Saturday, March 21, 2015

Episode 25 - Bafuulian Jailbreak

The Obsidian Tale

Episode 25
[Opening 2 music]

~ Bafuul – isolated bedroom ~


            “If saving the world means so much to everyone and even to myself, then it doesn’t matter if I lose something valuable. It doesn’t matter if the Gammel army wants to use my Obsidian energy. As long as it helps preserve the world, then so be it! As long as I survive, then…!” Lydia closed her eyes, ready to slice her hand away from the handcuffs. “H-Here goes nothing!!” [Music 17.2]
            In her mind, every thought passed her head in a flash, but it felt like eternity. “I will never be the same,” Her mind processed. “But it doesn’t matter. If I learn to care for the world, for my friends, and cherish them as my most lovable aspects of life, then it doesn’t matter what I lose!”
            A steel arrow flew in from the doorway and it shattered the handcuff that locked Lydia’s wrists together. Lydia’s heart skipped a beat as she dropped the ventilation blade into the three-foot pool of water in the bedroom.
            Lydia watched as the woman by the doorstep called out for her to make a run for it. The woman had the Gammel military outfit on, but Lydia had no time to question someone who just saved her life.
            “Th-Thank you! But why? Why did you, a Gammel personnel, save an Obsidian like me?”
            “You do not have time for questions.” The woman said with a stern voice. “Escape with your friends. The Gammel army will discover me eventually.”
            “My friends are here?!”
            “They have just been sent into Bafuul. I must go.”
            Lydia tried to stop her. “W-Wait! Where are they held in?! Please tell me!” Instead, the woman continued to run upstairs without saying anything else nor did she look back.
            “Oh…” Lydia sighed. “It’s okay. I have to figure this out on my own.” She thought about how the woman just saved her, but she tried to shrug it off. “I don’t need anyone else to save me.” [End music]

~ Bafuul – upper west wing ~

            Sydney was standing closest to the jail bars in her cell with Spencer and Jess. She had her hands beside her hips.
            “Girls,” Sydney joked.
            Spencer was crying. “I’m a boy!!” [Music 14.2]
            “Not with all that crying.” She turned to Jess, “That boy’s been at it for hours! Can’t we make him shut up??”
            The group of three children looked the same as ever, just with a little more dirt on their face. As usual, Spencer only had one lens on his glasses while the other was shattered. They were in need of new clothes, but this was the end of their lines. They were sent to jail for life.
            Jess was trying to keep calm. She said to Sydney, “We must keep at our own pace, Sydney. Spencer is young, and we have to respect his pace.”
            Sydney rolled her eyes. “Ugh, he’s only like what, a year younger?? And what’s worse is that we have this creepy girl standing outside our cell thing for no reason.”
            Jess took a look at the ‘girl’ outside the cell.
            Spencer wiped his tears and he was still sniffling. “Um, I think that’s a boy.”
            “NO. Shut up. She’s a girl.”
            The boy-girl turned around. “P-Please, keep it down.”
            “Did you hear her voice? Clearly a girl,” Sydney added.
            Spencer disagreed. “No, that was a young boy voice!”
            Jess stood up. “The both of you – let’s not judge this person.” She turned to the person outside the cell, “What is your name? You don’t look like you would work here with the Gammel army.”
            Sydney became uninterested in the conversation, so she decided to continue picking on Spencer in the back.
            “My name is Bailey. I was recently recruited to serve the Gammel army in order to stop those who choose to do wrong in this world. I am surprised you three started early.”
            Jess chuckled. “Actually, we have no idea why we did it. We have a friend out there in this world right now. He’s probably traveling and finding a way to get revenge.”
            “Why?”
            “We both clashed with this woman who worked with Lieutenant uh, Floir, right?”
            Bailey blushed. “Floir… I’ve always wanted to work with her ever since I joined. She is quite a beauty in the eyes of leadership. She always seemed so strong, and she never talked about herself. I want to know her more.”
            “Is that so? My friend opposes her quite a bunch, but I guess I would be going against my word to pre-judge Lieutenant Floir as well.”
            “What is your friend like?”
            “He’s… very into being heroic. I really love his determination. That boy always walks around acting all big, thinking he can do anything. But, I believe in him. He’s not just talk, but I know he’s all action too. One thing I like about him most is that he’s protective and he accepts anyone who bears a light and kind heart.”
            Bailey frowned. “Huh??”
            “What’s wrong?”
            “I feel like I’ve met someone similar to that. He kept telling me to stay away from the Gammel army, but he has no idea what the army can do to save the world.”
            Jess tilted her head. “What exactly did the Gammel army tell you?”
            “The world can be preserved with the help of the Obsidian. They say she refuses to help, and it sounds really selfish.”
            Jess sighed. She wanted to tell Bailey that it might be because taking energy from her may come with a high cost, but she didn’t want to argue with someone who just joined the Gammel government.
            “So tell me, Bailey, why did they choose you?” [End music]
            “That’s one thing I still don’t understand. I never wanted to ask or else the higher people would yell at me…”
            “I see…” Jess turned around and she had a concerned look on her face. She then grabbed her cape from behind as she looked into its red shading.      

~ Bafuul – isolated bedroom ~


            After Felix, Rina, and Leo were pushed into the prison room, a soldier kicked Forrest’s behind and the poor boy flew into the cell. His face was slapped against the brick walls. [Music 25.1]
            “Owie! I’m gonna get you for that!!” Forrest said with a giant bruise above his head.
            Felix and Leo quickly placed Rina on the only bed that was available.
            “It’s a good thing they have a chair too,” Forrest ran up to the so-called ‘chair’ on the other end of the room. “Oh… it’s a pooper.”
            Rina whined. “Ugh, even in prison… you’re annoying.”
            Felix wiped his forehead. “Ergh… So we’re finally here. What is your plan now, Leo?”
            Leo shrugged. “The easiest and most classic way was to have the only woman here try to seduce the soldiers but-“
            “You make me do something else,” Rina said slowly, “and I will surely kill you when I feel better.” She made a slight cough afterwards.
            Felix gave a nervous laughter. “Eheh, a-at least she’s feeling better, right?”
            “This calls for Plan A.”
            “Wasn’t Plan A to have Rina sed-“
            “That was Plan B.”
            “Then why did you mention it earlier?”
            “Because I realized I should have started with that since it would have been hilarious to watch.”
            Rina clenched her teeth.
            Leo interrupted her growling. “Hey, hey! I was only kidding. This new plan has something to do with Forrest’s bazooka cube.”
            Felix sighed. “That’s right… They just took our weapons. They wouldn't expect a weapon to be inside a toy cube.”
            Forrest raised his cube into the air- or, jail ceiling. “Alright! Anything to quickly find my friends! Oh Spencer, Sydney, Jess! I’m comin’ for ya!”
            Leo covered his mouth. “Stop yelling so loudly! We have to be smooth about this.”
            He headed for the cell bars and he used his peripheral vision to check the ceilings outside of their cell.
            The soldier turned around. “Hey, what are you looking at?” He said in a rude manner.
            “Just admiring the layout of this building. I’m a carpenter, after all,” He lied.
            “Well stop that. You are not allowed to do anything, not even to admire something from afar. E-Except for me.”
            Leo raised his eyebrows. “You want me to admire you?”
            The soldier became annoyed “NO! I meant only I can admire the buildings!”
            Leo glared at him. “But why did you say ‘me’? You want to admire yourself?”
            “I didn’t say that, damn it! I meant I want to admire me- UGH. I hate my job. Just shut your mouth and stop confusing me.”
            “That’s cold,” Felix commented.
            “Shut your mouth!” The soldier shouted. He turned back to his post to mind his own business after the group became quiet.
            Leo took a step back and he whispered to the group, “Alright, there are two cameras on the upper left and upper right corners. Now, I would have had Forrest use his regular BB guns to shoot them, but one, they took it away, and two, BB guns aren’t strong enough to break cameras. Instead, we will have to blast them with the bazooka.”
            “But these bars are really narrow between each other. You can’t shoot with a bazooka like this,” Felix responded.
            “Oh there is a way,” Leo said as he whispered into Forrest’s ears. [End music]

            After about a few minutes, they perfected their plan. Forrest ran up to the bars with his hands behind his back. [Music 4.2]
            “Mister, mister! Guess what?”
            “What do you want?”
            “These men know where the infiltrators are!”
            Leo gasped. “Wh-What are you doing?!~”
            Felix made the worst astonished surprise ever. “WAAUH- Don’t tell him about our plaAAaaAAAaaan!”
            Forrest smiled. “Nice acting!”
            Rina rolled her eyes. “All of you were terrible.”
            Forrest spoke over her, “Anyway, Mister Soldier, I have to whisper their plan to you because they’re gonna kill me if the Gammel army finds out what these jailers said.”
            “Er, alright??” The soldier placed his head near the cage.
            Forrest’s right hand was placed against the bars and the soldier’s ears. “Well…” It turns out that his right hand was holding the cube. He put his hand past the cell, pressing a button on the cube and it inflated, basically punching the soldier on the face.
            “Agh!” The soldier said as he fainted.
            Forrest quickly aimed at each camera. One after another, he exploded each camera which caused a ruckus in the entire room. Felix knelt down in front of Forrest to rummage into the soldier’s pockets from behind the bars. The keys were found!
            Leo laughed. “Alright, it worked!” [End music]
            Felix checked their jail cell as number 26, and he used the key that was labeled with the same number. As Felix unlocked the jail cell, a bunch of other men were begging to be set free.
            Leo grabbed Rina as he tried to skid his way through the hallway. “We don’t have time to help others. Let’s go!”
            Felix gasped. “You’re right. They must have done actual bad things…”
            Forrest was already up ahead in the hallway and he spotted someone. “Hey look, Leo! It’s that big guy!”
            “Warren?!” Leo snapped. [Music 25.2]
            The group headed towards cell number 42. Warren was already sitting down by the window, almost ready to rot away. His face was filled with sweat and dirt as if he gave up on trying to survive.
            Forrest stole the keys from Felix’s grip.
            “H-Hey!” Felix said in surprise.
            Forrest used key number 42 to unlock Warren’s cell. “Heehee!” Forrest gave Warren a huge hug which was odd mostly because Warren was still taller than Forrest while sitting down on the bed.
            “What in the world?” Warren had an uncertain look on his face. “Please, do not waste more time on strangers whom you have barely met. You must escape without me. I have done a wrong deed for ‘exploiting’ information from my own side of the army.”
            “I dunno what you just said about ‘exploding’ info stuff, but who cares! Let’s go!”
            Rina said quietly, “I so want to correct what you just said…”
            Forrest grabbed Warren’s left hand. “Come onnnnnn, let’s goooo!! Why aren’t you moving?!”
            Warren was close to tears. “Wh-Why… Why do you care so much?”
            Forrest stomped his foot. “Because you’re trustable and a good friend! You told us the truth about the Gammel army. We don’t know each other much, but we might as well start today! You shouldn’t choose to die. No one should. Besides, it’s more fun when we are in danger. It just keeps us going!”
            Warren was amazed by the words of a child. “Hmph. That is quite a surprise… I should take advice from little kids more often.” He finally stood up. “I will only go because someone in this world really wants me to leave this place. For now, I will join you, but most likely only until we successfully escape together.”
            “Only until then??” Forrest whined.
            Leo shook his head. “Let’s not push it, Forrest. We’re going to help him escape, but he chooses his path after escaping.”
            “I thank you humbly, kind sir.” Warren bowed in front of everyone.
            The group of five continued to make their way down the hall and Forrest kept looking through each cell, hoping to find his three friends.

A New Party Member!




Translating the Chivalrous


~ Bafuul – east wing ~


            Lydia made her way up to the first floor, but she had no idea where she was running now that she forgot her way in from before. She noticed there were a bunch of offices. In the interior of Bafuul, the east wing was about a mile long and the west wing was the same. However, the east wing was for office and control rooms. The west wing, base, and second floors, were typically for the prisoners. Each end was like a hallway that looked quite similar to a regular school building’s interior. [End music]
            A bunch of soldiers peered out of their offices. Er… actually, every single office door opened. [Music 4.3]
            Lydia came to a stop. “U-Um…”
            How did they all know she was making her way to this hallway?
            One soldier laughed. “You didn’t think Sir Wolfram would alert us the moment the security guards saw you on camera, breaking free?!”
            “My blood is boiling…” A female said from very far away. Her voice was loud that it echoed across the hallway. “I can feel her essence nearby, and I will smash every bits of her until she’s dead! Nyahahahha!!!!” Her laughter was followed by a bunch of panicking and screaming.
            The soldiers became confused. This wasn’t a part of their trap.
            Lydia trembled. “That doesn’t sound very good either…”
            The alarm from above sounded. “Stop both the Obsidian and the woman in the east wing! There are a bunch of you. Keep at it!”

~ Bafuul – west wing ~


            At the west wing nearby the upward staircase, the group of five made a sudden stop after hearing the announcements.
            Felix turned to Rina with a smile, “That means Lydia was set free somehow!”
            Rina tried to smile back at him. “Y-Yeah, heh.”


Lydia's Personality, Again



            Forrest was in front of the group, but the moment he reached the top of the steps, he made a sudden trip.
            Warren tried to help him. “Master Forrest, are you alright?”
            Forrest turned around with another bruise to his face. “Beheh… I’m bokay.”
            “Master Forrest?” Leo raised an eyebrow.
            Felix was about to grab his crescent blade, but he realized nothing was in his sheath. “Damn it, we don’t have our weapons.” He glared over at the only person who refused to move away from the west wing.
            Forrest pointed at the person. “It’s that boy!”
            Bailey’s head turned. “H-Huh?!”
            Jess quickly grabbed onto the bars. “That voice!”
            Forrest ran closer to Bailey, but Bailey quickly made a bunch of purplish holographic swords appear, surrounding his or her own entire body.
            “Hey, what’s the big idea?”
            “How did that kid even do that?” Felix asked.
            “Stay back,” Bailey commanded. Bailey’s voice trembled in fear.
            Jess called out to the group. “Forrest, are you there?!”
            Bailey gasped. “You know that boy?!”
            “That’s the one I was talking about! Hehe.” Jess giggled.
            Bailey sighed, looking up at the camera. Forrest took out his bazooka and Bailey was going to attack, but Forrest quickly shot the camera.
            Bailey almost fell over from the explosion, but Jess helped the child up from behind the cage. Thanks to this, Bailey knew it was safe to help Jess out of the cage. Bailey took the key from one of the pockets and then used it on the cell, 205. [End music]
            Jess was amazed. “You’re actually going to set us free?” [Music 12.1]
            Bailey blushed, looking away. It’s only because you are all children. There is possibly no way that you could pull something so bad that you would be sent to prison for life.”
            Jess nodded. “Thank you so much, Bailey. Do not be alarmed by Forrest. He is a nice person.”
            Forrest ran towards Jess to hug her. “I’m so glad to see you!!”
            Felix and Warren gave a soft laughter, glad to see that these children got to be together again.
            Spencer and Sydney joined their group hug. Bailey stood there awkwardly.
            “You two are here too!” Forrest almost cried. “It’s so nice to see you are all safe. I tried so hard to find you ever since I was at the Lake City Prima. That’s when I met this boy.”
            “See?! I told you!!” Spencer whined.
            Sydney rolled her eyes again. “Ugh, Bailey is a girl. I swear.”
            Jess interrupted their little reunion. “We all need to get out of here.”
            “But how?” Spencer said with a runny nose.
            Bailey coughed. “Um, there was a ship that took me here in the first place. The central hallway connected between the wings should take you to the airship station. It is pretty small and can fit only about four little planes.”
            Forrest hugged Bailey. “Thanks so much!”
            Felix said to Rina, “Hopefully Lydia is there.” He was also worried about Clyde and seeing his own father, but to make Rina feel better, he only mentioned Lydia for her sake.
            The main group ran ahead and the two youngest children followed along. Forrest turned around and waved at Jess and Bailey, “You two should come along! We really need to hurry. After that, we’ll talk more!”
            As Forrest moved on ahead, Jess began to run, but she made a stop after noticing that Bailey didn’t move.
            “You are not coming?”
            “My duty is to serve the Gammel army. The only thing I can assist you with is getting you out of here. If it is okay, I will say that your friends have taken over. Master Magnus will not give me any penalty as a new member.”
            Jess grinned. “Are you sure it’s okay?” Jess noticed Bailey still had a demented, grim expression, almost seemingly unmovable. “I need to ask you a question first.” Bailey listened to her. “What happened to y-“
            “Jess, Bailey!! Come on, let’s go!” Forrest called out.
            Jess walked closer to Bailey to give a soft hug. Bailey blushed.
            “H-Huh?! What’s that for?”
            “It’s my way of praying for your safety. It helps keep the both of us calmer – knowing that our share of warmth will be remembered and cherished, forever.”
            “Forever…” Bailey repeated.
            “I want to see you again someday,” Jess said. “Happier.”
            Bailey made a loud gasp. Jess began to run towards the central hallway and Bailey stood there alone in despair and confusion. [End music]

~ Bafuul – east wing ~


            Garnett hacked and slashed through each enemy who got in her way with almost no effort at all besides running straight through. Lydia watched from afar but all she could see were flying soldiers who were thrown against the ceiling. [Music 25.3]
            “How is she that strong?” Lydia said in fear. “That makes no sense.” She readied her fists, wondering if her martial arts were even good enough to reach Garnett without getting struck.
            In distraction, both of Lydia’s arms were caught by soldiers on each side. A female soldier pushed Lydia back.
            “Do not move!”
            “Agh!” Lydia yelped. “Stop it!”
            By then, all of the soldiers in front of Garnett were on the ground, screaming in pain, and screaming for their mothers.
            “Lookie here, only two more soldiers to go.” Garnett rose her axe.
            Lydia closed her eyes. “Stop it!!!!!”
            Garnett thrashed her axe against the ground and the floor crackled and separated into two. Both ends of the rolling floors past the soldiers. The wave from the axe and rocks pushed the soldiers behind and Lydia was the only one standing.
            “Saved the best for last, hehe! Prepare to die, fiend!”
            Lydia panicked. “Why do you hate me so much?! I don’t understand!”
            “Just the sight of you makes me sick!”
            “Is that it?”
            “Do I need a better reason?” She rose her axe.
            Lydia took a step back. “(How do I escape this one?!)”

~ Bafuul – central hallway ~


            The main group of five including the three children made their way to the hallway. There were about ten soldiers guarding the mini airships at this point. The rest were busy at the east wing – well, they’re pretty much out cold thanks to a certain someone. Only four of the five airships docked within the little room.
            Leo still had Rina on his back. He was at the back of the line, but he told everyone to step back and wait until the soldiers were not looking. In front of them was a circular room, of course, with four ships as mentioned. All the ships were positioned in a way where none were placed on the exact center. There was an empty space for a fifth airship which wasn’t present. As Leo reached the front of the line, he had an idea. [End music]
            Forrest took out his cubed bazooka and he aimed at the camera up on the corner where no soldier stood. [Music 19.3]
            “Will this really work?” He asked.
            Leo shook his head. “Once you shoot the camera, all of the soldiers will walk across the circular hall in front of us. With the clearing, you should blast the ground below them just so you don’t kill them, but at least drop them to the bottom floor.”
            Felix scratched his head. “Er, wouldn’t that injure them for months?”
            “If they’re unlucky,” Leo shrugged. The group glared at him, confused about his sudden change in mercy. “Hey, it’s better than killing them.”
            “Gee, you’re such a kind soul,” Felix said with sarcasm.
            Warren coughed. “If I were you, I’d just slash them into pieces and then burn them in a fire.”
            Felix gulped. “L-Lieutenant! I didn’t know you were so vulgar.”
            “I am?”
            Forrest interrupted them with a whisper, “Bang!” He said as he shot with his bazooka towards the camera. Felix fell over from the unexpected startup.
            The soldiers began asking each other about the explosion, but they decided to check the wall where Forrest shot. Forrest ran into the circular central hall and then he shot the ground below all ten of the soldiers.
            “Waaaah!” Most of them yelled as they fell to the bottom floor.
            Forrest raised his hands. “Woohoo! We finally reached the airships!”
            Felix laughed. “Alright! We still need lots more to do here, but we’re pretty much halfway done with our business in Bafuul. Let’s all hide in the airship and plan our next tactic really quick!”
            The group agreed as they all ran into the airship together. Halfway done through Bafuul, but there is still lots to do… [End music]
[Ending 2 music]
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Next time on The Obsidian Tale, we will conclude Volume 2! Will the main group escape? What is Mr. Wolfram after? Where is Clyde? What will Bailey do from here on? Who saved Lydia back at the flooded bedroom? So many questions, and most of them will be answered on the next episode! Tune in for what's to come!
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