The Bells continue to ring, a massive portal opens up above the sky, a white mystical world
Optica: Goodbye
Optica flees into the bell room, as the chiming splits the ground
Gladian (Holding his ears): Run to the Catacombs.
Gladian’s Group runs to the catacombs as Ehl and Vendil both revert the ground around them to stay standing up. Husk does not hear Gladian and ends up staying on the boat.
Indica, Atlantic, Hudson, Husk and Falconer are still on the boat, unable to dock
Indica: Uh, I have no idea what we are going to do
Atlantic: We, swim away
Falconer: Good idea, except
Multiple Light Forms descend as the boat begins to break apart
Hudson: We have two pressing problems and very little time
Indica: I guess we pick what were most likely to survive through
Fight The Lightforms
When you win
Atlantic: We are going under?
The Boat collapses in, sending massive planks of wood at the four passengers, as Indica grabs them all, and swims to the nearest dock. Falconer’s Falcon nudges them all onto the falling dock, and then the four sprint across
Hudson (In Pain): Ow, Can someone look at my back
Atlantic looks at Hudson’s Back, it has a massive piece of wood stuck inside.
Atlantic: Part of the boat came back with you.
Indica (Looking at the Plank): Are you ok?
Hudson: It’s fine, it’s really only a scratch when I think about it
Falconer: Well, we should head back to the guild to get the plank removed from your back
Begin the trek back to the Guild
When you are ⅓ the way there
Hudson: I remember what happened with the resurrection orb
Indica: You do?
Hudson: My spirit changed forms
Falconer: I see, it changed forms, into something else but still related to you, how interesting
Husk: Change…
Falconer: It’s something you know all about, don’t you old friend.
Husk: I do…
Falconer: Yeah…you do…
Indica: I like the walk down memory lane, but Husk is blind on that street so let’s just focus on the actual road ahead of us
Husk: I’m not blind
Hudson: We weren’t saying you were, now please don’t cannibalize me over it?
We switch from the walk in the city down to The Catacombs where Gladian, Atoll, Ehl, Zkn and Vendil are walking
Gladian: So, Husk is nowhere near us?
Ehl: Unfortunately, he is nowhere near us
Atoll: I do hope he is ok
Vendil: He’s fine if he’s with Indica and the others
Zkn: Worst case scenario is that we have to fish him out
They pause, feeling a familiar light fill the catacombs
Gladian: Is this Optica’s doing?
Atoll: I don’t think so, if it was she’d probably be gloating about how “she lured us into her deadly trap”
Gladian (Holding back a laugh): You have quite the sense of humor Atoll
You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
Vendil: Hey, I think I know what it is
Ehl: Beline and Olivia?
Gladian: Oh yeah, she was part of Optica but decided to rebel and be her own person, if I recall correctly?
Suddenly, a shadow emerges from the Catacombs
Beline: Your memory does serve you correctly, it’s been a while Gladian…
Gladian: Hey, glad to see that you’re back with the living.
Beline: Well, it feels like I’m not really alive, more like just dying slowly in a dream.
Vendil: Hey, you’re here with us now, and you’ve been able to do some good while you’re here
Beline: Well yeah I have, Olivia is such a powerful fighter and she’s still learning
Ehl: It would be nice to see her again
Atoll: As someone who hasn’t met her, It’d be nice to meet her
Zkn: I also share that opinion
Beline: Just follow me if you want to see her
Gladian’s Group follows Beline down the hall and meets up with Olivia, who is currently training her own light powers
Olivia (turning to look at the Guild Members): Hey guys
Ehl: Hey Olivia!!
Atoll: Hi, my name is Atoll and this is (points to Zkn and Gladian!) Zkn and Gladian, they are my friends!
Zkn: Hey there
Gladian: Nice to meet you
Olivia (Feeling overwhelmed): Well, hey, it’s nice to meet you
Beline: Well anyway, I know you didn’t come down here to talk, so what brings you down here?
Gladian: Optica has attacked again, she’s using bells and fog to do something despicable
Olivia: Optica…my captor, my enemy.
Ehl: Yup, she’s up to some evil stuff and we have to stop her.
Vendil: Yeah, it’s the only way we know how to deal with this stuff
Olivia: I was a part of her for so long
Atoll: Well..you’re with us now
Beline (reeling from some pain): Let’s hurry out of here
Suddenly a horde of Light Monsters appear
Atoll: Huh?
A guy with a blade of light and a face hidden behind smoke appears
Unknown Assailant: That girl (points to Olivia) is coming with me
Atoll fires a dart right into his face
Atoll: Who are you?
Unknown Assailant: My name is Ophallacen, and the girl is coming with me
Beline: Over my dead body
Fight against Ophallacean
When you win
Ophallacean: I won’t take this…I’ll be back
Vendil: I don’t think you want to
Ophallacean: I am the personal hand of Optica’s will, I won’t give up so easily
Ophallacean vanishes
Olivia: So why do they want me?
Ehl: Maybe..she wants a reunion
Zkn: Olivia used to be the Soul of Optica, so it would make sense
Olivia: It’s a past that’s most regrettable to me
Vendil: Well..everyone has regrets don’t they?
Gladian: It’s hard moving forward when you can’t go back
Olivia: Forward is the only way I can go and I need to defeat Optica, to assert once and for all that I am my own person
Ehl: It makes sense, I feel like I was once part of something awful but I am my own being and I’m beyond that kind of life
Gladian: How about we get out of here, and take the fight directly to Ophallacean?
Ehl: Like, a direct confrontation?
Zkn: Well..I like it?
Atoll: What’s the plan Gladian?
Gladian: Don’t know, but we gotta win
Olivia: Excuse me, but I don’t think saying we gotta win is good enough?
Beline: Please elaborate on your plan Gladian
Gladian: Ok fine, we’ll go into The White Room and fight Ohallacean directly, such a challenge to Optica’s power would shake her to her very core
Olivia: Hmm, that’s more like it
Atoll: Let’s go
Zkn: First we gotta get out of here
Gladian: Well, then let’s get going
Gladian’s Group leaves for the surface, while we go back to Indica’s group who is at The Century Corps Guild, informing Xen and Iseri of what has happened
Indica: So, a mystical white room now covers the city and you got nothing
Xen: That’s an entire world up there, we need to figure out how Optica’s power is drawn from it?
Iseri: Maybe you could try to play keep away with her
Hudson: How are we supposed to keep a literal god away from the massive white void over our heads
Husk: We’d…need to kill…something
Falconer: I doubt any one life would have meaning to Optica
Atlantic: Someone like her is heartless
Indica: Locating her is also half the battle
Cosma: If only you had a wise mage with magical prowess to help you?
Cosma and Viridian enter the scene
Indica: Is it really an adventure without you two?
Viridian: Hell no? A massive white void opens in the sky and you think I’m not there?
Cosma: So is it just us nine here?
Xen: Operatives all over the city are busy with Optica’s monsters and others are on Titan Tracking missions across the East Coast, so yeah only us 9 are on standby right now
IserI: Yeah it just looks like it’s us nine, but me and Xen stay behind to defend The Guild
Viridian: Alright, got that
Atlantic: Well, let’s go uh, what are we doing?
Cosma: I will find Optica and then…we’ll fight her
Husk: And…we’ll uh…
Falconer: Win hopefully
Xen: Well, have fun on your fight
Iseri: Uhm what was the saying, Kick Bubblegum, Chew Ass?
Xen: Nope that’s…not it…
Hudson: Alright, well while it’s been fun, we gotta an evil witch to locate
They leave the guild and set out into The City, where a massive figure that towers above them waits outside
Atlantic: Uhm…I’m scared….
Ohakla: DO NOT FEAR, I AM OHAKLA THE MONSTROUS AND I WILL END YOUR SHORT LIFE
Cosma: Your title is THE MONSTROUS and you expect us not to fear?
Ohakla: YOU WON’T HAVE TO FEAR IF YOU DIE
Indica: Let’s KICK YOUR ASS, (Charges right at the monster)
Fight OHAKLA, THE MONSTROUS
When you win
Ohakla: (winces in pain), FOOLISH MORTALS….I’LL BE BACK….
Ohakla stumbles away
Cosma: Well…we got a lead…
Hudson: So if we slay the beast, we’ll know where the witch is?
Atlantic: That’d be convenient, but it’s almost never that easy
Viridian: Well..for once in our lives, it might be that easy.
Husk: Eating and killing, again and again
Falconer: Well, killing her will be the hard part
Indica: I want to put the sword down…but….my instincts tell me to brutally kill that monster
More Light Monsters appear to fight them
Indica: More monsters…huh
Falconer: You love to fight, don’t you?
Hudson: Well, we kind of have too in this situation
Falconer: Fair point?
Fight The Light Monsters
When you win
Husk: Victory!!
Cosma: You celebrate every win don’t you Husk…
Husk: (gets wobbly), Husk…is my name?
Husk falls onto the pavement