Nathan: "No."
Trevour: "Then I see a contradiction in your insights-"
Nathan: "You treat them differently, not because of what they are.. You treat them differently because you have respect."
Trevour: "I don't quite follow, sir. Sounds like a cheap way to ignore the hole in your moral."
Nathan: "I see them as equals, no matter how mentally or physical impaired they are. It's just me treating them differently due to respect. I don't treat them differently because I see them any less."
Trevour: "Then you could say the same about women."
Nathan: "But there is nothing wrong with women."
Trevour: "And there's nothing wrong with disabled or elderly people?"
Nathan: *He sighed, slowly closing his eyes.* (You don't seem to understand what I mean..)
Trevour: "Nathan?"
Nathan: "..." *He started to breathe heavily, as he slowly fell into slumber.*
Trevour: "Sir?"
Nathan: "Zzzz."
Trevour: "Good night, sir." *He closed his eyes and smiled.* (Thank you for giving me a perspective sight of your life..)
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*Luna and the champion walked into their room, gently closing the door behind them.*
Champion: "Here we go-" *She hobbled towards the closest bed and leant over it, guiding Luna onto it.*
Luna: *She felt the sheets on both sides, looking down in an awkward-like manner.* "Thanks, aye."
Champion: "May I please ask you a question?" *She smiled and hobbled towards the other vacant bed, keeping an eye on Luna.*
Luna: "Shoot."
Champion: "Your choice of speech. Is that the same way everyone speaks from your home world?"
Luna: "Aha, nah."
Champion: "Then why do you speak like that?"
Luna: "Where we grew up.. There was a lot of slang."
Champion: "Oh my, slang?"
Luna: "I don't know how to explain it."
Champion: "You don't really have a reason?"
Luna: "We talk like this 'cause we no longer cared."
Champion: "Your appearance."
Luna: "I can't really tell what you guys wear, but these clothes are normal."
Champion: "It's all black. Were you part of something?"
Luna: "Ahh..?" *She grunted in recollection, triggering flashbacks of cutting herself with Kylie and Kerry-Anne.* "Somethin'."
Champion: "Why did you come here? Are you here to invade somebody?"
Luna: "Huh? No. I didn't ask to come here." *She yawned, catching the champion's attention.*
Champion: (When she realised she wasn't from this world, she started to have panic attacks.. I've never seen someone naturally fear the beauty of Rostical in my entire life..)
Luna: "Is that all the questions?"
Champion: "Oh my, yes."
Luna: "..." *She stared at the ceiling in thought.*
Champion: *She looked uncomfortable, glancing at her enormous hunchback.* (It hurts a little more than usual today-)
Luna: "Well, what does it feel like to use Rostickal?"
Champion: "It's..." *She sighed, lowering her head.*
Luna: "Aye? Wat's with the sigh?"
Champion: "I don't appreciate Rostical because I excel in it. I appreciate the wonders it can do."
Luna: "That doesn't seem to warrant that sigh?" *She spoke with a question, implying the champion to answer it.*
Champion: "You're good at reading people's vocals."
Luna: *She smirked in recollection.* "Like I said before, I grew up in a shit place.. You had to act tough, learn how to read people's thoughts and body language.. My bro had to do the exact same thing."
Champion: "Why?"
Luna: *She shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.* "I'm still pretty young, but each new generation gets worse and worse.."
Champion: "How old are you?"
Luna: "Seventeen.. You?"
Champion: "I.. Seem to have forgotten."
Luna: "Pssht.. Wateva-"
Champion: "No, no. I'm serious."
Luna: "How can you forget your age?"
Champion: "With Astragons.."
Luna: "Astragongs.. That's the Rostickal shit involvin' space, right?"
Champion: "Yes.. Once you've obtained a certain level of mastery, you're able to use Astragons to slow down the aging process."
Luna: "By slowin' it down, you mean immortality?"
Champion: "Not fully, but essentially."
Luna: "Whoa.." *She gasped and rubbed her cheeks.* "Could I use these Astragongs to help fix my eyes?"
Champion: "No..."
Luna: "Wat? You can almost become immortal, but you can't fix eyes?"
Champion: "It's possible to restore your eyes if they were healed with Radiatons almost immediately."
Luna: "Oh.."
Champion: *She glanced at Luna's eyes, observing the area around them.* (Once she gets to Silver Wind Island, she needs to clean out her wounds.. Those burns seems to have festered with bacteria-)
Luna: "Ahh-" *She suddenly hissed in pain, rubbing her cheeks.*
Champion: "What's the matter?"
Luna: "N-Nothin'-"
Champion: "Oh?"
Luna: "It's just.. I've been getting a lot of pain in my cheeks and forehead lately.."
Champion: (Just as I started to worry.. It seems bacteria has already started to spread..)
Luna: "I'm too tired, but I can't fall asleep with this much pain."
Champion: "If only I knew Radiaton filled healing Rostical..."
Luna: "Aye? Radiaytons?"
Champion: *She shook her head as if it didn't matter.* "Just learn the basics. Neurons and Astragons. You don't need to worry about Radiatons."
Luna: "Why?"
Champion: "Unlike Neurons and Astragons, Radiatons are only passed down through the divine blood or love."
Luna: "Yea?"
Champion: ".. It's not something you have to worry about."
Luna: "Umm, OK?" *She paused.* "So, could I find someone with Radiayton Rostickal to heal my eyes?"
Champion: "The restoration of the eyes, heart and brain once the body has started to naturally heal the wounds is almost impossible-"
Luna: "OK, you can stop there, aye."
Champion: "Okay." *She spoke in respect and pulled on a piece of fabric around her waist, causing her entire upper robes to slide off.* "Ahh, that's better."
Luna: *She listened to the falling fabric, causing her to tilt her head.* "Do you sleep naked or somethin'?"
Champion: "No, just making myself a little more comfortable."
Luna: "Umm, I don't swing like that-"
Champion: *She giggled and walked towards Luna.* "Nor do I."
Luna: "So-"
Champion: "We need our rest." *She stood in front of Luna and stepped to the side.*
Luna: "But I can't-"
Champion: "I know a Rostical which can temporarily disable the senses. It will last long enough for you to fall asleep?"
Luna: "Awesome. Do it." *She spoke with a smile as if she was excited.*
Champion: *She nodded her head and raised her arm.* "Way of bonds disrupt, temper its own dividends, almighty Radiatons disable the foe's awareness-"
Luna: "Foe's awareness? Huh-?"
Champion: "SILENCING FORCE" *She waved her arm across Luna, opening and closing her hand.*
Luna: "You-?" *She motioned her mouth as if she was speaking, causing her to touch her throat.* (My voice-?)
Champion: "I know you can't hear me, but you should be able to have a good night's rest."
Luna: (I-...) *She mumbled and slowly fell into slumber, causing the champion to smile.*
Champion: *She hobbled over to her bed and gently crawled under the sheets, closing her eyes.* (What a fascinating party to travel with.. Tomorrow will be a long day.)
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*Lezard, Twortz and Rachael walked down a thin cavern-like path, lit up by glowing crystals on the wal
ls.*
Twortz: "We have been walking for a considerable amount of time-"
Lezard: "Ooo." *He giggled to himself and hobbled up ahead, noticing a glyphic platform.*
Rachael: *She walked with Twortz, staring at Lezard's back.* "What did you find?"
Lezard: "The little glowy path thing Lucky showed us-" *He stared at the glowing line on the ground.* "Has led us to another teleportation glyph."
Twortz: "A way out?"
Lezard: "Indeedly do." *He stepped on the platform and shook his bottom, waiting for the girls to step on.*
Twortz: *She stepped onto the platform and looked down, staring at the glyphic markings in confusion.* "Last time I vividly remember it glowing. Now it is doing nothing."
Rachael: *She stepped on the platform, tapping her foot on it in a curious-like manner.* "Twortz is right."
Twortz: "Hmm." *She nodded her head in a professional-like manner.*
Lezard: "That's probably because Lucky poured some of his Neurons into the glyph."
Rachael: "Go on then." *She spoke with a smile as if she was happy to leave."
Lezard: "Oh, I've got bad news."
Twortz: *She sighed.* "What?"
Lezard: "You see, it takes a lot of my own Neurons to use my healing Remenistal."
Twortz: "What exactly is it you're saying?" *She spoke in a professional, stern-like manner.*
Rachael: "You don't have enough Neurons to activate the glyph?"
Lezard: "Bingo!"
Twortz: "Then-?!" *She frowned and faced Lezard, losing her professional composure.* "How are we getting out of here!?"
Lezard: "Back into your cage!" *He squealed in fright and formed a cross with his fingers, stepping back.* "You both have Neurons! You could easily do it!"
Twortz: "In my cage?"
Rachael: "How could we do that? I don't think we possess enough of these Neurons."
Lezard: "Wrong, my child. You can use Rostical and our heavy friend can use Azure Bursts. Neurons is a vital requirement to use both."
Twortz: (I have these Neurons too?)
Rachael: "Great. How can we use them?"
Lezard: "Well, lucky for us. This glyph has already been prepared. We just need to add Neurons into it to activate it."
Rachael: "What does that mean, already been prepared?"
Lezard: "Such willingness to learn, you inspire me-"
Twortz: "That is not a correct answer to her question."
Lezard: *He sighed.* "In order to create a glyph, you must draw its symbols with Astragons and power it up with Neurons. Since this glyph has already been made, the hard part of making a glyph is done."
Rachael: (That makes sense. If I were to draw a picture and asked someone to colour it in, that would be easier than having someone draw and colour the picture.)
Twortz: "This cave is cold. Tell me how to activate it now."
Rachael: "Twortz.. We're not at work, you don't need to keep talking so sternly."
Twortz: "..." *She paused, avoiding eye contact with Rachael in a snobby-like manner.* (You are not the real Rachael... I should not have to listen to you-)
Lezard: "Merely use your Neurons?"
Twortz: *She frowned with a twitching eye.* "What can't you understand about this scenario? We don't know how to use our Neurons."
Lezard: "Okay, okay. Just simply use either your Remenistal or Azure Burst."
Rachael: "Is that it?"
Lezard: "Yuppers."
Twortz: (Tedious-) *She quickly swayed the frying pan and blew a strong, loud gust, causing the glyph underneath the party to suddenly glow purple.*
Lezard: "Ooo, almost!"
Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She punched her fists and swayed her arm across, blasting a small boulder into the air.*
Lezard: *He watched the glyph shine, queuing him to squeal in accomplishment.* "You did it, children!"
Rachael: "We did-?"
*The glyph pulsed and suddenly flashed, blinding the party with purple light.*
Twortz: "Tsst-" *She stepped forward with squinted eyes and noticed she stood on sand.*
Rachael: "The waves are much louder-" *She blinked several times, noticing she stood on the beach.*
Lezard: "Wow, wasn't that exciting?"
Twortz: "It's night-?"
Rachael: "Kah!-" *She suddenly looked ill, collapsing to her knees.*
Twortz: "..." *She watched Rachael gasp for air which triggered images of her dying by PKMY's hand.*
Lezard: "What's wrong, little one?"
Rachael: "I just feel sick."
Lezard: "You were sick when you first entered the catacombs too."
Twortz: "I don't recall the true Rachael getting motion sickness."
Rachael: (True?)
Lezard: "Maybe you're just not good with teleportation glyphs? I remember a few friends back in my days had trouble stomaching food when teleported. They had to even skip dinner-"
Twortz: *She shivered, causing her to glance down the empty shore.* "Are we going to find a place to rest?"
Lezard: *He leant down and helped Rachael onto her feet, supporting her on his shoulder.* "It's getting spine tingling chilly out here."
Rachael: *She started to sweat.* "Yeah."
Lezard: *He noticed the calm water, causing him to smirk with an idea.* "Right here."
Twortz: "Right here? Don't be absurd!"
Lezard: "Why not?"
Twortz: "We are not animals!"
Lezard: "Well, technically we are-"
Twortz: "I am not sleeping on a beach!"
Rachael: "I don't-, tired-" *She sighed and suddenly fell unconscious, causing Lezard to awkwardly and slowly lower himself onto the sand.*
Lezard: *He placed Rachael on her side and adjusted her arms and legs, ensuring she was lying comfortably.* "Looks like Razzypoo shares my mind frame-"
Twortz: "She passed out. She doesn't share your mind frame."
Lezard: "If you're always serious, you'll never get to enjoy life."
Twortz: "And if you're always slack and lazy, you'll never get anywhere in life."
Lezard: "Interesting." *He lay on the sand next to Rachael and pressed his back against hers, closing his eyes.*
Twortz: "I don't believe-" *She quickly turned around and started to rub her temples.* "Are you for serious?"
Lezard: "Most definitely-"
Twortz: "Be quiet."
Lezard: "..." *He silently smiled, knowing he annoyed Twortz.*
Twortz: "You just said it's spine chilling cold!"
Lezard: "Actually, I said spine tingling-"
Twortz: "Tsskt!" *She hissed in growing anger and started to walk away, causing her to notice the lively sounds of the nocturnal creatures.*
Lezard: "See you in the morning." *He smiled as if he knew she wouldn't leave by herself.*
Twortz: *She sat on the sand and sighed in defeat, placing the frying pan on the ground.* (I can't-)
*Twortz's stomach rumbled, causing her to frown with sadness.*
Twortz: (I can't fall asleep on an empty stomach..)
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*Tara suddenly appeared outside of Sorrowprax's walls, glaring at the hills in the distance.*
Tara: (I was a little late to prepare, but, those prisoners will pay for breaking out-)
*Tara smirked and started to run forward at incredible speeds, swaying her arms behind her.*
Tara: "Fufufu." (I'll try not to kill them when I confront them..)
*Tara thought to herself with a widening smirk and leant forward, suddenly flashstepping out of the area.*
Chapter 5: Travelling Endeavours
*Sunlight shined on the shore, slowly waking Lezard up.*
Lezard: "And the sun's warmth effectively woke Lezard and his allies up-" *He mumbled with his eyes shut and stretched.*
*Lezard leant up and rubbed his eyes, noticing Rachael staring out into the ocean.*
Lezard: "Razzypoo?"
Rachael: "Ashton and I used to watch the sunrise toge
ther. Either before our morning shift or after our rare overnight shifts."
Lezard: "Ashton?"
Rachael: *She snapped out of her train of thought and discreetly wiped a tear before facing Lezard.* "I'm ready to see your father soon."
Lezard: "Ooo, ready to leave I take it?" *He grumbled to himself and stood up, brushing sand off his clothes.*
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