The Obsidian Tale
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – Unicorn Party’s room ~
“Alright,” the referee said to them,
“Get your butts out there the moment they call for you. Remember, only four
members can participate and you can start out with however many members you
want first.”
Very Appropriate Costumes
Hazel raised her hand. “I’m going to
show Gunther how strong I’ve gotten since twenty years ago.”
Forrest jumped. “Ooh! Ooh! Let’s
show them what Unicorn Party’s got!”
Leo sighed. “I really don’t feel
like fighting with that kind of team name…” He complained.
“I guess I will go,” Viola smiled.
Hazel agreed with her. “You would
make a great addition as you barely even make an effort to fight while at the
same time, being one of the strongest in our group.”
“You can thank the Gammel
lieutenants for raising me.”
Lydia grinned. “Is it really okay to
have Viola come out like that with Gammel armor?”
Viola opened the nearest locker
while Forrest responded to Lydia, “Didn’t she easily run through Wiserheim?”
“Yeah, but…” She remembered what the
city life was like. “The streets weren’t that active due to the fact that
everyone is here watching the battles. Now everyone
in Wiserheim is going to see her.”
“How about this?” Viola grabbed onto
a bikini.
“OOH!!!” Leo shouted.
Lydia blushed. “N-No! Let’s have you
wear something more appropriate. How about a tank top with some shorts? A
comfortable outfit would make things easier to fight in.”
Forrest pointed at a chicken suit.
“That one!!”
Lydia screamed. “Ew! That’s even
worse!”
Hazel took out a heavy armor out of
a locker nearby her. “How about some good defense?”
Lydia shook her head. “No… she
wouldn’t be able to move that fast. We would love the purpose of having Viola
fight with us.” The group heard ‘The Mighty Heightys’ being called out to the
field and the audience cheered even louder. “Okay, we have to choose something
really quick!”
Viola looked into another locker.
“Oh. I like this one. I think it’s appropriate for our team name.”
Lydia did not bother to check.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s just get you changed in the fitting room really fast!”
Hazel and Lydia both took her into the fitting room and the two males were left
in the locker room.
The referee pointed at Leo, “I heard
you’re not participating in this round. You should stand outside this room!”
“Why?”
“We do not allow more than four
people in the locker room. This is a law, in order to prevent groups from
cheating with more than four members.”
“Fine, I’ll be right outside.”
Forrest watched him leave as the
announcer called out for ‘Unicorn Party’. The audience began to laugh at the
name. Forrest looked around the locker room.
“Um… is anybody ready to go??”
Lydia yelped. “In a minute! Why
doesn’t this bra fit on her?!”
Forrest began to panic. “Th-They
called for us to go!!”
“In a second!” Lydia said to him.
“Going twice for the Unicorn Party!”
The announcer said. [End music]
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – central battlefield ~
Forrest ran outside onto the battle
field. It was bright outside and the lights were all on him alone. The field
was as huge as a track field! Forrest could hear everyone laughing at both him
as a child, and the group name ‘Unicorn Party’. [Music 25.2]
Forrest took out his BB gun as he
began shaking in fear once he saw his dwarven opponents in front of him.
“Is that a fake gun?!” A man in the
audience said out loud. The giant screen zoomed in on Forrest’s hand.
“It looks like they sent out a child
first!” The announcer added. “With the Mighty
Heightys starting to go all out with four members first, let’s see what the
surprising Unicorn Party has in store
for us! Begin!”
Forrest turned to the giant screen
up above and diagonal from him. “Begin what??”
The four dwarves came running with
their giant axes and long beards. They were color-coded from red, yellow,
green, and blue.
“HUAAAH!!!!” They all yelled together.
Forrest began to panic. “Geh?!
W-Wait, that was quick!”
“Sorry, but with an extra team being
thrown into the tournament, we have a shorter time period!” The referee called
from behind.
Forrest was still shaking. He
couldn’t move his legs. “Nooo!!”
The audience began to laugh,
thinking this was some kind of intermission joke or prank just for laughs until
the next serious battle.
Forrest tried to shoot with his BB
gun without thinking, but all of the axes deflected each bullet. He then took
out his cubed bazooka.
“Oh! Is that a Rubik’s cube?!” The
announcer asked.
“A rubi-what? Oh whatever!” Forrest
made it inflate into a bazooka. “Finally! Here we go!” The dwarves were only
several seconds away from hacking Forrest down.
“An inflatable toy bazooka!” The
announcer went on.
“It’s not a toy!” He then shot out
several balls of snow. They each landed on the dwarves’ faces but it only
dispersed as the men continued to run.
“The Mighty Heightys are known for their steel defense! You better be
careful, kid!”
The audience continued to laugh.
Several of them began to feel as if the Unicorn
Party was just a joke to get through intermission. It was impossible for
any other member to chime in with little time left anyway. [End music]
Forrest began playing with the dial
on his bazooka. With only about five seconds left before the dwarves reached
him, Forrest switched to the original dial from when he first got the bazooka.
“This must be it!” Forrest took a
step back and he fired a large ball of flame onto the green dwarf. “The
leftover fire power from the volcano worked!”
“AGH! It burns! Get this fire off my
beard!!”
The yellow and blue dwarves stopped
in surprise, also in dismay that their own teammate’s hair was set on fire.
The audience became quiet and
confused.
Forrest smiled. “Yes! It worked! Who
wants to fight?!”
Lydia, Hazel, and Viola rolled out
of the locker room together, thinking they were late for the match. Lydia fell
to the ground in exhaustion.
“That outfit was so hard to put
on!!”
“I’ll say,” Hazel said, moving out
of the way for Viola to appear.
The announcer made a gasp. “Oh!! It
looks like the rest of the group has finally appeared!”
The crowd began to cheer. Well,
until Viola showed up.
From the hallway before the locker
room, Leo watched the giant screen in front of him. “Why is she wearing a
unicorn outfit?!?!?!”
“Neigh,” Viola said bluntly. She had
a wooden horn taped onto her forehead while wearing a yellow wig with curls
going down to her shoulder blades. Her armor was actually just cloth mixed with
a few shades of purple and her tail was the color of the rainbow.
The audience began to laugh again.
Forrest turned around with awe.
“Viola…” He said. “That is…” He suddenly gave a huge smile. “AWESOME!!!”
Hazel took out her bow. “Forrest,
look out!” She quickly aimed her arrows at all three of the dwarves that had
their axes raised right above Forrest.
The axes swung down with haste. As
soon as one of the axes was an inch away from Forrest’s head, several arrows
struck all three of the dwarves. They fell, yelling from the pain.
“Ohhh! It seems The Mighty Heightys’ brute force did not work this time as it did
in their past two battles!”
Lydia grinned. “Hey… we didn’t
really do anything though.”
Hazel shrugged. “I guess these
matches won’t be so hard after all.”
“Are the members of Unicorn Party really that strong?! We
will see in the next round! Now, we will have a few minutes before the third
portion of the tournament begins! Remember, there are only four teams
remaining!”
Lydia gave a huge sigh. “Phew! At
least we don’t have to rush anymore. Now we can figure out an actual plan on
our next match.”
“Really? It seems our lack of plans
helped us on this one,” Viola suggested the same plan as before. [End music]
“N-No! We just got lucky,” Lydia
said. “Let’s go back and tell Leo!”
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – Unicorn Party’s room ~
The moment Leo was allowed in the
room again, the rest of the group cheered onwards. [Music 14.2]
Leo gave Lydia a high-five. “To the
leader of the group!” He laughed. “I’m surprised we ended up giving Unicorn Party a good reputation this
quickly! I think I’m motivated to fight again.”
Forrest said angrily, “No way!! You
left us just because of the name!”
“H-Hey! I needed to keep my reputation
as a royal member of the Ouli Brye kingdom!”
“Sure…” Forrest glared at him.
Hazel watched the screen showing the
other three teams’ leaders. The first one was wearing a mask while the second
was of a man born from Wiserheim. The third group appeared to be an
amazon-looking woman from Taujiko.
“From what I remember, the people of
Taujiko are known for their ability to heal by using natural herbs in a very
skillful manner. Furthermore, their primary weapon is the lance. Throwing
lances, I want to add.”
“Oh dear. Maybe I should step out,”
Viola said.
“Are you sure?” Lydia asked. “You’re
our strongest.”
Viola shrugged. “I want to make this
lovely outfit work. It’s meant for strutting along the hall rather than
fighting against others.”
Lydia placed her hand over her
forehead. “Is that your reason?” She turned back to the screen. “Okay, it
doesn’t matter,” she said, looking at her own face on the screen.
Hazel gave herself the thumb
pointer. “I think Forrest and I should enter again. We are both long-ranged
members. With Lydia being a healer and Viola opting out, it seems Leo is in.”
“Wait a minute, I-I can’t challenge
them! I’m short-ranged!”
“But you wanted to fight like… a
minute ago,” Forrest corrected him.
Lydia remembered what their next
opponents looked like. “Is the real reason because you don’t want to fight
women?”
Hazel slapped Leo on the face
several times. “This isn’t about who you can or can’t fight. You’re doing this
for the world in the long run! And besides, the other group members could have
men. If you really can’t fight women, then you might as well target her
lackeys.”
Leo sighed. “Alright, alright!”
Forrest looked around the room.
“Hey, where’s Viola?”
They suddenly heard a loud ‘neigh’
outside the hallway and a bunch of men followed up with ‘ooooooh!!’
Lydia gave a nervous chuckle as they
began waiting for their match. [End music]
Curves of a Woman
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – central battlefield ~
“And with one fell swoop, ‘Team Maglem’
wins!” The announcer concluded the next battle which ended within less than ten
seconds.
Lydia was by the doorway to the
field. “Only one person was out there against four people and that person
didn’t move at all!”
“It looks like our next match will
begin as soon as possible! We have the ‘Taujikan Amazons’ versus the ‘Unicorn
Party’!”
Leo slid off of the bench in the
center of the room in shame. “It never sounds strong no matter how you say it!”
“Unicorn Party, yeah!” Forrest
cheered onward. “Let’s go!”
Hazel pushed Leo out of the door.
“Why don’t you go? This should be interesting.”
“Me?! Why?”
“There are several reasons. I don’t
need to explain it. Just get yourself out there!” [Music 12.2]
With Leo being thrown out into the
battlefield, only two amazons appeared at first.
“It looks like team Unicorn Party is using the same tactic
as before! Only one man appeared! Let’s begin!!”
Two of the butch amazons began
speeding their way across the field. Leo covered his eyes, afraid to fight
women who clearly were not evil, but were fighting to be the strongest.
“I can’t do this! There’s a
difference between fighting against a villainous woman versus fighting women
who seek progressive empowerment!” Leo said in a panic. Midway through, he
began to focus on their main goal. “No… This isn’t some dilemma on who to
fight. This is a fight to bring the world back into peace. I shouldn’t be
selfish. I have to do this, for Rhadessia.” He opened his eyes, watching as the
two women were getting closer. “Even if they’re women… Even if…!”
He punched the ground as much as he
could until it shattered into pieces. The two women fell. On the ground, they
tried to throw their spears towards him. Luckily, he could barely jump away.
“You are not getting away!” The
shorter, more butch woman yelled.
The taller woman stood up with her
curly hair being tangled together. She straightened her forehead protector
while holding onto another spear from her sheath.
Several arrows appeared and almost
struck the two women. Lucky for them, they managed to deflect all of the arrows
with their spears. Hazel had appeared by the doorway.
“Make another move, and I will
strike you down,” Hazel threatened. The crowd began to cheer louder this time.
“Heh,” the tall one gave a smirk.
She went ahead and threw the spear at Leo anyway.
Forrest appeared to shoot the spear
with his cubed bazooka – with snow essence. Hazel struck the short amazon,
causing her to fall.
“Oh!! It seems there has been a
surprise entrance after one of the amazons fell!” The announcer added. “Wait a minute,
something is happening!”
Two more amazons from the other end
appeared. The shorter amazon in the center of the field began holding onto the
tall, fallen woman’s orb.
“The Taujiko civilization is best
known for their healing abilities. It seems they have outsmarted the Unicorn Party!”
The tall amazon chuckled. “You… fell
for it!” She tried to speak. “You think you can attack us, yet we are able to
heal.”
Hazel aimed at them again. “All we
have to do is strike all of you at once without interruption.”
“Impossible!” An amazon woman with a
wheelchair appeared.
Forrest pointed at her, “She’s the
leader?!?!” He remembered seeing her face on the wide screen back in the locker
room.
The two amazons in the front stood
up while the other two in the back were pacing their way towards the rest of
the group. Forrest and Hazel walked closer to Leo, still aiming their weapons
at the amazons. All four amazons had their spears raised into the sky, waiting
for their opponents to strike.
“Any second now, folks!” The
announcer demanded.
The moment Hazel and Forrest stood
in front of Leo, the two of them quickly began to attack. The women all threw
their spears but Forrest was able to push them away with snow. Meanwhile, Leo
punched the ground again, trusting that the rocks would shatter. He swayed and
crouched in front of Hazel and Forrest, hoping he could give a spin kick
against all of the rocks in front of them.
All of the amazons closed their
eyes. [End music]
“Aiy! I can’t see!!!” [Music 26.3]
Lydia finally appeared by the doorway
as she began running towards her teammates. With the distractions, Lydia jumped
above Leo. He placed his hands together, waited for Lydia to appear right above
him, and then he pushed her further upwards, giving her a boost higher into the
air.
As the rocks stopped being thrown,
Hazel was able to strike down two women with her bow. The two other amazons
behind them gave nervous laughters.
“W-We can still heal them!” One of
them said.
“Oh yeah?” Hazel then snapped her
fingers.
They had not noticed that Lydia was
right behind them after she landed. She hammered them both on the head with her
flail. They both fell to the ground with a giant bruise to the head for each
amazon.
The crowd began cheering at maximum
volume now. “WOW!!! It seems team Unicorn
Party barely defeated the Taujikan
Amazons!! What a battle!”
“Barely?!”
Leo said in dismay.
Forrest jumped several times in
celebration. “We did it, we did it!!”
“We are now ready for the final
match! To respect the pacing for the team members, we will have a ten minute
intermission.”
Hazel stretched her arms. “Might
need a little more time than that, but it will do.”
Lydia watched as the amazons began
to cry. She frowned. “I’m sorry…”
Leo also cried by the doorway. “I
did this to innocent women!! Damn it!”
Forrest dragged him into the locker
room while Lydia and Hazel made their way back as well. [End music]
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – Unicorn Party’s room ~
During the next ten minutes, the
group of five began to plan their next tactic after seeing the masked person
again on the screen. Team Maglem… Something wasn’t right about them. [Music 34.1]
Viola's Appetite
Hazel stood by the doorway to
examine the size of the field. “A perfect tactic must involve the area and size
of the battlefield. I would say we could use the same plans as before, but the
single masked opponent has not even let out any other teammates which poses a
serious threat to our team.”
“Then what do we do??” Forrest
grinned. He began to watch the audience being broadcasted all over the screen.
Leo took over with the plan, “I
suggest we start out with one person, this time not being Lydia.”
“I prefer to go first,” Viola
interrupted. “Their battle style strikes me, a lot.”
“It does?” Lydia questioned her.
“How come?”
“It’s… very familiar.”
Leo scratched his head. “Well, gee…
They barely moved in the battlefield. I don’t know how you can detect familiar
fighting styles that way.”
“I trust my instincts. Besides, you
all claimed I barely move in battles as well.”
“Well, that’s good enough for me,”
Leo said. He clapped his hands together in simple agreement. Of course he would
agree with Viola no matter the case.
Hazel headed for the hallway.
“Seeing as the masked person has armor, how many of them would have the same
type of equipment?”
Viola answered immediately. “Possibly
only the leader, but I would rather not take that chance. It is better that you
do not enter this one as your arrows may countered and it will strike you back.”
“Really?” Lydia gasped.
Hazel glared at Viola. “Suspicious,
but you do say you trust your instincts.”
“Very much so,” Viola said.
Hazel stepped out. “Then I should
opt out for this round as a bow and arrows would not serve much towards heavy
armor.” The door closed and they waited for their ten minutes to end.
“Huh?!” Forrest shouted, pointing at
the screen. For a split second, he could have sworn he saw Bailey running
behind the line of people in the audience. “Did you all see that?”
“See what?” Lydia patted his head.
“I think I saw Bailey…”
“Ten minutes are up! We are about to
begin. With the final match, we will begin with team Unicorn Party!”
Forrest rushed out into the hallway
which startled Hazel. Immediately, the door shut and Viola exited towards the
battlefield.
Lydia turned to Leo, “Wait a minute,
what are we going to do with just three members?!” [End music]
~ Wiserheim – coliseum – central battlefield ~
As Viola stepped out, two members
were called out onto the field from Team Maglem. Two masked characters
appeared; you could barely even tell what gender they were.
“A new tactic, Floir?”
One of the opponents removed her
mask. “How did you know it was me?”
“I know your fighting style,” Viola
answered.
“EHHHH?!” Lydia screamed from the
locker room.
Leo was off to the side of the
locker room, noticing that some of the costumes that Viola previously tried on
were moved to the opposite end of the room.
“Who moved them…?” Leo shivered by
the utter creepiness.
Lionel was next to take off his
mask. “We came here to challenge the top fighters and earn our right to serve
Wiserheim!”
“And what is your reason?” Viola
questioned them without showing a worried expression.
“We don’t need to explain, heh!” He
began running towards Viola with haste. [Music 43.1]
Viola slid to the side and she
struck Lionel with the back end of her lance. Floir had her own lance as well.
The two clashed several times before Lionel was able to get back up.
“We have to help her!” Lydia rushed
out with Leo. At the same time, Professor Talbot appeared.
“Unicorn
Party actually made more members appear from Team Maglem?! What a battle!!” The announcer said out loud.
“Where’s Hazel?! I wanted to see her
get ripped to shreds!” King Redlin shouted from the microphone. Some of the
people in the audience became confused and mortified. “Oh, uh! Ahem! I mean…”
Talbot threw his knives at Lydia and
Leo which immediately pinned their sleeves against the wall before they could
enter further into the battlefield.
“Finally, even I get to battle,”
Garnett appeared from the rear end.
Viola finally gasped. “You?”
Lydia clenched her teeth. “You’re
still after me?”
Leo tried to remove the knives away
from his sleeve but earth magic was instilled within the knives, causing the
walls to connect together with their sleeves.
Garnett had her axe which was yet
again, larger than before.
Viola took a step back. She began to
sweat. “I had not anticipated four fighters. I’ve only had suspicions that they
had three members, foreseeing that ‘Maglem’ was scrambled for ‘Gammel’.”
Floir nodded. “Viola, my pupil… You
are clever than you show to your new friends. If we defeat you here and now,
then you shall stay out of our way from now on!”
Lionel took a step back. He knew it
was best for him and Floir to charge at once while Talbot could strike again if
Floir or Lionel failed. Even with more strengths, Garnett was their plan C.
With just two, the battle was difficult already. It was even worse with four.
However, the connected walls were
starting to remove itself. The knives fell to the ground and Lydia and Leo were
set free. A large fireball flew past them and struck Floir. She was barely able
to deflect, but she was sent flying backwards several feet away.
“It’s not over,” A voice said from
the locker room. [End music]
Lydia turned around slowly while she
was on the ground. “…RINA!”
[Ending 4 music]
~~~
Within the next episode of The Obsidian Tale, Rina makes a surprise return?! It seems she may be able to defeat all of the Gammel lieutenants in one fell swoop, however something bigger is happening outside the coliseum that Forrest wants to look into. With the main group being all over the place, how will they organize a plan to stop the real issue - Magnus? See you next week!
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