Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  *Arcadia wheeled herself align to the closest single, silk sheeted bed and slowly exhaled.*

  Arcadia: "The movements of Astragons flow much better when you slow down your breathing." *She closed her eyes and half smirked to herself.* "Inducing the Celestial-"

  --

  Arcadia: "Sleep-" *She opened her golden coloured eyes and noticed she stood on top of a grass covered island, which floated above the clouds.*

  *Arcadia took several steps forward and suddenly leapt off the floating island, diving towards the clouds.*

  Arcadia: *She looked upwards at the clouds she dived towards and noticed three people gliding above the clouds, leaving behind trail-like streams of cloud.* "Celest."

  *Two men with feathered wings flapped them to increase gliding speed and stability while the woman in between the men with white radiant wings glanced up towards Arcadia.*

  Celest: "Arcadia?" *Her soft radiant wings suddenly moved like razor blades, allowing her to unnatural burst directly up towards Arcadia, leaving an oval pulse in the clouds.*

  Arcadia: *She focused and two faint radiant wings erupted out of her back, allowing her to slow down and hover in the air.*

  Celest: *She spiralled up and faced Arcadia, floating in the air in confusion.* "What are thou doing here, Arcadia?"

  Arcadia: *She lowered her head in respect.* "Thy need to talk to thou-"

  Celest: "Has the Susanoo been taken care of?"

  Arcadia: "Thy believe there is another threat."

  Celest: "Another threat? Aurorions are the strongest energy-"

  Arcadia: "Strongest? What if there is an opponent to hold their own against Aurorions?"

  Celest: *She paused.* "It's possible to hold your own if thou obtained self-progressed Aurorions, but the planet's? Unimaginable."

  Arcadia: "Self-progressed Aurorions? What does that mean?"

  Celest: *She ignored Arcadia's question.* "Are you saying you were defeated by the Aurorions?"

  Arcadia: (If she finds out thy sent Ginger in my stead-) "Thy'm saying, some creature covered in black scales confronted both Susanoo siblings."

  Celest: "A creature?"

  Arcadia: "Thy believe it's an Ancioldrant."

  Celest: "How did it defend itself against not only Ginger and Klaus' abilities, but the Aurorions too?"

  Arcadia: "Apparently it had an unimaginable regenerative ability."

  Celest: "Apparently? Thou weren't there?" *She sounded unimpressed.*

  Arcadia: "Furthermore, Ginger believes these were the traits of Radiatons-"

  Celest: "Impossible."

  Arcadia: "Thy thought the very same. A creature that is said to use Radiatons, but not able to use light affinity Remenistal, unimaginable healing properties whereas its limbs would compose back to their original form, not matter what damage received."

  Celest: *She gasped in a terrified-like manner.* (It couldn't possibly be Mex?! A Mex Spawn? No! It's not possible! The sixth Unknown Territory hasn't been active since it was last sealed.)

  Arcadia: (Her emotions.. She knows something?) "Celest?"

  Celest: (If those corrupted Radiatons spread, it could be end of whatever continent it corrupts on.)

  Arcadia: "Celestiana?"

  Celest: *She suddenly focused back to Arcadia.* "That's Celest. Thy will not state that again."

  Arcadia: *She suddenly dropped in the air and quickly focused, causing her to hover back up to Celest's level.* "Thy can't-"

  Celest: "Your Radiatons. Thou have the spiritline but not the bloodline." *She held Arcadia by the arm and closed her eyes, causing a swirl of white light to blind them.*

  Arcadia: *She felt grass sway against the visible skin in between her robes and armour, causing her to notice she stood on a floating island.* "Do thou have an idea what this Ancioldrant could be?"

  Celest: "Thy don't know how any Scoldrant or Ancioldrant could come to the possession of the divine Radiatons."

  Arcadia: "Was there any way for an Ancioldrant to absorb Radiatons?"

  Celest: "Absorb? Radiatons can only be passed down through blood or love. It's just not possible. And even if there was a Scoldrant that could do this, no Valhalla people have stepped foot on the land below."

  Arcadia: (Her emotions have suddenly become annoyed, frustrated and worried.)

  Celest: (We have lost people before Valhalla was raised, but their being went back to The Astral Plains..-)

  Arcadia: "Nevertheless, thy wanted to bring this to your attention."

  Celest: *She stepped to the side and her eyes shined gold, allowing her to see an enormous crystal-like castle in the distance.* "Let's discuss this with The Wise."

  Arcadia: "The Wise?"

  Celest: (Thy will be able to see if it's a Mex Spawn by its appearance.) "We shall use a Crystalline Blossom and have it channel the Neurons to see your memory-"

  Arcadia: "With respect, Celest. Thy know how Crystalline Blossoms work."

  Celest: *She paused to calm herself down, as she tried to hide it from Arcadia.* "Follow." *She spoke in a stern-like manner, as radiant white wings erupted out from her back.*

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  *Lezard walked towards a two storey wooden building and watched four flags flap in the non-existent wind.*

  Lezard: "The four top guilds.. And to think, our delicious guild is being bullied by one of them." *He spoke to himself and listened to the lively sounds coming from inside the tavern.*

  *The sky suddenly flickered from blue to a pleasant orange, as it turned into an afternoon.*

  Lezard: "Ooo-" *He looked up and spun around, smiling at the sky.* "That was sudden."

  *A laugh caught Lezard's attention, drawing his attention back to the swinging doors, cueing him to quickly hobble towards it.*

  --

  *Rachael, Karol and the champion sat around a large pub-like table, laughing amongst themselves.*

  Lezard: "Why are you little monsters giggling without these old bones present?"

  Karol: "Wezard!" *He smiled in a happy, childish-like manner.*

  Lezard: "Little meister! What are you doing out of bed? How are you feeling?"

  Karol: "I'm fine!" *He nodded his head and proudly sipped a large raspberry soda from a straw.*

  Lezard: "That's delicious to hear-" *He giggled and wiggled his bottom to each side.* "These old bones are filling with joyish excitement!"

  Rachael: "Hehe, I don't think joyish is a word, Lezard."

  Lezard: "Oh, Razzypoo-" *He waved his hand in an unimpressed-like manner and hobbled up to the table, sitting on a chair next to Karol.* "You don't know anything about words in this world."

  Champion: "Oh my." *She smiled with her eyes closed and took a gentle sip from her cup.*

  Lezard: "Where's Loonzamotto and Nathamottus?"

  Karol: "Loona wanted to bwush her hair."

  Rachael: "And Nathan is out collecting our food."

  Lezard: "Ooo, is it seafood night?"

  Rachael: *She shook her head in a sincere-like manner.* "Nope."

  Karol: "Blargh." *He stuck his tongue out in disgust.*

  Champion: "Luckily, not tonight."

  Lezard: "Naww, you little monsters have no taste in consumable delights."

  Karol: "Nup!"

  Lezard: "Yuppers!"

  Rachael: *She watched Karol and Lezard stare each other in a competitive-like manner.* "Hehe.." *She sighed to herself and looked down to a clean empty plate in front of her.* (Almost two years ago, when Luna and Destiny almost died, the entire guild was struck with grief and worry. Lezard made this rule, that we have to laugh no matter what happens after going on a guild mission..)

  Lezard: "I'll trade you crab and prawns over your feral pineapple lasagne!"

  Karol: "Nah-uh! Pinewapple lasagne is way betta than pwarns!"

  Lezard: "Bwarharh, I bet you couldn't eat five prawns!"

  Karol: "Ah-huh! I kan so! 'Cause I'ma man!"

  Lezard: "Challenge accepted, my delightful food devour-ee."

 
; Rachael: (Devour-ee?) *She sighed in thought and smiled.* (It's really hard to hold myself back for correcting their language, hehe.)

  ?????: "Wat's up, shit nuggets?" *A woman grunted at the guild, causing them to all look at her in shock.*

  Rachael: "Luna?" *She stared at Luna's white hair in shock.*

  Lezard: "Loozamotto?"

  Champion: "Oh my?"

  Luna: "Wat? Somethin' on my face?" *She acted dumb and placed her hand on her face in an innocent-like manner.*

  Rachael: "What happened?" *She stood up in a worried-like manner.*

  Luna: "Aha, it's kool. I'm fine, aye."

  Lezard: "No yeup?" *He mumbled to himself and glanced around Luna, before gasping in a betrayed-like manner.* "Who are you, villain!"

  Luna: "Aye?"

  Lezard: *He pointed in Luna's face.* "No Destiny, no eyesight! Don't be fooling the old and wise Lezard here!"

  Karol: "Nee hee. It's Loona, Wezard."

  Lezard: "Filthy arrogant lies! I know powerful Remenistal."

  Luna: "Bullshit. You just heal and eat all the food."

  Lezard: "Lies!-"

  Luna: "Yea, Nathan does too."

  Lezard: "Bwarharh. It's you!" *He giggled and hobbled to Luna with open arms, readying to give her a hug.*

  Luna: "Ew, fuck no." *She quickly moved to the side, causing Lezard to fall down, as he prepared to bear hug her.*

  Lezard: "Ouchies!" *He readied to shout in sarcastic pain, before noticing a table full of rabbit-like people staring at him.* "Oh, The Leaping Faith Guild, hello rabbity friends?"

  Rachael: "What happened, seriously?"

  Luna: "Me 'n' Destiny became stronger. Not much."

  Champion: "The Soul Link?"

  Luna: *She sat on the table and raised her hand, nodding her head at Keeper.* "Yea."

  Rachael: "Where is she now?"

  Luna: "She's-..." *She looked up, as if she was in thought.* "Sleepin' right now."

  Karol: "Yooh look awesome wiff white hair."

  Luna: "Yea, I know." *She sniffed her finger and pretended to be cool.*

  Rachael: "What do you mean she's sleeping?"

  Luna: "She's like inside me now." *She hugged herself in confusion.* "I don't know how to explain it."

  Rachael: *She looked at the champion, unsatisfied.* "Champion?"

  Champion: *She shook her head.* "We'll have to ask Nathan once he's here."

  Rachael: *She sat back down, observing Luna's hair.* "Looks like your skin is more vibrant too."

  Luna: "Really?" *She placed her hand on her cheek in shock.*

  Champion: (Scoldrant Users.. Amazing.)

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  *Ginger ran outside and quickly scanned the area, instantly noticing a gargoyle-like Scoldrant, covered in black scales, dragging its feet towards her.*

  Ginger: "Is it that creature?" *She whispered to herself in shock, trying to recall Gabriel's body features.*

  Gargoyle: "Narthhh." *It moaned and faced Ginger, revealing its eerie yellow coloured eyes.*

  Ginger: "Those eyes!" *She frowned in determination and placed two fingers on a glyph on her arm, before sliding it towards the Scoldrant.*

  *A massive blue glyph spiralled in front of her, slightly lighting up her face with a pale aqua.*

  Ginger: "Target aimed, ICE STREAM DIVIDER" *A sudden shot of blue ice shot towards the Scoldrant.* "I can feel your intentions!-"

  Gargoyle: "Narth!" *It suddenly revealed its stone-like wings, widely spreading them.* "Gar-" *It swayed to the side and avoided the cannon-like shots of ice, watching it explode into columns of ice behind it.*

  Ginger: "Ykkt-" (Despite recovering, why am I so tired?!)

  Gargoyle: *It raised one arm towards the sun, causing an expanding white glyph to spiral from its palm.* "Power of the white lights absorb and synthesise the natural power-"

  Ginger: *She gasped with widening eyes.* "That's the incantation to Solar Flare?! A lowly Scoldrant cannot possess such a Remenistal!-"

  Gargoyle: *It straightened its arm at Ginger, causing another faded glyph to expand in front of its palm.* "Narthh.."

  Ginger: "Illogical!" *She quickly cartwheeled to the side, trying to move out of its firing range.* "Illogical! Illogical!"

  Gargoyle: *The faded glyph in front of it started to shine white, as if it was gathering energy.* "Patiently gather and redirect at the supreme power you hold and lend us-, SOLAR FLARE"

  *The Scoldrant straightened its arm and pushed forward, blasting a sudden white beam with fluoro blue shading at Ginger.*

  Ginger: *She cartwheeled with more enthusiasm, allowing her to move at a faster pace away from the beam.* "Powerful, but restricted to a single direction-"

  Gargoyle: *Its eyes glowed an eerie yellow colour, causing the beam to warp in an unnatural-like manner.* "Garth!"

  Ginger: *A white, blueish-like pulse grazed Ginger's face, causing her to lose her momentum and fall onto her elbow.* "Illogical!"

  Gargoyle: *It noticed Ginger on the ground, cueing it to lower its arms, causing the glyphs to fade away.* "Gar."

  Ginger: *She gently touched her cheek in disgust and quickly tapped a glyph on her arm, shooting ribbon-like strings of light at the Scoldrant.* (The Rasticsplash to that Remenistal suddenly increased by three times!)

  Gargoyle: *It suddenly flew across the ground, directly towards Ginger.* "Garrrr."

  Ginger: "ETHEREAL BANDAGES" *She stood up and watched the gargoyle spiral in the air, closely avoiding the strings of light.*

  Gargoyle: "Garr!" *It flicked its wings to each side, essentially smacking the strings of light away from it.*

  Ginger: (The joints between my Shurikens have weakened, but I have no choice!-) *She swayed her arms across her waist and pulled each arm forward, causing sparks to flash around her shurikens.*

  Gargoyle: *It flew into striking distance.* "Garth!" *It swept its arm across the ground towards Ginger.*

  Ginger: *She back flipped over the Scoldrant's arm and threw one of the shurikens towards its head, before landing on her feet.* "Ice is not effective-" *She spun around in a fluid-like motion and threw the other shuriken towards the Scoldrant, listening to its buzz through the air.*

  Gargoyle: *It faced Ginger and swayed both arms to each side, knocking the shurikens away from it.* "Garthhh."

  Ginger: *She watched the shurikens lose their speed, as they spiralled to the ground.* (Its scales are just as hard as that creature's before-) "Flash forward, Shuriken Strike."