Desert Dragon, page 34
Trevour: *He looked down to his feet and felt rumbles, causing him to gasp.* "Mum, dad!" *He sounded shocked.*
Cecilia: *She heard cracks all around her.* "This feeling-"
Amancio: "Yes, the ground isn't stable."
Trevour: "Why isn't it stable? This is something you two would not overlook."
Amancio: "It's the Crystalline Blossoms!" *He grunted in realisation.*
Cecilia: "Y-Yes! They've been absorbing Neurons in the air.. The moment we moved the crystal, it shifted all the stored Neurons into the rock-"
Amancio: "Trevour, get your brothers and sister now!" *He stood on the spot, as if he wasn't allowed to move.*
Trevour: "O-Of course!-" *He readied to leave and noticed a large crack suddenly explode out dirt, as the entire ledge around his parents started to slide off.* "No!"
Karol: (Th-They're falling!) *He squealed in thought, intensely keeping his eyes closed.*
Cecilia: "No! ROCK PILLAR" *She punched towards her, causing a pillar of rock to burst out of the hill underneath her.*
*Cecilia moved her fists, causing the rock pillar to quickly spiral towards her.*
Cecilia: "Ah-" *She landed on the rock pillar and went straight through it, as it crumbled to her landing.*
Amancio: "Cecilia?" *He looked to his side in shock.*
Cecilia: *She watched the crumbles of stone puff into sand, as it stringed upwards.* "The rock is too weak to support us!"
Amancio: *He fell towards the ground at incredible speeds.* "I'll create land! REVITISING LANDMARK" *He punched his fists together, causing rings of glyphs to spiral up his arms.*
Cecilia: *She stared at Amancio's fading glyphs with intense anticipation.* "W-Why is nothing happening?!"
Amancio: *He suddenly showed worry.* (I don't have enough Neurons to use a high levelled Rostical!-)
Trevour: "No!" *He ran over the cracks, not caring if he would fall too and leant over the ledge, standing on his knees.* "DUST STORM"
*Cecilia and Amancio watched a spiralling eruption of dirt, swirl towards them from the ground.*
Cecilia: "Dirt..? It's my little pebble!-"
Amancio: (At our speed, and the strength of those swirls-) *He thought to himself with lowering morale, causing him to grab hold of Cecilia.*
Cecilia: "Amancio?"
Amancio: "I love you." *He kissed Cecilia and tightly held onto her.*
Cecilia: "... I love you too." *She fell straight through the spiralling dirt and hit the ground.*
Trevour: *He watched the dirt swirl away from Amancio and Cecilia in terror.* "N-No!"
*Trevour gasped in disbelief and stared at the falling sand with a dropping jaw.*
Trevour: "...-"
*Rosemary, Alan and Felipe ran onto the hill and looked confused, as they all scanned the area.*
Alan: "What happened here?"
Rosemary: "Where is mother and father?"
Trevour: "..."
Felipe: "Trevour?"
Trevour: "My siblings..." *He spoke with a shaky voice, catching all their attention.*
Rosemary: "Trevour?" *She sounded worried and the ground unnaturally cracked around her.*
Alan: *He dug his toes into the ground, causing him to look confused.* (I don't sense their Neurons? Or at least, not anymore?)
Rosemary: *The ground snapped and floated up off the hill.* "Where are our parents?" *She stood on the floating piece of rock, as it hovered over the hill.*
Trevour: "Rosemary, don't-"
Rosemary: "Don't what, Trevour-?" *She floated past Trevour and looked down, causing her to scream.*
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Rachael: "A-...." *She gasped in shock and dropped the piece of rock in her hand, causing it to crack the hill.*
Karol: *He looked at Trevour with watering eyes.* "Twevour."
Rachael: "T-Trev..."
Trevour: "Today, is the day of their death." *He spoke with watering eyes, as tears ran down his face.*
Rachael: (This is why he's been distant.. This is why he's been overly protective lately. It all makes sense.)
Karol: "I had.. No idear." *He started to sob.*
Trevour: "I was the reason they died.. If my Rostical was stronger, or if I could manipulate solid rock, they wouldn't have-"
?????: "Died?" *A woman walked up onto the hill, causing Rachael and Karol to turn around.*
Rachael: "Hey it's you from the memory?"
?????: "Memory?" *She sounded unimpressed, as she noticed the crystal in Rachael's hand.*
Trevour: "Rosemary." *He spoke without even looking at her.* "What are you doing here?"
Rosemary: "To give my respects to our parents?"
Karol: "Waichael." *He slowly shuffled close to her and looked at Rosemary in a shy-like manner.*
Trevour: "Sister-"
Rosemary: "I'm far from an angry person, but I'm quite irritated you showed someone the death of our parents-" *She waved her arm across Rachael, causing the crystal to shatter in her hands.*
Rachael: "Ah!" *She shouted in pain and shook her wrist.*
Karol: "Ah!" *He squealed, covering his face against Rachael.*
Trevour: "P-Please, sister.. These are my friends-"
Rosemary: *She frowned in a mature, sad-like manner.* "Why did you show them the memory?"
Trevour: "I...-" *He shook his head, as if he didn't know what to say.*
Rosemary: "You are disgusting!"
Rachael: "Hey, don't talk to him like that."
Rosemary: "Pardon me?"
Rachael: "I said-"
Trevour: "Boss, please-"
Rosemary: "Boss? Look how inferior you sound." *She took several steps towards the guild.*
*Alan and Felipe ran on top of the hill and noticed Rosemary confronting Trevour.*
Alan: "I knew I felt the weight of other people up here." *He mumbled to himself and folded his arms, as if he was going to watch.*
Felipe: "Heheh heh." *He shook his hands in excitement.* "I hardly ever see sister acting like this."
Rosemary: "I can tolerate a lot of things, but showing something as important as.. To people outside the family.. It really sickens me."
Rachael: "He showed us the memory because he trusts us-"
Rosemary: "Don't cut me off in mid-sentence, please."
Trevour: "I'm sorry, Rosemary-"
Rosemary: "If you're sorry, bring them back! Bring back our parents!" *She shouted and took another step forward.* "I am bitterly disappointed in you, Trevour-"
Rachael: "Alright." *She formed fists and glared at Rosemary.* "Stop talking to him like he's trash."
Rosemary: "I am his sister. Don't you dare meddle in family affairs-"
Rachael: "Meddle? Sounds like to me, you're just talking to him like he's nothing. Using your status is no excuse for the way you're treating him!"
Felipe: "Who does this chick think she is?!"
Alan: (She's the same Rostical User from The Agoura Marbles.)
Rosemary: "I do not seem to care how close you think you are to my brother, but-"
Rachael: "Karol, go to Trevour."
Karol: "Waichael?" *He looked up, noticing Rachael stare at Rosemary with a frown.* "Bhut-"
Rachael: "Now!"
Karol: "Eek-" *He squealed and ran away towards Trevour.*
Trevour: "I got you, little meister." *He tightly held Karol and stared at Rosemary and Rachael in concern.* (I don't know what to do.. One of my best friends and.. My sister-)
Rosemary: "I was disappointed in my brother for showing you the memory of our parents' death, but..." *She glared at Rachael in a serious-like manner, as the dirt pulsed away from her.* "To rudely speak your mind regarding such a sensitive discussion."
Rachael: "Look, I don't care if you're his sister or not. Don't treat him like trash in front of me."
Felipe: "So she can do it behind your back? Heheh heh, what a crap friend."
Trevour: "..."
Karol: *He looked up to Trevour, noticing his weak, submissive face.* "Why dhon't you dooh anyfing?"
Trevour: "I.. Don't know.."
Rosemary: "Your Neurons are increasing. Do you intend on fighting me?"
Rachael: "Hehe, you don't seem to strike me as the dumb type."
Rosemary: *She smiled in a competitive-like manner.* "You're right. I shouldn't ask questions if I already know the answer-"
Rachael: "Piercing Land." *She kicked the ground, causing two boulders to erupt out of the ground.* "Hah!" *She punched the boulders, causing them to crumble, revealing two dagger-shaped rocks.*
Rosemary: "PIERCING LAND" *A thick pole-like boulder erupted out of the ground and spiralled in front of her, as it crumbled and formed itself into a duel blade.*
Rachael: (She created that weapon without even moving her limbs.)
Rosemary: *She elegantly grabbed the duel blade before it fell to her feet.* "Despite being in the wrong, I will allow you to come at me first-"
Rachael: (I'm sorry, Trevour.. But I won't allow anyone to bad mouth my friends!) *She sprinted towards Rosemary and tightly held onto the daggers, stepping into striking distance.*
Rosemary: *She elegantly swayed to the side and whacked Rachael behind the head, causing strands of her hair to sway to the ground.* "You should quit while you can."
Felipe: "It's unfortunate she's somehow pissed Rosemary off. She's a goner."
Rachael: "Apologise to Trevour!"
Rosemary: "Hmph." *She nudged her head up, causing shards of pebbles to shoot up, slicing past Rachael's face.*
Rachael: "Argh!" *She screamed in pain and blocked several of the pebbles with her daggers while stepping back.*
Rosemary: "You have no right."
Rachael: "You're family, right? You should treat him like one-"
Rosemary: *She suddenly gritted her teeth, as if Rachael hit a nerve.* "Enough talking please."
Rachael: "Huh?"
Rosemary: *She suddenly shot across the hill, as if she skated on the ground.* "Hmph." *She spiralled the duel blade above her, causing it to slash across Rachael's face.*
Rachael: *She blocked the attacks with her daggers and stepped back out of striking distance, watching the rock daggers slice in two.* "What?"
Rosemary: "ROCK PILLAR" *She kicked the ground behind her, causing a rock pillar to shoot up behind Rachael, knocking her towards Rosemary.*
Rachael: "Ah-?" *She awkwardly stumbled forward, as if someone had pushed her.*
Rosemary: "...-" *She spiralled the duel blade with one hand and jabbed one of the ends towards Rachael's face, slicing past her cheek.*
Rachael: "Ah!-"
Rosemary: "Goodbye." *She quickly pulled her arm back and jabbed towards Rachael's face.*
Rachael: *A rock pillar shot out of the ground and hit her on the side, knocking her across the ground.* "Hehe. Rock Pillar." *She smirked at Rosemary, as she slid back with bent knees.*
Rosemary: (She used the rock pillar against herself to avoid my killing strike?)
Rachael: "Piercing Land." *She kicked the ground again, causing another two boulders to shoot up out of the ground.*
Rosemary: *She swayed her free hand across Rachael, causing the boulders to explode in her face.* "..."
Rachael: "Arh!-" *She squinted her eyes in pain, as blood ran down cuts from her face.*
Karol: "Waichael has stones inside her face." *He squealed to Trevour, as he unintentionally trembled, causing Trevour's armour to rattle.*
Trevour: "..."
Rachael: "Dust Storm." *She punched the ground, causing a swirl of dirt to spiral around Rosemary, trapping her inside of it.*
Rosemary: "This technique... Is the same technique!" *She screamed and spread her arms, blasting the swirling dirt away from her.*
Rachael: *She gasped in shock.* (Her ability to manipulate the ground far exceeds that of Trevor and I!-)
Rosemary: "Enough of this.." *She spoke with an emotionless face and watched the ground crack around her, causing it to glow yellow.*
Felipe: "Now the entertainment begins."
Rachael: *She quickly glanced at Felipe, before slowly standing up.* (Entertainment?)
Rosemary: "Don't you think you have insulted me for the last time? Using the technique that was used to kill my parents? Nothing gets my blood boiling than this.." *Streams of lava suddenly shot out of the ground, lighting up the area.*
Karol: "L-Lavarh!"
Rachael: (Where have I seen lava before?!) *She thought to herself in shock, as hot gusts of wind blew her hair back.*
Trevour: (Rosemary is using her lava Rostical...) *He thought to himself and mentally struggled, as if he knew he had to step in, but couldn't.*
Karol: "Twevour.." *He tightened his weak grip on Trevour's arm, as he continued to stare at Rachael in concern.*
Rachael: (Condense my Neurons-) "Piercing Land." *She screamed and kicked the ground, causing two boulders to erupt on either side of her.*
*Rachael punched the boulders, causing them to crumble, revealing two dagger-shaped rocks.*
Rachael: *She caught the daggers in mid-air and twirled them around in her hands.* (They feel heavier than normal-)
Rosemary: "How dare you-" *She swayed her arm towards Rachael and a string of lava swirled towards her.*
Rachael: "Hah!" *She sliced the stream of lava away from her, causing splatters of lava to burn onto her arm.* "Ahh!"
Trevour: "Boss!-"
Karol: "Waichael!"
Rachael: *She dropped the dagger in her left hand, as boils started to form on her skin.*
Rosemary: *She ran towards Rachael, swirling the duel blade in one hand and a wave of lava in the other.* "Mass and liquid go hand in hand, mastery of the ground I say, ignite, burn, condense, erode, MASS LIQUEFIER"
*Rosemary leapt into striking distance and waved both hands inwards, causing a sheet of rock and a burst of lava to crash into Rachael.*
Rachael: "Argh!" *She screamed in pain as molten shards of rock burnt streaks of skin off her body.*
Rosemary: *She elegantly spun around, slashing the duel blade across Rachael's face.* "..."
Rachael: *She staggered back and looked at her dagger with double vision, noticing crystal sparkling under a layer of rock.* (My dagger is sparkling-)
Alan: *He noticed the crystal inside the dagger.* (If she uses that power up she used in the games, I will step in myself, regardless of her gender.)
Felipe: "Finish her off!"
Rosemary: "I'd usually disagree-" *Boulders of rock floated nearby her, as the air became dense around her.*
Trevour: "The air, it's heavy!" *He grunted to himself in shock.*
Karol: "Her Neurons-" *He held his chest and leant forward, implying it was hard to breathe.*
Rosemary: "Ougi."
Karol: "W-Waichael!"
Trevour: "She plans on killing her-" *He gasped in realisation and snapped out of his submissive-like state.*
Rosemary: "Be a mockery to the people that gave me life!" *She spoke in disgust.*
Rachael: *She held her arm, as she struggled to stand on her feet.* "Trev is one of the closest people to me.. I.. I won't allow you to treat him like trash anymore!"
Rosemary: *A cone-shaped eruption of rock exploded behind her and black smog wafted out of it, giving it an illusion it was a miniature volcano.* "Burning Eruption-"
*A wall of thick dirt raised in between Rosemary and Rachael, pushing them both back.*
Rosemary: "Little brother?" *She spoke in disappointment, glancing at Trevour in the corner of her eye.*
Rachael: "Ah-" *She fell onto her back and coughed in pain.* (I'm already at my limit!-)
Felipe: *He frowned at Trevour, as if he knew the wall of dirt was Trevour's.* "Are you serious, brother? You not only disrespect the family, but now turn on us?!"
Rosemary: "I... Do not wish to harm you-"
Felipe: "That's fine. I'll teach him-"
Alan: "No." *He placed his hand on Felipe's shoulder and took a step forward.* "Trevour, lower your Neurons now."
Trevour: "Karol, get Rachael and go."
Karol: "B-Bhut-"
Trevour: "Please.. My siblings have always been years ahead of me in terms of Rostical power. I don't want you to see me get hurt."
Karol: *He started to sob.* "I'ma man-"
Trevour: "Please.."
Karol: "I kan halp you." *He looked up with watering eyes.*
Trevour: "It's time to use my Grand Rostical." *A massive brown glyph zigzagged underneath him, causing Karol to look down and step back.*
Alan: "Rosemary, Felipe, stand back."
Rosemary: "..." *She nodded her head and the ground underneath her floated up, allowing her to stand out of the way.*
Alan: *He watched the area turn into complete darkness.* "You've acquired a Grand Rostical? Does this mean you finally obtained or learnt how to manipulate solid rock? There may be hope for you, brother-"
Trevour: "Render it asunder, DESERT DRAGON"
Alan: "Desert Dragon?" *He mumbled in confusion, as if he wasn't expecting that name.*
Felipe: "What's that?"
Rosemary: "No members in our family know such a move, is he bluffing?"
Felipe: "Beats me!"
Trevour: *Rings of multi-layered glyphs spiralled around his body and the ground started to rumble.* (This power... It feels like I'm holding back a door of gushing water!) *He shouted in thought with an echoing voice.*
Felipe: "Won't this destroy the entire hill?"
Alan: "It's a Grand Rostical, it won't-"
*Two streams of dragon-like claws shot out of the ground, exploding into Alan.*
Rosemary: "Brother!-"
Felipe: "Alan?!"
Alan: *He appeared in the air and looked down, as a stream of dirt spiralled underneath him.* "His Grand Rostical is still dirt or sand?"
Felipe: *He watched a wave of sand form into a dragon's back.* "What the Neuron's is happening?"
Trevour: *He looked up and a massive ball of dirt took shape to that of a dragon's head.* "Dragon's Spire."
*Trevour's words caused rock-like spikes to appear out of the dragon's back and shoot upwards towards Alan at incredible speeds.*
Alan: *He punched his hands together and pushed forward, causing the spikes to suddenly puff into dirt backwards.* "..."
Trevour: "Dragon's Tail." *He spun around and waved one arm downwards, causing a sand-like tail to whack Alan in the back, slamming him into the ground.*
