Lezard: "She's making herself useful!"
Twortz: *She swayed the frying pan like a large fan, causing more noise to slightly push the platform away.* "I-It's working!"
Rachael: "Awesome work, Twortz! How are you doing that?!"
Lezard: "She excels in Astragons! It's magnificent, even for her!"
Lucky: "Weee!" *He clapped his hands, noticing the path become more rigid up ahead.* "More fun!"
Rachael: "What was that, Lucky-?"
*A natural slope in the path suddenly knocked the platform, causing it to spin back towards the ledge.*
Lezard: "Jinkies! We're riding it faster than before!"
Twortz: (I have to-) *She swayed the frying pan, causing a whoosh-like sound to echo.*
Rachael: "I heard it, but nothing happened!" *She was pinned down under the party, effectively disabling her from looking over her shoulder.*
Lezard: "What a fun way to die?"
Twortz: "I don't give up!" *She continued to sway the frying pan, ignoring the fact it did nothing.*
Lucky: "Weee! Hyuck hyuck!" *He wiggled his bottom on top of Twortz, oblivious of it hurting her.*
Twortz: (I can't!-) *She gritted her teeth in desperation, noticing the green mist as the platform slid closer to the ledge.*
Lezard: "Goodbye cruel world!-"
Twortz: (I feel sick!-) *Her body glowed a shade of blue, catching Lezard's attention.*
Lezard: "An Azure Burst!-"
Twortz: "Words?" *She looked up in confusion.* "Who said that-?"
Lezard: "In name of The Astral Plains, say them!"
Twortz: *She frowned and tightly held the frying pan, readying herself to sway it.* "Sonic Rush."
*Twortz swayed the frying pan, blowing a scattered shock wave into the air, pushing the platform all the way to the side of the wall.*
Rachael: "You did it!" *She shouted in a victorious-like manner, watching the platform chip away at the wall.*
Twortz: "Sonic Rush?"
Lezard: "Jinkies! What a spin-chilling attack-"
Lucky: "Hyuck!" *He chuckled with his mouth open, listening to the air swirl in his mouth.*
Twortz: (That felt, extraordinary!)
Rachael: "What's happening? I can't see in front of us!"
Lezard: "Umm-" *He shuffled onto his backside and stared ahead, causing him to squeal in fear.*
Twortz: "What appears to be the problem?"
Lezard: "The cave's wall suddenly takes a sharp corner! It's like a wall in front of us."
Rachael: "What does that mean?"
Lucky: "We got splat, hyuck hyuck!"
Twortz: "I'll blow us away from the wall?" *She readjusted the frying pan, readying to sway it.*
Lezard: "No! With your lack of Astragon control, we'll be blasted back and fall down."
Twortz: "Then, what is the correct procedures for us to take?!"
Rachael: (Even in a situation like this-) *Her head bobbed up and down every time the platform hit a bump.* (She sounds so professional.)
Lezard: "I.. Don't know.."
Rachael: *She ignored the pain in her shins and slowly leant up, staring in front in shock.* "Whoa."
Twortz: *She noticed Twortz's stance on the moving platform in confusion.* (Wasn't Rachael light headed? How is she riding this platform so easily-?)
Rachael: "M-Maybe we should lean to the left before we hit the wall?"
Lezard: "Not sure if you've noticed, but we're kind of moving at quite a fast pace, little monster."
Rachael: "But-"
Lucky: "Splat, splat, splat." *He leant to each side, as if he was singing a song.*
Twortz: "What should we do?!"
Rachael: "..."
Lezard: "Brace yourselves?"
Rachael: *She watched the pebbles on the path vibrate, before the platform ran them over.* (I don't know if my memory was hazy because I was filled with adrenalin.. Was I really the one that saved Lezard?)
*Rachael thought to herself in curiosity, triggering a flashback of when the rock pillar shot up, hitting her in mid-air.*
Rachael: (I felt a connection I've never experienced before, but-) "No, what am I thinking? It's not possible."
Lezard: "Okies! Brace yourselves, everyone!"
Lucky: "This will make booboo." *He spoke in worry and closed his naturally squinted eye, preparing himself for a crash.*
Rachael: (That feeling.. It's natural, like feeling fear or excitement..) *She formed fists, staring at the cave wall they were about to smash into.*
*Rachael's body started to glow a shade blue, instantly catching Lezard and Twortz's attention.*
Lezard: "Holy fish-cakes! You know Azure Bursts too-?"
Rachael: (This feeling.. I've got weight on my arms.. It's like, they're moving through sand or dirt-)
*Rachael slowly moved her arms, as if they were buried or in water.*
Rachael: "Kah-?" *She suddenly coughed, as if something was caught in her throat.* "What-?"
Lezard: *He noticed Rachael's discomfort.* "Don't fight that feeling. The throat is where the Neurons and Astragons mix when a new technique is learnt-"
Rachael: "I don't-" *She twitched to the side, causing her to gasp at the wall next to her.* (It felt like it responded to my movement!-)
Lezard: *He focused back in front, tightly crossing his arms over his face.* "This is it-"
Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She punched to the side, causing a sheet of rock to erupt up, forming a smooth arch around the wall.*
Lucky: "Yay! Fun again, hyuck!" *He smiled in relief, watching the platform slide on the newly formed wall, causing him to lean on one side.*
Twortz: (Smooth?)
Rachael: "Hehe?!" *She smirked at her fist in amazement, as if she was suddenly enjoying the ride.* (It's like a slippery dip at an amusement park, or at Adventure Land in Dee Highs-)
Lezard: "The party rode on an unnaturally flat rock, down a singular path which reached the bottom-" *He spoke with a smile, as he fell into the green mist.*
Lucky: "Yay! We cut heaps of time." *He smiled, clapping his hands.*
Rachael: *She spread her arms and focused, causing the platform to slide down the path in a smooth-like manner.* (I absolutely don't believe this-)
Lezard: (She's even controlling the rock under us from vibrating-)
Lucky: "Lucky can't see, hyuck!"
Twortz: "Sonic Rush." *She shouted with an echoing voice and swayed the frying pan, blowing away the mist.*
Rachael: *She watched the mist in front suddenly sway to the side, revealing the ground.* "We're about to slide across the ground! Brace for a bumpy ride!"
Lezard: "Whaaaa." *He whined in shock.*
Rachael: "Ahhh!"
Lucky: "Weeee."
Twortz: "Hooeee!" *She whined in a sing-like manner, bracing herself.*
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Trevour: *He watched the Scoldrant slam its fin into the shield, causing it to crack like glass.* (This Mystic Shield won't be able to last long-)
Champion: *She hobbled up to Trevour, taking a deep breath with urgency.* "I have a plan. Right now, we're too weak to fight a powerful Scoldrant-"
Luna: "W-Wat's them glassy cracky sounds?!" *She twitched in fear, causing Nathan's annoyed frown to turn into an understanding pout.*
Nathan: *He watched Trevour and the champion talk behind the cracked silver shield.* (What's happening over there?)
Trevour: "D-Do you think it will work?"
Champion: "I may not look it, but I've experienced many battles."
Trevour: "Got it-" *He stood up and punched his fists together, causing a brown glyph to form under his feet.*
Scoldrant: "Noel!" *It jabbed its fin-like arm into the cracked shield, causing it to suddenly shatter.*
Champion: "Now! Icy swirls call down upon me, frigid skies grant me power-" *She spoke with an echoing voice, as a blue glyph formed underneath her.*
Trevour: (Okay-) "DUST STORM" *He punched one fist into the air, causing a swirling eruption
of sand to blast into the Scoldrant's face.*
Scoldrant: "Noel!-" *It leant back, sneezing out the sand.*
Champion: *She raised her arm and looked up, watching ice explode into materialisation.* "ICICLE EDGE" *She swayed her arm down, blasting thick ice spears down towards the Scoldrant.*
Luna: "Everything is echoin'?" *She continuously tilted her head to each side, trying to decipher the unnatural sounds of the Rostical.*
Trevour: *He intensely stared at the ice spears, watching them plummet directly on top of the Scoldrant.* (That Rostical was incantation boosted-)
*The spears suddenly exploded into miniature glaciers on the Scoldrant's back.*
Scoldrant: "Noell!-" *It wailed in pain.*
Champion: "Oh my, now!"
Trevour: "The aurora lights bend and swirl the gravel into liquid, turn to dust and sand, watch it vacuum your sins-" *He shouted and dropped to the ground, placing both hands on the dirt.*
Nathan: (An incantation!-)
Trevour: "SWIRLING SANDPIT"
*Rings of sand swirled around all four of the Scoldrant's legs, effectively sinking it.*
Nathan: (He's able to sink something that large into the ground!-)
Champion: (I had a feeling he knew an incantation to a Rostical-) *She smiled to herself in thought.*
Trevour: (Excellent. Everything is going to plan-)
Champion: "AQUA LIQUID" *She swayed her arms in a fluid-like manner, causing waves of water to crash around the Scoldrant's feet.*
Nathan: *He watched the Scoldrant continue to sink into the ground.* (I see. The ice on the Scoldrant's back is adding weight-)
Trevour: *He quickly stood up and punched the air above him.* "DUST STORM"
*An erupted of swirling mud-like sand spiralled up the Scoldrant's legs.*
Scoldrant: "Noeeel?!"
Champion: *She cupped her hands and a blue glyph shined underneath her.* "POLAR SNAP"
Trevour: (They're like muddy pillars-)
*Snow swirled and floated around the muddy pillars, instantly freezing them.*
Scoldrant: "Noelll!" *It tried to pull its legs out of the frozen muddy clump.*
Nathan: (It's stuck!) *He thought in shock, watching the Scoldrant struggle to move.*
Champion: *She quickly hobbled around, facing Nathan and Luna.* "Let's go!"
Trevour: *He stared at the Scoldrant in amazement.* (Everything went just as she planned! What a combo!-)
Nathan: "Trevour!"
Trevour: "Oh?" *He faced the party and noticed them running away.* "Coming, sir!"
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*Rachael, Twortz, Lezard and Lucky slowly came to a stop, ignoring the swirls of dirt left behind them.*
Lucky: *He hopped off the platform and smiled, clapping his hands in excitement.* "That was fun, hyuck!"
Twortz: "Yeek-" *She quickly rolled off the platform and sighed in relief, brushing dirt off her clothes.*
Rachael: *She smirked and sat on the platform comfortably, taking a satisfying breath of relief.* "Wow."
Lezard: *He awkwardly stood up and brushed his garments, giggling to himself in excitement.* "Wowza indeed, Raz."
Rachael: "Raz? I like it."
Lezard: "Bwarharh, thankies."
Lucky: "Let's do that again!"
Twortz: "..." *She sniffed and placed her hands behind her back, standing in a professional-like manner.*
Lezard: "Not me! I was lucky I didn't poop!"
Twortz: "Excuse me?"
Lucky: "Lucky didn't do?" *He looked over to his backside in confusion.* "Lucky confused?"
Lezard: "Bwarharharh, nothing to worry about, my dear Lucky."
Rachael: "Hehe." *She smiled at Lezard and Lucky's conversation.*
Lucky: "Come, this way!" *He pointed to a cave entrance, before walking towards it.*
Rachael: *She pushed herself up and smirked, staring at Lucky's back.* "Let's go."
Lezard: "Roger!"
Twortz: "Isn't it suspicious that we're following this autistic man deep underground?"
Lezard: "Does it matter what his mental condition is?"
Twortz: "Yes?" *She spoke as if it was an obvious answer.*
Lezard: "How do you trust people?"
Twortz: "..."
Lezard: *He quickly hobbled after Rachael, glancing at her in a curious-like manner.* "Tell me, Razzypoo. How long could you use Remenistal for?"
Rachael: "I'm speechless, really? I could never do that before."
Twortz: (Am I the only one thinking clearly? I don't care how special he is, it's the fact we're following him, deep in an unimaginable place.. We have no idea what his intentions are-)
Rachael: *She started to walk forward, chuckling in disbelief.* "How did I-?"
Lezard: *He hobbled by Rachael's side.* "The technique Rock Pillar, that's a ground-based Remenistal."
Rachael: "And that means Rostical?"
Lezard: "Bravo." *He giggled, enthusiastically shaking his bottom.*
Lucky: "Lucky here." *His voice echoed from within the cave, catching the party's attention.*
Rachael: *She shook her arms and stepped into the cave, listening to their footsteps echo.* "My arms feel really weird."
Lezard: "They're probably not used to the Neurons."
Twortz: *She looked up and sighed, shaking her head.* (As bad as it sounds, I can't leave them.. The walk back up is too great-)
*Twortz sighed again and silently followed the party through the cave, listening to their conversation.*
Rachael: "Could you please explain what Neurons are?"
Lezard: "Neurons, they're like an energy source. Depending on the person's Neuron level, it can determine how strong one's Remenistal, or Rostical is."
Twortz: (So, these Neurons are similar to a battery?)
Rachael: "Does that mean everyone has different levels of Neurons?"
Lezard: "Of course. It's the same reason why we don't all have the same coloured hair and eyes."
Rachael: "So if you got a lot of Neurons, your Rostical becomes much stronger?"
Lezard: "Yes. It's also not Remenistal, everything incorporates Neurons. Neurons can also boost physical attributes."
Rachael: "I don't quite get what it does-"
Lezard: *He shook his head.* "It's easier to understand when I explain both."
Lucky: "Astra-Astragons! Hyuck hyuck." *He giggled and rubbed his ears, leading the party through the tight dark cave.*
Twortz: (Even this autistic man knows what these Neuron things are...)
Lezard: "Exactly right, little monster-"
Lucky: "Rawrr." *He pretended to be a Scoldrant.*
Lezard: "Bwarharh."
Rachael: "Hehe. So, these Astra-Astragons?"
Lezard: "Astragons. These guys are responsible for the manipulation of space."
Rachael: "Wow?"
Lezard: "Neurons may determine the quality of one's power, but Astragons determine the size of one's attack."
Rachael: "Is that all Astragons do?"
Lezard: "It also determines the Rasticsplash of an attack."
Rachael: "What's a Rasticsplash?"
Lezard: "Well.. An example would be-..." *He looked up to the cave walls, staring at bright glowing crystals in thought.* "Ah! Like a fire based Remenistal, the Rasticsplash can determine how burnt you get from the attack."
Rachael: "The flame's heat.. Wouldn't that have something to do with Neurons?"
Lezard: "Jinkies! You catch on fast."
Rachael: "Hehe."
Lezard: "Although that's true, the Rasticsplash is like the aftermath or additional bonuses one can do."
Rachael: "If I had a lot of Neurons, that would mean I could erupt an entire building sized rock?" *She punched her fist up, implying a piece of rock erupted out of the ground.*
Lezard: "Nope. The size of the rock would be determined by your level of Astragons. The Neurons determine how hard the rock would be."
Rachael: "How would that work with water?"
Rachael: "So, water?"
Lezard: "Regarding the water elemental affinity, the Neurons determine how strong the water is, for example, its current."
Rachael: "And the Astragons?"
Lezard: "They determine your ability at controlling the water, and how much you're able to manipulate."
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