Chapter V Part I: The Wizardry test
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I woke up that morning to the screaming of "RISE AND SHINE GRUMPPPYYYY!!!!!!!!" from none other then Sirocco. My eyes
snapped open, and I clung to my blanket for dear life, forcing my eyes shut and groaning. I heard a deep laugh, and the blanket
was snatched right off of me. Again my eyes shot open, as I then remembered the only thing I had worn to bed that night was
my briefs... my face turned bright red as I saw the look on Sirocco's face.
"Well. That was unexpected..." She muttered
"Err...perhaps I should give you a few minutes.." She backed out of the room.
Immediately falling back asleep, I dreamt I was being chased by a giant poring. It jumped ontop of me...and I
was engulfed in its jelly mass. I was now trapped inside big slime. Struggling to free myself, small little parasites
latched themselves onto my arms and began to drain my fluids... it was quite uncomfortable. When I came too, I saw Triple
standing over me. I looked down and I was fully clothed.
"Eh?"
"I have a little brother. And you were taking too long to wake up. Nothing there I haven't seen before." She scoffed.
She walked out as I sat up. Gathering my things, I followed her out the door. Sirocco was standing outside waiting.
Triple said that it was about time we see if I was ready for the Wizard test. We all nodded in agreement and we left the inn.
Hopping ontop of Charolette, we trotted towards the gargantuous Geffen Tower. We walked inside, and climbed several flights
of stairs. The Geffen tower was quite confusing, every room was filled with strange stone pillars that seemed to block our way
like a maze. The fifth floor was simply a room with a Wizard in it. He approached us. His robe flowed to the ground, but had
a golden trim and markings on it. The neck was decorated with jewels, and he had a star patterend pointed hat on his head.
"Welcome." He greeted.
"Hello..." I replied.
"You've come to become a Wizard?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Allow me to see your spell book." He requested, holding out his hands.
"Yes sir." I handed him my book.
"Hmm..." He flipped the pages.
"This is an interesting path you've chosen. Fire spells are usually more common, but this is fine.." He began.
"Does that mean I can become a wizard?" I asked, excitedly.
"Oh my no. Haha. You still have a quest to take." He smirked.
"What kind of quest?"
"Wizards excell in the four elements. I want you to bring me all four of the full-runes. Rough Wind, Mystic Frozen,
Flame Heart, and Great Nature. And then I will transform you into a wizard." He explained.
"Where do I get them?" I asked.
"You must collect Ten of each, then have a Black Smith craft them for you." He answered.
"Thats it?" I asked.
"Yep. Now go." He pointed to the door, handing me back my book.
The three of us left the tower and decided to split up to find the rune-fragments. Triple Six was going to head
To the western Sograt Desert, to hunt for Elder Willows, which dropped Red Blood. I was told to go to Bibilian and find the
Crystal Blue. Sirocco said she would go to the Hode Field and kill them for Green Lives. She also said that Steel ChonChon's
were in that area, so she would try to find some Wind of Verdue. Triple Six teleported us all to our designated locations.
I was again at the Byalan Island. I rushed down into the cave. Wading through the river trench, I began zapping
Kukres, and Hydra. Hydra were plant like creatures with enormous tentacles that expanded out to reach the enemy. They weren't
very big, but still posed a threat. I managed to shock quite a few, but still found no Crystal blues. Then I saw a creature
I had never noticed before, a red crab-like Creature. A Vadon. As I began to cast my bolt, it noticed what I was doing and
snapped my arm with its pincer. It hurt! As I ran, he chased me and snapped at me...But finally I gained enough distance to
finish him off. He dropped a Crystal Blue!
"Great, One down, Nine to go." I said to no one.
Just as I went to pick it up, a Kukre rushed over, grabbed it and ran! Annoyed, I chased the little bugger until the
rune was mine. Continuing through the gave, I noticed strange and eerie lights near the ceiling...but I had no idea what was
emitting it. I also noticed Bone Spikes pertruding from the ground. I quickly ran away from them, until I noticed a strange
stair case, leading down. I decided to follow it.
I was now in a lower level of the cave, with many new monsters. THe first thing I noticed, and killed, was a red
colored mutant toad, a Thara Frog. It had webbed feet and a webbed crest on its back. It was pretty tough, but being weak
to my Thunder Bolt, I took it down without much problem. No Runes from it. The next creature I noticed was a Marina. this was
a strange, white colored jelly fish. Basically it bounced around flailing itself about. Another easy victory, resulting in
a Crystal Blue.
"Good. This is working."
"Looking for runes?" I heard a voice say.
"Uh... Yeah...?" I looked around, not knowing who had spoken.
"Hmm... leveling up your magic... or looking for Mystic Frozen?" He asked.
"Uh...Mystic Frozen..." I stuttered.
"Theres no need to be afraid...I won't bite..." I heard him snicker.
"These are what you need..." Two Crystal Blue runes floated infront of my face.
"Eh What the hell!?" I backed up.
A form appeared infront of me. It was a tall man, with short white hair, sticking out of his oriental styled bamboo
Sakkat hat. He had purple colored clothes, with bandage like wrappings around his chest. He had thick shoes and gloves, and
a scarf like covering around his face that trailed back behind him, flowing like a cape. He also had two blades, seemingly
attatched to his hands... Katar! He was an assassin, the advancement of a thief...
"You should be more careful, young one, it was pretty easy for me to pick-pocket these from you." The assassin smirked.
"What do you want...?" I asked nervously.
"I'm bored..." He sighed, tossing me the Crystal Blues.
"I figured I'd see if I could freak you out, bwahahaha. Its fun." He laughed.
"Err..."
"Names Arconus, and you?" He asked.
"I'm Dame..."
"Nice to meet you." He held out his hand, removing his Katar.
"Likewise..." I shook his hand.
"Excuse me for being skeptical...but I was almost killed by a thief once." I murmured.
"No worries, people usually don't like Assassins, they fear us..." He bent down, getting in my face and whispered...
"Do you ...fear...me... Dame?" A wicked smile spread across his lips.
"Uuuuh...." I began to back away. He bust out laughing.
"Cause that would be bad if ya did!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAAHA!"
"Ahhhh!!!" I fell over.
"Err, thats not good." Arconus helped me up.
"Actually to tell the truth Dame, I didn't steal those runes from you, hahaha. Consider yourself two steps closer to getting
Mystic Frozen!!!" He laughed.
"Oh.. well thank you..." I said.
"No Problemo! C'mon I'll help you search for more!" He said, smirking.
I followed Arconus and him and I fought together to kill Thara Frogs, Marinas, and Vadons to get up to nine Crystal
Blues! Still missing one last one. The water was cold, and the air was damp, but we trudged on through the dungeon, searching
for the last Crystal Blue. All around us we saw Knights and Swordsman fighting. There was an Acolyte or two, and a thief near
us. None of them would give us any of their runes...even when Arconus offered them zeny. I started to sneeze and shiver,
because it was so cold. Arconus frowned, and insisted we return to the surface. I nodded, and within a few minutes we were
back at the caves entrance.
"I'm really sorry I couldn't help you..." He sighed.
"Its..(cough) okay...I think I know where I can get the 10th. (Sneeze)."
"Are you sure?" Arconus asked.
"Yeah. Thanks, Arco." I answered.
"No problem, He send me a message sometime! I'll come-a-running!" He smiled, and ran off.
I waved good bye, and walked to the Bibilian Kapra. She greeted me politely, and I asked her to deliver a message
for me. I told her to ask Cloud for the Crystal Blue he had been saving for me. She smiled and nodded. Only a few minutes
later did Suzie come running up holding a package for me. Again, she made a slight spectacle of herself, but gladly delievered
Cloud's rune to me. I thanked her, and asked how to have it forged. She told me a Black Smith would do it, for a small price.
I thanked her, and decided to return to Izlude. I asked an Acolyte to warp me to Geffen, and within a few minutes I was standing
infront of the Forgery. I walked up to the nearest Black Smith. He was a blonde haired man, with sunglasses and head phones
on his head.
"Excuse me?"
"Yep?" He asked.
"Can you please forge me a Mystic Frozen?" I asked.
"Yeah sure."
He took my materials, and pulling out a small furnace, melted them together. He then banged the mixture with his
hammer a few times until it formed shards of ice, frozen together. He held it up Triumphantly, and then as I went to take it
he snatched it out of my grasp, and asked for a 10,000 zeny payment.
"EH?! Sorry but I dont have nearly that much!" I said.
"Err.. why do you need it anyway?" He asked.
"I need it to become a wizard." I answered.
"Oh...well...in that case, I guess you can just take it..."
I thanked him profusely, and took the Mystic Frozen. As I dashed to the Geffen tower, I crashed directly into something.
Falling on my back, I looked up to see the beak of a Peco Peco looking down at me. Sirocco leaned over Charolettes head and
smiled. She dropped a greenish-yellow lightning Bolt, and a yellowish Lemon like thing that was split open resemble a flower
on my chest. She helped me to my feet, and I put the Rough Wind and Great Nature in my pack. She pulled me onto the Peco and we
ascended to the top of the Geffen Tower. As we entered the Wizard Room, Triple approached us, and handed us the Flame Heart.
I took it, and brought the four materials to the Wizard.
"Very good. Very good." He nodded.
Waving his hand in the air, I felt my body become engulfed by energy. Once the constricting feeling went away,
I looked down at myself. My robe was now opened, and longer. Much like the other wizards, with decorated gold markings.
It was flowing, and gave me much more room to breathe. Also, using the full rune fragments, he allowed me to begin learning
all of the wizard spells, granted I had the pre-requisites to do so.
"Good Luck. And get yourself a better hat, that egg shell sucks." The wizard said.
"I agree." Said Triple.
"Ditto." Came from Sirocco.
"GO TO HELL!!! MY EGG SHELL IS AWESOME!!" I shouted.
"Whatever." Triple rolled her eyes.
Sirocco grabbed us, tossed us on the Peco, and we left the building.
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To be continued.
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I woke up that morning to the screaming of "RISE AND SHINE GRUMPPPYYYY!!!!!!!!" from none other then Sirocco. My eyes
snapped open, and I clung to my blanket for dear life, forcing my eyes shut and groaning. I heard a deep laugh, and the blanket
was snatched right off of me. Again my eyes shot open, as I then remembered the only thing I had worn to bed that night was
my briefs... my face turned bright red as I saw the look on Sirocco's face.
"Well. That was unexpected..." She muttered
"Err...perhaps I should give you a few minutes.." She backed out of the room.
Immediately falling back asleep, I dreamt I was being chased by a giant poring. It jumped ontop of me...and I
was engulfed in its jelly mass. I was now trapped inside big slime. Struggling to free myself, small little parasites
latched themselves onto my arms and began to drain my fluids... it was quite uncomfortable. When I came too, I saw Triple
standing over me. I looked down and I was fully clothed.
"Eh?"
"I have a little brother. And you were taking too long to wake up. Nothing there I haven't seen before." She scoffed.
She walked out as I sat up. Gathering my things, I followed her out the door. Sirocco was standing outside waiting.
Triple said that it was about time we see if I was ready for the Wizard test. We all nodded in agreement and we left the inn.
Hopping ontop of Charolette, we trotted towards the gargantuous Geffen Tower. We walked inside, and climbed several flights
of stairs. The Geffen tower was quite confusing, every room was filled with strange stone pillars that seemed to block our way
like a maze. The fifth floor was simply a room with a Wizard in it. He approached us. His robe flowed to the ground, but had
a golden trim and markings on it. The neck was decorated with jewels, and he had a star patterend pointed hat on his head.
"Welcome." He greeted.
"Hello..." I replied.
"You've come to become a Wizard?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Allow me to see your spell book." He requested, holding out his hands.
"Yes sir." I handed him my book.
"Hmm..." He flipped the pages.
"This is an interesting path you've chosen. Fire spells are usually more common, but this is fine.." He began.
"Does that mean I can become a wizard?" I asked, excitedly.
"Oh my no. Haha. You still have a quest to take." He smirked.
"What kind of quest?"
"Wizards excell in the four elements. I want you to bring me all four of the full-runes. Rough Wind, Mystic Frozen,
Flame Heart, and Great Nature. And then I will transform you into a wizard." He explained.
"Where do I get them?" I asked.
"You must collect Ten of each, then have a Black Smith craft them for you." He answered.
"Thats it?" I asked.
"Yep. Now go." He pointed to the door, handing me back my book.
The three of us left the tower and decided to split up to find the rune-fragments. Triple Six was going to head
To the western Sograt Desert, to hunt for Elder Willows, which dropped Red Blood. I was told to go to Bibilian and find the
Crystal Blue. Sirocco said she would go to the Hode Field and kill them for Green Lives. She also said that Steel ChonChon's
were in that area, so she would try to find some Wind of Verdue. Triple Six teleported us all to our designated locations.
I was again at the Byalan Island. I rushed down into the cave. Wading through the river trench, I began zapping
Kukres, and Hydra. Hydra were plant like creatures with enormous tentacles that expanded out to reach the enemy. They weren't
very big, but still posed a threat. I managed to shock quite a few, but still found no Crystal blues. Then I saw a creature
I had never noticed before, a red crab-like Creature. A Vadon. As I began to cast my bolt, it noticed what I was doing and
snapped my arm with its pincer. It hurt! As I ran, he chased me and snapped at me...But finally I gained enough distance to
finish him off. He dropped a Crystal Blue!
"Great, One down, Nine to go." I said to no one.
Just as I went to pick it up, a Kukre rushed over, grabbed it and ran! Annoyed, I chased the little bugger until the
rune was mine. Continuing through the gave, I noticed strange and eerie lights near the ceiling...but I had no idea what was
emitting it. I also noticed Bone Spikes pertruding from the ground. I quickly ran away from them, until I noticed a strange
stair case, leading down. I decided to follow it.
I was now in a lower level of the cave, with many new monsters. THe first thing I noticed, and killed, was a red
colored mutant toad, a Thara Frog. It had webbed feet and a webbed crest on its back. It was pretty tough, but being weak
to my Thunder Bolt, I took it down without much problem. No Runes from it. The next creature I noticed was a Marina. this was
a strange, white colored jelly fish. Basically it bounced around flailing itself about. Another easy victory, resulting in
a Crystal Blue.
"Good. This is working."
"Looking for runes?" I heard a voice say.
"Uh... Yeah...?" I looked around, not knowing who had spoken.
"Hmm... leveling up your magic... or looking for Mystic Frozen?" He asked.
"Uh...Mystic Frozen..." I stuttered.
"Theres no need to be afraid...I won't bite..." I heard him snicker.
"These are what you need..." Two Crystal Blue runes floated infront of my face.
"Eh What the hell!?" I backed up.
A form appeared infront of me. It was a tall man, with short white hair, sticking out of his oriental styled bamboo
Sakkat hat. He had purple colored clothes, with bandage like wrappings around his chest. He had thick shoes and gloves, and
a scarf like covering around his face that trailed back behind him, flowing like a cape. He also had two blades, seemingly
attatched to his hands... Katar! He was an assassin, the advancement of a thief...
"You should be more careful, young one, it was pretty easy for me to pick-pocket these from you." The assassin smirked.
"What do you want...?" I asked nervously.
"I'm bored..." He sighed, tossing me the Crystal Blues.
"I figured I'd see if I could freak you out, bwahahaha. Its fun." He laughed.
"Err..."
"Names Arconus, and you?" He asked.
"I'm Dame..."
"Nice to meet you." He held out his hand, removing his Katar.
"Likewise..." I shook his hand.
"Excuse me for being skeptical...but I was almost killed by a thief once." I murmured.
"No worries, people usually don't like Assassins, they fear us..." He bent down, getting in my face and whispered...
"Do you ...fear...me... Dame?" A wicked smile spread across his lips.
"Uuuuh...." I began to back away. He bust out laughing.
"Cause that would be bad if ya did!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAAHA!"
"Ahhhh!!!" I fell over.
"Err, thats not good." Arconus helped me up.
"Actually to tell the truth Dame, I didn't steal those runes from you, hahaha. Consider yourself two steps closer to getting
Mystic Frozen!!!" He laughed.
"Oh.. well thank you..." I said.
"No Problemo! C'mon I'll help you search for more!" He said, smirking.
I followed Arconus and him and I fought together to kill Thara Frogs, Marinas, and Vadons to get up to nine Crystal
Blues! Still missing one last one. The water was cold, and the air was damp, but we trudged on through the dungeon, searching
for the last Crystal Blue. All around us we saw Knights and Swordsman fighting. There was an Acolyte or two, and a thief near
us. None of them would give us any of their runes...even when Arconus offered them zeny. I started to sneeze and shiver,
because it was so cold. Arconus frowned, and insisted we return to the surface. I nodded, and within a few minutes we were
back at the caves entrance.
"I'm really sorry I couldn't help you..." He sighed.
"Its..(cough) okay...I think I know where I can get the 10th. (Sneeze)."
"Are you sure?" Arconus asked.
"Yeah. Thanks, Arco." I answered.
"No problem, He send me a message sometime! I'll come-a-running!" He smiled, and ran off.
I waved good bye, and walked to the Bibilian Kapra. She greeted me politely, and I asked her to deliver a message
for me. I told her to ask Cloud for the Crystal Blue he had been saving for me. She smiled and nodded. Only a few minutes
later did Suzie come running up holding a package for me. Again, she made a slight spectacle of herself, but gladly delievered
Cloud's rune to me. I thanked her, and asked how to have it forged. She told me a Black Smith would do it, for a small price.
I thanked her, and decided to return to Izlude. I asked an Acolyte to warp me to Geffen, and within a few minutes I was standing
infront of the Forgery. I walked up to the nearest Black Smith. He was a blonde haired man, with sunglasses and head phones
on his head.
"Excuse me?"
"Yep?" He asked.
"Can you please forge me a Mystic Frozen?" I asked.
"Yeah sure."
He took my materials, and pulling out a small furnace, melted them together. He then banged the mixture with his
hammer a few times until it formed shards of ice, frozen together. He held it up Triumphantly, and then as I went to take it
he snatched it out of my grasp, and asked for a 10,000 zeny payment.
"EH?! Sorry but I dont have nearly that much!" I said.
"Err.. why do you need it anyway?" He asked.
"I need it to become a wizard." I answered.
"Oh...well...in that case, I guess you can just take it..."
I thanked him profusely, and took the Mystic Frozen. As I dashed to the Geffen tower, I crashed directly into something.
Falling on my back, I looked up to see the beak of a Peco Peco looking down at me. Sirocco leaned over Charolettes head and
smiled. She dropped a greenish-yellow lightning Bolt, and a yellowish Lemon like thing that was split open resemble a flower
on my chest. She helped me to my feet, and I put the Rough Wind and Great Nature in my pack. She pulled me onto the Peco and we
ascended to the top of the Geffen Tower. As we entered the Wizard Room, Triple approached us, and handed us the Flame Heart.
I took it, and brought the four materials to the Wizard.
"Very good. Very good." He nodded.
Waving his hand in the air, I felt my body become engulfed by energy. Once the constricting feeling went away,
I looked down at myself. My robe was now opened, and longer. Much like the other wizards, with decorated gold markings.
It was flowing, and gave me much more room to breathe. Also, using the full rune fragments, he allowed me to begin learning
all of the wizard spells, granted I had the pre-requisites to do so.
"Good Luck. And get yourself a better hat, that egg shell sucks." The wizard said.
"I agree." Said Triple.
"Ditto." Came from Sirocco.
"GO TO HELL!!! MY EGG SHELL IS AWESOME!!" I shouted.
"Whatever." Triple rolled her eyes.
Sirocco grabbed us, tossed us on the Peco, and we left the building.
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To be continued.
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