Nathan: "You need some rest."
Luna: "Settle down, mother. I can rest without sleep ya know."
Champion: "During the busy times of Battling Oxident, the only rest I get is by taking some time to myself."
Nathan: "..."
Luna: *She awkwardly leant up, blindly trying to collect the arrows.* "I don't mind a rest.. But I ain't sleepin'."
?????: "Yeup..." *She hopped up to Luna and started to rub herself against her leg.*
Luna: *She listened to the Scoldrant purr, causing her to giggle.* "'Sup, hairball?"
Nathan: *He stared at the bow and arrows in Luna's hand.* "Does anyone know archery?"
Trevour: "Negative, sir."
Champion: *She shook her head.* "No, I don't sorry."
Nathan: "Drop the weapon and get some rest-"
Luna: "Don't tell me what to do!"
Nathan: "No!-"
?????: "Hsssssk!" *She angrily hissed at Nathan, causing him to pause.*
Trevour: "Perhaps leave her to do her own thing?"
Nathan: "Whatever." *He sighed and looked at Trevour, as if he no longer cared.* "Tell me more about the warriors."
Trevour: "Well, each captain has their own ability."
Champion: *She hobbled up to Luna and smiled at the Scoldrant.* "She has taken a shine to you, hasn't she?"
?????: "Yeup." *She purred in agreement.*
Luna: "Yea." *She looked up, staring in the champion's general direction.*
Champion: "Are you hurt?"
Luna: "Nah, not really. I was more weakened if anythin' aye."
Champion: "She took some of your Neurons?"
Luna: "Yea. If I had to describe the feelin', that's what I would be."
Champion: (How odd. If she doesn't have Neurons to use Rostical.. She should've died by that attack..)
?????: "Yeup.." *She purred in Luna's arms.*
Luna: "Aha, settle the fudge down, girl."
Champion: "Looks like you saved each other."
Luna: "Aye?"
?????: "Yeup?"
Champion: "It's the first time I've seen you actually smile..."
Luna: "..."
?????: "Y-Yeu...." *She meowed to herself, suddenly triggering a flow of flashbacks.*
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Luna: "Oi! Why you pickin' on it!" *She shouted and stormed towards the hairballs, catching their attention.*
?????: "Hsssht!" *It hissed, glaring at Luna with its large bug-like eyes.*
Luna: "Gaghraghr, yaself!" *She screamed and quickly picked up a rock, instantly throwing it towards them.*
?????: *The rock hit one of the hairballs and broke into crumbs on dirt, causing it to squeal in fright.* "Hierrrk."
Luna: "How you like bein' picked on, aye?!" *She screamed and picked up another rock, trying to intimidate the hairballs.*
*The hairballs meowed and hissed, quickly floating into the distance out of Luna's sight.*
Luna: "Yea, that's what I thought, dipshits!"
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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 back 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-"
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.*
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Luna: "Nah, not really. I was more weakened if anythin' aye."
Champion: "She took some of your Neurons?"
Luna: "Yea. If I had to describe the feelin', that's what I would be."
Champion: "..."
?????: "Yeup.." *She purred in Luna's arms.*
Luna: "Aha, settle the fudge down, girl."
Champion: "Looks like you saved each other."
Luna: "Aye?"
?????: "Yeup?"
Champion: "It's the first time I've seen you actually smile..."
Luna: "..."
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?????: "Yeu-eu-"
Luna: "Aye? Is somethin' wrong-?" *A heartbeat-like pulse thumped through her body, causing her to gasp in shock.*
Champion: "Luna-?"
*Luna and the Scoldrant suddenly panted in exhaustion, causing the champion to step back in a worried-like manner.*
Champion: "N-Nathan, Trevour.." *Her voice filled with concern caught their attention.*
Luna: "Wat's goin' on?"
????: "Yeup?"
Nathan: *He stood next to the champion, observing Luna in confusion.* "What's happening?"
Champion: "I was hoping you could tell me-"
Luna: "Gah-?!" *She suddenly leant back in pain.*
Trevour: "Is the Scoldrant hurting her-?!"
Nathan: "No..." *He intensely stared at the Scoldrant, as if he had an idea of what was happening.*
Luna: *She suddenly shut her eyes and squinted them in pain.* (It burns...)
Champion: "Oh my, they're even breathing at the same time?"
Luna: "Somethin' burns!"
?????: "Yeup?!" *She hissed, as if she was in pain too.*
Trevour: "Separate them!-"
?????: (Why?) *Her voice echoed in Luna's mind, causing her to gasp with her eyes still shut.*
Luna: (Is that-..?)
?????: (Why did you...)
Luna: (Because you were in pain...)
?????: (I feel your pain too, yeup.) *Transparent blue strings suddenly shot out of her body, causing Nathan to gasp with widening eyes.*
Trevour: "What are-?"
Nathan: "Soul Link?" *He suddenly held the side of his head in pain.*
Champion: (It looks like his memories are finally coming back to him-)
?????: *The blue strings connected into Luna, causing them both to gasp with pleasure and pain.* "Yuew..."
Luna: (I can feel wat you're feeling-) *She hissed in pain, placing one hand on her thigh.* (Something burns!-)
?????: "Yeuuuuuu-" *She suddenly opened her eyes, causing a purple iris to spiral around her pupils.*
Luna: (Gah-?) *She noticed sketch-like figures of the environment, causing her to gasp.*
Nathan: "They Soul Linked. A special bond between Scoldrant and their User..." *He gritted his teeth and slightly bent his knees, as if the pain grew in strength.*
Trevour: "A Soul Link?"
Champion: "They're calming down now..."
Luna: *She glanced at each party member, observing their sketch-like silhouettes in shock.* "Trevour.."
Trevour: "Yes, are you okay-?!"
Luna: "You're kinda pudgy.. And champion, I never knew how big that hunchback of yours was."
Trevour: "Heh heh. You can't fool me again-"
Champion: "You can see us?"
Trevour: "What-?" *He looked at the champion with a fading smile.*
Luna: "I can see black and white sketches-" *She blinked several times.*
?????: "Yeu?"
Nathan: "A Soul Link is a rare and special link.. It raises each recipient's attributes, including longevity."
Trevour: "Wow."
Champion: (Things like this could happen without us even knowing about it..)
Nathan: "There were cases of Soul Links, repairing unfixable damage on either Scoldrant and human."
Trevour: *He looked at Luna in understanding.* "That's how-"
Luna: "I can see-" *She awkwardly stood up and looked around, watching the trees sway in the wind.*
?????: *She heard a noise and turned around, causing Luna to suddenly collapse on one side.* "Yeu?"
Ch
ampion: "What happened?"
Luna: "My eyes... I didn't turn and I can see behind-?"
Nathan: "Unless a wound is too badly damaged, it's possible to share senses." *He dropped to his knees, squinting his eyes in pain.*
Luna: "I can see wat you're seein'?"
?????: "Yeu?" *She looked at Luna.*
Luna: (Is this wat I look like?) *She gently touched her face, observing the old black makeup smears on her cheeks.* (There's blood... Why hasn't anyone said anythin'.. I look disgusting.)
Nathan: "Memories-..." *He wheezed and collapsed to one side, catching Trevour and the champion's attention.*
Trevour: "Nathan-?"
Champion: "It looks like he couldn't handle most of his memories returning at once."
Nathan: "S-Soul Link.. Scoldrant Users..." *He sighed on his breath, as he slowly fell unconscious.*
Luna: "Umm-" *She slowly stood back up, glancing at Nathan.*
?????: "Yeup." *She hopped up, suddenly landing on Luna's shoulder.* "Yuw?" *She sounded surprised.*
Luna: "I can feel your emotions.. You're surprised 'cause you weren't expectin' to jump so high?"
?????: "Yeup!" *She purred in agreement.*
Trevour: *He tried to pull Nathan up, causing him to wheeze in a defeated-like manner.* "H-He's heavy."
Luna: "He is?" *She looked at Nathan, as if he didn't look heavy.*
Champion: "It's probably muscle."
Luna: "So wat are we gonna do then?"
Trevour: "Unlike you, we can't carry him to Silver Wind Island-"
Champion: "And what about your wounds, Luna?"
Luna: "They don't hurt as much as they did a minute ago."
Trevour: "Blast the Astragons.. Looks like we're staying here for a little while." *He sighed to himself, as if he wanted to keep moving forward.*
Champion: "Even though it's still daylight, perhaps we should set camp."
Luna: "Why?"
Trevour: "We certainly aren't walking remotely near The Twilight Forest at night."
Luna: "Wateva."
Champion: "It is dangerous."
Trevour: "You don't have to burden yourself with us, madam."
Champion: "Oh my, it's fine." *She smiled, as if she didn't care.*
Trevour: "Well, I'm good at setting camp. I've gone on a lot of missions out in the wilderness."
Luna: *She noticed Nathan's awkward posture.* "I'll make get him more comfortable."
Trevour: "I'll get the firewood."
Champion: "And I'll light the fire." *She smiled and clicked her finger, causing a flame to swirl in the air.*
Luna: (Wow..) *She stared at the sketch-like flames in amazement, as if it was the first time seeing it.*
?????: "Yeup!"
Luna: "Wow, I can understand-" *She whispered to herself in amazement.* "Ah, she says there's a lot of dead firewood that way-" *She pointed behind her, causing Trevour to change his direction.*
Trevour: "Much appreciated, heh heh."
Luna: *She slowly walked towards Nathan, as she was guided by the Scoldrant's sight.* "And everyone was worried about me, aye-"
Champion: *She watched Luna move Nathan's arms, making him more comfortable.* "It was like destiny that you two met."
Luna: (He is heavy-) "You think?"
Champion: *She nodded her head.* "Not many people are blessed to Soul Link with a Scoldrant while not having the blood."
Luna: "Aha, yea."
?????: "Yeup."
Champion: "Isn't-..." *She stared at the Scoldrant with a blank look on her face.* "What is her name?"
Luna: "Aye?"
?????: "Yew, yeup." *She purred, causing Luna to look surprised.*
Champion: "What did she say? I wouldn't be surprised if it sounded tribal-like-"
Luna: "She doesn't have one-"
Champion: "Oh my."
Luna: "Well... Would you like a name?"
?????: "Yeu?"
Luna: "Better than callin' you furball, aye?"
?????: "Yeup!" *She purred in agreement, causing Luna to chuckle.*
Champion: "Oh my, what will you name her?"
Luna: "Well... When you think about it, it kinda was destiny, aye."
Champion: *She smiled with her eyes closed, nodding her head.* "If you didn't find an attachment with the Scoldrant, if you didn't get struck by Rostical, turning you blind... Meeting up now, I wouldn't know what else to call it."
Luna: "Then, I'd like ya to meet Destiny." *She smirked and looked at the Scoldrant with anticipation, as if she was waiting for her response.*
Destiny: "Yeup!" *She hopped on Luna's shoulder, showing her enthusiasm to her new name.*
Champion: "Well?"
Luna: "Aha. She likes it."
Champion: "Oh my, that's splendid-"
Trevour: *He hobbled out from the trees, dragging a large sack of sand over his shoulder.* "How is he, everyone?"
Champion: *She looked down, noticing Nathan sleeping in a comfortable position.* "He's no longer making sounds of pain."
Trevour: "That's good to hear, miss."
Luna: "Wat's with that on your shoulder?"
Trevour: "Heh heh, very funny-"
Luna: "Umm, wat?"
Trevour: (Oh, she can see now-) "Instead of taking multiple trips, I figured I could grab all the firewood with a sand-made sack."
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