Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Ginger: "So you-?"

  Klaus: "I can bring Asuna and Sasuke back."

  Ginger: "But the consequences-"

  Klaus: "Don't you get it? There are no consequences! Manipulating time is a simple Aurorion ability. It's the same as saying, there're consequences in using Astragons or Neurons-"

  Ginger: "But everyone knows there're no consequences for using those two! It's a part of life, nature.. Remenistal requires the two to be usable-"

  Klaus: "Exactly the same with Aurorions. You're letting the unknown, fool you into fear! Some people don't even know the existence of Radiatons or even Shadiatons!"

  Ginger: *She shook her head in a disapproving manner.* "There is a consequence."

  Klaus: "I just explained that-"

  Ginger: "The planet is dying, Niklauseh-"

  Klaus: "There was something in the back of my head, hoping that I could convince you..." *He looked down, sounding disappointed.* "Looks like I was wrong."

  Ginger: "Convince me of what?"

  Klaus: "..."

  Ginger: "Please respond!"

  Klaus: "Hoping that my sister could join me, in reviving my family." *A swirl of darkness swirled around his hand.*

  Ginger: "Why don't you understand?! Niklauseh?!"

  Klaus: "Dark Repulsor." *A large black scythe materialised into his hand, alerting Ginger.* "I don't need to understand anything. Your answer is all I need."

  Ginger: "The world, Niklauseh.. It's dying-"

  Klaus: "Enough talk. I'm drawing closer to the corrupted Radiatons!"

  Ginger: "Corrupted-?"

  Klaus: "Don't stand in my way, Ginger." *He looked worried and frowned to himself.* (Dammit-)

  Ginger: *She noticed Klaus' frown, causing her to look worried in a sisterly-like manner.* "What is the matter? Please respond."

  Klaus: "Despite you not understanding my goal, I can't-" *He lowered the scythe and looked to the side, as if he was staring into the distance.* "I can't trace the corruption..?"

  Ginger: "It's not hard to trace an energy signature, brother-"

  Klaus: "It's confusing.." *He tilted his head to the side.* "Ah.. Spacial Funnels or Reality Marbles."

  Ginger: "...-"

  Klaus: "I can still sense its power-"

  Ginger: "Its? What do you mean, its? Please respond."

  Klaus: "The corrupted Radiatons, it's actually a living entity."

  Ginger: *She shook her head in confusion.* (I've been so caught up in trying to get the Aurorions back to The Elemental Tower, I haven't taken notice on what he's talking about.) "Besides revenge and bringing back Asuna and Sasuke, what are you talking about?"

  Klaus: "I've been doing an immense level of research, trying to find the yellow-eyed contagion."

  Ginger: "The Neuron disorder?"

  Klaus: "Yohoho. It's not even caused by Neurons. The corrupted Radiatons affect the user's Neurons."

  Ginger: "How?"

  Klaus: "I'm not entirely sure, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the fallen Sacred Knight."

  Ginger: "Sacred Knight?" (Arcadia mentioned them several times.)

  Klaus: "You seem to be asking a lot of questions, for someone that has been very persistent in pursuing me."

  Ginger: "Ykkt." *She gritted her teeth in an annoyed-like manner.*

  Klaus: "The moment I received these Aurorions, I could have killed you from the moment you betrayed me."

  Ginger: "I didn't betray you, Niklauseh." *She spoke with sadness.* "The planet-"

  Klaus: "On the Susanoo name, I will return the Aurorions once I complete my revenge and bring them back."

  Ginger: "You will?" *She spoke with a smile.*

  Klaus: *He glanced at the red glyph on Ginger's arm.* "I can manipulate time, whatever this entity is, it will not last long."

  Ginger: "What is this entity? And what have Radiatons got to do with a Neuronic disorder? And how exactly are you going to revive our family?"

  Klaus: "I have reason to believe it's a Sacred Knight that has become corrupted. The details on how are completely out of my knowledge. The Radiatons trigger something in the brain which amplifies the limitations the brain sets on how the body uses Neurons."

  Ginger: "We're all born with natural limitations."

  Klaus: "This is obviously for when, or-" *He paused.* "If people activate their ability to use Remenistal, so they don't exhaust or even use up their life Neurons."

  Ginger: (It takes a lot of training to even be able to use your life Neurons. It's a very dangerous skill to learn. There have even been people using that ability to end their own life.)

  Klaus: "These airborne Radiatons not only fool the brain into releasing the limiters, but also improve its quality. The Neurons become so dense that they start to become Roharnia in the body."

  Ginger: "Roharnia in the body? But that would kill the person."

  Klaus: *He nodded his head.* "Either, the body goes into a metamorphic stage or there's something missing in this hypothesis. This would also explain the yellow eyes, it's pure Neurons."

  Ginger: (He has really gone into detail with this.)

  Klaus: "The lives of my wife and son are on this task." *He raised the scythe, watching it flicker in the black and white flames, which danced along the cave walls.* "As long as this entity remains on the planet, it will continue to spread this contagion."

  Ginger: "Why hasn't anyone seen this entity before?"

  Klaus: *He leant back and swayed the scythe across the cave, drawing Ginger's attention to the faded glyphs on the ground.* "Look for yourself."

  Ginger: "These are-?"

  Klaus: "Binding and sealing glyphs. Whatever was here is now freed."

  Ginger: "Judging by the Astragon traces, very recently too."

  Klaus: "Yes. But with this pointless confrontation, I've lost its exact location."

  Ginger: *She stood in a casual stance and stared at her feet.* (If he's going to return the Aurorions...) "Arcadia mentioned something had gone into The Twilight Forest."

  Klaus: "The Twilight Forest?" *He spoke with an understanding smile.* "That would explain why I can't sense its location."

  Ginger: "Allow me to help you, brother."

  Klaus: "Yohohoho!" *He suddenly puffed into a silhouette of black smoke, causing Ginger to gasp in confusion.*

  Ginger: "Where-?"

  Klaus: *He suddenly appeared behind her in a flash of white light.* "How I've longed to hear this, sister."

  Ginger: "Let us go, brother."

  Klaus: "To The Twilight Forest!"

  Ginger: "Yoeshh!"

  Klaus: "Yes." *He placed his hand on Ginger's shoulder, causing them to disappear in a flash of aurora.*

  ----------

  *Nathan and Trevour sat outside Silver Wind Island under the moonlight, watching the Silver Triplets swirl like a tornado around Silver Wind Island.*

  Nathan: "You have to stop being so nice, Trev."

  Trevour: "You think so, sir?"

  Nathan: "You let people talk to you like you're nothing."

  Trevour: "I honestly don't mind."

  Nathan: "What? Why?" *He looked to his side, glancing at Trevour like he was an idiot.*

  Trevour: "Because it makes people happy."

  Nathan: "You let people walk over you because it makes them happy?"

  Trevour: "When they're happy, I'm happy. I know it sounds weird, but that's how I feel, heh heh." *He looked up, causing his armour to rattle.*

  Nathan: "Nah, explain your logic to me."

  Trevour: "Well-" *He looked back down, staring at Nathan with seriousness.* "When people put other people down, it's to make themselves feel better."

  Nathan: "You already said that, but I don't understand."

  Trevour: "Usually, when someone is incomplete-" *He placed his hand where his heart was and thumped on his armour.* "They find ways to try and fill it."

  Nathan: "Fill it? You mean the heart?" *He shook his head, as if he didn't understand.*

  Trevour: "
Indeed, sir. It's only human to want to fill that void, be it willingly or unwillingly."

  Nathan: "Grr-" *He scratched his head in frustration.* "What does that mean?"

  Trevour: "Sorry. I'm not really good at explaining myself, am I sir?"

  Nathan: "Nah." *He spoke with a frustrated smile.*

  Trevour: "Heh heh." *He chuckled, causing Nathan to chuckle in understanding.* "Friends, love and power, from my observations, those three are what makes people happy."

  Nathan: "And how would putting someone down make them happy?"

  Trevour: "Power, sir."

  Nathan: "Oh?" *He spoke in shock.*

  Trevour: "Which brings me to my next question, sir."

  Nathan: "You never asked me a question?"

  Trevour: "Your heart. What are you trying to fill in?"

  Nathan: "Nothing?"

  Trevour: "The way you talk to Karol."

  Nathan: "Oh?" *He pretended not to care and looked away with growing realisation.* (Do I really?)

  Trevour: *He noticed Nathan's reaction, causing him to discreetly smile in understanding.* "So, if it means trying to put me down by power, if it makes them happy. I don't care."

  Nathan: *He grunted with widening eyes.* (Here I am thinking he was a stupid pushover, but.. He lets people walk over him so they can feel happy?)

  Trevour: "Of course that isn't the case with everyone, but I sincerely appreciate your intentions."

  Nathan: "Man." *He shook his head with a growing smile, glancing at Trevour.*

  Trevour: "W-What is it, sir?" *He looked puzzled.*

  Nathan: "You're an idiot-" *He wrapped his arm around Trevour's neck and focused back to the Silver Triplets.* "But you're my bro."

  Trevour: (His bro?) *He thought to himself in shock, watching Nathan smile at the island.* "Y-You too, bro."

  Nathan: "Ha ha, stick to sir please."

  Trevour: "My apologies-"

  Nathan: "Haha ha haha." *He laughed harder, causing Trevour to laugh in realisation.*

  --

  *Nathan twitched with each sniffle, ignoring the area around him.*

  Nathan: "Trevour.. I never got to tell you what the void in my heart is-"

  Karol: (Nafan..) *He stood far away from Nathan, unsure what to do.*

  Nathan: *He rubbed his forehead in the grass with his eyes shut tightly.* "Why did you go, bro?"

  ?????: "I don't know. But I'm here now." *A man's voice came from behind Nathan, followed by a distinctive buzzing-like sound.*

  Karol: "N-Nafan!"

  Nathan: "Huh?" *He looked up, wiping his red puffy eyes, reaching forward towards his sword.*

  *A ball of wind suddenly hit the sword, blasting it into the distance.*

  Nathan: "Rostical-?" *He watched his sword spiral towards the ground, jabbing into it.*

  Karol: "It's the Bwack Brigade!" *He squealed in fright, intensely pointing at a large man even though Nathan couldn't see.*

  Nathan: "Black Brigade?" *He stood up and turned around, watching a green whip slap him across the face.* "Oof!-"

  ?????: "Fufufufu-"

  Karol: (I fink his name is Tyson-) *He started to dance, causing a small blue sigil-like glyph to glow underneath Nathan.*

  Tyson: *He withdrew his arm, causing his green whip to spiral back into the air.* "Hyah!" *He whipped downwards, violently slapping Nathan across the face.*

  Nathan: *He slightly looked to the side, as if Tyson's whip hardly did any damage.* "Pathetic."

  Tyson: "Oh?" *He noticed the blue glyph underneath Nathan, causing him to look over his shoulder to notice Karol, dancing on the spot.* "You? You're the same child a few years ago-"

  Nathan: "Air Slash."

  Tyson: "Air Slash?" *He quickly looked back, watching Nathan stand in the distance, slashing his sword downwards.* (Quick-)

  *Tyson flared his nose in concentration and waited for the air slash to slice into striking distance.*

  Tyson: "Fufufufu." *He laughed with anticipation.*

  *The air slash suddenly warped around Tyson and sliced through the air towards Karol.*

  Nathan: *He gasped in shock.* "Karol!"

  Karol: *He focused all his attention on his dancing, he failed to notice the incoming air slash.* (I must do my best for Nafan-)

  Nathan: "Argh!" *He shouted in pain, as blood and fabric swayed over his shoulder and towards Karol.*

  Tyson: *He stared at Nathan's back in shock, causing him to quickly look over his shoulder to where Nathan originally stood.* (He flashstepped at a speed where my eyes couldn't keep up?)

  Karol: *He stared at Nathan with a dropping jaw, ignoring the blood which splattered on his face.* "Naf-...?"

  Nathan: "My Air Slashes are this strong?"

  Tyson: "Fufufu. Protecting the boy, how funny."

  Nathan: "You Black Brigade people.. Why don't you leave us alone?"

  Tyson: "You defeated one of my guild members."

  Nathan: *He looked over his shoulder, noticing a large deep cut from his shoulder blade all the way to the back of his neck.* "Don't lie to me. You warriors don't care about each other."

  Tyson: *His smiled slowly faded away, as he focused all his attention on to Nathan.* "That's not true.. Blake and I care about our guild-"

  Karol: "You're bad peeple!"

  Tyson: "So what if we are? That doesn't mean I'm not hurt about my guild members!"

  Nathan: "Ksh-" *He coughed with his mouth closed.* (Dammit-)

  Tyson: "My ability what I like to call.." *He took several steps forward.* "Astral Sphere-"

  *Tyson smirked and cupped his hands, causing a spiralling green glyph to materialise in front of him.*

  Karol: "Nafan!" *He squealed.*

  Nathan: *He struggled to straighten his legs.* (From an Air Slash? Why am I having trouble moving?!)

  Tyson: "Its ability changes the quality of the Astragons, making it much more stronger than normal."

  Karol: "P-Pwease, Nafan!-"

  Tyson: "FLURRY STYX" *He pushed forward, blasting a condensed ball of wind at Nathan.*