were given your powers."

Lezard: "In a sense-" *He paused, looking at Alicia's pendant.* "It's the _best_ gift given to me by _my_ parents."

Alicia: (Wow-)

Lezard: "It almost feels like she fights with me-" *He paused again and felt the breeze against his face.* "Or, she's by my side every time I heal."

Alicia: (He's being serious-)

Lezard: "But at the same time, I hate it-" *He looked at Alicia who gave him her full attention.* "Does that make sense?"

Alicia: "U-Umm, no it doesn't-" *She shook her head and grabbed her pendant.* "But please continue."

Lezard: "I was a researcher like Season and Tyler, so, it was unusual for me to grasp these Radiatons."

Alicia: "How come?"

Lezard: "Well, I never knew about it. I didn't know how they worked."

Alicia: *Lezard's words triggered a flashback of Celest describing the emotions to her.* (Without someone telling him how Radiatons work, I could see how he'd have trouble.. I did too-)

Leard: "To me, it was _just_ Neurons and Astragons-" *He paused, trying to think of what to say next.*

Alicia: "Well, in the end, you've become a fantastic healer." *She spoke in a caring-like manner, looking at Lezard with a widening smile.*

Lezard: "You're a very welcoming person." *He smiled.*

Alicia: "I'm sorry?" *She looked at Lezard, watching the bangles from his hat sway to each side.*

Lezard: "You're a very comfortable person to talk to-" *He spoke with a serious smile, triggering a flashback.*

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Lezard: "Bwarharh, well.. If you _really_ want to know-" *He spoke in a serious-like manner, catching PKMY's attention.*

PKMY: (His constant cheery personality slowly faded-)

Lezard: "I can't forgive the Consultant for what he did."

*Whitehead and his men walked in front, chattering amongst themselves about preparations to the ship.*

Season: "What did the Consultant do?"

Lezard: "Forgive me, but I just don't feel comfortable telling you."

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Lezard: "The Consultant, he somehow knew about the Radiaton's ability to prevent any status aliment."

Alicia: *She looked slightly confused, but enthusiastically nodded her head.* "..."

Lezard: "He inflicted my mother with that yellow eyed illness."

Alicia: *She gasped.* "Really? How?"

Lezard: "I'm not sure how. Ever since then, she changed. My father couldn't deal with it, so he went to look for a cure."

Alicia: "Did he find one?"

Lezard: "In the end, I suppose you could say it was a cure... That's one of the reasons why I joined the guild."

Alicia: "The guild? That's what you call yourselves?"

Lezard: "Yes. If I wasn't selfish with revenge, I would be joining them as we speak."

Alicia: "Selfish?"

Lezard: "Joining your party to fight the Consultant, for my own personal reasons."

Alicia: "Oh, okay." *She continued to give Lezard her full attention.*

Lezard: "That is why I can't forgive the Consultant."

Alicia: "That's also one of the reasons why I want to stop him. There's always a trail of pain left behind by him."

Lezard: *He nodded his head and adjusted his hat.* "And the other reason-?"

Lance: "Hey hey." *He hobbled next to Alicia and stared at Lezard.*

Alicia: "U-Umm." *She looked down to her pendant and smiled, as if the answer was obvious to Lezard.*

Lezard: "O-Oh my." *He looked up and smiled.*

Lance: *He awkwardly looked around, as if he wanted privacy with Alicia.* "So-"

Lezard: "I better go over here, you sensational silly sausages."

Lance: "Sensational silly-"

Alicia: "Sausages?"

Lezard: "I'm not a sensational silly sausage? You, silly dilly."

Alicia: "Dilly-?"

Lance: "Silly dilly?"

Lezard: *He looked over to Cameron, Tyler and Season.* "Oh sure, I'll be there in a moment-" *He shouted out to them, as if he was in a conversation.* "Sorry-"

*Lezard quickly faced Lance and Alicia and bowed, taking a few steps away.*

Lezard: "I better go, talk to you later." *He quickly hobbled away, purposely rocking his bottom to each side with every step.*

Lance: "But, they didn't call you, they're not even looking at you-" *He mumbled in confusion and faced Alicia.* "And I thought PKMY was weird."

Alicia: "Tee hee, you're weirder."

Lance: *He gasped with a smirk.* "I guess it's better than being a grottom bottom." *He pretended to be Alicia, speaking in a Goblin-like tone.*

Alicia: *She shook her head with a smirk-like frown, noticing the bite marks on Lance's nose.* "What are you doing?" *She reached up, gently placing her hand on his nose.*

Lance: "You know, just bein' kool 'n' stuff."

Alicia: "Oh really? I thought you were pretty good at being a shit nugget." *She giggled, watching light glow around her hand.*

Lance: "Oh snap,I don't have a come back to somethin' that awesome!"

Alicia: *The glow faded, causing her to lower her hand.* "Yeah, I learnt from the best."

Lance: *He touched his nose in amazement.* (Healed..) *He walked towards the rails and leant against the ship, watching the waves move past the vessel.* "So, what were you two talkin' about?"

Alicia: *She leant against the ship next to Lance and looked into the setting sun.* "Just our healing powers-"

Lance: *He smiled with confidence and leant towards Alicia, kissing her on the lips.* "Thanks for the nose by the way."

Alicia: *She smiled and bit her bottom lip.* "Th-That's okay."

Lezard: (I wonder what the conversation is about.) *He walked up to Tyler, Season and Cameron.*

Tyler: "I've got some paralysing vapours, but I have a feeling it won't work against the Consultant."

Cameron: "It is unfortunate, with our combined powers, we do not possess _any_ effective binding techniques."

Season: "That is unfortunate." *He mumbled to himself in thought, placing his hand on his chin.*

Lezard: "Excuse me-" *He looked at the party, as if he need permission to speak.*

Season: "I'm accepting any suggestions."

Lezard: "Well, Rachael, Luna and Ginger combined their powers to form an elemental cage-like Remenistal."

Cameron: "Hmm? We have been looking into items or binding techniques, we never actually thought of using what we already have."

Season: "That thought didn't even occur to me."

Tyler: *He smiled at Lezard.* (That didn't across my mind either.)

Season: "Please, let us know what happened?"

Lezard: "Sure, it was in one of our battles with The Black Brigade-"

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*Cassidy and Lorilei cautiously walked through the prehistoric-like forest, shuffling past different types of ferns.*

Lorilei: "Eek."

Cassidy: *He frowned in concentration, knocking several leaves and branches out of his face.* "What is it?"

Lorilei: "It's really thick through here."

Cassidy: "We've been through worse."

Lorilei: "Oh my, you're quite right." *She spoke with a high tone of voice, preoccupied by moving the ferns away.*

Cassidy: *He stopped and peaked through the ferns, staring into a clearing.* (The energy signature, it's here-)

Lorilei: *She shuffled behind Cassidy and touched his shoulder, trying to look in front of him.* "What is it?"

Cassidy: "Are you ready?"

Lorilei: "Mmhmm." *She silently nodded her head, staring at the wall of vegetation.*

Cassidy: "Alright, on three."

Lorilei: "Of course."

Cassidy: "One, two-"

Darkwing: *It glanced around and stared at the vegetation in a curious-like manner.* "S-k-k-k-k-"

Cassidy: "Three." *He jumped out of the bushes with Lorilei, startling the Darkwing.*

Lorilei: "LIGHTNING BLAST" *She pushed forward from behind Cassidy and a stream of lightning blasted into the Darkwing, exploding it into dust.*

Cassidy: "Under the highest orders you are to go down!" *He grunted in anger, staring in front.*

Sofia: "Harh?" *She slowly looked over her shoulder with a bored expression on her face.* "Oh? Cassidy? Lorilei? It's great to see you two again."

Cassidy: "Don't give me that!"

Sofia: *She turned around and faced the knights, causing Lorilei to step back.* "Want to play a game with me?"

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*Season, Tyler and Cameron looked at Lezard with interested faces.*

Lezard: "And that's how that member was defeated."

Season: "Amazing."

Tyler: "Lance could be the Elementalist that would pull it off." *He spoke in excitement, as if it related to Lezard's story.*

Lezard: "Sounds scrumptious!"

Cameron: "I will tell him the plan in regards to the binding technique Lezard brought into the conversation-"

Lezard: "Oh no, please allow me to do the honour."

Cameron: "Very well?"

Lezard: "Coolies." *He smiled and tipped his hat before facing Lance and Alicia.* "I will make my move now."

Tyler: "Huh?" *He gave Lezard an odd look, watching him hobble away.*

Season: "Hohoho."

Tyler: "What's so funny?"

Cameron: "Nor do I see any humour in the previous conversation?"

Season: "He's just trying to fit in."

Tyler: "Oh?"

Cameron: "His intentions are not clear, perhaps you are mistaken?"

Season: *He shook his head with a chuckle.* "It's something you pick up."

Cameron: "I see.."

Lance: "Wow, you can fly?!" *He looked up to the clouds in amazement.*

Alicia: "Y-Yep. It was scary at first, but then it was amazing."

Lance: "Well, you're _definitely_ gonna teach me how to some time."

Alicia: "Tee hee, got it-"

Lezard: "Ooo, I hope I'm not interrupting?" *He awkwardly hobbled in between Lance and Alicia, causing them to step to the side.*

Alicia: "Is there something wrong, Lezard-?"

Lance: "Wat ya want?" *He grunted rudely, as if he didn't want Lezard there.*

Lezard: "Actually, I'm here for you."

Lance: "W-Wat?" *He slowly looked at Lezard in a curious-like manner.*

Lezard: "Well, we-" *He suddenly paused and looked Alicia with lowering morale.*

Alicia: "Lezard?"

Lezard: "Oh, just a moment sorry-" *He tilted his head down, causing shadow to hide his face.*

PKMY: "Huh?" *She suddenly looked to her side, staring at Lezard in a confused-like manner.*

Holland: "Amy?"

Freya: (What's wrong?) *She looked up from PKMY's arms.*

PKMY: "That man..."

Holland: *He looked to his side, staring at Lezard in confusion.* (Lezard?)

PKMY: "Sadness just filled his body."

Alicia: "What's wrong?"

Lezard: "Just, what I spoke to you about before, memories of my parents have saddened me."

Lance: "Parents?"

Lezard: "D-Don't worry about it, silly saus-"

Lance: "You-" *He spoke on his breath and turned around, staring at the sunset in a mature-like manner.*

Lezard: "My, dear boy?"

Lance: "Someone once said." *He looked down at his arms and paused, as a cold sea breeze wafted past him.*

Lezard: "Someone said, what sorry?" *He spoke in a cheery tone, trying to cover up his sudden sadness.*

Lance: "Laughter is said to set us free-"

Lezard: "Excuse me?"

Lance: *He shook his head, chuckling at himself.* "Nah, it was somethin' stupid I overheard, aye-"

Lezard: "Please tell me?"

Lance: "Nah, it's lame."

Lezard: "If it was worth bringing up in the first place.." *He implied for Lance to tell him regardless.*

Alicia: "Lance?"

Lance: "Arh-" *He sighed and looked at Lezard and Alicia, casually picking his nose.* (A lot of things didn't make sense until now... Maybe this would too?)

Lezard: "It's fine-" *He spoke in understanding, moving the conversation along.* "I appreciate you trying to help, but I'll tell you about our plan-"

Lance: "Laughter is said to set us free. It helps us become brave and makes the struggle through tragic or sorrow filled situations easier-"

Season: "PKMY, Holland, could you come over here please?" *He waved them over, smiling in excitement.*

Cameron: *He looked at Season, mumbling in a curious-like manner.* "Besides telling them the plan, why exactly are you smiling?"

Season: "I plan to take advantage of everyone's abilities."

Cameron: "Explain the thesis behind your words."

Season: "PKMY using her Ougi, it could help us _tremendously_ when we attempt to bind Ridley with Rostical."

Tyler: (Season is really smart-)

*PKMY and Holland walked next to Season, unintentionally forming a circle.*

PKMY: "Wat is it?" *She spoke in curiosity, scratching Freya behind the ears.*

Season: "Well, I want to incorporate your Ougi-"

Lance: "Ahahahaha."

Lezard: "Bwarharharharh."

Alicia: "Teeheehehehehe."

PKMY: "Eh?"

Holland: *He looked behind him in confusion.* "I thought you said he was sad?"

PKMY: "H-He was?"

Season: "What's happening?" *He turned around and looked at Lezard, Lance and Alicia, watching them laugh hysterically.*

Cameron: "What are they doing? How childish."

Tyler: *He chuckled in disbelief, catching the party's attention.* "I don't believe it."

Season: "Don't believe what?"

PKMY: "Have they taken something from your RPG bag?"

Cameron: "That is a plausible scenario."

Holland: *He focused on his eyesight and blinked, causing his vision to change perspective.* "Hmm, I don't think so."

Tyler: "How-?"

Holland: *He squinted his eyes and observed the flow of their blood, watching it course through their bodies.* "Nope, they're fine."

PKMY: "Wow-" *She spoke on her breath, glancing at Holland.* (You can see through different types of ocular vision?!)

Holland: (Ha ha-) *He glanced at PKMY with the purple ring spiralling around his iris.* (You saw through my eyes?)

PKMY: (Amazing-) *She thought in amazement, causing Freya to wag her tail.*

Lance: "Ahahahaha."

Lezard: "Bwarharharharh."

Alicia: "Teeheehehehehe."

Season: "Do you know what's wrong with them?"

Tyler: "Yes.." *He looked up with a smile, triggering a flashback.*

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*Tyler slept on his bed with the blankets wrapped around his legs. The room was messy and had piles of dirty clothes scattered across the floor.*

Tyler: *Loud music started to play from the digital clock next to his bed, causing him to twitch.* "Errr-" *He rolled towards a night stand and hit the clock, causing the music to stop.*

*Tyler looked around the room with blurred vision, feeling the sheets under the pillow.*

Tyler: (Got it-) *He slid his hand out and grabbed a poorly conditioned mobile phone.*

*Tyler rubbed his face and looked at the mobile phone, squinting his eyes.*

Tyler: (No new messages..) *He grunted and leant up, sluggishly putting socks on his feet.* (I better get ready for work...)

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Tyler: *He swayed, as the boat sailed over large waves.* (I can't believe I never used to have breakfast back then!)

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Tyler: *He looked at himself in the mirror, staring at big red, pussy pimples which covered his face.* (Okay-)

*Tyler took off his plain shirt and put on the Fast Food Enterprise uniform, with the logo on the front.*

Tyler: (Off to work.) *He bent down and picked up a bag, walking out of the bathroom.*

*Tyler opened the screen door and walked outside the house, wiping sweat off his forehead.*

Tyler: *He looked down, adjusting his shirt and belt in a nerdy-like manner.* "Going to work now!"

Father: "Alright, let us know if you're getting dropped off after work or not!"

Tyler: "O-Okay!" *He held a black cap with the FFE logo stitched on the front and placed it on his head.* (I think Twortz is the manager. I hope Lance isn't on tonight.)

*Tyler walked across the lawn and stepped onto the pavement, noticing several teenagers riding their bikes towards him.*

Teenager: "If it isn't the swamp-face _freak_!" *He rode past and knocked Tyler on the shoulder, causing him to stumble back.*

Tyler: "A-Ah-" *He awkwardly leant to the side, allowing the teenagers to ride past.*

Boy: *He rode at the end of the party and laughed at Tyler.* "Haha, loser." *He rode past Tyler and flicked his hand to the side, knocking the hat off his head.*

Tyler: *He adjusted the bag and looked over his shoulder, watching the teenagers ride out of his sight.* (They're the losers!)

Teenager: "I know, right? What a dork!" *His voice echoed from down the street, causing Tyler to pout in anger.*

Tyler: (And I'm _not_ a dork!) *He squealed in thought and bent down, picking up the hat in a defeated-like manner.*

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Holland: "What are you talking about, Tyler?" *He raised an eyebrow in confusion, glancing at Lezard, Lance and Alicia.*

Cameron: "I do not see how your trivial day can explain their irrational behaviour?"

Tyler: "Oh, they're laughing."

Holland: "They're just, laughing?"

Tyler: *He nodded his head, adjusting the RPG bag over his shoulder.* "It was something I was told, to help me."

Season: "Help you?"

PKMY: "I think he's going to tell us a story."

Tyler: "Yes-"

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Tyler: (On one of my customer service questions-) *He mumbled in thought and walked through a parking lot, awkwardly squirming in between two cars.* (Customers called it a treat when visiting and the regulars always went for a morning breakfast.)

*Tyler mumbled to himself out loud and scratched the pimples on his face, walking up several steps towards the store's entrance.*

Tyler: ( _That's_ what I'll say on the service quiz.)

*Tyler walked up to the door and pulled it open, causing a gust of cold air to blow past him.*

Tyler: "Hmm?" *He scanned across the dining room.* (The dining room is spotless. The windows are all clean. The limestone tables are shiny as new, Lance _definitely_ isn't on.)

Twortz: *She bagged several orders and handed them out to waiting customers.* "Ah, Tyler! I'll have you help out on front tonight."

Tyler: *He adjusted his hat and nodded his head.* "Alright, let me get ready and clock on."

Twortz: "That's fine." *She spoke in a professional-like manner, serving more customers.*

Tyler: *He walked behind the counter and down the production line.* "Oh, hello, Ashton."

Ashton: *He dried his hands on an automatic hand dryer and looked at Tyler, causing him to smile.* "Hello, Tyler."

Tyler: "Are you working tonight too?" *He sounded excited to work with Ashton.*

Ashton: "My shift finishes just after the dinner rush, then you've got close with Twortz."

Tyler: "Right." *He smiled and walked through the kitchen, shuffling into the crew room.*

Melinda: *She walked out of the girl's change room and noticed Tyler, causing him to smile.* "Hi." *She spoke on her breath with no enthusiasm.*

Tyler: "H-H-H-H-H." *He stuttered and glared at Melinda with a scary face, watching her walk past him.*

Melinda: *She clocked back on to her shift, shivering in thought.* (What a freak.)

Tyler: "Hi-" *He hunched forward with no morale, waving in front like an idiot.* (I _always_ freeze when we're by ourselves!) *He sighed and hit himself on the head, walking towards the change rooms.* (What a loser!)

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Cameron: " _How_ does this relate to the strange behaviour those three possess?"

Season: *He rubbed his chin, glancing at Cameron in agreement.* " _Does_ this lead to what's wrong with them?"

Tyler: "Y-Yes."

Season: "Nothing to say, PKMY?"

PKMY: "Nope." (I actually find it interesting, hearing where they come from, what it's like-)

Tyler: "W-Well, I clocked on for my shift and I was backing up front."

Holland: (This story is making me hungry.)

Freya: "Ruff!" *She looked at Holland, barking from PKMY's arms.* (Me too!)

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Tyler: "H-Have a nice day." *He handed over a bag of food to a customer, watching them leave with a smile.*

Twortz: *She noticed the dining room clear of customers, causing her to glance at Ashton.* "Ashton, could you stay on front while I fill up the drink syrups please?"

Ashton: "Yeah, sure thing."

Twortz: "Thank you. I have to prep up for the dinner rush."

Melinda: *She stood with three other crew members, standing behind the display fridge on front counter.* "Like, _totally_."

Tyler: *He stocked up the straws on front counter and noticed Melinda looking at him.* (Sh-She's looking at me!)

*Tyler thought in shock and quickly looked away with widening eyes.*

Tyler: (W-What do I do?)

Crew: *She walked up to Tyler and smiled, leaning on the counter in an unprofessional-like manner.* "You're like _Tyler_ , right?"

Tyler: "Y-Yes, you're new here, correct?"

Crew: "Umm like, yeah? Gosh." *She rolled her eyes in an annoyed-like manner.*

Tyler: "I-I can help you with any procedures, or-?"

Crew: "I just wanted to say, you're really unattractive and we would appreciate it if you stop looking at us."

Tyler: "I, ah-?"

Crew: "I arh." *She mimicked Tyler as if he was an idiot.* "None of us like who you are. You're such a loser-"

Ashton: "Just remember, Twortz expects _everything_ to be stocked up _before_ she comes back out!" *He stocked up the fries, discreetly watching from the mirror in the fry station.*

*Ashton's words caused the crew members to scatter and start stocking up products.*

Tyler: *He stood on the spot, staring into space in a shocked-like manner.* (W-What-...?)

Customer: "Hello?" *He walked up to the counter, catching Tyler's attention.*

Tyler: *He turned around and pretended to smile, quickly standing behind a register.* "Place your order when you're ready."

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Cameron: *He impatiently folded his arms.* "This story is going no where-"

Season: *He raised his hand, causing Cameron to stop in mid-sentence.* "Let him finish."

Cameron: "I know we can not hasten this vessel in any way, but we could at least be taking the time to talk strategic-"

Season: "Tyler, continue."

Cameron: "Humph." *He looked away in frustration.*

Apollo: (From what I've seen, Season knows what he's talking about.)

Cameron: (And so do I.)

Tyler: "The shift finished and I got home."

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Tyler: *He took off his hat in exhaustion and sat at the end of his bed, staring at several pimples on his hands.* (If, they don't like me for who I am.. Then I'll _change_!)

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PKMY: "Wait a minute!" *She folded her arms, causing Freya to hop onto her shoulder.* "Why are you home? You were telling us about the work thing."

Tyler: "I skipped it."

Cameron: "Now you are dragging this on _even_ _more_." *He grunted with an emotionless face.*

Holland: "You know, I wouldn't have thought making food would be so exhausting-" *He spoke in a deep voice, triggering flashbacks of cooking the meat.* "But it is."

PKMY: "Right, it's exhausting, wateva." *He grunted at Holland, as if she wanted to know more about Tyler's story.*

Tyler: "So, I started my next shift, with the same rosters-" *He looked at each party member, watching their hair move in the strong sea breeze.* "I knew it was a long shift, but I remember it felt like _ages_."

Holland: "Same rosters? What does that mean?"

Season: "The same people were on."

Tyler: "Yes." *He nodded his head in agreement.*

Holland: "Have you been to his land as well?"

Cameron: (From his land? I am tediously confused at this whole conversation.)

Apollo: (Me too.) *His voice echoed in Cameron's head.*

Season: *He looked at Holland, scratching his arm under his robe.* "We use rosters for Battling Oxident."

Holland: "Oh-" *He looked up in realisation.*

Cameron: "Just continue, so we can discuss more important stuff after." *He spoke as if he was getting tired of the conversation.*

Tyler: "O-Okay-"

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Melinda: "It won't be long." *She handed a customer her change and turned around, facing the drink dispensers.*

Twortz: "The phone is ringing, I'll be back momentarily." *She announced to the staff members, before hastily walking towards the office.*

Tyler: *He reached for a bag and placed a napkin in it.* "Just two regulars please." *He spoke to Ashton who prepared the fries.*

Ashton: "Two regulars, thank you."

Crew: *She stood next to Tyler, whispering so only he could hear.* "Oh, so, if it isn't like, the loser again."

Tyler: "Well, if it isn't the ugly cow, I remember you." *He mumbled to her, trying to hide his hurt emotions.*

Crew: "W-What?" *She looked at Tyler in shock, unintentionally scrunching up a napkin in her hand.*

Tyler: "Can't you understand?" *He hissed and reached down, picking up the burgers from the heating zone.*

Melinda: *She overheard and gasped.* "Tyler, _what_ is your problem?!"

Tyler: "W-Well, I was just saying.. You want to have a cry? There's napkins over there?"

Melinda: *She placed a lid on the drink and rolled her eyes.* "You're acting like Lance, it just makes you an even _bigger_ loser."

Tyler: "Well-" *He grunted and stormed next to Ashton, opening the bag in frustration.*

Ashton: "Tyler?"

Tyler: *He grabbed the fries and placed them in the bag before handing it over to the customer.* "Here."

Ashton: "Here? Tyler, that's not what we say to our customers-"

Tyler: "Screw the customers, and screw you all. You're the losers." *He grunted at the crew members.* " _You're_ the losers!-"

Ashton: "Tyler, go on break."

Tyler: "B-But, I'm not due for another ten minutes!"

Ashton: " _Tyler_."

Tyler: *He tapped his feet in anger and stormed down the production line, making his way to the crew room.* "What ever!"

Melinda: "Ha, what was his problem?"

Crew: "I like, have no idea, like." *She rolled her eyes and chuckled, chewing on a piece of gum.*

Ashton: "Actually, I want a word with you all."

Melinda: *Ashton's presence caused her to stand up straight with respect.* "I'm sorry, what about?"

Ashton: "Your performance from yesterday."

Crew: (Shit, he was there?)

Ashton: "I'm just about to finish, I want to speak to you individually about what happened. And what actions I will be following." *He spoke calmly to the crew members, giving a sense of professionalism.* "Do you all understand this?"

Crew: "L-Like, yes?"

Ashton: *He watched the crew silently nod their heads.* "Good-"

Twortz: *She hung up the phone and smiled, walking out of the manager's office.* "Another compliment, what an outstanding shift-" *She happily thought to herself, walking towards the front counter.*

Ashton: (I may have to issue written documents-) *He sighed to himself.*

Twortz: *She noticed the crew members standing on the spot, ignoring their tense facial expressions.* "Stock up now please." *She spoke in a stern voice.*

Melinda: "Yes-" *She quickly spoke and noticed a customer walking towards the counter.* "How can I help you?"

Twortz: "Ashton, before you go, please write up a to-do list for each crew member."

Ashton: "No worries."

Crew: (This sucks-) *She pouted, as she refilled the napkin dispenser.*

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Cameron: "This is still going nowhere."

Tyler: "I'm almost finished, I swear."

Cameron: "Fine."

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Tyler: *He shuffled into the crew room and grumbled with a squeal, throwing his hat onto the ground.* "Stupid!"

Ashton: *He walked into the crew room and noticed Tyler sitting down.* "Tyler."

Tyler: *He looked up in shock, as if his anger temporarily subsided.* "A-Ashton-"

Ashton: "Come with me."

Tyler: "What about your shift?"

Ashton: "I just finished-" *He turned away and silently walked out of Tyler's sight.*

Tyler: *He stood up, walking out of the room in a curious-like manner.* (Huh? What does he want-?)

*Tyler looked to each side and instantly noticed the ladder in confusion.*

Tyler: (The ladder is down?)

Ashton: "Tyler?" *His voice echoed from the ladder.*

Tyler: "What?" *He shook his head, mumbling to himself in confusion.*

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PKMY: "So, what happened next?"

Holland: "Was he up the ladder or was it an illusion?"

Tyler: "Ha ha. No-"

Season: "Let him finish."

Holland: "Right."

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Tyler: *He climbed up the ladder with a girlish grunt and popped his head up, observing the roof.* "Ashton?"

Ashton: "Over here." *He leant over the stone wall and stared at several cars, watching them drive down the street.*

Tyler: "What did you want to see me for?" *He stepped onto the roof, speaking with slight exhaustion.*

Ashton: "Did you know how much laughing affects the body and mind?"

Tyler: "No?" *He shuffled up to Ashton and leant against the stone wall.*

Ashton: "I've spoken to the crew members involved and I also want to speak to you."

Tyler: "About?"

Ashton: "Tyler?" *He sounded disappointed, looking at Tyler as if he already knew.*

Tyler: "Sorry." *He sounded apologetic, discreetly scratching a pimple on his chin.*

Ashton: "I thought you handled it well yesterday, but today was not acceptable."

Tyler: "I know, it wasn't good."

Ashton: "No, it was _unacceptable_."

Tyler: "I-I won't do it again... I promise."

Ashton: "If you feel angry or sad, there's a technique I used to try."

Tyler: "A technique..? When were _you_ angry and sad?"

Ashton: "Everyone experiences it, even me. It's unacceptable to think otherwise."

Tyler: *He slightly smiled in a sad-like manner, nodding his head.* (He's right-)

Ashton: "I will tell you the saying and how to do it."

Tyler: "Alright?" *He sounded eager and hesitant, unsure what to expect.*

Lance: *He stormed past the counter with a cocky smirk, glancing at Twortz.* "Oi, Twotters-" *He stood at the end of the counter and leant against it like a child, picking his nose.*

Twortz: *She stopped and slowly faced Lance, glaring at the finger in his nose.* "What do you want, Lance? You don't have a shift today.. Are you here to volunteer?"

Lance: "Pssht, you're funny Twotters, I certainly didn't know that."

Twortz: "... Besides hearing my hilarious jokes, what are you doing here?"

Lance: "Where's Ash?"

Twortz: "He's at the back, he hasn't left yet."

Lance: "No worries-" *He walked past the counter and rudely stumbled past Melinda, causing her to gasp in disgust.*

Melinda: "Umm, excuse me?!"

Lance: *He looked behind him to Melinda.* "Excused." *He smirked like a child and walked out of her sight.*

Melinda: "Grr, can we fire him?"

Twortz: "Melinda, get back to work."

Melinda: "Yes." *She sighed and slouched her shoulders, continuing to bag the fries.*

Ashton: "The saying goes like this, are you listening?"

Tyler: "Yes." *He faced Ashton and gave him his full attention.*

Ashton: "Laughter is said to set us free. It helps us become brave and makes the struggle through tragic or sorrow filled situations, easier."

Tyler: "Is that a quote from something?"

Ashton: *He shook his head in response, continuing what he was saying.* "It's one of the best medicines naturally learnt through happy moments in life.. And with those happy memories, it eventually helps us get back on to the right path."

Tyler: (Wow, that was deep.)

Ashton: "You're probably thinking, that was a little bit too much. But, it's used for any sort of negative situation."

Tyler: "Yes, but I'm still a little confused. You want me to say that out loud? Because, how would that make me feel better?"

Ashton: *He smiled and silently shook his head.* "No, _this_ is what I want you to do."

Tyler: "Okay?" *He stepped back in confusion.*

Ashton: "Hahaha."

Tyler: "Huh?"

Ashton: "Hahahaha."

Tyler: "What are you doing? What do you want me to-?"

Ashton: "Hahahahaha."

Tyler: "Are you okay?"

Ashton: "Do it."

Tyler: "Do what?"

Ashton: "Laugh."

Tyler: "Ha ha ha?" *He shook his head and motioned his hands, as if he had enough.* "Sorry, Ashton, I think this is stupid."

Ashton: "Do it, with enthusiasm, just do it loudly."

Tyler: "I'm a little hungry and I'm only on my break. I'm sorry for the way I acted-"

Ashton: "Just do it, Tyler."

Tyler: "Okay." *He sighed with a squeal and took a deep breath, bracing himself to laugh.*

Ashton: "Ready?"

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha." *He quickly lowered his head, looking around slightly embarrassed.* "There, can I go-?"

Ashton: *He leant over the stone wall.* "Hahahahahahahaha, ah- hahahahahaha." *He yelled out his laugh, causing several people on the side-walk to look up in confusion.*

Tyler: *His lips wobbled, as he tried not to laugh.* "You look really silly, Ashton-"

Ashton: "Hahahaha hahahahahahaha, hahahahaha hahahahaha."

Tyler: "Ha ha ha-" *He covered his mouth in shock.* (What?)

Ashton: "Hahahaha hahaha." *He laughed harder.*

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." *He laughed at Ashton's fake sounding laugh.*

Ashton: *He looked at Tyler, causing him to laugh harder.* "Hahahaha."

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Ashton: *His fake sounding laughs faded, as he started to laugh for real.* "Hahahahahaha."

Lance: *He watched from the ladder in confusion.* (What the f-?)

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Cameron: "So, what did laughing accomplish?"

Season: *He smiled at Cameron.* "Yes, Tyler, _what_ did it accomplish?"

PKMY: "This better be worth the wait?" *She grunted, forming a fist in Tyler's face.*

Tyler: "What did the laughter accomplish?" *He looked down, smiling in recollection.* "We laughed _so_ hard we weren't making _any_ noises."

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*Tyler and Ashton wheezed with laughter, as tears ran down their cheeks.*

Ashton: "Phew." *He took a deep breath, sighing in exhaustion and satisfaction.*

Tyler: *He sniffed and wiped the tears away.* "I was so laughing at your laugh."

Ashton: "Mine?! I was laughing at yours!"

Tyler: "Ha ha, sure."

Ashton: "How do you feel?"

Tyler: "Umm?" *He recollected his composure and felt his stomach.* "Well, besides my stomach aching, I feel pretty good."

Ashton: "You're welcome." *He smiled and placed his hand on Tyler's shoulder.* "It helped me when I randomly felt sad or bored."

Tyler: *He smiled to himself in amazement.* (A-Ashton...)

Ashton: *He nodded his head in approval and walked towards the ladder.* "Lance?" *He sounded surprised.*

Lance: "Oh, did I interrupt somethin', aye?"

Ashton: "Nope, you still up for tonight?"

Lance: "Well, you can watch the movie with your _new_ best friend if you want?"

Tyler: *He slowly faced Ashton and Lance.* (He doesn't deserve to be Ashton's best friend-)

Ashton: "Just go, so I can get down."

Lance: "Wateva." *He looked down and placed his hands on either side of the ladder, sliding down in a cool-like manner.*

Ashton: *He stepped on the ladder, glancing at Tyler with a smile.* "I will see you on your next shift, Tyler."

Tyler: "A-Ah, right!" *He nodded his head and smiled in appreciation, watching Ashton climb down the ladder out of his sight.*

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Cameron: "So, they are laughing like imbeciles to feel better?"

Tyler: "That's exactly right."

PKMY: *She faced Lance, Lezard and Alicia with understanding.* "Well, that explains what they're doing."

Holland: "It kinda seems fun." *He smiled, as if he wanted to try.*

Season: "That was an interesting story, Tyler."

Cameron: "It was slow and dragging-" *He folded his arms, looking at Tyler.* "It was also pointless telling the first half of the story."

Season: "Not really, we wouldn't have known the reasoning behind the laughter."

Cameron: "But I recall not asking for the reasoning-"

Tyler: "Excuse me." *He coughed with respect and turned around, walking away from the party towards Lezard, Lance and Alicia.*

PKMY: *She stared at Tyler's back, frowning in thought.* (From what I felt, their world may not have Rostical, but there's still a lot of stress involved..)

Lezard: "It feels strange, to laugh like that for no reason?"

Lance: "Well, I saw it, and it _works_. We'll just have to do it again."

Alicia: "I-I agree, tee hee." *She smiled, as if she was enjoying herself.*

Lezard: "Alright, children-"

Tyler: "Mind if I join in?" *He looked at Lance as if he knew what was happening.*

Lance: "Yea, sure?" *He sounded surprised.*

Alicia: "All you have to do is-"

Tyler: "Laugh?"

Alicia: "Yeah, have you tried this too?"

Holland: "I haven't." *He stumbled up to the party and smirked.*

Alicia: "Holland, you want to try it too?"

Holland: "Why not?" *He mumbled in his deep voice, scratching the facial hair under his chin.*

Lance: "Aha, alright." *He smiled in excitement, rubbing his hands together.* "On three."

PKMY: *She glanced at Season and Cameron.* "Although, I get what the point of it is, but it's not like we're angry or depressed?"

Season: "That is true." *He smiled with anticipation, as he waited for their laughter.* "But we're all on edge with our big fight coming up. It will relax us."

PKMY: "Eh?" (I do feel tense-)

Lance: "Ahahahaha."

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Lezard: "Bwarharharharh."

Alicia: "Teeheehehehehe."

Holland: "Ha ha, haha, ha ha."

*The party stopped at the same time and looked at each other with contained faces.*

Lance: "Ahahahaha!"

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Alicia: "Teeheehehehehe."

Lezard: "Bwarharharharh!"

Holland: "Ha ha, haha, ha ha."

PKMY: *She smirked, as she walked towards the laughing party members.* (I sense their emotions, and they're laughing for real.)

Cameron: "I find the very idea of this _absurd_ -"

Season: "I'll be back-" *He hobbled towards the party.*

Cameron: "W-?" *He paused in shock, noticing he stood by himself.* "What..?"

Tyler: *He watched PKMY and Season gather around.* "O-Okay, everyone now-?"

Lance: "Ahahahaha."

Season: "Hohohohohohohoh."

Alicia: "Teehee teeheheheehee."

Lezard: "Bwarharharharh." *He held his stomach in laughter, sarcastically wiggling his bottom.*

Holland: "Ha ha, haha, ha ha."

PKMY: "Heh, yahoo."

Freya: "Owhooooo." *She howled towards the sky.*

Tyler: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha!"

Cameron: *He folded his arms and slightly chuckled at the party, causing him to look away in shock.* (Something this trivial is somehow, making me happy?)

Whitehead: *He heard the shower of laughter, causing him to stumble towards the party from the top deck.* "What the fierce seas are they doing, argh?" *He grunted in a pirate-like manner, staring at the party in confusion.*

Lezard: "Bwaharh." *He sniffed and lifted his head up, adjusting his cone shaped hat.*

Season: "Phew-" *He smirked with satisfying sigh.*

Lezard: "That was deliciously sensational! Thankies, I really appreciate that!"

Lance: (Yea.) *He smiled and chuckled at himself.*

Alicia: "That was fun!"

PKMY: "Heh, it surprisingly was." *She leant to one side, placing her hand on her waist.*

Holland: *His stomach growled, causing the party to chuckle amongst themselves.* "I'm famished-"

Whitehead: "The feast is being served in the cabins, help yourselves and rest for the night! From what I hear, you all have a big mission to attend to, argh!"

Cameron: *He slowly approached the emotionally satisfied party.* "Did you all accomplish what you desired?" *His armour rattled, as he moved his arms.*

Season: "Well, I feel slightly better."

Lezard: "And so do I."

Alicia: "But, Lezard, you never told Lance what you were going to say."

Holland: "Why don't we discuss it over the feast?" *He enthusiastically grinned at each party member.*

Season: "Hoho, I couldn't disagree with you there."

PKMY: "Well instead of saying let's go get it, how about make a move on then."

Holland: "Food?!" *He enthusiastically nodded his head, rubbing his stomach in excitement.*

Lance: "I rekon." *He rolled his eyes with a slight smirk and started to walk towards Whitehead.*

Tyler: (Thanks, Ashton.) *He smiled and looked at the sunset before following the party.*

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Teresa: *She ran through Gasher Hills with her arms swaying behind her, watching the area blur past her.* (Tcch, we may need to rest at Surpreon for the night-)

Jewel: *She stumbled on several rocks in exhaustion, catching Teresa's attention.* "T-Teresa-"

Teresa: *She glanced behind her, slowing down.* "It is fine, the plans to find where the party members are located will need to wait."

Jewel: "W-Wait?" *She grunted on her breath, shaking her head in a disapproving-like manner.*

Teresa: "Indeed. It is vital we have the recommended rest _required_ for our bodies to heal."

Jewel: "O-Okay." *She panted, covered in sweat.*

Teresa: *She ran across sand, noticing the darkening sky.* (I am not entirely sure if it is because I am not used to emotions, but it appears my physical attributes change on emotion alone.)

Jewel: *She closely ran behind Teresa at amazing speeds, trying to keep up with her.* (Even at night, this area is still hot.)

Teresa: *She noticed peculiar rock formations and slowed down again, looking at Jewel.* "We are one more flashstep away."

Jewel: "Alright, let's do this." *She groaned, as her image disappeared, causing a swirl of sand to spiral in the air.*

Teresa: "Tcch-" *She quickly looked in front of her and leapt forward, as her image disappeared.* (Amy, can you hear me?) *The terrain blurred past her, as she ran at flashstepping speeds.*

Jewel: *She stepped out of her flashstep and looked in front, gasping in disgust.* "H-Huh?"

Teresa: *She noticed lines of snow-like flakes around her, causing her to slow down.* " _Snow_?" *She stepped out of her flashstep, causing a pulse of dirt to blow in front of her.*

Jewel: "T-Teresa!"

Teresa: *She opened her hand and watched a grey snow flake, float down into her palm.* "Charcoal?" *She whispered in confusion.* (Perhaps the heat of Maserio caused a fire-?)

Jewel: "Teresa!"

Teresa: *She looked towards Jewel with urgency.* "What is the-?" *She stopped in mid-sentence and coughed in disbelief.*

Jewel: *She stood on small black pebbles in front of Surpreon.* "Tere-"

Teresa: *Her image appeared next to Jewel.* "Jewel, I would not appreciate it, if this were to be another one of your illusions."

Jewel: "I haven't used my illusions as a prank since we were teenagers-"

Teresa: *She looked through a charcoaled crack in the wall with watering eyes.* "I do not understand _what_ could have _possibly_ caused this.."

Jewel: "Teresa-" *She held herself in shock.*

Teresa: "Season-" *She started to panic, taking several steps forward.* "PKMY-" *She stepped through the crack and into Surpreon.* "Everyone!" *She screamed in shock and sadness.*

Jewel: *She quietly followed Teresa inside the colourless dome.* (Surpreon's Spacial Funnel is no longer working-) *She spun around and stared at the broken and damaged walls around her.* (I recall Surpreon being much bigger than this-)

Teresa: "P-Perhaps they are in the Spacial Funnel, in Season's manor-"

Jewel: "T-Teresa, don't fool yourself-"

Teresa: "Not now!" *She screamed and noticed an indent in the middle of the dome, giving the illusion it was hit by a meteor.*

Jewel: "What did you find?" *Pieces of stone fell on to the ground and crumbled to pieces.*

Teresa: "This was no accident." *She bent down and ran her finger along the melted stone.*

Jewel: "Who would possess the power to destroy this city?"

Teresa: "I knew about the city's special barrier." *She shook her head in confusion.* "Season would not have told _anyone_ -"

Jewel: "Surpreon doesn't have a barrier?"

Teresa: "Like I previous said, Season would have told no person."

Jewel: "Then.. It _couldn't_ have been the Consultant?"

Teresa: "No..." *She looked down, causing her hair to fall in front of her face.* "It could not have been-"

Jewel: "Maybe this was a natural occurrence?"

Teresa: *She gritted her teeth in recollection, suddenly triggering flashbacks of Riddle holding several books.* "But, he could have!" *She screamed and punched the ground, causing it to rumble.*

Jewel: *She spread her legs to keep her balance.* "I don't understand, Teresa?"

Teresa: "..." *She brushed charcoal and debris off the ground around her, before lying down.*

Jewel: "Teresa?!"

Teresa: "Get some rest.. I will tell you on the way." *She lay on her side and used her hands for pillows, trying to ignore the area around her.*

Jewel: "On the way?"

Teresa: "I may be weak, but I can still sense that _unimaginable_ power located far to the East."

Jewel: "O-Okay."

Teresa: *She whispered in recollection, triggering images of Ridley's power-up, which caused him to win the fight.* (I underestimated you, if knowing you would survive my mother's Teresa's Blossom, then I would not have dropped my power afterwards!)

Jewel: (This is horrible.) *She paused and looked down to the ground, dropping to her knees in exhaustion.*

Teresa: (I do not know what I am going to do. I feel very...) *She hissed at herself in thought and angrily closed her eyes, causing a tear to run down her cheek.* (Lonely.)

*Jewel slowly and quietly fell into slumber, ignoring the eerie howls caused by the wind outside.*

Teresa: *She listened to the wind blow through the cracks in the walls around her.* (E-Everyone.. Please be safe-) *She thought in exhaustion, slowly falling into a deep sleep.*

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*The party lay in single bunk beds along the walls of a thin cabin-like room.*

Holland: *He scratched Freya behind the ears, listening to her purr in her sleep.* (That dinner of sea creatures was surprisingly amazing.)

PKMY: (Go to sleep, your thoughts are driving me crazy.)

Holland: *He looked up to the bed above him, slightly startled.* (Sorry, Amy. Sweet dreams.)

PKMY: *She rolled to her side, facing the wall with a smile.* (Wateva.)

Holland: *He looked to the other side of the cabin, watching each party member sleep in different positions.* (Night everyone.) *He smiled and closed his eyes.*

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*Pickles and Brazza sat on the edge of a cliff, looking up to the stars.*

Pickles: "They were pretty strong, but what do you think happened?" *She kicked her legs and looked down to the waves, watching the water glitter in the moon's light.*

Brazza: "Their eyes faded." *He shrugged his shoulders in confusion.*

Pickles: "I've never heard of Scoldrants with the yellow eyes to suddenly fade away..." *She whispered to herself in a curious-like manner.*

Brazza: "Hmph." *He mumbled in a deep voice and placed his hands on the ground behind him, leaning back in a casual-like manner.*

Pickles: "Tomorrow, hey?" *She glanced at Brazza, exhaling smoke-like mist.*

Brazza: "Yeah." *He chuckled, looking at Pickles.* "Thanks for the past few days."

Pickles: "Eh?"

Brazza: "You weren't boring."

Pickles: *She smiled in response.* "And you weren't annoying."

Brazza: "Annoying?"

Pickles: "Yeah, like, saying stupid stuff."

Brazza: "Stupid stuff?"

Pickles: *She nodded her head, looking back up to the stars.* "For example, pointing out the obvious."

Brazza: "Pointing out the obvious-?"

Pickles: *She chuckled in realisation, rolling her eyes at Brazza.* "Naice."

Brazza: "Hehe." *He leant back and yawned, lying on the ground.* "I'm off to bed, catchya."

Pickles: *She looked back and stared at Brazza, listening to his snores.* (That was fast.)

Brazza: "Zzzz."

Pickles: (I better get some sleep too.) *She lay next to Brazza, closing her eyes.*

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Celest: *She stepped into a room, noticing several silk-like mattresses on the floor.* (Like Sakura Village, the room also gives a foreign-like feeling to it-)

Arcadia: *She wheeled behind Celest, pointing towards the closest mattress.* "Please lay down. I can _instantly_ prepare the dream."

Celest: "Excellent." *She elegantly lay down on the mattress and stared at the roof, crossing her arms over her chest.*

Arcadia: "Close your eyes." *She wheeled next to mattress and looked down, noticing Celest's uncomfortable facial expression.* "Now relax your body."

Celest: "Yes."

Arcadia: *She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing, which synchronised with Celest's.* (Finding Radiatons is easy on the continent.)

Celest: (Time to enter the unknown-)

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*Lance, Alicia and Freya stood in a defensive line in the middle of a vacant field, facing a large dragon-like Scoldrant.*

Dragon: *It looked down, staring at Lance, Alicia and Freya.* "You _dare_ attack me?"

Lance: "We _need_ the sacred jewel in order to open the gates to The Cave of Flounders-" *He shouted as if he was reading from a script.*

Alicia: "We've already got the majestic Javelin of Twinkie!"

Freya: *She nodded her head, enthusiastically wagging her tail for emphasis.* "Without the Javelin of Twinkie-"

Lance: *He enthusiastically swayed his arm to the side.* "And without opening the gates of The Cave of Flounders-"

Freya: "Then we'll stand _no_ _chance_ against Doctor Oogie Boogie 'O Fooey."

Lance: "Shhh! You're not allowed to mention the name, Doctor Oogie Boogie 'O Fooey."

Alicia: "You just said it!" *She gasped in disgust.*

Lance: "Oh, snap!" *He grunted, covering his mouth in shock.*

Dragon: "You won't defeat me!"

*Celest and Arcadia warped in the distance covered in a swirl of golden light.*

Freya: "Alright, we can do this!"

Lance: "Yea!"

Alicia: "We can do this!"

Lance: "Let's do this!"

Freya: "Woof!"

Lance: "I understand! Now let's stare at the foe with intense faces!"

Alicia: "R-Right!" *She smiled and intensely stared at the dragon, giving the illusion she needed to go to the bathroom.*

Lance: "Harh!" *He pushed open his eye lids with his fingers.* "Haharh!"

Freya: "Take this." *She stuck her tongue out and glared at the dragon.*

Dragon: "No! I'm melting! Your stares are too powerful for me!"

Lance: "That's right, queue the victory theme fellow friends!"

Alicia: "Yay!" *She watched the dragon melt into water.* "We did it!"

*Loud music suddenly started to play out of nowhere.*

Celest: *She watched Lance, Alicia and Freya dance like children.* "What a _very_ _strange_ dream, Aliciana?" *She whispered to herself, walking towards them in a professional-like manner.*

Arcadia: "What an unusual dream?" *She looked around, observing the area in confusion.*

Celest: "Even you do?" *She spoke to Arcadia without losing her sight on Alicia.*

Arcadia: "I've been in many, but never have I seen such an unusual and comical fight."

Lance: *He finished his dance and looked to the side, noticing Celest and Arcadia walking towards him.* "Yes, the dragon has been slayed, there's no need to thank us-"

Celest: "Silence, we are not here for you."

Lance: "Loyal subjects, that's no way to talk to your saviour-"

Arcadia: "You are merely a dream." *She glared at Lance with no respect.*

Celest: "Aliciana, we _need_ to discuss what we spoke about earlier."

Alicia: "About what?"

Lance: "Actually, you can thank us! Ha ha." *He spoke loudly, causing Arcadia's eye to twitch.*

Arcadia: "You nuisance." *She waved her arm and looked at Lance in shock.*

Celest: "Enough games-"

Arcadia: *She looked at her hand, then back to Lance in confusion.* "Celest, this is not Alicia's dream."

Celest: "You were mistaken?" *She sounded shocked and annoyed, looking back to Arcadia.*

Arcadia: "Well, I traced the Radiatons in her pendant."

Celest: "Tssk, do not be lazy next time!"

Arcadia: "I apologise to the mistress for my error-"

Lance: "Wait-" *He coughed and started to act serious, feeling the pendant under his shirt.* "What's goin' on?"

Arcadia: *She closed her eyes, nodding her head in confirmation.* "She is close, take my hand." *She opened her eyes and looked at Celest, reaching out in an apologetic-like manner.*

Celest: "Don't be mistaken this time." *She spoke in a stern-like manner and stormed in front of Arcadia, grabbing her hand.*

Lance: (She's completely ignoring me-) "Oi!-" *He quickly grabbed Arcadia's shoulder, trying to grab her attention.*

Arcadia: "No!-"

*Celest, Arcadia and Lance faded in a swirl of golden light.*

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Alicia: *She sat on a large rock in a grassy clearing, surrounded by thick trees.* (This is beautiful-) *She kicked her feet and smiled, basking in the warm sunlight.*

*Celest, Arcadia and Lance suddenly appeared in a swirl of golden light in front of Alicia, catching her attention.*

Alicia: "H-Huh? Lance, Celest, Arcadia, what are you three doing here?"

Arcadia: *She looked at her shoulder and hit Lance's hand away, facing him with a frown.* "I will send you back-"

Alicia: "Lance!" *She smiled and jumped off the rock.* "I knew you'd come." *She skipped up and hugged him tightly.*

Celest: *She noticed Alicia's happiness, causing her to wave her arm at Arcadia.* "Do not bother, Arcadia."

Arcadia: "Of course?"

Celest: "Please leave us be."

Arcadia: "Yes. Call my name and I shall awaken you." *She stepped back and turned around, fading in a swirl of golden light.*

Celest: "Thy understand." *She whispered on her breath, knowing Arcadia could still hear her.*

Alicia: *She stepped away from Lance and smiled, looking at Celest in a curious-like manner.* "What are you doing here?"

Celest: "Thy'm here for two reasons."

Alicia: "Y-Yes?"

Celest: "During the time you spoke to The Voice of On-"

Alicia: *She gasped in recollection, stepping forward in a worried-like manner.* "How is The Imperial Glacial Castle-?"

Celest: "Focus!"

Alicia: *She looked away in shock.* "S-Sorry-"

Lance: "Hey, there's no need to yell-"

Celest: "Silence!"

Lance: *Celest's yell triggered a flashback of when she grabbed him by the scruff on The Divine Path.* "Sorry."

Celest: "The mistress told me what you spoke to The Voice of On about."

Alicia: "How-?"

Celest: "So, what is your answer?"

Alicia: *She inhaled deeply and nervously gulped.* (I-I'm suddenly nervous-)

Lance: "Aye?" *He looked confused, as if he didn't know what they were talking about.*

Alicia: *She bit her bottom lip, placing a hand on her chest.* (I feel sick..-)

Celest: "Aliciana, your answer?"

Lance: "Wat answer?"

Celest: "It does _not_ concern you." *She hissed with impatience at Lance, focusing her attention back on Alicia.* "So, _what_ is your answer?"

Alicia: "To give up my attachments-" *She looked at Lance and paused, shaking her head with emotion.* "I won't give up my love for Lance."

Lance: (Give up? Attachments?) *He grunted in thought, staring at Alicia in a mature-like manner.*

Celest: "You're willing to sacrifice your power, for a love with this mortal? This lowly peasant?"

Lance: "..."

Celest: "Do you understand the choice you're making!?" *She yelled in an urgent-like manner, emphasising the severity of her decision.*

Alicia: "I-" *She gasped and looked down to her feet with quivering lips.*

Celest: "Do you?!"

Alicia: "Y-Yes!"

Celest: "You've been given the marking of a _Sacred_ _Knight_!-" *She swayed her arm across Alicia's head.* "Is that your _final_ decision?"

Alicia: *Her eyes shined gold and a tattoo shaped 'S' appeared on her forehead.* "Yes-"

Lance: "No."

Celest: "Hmm?" *She looked intrigued, glancing at Lance in the corner of her eye.* (What did this fool say?)

Alicia: "Lance, you don't understand what's happening."

Lance: "No, I don't really." *He faced Celest and looked at Alicia.* "If I'm wrong, lemme know-"

Alicia: "Lance, don't-"

Lance: *He ignored Alicia and licked his lips, looking down to his feet.* "You've been given an option to become a knight thingy, but at the cost of losing me?"

Alicia: "No-"

Celest: "Yes."

Lance: "Then, do it."

Alicia: *She tightened her hands and formed fists.* "But-"

Lance: "No buts, just do it."

Alicia: "It took me a long time of deciding... I-I've _already_ made up my mind-"

Lance: "Alicia-"

Alicia: "W-Why are you willing throw us away?" *She looked up at Lance, frowning out of character.*

Lance: *He looked at Alicia with certainty and sadness.* "Because, I'm not worth it."

Alicia: *Her eyes started to water.* " _Yes_ you are-"

Lance: "No."

Alicia: "Why?"

Lance: "Sometimes when you really love someone, you have to put them before yourself.."

Alicia: "Lance.."

Lance: *He silently walked up to Alicia and closed his eyes, causing a tear to run down his cheek.* "I love you."

Alicia: "I love you too." *She sniffed and stepped back, looking at Celest.* "Celest."

Celest: *She stared at Lance in shock, unintentionally ignoring Alicia.* (This boy, he _always_ surprises me with his random antics. He acts childish in Valhalla, but then he acts like this-)

Alicia: "C-Celest."

Celest: *She quickly shook her head, hiding her surprised reaction.* "Yes?"

Alicia: "I want to stick with my decision."

Lance: "W-Wait, wat?! I just said-"

Alicia: "I won't give you up for anything, not even for you." *She inhaled deeply, holding his hand.*

Lance: (Alicia, man..)

Celest: "If that is your answer-" *She took several intimidating steps towards her.*

Alicia: *She closed her eyes, nodding her head.* "I understand-"

Celest: "Then thy welcome you, as a Sacred Knight of Valhalla."

Alicia: *She opened her eyes with a gasp.* "W-What?"

Lance: "A-Aye?" *He stuttered in confusion, looking at Celest with a dropping jaw.*

Celest: "You chose the correct answer. You made the right choice."

Alicia: "I don't understand."

Lance: "M-Me neither?" *He looked at Celest in a dumbfounded-like manner.*

Celest: "If thou were willing to throw away love, then you were no way worthy to wield the powers of a Sacred Knight."

Alicia: *She looked at Lance with a victorious smile.* "Too bad this is a dream?" *She reached up, wiping the tears off his face.*

Lance: "Yea, sure." *He smirked and sniffed, wiping the tears around her eyes.*

Celest: "But, there is another thing."

Alicia: "Yes?"

Celest: "There is _no_ choice in what thy'm about to tell thee."

Alicia: "W-What is it?"

Celest: "Thou are required to help our fellow Sacred Knights."

Alicia: "Umm, yes, of course."

Celest: "Excellent, thy will tell you immediately after-"

Lance: "Immediately?"

Alicia: "B-But I need to help my friends fight the Consultant."

Celest: *She shook her head.* "My sympathies, you're needed else where."

Lance: "But she's been travelling with us from the start! We've _almost_ finished our-"

Celest: *She ignored Lance and stared at Alicia.* "Please prepare yourself, thy'll retrieve you momentarily after awakening."

Alicia: "But-" *She looked down and nodded her head.* "I understand." *She looked at Lance, knowing they'll be parting.* "You've got Lezard in the party."

Lance: *He hesitantly nodded his head in understanding.* "Alright." *He grunted.*

Celest: *She looked up, speaking in thought.* (Arcadia.)

Alicia: "..."

Celest: *She looked down, proudly smiling at Alicia.* "Thy will see you shortly-"

Lance: "Before you teleport away or wateva. Wat would've happened if Alicia decided to listen to me?"

Celest: "Humph-" *She faded in a swirl of golden light.*

Lance: "Well, apparently you would've humph'd or somethin'." *He gave Alicia and strange look.*

Alicia: "Tee hee." *She smiled and hugged him.* "Thank you."

Lance: *He smiled, kissing Alicia on the head.* (I'll always protect you-)

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Lance: *He snored with his mouth open, inappropriately rubbing the pillow.* "Alicia-"

*Footsteps creaked loudly in the ceiling from outside the cabin, waking Lance up with a snort.*

Lance: "Hmm." *He moaned and rolled to the side, causing him to roll off the bunk bed.* "Argh!"

Alicia: *A loud thump caused by Lance woke her up with a twitch of fright.* "L-Lance?" *She spoke on her breath, rubbing her eyes in confusion.*

Lance: "Tssk-" *He leant up, holding the side of his head in pain.* "Gah, that hurt-"

Alicia: *She yawned and stretched, glancing at Lance.* "Are you okay?"

Lance: "Yea, I'm right." *He looked around and noticed the vacant beds in the cabin.*

Alicia: "Good." *She lay on her back and looked up to the roof, noticing slight lines of light shining through them.*

Lance: "Looks like everyone's already up, aye." *He stood up and offered his hand to help Alicia out of bed.*

Alicia: "Yep." *She smiled in gratitude and reached for his hand.*

Lance: "Let's say our goodbyes before Celest gets you?"

Alicia: *She looked slightly surprised, as if she wasn't sure he knew about her dream.* "Y-Yes."

*Lance and Alicia pushed open a thick wooden door and was blinded by bright sunlight.*

Holland: "Ah, look who's finally awake."

Freya: "Ruff!" *She barked in agreement, wagging her tail.*

Lance: *He squinted his eyes and noticed the scattered party.* "How come none of yas woke us up?"

Lezard: "You were sound asleep." *He looked at Cameron and Tyler who stood next to him with a smile.*

Season: *He stood by himself at the tip of the ship, staring out into the distance.* (I can see the island now..)

Alicia: "I feel great, how does everyone else feel?"

PKMY: "Already checked, everyone is a maximum capacity." *She proudly and happily announced, punching into her hand.*

Tyler: *He quickly ran to the side of the ship and leant over the rail.* "Argh."

Lance: *He looked at Tyler with a slightly tired expression on his face.* "Pretending to be a pirate, Tyler?"

Alicia: "Tee hee."

Cameron: "He has fallen ill due to motion sickness."

Alicia: "I can heal-"

Lezard: "Don't bother, little checkers, already tried."

Cameron: "Little checkers?"

Lance: *He rubbed Alicia's shoulder and smiled at her.* "Do you want to let everyone know-?"

Alicia: "Y-Yep-" *She nodded her head and paused.* "What are you going to do?"

Lance: *He glanced over to Season, noticing he stood by himself.* "I'm goin' to see wat's up with the big guy, aye."

Alicia: "Okay." *She smiled and let go of Lance's hand, walking towards Lezard and Cameron.*

PKMY: *She walked up to Alicia with Holland.* "So, when did this happen?"

Alicia: "Sorry-?"

PKMY: "Ahem."

Alicia: "I mean, what?"

PKMY: "About Celest going to get you."

Alicia: "How did you know?"

Holland: "Still asking that?"

Alicia: *She looked down and giggled in realisation.* "Umm."

Lezard: "Oh no, are you leaving us?"

Tyler: *He turned around with a sickly appearing face.* "Where, when, how?"

Holland: "But we're about to confront the Consultant."

Alicia: "I know, but as a Sacred Knight, I'm needed somewhere else."

Tyler: (Sacred Knight?)

Cameron: "A Sacred Knight-?"

Lance: "Oi-" *He walked up to Season.*

Season: "Oh, Lance-" *He looked over his shoulder, watching Lance walk up to him.* "What brings you here?"

Lance: *He looked behind him and scanned across the deck.* "Well, it's a big ship, but it's not like I went out of my way to get here."

Season: "Oh, hohoho." *He chuckled and shook his head at Lance, focusing his attention back to the island in the distance.* "I'm scared, Lance."

Lance: "Wat?" *He grunted in disbelief.* (I wasn't expecting that-)

Season: "When I fought him at Surpreon, his power was frightening."

Lance: "I'm nervous too, aye.. I don't know wat's goin' to happen."

Season: "If anything happens-" *He faced Lance and looked serious.* "It's been a pleasure becoming friends with you."

Lance: "I-I, yeah." *He spoke and smiled in a mature-like manner.* "We'll get through this-"

Whitehead: *He hobbled across the upper deck and stared at the party in an urgent-like manner.* "Bad news!" *He yelled at everyone, instantly catching their attention.*

Cameron: "What is it?"

PKMY: "Eh?" *She looked up to Whitehead in a worried-like manner.*

Whitehead: "Up ahead, something has changed. There's _unusual_ rock formations in the water."

Tyler: "I don't see how rocks would be a threat, the exterior looked like it was very sturdy."

Whitehead: "Not even the mighty Sheridan can stand a chance against _those_ unusual rocks, argh."

Cameron: "How exactly can the land change so _easily_?"

Season: "What rocks is he talking about?" *He mumbled to himself, catching Lance's attention.*

Lance: *He glanced at Season and looked over the ship, observing the ocean's surface.* "I don't see any rocks?!"

Whitehead: "Are you blinded by the water's current? It's right over!-" *He pointed out to the ocean and gasped with widening eyes.* "Th-They're gone?!"

Lance: "Maybe you're sick like Tyler too?"

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked and folded her arms.*

*A heartbeat-like pulse caused Holland, Freya and Cameron to gasp in shock.*

Holland: "What is that?"

PKMY: (Are you in pain?)

Holland: "No-"

Apollo: (Cameron, that feeling! It's!-) *His voice shouted with an echo in Cameron's mind.*

Cameron: "An Ancioldrant!"

Lezard: "Oh my, what?!"

Whitehead: "A what?! Scoldrant?" *He yelled in confusion.*

Lance: "Well, I don't think we have to worry about a mere Scold-"

*A massive brown serpent with rocks for scales erupted up from the water next to the ship.*

Tyler: "No!-" *He gasped and had a flashback.*

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Joy: "The legend states of a mythical serpent that divides the continents. It's said, that when creatures are brought to bring destruction towards the ocean, it shows itself."

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Tyler: "The legend-"

Whitehead: "No! We can't let it hurt our Sheridan!"

Season: *He intensely stared at the serpent, running across the deck to Cameron.* (PKMY, ask Cameron and Holland to communicate to the serpent!)

PKMY: *She nodded her head, glancing at Holland.* "Can you communicate to it?!"

Holland: *He nodded his head and faced the serpent, causing the purple ring to spiral around his iris.* (Hear my thoughts-)

Cameron: *He squinted his eyes, focusing on the serpent.* (Stop this madness!-)

Serpent: "Skkeeerarh!" *It screeched, readying to attack the Sheridan.*

Whitehead: "No!"

PKMY: "Wat's the problem?!"

Holland: "It's not letting me through!"

Lezard: (I remember this thing! This isn't good!-)

Cameron: *He gritted his teeth and nodded his head, placing his hand over his shoulder.* "It is consumed with emotion, it is not allowing us to make contact."

Season: *He stopped next to Holland, frowning in desperation.* "Are we to fight it?"

Holland: *He discreetly shook his head, as if he was opposed to the idea.* "..."

Cameron: "We are to damage it to an extent where it will be able to listen to us."

Tyler: "B-But we're meant to be reserving our energy."

PKMY: "Quick finger's right."

Season: "We have no choice."

Tyler: *He glanced at his bag, mumbling in recollection.* (My Ougi uses its own Neurons and Astragons-) *He gasped in realisation, looking at Season with an idea.* "S-Season-"

Season: "Not now, Tyler-"

Tyler: *He ran in front of Season, grabbing his arm.* "I have an idea-"

Serpent: *A blue glyph spiralled in front of its mouth, causing Whitehead's men to shout in terror.* "Skerrrrh!"

Season: "It's about to attack!" *He shouted at Tyler, as a yellow glyph spiralled under his feet.*

PKMY: *She quickly glanced at Tyler, noticing an aura swirl around him from only her perspective.* "Season, listen to him!"

Season: "Excuse me?" *He glanced at PKMY before focusing his attention on Tyler.*

Tyler: "I-I've wanted to try this for awhile.. I'm not even sure if it will work."

Season: "Do you understand this isn't a good-?"

Tyler: *He grabbed Season's hand and focused, causing a swirl of wind to blow around them.* (Focus on the same feeling of my Ougi.)

Season: *He focused his attention back to the serpent and suddenly gasped, looking down to Tyler's hand.* (Is this Astragons?! Words?)

Tyler: (I have no idea what he's feeling-?) *He gasped in shock, causing him to smile in disbelief.*

Season: (These can't be Tyler's, so what are-?!)

PKMY: "Heh, I don't believe it." *She smirked at Tyler and Season, shaking her head in an impressed-like manner.*

Cameron: "If none of you will attack the Guardian, then you leave me no choice!-"

Tyler and Season: " _Hi_ - _Ougi_."

Lance: "Wait, wat?"

Season: "How is this possible?!"

Tyler: *He watched the RPG bag float off his shoulder and spiral in the air in front of them.* "It would be one of my greatest privileges to fight alongside you!"

Season: "Tyler-"

Tyler and Season: *They instinctively threw their hands into the RPG bag, causing strings of white fluoro liquid to spiral up their arms.* "Mastered state of Alchemy and Crafting-"

Serpent: "BUBBLE BLAST" *It spat out slow moving bubbles towards the ship, causing Whitehead to grunt in terror.*

Whitehead: "It may be slow! But that'll destroy Sheridan's integrity, argh!"

Tyler and Season: "Pour the Neurons and Astragons into Ragnarok's formula-"

Cameron: *He pulled his arm forward, watching sparks spiral around his blue sword.* "Humph-"

Tyler and Season: *They both shouted, causing the white liquid to burst and swirl around their bodies.* "Form and merge into our strongest creation!-"

Lezard: "Oh, my." *He watched the liquid glow and form around their bodies, slowly taking shape of a vehicle.*

Alicia: "W-What is that light?"

Holland: *He watched the light fade, causing him to raise an eyebrow in confusion.* " _What_ is _that_ -?"

Tyler: *He stood on top of a tank, holding a turret with both hands.* (W-Wow!-)

Lance: "Holy shit! You made a freakin' _tank_?!"

Season: *He sat inside the tank and placed his hands on two controls, powering the vehicle up.* (It runs by using my Neurons?!)

Cameron: *He glanced behind him and noticed the tank, causing him to lower his sword.* "What kind of Scoldrant is that? I do not detect any life signatures from it-"

Tyler and Season: "Elemental Ragnatank."

Lance: "That's-"

Tyler: *He noticed the bubbles and swivelled the turret, aiming it in front of the serpent.* "Season?"

Season: *He watched the vehicle power up around his hands, listening to laser-like charging sounds.* "Done."

Tyler and Season: "ICE STREAM DIVIDER" *Tyler fired off cannon-like balls of ice, exploding the bubbles into spheres of ice.*

Lance: "Sick." *He watched the ice fall out of his sight, listening to the water splash below.*

Whitehead: "W-What is that contraption on my Sheridan?!" *He pointed a cutlass sword at the tank-like object in a cautious and curious-like manner.*

Serpent: "Skrarh!" *It hissed and opened its jaw, causing webbed gills to flap out of its neck.*

Season: *He adjusted his hands, causing the area to turn yellow.* "Tyler!"

Tyler: "Got it!"

Lance: "Come on, quick fingers! It looks pissed!-"

Tyler and Season: "SPARK CANNON" *Tyler fired off a cannon-like ball of electricity, hitting the serpent on its underside.*

Serpent: "S-S-K-Sk!-" *It hissed in a stutter-like manner, as strings of electricity flashed up its body.*

PKMY: (Direct hit-)

Cameron: *He stepped forward and shouted, trying to grab the serpent's attention.* "Listen to me!-"

Serpent: "Skrarh!" *It hissed in anger, causing a blue glyph to spiral out of its mouth.* "HYDRO CANNON-"

Tyler and Season: "FLAME BOLT" *Tyler fired off a cannon shaped ball of fire, smashing into the serpent's face, shattering the glyph.*

Lezard: (Remarkable! A Hi-Ougi with the ability to use Remenistal?)

Serpent: *It hissed in pain and leant back, swaying to each side to keep its body above the water.* "AQUA LIQUID-"

Holland: *He looked at Cameron with widening eyes.* "I could hear his thoughts!"

Cameron: *He lowered the sword, nodding his head.* "One more time!"

Season: "Got it! A Grand Rostical!" *He started to shout with concentration, causing the vehicle to overcharge.*

Tyler: *He watched the turret shake, causing him to firmly hold onto it with both hands.* "R-Ready-"

PKMY: "Wat are you waiting for?! Fire!"

Tyler and Season: "SURREAL PULSAR" *Tyler watched a fluoro green ball charge at the end of the turret, catching the party's attention.*

Lezard: (Oh my! Those Neurons are strong!-) *He held onto his hat, as a sudden burst of wind blew around the tank.*

Tyler: "We can do this!" *He shouted, aiming the turret at the serpent's head.*

Cameron: "With a powerful energy signature like that, aim for its scales!"

Tyler: "G-Got it-" *He gritted his teeth, slightly lowering the turret away from its face.*

Serpent: *It shook its head and suddenly leant back in an attacking-like manner.* "Skrarh!"

Whitehead: "It's going to ram the Sheridan!-"

Tyler and Season: "Harh!" *They pushed forward and blasted the fluoro ball at the serpent, smashing it into its scales.*

Alicia: *She watched a fluoro mist-like wave explode from the serpent's back, smashing rock-like scales into the air.* "E-Eek-"

Serpent: "Skrarh-" *It swayed to the side, shaking its head in disorientation.*

Apollo: (I hear his thoughts! Make a connection now!)

Cameron: *He nodded his head and sheathed his sword over his shoulder, spreading his arms out.* "Holland, PKMY, hold my hand!"

*PKMY and Holland stepped forward and grabbed Cameron's hand without question.*

Cameron: (We mean no harm, leave this place!)

Serpent: "Skrarh!" *It hissed in shock, focusing its attention to Cameron.* "Thens _what_ is thats _abnormal_ power? It's _distractingss_."

Cameron: "We are going to stop it!"

Serpent: "I don'ts believe you!"

Holland: "We seriously are!"

Freya: "Gruff!"

Serpent: *It paused, as if it was thinking.* "I controls the waters.. If I feels you are the cause to this, I'll _crush_ this thing you sails on!"

Whitehead: (C-Crush?!) *He mumbled in terror at the thought.*

Holland: "You have our word!" *He yelled in a deep voice, causing PKMY to smile.*

Serpent: "Tsskss-" *Its scales moved and it turned away, slowly descending back into the water.*

Tyler: *He sighed in relief, awkwardly jumping off the turret and onto the deck.* "Th-Th-That was s-scary."

Season: *He stepped through the tank, watching it ripple around him.* (It's like Surpreon's entrance-)

Whitehead: "The legend-" *He shook his head in disbelief, rubbing his beard.* "I don't believe it-"

Lance: "That was by far, the _best_ Ougee thingy out!"

Season: *He smiled at Tyler, shaking his head in amazement.* "That was seriously astonishing, Tyler."

Tyler: *He watched the tank suddenly disintegrate into tiny white orbs, disappearing into the air.* "I-I can't believe it worked."

Season: *He looked at his hands, chuckling in disbelief.* "I haven't lost any Neurons or Astragons?"

Tyler: "Me neither, obviously." *He awkwardly chuckled and bent down, picking up the RPG bag.*

Season: "But, how?"

Tyler: *He adjusted the strap over his shoulder, looking at Season with a proud smile.* "It's the actual weapon."

Lance: "So, just spam the crap outta your new tank?"

Holland: "A tank?"

PKMY: "That's what they call it, I'm pretty sure."

Tyler: *He shook his head, resting one arm on the RPG bag.* "It needs time to recharge.. We might be fine, but, we probably won't be able to do the Hi-Ougi until tomorrow."

Season: "Hmm.. Well, it's a remarkable Hi-Ougi."

Lezard: "It's _scrumptious_ how The Voice of On does this." *He giggled, wiggling his bottom in a sarcastic-like manner.*

Alicia: *She looked at Tyler and Season, cupping her pendant in amazement.* "That Hi-Ougi reminded me of the mechanical Scoldrants from your world, Tyler."

Tyler: "Huh?"

Lance: "Aha, cars."

Tyler: "Haha, yeah."

Whitehead: "I thank you for saving our Sheridan, but make sure you take care in what you do, argh!" *He grunted in an annoyed-like manner, pointing at several scratches on the deck where the tank was.*

Tyler: "S-Sorry."

Season: *He looked at Whitehead, bowing in respect.* "My apologies-"

*The air in the distance warped with an echoing whoosh-like pulse, catching the party's attention.*

PKMY: *She gasped and stared at the warping air, taking several steps towards it.* "Something is happening!"

Season: *He gritted his teeth, looking at PKMY with impatience.* "We _need_ to get there."

PKMY: "Tssk-" *She frowned in agreement.*

Tyler: *He glanced up to Whitehead, adjusting the RPG bag over his shoulder.* "Is there _any_ way we can get the ship to sail faster?"

Whitehead: "Argh, no."

Lezard: "Oh, this isn't good!" *He sarcastically wailed on the spot.*

Lance: *He looked up as if he had an idea.* "Alicia!"

Alicia: "Huh?" *She looked over to Lance, who was motioning her to come over.* "Yes?" *She ran towards Lance in a girl-like manner, listening to her footsteps creak across the deck.*

Lance: "I have an idea, aye."

Alicia: "Y-Yep?" *She looked at Season, who tried to eavesdrop into Lance's plan.*

Lance: "If we can't make the ship go any faster, then we'll just have to do somethin' else."

Alicia: *She tilted her head on the side in confusion.* "Like?"

Lance: "Aha." *He held her hand and focused, causing their pendants to shine.*

Alicia: "Oh-" *She smiled in realisation, causing her to nod her head in agreement.*

Season: "If you've got an idea, Lance, then-"

Lance and Alicia: "Hi-Ougi."

PKMY: "Eh?"

Holland: "Huh?"

Lance and Alicia: "Power of the deep depths, let our power roar like thunder, and shatter like ice, heed our words-" *They closed their eyes at the same time and began to wave their arms in a fluid-like manner.*

*The light dimmed and darkened, causing Season to notice the sparkling, fluoro water around him.*

Season: (What a fool! I was too busy worrying about moving the ship-)

Lance and Alicia: "ETHEREAL RAPIDS"

Season: (I didn't think of using the actual water-) *He watched large waves push against the ship, causing it to tip upwards.*

Tyler: *He covered his mouth and quickly shuffled towards the rail, leaning over it in a sickly-like manner.* "Don't feel-, good."

Holland: *He slightly lost his balance, watching the waves unnaturally push themselves against the side of the ship.* "The waves-"

Lezard: "The water-" *He giggled in a sarcastic-like manner, admiring the white fluoro waves.* "They look powerful but gentle at the same time, kind of like a cupcake."

PKMY: "What?!"

Holland: "Yeah, man. I try not to think about food when I'm going into a fight."

Lezard: "Ooo, I'm sorry."

Holland: "Ha ha, all good."

Man: *He held thick ropes which were wrapped around his wrists, as if he was steering the ship.* (The stress of the rope-?)

Whitehead: *He held onto an enormous wooden steering wheel, looking at the bandit-like man.* "What are you doing?"

Man: *He gently let go of his grip and watched the ropes fall on to the deck, causing him to look at Whitehead in confusion.* "Boss, I don't need to pull it any more?"

Whitehead: "We've seen many of things. But, argh." *He chuckled, keeping the wheel idle.* "These kids, there's something about them."

Man: "Boss?"

Season: "We're almost there!" *He smiled, staring in front with boosted morale.* "Lance, Alicia, that's enough, or we might crash the ship on to the land!"

Lance and Alicia: "..." *They slowly exhaled and opened their eyes, causing the area to revert back to normal.*

Season: *He watched the waves settle with anticipation.* (Splendid.)

*Lezard, Cameron, PKMY and Holland ran up to Lance, Alicia and Season.*

Lezard: "Sensational idea, Lance!"

Holland: "Yeah, smart thinking."

PKMY: "Thinking? I hope you didn't hurt yourself?"

Lance: "Aha, funny." *He rolled his eyes with a modest smirk.*

Tyler: *He stood up straight and wiped his mouth, taking a deep breath.* (I'm okay for now-)

*A cluster of white light appeared in the middle of the deck, causing PKMY to back flip away from it.*

Cameron: "Tcch-" *He frowned at the light and stepped back, standing in a battle-ready pose.*

Celest: "Ah-" *She stretched and walked out of the fading light, looking at Alicia.* "It's time to go."

Cameron: "Who are-?"

Alicia: *She sighed and smiled, glancing at each party member.* "Okay, I better go."

Tyler: "U-Umm." *He looked at Alicia, as if he was unimpressed she had to leave.*

PKMY: "I will see you at Surpreon after everything is done." *She walked up to Alicia and gave her a hug.*

Alicia: "Th-Thank you."

PKMY: "Heh." *She smirked and punched Alicia on the shoulder, taking a step back.*

Holland: "I'll see you soon. We'll have a _big_ feast together." *He smirked and stepped forward, giving her a quick hug.*

Season: "Oh, little one. Stay strong." *He took several steps forward and gave her a hug, rubbing her back with a proud smile.*

Alicia: "I-I will."

Lance: "Oi." *He smiled at Season and took a step forward, looking at Alicia.*

Season: *He looked at Lance, taking several steps back.* "Hohoho, she's all yours."

Lance: *He placed his hands over Alicia's shoulders and tightly hugged her.* "Be careful." *He spoke on his breath and kissed her, hesitantly taking a step back.*

Alicia: "You too, grottom bottom." *She smiled at Lance and started to walk towards Celest.*

Lance: "Aha.." *He smirked in a mature-like manner, sighing to himself.*

Lezard: "Bye bye." *He waved, shaking his bottom.*

Cameron: *He nodded his head in a professional-like manner.* "See you."

Tyler: "Ah, bye, Alicia!" *He spoke with a squeal, waving above his head.*

Freya: "Gerooh!"

Holland: "Ha ha, Freya says bye too!"

Alicia: "Tee hee-"

Celest: "Pointless antics over?" *She didn't wait for Alicia's response and grabbed her hand, causing white light to swirl around them.*

Alicia: "Good luck, everyone!-"

Celest: "Humph-" *She closed her eyes and they disappeared in a flash of white light.*

Holland: (Talk about sudden.)

Freya: (Yeah!)

Lance: *He sighed again and looked at Whitehead, tapping his foot in an impatient-like manner.* "How long-?"

*The ship suddenly came to a stop, causing Tyler and Lezard to fall on the deck.*

Whitehead: "Ahoy! Land!"

Season: "Land?" *He quickly looked over the ship and noticed land.* "I hadn't noticed!"

Cameron: *He stretched his shoulder and adjusted his armour, quickly hopping on the rail of the ship.* "Now the time, the moment I have been waiting for-"

*Cameron tapped his foot and jumped high into the air, landing on the island with ease.*

Whitehead: "Hmm?" *He noticed the water pulling the ship back.* "You better go! There's an unnatural rip pulling us back in, argh!"

Man: "It might be that serpent, boss?"

Whitehead: "Maybe.."

Season: "Come on, everyone!-"

Holland: *He jumped on the rail and looked behind to Tyler and Lezard.* (They're struggling-) "Freya, help them out!"

Freya: "Ruff!" *She jumped off PKMY's shoulder and flapped her wings, as her body grew in size.*

Lance: *He grunted and jumped off the ship, landing next to Cameron.* "There."

PKMY: *She sprinted off the ship and spiralled in the air, elegantly landing on one foot.* "Heh-"

Season: *He looked down, watching the waves crash around the boat.* "That's a long drop-"

Lance: "You OK, Season?"

*Freya glided next to Lezard and Tyler, causing them to grab hold of her.*

Lezard: "Oh, my! You're double the size of us!"

Freya: "Grarf!"

Lezard: "You may want to lay off those biscuits-"

Freya: "Grr."

Season: *A wave of water suddenly erupted underneath him and swept him off his feet.* "Hmm?" *He looked at Lance and smiled, as the water gently lowered him on to the ground.* "Why, yes."

Lance: "Aha, show off."

Freya: *She flapped her wings and carried Lezard and Tyler on her back across the deck.* (They're heavier than they look-) *She glided down next to the party and lowered herself, landing on the ground.*

Lezard: "Thankies, little Scoldrant."

Tyler: "Thanks, Freya-" *He looked at Holland, adjusting his RPG bag.* "And, Holland."

Holland: "You're welcome-"

Freya: "Gruff!"

*Warp-like sounds echoed like thunder in the distance, causing the party to gasp in confusion.*

Cameron: "Hmm?" *He looked to his side with interest.*

Lezard: "The sounds drew the party's attention to an obvious Spacial Funnel, which warped in the air."

PKMY: "You're seriously still doing that, right to the end-?"

Season: "There he is!" *He pointed ahead in shock, staring at a small figure in the distance.*

Lance: *He took a deep breath, shaking his hands with anticipation.* "I'm ready."

Tyler: *He gulped and silently nodded his head.* (Ridley, you'll pay for what you did to my friends.)

PKMY: "Wat are we waiting for?!" *She grunted in an impatient-like manner.*

Lance: "I rekon." *He glanced at the party and stepped forward, running towards the Spacial Funnel.*

Lezard: "I can't really see, what is the Consultant doing?"

Holland: *The purple ring around his iris rotated, magnifying his vision.* "His back is facing us, he seems to be concentrating on the gate in front of him."

Season: (A gate?)

Lezard: *He watched the party run directly towards Ridley, causing him to quickly follow.* "Wait for me! Jinkies."

PKMY: *She observed the warped air in front of Ridley, noticing glyphic-like markings around the Spacial Funnel.* (What are they?)

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Sofia: "So, what game would you like to play first?" *She giggled in an evil-like manner, licking her lips.*

Cassidy: "No games, we're here to defeat you!"

Lorilei: "You helped the Consultant's _wicked_ plans!"

Sofia: "Hahehahe." *She covered her mouth, giggling in reaction.* "Umm, well, let's see who gets a game over first?" *Her cold silver eyes stared at Cassidy and Lorilei.*

Cassidy: "Those eyes give me the freaks!" *He mumbled to himself, keeping a brave face.*

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*The party ran up to Ridley, who continued his fixated stare on the Spacial Funnel.*

Ridley: "Oh dear-" *He lowered his arms and faced the party.* "Well, isn't this a fantastic reunion?" *He smiled and clapped his hands once.*

Season: "The suffering ends _here_!"

Ridley: "Suffering?"

Lance: *He gritted his teeth and watched the Spacial Funnel fluctuate, noticing a blurred image start to form itself inside.* (It's like a portal, or a doorway-)

PKMY: "I can't forgive how you used our mother as a puppet!"

Holland: "I can't forgive you for causing Scoldrants to be feared."

Ridley: "Oh? But Scoldrants have always been feared-"

Holland: "The harmless ones get killed because of the fear that was stigmatised on them!"

Ridley: "Big words for a Scoldrant User-"

Holland: "Shut up!"

Lezard: "My parents, you manipulated both!"

Cameron: "I was a mere tool to you, and once I failed to be of use, you sent someone to kill me!"

Lance: "If it wasn't for you, Ashton.. If you didn't send Zayden, he'd still be alive!-" *He formed fists and grunted in anger.*

Ridley: *He glanced at each party member with a smile.* "Tyler? Would you like to have a heart warming speech too?"

Tyler: "B-Be quiet!"

Ridley: "Well, could we _not_ fight?"

Lance: "Don't wanna fight 'cause you're out numbered?"

Ridley: "Oh, well you're not wrong, I am out numbered-"

PKMY: "Shut it-"

Lance: "You dirty shit." *He frowned with anger, causing his face to wrinkle.*

Ridley: "If you insist to fight, then I'll just have to kill you all." *He took a step closer to the party, staring at them with a fading smile.*

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Chapter 01: Character BIO

Name: Lance Lighten.

Age: 21.

Hair: Medium and messy, bed-like hair. Hair goes to his forehead and around his ears. Hair spikes out. Hair appears oily and is not affected by weak wind. No hair style. Length, two months worth of growth. His hair has an appearance of a porcupine.

Hair Colour: Dark brown.

Face: No facial hair, no wrinkles. Symmetrical facial features. When showing emotion, his eyes and upper nose wrinkles up. White teeth. His voice is normal, not high or low.

Eye Colour: Light brown.

Body Build: Medium body build, chest slightly puffed. Has slender arms and a toned belly.

Body Attributes: No body hair (Legs, arms, chest, stomach, back etc).

Height: 175cm.

Garment: PKMY's uniform. Long sleeved, leathered shirt and pants. Acquired bangle on left wrist. Several glyphs are patterned underneath the sleeves of his arms. Wears Alicia's lunar shaped pendant.

Favourite Weapon: Lightning sword.

Battle Type: Offensive, front lines. Has comparable physical and Rostical offence.

Favourite food: Watermelon.

Habits: Has his own way of speaking. Unable to express himself the way he wants.

Personality: Arrogant, rude, care free, loud, respectful, childish, trustworthy.

Attributes: Ashton's best friend. Often misunderstood when he has good intentions.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

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Class: Swordsman. Rostical User. Elementalist.

Rostical: Affinity: Lightning

"Smear upon the skies, blue waves crashing down, LIGHTNING BLAST"

"Flash of the storm, smear upon the skies, blue waves crashing down, chain reaction, LIGHTNING CHAIN BLAST"

"Lightning strike both sides, flashing and flowing, call upon the secrets, summon the beast of roaring thunder, DRAGON'S BREATH"

"Roar with the skies might, THUNDER BOOM"

"Smear upon the skies and envelope your might, thunder roar down, LIGHTNING PULSE"

"There's a spark in no time, let your colours burst and shine, allow your existence to fade, NIGHTSHADE"

"Vibrating molecules, heat, expand, repel, MAGNETIC RUMBLE"

Grand Rostical:

"Untouchable flames, splinter from the divine spirit, burning courage engrave my immense power, scorch thout foe, PHOENIX BLASTER"

Azure:

"Forty five, Streaming Sword."

"Twenty nine, Air Slash."

Ougi:

"Blasted shit nuggets, Subzero Volt."

- Cloud-nine Volt

- Zero-volt Blender

"Brazza's Supreme Strobe Light Storm."

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Alicia "Power of the deep depths, let our power roar like thunder, and shatter like ice, heed our words, summon the soothing aqua, move and flow with the spirits that borrow your power, ETHEREAL RAPIDS"

+ Alicia "Streaming sword, Icicle Stroke, Ice-chain Claymores."

All character statistics are shown from their last appearance in the book.

Attack \- The character's physical strength. Rostical assisted attacks greatly increases strength.

Defence \- Natural defensive capabilities, determines how many critical hits character can receive.

Neurons \- Determines the raw power of character's Rostical.

Astragons \- Determines the character's manipulation of space/width their Rostical consumes.

Rostical \- Character's natural ability at using Rostical.

Speed \- Character's running speed, also determines the speed of a flashstep.

Agility \- Character's manoeuvrability, ability to avoid projectiles and strikes.

Technique \- Character's strengths at using special skills, Azures, Ougi, etc.

Intelligence \- High intelligence may prevent stupidity.

Ability \- Character's given ability, self explanatory.

Statistics:

Attack: A

Defence: B

Neurons: A++

Astragons: A+

Rostical: A++

Speed: A

Agility: C+

Technique: A-

Intelligence: C+

Ability: A

Name: Ridley Enforcer.

Age: 24. (In appearance).

Hair: Always has the appearance of being wet. Spiked into thick clutters. Not messy. Same length as Ashton's.

Hair Colour: Black.

Face: Wears glasses, never takes them off. Always clean shaven, no distinctive features.

Eye Colour: Dark hazel.

Body Build: Frail and slender.

Body Attributes: Long legs.

Garment: Captain's clothing without the armour, similar to The Black Brigade but has red.

Favourite Weapon: Dark arts element of Rostical. Rostical made, shadow-like sword.

Battle Type: Supportive and offensive.

Favourite Food: Tyler's cooking.

Habits: Carefree attitude, constant smiling and happy go lucky attitude. Constant battle taunts.

Personality: Calm, collected, mysterious, happy, conniving.

Attributes: Thinks highly of himself, comes off as snobby.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

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Class: Final Villain.

Rostical: Affinity: Dark

"Astragons at my command, no mercy for the damned, with all my might, DARK STRIKE"

"Forceful sounds, radiate the ground, as deep as abyss, DARK STYX"

"With my power open the dark gates, silently gather and consume the hate, MANIPULATE, DARK STATE"

"Sword of arts, this sword is the start, rot and decay, haste and make no delay, ROTTING SWORD"

"Darkened volt, burn a cross and cause the opponent to halt, let your existence fade, NIGHTSHADE"

"DEMONIC SIOVANCE"

"Swirling shadows flock, with the motion all will block, darkness strikes hearts with fear, NIGHT SPHERE"

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"White ash, swirl with life and cause the opponent to halt, let the spirits fade, HOLYSHADE"

"With my holy powers unlock the white lights, silently gather and make what is right, MANIPULATE, SERENE STATE"

"Draw the power of the forbidden spirits, and merge, come to my command, with the seraphic powers of teleportation! Bend and use the space, power of cancellation! SEALING EQUATOR"

"MYSTIC SHIELD"

Grand Rostical:

"ORPHAN'S CRADLE"

"NIGHTSHADE LANCE"

Azure:

"Crimson Shade."

"Bloody Eruption."

Ougi:

"Daathic Nightwing."

"Rotting Swarm."

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Sofia "Prayers be heard, threats be preferred, draw the abyssal scaled features, walk upon our land, dark creatures, materialise from ash and carve your dark bones, with your numbers and might we are no longer alone, add on incantation, make this our anthem, your colours glow as night, help us in our fight, have your power sting, DAATHIC FULLSCALE DARKWINGS"

Statistics:

Attack: A++

Defence: A++

Neurons: A++

Astragons: A++

Rostical: A++

Speed: A++

Agility: A++

Technique: A++

Intelligence: S

Ability: A++

Name: Tyler Atkinson.

Age: 20.

Hair: Short cut, dry and flaky hair. No hair style. Hair doesn't spike up.

Hair Colour: Dark Blonde.

Face: No facial hair. Pimples have cleared. His voice is high but when he is discussing something of importance, it suddenly becomes deeper.

Eye Colour: Blue.

Body Build: Lost weight, body now slender.

Body Attributes: Several freckles on arms and unnoticeable blonde hairs. Stronger than he looks.

Height: 181cm.

Garment: Wears brown shirt and pants, which are kept in good condition. No jewellery. Average in appearance. Almost always seen with the RPG strapped around his shoulder.

Favourite Weapon: Ragnarok of Memories. RPG bag. Items he personally crafted.

Battle Type: Supportive.

Favourite Food: Sweets, his own cooking.

Habits: Chooses research or information over hanging out with friends. Gets scared occasionally, but trying to overcome it.

Personality: Mature for his age, bad sense of humour, very loyal to Season.

Attributes: He looks up to Season and is inspired by Ashton to do good. He's a good people's person.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

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Class: Researcher. Item user. Crafter. Wielder of Ragnarok.

Rostical: Affinity: \--

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Grand Rostical:

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Azure:

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Ougi:

"Mastered state of Alchemy and Crafting I show you, Ragnarok."

Hi-Ougi:

+ Season "Mastered state of Alchemy and Crafting, pour the Neurons and Astragons into Ragnarok's formula, form and merge into our strongest creation! Elemental Ragnatank."

\- ICE STREAM DIVIDER

\- SURREAL PULSAR

\- FLAME BOLT

\- SPARK CANNON

Statistics:

Attack: E

Defence: E

Neurons: E

Astragons: E

Rostical: E

Speed: E

Agility: E

Technique: S++

Intelligence: A+

Ability: E

Name: Alicia Riseley.

Age: 20.

Hair: Straight mid-long, ends at the middle of her shoulder blades. She ties it up near the end of her hair.

Hair Colour: Dark brown.

Face: Has a small beauty mole in the middle and on the side of her nose. Face slightly rounded. Her voice is fairly high.

Eye Colour: Light brown.

Body Build: Small and slender.

Body Attributes: Body features small. Has scars around her ankle.

Height: 149cm.

Garment: She acquired pure white tight robes and gold lining, which covers top to bottom. Long wide opened sleeves and pants. Bangle on right wrist. Sun shaped pendant.

Favourite Weapon: Her pendant, which holds Radiatons and has a holy feeling to it.

Battle Type: Offensive/defensive support.

Favourite Food: Vegetable soup.

Habits: Bites her bottom lip when feeling anxiety. Stutters.

Personality: Shy, timid, easily scared, kind, sweet, honest.

Attributes: Seeks adventure.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

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Class: Sacred Knight.

Rostical: Affinity: Ice, Water & Light

"With the divine power of the holy spirits, scattering light, HEALING RINGS"

"Icy swirls call down upon me, frigid skies grant me power, ICICLE EDGE"

"Frosted skies reveal the truth, please with the power strike forward, FREEZING HOLLOWS"

"Unwritten holy laws, strike down thy foe, SHINING RAIN"

"Frostic stars, rain forth, FRIGID STORM"

"Icy swirls draw to the skies, frosted water lend me your power, GLACIA'S EDGE"

"Taste the power of crushing currents, devour the sacred waters, AQUA LIQUID"

"POLAR SNAP"

"'O holy powers draw towards me, HOLY LANCE"

"SERENITY SWIRL"

"Flashing of the lights, MYSTIC FALLS"

"Kiss the rain, WATER STORM"

"Sacred light of Radiatons cluster and form, aid and replenish what has been lost, SOOTHING LIGHT"

Grand Rostical:

"'O power within thee, Radiatons pour and overpower Neurons and Astragons, CELESTRIAL GLYPH, SEAL"

"Tundra's edge, split, carve, define your limitations, with the four stars facing east, west, north and south, radiate the points and change the osmosis' patterns of nature's wrath. Howling blizzard, sleep and dominate, PIERCING POWDER SNOW"

Azure:

"Cerenity Stroke."

"Icicle Stroke."

Ougi:

"Please come to my aid and fight alongside me, Ice Dragoon."

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Lance "Power of the deep depths, let our power roar like thunder, and shatter like ice, heed our words, summon the soothing aqua, move and flow with the spirits that borrow your power, ETHEREAL RAPIDS"

+ PKMY "Icy swirls erupt down around us, frigid skies fall and plummet to our command, HOLY ICICLE SABER'S EDGE"

+ Lance "Streaming sword, Icicle Stroke, Ice-chain Claymores."

Statistics:

Attack: B-

Defence: C-

Neurons: A++

Astragons: A++

Rostical: A++

Speed: B-

Agility: C+

Technique: A+

Intelligence: A-

Ability: A

Name: Holland Breeze.

Age: 25.

Hair: Short hair, fuzzed upwards.

Hair Colour: Blonde.

Face: Mild facial hair along his bottom jaw bone and a small goatee. Few small cut sized scars on his face. Has a very deep voice.

Eye Colour: Hazel with a purple ring around the iris.

Body Build: Large muscular build.

Body Attributes: Fair amount of body hair. Slash scars on his body.

Height: 193cm.

Garment: Wears a long coat, which the arms have been ripped off, as he likes to show his muscles. Wears gloves in each hand. Proudly wears tribal eyebrow piercing.

Favourite Weapon: Freya / Summonce Scarbra.

Battle Type: Supportive, offensive.

Favourite Food: Everything! He'll eat anything like an animal.

Habits: All he thinks about is women and food. Doesn't know when to stop annoying PKMY.

Personality: Easy going, lazy, kind hearted.

Attributes: He likes to lay around and do nothing. With his senses enhanced, he enjoys all kinds of foods. Has a deep connection with his Scoldrant Freya. Has mastered the Soul Link with Freya and impressed his tribe.

Freya somehow Soul Linked with PKMY or somehow connected in someway to understand her thoughts. After feeling Holland's heartbeat reach critical, she drew out all her Neurons and Astragons and released her future potential. Freya became a powerful Ancioldrant and easily turn side the battle with Zayden despite being enraged and unknowing to the power she wielded. Her whereabouts is currently unknown.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

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Class: Soul Linked, evolved Scoldrant user, Multi-use Summoner.

Rostical: Affinity: \--

\--

Grand Rostical:

\--

Azure:

Freya (Purple Inner Summon)

- Gargling Whirlpool

- Sonic Roar

- Aerial Pounce

- Raiding Blaze

- Flash Hound

- Ice Fang

- Gargling Flaming Wheel

- Tangrowth Slash

Destiny (Yellow Summonce Scarbra)

- Feather Buster

- Screaming Gale

Fryfry (Light Red Summonce Scarbra)

- Myrror Shield

- Notorious Twilight

Twotters (Grey Summonce Scarbra)

- Harmonic Pulsar

- Sorrow Chorus

- Soft Acoustics

- Frenzy Symphony

- Purfling Frequency

Ougi:

"Ancioldrant Freya."

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Destiny, Fryfry, Twotters, Freya "Winds howl and swirl with your might, flashes come before me and slice, sound waves erupt the ground and explode, follow by your epic down-ward waves of fire, SUMMONCE COMBO"

+ PKMY "With the power of my magic, and the power of my summon, we command thee to bring forth your total destruction, SCELDRANT'S COMET"

Statistics:

Attack: A++

Defence: A++

Neurons: D-

Astragons: D-

Rostical: E

Speed: B

Agility: B+

Technique: S

Intelligence: C+

Ability: A++

Name: Teresa 'Terra' Seraph.

Age: 25. (In appearance).

Hair: Shoulder length, curly.

Hair Colour: Blonde.

Face: Strong facial features. No deformations. Symmetrical face. Her voice sounds very mature and speaks with confidence.

Eye Colour: Piercing blue eyes.

Body Build: Tall and slender. No physical defects.

Body Attributes: No piercings.

Height: 188cm.

Garment: Warrior's captain rank armour.

Favourite Weapon: Pentarang. (Stylus of Memories).

Battle Type: Offensive.

Favourite food: Unknown.

Habits: Cannot relate to people on an emotion scale.

Personality: Highly intelligent, smart, great leader, very reserved.

Attributes: Speaks and looks formal, respect is a big thing to her. She has no emotions and is physically fit. When stuck in an emotional event, a peculiar symbol appears on her forehead.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

\--

Class: Researcher. (Ex) Number one ranking captain.

Rostical: Affinity: Fire & Wind

"Shattering bonds, with calm Astragons, and forceful Neurons, SERENITY SWIRL"

"Shattering bonds, my Radiatons explode and implode the power of light, SERENITY SWIRL"

"Shattering gravel feel the heat of courage, burning passion fuel this dark void, VOLCANIC ERUPTION"

"Winds howling and feeling the cold serenity, soothing compassion rise this empty shell, CATAGORY NINE"

"Sacred blood throughout thy veins, I say heed thout command, SOUTHERN CROSS"

Grand Rostical:

"Flora filled with pure Neurons, use the nectar and form a divinity spectre, as one with nature and as one with power, I'll show you the power of top tier and what it takes to become the level of prodigy, TERESA'S BLOSSOM"

Azure:

"Typhoon's Pulse."

"Long-range Lotus."

"Ophelia's Cutter."

"Magnanimity Decibel."

"Flora Dasher."

"Shattering Slice."

"Mirror's Divide."

"Air Pentaraid."

Ougi:

"Bakana Flare."

Hi-Ougi:

+ PKMY & Season "We are the Seraphs, no incantation necessary to have you feel our power, SERAPHIC TRINITY"

Statistics:

Attack: S

Defence: A++

Neurons: S

Astragons: S

Rostical: S

Speed: S

Agility: A+

Technique: S+

Intelligence: A++

Ability: S

Name: Season 'Caesar' Seraph.

Age: 30. (In appearance).

Hair: Neck length, curly.

Hair Colour: Blonde.

Face: Slightly rounded face. His voice is deep and he speaks slowly.

Eye Colour: Hazel.

Body Build: Has lost his weight due to excess training. Weight is now appropriate for his height.

Body Attributes: His left arm is covered in black markings, which is akin to a tattoo. Their importance is currently unknown.

Height: 172cm.

Garment: Wears one robe which covers his entire body down to the ground. It has runic markings and glyphs drawn all over it.

Favourite Weapon: Rostical / Trident of Memories.

Battle Type: Rostical User.

Favourite Food: Tyler's cooking.

Habits: Secretive, over caring.

Personality: Understanding, uses his royal power for good cause, caring, loyal, easily amused.

Attributes: Doesn't let power get to his head, he has a sense of humour but knows when to be serious. Will bend the rules for a significant cause.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

\--

Class: Ruler of Surpreon. Full-fledged Rostical User.

Rostical: Affinity: Water & Fire & Wind & Ground & Lightning

"Fierceful storms, rain from the divine spirit of purity, power of the beast roaring through the waves, lend me your strength, AQUATIC DIVIDER"

"Flames consume and burn my Astragons, HEAT LANCE"

"Icy swirls draw to the skies, frosted water lend me your power, GLACIA'S EDGE"

"Powers of the deep blue, beat and skip through the winds, WATER'S PULSE"

"Powers of the never ending red, beat and skip through the winds, FIRE'S PULSE"

"Powers of the relaxing green, beat and skip through the winds, WIND'S PULSE"

"Powers of the proud brown, beat and skip through the winds, GRAVEL'S PULSE"

"Endure the piercing sounds, hurricane's might, ball of force, FLURRY STYX"

"Frostic stars, rain forth, FRIGID STORM"

"Taste the power of crushing currents, devour the sacred waters, AQUA LIQUID"

"Drums of terror from the skies, flash down and amplify, LIGHTNING SLICE"

"Spiralling lightning, instantaneously pierce, CRESCENT VOLT HOOK"

"Winds, gentle and agile, gallop with pride and take on your natural prowess, PIERCING CLOUDS"

"My Rostical explodes deep in the hot abyss, with the seraphic blood I wish to end this battle! DIMENSION CRISIS"

"Ground and water draw each other's power, liquefy and harden, LIFA BLOSSOM"

"Might, strength, fury, courage, form these emotions in array of mighty pillars, GROUND SHAKING"

"Lightning pulse like veins, true power recharge and discharge and flow through the easiest current, LIGHTNING STRIKE"

"Smear upon the skies, blue waves crashing down, LIGHTNING BLAST"

Grand Rostical:

"Defensive winds, swirl and soar, offensive gusts, grand winds blow throughout my spirit, tunnel it's power through the almighty clouds and pierce anything that stands in its way, DIVINE TORNADO"

"Water droplet change and transform this place, particles be one and let my power swirl throughout your spirit, open the gate to the lost Astragons taken by your serenity, fill and crush anything that stands in its way, TSUNAMI'S IMPLOSION"

"Power of the white lights absorb and synthesise the natural power, patiently gather and redirect at the supreme power you hold and lend us-, SOLAR FLARE"

"Sturdy might show your patience, materialise the condensed nature and hold the crystalline might, stand tall and defend yourself against all harsh conditions, the power of bold and beauty combine, GRANITE COFFIN"

"My Rostical explodes deep in the hot abyss, grander than the seven stars of the Astral Plains, blast, ignite, brighten the area with your spectacular array, I shall a-tear your insignificant bonds, with the seraphic blood, this battle will finish! DIMENSION CASCADIA"

Azure:

\--

Ougi:

\--

Hi-Ougi:

+ PKMY "Gentle fists acquire the power of Remenistal, Scorching Roharnia." - "Streaming Roharnia."

+ Teresa & PKMY "We are the Seraphs, no incantation necessary to have you feel our power, SERAPHIC TRINITY"

+ Tyler "Mastered state of Alchemy and Crafting, pour the Neurons and Astragons into Ragnarok's formula, form and merge into our strongest creation! Elemental Ragnatank."

\- ICE STREAM DIVIDER

\- SURREAL PULSAR

\- FLAME BOLT

\- SPARK CANNON

Statistics:

Attack: D-

Defence: D-

Neurons: S

Astragons: S+

Rostical: S++

Speed: D-

Agility: D-

Technique: C+

Intelligence: A+

Ability: S

Name: PKMY 'Amy' Seraph.

Age: 21. (In appearance).

Hair: Short, neck length, straight. Evenly cut, which cups around her head and across her forehead.

Hair Colour: Red.

Face: Slightly pale, lots of freckles. Her voice is high but not irritating.

Eye Colour: Brown with a red tinge. Said to be fiery red when in distress.

Body Build: Slender, very small in height.

Body Attributes: Freckles on arms, pale skin. No visible markings, wears a tight worn pendant around her neck. She wears several rings and bangles on her right arm.

Height: 151cm.

Garment: She wears the most strangest garments than anyone else. She wears loose clothing, long sleeves. She wears short shorts and has two different coloured socks rolled up underneath her shorts. She has several bangles which dangle off her shorts. Her clothing has several glyphs on them.

Favourite Weapon: Ryukku.

Battle Type: Physical and Rostical offensive type.

Favourite Food: Chocolate, ice cream lollies.

Habits: If she feels she's in the right, she won't listen to any other opinions.

Personality: Realistic, intelligent, powerful, strong willed, dominating, intimidating, rude.

Attributes: Has a tomboy attitude, doesn't take crap from anyone, has high respect for Teresa for an unknown reason, very good teaching abilities. Her level of power is currently unknown.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

\--

Class: Standard Rostical User, close hand to hand fighter.

Rostical: Affinity: \--

"Bestow, the cloudy abyss of gravel, MANIPULATE"  
"Raging flames, fall down, snatching heat, FLAMING WHEEL"

"Icy swirls call down upon me, frigid skies grant me power, ICICLE EDGE"

"Icy swirls draw to the skies, frosted water lend me your power, GLACIA'S EDGE"

"Winds that be, power of might strike with fury, AIR CUTTER"

"Flames consume and burn my Astragons, HEAT LANCE"

"Swift might, at my command, AIR SWIRL"

"Flames consume with a swift might, burn the Astragons at my command, HEAT-CUTTER SHURIKEN"

Grand Rostical:

"O' fiery spirits feel my power and awaken. Sacrificial glyphs form and spiral, open the gates to the Astral plains. Show me, prove to me that the legends are true, dark flames cover the skies, rain down and bring forth your total destruction, METEOR SWARM"

Azure:

"Seven finger snap-flying palm strike."

"Three finger snap-flashing fist strike."

"Airs pulsing, searing and soaring, rippling strike."

"Crippling might, twenty two finger wind gales strike."

"Mountain's might and power, ninety three flash strike, Emperor's Fury."

"Two finger snap-quick double strike."

"Raging Swirling Strike."

"Hurling shockwave snap-flying palm strike."

"Swift Storm."

"Sonic Drilldriver."

"Double Smack."

Ougi:

"Incantation Exploitation." - Skips incantations whilst keeping maximum power.

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Blake "Two fires burn as one and ignite our resolve, Solar Flare Snap." - "Silver Squall."

+ Season "Gentle fists acquire the power of Remenistal, Scorching Roharnia." - "Streaming Roharnia."

+ Teresa & Season "We are the Seraphs, no incantation necessary to have you feel our power, SERAPHIC TRINITY"

+ Holland "With the power of my magic, and the power of my summon, we command thee to bring forth your total destruction, SCELDRANT'S COMET"

+ Alicia "Icy swirls erupt down around us, frigid skies fall and plummet to our command, HOLY ICICLE SABER'S EDGE"

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: B++

Neurons: A+

Astragons: A+

Rostical: A++

Speed: A+

Agility: B++

Technique: S

Intelligence: A-

Ability: S++

Name: Pepper 'Angler' Captian.

Age: 15. (In appearance).

Hair: Long, finishes near her lower back. She ties it into two ponytails on each side, which travels across her ears and down to her side.

Hair Colour: Blonde.

Face: She has several glyphic markings around her eyes which faintly glow, only in the heat of battle. Average sounding voice.

Eye Colour: Gold.

Body Build: Slender, large shoulders.

Body Attributes: No body hair.

Height: 155cm.

Garment: Wears shiny white vest, white shiny skirt with tight sport shorts underneath. Wears golden bracelets on each hand. Red orbs used to hold her hair up. She materialised a pair of blue goggles, which she wears of her forehead.

Favourite Weapon: Mallet / Aura.

Battle Type: Offensive.

Favourite Food: Unknown.

Habits: Condescending.

Personality: Emotionless, power, ultimate being.

Attributes: Often goes into her own world, where she loses all attention and loses her presence to the party. Her fighting capabilities are that of a powerful being. She has no memory of her past, but she has flashbacks when she spends more time with the party.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

\--

Class: \--

Rostical: Affinity: Light

"Sacred blood throughout thy veins, I say heed thout command, SOUTHERN CROSS"

"Shattering bonds, my Radiatons explode and implode the power of light, SERENITY SWIRL"

"Power of the forbidden spirits, come to my command, with seraphic powers, TELEPORTATION"

"Faintly shine with a wavering light, pools of glimmering light, gleam, glint, flicker, CLOUDED TWILIGHT"

"SHINING RAIN"

"MYSTIC SHIELD"

Grand Rostical:

"Majestic light, motion forth and put forward what is inevitable, the ancient twilight power of the radiant beings grant me all your strength, all spirits bow down to this almighty power, I say tremble and wither down before my knees, to fight me such is your reward, SACRED SWARM"

Azure:

"Hammer Spin."

"Seventy-seven divinity strike."

"Seven finger snap-flying palm strike."

"Nine finger snap-majestic pulse."

"Shattering Stones."

"Hurling Might."

"Infinity fury of kicks."

"Notorious Twilight."

Ougi:

"Angelic Celestic Siren."

Hi-Ougi:

+ Locki "Time eats you alive, the unknown forces of Ay stop your being and aid us, let our emotions combine and summon you to our side, the power of Ay, Ayos-sayonite."

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: A+

Neurons: A+

Astragons: A+

Rostical: A+

Speed: A+

Agility: A+

Technique: A+

Intelligence: A+

Ability: A+

Name: Sofia Ripples.

Age: Unknown.

Hair: Neck length, but it appears glued around her head, which gives off a shine in the light.

Hair Colour: Silver, with a teal shadowing.

Face: Chubby cheeks, talks on her breath, which is strange. Pointy teeth. Long tongue.

Eye Colour: Silver.

Body Build: Slender, well fit.

Body Attributes: No body hair, concealed scars on her body from previous battles.

Height: 162cm.

Garment: White elastic clothing underneath her captain armour.

Favourite Weapon: Whip.

Battle Type: Offensive.

Favourite Food: Unknown.

Habits: Blood lust. Talks as if reality's an illusion or game.

Personality: Scary, intimidating, unreadable, unpredictable.

Attributes: A citizen of Valhalla.

Be warned as the following may contain spoilers.

Background:

\--

Class: 3rd Ranking Captain. (But she states third seat is not her true power).

Rostical: Affinity: Dark & Light.

"Neurons draw, Astragons to my command, Radiatons move to my will, four corners meet and combine, MOONLIGHT REFLECTION"

Grand Rostical:

Unknown - "Angel's Prayer."

Azure:

"Imperial's Right."

"Roaring Beast Kick."

"Sacred scores, Neuronic Sap."

"Holy Eruption."

"Carasmic Swirl."

"Sticky Smash."

"Bloody Eruption."

"Whip Smack, Crescent Snap."

Ougi:

"Blood pure like the ruby, divine leather- Take the power you need, Multi-Vein Snap."

"Darkness of wicked blood, light of pure heart, combine your forces and show 'em what I can do! Holy Red Eruption."

Hi-Ougi:

\+ Ridley "Prayers be heard, threats be preferred, draw the abyssal scaled features, walk upon our land, dark creatures, materialise from ash and carve your dark bones, with you numbers and might we are no longer alone, add on incantation, make this our anthem, your colours glow as night, help us in our fight, have your power sting, DAATHIC FULLSCALE DARKWINGS"

Statistics:

Attack: S++

Defence: S++

Neurons: S++

Astragons: S++

Rostical: S++

Speed: S++

Agility: S+

Technique: S++

Intelligence: A+

Ability: S+

Others:

Captain #9 Mindy Raeyshe:

Statistics:

Attack: B

Defence: B-

Neurons: C

Astragons: C

Rostical: E

Speed: B-

Agility: B

Technique: B-

Intelligence: B-

Ability: D+

Captain #8 Wendy Raeyshe:

Statistics:

Attack: B

Defence: B-

Neurons: C

Astragons: C

Rostical: E

Speed: B-

Agility: B

Technique: B-

Intelligence: B-

Ability: D+

Captain #7 Cindy Raeyshe:

Statistics:

Attack: B

Defence: B-

Neurons: C+

Astragons: C+

Rostical: B

Speed: B-

Agility: B

Technique: B-

Intelligence: B-

Ability: D+

Captain #6 Keiran O' Brien:

Statistics:

Attack: B

Defence: B

Neurons: B-

Astragons: C

Rostical: C+

Speed: B-

Agility: B-

Technique: C

Intelligence: B

Ability: D+

Captain #6 Shade Consteem:

Statistics:

Attack: D+

Defence: D-

Neurons: C-

Astragons: B-

Rostical: C+

Speed: A-

Agility: B-

Technique: A+

Intelligence: C

Ability: A-

Captain #4 Zephyr Evison:

Statistics:

Attack: C+

Defence: C-

Neurons: C+

Astragons: B-

Rostical: C+

Speed: A-

Agility: B-

Technique: A+

Intelligence: B

Ability: A-

Captain #3 Zayden Cheat:

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: A+

Neurons: B

Astragons: B

Rostical: B-

Speed: A

Agility: A-

Technique: A

Intelligence: D

Ability: A+

Captain #2 Twortz Montana:

Statistics:

Attack: B-

Defence: B-

Neurons: A+

Astragons: A+

Rostical: C+

Speed: A-

Agility: A+

Technique: A++

Intelligence: A+

Ability: A++

Captain #1 Cameron McClutchie:

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: B+

Neurons: B+

Astragons: B+

Rostical: B-

Speed: A+

Agility: A+

Technique: A+

Intelligence: A+

Ability: E

Consultant, Kath 'Kathalestel' Esteed:

Statistics:

Attack: B+

Defence: B+

Neurons: S-

Astragons: S++

Rostical: A++

Speed: A+

Agility: C+

Technique: A

Intelligence: A++

Ability: A+

Millard 'Millardestel' Esteed:

Statistics:

Attack: A-

Defence: A-

Neurons: S++

Astragons: S-

Rostical: A++

Speed: B+

Agility: C+

Technique: A

Intelligence: A+

Ability: A+

Ashton Lawyer:

Statistics:

Attack: D+

Defence: B+

Neurons: C-

Astragons: C-

Rostical: B-

Speed: A-

Agility: D

Technique: D-

Intelligence: B+

Ability: B+

Cliff Sickle:

Statistics:

Attack: B-

Defence: C-

Neurons: D-

Astragons: E

Rostical: E

Speed: D+

Agility: D-

Technique: D-

Intelligence: D-

Ability: E

Melinda Hambridge:

Statistics:

Attack: E

Defence: E

Neurons: E

Astragons: E

Rostical: E

Speed: E

Agility: E

Technique: E

Intelligence: D-

Ability: E

Rachael Taylor:

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: A+

Neurons: B+

Astragons: B+

Rostical: E

Speed: B+

Agility: B+

Technique: A

Intelligence: B+

Ability: E

Felix Barrels:

Statistics:

Attack: B

Defence: B-

Neurons: B+

Astragons: B+

Rostical: B+

Speed: C+

Agility: D

Technique: B+

Intelligence: C-

Ability: E

Celest Riseley:

Statistics:

Attack: B-

Defence: B-

Neurons: B+

Astragons: A+

Rostical: A++

Speed: A-

Agility: A++

Technique: A+

Intelligence: A++

Ability: A++

Locki Vanheart:

Statistics:

Attack: A++

Defence: A++

Neurons: B+

Astragons: B+

Rostical: A++

Speed: A++

Agility: A+

Technique: A+

Intelligence: A+

Ability: A+

Cassidy Leonheart:

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: B

Neurons: B-

Astragons: B-

Rostical: B-

Speed: B+

Agility: A+

Technique: A-

Intelligence: C

Ability: B+

Raphael Steinheart:

Statistics:

Attack: A+

Defence: B-

Neurons: B-

Astragons: B+

Rostical: B

Speed: A-

Agility: A-

Technique: D-

Intelligence: B+

Ability: C

Joy McDonald:

Statistics:

Attack: D-

Defence: D-

Neurons: C+

Astragons: C+

Rostical: B

Speed: D-

Agility: D-

Technique: D-

Intelligence: B+

Ability: C

Chrisma Ariel:

Statistics:

Attack: D-

Defence: D-

Neurons: C-

Astragons: C-

Rostical: B-

Speed: D-

Agility: D-

Technique: A-

Intelligence: C

Ability: D-

Lupton Richards:

Statistics:

Attack: C+

Defence: C

Neurons: C-

Astragons: C-

Rostical: E

Speed: C+

Agility: B-

Technique: A

Intelligence: C-

Ability: C+

Chapter 02: Appendix

Acro Berries - Nutritious berries which instantly revitalises one's energy.

Ambrosia Flower - Flower said to heal any type of poison.

Ancient Scoldrant - Or Ancioldrants, Scoldrants of immense power.

Astragon - The force to bend, manipulate space. Counter part of Neurons.

Astragon Projection - Traces of Astragons remained after death. Image of the user.

Astraseeker - Rare people with the power of seeing images of the future.

Azure Bursts - Spiritual overdrive, word used for special skills outside the Rostical arts.

Backwater village - Term used for low wealth village, not high in population etc.

Battling Oxident - Half of the population gathers every eleven months in Surpreon to attend.

Captain - Ranking used for single digit warriors.

Consultants - Head of the warriors.

Crystalline Blossom - Crystal like flower which reacts to the touch of Neurons and shows one's memory.

Crystalline Membrane - Shows a memory already engraved on the crystal like flower.

De-Rostisized \- Term used when Rostical is nullified or disabled.

Diareamer - Person with the power to walk upon Valhalla in Radiaton filled dreams.

Dirty Lamp - Term akin to the worst swear word.

Divine Pedestal - Pedestal with Radiaton filled liquid, which contains the ability to view objects the user wishes to see.

Elemental Rage \- A constant state of a self inflicted Hi-Ougi, only Elementalists have this ability.

Elementalist - Name given to the Divine Being's cousins.

Evolve - Term used by Scoldrant Users, when the Scoldrant transforms either physically and/ or mentally.

Face palm - Action, when a character places their palm on their forehead. Expression.

Fiftydeduction \- A Rosterology stone with the Astragons of fifty Rostical Users.

Flashback - When a character recalls a previous event etc.

Flashside - Word to describe a weaker variant of flashstepping.

Flashstep - Word used for the technique of transport. (Moving the legs at an incredible speed).

Genistic Stones - Condensed stones of elemental power.

Glyph - Physical Rostical. Different uses can alter its colour, shape etc.

Guardians - Captain levelled Scoldrants placed to defend rare artefacts or areas.

Hi-Ougi - Two combined Ougis, only usable with more than one person. Results are powerful and vary.

Incantations - Symbolic words used to increase Rostical, or to use forbidden Rostical.

Matter Conductor - A rare item that absorbs any sort of natural energy, and stores it limitlessly.

Maserio's Cracker - Simple item used for distractions or festive events.

Neurons - The energy to use special abilities. Counter part of Astragons.

Ougi Arts - Combination of two Azure Bursts in a strengthened attack.

Paralysing Vapours - Strong odour which numbs the senses.

Party - Term used for group of characters.

Pentarang - Ancient deity, weapon unlike no other. Also known as the Stylus of Memories.

Philosopher's Heart - A divine deity, the item only a Valkyrie can use.

Purafetic Ceremony - Religious like dance, involving emotions and prayers. Said to relieve stress and bring happiness from self doubt.

Pure Jade - Jade with lost secrets and allows the user to use Grand Rostical.

Purifying Oxident - Battling Oxident prize.

Purity Emerald \- Emerald with unknown powers that shields Rostical and acts as a Purity Zone.

Purity Zones - Term used for rare areas where Rostical cannot be used.

Radiatons - The proper word for the power of light.

Remenistal - Old saying for Rostical.

Rasticsplash - Term used for secondary blasts of a Rostical. (I.e. Ice exploding or sparks of lightning etc).

Reality Marble - Similar to Spacial Funnels. Highly condensed Astragons to create own reality, usually displayed in powerful, forbidden Grand Rostical, Ougi and Hi-Ougis.

Roharnia - Word used to describe the visible manipulation of Neurons and Astragons.

Rosterology - Term used for Rostical based items. (Rings, clothing, bracelet etc).

Rostic Dance - Symbolic movement used to increase Rostical, or to use forbidden Rostical.

Rostical - Common word used for magic.

Rostical Trials - Pilgrimage for Rostical Users. If successful, the user learns a new technique.

RPG Bag - Bag which utilises the power of Astragons and can contain limitless amount of items.

Rubistral Moon \- Word used to describe the physical changes of the moon.

Sacred Knights \- A selective few, chosen to become the protectors of something important.

Sacred Rostic Tribe - Something to do with Scoldrant Users.

Scoldrant - Wildlife. Fifty percent are harmless and the other dangerous.

Scoldrant User \- People who use Scoldrant companions to battle. They are Soul Linked, if either one dies, so will the other.

Seals - Glyphic seals, used as locks for whatever purposes needed.

Self inflicting glyph - Self recoil Rostical to significantly boosts one's attributes.

Seeking Opal - Opal which can find any living Astragon or Neuron residue.

Soothing Elixir - Stabilises ones emotions.

Soul Link - Used to describe the ultimate binding between a Scoldrant and the user.

Spacial Funnels - Proper name for the hidden paths scattered across the continent.

Summonce Scarbra - Pearl like orb in appearance, contains the Neurons and Astragons of another being. Similar to a Soul Link, one can summon objects to aid.

Swarming Light Flight - Games held in Valhalla, a test of one's aerial skills and talent.

Sword Arts - Special weapon techniques combined with one's own sayings, increases the force behind an attack.

The Agoura Marbles - The name of the second biggest games across the continent. Located in a multi Reality Marble, Spacial Funnel in The Hall of Oats.

The Black Brigade - Special warriors outside the standard captain rankings.

The On Resonance - Rare occurrences where an unknown pulse fills the surrounding area with their true potential.

The Voice of On - People use the term as the unknown words that echo in your mind teaching you a new ability.

The Wise - Ancient people of the divine city.

Valkyrie - Position given to the leader of The Sacred Knights.

Appendix (Locations)

Aspestosis Ship - Ancient ship of lost Astragons which drifts across the continent.

Astral Plains \- Term used for where the energy of Astral Projections gather.

Ancient Forest \- One of the five Unknown Territories.

AriAri village \- Backwater village. Peaceful village.

Ark River - Large river infested of carnivorous water based Scoldrants.

Astral Sanctum \- The most sacred sanctum located in Valhalla.

Concern's Gate \- Runic cave in the middle of The Igloo Forest.

Eon City - City located near the snowy mountains. It's always cloudy.

Divine Path - Divine path which leads to the entrance of the holy kingdom.

Elemental Tower - Lighthouse like structure, which spans up to the clouds. Holder of the Genistic Stones.

Frozen Backwater Village - Alicia's village.

Gasher Hills - Special hill located in Maserio. Unique shape, formed by time.

Great High Plains - PKMY's residence and training area.

Guelalia Cranners - Volcanic caves located on the other continent.

Guild's Tavern \- Large tavern located in Silver Wind Island where Guilds all over the continent meet to discuss missions, quests and other Guild related topics.

Hollow Plains \- Second largest plains across the continent. Always windy.

Igloo Forest - The large forest which consumes a large part of the continent.

Imperial Glacial Castle - Castle in Valhalla made of pure diamond with the appearance of ice. Holds the most powerful Rosterology items.

Lost Ruins of Kite - Community of the Sacred Dancers, also known as the Runes of Estel.

Mt. Kingdom Hall - Sacred floating mountain hidden in ancient times. Once homed a powerful Guardian who protected The Philosopher's Heart.

Maserio - Akin to a desert.

Sacred Tribe - Village hidden in a self-made Spacial Funnel, which houses the Sacred Tribe of ancient Scoldrant Users.

Nikitik Village - Large backwater village, consisting of five different villages connected to one.

Sacred Waters \- One of the five Unknown Territories.

Remenistic Village - Home to powerful Rostical Users.

Sakura Village \- Foreign style like village. Home of Elementalists and home to The Diareamer.

Sandy Tombs - One of the five Unknown Territories.

Silver Wind Island - The largest city on the continent.

Snowfrost Mountain - Enormous snowy mountains, located east from Eon City. It also never witnesses sunlight.

Sorrowprax - Warriors headquarters, jail, Consultants etc.

Surpreon - The second largest city/village/town. It has the honour of holding Battling Oxident.

Swirling Marshes - Marsh environment, dangerous to travel alone.

The Crescent Tree - Located in a Spacial Funnel in a small village of Remenistal Users.

The Great Coast - Self explanatory, a great coast located to the west near The Library and Surpreon.

The Great Divide - Massive plain enclosed with two enormous mountains. Rostical can not be used.

The Lost City \- Sacred city hidden away from the dangers of the modern land. Spiritually based, villagers are in touch to their divine heritage.

The Library - An area akin to a library, which stores vast amounts of information, knowledge.

The Runic Chambers - One of the five Unknown Territories.

The Skyler's Isle - Name for the set of villages and markets along the South-Eastern shore.

The Twilight Forest - Forest said to hold vast amounts of ancient Astragons.

Turnback Cave \- Mysterious cave, contains catacombs, volcanic areas, underground lakes, nature's beauty.

Unknown Island \- One of the five Unknown Territories.

Valhalla \- The proper name for the floating islands.

