Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Lezard: *He watched the area swirl around him, listening to the champion's echoing words.* (I won't be long!)

  --

  *Lezard snapped out of his flashback and noticed a man violently holding him by the wrist.*

  Lezard: (I'm too exhausted from our battle with Blake, Tyson and Tara.) *He panted, trying to pull his arm away from the man's grip.* "Let me go, I don't want a date with you-"

  Villager: "Freak-"

  Lezard: "The champion was tired and still kept going, I must help and heal them-"

  Villager: "Too bad." *He smirked and tightened his grip, causing Lezard to yelp in pain.*

  Red-Haired Woman: "Release him now." *She grunted, glaring at the villager who held Lezard's wrist.*

  Villager: "What are you going to do about it?"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Heh?" *She smirked and flashstepped, causing the surrounding glasses to fall off the tables.*

  Villager: "Wh-Wha-?"

  Lezard: (She can flashstep.)

  Frail Man: "He's going to be in pain." *He implied the red-haired woman was going to hurt the villager.*

  Holly: "You got to be respectful, even in a tavern." *He mumbled with his deep voice.*

  Frail Man: "I can't watch!" *He squinted his face and covered his eyes, listening to the glasses shatter.*

  Villager: "She's disappeared?! Where did she go?" *He looked around him, pointing the axe in a blind-like manner.*

  Lezard: *He watched his cone-shaped hat on the man suddenly disappear.* "Oh dear?!"

  Villager: "The hat-?" *He felt his head in shock.*

  Man: *He spun around the room, shaking his head in urgency.* "She must've flashstepped!-"

  Lezard: *He glanced at the man.* (A little slow, friends?)

  Holly: *He blinked and noticed the red-haired woman holding the cone-shaped hat.* "Good-"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Heh." *She smirked, watching the group of men collapse on to the floor.*

  Lezard: *He looked down, observing the men on the floor.* "Yeah, don't mess with the delicious Lezard."

  Warrior: (It hurts.) *He rolled on his side, lying on the dirty floor in pain.*

  Villager: "Feels like I got hit in the stomach." *He closed his eyes, wheezing in pain.*

  Bartender: *He looked shocked at the woman's power, listening to the gasps in the tavern.* "I think you lot should leave, we already had a captain shake us up before."

  Frail Man: "I-I think we should go?" *He spoke on his breath, eagerly nodding his head in agreement.*

  Red-Haired Woman: *She looked down to Lezard who was surrounded by the men.* "Here's your hat." *She threw the hat to the floor beside him.* "Let's go."

  Lezard: "Th-Thankies-" *He looked at the woman with a dropping jaw.*

  Red-Haired Woman: *She turned around, gritting her teeth in frustration.* (I don't know what we're going to do now.)

  Lezard: *He awkwardly stood up, firmly placing the hat on his head.* "Wait-" *He watched the red-haired woman's party leave the tavern.*

  Frail Man: *He walked outside and stopped in front of the tavern, sighing in relief.* (I just found out, I don't like taverns.)

  Holly: *He closed his eyes and sniffed the air, as the salty wind wafted by.* "So, what are we going to do now that all the boats are out?"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Hmm." *She tapped a finger on her lips, mumbling to herself in thought.*

  Frail Man: *He looked concerned, scratching a pimple in thought.* (What will happen to Season if we don't get the flower?)

  Red-Haired Woman: (Maybe I should leave these two here and go across the ocean myself?)

  Frail Man: (With the help of Season, I was able to craft two stones with teleportation glyphs on them. Maybe we should just teleport back and have Alicia concentrate all her energy on Season-?)

  *A black, husky-like Scoldrant stood next to Holly and its ear flicked, causing it to face the tavern in curiosity.*

  Scoldrant: "Grr?"

  Lezard: *He hobbled out of the tavern, staring at the three member party.* "Greetings-"

  Scoldrant: *It stood in a battle-ready pose and started to loudly growl at Lezard.* "Grrr."

  Lezard: (A Scoldrant.) "Hey, hey-" *He stared at the Scoldrant and raised his arms, symbolising he meant no harm.*

  Holly: (Freya.)

  Freya: *She obediently stopped growling, looking at Holly.* "..."

  Red-Haired Woman: "What do you want?"

  Lezard: "I wanted to say thank you-"

  Red-Haired Woman: "We are busy!"

  Lezard: *He noticed the woman in a frustrated and impatient mood.* "Hey, hey, child. That isn't a very delicious way to speak to someone who is offering their help."

  Frail Man: "Child?"

  Holly: "Delicious?"

  Frail Man: *He observed Lezard and discreetly gasped to himself.* "I just noticed the hat?"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Help?"

  Lezard: "Bwarharh. My name is Lezard. What were you three doing in a tavern like that?"

  Red-Haired Woman: "You wouldn't understand." *She started to grind her teeth and turned around, walking away.* (We can't get there, being here is pointless.)

  Frail Man: "W-Where did you get that hat? I've only seen one like that before." *He spoke with a nervous, frail voice.*

  Lezard: (M-Millard? Father monster?!) *He thought to himself in shock, before regaining his composure.* "Ahem, the hat? Is that why you came to the tavern?" *He smirked, sarcastically shaking his bottom.*

  Holly: "Haha." *He chuckled, placing his hand on Lezard's shoulder.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, affection?! Lezard is honoured."

  Holly: *He smirked, glancing at the red-haired woman's back.* "We're trying to get to The Twilight Forest." *He mumbled to Lezard, watching the woman rudely walk away.*

  Lezard: "Ah, I was just there."

  Red-Haired Woman: *She stopped her foot in mid-air, opening her mouth in shock.* "What did you say?"

  Lezard: (Nathan and Karol are still in the forest, I should find them. What a bad time for Blake and his scary friends to find us.)

  Red-Haired Woman: "Wat did you say?" *She grunted while keeping her back faced to Lezard.*

  Lezard: (I'm not sure if I did a good job at forewarning everyone, but at least they'll be talking about it.. I feel bad for leaving everyone on the champy's shoulders.)

  Red-Haired Woman: "Did I stutter?"

  Lezard: *He focused back to the woman.* "I know my way around, but I can't get there."

  Red-Haired Woman: "Then a teleportation glyph will work?" *She turned around, facing Lezard.*

  Lezard: "Don't look at me, I can't use such advanced Remenistal."

  Red-Haired Woman: "Tssk." *She raised her hand, looking at her palm.* (If only that wasn't a one use glyph-)

  Frail Man: "Wait-" *He reached behind his back, sliding his hand inside his bag.*

  Lezard: (The greasy little monster has an RPG bag!)

  Frail Man: "Here." *He looked at the woman, throwing a white clear stone with black symbols engraved on it.*

  Red-Haired Woman: (W-What-?) *She raised her arm, catching the stone with ease.*

  Frail Man: "You should understand what the glyphs are."

  Red-Haired Woman: *She stared at the stone, looking at Lezard with a smirk.* (Teleportation?) "Alright, Lizard was it?"

  Lezard: "Umm, actually-"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Let's see if you're useful, yahoo-" *She jumped up, causing the Scoldrant to wag its tail in excitement.*

  Holly: "Why is she excited?" *He looked at the frail man, scratching his chin in confusion.* "Why couldn't we just use the teleportation glyph to get straight into the forest in the first place-?"

  Red-Haired Woman: "You're stupid or you don't listen." *She rubbed the stone and closed her eyes, causing the stone to glow.* (Now.)

  Holly: *He looked down, watching glyphic-like lines draw themselves on the ground.* (I guess I don't listen-)

  Freya: (Or stupid-)

  Holland: (Hey, none of that.) *He smirked at Freya, watching her w
ag her tail.*

  Lezard: (That red-haired woman must be strong-) *He watched the glyph glow purple, causing passing villagers to stare at the party in shock.*

  Red-Haired Woman: *She gave Lezard a feral look, stepping onto the glyph.* "You better not get us lost."

  Lezard: "You'll be amazed at how deliciously sensational my fantastically marvellous memory is."

  Red-Haired Woman: "Eh?" (What a dimwit.)

  Lezard: *He watched the last line connect, causing the glyph to glow brighter.* (It's dangerous deeper into the forest.) *He stepped on the glyph, closing his eyes.* (So I'll think of a clearing near the outskirts.)

  Red-Haired Woman: *She watched the glyph respond to Lezard's thoughts.* (He may act like he's missing Neurons in the head, but he knows what he's doing.)

  Frail Man: "It's highly recommended if you think of a spot that has a lot of space." *He nervously fidgeted, glancing at each party member.*

  Lezard: *He smiled and opened his eyes, watching the area swirl around them.* "Done."

  *The red-haired woman stepped off the glyph, causing her image to blur into the swirling scenario.*

  Lezard: "Very impatient?"

  Frail Man: "She's like that."

  Lezard: "Oh my, what should I call you? B-one and B-two?"

  Holly: "Sorry, my name's Holland." *He smiled and looked down to the black husky-like Scoldrant.* "Her name is Freya."

  Freya: "Gruff."

  Frail Man: "And I'm Tyler. Pleasure to meet you, Lezard."

  Lezard: "Naww, now we're besties-"

  Red-Haired Woman: "Is this a joke? We're surrounded by trees." *Her voice echoed from outside the glyph.*

  Lezard: "And what would her name be?" *He spoke in a frightened-like manner.*

  Tyler: "PKMY."

  Lezard: "Pee-Kay-Me."

  Holland: *He nodded his head with a smile.* "If you don't want to get hit, I suggest you pronounce it correctly."

  Lezard: "Bwarharh, okies." *He giggled and hobbled off the glyph, stepping into a clearing behind PKMY.* "No jokes, PKMY-"

  PKMY: "This doesn't look like The Twilight Forest to me." *She grunted, facing Lezard.*

  Holland: *He looked up and observed the forest around him.* (We're inside The Twilight Forest now.)

  Lezard: "That's it." *He pointed behind PKMY, nodding his head.*

  Tyler: *He smiled, jumping in the air with excitement.* (We did it.)

  PKMY: *She spun around, looking at the trees.* "For some reason, I was expecting something, bigger?"

  Lezard: "Bwarha, I thought the very same thing."

  PKMY: "Eh?"

  Tyler: "There were tales of many people getting lost in this forest."

  Lezard: *He faced Tyler, nodding his head child-like.* "There's enormous mountains, waterfalls, gigantic vines and roots to walk across."

  PKMY: "Huh?" *She tilted her head, looking at the trees dissatisfied.* "Bullshit."

  Lezard: "Oh dear, oh dear, why do you say that?" *He gasped sarcastic-like, wiggling his bottom.*

  Tyler: "This forest is massive but there aren't any mountains or waterfalls. Usually, when I read something it has descriptive information on the landscape."

  PKMY: "Yeah, see?"

  Holland: *He kept his eyes closed, standing quietly behind the party.* (What is this feeling? Can you feel it?)

  Freya: *She kept her eyes closed, tilting her head down.* (Yes, I feel it too.)

  Tyler: *He looked at Lezard, glancing at the trees in thought.* (He seems positive about these waterfalls.. Hmm? Maybe-) "From what I've seen during my time in Battling Oxident, maybe this forest has something like a Spacial Funnel?"

  PKMY: "Why are you agreeing with him? Clearly, there aren't any waterfalls." *She arrogantly folded her arms, staring at Tyler.*

  Tyler: "Well, what Lezard said-"

  PKMY: "Get on with it." *She frowned, impatiently tapping her feet.*

  Tyler: "W-Well there's no rainforests or mountains-"

  PKMY: "Right! You took too long, don't care-"

  Tyler: "..." *He paused in a defeated-like manner.*

  Lezard: (Focus, has the champion made it back yet? I need to feel her Neurons!)

  PKMY: *She looked at Lezard, who played with his hat in thought.* "Oi."

  Lezard: (I can hardly feel the Champion's Neurons. I knew it was bad to leave Nathan and Karol to fight Tyson and Tara by themselves! I made a poor decision.) *He adjusted his cone-shaped hat, mumbling in thought.*

  PKMY: "Oi, Lizard?"

  Lezard: (I wasn't even there.. Who were they fighting?) *He shook his head in disagreement.* (It doesn't matter! They're fighting members of The Black Brigade by themselves!)

  PKMY: *She frowned with a twitching eye and walked towards Lezard.* "Make me repeat myself."

  Lezard: (In the meantime, I should stick with these kiddies until I find one of my guild members-)

  PKMY: *She slapped Lezard across the face, instantly catching his attention.* "Well?"

  Lezard: *He looked puzzled, placing a hand on his cheek in shock.* "Sorry, child?"

  PKMY: "Which direction would lead us to the deepest part of the forest?"

  Lezard: "Straight ahead will take us to the dark parts."

  PKMY: "Right, get going then." *She waved Tyler and Lezard forward, causing them to walk past her.* (Holly is quiet?) *She looked over her shoulder, noticing Holland in a deep trance-like state.*

  Holland: (I can see images.) *He mumbled, as images of different parts of the forest flashed in his mind.*

  Freya: (It's as if we can see through the eyes of other Scoldrants?)

  Holland: (We shouldn't be wasting time.) *His finger twitched, as he attempted to snap out of his trance.*

  Freya: *She looked down and scanned the landscape from a bird's eye view, admiring an enormous waterfall.* (Amazing.)

  Holland: (We need to find the Ambrosia Flower-) *He gasped, causing the images to change scenery.* (It's really dark?) *He slowly walked down a rocky path, observing his surroundings.*

  Freya: *She opened her eyes, shivering in confusion.* (Were we just shown the way to the Ambrosia Flower?)