Sceldrant's Comet

by Michael Rogers

  Ginger: "Why are you only revealing this now?!"

  Klaus: "It doesn't matter who knows.. I will find its origins and completely obliterate it!"

  Ginger: ".. So, what is it? Please respond."

  Klaus: "It's infected Radiatons or Shadiatons."

  Ginger: "How could they be infected?"

  Klaus: "I do not know right now." *He placed his hand down the well and focused, causing strings of aurora to swirl up the well, lighting up the area.*

  Ginger: "Stop, Niklauseh!"

  Klaus: "Yes, I can feel it."

  Ginger: "No!" *She tapped on a yellow glyph with her finger and pointed it at Klaus, causing a massive yellow glyph to rotate in front of her.*

  Klaus: "You will attack your own brother?"

  Ginger: "If father knew of this plan of yours-"

  Klaus: "He'd do nothing! Like he did nothing when my son was dying!"

  Ginger: *She hesitated with emotion and pushed her arm towards the glyph.* "LIGHTNING BLAST"

  *Ginger blasted a bright yellow stream of lightning towards Klaus, listening to rumbling thunder echo from the glyph.*

  Klaus: "NIGHT SPHERE" *A swirl of shadow formed a sphere around him, blocking the lightning.*

  Ginger: *She listened to the lightning screech against the shield, as if it was glass on glass.* (He's grown this powerful?)

  Klaus: *The strings of aurora swirled inside his chest, mouth and eyes.* "A-Ah?!"

  Ginger: "Niklauseh?!" *She lowered her arm, causing the lightning to flash away.*

  Klaus: "Yohohoho. Yes.." *The black shield suddenly burst into an arch of aurora.*

  Ginger: *Her face glittered different colours from the aurora shield.* "What have you done?"

  Klaus: "I love you, and father, but if you get in my way again, I will eradicate you too."

  Ginger: "That makes no sense, brother. You say you do this because of what happened to your son, yet, you're willing to hurt your own family!? Please respond!"

  Klaus: "You don't understand. Ougi."

  Ginger: "O-Ougi?!"

  Klaus: "Eclipsing Typhoon."

  Ginger: "Why-?!" *She screamed as the entire area around her turned into complete darkness.* "Why?" *Her voice suddenly echoed, as if she was in a hall.*

  Klaus: *He clicked his fingers, causing the darkness to suddenly and violently swirl around Ginger, cutting her skin.* "..."

  Ginger: "Yorh-?" *She coughed out blood and ignored the numerous cuts that continuously appeared all over her body.*

  Klaus: "I ponder what my new Ougi will become?" *He turned around and suddenly disappeared in a flash of aurora colours.*

  *The swirling shadows puffed into smoke, allowing Ginger to drop to her knees.*

  Ginger: "No..." *She collapsed onto her side and stared at the wall with an emotionless face.* "I've lost you again, brother."

  *The light in the well faded, leaving Ginger in complete darkness.*

  Ginger: "The life.. You've stolen the planet's power.. Without the nourishments, the energy of the planet will fade."

  *Ginger spoke with a frail voice, as a tear streaked across her face.*

  Ginger: "... Niklauseh, I do not understand the logic in your decision."

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  *Lezard watched the waves crash around Silver Wind Island, enjoying the cool sea breeze which blew against his face.*

  Lezard: "Good gravy, what to say, father monster? It's been an unexpected while since I last heard from you."

  *Lezard looked up and smiled, as his significantly longer hair swayed in the breeze.*

  Lezard: "Our little Karol practised his dance skills."

  --

  *Karol started to dance in The Hall of Oats and he kicked the ground, causing a bright orange glyph to expand from his foot.*

  Karol: (I have to keep practising!)

  Lezard: "His drive is very admirable, I remember he'd be in that hall for months.. Sometimes even too exhausted to come on our guild adventures-"

  Karol: *He suddenly kicked the glyph, causing it to spiral off the ground and to change colour.* "W-What is this?"

  Lezard: "If I didn't get my wisdom from you, father monster, I would've been surprised by his new techniques."

  Karol: "Nee hee! I'm doing it.." *He spoke in determination and tried to step to the side, causing him to trip over his own feet.*

  Lezard: "Despite his age and fighting class, it never stopped him from trying.." *He smiled.* "Ooo, Karol wasn't the only one practising his skills!"

  --

  *Luna stood on the outskirts of a forest, listening to the waves crash around Silver Wind Island.*

  Luna: *She held the bow and stared at a dangling piece of paper, which hung off a large branch by a piece of string.* "OK-"

  *Luna watched the paper sway in the gentle breeze, causing her to frown in concentration.*

  Lezard: "I feel so old, watching over everyone, bwarharh. Well, I am old, but you get what I mean."

  Luna: "Ha!" *She flicked the string to the arrow, noticing nothing happen.*

  Destiny: "Yeup." *She meowed in failure, causing Luna to tighten the bow in frustration.*

  Lezard: "I remember watching over Luna and being utterly puzzled with her training."

  *Lezard skipped into the area Luna and Destiny were training, catching their attention.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, Loonzamotto, what are you doing?"

  Luna: "I'm trainin', aye." *She pulled the string back to the bow, aiming at the piece of paper.*

  Lezard: "You know, you need an arrow to fire-"

  Luna: "Piss off, Lizard. It's hard for me to concentrate as it is!"

  Lezard: "Ouchies!" *He quickly turned around and started to run away with his arms swaying in the air.* "Everyone, be careful! Loonamotto is trying to concentrate! And it's Lezard!"

  Luna: *She listened to Lezard's wails, causing her to smirk.* (Dickhead.)

  Lezard: "Boy, am I the only one that thinks I'm hilarious? Bwarharh."

  Destiny: *She glanced at Luna, noticing her lack of concentration.* "Yeup!"

  Luna: "My bad!" *She spoke to Destiny with sincerity and flicked the string, causing the paper to suddenly sway in the breeze.* "Aye? Was that me or.. The wind?"

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  *Lezard started to walk along the cliff, making his way to Silver Wind Island.*

  Lezard: "I was also doing some hard work! Taking advantage of Dawn's research facility." *He looked up in recollection.*

  --

  *Lezard sat on a hi-tech looking chair and typed on a large Rosterology console, causing a plate filled with muffins to appear on a glowing glyph.*

  Lezard: "Yummies!" *He grabbed the muffins with vulture-like hands and shoved them into his mouth.* "Ooo, rstard field? Sucklent."

  Lezard: "Translation. Ooo, custard filled? Succulent! As I happily chewed on the succulent, tender muffins of wisdom.. Hmmm." *He rubbed his belly in excitement.*

  Lezard: *He burped and finished off the plate.* "Phew.. Mission completed! That's another quest completed for The Rostical Guild."

  Lezard: "Despite my achievements, I also wondered what happened to our chunky friend?"

  --

  *Twortz danced on multiple glowing glyphs and sung with an echoing voice.*

  Twortz: "Taking advantage of the solitude in The Ruins of Estel-" *She swayed to the side and dropped her arm, causing a distant house to explode.* "Hahahackee!"

  *Twortz waved her hands up while continuing her dancing-like movement, causing glyphs to spiral in the air.*

  Twortz: "My power is growing every day!-"

  Lezard: "Oh but who cares about her anyway? Razzypoo was also working out-"

  --

  *Rachael wore workout clothes as she made sturdy movements inside a gym-like area.*

  Rachael: "Hah!" *She punched the air several times before following up with a roundhouse kick.*

  Lezard: "Isn't she amazing? Delightful to the eyes, yet, hurtful to your body!"

  Rachael: "Hah!" *She punched the gr
ound, causing a rock pillar to shoot up, causing her to look surprised.*

  Trevour: "Heh heh, nice work, boss!"

  Rachael: *She leant up and wiped sweat from her forehead, as if she's done hours worth of exercise.*

  Trevour: "When you move in a powerful fashion and hit the ground with all your might, the force of your movements shows in the sturdiness of the rock."

  Rachael: *She placed her hands on the rock pillar.* "Wow."

  Lezard: "Not sure if this is a ground user thing, but I don't get any of what that means."

  Trevour: "I think you've mastered the basics of ground."

  Rachael: "Could you teach me some strong techniques?"

  Trevour: "Unfortunately, I can't, boss."

  Rachael: "Why?"

  Trevour: "I can only use dirt or sand.."

  Rachael: "Well, how about some dirt or sand techniques?"

  Trevour: *He looked surprised.* "You.. Want to learn?"

  Rachael: "Of course."

  Trevour: "It's possible to learn Dust Storm, but it's much much much harder to master than solid rock."

  Rachael: "I wouldn't have it any other way." *She smirked in determination.*

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  Lezard: "Well, almost half a year has gone by."

  --

  *Twortz played the violin while rocking to each side, watching thick visible strings of sound sway across the courtyard.*

  Twortz: "I think I'm making excellent progress, especially since I don't have a trainer to help me out."

  Lezard: "I thought I said I didn't care about her?"

  Twortz: "Now to practise this.. Ougi."

  --

  *Karol who wore different garments continued to dance in a more skilful manner, smiling at his own progress.*

  Lezard: "More than a year has passed now.. Our little hero has grown quite a lot, he's even needed new clothes! And golly, if we didn't have Grey's help, I don't know how we could've purchased such an expensive suit."

  Karol: "No matter how much I try, I can't seem to use offensive dances yet!" *He whispered to himself in frustration and tapped his foot, causing a massive green glyph to spiral around him.*

  Lezard: "Umm, what's next?"

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  *Lezard looked down, observing the waves below.*

  Lezard: "We celebrated everyone's birthday! To me, it was an excuse to have some delicious beverages, bwarharh, shhh, don't tell anyone!"

  *Lezard straightened his arms to keep himself balanced from falling off the cliff.*

  Lezard: "Nathan wasn't necessarily doing hands-on training, but he went out with Ordin a few times to observe his fighting skills."

  --

  Ordin: *He slid back and held his sword with both hands, staring in front with a confident smirk.* "Foul creature!"

  Nathan: "You're up against a yellow-eyed Guardian by yourself! Are you sure you don't want my help?!"

  Ordin: *He smirked and raised the sword.* "Ougi."

  Nathan: (His Ougi!) *He shouted in thought and leant forward, bracing himself for whatever Ordin was going to do.*

  Ordin: "Rising Valor." *His sword shined like a lighthouse, blinding everything around him.*

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  Lezard: "Well, as much as I like the fellow, Nathan's a little boring to me, so no need to think about that."

  *Lezard giggled and continued to watch the waves crash at the bottom of the cliff.*

  Lezard: "A good thing about having two people of the same elemental affinity, is that, as Trevour was helping Razzypoo out, he was unintentionally training himself!"

  --

  Trevour: "DUST STORM" *He punched upwards, causing a swirl of powerful sand to spiral in the gym.*

  Rachael: "Dust Storm." *She punched upwards, causing nothing to happen.*

  Trevour: *He gently swayed his hand down, causing the sand to spiral back into the ground.* "With generating sand or dirt, you need to shift your concentration from Neurons to Astragons."

  Rachael: "But every move I use requires heaps of Neurons."

  Trevour: "That's also why some people can't manipulate liquids."

  Rachael: "This is so hard." *She grumbled to herself and frowned.* "Dust Storm."

  Lezard: "I could see all this being played as a fitness campaign? Or an advertisement? So heart warming! Back to my serious training!"

  --

  *Lezard growled like an animal stuffing his face in a white cheesecake with strawberries on top.*

  Lezard: "Attack of the mouth Guardian!" *He leant back and opened his mouth, suddenly falling face-first into the cake.*

  Lezard: "Needless to say, I completed that mission too!"

  Lezard: "Nothing could defeat the almighty power of the mouth Guardian!" *He giggled, elegantly tapping a napkin off his cream covered face.*

  Lezard: "More than a year and a half has gone past at this point. I remember vividly, it was a scary cake!"

  --

  *Luna aimed the bow at the hanging piece of paper, flicking her long hair which dangled near her shoulder blades.*

  Luna: "Hah!" *She flicked the string to the bow and the paper suddenly exploded into raining debris.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, she did it! I knew she could!" *He giggled.*

  Destiny: "Yeup!" *She hopped off Luna's shoulder and jumped up above the branch.*

  Luna: *She unintentionally swayed to each side, as she saw through Destiny's eyes.* "...-"

  Destiny: *She stared at rows of papers tied to the branch.* "Yeu-" *She hopped forward and cut the closest string with her cat-like claws, causing another piece of paper to flick off the branch.*

  Luna: *She watched the paper dangle from a string, queuing Destiny to fall off the branch and onto her shoulder.* "I've got the technique down, but I can't remember wat I said.."

  Lezard: "I think she's referring to the mud Guardian. Ooo, that's how we all bonded so easily. If you want to become friends with someone, fight a dirty big ol' mud monster!"