I HATE writer's block. T_T
Videll is mine, golden sun is not (though I wish it was).
Poor Ivan... considering he's my favorite character, you wouldn't think he'd get beat up so much... oh well. ^^
So, Ivan is being dragged toward Jupiter Lighthouse by Alex and Felix, the other four heroes are between Venus Lighthouse and Lalivero planning a way to get him back and keep the lighthouse unlit... what suspense.
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"This is it." The party stopped behind Isaac, breathing hard. They had been running the whole day, for several days now in fact, with little rest to gather their energy. Now night had fallen, and they had finally reached their destination: Jupiter Lighthouse.
"We have to keep going, don't we?" asked Garet wearily. He had not enjoyed the long run to the lighthouse. Isaac just shot him a look and stepped inside the lighthouse entrance. But before his foot so much as touched the marble floor, lightning spread across the doorway, glowing with a blinding violet light.
"Here, I'll do it." Videll stepped up to the barrier and closed her eyes. She began to glow a pale purple, and the lightning bolts left the doorway to greet her, swirling around her brilliant form. Then, with a blinding flash, they vanished.
Videll opened her eyes, looking very refreshed. "Come on," she said, motioning to the rest of the group. They stepped inside and took in the surroundings. Everything was a very pale purple, including the smooth tile floor beneath their feet. This was made of swirled marble: white and lavender. The doorways and staircases were elegantly simple, and luminous stone inlays in the shape of lightning bolts adorned the doorframes in a breathtaking shade of indigo. A large lightning bolt in the same purple stone graced the center of the floor. It would have been dark inside the lighthouse, but the whole interior glowed with a deep indigo light, seeming to come from everywhere at once.
Isaac shivered. "I think I prefer the Venus Lighthouse," he muttered. Garet and Mia's thoughts reflected his. Only Videll was at home in the eerie luminescence of the building.
"So... where do we go?" Mia asked, addressing the many doors and staircases lining the walls of the room.
"Up seems like a good idea," Videll suggested. "The sooner we get to the beacon, the better." Everyone agreed with this, and they began to climb the longest staircase, their footsteps echoeing throughout the room.
"Strange," Garet muttered.
"What's strange?" Isaac questioned. He was glad to break the silence that had blanketed the group.
"Venus Lighthouse had some of the toughest monsters we've seen, but... we haven't encountered any in this one yet."
No one had an answer for that. "Maybe Felix and the others scared them away...?" Videll knew as she spoke the words that they weren't true. "Something is definitely not right here..."
The Adepts were now very high up. The staircase was still spiraling up and up around the walls of the lighthouse. It seemed to go straight to the top, they realized, without any obstacles. It was too easy...
Suddenly Mia spotted something on the wall of the lighthouse. "What's this?" she asked, running over to inspect it. She began to read aloud: "Lifesaving indigo. The party that solves this riddle will gain entrance to the next area of this lighthouse..." Everyone wracked their brains for an answer to the riddle, but to no avail. They were about to continue up the the stairs when the Ice Gargoyle exploded from the wall.
Videll was flying through the air. She braced herself for some kind of impact, but none came. She was suspended in a sea of indigo.
Isaac found himself hanging onto the edge of the ruined staircase. He looked down and two unpleasant sights met his eyes. One was the dizzying height he was hanging from, and the other was Mia dangling below him, both hands clasped firmly around his ankle. He shut his eyes, trying to stay calm and think of a way out of this mess. When he opened them, another terrifying image was before him.
Videll's clothes were fanned out around her, her hair forming a purple halo around her head. She hung suspended in a beam of indigo light streaming from below. When Isaac summoned the courage to look down, he saw that the source of the light was the lightning symbol on the floor of the lighthouse.
Garet cursed inwardly as he tried desperately to think of a way to get rid of this monster and save his friends at the same time. Normally, a single Ice Gargoyle was nothing to worry about, but for one thing, this was Garet alone, not their entire party, and for another, it was almost impossible to fight at such an awkward angle; one mistake meant falling to his death.
Finally, he decided he had to try. First, he used Flash to shield himself from any attacks projected by the Gargoyle. Then he cast Heat Wave, dashing in with Murumasa (spelling?) before the Gargoyle could recover. Or, that's what he had thought would happen. The enemy evaded easily, and pinned him to the ground before he knew what was happening. The monster grinned evilly, taking its time in delivering the final blow.
Suddenly, Videll's voice echoed in his mind.
*Stay very still, Garet.*
A massive lightning bolt shot down onto the stair, missing Garet by inches. It succeeded in hitting his captor, though, and a Heat Wave combined with a Shine Plasma was more than the monster could handle. It gave an angered cry as it disintegrated into nothingness.
The light that had held Videll shifted, bringing her over the stair. Then it faded, and she dropped lightly to her feet, looking a little shaken.
Isaac had begun to slowly and painfully pull himself and Mia back onto the stair. Coming back to reality, Garet and Videll bent to help him.
When all four Adepts were back to safety, they sat down and tried to decide what they could do next. The stair was no longer climbable, having a huge gap in it where the Gargoyle had forced the wall outward.
A sparkle from the hole in the wall caught Videll's eye. Pushing aside shards of marble, she found a shimmering purple gem in the hollow the Gargoyle had come from. Picking it up, realization hit her.
Lifesaving indigo.
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Comments, suggestions, anything? Please review!!!
At least one more chapter of the lighthouse... my writer's block is fading. Inspiration has returned! Muahahahaha!!!
*Ahem* Okay, I'm sane again.
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