Christian Ape99: Well, the NiGHTS universe doesn't have many followers. Plus, anything nowadays that has fan characters will be a hard story to get a good following for. Jackle is another nightmaren and I have no clue what Wiseman is supposed to be. Google it. :) Also, do you have an email or something to make our communications easier? Thank you! Have a good holiday season too.
Jackle had been leading the group of nightmares around the fair grounds. Using his cape like body, he glided silently over the ferris wheel. He growled to himself. Nights had to be around here somewhere. He needed to be locked up in his prison before he found visitors with courage ideya. He gave a sickly laugh.
"Well, this time Nights will have to play my games all the way through. Reala isn't here to distract him." Jackle said as his orange, gold, and blue jester hat moved in the winds.
Making sure the cards in his hands were the ones he wanted, he put them back in his drawstring baggy. The nightmares had set up camp near the rides and food stations, just waiting to see the glimmer in the sky that would be Nights.
Nights led Sonic and Tails to the next land over.
Yeah Jackle would be here. This fairground would be a choice favorite with him. It doesn't help that we stick out like sore thumbs either. Night's thought as he looked at his pink and purple outfit, then at Sonic and Tails' blue and yellow fur.
"Just pass the nightmares quietly. Slink and keep hidden." Nights said as he became low to the ground with his snake body.
All three passed the first couple nightmares as a third guard came around the corner. Sonic and Tails froze behind a tree while Tails stood on sonic, holding branches. Nights did a dodge roll to the other side where the big top was. He waved to the two to follow as soon as another nightmare drifted past their path. Nights thought fast. A cotton candy cart was besides him and he tilted his head forward. The nightmaren's jester hat blended in perfectly with the pink and purple cotton candies. The coast was clear and Sonic and Tails giggled as they rolled over to the tent. Nights popped out of the cotton candy booth, not before offering Tails and Sonic some of course. They refused and Nights swallowed both cotton candies with two gulps, rubbing his tummy afterwards. Much to their dismay, Jackle had thrown on the spotlights above.
"Hehehehehe! Hello Nights! You forgot to schedule a playdate with me last time." Jackle said as he parachuted down with his cape body. "Well I thought I'd bring a little bit of fun to you!"
Nights flew around the tent in his paraloops as Jackle tried to throw his little daggers at him. Nights turned into a frisbee and curved around Jackle, hitting him on the back of his head. Nights was sent backwards with a violent gust from Jackle's cape, sending him into the bleachers with the stuffed animals. Sonic rushed at Jackle and did many homing attacks, making him fall closer to the ground. Jackle was about to throw out one of his cards until Sonic ran around him extremely fast, cutting off his air supply. While Jackle was concerned with getting air to breathe, Tails used an electric rope type thing to lasso Jackle up. The nightmaren broke free, came to his senses, and threw a card at Sonic. It stuck to Sonic's forehead as the hedgehog tried to pull it off, to no avail.
The card turned into a box that soon filled with water. Sonic took in some of the water with a breath and was struggling to get it off. The little piranhas that swam around Sonic's head then nibbled at his ears, leaving little red marks with their teeth. Nights turned the box into a present and pulled on the bow, letting it come apart. Sonic gave a grateful breath as the death trap was no longer hurtful. The piranhas themselves had also become harmless, turning into swedish fish. Jackle balanced himself ontop of a giant circus ball and rolled around on it. He threw down a card and spikes came out of the ball. He chased Sonic and Tails around on the ground as Nights took care of any nightmares that entered the tent. Sonic and Tails looked at one another and nodded. Sonic had Jackle chase him around while Tails slapped a dummy bomb onto the ball.
"Haha. You can't get me can you?" Sonic teased as the bomb blinked faster and faster.
"you won't escape me without becoming swiss cheese!" Jackle said as his ball lurched forwards.
The bomb went off and sent the pieces of plastic and spikes everywhere. Nights shielded the two boys by turning into an umbrella, shielding them from the debris. Nights looked at his body full of holes and filled them back up with the cut out circles of himself on the ground. Jackle was in a dazed state, flying back off to his room at Wiseman's place. The red ideya around the two boys grew to full orbs.
Nights paralooped. "You're ready!"
(Wiseman's place)
Reala got up from his rest, but had a very fuzzy recollection of what had happened. He remembered some foul smelling odor and him yelling that he was going to tell Wiseman... tell him what? The black and red nightmaren got up dizzily and held onto the pillar for support. He came out of his room and saw Iris slightly outside of the main door, talking to another nightmaren. Reala watched as Iris and Jackle talked, then parted on separate ways. Reala's back was sore in the middle and he rubbed it. He must have rested in one spot for too long.
Jackle came back to his room, throwing his card pouch down on the desk. He plopped down into his bed which were the same colors as himself. He took off his cape and slung it over his twisted chair, showing his non-existent body. a golden glimmer caught his eye. He floated towards it and unwrapped the tissue paper. The golden mace came out easily and had barbs curved backwards, similar to shark teeth. The note beside it said 'sign me' with an interesting border around it. Jackle, thinking Wiseman probably gave him this as a gift, signed the card and put it under Wiseman's door. He tried out this new mace and he had to admit, it put a toothy grin on his face. suddenly, he dropped it when a sharp pain came down his wrist and focused on his palm.
He shook his hand a few times and the sharp tingle went away. He lay down for a rest as the mace he had was clutched to his chest. The card he signed and put in Wiseman's room drifted out of the window and into Iris' hand.
She looked at the signature.
"Perfect."
