“So...” said Mat. “Do you want to give your ability a name?”
“What?”
“Something like I named mine PSI Creation,” he replied. “It comes from Psychic and Creation. I related it to psychic because it tires me physically and mentally, and so on.”
“I see. And... I’m not sure if I want to name it... Wait, what do you mean by ‘psychic’?” Sam asked.
“Eh? W-what’s wrong?” Mat was confused.
“Psychic is with a ‘Y,’ ‘Psychic.’ Ah... I thought it came from psionic...”
“...”
“For some reason, I feel disappointed...” she thought. Besides, Mat didn’t know what psionic was.
“Well... setting that aside... Have you come up with a name?” Mat asked.
“Hmm... Well... I think Raygun fits well,” she replied. “Because it’s a ray that shoots out from my hand when I make a pistol gesture. What do you think?”
“Ah, I like it, I like it,” he said, adding, “And I like the fact that it sounds similar to your last name. You named it that because of that, didn’t you?”
“Eh? Oh, that’s right... Haha...” she said, looking a bit embarrassed.
“So not on purpose, huh... Well, it doesn’t matter; it sounds good anyway,” he said. “From now on, your ability will be Raygun.”
“Yeah...”
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“Now that you’re done, it’s time to start the journey,” said Pointy, who had flown over to them.
“Ah!” Both were surprised because they hadn’t noticed his presence. Pointy just looked at them.
They gathered again in the room they were in earlier. They sat around the semicircular table.
“Well, now,” said TRX. “Look at this.”
After saying that, a kind of hologram of the planet appeared in front of them. Sam and Mat were amazed to see it.
“From here, we can choose where we want to go on this planet,” said Pointy.
“After that, we choose what or how we’ll travel,” added Blocky.
“Yes, that’s right...” said Pointy, slightly annoyed with Blocky for taking his turn... or something like that.
“Oh, wow,” said Mathias. “That’s... incredible.”
He didn’t seem excited.
“Oh,” said Sam as well. “This is... quite interesting.”
She did seem a bit excited about it, and curious too.
“So... how does all this work?” she asked.
“Eh? Well...” TRX began.
“We don’t know,” said Blocky.
“Eh? Really?” Sam asked, surprised.
“Yes, that Zoron didn’t explain it well,” Blocky complained. “Sorry.”
“W-who?” Sam.
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“Hey,” I said. “Don’t look at me like that. I just showed them how to use it. Besides, why would I need to tell them how it works? What good would knowing that do to them?”
“You’re right... I guess,” Eliah said to me.
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After that conversation, Pointy pointed out a location on the globe. It was in South America.
“Here is the second temple,” he said.
“Second?” Mat asked.
“Yes... The first orb... No longer...” Roundy started, but everyone paid attention, so he couldn’t continue.
“What he meant is that Martin already has it,” Blocky explained.
“I see...” Mathias said.
“These temples appear every so often, and you started your ‘Hero’s journey’ late,” Pointy said. “Although... We don’t know how he managed it. Anyway, we need to hurry.”
“Okay, I understand,” Mat said. “So... Let’s go.”
“Wait, Mat,” Samantha said. “That place... I think it’s Brazil...”
“Really?” Mat said. “This will be my first time traveling to another country... Wow, I’m getting excited.”
“Don’t say it out loud.”
“I am too,” Sam said.
“Oh, one thing I didn’t mention,” said Pointy. “Only four people can travel at a time. And since you have to go, you need to choose who else will go.”
“What?” Mat. “Well, then... Let’s decide who will go.”
He said for everyone to decide since he didn’t know whom to bring.
In the end, the ones who went were:
- Mathias, because he was the Hero.
- Samantha, because she wanted to go.
- Roundy, to heal the injured.
- Pointy, to explain some things and act as a guide.
TRX and Blocky didn’t want to go.
“So... About Chris...” Samantha asked.
“I’m sure we’ll run into him one of these days,” Mat replied.
“I see... After all, he’s part of the cult,” Samantha said.
After this conversation, they went to the “travel” room... I don’t really know what it’s called. It was a place where all available means of transportation were. They chose teleportation, which... Well, it wasn’t instantaneous per se. For the user, it was a moment, but for the world, it took almost half a day. It was more convenient, so they chose it and left.
They appeared, in a strange light, in the middle of the jungle, at night.
“Ah...” said Mat upon arrival. “I... didn’t really expect this.”
“...” Sam. “It’s night...”
“It doesn’t matter, let’s go to the temple!” Mat.