Title: An Alternate Truth
Synopsis: Roger learns of the truth before anybody else...

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Adventures have always been the greatest thing ever, next to being a real man. That's why after hearing of the Urssa Lava Caves, Roger had decided to leave Surferio and embark on another adventure! That, and Lucien was going around saying he had already been there. If Lucien could do it, then Roger could too! Just how much of a man could a 12-year-old boy be? However much it was, Roger was one Menodix who was determined to exceed it!
"KYAAAAAAAHH!!!"
"Whoa!" Roger cried out, jumping out of the path of a swooping dragon. It hit the ground with a loud thud, screeching as its talons chipped against the hard earthen floor. The dragon glared at its original prey. "Uh-oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Roger got up and ran as fast as his stubby legs would carry him, feeling a strong wind blow from behind him as the grey dragon flapped its wings in takeoff. Roger ran across some branches that were stuck in a stream in the form of a bridge, making a strong leap for the other side when the turbulence from the dragon's wings blew the twigs apart.
"Yikes!" Roger cried, watching the twigs flush down the nearby waterfall. "That could have been ME!" Looking back up, he saw the dragon increasing its altitude. "Gah! It's preparing another strike! OK, it's Real Man time!" Roger quickly pulled his axe out from his dungarees, ready to strike the dragon as soon as it was within range. The dragon swooped down to make its attack, screeching out as loud as it could in a magnificent attempt to intimidate its prey – but Roger wasn't giving up yet! He was determined to get to the Urssa Lava Caves and defeat the Marquis, therefore proving once and for all that he was a bigger man than Lucien could ever be!
"Prepare yourself to DIE!!!" Roger jumped at the dragon, swinging his axe as hard as he could – but one swift swipe from the dragon's claw sent Roger crashing into the stream! As he flew out of the water and down the waterfall, Roger saw his axe flying higher into the air from the impact. A quick thud later, and Roger was in the most severe pain he had ever felt! After crashing down onto the ground near the collecting pool of water, he was sure he had broken his spine. The dragon had given up for now, but Roger soon saw his spinning axe flying back down, heading straight toward his forehead!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Roger screamed, shutting his eyes tight.

Suddenly, there was nothingness. Roger's pain had disappeared as quickly as it came. He could no longer hear the roar of the waterfall, nor the flapping wings of the surrounding dragons. Was he dead? It was hard to tell. Roger never heard the axe pierce his skull, nor feel the tremendous pain of the impact. Then he realised that he still had his eyes closed tight. Slowly opening them, Roger could still see pure nothingness. Light, air, Elicoor II... everything was completely gone. Nothing existed anymore. But what of his thoughts? His sheer confusion? Roger was certainly confused about the situation, and he was fully aware of this confusion. A grey box flashed up in front of Roger's eyes.
"What the-!?" He asked himself. Roger's voice, as demonstrated, still existed. "Eternal Sphere... This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, please contact your system vendor... OK... OK!? Why would it put that at the end of that sentence?" Roger just floated there, staring at the grey box. Having never seen anything like it before, he didn't know whether to touch the OK button, whether or not the OK button actually was a button, what on Elicoor II an Eternal Sphere was, or whether he would ever make it to the Urssa Lava Caves. Thinking about it, it had taken Roger at least a week to reach the Mountains of Barr, so how had Lucien had the time to explore the Lava Caves? He must have been lying the whole time! "LUCIEN!!! IF I EVER GET OUT OF THIS STRANGE AREA OF NOTHINGNESS, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT!!!!!!"

Wow. One simple lie had trapped an adventurous and curious Menodix soul in a system error. And yet there are still people in this world who continue to lie through their teeth! I mean, COME ON!!! I'm not a major fan of Roger, but seriously. Lying is wrong. Stop it.