The Rogue, the Slayer and the Mage
"… Basically your root dialect is mostly similar to ours, but from Soluna to Lore, words got lost over years of mistranslation due to the transgenic reset." Tek finished her lecture on Soluna...
"For goodness sake, speak more simply." Valencia stated in her confusion. Listening to the roundabout conversation made her even more excited to tell the others about the discovery.
"So you're saying that your Soluna-city clans could be ancestorial... Somehow warped here along with twenty other students, and there were robots and cool stuff?" questioned Valencia.
"Yes, that's the gist of it," Tek said as she unsheathed her large spanner on her back;
"Where's Dean Warlic by the way?" Valencia's eyes gleamed. "Aha, I knew that person!"
"Warlic?" continued Valencia, "He's not a Dean and I still think he's an Archmage."
"Meep!" said small flying Truffles as she sped behind its owner, terrified of the green and flying space-rabbit floating nearby, the Farbit tsked in amusement as it glared at the Moglin.
"Enough chatting," stated Valencia as Tek was awed by the huge monster behind her...
"Time to see what rare items you have brought from the past!" Devi laughed in glee as Tek dropped several technologically advanced items from her satchel, polishing each of them one at a time, a Photon-Phaser and Smokey-Flamethrower among them, "Here."
Devi's face looked alarmed. "Disrupting normalcy of our time-flow aren't we? I still don't think that's good idea." He stated to Tek privately. "Tek, you heard of the butterfly effect?"
On other side of Battleon, Tetris was looking pretty bored. He already finished Warlic's tomato juice which was cool and refreshing, but on the other hand he was waiting for-
"How do I look?" ventured Seraphine timidly as she exited her simple tent... Instead of her normal Slayers outfit she wore the fuchsia bunny-jamas, plus she twirled her weapon twice.
Tetris's response was burst out laughing as he crouched, "Ahahaha! You look kyute!"
Seraphine sighed in repressed frustration, "I took an hour for this, Tetris!" she roared.
Already; long collie hair was starting to grow along her arms and Tetris stopped laughing. "Alright, you shouldn't take that joke seriously!" he begged, "I just thought it looked-"
"Kyute?" snarled Seraphine femininely, "Whatever, I think you owe me an apology."
"Full moon fever," muttered Tetris to himself, "Even worse than girl hormones."
"Alright, but watch your words, bloodsucker."
Instantly she reverted back to human form, but only problem was she still had that brushy collie tail amongst her costume and furry soft ears sticking out of her head...
Seraphine almost looked like a furry cos-player, albeit with realistic fur...!
"Hey, now you appear cool!" remarked the vampiric mage, she smiled gratefully.
Then something stirred in Tetris's pocket, "A present for you." The apprentice offered.
"Oooh, a pet rock." Seraphine observed. "Great, let me just get this to Valencia-"
"-Stole it from Warlic's shop, hope he didn't mind." Tetris winked.
There was a loud bellow from the other side of town... "Tetris!" stormed Warlic as he realised his potions and pet rocks were both missing from his store.
"Let's go," Seraphine said quickly as she dashed towards Valencia's spot. "Valley!"
Somehow the Slayer realised the item hunter wasn't there. "Have you seen Valencia?"
Robina was sharpening her arrows on a grinder, brown hair tucked behind her ears, "No."
"Robina Hood, if you had some rescent news, I would gladly hear it," Seraphine calmly said.
The female ranger was casually dressed with her hair down, it was still early morning...
"Well," began Robina cheerfully, "Lolosia has been rebuilt after years of ruins, Graemor has just been destroyed by the Galin... Artix is wanting supporters of Battleon to help his cause."
"Lolosia? Isn't it that Seaport place with all the Windzards?" Seraphine cut in excitedly...
"We could use a sea-change, both Tetris and I," she spoke out. "I think I have bad grammar."
"Don't worry about it, even I have bad grammar," Robina winked at the female.
"Why are we taling about pronouncation anyway?" wondered Tetris. The girls stared.
"Where did you come from?!" shouted Seraphine, "I was having a conversation alone with good lady Robina... Unless you wanted to comment too." Tetris blanched out.
"Yeah, I think it would be a great holiday," pointed out Tetris, shuddering coldly:
"all the cooling salty winds, blitsering sun and the surf... It can't be good for my skin...!"
"I have a fairly pale complexion, so I think I should get a sunny tan," Seraphine laughed, hiding her furry ears so that Robina wouldn't see what sub-race she came from.
"Do you want to get skin cancer? Well go ahead, you deserve a relaxing holiday after all that fighting." Robina stated, crossing her arms, "It's the only way to rest nowadays..."
"Hello guys!" Valencia burst into the town, towing all sorts of strange technology on Grumbles, "You'll never guess who I came across, I shall introduce miss Tek and Devi Whirl..."
"These people came from this faraway place in some other continent...!" Tetris fainted in shock.
"WACE!" screamed Devi in total awe, "It's a rural town, coolskis-!" Seraphine sweatdropped.
"It's rather homely, I've lived in Darkovia most of my life." The slayer introduced herself.
"Well," chortled Devi, "It's rather different from Soluna-city," He began glancing around, delight filled his face "Wow, I never knew our future-town would be sooo... Medieval."
The others stared: "What?! Are those people from around here?" They glared at Valencia. "Anyway, what is
"We need an explaination," the local residents muttered to the rare-item rogue, "Explain,"
"This is going to take a while," sighed Tek as she relaxed on a bare log which then moved.
"Twilly doesn't like being sat on! Oh noes!" Twilly protested, leaping up in annoyance.
"Sorry lil one," Tek apoligised, amidst Twilly growling in anger at the incident.
"Great, I get sat on, punted around and hurt from various injuries." The moglin squeaked.
"Hey, do you speak?" Tek gasped in amazement, "Back in my day, I never saw one up close. Ramifications of Moglin autonomy never ceases to amaze me, even now..."
Twilly healed himself, "Don't speak techo-babble, miss Tek..."
"I can't hardly understand your highly incomphrensible words! I can'y wait to see stuff."
"That is a Mecha, a highly inconphensible piece of machinery." Tek used her natural prowness.
"oooooh," Twilly was wowed by the robot, its eyes glinted. "Twilly wants to play with it!"
"No way, shimei!" Devi cried out, protecting it. "That's my mecha, now back off!"
"Valencia, I have found a Pet-rock for you so that we can gain access to Lolosia for a holiday." Seraphine handed Valencia the jumping rock with eyes, "Hopes you'll like it."
"Very well, but just to make sure these two don't get into trouble, can't they come too?" Valencia begged the two Adventurers, Seraphine glanced at Tetris and he nodded relucantly.
"Oh no!" groaned Tetris, gritting his canines together. "I hate company!" Devi stared at him.
"You need a holiday..." stated Tek, "And we've only just arrived here to Battleon."
"Yes, let's go," Seraphine yelled impatiently, "The seaside awaits!"
The sun was shining, the sea-salt was fresh in the air and tangy, the sea was whispering secrets... Perfect except for...
"AHHHHRRRR! It burns! My skin burns!" wailed Tetris, "Why me?!"
"Stop being such a baby," Seraphine was getting tired of his complaining. "It doesn't affect me."
"That's a different matter!" Tetris snapped, "I have a rare medical condition of the skin!"
The vampire mage was literally screaming as he tried to shade his body using a palm tree...
"Torturing your 'friend' Tetris is funny to me," acknowleged Devi, embracing the balmy heat and heatful sun, Tek was basking in the sun. "Look! An ancient seaship used awhile ago!"
"What sea-ship?" Tek asked, "It's an ancient vessel..." Tetris stopped screaming, "Where?"
"Over there," Seraphine pointed out, "It's Captain Rhubarb's ship."
"Thar she blows!" yelled a creaky voice as an ancient Captain appeared. "Welcome to Lolosia."
"Yaaaar," Devi saluted the sailor, "Nice to meet you, old sea-legs!" The sailor blinked.
"What in Lore are you?!" questioned the old sea-captain, "You're not human!"
(Devi was still in his Mecha.)
"Oops, sorry." Devi looked serious in the cockpit, "I hear the surf's really nice in Lolosia..."
"Enjoying the sun so far?" Twilly stated cheerfully, The mage growled at the Moglin.
"So, whatcha doing in a small port like this?" Tetris pointed out to the beatnik salior...
"What's with the wooden leg...? Did something or someone happened to chomp on it?"
The mage snickered, trying to put his mind off the blistering pain of the sun which scorched.
"Yes, how come you've arrived here? Any sea-voyages?" Seraphine interrupted with a grin...
The sailor just shrugged, "Nah, it's just because I've spat out by thar nigh Sea-Fiend...!"
Everyone stared, even the innkeeper, Rusehi (spelling?).
"Sea-Fiend?" they all puzzled. "What?" Devi looked excited
"Alright, a sea monster...!" cheered Devi as he leapt, "Right, it's off to see it I go!"
Tek followed him closely, clearly concerned about his wild and unpredictable behaviour.
The mechanic now had a decent tan after lying in the sun for clearly too many hours...
The oceanic-haired Ryusei shook with fear, "No, I wouldn't go there, travellers were eaten."
Landing in the golden sand, Tetris grumbled about circumstances - "You'll be fish-bait...!"
"I can take about anything this sea-dragon can dish out," Seraphine boasted as she listened to a spiral seashell, "I'm very experienced for my age, I even slayed powerful Undead soldiers..."
At this statement Twilly giggled childishly at the pink costume she was wearing, incapitated by laughter. The Salior shook his head in dismay at the bravado the Adventurer showed him...
"You may be fantastic at slaying creatures, but trust me after seeing this Dragon...?"
"Ah, who cares," snorted Devi, "This beach's great and it's paradise in Lolosia, yeeha!"
The pilot leapt into the water, embracing the chilling surf as it sprayed everywhere...
Then the Mecha started rusting because he forgot he was still in the cockpit - plus it floated.
"You can't do that," Tek warned desperately, "Mechas can't handle much sea-water...!"
"You could have told me that!" shrieked Devi as the mecha floundered around in the sea... Tek sighed as she tried to hitch out the heavy mecha, "You're going to have to pay..." Feathery Windzards squawked with glee as they attacked the fishy smelling robot.
Just then familar menacing Jaws music played: der-do, deerr-do... Water started to bubble.
Everyone looked around in fear, except the Sea-Captain who was ignorant of the figure.
"What was that?!" Tetris questioned, "It sounds like a sonar!" Seraphine sweatdropped.
"Of course it isn't a sonar, you bloodsucker," The female commented, wiser for the wear.
"Wow, Twilly's scared already," laughed Devi... Just then, there was a huge thunder-roar...
"It's behind me isn't it?" The captain stated calmly, oblivious to the huge sea-dragon.
"Yes, okay!" yelled everyone on the shore, terrified of the Sea-Fiend rising from the briny depths of whatever was down there in the sea...! Everyone hated to think where it came...
"So, what does that mean?" the captain yelled blindly.
"Turn around already!" Tetris snapped at the one-legged captain, "Are you blind?"
"Yes, I am blind in one eye." the Captain chuckled ironically. Tetris snarled.
"Well, THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBLIVIOUS- Arrhgggh!" The vampire yelled in shock.
Der-do, deerr-do, der-dun, DER-DUUUNNNN...! continued the annoying music.
Just then, the Sea-Fiend fully arose from the depths of the sea and tossed Devi's Mecha into the air as well as clumsy Tetris who fell...! They spun rapidly before the Sea-Fiend caught them... with its mouth... "AAAERRRRR!!!" The two males yelled as the jaws closed.
"Twilly doesn't like the looks of this!" Twilly whimpered pathetically. The Sea-Fiend chuckled as the rest of the group looked on in abject horror at the dragon beast's jaw...
"Tetris? Oh well," Seraphine shrugged nolachantly, "Never liked that sucker anyway, this isn't a total loss to me anyway, but at least Warlic will get his alllll potions baaack-..."
"Shut up!" yelled a muffled voice from inside the Sea-Fiend's mouth, "It's not funny...!"
"He's still alive! YAY!" Tek cheered, "Devi's back...!" Everyone looked expectedly.
I am still hungry, commented Therefus the Sea-Fiend telepathically, Time for appetizers.
"Not without fighting me, you won't...!" Seraphine declared heroically, before getting whacked by the Sea-Fiend's tail. "OUCH! I'm telling my mother about you- OWW!!!"
The Slayer clutched her head in pain, but then got up again, with full Fighter armor.
"Any other plans?" Tek glanced at the remaining team, but saw they all shrunk back.
"Fine, time for me to go into full Mecha warrior mode- Enpower Tek Jutsu!!!"
Tek glowed pink before she arrived in full female Mecha-like armor, complete with spanner.
"This is getting crazier by the minute," groaned Twilly at the whole situation...
"Yeah I'm back, baby, and sugar rushed power as well!" Super-Hyperion-Tek cheered as she struck the dragon with her special spanner, which was full of sugar and dragon-orb powered goodness... But it refused to let go of its hostages... "I need help!" Hyperion-Tek called.
"Computerized Flash Blaster-!" Everyone blinked at the power-word... "What?"
"Romance Computerized Battler!" Super-powered Tek continued, "I think I lost power..."
The attack didn't do anything. So Hyperion-Tek had give up crimefighting for meantimes.
Seraphine launched a full-on attack, firing her blood-tipped ice arrows at a rapid rate into the dragon's tough hide... "It's not working," she cried as Thefarus laughed at her efforts...
"Dark Lighting! Elemental Rage!" The dark-haired girl desperately shouted, stuttering out the words... Shadowly lightning blasted out of her fingertips along with explosions of a fire-water tornado filled with electricity zoomed at the dragon hypersonically...
You'll have to do better, you pathetic Slayer! (Hey, I made a rhyme!)
"Okayyy, ummm..." The Slayer was loss for words for now. "Shapeshifter spell!"
Meanwhile inside the Sea-Fiend's mouth...
"We're gonna be digested!" Tetris wailed, "And I never knew true love!" It was hot and sticky inside the azure dragon's mouth as Tetris hung onto a sharp looking tooth in the gumline... There was a deep crimson cavern leading to who knows where, but it looked terrifying and sticky... The mage hated to think where THAT cavern led to, probably down somewhere with bile... and lots of bones and seaweed and other eaten stuff accumulating for years.
"Shimei, Tetris!" Devi was attempting to look on the bright side, despite his fears...
"Hey, help me! We're not gonna get digested," The pilot's voice was strained with panic...
The Mecha pushed its iron arms upwards, against the roof of the Sea-Fiend's jaw, drool started to drip down the rusted arms. "Isn't this scary," he muttered, "How low can we go?"
"Isn't this just like a Neo Genesis Evangelion episode with both the Pilots, Asuka and Shinji and that fishy Angel with a big mouth?" Tetris commented, "We need someone to help!"
"Yes, I say this is EXACTLY like a Neo Genesis episode! Open! OPEN!" Devi yelled as the NGE theme music started playing in the background... "Shut up...!" he screamed at music.
Suddenly the theme music stopped as Tetris glared at the Soluna Pilot, "I was enjoying it..."
"Give me your bases... I mean your pets," Devi corrected. Tetris sweatdropped, "Only one."
At this, a small grey bunny rabbit bounced out of Tetris's backpack, "Neep?" it squeaked.
"That'll help," Devi's voice was full of sarcasm, "What can it do?" Tetris grinned in delight.
Immediately, a strong wind buffeted up as the bunny-rabbit... flew?! "YAY!"
At this, Thefarus's jaw opened a tiny fraction and Devi cheered. "The wind's doing well!"
"I told you it'll work! Seraphine! Hand me your wonder, pointy Fearsome Dualight...!"
"WHAT?!" bellowed configured voice that was recognisablely femine, outside the mouth.
"Fearsome Dualight, DUALIGHT!" Tetris persisted. Seraphine sighed and tossed her weapon.
Tetris caught it with quick hands and propped the pointy sword between the jaws. "NOW!"
AHH, aaah, Arrrr... CHOOO!!!! Thefarus sneezed and everything in the mouth blew out.
Tetris toppled into the sands and Devi's mecha crashed outside the Giblet's inn... "WHOA!"
I'll, I'll be back to destroy Lolosia...! But first, I must return to Aquella and Water Lord.
Thefarus sank into the briny depths, never to be seen again - for a long time at least...
"I hate dragons now," Devi groaned outside the swinging sign, "I never want to see another Dragon for as long as we live...! I think we all need to see a psychiatrist, but that was fun..."
"Fun? Seraphine, you saved my life!" Tetris hissed, "How can I thank you?" He hugged her, but the Slayer ran away as fast as she possibly could, a shocked expression on her face...
"Noooo! I wanted a holiday, but this is what I get?" Seraphine questioned...
"Next stop, Graemor," A mysterious stranger announced, "Want a ride?" Everyone nodded.
Paladin Juan Luxor Trimphant scowled as he trekked, watching from the sailing boats near Lolosia, hitching a ride as he adjusted his goggles.
"So that's my new target, heh, that female Slayer looks scrawny from here." He was referring to one of them. "I can't believe Nightbane recruited me to do this mission..."
"Still, I wonder if she's one of those foul four-legged subraces I heard about in legends?"
Juan grinned as he polished his golden Axe...
"This will be an interesting encounter for all of us... I abide thee, Slayer Seraphine Newt. May your sudden 'accident' bode well for the other Paladins of the land of Lore... Foul beasts, all of them, most of tainted Lycan blood..."
"And those technological strangers, I must confirm their arrival with miss Safira."