A Mysterious New World
Episode 3: The Journey
By Chessrook44
Chesrook: Back again! Now how long did you have to wait?
Lister: It's been another whole week!
Chesrook: Hey, d'you want me to get Ka-Dush in here?
Lister: Who?
Chesrook: Oh, er, you'll see!
Sakura: What? Do I have to fight him or something?
Chesrook: Not in this fanfic, no! Shall we begin now?
Lister/Sakura: Yes.
Chesrook: O-kay! BEGIN!
"Lotagor, how much further do we have to go?"
"Meilin, we have barely been out 2 hours! We still have a day's walk ahead!"
"Oooohhh."
Meilin, Sakura, Li, Madison, Kero, and their new friend Lotagor had been hiking on a dirt road for a time, and everyone except Li and Lotagor was getting tired. They were bored and to try to take everyone's mind off their feet, Madison decided to strike up a conversation with Lotagor.
"So, um, Lotagor."
"Yes, Madison?"
"What is Remo like? You never told us."
"Oh, how rude of me! I'm sorry. Hmm. Let's see. Well, many of the people who visit come for one of 3 things: 1, to get on a boat to the Isle of Tajikra to the West, 2, to observe Remo's beauty and majestic splendor, and 3, to see the Glators in the Cosolem."
"I see. And what are the Gators?"
"Glators. Warriors. They fight monsters and sometimes each other for the entertainment of others. Sometimes condemned slaves or prisoners are put in the Arena. Very bloody, yet people enjoy it. Many gamble on the outcome of the matches, betting on who will win or loose."
"It sounds dangerous," Sakura said.
"Oh, it is. Few people come out alive, yet those that do get a lot of prize money. The GAOR wants as many people as they can find to fight in the Cosolem."
"Please excuse me, GAOR?"
"The Glator's Association of Remo!"
"Oh, I see. And what kind of monsters do the Glators fight?" Kero asked.
"Oh, wounded goblins, half starved giant rats, ligers."
"Ligers?"
"Oh, you'll see them sometime."
"I see."
The group continued walking for a while, not talking much. Around noon, they stopped to rest for a bit.
"Oh man, my feet are KILLING me!" Meilin said.
"You're telling me, ow," said Sakura.
"I think I have a blister," Madison said.
Lotagor laughed. "You don't travel much, do you?"
"No, we don't. We-"
"Sh!"
Lotagor silenced them and pointed. Everyone looked where he was pointing and saw a large boar. "Lunch," Lotagor whispered.
"How do we get it?" Li whispered.
"You won't, I will." Lotagor drew a short dagger from his cloak.
"Oh, that won't do anything! Please, let me use my bow," Madison said.
"Feh! Weakling."
"Huh?"
"If you don't get up close and personal with your opponent, you're weak!" Lotagor said as he slowly sneaked over to the boar. Madison sat there, hurt. "But, I."
What followed next was amazing. Lotagor leaped onto the boar with a shout, and the boar, surprised, bucked around trying to get him off, squealing loudly. A minute later, the boar collapsed to the ground, a trickle of blood seeping from its throat. Lotagor got up, threw the boar onto his back, and walked back to camp. He started a campfire, put up a pot of water, then put chopped up pieces of boar-meat into the pot. Everyone ate the soup in silence.
After eating and resting for a bit, they started off along the road again. Time passed without disturbance. Suddenly, Madison stopped. Everyone turned around and looked at her. "Madison, wh-"
"Sh!"
Madison reached behind her for her bow slowly. In an instant, she whipped out her bow, fitted an arrow, and fired it into a nearby bush. The bush let out a scream of pain, and Madison walked over, already with another arrow ready. She knocked the bush over with her foot, revealing an orc with an arrow in his throat, dead. "It's an ambush!" Lotagor shouted as 7 other orcs jumped out of the bushes along the road, shouting their battle cries and brandishing axes. Everyone leapt into action. Madison shot another arrow, hitting an orc in the eye. Kero whipped out his battleaxe, and started swinging it around, shouting at the top of his lungs. Li whipped out his mace, and ran for the nearest orc. Meilin brought out a short sword and snuck around and stabbed another orc in the back, killing it. Sakura brought a quarterstaff out and started swinging it around like a master.
Lotagor, however, was a different story. He whipped off his cloak, revealing what he really looked like. He wore something like a skirt or a kilt, and wore a pair of strapped sandals on his feet. His right arm was covered in golden armor, but besides these things, he wore nothing. He whipped out a shield and a longsword from seemingly nowhere, and in a single swipe, sliced 2 orcs in half, then lunged forward and stabbed another it the heart.
Madison stopped firing to watch this, when suddenly she let out a scream as pain like she had never felt before reached her arm. She collapsed in pain as Lotagor came over and killed the orc that had just sliced her arm. "Are you all right, Madison?" he panted.
"I. I." Madison fainted.
"Madison!" Sakura shouted, and began casting a spell. In moments, a ball of flame shot from her hand and struck the last remaining orc, killing him.
Everyone rushed over. Sakura held Madison's head. "Madison! Madison!"
"She's all right," Lotagor said. "She just fainted."
"B-but, he arm." Sakura stared at Madison's left arm, which was bleeding badly.
"She'll be fine," Lotagor said, ripping off a piece of his cloak and tying the strip onto Madison's arm. "Madison'll wake up in a minute or 2."
Everyone watched Madison, hoping she would be OK, but none hoping so badly as Sakura. When Madison finally stirred, Sakura let out a sigh of relief and happiness. "She's OK! Madison's OK!" Sakura said. Everyone ran over.
Madison opened her eyes. "Sakura? What happened? Am I- AA!" Madison gave a yelp of pain as she moved her arm.
"Madison, your arm was hurt. How does it feel? Does it feel broken?" Lotagor asked.
"It feels like. like. yes, I think so."
Lotagor looked up. "Li, you're a cleric, right?"
Li seemed surprised. "Yeah, of course."
"Li, can you heal her arm?"
Sakura's face lit up. Of course! Li was a cleric! Clerics are healers! Why didn't she think of it before?
"Li, please," Sakura begged. "Help her."
"Well, um, all right, I'll try," Li said.
Li told everyone to move away, and moved over to Madison's arm. A moment later he began chanting a spell. Everyone watched as Madison's arm began to glow, while Madison winced. A few moments later, Li stopped chanting, the arm stopped glowing, and Madison stopped wincing. She tried moving her arm, and a smile came on her face. "It's better! I don't believe it! My arm's fixed! Oh, thank you Li!" She said as she hugged him happily. Everyone sighed in relief. Madison was going to be fine.
"We better get going," Lotagor said, "Before more orcs come."
"Right," Sakura said. Then to Madison, "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Yeah, fine," She said, looking at Lotagor. "Just fine."
Chesrook: Aaaaaaand. done! So, did you like that one? Lister: Yeah, I did, heh heh. But what about the part with Lotagor "wearing nothing else"? Chesrook: Oh, come on! Use your common sense! Do you HONESTLY think I'd put a naked guy in ANY of my fanfics? Seriously! I never would! He's wearing underpants! Sakura: Yeah, sure, but why did you have to hurt Madison? Chesrook: Well, someone had to get hurt, and, well, you'll see! Lister/Sakura: . Chesrook: Well, I'll see you next time! In the next episode, they get to Remo! Seeya!
"Lotagor, how much further do we have to go?"
"Meilin, we have barely been out 2 hours! We still have a day's walk ahead!"
"Oooohhh."
Meilin, Sakura, Li, Madison, Kero, and their new friend Lotagor had been hiking on a dirt road for a time, and everyone except Li and Lotagor was getting tired. They were bored and to try to take everyone's mind off their feet, Madison decided to strike up a conversation with Lotagor.
"So, um, Lotagor."
"Yes, Madison?"
"What is Remo like? You never told us."
"Oh, how rude of me! I'm sorry. Hmm. Let's see. Well, many of the people who visit come for one of 3 things: 1, to get on a boat to the Isle of Tajikra to the West, 2, to observe Remo's beauty and majestic splendor, and 3, to see the Glators in the Cosolem."
"I see. And what are the Gators?"
"Glators. Warriors. They fight monsters and sometimes each other for the entertainment of others. Sometimes condemned slaves or prisoners are put in the Arena. Very bloody, yet people enjoy it. Many gamble on the outcome of the matches, betting on who will win or loose."
"It sounds dangerous," Sakura said.
"Oh, it is. Few people come out alive, yet those that do get a lot of prize money. The GAOR wants as many people as they can find to fight in the Cosolem."
"Please excuse me, GAOR?"
"The Glator's Association of Remo!"
"Oh, I see. And what kind of monsters do the Glators fight?" Kero asked.
"Oh, wounded goblins, half starved giant rats, ligers."
"Ligers?"
"Oh, you'll see them sometime."
"I see."
The group continued walking for a while, not talking much. Around noon, they stopped to rest for a bit.
"Oh man, my feet are KILLING me!" Meilin said.
"You're telling me, ow," said Sakura.
"I think I have a blister," Madison said.
Lotagor laughed. "You don't travel much, do you?"
"No, we don't. We-"
"Sh!"
Lotagor silenced them and pointed. Everyone looked where he was pointing and saw a large boar. "Lunch," Lotagor whispered.
"How do we get it?" Li whispered.
"You won't, I will." Lotagor drew a short dagger from his cloak.
"Oh, that won't do anything! Please, let me use my bow," Madison said.
"Feh! Weakling."
"Huh?"
"If you don't get up close and personal with your opponent, you're weak!" Lotagor said as he slowly sneaked over to the boar. Madison sat there, hurt. "But, I."
What followed next was amazing. Lotagor leaped onto the boar with a shout, and the boar, surprised, bucked around trying to get him off, squealing loudly. A minute later, the boar collapsed to the ground, a trickle of blood seeping from its throat. Lotagor got up, threw the boar onto his back, and walked back to camp. He started a campfire, put up a pot of water, then put chopped up pieces of boar-meat into the pot. Everyone ate the soup in silence.
After eating and resting for a bit, they started off along the road again. Time passed without disturbance. Suddenly, Madison stopped. Everyone turned around and looked at her. "Madison, wh-"
"Sh!"
Madison reached behind her for her bow slowly. In an instant, she whipped out her bow, fitted an arrow, and fired it into a nearby bush. The bush let out a scream of pain, and Madison walked over, already with another arrow ready. She knocked the bush over with her foot, revealing an orc with an arrow in his throat, dead. "It's an ambush!" Lotagor shouted as 7 other orcs jumped out of the bushes along the road, shouting their battle cries and brandishing axes. Everyone leapt into action. Madison shot another arrow, hitting an orc in the eye. Kero whipped out his battleaxe, and started swinging it around, shouting at the top of his lungs. Li whipped out his mace, and ran for the nearest orc. Meilin brought out a short sword and snuck around and stabbed another orc in the back, killing it. Sakura brought a quarterstaff out and started swinging it around like a master.
Lotagor, however, was a different story. He whipped off his cloak, revealing what he really looked like. He wore something like a skirt or a kilt, and wore a pair of strapped sandals on his feet. His right arm was covered in golden armor, but besides these things, he wore nothing. He whipped out a shield and a longsword from seemingly nowhere, and in a single swipe, sliced 2 orcs in half, then lunged forward and stabbed another it the heart.
Madison stopped firing to watch this, when suddenly she let out a scream as pain like she had never felt before reached her arm. She collapsed in pain as Lotagor came over and killed the orc that had just sliced her arm. "Are you all right, Madison?" he panted.
"I. I." Madison fainted.
"Madison!" Sakura shouted, and began casting a spell. In moments, a ball of flame shot from her hand and struck the last remaining orc, killing him.
Everyone rushed over. Sakura held Madison's head. "Madison! Madison!"
"She's all right," Lotagor said. "She just fainted."
"B-but, he arm." Sakura stared at Madison's left arm, which was bleeding badly.
"She'll be fine," Lotagor said, ripping off a piece of his cloak and tying the strip onto Madison's arm. "Madison'll wake up in a minute or 2."
Everyone watched Madison, hoping she would be OK, but none hoping so badly as Sakura. When Madison finally stirred, Sakura let out a sigh of relief and happiness. "She's OK! Madison's OK!" Sakura said. Everyone ran over.
Madison opened her eyes. "Sakura? What happened? Am I- AA!" Madison gave a yelp of pain as she moved her arm.
"Madison, your arm was hurt. How does it feel? Does it feel broken?" Lotagor asked.
"It feels like. like. yes, I think so."
Lotagor looked up. "Li, you're a cleric, right?"
Li seemed surprised. "Yeah, of course."
"Li, can you heal her arm?"
Sakura's face lit up. Of course! Li was a cleric! Clerics are healers! Why didn't she think of it before?
"Li, please," Sakura begged. "Help her."
"Well, um, all right, I'll try," Li said.
Li told everyone to move away, and moved over to Madison's arm. A moment later he began chanting a spell. Everyone watched as Madison's arm began to glow, while Madison winced. A few moments later, Li stopped chanting, the arm stopped glowing, and Madison stopped wincing. She tried moving her arm, and a smile came on her face. "It's better! I don't believe it! My arm's fixed! Oh, thank you Li!" She said as she hugged him happily. Everyone sighed in relief. Madison was going to be fine.
"We better get going," Lotagor said, "Before more orcs come."
"Right," Sakura said. Then to Madison, "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Yeah, fine," She said, looking at Lotagor. "Just fine."
Chesrook: Aaaaaaand. done! So, did you like that one? Lister: Yeah, I did, heh heh. But what about the part with Lotagor "wearing nothing else"? Chesrook: Oh, come on! Use your common sense! Do you HONESTLY think I'd put a naked guy in ANY of my fanfics? Seriously! I never would! He's wearing underpants! Sakura: Yeah, sure, but why did you have to hurt Madison? Chesrook: Well, someone had to get hurt, and, well, you'll see! Lister/Sakura: . Chesrook: Well, I'll see you next time! In the next episode, they get to Remo! Seeya!