Sceldrant's Comet

by Michael Rogers

  ?????: "Oh, goodness gracious me." *A man sarcastically spoke in the background, catching Quintess, Synthoss and Tyson's attention.*

  Synthoss: "Who is it now?" *She spoke under her breath, glaring at a man concealed in brown robes with a cone-shaped hat.*

  ?????: "Are you Black Brigade culprits hurting my little monsters?"

  Tyson: "How do you know about The Black Brigade?"

  ?????: "Unless there has been a death, there should be Blake, Tara, Quintess, Synthoss, Tyson and Zazark. Where are the other little sausages? I was planning on taking you all out in one go."

  Lezard: "Father monster!"

  ?????: "Bahaha, my little monster."

  Tyson: "You know far too much than you should-"

  ?????: "Well, what should we do about that?" *He giggled and shook his bottom sarcastic-like, causing Twortz to frown in disgust.*

  Twortz: (He acts just like Lezard, but with an older sounding voice.)

  Tyson: "Show your face."

  ?????: "Only if you remove all of your sealing glyphs."

  Tyson: *He discreetly glanced at a black tattoo-like glyph on his wrist, causing him to frown.* "How do you know about those glyphs?"

  ?????: "Glyphs that hide your presence at the cost and reducing your power by almost half."

  Rachael: *She slowly leant up, placing one hand on the ground for support.* (Who is that?)

  Quintess: "Enough talk!" *She suddenly flashstepped directly in front of the man, blowing his robes to one side.* "Die!-"

  ?????: "FIRE'S PULSE" *He casually pointed in Quintess' face and a pulse of bright red flames blasted her across the courtyard.*

  Quintess: (Hot-) *She closed her eyes in defeat, smashing into a distant pillar.*

  ?????: "Oooo, that was fun-"

  Tyson: *He suddenly appeared behind the man with his green whip extended into the air.* "Tangrowth-"

  ?????: *He casually kicked behind him, causing a scorching vortex of bright red flames to blast Tyson back.* "Don't mind me, just stretching, bahaha."

  Tyson: *He rolled out of the vortex of flames and tumbled across the ground, causing swirls of fire to scorch the air around him.* (I've never felt such powerful Neuron filled flames before-)

  Synthoss: "Tssk-" *She carelessly dropped the boy onto the ground and started to sprint towards the man, queuing her eyes to crack like glass.*

  ?????: "Your eyes?" *He looked at Synthoss, facing her in a curious-like manner.* "That's a royal bloodline ability, isn't it?"

  Synthoss: "AYON RAPTURE-"

  ?????: "FIRE'S PULSE" *He watched a ring of flames swirl around his finger before an enormous ring of flames spiralled in front of Synthoss.*

  Synthoss: "Rosti-?!" *The ring of fire exploded, violently pushing her across the ground.*

  ?????: *He watched Synthoss stay on her feet in astonishment.* "You stay on your feet? Amazing.."

  Synthoss: *She coughed and wheezed, buckling at the knees.* "What are you?"

  ?????: "Naw, you make these old bones feel all disgusting. What am I? I'm a human, you silly sausage."

  Tyson: *He suddenly appeared behind the man, taking deep breaths.* "Ougi." *He reached out, watching the flesh on his arm melt away.*

  Lezard: "Father monster!-"

  Tyson: *He smirked and moved his fingers bones, as he was ready to grab the man's shoulder.* "Reaper's Leech."

  ?????: "FLAMING WHEEL" *He giggled with an echoing voice and a swirl of flames spiralled around him, before suddenly erupting into a bright red fire-like tornado.*

  *Rachael and Twortz squinted their eyes in shock, as winds blew splinters of flames past their heads.*

  Tyson: *He stared at the wall of fire swirl around his arm with a dropping jaw.* "What-?"

  Rachael: (The air is hot!)

  Twortz: (That man swirled the flames around himself, protecting himself from Tyson's bone arm.) *She thought to herself in confusion.*

  Synthoss: "Those flames.. I've only ever seen one other person with flames as strong as that!-"

  Quintess: *She pushed charcoaled debris off her body, causing it to crack the ground beside her.* "The Consultant."

  ?????: *He watched the fire tornado die down, allowing him to observe the Black Brigade members through the cracks of the swirling flames.* "Hmm? These old bones are just getting warmed up."

  Tyson: *He stumbled back and watched his bones crumble to ash.* "My Ougi?" *He spoke on his breath, as his arm reverted back to normal.*

  ?????: "Shame, looks like you can't use that devastating Ougi no more-"

  Quintess: "Retreat!"

  Synthoss: "What about the boy-?!"

  Quintess: "Now!" *She screamed in desperation before suddenly flashstepping out of sight, leaving behind a faint buzzing sound.*

  ?????: "Oh, I know old people aren't welcomed to parties, but there's no need to leave right away-"

  Synthoss: "I'm not leaving behind the sole reason why we were here!-"

  Tyson: "Synthoss, The Unknown Territories, we might be better off helping any captain out." *He implied it would be better to leave without injury.*

  ?????: (The Unknown Territories?!)

  Synthoss: "Fine... Only because of the recent talk about it lately-"

  ?????: (Recent talk about The Unknown Territories?)

  *Tyson and Synthoss gritted their teeth and hesitantly looked away, before flashstepping out of the courtyard.*

  Lezard: "Yay." *He clapped his hands and giggled.* "Dad!"

  ?????: "Are you okay, my little monster?"

  Lezard: "I am now."

  Twortz: (H-He just took care of those three with such ease..) *She stuttered in thought, trying to keep her eyes off the man.*

  Rachael: "Who are you?"

  ?????: "Ooo, Lezard, the ladies look delicious."

  Twortz: "Excuse me?"

  ?????: "You're excused."

  Lezard: "Even that one? She'd be more succulent than delicious."

  ?????: "Even the plumpest chicken could be the most yummiest in my opinion."

  Lezard: "Bwarharharh."

  ?????: "Bahahaha."

  Twortz: "I'm right here-"

  ?????: "And she's very observant too."

  Twortz: "..."

  Lezard: *He stood up, focusing his attention onto Rachael.* "Quick healing shot, HEALING IMPLOSION"

  Rachael: *She watched her wounds light up, causing her to slowly relax in relief.* "By the way Lezard talks to you, I'm safe to say you're a friend?"

  Lezard: *He focused on Twortz.* "Quick healing shot, HEALING IMPLOSION"

  ?????: "Indeedly-dee I am. My name is Millard."

  Rachael: "My name is Rachael."

  Lezard: "Quick internal light, INVOKING AURA" *He continued to focus on Twortz, watching spirals of light swirl around her chest area.*

  Twortz: *She stood up and placed her hands behind her back, standing in a professional manner.* "My name is Twortz. I much appreciate your efforts."

  Millard: "Such a sense of loyalty, I like it." *He giggled and wiggled his bottom.*

  Lezard: *He noticed Rachael holding her shoulder in pain.* "Quick internal light, INVOKING AURA"

  Twortz: "What are you doing here?"

  Millard: "I was searching for my partner.." *He quickly spun around, scanning the courtyard.* "By these ruins, it seems I was a few days too late."

  Lezard: (So, even dad missed her again..)

  Twortz: "How are you so powerful?"

  Millard: "Perhaps my age?"

  Twortz: "In your late forties?"

  Millard: "Bahaha, stop flattering me! I can't even remember, a few hundred years ago?"

  Twortz and Rachael: "A few hundred years?!"

  Lezard: "Remember, Astragons can slow down the aging process? I'm easily over a hundred myself, children."

  Millard: "Said the child."

  Lezard: "Holy fish-cakes, I'm no longer the oldest of this party-"

  Millard: "Naww-" *He lowered his head and pretended to sulk.*

  Lezard: "Fear not
, daddypoo! You're always amazing in my eyes, no matter how old those bones of yours get!"

  Millard: "Yay!" *He suddenly smiled, making his previous sulking even more of an act.*

  Rachael: "Lezard, could you please check on that boy?"

  Lezard: "Why yes?" *He turned around, noticing the boy lying unconscious on the ground.*

  Millard: *His stomach rumbled, causing him to rub his belly.* "Yum yums?"

  Lezard: *He shook his head.* "None of us have an RPG bag."

  Millard: "Blast the Astragons." *He whined and took a step forward, adjusting his cone-shaped hat.*

  Lezard: "Where did your one go?"

  Millard: "I thought you had it."

  Lezard: "INVOKING AURA" *He spread his arms over the boy and focused.*

  Millard: "Ooo, these old bones wail with despair. We lost our delicious bag-"

  Boy: *White light spiralled around his head, causing him to squeak into consciousness.* "W-Where-?!"

  Millard: "Shh, my little snapper."

  Boy: "S-Snapper?"

  Rachael: *She faced the boy, smiling in appreciation.* "Even though we lost, thanks for helping me out back there."

  Boy: *He whined in discomfort, looking at Rachael.* (The one who uses fake Remenistal?)

  Rachael: "So, maybe you could explain some stuff to us, Millard."

  Millard: "I'm always up for story time."

  Twortz: "Excellent, we're from a place called-"

  Millard: "But no story time is worth telling on an empty stomach."

  Lezard: "Yay, good minds think alike."

  Twortz: "Oh bother-"

  Lezard: "Surely you can relate to our current frame of mind, Twortz?"

  Twortz: "I don't always think about food!" *She hissed in anger, causing Lezard to raise his arms in a defensive-like manner.*

  Millard: "Leave her alone, Lezardestel." *He spoke in a serious-like manner, causing Lezard to suddenly act mature.*

  Lezard: "Sorry."

  Millard: "Now-" *He walked up to the boy and bent down, smiling in a friendly-like manner.* "How do we go about getting something to eat? You see, old grubs like us work better on a full stomach."

  Boy: "I erm..." *He nervously looked away.* "There isn't any-"

  Twortz: "He was holding a loaf of bread."

  Lezard: "Ooo, please tell. I'm starving I could eat three fire based Scoldrants."

  Millard: "Wowza, glad I'm not Scoldrant."

  Rachael: (Their humour bounces back on each other.) *She slightly smiled in thought.*

  Millard: "My name is Millardestel-"

  Boy: "Myll-estel? Th-That means you're a Konsultant!" *He suddenly squealed in fear and awkwardly slid on his bottom away from Millard.*

  Millard: "It's okay, little youngster. I'm a good guy."

  Lezard: *He nodded his head and focused his attention on the boy's grazes.* "Quick healing shot, HEALING IMPLOSION"

  Boy: *He watched his grazes fill with light, causing him to stop panicking.* "It's warm.."

  Lezard: "Radiatons are warm." *He giggled and smiled.*

  Boy: "My name is Karol."

  Twortz: "What exactly is a Consultant?"

  Millard: "They're the leaders of the warriors."

  Twortz: "So, why didn't you command your warriors to stop?"

  Millard: "I'm no longer part of that."

  Lezard: "My mother.. We're trying to find her."

  Millard: "She's also a Consultant."

  Rachael: "..."

  Karol: "Sh-She's bad."

  Millard: "No, silly. She's merely under the influence of that yellow-eyed disease."

  Lezard: (If she didn't transfer her powers onto me...) *He looked sad, catching Millard's attention.*

  Millard: *He hobbled up to Lezard and placed his hand on his shoulder.* "Out of everything in the world, we value you, our son more than anything.. Don't ever question that." *He mumbled so only Lezard could hear.*

  Lezard: "Thanks, dad."

  Millard: "Now, things are too serious." *He clapped his hands and spun around, glancing at the party.* "The Consultants aren't here, we're all hungry, Karol! Lead the way!"

  Karol: *He nodded his head and slowly stood up.* "Okay."

  Rachael: "When I chased after you, how did you activate all those paths and stuff?"

  Twortz: "What do you mean?"

  Rachael: "Well, before I had to use my Rostical, I quickly scanned the area and couldn't find any switches or buttons."

  Karol: "This city is filled with ancient Astragons."

  Lezard: "From Valhalla."

  Karol: "Yep." *He started to slowly walk towards a large castle-like ruins, causing the party to follow.*

  Twortz: "..." *She silently followed Karol.*

  Rachael: "What does that mean?"

  Karol: "This city responds to dancing or singing."

  Twortz: "How utterly ridiculous! If I were to start singing-, lalalalala-"

  *The ground around Twortz responded to her voice, causing a large glyph to shake.*

  Karol: "S-Stahp! You'll activate the city's defences!"

  Twortz: "Ckee-" *She quickly covered her mouth in shock, watching the ground revert back to normal.*

  Rachael: "Lalalala." *She sung on a high note, noticing nothing happened.*

  Lezard: "Dun-, dun, duuuun. You failed."

  Karol: "W-Why did yooh do that?!"

  Rachael: "Sorry, Karol. I was curious."

  Twortz: "Although that was very irresponsible, why did nothing happen?"

  Karol: "She isn't a Score User like yourself."

  Millard: "Ooo, sing us a heart warming song."

  Twortz: "I don't know how to."

  Rachael: "You know how to sing, Twortz."