Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Twortz: "Exactly-"

  Tyler: "The good in you."

  Twortz: *She gasped with a dropping jaw, as Tyler's words triggered a flashback.* (I just remembered, awhile ago, I was telling employees to give people chances-)

  Tyler: "Didn't you always see the good in people? The reason I brought up Lance was because, if you didn't give him a chance when no one else would, he might not be the person he is now."

  Twortz: *She frowned with a visibly exhausted face, showing she didn't care.* "I-It was just a job-"

  Tyler: "Which was his life at one point. I didn't give Lance a chance, but I learnt from you and Season not to do that anymore."

  Twortz: "Why?"

  Tyler: "Because he's now my close friend."

  Twortz: "Lance?"

  Tyler: "Y-Yes!"

  Twortz: *She looked at PKMY.* "But murdering someone doesn't deserve a chance."

  Tyler: "I'm not saying they do, but PKMY isn't a murderer. She's saved my life on multiple occasions."

  PKMY: (T-Tyler?) *She thought to herself with surprise, as she kept a motionless body and face.*

  Twortz: "Really?" *She glared at PKMY.* (All I need to do is focus and they will explode from inside her body.. It's not possible this thing saved Tyler's life! It's not possible!-)

  Tyler: "And didn't you say you defeated people for the Consultants?"

  Twortz: "But that was different."

  Tyler: "H-How? She was apparently warrior too?"

  Twortz: "Yes-"

  Tyler: "Isn't that double standards?!"

  Twortz: (Being consoled by the one employee I needed to console the most.. And the humour in it, he's correct.) *She paused on the spot and relaxed, causing the petals to disintegrate away.* "You're right-"

  PKMY: *She struggled to keep her head up, as the area started to darken.* (It's getting cold-)

  Twortz: *She glared at PKMY in disgust.* "I-I won't kill you." *She spoke with regret and formed fists, tightening them with emotion.*

  PKMY: (Wat-?) *She thought to herself in disbelief.*

  Twortz: "But, I-" *She collapsed on her knees, dropping to the ground.* "I hate you." *She sighed, falling unconscious.*

  Tyler: *He took nervous breaths, watching his fingers twitch in fear.* (I was so scared.) *He looked down to Holland, awkwardly holding the bag's strap.* (I can't aid his type of injuries with what I got right now..)

  PKMY: (I'm not like that any more-) *She stopped fidgeting, falling unconscious.*

  Tyler: "M-Move, Tyler-" *He overcame his fear and shook his head, running over to PKMY and Twortz.* "Th-They are both unconscious." *He bent down and reached into the RPG bag, preparing to aid them.*

  Chapter 8: Bubble Blast

  *Rachael, Luna, Nathan, Lezard, Karol and the champion stood outside a wooden fortress.*

  Luna: "Wat's this shit?" *She leant on one side and placed a hand on her waist, looking at the wooden fortress in a disappointed-like manner.*

  Karol: *He looked at Luna and observed her eyes, causing him to smile.* (I feel happy for Loona that she can look through her own eyes now.)

  Luna: "So, Sakura Village?" *She sniffed and flicked her white hair over her shoulder.*

  Rachael: "That's where we're heading to-" *She looked at the wooden fortress, before glancing at the champion.* "Are we taking a detour first, champion?"

  Champion: "Oh my-"

  Nathan: "No, this is it." *He spoke before the champion had a chance to.*

  Luna: "Aye? I was expectin' somethin' different."

  Destiny: (I was expecting to see vibrant trees.) *Her thoughts echoed in Luna's mind.*

  Luna: (Aha, me too, aye.) *She grunted in thought.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, finally, plot progression!" *He giggled and shook his bottom, adjusting the cone-shaped hat on his head.*

  Luna: "So, do we knock or somethin'?"

  Rachael: "Hehe, yeah. What's the go champion?" *She stretched her leather gloves and glanced at Nathan.* "Nathan?"

  Nathan: *He shook his head, as if he didn't know.* "I woke up on the inside."

  Karol: "Inside?"

  Rachael: "Do we knock?"

  Champion: "Just a moment." *She spoke with her high-toned voice and lowered her head, as if she was concentrating.*

  --

  *Arcadia wheeled down the foreign-like garden and quickly pressed her hands on the wheels, coming to a sudden stop.*

  Arcadia: "Ginger!"

  Ginger: *She sat underneath the largest sakura tree and glanced at Arcadia.* "Ey, Arcadia?"

  Arcadia: "We have visitors." *She implied for Ginger to greet them.*

  Ginger: "Ykkt." *She looked annoyed and stood up.* "Now I am a chauffeur, please respond?"

  Arcadia: (Thy don't even need to feel your emotions, Ginger.. Ever since you encountered Niklauseh, thou've been quite down.)

  Ginger: "Ykt." *She grunted again and a brown glyph flashed underneath her, causing two large log-like poles of wood to move on their own accord.*

  --

  Champion: *She tilted her head up and smiled, as the logs moved apart, forming an entrance.* "There is the location we must go towards."

  Nathan: "Hmph." *He chuckled without smiling, catching Rachael's attention.*

  Rachael: "What's up, Nath?"

  Luna: "Havin' a sook as usual, aye?"

  Nathan: "This demon.. It feels like we're getting closer, but at the same time, it feels like we're getting farther away from knowing the truth."

  Lezard: "Sounds to me like you're thinking too much, Nath-a-poo. These old bones have a feeling we might learn something here."

  Luna: (I'm just keen for a bath, aye.)

  Destiny: (Yeup!-)

  *A woman with long black hair and in foreign-appearing robes stepped outside the wooden fortress, instantly catching the entire guild's attention.*

  ?????: "What business do you have here? Please respond!"

  Luna: "Aha, please respond? Wat the fuck?" *She laughed at Ginger's strange way of talking.*

  Rachael: "Hey?" *She looked at Luna in a sisterly-like manner.* "After everything we've been through, this still takes you off guard?"

  Luna: "Well.. It sounds like a robot-" *She straightened her arms and swayed to each side in a robot-like manner.* "Please respond?"

  Lezard: "Jinkies, I agree with Loonzamotto!"

  Rachael: "You do?"

  Nathan: "Really?" *They looked at Lezard in a mature yet confused manner.*

  Lezard: "She talks incredibly strange, Lezard thinks this is weird."

  Rachael: "You do?"

  Nathan: "Really?"

  Lezard: "Yuppers!"

  ?????: "Please respond!" *A yellow glyph materialised and spiralled along the ground around her.* "If you shall not answer, then answer to my Remenistal!"

  Rachael: "Ah, she means business!"

  Karol: "Hello! My name is Karol! We're The Remenistal Guild! We meeen no harm! Neehee!" *He giggled in a child-like manner while waving above his head at Ginger.*

  ?????: "Ey? Mean no harm?" *The glyph disintegrated into nothing, as if she was no longer going to attack.*

  Champion: "I go by the name champion. We are here to see Arcadia."

  ?????: "State your purpose?!"

  Luna: "Is she dumb as shit? Didn't you just say to see some Arky chick?"

  Destiny: (Yeup!) *She meowed in agreement, which echoed in Luna's mind.*

  Champion: "Arcadia Forrier, we are here to see her."

  ?????: (They know her last name.) *She nodded her head and turned around, facing the village.* "Follow me. Please respond."

  Luna: "Responded." *She spoke with a smirk and started to walk towards the entrance.*

  Lezard: "She seems like an interesting character! I'm sure she'll get a lot of fanboys."

  Luna: "Aye?" *She grunted in disgust at Lezard.*

  Lezard: "Not as much as you, of course, bwarharh."

  Karol: "Woah!" *He squealed in amazement, as he looked into the village from the outside.*

  ?????: *She
glanced at Karol.* "Ey. child. Please refrain from loud noises."

  Karol: "S-Sowwy." *He covered his mouth.*

  Champion: *She hobbled into the village, observing the foreign-like appearance.* "It's been a long time since I've been here."

  ?????: "Yoh? You have been here before?"

  Champion: *She smiled with her eyes closed.* "Why yes-"

  *A woman wheeled down the pathway, instantly watching the guild gather around the entrance.*

  ?????: "Ey, Arcadia, these people claim to know you."

  Arcadia: *She looked at the champion and smiled, as if she saw an old friend.* "If it isn't-"

  Champion: "Champion." *She smiled wider and slightly bowed, showing her respect.* "And this is my guild-"

  Lezard: "The Flavoursome Heroes!" *He giggled, shaking his bottom.*

  Luna: "The Guild of Fully Awesome People-"

  Destiny: (The Rostical Guild! Yeup!) *Her meows echoed in Luna's mind.*

  Champion and Rachael: "The Rostical Guild!"

  Nathan: "The Rostical Warriors."

  Karol: "The Remenistal Guild."

  ?????: "Yohohohoho." *She laughed at the guild.*

  Arcadia: *She tried to hide her smiling reaction.* "Ginger, it's rude to laugh at our guests."

  Ginger: *She suddenly stopped smiling.* "Understood."

  Luna: *She looked at Ginger in confusion.* "Are you like some human robot from China?"

  Rachael: "Luna!"

  Ginger: "China?"

  Luna: "Aha, wateva." *She smirked and looked away, as if she didn't care.*

  Lezard: "..."

  Nathan: "Champion, the reason why we're here." *He spoke with his deep voice, trying to remind the guild their reasoning for being there.*

  Champion: "We are here on a quest and Caesar Seraph believes you could help us."

  Luna: *She ignored the guild and started to walk towards a nearby sakura tree.* (Wow, it's so pretty, aye.)

  Destiny: (Yeup!) *Her meows sounded distressed.*

  Luna: (Gotcha.) *She closed her eyes and smiled and a purple light flashed from behind her head.*

  Destiny: "Yeu." *She meowed and flew into the air, as if she was enjoying the fresh air.*

  Arcadia: *She glanced at Luna.* "Ginger, please grab one of the villagers to give the poor girl a bath."

  Ginger: "Yoeshh." *She spun around and walked towards a woman in robes that was gardening a plant.*

  Nathan: *He looked confused.* "Are you implying she smells?"

  Arcadia: *She smirked and looked at Nathan with her red and hazel eye.* "No."

  Lezard: "Ooo, Arcadia has secret abilities."

  Rachael: "Uhm, aren't we going off topic?"

  Arcadia: "Considering none of you even introduced yourselves except for Karol there. Isn't that slightly rude, Rachael? Lezard? Nathan?"

  Rachael: "How-?"

  Karol: "How do yooh know their naymes?" *He spoke nervously and stood close to Nathan.*

  Lezard: "Lezard seems to recall Karol saying his name outside."

  Nathan: *He nudged Karol away.* "Aren't you a man?"

  Karol: "I'ma man!" *He puffed out his chest and pretended to not be shy.*

  Champion: "We're here chasing a creature covered in black scales."

  Arcadia: "A creature in black scales?"

  Ginger: *She paused in earshot, staring into the distance with widening eyes.* (The Scoldrant brother was fighting?)

  Arcadia: "Tell me more."

  Champion: "Oh my, is that necessary, Arcadia?"

  Arcadia: "Sometimes I like to hear a person's voice out loud every once in a while."

  Luna: (Out loud?)

  Destiny: (I don't know what she meant either.)

  Rachael: "We're hoping you could help us out about this creature. For instance, its location, origins, who it is, why it's doing this."

  Arcadia: *She looked confused.* "Who it is?"

  Lezard: *He nodded his head and stepped forward while adjusting his cone-shaped hat.* "I've spoken to Razzy and champypoo about this. I had a little meeting with a delicious guild, and found some very interesting plot moving stuff."

  Rachael: (The Financial Guild.)

  Lezard: "This humanoid figure, it has corrupted Neurons, and is able to induce a disease across the lands. You would think it has something to do with Scoldrant Users or Guardians."

  Ginger: (That is what I hypothesised.)

  Lezard: "But after speaking with this particular guild, it appears unnatural transmutations can happen to the user's body. Going by Dawn's information and everything we've been through, I personally believe this is a person."

  Nathan: *He frowned.* (When I find this person, I'll kill them.)

  Ginger: (Does brother know this information. We were fighting it with the mind-frame it was a mindless beast.)

  Arcadia: (Thy believe Celest might look into my suspicions. Thy did leave a seed of information in her mind. Hopefully she finds out.) "Knowing the identity of the creature, how would this solve anything?"

  Lezard: "Well-.." *He paused and looked awkward.* "Jinkies, I don't know."

  Nathan: *He frowned.* "Then why are we here?"

  Champion: "I have complete trust in Caesar, so, why did he take me to you?"

  Karol: "Anyfing?" *He looked at Arcadia with hopeful, child-like hype.*

  Ginger: (If they want information about that creature, Arcadia will not be able to uphold their expectations, as she could not deliver any new source of information to me when asked.)

  Arcadia: (Thy read Lezard's memories.. Interesting.. Corrupted Neurons, Astragons and Radiatons have the ability to change one's body.) *She looked at the guild and nodded her head, catching Ginger's attention.*

  Ginger: "Yoh?" *She flicked her long black hair over her shoulder and walked towards Arcadia.* "How exactly are you going to that, ey Arcadia?"

  Arcadia: "Thy can't give thou any relevant information about this creature." (Although, thy am definitely intrigued, my priorities are to restore the Aurorions back to the world.)

  Nathan: "Then we can all the way here for nothing."