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Razen -> RE: The Universe That Shouldn't Work (5/15/2012 7:50:04)
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Chapter 1: SwordMan and SummonerMan, use the H4X, Luke, err, SwordMan
The Vineyards weren't far, but it'd take us another hour if ShieldMan keep lagging behind as he is right now, I know that people said ShieldMan's Running.exe was malfunctioned, but I thought they were just poking fun at him...I guess not. Right now, we were in the Outskirts of Uberopolis, which while it looked a lot better than near City Hall, it was still a wreck. MerchantMan's store was in ruins, he was packing what supplies he could. "And that's the last of it, I think, I'll just have one more look to make sure though," MerchantMan said, trying to keep the destruction of his store from ruining him. He didn't really seem to be in the mood to talk, since he was mourning the lost of his fine shop.
"Well, uh, MerchantMan, have anything for us, since we're trying to impeach NegativeMan?" I had asked the grieving Salesman.
"Well...I do have this fine ShieldMan Shield Upgrade of Defensiveness +9..." MerchantMan began in his salesman voice, "Made of the finest Plotanium, err, uh, H4XToWorkium, which is able to block anything, y'know? I've heard that it has even blocked thoughts before..."
"How much will it be?" I queried him, doing my best not to be so easily swayed, even with how savvy MerchantMan is.
"Oh, nothing much, I'd say...hmm...10,000 Gold and 2,500 Secondary Currency?" He asked rhetorically, questioning how much I knew my way around around appraising an object.
"You're bluffing, that's worth no more than 7,500 Gold and 1,875 Secondary Currency," I calmly stated, trying to get a bargain out of him.
"I see, you're still as shrewd as ever, LeaderMan," MerchantMan had begun, "So, I'll go to 8,250 Gold and 2000 Secondary Currency." I could tell that he wasn't willing to go any lower than that, so I took the offer.
"Nice doing business with you, MerchantMan," I had said, while motioning for ShieldMan to take the new shield. ShieldMan was somewhat slow and took a bit to realize that he was supposed to take the newly purchased shield. Still realizing that time was of the essence, I had faced towards ShieldMan and proclaimed, "Well, ShieldMan, we need to get back on track to the Vineyards."
"Of course, LeaderMan, we need to get to SwordMan quickly," ShieldMan had said rather dully, I was surprised that he was actually willing to admit the need of his brother. "SwordMan is the only one that could beat NegativeMan's guards...unless the storybooks are true-"
"Wait, do you mean...VictoryMan? But, isn't he just a legend that OverlyImaginativeMan made up?" I had heard a few tales of VictoryMan upon his Dinosaur mount, and I don't even know what a Dinosaur is. I sighed, "I digress, we have no idea if VictoryMan exists or where he'd be if he does, so we need SwordMan."
"So, about how long until we get to the Vineyards?" ShieldMan questioned me, more so bored than actually curious. Since, there wasn't much to look at the outskirts, except for the ruin of the inner city. The riots were out of control, the H4X0R Prison overrun, the Pro Police Department abandoned...NegativeMan was making too quick of work to Uberopolis. We need to hurry if we're going to stop him, otherwise we'll be fighting the apocalypse.
Although, I hadn't taken much notice until now of how much better that the WorldWorld looked as we progressively got further and further away from Uberopolis, I can see the gradual change now. It went from a total wasteland to this serene grassland, but wait, wasn't this were the Vineyards were last year? Something wasn't right, this was exactly where the plantation was last year, it couldn't have disappeared. What in BoseMan-EinsteinMan was going on!?
"Uh, should be about five minutes away, ShieldMan," I said, thinking a little on where the Vineyards were, "Why?" Just as I stated that, rather blandly, we were at the gates. It was almost as though it was a magical password to be teleported there. "Errr...m...How convenient?" My question was a rhetorical one, we both knew it was incredibly helpful, suspiciously helpful.
We looked around us immediately for SwordMan, we didn't see him, but saw a large amount of grapes fall right to the ground. We guessed he was around there, but right next to us was FarmerMan, who was almost as confused as us. "Eh...you two mind explaining how y'all got 'ere?" He queried at us, as though we knew how we arrived here with a great clarity and a means to explain it simply. Unfortunately for all of us, we had no idea.
"Well, FarmerMan, sir, the best that we know is that I had said 'Why?' and then...we just were here the next second, I don't know anymore than that," I stated, hoping that he'd believe me, since I kind of like living, just a little. Furthermore, since NegativeMan must be stopped before Uberopolis and maybe even the United States of Leet is destroyed from bad leadership.
"Uh huh, so you boys learned y'erselves the password for these here Vineyards," FarmerMan said, without any real surprise now. I was still somewhat confused as to why they'd need a password for a Vineyard. I mean, they couldn't possibly need that much security, could they?
"I guess so, FarmerMan," I spoke in relief. Looking in further detail, since there now wasn't a shotgun pointed at my face, I noticed a great deal. The grape vines themselves, seemed surreal, almost cartoon-ish. The plantation's mansion was elegant, intricate even, considering the disfigured speech and backwards nature of the owner. The front door was quite ornate and the windows were a foggy, dark gray. The wood of the mansion was covered in a dark indigo paint. In the far distance, were the shacks were the SlaveMen used to work day in and day out for years without a penny for their troubles. Fortunately, the SlaveMen were abolished by PresidentMan some years back in the CivilMan War, I was always against slavery personally anyways.
"So, I'm guessing that SwordMan is here?"
"Yup, he's even thar," FarmerMan had said, pointing over towards where the grape vines were just falling down and to pieces in seconds. "He's a fine help, so I gotta ask ya, what ya need 'em for?"
"Well, my good sir, have you heard of how NegativeMan became Mayor last Tuesday?" I began, "Well, let's just say, that we need to remove him from office or else the world may be doomed from bad leadership." I had made certain to sound as serious as possible, for he might've thought I was joking. I needed to let everyone know just how bad NegativeMan was, at least as many as I could.
"Ah, I see, yeah, you can have 'em," He said, and took a deep breath to get ready to shout, "SwordMan! I need ya to go with LeaderMan and your brother, ShieldMan!" Far in the distance, I could start making out a figure, who could be no other than SwordMan. He seemed quite fit and built, I guess that is to be expected with his consistent use of a sword. He was getting closer, he has to be sprinting. He'll be exhausted by the time he gets here, but how far away can he be? How expansive can this Vineyard be if we were here and couldn't even see it?
"Err, uh, FarmerMan, how large is this place, anyways?"
"Well, fellers, I can explain it like 'dis, this place here is larger than City Hall, boys."
"So, about how long will it take for SwordMan to get here?"
"I'd say give 'em 'bout five minutes," FarmerMan responded. And, with each passing second, the figure came into better focus, it wouldn't be too long until he was here. "Give 'em just a bit longer, fellers," FarmerMan calmly reiterated. It seemed just a tiny bit after he said that, that SwordMan was right before our eyes. SwordMan had looked like a rusted, almost faded warrior, with a bland, pale, and rather tasteless sword. I think that the blade was made from H4XToWorkium. To further on his appearance though, he was fairly standard in appearance outside of the rust that only he and ShieldMan had. I think the rust is a birthmark or some form of heretical marking, but I really have no idea.
"Well, hello, SwordMan," I began, "You wouldn't mind helping us would you?"
"Depends, what do you need help with?" SwordMan responded rather sharply, not cuttingly oddly though.
"Well, you know NegativeMan, yes? Well, he got into office, and we must forcibly remove him from office before he 'DESTROYS US ALL'! Especially since we can't just adapt to him, sorta...destroying the universe through bad leadership," I had stated rather clearly, hoping that SwordMan would join in on my *fabulous* plan. Not that I was worried that he wouldn't, because my power was very handy for these situations. ShieldMan was a tad questioning of my capability though, and showed some awkwardness, which really stood out considering he's more or less invincible so long as he has his shield up.
"I guess so, I mean, I don't have anything else to do," SwordMan replied, dully, how ironic considering his name.
"Welp, I guess you fellers will be on y'er way then?" FarmerMan queried, I supposed he was fairly annoyed that we were wasting his time and diverting him from working in the Vineyards.
"Oh, right, yes, of course, FarmerMan," I had began, as I had a habit of doing this, "Well, let's go. ShieldMan? SwordMan?"
"Alright," They groaned simultaneously. Did they both really dread each other so much? If they do, then why?
"Hmm, well, let's see here, who else might we need to add to this team...?" I said, trying to think of some myself.
"How about-" ShieldMan was cut off by his older brother, "...SpeedMan." ShieldMan had barely whimpered the last bit though.
"We could use SummonerMan," SwordMan had interrupted.
"Ah, yes, SummonerMan," I started, "He's the one who can summon anything that does, doesn't, can't, wouldn't, shouldn't, and might possibly exist, right?" I wonder, though, who would we know that would know where SummonerMan is?Hmm...maybe...MagicMan would know, since SummonerMan is a magician, probably. But, where would MagicMan be in this outrage, hmm...this is being quite a conundrum. Wait, by Jove, I think I got it! MagicMan would be in his study in his tower! "Err, you two, you both know how to get to MagicMan's Tower, don't you?"
"But, of course," SwordMan responded snobbishly and piercingly.
"I do as well..." ShieldMan shied, stepping more into the background. He was being overshadowed by his Glass Cannon older brother.
Meanwhile, in Uberopolis City Hall, NegativeMan and his henchman, which included me, SpearMan, and AxeMan sat at a round table, the place was rather serene considering the population going berserk right outside. "Well, look, this isn't working out, we need to stop LeaderMan before they get SummonerMan to join their team," NegativeMan started, putting out the cigar in his hand, "Because, if they got themselves SummonerMan, they can summon themselves VictoryMan, and you all know who he is, right?"
"Isn't he that TalentMan that OverlyImaginativeMan came up with in one of the storybooks?" I stated coldly as I changed the color of my scales to an intense blue-green to stand out from the furniture's dark browns and light golds. "And, uh, how did you learn about this...anyways?" I queried, seeing as I had no idea how in BoseMan-EinsteinMan that he could've learned it overnight.
"The very same, LizardMan, and he makes whoever he is sided with instantly win, no matter what, also as to how I had taken notice of LeaderMan's plans was that I google'd it and there was a story telling me all about it, written by a 'Razen' or something funky like that," NegativeMan deeply stated before coughing, sorta like General Grevious. "Regardless, I need you, LizardMan, to stop LeaderMan's team before they get SummonerMan, meanwhile, I'll handle SelfishMan and the presidential election," NegativeMan got out before he started hacking up again, he had immediately did the body language to ask for a tissue. He was quickly handed one by SpearMan, NegativeMan then started coughing onto the thin, soft fabric. There was a dark red stain running through it after he had finished.
"I understand, NegativeMan," I had slithered the words out of my mouth before he jumped out of the top floor of this skyscraper of a City Hall and began gliding. The wind was a speeding bullet to me as I felt what it was like to be airborne, I also tried to stay in the air as long as possible to get as much of the StarStar's warmth as possible. I did, inevitably, shed some scales during this flight to the rather respectable Team of LeaderMan's, which was currently made up of LeaderMan, ShieldMan, and SwordMan. Fortunately for me though, I'm quite versatile in comparison to almost any other TalentMan. I am capable of self-camouflage, flight, easy escape, as well as some more offensive capabilities, such as spitting blood out of my eyes, I have dangerous saliva due to the bacteria levels in it, and I'm even venomous.
It wasn't long before I had reached his objective though, actually, as MagicMan's Tower was fairly close to the edifice known as City Hall. I had just barely landed maybe some fifty centimeters from the edge of the third floor. I did not dare tarry, and began climbing to the top, which I needed to reach before LeaderMan's group. With the thin membrane that had kept me on the winds for so long now stretching and folding between my limbs as I worked my way up. Failure, simply was not an option for me, so with such admirable speed did I scale the abstracted, jaded side of MagicMan's Tower.
And, it was then that I had seen them all, LeaderMan, ShieldMan, SwordMan, and MagicMan. My mark was set for the kill, and I was in a perfect position to ambush them and neutralize LeaderMan. After that, SwordMan and ShieldMan would argue and bicker while I strike another blow against them. Oh joy, now I'm thinking like an assassin already. Next I'll be promoted to Executive Officer of Murder, won't I? Wait, no, I better not think about that happening or else it might actually happen...since NegativeMan reminds me of the man, the man with the power, the man with the hex. And I know it's going to get bad, it's going to get worse.
"So, MagicMan, you see, we're trying to find SummonerMan, and we think that you would be able to help us more than anyone else to find him, barring himself," LeaderMan had stated, he was good at this, I could tell.
"Err, sorry to interrupt you, LeaderMan, but I believe that I saw something...scaly move over that way," ShieldMan blundered bluntly.
"What are you talkin' about, I don't see anything, your eyes must be all messing up again," SwordMan blurted cuttingly to ShieldMan, "Like when we were hunting those rare exploding Black Eagles and you said you saw one." Well, from the looks of it, this will be even easier than I had it planned. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, to be honest.
"Except that I most definitely did see one of those majestic birds, right before it kamikazed too!" ShieldMan responded back, rather angrily. I was surprised that he had even fought back at all.
"Preposterous, you are and were seeing things," SwordMan reiterated sharply. Oh boy, I think I might die in the crossfire of their argument. This is just dandy, at least I get good life and health insurance, not to even mention the dental that NegativeMan gives out. Heh, I wonder where the bloody badger finds all the money to give out such benefits and give a high salary, but I want to keep it like that. And, wait, I'm getting sidetracked, back to the mission, self.
"Oh, you will see! When you get struck down by it, you will be sorry!" ShieldMan shouted in response.
LeaderMan was busy trying to get them two to stop bickering, now was the time to strike and make the first kill. I slithered and stuck fast to the side as I sneaked my way towards getting behind LeaderMan. It would be a perfect way to stab him in the back and end him. As my scales turned a dark grey, to match the spiky spire, an even stealthier approach than my casual. I might've left a few traces, but they never would've noticed due to the immense argument going on between SwordMan and ShieldMan. MagicMan was even trying to get them to stop, but it seemed to be futile efforts.
"Oh, how foolish are you two, SwordMan and ShieldMan," I slipped the words from my dry, scaly lips. Blast, I might've doomed myself at this, but I doubt any of them could've heard my whispered words. Well, regardless, best be careful to keep from attracting more attention to myself.
"Didn't you hear that!? It's an assassin, he's here!" ShieldMan burst the words from his mouth, and moved trying to protect LeaderMan. Curse ShieldMan's defensive habits, he's so use to getting ambushed that he must know by instinct that LeaderMan would be the first target of any assassins. This will have just made this absurdly easy job a thousand times more difficult. Fortunately, I still have plenty of tricks up my sleeve, and the day is ending. I best get my money for doing this.
"Hearing things, now are we?" SwordMan began cuttingly, "Gee, you just got the Spooks, don't ya?" SwordMan dared himself to the edge to try and prove ShieldMan wrong, too bad for him, that I was on the other side of the tower by now. There was no way that they'd find me until after one of them was downed, but after that? I needed to distract and lure ShieldMan away from LeaderMan to make him vulnerable.
I slithered and crawled onto the roof of the tower, the smooth stones a pleasant change from the serrated sides of this bizarre, arcane edifice that was MagicMan's home. Some of my scales turn a deep turquoise, some a midnight blue, all just to match my surroundings perfectly. As I neared ShieldMan, I turned and made an almost 'U' like shape for a quicker escape. I pulled all of my focus into aiming where to spit the blood to lure ShieldMan away from LeaderMan. It was a painful but rather intimidating capability of mine, because who isn't somewhat daunted by blood being launched towards them.
I was positioned near MagicMan, so that it would splatter over ShieldMan and drag him away from LeaderMan. Perfect, time to strike, LizardMan. Let's do this. The blood shot and rushed away towards ShieldMan, and it painted him a deep, dark red. It began slowly dripping down making small little puddles of it, he was unable to even move in response. LeaderMan shuffled off away from the disgusting mess, trying to get to a safer spot. Wonderful, no, perfect! LeaderMan has fallen right for my wondrous trap! Oh joyous joy! I better try to avoid snickering like a little fangirl at how well this is going.
"I...what...how..." SwordMan was speechless, he couldn't make a complete thought in response to this, awestruck at his brother's new paint job. As I slipped around towards the frantic, panicking LeaderMan, I prepared to bite him and end his miserable, little life, whether it be my venom or the deadly bacteria in my slimy saliva, he was doomed.
I slipped and slithered my way right to LeaderMan. My venom was ready, my mouth watering with my bio-hazard saliva. I was expecting to feel the metal flesh, but there was just...nothing. What in BoseMan-EinsteinMan just happened!? LeaderMan was right there, and I still see him! He jumped away! But, how did he hear me!? Is he really just that antsy!? You've got to be kidding me...
"What was that!?!?!?!?" LeaderMan flipped out and was frantically jumping away from me, I had stayed as still as physically possible. My self-camouflage assisting in my actual location being blatantly revealed. My hands held fast to the roof, as I tried my best to remain hidden.
"Oh, come on now!" SwordMan burst ear-piercingly, "This is getting absurd! There's nothing there, look! I'll show ya!" He had angrily paced his way around the obstacles to get towards where I was, I gave up the stealthy approach and began head on towards SwordMan while I had the advantage of surprise! I carefully sprinted towards the dastardly, deadly SwordMan, and dashed past him. Some thin cuts were visible on SwordMan's armor, made by my vicious, sharp claws. I easily could tell that they were thrown off by this, not that I wasn't as well. I was already trying to make out the next part of the plan in a manner of improv planning similar to Dr. Kondraki.
A strike of lightning that struck ShieldMan's Shield had interrupted my thoughts for a second, but gave me a perfect opportunity to gain back the advantage. I immediately ran onto the nearest raindrop and precisely jumped from one drip of rainwater to the next. LeaderMan tried to gain back control of his team to try and counter the ominous disadvantage that is upon them. I slowly made my way back towards them, still going bit by bit in this storm. SwordMan was about twenty centimeters behind ShieldMan, with LeaderMan around the same distance behind SwordMan. This was their defensive trump card, which, if it wasn't for the fact that I could get around ShieldMan, would've worked flawlessly.
Wait, what is this, are they turning to form circles over time? Hmm, well played, LeaderMan, well played, unfortunately for you, I can openly attack anyone of you from above. I wonder if he realized this or not, maybe he didn't even understand the full extent of my powers? If so, then as an old inspiration of mine once said, "They're making this too easy!" I just need to catch the wind and glide towards LeaderMan, and then it would all be over. No, no, it couldn't possibly be that simple, ShieldMan would be a pain in the InappropriateWordMan, I bet.
"Wait, I have an idea that's just stupid enough to work," LeaderMan broke the thick silence, "ZA WARUDO!" Time was frozen, or at least I thought it was. HellMan! HellMan! Blasted HellMan! He's stopped time! How in the WorldWorld did that work!? There is no logical explanation as to how that could've possibly succeeded, yet it still happened! Somehow I feel that Plotanium had something to do with this. Wait, I can move, did they just...
"Guys, I think that we actually tricked him," LeaderMan said, trying to be as quiet as possible. They did! How dare they! They better not have just walked into his tower, no, they're still out there! They must pay for humiliating me like this! I need to get down there and kill them all!
"ShieldMan! Quick turn around! He's coming right at you from behind!" LeaderMan blurted, seeing glimpses of me as I danced to and fro on the rainwater. ShieldMan had gotten his shield to behind him just in the nick of time, blocking LizardMan from possibly killing him. Now, he flipped his body around to match where his shield was facing, right towards me. I made a 'U'-like dash to try and get around ShieldMan and at least kill LeaderMan, which would render the team useless.
"SwordMan! He's trying to get around ShieldMan! Get to ShieldMan's left and be prepared to slice and dice up some lizard!" As soon I heard this, I instantly thought, HellMan! Blasted HellMan! I need to turn around and 'Book it!' out of here! I can't turn around so easily though, I'm going too fast! InappropriateWordMan! InappropriateWordMan! I'm going to have to get near SwordMan if I'm going to live through this. I'd say that I would have to get to about a meter of distance between us before I could get the InappropriateWordMan outta here!
"I see him, LeaderMan! But he's just out of reach of my sword!" SwordMan shouted, "Should I grab him by the tail?" I was just starting to turn myself around to 'Cheese it!' as a Seamus O'Doherty put it. SwordMan was coming after me too, this was bad! InappropriateWordMan! InappropriateWordMan! InappropriateWordMan! Wait, why I am worrying? If he grabs my tail, I can just shed and get the HellMan outta here! I will even regrow the tail eventually, this is perfect, once again.
"I don't see why not..." LeaderMan said, rather annoyed by SwordMan already charging off after me without waiting for any response from him. Hey, wait, is the rain getting weaker? Yes, yes, it is! The drizzle must be over, well that means that I'll have to fly to get out of here, eh, whatever works. I felt a hand right at the tip of my tail, and I disengaged it from my body, but he wasn't ready to give up the chase. He was still coming after me, this wasn't working out! I needed to outrun him, I guess that it was a good thing that I can run on rainwater now!
SwordMan was outsmarting that tactic though, by actually destroying the rain with his sword! I don't even comprehend how, but it worked. Honestly, I don't want to know how that succeeded. Oh, InappropriateWordMan! A stone, no! I'm dead! I'm dead! Dead as DeathMan! There's no way that I could get out of this mess now, wait...is that what I think it is? It is! A trapdoor, I'm saved! They'll have to chase me all through MagicMan's Tower! This is wondrous! Finally, this will delay and separate them perfectly! Now I can abuse their weaknesses!
"Oh great! He's going down into MagicMan's Tower! SwordMan, quickly, to the stairwell!" LeaderMan shouted, "ShieldMan, with me, we need to cover your brother! We're going in!" LeaderMan rushed towards the entrance of the stairwell, and grabbed SwordMan by the arm, despite his protesting against it. They were going to need to hurry up to catch me, although, they had no idea that this was actually a trap. Granted, I am kinda of making this trap up on the spot.
"Okay, okay, we, we need to stay together, as he probably wants us to split up," LeaderMan stated, trying to relax, "We need to just get to MagicMan and find SummonerMan." Oh joyous JoyMan, now I have to find MagicMan to stop them...I'm just loving this. Now, where would MagicMan be hiding out? Oh, right, his study, where else would he be in this chaos? I sighed, it's become a game of hide and seek. This certainly isn't going to be fun...
"MagicMan? You there?" ShieldMan blundered around, getting closer to me. Oh boy, oh joy! ShieldMan will be my first kill! Wait, what's that he's doing? Is he blocking the exit? What in the WorldWorld is he doing? Could he know that I'm in here? No, no, he must just be being his typical, overly cautious self. I just need to get behind him, and he's done for! So easy, yet so difficult. "Hello?" ShieldMan seemed like he was whispering into what appeared to be an endless hallway.
I started dashing to and fro down the hall, going diagonally from side to side. "Uh, SwordMan? SwordMan! SwordMan! I think that LizardMan is down in this hallway! Hurry up, SwordMan!" I took the opportunity to get behind ShieldMan's shield as he beckoned for his older brother. Oh, you're persistent, aren't you? Too bad that your dedication is useless to the dead! I motioned my claws and was ready to start a flurry of attacks at the exposed ShieldMan. And...go! I bit straight into ShieldMan's flesh as my venom sunk into his veins, my biohazard saliva infecting the wound. My claws became a whirlwind of motion and deadliness, slicing and dicing ShieldMan up.
"LizardMan!? How dare you attack my brother like that! You shall wish that you never did that, oh I tell you!" SwordMan burst angrily as he motioned his sword towards me, ready to kill. "You deserve not the mercy of a quick death, you know," He was mocking me now. As I began to try and attack him, he simply cut my right arm clean off. InappropriateWordMan! InappropriateWordMan! InappropriateWordMan! I need to stop the bleeding! Uh, uh, uh...oh geez, I'm getting light-headed! I need to hurry up and get out of here first!
"You can bleed to death for all I care, LizardMan! Just get the InappropriateWordMan out of here!" SwordMan shouted, "But first, how about a gift for what you did to ShieldMan!?" It was a rhetorical question, as he lobbed off my leg and I had to start awkwardly crawling to get out of there. "Now, just leave!" SwordMan continued to exclaim, he was incredibly afflicted by the injuries that I dealt to his younger brother, ShieldMan. He even started holding onto ShieldMan crying, telling him, "Don't, don't worry, it's all, it's all going to be alright...alright."
I run as fast I as my body allows me to get to the mourning, tearful SwordMan and the wounded ShieldMan. I beckoned for MagicMan to come and heal the maimed ShieldMan, otherwise he probably won't make it. And, how ironic it was that ShieldMan, the most defensive member of the team, was the one mortally injured. I continued my pace towards my bleeding companion, "Don't worry, ShieldMan, MagicMan should be here any second and he'll patch ya up, you'll be good as new!" I said as I got to him, trying to relax him. He didn't really respond much outside of raising his hand, which had seemed like it took a lot of effort on his part. I carefully placed his hand down on the ground and stated, "You need to calm down, relax, and not use up so much energy."
As MagicMan teleported, the turquoise torches began lighting up even further. This created a turquoise tint in the room, which had moderately frightened us until we saw it was just MagicMan. "Sorry for the scare, LeaderMan," MagicMan remarked, seeing us spooked by the bizarre change in lighting, "It's just the fastest way that I could get here. But, that's not what we need to be having a fiasco over, can I see the wounded?" SwordMan slowly and regretfully picked up ShieldMan, and put him onto a nearby table for MagicMan to take a look at the lacerations. "Let's see here then, oh, these are normally mortal injuries," MagicMan stated, trying to remember one of his more powerful healing spells, "Alright, now I remember it, this will likely hurt a good deal, but it should heal you."
Even though I could easily tell that the spell was agonizing for ShieldMan, it was mending his wounds. "Just a bit longer, ShieldMan, just a bit longer," MagicMan uttered, trying to relax ShieldMan so that he could finish the spell. ShieldMan was still striving through, despite the immense pain that it must be causing him. SwordMan was holding tightly onto ShieldMan's wrist, his love for his younger brother was prominent in this moment. He looked like he was still trying to murmur to ShieldMan that it was going to be alright, tears falling down from his helmet.
"And, you should be good as new now, ShieldMan," MagicMan broke the thick silence, and he started making his way out, "I'll just be going now, though." ShieldMan struggled to get up, he felt a few small aches and groaned respectively. SwordMan had helped him up and let him put most of his weight onto SwordMan's own shoulder. I had started after MagicMan, because we still needed to learn where SummonerMan was.
"Uh, MagicMan! We still need to know where SummonerMan is!" I blurted out, trailing after MagicMan.
He stopped, and looked towards me. "Oh, SummonerMan, he should be down near the entrance right around now," MagicMan replied, "Of course, he might've gotten delayed by one of his more troublesome of summons." Clearly, this wouldn't have been the first time that SummonerMan has found himself in a heap of trouble. Although, I am curious by this "more troublesome of summons".
"So, we should just descend to the bottom of the Tower, and should find him there?" I queried, in response.
"You should," MagicMan replied, "Although, he might've accidentally summoned something that's trying to kill him. It definitely wouldn't be the first time that it's happened." MagicMan seemed really casual about this, like he was used to having to save SummonerMan's hide.
"Well, alright then, MagicMan, I guess that we'll see you later," I responded rather awkwardly. I started making my way back to SwordMan and ShieldMan, who were coincidentally making their way back to me.
Once we met ourselves back in the hall and started recuperating from the previous fiasco, I stated, "We need to descend the Tower, MagicMan said that SummonerMan should be around near the bottom of the spire by the time that we'd get there." They had no verbal response, and simply motioned for me to lead the way.
As we descended down the increasing complicated halls and stairwells, we hear some disturbing sounds that resonated and seemed like clawing, scratching, and biting. Could it be LizardMan attacking SummonerMan? A large tremor interrupted my thoughts as we heard a deafening roar, Nope, definitely not LizardMan... The noises continued to increase in volume, with the occasional roar that would make us quake due to the shear volume of it. Well, we're getting closer to whatever it is, and it's terribly loud. I'm wondering, what could've SummonerMan summoned this time?
It wasn't long before we heard something outside of the routine, it sounded like SummonerMan screaming for help...this is just getting worse and worse. What could SummonerMan have summoned that is causing this!? Well, I guess we'll find out soon, there's the door out. The exit was an immensely tall door, fitting for the vaulted design of the building. Intricate designs and ornaments of gold lined the mahogany door, trying to contrast the blue and silver design of the walls and ceiling.
I opened the door, slowly, the creaking of the door was completely washed over by the roars and attacks of this creature. The feathers of this bizarre creature were immediately noticeable, was this one of the acclaimed dinosaurs that VictoryMan was said to ride upon? If so, where are it's scales? Also, how is it surviving in lava!? It has peculiar claws that were curved into something akin to a quarter of a circle. SummonerMan was doing his best to try and stay away from the tufted raptor, which was later classified as a VelociLOLH4XRaptor.
SummonerMan immediately dashed towards me, frantically trying to keep away from the VelociLOLH4XRaptor, as he called it. "SwordMan, kill that thing!" I burst the words from my mouth, and motioned for ShieldMan to get SummonerMan to safety. SwordMan charged toward the feathery reptile, his sword going every which way. The raptor, not knowing of SwordMan's absurd offensive capabilities, did much the same as him. The dinosaur didn't last much long after SwordMan lobbed its head clean off.
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