Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Freya: "Growlith." *She looked down, watching her front paws warp and disappear.*

  PKMY: (Shit, he's heavy.) *She grunted, struggling to hold Holland.*

  Lezard: (An ancient Scoldrant, I hope none of my friends encounter this again-)

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  *The champion and Rachael jogged through the forest, observing the damaged area around them.*

  Rachael: "What happened here?"

  Champion: "The Ancioldrant."

  Rachael: "Where is everyone now?"

  Champion: "Perhaps do Trevour's trick and check for their weight signatures on the ground?"

  Rachael: *She nodded her head.* "That's a good idea."

  Champion: *She gasped with widening eyes.* (I just felt Lezard's Radiatons? Am I imagining things? Perhaps not. I'm not sure where he actually teleported to.)

  Rachael: *She closed her eyes and kicked the ground, tilting her head to each side.* (There are a lot of things moving in the forest-.. I can actually feel the slightest steps on the ground around each Spacial Funnel. That will be a handy thing to know in the future.)

  Champion: "Rachael?"

  Rachael: "I-?" *She suddenly looked to the side.* "I think that's Nathan?"

  Champion: "You think? This is The Twilight Forest. It's too dangerous to go through it if you think." *She spoke with sincerity, yet with a stern tone.*

  Rachael: *She shook her head.* "It's just, he's lying down and I don't feel Karol anywhere."

  Champion: (Maybe they split up?)

  Rachael: "Wait?"

  Champion: "Oh my?"

  Rachael: "I've also picked up Lezard-" *She looked confused.* "There's Blake and three others, and a Scoldrant."

  Champion: "What do we do?"

  Rachael: "You go get Lezard-" *She threw a stone towards the champion.*

  Champion: "Oh my, what's this?"

  Rachael: "It's a short distance teleportation stone."

  Champion: "Just how many do we have?"

  Rachael: "I'm not sure about the others, but that's the only one we have?" *She spoke in confusion.*

  Champion: (Lezard must've been hiding his one?)

  Rachael: "Just be careful about Blake."

  Champion: "Why me? You can foresee their movements. Wouldn't you be a better person to retrieve him?"

  Rachael: "The environment near Nathan is rocky and I sense a brigade member, one of the sisters."

  Champion: *She glanced at the stone, playing with it with her fingers.* (I sense it has enough stored Astragons for at least two uses.)

  Rachael: *She frowned in determination.* "Is that okay, champion?"

  Champion: *She nodded her head.* "Lead the way."

  Rachael: *She smiled at the champion's sudden submissive-like attitude.* "Alright. This way." *She jumped over a broken branch and jogged into a certain direction.*

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  Freya: *She sat next to Tyler, looking at her paws with curiosity.* (The ground is glowing only around me-?)

  Tyler: *He panted, placing his hands on his knees.* (That was scary.)

  Freya: *Her ears twitched, causing her to turn around to notice PKMY, Lezard and Holland.* (Holland!-)

  Tyler: "H-Hey." *He stood up straight and walked towards the party, not noticing the glowing ground around Freya.*

  PKMY: *She gently placed Holland on the ground.* "What's wrong with him? He isn't in any pain or damage?"

  Freya: *She cautiously trotted towards Holland, lowering her head in concern.* (Holland?)

  Lezard: (Perhaps it has something to do with the link between Astragons only Scoldrant Users have?) "I'm not sure, young one."

  Holland: (Freya, I felt its power-) *He gulped, taking a deep breath.* (But when it got closer, I felt as if I became part of its power.)

  Freya: (I know what you mean. It's confusing, but just feeling its power caused my body to become weak.)

  Tyler: *He looked at PKMY, glancing at the distortion in the air.* "What if that thing comes through?"

  Lezard: "For some reason, it doesn't." *He shrugged his shoulders, adjusting the cone-shaped hat.*

  Tyler: "H-How do you know?"

  Lezard: *He looked at the distorting air.* (Because it would have already come after us..)

  PKMY: *She looked down, touching Holland's arm.* "Can you get up?"

  Holland: "I don't know how to explain it, but my body is weak."

  Lezard: *He closed his eyes, waving his hand above Holland.* "His Neuron levels are weak."

  PKMY: "How do you know?"

  Lezard: "I just understand these things?"

  PKMY: "It takes certain types of people to understand the flow of Neurons."

  Lezard: "Bwarharh, I guess we really don't know each other."

  PKMY: "..." (What kind of fighter is he-?)

  Tyler: "Okay. If he's low on energy-" *He reached behind into the RPG bag, quickly throwing his hand in the air.*

  PKMY: "Huh?" *She watched a green gas spiral around Holland, suddenly disintegrating into the air.*

  Tyler: "Acro Berries!"

  PKMY: (An item? That was fast!)

  Lezard: "Ooo, the wonders of an RPG bag." *He giggled and shook his bottom.* "I wanted every guild member to have one, then we could Astral Link them together, but no Lezard, that's too expensive."

  Tyler: *He watched Holland deeply inhale the green gas, cueing him to slowly stand up.* "Holland?"

  Holland: "Whoa, thanks." *He smiled, scratching behind his head with appreciation.* "I feel much better."

  Freya: "Ruff!" *She stood up, wagging her tail.*

  Lezard: "That was fantastically superb, yippee."

  Tyler: "Fantastically?"

  Holland: "Superb-?"

  PKMY: "Yippee?"

  Lezard: "What's wrong?" *He looked at the party puzzled.*

  PKMY: "Dumbass."

  Lezard: "Ouchies." *He sarcastically held his heart in pain.* (She's just as vicious as Loonzamotto.)

  PKMY: (Ouchies? Must resist not hitting him-)

  Holland: *He stretched, observing the environment around him.* (This place feels like I'm home.)

  Lezard: "The party took the opportunity to catch their breath and look around the new area."

  PKMY: "Thanks, I had no idea what we were doing-"

  Lezard: "The trees were thick with multi-coloured leaves. Tree roots grew above the ground and had green moss growing on them."

  PKMY: "Umm-"

  Lezard: "Mist stood still in the middle of the slight ditches in the ground. Random patches of sunlight shined on the ground due to the openings in the tree tops."

  PKMY: "Alright, these changes in the environments are pissing me off." *She grunted, rubbing her eyes in frustration.*

  Holland: "Why?"

  PKMY: "Because first it's bright, then dark, it needs to make up its mind."

  Lezard: "The little lass is right, it's quite dark here."

  PKMY: *Her eye twitched.* "Little lass-?"

  Holland: *He glanced at one of the enormous trees, walking towards it.* (A little dark?) *He touched the tree and closed his eyes, causing a soft gust of wind to brush past the party.* (I feel connected.)

  Freya: (M-Me too-?) *She watched the trees gently sway in the wind, causing a path of sunlight to appear.*

  Tyler: *He gasped and pointed at the path of sunlight, watching it travel through the forest.* "L-Look at that!"

  Holland: *He opened his eyes, taking a step back.* "I remember the area was dark where the flower was, I think we're heading the right way."

  Lezard: "This place never seems to surprise me, a pathway made of sunlight." *He mumbled, smirking to himself in amazement.* (If I hadn't met Nathan, I certainly wouldn't walk through The Twilight Forest on a hunch. Scoldrant Users are deliciously amazing.)

  Tyler: "S-So where do we go?" *He twitched in fear, quickly looking to each side.*

  PKMY: "Follow the path, right?" *She stepped into the sunlight, looking over her shoulder to the party.*

  Holland: *He stared at PKMY,
admiring the faint red shine which reflected off her hair.* (Wow.)

  Freya: (Wow, what?)

  Holland: "Huh?" *He looked surprised, as if he forgot Freya could hear his thoughts.* (Nothing.)

  Freya: *She trotted behind PKMY, waiting for the party to follow.* "Grrolff."

  Lezard: *He slowly walked towards PKMY, watching her lead the way.* "The party silently walked down the path-"

  PKMY: "Why do you do that?"

  Lezard: "It helps me get over the awkward moments-"

  Tyler: "S-So, what were we talking about before?"

  Lezard: "Well-"

  PKMY: *Something brightly shined in her face, causing her to cover her face.* "Tssk, wat is that?"

  Holland: "It's reflecting the sunlight." *He mumbled to himself, jogging towards the object.*

  Lezard: "What is it?" *He slowly hobbled towards Holland, stopping next to him.*

  Holland: "It's a crystal?" *He cautiously looked at it from a distance.*

  PKMY: "Heh? It's blue. You think it's worth anything?"

  Lezard: "A Crystalline Blossom." *He mumbled in awe, gazing at the crystal.*

  Tyler: "Wow." *He leant forward, reaching out to touch the crystal.*

  Lezard: "Don't touch it-"

  Tyler: *He stopped and squealed, stepping back in disgust.* "W-Why?" *He looked at the crystal as if it were poisonous.*

  PKMY: "I haven't seen anything like this before." *She looked at it in interest.*

  Lezard: "It's called a Crystalline Blossom."

  Holland: "Crystalline Blossom?"

  Tyler: "Is it dangerous?"

  Lezard: "Bwarh, no child."

  Tyler: "So-?"

  Lezard: "This rare object can show one's memory merely from a touch."

  PKMY: "Show one's memory? What is the basis behind it?" *She stood on one side, placing an arm on her waist.*

  Lezard: "It reacts to one's Neurons and can materialise images of memories or past events into its crystalline structure."

  Holland: *He blew through his mouth, placing his hands on his head.* (They lost me now.)

  Tyler: "How does it show a memory?"

  Lezard: "You see how this is a clear blue?" *He looked at Tyler as he nodded his head.* "Well, when one of these contains a memory, its colour changes to a clear red."

  Tyler: "Coming from a researcher I really do find this interesting, but we have to hurry."

  PKMY: *She nodded her head in agreement.* "Pull out a blanket or some sort of material, Tyler."

  Tyler: "S-Sure?" *He reached into the RPG bag, instantly pulling out a piece of leather-like material.* "Here."

  Lezard: (I've honesty never seen someone obtain an item so quickly from an RPG bag!)

  PKMY: *She stepped forward, grabbing the leather from Tyler.* (If it reacts to the touch, maybe it responds to the electrical current in one's body?)

  Lezard: *He watched PKMY wrap the leather around her hand, snapping a piece of crystal off.* "A souvenir?"

  PKMY: *She ignored Lezard, observing the crystal in confusion.* (But if it reacts to the Neurons to show memories, then, just being near this crystal should make it react?) "Yet, it didn't change colour?" *She mumbled to herself, handing it over to Tyler.*

  Lezard: *He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.* (I can sense Nathan and Karol. But what about the girls?)

  PKMY: "Pfft, stop day dreaming and come on."

  Holland: "Docta Jingles is right, let's get a move on."

  PKMY: *She smirked and stared at Holland, gritting her teeth.* "The chunky ogre is right." *She stormed past Holland, punching him on the shoulder.*

  Holland: "That didn't hurt." *He watched PKMY walk away, quickly rubbing his shoulder in pain.*

  Tyler: *He watched the others walk down the path, glancing at Lezard.* "Lezard?"

  Lezard: "Oh right, make haste." *He coughed sarcastic-like, motioning Tyler to walk ahead.*

  PKMY: *She stepped over several tree roots, glancing at each party member.* "So, can I get more feedback from you useless fools? Are we going the right way?"

  Holland: "I feel like this is the right way-"

  PKMY: "When you feel like anything, be sure to keep it to yourself."

  Holland: "Likewise."

  PKMY: "Eh-?" *Before she responded a faint whoosh-like sound waved past the party.*

  Tyler: *He looked up and spun around.* "What was that? It sounded like a wasp buzzing for a moment."

  PKMY: "No!-. It was an advanced flashstep." *She quickly turned around with widening eyes.*

  Lezard: "No-"

  ?????: "Wazzup, bitches."

  Tyler: *He turned around, noticing a man stand on one side in the distance.* "Who's that?"

  PKMY: "B-Blake." *She stepped back, facing Blake in shock.*

  Lezard: (Blake?)

  Blake: *He looked at Lezard.* (There's another one there. Did he try and get help? Does that mean there's more of those little guild brats here?)

  Lezard: (Why him? The leader!)

  Blake: *He noticed everyone staring at him in silence* "Bitches? Like, are yas going to answer?"

  Lezard: "We should run." *He took a step back, worried.*

  Blake: *He half smirked, staring at the party.* "It's pretty dark around here, aye?" *He stepped to the side and touched one of the large trees, causing it to shake.*

  Tyler: "W-What?" *He looked up, watching the branches move and separate, filling the area with sunlight.*

  PKMY: *She noticed the bright sunlight, surrounded by the darkness of the forest.* (He's created a battle arena. Blake, wat a bloody annoying time!) *She grunted in thought and frowned.*

  Freya: (There's something about him, Holland.) *She lowered her head and growled, frizzing her fur in a defensive-like manner.*

  Blake: *He stared at Freya, walking down a small slope towards the party.* (A Scoldrant User?) *He focused his attention to Lezard, tilting his head with confusion.* "So, your guild separated, fugly freak?"