Sceldrant's Comet

by Michael Rogers

  Nathan: "This is what happens when you rely on Rostical too mu-"

  Rachael: "Hah!" *She suddenly kicked a robot off the platform and spun around, uppercutting another robot.*

  Nathan: "Ha." *He chuckled in respect and sliced another three robots with one swing of his sword.*

  Rachael: *She spun around and swept a robot off its metallic feet, causing it to slide off the platform.* (We're up pretty high now.)

  Lezard: *He clapped his hands and giggled at the screen.* "Luna and Destiny moved with such delicious evasive mannerisms, avoiding attacks while our heroes continue to defeat the herds.. Or is it swarms? Of metallic deaths!"

  Karol: "They're nearlwy there."

  Lezard: "How exciting." *He shook his bottom and accidentally knocked a plate from a woman's hand, causing it to shatter on the ground.*

  Karol: *He jumped in fright.* "H-Holy Neurons!" *He glanced at the shattered pieces.*

  Lezard: "I'm sincerely sorry-" *He watched the woman continue walking as if nothing happened.* "Jinkies, people are really into these games-"

  Karol: "Wezard-" *He tugged on Lezard's arm.* "The meanie-" *He watched Twortz casually stroll down the lakeside.*

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  Twortz: *She ate an apple and smelled the flowers which vibrantly bloomed in the area.* "Excellent. Every worker is entitled to a day off."

  *Twortz smiled and made her way to a door with glowing frames, which stood at the end of the lake.*

  Twortz: "A very peaceful Reality Marble. And I'm certain there's nothing stalking me.. I can just feel it." *She spoke to herself with a widening smile and licked her lips before taking another bite into the apple.*

  *Twortz watched butterflies flap around her ankles, as she brushed past several flowers.*

  Twortz: *She walked up to the door and sighed in a calming manner before touching it.* "Back to work."

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  Nathan: *He jabbed his sword into the last moving robot and pulled it out, causing its machines to malfunction.* "Done."

  *The elevator stopped at the top floor, causing the party to stare at the door with glowing frames in a victorious-like manner.*

  Luna: "How convenient."

  Rachael: "Everyone?" *She looked back to see if they were okay, ignoring her bruised knuckles.*

  Nathan: "Trevour?"

  Trevour: *He nodded his head.* "Thank you for the concern, everyone-"

  Luna: "Everyone? Pssht, I'm not concerned." *She sniffed and walked up to the door before disappearing upwards in a ripple.*

  Nathan: "She's got the competitive spirit." *He pushed Rachael and Trevour towards the door in a friendly-like manner.*

  Lezard: *He watched the party all fade upwards in excitement.* "Yay! We're on our fourth one now!"

  Karol: "Nee hee."

  Lezard: "Hopefully it's sunny."

  Karol: "I dhon't want to see that skcary place again."

  Lezard: "With the lightning and the mansion?"

  Karol: "Y-Yheah!"

  *Lezard and Karol focused back to the spinning globe and noticed Rachael's number change colour, queuing them to quickly look at another screen.*

  Lezard: (I wonder what it is now?)

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  *Luna, Rachael, Trevour and Nathan found themselves on a small island, surrounded by the open sea.*

  Trevour: *He looked up and squinted his eyes.* "At least it's day now, heh heh."

  Luna: *She looked behind her, staring at a small tropical forest and several coconuts on the sand.* "Kool-"

  Rachael: "This is a small island-" *She looked to each side able to see the ends of the island.* "You wouldn't think the door is here, right?"

  Luna: "Unless if it's under the sea, I don't think so."

  Nathan: "Look, over there-" *He pointed across the ocean, staring at another island.*

  Luna: "Aye?"

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *She stared into the distance and the purple ring around her iris spiralled, effectively magnifying her vision.*

  Luna: "The door, I see it!"

  Rachael: "Awesome!" *She stared into the distance and smiled, as if she was keen to start swimming.*

  Trevour: *He stared at the water and shook his head.* "I can't swim very well."

  Luna: "Huh? How can someone be bad at swimmin'?"

  Destiny: "Yeu?"

  Rachael: "Is it the armour?"

  Trevour: "Negative, miss."

  Nathan: "We'll help you."

  Trevour: "But-"

  Nathan: "We've almost reached the last Reality Marble, we might as well help each other out until we get to the last one."

  Man: *He staggered out of the tropical forest and onto the sand, gasping at the party.* "Yurgk-"

  Trevour: "Are you okay, sir?!"

  Man: "D-Don't go into the water!"

  Rachael: "Why?" *She looked back to the ocean.* "I don't see anything in it."

  Man: "There's a Guardian somewhere in there."

  Luna: "Hell to the no I'm gettin' in there then." *She folded her arms and shook her head.*

  Man: "I've lost my party members due to that thing.. I can only pray to the Astragons they removed themselves from the game before-..." *He spoke with watering eyes and suddenly ripped his number, causing him to vanish upwards.*

  Luna: "Bobby, beam me up?" *She placed an arm on her chest, looking up at the sky.*

  Trevour: "There's no way I can do this, especially if there's a Guardian on the loose."

  Rachael: "I'm a very good swimmer, I'll help you too."

  Trevour: "It's my elemental affinity. I'm just, not very good with water-"

  *A scattered shock wave blew against the party and slid them towards the water.*

  Luna: "Gah-?!" *She looked down, watching the sand blow around her ankles.* "Wat's goin'-?"

  *The shock wave intensified and blasted the party off the island and into the ocean.*

  Destiny: (Yeup!) *She spiralled under the water, causing Luna to catch her in desperation.*

  Luna: (Crap!-) *She held her breath and dog paddled towards the surface.*

  Rachael: *She bobbed her head up and shook her head, flicking wet hair out of her face.* "What was that?"

  Luna: "Kah-" *She gasped for air and frowned in disorientation.* "My ears hurt, aye-"

  Nathan: *He gasped for breath and awkwardly placed his sword in its sheathe, allowing him to swim more freely.* "Trevour-?"

  Trevour: "G-G-Garg-le-" *He awkwardly splashed above the surface and slapped the water, as if he was trying to stand above it.* "Can't-"

  *A heartbeat-like pulse thumped through Luna, Destiny and Nathan's body, causing them to look into the far distance.*

  Luna: "Somethin'-"

  Nathan: "Is coming." *He spoke on his breath.*

  Destiny: *She noticed several purple and green fins emerge out of the water, as a long snake-like tail slithered towards the party.* "Yeup! Yeup!"

  Rachael: (It's obvious Trevour and myself can't use ground here-) *She gritted her teeth and swam towards Trevour, grabbing onto one of his arms.* "Nathan-"

  Nathan: *He swam up to Trevour and grabbed his other arm.* "Let's go-"

  Trevour: "Guys, please! I don't want to put you in any danger."

  Rachael: "Swim on your back and kick your legs, remember to keep your head elevated."

  Luna: (I can swim, but not very good-) *She doggy paddled close to the surface, causing small waves to splash against the back of her head, wetting Destiny.*

  Destiny: "Hssst." *She hissed like a cat due to the water.*

  Luna: "My bad."

  Destiny: "Yeup!" *She stood on Luna's head and shook her body, trying to dry herself.*

  Trevour: *He started to kick his legs and looked at Rachael and Nathan, admiring their hard efforts to swim him along.* (Rachael, Nathan-)

  Luna: *She swam towards the other island, knowing the danger that swam towards them.* (Apparently this Guardian took out a whole party.. It's probably a generic sea snake that can shoot out white beams aha.)

>   Nathan: "I'm not sure where it is, but I don't think we'll reach the island in time."

  Rachael: "We're about half way-"

  ?????: "Intruders!" *A three storey snake suddenly erupted out of the water and curled forward, glancing at the party.* "In my home!"

  Luna: "I'm right again, shit-bitch-tits-"

  Trevour: "Th-That must be the Guardian! Rachael, our abilities won't work here!-"

  Guardian: "SOLAR FLARE" *It opened its mouth and suddenly blasted a white beam with a fluoro blue shading into the water next to the party, creating a large wave.*

  Luna: "Right again!-" *She screamed in shock.*

  *A large wave curled over the party and crashed on top of them, pushing them deep into the water.*

  Rachael: *She coughed out bubbles and looked around, noticing light flicker on the surface.* (Up there-)

  Luna: *She splashed above the surface and gasped for air, coughing out water.* "Swallowed some sea water, aye."

  Destiny: "Yeupth!" *She sneezed and violently shook her body, shaking the water out of her fur.* "Yeu.."

  Luna: "OK, we win the lottery and get saved by a flying machine!" *She looked up and observed the sky, as if she was waiting for something to happen.*

  Guardian: *It hissed and opened its jaw further, causing a spiralling white glyph to materialise in front of it.* "SOLAR FLARE"

  Luna: "Shit!-"

  Trevour: "G-G-Garg!-, I made it-" *He spoke in accomplishment, struggling to keep himself afloat.*

  Guardian: *It pushed forward, blasting a fluoro white beam past Luna.* "Drown!"

  Trevour: "Is everyone o-?" *The beam shot into the water directly next to him, violently pushing him down in a sudden whirlpool created by the beam.*

  Luna: "Shit, Trevour! Where's that flyin' ship?!"

  Trevour: *He started to sink.* (No...) *He helplessly raised his arm, staring at the flickering surface above him.*

  Nathan: *He suddenly grabbed onto Trevour's arm causing him to look surprised.* (If you go-, it'll just be me, a sarcastic weirdo and a kid-)

  Trevour: *He looked at Nathan and slightly smiled.* (He's really going out of his way..-)

  Nathan: *He started to sink, causing him to frown in desperation.* (He's not even trying to move-) *He frowned and started to kick harder.*

  Trevour: "Leave me, sir.." *He motioned the words with his lips as he stared at Nathan with a sad-filled face, as he continued to slowly sink.*

  Nathan: (Shit, his armour is too heavy-)

  Rachael: *She grab hold of Trevour's other arm, causing him to look shocked.* "Nathan-" *She motioned his name with her mouth, causing bubbles to float up.*

  Luna: *She awkwardly gasped for air, noticing Destiny shiver on her shoulder.* "Kool, I thought I felt your claws detach-"

  ?????: "How unprofessional." *A woman ran on the surface of the water, directly past Luna.*

  Luna: "Twotters?" *She spoke with a dropping jaw, watching the water splash around Twortz's feet.* "The fuck?"

  Twortz: "All about Astragon control, Lighten." *She smirked and made her way towards the other island.*

  Luna: "Oi! Rachael, Nathan and Trevour are still down there!" *She pointed down at the water, intensely watching Twortz continue to run on the surface.* "If you can somehow stand on the water, then help us!-"

  Twortz: "Unfortunately, I don't get paid to assist you."

  Luna: "Are you for cereal?"

  Twortz: "Yes.. I'm serious."

  Luna: "Bitch."

  Twortz: "And with this door-" *She stared at the door with glowing frames on the island.* "I should be able to reach the finale."

  Luna: *She stared at Twortz's back, watching her jump over the waves.* "I don't believe it.."

  Destiny: "Yeu.."

  Twortz: (Okay, I'm just about near the island-) *She inhaled deeply and screamed out a Sonic Roar into the water, blasting her into the air.*

  Luna: *She looked up, watching Twortz land heavily on the island.* (Surprised the island didn't shatter.)

  Twortz: *She slowly stood up and looked at the door, smiling in excitement.* "The final door."

  Luna: *She noticed bubbles on the surface, causing her to quickly look at Destiny in desperation.* "Dammit, we're goin' under, OK?"

  Destiny: "Yeufft." *She meowed with a hiss, symbolising she didn't want to.*

  Trevour: (I don't like to put my friends in danger.. Right now, I'm stopping them from reaching the next door-)

  Rachael: (Trevour, kick your damn legs!) *She kept pointed at Trevour's feet.*

  Luna: *She dived down and kicked her legs towards Trevour.* (There he is-)

  Destiny: *She dug her claws into Luna's shoulder, watching Nathan and Rachael struggling to keep Trevour from sinking any further.* (Yeup..)

  Luna: *She grabbed Trevour by the hair and suddenly blew out bubbles, as if she wasn't expecting him to be so heavy.* (You fucking fat shit, let's go.)

  Trevour: (Even Luna-?!)

  Guardian: *It dived into the water and started to slither around the party.* "You're in my domain, my home, my territory!"

  Nathan: (It can speak in the water.)

  Trevour: (This is the best I can do for you, my friends-) *He slipped his hands out of Rachael and Nathan's grip and tilted his head, causing his hair to slip through Luna's fingertips.*

  Luna: (Aye?)

  Trevour: *He waved his arms upwards, promoting his sinking.* (Okay.. Trevour, let's do this for your new friends-)

  Rachael: (He's touched the bottom-) *She watched Luna and Nathan swim back up for air.*

  Guardian: "You will not make it out-"

  Trevour: (DIRTCLOUD TALONS) *He tucked his arms in and suddenly spread them, causing strings of sand from the ocean's bed to swirl towards the Guardian.*

  Rachael: (Sand?)

  Guardian: "AQUA LIQ-"

  *Scratch-like streams of sand hit the Guardian in the underbelly, exploding into sinking dirt clouds.*

  Rachael: *She looked down, staring at Trevour.* (Trevour-)

  Trevour: "Go!-" *He motioned the word with his lips and waved his hands away, implying for Rachael to continue.*