Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Synthoss: *She violently leant back, causing the air to shatter around her, blasting a violent wind past Rachael.* "So have I!"

  Rachael: *She squinted her eyes and punched to the side, causing the boulder to spiral in front of her face, blocking the wind.* (Was that cold or hot?)

  Lezard: "Razzypoo has burns on her face?" *He spoke to himself with worry and a white glyph flashed under his feet.*

  Synthoss: "I will end you all." *She grunted with widening eyes.*

  Champion: *She looked over her shoulder and stared at the tree.* (Please be safe over there!)

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  *Karol skipped up to a gigantic green slope, as Destiny flew around him.*

  Nathan: *He placed his hands on his head and stopped behind Karol, observing the base of the tree.* "Are we finally here?"

  Karol: *He bent down and placed his hand on the green slope.* (This tree is the hugest thing I've evarh seen.)

  Luna: *She stopped beside Nathan and looked up, staring at Destiny in a blind-like manner.* (Destiny?)

  Destiny: "Yeup." *She looked up, giving Luna a view of the tree.*

  Luna: "Looks like we've got a long walk up, aye."

  Nathan: (I thought this was the stump, but this appears to be one of the tree's roots. The size of the tree is unimaginable.)

  Karol: *He played with his shoes and looked back, noticing strings trying to connect Luna and Nathan together.* (Why is everywon in the guild connecting into each other.. Except Loona and Nafan-)

  Nathan: "Where do you think this travels?"

  Luna: "Up? Dipshit."

  Nathan: "That's not what I meant." *He scratched the back of his head with an awkward smile.*

  Luna: "Let's go." *She spoke in a mature manner and stepped on the green slope, causing her footsteps to sound slightly hollow.*

  Destiny: (Sounds squishy.)

  Karol: *He watched Luna walk past him, cueing him to stand up.* (We're going now)

  Luna: (It feels squishy, sounds hollow. Weird as.) *She continued to walk up the base of the tree, causing Nathan and Karol to follow.*

  Karol: *He tripped on his own foot and fell to the ground.* "Oof-"

  Nathan: "Karol-" *He bent down to help Karol back onto his feet.*

  Karol: *He shook his head.* "I'ma man."

  Nathan: *He smirked as he watched Karol stand back up on his own.* "Let's get that item so we can all get to Surpreon."

  Karol: "Uhm-" *He turned around and stared past a poorly lit gravel-filled area to the green meadows in the distance.* "Should we wait for the others?"

  Luna: "We don't know how long oriental will keep the others from goin', aye." *She spoke with a grunt as the slope was taking its toll on her legs.* "We might find this thing before they even get here."

  Nathan: "She's got a point, Karol."

  Karol: "Ohkay." *He nodded his head and started to skip up to Nathan.*

  Luna: "Fuck, this is killing my legs." *She grunted in pain.*

  Karol: "Why don't yooh put Astragons into your legs?"

  Luna: "Aye?!" *She turned around and faced Nathan and Karol, watching them walk towards her.*

  Nathan: "Yeah." *He stopped and bent down, inspecting Luna's legs.* "If you concentrate your Astragons, you can change the weight of your legs."

  Luna: "Oh, so now you're sayin' I'm fat."

  Nathan: "Huh?" *He looked up with a puzzled expression on his face.* "No-"

  Luna: "How do you do it?" *Her cheeks blushed.*

  Karol: "Uhm-" *He looked up and placed his hand on his chin in a child-like manner.* "Pickture wind moving around your legs."

  Luna: *She raised an eyebrow in an unimpressed-like manner.* "Wat?"

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *She meowed in confusion, as she flew around Luna while keeping an eye on Karol.*

  Luna: "That's stupid." *She glanced at Nathan as if she didn't want his help.*

  Nathan: *He shrugged his shoulders.* "By now you should be used to the way your Astragons and Neurons work."

  Luna: *She tilted her head with heightened hearing.* "That's a pretty good idea, aye." *She spoke with a growing smile.*

  Destiny: (That was a good idea.)

  Luna: "OK-" *She waved her arms down her leg, feeling a cool breeze blow to the ground.* (He said, if I can mentally control my Astragons, the next best and easiest thing to do is to manually move it.)

  Destiny: (I didn't know Nathan could explain it so easily.)

  Luna: *She tapped her foot on the ground and surprisingly jumped several feet into the air, causing her to squeal with shock and excitement.*

  Karol: "Loona!" *He looked surprised with a growing smile.* "Nee hee! Yooh did it!"

  Nathan: (That was quick. But then again, she should've been able to do stuff like that with her Astragons already.)

  Luna: *She landed on one foot first, causing her to fall to one side.* "Whoa-"

  Nathan: *He leapt forward at incredible speeds, catching Luna in his arms.* "You okay?" *He spoke quietly, as he admired Luna's face.*

  Luna: *She started to blush.* (I can hear my heartbeat... Or is that you, Destiny?)

  Destiny: *She purred in an affectionate-like manner, as she kept a fixated stare on Nathan.* "Yeu.."

  Nathan: *He tried not to make his staring obvious.* (This feels... Nice-)

  Luna: "Ahem-" *She grunted and quickly leant up, hitting Nathan's hand away.* "Thanks for the effin' information, but don't handle me like that again."

  Karol: *He looked confused.* "All Nafan did was catch you."

  Nathan: "Information? I didn't tell you anything."

  Luna: "Don't be a shithead. You told me to manually move the Astragons."

  Destiny: "Yeup." *She meowed in agreement.*

  Nathan: "No, that wasn't me."

  *A buzz-like sound could be heard in a whoosh of air, as the three guild members looked at each other in confusion.*

  Luna: "I heard you."

  Karol: (I dhon't understand.)

  Nathan: "Destiny?" *He shook his head and looked up to Destiny, as if he wanted her input.*

  Destiny: (I heard him, too. It was like he was whispering it.) *Her words echoed in Luna's mind.*

  Luna: *She nodded her head in agreement.* "See, Destiny agrees with me."

  Nathan: "It wasn't me, Luna."

  Karol: "Uhm.. Does it weally matter?"

  Luna: "Pssht." *She turned around and readied to continue her walk up the tree.*

  Tyson: *He looked down from a level up, smirking at the guild.* (Those fools! Fufufu.)

  Nathan: *He silently walked behind Luna.* (That day.. When I kissed Luna, it's just been.. Different.)

  Luna: (Destiny...)

  Destiny: (What is it?) *She flew through several branches, as her body slipped through them.*

  Luna: (Wat should I do?)

  Destiny: (What should you do?)

  Luna: (Yea.)

  Destiny: (With.. Nathan?) *She thought with a sense of confusion.*

  Luna: (Let's not fake it..) *She looked down to her feet, watching them step forward one by one even though she couldn't see them directly.*

  Destiny: (Luna?)

  Luna: (I'm a lot of things, Dest. But I'm not a liar.) *She felt her long white hair sway over her shoulders while keeping an emotionless face.*

  Destiny: (I've caught you lying before.)

  Luna: *She half smirked.* (You can feel me. You should know wat I mean.)

  Destiny: "Yeu." *She stopped her scouting and focused her attention to Luna.*

  Luna: (I know I've had this conversation with myself too many times. But.. I'll ask you..) *She thought to herself with a lot of emotion.* (Wat am I gonna do with him?)

  Destiny: (Maybe talk to him?)

  Luna: *She instantly frowned.* (Why?!)

  Destiny: "Yeup." *She hesitated.*

  Luna: (He's the one that leads me on.. He's the one that...) *Her eyes started to water.* (I don't want to talk about this.)

  Destiny: (But you're the one that brought it up-)

 
Luna: *She formed fists, as if she was gathering her courage.* (He's the one that made me fall for him, aye.)

  Destiny: *She watched Nathan and Karol walk together.* (I don't know, Luna.)

  Luna: (I'm tired of bein' a victim of my own emotions!) *She grunted and stopped in front of the tree.* "D-Dead end?"

  Nathan: (She stuttered?)

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *She flew down towards Luna and stared at the green wall.*

  Luna: "Aye?" *She stepped back, glancing at the green wall in confusion.* "In the distance, you could actually see spirals goin' up the tree."

  Nathan: "A dead-end?" *He mumbled to himself and tapped his foot on the ground.* (This can't be right. There must be another way to open it-)

  Karol: *He looked up, noticing the branches sway in the wind.* "Loona? Nafan?"

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *She looked to the side, watching aura-like waves in the branches alter their movements.* (Luna! Do you see through my eyes?!)

  Luna: "I always can, but I know wat you mean!" *She sniffed and brushed her eyes, before turning around to face Nathan and Karol.* "The branches are movin'."

  *As Nathan and Karol stepped closer to Luna, five branches unnaturally spiralled down towards them, violently jabbing into the thick root-like path they stood on.*

  Karol: "Eek-" *He watched the branches thicken into each other, forming another thick pathway upwards.*

  Luna: *She smiled which hid her sadness.* "Kool."

  Destiny: (You're sad, Luna-)

  Luna: (Please.) *She sighed in thought, as if she no longer wanted to think about it.*

  Nathan: "Up we go." *He spoke with his deep voice and lowered his arm from the back of his shoulder, as if he was ready to unsheathe his sword.*

  Karol: *He watched Nathan and Luna walk up the newly formed path, noticing a Soul Link trying to connect between them.* (Only with The Remenistal Guild, all of us have links between each other... What does this mean?)

  Nathan: "Karol." *He mumbled with his deep voice, as he walked onto another enormous branch, which acted as another pathway.*

  Karol: *He listened to the rustling leaves and started to skip up the branch, watching the path separate back into their singular branches behind him.* "This tree wesponds to us perfectly."

  Luna: *She tilted her head up, cueing Destiny to look up.* (Where to go now?)

  Nathan: *He watched the branches constantly move, causing rays of sunlight to constantly flash on the path around them.* (We must be getting higher up than I thought. The winds are starting to get stronger.)

  Luna: *She looked down and smiled, rubbing the upper part of her leg.* "Should've known how to manipulate my Astragongs ages ago."

  ?????: "Shouldn't you thank me?" *A man's calm, collected voice echoed from the branches.*

  Luna: "Aye?!"

  Karol: "Eek!" *He squealed in shock.*

  Nathan: *He frowned.* "Who's there?"

  ?????: "Can't see me?"

  Luna: "Destiny!" *She shouted.*

  Destiny: (Got it!) *She spun around with altering vision, easily noticing a man standing on a thin branch, hiding in a cluster of leaves.* (There!)

  Luna: "Come out, or you're dead!" *She grunted with a frown and straightened her left arm forward while placing her right back, as if she was holding on to a bow and arrow.*

  ?????: "Fufufu. I've masked my Astragons, you can't-"

  *An arrow of wind shot past Tyson's head, blowing a visible path through the branches, revealing his location and identity to the three guild members.*

  Tyson: "What?" *He looked to the side, watching bark and leaves spiral down.*

  Luna: "Windstream Shot." *Her long white hair blew to each side, before slowly flapping back down.*

  Nathan: "Black Brigade!" *He shouted and swayed to the side, watching a ring of sparks scatter around his sword.*

  Karol: "What are they doing here?!" *He squealed and stood behind Nathan and Luna.*

  Luna: "Wat are ya doin' here, fatshit?"

  Tyson: *His eye twitched.* "Fat shit?"

  Nathan: (Karol's right. What is he doing in a place like this? We needed someone to escort us into this Spacial Funnel.)

  Tyson: "I wouldn't have been before, but I'm very confident to-" *His image suddenly appeared in the middle of Luna and Nathan.* "Take you all on."

  Luna: "Shit!"

  Nathan: "Dammit!" *He quickly slashed to the side and visibly missed Tyson's head.* (What?!)

  Tyson: "Bad aiming?" *He waved down and a ball of wind hit Luna at incredible speeds and knocked her off her feet.* "FLURRY STYX"

  Luna: "Pssht-" *She coughed in shock and kicked the air before hitting the ground, allowing her to land on her feet.*

  Destiny: (Luna!)

  Luna: *She slid back, bending her knees to keep her balance.* (Nah, I'm right! Using wind arrows and manipulating the Astragongs around me comes pretty easy to me, aye.)

  Destiny: (You've only just learnt how to do this.)

  Luna: (You of all people should know how amazin' I am!)

  Tyson: *He looked ahead, smirking at Karol.* "Well, I heard that those twin dancers let down the Consultant for the last time."

  Karol: (Trinity? Infinity?) *He thought to himself in shock.* "W-What do yooh mean last tyme?"

  Tyson: *His smirk widened.* "Think about it."

  Karol: "Uhm-" *He looked down with lowering morale.*

  Nathan: "Karol, don't listen to him!" *He ran towards Tyson and jabbed his sword directly towards the side of his head.* "Hah!"

  Tyson: *He watched Nathan's sword swing to the side and slice past his face with a bored expression.* "Where exactly are you aiming?"

  Nathan: (I missed again?!)

  Tyson: *He swayed to the side and punched a pocket of wind into Nathan's ribs.* "FLURRY PULSE"

  *Tyson nudged forward and smashed Nathan onto the ground, causing him to tumble away.*

  Karol: "Nafan!" *He squealed and focused on the edge of the path, watching Nathan slide towards it.*

  Nathan: "Tssk." *He frowned and rammed the sword into the branch, stopping himself from sliding off the path.*

  Luna: (I don't think I've actually fought this guy before?)