Freedom Planet: The Fire Garnet
Chapter 6: ที่สืบเชื้อสายมา (The Descent)
เส้นทางไปยัง จังหวัดมุกดาหาร, ป่าของ จังหวัดหนองคาย (Path to Mukdahan, Jungles of Nong Khai Province)
The group followed Pekoe's lead with haste down the trail, the massive snake beast followed behind them, extremely neurotoxic vapors secreted out of it's skin as it chased Lilac's friends aggressively. The beast opened it's mouth and prepared to spit an extremely acidic venom at the group, Pekoe knowing the snake beast's attack preparation, alerted her friends quickly to ensure they evade the creatures attack.
Pekoe: "To the right, quickly!"
The group did as Pekoe told them, the shot of acidic venom missed and hit the plants, as the acidic settled the plants began withering to ash in smoke.
Pekoe: "Keep running on the trail, I'll distract it!, I'll catch up with you guys later!"
Pekoe carried the burning torch with her separating from the group, the beast was drawn to the burning torch as it chased Pekoe off the trail, quickly vanishing from their site.
Carol: "Why can't we just fight the thing?"
Torque: *gasp* "I'm sure *gasp* she has a good reason."
Lilac: "Don't stop running, we need to make sure we lose that thing for good."
The group ran for a short time longer before they stopped, taking their breaths now walking they came to a lift on one of the giant trees.
Carol: "Lilac, do you think... she's coming back?"
Lilac: "I have faith she will, she's been to this place before so I think she'll get around back to us."
Hearing noises coming up from the bushes, the team got ready for what might happen.
Pekoe: *smiles* "Relax guys, It's just me!"
Lilac: "Oh, thank goodness."
Pekoe: "That thing you escaped from back there, that was a Diamondhead, the natives call them Dị mxn d̒ ḥed. You must avoid having any kind of contact with them, the smallest touch of venom from their mouths and neurotoxic secretions from their skin will kill you in seconds. They see through heat, evasion with the use of burning objects is by far the best way to deal with them head-on."
Carol: "Now that we're over at the lift, lets go check this place out!"
The group began up the lift, a circular elevator platform with a huge symbol of a sun on it. As it was moving up, it began to rain with water pouring down from the branches like miniature sized waterfalls. Lighting and thunder began flashing and booming as they reached near the treetops, as they reached to the top of the lift they were greeted by Wildcat guards.
มุกดาหาร, หนองคาย จังหวัด (Mukdahan, Nong Khai)
Wildcat Guard: "H̄yud, s̄ìng thī̀ pĕn ṭhurkic k̄hxng khuṇ thī̀ nī̀?"
Lilac: *whispers* "What are they saying?"
Pekoe: "They say they want to know what our business is here."
Pekoe responded to the Guards in Native Saraburi.
Pekoe: "Thī̀ reā dị̂ mā h̄ĕn Myaing pheụ̄̀x k̄hx khwām ch̀wyh̄elụ̄x."
The Wildcat Guards lowered their karambits.
Lilac: "Do you guys know how to speak our language?"
Wildcat Guard: "Yes."
The Wildcat Guard turns his head to Pekoe.
Wildcat Guard: "Myaing is in the town's main hall, he is working on a device at the moment."
Pekoe: "It is urgent."
Wildcat: "Very well, follow me and I will bring all of you to him."
Pekoe and Lilac's group then proceeded to the main hall of the town, the heavy rain poured down the treetops and Saraburi Stilt houses. As the group entered the building they reached a room with strange noises. When they entered the room, they interrupted Myaing's work on a strange device, a very busy and eccentric Badger.
Carol: "Yo, what's up?"
Myaing: "Yaaah!, Can't you see I'm in the middle of some very important work!?"
Myaing was startled by Carol's interruption, having his focus disrupted, he quickly became frustrated. Noticing the taller, darker green Wildcat with orange eyes, he assumed to himself she was the leader of the group.
Pekoe: "We're terribly sorry for barging in on you like this, but we are in serious need for your help."
Myaing: "What kind of help?"
Pekoe: "We need to use your stealth aircraft to fly over to the Songkhla province, I'll pay you with 100 Thạbthims, 50 for accepting our request and 50 If we succeed on our trip."
Myaing gave a moment to think about Pekoe's offer, after his moment of meditation Myaing responded to Pekoe's offer.
Myaing: "100 Thạbthims? First I need to be convinced they are real, and you better live up to your promise."
Pekoe: *laughs* "Don't worry, I always do!"
Milla: "What are Thạbthims?"
Pekoe: "It is Saraburi for Rubies, they are very valuable coins made out of Rubies for the Empire, they're the most advance currency you can get around here, they're mostly used by Royalty but some who know how to make a very profitable living in Saraburi also have them such as me for example, it has been used as the nations capitol currency since ancient times."
Myaing: "I hate to interrupt your history lesson, but can we please get down to business so I can get this off my back as quickly as possible?"
Pekoe: "Sure, here you go."
Pekoe hands Myaing 50 Thạbthims in a bag, after opening the bag Myaing checked to make sure the Ruby currency was authentic. After looking at the coin for a moment he became convinced they were real and smiled staring back at Pekoe.
Myaing: "Aalwan kaunggsai!, okay, you got yourself a deal!"
As they wait for Myaing to prepare the stealth aircraft, Pekoe gave Carol a special device made by Myaing to assist on their travels, as they were waiting for Myaing to return, Lilac noticed Carol is in a troubled mood. Concerned, Lilac went over to Carol to learn what is troubling her.
Lilac: "Carol, why are you so depressed?"
Carol: *breaks into tears* "I had a family that I never knew I had, and now that I discovered I had one, I learned that besides Coral they were all dead. My mother and father were long dead before I event knew I had them, could you imagine what it is like... living your whole life without your parents alive to be there for you?"
Lilac: "I know... exactly what It's lik-."
*BOOOM*
The windows shattered and the building shook, Carol and Lilac went outside to see what It was. Lord Brevon's warship has arrived at Mukdahan, firing at the town to get Lilac's friends attention.
Lord Brevon: "Finally, it has been far to long, I'm so glad to see my friends get together for a reunion."
Carol: "WE ARE NOT FRIENDS!"
Milla: "This is bad, this is very bad!"
Torque: "YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS YOU MONSTER!"
Lord Brevon laughs menacingly at Torque.
Lilac: "Wait, how did you event manage to find us?!"
Lord Brevon: "That is something you should find out for yourself, I'm not revealing any of my methods to ruin my plans to meddling little brats like yourselves! There is nowhere in the Andromeda galaxy you can hide when I come looking for you!"
Lord Brevon: "Oh, and I just remembered, I have a very special gift for all of you!"
Lord Brevon revealed a strange sonic device, blasting It at Lilac's group.
Everyone: "AAAAHHHHH!"
All of them were severely disoriented by It's effects, Carol attempted to run after Brevon in anger, but lost her balance getting knocked into a wet branch on a jungle tree and fell down from the treetops. Carol saw Lord Brevon have her friends abducted, none of them apparently able to move. She felt the branches on her fall, but despite attempts to climb she was completely paralyzed by the weapons effects, falling unconscious.
ไม่ระบุ สถานที่ปรักหักพัง, หนองคาย ต่างจังหวัด (Unknown Ruins, Nong Khai Province)
As Carol woke up from unconsciousness, she lifted herself up from laying on the rock, water was pouring down from the monsoon, which has already gotten worse since earlier. Staring into the abyss she saw a strange light at the bottom of the cave pit.
Carol: "Hello?"
As she spoke, the light moved through a tunnel at the bottom of the pit, climbing down she followed the mysterious entity into the darkness.
Carol: (Good thing I can see in the dark...)
