Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Ginger: *She frowned and violently shook her head.* (Arcadia is no pushover-)

  Madora: *Her annoyance slowly turned to guilt.* (I shouldn't even be telling you this.. I will face the consequences, but I'm telling you... She will be killed.)

  Ginger: (I....) *She continued to shake her head, slower than before.* "I.. I came to seek information regarding my brother.. Not this-"

  Madora: "Your duty is in Sakura Village."

  Ginger: "My brother-"

  Madora: "Niklauseh is doing the unforgivable-"

  Ginger: "My brother!" *She screamed, causing silence to fill the room.*

  Rachael: "..."

  Jester: "I have to go! I left the oven on!" *He adjusted his cone-shaped hat and suddenly disappeared in a flash of purple light.*

  Lezard: "Jinkies! This is your house!-"

  Champion: (Teleportation.) *She watched the purple light fade from the room.*

  Ginger: "Madora... Niklauseh is the only one I have left."

  Madora: (What about Arcadia?)

  Ginger: "..." *She looked away, flustered.*

  Madora: (You need to be by her side. Things will play out naturally-)

  Ginger: (My brother has stolen the planet's Aurorions! There is a creature that has stolen some of the Aurorions! How is this natural?!)

  Madora: (I will give you a choice then.)

  Ginger: *Her eyes watered.* "Yes!"

  Madora: (Go with this guild and you will find the demon you seek. Or go to Arcadia and stand by her side!)

  Ginger: "They-" *She whispered on her breath and glanced to the side, before tilting her head towards Rachael, Lezard and the champion.*

  Rachael: "Hey.." *She sounded awkward.*

  Madora: "I need to rest." *She turned around and suddenly disappeared from the room.*

  Champion: *She looked intrigued.* (She teleported without a glyph or incantation? How exactly did she just-)

  Ginger: "Please respond!" *She screamed and fell to her knees while punching the ground beside her.*

  Lezard: "The scary looking lady appeared really tired."

  Rachael: *She took several steps forward and bent down to one knee.* "Ginger-"

  Ginger: "I have to make a choice." *She spoke with her eyes scrunched shut.*

  Rachael: "A choice?"

  Ginger: "Between my only friend, or killing that thief!"

  Lezard: (Apparently she needs to be by Arcadia's side, as a great threat will destroy her friend.) *He thought to himself with curiosity.* (Did Madora purposely allow Lezard to listen?)

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  Farmer: *He hid behind a large stack of crates, watching large flames burn his entire village.* (Th-This is terrible!) *He looked up and noticed thick clouds of smog, blocking out the sunlight.*

  Woman: *She grabbed a child by the wrist and ran into a small wooden house.* (Please-)

  Child: "What-?"

  Woman: "Shhh." *She quickly opened a small cabinet and curled herself and the child in it, listening to the sounds of agonising screams outside.*

  Child: "W-What is it?" *Her face was covered in dirt and blood.*

  Woman: "Shhh. The demon might hear us." *She whispered and listened to more screams, causing her to scrunch her body and eyes in fear.*

  Villager: *He pointed a pitchfork in front of him, dragging himself back in the dirt.* "S-St-Stay back! You yellow-eyed d-demon!"

  *A dark black figure with glaring yellow eyes slowly dragged its feet towards the villager.*

  Gabriel: (What power did I absorb from that fight? Radiatons... And something else.) *He moved his slender figure in an elegant-like manner towards the villager.* "This wasn't supposed to happen. I have been awoken."

  Villager: "Pl-Please, you can have all my earnings, just don't hurt us anymore-"

  Gabriel: *He pointed at the villager and his fingers suddenly pierced out like vines through the villager's body.* "This is not what was supposed to happen."

  *Several villagers holding crates walked into the village unaware of the damage.*

  Gabriel: *He noticed the villagers walk towards him, as crates covered their vision.* "N-No."

  *Gabriel closed his eerie yellow coloured eyes and a vine-like finger whipped towards his face, allowing him to lick off blood.*

  Gabriel: "My growing hunger for more Neurons... It appears this body needs a constant stream of Neurons to sustain its transition."

  *Gabriel slowly dragged his feet towards the villagers, watching his vine-like fingers, whip back into shape.*

  Man A: *He peered over the barrel and noticed Gabriel's black figured appearance, causing him to drop the barrel in terror.* "R-Run!" *He gasped and quickly turned around, running away.*

  Man B: "Run?" *He noticed the barrel break into pieces on the ground, causing him to lower the barrel in confusion.* "What's-?"

  Gabriel: *He pushed his arm forward and the barrel in the man's hands exploded.* "N-No-"

  Man B: *He gasped, as pieces of timber fell out of his arms.* "Kark?" *He collapsed onto the dirt and coughed out blood, before falling unconscious.*

  Gabriel: "I can't stop.." *He spoke with a smirk, causing drool to ooze out of the cracks of his canine-like teeth.*

  *Gabriel listened to the fire burning the wood, causing him to crack his neck to each side.*

  Demon: *He looked to his side and a green glyph drew itself under his feet.* "Swirling gusts of the Northern winds, BRISTLING SHOCKWAVE"

  *Gabriel swayed his arm, causing swirls of brown leaves to blow in a gust.*

  Gabriel: (Ridz, you would be impressed with how much I had improved my wind elemental affinity.)

  *The brown leaves spiralled past several houses, causing them to explode into pieces.*

  Gabriel: (I get no pleasure from taking their pitiful level of Neurons, even their life Neurons are barely filling... This constant fear-) *He glanced down to his hands, shaking his head.* (I will need a new form. People notice my body and flee.)

  *Gabriel slowly turned around, facing a stack of crates.*

  Demon: (I can feel their Neurons despite how weak it is!-) "BRISTLING SHOCKWAVE" *He swayed his arm, causing swirls of brown leaves to spiral around the crates.*

  Farmer: *He gasped in fear, silently standing still in shock.* (I-Is it gone?) *He noticed and watched the leaves spiral around the crates with widening eyes.* "No!-"

  *The crates suddenly exploded, blasting debris into the air.*

  Gabriel: "..." *He stepped forward, flashstepping out from what was left of the village.*

  Girl: "E-Everything... Gone?" *She looked up with double vision, noticing the entire village in ruins before falling unconscious.*

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  *Gabriel flashstepped into a forest and observed the trees, noticing they grew closely together, which almost formed an igloo.*

  Gabriel: (The Igloo Forest.)

  *Gabriel sniffed the air and smiled, as if he found something.*

  Gabriel: (There is a trapped Astragon Projection sealed somewhere here. And it has a wind affinity-) *He stared past the thick trees, as if he could see through them.*

  *Gabriel stepped forward, causing the birds and insects to suddenly become silent.*

  Gabriel: (What has awoken me? Or a better question-) "BRISTLING SHOCKWAVE" (What has awoken this hunger?)

  *Swirls of brown leaves blew past Gabriel and into the forest, causing the vegetation to explode out of his way.*

  Gabriel: *He slowly walked through his self-made path, listening to sticks crack under his feet.* "It's close.."

  *Gabriel stepped on dirt and into a small clearing, surrounded by a wall of vegetation.*

  Gabriel: "Here." *He stood still and slightly chuckled, staring at a wooden shrine.* "There is someone in there.. Dead?"

  *Gabriel tilted his head, causing black scales to crack off and fall to his feet.*

  Gabriel: "No... Sealed." *His eyes widened with excitement and he raised his arms, readying to break open the shrine.*

  Chapter 10: The Crescent Tree

/>   *Kayliana, Johnasire, Ginger, Carrie, Synthoss, Ordin, Fordree and another woman with a devil's-like tail stood in a line, in an ancient appearing forest.*

  Johnasire: *He watched the trees sway in the wind, catching his attention.* (That's pretty cool-)

  Sakurai: "Something caught your attention, Johnasire?"

  Johnasire: *He jumped in fright and coughed, causing his yellow eyes to shine brighter than normal.* "I was admiring-"

  Kayliana: *She elbowed Johnasire on the side.* "Don't give his excellency any sass."

  Johnasire: *He coughed again.* "Nothing, your excellence."

  Sakurai: *He brushed three fingers through his moustache.* "This is the second last training."

  Ordin: (We are two training regimes away from becoming Silver Wind Island's protector.) *He thought to himself in excitement.*

  Sakurai: "Fordree, Penny-"

  Fordree: "Yes!"

  Penny: "Excellence!"

  Sakurai: "Your abilities were advantageous in the last training session, but this time, it will be your lowest asset."

  Penny: "Don't you worry, I'll bitch behind your back." *She smirked and revealed an oddly positioned tooth, as her tail swayed to each side.*

  Carrie: "Ngheeheehee." *She giggled and her rat-like nose twitched.*

  Sakurai: *He glared at Penny.* "Let's see if your Remenistic abilities work well in this scenario."

  Ginger: (I don't believe anyone has noticed, but each training session simulates any scenario the city could face.)

  Fordree: (My Remenistal worked well against that stone Ancioldrant.. If he said my technique is hindered, then that means...)

  Sakurai: "You will face a swarm of Scoldrants while trying to find a Spacial Funnel."

  Johnasire: "Spacial Funnel? I couldn't detect any Spacial Funnels around here."

  Sakurai: *He smirked with squinted eyes, giving him the appearance he had evil intentions.* "Move in pairs and find the Spacial Funnel!"

  Synthoss: "Your excellence."

  Sakurai: "Yoesh?" *He nodded his head.*

  Synthoss: "What's the point of this?"

  Sakurai: "These all have a point to-"

  Ginger: "If you ever need to evacuate the citizens, a place that is hard to find would be an ideal situation to keep them. Please respond."

  Sakurai: *He smirked.* "..."

  Johnasire: *His eyes shined.* (By reading the flow of his inner Neurons-) "She's right."

  Carrie: *She sniffed and showed her teeth, giving her a rodent-like appearance.* "How did she know?"

  Ginger: "It is the only logical reason for such a pitiful training session."

  Kayliana: "Look at that sass." *She smirked, as if she was impressed by Ginger's intellect.*

  Penny: "Let's pray to the Astragons that we make it out fine." *She rolled her eyes.*

  Ordin: *He glanced to the side, noticing Johnasire looking into the same direction.* "Do you feel the movement?"

  Johansire: "Nah, I don't feel the movement, I see it."

  Sakurai: "Go now!" *He held a small grey stone with dark violet writing on it and tightened his grip on it, causing a purple glyph to materialise and glow underneath him.*

  Carrie: *She sniffed several times.* "He teleported-"

  Kayliana: "Harhhrhrh, thanks... Not like I couldn't see that." *She spoke with a playful smile, retaining a beauty in her face.*

  Carrie: "Klck." *She frowned at Kayliana.*

  Penny: "What is it?" *She reached up and played with a sparkling nose piercing.*

  Johnasire: "The swarm... They fly as well!" *He formed fists and faced to the side, standing in a battle-ready pose.*

  Ginger: "Instead of focusing on the swarm, the most logical-"

  Penny: *Miniature glyphs glowed on the edges of her fingers, causing her to smirk.* "I'm ready!"

  Carrie: *She quickly bit her finger, causing blood to swirl around her hand.* "Same."

  Fordree: *He spread his hands and light-like strings shot from each of his fingers.* (I need to concentrate-)

  Kayliana: "In terms of raw sassy power-" *She elegantly placed a hand over her shoulder and reached forward, causing sparks to scatter around a bottle.* "That's me-"

  Johnasire: *He watched Kayliana drink from the bottle.* "You? You're just a drunk." *He playfully smirked, knowing he would get a reaction.*

  Kayliana: *She smirked back at Johnasire and shoved her rude finger up at him, as sparks of lightning flashed around it.* "I'm too independent for you."

  Johnasire: "Show off-"

  Ordin: "Perhaps you love birds can focus on yours for another time?" *He swayed his arm to the side, revealing a royal, transparent sword.*

  Ginger: (Ordin has the ability to store more than one weapon in his Astral Pocket.)

  Fordree: *He watched the strings of light take the form of a guitar-like weapon.* "Ready!"

  Kayliana: "But-" *She ignored Johnasire and looked back to Fordree.* "His weapon is pretty cool."

  Johnasire: "It's just a concentrated form of Astragons by using parts of his skin to take shape of a weapon." *He shrugged his shoulders, as a large red glyph formed underneath him.*

  Kayliana: "Trying to impress me? That seemed too smart for you, Johnnyboy."

  Johnasire: "Ugh, I hate that name."

  Kayliana: "Harhrh." *She giggled cutely and took another swig of the bottle.* "Let's see who's the better Remenistal User?"

  Johnasire: *He smirked in a competitive-like manner.* "Me, for sure!"

  *A swarm of dragonfly-like Scoldrants flew towards the line of students, alerting them to stand in different battle-ready poses.*

  Carrie: "Blood Shot." *She screeched like a rodent and jabbed several fingers forward, shooting bullet-like shots of blood towards the scattering Scoldrants.*

  Penny: *She jumped back and supported herself on her devil-like tail.* "Complete Astral Hypnosis."

  *Penny spread her arms and waited for the insects to move into striking distance, causing the miniature glyphs on the edge of her fingers to activate and spiral.*

  Penny: *She swayed to each side on her tail and tapped the passing Scoldrants, leaving fingerprint-like markings on them.* "You're in my illusion now."

  *Penny smirked and watched the Scoldrants violently attack each other with their blade-like underarms.*

  Carrie: "Blood Shot." *She spiralled around and continued to jab her fingers forward, watching her blood shots burst holes into several Scoldrants.* "Yarh!"