Sceldrant's Comet

by Michael Rogers

  Champion: *She listened to Trevour's armour rattle, watching him roll onto his side.* (She punched him before he even touched the ground-)

  Tara: *She opened and closed her hand, smirking with confidence.* "We can do this the easy or the hard way."

  Nathan: "Tssk.." *He stood in a battle-ready pose, pointing the sword at Tara.*

  Luna: *She started to panic, as she crawled along the dirt towards the Scoldrant.* "Are you OK?"

  ?????: "Yeu-"

  Tara: "How pathetic!" *She gently placed her hand on her waist, causing Nathan and the champion to gasp as if they knew what she was going to do.*

  Nathan: (She's going to release her weapon!-)

  Tara: "Harh!" *She swayed her arm forward, causing a string of sparks to swirl around a long red whip.*

  Champion: *She watched the whip slither directly towards Luna.* (She's taking advantage of her blindness-)

  Nathan: "Azure Burst, Air Slash." *He sliced the sword to the side, causing a slash-like wave of visible air to hit Tara's whip, deflecting it back.*

  Tara: "Nice save, peasant." *She smirked, glancing at Nathan in disgust.*

  Trevour: *He slowly leant up, holding his shoulder in pain.* (This is what I get for acting so casual! This was my biggest fear-)

  Tara: *She snapped the whip by her side, glancing at each party member.* "It's a little disorientating. I don't know which one to kill first-"

  Champion: (I might have no choice but to use my Grand Rostical?)

  Trevour: "You're sick in the head."

  Nathan and Tara: "Huh?" *They looked at him in shock.*

  Trevour: "I joined the warriors to become a better person.."

  *Images of young men holding floating rocks in their hands flashed in Trevour's mind, causing him to frown.*

  Trevour: "This isn't what I asked for!" *He stood up and clapped his hands shut.*

  Tara: "And to think, you somehow managed to get down to thirty-three. Fufufu, you're a joke-"

  Nathan: "He may be a joke, but he's a joke worth telling your friends about."

  Trevour: "Sir?" *He looked at Nathan in shock.*

  Nathan: *He glanced at Trevour with a smirk.* "Come on!" *He shouted and ran directly towards Tara, raising the sword.*

  Tara: "Fufufu, you lack skill. Charging at me like this-" *She swayed her whip directly towards Nathan's head.*

  Nathan: *He threw the sword into the air.* "Lack skill?" *He suddenly slid along the ground towards Tara.*

  Tara: *She looked down and back up, noticing the whip flick the air where Nathan would've ran into.* "Don't get so cocky-"

  Nathan: *He slid in between Tara's legs and hopped back up, staring at her back.* "I've spent years training-"

  Tara: "What a waste-" *She suddenly spun around and kicked Nathan off his feet, flicking the whip towards his face.*

  Nathan: (How-?)

  Trevour: "DUST STORM" *He punched the ground, causing a swirl of dirt to erupt up, hitting Tara on the elbow.*

  Tara: "Hah-?" *Her arm moved away from the dirt, causing the whip to flick into the ground.*

  Nathan: (She missed-) *He hit the ground and rolled back, catching his sword as it fell into his hands.*

  Tara: "Damn you, heretic!-"

  Champion: "This has gone for too long.." *She stared at Tara with an emotionless face, as the light from a red glyph gave her face scary-like shadowing.*

  Tara: (A red glyph? I thought she used ice on me before-)

  Champion: *She cupped her hands, causing the glyph to suddenly spiral around her hands instead.* "FLAME BOLT"

  *The champion pushed forward and shot out three fireballs directly towards Tara.*

  Tara: "Rostical Users outside the warrior rankings are feared, but-" *She swayed her whip across the fireballs, causing them to prematurely explode.*

  Nathan: *He covered his face and moved back.* "Watch where you're shooting your Rostical!"

  Champion: *She watched the fire swirl into the whip, causing her to look shocked.* "What just happened?"

  Tara: *She licked her lips, causing her to smirk.* "Yumm.. Your Neurons taste amazing!"

  Champion: (She can somehow absorb Neurons?!)

  Tara: "How scary, knowing opposite affinities such as ice and fire... Too bad.. You could've made a fine warrior indeed."

  Trevour: "DUST STORM"

  Tara: "Give it a rest-" *She spun around and flicked the whip, slapping the erupting dirt away.*

  Trevour: *He leant to the side, as if Tara's counter damaged him somehow.* "How did you-?"

  Nathan: "Hah!" *He ran into striking distance and swayed to the side, slashing across Tara's face.*

  Tara: *She quickly leant back, avoiding the slash.* "Ha!-" *She jumped back forward and kicked Nathan in the stomach.*

  Nathan: *He caught Tara's foot and held it, readying to jab the sword through her leg.* "Let's see if you can flashstep with one working leg!-"

  Trevour: "SWIRLING SANDPIT" *He punched the ground, causing a swirl of sand to spiral around Tara's only foot on the ground.*

  Tara: "Tssk." *She watched her foot sink into the sand.* (Now I can't follow up with a critical-)

  Nathan: "Hah!" *He violently rammed the sword towards Tara's foot.*

  Tara: *She leant forward and jumped up, supporting all her body in Nathan's grip.* "Fufu!"

  Nathan: *He looked up, staring at Tara in shock.* "You-?"

  Tara: *She quickly kicked to the side, knocking Nathan's sword away.* "How does it feel to have luck on your side all the time?"

  Nathan: "On our side? You're the one that was lucky enough to get out of my attack!-"

  Tara: "Luck? That was skill!" *She suddenly slapped Nathan, causing a pulse of wind to blow his hair back.*

  Nathan: *He slid back and looked at the sword, noticing it was slightly bent.* (She bent metal with a counter based kick?)

  Tara: *She landed on the ground and back flipped over the sandpit created by Trevour, facing Nathan in an annoyed-like manner.* "How do grubs like yourselves manage to live for so long?"

  Trevour: (Unfortunately, I can't really do that much... I only know two Rostical!)

  Nathan: *His body glowed a shade of blue.* "Stop talking."

  Tara: "You aren't the only one that possesses Azure Bursts." *She spoke on her breath, as her body glowed a shade of blue.*

  Champion: "ICICLE EDGE" *She raised her arm and swayed it down, blasting four ice spears towards Tara.*

  Tara: *She flicked her wrist, causing the whip to straighten like a sword.* "Fufufu."

  Trevour: (She's straightened the whip by adding her Astragons into it and manipulating its structure-)

  Tara: "Tangrowth Slash." *She jabbed the whip into the ground, causing vein-like whips to erupt into the air.*

  Champion: *She watched the ice shatter past Tara's shoulders, as her whips violently shattered them behind her.* (She's skilled-)

  Nathan: *He charged towards Tara, lowering the sword to his side.* "Air Slash." *He sliced upwards, slicing a visible air slash towards Tara.*

  Tara: *She casually raised the whip out of the ground and blocked the air slash with ease.* "I've just decided I will kill everyone besides the Rostical User.. The Consultants may have use of someone with a unique affinity like yourself."

  Champion: "...-"

  Trevour: "DUST STORM" *He punched the ground, erupting a swirl of dirt into Tara's back.*

  Tara: "Argh?!" *She leant back slightly startled.* "Fufu! It only feels like small needles! You're so weak!"

  Champion: (I won't use my Grand Rostical.. The Rasticsplash alone will hurt my party members-, so..)

  *A bright red glyph shined underneath the champion, catching Tara's attention.*

  Nathan: *He ran into striking distance, slashing the sword across.* "Double Slash."

  Tara: *She twirled out of Nathan's strike.* "Tssk-"

  Nathan: "Harh!" *He hopped to the side and slashed across Tara's shoulder, causing a small spark to flash off the leather.* (The leather is as hard as armour!
-)

  Tara: (How did I not avoid that strike-?) *She looked down, noticing one of her feet sink into unnaturally soft sand.*

  Trevour: "SWIRLING SANDPIT"

  Champion: "Flames consume and burn my Astragons-" *The glyph slowly expanded and connected lines into itself forming a glyphic platform.*

  Trevour: (I can feel Tara's power, just by her essence in the sand-)

  Champion: "HEAT LANCE" *She pushed forward, blasting two curved fire lances directly towards Tara.*

  Tara: "I kill Rostical Users! I will absorb all if its Neurons!"

  Nathan: "Double Slash." *He quickly slashed to the side and downwards, causing Tara to stagger in shock.*

  Tara: "Dirty lamp-"

  Trevour: "DUST STORM" *A swirl of dirt erupted up, hitting Tara on the knee.*

  Tara: "Yah?!" *She leant to the side, watching the fire lances brightly light up her face.*

  Champion: "Get out of the way, Nathan!"

  Tara: *She flicked her whip, readying to absorb the fire.* "What makes you so special? Fufufu, I decided I'll kill you after all-"

  Champion: "I'm Battling Oxident's champion!"

  Tara: *She spoke in shock.* "What did you-?"

  *The fire lances hit the whip, causing a bright massive explosion to blast Tara back off her feet.*

  Tara: "Ah-?!" *She spiralled in the air and hit a tree behind her, causing its bark to crack.* "Oof-"

  *Tara fell onto her knees and the sounds of snapping wood caused her to look back in shock.*

  Trevour: "The tree, Nathan!"

  Nathan: *He smirked and faced Tara, slicing the sword across.* "Air Slash."

  *Nathan sliced a visible air slash towards Tara, watching it suddenly hit the tree behind her.*

  Tara: *She watched bark snap off the tree in a cut-like manner, noticing the tree slowly arching over her.* (He purposely missed me?)

  Champion: (Fantastic! The tree will collapse on top of her!)

  Luna: *She held the Scoldrant in her lap, closely wrapping her arms around her in a protective-like manner.* (It's OK, it's OK-)

  ?????: "Yeup-"

  Tara: "Grrr-" *She flicked the whip behind her, causing it to wrap around the trunk.* "Your petty combination of attacks are nothing on me-"

  *Tara pulled the whip forward, causing her to suddenly sway in the air, as if she was riding a vine.*

  Nathan: *He looked up, staring at Tara with a frown.* (She simply threw herself into the air?)

  Champion: "Icy swirls call down upon me, frigid skies grant me power-" *A blue glyph drew itself on the ground around her.*

  Tara: *She eased her grip on the whip, causing it to let go of the tree before it hit the ground.* "..."

  Nathan: *He covered his face, as a pulse of dirt blew around the tree.* (Damn-)

  Tara: *She flicked the whip upwards, causing it to suddenly grab onto the air, as if it wrapped around an invisible branch.* "Fufufu." *She swung on the whip and glided over the party, smirking at them in a taunt-like manner.*

  Nathan: (She's swinging on the whip? But it's holding onto nothing?!)

  Tara: *She spiralled in the air and elegantly landed on the ground in front of Luna.* "Now, let me know what you taste like!"

  ?????: *She watched Tara ready herself to hurt Luna, causing her to hiss in fear.* "Yeu!"

  Luna: "It's OK-" *She whispered to the Scoldrant, as if she didn't know Tara was standing directly in front of her.*

  Trevour: "DUST STORM" *He punched the ground again, causing Tara to chuckle.*

  Tara: "It's too late!" *She swayed the whip towards Luna, watching it slither towards her face in slow motion.*

  Champion: "ICICLE EDGE" *She shouted with an echoing voice, watching large thick ice spears materialise in the air above Tara.*

  Nathan: *He opened his eyes, staring at the whip with widening eyes.* "Luna!-"

  Luna: "Ah!-" *She squinted her eyes, holding the Scoldrant close to her chest.*

  *A swirl of dust erupted up in front of Luna, causing the whip to twirl inside it.*

  Tara: "What-?"

  Nathan: (Instead of attacking the woman, he used the Rostical in front of Luna for defensive purposes. Smart thinking!-)

  Tara: "Hah!" *She flicked her wrist, causing the swirling dirt to explode around her whip.*

  Luna: "Ah?" *She felt the dirt rain on her in shock.*

  Tara: "Tssk-" *She looked up and casually swayed to each side, avoiding the falling ice spears.*

  Champion: (Don't underestimate my Rasticplash!-)

  *The ice spears suddenly exploded into glaciers of ice, slashing Tara across the neck.*

  Tara: "Agh!" *She stumbled back, surprised.*

  Trevour: *He started to pant, causing him to move more sluggish.*

  Nathan: (The champion takes longer to attack, but is powerful, while Trevour is able to use his Rostical more frequently, at the cost of being obviously drained of his Neurons-)

  Tara: *She stumbled out of the ice and flicked her wrist, causing the whip to shatter the ice to one side.* "How embarrassing-" *She spoke to herself, touching the cut on her neck.*

  Trevour: "We may be weaker than you, but together, we're going to give you some major turbulence."

  Luna: (Turbulence? Even trying to taunt the crazy bitch, he'll never be kool.)

  Nathan: *He started to run towards Tara, firmly holding onto the sword.* (I need to give it my all!-) "Champion, Trevour, give me some support!"

  Champion: "Only support? Of course."

  Trevour: "No worries, sir!"

  Tara: *She flicked the ice off the whip and faced Nathan, looking unimpressed.* "What do you hope to do to me?"

  Nathan: "Air Slash-" *He swayed up, slicing a visible air slash towards Tara.*

  Tara: *She glanced at Nathan with double vision.* (What?!) *She swayed to the side, closely avoiding the air slash.*

  Nathan: (Almost!-) *He ran around Tara, focusing all her attention on to him.* "Air Slash."

  Tara: (I don't believe this, but-) *She swayed the whip to the side and broke the visible air slash, causing a violent gust of wind to blow her ponytail back.* (I might have to retreat..-)

  *A fireball suddenly hit the back of Tara, causing her to gasp in pain.*

  Champion: "Oh my? You're getting slower?"