Trevour: "Unlike us, looks like she hasn't had a good night's rest."
Tara: "Shut-" *She quickly ducked under Nathan's sword.*
Nathan: "..." *He slashed downwards, watching Tara block it with her whip.*
Tara: "I'll be back, you dirty lamps!" *She screamed and leant forward, pushing Nathan back with her whip.*
Nathan: *He watched sparks splinter in between his sword and her whip, as he slid back on his feet.* (I know captains are powerful, but she hasn't even broken a sweat-)
Tara: "I thought I could kill you all with ease..." *She glared at the champion and slowly stepped away from the party.* "But, having the Battling Oxident's champion on your side.."
*Tara spat on the ground and turned around, flashstepping out of sight, leaving behind a slight buzzing sound.*
Nathan: (She's so fast, the quality of her flashstep is different from the others.)
Trevour: "Phew-" *He dropped to his knees, causing his armour to rattle.* "Is everyone okay?"
Nathan: *He sheathed his sword behind his back and slowly walked towards the party.* "I'm fine."
Champion: "So am I."
Trevour: "Luna?" *He looked at Luna, noticing she sat silently with an emotionless face.*
Luna: "Umm, yea..." *She stroked the Scoldrant, unknowingly leaving smears of blood on her fur.*
?????: "Yeup." *She shook, swaying the dirt out of her fur.*
Trevour: *He walked closer to Luna and leant in shock.* "Blood?" (One of them is hurt!)
?????: "Yeup?"
Luna: "Oh yea, the whip jabbed me-" *She awkwardly smiled and opened her hand, revealing blood everywhere.*
Champion: "Oh my-" *She covered her mouth with both hands.*
Trevour: "M-Madam!" *He quickly hobbled towards Luna.*
Champion: "She chose to protect the Scoldrant over her own well-being." *She whispered to herself.*
?????: (Yeup?) *She discreetly glanced at the champion with heightened hearing.*
Nathan: (I may not want to be a Scoldrant User, but I really respect when people care for Scoldrants to the point of-)
Luna: "I-I feel weak-" *She sighed on her breath and became limp, causing her to lean on one side.*
Trevour: "N-No! Madam!" *He bent down and felt her neck, causing him to nod his head.* "She's unconscious."
Nathan: "I could've told you that."
Champion: *She looked around, observing the empty landscape.* "What a horrible place to receive a wound."
Trevour: "We'd have to walk hours back, or-"
Nathan: "We could carry her and make our way through the forest?"
Champion: "I actually don't need to go right away." *She turned around, facing the forests.*
Nathan: "..."
Champion: *She looked back to the party.* "I'll continue half way, then I'll go into The Twilight Forest."
Trevour: (Unfortunately, at this rate, we'll need to rest for quite some time.) *He frowned in thought, as if he didn't want to stop.* (We can't let her wounds get infected here of all places.)
?????: "Yeup?" *She hopped away from Luna, staring at her in a worried-like manner.*
Trevour: "Alright, prepare for some turbulence, Luna-" *He attempted to pick her up, causing Nathan to chuckle.*
Nathan: "Umm, here-" *He walked past Trevour and offered to carry Luna.*
Trevour: "Much appreciated, sir."
Nathan: *He turned around and lifted Luna up, carrying her on his back.* "Ahh-, can you get the sword-?"
Trevour: *He reached in between Luna and Nathan, gently pulling the sword out.* "Phew, all good, sir."
Champion: "Let's begin it." *She smiled with her eyes shut.*
Trevour: "We go North." *He smiled and started to walk towards the trees, glancing to each side.* "It's funny how you can tell which trees belong to which forest."
Champion: "Umm? Oh my, I'm sorry. I don't find that funny at all." *She spoke in an oblivious, innocent-like manner.*
Trevour: "I didn't mean...-"
Nathan: *He walked through the naturally made separation of the two forests.* (I wonder when she hurt herself?)
*Nathan glanced at Luna's hair, recalling the entire fight with Tara.*
Nathan: (Everything happened so fast-) *He looked ahead, noticing an abandoned hut.* "Wow, look at that."
Trevour: "Excellent spotting, sir." *He smiled at the hut.*
Champion: "What a fantastic place to rest Luna in."
Nathan: "That's what I was thinking."
Trevour: "I'll have a quick look and see if it's safe from anything."
Nathan: "Right." *He watched Trevour hobble towards the hut.*
Champion: (Sometimes there are nasty little Scoldrants that make homes in abandoned places.)
Nathan: "Do you think it's bad?" *He looked at the champion.* "There was a lot of blood."
Champion: *She shook her head.* "She's hurt, but I don't sense a disturbance with her life Neurons."
Nathan: "Cool.."
Champion: *She sighed, looking up to the treetops.* "That warrior was quite frightening, no?"
Nathan: *He silently nodded his head with a frown.* (I need to get stronger.. I self-taught myself a lot of skills, but in comparison.. I need to learn advanced captain techniques, like flashstepping, concealing my weapon, Ougi-)
Trevour: "All clear in here!" *He poked his head out of the hut, glancing at Nathan and the champion.*
?????: "Yeup.." *She hopped after the party, catching the champion's attention.*
Champion: *She turned around, noticing the Scoldrant.* "Oh my, look who followed us."
Nathan: "... We'll rest here."
Trevour: "But then sun-?"
Nathan: "They'll be no point in going to Silver Wind Island if she dies from infection."
Trevour: "I understand, but-"
Nathan: "Do you really? Look at her eyes."
Trevour: "You aren't looking at the bigger picture, sir-"
Nathan: "Okay, okay. We go straight to Silver Wind Island. Find a healer, and-... It's too late.."
Champion: *She hobbled forward, holding the Scoldrant in her arms.* "I agree with you both."
Trevour: "So-"
Champion: "But I agree with Nathan. Unless they have a powerful Radiaton filled healer. It is very hard to heal something that has been festering for too long.."
Nathan: "See?"
Trevour: "..."
Nathan: "But I happen to agree with you.."
Trevour: "You do?"
Nathan: "If she dies, this whole trip is meaningless."
Trevour: *He nodded his head and stepped away from the hut.* "There's a small bed, and some weapons."
Champion: "That seems a little too convenient, doesn't it?"
Nathan: "Yeah, did you check for traps?"
Trevour: "This looks like a small checkpoint for warriors to rest at. It's safe."
Nathan: "That's all I needed to hear." *He walked into the hut and gently placed Luna on the bed, before stepping out.*
Trevour: *He looked up, staring at the swaying treetops.* "This place gives me the creeps."
Champion: "Trevour-"
Trevour: "Yes, madam?"
Champion: "Would you like to explain more about this Tara lady?"
Nathan: "Yeah-" *He grabbed the sword off Trevour and tied it around his back, before placing his hands on his head.*
Trevour: "The reason I know a lot about her is because my former captain spied on The Black Brigade."
Nathan: "Spied on your own? Just went I think you warriors couldn't get any lower-"
Trevour: "He did it for a good cause."
Champion: "Where is this captain now?"
Trevour: "He was in the rankings for many many years... But he was only my captain for a few."
Nathan: "How many years is many many?"
Trevour: "I'm not sure, sir. He definitely used Astragons to slow down his aging process."
Champion: "Where is he now?"
Trevour: "He escaped with the numb
er one captain at the time.. I don't know where he is now."
Nathan: "So he was spying on his comrades, continue?"
Trevour: "You have captain classed warriors from number one to nine."
Champion: (Captain warriors are single digit warriors pretty much-)
Trevour: "What he found out, is that there's another addition of warriors."
Nathan: "Another addition?"
Trevour: "The Black Brigade. Their power rivals those in the top three."
Champion: "That can't be possible."
Trevour: "Champion?"
Champion: "If that woman was in the top three of ranking, we wouldn't have survived."
Nathan: (She was powerful, but she wasn't top three in ranking.)
Trevour: "I'm not too sure."
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*Tara suddenly appeared on top of a grassy hill, looking down to an enormous meadow below.*
Tara: "How dare-"
*Tara dropped to her knees and took deep breaths.*
Tara: "I thought this was going to be an easy task.. Someone of my power...-"
?????: "What's happening?"
*A man dressed in the same coloured leather as Tara appeared behind her.*
Tara: *She noticed a distinctive faint buzzing sound, causing her eyes to widen.* "Tyson, Quintess and Synthoss are out on mission. Is that Blake or Zazark?"
?????: "Bitch please-"
Tara: (Blake.)
Blake: "I like, heard about your little mission. Where are they?" *He folded his arms and leant to one side, smirking as if he knew she failed.*
Tara: "I underestimated the entire situation."
Blake: "Fufufu, are you telling me, you lost to fodder?"
Tara: "Shut up."
Blake: "Fufu! Wat a turn off." *He giggled like a girl and shook his head in disappointment.*
Tara: *She stood up and turned around, facing a slender man with charcoal coloured hair and eyes.* "I will not fail next time-"
Blake: "Bitch, please." *He sighed and looked at his fingers, observing nail polish on them.* "I've already sent Zazark."
Tara: "But how-?"
Blake: "Bitch, I am the leader of the brigade, rite?"
Tara: "Right." *She gritted her teeth and lowered her head in respect.*
Blake: "Next time, not matter how ugly or pitiful they are, don't fail." *He turned around, causing his leather garments to make stretching sounds.* "You'll give us a bad name, fufufu."
Tara: "..."
Blake: "And like, remove your Neuron limiter next time." *He hissed in disgust and leant forward, flashstepping out of Tara's sight.*
Tara: "My Neuron limiter?" *She looked down, noticing a black tattoo-like glyph on her wrist.*
*Tara gasped with a widening smirk, as if she just remembered.*
Tara: "I had my limiter on while I was interrogating those commoners! If I don't, I'd kill them with one hit of my whip! How foolish of me!"
*Tara placed two fingers on the glyph and pushed down, causing the glyph to suddenly splinter off her skin.*
Tara: *She slowly inhaled and stood up straight, puffing out her chest in confidence.* "I was fighting them with half my strength, fufufu.. If Zazark doesn't do the job, it won't be the last time they'll see me..."
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*Luna slowly opened her eyes and blindly looked up, staring out into nothing.*
Luna: (I still can't see...) *She sighed and plopped her arm out, causing her to accidentally knock something off the wall.*
*Luna gasped with widening eyes and awkwardly leant over the side of the bed, blindly reaching out.*
Luna: (Wat did I just knock-?)
*Lune felt around and tried not to fall off the bed, suddenly grasping a piece of wood.*
Luna: (Ah!-) *She lifted her arm and attempted to place the item back on the wall.* (It feels like some sort of wooden decoration-)
*Luna stopped in mid-thought as soon as she felt a string, causing her to sit up on the side of the bed.*
Luna: (A string?) *She lowered the item and started to inspect it again.* (It's a bow...)
*Luna smirked with nostalgia and stood up off the bed, stepping forward.*
Luna: (This is kool-) *She face palmed the door, causing her to grunt in frustration.*
Nathan: "So there're six members?"
Trevour: "I think so. There's an average of five members."
Champion: "Why do you look so concerned, Trevour?"
Trevour: "They operate outside the rankings."
Nathan: "What's so special about that?"
Trevour: "I heard they can get away with a lot of naughty things-"
*Luna suddenly barged out of the hut, falling face-first into the ground.*
Trevour: "Luna?" *He looked at Luna with a puzzled smile.*
Champion: "That's a way to get noticed." *She smiled with her eyes slightly squinted.*
?????: "Yeup." *She easily jumped out of the champion's arms and hopped towards Luna.*
Nathan: "Why are you up?"
Luna: "Because I'm no longer asleep? Wat a stupid answer, dipshit."
Nathan: "Fine, last time I'll care."
Trevour: *He noticed the bow in Luna's hand, causing him to look intrigued.* "How interesting, madam."
Luna: "Madam? That's me, aye?"
Champion: "Oh dear." *She stared at Luna with a smile.*
Trevour: "Ahem. Yes." *He coughed to clear his throat.*
Luna: "I found a bow-"
*A rack of arrows suddenly fell out of the hut, rolling across Luna's legs.*
Luna: "And some arrows!"
Trevour: "Heh heh."
Champion: *She smiled.* "..."
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