The trio from Filgaia entered a green room with rock formations growing from the deep brown dirt. In areas there was also green sprouting in bush and fern shapes. In awe of such vegetation that none of them have seen—at least can remember seeing—Mizu was quick to touch the nearest plant. Meanwhile, Adven was just in awe. Jet, however, didn't seem startled at all. The memories of the old Filgaia had prepared him enough for an alien sight.
"Jeez, do you always have that stale look on your face?" Adven remarked. "You don't seem interested at all."
"In some lousy plants?" Jet scoffed. "I've seen the Secret Garden, and I…"
Adven and Mizu waited for him to finish. "What? Finish talking."
"Nothing. Forget it." Jet shook the idea aside. "Let's just finish our job and get out of this book. I hate being a font and not a person."
And no one got his joke. Jet was never one for those anyway. "Still, I'd love to bring one of these back." Mizu said, with her mind in the clouds. She was close to hugging the bush she was so mesmerized by it. Adven let out a cough to get her attention. "Oh…right." She let go of the leaf to let it hang. "So where is Sylph in all of this?"
A cheerful laugh rang out with youth to it. The three scanned the room for it's source, but they were only left in confusion. Jet took a step back just as the wind being stopped where he had been taking space. While Jet stood unimpressed the other two members of his party were wondering where the being came from. It was only then that they took in the image of Sylph. A young boy…possibly a girl who was only two and a half feet tall with wings fluttering on his back. The blonde medium length hair.
"Wow…you moved." The wind being muttered in awe towards Jet. "I really didn't expect you to know I was gonna stop there. You must be amazing!"
"Uh…not really. You were just flying too fast so I felt the change in wind when you were slowing down to stop." Jet explained awkwardly. If there was ever a time a sweat drop could appear this was it.
"That's why you're so cool!" The being announced.
"Yeah…uh…that's nice and all, but can we-"
"Hold on!" Adven interjected before Jet could finish. "There is no way that Jet is cooler than me. I am the most tubular here."
"Did you just use the word 'tubular'?" Jet seriously asked.
"Hell ya' I did!" Adven proudly replied thus making his cool level go down two notches. "Now I'm about to get totally cowabunga on Jet's ass."
"Wait, what does that even mean?" Jet wondered. "Never mind." He dismissed with a wave once he realized he really did not want to know.
"Um…Adven," Mizu interjected. "Part of being cool is not wanting to be cool and just acting naturally." She explained.
Adven ignored it. "Look, I'll prove that I'm the coolest here." He looks to Sylph who has been floating idly with a puzzled look on his face. "I bet I can catch you. You seemed pretty fast, but not fast enough for Adven Bok."
"What is he doing?" Mizu wondered as she whispered to Jet.
He shook his head. "I think our rivalry has gone to his head."
"You mean…you wanna play tag with me?" Sylph questioned.
"Of course." Adven nodded.
"Okay! This will be great!" Sylph declared. "It has been a long, long time since anyone has played with me."
"Good. Ready?"
"I'm gone!" With that Sylph was gone in the wind. No sign of him anywhere, but Adven was still able to find him out. Adven jumped and lunged, but was always a step behind. This situation went on for ten minutes as Jet and Mizu grew bored. Jet simply walked forward, stretched out his hand, and caught Sylph's leg in his right hand. The room paused. "Wow…you really are awesome Mr. Jet."
Adven was beginning to smoke from his ears. "How did you do that so easily?"
"Simple. You were always jumping at Sylph to catch him. I simply just waited for him instead to come to me." Jet explained as he let go of Sylph's leg. "Anyway, let's finish up here. I don't have time for Kiddie Fun Hour."
Mizu nodded. "Jet's right." She went to Sylph. "Listen, we need your item so we can finish the weapon that will counter the Cane of Calamity."
"Oh, that?" Sylph wondered. "You can have that. I don't need it."
"Really? Where is it?" Mizu wondered.
"In the other room. You'll have to get it from it's true owner." Sylph noted.
"Real…owner?" They questioned.
"I thought you owned the item?"
"Me? No, why would Sylph need that thing." The wind being said. "Anyway, it's just in the next room."
The trio noticed a nearby door and went to it. As it opened they were hit with a hot burst of air and then a white paste sort of glob fell on Adven as he stepped in. "Ugh…what is this?"
"Is that…"
Sylph came forward to see what was going on. "It looks like Torikami went doo-doo on your friend."
"Tori…kami…" Jet wondered as Adven realized what was on him.
"You mean this is three gallons worth of bird poo?" He roared only to be nodded at. "I want to throw up."
"Um…wait…are you saying the god of birds is in here?" Jet wondered as he thought about what the name meant based on Dowaito's key.
"No, he's just so large that he may as well be called the god of birds and other fowl." Sylph mentioned. "And he is my best friend."
"Uh, so what does a huge bird have to do with a weapon?" Mizu finally questioned.
"Hey Jet, do you have a water gem to wash this crap off?" Adven interjected, but was ignored.
"The item is a feather from Torikami, but that's no easy feat. He doesn't like people doing that to him." Sylph explained.
"Well, no, I wouldn't like it either." Mizu agreed. "Still, how could his feather help in making a weapon?"
"His feather is the basis for the weapon in general. The Neo-Titanium Gnome has covers the feather, and the Ever-Light and Vial of Life heat and cool the blade." Sylph simply said, being serious in nature rather than a sprite like normal.
"Let's just get this feather." Jet grumbled. "It shouldn't be a…problem…uh," Jet just happened to notice the shadow falling over them. "Uh, this is Torikami, then?"
The group of Filgaians looked up to see this thirty-foot tall bird with green feathers and a yellowish-orange beak. His feathers seemed draped over him like a cloak. His legs were like those of Earth's Ostriches…or rather a much bigger and greener version of Big Bird. The wings of the bird were too small and too weak to lift it though, and so, it could not fly.
"Well, I'll be leaving you three to what you want." Sylph darted out of the room knowing full well how cranky Torikami can be if it knew the people were after it's feathers, which it did know.
"So…what do we do?" Mizu asked, nervously. "I…I, um…you two can handle this." She left the room as well in a hurry.
Adven slipped in the white bird waste. "I guess you were going to leave me to die too?" Jet asked.
"No way!" Adven lied. He let go and let the truth come, showing it on his face. "Yeah, but that was only my first reaction. I…I'm…I'm sort of paranoid of bird creatures."
"You're afraid of them?" Jet scoffed.
"No!" Adven protested. "I'm just paranoid of them. They always seem like they're up to something." He explained.
"Listen, you distract him, and I'll take the feather. It should be easy, I would think." Jet ordered as he darted under the bird and waited for Adven to act.
Adven took a deep swallow of nothing and looked up the thirty feet to see the beast's eyes. "I so hate you Jet." Adven let out a sigh and jumped to the air. He was able to make it the fifteen upward and threw a Surging Punch for the beast. In reaction the bird flung it's wing into Adven sending the brunette—with the white in his hair now—into the wall nearby, tossing shards of wall to the air.
Jet meanwhile, was jumping the same height and inches from grabbing the nearest feather to hang on and pull out. However, Torikami was quick to move and Jet fell flat on his face making his cool level go down a notch.
Adven in the mean time was back on his feet and confronting his fear. "Take this! Negative Missile Barrage!" Adven let loose multiple baseball shaped balls of negative energy on the beast. The attack made no real effect on the bird though due to its feathers.
Jet took the moment and lunged for the longest feather that stood out and hung by it. He swung on it back and forth until he yanked it out. While letting out the feather he also made the bird beast let out a terrible sound, nearly deafening. Adven and Jet ran out of the room quickly trying to close the door behind them. It was too slow though and just as they were sliding the stone door in place the bird tried to poke it's large head through. The bird was too big to get through, but his head was trying to peck at Mizu who was nearest. She was quick to run away. The beast let out more cries though which cause the humanoid beings to cover their ears. In this moment the bird flung the door open sending Jet flying across the room and for Adven to be squashed between the door and the wall.
Ever so slowly the bird made it's way into the crowded space of Sylph's room. There the ceiling was only twenty feet tall, so it was hard to keep a thirty foot bird in there. "Good job at pissing it off!" Mizu shouted.
"Us?" Jet barked. "I was quick to notice that you were out of that room before I could even make a plan!"
"Where's Adven anyway?" Mizu wondered loudly.
"He's a pizza." Jet simply said. "A pancake. Either way, he's flat and we have no time to worry about him because we're gonna get eaten and chewed up!"
"Hold on!" Sylph interjected. "Torikami can't chew. He has no teeth." They all stared at him as Torikami let out a low growl. "Okay, you guys can continue now."
They blinked, but Jet was quickly back in the game as Torikami lunged it's head for him. With a quick dodge he drew his ARM and fired off a melee of rounds at the bird, but the feathers blocked the attack easily. The beast went to peck at Jet again, but he dropped to the ground and rolled away before it hit him. Unfortunately the ground went flying in pieces around the room.
"No more playing around!" Jet declared. "Lion's Blitz!" Using his right arm Jet used the first half of the Lion's Rage Punch and instead of his fist used his right elbow to create a burst of astral blue. The beast was hit right in its lowered head and was sent backwards in a screech. After a moment it ran into its room and Adven closed the door as he peeled from the wall.
"What…just happened?" Adven questioned as he shook the dirt off himself.
"Uh, it was nice meeting you Sylph, but we should get going now." Mizu simply said as she grabbed the two men and dashed out of the room.
