Luck of the Draw

Luck, something I always seem to come across. I mean, ever since I was a child, I was always getting out of scrapes with relative ease. Like the time a pack of wild goblins thought I was their punching bag, they ran off the second they heard the dog howl. Or when I'd nearly fallen off of the balcony, I landed right on top of my daddy as he was coming home from work. But the point of this story is that the Luck Guardian, Chapananga, has always been protecting me from whatever bad things happen.

Of course, I wasn't sheltered from the bad things. I saw my daddy run away from home to become a Drifter, and my mommy die right in front of me. As well as the few times my mother had taken me on a picnic, and we'd seen Drifters who were killed by the monsters that lived outside of the village. But in those times, I found I could hold strong to my beliefs and the wind would help me fly away from all of the pain and sorrow. And it still does, even though we're knee deep in trouble.

Here, at Fortune Gear, we encounter Janus again. And he's stolen the energy from Chapananga and placed it into his own body. How disgraceful this man is, doing such a thing to a Guardian. When I get my hands on him, he will pay, and pay dearly. One thing you should never do if you value your life is to harm, slander, or try to harm a Guardian in the presence of a Shaman, especially a royal descendant.

Again we must fight him. How many times must I put up with these battles? When will I be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But again, now is not the time for such thoughts.

*Remember,* Schturdark reminds me, *You must focus all of your anger into your shots. Rage, once properly controlled, can be a really powerful weapon. I remember such power was used by Jack Van Burace, after the demon scientist Alhazad turned his beloved into a demoness.*

*I know Shcturdark, I can feel my strength growing as he makes me even madder. I will not allow him to continue with his ways of harming the Guardians. Just you wait and see, we're going to get him and get him good,* I silently reply. All of his and Celsidue's lessons really paid off, I can now speak to the Guardians with only my mind. Lucky me, I don't have to wait to be alone to talk now.

Ouch, I never liked that Negative Rainbow attack. It's so painful. And Janus uses it quite often. We're all smarting from that hit, lucky Gallows used Extention and Protect at the start of the fight. But even with the reduction to his damage due to our barriers, it still hurts like the dickens.

Moor Gault yells, *This guy is really starting to get on my nerves. What do you guys say that we put him away for good. As in we blast him with some of our own powers through Summoning.*

I nod. *Ok Schturdark, let's try what Moor Gault said. I'm going to Summon you to attack Janus. Do you think you'll be up to going at it head on with this creep?* I hope he's willing, I want to help.

*You bet I'm up to it,* he tells me, *I've wanted to get even with this creep ever since I saw what he did to Celsidue. No wait, when I saw what he did at Ka Dingel, and abandoned his own men. A person who can send their friends to die like that is a real scum of society.*

"Assault Tide," I scream out. Schturdark descends from the other realm, and strikes Janus with the power of water. I can see my enemy reeling in pain, we've stopped him. But he isn't dead yet, I can not see Ge Ramtos coming for him. Instead, Janus manages to escape us once again. We do manage to acquire Chapananga's Medium though. When he sees Gallows, and figures out that the man lives his whole life by his luck, he decides to chose the Baskar as his master. Lucky for me, I didn't have to give any explanation on why this one was crowding around me.

* * *

Schturdark mutters, *This is beginning to get frustrating. We know who our enemy is, what he is up to, but we just can't defeat him right now. One of these days, I'll give that guy what's for though.*

We're all back at Clive's, following our adventure. All of us are trying to figure out a next course of action, as we don't know where any more Guardian Shrines might be. But whatever we think of just comes up as a dead end. If only Gallows paid attention in class a little more, and goofed off a little less. Oh, well, Lucied knows you can't have everything you want in your life.


I laugh a little. *You're beginning to sound like Moor Gault when you talk like that. Impatient, impulsive, and always itching to get right back there into the fight.*

*How come everyone's against me?* Moor Gault whines, *You guys all like to insult me. And now you've got the Shaman doing it too. Is there no justice in the world anymore?*

*Sorry brother, you're just too fun to tease. But seriously, we've got to keep going forward, or else we might not be able to find out where this guy is. What's our next destination?* asks Schturdark.

I reply, *We don't have any idea yet. If we knew where the other Guardians were located, we might be able to find our way. But none of us has the slightest idea of where that might be. How about you, do you know where any more shrines were erected to the Guardians? After all, these are your brothers and sisters that we are trying to find here.*

If Schturdark could move, he'd shake his head. *Sorry Virginia, I haven't the slightest idea where our other siblings are being kept. Wait, the High Guardians are back at the Fallen Sanctuary. But they've been turned to stone, and you need to find the statues in order to find them. Let's see, that leaves Dan Darium. But I can't remember where he is. Dang, I do know that Oodoryuck and Ge Ramtos don't really have any fixed shrines, they are always on the move, and Lucadia hasn't been seen since the Sea of Sands began to cover the world. Now, when was that again, I can't remember?*

At that moment, I look up. I see Jet looking at me. He's probably wondering what I'm doing, I've seen him staring at me a lot lately. Could it be my resemblance to my father, after all Daddy is the one who saved his life and began to teach him how to survive in the Wastelands? Or is there something else that is going through his mind, something I cannot fathom?

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Sky's Corner

Guess why Teefa's indisposed? She played WA3 with Rutee and Lufia all night in order to beat Yggdrasil. Her second darn file, and she's got other games to play. That's Teefa for ya though. Well, as you can see she's got some real issues for Jet.