Lucky: "Is sick still here?"
Whaka: "Korikikii." *It slithered its tentacles, as if it was talking to Lucky.*
Rachael: "His friend is a creature-"
Lezard: "Not a creature, a Scoldrant."
Twortz: (My head! I can't handle this-)
Lucky: "Whaka say sick is still-"
?????: "Skra! Who darh enterhs myh domayn?" *A voice which sounded like burning wood echoed in the area.*
Rachael: "Who was that?" *She spun around in shock, trying to spot who spoke.*
Twortz: "Was that the sea monster?"
Lucky: "Whaka no monster!"
Rachael: "I don't think it was."
Lezard: (Those Neuron signatures!-) "Brace yourselves, little monsters!"
Twortz: "..." *She tried to hide her confusion, purposely ignoring Whaka.*
*A red bird with a long rainbow coloured tail flew directly up, catching the entire party's attention.*
Lezard: "That looks like a scary Scoldrant." *He stared directly above him, watching the Scoldrant latch onto the ceiling.*
Rachael: "Scary? It looks like a beautiful phoenix."
Whaka: "Kikiikikok."
Lucky: "Whaka say, it uses Rostical!"
Lezard: "Jinkies, a Rostical Using Scoldrant?"
Scoldrant: *It looked down at the party, staring at them with eerie yellow coloured eyes.* "You all whill dhie!"
Rachael: "Are its eyes meant to glow like that?"
Twortz: "How would you know?!"
Rachael: "Reason I ask is because it looks so unnatural."
Lezard: "I happen to agree with you, Razzypoo-"
Scoldrant: *It spread its wings, alerting the party.* "Endurh dheath!"
Lezard: "How strong are you, Lucky?"
Lucky: "Me and Whaka will become Guardians soon."
Lezard: *He hobbled back, while keeping a fixated stare on the Scoldrant.* (He may not exactly be at that level, but he's probably strong enough if they're going to become a Guardian-)
Lucky: *He stared at the bird with widening eyes, causing a purple ring to spiral around his iris.* "Watch out!-"
Scoldrant: "Eeeeeeerkh." *It dived down and flapped its wings, swooping directly towards the party.*
Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She stood in a battle-ready pose and swayed her arm to the side, blasting a small boulder into the Scoldrant's side.*
Scoldrant: "Yhou!-" *It awkwardly flapped away from the hill and glided through the air, circling the party.*
Rachael: *She held her arm in pain.* (I'm not exhausted, but my arm hurts.. It feels like I've been training all day-)
Scoldrant: "FLAME BOLT" *It opened its orange beak and whistled out four fireballs directly towards the party.*
Twortz: (We're all cluttered!-) "Sonic Rush." *She shouted with an echoing voice and swayed her frying pan like a baseball bat, blowing a scattered shock wave in front.*
Lucky: "Whaka!"
Whaka: "BUBBLE BLAST" *It suddenly blew out faint blue bubbles towards the fireballs.*
*Four miniature explosions brightly lit up the cave, as the bubbles and shock wave intercepted the fireballs.*
Lezard: "Delicious work!"
Scoldrant: *It faced the party and leant up, revealing its yellow feathered stomach.* "FLAMING WHEEL" *It flapped its wings, blowing a tornado-like spiral of bright red flames towards Whaka.*
Lucky: "No!-"
Whaka: "Kork-?!"
Rachael: "Twortz!" *She quickly ran towards Lucky and leapt forward, tackling him out of the way.*
Twortz: (She really does move like an athlete-) *She waddled with a loss of breath.*
Whaka: *It watched Twortz waddle in front, facing the incoming spiral of flames.* "Korki?!"
Twortz: "Sonic Rush!" *She screamed at the flames and swayed the frying pan across, blowing out a scattered shock wave in front.*
*The flames suddenly exploded past Twortz, instantly burning the small vegetation on the hill.*
Rachael: "Twortz!" *She shouted out in a worried-like manner.*
Lezard: (That was strong! I can feel the warmth from here-)
Scoldrant: *It spiralled downwards, continuing to circle around the hill.* "I whill keep incrheasing powerh!"
*The smoke cleared, revealing Twortz standing in front of Whaka with burns on her arms.*
Twortz: "H-How can it talk?" *She watched steam sizzle from the slightly red frying pan.*
Lezard: (Oh my-) "Quick healing shot, HEALING IMPLOSION"
*Light glowed in Twortz's burns, queuing it to start rapidly healing, causing flakes of dried skin to fall off her healed wounds.*
Twortz: (Amazing-)
Rachael: *She quickly stood up and formed fists, standing in a battle-ready pose.* (It has the advantage.)
Lezard: *He quickly hobbled around the hill, purposely staying on the opposite side away from the Scoldrant.* "I believe Twortz should conserve her Neurons and use her Azure Burst as a defensive-"
Scoldrant: "Yhou whill bhurn to ashhh!" *It flew closer to the hill, as if it was readying to attack.*
Twortz: (For defensive purposes? Sounds logical.) *She stared at the Scoldrant, while listening to Lezard.*
Lezard: "Razzypoo and Luckymottus, focus on your attacks and try to knock him out of the air."
Rachael: "Would that actually do any damage?"
Lucky: "Flying Scoldrant knocked out of air, they go crash!" *He straightened his hand and dived it down, suddenly spreading his fingers for an explosion.*
Rachael: "Well then-" *She once again straightened her arms and punched towards the Scoldrant, blasting boulders directly towards it.*
Lezard: (If she wasn't lying, she's a natural at using Remenistal.)
*Lucky watched the Scoldrant casually glide past the boulders, as they smashed into the wall behind it.*
Rachael: (I keep missing!-)
Whaka: "BUBBLE BLAST" *It blew out several bubbles towards the Scoldrant.*
Twortz: (I can't believe I'm going to participate in this nonsense-) "Rachael, throw your projectiles in front of the bird's flying path."
Rachael: "Ah, right!" *She nodded her head and punched away from the Scoldrant, blasting a boulder into the air.*
Scoldrant: "I whill fhinish this!-" *A boulder hit it across the face, causing it to spiral back in a violent manner.*
Lezard: "Jinkies! A direct hit-"
Scoldrant: *Its eyes glowed brighter, allowing it to suddenly zigzag through the air, directly towards Rachael.* "Fire Stroke." *Its talons suddenly engulfed in flames, as it readied to scratch Rachael.*
Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She swayed her arms and punched upwards, shooting two boulders at the Scoldrant.*
Lucky: "Use best attack!" *He shouted, enthusiastically pointing at the bird.*
Whaka: *It crawled to the side like a crab and concentrated, causing a blue glyph to form under its feet.* "Korkikiki."
Scoldrant: *It dived through the boulders, ignoring the damage caused by it.* "Dhie!"
Rachael: (It just smashed!-) *She leant back, staring at the blazing talons with widening eyes.* "No!-"
Twortz: "Sonic Rush." *She shouted and swayed the frying pan forward with enthusiasm, causing her to trip on her own movement.*
Lezard: "Huh-?" *He watched Twortz fall to the ground, as she lined her attack with the incoming Scoldrant.*
Twortz: "No!-" *The frying pan hit the ground and made a deafening sound, erupting a shock wave into the hill.*
Lucky: "Ergh!-" *He covered his ears like a child.* "Loud-"
*The end of the hill suddenly exploded shards of rock at the Scoldrant, causing it to screech in pain.*
Scoldrant: "How dhare-" *It fell beak first into the hill, sliding along the grass.*
Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She swayed her arms and punched to the side, causing a rock pillar to throw her across to the other side of the hill.*
Twortz: (My wrist!-)
Lezard: (The sound.. The shock wave, it makes sense now-)
Lucky: "Whaka-Rangi! Hyuck
hyuck! I believe in you!"
Whaka: *Golden strings swayed out of its body, before suddenly shooting into Lucky.* "Kiss the rain-"
Lucky: "A-Ahgh?!" *His hair slightly changed into a honey colour.*
Whaka: "WATER STORM" *An erupted of water blasted the Scoldrant into the air.*
Lucky: "Lucky and Whaka sorry, friend." *He spoke with sadness, watching the Scoldrant fall back towards the hill.*
Scoldrant: *Its eyes changed into a natural black-like colour before hitting the hill.* "My eyhes? Lhyucky, Whakah, shorry.."
Whaka: "Korkkikiii."
Scoldrant: "I agreeh... Yhou know what to dho."
Rachael: *She slowly stood up, ignoring the grass burns on her arm.* "..."
Lezard: *He silently stared at the Scoldrant, watching a faint puff of dirt swirl around it.* (The Scoldrant's Neurons have significantly dropped-)
Twortz: "It's like they're talking?" *She waddled up to Rachael and Lezard.*
Lezard: "They probably are.."
Lucky: *He looked down, kicking the hill in sadness.* "Lucky doesn't want to-"
Whaka: "Kork!"
Scoldrant: "Yhou mhust!"
Lucky: *He slowly nodded his head and turned around, staring at Whaka with watering eyes.* "Ougi..."
Whaka: "Ougi.." *Its words caused the blue glyph around it to become three-dimensional.*
Rachael: *Her eyes watered.* "What's happening?"
Lezard: "There's been a new disease.. Well, not new, but recently more active-"
Twortz: "Disease?!" *She quickly looked at Lezard in an urgent-like manner.*
Lezard: "It's been happening in Scoldrants, but a few people have received this condition too. It essentially improves the user's power, at the cost of becoming aggressive and out of character."
Lucky: "All your power!"
Whaka: "HYDRO CANNON" *It suddenly spurted out a high pressured blast of water into the Scoldrant, causing the hill to explode around it.*
Twortz: *She felt the sprinkles of water touch her on the face.* "There's got to be gallons.."
*The stream of water pushed the Scoldrant off the hill and through the air, slamming it into the cave's wall, exploding chunks of rock around it.*
Lezard: "I felt that throughout the whole area-"
Lucky: *He turned around and pouted, tightly hugging Whaka.* "Lucky sad."
Rachael: "..."
Twortz: *She watched the water splash on to the ground, leaving swirls of white orbs which slowly floated into the air.* "What are those orbs? And where did the bird's body go?"
Lezard: "It died.." *He spoke in a slow, caring-like manner.*
Rachael: "Huh?"
Lucky: "Yhurk.." *He pouted and sniffed, causing Whaka to comfort him with its tentacles.*
Lezard: "When creatures with enough Neurons or Astragons passes away, their body becomes physical Neurons, which we call Roharnia.."
Rachael: "Roharnia.."
Lezard: "Need I say more?"
Rachael: *She slowly shook her head and noticed something shimmer above her.* "No-.." *She replied to Lezard and reached up, watching a red feather float into her hand.*
Lezard: "What have you got there?"
Rachael: "A feather from the Scoldrant?"
Twortz: *She lowered the frying pan and placed her hands behind her back.* "It would appear so."
Lezard: "Ahem-" *A white glyph drew itself under his feet.* "Quick internal light, INVOKING AURA"
*A swirl of warm light flashed around Twort'z wrist, healing her wounds.*
Twortz: (The pain? How did he-?)
Lezard: "Quick healing shot, HEALING IMPLOSION"
*Light glowed in the graze mark across Rachael's arm, queuing it to start rapidly healing.*
Rachael: "Awesome!" *She smiled in appreciation, twirling the red feather in her fingers.*
Lezard: "Phew."
Rachael: "Lucky, are you okay?"
Lucky: *He stepped away and slowly nodded his head.* "Lucky fine."
Whaka: "Korkikiki." *It suddenly disintegrated into tiny blue orbs, swirling into Lucky's arm.*
Lucky: *He watched a blue tribal glyph burn into his flesh.* "Good to have Whaka-Rangi back, hyuck."
Twortz: "What happened? The creature is gone?"
Lezard: "You'd have to ask an actual Scoldrant User about their abilities, but I think when they reach a certain level, the user can materialise their partner at will."
Twortz: *She frowned.* "So why didn't he materialise his partner off the wall?"
Lucky: "Friend's Neurons blocked Lucky's request."
Twortz: "Oh.."
Rachael: *She glanced at Lezard, noticing a cut on the side of his neck.* "You're hurt, Lezard?"
Lezard: "Ouchies?" *He felt around his neck, shrugging his shoulders as if he didn't care.*
Lucky: "Ouchies, hyuck hyuck." *He chuckled and clapped his hands, walking towards Lezard.*
Lezard: "You're getting much better at using your Remenistal!"
Rachael: "Thanks.. Although, I feel like I've hardly tapped into its power?"
Lezard: (That's because you haven't.. What you can do is a far cry from what captains can do.)
Twortz: *She discreetly stared at Rachael in disgust.* (That's not really you... You imitator-)
Rachael: "Twortz?"
Twortz: "I'm fine." *She pretended to smile and looked around.* "Do we have to walk back?"
Lucky: *He sniffed and shook his head.* "Same glyph at end."
Lezard: "Splendid! Let's get going, little monsters?"
Lucky: "Rawr! Hyuck, hyuck."
Rachael: "Hehe."
Lucky: "Lucky show you way, but Lucky stay."
Rachael: "You won't be coming?"
Lucky: *He shook his head like a child.* "Lucky needs to wait for Ernest. Ernest help."
Lezard: "As much as I don't feel comfortable leaving you here, knowing that you've got such a powerful and respectful Scoldrant, I can put my mind to rest."
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