I awoke to see a kimono laid out upon my dresser. I put it on, and walked out to see the rest of my team in kimonos as well.
“What’s up with the matching attire, Fred?” I asked.
“Just for the morning rituals here, I assure you. Now, shall we get started?”
“Started with what?” Joe asked.
“With breakfast, of course. Let’s go!” With that, he led us off to the dining room. The breakfast was a simple affair, no doubt due to the fact the Fred was eager to get to adventuring. We finished it quickly, and then went to our rooms to finish preparations. I transformed into Taylor, and walked to the entryway of Fred’s pagoda. The others arrived soon after, and we set off. It didn’t take long to get to the cave, but once we entered, we knew we were in for quite a trek.
Once we entered, there were stairs leading down to the next level. Naturally, we took them. They led to a small tunnel, just big enough for us to crawl in, lined up single file. I would’ve used my abilities to help, but for some reason they were sealed. I knew it had something to do with the Littea Sigil hidden somewhere within the cavern. The tunnel went on for quite a while, and when it ended, we found ourselves within a large area. Just by the sheer size of it I knew we were either deep underground or in a large mountain. I chose the former; there were no mountains nearby that we could have been in at that moment. We carefully walked forward, wary of what might happen when we saw two divergent paths. One led deeper down, while the other led straight ahead. I knew that the lower path held some great power, but even as distant as it was to our location, I also knew that route was sealed by a great power. We took the path that went straight ahead and found it to be quite windy. Eventually, the path started to shrink, and stopped at a solid wall.
“A dead end! Really, this can’t be happening!” exclaimed Joe.
“Well, it looks like it is…” said Fred.
“Let’s look around for clues. Maybe there’s some sort of hidden passageway,” Jill suggested. We looked around, and after a while, there was no progress on our predicament.
“Hrrn… this seems hopeless…” I muttered. I leaned against the wall nearest to me and almost fell through. “Whoa! A collapsible wall, eh? How utterly clichéd. Meh. Everyone! This way!” I yelled.
Suddenly, the others fell through the wall and almost right on top of me. We got up, dusted ourselves off, and proceeded to investigate the new room we found ourselves in. It was fairly spacious, though not to the extent of the room we had found ourselves in earlier. On one end was the false wall, which curved out and then back in to the other end, which housed a control box for an old platform elevator. We decided to use that, and it took us down about 10 stories deeper into the ground. Surprisingly, there was still an ample amount of light this deep. The pathway here was ornately carved and exquisitely decorated, and I knew that our prize was close by. We followed this pathway until it led to a massive underground pool, with waterfalls to each side of us, and a bridge leading to a floating island, upon which rested a large tablet. The tablet rested in a pool of light, created by a large hole far above it. The bridge was made of stone, and was quite sturdy despite the fact that it must have been quite ancient. We made it to the island and saw that the tablet housed our prize. The Littea Sigil was sketched into it, and when we went to touch the design, a cold breeze flew by. My instincts told me to step back, and step back I did. The others followed suit. Suddenly, a huge monster fell from above and crushed the tablet, destroying the sigil fragment. It looked like a giant mix between a snake and a scorpion.
“Sso, here you are, heroess... I wass ssent by Flynn to sstop the desscendantss from ssecuring the Ssigilss needed to sslay hiss Mightiness… Lookss like I wass just in time! I am Sscarassamass Sscorpake, masster of the Poisson Sstrike! Prepare to be sstung by one far ssuperior to you inssectss!”
With that, he struck at us. A sigil popped into my head, and I traced it instinctively. It was the Scann Sigil, and suddenly I knew Scarasamas’ weakness.
“Joe, Fred, use your elements! He’s weak to fire and light!” I yelled out.
“How do you know this?” replied Fred.
“I’ll tell you later!” With that, Joe proceeded to trace the Pyre Sigil. With it, he trapped the scorpake in a bubble of flame. Then Fred was in his element. Tracing the Sacre Sigil with each hand, he proceeded to use the sigils in a way I hadn’t seen before. He compressed the sigil into a ball of energy, and then threw it into the air. As it was falling, he split it in half with his hands and held each half. He yelled out the word helix, and then the energy flew upward from each hand forming a double-helix design, crossing paths four times and then meeting one final time. He then yelled out blaster, and the helix compressed into the center crossing point and flew into the heat bubble Joe encased Scarasamas in. The force of the impact combined the two attacks, and forced the bubble to compress into the scorpake. The combined power of his two weaknesses was too much for his body to withstand, and he shuddered for a moment, and then disintegrated violently into nothingness. His last words were, “We will meet again, heroess... Hiss Mightiness will surely ssee to my revival… Thiss iss not the lasst you have sseen of Sscarassamass Sscorpake, masster of the Poisson Ssting! Grahhhhhh!!!!!!!!”
Suddenly, the tablet reformed, and the image of the Littea Sigil started to glow, and then flew off the tablet and hovered in front of us. I reached out to touch it, and it flew inside my head! Talyn appeared then.
“I see you successfully obtained one-quarter of the Litte Sigil. Congrats on that, and on defeating Flynn’s crony. Expert sigil use there, Fred. You get an A+ on that! Ahem… Anyways, The next part of the Litte Sigil is on the continent of Soicrema, to the south. Littec is to the east, on the continent of Aftristala, whereas Litted is to the west somewhere on Woureptias. Once you have all four parts, you’ll have to find the Teira-Rin sigil somewhere in the world, and the head to the central island on this planet, Enoctar. There Flynn has his base of operations, which you’ll have to infiltrate and destroy. Remember, there are still four more allies to find. I’ll be out of touch for a while; I’ll need to contact my allies in the afterlife to enlist their aid to defeat Flynn once and for all. Also, the Littea sigil is now imprinted in your memory, Taylor. The rest will do that too. Now leave this dungeon and until next time!”
There was a flash of light, and we found ourselves outside the cave, near Buruna, and Talyn was nowhere to be seen. Neither was Clarisse…
Also, I actually go, "Hrrnn" sometimes. Do you?