Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Taco: "It's not a riddle, it's the answer."

  Luna: "Uhh, pretty sure it ain't."

  Taco: *He kicked his legs like a child.* "Onward to the next door. May the Astragons be in your favour."

  Luna: "Lame." *She grunted and hesitantly shuffled to another door.* "Why do these things keep happenin'?"

  Taco: "Because you don't understand what you're opening."

  Luna: "I'm. Opening. A. Fuckin'. Door."

  Taco: "Your language is so upsetting."

  Luna: "Deal with it and answer the question."

  Taco: "These are representations of your inner emotions."

  Luna: "I'm startin' to get pissed."

  Taco: "Yoody..."

  Luna: "Yoody." *She grunted like Taco was an idiot.*

  Taco: "In order to gain something of importance, an equal amount of effort must first be used as a form of equal exchange."

  Luna: "Wat? Getting burnt? Stabbed? Aye?!"

  Taco: "Why do you travel with your guild?"

  Luna: "'Cause they're my friends?"

  Taco: *He shook his head.* "No."

  Luna: "They're not my friends?"

  Taco: "That's not what I meant."

  Luna: "I'm with them 'cause I'm part of the team."

  Taco: "Open the door." *He spoke with urgency, watching Luna open the door.*

  Luna: *She squinted her eyes and watched a stream of lightning violently pierce into her chest.* "Gah!-"

  Taco: "Why do you fight for your team?!"

  Luna: "'Cause." *She wheezed the word, as she uncontrollably twitched.*

  Taco: "Open another door!"

  Luna: "'Cause they make me feel like a person!" *She screamed and opened up the door, causing two spears of ice to slice into her shoulders.*

  Taco: "What do you want?!"

  Luna: "I dunno!" *She whimpered in pain and rushed towards another door.*

  Taco: "What do you want?!"

  Luna: "I dunno! Friends?!" *She opened the door and four rose-like vines, violently pierced into her neck.*

  Taco: "What. Do. You. Want?!"

  Luna: "...." *Her eyes started to water, as she dragged her feet to another door.*

  Destiny: (Luna! Stop it! I can feel your pain!-)

  Luna: *She frowned in determination.* "I wasn't expectin' to do this shit."

  Taco: "Yoody! Irrelevant!"

  Luna: *She watched another door clip itself open in her presence.* "If I am some Rostickal User, then I can help even more, aye."

  Taco: *He silently smirked, as he continued to casually sit on Luna's shoulder, unaffected by the hazards.* "..."

  Luna: "Fuck!" *She screamed and violently opened the door, anticipating for something to hurt her.*

  Taco: "..."

  Luna: *She slowly and hesitantly opened her eyes.* "Nothin'?"

  Taco: "You're almost there."

  Luna: "There's nothin' inside, and why didn't anythin' hurt me?"

  Taco: "Believe it or not, a majority of fighters want to get stronger for themselves, or to protect others."

  Luna: "Isn't that wat I said?"

  Taco: "It seems your Remenistal Using side was sealed-" *He watched yellow lightning ignite and spark in the middle of the darkened room, revealing platform-like pedestals which couldn't be seen previously.*

  Luna: "Wat's that?"

  Destiny: (Luna! Every part of my being is tingling.)

  Luna: (Eww.)

  Destiny: (Luna!) *She sounded annoyed.*

  Luna: *She took awkward breaths, as if she was recovering from the previous door's hazards.* "Wat's that?"

  Taco: "Your Remenistal Using side."

  Luna: "Seriously, if all I had to do was open up doors to receive a powerup, that would be an asspull thing."

  Taco: "Yoody?"

  Luna: "Ah, doesn't matter." *She hesitantly stepped inside the room.* "The way you worded it, why was mine different to protectin' others?"

  Taco: "The desire to get strong to protect others is a selfish act."

  Luna: "Selfish?"

  Taco: "Your drive had nothing to do with you. You truly put others before yourself."

  Luna: "... Aye."

  Taco: (Which will yoody be her greatest and weakest asset of her personality.)

  Luna: "So, I just stare at this lightning?"

  Taco: "I wonder why this was sealed in the first place?"

  Luna: *She shrugged her shoulders.* "It might've happened when I was in the warrior dungeon?"

  Taco: "Sorrowprax?"

  Luna: "Yea." *She nodded her head.* "They might've done somethin', aye."

  Taco: *As Luna stepped closer to the lightning, he noticed a ball of condensed glyphs.* "There it is."

  Luna: *She looked at the lightning and the ball of glyphs.* "It's like the lightning is keeping that ball of light in a cage."

  Taco: "The layers of glyphs...-" *He glanced around the room and back outside, noticing the golden light.* (It's remarkably similar to The Voice of On.)

  Luna: "Wat next?"

  Taco: "What's next? Where did you yoody learn how to speak English?"

  Luna: "From yoody-ville, dipshit. Now, wat's next?"

  Taco: "We need to learn how to obtain the glyphs without touching the lightning." *He looked up in recollection.* "These things are usually answered previously, we just need to think wat we did."

  Luna: *She reached forward and touched the lightning, causing it to instantly break its contained movement.* "Yew."

  Taco: *He looked surprised.* "That lightning was raw in power-"

  Luna: "Elementalist." *She looked at Taco like he was an idiot and swayed her wrist, causing the lightning to spark into nothing.*

  Taco: (Two powerful bloodlines. Was it right for us to break this seal?)

  Luna: *She reached forward and touched the ball of condensed glyphs, causing them to suddenly run up her arm.* "Aye?" *She watched the light fade into her skin.*

  Taco: "What do you yoody feel?"

  Luna: "Pain!" *She scrunched her eyes shut and dropped to her knees, trying to contain her growing screams.*

  Destiny: (Yeu! It hurts! Yeup!)

  Luna: "Gah-" *She opened her eyes in shock and noticed she kneeled in front of Coco.*

  Coco: "Welcome back, sleepyhead."

  Luna: "Kgh-" *She coughed out sprinkles of saliva and took deep breaths.*

  Destiny: *She observed the area from Luna's perspective.* (We're back in the village?)

  Luna: "We never left from this spot, aye."

  Coco: *She smiled.* "How did you know?"

  Luna: "My footprints." *She glanced at the evenly pressed dirt, noticing no additional footprints.*

  Coco: "Did Taco do his job?"

  *Destiny suddenly appeared beside Luna in a flash of purple light, catching Coco's attention.*

  Coco: "Welcome back."

  Destiny: (How do you feel?)

  Luna: (For some reason, I don't feel any different.)

  Coco: "What Remenistal did you learn?"

  Luna: "Aha." *She smirked at Coco as if she already knew the answer to her question.*

  Destiny: (Luna?) "Yeup?"

  Luna: *She stood up straight and slowly inhaled through her nose.* "Why did you help us?"

  Coco: "Call it selfishness."

  Luna: "Aye?"

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *They looked at Coco in confusion.*

  Coco: "You are the guild that will defeat the biggest threat this world has seen in a very long time."

  Luna: "Pssht-" *She waved her hand at Coco.* "You're so full of shit. Ain't that Consultant the ultra bad guy?"

  Coco: "His goal doesn't threaten this world."

  Luna: "Wateva." *She sniffed and flicked her white hair over her shoulder.* "Anythin' else you want from me?"

  Coco: "Laughter."

  Luna: "Nah, I'll pass. Cheers for the yoody tacobell."

  Coco: *She silently smiled and watched Luna walk away from her.* (Is it the culture from her world, or is it just her? What a fascinating woman.)


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  *Rachael and Nathan looked at Jester in amazement.*

  Rachael: "This is very fascinating." *She looked at Nathan.* "It reminds me of those family tree shows I used to watch while working out."

  Nathan: "What's that?"

  Rachael: "It's where you find the descendants of your family, which can be traced back to different countries."

  Nathan: "How odd. Everyone knows who their ancestors are."

  Jester: "How odd that we all branched off the first Aurorion Users."

  Rachael: "That explains how everyone is able to use Neurons and Astragons."

  Nathan: "Umm." *He raised an eyebrow at Rachael.*

  Rachael: "It might seem normal to use. But I was curious how everyone used the same energy."

  Nathan: "Everyone uses the same air." *He shrugged his shoulders.* "I don't see the fascination in it."

  Rachael: "Hehe." *She giggled at herself.* "Maybe it's just me then?"

  Nathan: *He looked at Jester.* "So what else do you know?"

  Jester: "Many things."

  Nathan: "Come on, surprise us." *He smirked and leant more on the table towards Jester.*

  Rachael: (Straight to the point. I like it, Nath.) *She thought to herself with a smile.*

  Jester: "For instance, you've been forewarned by a Radiaton User-" *He looked at Rachael, then towards Nathan.* "And you're unable to learn the name of your Ougi until you grow past your childish attachments towards Remenistal."

  Nathan: "What?"

  Rachael: "Pardon me?"

  Jester: "You told me to surprise you, so I did." *He smirked.*

  Nathan: "The name of my Ougi?" *He mumbled under his breath.*

  Jester: "Or perhaps I'm wrong and you just haven't used it to its fullest potential?"

  Nathan: *He shamefully shook his head.* "No, you're right."

  Jester: "In order to hear the words, you need to respect Remenistal."

  Nathan: "Respect Remenistal? It's cheap."

  Jester: "And you still blame a part of yourself for what happened-"

  Nathan: *He quickly stood up.* "How do you know this stuff?!"

  Jester: *He discreetly sighed.* (They've become quite strong, but they're not ready yet.)

  Rachael: "..." *She looked up to Nathan, slightly puzzled.* "Nath?"

  Nathan: "He acts like he knows more than he should, then... Bell." *He mumbled with his deep voice.* "Tell me, how do you know stuff about us."

  Jester: "When the balance of life is compromised, we seek help of the one that can use Aurorions and to tell us all those involved."

  Nathan: "Now you're not making sense."

  Rachael: "Aurorions? I've heard that being used several times. What actually is it?"

  Jester: "Aurorions is essentially the energy that keeps this world spinning."

  Rachael: "Pretty sure that's just a gravitational pull."

  Jester: "Pretty sure you don't understand all the energy in the universe, human woman." *He spoke out of character, quickly putting Rachael back in line.*

  Rachael: *She looked down to the table and nodded her head.* "Yes, you're right. I'm sorry."

  Nathan: "You haven't answered my question!"

  Jester: "It would just be better if you left this room."

  Nathan: *He frowned and grunted, before turning around and storming out of the hut.* (How dare he.)

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  *Lezard hobbled towards a door and noticed it slam open, as Nathan storm out of it.*

  Lezard: "Nathamottus!-"

  Nathan: "Not now, Lezard."

  Lezard: *He looked at Nathan, surprised and watched him purposely storm out of his sight.* (He's eyes were watered.)

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  Rachael: *She watched the door close.* "What's wrong with-?"

  Jester: "It's his inner demon. It's the reason he's unable to move forward."

  Rachael: "I have to slightly agree with Nath. Why don't you just tell us? And excuse me, but forewarned? And by a Radiaton User?"

  Jester: "Your Elemental Rage. Your unique ability or should I say situation-"

  Lezard: "Welcome, little monsters." *He giggled and skipped into the room.*

  Rachael: "Hey, Lezard." *She spoke with a warming smile.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, that sensational smile gives Lezard all these delicious goosebumps."

  Rachael: "What were you doing?"

  Lezard: "I was met by a scrumptious sir named Berry. He told me about elemental splicing."

  Rachael: "What's that?"

  Lezard: "It's essentially a game these villagers like to do. Did you know that masters of Remenistal are able to cross their elemental affinities over?"

  Rachael: "No?"

  Lezard: "Of course this can only be done if you have one or more affinities, or if you can Hi-Ougi with another."

  Jester: "He taught you rather quickly."

  Lezard: "These old bones aren't just for looks." *He giggled and shook his bottom, before helping himself to the seat Nathan sat in.*

  Rachael: "What else do you know?"

  Lezard: "That sometimes if you eat the wrong kind of berries, your poopie is a different colour."

  Rachael: "Eww, hehe."

  Jester: "Well, that explains a lot." *He played along with Lezard's sense of humour.*

  Rachael: *She recollected her mature-like stature and focused on Jester.* "Please?"

  Jester: "Well-" *He adjusted the cone-shaped hat.* "I don't know the details, but I know that it'll be all on your own actions."