Nathan: "Ah, yeah. My bad." *He coughed with his deep voice and adjusted his hands on the back of his head, before walking towards Rachael.*
Arcadia: *She listened to the two logs close on their own accord.* "The Rostical Guild.. Thy didn't expect to see thou all so soon."
*Arcadia closed her eyes, as if she was slowly falling asleep.*
Arcadia: "The quality of the guild will rise to another level upon entering The Remenistic Village."
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*Arcadia opened her eyes and noticed she stood inside a magnificent, holy-like castle.*
Arcadia: *Her eyes shined gold and she took several steps forward.* "Celestiana?"
*Arcadia's voice echoed in the holy castle, giving the feeling it was empty.*
Arcadia: (How odd? Thy felt her emotions here?)
*A man suddenly appeared in a flash of white light, catching Arcadia's attention.*
Arcadia: "Those Radiatons, Locki?"
Locki: *He turned around.* "What are thou doing here, Arcadia?"
Arcadia: "Thy came here to follow up on that yellow-eyed creature-" *She paused and observed Locki.* "Why are thou worried."
Locki: *He frowned, as if he wasn't happy she read his emotions.* "Thou are dismissed, Arcadia."
Arcadia: "Being ignorant of the situation will not make it any less severe-"
Locki: "The Wise have prioritised the death of Niklauseh Susanoo. Without the planet's Aurorions, Valhalla will no longer be stable."
Arcadia: "Thy-" *She stuttered out of character, as if she didn't know what to say.*
Locki: "And now Celest has decided to do her own research when she is needed at a council meeting!"
Arcadia: "Where is she?"
Locki: "She's gone to The Astral Plains."
Arcadia: "The-" *Her beautiful golden eyes widened.* "The Astral Plains, itself?"
Locki: *He nodded his head in a worried-like manner.* "Directly."
Arcadia: "But.. Even Celestiana."
Locki: "She is powerful.. Let's bless the Astragons that nothing bad will happen to her." *Images of a beautiful woman with two long ponytails on each side flashed in his mind.* "Thy won't lose another person."
Arcadia: (He's recalling a woman from the previous Sacred Knights? This is causing him such grief.)
Locki: (Pepper Captian, thy miss you.)
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*Bright white orbs swirled around Celest's body, blowing her hair to each side.*
Celest: *She kept her eyes tightly shut, as if she was concentrating on the white orbs.* (In order to visit The Astral Plains, thy need to shroud myself in pure Radiatons.)
*The entire area around Celest was completely white, but a different shade to the white orbs that swirled around Celest.*
Celest: (The difference between normal Radiatons and pure Radiatons, are the elemental contamination.)
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*Arcadia shook her head and took a step forward, causing her echoing footstep to catch Locki's attention.*
Arcadia: "Why did Celest go there? Surely she must understand the threatening conditions."
Locki: *He turned around and faced Arcadia while pulling the hood of his robes off his head.* "Pure Radiatons."
Arcadia: "The ability to concentrate nothing but Radiatons, to filter out the Neurons and Astragons."
Locki: "The contaminants."
Arcadia: "Unlike Roharnia, pure Radiatons cannot possess even the minuscule of Neurons or a trace of Astragons.. If she fails to do this, or-" *She paused.*
Locki: "Or if she loses her concentration, her body shall vaporise into the world beyond, as if she had died."
Arcadia: "Only the Valkyrie or more than two Sacred Knights can do such a thing."
Locki: "Thy already know this information." *He frowned.* (Why didn't she ask me to come with her? Thy don't want to even think about the possible loss of my closest friend-)
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Celest: (Focus, Celest, focus!) *Her thoughts of determination echoed in her head, as a serenity sounding wave of wind pulsed away from her.*
*Celest slowly opened her eyes and watched the white landscape slowly appear, as if it was hiding.*
Celest: (Thy know the repercussions of what may happen if thy lose focus-)
*The white orbs around Celest's body suddenly cushioned against her skin and absorbed into it.*
Celest: *She looked at her skin and observed the unnatural white glow in them.* "Okay-"
*Celest felt brushing around her legs, causing her to look down to notice she stood in the middle of a beautiful field of sea-looking flowers and coral.*
Celest: *She watched the flowers and coral move, as if they were underwater.* (Why is this flora moving in such a manner-)
*Celest took another step forward and she noticed two waterfall-like mountains, pouring gel-like water into a ravine.*
Celest: *She continued to walk forward, mesmerised at the scenery around her.* "Majestic-"
?????: "Stop, watch out, you'll fall-" *A woman's whisper caught Celest's attention.*
Celest: *She looked down and noticed one foot over the edge of a massive cliff.* "Much appreciated?" *She spoke to herself in confusion and stepped back to safety.*
*Celest observed the area and noticed nobody in sight, as rainbow coloured smears of light rained out of the field and into the air.*
Celest: *She observed the lights in amazement.* (All those are people that have passed away before merging into the world's Astragons..)
*Celest smiled to herself in thought and looked back to the gel-like ravine, noticing a water's surface underneath the water.*
Celest: *She leant forward to get a better look and a piece of the edge broke under her foot, before sprinkling upwards into light.* (Everything is alive around here.)
*Celest noticed several of the rainbow coloured smears of light swirl and hover around her.*
Celest: "This place. Despite having all sorts of colours, purple, green, white are the most dominant-"
?????: "Thou came here to discuss the colours of The Astral Plains?"
Celest: *She shook her head with a smile.* "Thy've come here to talk to the previous Sacred Knights."
?????: "Which generation of Sacred Knights?" *Its holy, echoing voice came from the closest light.*
Celest: "The latest generation."
?????: "There are no members of the latest generation of Sacred Knights."
Celest: *She paused in confusion, as a swirl of light flickered past her face, causing the air to warp behind it.* "Thy'm confused, to my knowledge, at least one of the five Sacred Knights have passed into these plains."
?????: "There are no Sacred Knights of the latest generation present." *Its light flickered with each word in its genderless-sounding speech.*
Celest: *Her eyes widened in disbelief.* "But.. That means Raphael and Lorilei..." *Her eyes widened even further.*
?????: "Is there anything else?"
Celest: (Rumours about her betraying Valhalla and fleeing to the world below.. She has been thought to have passed on to these plains.. And Raphael, who disappeared after encountering a mysterious surge of Shadiatons-)
*Celest took a step back and started to become emotional, causing the white glow in her skin to fade.*
Celest: *She watched her fingertips suddenly shatter upwards and twinkle into light.* (My flesh is burning off into these plains!)
?????: "Thou must leave, or you shall join The Astral Plains as if your current life has ended."
Celest: "Thy thank thou for your time!" *She spoke in pain, as half of her hand was eaten away into light.*
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*Celest suddenly appeared in a bright flash of white light inside a holy-appearing castle and took several steps forward, watching a delayed spurt of blood gush out of her decomposed hand.*
Celest: "Blast the Astragons-"
*Locki and Arcadia both turned around and instantly focused their attention to Celest, who kneeled down to endure the pain.*
Celest: "The pain imi
tates-.." *She hissed in pain.* "-Surges from being frozen solid, to scorching-"
Locki: "Celestiana!"
Arcadia: *Her eyes twitched in pain.* (Thy feel her pain-)
Celest: "Locki?"
Locki: "What happened?!"
Celest: "The Sacred-, argh!" *She screamed at her hand.*
Arcadia: *Her golden eyes flashed, as she closely observed Celest's wound.* (A structural breakdown of Radiatons from a molecular level?) *She thought to herself in shock.*
Celest: *She attempted to keep her composure.* "It was beautiful."
Locki: "We live in Valhalla, don't be ridiculous-"
Arcadia: "The Astral Plains." *She reminded Locki of where she just was.*
Locki: "W-What did it look like, Celestiana?" *He cupped his hands around Celest's missing fingers.*
Celest: *Her eye twitched.* (The pain is unimaginable-)
Locki: "INVOKING AURA" *His voice echoed and light glowed around Celest's hand before fading away.* (Nothing?)
Celest: "Locki?" *She spoke in confusion.*
Locki: "Quick internal light, INVOKING AURA" *He shouted with an echoing voice and watched light glow and fade away from Celest's hand.*
Arcadia: (If Radiatons no longer work on the user's target, that means they are either dead or they are restored to the Remenistal's optimum standards.)
Locki: *He shook his head.* "Sacred light of Radiatons cluster and form, aid and replenish what has been lost-" *He spoke with an echoing voice and raised both his arms.*
Celest: (Is the damage caused by The Astral Plains' environment this severe?)
Arcadia: *She watched a bright ball of light swirl into reality above Celest.* (Thy can feel her pain-) "Tell us more, Celestiana?"
Celest: "They spoke to me."
Arcadia: "They spoke to thou?" *She tilted her head to one side.* "There were other beings?"
Celest: *She shook her head.* "The Voice of On."
Locki: *He dropped his arms and a stream of light fell down, bursting on top of Celest.* "SOOTHING LIGHT"
Celest: "Everything was absolutely extraordinary.. The feeling thy experienced, it was like winning The Swarming Light Flight for the first time." *She spoke with a smile, as she watched light pour around her like water.*
Locki: "Celest?" *He spoke in confusion and kept his pose, as if he needed to stay on the spot.*
Celest: "The Voice of On spoke to me.. Do thou know, when thou enjoy something to the extremity, time passes or flows irregularly?"
Locki: (Thy don't understand-) "Arcadia?"
Arcadia: *She shook her head.* "She's no longer in any pain, her mental health is at optimum levels. She appears to be feeling bliss? Serenity? At peace? Even accomplishment."
Locki: "Thy am confused."
*The light around Celest faded and she raised her arms, twiddling all eight fingers and two thumbs.*
Arcadia: *Her eyes widened in disbelief.* (Amazing, completely healed.)
Celest: *She smiled at Locki in appreciation.* "It felt like thy was there for days."
Locki: "What did thou seek?!" *He sounded annoyed at Celest for taking such a risk.*
Celest: *Her smile instantly faded, as if she knew she had something important to say.* "The Sacred Knights.. There are no deaths!"
Arcadia: *She tilted her head to the other side.* "That's not correct, two of the five have passed on. Another has been banished, another imprisoned and-" *She looked at Locki.* "Another promoted-"
Locki: "Yes."
Celest: "Thy may not have shown it, but Arcadia's warnings and information had started to worry me."
Locki: "Your information is wrong-"
Celest: "The Voice of On." *She implied her information was genuine.* "There are no deaths in the previous generation of Sacred Knights."
Locki: *He paused in confusion.* "Raphael-?"
Celest: "Exactly." *She spoke sternly, as if that's exactly what she wanted to bring to Locki's attention.*
Arcadia: "What does this mean?"
Locki: "Raphael was sent to locate an unknown disturbance of Shadiatons."
Celest: "His Radiatons suddenly faded, followed by an irregular spike of Shadiatons."
Locki: "It was believed he was ambushed by a group of Scoldrants, thus, the end of Raphael." *He spoke with utmost respect.*
Arcadia: "Don't take me for a peasant. A Sacred Knight defeated by mere Scoldrants."
Locki: *He focused his attention back to Celest, who appeared to be thankful of her fingers.* "What does this mean?"
Celest: "Raphael has not passed through to The Astral Plains, meaning he's still down there."
Locki: "Perhaps he has betrayed us?"
Celest: "Unlikely."
Arcadia: (They are serious about this?) "What is happening?"
Locki: "What does this mean?"
Celest: "Perhaps.. His Radiatons were taken?"
Locki: "That's unlikely. Our Radiatons are passed on through blood or love."
Celest: "Did he have a secret admirer?"
*Locki and Celest slowly looked towards Arcadia, as if they were waiting for an answer.*
Arcadia: "Thy can't do such a thing without his Neurons, Astragons or-"
Locki: *He touched his forehead and quickly flicked his finger towards Arcadia, revealing an 'S' shaped tattoo.*
Arcadia: *She stared at the marking on his forehead.* (The Sacred Knight stigma?)
Celest: "Locki, thou are part of The Wise now, thou cannot display that Radiaton induced Roharnia."
Locki: "Despite even one's physical death, we are still linked.. Feel his Radiatons and tell us."
Arcadia: *She closed her eyes and started to concentrate.* (Raphael... What is his name?)
*A pulse of gold and silver wind blew away from Arcadia, causing torches on the walls to suddenly ignite.*
Locki: *He looked around confused.* (Those are meant to go on during sunset.)
Arcadia: (Raphael Steinheart.) *She slowly opened her eyes.* "He did not possess any feelings to anyone without Radiatons."
Celest: "That eliminates the possibility of passing on his Radiatons."
Locki: "Thy personally scanned the continents myself.. What about The Dontalia Facility?"
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