A/N Here we go! Chapter five! I really have nothing to say, but I would like to thank you guys for all of your support. Thank You!
"That was awesome!" Todd Exclaimed as we left the cleaning room.
"No kidding. Who knew cleaning fossils was as fun as fighting with them?" I commented, twisting my brand new Tricera Medal in my hand.
"I wish I could have done as well as you though."
In cleaning our fossils, I had gotten a perfect score. This increased Tricera's power (not to mention that it impressed Stella). Todd didn't do so well. His Stego head was barely intact when we revived it. The green dino was actually smaller then the rest of his species. This didn't discourage him, though. At least until he compared himself to me.
I put a hand on my friend's shoulder, "Don't worry, bro. I just got lucky this time. You'll just keep getting better."
He looked up at me and smiled, "Yea! That's right!"
I returned the smile. Seeing Todd so determined always made me happy. Todd truly had the makings of an amazing fighter in him. No one else could see that, not even Todd, but I could tell. "Anyways," I turned my attention back to our guide, "what's our next stop, Stella."
"Here it is. The Common Room." Stella announced as we entered a door on the other side of the building. "This room is where fighters come to make final preparations for battles in the Fossil Stadium at the end of the hall."
"The Fossil Stadium!?" Todd interrupted, "Yea! I'm so excited I could puke."
Stella showed her disgust clearly on her (still beautiful) face. "Yea, let's try not to do that. Our floors are very clean," She stated. "Anyways, here is the Fossil Stadium!" We followed her through another sliding door.
There was only one word to describe the Stadium, and it was the same word that was used to describe everything else about the Station. Massive. I knew it had to be for six different dinosaurs of varying sizes to battle with enough room, but this was not what I expected. It wasn't to exciting to look at otherwise. Just the dirt ground and ring of unoccupied seats around the arena.
A single person was standing in the Stadium. A man with dark brown hair and blue clothing with a same-colored hat. I recognized it as the Park Staff uniform.
"Hey! Devon! Come over here." Stella called to the man.
The man, Devon, Quickly reached us. "These the last two fighters, Stella?" he asked.
The Staff Leader nodded, "They need battle training. I'll take Todd, the green one, and you take Dino here."
I felt my heart snap as Stella walked with Todd toward the other side of the arena. I wanted to completely blow off this Devon guy and watch them battle, but I trusted Stella's judgement. She must have a reason for putting me with him.
"Well," he started, "let's start with introductions. I'm Devon. Devon Strait. My job is to get participants familiar with the rules of the Cup." He held out his hand for me to shake.
I decided to give him a chance and took his hand. "Dino Sair. And I already know how the rules work."
"Of course you do. You'd have to to pass the Prelims, but you don't know how to control multiple Vivosaurs at one time without the simulator computer they used, do you?"
He was right. I didn't know how to do that. The computers for the Prelims relayed the commands put in it to the Vivosaurs. Commanding two, even three of the dinos at once verbally... It seemed impossible
"I didn't think so," Devon continued. "Try this on." He handed me a device about as long as my forearm.
It took me a moment but I soon recognized the machine. It was a Battle Computer, or B-Comp for short, made by FossilDig Inc. The B-Comp was created to make it easier to control a team of Vivosaurs, though I wasn't sure how it worked.
I quickly placed my left arm through it and it tightened itself around it. I took a moment to inspect it. The sleek metal was incredibly smooth to touch. The only blemishes on its surface were a strange light (I decided), and a disk with six indentations the size of Dino Medals.
"I think I can assume you know what this is and we can go directly to learning how to use it?" Devon broke me out of my trance. I nodded. "Good. Take these Dino Medals. I'll need them back." He handed me three Dino Medals. "Now you know about Battle Zones, correct?"
I nodded, "Battle Zone are split into two types, Attack Zones and Support Zones, or AZ and SZ, respectively. An SZ Vivosaur unleashes Support Effects, which raise or lower an AZ Vivosaur's stats. Your's or your opponent's.
"Good using these Zones, there are two different formations you can take. Let's begin."
Devon explained to me how to use the B-Comp, by placing the Dino Medals into the indentations on the disk one space between them and saying, "Battle, ready!" all three Vivosaurs were unleashed. Devon's appeared shortly thereafter.
"My team is in the Jurassic Formation." He gestured to his Vivosaurs. Two were in front with one behind. "This way," he continued, "both of my AZ Vivosaurs get the Support
effects, but it is split between them. On the other hand, your Vivosaurs," he pointed to mine, with one dino out front and two hanging back, "are in the Cambrian Formation. Thusly, you're AZ Vivosaur gets all of the Support Effects, good or bad. You can change positions and, in turn, formations by spinning the disk. Now, if you're ready, let's battle!"
Our battle ended to shortly for my taste. Devon ended the battle after the first turn, since he had explained everything. Currently, we were in the lobby of the Fighter Station with Devon giving us some final words of wisdom.
"Remember, if the Fighter lacks strategy, or the Vivosaurs lack ability, victory will prove impossible. Keep this in mind, and you can go far."
"Thanks, Devon," I said.
"Yea! Thanks for that advice. I'll remember that and be the greatest Fighter ever!"
We all chuckled at Todd. I noticed he too had a B-Comp. If this didn't show we were moving up I don't know what did. I was proud of Todd and myself and even more so with what I heard next.
"Initiation is over! Congratulations you two! You are officially entered into the Caliosteo Cup!"
A/N I must be doing good. I finished this the day after the last one was posted. I thought of the B-Comp a while ago because I felt it would be a pain to write the battle scenes with the characters calling out all of the commands.
Anyways, this is the first chapter where I purposely quoted the game. The thing in Chapter 1 with Todd's banana thing was a complete accident. I forgot that was actually (pretty close to) what he said!
Dramatic Ending Question Time! (DEQT!) Dino and Todd have spent a whole chapter just learning about game mechanics, but will I ever write a chapter with a lot of progress? Or will everything a right equal about two to five minutes in game? Find out, next time!
